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US07781582B2	Process for the preparation of 2-amino-[1,2,4]triazolo[1,5-a]pyrimidines Process for the preparation of unsubstituted or substituted 2-amino-[1,2,4]triazolopyrimidines which comprises combining A) 2-amino-pyrimidine or its derivatives with alkyloxycarbonyl isothiocyanate or aryloxycarbonyl isothiocyanate with B) hydroxyl ammonium salt and a base wherein the reaction is carried out in a polar aprotic organic solvent in the temperature range of from 40 to 150° C.
US07781579B2	Cyclopentaphenanthrene-based compound and organic electroluminescent device using the same Provided are a cyclopentaphenanthrene-based compound and an organic EL device using the same. The cyclopentaphenanthrene-based compound is easy to prepare and excellent in solubility, color purity, and color stability. The cyclopentaphenanthrene-based compound is useful as a material for forming an organic layer, in particular, a light-emitting layer in an organic EL device, and as an organic dye or an electronic material such as a nonlinear optical material.
US07781577B2	Inhibitors of sodium glucose co-transporter 2 and methods of their use Compounds and pharmaceutical compositions comprising them are disclosed that may be useful for the treatment of diseases and disorders such as diabetes and obesity.
US07781573B2	Multi layer chromatography of nucleic acids Methods using two to (n) purification columns to separate full length 5′-DMT-on oligonucleotides with size ranging from 40 to 180-mers from short length 5′-DMT-on oligonucleotides. Two of the said methods require using some columns sequentially with the collection and reprocessing of an intermediate fraction and are used for oligonucleotides with length ranging from 70 to 180-mers. A third method is carried out with columns stacked and used in series and is best used to purify oligonucleotides with length ranging from 40 to 80-mers. In the presence of a high ionic strength buffer, the short length DMT-on oligonucleotides bind to the top stacked columns while the less hydrophobic contaminant or DMT-off failures do not bind and/or are being washed off. In a stacked configuration, the full length DMT-on oligonucleotides are retained by the bottom column while in a 15 sequential configuration, full length DMT-on oligonucleotides are collected and reprocessed.
US07781568B2	Anti-mullerian inhibiting substance type II receptor (MISIIR) immunoconjugates to detect and treat cancer Compositions and methods for detecting and treating cancers expressing Mullerian inhibiting substance Type II receptor (MISIIR) are provided.
US07781564B2	Polythiophenes and devices thereof A polythiophene wherein the monomer segments thereof contain wherein A is a side chain; B is hydrogen or a side chain; and D is a divalent linkage, and wherein the number of A-substituted thienylene units (I) in the monomer segments is from about 1 to about 10, the number of B-substituted thienylene units (II) is from 0 to about 5, and the number of divalent linkages D is 0 or 1.
US07781563B2	Preparing method of methoxypolyethyleneglycol and its derivatives The present invention relates to a preparing method of methoxypolyethyleneglycol (mPEG) with high purity and derivatives thereof. More precisely, the method of the present invention to prepare high purity mPEG with at least 99% of purity, up to 1.05 of molecular weight distribution and 350˜100,000 of molecular weight includes the process of reacting commercial mPEG having low purity to give highly purified intermediates, mPEG-acetic acid of formula 1 and mPEG-phthalate of formula 2.
US07781562B2	Polyester compositions containing cyclobutanediol having a certain combination of inherent viscosity and moderate glass transition temperature and articles made therefrom Described are polyesters comprising (a) a dicarboxylic acid component comprising terephthalic acid residues; optionally, aromatic dicarboxylic acid residues or aliphatic dicarboxylic acid residues; 2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-1,3-cyclobutanediol residues; and 1,4-cyclohexanedimethanol residues. The polyesters may be manufactured into articles such as fibers, films, bottles or sheets.
US07781557B2	Stabilization of cross-linked silane group containing polymers The present invention relates to a composition for cross-linking and stabilization of a polymer containing hydrolysable silane groups comprising a sulfonic acid as a silanol condensation catalyst characterized in that it comprises a stabilizer which is neutral or acidic, does not contain ester groups and is a compound according to formula (I): wherein R is an unsubstituted or substituted aliphatic or aromatic hydrocarbyl radical which may comprise heteroatoms, R′ is a hydrocarbyl radical, R″ is a hydrocarbyl radical and R′ and/or R″ being a bulky radical, X1, X2 or X3 is the same or different H or OH, whereby at least X1, X2 or X3 is OH, and n is 1 to 4; or a compound according to formula (II): R′″—(S)p—R′″ (II) wherein R′″ is an aliphatic hydrocarbyl radical and p is 1 to 6; or a mixture of any of such compounds, to a stabilized polymer comprising the above stabilizers and to a process for cross-linking and stabilization of silane group containing polymers in the presence of the above mentioned stabilizers.
US07781549B2	Olefin polymerization process A slurry process for polymerizing ethylene is disclosed. The process comprises polymerizing ethylene in the presence of an α-olefin and a catalyst comprising an activator and a supported bridged indeno[1,2-b]indolyl zirconium complex. The process produces polyethylene characterized by good incorporation of the α-olefin and low long-chain branching. The process is capable of forming high-molecular-weight polyethylene and has good hydrogen sensitivity.
US07781548B2	Microchannel polymerization reactor A microchannel polymerization reactor comprising: (a) a first microchannel adapted to carry a reactant stream; (b) a fluid conduit adapted to carry a fluid in thermal communication with the first microchannel; and (c) a static mixer in fluid communication with the first microchannel adapted to provide a mixing zone operative to change the cross-sectional fluid flow profile at a predetermined point along the first microchannel without changing the primary direction of the reactant stream through the first microchannel. The present invention also includes a method of carrying out a polymerization reaction within a microchannel reactor comprising: (i) directing at least one of monomer, initiator, water, surfactant, coagulant, and solvent into a reactant stream and into contact with reactant flowing within a first microchannel to initiate a polymerization reaction occurring within a first microchannel; and (ii) mixing the reactant of the reactant stream by positioning at least one static mixer in series with the reactant stream, where the static mixer is adapted to change a cross-sectional fluid flow profile of the reactant stream flowing through the first microchannel without changing a primary direction of the reactant stream through the first microchannel.
US07781537B2	Functionalized poly(arylene ether) composition and method A curable composition includes an olefinically unsaturated monomer and a poly(arylene ether) having two polymerizable groups and an intrinsic viscosity of about 0.05 to about 0.30 deciliters per gram. The composition exhibits an improved combination of high flow during molding and high post-cure stiffness and impact strength. The composition is particularly useful for fabricating plastic-packaged electronic devices.
US07781535B2	Proton conductor An acidic group-containing polymer which has an acidic group such as sulfonic acid group, phosphoric acid group, and phosphonic acid group, and a proton acceptor which has a boiling point at 1 atmosphere higher than 100° C. and which functions as a medium for conducting proton dissociated from the acidic group are retained in pores of a porous member. Preferred examples of the proton acceptor include a salt structure composed of an anion and a cation derived from a basic organic compound, a basic organic compound, and a dissociation-facilitating polymer which facilitates dissociation of proton. Any one of the acidic group-containing polymer and the proton acceptor may be retained first, or both may be retained simultaneously.
US07781533B2	Conjugated diene polymer, process for its production and rubber compositions containing the same A process for producing a conjugated diene-based polymer which comprises, in the first modification, modifying a conjugated diene-based polymer having active chain ends, which is obtained by polymerizing a diene-based monomer singly or with other monomers and has a content of a cis-1,4 unit of 75% by mole or greater in the conjugated diene portion of the main chain, by reacting the active chain ends with a hydrocarbyloxysilane compound and reacting the modified polymer with a specific compound such as a hydrocarbyloxysilane compound, and a rubber composition containing the polymer modified in accordance with the above process and, preferably, 10 to 100 parts by weight of silica and/or carbon black per 100 parts by weight of the rubber component containing the modified polymer, are provided. The rubber composition containing silica and/or carbon black exhibits improved fracture properties, abrasion resistance, low heat buildup property and excellent workability. A process for producing a conjugated diene-based polymer exhibiting improved cold flow, a polymer produced in accordance with the process, and a rubber composition and a tire using the polymer are also provided.
US07781516B2	Flame retardant polymer composition A polymer composition includes a rubber modified vinyl resin, a cyclic alkyl phosphate compound, and an aromatic phosphate ester. Some embodiments may additionally comprises a polyphenylene ether resin. In some embodiments, the compositions have good flame retardancy, color stability, impact resistance, and thermal stability.
US07781515B2	Flame retardant polymer composition A polymer composition includes a rubber modified aromatic vinyl resin and a cyclic alkyl phosphate compound. In some embodiments, the cyclic alkyl phosphate compound is able to impart good flame retardancy to the composition, while maintaining a good balance of the other physical and mechanical properties of the resin including Vicat Softening Temperature and impact strength.
US07781513B2	Two-part moisture-curable resin composition and adhesive, sealant and coating compositions based thereon This invention relates to moisture-curable resins generally and, more particularly, to two-part moisture-curable resin compositions the first part of which contains a moisture-curable silylated resin and the second part of which contains water. The invention further relates to adhesive, sealant and coating compositions based on such two-part moisture-curable resin compositions.
US07781498B2	Cationic latex as a carrier for bioactive ingredients and methods for making and using the same This invention relates to latex compositions that incorporate at least one bioactive component such as an antibacterial or antifungal agent, and methods for making and using such latex compositions. The latex compositions disclosed herein can be prepared by the emulsion polymerization of the latex component monomers in the presence of the at least one bioactive component.
US07781496B2	High refractive-index, hydrophilic monomers and polymers, and ophthalmic devices comprising such polymers An intraocular lens comprising a polymer that is prepared from a monomer mixture comprising a monomer of formula G-D-Ar (I) wherein Ar is a C6-C24 aromatic group having a hydrophilic substituent, D is a divalent linking group, and G is a reactive functional group selected from the group consisting of acryloyl, acryloyloxy, methacryloyl, methacryloyloxy and mercapto. The polymer has an equilibrium water content of greater than 4.5 percent by weight.
US07781492B2	Foam/aerogel composite materials for thermal and acoustic insulation and cryogen storage The invention involves composite materials containing a polymer foam and an aerogel. The composite materials have improved thermal insulation ability, good acoustic insulation, and excellent physical mechanical properties. The composite materials can be used, for instance, for heat and acoustic insulation on aircraft, spacecraft, and maritime ships in place of currently used foam panels and other foam products. The materials of the invention can also be used in building construction with their combination of light weight, strength, elasticity, ability to be formed into desired shapes, and superior thermal and acoustic insulation power. The materials have also been found to have utility for storage of cryogens. A cryogenic liquid or gas, such as N2 or H2, adsorbs to the surfaces in aerogel particles. Thus, another embodiment of the invention provides a storage vessel for a cryogen.
US07781487B2	Di-fluoro containing compounds as cysteine protease inhibitors The present invention is directed to compounds that are inhibitors of cysteine proteases, in particular, cathepsins B, K, L, F, and S, and are therefore useful in treating diseases mediated by these proteases. The present invention is directed to pharmaceutical compositions comprising these compounds and processes for preparing them.
US07781478B2	Methods for treating hepatitis C The present invention provides compounds, pharmaceutical compositions, and methods of using such compounds or compositions for treating infection by a virus, or for affecting viral IRES activity.
US07781477B2	Therapeutic use of N-(1H-Indolyl)-1H-indole-2-carboxamide derivatives The invention relates to therapeutic use of compounds of general formula (I): in which X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, Z1, Z2, Z3, Z4 and Z5, R, Y and n are as defined herein.
US07781468B2	Tyrosine derivatives substituted by N-arylacryloyl as agonists of hPPAR alpha and/or hPPAR gamma The present invention relates to a compound of formula I, racemates, optically active isomers, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts or solvates thereof, and a pharmaceutical composition comprising the compound, the various radicals in the formula I are the same as defined in the claims. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing the compound of formula I and use of said compound in the preparation of a medicament for the treatment of hyperglycemia, dyslipidemia, type II diabetes mellitus including associated diabetic dyslipidemia
US07781467B2	Microbicidal composition based on formaldehyde donor compounds and antioxidants A microbicidal composition and its method of use for preserving technical products such as fuels and lubricants. The composition is made up of at least one formaldehyde donor compound and at least one antioxidant. The antioxidant is either a gallic ester, a phenol derivative, a L-ascorbic acid, including salts and derivatives thereof, a tocopherol or one of its associated derivatives.
US07781455B2	Compounds Heterocyclic amides useful as inhibitors of dipeptylpeptidase-IV (DPP-IV) enzyme, process for the preparation thereof and intermediates therefore.
US07781450B2	Substituted pyrroline kinase inhibitors The present invention is directed to novel substituted pyrroline compounds useful as kinase inhibitors and methods for treating or ameliorating a kinase mediated disorder.
US07781435B2	Imidazole compounds for the treatment of neurological disorders The present invention relates to compounds of Formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R6, R7 and A are as defined. Compounds of Formula I have activity inhibiting production of Aβ-peptide. The invention also relates to pharmaceutical compositions and methods for treating diseases and disorders, for example, neurodegenerative and/or neurological disorders, e.g., Alzheimer's disease, in a mammal comprising compounds of Formula I.
US07781432B2	Analogs of nitrobenzylthioinosine Analogs or derivatives of nitrobenzylthioinosine corresponding to formula I: in which R represents an unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted phenyl, benzyl or heteroaryl group or a phenyl group condensed with heteroaryl, and R″ represents an unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted NH—C1-6-alkyl, NH-aryl, NH-heteroaryl, NH—C3-8-cycloalkyl, NH—C1-3-alkyl-aryl, NH—C1-3-alkyl-heteroaryl, N(C1-6-alkyl)2, N(C1-3-alkyl-aryl)2, N(C1-3-alkyl-heteroaryl)2, piperidine, piperazine, morpholine or pyrrolidine group; pharmaceutical compositions comprising such analogs or derivatives, and the use of such analogs or derivatives for treating pain and/or various other diseases.
US07781431B2	Thienopyrroles as antiviral agents The present invention relates to thienopyrrole compounds of formula (I); wherein A, B, Y, Ar, n, Z and X1 are as defined herein, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, useful in the prevention and treatment of hepatitis C infections.
US07781423B2	Compounds to promote regeneration of bone marrow Embodiments of the present invention include the use of heterocyclic trialkyl ammonium-containing compounds to promote regeneration of bone marrow from endogenous or exogenous stem/progenitor cells and to normalize blood cell and platelet counts.
US07781419B2	Use of bisphosphonates for otosclerosis A method of treating otosclerosis in a human in need thereof by administering a bisphosphonate in a defined dosing schedule. The invention demonstrates an effective response and sustained benefit in the treatment of otosclerosis. Particularly, the method involves administration of a bisphosphonate in a stepped-up dosage amount, e.g., in a dose that is at least one and a half times the recommended dose for osteoporosis. It also includes administration of a time-dependent dose of more than one bisphosphonate, specifically, alternating administration of a first bisphosphonate with a second bisphosphonate. The inventive method further includes intravenous administration of a bisphosphonate, and optionally oral administration of a bisphosphonate. The present invention further contemplates a kit for facilitating the alternating bisphosphonate dosing schedule.
US07781402B2	Methods and implantable devices for treating supraventricular arrhythmias A medication, method and device for cardiac treatment are provided, in particular, for treating supraventricular arrhythmias. Specifically, a method is provided for treating supraventricular arrhythmias, using a therapeutically effective amount of a cholinergic receptor agonist, for example, acetylcholine. This device may be part of universal device which provides pacing and defibrillation. In particular, the present invention can be used to treat atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter and atrial tachycardia by a bolus injection of a rapidly hydrolysable cholinergic receptor agonist such as acetylcholine.
US07781397B2	Human plasma hyaluronidase The invention is based on the discovery of methods for purification of an acid active hyaluronidase found in human plasma (hpHAse), including both biochemical and immunoaffinity purification methods. The method of immunoaffinity purification of the invention is based on the discovery of a method for identifying antibodies that specifically bind native hpHAse (anti-native hpHAse antibodies), and anti-native hpHAse antibodies identified by this screening method. The invention also features an assay for sensitive detection of HAse activity using biotinylated hyaluronic acid (bHA). Purification and characterization of hpHAse lead to the inventors' additional discovery that hpHAse is encoded by the LuCa-1 gene, which gene is present in the human chromosome at 3p21.3, a region associated with tumor suppression. The invention additionally features methods of treating tumor-bearing patients by administration of hpHAse and/or transformation of cells with hpHAse-encoding DNA.
US07781394B2	Methods for identifying anti-tumor and/or anti-angiogenesis drugs with deoxynucleoside 5′-monophosphate N-glycosidase as the target The present invention relates to a novel target for identifying and/or screening antitumor and/or antiangiogenesis agents using the rcl encoded deoxynucleoside 5′monophosphate N-glycosidase.
US07781388B2	Cleaning compositions for hard to remove organic material An oxidizing cleaning composition comprises a low concentration of aqueous hydrogen peroxide that is environmentally friendly and has good stability in strong alkaline solutions. The aqueous hydrogen peroxide composition contains a synergistic combination of one or more hydrophilic surfactants having an HLB of 10 or greater, one or more hydrotropes, one or more UV-analyzable surfactants having an aromatic detectable functional group, and optionally a surfactant having an HLB of less than 10. The cleaning composition when mixed with an alkaline compound is very effective in removing dried or baked residues of polymers, modified or natural celluloses starches, natural gels, and the like at low concentrations and temperatures.
US07781382B2	Lubricant composition and bearing structure There is provided a lubricant composition which includes: a first particle having a spherical shape having a diameter of 1 to 300 nm, having a Mohs hardness of 5 or more, at an amount of 0.01 to 40 weight %; and a second particle, having a diameter of 500 nm to 50 μm, having a Brinell hardness of 17 HB or less, at an amount of 0.01 to 40 weight %. The lubricant composition can form a bearing structure when the lubricant composition is subjected to an extreme pressure. The second particles are deformed into a retainer for the first particle.
US07781374B2	Herbicides containing substituted Thien-3-yl-Sulphonylamino(thio)carbonyl-triazolin(thi)ones The invention relates to synergistic herbicidal compositions comprising an effective amount of an active compound combination comprising(a) one or more compounds of the formula (I) in which Q1, Q2, R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in the disclosure—and salts of the compounds of the formula (I)— and (b) at least one of the known herbicides listed in the description and, if appropriate, (c) a safener. The invention also relates to the use of these compositions for controlling unwanted vegetation and to a process for preparing the compositions according to the invention.
US07781363B2	Self limiting catalyst composition and propylene polymerization process A catalyst composition for the polymerization of propylene comprising one or more Ziegler-Natta procatalyst compositions comprising one or more transition metal compounds and one or more esters of aromatic dicarboxylic acid internal electron donors; one or more aluminum containing cocatalysts; a selectivity control agent (SCA) comprising at least one silicon containing compound containing at least one C1-10 alkoxy group bonded to a silicon atom, and one or more activity limiting agent (ALA) compounds comprising one or more aliphatic or cycloaliphatic carboxylic acids; alkyl-, cycloalkyl- or alkyl(poly)(oxyalkyl)-(poly)ester derivatives thereof; or inertly substituted derivatives of the foregoing.
US07781358B2	Antiferroelectric multilayer ceramic capacitor An antiferroelectric ceramic material that can be formed into a multilayer capacitor is disclosed. The antiferroelectric ceramic material is selected from the Pb(Sn, Zr, Ti)O3 (PSnZT) composition family.
US07781354B2	Glass composition and method for production thereof, and glass substrate for information display device and information display device using the same The glass composition of the present invention includes the following components, expressed in mass %: 70% to 88% of SiO2; 6% to 18% of B2O3; 0.5% to 4.5% of Al2O3; 0% to 0.5% of Li2O; 0% to 0.5% of Na2O; 2% to 10% of K2O; and 0% to 2% of MgO+CaO+SrO+BaO, and the glass composition further includes chlorine (Cl). The glass composition of the present invention is used suitably as a glass substrate for an information display device.
US07781342B2	Substrate treatment method for etching a base film using a resist pattern A substrate treatment method which includes a developing step of developing a resist film on a substrate to form a resist pattern on the substrate, and thereafter includes an etching step of etching a base film using the resist pattern as a mask. The substrate treatment method, between the developing step and the etching step, supplies a fluorine-based liquid to the resist pattern to form a protection film with a high fluorine density on a surface of the resist pattern.
US07781341B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device is provided, which includes feeding a coating liquid comprising a silicon-containing compound dissolved in a solvent onto a semiconductor substrate, revolving the semiconductor substrate to form a coated film containing the silicon-containing compound, feeding a rinsing liquid at least partially comprising α-pinene onto the underside of the semiconductor substrate to perform back-rinsing and washing of the underside of the semiconductor substrate, drying the semiconductor substrate that has been back-rinsed to remove the rinsing liquid, and heat-treating the semiconductor substrate to remove the solvent from the coated film to obtain an insulating film containing the silicon-containing compound.
US07781337B2	Forming method of silicide film A manufacturing method of a semiconductor device includes forming a cobalt film on a silicon substrate on which a diffusion layer is formed, forming a titanium film on the cobalt film using a titanium target that has a surface from which a nitride film has previously been removed, forming a titanium nitride film on the titanium film in accordance with a reactive sputtering process using a gas containing a nitrogen atom and the titanium target, and performing a heat treatment to react the cobalt film with the silicon substrate, thereby accomplishing silicification.
US07781330B2	Method of fabricating a semiconductor device comprising high and low density patterned contacts Methods of fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The methods include forming an interlayer insulating layer on a semiconductor substrate having a first region and a second region. First contact plugs may be formed on a portion of the second region to fill a plurality of first contact holes. A plurality of first contact mask layers and a plurality of first dummy mask layers may be formed on the interlayer insulating layer. The first contact mask layers may be formed in the first region. The first dummy mask layers may be formed in the second region. A plurality of second contact mask layers may be formed between two adjacent first contact mask layers. A plurality of second dummy mask layers may be formed between two adjacent first dummy mask layers. The interlayer insulating layer may be etched using the first contact mask layers and the second contact mask layers as etch stop layers to form a plurality of second contact holes through the interlayer insulating layer formed in the first region.
US07781328B2	Multilayer substrate A multilayer substrate device formed from a base substrate and alternating metalization layers and dielectric layers. Each layer is formed without firing. Vias may extend through one of the dielectric layers such that two metalization layers surrounding the dielectric layers make contact with each other. The vias may be formed by placing pillars on top of a metalization layer, forming a dielectric layer on top of the metalization layer and surrounding the pillars, and removing the pillars. Dielectric layers may be followed by other dielectric layers and metalization layers may be followed by other metalization layers. Vias in the substrate may be filled by forming an assembly around the substrate, the assembly including printing sheets containing a conductive ink and pressure plates for applying pressure. A vacuum may be applied to remove air in the ink. Pressure may then be applied to the printing sheets through the pressure plates. The conductive ink in the printing sheets is pushed through the vias when pressure is applied by the pressure plates.
US07781322B2	Nickel alloy salicide transistor structure and method for manufacturing same Provided are exemplary methods for forming a nickel silicide layer and semiconductor devices incorporating a nickel silicide layer that provides increased stability for subsequent processing at temperatures above 450° C. In particular, the nickel silicide layer is formed from a nickel alloy having a minor portion of an alloying metal, such as tantalum, and exhibits reduced agglomeration and retarded the phase transition between NiSi and NiSi2 to suppress increases in the sheet resistance and improve the utility for use with fine patterns. As formed, the nickel silicide layer includes both a lower layer consisting primarily of nickel and silicon and a thinner upper layer that incorporates the majority of the alloying metal.
US07781318B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed are a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same, capable of improving the performance of a barrier and inhibiting a discontinuous step coverage and an overhang. The semiconductor device includes an interlayer dielectric layer having a via hole disposed on a semiconductor substrate, a first layer disposed in the via hole and including ruthenium (Ru), a second layer disposed on the first layer and including ruthenium oxide (RuO2), and a metal line disposed on the second layer and including a copper material.
US07781316B2	Methods of manufacturing metal-silicide features A method of manufacturing a microelectronic device including forming a dielectric layer surrounding a dummy feature located over a substrate, removing the dummy feature to form an opening in the dielectric layer, and forming a metal-silicide layer conforming to the opening by a metal deposition process employing a target which includes metal and silicon. The metal-silicide layer may then be annealed.
US07781310B2	Semiconductor die singulation method In one embodiment, semiconductor die are singulated from a semiconductor wafer by etching openings completely through the semiconductor wafer.
US07781307B2	Method for low temperature bonding and bonded structure A method for bonding at low or room temperature includes steps of surface cleaning and activation by cleaning or etching. The method may also include removing by-products of interface polymerization to prevent a reverse polymerization reaction to allow room temperature chemical bonding of materials such as silicon, silicon nitride and SiO2. The surfaces to be bonded are polished to a high degree of smoothness and planarity. VSE may use reactive ion etching or wet etching to slightly etch the surfaces being bonded. The surface roughness and planarity are not degraded and may be enhanced by the VSE process. The etched surfaces may be rinsed in solutions such as ammonium hydroxide or ammonium fluoride to promote the formation of desired bonding species on the surfaces.
US07781302B2	Methods of fabricating semiconductor devices having isolation regions formed from annealed oxygen ion implanted regions Methods of fabricating a semiconductor device include forming a mask pattern on a semiconductor substrate and which exposes defined regions of the semiconductor substrate. Oxygen ions are implanted into the defined regions of the semiconductor substrate using the mask pattern as an ion implantation mask. The oxygen ion implanted regions of the semiconductor substrate are annealed at one or more temperatures in a range that is sufficiently high to form silicon oxide substantially throughout the oxygen ion implanted regions by reacting the implanted oxygen ions with silicon in the oxygen ion implanted regions, and that is sufficiently low to substantially prevent oxidation of the semiconductor substrate adjacent to the oxygen ion implanted regions.
US07781295B1	System and method for providing a single deposition emitter/base in a bipolar junction transistor A system and method is disclosed for manufacturing a bipolar junction transistor that comprises an emitter/base layer that is formed by a single deposition process. In one advantageous embodiment of the invention the emitter/base layer comprises an emitter layer that comprises an epitaxially grown mono-silicon emitter. The epitaxially grown mono-silicon emitter significantly reduces the electrical resistivity of the emitter. A non-dopant impurity such as germanium is added to the base layer to endpoint a dry plasma etch process that is applied to etch the emitter/base layer.
US07781293B2	Semiconductor device and method of fabricating the same including trenches of different aspect ratios A method of fabricating a semiconductor device includes etching a silicon oxide film, a silicon nitride film, a polycrystalline silicone film, and a gate insulating film in a predetermined pattern including a first opening width corresponding to a first trench and a second opening width corresponding to a second trench, the second opening width being larger than the first opening width, and etching the semiconductor substrate to simultaneously form the first and second trenches so that a first depth of the first trench is equal to a second depth of the second trench, and a first angle between a first side surface and a first bottom surface of the first trench is smaller than a second angle between a second side surface and a second bottom surface of the second trench, and the first trench includes a curved portion at an upper portion of the first side surface.
US07781291B2	Semiconductor device and method for fabricating the same A semiconductor device includes a memory section formed at a semiconductor substrate and including a first transistor having an ONO film that can store charges between the semiconductor substrate and a memory electrode and a first STI region for isolating the first transistor, and a CMOS section formed at the semiconductor substrate and including a second transistor having a CMOS electrode and a gate dielectric and a second STI region for isolating the second transistor. The height of the top surface of the first STI region is set equal to or smaller than the height of the top surface of the second STI region.
US07781289B1	Method for fabricating higher quality thicker gate oxide in a non-volatile memory cell and associated circuits A non-volatile memory cell includes a program transistor and a control capacitor. A portion of a substrate associated with the program transistor is exposed to multiple implantations (such as DNW, HiNWell, HiPWell, and P-well implantations). Similarly, a portion of the substrate associated with the control capacitor is exposed to multiple implantations (such as DNW, HiNWell, HiPWell, P-well, and N-well implantations). These portions of the substrate may have faster oxidation rates than other portions of the substrate, allowing a thicker front-end gate oxide to be formed over these portions of the substrate. In addition, a rapid thermal process anneal can be performed, which may reduce defects in the front-end gate oxide and increase its quality without having much impact on the oxide over the other portions of the substrate.
US07781288B2	Semiconductor structure including gate electrode having laterally variable work function A semiconductor structure, such as a CMOS structure, includes a gate electrode that has a laterally variable work function. The gate electrode that has the laterally variable work function may be formed using an angled ion implantation method or a sequential layering method. The gate electrode that has the laterally variable work function provides enhanced electrical performance within an undoped channel field effect transistor device.
US07781286B2	Method for fabricating non-volatile storage with individually controllable shield plates between storage elements A method for fabricating non-volatile storage having individually controllable shield plates between storage elements. The shield plates are formed by depositing a conductive material such as doped polysilicon between storage elements and their associated word lines, and providing contacts for the shield plates. The shield plates reduce electromagnetic coupling between floating gates of the storage elements, and can be used to optimize programming, read and erase operations. In one approach, the shield plates provide a field induced conductivity between storage elements in a NAND string during a sense operation so that source/drain implants are not needed in the substrate. In some control schemes, alternating high and low voltages are applied to the shield plates. In other control schemes, a common voltage is applied to the shield plates.
US07781285B2	Semiconductor device having vertical transistor and method of fabricating the same There are provided a semiconductor device having a vertical transistor and a method of fabricating the same. The method includes preparing a semiconductor substrate having a cell region and a peripheral circuit region. Island-shaped vertical gate structures two-dimensionally aligned along a row direction and a column direction are formed on the substrate of the cell region. Each of the vertical gate structures includes a semiconductor pillar and a gate electrode surrounding a center portion of the semiconductor pillar. A bit line separation trench is formed inside the semiconductor substrate below a gap region between the vertical gate structures, and a peripheral circuit trench confining a peripheral circuit active region is formed inside the semiconductor substrate of the peripheral circuit region. The bit line separation trench is formed in parallel with the column direction of the vertical gate structures. A bit line separation insulating layer and a peripheral circuit isolation layer are formed inside the bit line separation trench and the peripheral circuit trench, respectively.
US07781282B2	Shared contact structure, semiconductor device and method of fabricating the semiconductor device A shared contact structure, semiconductor device and method of fabricating the semiconductor device, in which the shared contact structure may include a gate electrode disposed on an active region of a substrate and including facing first and second sidewalls. The first sidewall may be covered with an insulating spacer. The source/drain regions may be formed within the active region adjacent the first sidewall, and provided on the opposite side of the second sidewall. A corner protection pattern may be formed adjacent the source/drain regions and the insulating spacer, and covered by an inter-layer dielectric. A shared contact plug may be formed through the inter-layer dielectric, to be in contact with the gate electrode, corner protection pattern and source/drain regions.
US07781279B2	Method for manufacturing a memory A method for manufacturing a memory includes first providing a substrate with a horizontally adjacent control gate region and floating gate region which includes a sacrificial layer and sacrificial sidewalls, removing the sacrificial layer and sacrificial sidewalls to expose the substrate, forming dielectric sidewalls adjacent to the control gate region, forming a floating gate dielectric layer on the exposed substrate and forming a floating gate layer adjacent to the dielectric sidewalls and on the floating gate dielectric layer.
US07781274B2	Multi-gate field effect transistor and method for manufacturing the same A multi-gate field effect transistor includes: a plurality of semiconductor layers arranged in parallel on a substrate; source and drain regions formed in each of the semiconductor layers; channel regions each provided between the source region and the drain region in each of the semiconductor layers; protection films each provided on an upper face of each of the channel regions; gate insulating films each provided on both side faces of each of the channel regions; a plurality of gate electrodes provided on both side faces of each of the channel regions so as to interpose the gate insulating film, provided above the upper face of each of the channel region so as to interpose the protection film, and containing a metal element; a connecting portion connecting upper faces of the gate electrodes; and a gate wire connected to the connecting portion.
US07781260B2	Methods of forming nano-coatings for improved adhesion between first level interconnects and epoxy under-fills in microelectronic packages and structures formed thereby Methods and associated structures of forming microelectronic devices are described. Those methods may include coating an interconnect structure disposed on a die with a layer of functionalized nanoparticles, wherein the functionalized nanoparticles are dispersed in a solvent, heating the layer of functionalized nanoparticles to drive off a portion of the solvent, and applying an underfill on the coated interconnect structure.
US07781258B2	Manufacturing method of semiconductor device A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of bonding a semiconductor chip to a first side of a circuit board, bonding a metal base for dissipating heat produced by the semiconductor chip to a second side of the circuit board, and forming a dam on the metal base by a dam material so as to restrict flow of a solder used in bonding a plurality of the circuit boards to the metal base.
US07781249B2	MEMS process and device A MEMS device comprising a flexible membrane that is free to move in response to pressure differences generated by sound waves. A first electrode mechanically coupled to the flexible membrane, and together form a first capacitive plate. A second electrode mechanically coupled to a generally rigid structural layer or back-plate, which together form a second capacitive plate. A back-volume is provided below the membrane. A first cavity located directly below the membrane. Interposed between the first and second electrodes is a second cavity. A plurality of bleed holes connect the first cavity and the second cavity. Acoustic holes are arranged in the back-plate so as to allow free movement of air molecules, such that the sound waves can enter the second cavity. The first and second cavities in association with the back-volume allow the membrane to move in response to the sound waves entering via the acoustic holes in the back-plate.
US07781245B2	Method to fabricate semiconductor optical device A process for the semiconductor laser diode is disclosed, which prevents the abnormal growth occurred at the second growth for the burying region of the buried hetero structure. The ICP (Induction-Coupled Plasma) CVD apparatus forms a silicon oxide file with a thickness of above 2 μm as adjusting the bias power PBIAS. Patterning the silicon oxide mask and dry-etching the semiconductor layers, a mesa structure including the active layer may be formed. As leaving the patterned silicon oxide film, the second growth for the burying region buries the mesa structure. The residual stress of the silicon oxide film is −250 to −150 MPa at a room temperature, while, it is −200 to 100 MPa at temperatures from 500 to 700° C.
US07781233B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device In a semiconductor manufacturing method, a metal film is formed on a substrate and heat treated. The relationship between substrate warping and the heat treatment temperature during silicide formation is acquired (S1). A silicide film is formed by forming a metal film on a substrate and heat treating, including substrate measurement during heat treatment (S2). The relationship between substrate warping at heat treatment temperature is determined from the relationship between the warping of the substrate and the temperature for heat treatment and the temperature for heat treatment carried out on the substrate when the warping of the substrate is measured. The difference between found warping and the measured warping is calculated (S4). Whether the difference exceeds a predetermined value is determined (S5). If the difference exceeds a predetermined value, heat treatment conditions are adjusted (S8), but they not adjusted if the difference is no greater than the predetermined value.
US07781221B2	System and method of compensating for system delay in analyte analyzation A system configured to determine information related to one or more gaseous analytes in a body of gas comprises a luminescable material, one or more emitters, one or more photosensitive detectors, and a processor. The emitters emit amplitude modulated electromagnetic radiation onto the luminescable medium in communication with a body of gas causing luminescence in the luminescable medium. The photosensitive detectors receive the amplitude modulated electromagnetic radiation generated by the luminescence of the luminescable medium and generate one or more output signals, at least one of the output signals indicating the intensity of the received electromagnetic radiation. The processor receives the output signals and determines information related to one or more gaseous analytes in the body of gas. The determination of information related to the one or more gaseous analytes may comprise compensating for a delay that varies as a function of the intensity of the received electromagnetic radiation.
US07781205B2	Cartridge retaining mechanism for nucleic acid extracting apparatus A cartridge retaining mechanism equipped in a nucleic acid extracting apparatus for extracting a nucleic acid, the cartridge retaining mechanism comprising: a cartridge having a cylindrical shape with a bottom, and the bottom is shaped in a funnel shape; a nucleic acid-adsorbing solid carrier that traps a nucleic acid, and the nucleic acid-adsorbing solid carrier is disposed at the bottom of the cartridge; and a cartridge retaining member that retains the cartridge, wherein the cartridge retaining member comprises: a supporting part that supports the cartridge; and a pressure-proof retaining part that is attached to an open end of the cartridge, and wherein the pressure-proof retaining part has a nozzle receiving opening, onto which a pressure nozzle of the nucleic acid extracting apparatus is pressed, and wherein the cartridge is retained between the supporting part and the pressure-proof retaining part upon pressing the pressure nozzle onto the nozzle receiving opening.
US07781191B2	Treatment of biomass to obtain a target chemical Target chemicals were produced using biocatalysts that are able to ferment sugars derived from treated biomass. Sugars were obtained by pretreating biomass under conditions of high solids and low ammonia concentration, followed by saccharification.
US07781180B2	Marker proteins for diagnosing liver disease and method of diagnosing liver disease using the same Using the protein chip technology, biological samples such as sera are subjected to proteome analysis. Thus, a protein which is a human fibrinogen α-E chain decomposition product and has a molecular weight of 5,900, a protein which is an apolipoprotein AII decomposition product and has a molecular weight of 7,800, and a protein which is an apolipoprotein AI decomposition product and has a molecular weight of 28,000, each showing an increase or a decrease with the habit of drinking, are newly found out. By detecting or quantifying these proteins, a liver disease in a subject such as one having a problem of drinking can be diagnosed at the early stage.
US07781175B2	Method of screening compounds which alter the binding properties of GPR39, and homologs thereof, to bile acid The present invention relates to screening of an agonist/antagonist, etc. Specifically, the present invention provides a method of screening an agonist or antagonist of a G protein-coupled receptor protein comprising the same or substantially the same amino acid sequence as the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 1, or a salt thereof, which comprises using the receptor protein or a salt thereof and a cholesterol metabolism-related substance, and so on.
US07781174B2	Proliferation markers in clinical practice and their use for cancer prognosis or diagnosis The invention relates to a method for assessing the proliferative state of cells in a human or non human biological sample, comprising using Chromatin Assembly Factor-1 (CAF-1 in short) subunits as proliferation markers.Application for cancer prognosis or diagnosis and monitoring tumor response in therapy.
US07781172B2	Method for extending the dynamic detection range of assay devices A flow-through assay device for detecting the presence or quantity of an analyte residing in a test sample is provided. The device utilizes a detection zone and compensation zone within which are immobilized capture reagents. The present inventor has discovered that the presence of a compensation zone may enable the detection of an analyte over extended concentration ranges. In particular, the compensation zone facilitates the binding of probes that would otherwise bind within the interior of assay device or that would exhibit “self-quenching”.
US07781166B2	Methods of detecting and controlling mucoid pseudomonas biofilm production Compositions and methods for detecting and controlling the conversion to mucoidy in Pseudomonas aeruginosa are disclosed. The present invention provides for detecting the switch from nonmucoid to mucoid state of P. aeruginosa by measuring mucE expression or MucE protein levels. The interaction between MucE and AlgW controls the switch to mucoidy in wild type P. aeruginosa. Also disclosed is an alginate biosynthesis heterologous expression system for use in screening candidate substances that inhibit conversion to mucoidy.
US07781164B2	Method for diagnosing renal diseases or predispositions The invention provides a method of diagnosing a disease or a predisposition to contract a disease by assaying for mutations of uromodulin (UMOD) within a test subject or patient. The presence of a mutation in the UMOD supports a diagnosis of a disease or a predisposition to contract a disease within the patient.
US07781163B2	G-quadruplex binding assays and compounds therefor The present invention provides methods for assaying binding of compounds to G-quadruplex structures. Also provided are methods for screening candidate compounds for use as modulators of G-quadruplex activity, and methods for screening candidate compounds for telomerase inhibitory activity. The invention further provides novel compounds useful in the assays of the invention.
US07781152B2	Ozone-assisted lithography process with image enhancement for CPP head manufacturing A method for forming a bi-layer lift-off mask, including a hardened photoresistive stencil layer on a PMGI layer, for use in fabricating GMR read-head sensors with trackwidths of less than 0.1 microns and TMJ MRAM devices of similar critical dimensions. The stencil portion of the mask includes a narrow portion with sharply defined edge and corners which are formed, without rounding or extreme undercut, by a photolithographic process which includes the formation, in a first development process, of auxiliary pattern pieces over the corners of the stencil and a subsequent oxidation in ozone for removing those auxiliary pattern pieces and obtaining sharply defined edge and corners and a controlled dissolution of the PMGI layer.
US07781151B2	Manufacturing method of fuel cell having micro sensors and polymer layers A manufacturing method of fuel cell having micro sensors and polymer layers is disclosed. It include the following steps of: (1) depositing first polymer layer step, (2) first lithographic processing step, (3) depositing chromium layer step, (4) depositing gold layer step, (5) removing first photo-resist layer step, (6) depositing second polymer layer step, (7) second lithographic processing step, (8) plasma etching step, (9) removing second photo-resist layer step, and (10) complete step. About this invention, the polymer layers can protect the micro sensors. The micro sensors can be installed at a specific location in the flow channel. The entire manufacturing cost is lowered.
US07781143B2	Negative-working imageable elements and methods of use Negative-working imageable elements that can be imaged using infrared radiation comprise an imageable layer and a protective overcoat on a hydrophilic substrate. The imageable layer includes an IR-sensitive cyanine dye. The protective overcoat predominantly comprises one or more poly(vinyl alcohol) resins, each of which has a hydrolysis level of 85% or less. The use of this particular overcoat composition used in combination with the IR-sensitive cyanine dye provides improved tolerance to fogging by white light while maintaining desired imaging speed.
US07781139B2	Toner manufacturing method A toner manufacturing method that allows production of toner having desired characteristics with stability in accordance with fusion emulsification technique for obtaining a toner by granulating a resin kneaded product while dispersing it in an aqueous medium. A resin kneaded product containing at least a binder resin and a colorant is mixed with a dispersant/water-containing aqueous medium. The resultant admixture is stirred by an stirring apparatus including a screen with an admixture discharge hole disposed internally of a vessel and a rotor disposed in an stirring space created by the screen.
US07781137B2	Method and apparatus for producing electrophotographic photoreceptor A method for producing a high-quality and low-cost laminate type electrophotographic photoreceptor having a coating film of uniform thickness with high efficiency is provided. In the electrophotographic photoreceptor having a laminated structure composed at least of two layers: a charge generating layer containing a charge generating substance and a charge transporting layer containing a charge transporting substance, the charge generating layer is formed by applying a coating solution for forming the charge generating layer onto the conductive support by an ink-jet coating method, and the charge transporting layer is formed by applying a coating solution for forming the charge transporting layer onto the charge generating layer by a roll coating method.
US07781135B2	Emulsion aggregation toner having zinc salicylic acid charge control agent A toner for developing electrostatic images including emulsion aggregation toner particles with a styrene acrylate latex resin, at least one additive, at least one colorant, and a charge control agent comprising 3,5 di-tert-butylsalicyclic acid zinc salt.
US07781124B2	Hologram recording material The present invention provides a hologram recording material which can modulate its refractive index effectively with visible light laser and is excellent also in transparency after this modulation. The present invention relates to a hologram recording material comprising a polymer (A) having a radically polymerizable side chain vinyl group in the molecule thereof, said polymer (A) being a polymer of monomers comprising as an essential component an acryl-vinyl monomer represented by the following formula (1): CH2═C(R1)C(═O)O—R2═CH2 (1) wherein R1 represents a hydrogen atom or methyl group, and R2 represents a saturated or unsaturated hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms, which may contain hetero atoms or halogen atoms in the molecule thereof; and a photopolymerization initiation source (B) which generates an active seed by visible light, and particularly relates to a hologram recording material having the aforementioned constitution in which the aforementioned photopolymerization initiation source (B) is a photopolymerization initiator which absorbs visible light to generate an active seed or a mixture of visible light-sensitizing dye and photopolymerization initiator.
US07781123B2	Method and apparatus for forming electrode interconnect contacts for a solid-oxide fuel cell stack An electrical interconnect for a solid-oxide fuel cell stack assembly, including a novel sintering paste and an improved manufacturing process for an anode and cathode electrical contacts is disclosed. On the anode side, the paste contains a metallic oxide such as NiO, and an amount of sacrificial pore-forming particles, such as carbon particles or polymer spheres, which are vaporized during sintering of the paste, resulting in a very porous connection having good electrical conductivity and good adhesion. A preferred level of pore-former in the paste is about 40 volume percent. On the cathode side, the paste contains a noble metal such as for example, gold, platinum, palladium or rhodium, and an amount of the sacrificial pore-forming particles. The paste may be applied to the surfaces in a grid pattern or, because the resulting contact is porous after sintering, it may be applied as a continuous layer.
US07781118B2	Fuel cell flooding detection A pressure fluctuation parameter (for example, a statistical indicator such as a root-mean-square value) from a set of differential pressure measurements between the inlet and the outlet of a fuel cell reactant flow channel carrying vaporized water is used to define flooding onset. Vaporized water in the flow of gas (air) through the flow channels is controlled in response to the parameter. Benefits include efficient operation (i.e., minimized stoichiometry) and effective management of rapid power transients in a fuel cell.
US07781116B2	Apparatus for thermal simulation of fuel cell The present invention is a simulator used in initial system integration tests of a SOFC to test peripheral components with saved costs by replacing the costly SOFC with the simulator.
US07781106B2	Lithium secondary cell and its nonaqueous electrolyte The invention provides a lithium secondary battery which is excellent in long-term cycle property and in battery characteristics, such as electric capacity and storage property, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution usable for such a lithium secondary battery. The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution containing an electrolyte salt dissolved in a nonaqueous solvent, characterized in that the positive electrode is made of a material including a lithium compound oxide, in that the negative electrode is made of a material including graphite, and in that the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains dialkyl oxalate and further contains vinylene carbonate and/or 1,3-propanesultone, and a nonaqueous electrolytic solution for use in such a battery.
US07781104B2	Separator paper for alkaline battery and the alkaline battery A thin separator paper is provided for separating a positive electrode active material and a negative electrode active material from one another in alkaline battery. The separator paper has high gas tightness, high shortage preventing effect, and low deterioration. The separator paper possesses a crystalline structure in which cellulose 1 and cellulose 2 coexist. A ratio of the cellulose 2 is controlled in relation to the cellulose 1 and the separator paper is made by using an alkali treated pulp beaten from CSF 50 ml to 0 ml, as a raw material. The separator paper has the thickness between 15 μm and 60 μm, the gas tightness between 10 minutes/100 ml and 800 minutes/100 ml, and the area shrinkage rate which is not greater than 2%. Also provided is an alkaline battery containing the separator paper.
US07781103B2	Negative active material for lithium secondary battery and negative electrode and lithium secondary battery comprising same A negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery of the present invention includes a negative active material including a plate-shaped carbon powder particle agglomerated in a primary structure in which the plate-shaped particle is oriented in a plane direction and laminated. Fine carbon powder particles are then agglomerated to form a secondary structure on the surface of the primary structure such that the resulting particles include fine pores formed on the surface.
US07781101B2	Electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery, method for producing same, and nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery comprising such electrode for nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery An electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery 6 according to the present invention includes: a current collector 3; a first active material layer 2 formed on the current collector 3; and a second active material layer 5 provided on the first active material layer 2, the second active material layer 5 including a plurality of active material particles 4. The plurality of active material particles 4 is mainly of a chemical composition represented as SiOx (0≦x<1.2). The first active material layer 2 is mainly of a chemical composition represented as SiOy (1.0≦y<2.0, y>x). The area in which the first active material layer 2 is in contact with the plurality of active material particles 4 is smaller than the area in which the current collector 3 is in contact with the first active material layer 2.
US07781097B2	Cell thermal runaway propagation resistance using an internal layer of intumescent material A means for inhibiting the propagation of thermal runaway within a plurality of batteries is provided, wherein the means is comprised of at least one layer of intumescent material interposed between the interior surface of the casing of a battery and the corresponding electrode assembly.
US07781084B2	Cathode humidification of a PEM fuel cell through exhaust gas recirculation into a positive displacement compressor A fuel cell stack receiving oxidant into a compressor progressively pressurizing the oxidant from an inlet pressure to a discharge pressure where a fluid connection exists between oxidant effluent from the fuel cell stack and the progressively pressurized oxidant within the compressor at an intermediate pressure between the compressor inlet pressure and the compressor discharge pressure. A pressure regulator is provided for managing pressure of the cell oxidant effluent recycle flow to the compressor, and measurements are taken of compressor power consumption and/or compressor discharge temperature, humidity, and/or pressure to further control the regulator.
US07781081B2	Magnetic recording medium, manufacturing method for the magnetic recording medium, and magnetic read/write apparatus A magnetic recording medium 62 wherein a substrate 11, undercoating layers 13 and 14 formed on the substrate 11, and a magnetic recording layer 15, which include the magnetic crystal grain and the grain boundary field which encloses magnetic crystal grains, are included. The grain boundary field includes Ti oxide, and the ratio of the substance amount of the Ti oxide in the magnetic recording layer 15 is 5 mol % or more and 15 mol % or less, and the Ti oxide includes at least TiO and/or Ti2O3s.
US07781080B2	Perpendicular magnetic recording medium A perpendicular magnetic recording medium composed of a nonmagnetic substrate having a surface onto which are provided a plurality of layers including, in the order recited, a soft underlayer; a nonmagnetic coupling layer; a hard magnetic pinning layer which is antiferromagnetically coupled to the soft underlayer at ambient temperature via the nonmagnetic coupling layer and which has an axis of easy magnetization which extends in a direction which is perpendicular to that of the surface of the nonmagnetic substrate; a nonmagnetic intermediate layer; and a magnetic recording layer. Such a perpendicular magnetic recording medium has an improved medium performance, with reduced noise originating from the presence of the soft underlayer, and no erasure of recorded magnetization when influenced by an external magnetic field.
US07781076B2	Heteropyrene-based semiconductor materials for electronic devices and methods of making the same A thin layer of organic semiconductor material comprising a comprising an organic semiconductor thin film material is disclosed in which the thin film material substantially comprises a heteropyrene compound or derivative. In one embodiment, a thin film transistor comprises a layer of the organic semiconductor material. Further disclosed is a process for fabricating an organic thin-film transistor device, preferably by relative low-temperature sublimation or solution-phase deposition onto a substrate.
US07781073B2	Organic electroluminescence element and display device constructed therefrom A display device having a cathode, an anode, and at least two light emitting units in between the cathode and the anode.
US07781072B2	Organic electroluminescence device An organic electroluminescence device of a long emission life is obtained by stacking an anode, a hole transport layer comprising an organic compound, a light emitting layer comprising an organic compound, an electron transport layer comprising an organic compound, and a cathode, in which the light emitting layer comprises an organic host material of an aluminum chelating complex of a specific structure and a phosphorescent organic guest material.
US07781068B2	Polarizing-plate-protecting film and polarizing plate A polarizing-plate-protecting film is provided, including a polyester film, such as a polyethylene terephthalate film, and an adhesion-facilitating layer formed on one surface of the polyester film, made of a hydrophilic cellulosic resin such as acetyl cellulose. On the other surface of the polyester film, a variety of functional layers, such as a hard coat layer, an anti-glaring layer, and an antireflection layer, are layered. The hard coat layer is a layer formed by curing, with an electron beam, an ionizing-radiation-curable resin into which an ultraviolet light absorber has been incorporated. A polyvinyl alcoholic polarizing film is laminated to the adhesion-facilitating layer of the polarizing-plate-protecting film with a water-based adhesive layer to form a polarizing plate.
US07781056B2	Removable foam adhesive tape Conformable pressure-sensitive adhesive tapes which comprise a layer of polymeric foam in the backing and may be adhered firmly to a substrate and thereafter removed therefrom after only being stretched at an angle no greater than about 35° from the surface of the substrate. Articles for mounting an object such as a picture to a surface such as a wall comprising a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape of the invention are also described.
US07781051B2	Perforated functional textile structures The invention provides a functional stretch laminate composite puckered fabric which is robust, laundry-durable and adaptable for securing about any three dimensional body, and a method for forming such puckered fabric. The functional stretch laminate fabric is provided with at least one functional element which can conduct electricity, conduct light, provide electromagnetic fields or provide shielding from electromagnetic fields. In addition, at least one via is provided in the functional stretch laminate allowing the functional element to extend or loop outwardly from the at least one via when the laminate is in a relaxed or unstretched state. Generally, the functional stretch laminate fabric is sufficiently robust for incorporation into garments and for applications in so-called wearable electronics.
US07781049B2	Hydrogen transport membrane fabrication method A hydrogen transport membrane in which a porous ceramic support supports a dense layer of palladium or an alloy of palladium serving as a hydrogen transport material. The ceramic support has a first porous layer and a second porous layer. The first porous layer has a first thickness of about 1 mm, a first set of pores have a first average pore size of between about 10 microns and about 50 microns and a first porosity of about 40 percent by volume. The second porous layer has a second thickness of about 3 microns, a second set of pores having a second average pore size of between about 10 nanometers and about 100 nanometers and a second porosity of about 50 percent by volume. The dense layer has a thickness of about 3 microns.
US07781044B2	Organic compound for recording layer for high speed recording of information and optical recording medium including the same A recording layer including a novel organic compound for a high density optical recording medium is provided. The information may be recorded on the recording layer at a 2× speed or higher speed with a relatively lower writing power so that heat distribution of the recording layer in the irradiated area is not likely to become steep both in time and space. The organic compound incorporated in the recording layer has the following general chemical structural formula (I).
US07781043B2	Disk roll and base material for disk roll The present invention provides a base material for disk rolls which is a platy molded article for obtaining ring-shaped disks for use in a disk roll comprising a rotating shaft and ring-shaped disks fitted thereon by insertion, whereby the peripheral surface of the disks serves as a conveying surface, the base material comprising inorganic fibers having a crystallization temperature of 800-900° C., a filler, and a clay. Also disclosed is a disk roll which comprises disks cut out of the base material.
US07781038B2	Medical device balloons containing thermoplastic elastomers A dilatation balloon and catheter for insertion into a bodily conduit. The catheter (10) includes shaft (12) and a dilatation balloon (24) at the distal end of the shaft. The balloon is inflated via a central lumen (14) in the shaft for delivery of a fluid inflation media. The balloon is fabricated from a combination of a thermoplastic elastomer (TPE), preferably an engineering thermoplastic elastomer (ETE), with a non-compliant structural polymeric material. The combination may be a blend of the non-compliant structural polymer and the TPE. Alternatively, the combination may be a layered balloon having, for example, a non-compliant structural polymer inner layer and a soft, abrasion resistant, elastomeric outer layer. Methods for fabricating the balloon from the combination of a TPE and a non-compliant structural polymer are also disclosed.
US07781029B2	Side seal for wet lens elements A method for protecting a wet lens element from liquid degradation is provided. The method includes applying a thin coating of an organoxy-metallic compound to the side portions of a wet lens element to leave behind an optically inert, light absorbing metal oxide film. A liquid shield coating is applied on top of the metal oxide coating. The two coating layers protect the wet lens element from liquid degradation when the side portion of the wet lens element is submerged into a liquid. In an embodiment, the wet lens element is an immersion lithography wet lens element and the liquid is an immersion lithography liquid.
US07781015B2	Coating method A coating method deposits a metal coating of particles from the gas phase on a flat, metal substrate retained by a substrate holder at a reduced pressure, and the particles are evaporated using at least one energy source from containers constituting at least one evaporation source. The metal coating is built up of several sequentially applied individual coatings.
US07781005B2	Sweetener composition Storing monatin or a salt thereof in the presence of a radical scavenger and/or in a UV light-shielding container is effective for preventing the decomposition of monatin or a salt thereof by exposure to ultraviolet light, particularly under acidic conditions. Sweetener compositions which contain monatin or a salt thereof and a radical scavenger, a colorant, caffeine and the like are resistant to decomposition by UV light.
US07781001B2	Foodstuff There is provided use of a conversion agent to prepare from a food material a foodstuff comprising at least one functional ingredient, wherein the at least one functional ingredient has been generated from at least one constituent of the food material by the conversion agent.
US07781000B2	Method for boiling wort A method for boiling wort used in the production of beer the wort is boiled in a wort copper in which an inner boiler comprising a superimposed thin-film distributor is disposed. After boiling and after removal of the sludge in a whirlpool, the wort is again placed on the thin-film distributor for evaporation so that the wort copper simultaneously works as an evaporator.
US07780996B2	Composition to enhance HDL cholesterol and to decrease intima-media thickening in animals and humans and a method for its preparation A method of producing a product to correct hypercholesterolemia including pulping fruits of Emblica Officinalis with demineralized water to create a slurry. The slurry is treated with pectinase. The pectinase-treated slurry is filtered to create a solution. The solution is concentrated to create a product. A product having an extract of Emblica Officinalis for prophylactic and for therapeutic treatment of coronary diseases, atherosclerosis, hypothyroidism and hyperthyroidism.
US07780986B2	Method of preparing sustained-release preparations of quinolone antibiotics The present invention relates to an orally administrable preparation comprising a quinolone antibiotic which releases the active compound with a delay.
US07780984B2	Methods and compositions for treating proliferative diseases The present invention provides combination therapy methods of treating proliferative diseases (such as cancer) comprising a first therapy comprising administering to an individual an effective amount of a taxane in a nanoparticle composition, and a second therapy which may include, for example, radiation, surgery, administration of chemotherapeutic agents, or combinations thereof. Also provided are methods of administering to an individual a drug taxane in a nanoparticle composition based on a metronomic dosing regime.
US07780976B2	Apparatus and method for delivering controlled quantities of one or more agents to the eye A flat strip of supporting material, such as filter paper, having marked reference locations on each of one or more legs, for delivering controlled quantities of one or more agents to the adnexa of the eye simultaneously upon dispensing a liquid to the strip at the appropriate reference location.
US07780973B2	Method and device for minimally invasive implantation of biomaterial A minimally invasive method of placing a delivery device substantially adjacent to vascular tissue and a device for use with such a method are disclosed. The delivery device may be a flexible biological construct with a flexible tethering means. The delivery device may be percutaneously inserted near vascular tissue such as, for example, peritoneal tissue. When the delivery device has been inserted, the tether may be used to pull the delivery device toward the vascular tissue and secure the device thereto. Contact between the front surface of the delivery device and the vascular tissue may be maintained by making and keeping the tether substantially taut. The delivery device may serve accomplish sustained delivery of active agents.
US07780971B2	Composition containing fibers, spherical particles and platelets, and its uses The invention relates to a composition containing an oily phase dispersed in an aqueous phase, fibers, spherical particles and platelets. The composition has very good stability and applies very uniformly to the skin, with no phenomenon of pilling or of aggregation. It may especially constitute and oil-in-water emulsion that may be used as a cosmetic composition. The invention also relates to the use of the said composition especially to care for, treat, make up or cleanse the skin, the lips, the eyelashes and/or the hair.
US07780970B2	Composition The present invention relates to a composition and a method of preparing or treating food products so as to improve their aroma, flavor, mildness, sweetness, consistency, texture, body, mouth feel, firmness, viscosity, gel fracture, wheying off, structure and/or organoleptic properties, nutrition and/or health benefits. In particular, the present invention provides a composition comprising a live micro-organism, an enzyme produced by said micro-organism and an exopolysaccharide (EPS) produced by the activity of said enzyme.
US07780968B2	Clostridial toxin derivatives and methods for treating pain Agents for treating pain, methods for producing the agents and methods for treating pain by administration to a patient of a therapeutically effective amount of the agent. The agent can include a clostridial neurotoxin, or a component or fragment or derivative thereof, attached to a targeting moiety, wherein the targeting moiety is selected from a group consisting of transmission compounds which can be released from neurons upon the transmission of pain signals by the neurons, and compounds substantially similar to the transmission compounds.
US07780965B2	Eta-1 gene and methods for use The present application relates to osteopontin (Eta-1) polypeptides, nucleic acids that encode Eta-1, antibodies that specifically bind to Eta-1, and methods for enhancing an immune response in an animal.
US07780949B2	Regulation of CCN2 by CCN3 and its therapeutic and diagnostic potential in fibrosis, sclerosis and other diseases The present invention discloses a role of CCN3 in diseases associated with the overexpression of CCN2, which include but are not limited to kidney disease, fibrosis, and cancer. The full length CCN3 protein or fragments thereof or isoforms (or combinations) of CCN3 are involved in these diseases. The isolated and purified CCN3 protein or its fragments or isoforms (or combinations) of CCN3 can be potentially used in the treatment or prevention of these diseases by regulating the expression and/or activity of the CCN2 protein. The level of CCN3 in tissue or body fluids can also be used to predict, diagnose and/or follow the progression of diseases as well as to determine the effectiveness of therapeutic intervention.
US07780948B2	Post biopsy cavity treatment implants and methods A post-biopsy cavity treatment implant includes a radiopaque element, a core portion and a shell portion. The core portion is coupled to the radiopaque element, and includes a first porous matrix defining a first controlled pore architecture. The shell portion is coupled to the core portion and includes a second porous matrix defining a second controlled pore architecture that is different from the first controlled pore architecture.
US07780943B2	Production method and apparatus for compound oxide powder A compound oxide powder producing method for producing compound oxide powder made of at least two kinds of metals. A solution, in which a first metal compound for producing, when hydrolyzed, a hydroxide or oxide is dissolved in an organic solvent, and an emulsion, which contains another metal in the form of ions in an aqueous phase inside of inverse micelles formed by a surfactant in an organic solvent, are individually mixed in flowing states. The mixed liquid is stirred while being continuously caused to flow to the downstream side of a mixing portion of the first solution and the emulsion. Primary particles are formed by the hydrolysis of the first metal compound inside or in the interface of the inverse micelles whereas secondary particles are formed by the agglomeration of the primary particles.
US07780939B2	Sidewall derivatized carbon nanotubes This invention is directed to chemical derivatives of carbon nanotubes wherein the carbon nanotubes have a diameter up to 3 nm. In one embodiment, this invention also provides a method for preparing carbon nanotubes having substituents attached to the side wall of the nanotube by reacting single-wall carbon nanotubes with fluorine gas and recovering fluorine derivatized carbon nanotubes, then reacting fluorine derivatized carbon nanotubes with a nucleophile. Some of the fluorine substituents are replaced by nucleophilic substitution. If desired, the remaining fluorine can be completely or partially eliminated to produce carbon nanotubes having substituents attached to the side wall of the nanotube. The substituents are dependent on the nucleophile, and preferred nucleophiles include alkyl lithium species such as methyl lithium.
US07780935B2	Method for controlling NOx emissions in the FCCU A process for the reduction of NOx emissions from a regeneration zone during a fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) process are disclosed. The process comprises contacting a hydrocarbon feedstock with a circulating inventory of an FCC cracking catalyst and a NOx reduction composition during an FCC process. The NOx reduction composition comprises at least one reduced nitrogen species component having the ability to reduce the content of reduced nitrogen species to molecular nitrogen under reducing or partial burn FCC conditions and at least one NOx reduction component having the ability to convert NOx to molecular nitrogen under oxidizing or full burn FCC conditions.
US07780932B2	Flue gas desulfurization process A process for desulfurizing an SO2-comprising gaseous stream comprising the steps of: a. providing an aqueous feed comprising an anion selected from a group consisting of carbonate, bicarbonate, hydroxide, sulfite, and hydrogen sulfite; b. providing an SO2-comprising gaseous feed; and c. contacting the aqueous feed and the gaseous feed to generate a desulfurized gaseous product comprising less than 40% of the feed SO2 content, and an aqueous product; wherein the contacting is carried out in a cyclone unit comprising a housing defined by a cylindrical peripheral wall and provided with at least one inlet opening for receiving fluids thereinto and with at least one swirling means, and wherein the cyclone unit is characterized in that the velocity of the gaseous stream inside the cyclone unit is between 20 m/sec and 120 m/sec.
US07780927B2	Spinning tube in tube reactors and their methods of operation A spinning tube in tube reactor has the usual elongated transverse annular cross section reaction passage through which reactants pass to force reaction between them; the passage being between the rotor tube exterior surface and the stator tube interior surface. The radial dimension of the annual passage should be keep as uniform as possible so as not to cause unwanted variations in the reaction. This has proven difficult in prior constructions owing to the small radial dimension (e.g. 50-300 micrometers) and inevitable manufacturing tolerances in the bearings supporting the rotor. In apparatus of the invention the rotor is suspended within the stator passage by a flexible connection between the drive motor shaft and the rotor and uniformity is maintained by the so-called hydrodynamic effect which will become operative in such a narrow passage. Thus, if any part of the rotor surface moves radially from the central position closer to the stator surface the liquid viscosity produces a force that moves the rotor back to the central position. Preferably the flexible connection consists of two serially connected flexible connectors.
US07780925B2	Fixed-bed catalytic reactor A radial chemical reactor (10, 110, 210, 310) for catalytic reactions comprising: a substantially cylindrical shell (12), a first catalytic bed (18) having a substantially ring shaped cross-section, coaxially supported in said shell (12) and having a reagent gases inlet side (20) and a reaction mixture outlet side (21); a plurality of heat exchangers (22) supported and distributed in a substantially ring-shaped respective portion of said first catalytic bed (18); at least one second catalytic bed (28) with a substantially ring-shaped cross-section, supported in said shell (12) coaxially to said first bed (18) and at a predetermined distance from said first bed, said second catalytic bed (28) having a reaction mixture inlet side (30) and a reaction gaseous products outlet side (31); a plurality of heat exchangers (32) supported and distributed in a substantially ring-shaped respective portion of said second catalytic bed (28).
US07780923B2	Plasma reaction vessel, and method of producing the same In the plasma reaction vessel (1) of the invention, two or more laminate-structures (6) having ceramic formed bodies (3, 4) in which a plasma generating electrode (2) capable of generating plasma is formed in two-tape-form, and an electrically continuous film-like electrically conductive electrode (5) held between the two ceramic formed bodies (3, 4) are formed in such a manner as to form a plasma generating space (7) containing mutual laminate planes therein. Of the electrically conductive electrodes (5), adjacent ones are capable of having electric discharge produced therebetween so as to generate the plasma in the plasma generating space (7) and of generating uniform stabilized plasma at low electric power, it being possible to reduce a passage resistance to a gas passing therein.
US07780919B2	Method for processing a tissue specimen in situ prior to histological examination The present invention is directed to a method for processing a tissue specimen in situ prior to histological examination by providing a tissue specimen having a predetermined examination face, disposing the specimen on a tissue positioning member for removably maintaining the tissue specimen with the examination face in a desired orientation thereon, processing the tissue specimen while maintaining the examination face in the desired orientation on the positioning member throughout processing, separating the tissue specimen from the tissue positioning member by application of a separation force, and maintaining the orientation of the examination face after the specimen is removed from the tissue positioning member wherein processing of the specimen includes contacting the specimen with fluids for dehydrating and clearing the specimen and subsequent casting of the specimen in an embedding material for forming a specimen-containing mold portion having the tissue specimen contained therein in desired orientation.
US07780914B2	Sample collection and testing system A testing device for the identification of an analyte of interest in a sample, comprises a housing having an internal recess (14); a sample collection device (19) and at least one insertable testing element (20); the housing being adapted to receive the sample collection device in the internal recess therein and to shield a sample collected on the sample collection device, the housing also being adapted to receive the or each insertable testing element such that, on insertion of the testing element into the housing, the testing element is in liquid conductive communication with a sample collected on the sample collection device.
US07780909B2	Ultrasonic sanitation and disinfecting methods A device for sanitizing and disinfecting a space includes a tank having an interior space for holding an aqueous sanitizing, disinfecting, and/or sterilizing liquid, a bottom sector, an air inlet sector, and an exhaust sector, inner walls of the exhaust sector and the air inlet sector forming a substantially “V”-shaped air pathway within the interior space. A liquid cascading reactor vessel is positioned within the bottom sector of the tank, a top edge of the reactor vessel in adjustably spaced relation from a notch in the “V”-shaped air pathway. A vibratable ultrasonic head array is positionable within and beneath a top edge of the reactor vessel and is submergable within the reactor vessel for vibrating the disc to form atomized micro-particles from the liquid. Air can be drawn into the air inlet, and the formed atomized micro-particles can be exhausted from the exhaust outlet.
US07780905B2	Supporting ceramic articles during firing An adjustable mold is used to mold material to form a first support. A first ceramic article is supported by the first support during firing. The adjustable mold may be adjusted and used to mold material to form a second support having a second configuration. The second support is used to support a second ceramic article during firing. The first and second supports may advantageously be formed with projections which engage the ceramic articles during firing. The length of these projections may be varied by adjusting the mold. A second adjustable mold may be used to form a first retainer which limits upward movement of the first ceramic article during firing. The second adjustable mold may be adjusted and used to form a second retainer which limits upward movement of the second ceramic article during firing.
US07780890B2	Advanced gel sheet production The present invention provides various methods for producing gel sheets in a continuous fashion. The embodiments of the present invention help reduce the time of producing gel sheets that is suitable for industrial manufacturing. Such gel sheets are used in manufacturing aerogel blankets used in a variety of applications including thermal and acoustic insulation.
US07780889B2	Multistage draw with relaxation step The invention relates to a continuous dry spinning process for preparing a fiber from a polymer solution having concentrations of polymer, salt, solvent and water. After the fiber is extruded and quenched, the fiber is placed in contact with a conditioning solution comprising concentrations of solvent, salt, and water. The conditioning solution acts upon the fiber to plasticize the fiber prior to being drawn. The conditioning solution has concentrations of solvent, salt, and water so that the fiber is plasticized to the extent necessary for drawing but does not plasticize the fiber to such an extent as to re-dissolve the fiber into a polymeric solution. A heat-treated fiber manufactured from this process has improved shrinkage and can be colored to darker shades.
US07780888B2	Process for making a carbon nanotubes/ultra-high molar mass polyethylene composite fibre The invention relates to a process for making a carbon nanotubes/ultra-high molar mass polyethylene (CNTs/UHPE) composite fiber comprising the steps of a) pre-treating CNTs with an acidic aqueous solution; b) making a composition containing pre-treated CNTs dispersed in a solution of UHPE in a spin solvent; and c) spinning the composition obtained into fibers; wherein step b) comprises making a dispersion of pre-treated CNTs in an alcohol, and mixing this dispersion with a mixture of UHPE and spin solvent. With this process CNTs/UHPE composite fibers showing improved tensile properties are obtained at relatively low CNTs content. A further advantage is that no or hardly any additional components, like dispersion aids, need to be added to make a stable dispersion of CNTs in the spin composition. The invention also relates to a CNTs/UHPE composite fiber obtainable by the process according to the invention, and to semi-finished or end-use articles containing said composite fiber.
US07780879B2	Method for making contact lenses The instant invention pertains to a method and a fluid composition for producing contact lenses with improved lens quality and with increased product yield. The method of the invention involves adding a phospholipid into a fluid composition including a lens-forming material in an amount sufficient to reduce an averaged mold separation force by at least about 40% in comparison with that without the phospholipids.
US07780878B2	Lead-free conductive compositions and processes for use in the manufacture of semiconductor devices: Mg-containing additive Described herein are a silicon semiconductor device and a conductive lead-free silver paste for use in the front side of a solar cell device.
US07780867B1	Edge bevel removal of copper from silicon wafers Chemical etching methods and associated modules for performing the removal of metal from the edge bevel region of a semiconductor wafer are described. The methods and systems apply liquid etchant in a precise manner at the edge bevel region of the wafer, so that the etchant is applied on to the front edge, the side edge and the back edge. The etchant thus does not flow or splatter onto the active circuit region of the wafer. An edge bevel removal embodiment involving that is particularly effective at obviating streaking, narrowing the metal taper and allowing for subsequent chemical mechanical polishing, is disclosed.
US07780866B2	Method of plasma confinement for enhancing magnetic control of plasma radial distribution A method for processing a workpiece in a plasma reactor. The method comprises constraining plasma in the chamber away from the floor of the pumping annulus, providing an annular baffle while compensating for asymmetry of gas flow attributable to the pumping port, and providing a gas flow equalizer below the baffle having an eccentrically shaped opening. The method further includes modifying the radial distribution of plasma ion density and providing a magnetic plasma steering field having an edge high plasma ion density distribution tendency. The method further comprises locating the baffle at a sufficient distance below the workpiece to provide an edge low plasma ion density distribution tendency that compensates the edge high plasma ion density distribution tendency of the magnetic plasma steering field.
US07780864B2	Process using combined capacitively and inductively coupled plasma sources for controlling plasma ion radial distribution A method of processing a workpiece in the chamber of a plasma reactor in which the plasma ion density radial distribution in the process region is controlled by adjusting the ratio between the amounts of the (VHF) capacitively coupled power and the inductively coupled power while continuing to maintain the level of total plasma source power. The method can also include applying independently adjustable LF bias power and HF bias power to the workpiece and adjusting the average value and population distribution of ion energy at the surface of the workpiece by adjusting the proportion between the LF and HF bias powers.
US07780863B2	Method of fabricating hollow waveguide having cyclic geometric structure A waveguide has a hollow center. The waveguide has dielectric tubes which have a geometric arrangement, like a triangle-lattice arrangement. A laser transmitted in the waveguide is confined and is emitted out with a narrow expending angle. Hence, the laser is emitted straightly forwarded and has a low power loss. The present invention is suitable for using in a high-power laser and obtaining a directive microwave.
US07780857B2	Solid composition for treating water A method for reducing the halogen off-gassing rate in a solid water treatment halogen-containing composition is provided comprising forming a solid water treatment halogen-containing composition comprising (a) a halogen containing source; (b) a boron-containing source and (c) a polyphosphate-containing source.
US07780855B2	Method for pre-engineering a system for environmental control of storm water The present invention provides a method of installing an environmental control system so as to allow for separate sizing of treatment and bypass capacity while also offering the ability to make or change either treatment or bypass capacities at different times. This is accomplished by containing the treatment and bypass functions in separate chambers, using screen, baffle, or coalescing media pack to further refine effectiveness and capacity of each structure independently. The control structure and interceptor structure may be pre-engineered to a variety of sizes, capacities, or other specifications. This allows simple selection of a specific control structure and a specific interceptor structure from a variety of combinations, eliminating the need for custom engineering for each installation.
US07780854B2	Methods for separating oil and water The present invention relates to methods for the separation of oil and water, in particular through the action of a polymeric material on oil/water emulsions (including oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions).
US07780850B2	Water pollution prevention and remediation apparatus A fluid pollution prevention system is provided for preventing the discharge of petrochemicals from a bilge of a marine vessel. The system may include either or both a locator and an absorber for isolating and/or absorbing hazardous waste from a fluid in the bilge. In one embodiment, the locator is a continuous sidewall or barrier that defines a vertically enclosed fluid volume that is isolated from petrochemicals floating on the surface of fluid in a bilge. The absorber forms a closed geometric shape having an interior area that is disposable about the sidewall and movable along the sidewall as a function of fluid height. The absorber functions to absorb petrochemicals from the fluid and isolate an inlet of the bilge pump from receipt of the same. The absorber may be opened and closed to facilitate placement about the sidewall or other objects.
US07780840B2	Process for plating chromium from a trivalent chromium plating bath A plating process for plating chromium metal onto substrates is disclosed. The process uses a trivalent chromium plating bath with a sulfate and/or sulfonate matrix. The process also utilizes insoluble anodes. An addition of manganese ions to the plating bath inhibits the formation of detrimental hexavalent chromium ions upon use of the plating bath.
US07780839B2	Electroplating bronze Electrolytes for white bronzes are disclosed as well as methods of depositing the white bronzes. The electrolytes for depositing the white bronzes are cyanide free and provide a uniform white color.
US07780824B2	Electroplating jig An electroplating jig which includes: a first insulator plate having an aperture; a second insulator plate sandwiching a body to be plated between the first insulator plate and the second insulator plate so that the body to be plated is faced outside from the aperture; and a conductive plate for conducting electric current supplied from outside to the body to be plated, the conductive plate being arranged between the first or second insulator plate and the body to be plated, wherein the conductive plate is formed using a conductive rubber contacting elastically with the body to be plated.
US07780819B2	Chemical elements extraction process by non-thermal plasma and device for implementation The present invention has for its objects a process for extracting the chemical elements contained in diverse products (i.e. waste, ashes, used catalysts, etc. . . .) or in raw materials such as soils, sediments, lands, brownfields and ores and a device to implement the process. The process consists in forming volatile compounds with one or several elements to be extracted present in a first reactor using a gas being maintained outside of thermodynamic equilibrium as in non-thermal plasma (electric discharge under high or low pressure, corona discharge . . . ). These volatile compounds are then exhausted towards secondary reactors intended to selectively extract said volatile compounds by decomposition or by condensation to recover each elements and the gas which can be recycled.
US07780817B2	Measurement system for improved paper roll runnability A method for measuring both caliper and tension of a web such as paper wound into a roll. The method may include a standard caliper sensor whose air supply is selectively modified to allow for both the measurement of caliper and tension of the web. In another embodiment two similar or identical measurement devices are installed in tandem where one device measures tension without pinching the sheet and the other device measures caliper. The sensor may include two sheet guides for providing support for tension measurement or one or both sheet guides can be eliminated by support from machinery rolls.
US07780813B2	Electric field mediated chemical reactors A chemical reactor includes two or more substrates joined along planar surfaces thereof, a chemical reaction chamber located between the two or more substrates, and a pair of electrodes on one of the substrates and along a wall of the reaction chamber. Each substrate is a substantially dielectric or semiconductor substrate. The chemical reaction chamber has a hollow interior, one or more input ports to transport a gas into the hollow interior, and an output port to transport a byproduct out of the hollow interior.
US07780806B2	Tire for an aircraft and method for producing the same There is provided a tire for an aircraft capable of enhancing abrasion resistance and effectively preventing a progress of peeling of the non-extensible cords of the main belt layers even when the tire suffers external injury reaching the main belt layers. A tire comprises a pair of bead cores 4, a carcass 5 toroidaly extending between the bead cores, a main belt 6 disposed on an outer peripheral side of a crown area of the carcass 5 and consisting of main belt layers having a spirally-wound structure of a non-extensible cord, and a sub belt 7 disposed on the outer peripheral side of the main belt 6 and consisting of sub belt layers 7a, 7b having an organic fiber cord extending in a circumferential direction of the tire in a zigzag pattern, wherein the sub belt layers 7a, 7b are formed in such a manner that the organic fiber cord in a zigzag pattern is wound several times in the circumferential direction of the tire, and that a crossing angle of the organic fiber cord with respect to an equatorial plane of the tire is within a range between 45 degrees and 90 degrees.
US07780799B2	Cold-rolled steel sheet having a tensile strength of 780 MPA or more, an excellent local formability and a suppressed increase in weld hardness The present invention provides a high-strength cold-rolled steel sheet and a high-strength surface treated steel sheet 780 MPa or more in tensile strength, said steel sheets having excellent local formability and suppressed weld hardness increase and being characterized by: said steel sheets containing, in weight, C: 0.05 to 0.09%, Si: 0.4 to 1.3%, Mn: 2.5 to 3.2%, P: 0.001 to 0.05%, N: 0.0005 to 0.006%, Al: 0.005 to 0.1%, Ti: 0.001 to 0.045%, and S in the range stipulated by the following expression (A), with the balance consisting of Fe and unavoidable impurities; the microstructures of said steel sheets being composed of bainite of 7% or more in terms of area percentage and the balance consisting of one or more of ferrite, martensite, tempered martensite and retained austenite; and said components in said steel sheets satisfying the following expressions (C) and (D) when Mneq. is defined by the following expression (B); S≦0.08×(Ti(%)−3.43×N(%)+0.004 . . . (A), where, when a value of the member Ti(%)−3.43×N(%) of said expression (A) is negative, the value is regarded as zero. Mneq.=Mn(%)−0.29×Si(%)+6.24×C(%) . . . (B), 950≦(Mneq./(C(%)−(Si(%)/75)))×bainite area percentage (%) . . . (C), C(%)+(Si(%)/20)+(Mn(%)/18)50.30 . . . (D).
US07780798B2	Medical devices including hardened alloys Medical devices, such as endoprostheses, and methods of making the devices are disclosed. The endoprostheses comprise a tubular member capable of maintaining patency of a bodily vessel. The tubular member includes a mixture of at least two compositions, where the presence of the second composition gives the mixture a greater hardness than that of the first composition alone. The first composition includes less than about 25 weight percent chromium, less than about 7 weight percent molybdenum, from about 10 to about 35 weight percent nickel, and iron. The second composition is different from the first and is present from about 0.1 weight percent to about 5 weight percent of the mixture.
US07780795B1	Adhesive removal indicator system and method of use An adhesive removal indicator system and method of use including a method for removing a residual bonding adhesive from a substrate, such as human skin, the method including applying an adhesive adsorbable colored dye on the residual bonding adhesive to form a colored adhesive; applying a bonding adhesive solvent on the colored adhesive; and removing from the substrate the colored adhesive with the bonding adhesive solvent, wherein the adhesive adsorbable colored dye is a skin impermeable dye.
US07780794B2	Medical implement cleaning device A cleaning device for a medical implement is disclosed. The cleaning device includes a cap having an opening to an inner cavity, the opening being adapted to receive a site of the medical implement. The cleaning device further includes a compressible cleaning material that contains a cleaning agent prior to receipt of the site of the medical implement, i.e. the cleaning material is pre-loaded with the cleaning agent. The compressible cleaning material is at least partially secured in the inner cavity and adapted to swab and clean the site with the cleaning agent.
US07780792B2	Process for gelatinising starch using a biodegradable polymer material bearing aldehyde groups The invention provides a process wherein starch and/or a starch derivative can be gelatinized more efficiently by means a thermo mechanical treatment, when a carbohydrate polymer is used comprising aldehyde containing monomer units which comprise one or more aldehyde groups that are derived from one or more a primary alcohol groups. With this process a granulate or other semi-finished product can be obtained that can be shaped to produce an article that has excellent dimensional stability in water. The invention further provides a granulate, a shaped starch product, a food product or a blown starch film comprising such a carbohydrate polymer.
US07780776B2	Antiglare coatings and articles The present invention relates to articles comprising an antiglare layer, coating compositions suitable for making antiglare layers, methods of making an antiglare article, and methods of making antiglare coating compositions. In some embodiments the article is a (e.g. illuminated) display article such as a touch screen. The antiglare layer comprises aggregate inorganic oxide particles in a cured inorganic polymer matrix.
US07780769B2	High output concentrator A multi-chamber canister for a pressure swing absorption system within a general housing assembly. The chambers include a first molecular sieve chamber for receiving a first molecular sieve for separating air from the ambient environment into a concentrated gas and at least a second molecular sieve chamber disposed within the housing assembly for receiving a second molecular sieve for separating air from the ambient environment into a concentrated gas component. Furthermore, a supply chamber is disposed within the housing for receiving air from the ambient environment and for communicating air to either first or second molecular sieve chambers.
US07780763B2	Method of desorbing a volatile component from a spent adsorbent with rotating packed bed and method of recovering 2,2,3,3-tetrafluro-1-propanol from a gas stream by adsorption A method of desorbing a volatile component from a spent adsorbent is disclosed, which includes flowing a stream of supercritical carbon dioxide through a rotating packed bed of the spent adsorbent; and collecting an effluent from the rotating packed bed, which contains supercritical carbon dioxide and the volatile component entrained therein. In one embodiment of the present invention a spent activated carbon from a process for recovering 2,2,3,3-tetrafluro-1-propanol from a gas stream containing 2,2,3,3-tetrafluro-1-propanol is regenerated by flowing a stream of supercritical carbon dioxide through a rotating packed bed of the spent activated carbon.
US07780755B2	Crack-resistant ceramic honeycomb articles and methods of manufacturing same The present invention provides honeycomb ceramic articles and methods of manufacturing such articles having few or no defects in the outer skin. Methods for minimizing and/or eliminating cracks in thin-wall and ultra-thin-wall cordierite honeycomb articles are disclosed. Advantageously, the present invention prevents skin cracks from forming during the production of thin-wall and ultra-thin-wall cordierite honeycomb articles by optimizing skin properties such as porosity, thickness and pore size distribution.
US07780754B2	Rapid-action connection element with a filter A rapid-action connection element for a compressed air hose (3) includes a filter (5) located in the discharge casing (4) for sealing a flow cross-section, a flow-through pressure piston (7) extending, at least partially into the discharge casing (4) and displaceable, within limits between outward position remote from the filter (5) in which the pressure piston (7) is sealed with respect to the discharge casing (4), and an inward position adjacent to the filter (5) in which the pressure piston (7) is open with respect to the discharge casing (4) for flow therebetween, and a flow-through rapid-action coupling member (6a) connected with the pressure piston (7).
US07780753B2	Dust collector cup of fall centrifugal separation type A dust collector cup working in the principle of fall centrifugal separation, consists of cup body (13), outlet (3) on the cup body (13), inlet (1) tangential to the circumferential wall of the cup body (13), and a separator settled in the cup body (13). The separator is composed of outlet tube (9), inlet (6) on the wall of the outlet tube (9), and the isolating shield (7) under the inlet (6) of the outlet tube (9), with the outlet tube (9) linked to the outlet (3) of the cup body (13). The fall between the horizontal positions of the lower end of inlet of the cup body (13) and the upper end of the inlet (6) of the outlet tube (9) is 0-140 mm.
US07780747B2	Apparatus and method for hydrogen generation from gaseous hydride An apparatus and method including storage and dispensing vessels to safely store and dispense gaseous hydrides, where the storage and dispensing vessels contain a solid-phase physical sorbent medium having a physically sorptive affinity for gaseous hydrides, and wherein the gaseous hydride is decomposed in the apparatus to generate hydrogen gas. The gaseous hydrides include, but are not limited to, silane, germane, stibine and diborane. The gaseous hydrides decompose spontaneously and/or decomposition is enhanced using surface modified adsorbents. The hydrogen generated by the apparatus may be used in a fuel cell or other hydrogen gas consuming unit.
US07780742B2	Composition comprising a compound X and A compound Y, at least one of which is a silicone, and a hydrophobic direct dye The present disclosure relates to a composition for coloring keratin fibers comprising in a cosmetically acceptable medium, at least one compound X of polyorganosiloxane comprising siloxane units of a formula (I) and compound Y of organosiloxane comprising at least one alkylhydrogensiloxane unit of a formula (III), wherein when compounds X and Y are placed in contact with each other they react together via a hydrosilyation reaction, at least one hydrophobic direct dye having a log P greater than 2, and optionally at least one organic solvent. The composition of the disclosure makes it possible to obtain varied hues and intense colors on the keratin fibers. Moreover, the coloration is very resistant to external agents, for example, to repeated washing.
US07780741B2	Socket liner incorporating sensors to monitor amputee progress Disclosed is a device and method to aid in the monitoring of the health of an amputee's limb. The device employs a socket preferably including a liner. The liner may be constructed of an inner layer and an outer layer. The inner layer is configured to hold a plurality of sensors able to monitor the physiological health of the enclosed limb. The inner layer further employs a transmission device able to receive data from the sensors and send such data to an end user; the end user being a computer, the amputee, or a doctor. Through receipt of such data, the end user is aided in monitoring the health of the limb.
US07780728B2	Correction of higher order aberrations in intraocular lenses In one aspect, the present invention provides a method of designing an intraocular lens (IOL) to address variations of at least one ocular parameter in a population of patient eyes. The method can include establishing at least one eye model in which the ocular parameter can be varied over a range exhibited by the population. The eye model can be employed to evaluate a plurality of IOL designs in correcting visual acuity for eyes in the patient population. An IOL design that provides a best fit for visual performance over at least a portion of the parameter range can then be selected.
US07780727B2	Scleral prosthesis for treatment of presbyopia and other eye disorders Presbyopia is treated by implanting within a plurality of elongated pockets formed in the tissue of the sclera of the eye transverse to a meridian of the eye, a prosthesis having an elongated body having a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface to contact the base and flap of the scleral pocket. The first and second surfaces are spaced apart a distance so that the implanted prosthesis exerts an outward force on the flap of the scleral pocket which results in an outward traction on at least the anterior margin of the scleral pocket. The combined effect of the implanted prostheses is to exert a radially outward traction on the sclera in the region overlying the ciliary body which expands the sclera in the affected region together with the underlying ciliary body. The expansion of the ciliary body restores the effective working distance of the ciliary muscle in the presbyopic eye and thereby increases the amplitude of accommodation. Hyperopia, primary open angle glaucoma and/or ocular hypertension can be treated by increasing the effective working distance of the ciliary muscle according to the invention. A preferred embodiment of the scleral prosthesis has a major surface adapted to contact the base or flap of the pocket and an opposite surface or ridge spaced from the major surface.
US07780725B2	Everting heart valve The present invention provides methods and apparatus for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve. The apparatus includes a replacement valve and an expandable anchor configured for endovascular delivery to a vicinity of the patient's heart valve. In some embodiments, the replacement valve is adapted to wrap about the anchor, for example, by everting during endovascular deployment. In some embodiments, the replacement valve is not connected to expandable portions of the anchor. In some embodiments, the anchor is configured for active foreshortening during endovascular deployment. In some embodiments, the anchor includes expandable lip and skirt regions for engaging the patient's heart valve during deployment. In some embodiments, the anchor comprises a braid fabricated from a single strand of wire. In some embodiments, the apparatus includes a lock configured to maintain anchor expansion. The invention also includes methods for endovascularly replacing a patient's heart valve. In some embodiments, the method includes the steps of endovascularly delivering a replacement valve and an expandable anchor to a vicinity of the heart valve, wrapping at least a portion of the replacement valve about the anchor, and expanding the anchor to a deployed configuration.
US07780711B2	Fixation system with multidirectional bone supports A fixation system includes a plate intended to be positioned against a bone, a plurality of bone screws for securing the plate along an non-fractured portion of the bone, and a plurality of bone pegs which extend from the plate and into bone fragments of the fracture to provide a supporting framework. The pegs can be oriented at various angles relative to an axis normal to the lower surface of the plate. For each peg, once the peg has been appropriately positioned within the peg hole, a set screw is threaded into the peg hole and tightened, thereby securing the peg in the selected orientation.
US07780705B2	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.
US07780702B2	Suture tool A suture tool is provided in which the fixing member includes: a base portion which has a thin and longitudinal plate shape and which has a through-hole through which the suture thread passes; and a pair of bent pieces of which ends are opposed to each other by bending both ends of the base portion toward the center thereof. Thick plate portions which are thick in an insertion direction of the suture thread and which interpose the suture thread therebetween are disposed at the ends of the pair of bent pieces, respectively.
US07780699B2	Vascular wound closure device and method A method and apparatus for closing a vascular wound includes a guidewire and/or other surgical implement extending from the wound. A hemostatic material is advanced over the surgical implement and into contact with an area of the blood vessel surrounding the wound. The surgical implement is removed. Blood soaks the hemostatic material, and blood clotting is facilitated by the hemostatic agent within the material. A sealing layer of adhesive can be applied to the hemostatic material, confining the blood flow to the material. Thus, the vascular puncture wound is sealed by natural blood clot formation.
US07780694B2	Intravascular device and system A device for use in capturing or collecting debris found in blood vessels or other body lumens. The devices can be fabricated from a tube and include longitudinally and circumferentially extending members. The device can further embody structure that provides enhanced radial opening and angular resistance to collapse and structure for absorbing or modifying forces applied thereto by an operator.
US07780692B2	Expandable percutaneous sheath Disclosed is an expandable percutaneous sheath, for introduction into the body while in a first, low cross-sectional area configuration, and subsequent expansion to a second, enlarged cross-sectional configuration. The sheath is maintained in the first, low cross-sectional configuration by a tubular restraint. In one application, the sheath is utilized to provide access for a diagnostic or therapeutic procedure such as percutaneous nephrostomy or urinary bladder access.
US07780688B2	Spring clip and method for assembling same A surgical clip assembly is provided having two molded components and a tension spring. In one aspect, the spring clip includes a first molded portion having a first jaw and a first finger tab, a second molded portion coupled to the first molded portion and having a second jaw and a second finger tab, and a tension spring coupled to both the first and second molded portions. The first and second molded portions may be identical components. The tension spring is wound at least one turn forming a central coil and two extensions, and each of the molded portions is formed with a hinge area. Each of the hinge areas includes a hinge stud and a hinge cavity. The hinge areas align and snap-fit with one another to form the clip assembly. The extensions of the tension spring may be mounted into guide slots or ribs of the molded portions.
US07780680B2	Apparatus for deployment of micro-coil using a catheter The apparatus for deployment of a therapeutic device such as a micro-coil detachably mounts the therapeutic device to a distal portion of a pusher member. In one embodiment, the therapeutic device is detachably mounted to the distal portion of the pusher member by a tubular collar that can be heated by a heater such as an electrical resistance coil to expand the collar and release and deploy the therapeutic device. The apparatus for deployment of a therapeutic device such as a micro-coil may also provide for a pusher member and a connector fiber for securing the therapeutic device to the pusher member. The connector fiber passes through a heater within the distal portion of the pusher member, for heating and breaking the connector fiber to release the therapeutic device when a desired placement of the therapeutic device within the vasculature is achieved.
US07780661B2	Vacuum coagulation probes An embodiment of the invention includes a surgical device for coagulating soft tissue such as atrial tissue in the treatment of atrial fibrillation, atrial flutter, and atrial tachycardia; tendon or ligament shrinkage; or articular cartilage removal. The surgical device integrates a suction mechanism with the coagulation mechanism improving the lesion creation capabilities of the device. The surgical device comprises an elongate member having an insulative covering attached about conductive elements capable of coagulating soft tissue when radiofrequency or direct current energy is transmitted to the conductive elements. Openings through the insulative covering expose regions of the conductive elements and are coupled to lumens in the elongate member which are routed to a vacuum source. Suction causes the soft tissue to actively engage the opening thus the integrated, exposed conductive elements to facilitate the coagulation process and ensure the lesions created are consistent, continuous, and transmural. The embodiments of the invention can also incorporate cooling mechanisms associated with the conductive elements and coupled to a fluid source to passively transport fluid along the contacted soft tissue surface to cool thus pushing the maximum temperature deeper into tissue.
US07780655B2	Medical or cosmetic hand-held laser device A medical or cosmetic hand-held laser device with an optical waveguide device is subdivided into a first section and a second section arranged at an angle thereto for emitting laser radiation onto a treatment area. To deflect the laser beam from the first section into the second section as effectively as possible and in particular to launch the laser beam with the lowest possible loss into a waveguide that conducts the laser beam further, the hand-held device is provided with a reflector that is arranged between the two sections and has an essentially elliptical reflective surface.
US07780654B2	Device for radiating light onto a skin surface during a medical or cosmetic skin treatment The invention relates to a handpiece for radiating light onto a skin surface during a medical or cosmetic skin treatment. An optical coupling element (6) is provided in said handpiece (1). The light entrance surface (8) of said coupling element faces towards a light source, while its light exit surface (5) is in contact with the skin surface (2) during the skin treatment. The invention provides that the coupling element (6) of a handpiece (1) of this type consists of a bundle of light guides which end in the light entrance surface (8) and in the light exit surface (5) and which are in such close lateral contact with each other, at least in their end sections, that there are no optically ineffective intermediate spaces.
US07780650B2	Rotate-to-advance catheterization system A camera assembly for positioning within a bodily passageway, including a camera, a catheter adapted to retain the camera, and a rotary coupling interconnecting the catheter and the camera. The catheter is provided with helically-wound threads thereon. The rotary coupling permits the catheter to rotate and thereby move axially while the camera remains rotationally stationary.
US07780641B2	Transcecal ileostomy set Described herein is a transcecal ileostomy set including a balloon catheter equipped with a blocking balloon, which serves for obstruction of a small intestine, and a fixation balloon, which serves for fixation of the balloon catheter inside the large intestine when inflated. Furthermore, it includes a holder, adapted to be fixed to a patient's body from the outside, which serves for closing a large intestine wall by tightening a bioresorbable loop passing through the large intestine wall and abdominal wall. A rotary part of the plastic holder may be affixed with a protrusion serving as a block when turning to tighten the bioresorbable loop.
US07780630B2	Perfusion device A perfusion guidewire is disclosed. The perfusion guidewire includes an elongate core member and a collapsible sheath tightly wrapped around at least the distal portion of the elongate core member such that the wrapped sheath is folded upon itself, forming a plurality of layers of material in a radial direction from the longitudinal axis of the elongate core member. The wrapped sheath is tightly wrapped about the elongate core member such that the wrapped sheath and elongate core member travel as a unit during navigation within the blood vessel of the body of a patient. The wrapped sheath is expandable to a larger diameter in order to allow a perfusate to pass through the lumen of the sheath.
US07780624B2	Apparatus for treating tumors Disclosed herein is an apparatus for removing fine tumor cells, which remain around a treatment area of patient body, from which a tumor is eliminated, after surgery for removing the tumor has been conducted. The apparatus of the present invention includes a main body, which has a supply tube and a discharge tube that circulate liquid supplied from a storage tank, which is provided outside, and a therapeutic member, which is integrally coupled to an extension pipe that is coupled to the main body and surrounds the supply tube and the discharge tube. A cavity, which communicates with the supply tube and the discharge tube and is supplied with the liquid, is defined in the therapeutic member. The apparatus further includes a temperature sensing unit, which measures a temperature of a treatment area of a patient.
US07780623B2	Implantable pump apparatuses An implantable, miniature pump assembly having a flexible elastic bladder actuating assembly. The bladder, in the non-flexed state, has an elongated, substantially rectangular profile, with a predetermined internal volume or capacity. Influent and effluent conduits extend in opposite directions from respective end portions of the bladder. Each of the conduits include one way valves disposed therein to limit fluid flow to a single direction into and through the bladder. Contraction and expansion of the bladder by means of energy harvested from the dynamic environment in which it is implanted in response to ambient random dynamic motion creates alternating pressure and vacuum within the bladder, alternately drawing fluid into the bladder through the influent conduit, and forcing fluid from the bladder via the effluent conduit. The bladder pump assembly harvests its operational energy from the random dynamic motion of the surrounding organs and tissues and therefore does not require an internal or external power source.
US07780621B2	Blood chamber for an extracorporeal circuit A blood chamber for an extracorporeal blood circuit comprises a blood inlet port (2), a blood containment chamber (3), a first conduit (8) which connects the blood inlet port (2) with the blood containment chamber (3) and which has an end tract (8a) that terminates in the blood containment chamber (3) with a horizontal inlet component. The first conduit (8) comprises a pre-terminal tract (8b) which precedes the end tract (8a) and which has at least a second horizontal component which is directed in an opposite direction to the horizontal inlet component. The blood chamber is used in an arterial line of a dialysis set for guaranteeing a regular and gentle blood flow.
US07780618B2	Extracorporeal blood processing apparatus and methods with pressure sensing This invention provides an apparatus and method for controlling a fluid separation system, preferably a blood apheresis system, by sensing fluid pressure and comparing the sensed fluid pressure to a threshold value.
US07780615B1	Anatomically designed, reusable secondary wound wrap for a digit An anatomically designed secondary wound wrap, in one embodiment, adapted for receipt around a proximal phalanx portion, distal phalanx portion, and interphalangeal joint of a digit. The wound wrap is made of a loose weave, breathable wrap material. The wound wrap includes a wrap body having a first side, a second side, a first end and a second end. The wrap body is received around the proximal phalanx portion, distal phalanx portion and interphalangeal joint. A portion of the first end extends outwardly from the wrap body for forming a first wrap holder flap, with a first hook attachment thereon. The first hook attachment is used to secure the wound wrap around the proximal phalanx portion of the digit. A portion of a second end extends outwardly from the wrap body for forming a second wrap holder flap, with a second hook attachment thereon. The second wrap holder flap extends from the wrap body in an opposite direction from the first wrap holder flap. The second hook attachment is used to secure the wound wrap around the distal phalanx portion of the digit. A primary wound dressing is received over a wound on the digit and includes a wound dressing hook attachment for attaching to an inside portion of the wrap body.
US07780610B2	Component measuring instrument and chip It is an object of the present invention to provide a component measuring instrument with which a predetermined component in blood can be measured securely and in a short time. The component measuring instrument, which is used by mounting therein a chip having a puncture needle, includes: a specimen sampling portion application portion to which a specimen sampling portion to be punctured is applied; a puncturer for moving the puncture needle; pressure reducer for putting the punctured portion of the specimen sampling portion punctured by the puncture needle, together with a containing space for the puncture needle, into a reduced-pressure condition; measurer for measuring the amount of a predetermined component in the blood sampled from the punctured portion; and a chip retracting mechanism for moving the chip in a direction away from the specimen sampling portion while maintaining the reduced-pressure condition generated by the pressure reducer.
US07780603B2	Blood pressure measuring apparatus Adaptive attachments used in combination with a blood pressure cuff enable various blood pressure measurements to be taken in a hospital or other setting having various single and/or dual lumen manual or electronic blood pressure measuring equipment with a single patient-worn cuff.
US07780601B2	Adaptive clinical marker preservation in spatial compound ultrasound imaging Clinical markers are adaptively identified in steered spatial compounding ultrasound imaging. Motion is detected. The use or determination of the clinical marker information adapts to the amount of motion. If sufficient motion is detected, the contribution of clinical marker information may be reduced, the weighting of the clinical marker information relative to the steered compound information is reduced, the acquisition sequence is adjusted for component frames of data, or combinations thereof.
US07780600B2	System and method for utilizing shape analysis to assess fetal abnormality A method and system for utilizing shape analysis to assess fetal abnormality. According to one embodiment, coordinates of points identifying a shape in a fetal image are received, coefficients of one or more mathematical functions that describe the identified shape are determined, and the determined coefficients are utilized as markers to assess fetal abnormality.
US07780593B2	Endoscope A bend section is disposed on an insertion section. A rotary body, on which a proximal end portion of a wire for a bend operation, which has a distal end portion connected to the bend section, is rotatably supported in a large-diameter section. Driving force transmission portion, which converts linear movement of a working shaft that is operable in a linear direction to rotational movement of the rotary body, is provided in the large-diameter section. A driving source unit is detachably coupled to the large-diameter section on the proximal end side of the insertion section. The driving source unit is provided with operation section which linearly moves the working shaft, in accordance with an operation of a driving shaft that operates in a linear direction by a driving force from a driving motor.
US07780590B2	Method for locating an implanted fluid access port An implanted fluid access port locator system for adjustable gastric bands. The system may include an access port having an RFID tag with its antenna adjacent to the receiving portion of the port. An external locator with radio frequency transmitter/receiver circuitry sends read or interrogation signals to the RFID tag and may send write signals to the tag to write treatment data to memory of the RFID tag. The locator may include an antenna array with four patch antenna arranged in pairs to model two monopulse radar antenna systems. The locator also includes processor(s) and logic modules/circuitry for processing the tag response signals received by the antenna array to determine location information for the RFID tag and associated port, i.e., to identify the center of the port relative to the antennae array or array face such as with strength and direction information relative to the array face. A method of locating implanted fluid access port includes providing radio frequency transmitter/receiver circuitry on the access port and manipulating a handheld locator outside the body to pinpoint the position and orientation of the access port. A mark may be made with a handheld locator to direct insertion of a needle for adding or removing fluid from an implanted system through the access port.
US07780566B2	8-speed automatic transmission for a vehicle An eight-speed automatic transmission for a vehicle includes a single pinion planetary gear set, a double pinion planetary gear set, a compound planetary gear set, a first clutch, a second clutch, a third clutch, a fourth clutch, a first brake, a second brake, and a one-way clutch. The second clutch and the fourth clutch are disposed between the double pinion planetary gear set and the compound planetary gear set, and a center supporter is formed between the second clutch and the fourth clutch for smoothly supplying hydraulic pressure to the second clutch and the fourth clutch. Therefore, an input shaft may have a small diameter.
US07780561B2	Power transmission belt having a mark thereon and a method of providing a mark on a power transmission belt A method of providing a mark on a power transmission belt having a body with a length and laterally spaced side surface. The method includes the step of providing a mark on at least one of the laterally spaced side surfaces. The invention is also directed to a power transmission belt having a length and laterally spaced side surfaces, with a mark on at least one of the laterally spaced side surfaces.
US07780553B2	Golf practice apparatus Golf training apparatus comprises a base having an opening through which an anchor member passes for embedding in the ground. The anchor member and the base have engageable and disengageable retainers which respectively enable and prevent separation thereof. The anchor member is coupled to a ball support in such manner as to enable the ball support to provide support for a golf ball and to rock relative to the anchor member in response to the striking of the ball or its support by a golf club. The coupling between the ball support and the anchor member is resiliently elastic, thereby enabling automatic recovery of the ball support member to its ball-supporting condition following the execution of a stroke.
US07780551B2	Golf tee and methods to manufacture golf tees In one embodiment, a golf tee to support a golf ball comprises a first portion and a second portion coupled to the first portion. The second portion comprises a support section to support the golf ball. A perimeter of an end of the support section of the second portion defines a plane. The plane remains substantially perpendicular to an axis while the second portion moves relative to the first portion. Other embodiments of golf tees are disclosed herein.
US07780541B2	Golf training glove The invention relates to a golf training glove with sensors for triggering a perceptible signal on an erroneous gripping technique of the golf club with glove fingers to accommodate the thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger and little finger. According to the invention, error signals with a correct gripping technique may be avoided, whereby the sensors are at least arranged on the glove fingers for accommodation of the index finger, middle finger and ring finger and the perceptible signal is triggered by an excessive gripping pressure. No sensor is arranged on the thumb of the golf training glove.
US07780533B2	Client terminal for executing multiplayer application, group forming method, and group forming program A given terminal of a plurality of terminals in a network system that also includes a server apparatus, the terminals respectively corresponding to characters that exist in a virtual space. The given terminal including a display unit performing, in accordance with data stored in the sever apparatus and data stored in the given terminal, a display of a scene in the virtual space in which exits a first character whose actions are determined by the given terminal and a second character whose actions are determined by another terminal Further, the given terminal including an updating unit uploading, when a user performs an operation to form a group of characters, the displayed scene, such that performance information pertaining to the other terminal is displayed in correspondence with the second character.
US07780524B2	Monitoring system, game machine and device management system A board box 80 includes an upper lid portion 80a made of transparent resin, and a lower lid portion 80c made of transparent resin. A main control board 41 for performing main control to a pachinko game machine 1 is provided on the lower lid portion 80c. A thin and rectangular IC tag 86 is provided at the backside of the upper lid portion 80a. A coil-shaped antenna 68 for making RF transmission and reception with the IC tag 86 is provided at the lower right end portion of the main control board 41. The distance between the antenna 68 and the IC tag 86 is set to about 3 mm in the state that the upper lid portion 80a and the lower lid portion 80c are assembled. A R/W unit always polls the IC tag 86 via the antenna 68. If the upper lid portion 80a is opened and the distance between the antenna 68 and the IC tag 86 exceeds about 5 mm, the communication becomes unavailable and a fact that the upper lid portion 80a has been opened is immediately detected.
US07780522B2	Game at cash register In various embodiments, a method may include receiving an indication of a price of an item to be purchased by a person from a merchant, receiving an indication of an amount tendered by the person, determining an amount of change due to the person based on the price and based on the amount tendered, determining the rules of a game, generating a first outcome of the game using a random number generator, determining based on the rules whether the first outcome is winning or losing, authorizing, if the first outcome is winning, that the amount tendered be returned to the person and that the person be allowed to keep the item, and authorizing, if the first outcome is losing, that the amount tendered be kept by the merchant.
US07780518B2	Method of scoring a video wagering game A method of scoring a video wagering game is disclosed. The method includes placing a wager to participate in a video wagering game, and playing a first segment of the game. The first segment is played until a set of predetermined conditions has been met. A payout value is assigned to a winning outcome of the first segment. When the predetermined conditions have been met, the player plays a second segment of the game. The outcome of the second segment determines a factor that is at least equal to one. The payout value assigned to the first segment is multiplied by the factor to determine the game payout.
US07780511B2	Gaming machine having a first bonus event that influences a probability of a second bonus event A gaming machine is provided for playing a wagering game. The gaming machine includes a wager-input device and at least one display for displaying a bonus game of the wagering game. The bonus game has a plurality of outcomes. A probability of winning a certain one or more of the plurality of outcomes varies in response to an occurrence of a predetermined event during the bonus game.
US07780499B1	Modular toy and writing instrument A modular combination toy and desktop writing accessory apparatus comprising a plurality of structural elements each having at least one nodal connector portion to which a complementary connector portion of another structural element can be coupled. The structural elements can be assembled into a barrel-like form that is configured with a passageway for carrying a writing component of the invention. The writing component can be a pen, pencil, marker, crayon, eraser or the like. The modular combination toy and writing instrument has multiple functions in playtime as well as in everyday desk-bound activities.
US07780496B2	Method for fabricating electron emitter A method for fabricating a surface-conduction electron emitter includes the steps of: (a) providing a substrate; (b) disposing two lower layers on the surface of the substrate, the two lower layers are parallel and apart from each other; (c) disposing a plurality of carbon nanotube elements on the lower layers; (d) disposing two upper layers on the two lower layers, and thereby, sandwiching the carbon nanotube elements therebetween; and (e) forming a micro-fissure between the carbon nanotube elements.
US07780495B2	Field emission lamp and method for making the same A field emission lamp includes a transparent glass tube, a cathode, and an anode. The anode and cathode are both disposed in the transparent glass tube. The cathode includes an electron emission layer. The anode includes a carbon nanotube transparent conductive film formed on an inner wall of the transparent glass tube and a fluorescent layer formed on the carbon nanotube transparent conductive film. A method for fabricating the above-described field emission lamp, includes the steps of: (a) providing a transparent glass tube including at least one conductive wire, a carbon nanotube transparent conductive film and a fluorescent layer formed on the inner wall thereof; and (b) providing an anode electrode, a cathode electrode, a cathode emitter sealed by feedthroughs in the glass tube to achieve the field emission lamp.
US07780491B2	Process for manufacturing plasma display panel and substrate holder The invention relates to a process for manufacturing plasma display panel and a substrate holder, preventing an occurrence of dust giving an unfavorable effect in a forming process of a film on a substrate of a plasma display panel in a film forming apparatus. When forming the film, a substrate (3) and a dummy substrate (35) are held by a first substrate holder (31) composed of a supporter sustaining underneath the substrate and a restrictor restricting a position of the substrates (3) in a plane direction, and a second substrate holder (32) sustaining the first substrate holder (31).
US07780486B2	Electrical connectors and mating connector assemblies An electrical connector includes a terminal body defining at least two openings therein. Electrical terminals positioned in each of the at least two openings defined by the terminal body include respective crimp sections that extend beyond an end of the terminal body. A separator fin attached to the end of the terminal body extends beyond the crimp sections of the electrical terminals and is located between the at least two openings in the terminal body so that the separator fin defines a structure that is closed on an inner side to physically separate the crimp sections of the electrical terminals and open on an outer side so that the crimp sections of the electrical terminals are exposed.
US07780482B2	Miniature electrical connector with extractable contact elements and associated tool for unlocking and extracting the contacts An electrical connector may include an insulating body including a series of at least two parallel and adjacent longitudinal cells which may be aligned. The electrical connector may include a series of electrical contact elements, each of which may include a locking section which may include at least one locking notch and which may be configured to be received axially in one of the cells and to be axially immobilized therein. The electrical connector may include a series of locking elements each of which may be configured to retain axially, at least towards the rear, a locking section of an associated electrical contact element. Each locking element may include a locating base fixed axially relative to the insulating body and at least one locking finger, a free end of which may be received in a locking notch of the associated contact element to retain it axially, wherein each base may be arranged outside the locking section of the associated cell.
US07780476B2	Electrical card connector An electrical card connector (100) includes an insulative housing (1) and a plurality of signal contacts (3) retained in the insulative housing. The insulative housing has a pair of side walls (14), a connecting plate (17) extending laterally to connect the side walls, and a pair of supporting rails (172) being adjacent to the side walls and extending upwardly from the connecting plate. A receiving slot (13) is formed between the side walls and the supporting rails to receive an electrical card. The signal contacts (3) extend into the receiving slot.
US07780472B2	Photovoltaic module mounting clip with integral grounding An electrically conductive mounting/grounding clip, usable with a photovoltaic (PV) assembly of the type having an electrically conductive frame, comprises an electrically conductive body. The body has a central portion and first and second spaced-apart arms extending from the central portion. Each arm has first and second outer portions with frame surface-disrupting element at the outer portions.
US07780464B2	Surface contact card holder and portable electronic device using the same A holder for a surface contact card includes a main body, a cover and an impeller. The main body provides a receiving bay receiving the surface contact card therein. The cover is disposed on the main body. The cover defines an opening. The impeller is slidably received in the opening for pushing the surface contact card to remove it from the receiving bay. A portable electronic device with the holder mounted on it is also disclosed.
US07780463B2	Selective flash memory drive with quick connector A flash memory device having a housing for enclosing a flash memory drive, a host chip for selectively operating the flash memory drive in a host mode or a slave mode, and a control chip for controlling the operations of the flash memory device. The flash memory device further includes a universal connector mounted in the housing and configured for electrical connection to enable the connection of the flash memory device to at least one peripheral device. The flash memory device also preferably including a display screen and interface control for user operations of the device.
US07780462B2	Electrostatic discharge contact An electrical connector assembly includes a dielectric housing having an interface being configured to receive a mating end portion of a mating connector. A plurality of receptacles is held by the housing. Each of the receptacles includes a ground shield and a center contact. Each center contact is configured to engage a corresponding electrical contact of the mating connector. An electrically conductive shell surrounds at least a portion of the housing. An electrostatic discharge (ESD) contact is held by the housing. The ESD contact includes a shell contact member and a plurality of ground contact members. The shell contact member is electrically connected to the shell. Each ground contact member is electrically connected to a corresponding one of the ground shields of the receptacles.
US07780456B2	Electrical connector having reinforced contacts arrangement An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing having a plurality of passageways, and a number of contacts receiving in corresponding passageways, respectively. The contacts comprises a first base portion having a first retaining portion for securing the contact in the passageway, and a second base portion having a second resilient arm extending therefrom. A first resilient arm extends upwardly from the first base portion and having a contacting portion disposed at a free end thereof. The second base portion and the second resilient arm are attached to the first base portion and the first resilient arm, respectively, from a lower position. Accordingly, an electrical connector with a large array pattern of the contacts is achieved under a condition that steady electrical connection is provided.
US07780454B2	Retaining socket A retaining socket which allows detachable fixing of built-in parts of various kinds with various directions of movement during the fitting to glass panes comprises a base part, optionally serving to glue or otherwise fix the retaining socket to the glass pane, at least one first accommodation space for accommodating a retaining portion of a built-in part introduceable in the direction of movement perpendicular to the base part, and at least one second accommodation space for accommodating a retaining portion of a built-in part introduceable in the direction of movement parallel to the base part.
US07780451B2	Shoulder model for shoulder arthroscopy A shoulder model and methods of shoulder arthroscopy using the shoulder model. The shoulder model includes an acromioclavicular (AC) joint assembly, a joint capsule assembly, a scapula mount, a shoulder musculature, a skin, and a base. The AC joint assembly is mounted on the scapula mount and the joint assembly is attached to the AC joint assembly and fastened using a screw/nut to form the shoulder assembly. The shoulder assembly is placed in the shoulder musculature and the skin is rolled over the shoulder musculature and zipped in place. The bones of the shoulder assembly are made of foam-cortical shell, the shoulder musculature is made of foam, the soft tissue components are made of thermoplastic elastomers, and the skin is made of vinyl. A method of practicing shoulder arthroscopy using the shoulder model includes mounting the shoulder model in a beach chair position, making anatomical references, establishing a posterior viewing portal, inserting cannulas into the glenohumeral joint or the subacromial space, creating a labral disruption or a rotator cuff tear, and repairing the rotator cuff tear or labral disruption.
US07780439B2	Kilns for the processing ceramics and methods for using such kilns Kilns for processing ceramics and methods for using such kilns are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a kiln includes an inner body configured to hold one or more ceramic workpieces for processing. The kiln can also include an outer body at least partially surrounding the inner body and spaced apart from the inner body to define an airflow passageway therebetween. The airflow passageway includes an inlet proximate to an upper portion of the outer body and an outlet proximate to a lower portion of the outer body. The kiln can further include an air mover positioned to move air through the airflow passageway from the inlet toward the outlet. In several embodiments, the kiln can additionally include a lid assembly pivotably coupled to the outer body and configured to sealably close against at least the inner body.
US07780435B2	Injection molding apparatus having a sprue bushing for communication with a nozzle An apparatus for injection molding is provided. The apparatus includes an injection unit and a mold unit. The injection unit includes a nozzle having a first flat end surface. The mold unit includes a sprue bushing for communicating with the nozzle. The sprue busing has a second flat end surface. The sprue bushing is in contact with the first flat end surface of the nozzle. Wherein a protrusion is formed on one of the first flat end surface of the nozzle and the second flat end surface of the sprue bushing, and a corresponding recess is defined on the other of the first flat end surface of the nozzle and the second flat end surface of the sprue bushing. The protrusion is engaged in the recess.
US07780427B2	Two-stage rotary compressor A two-stage rotary compressor includes a sealed cylindrical compressor housing in which first, second, third communication holes are provided apart in an axial direction on an outer peripheral wall; an accumulator held at an outside part of the housing; a low-pressure connecting pipe for connecting a bottom communication hole of the accumulator and the second communication hole; and an intermediate connecting pipe for connecting the first and third communication holes. The first and third communication holes are provided nearly in the same locations in the circumferential direction of the housing. The accumulator is held nearly in the same location in the circumferential direction as that of the second communication hole. The second communication hole is provided in a different location in the circumferential direction from those of the first and third communication holes for preventing interference between the low-pressure and intermediate connecting pipes each formed in arc shape.
US07780426B2	Rotary compressor defining gaps of different sizes A rotary compressor including a housing having first and second compressing chambers separated from each other, first and second flanges coupled to the housing, to close the first and second compressing chambers, respectively, an intermediate plate to separate the first and second compressing chambers from each other, first and second rollers rotatably installed in the first and second compressing chambers, respectively, first and second vanes to reciprocate in a radial direction of the first and second compressing chambers to divide the first and second compressing chambers, respectively, and a vane control device to control the reciprocating movement of the first vane by use of a suction pressure and a discharge pressure, for a variation in compression capacity. A first gap, defined at an end of the first roller, is smaller than a second gap defined at an end of the second roller.
US07780423B2	Blower A blower has an air channel housing that defines an air channel therein, the air channel housing having an air outlet extending therefrom. A plurality of air blades are positioned inside the air channel housing, and positioned horizontally with respect to a surface on which the blower is supported. A base seat is positioned below the air channel housing, the base seat having a side wall, with an air inlet provided in the side wall. A motor is positioned in the base seat and has a shaft that extends through the air channel housing to be coupled to the air blades.
US07780414B1	Turbine blade with multiple metering trailing edge cooling holes A ceramic core used to make a first or second stage turbine blade in an industrial gas turbine engine. The ceramic core includes a serpentine flow forming pierce with a trailing edge cooling supply channel forming piece on the trailing edge end. Three rows of metering holes are formed by a core piece in which a continuous flow channel piece on the tip portion and the root portion of the blade support the core piece that forms the metering holes and impingement cavity pieces such that the ceramic core is rigid and strong to prevent shear force and local bending of the core during casting will not break the core. A first and a second stage turbine blade is formed from the ceramic core and includes a forward flowing serpentine flow circuit for the first stage blade with the first channel of the serpentine flow circuit forming the trailing edge supply channel. A second stage blade includes an aft flowing serpentine flow circuit with the last channel forming the trailing edge supply channel. The three rows of metering holes allow for a gradual pressure drop from the high pressure trailing edge cooling supply channel and out the discharge holes or ducts along the edge of the blade.
US07780410B2	Method and apparatus for gas turbine engines A method of assembling a gas turbine engine includes providing at least one blade assembly. The method also includes forming at least one blade tip fuse within at least a portion of the at least one blade assembly. The method further includes coupling the at least one blade assembly into the gas turbine engine. The blade assembly includes an airfoil and a metal leading edge (MLE) coupled to at least a portion of the airfoil. The MLE includes the at least one blade tip fuse.
US07780409B2	Rotor apparatus and methods for vertical lift aircraft Rotor apparatus and methods for vertical lift aircraft are disclosed. In one embodiment, a bearing assembly adapted for rotatably coupling a rotor blade to a support member includes an inner housing annularly disposed about a portion of the support member, an outer housing annularly disposed about at least part of the inner housing and is rotatably coupled to the inner housing by an annular bearing device, and a flexible member adapted to be coupled to the support member and including an engagement portion adapted to engage the outer housing and to at least partially relax a side force exerted on the annular bearing device by a bending of at least one of the rotor blade and the support member.
US07780403B2	Adjustable turbine exhaust flow guide and bearing cone assemblies An adjustable vane system is provided for use in a turbomachine, including a plurality of movable vanes that may be positioned to change the cross-sectional area of an exhaust flow passage and minimize the pressure of steam adjacent the exit after the last row of rotating turbine blades. Each of the vanes preferably includes an overlapping portion for overlapping a surface of an adjacent vane to minimize leakage of steam along the longitudinal extent of the vane. The exhaust flow passage is defined by inner and outer diffuser members where either of the inner or outer diffuser members may be formed of the movable vanes.
US07780402B2	Seal chamber conditioning valve for a rotodynamic pump In a rotodynamic pump, a seal chamber conditioning valve mechanism is positioned at least partially within the seal chamber of the pump to selectively and intermittently deliver fluid to or discharge contents from the seal chamber to modify the condition or content of the seal chamber and effectively protect the mechanical seal from failure due to, for example, built up solids or the presence of air. The conditioning valve mechanism may be actuated by a control device in communication with monitoring apparatus that determines the condition of the seal chamber, and particularly the mechanical seal face.
US07780401B2	Ice strike sheathing ring for the fan casing of an aircraft gas turbine An ice strike sheathing ring (4) including several fiber compound layers for the fan casing of an aircraft gas turbine features breaking points (7) at a certain regular distance, so that, in case of destruction of the ice strike sheathing ring due to extreme ice strike, fragments of small size will be produced which together with the engine airflow will pass the exit guide vanes downstream of the fan without blocking the engine airflow or reducing engine thrust. With fiber compound layers enclosing a cavity or a core, the breaking points designed as slots (9) and/or assembly holes (8) are located in the inner wall (20) of the ice strike sheathing ring facing the engine airflow, while the outer wall (21) of the ice strike sheathing ring adjoining the fan casing is firmly attached to the latter via an adhesive film and a threaded safety connection.
US07780399B1	Reverse pressure double dam face seal A double dam reverse pressure face seal assembly for use in the turbomachine having a tunnel extending through the machine for high pressure air passage therein during normal machine operating has a mating ring positioned annularly respecting the tunnel for flow of lubricating oil generally outwardly through passageways in the ring and a sealing member biased against an interface surface of the mating ring, the sealing member including a first dam presenting a first contact face to the interface surface of the mating ring, a second dam integral with an outboard of the first dam, presenting a second contact face to the interface surface of the mating ring and a channel between the first and second dams for annularly downward flow of oil leaking inwardly past the second dam towards a channel exit.
US07780394B1	Synchronized rotative lift platform for vehicle hitch receivers The present invention overcomes the shortcomings of the prior art by providing a rotative platform powered manually through a hand crank or motor connected to a worm gear as the system motive force. Each of the arm bar lift is connected to a worm screw shaft providing synchronization as each arm bar rotates from the load position to the travel position. The device can rotate 360 degrees keeping a level platform through its entire rotation. This level platform rotation can only be achieved by having both arm bars connected and kept in time with each other with the worm gears and worm screw.
US07780389B1	Door installation system A door installation system for safely installing or removing a heavy door by a single person. The door installation system generally includes a base, a vertical member extending from the base in an upward manner, a brace member extending between the base and the vertical member, a guide structure attached to the upper portion of the vertical member for guiding an upper portion of a door, and a carriage removably attachable to the base. The carriage is capable of adjusting the attitude of a door being installed to fit within a door jamb. The vertical member and the base are pivotally connected to one another to allow for folding into a compact structure.
US07780388B2	Tapping screw It is possible to prevent a screwing torque from becoming excessively high even when a screw is threadedly engaged into a deep guide hole. In a tapping screw 100 comprising a parallel screw 22, a taper thread 23 provided closer to a tip end of the tapping screw than the parallel screw 22, and a plurality of projections 30 which partially project along an apex and flanks on both sides of a screw thread and which form an internal thread on a surface of a guide hole formed in a to-be fastened member, the plurality of projections 30 are provided from a region where the taper thread 23 is provided to a portion of a region where the parallel screw 22 is provided, and a diameter of a virtual cylinder which comes into contact with tip ends of some of the projections 30 including a projection provided in a region where the parallel screw 22 is provided is larger than an outer diameter of a external thread of the parallel screw 22.
US07780384B2	Hook attaching unit A hook attaching unit in accordance with the invention is constituted by a hook member which is rotatably attached to an end portion of a base plate, a bolt with a flange inserted to a bolt insertion hole of the base plate, and a resin cover member in which a cover body is connected to an annular basement portion. Since the hook member, the cover member and the bolt are integrally assembled, it is not necessary to install the bolt separately in the work field and then install the cover member after attaching the hook, and as such, the workability at the time of fastening is improved. Further, since the cover member invisibly covers the bolt head portion, improved safety and outer appearance is obtained. The hook attaching unit can be also utilized for attaching a seat belt anchor plate.
US07780380B2	Insert-indexable tool An insert-indexable tool includes a holder and a head member having an insert mount seat by which an insert is to be held. The head member includes a first mount face and a second mount face that intersect each other from a view facing toward the cutting face in a state in which the insert is held by the insert mount seat. The holder includes a first receiving face abutting the first mount face and a second receiving face abutting the second mount face. The first receiving face and the second receiving face are respectively provided with a first fixing threaded hole and a second fixing threaded hole into which fixing screws are inserted into the first mount face and the second mount face. The first fixing threaded hole and the second fixing threaded hole are located so that the fixing screws do not intersect each other.
US07780377B2	Friction stabilizers and roof bolt head markings A roof stabilizer for use in securing surfaces in tunneling and mining is disclosed and claimed. The stabilizer has a tube with a slot and a ring attached to the bottom end of the tube. The ring can have indicia on a bottom surface of the ring or a side surface of the ring or both. The location of the indicia can provide better indication of the properties of the stabilizer to the installer. The indicia is easier to read than that of the background art both before and after installation. The location of the indicia can also provide easer and quicker visual inspection of already installed stabilizers to verify that the proper roof stabilizers were installed. The location of the indicia lessens the likelihood that corrosion will remove the indicia making it unidentifiable. The stabilizer disclosed and claimed also allows the use of grout or an adhesive in the interior of the tube which does not cover up or conceal the indicia on the ring as opposed to indicia in the background art stabilizers. Also disclosed are various locations and methods for placing indicia on the heads of roof bolts. Such indicia locations and methods for placement also aid in the pre and post installation and inspection of roof bolts to provide easier verification that devices with the correct properties were installed.
US07780366B2	Resist pattern forming method A resist pattern forming method using a coating and developing apparatus and an aligner being connected thereto which are controlled to form a resist film on a surface of a substrate with a base film and a base pattern formed thereon, followed by inspecting at least one of a plurality of measurement items selected from: reflection ratio and film thickness of the base film and the resist film, line width after a development, an accuracy that the base pattern matches with a resist pattern, a defect on the surface after the development, etc. A parameter subject to amendment is selected based on corresponding data of each measurement item, such as the film thickness of the resist and the line width after the development, and amendment of the parameter is performed. This results in a reduced workload of an operator, and the appropriate amendment can be performed.
US07780365B2	Camera module and method of manufacturing the same Camera module embodiments and methods of manufacturing camera modules are provided. A camera module can include a housing and a printed circuit board having an image sensor. The housing can be mounted to the printed circuit board using a surface mount technology. In a method of manufacturing the camera module, the image sensor and the housing can be mounted to the printed circuit board, and a lens and a filter can be coupled to an upper portion of the housing.
US07780358B2	Sensor-incorporated wheel support bearing assembly A sensor-incorporated wheel support bearing assembly (18) includes an outer member (1) having an inner peripheral surface formed with double rows of raceway surfaces (4), an inner member (2) having an outer peripheral surface formed with raceway surfaces (5) opposed to the raceway surfaces (4) in the outer member (1), and double rows of rolling elements (3) interposed between the raceway surfaces (4) and (5) in the outer and inner members (1) and (2). Rings (9A) and (9B) each having an outer peripheral surface tapered is secured to the inner member (2). A displacement sensor (10) confronting the tapered outer peripheral surfaces of the rings (9A) and (9B) is mounted on the outer member (11) or a member (17) rigidly secured to the outer member (1) for measuring the distance between such displacement sensor (10) and the rings (9A) and (9B).
US07780352B2	Radiation system and radiation beam quality detector and method A detector array is disposed relative to a radiation source such that radiation from the radiation source over a predetermined time period is substantially similar across the detector array. The detector array includes radiation detectors operatively coupled to detector electronics. The radiation filter material is disposed at least partially between the radiation source and the detector array such that different portions of the detector array are exposed to radiation from the radiation source through either different radiation filter material thicknesses or different radiation filter material compositions during the predetermined time period. So configured, information regarding the radiation such as beam quality information for radiation pulses is collected and used to confirm the quality of the radiation source or to adjust data collected by the radiation system.
US07780348B2	Temperature sensor for a resistance thermometer, in particular for use in the exhaust gas system of combustion engines The invention describes a temperature sensor for a resistance thermometer comprising an electric measuring resistor (3) the resistance material of which consists either of a ceramic material or of a metallic resistance material in combination with a ceramic or a mineral carrier, a protective tube (2) comprising a closed tip (2b) and a rear end that provides an access to the inner space of the protective tube (2) and that contains the measuring resistor (3) closely adjacent the closed tip (2b) of the protective tube (2), at least one supply line (5) that is brought out through the rear end of the protective tube (2), and an electrically insulating filler (6) based on a ceramic or a mineral material that fills the space between the protective tube (2) on the one side and the measuring resistor (3) and its at least one supply line (4, 5) on the other side. It is provided according to the invention that the packing density of the filler (6) has a gradient in lengthwise direction of the protective tube (2).
US07780341B2	Clockwork movement A clockwork movement includes at least two control elements which are movable with respect to the frame thereof, are used for interacting with the same external control member in response to the activation thereof and are positioned remotely to each other in the direction of the clockwork movement thickness. The clockwork movement has an intermediate connecting unit which is rotatable about an axis substantially extending in the direction of the clockwork movement thickness, pivotally mounted on the clockwork movement frame element and provided with a reception area which is distant from the axis and exposable to a force produced in response to the control member activation. The intermediate unit also includes at least two contact areas each of which is used for producing a force on the corresponding control element and which are located on both sides of the reception area in the direction of the axis.
US07780338B2	Spindle mixer with interlock assembly The invention relates to an interlock assembly for a spindle mixer where the interlock assembly includes a cup guide, an actuator pin, and an interlock mechanism. Placing a cup within the cup guide actuates the actuator pin that, in turn, engages the interlock mechanism. Engagement of the interlock mechanism selectively activates an electric motor. The pin moves through the body of the guide. The guide can be selectively removed from the mixer, and the pin, in one embodiment, is selectively removed from the guide. An optional bypass switch can be included to allow for the direct engagement of the motor.
US07780337B2	Blend soup maker A blend soup maker (100). Soup maker (100) comprises a jar (102) having an open top and an open bottom for holding food, a lid (104) for closing the open top of jar (102), a bottom cap (106) for closing the open bottom of jar (102), a blending blade (114) installed inside jar (102) for blending food, an electrical heating tube (116) fixedly installed on the bottom of jar (102) for heating food, a base support (112) disposed underneath jar (102) for supporting jar (102), a blending motor (124) installed inside support base (112) and removably coupled with blade (114) for driving blade (114) to blend food, and a support member (110) engaged with the lower portion of jar (102) for adapting jar (102) to stand on base support (112).
US07780336B2	Instruments and methods for mixing the contents of a detection chamber A receptacle having a plurality of interconnected chambers arranged to permit multiple process steps or processes to be performed independently or simultaneously. The receptacles are manufactured to separate liquid from dried reagents and to maintain the stability of the dried reagents. An immiscible liquid, such as an oil, is included to control loading of process materials, facilitate mixing and reconstitution of dried reagents, limit evaporation, control heating of reaction materials, concentrate solid support materials to prevent clogging of fluid connections, provide minimum volumes for fluid transfers, and to prevent process materials from sticking to chamber surfaces. The receptacles can be adapted for use in systems having a processing instrument that includes an actuator system for selectively moving fluid substances between chambers and a detector. The actuator system can be arranged to concentrate an analyte present in a sample. The detector can be used to detect an optical signal emitted by the contents of the receptacle.
US07780319B2	Computer panel with light-adjusting mechanism A panel assembly includes a panel (10) having a light-pervious area (142), a light source (60) attached on the panel for lighting the light-pervious area, a variable resistor (30) electrically connected in series with the light source, and a rotating member (40) rotatably attached on the panel, the rotating member is engagingly coupled to the variable resistor and is manually rotatable in a manner that a resistance of the variable resistor is adjusted accordingly.
US07780316B2	Built-in lamp The invention relates to a built-in lamp comprising a holder for fastening in an installation surface, in particular in a room ceiling, a bulb fitting and a reflector, wherein the reflector consists of at least a first reflector region which is followed in the direction of illumination by a second reflector region which is releasable from the first reflector region to permit a bulb change.
US07780314B2	Lighting assembly, heat sink and heat recovery system therefor A lighting assembly includes a thermally conductive mounting having a mounting surface is provided. A heat sink seat having a front and rear surface is moveably mounted to the mounting surface. A light emitting device may be attached to the front surface of the heat sink seat. Different embodiments of the lighting assembly, a heat sink and a heat recovery system for the light assembly are also provided.
US07780311B2	Multi-wavelength light source device A multi-wavelength light source device includes three light source devices. The light source device includes a plurality of light emitting elements, and a dispersing section making wavelengths of light beams emitted from the respective light emitting elements different from each other, a spectral line width of the emitted light beam in each of the light source devices is equal to or greater than 0.2 nm, a wavelength of the red light beam in the light source device for emitting the red light beam is greater than 612 nm, a wavelength of the green light beam in the light source device for emitting the green light beam is greater than 525 nm and smaller than 538 nm, and a wavelength of the blue light beam in the light source device for emitting the blue light beam is greater than 465 nm and smaller than 468 nm.
US07780304B2	Smoked lens for vehicle A vehicle instrument cluster lens assembly for achieving a desired smoked lens effect in a vehicle instrument panel includes a first layer having an associated polarizing orientation for transforming incident light into polarized light having a first orientation that corresponds to the polarizing orientation. A second layer receives the polarized light and shifts the first orientation of the polarized light to a second orientation that is different than the first orientation. A surface receives the polarized light from the second layer and at least partially reflects the polarized light in a direction toward the second layer. The second layer shifts the second orientation of the polarized light to a third orientation that is different from the polarizing orientation of the first layer to prevent the polarized light from being transmitted to a vehicle occupant.
US07780303B2	Light control and shading apparatus and methods An apparatus and methods that includes a gel holder and an optional shade holder that allows a user to add color or eliminate or reduce reflected color and to shape, shade, diffuse, soften, absorb, block, reflect, retract and dim light inside photographic reflectors such as photographic umbrellas or other reflective apparatus. The invention allows a user to mix, blend or shape light at the source and the resulting light can be symmetrical or asymmetrical. The invention allows a user to more efficiently add texture, eliminate hotspots and create shadows by changing positions of a gel holder with a gel and one or more shade holders with shades on a reflector focus tube.
US07780302B2	Method of forming and mounting an angled reflector In a method of forming a device so as to include a reflective surface at a specific angle to an incident optical axis, a region of a first major surface of a substrate is exposed to an anisotropic etchant to form a surface having the specific angle with respect to the first major surface, but the etched surface is then used as a mounting surface. That is, rather than anisotropically etching a reflective surface, the etching provides the mounting surface and the second major surface of the substrate functions as the reflective surface when the fabricated device is properly mounted. The substrate may be a <100> silicon wafer having a 9.74 degree off-axis cut. Then, a 45 degree mirror is formed by the process. When the reflector is used in an optical device, the <111> crystalline plane will be generally parallel to the surface of the support.
US07780288B2	Ducting between ink outlets of sectioned ink reservoir A mobile telecommunications device comprising: a printhead for printing on a media substrate; a drive shaft for feeding the media substrate past the printhead; a print engine controller for operatively controlling the printhead; and, an ink reservoir for supplying ink to the printhead, the reservoir having: a housing defining an ink storage volume; one or more baffles dividing the ink storage volume into sections, each of the sections having at least one ink outlet for sealed connection to the printhead; and at least one conduit establishing fluid communication between the ink outlets of adjacent sections.
US07780287B2	Printing method and printer A printing method for printing a barcode forms a plurality of dots on a print medium from one end of the bars to the other end by discharging ink droplets from print nozzles assigned to print the bars from among a plurality of nozzles aligned in a direction intersecting the bars. The printing method divides the barcode in the direction of the length of the bars into a plurality of segments, changes which of the plural nozzles are assigned as print nozzles in each of the segments, and discharges ink from the print nozzles in each of the segments to print the barcode.
US07780286B2	Image forming apparatus and image forming method An image forming apparatus forms an image on a recording medium by transferring an image formed on an intermediate transfer body to the recording medium. The image forming apparatus includes: a first liquid deposition device which performs deposition of a first liquid onto the intermediate transfer body, the first liquid containing solvent-insoluble material; a second liquid deposition device which performs deposition of a second liquid onto the intermediate transfer body before the deposition of the first liquid, the second liquid having a function of causing the solvent-insoluble material to aggregate; and a deposition control device which controls the deposition in such a manner that a minimum thickness of a layer of the second liquid formed on the intermediate transfer body at the deposition of the first liquid is not smaller than 1 μm, and a volume of the deposition of the second liquid per unit surface area is not smaller than a volume of the deposition of the first liquid per unit surface area.
US07780285B2	Water base ink for ink-jet recording and ink-jet printer accomodating same A water base ink for ink-jet recording contains a self-dispersible coloring agent, a propylene glycol ether, and a surfactant represented by the following general formula (3): R1—O—(CH2CH2O)n—SO3M (3) wherein R1 represents an alkyl group having a number of carbon atoms of 12 to 15, M represents Na or triethanolamine, and n represents an integer of 2 to 4, and wherein the propylene glycol ether is dipropylene glycol propyl ether. The ink satisfies three requirements of i) the satisfactory initial introduction performance of the ink into an ink flow passage of a stacked type printer head, ii) the prevention of the occurrence of feathering, and iii) the prevention of the insufficient spread of the ink.
US07780282B2	Cartridge unit having capped printhead with multiple ink storage capacity A cartridge unit for an inkjet printer is provided which has a body portion having ink storage compartments, a pagewidth printhead configured to receive ink from the compartments and distribute the ink to nozzles arranged in use to deliver the ink onto passing print media, and a capping assembly for capping the printhead. The capping assembly has a body configured to extend the length of the printhead, a capping element housed within the body and movable with respect thereto between first and second positions. The first position is where a portion of the capping element extends from the body and the second position is where the capping element is contained within the body. The capping element is biased into the first position. The ink storage compartments comprise absorption material which stores the ink therein under capillary action for supply to the nozzles of the printhead.
US07780273B2	Droplet deposition apparatus An actuator taking the form of a piezoelectric wall separating two chambers, which utilizes two actuation modes. Both actuation modes cause volume displacements in both chambers, but act to reinforce one another in one chamber and cancel one another in the other chamber. A fluid pump for droplet deposition having an array of channels separated by such actuators can be operated with each channel acting substantially independently of its neighbors.
US07780259B2	Ink cartridge, detection device for cartridge identification and ink level detection, and image formation apparatus comprising thereof The ink cartridge has a first detection target portion for detecting ink level and a second detection target portion for identifying the type of an ink cartridge. The ink level detection device uses an optical sensor to scan the first and second detection target portions of the ink cartridge, and detects ink level and the type of the ink cartridge, that is, whether the ink cartridge is containing standard amount of ink or large amount of ink. Therefore, the number of image formation on recording media can be estimated, and failure in image formation due to a shortage of ink in the middle of image formation can be inhibited.
US07780258B2	Media sensor with polarization filter An apparatus for sensing a media type of a print medium. Embodiments of the apparatus include an emitter, a polarization filter, and a detector. The emitter is configured to emit light toward a surface of the print medium. The polarization filter is configured to filter polarized light reflected from the surface of the medium. The detector is coupled to the polarization filter and configured to detect the filtered light. The detector is also configured to generate an electrical signal representative of the detected light.
US07780254B2	Slide rail structure A slide rail structure disposed between a chassis and a rack is provided. The slide rail structure includes a first slide rail, a slider, a first connecting part and a second connecting part. The first slide rail is fixed on the rack. The slider is slidably connected to the first slide rail. The first connecting part is suitable for fixing on the chassis. The second connecting part is disposed on the slider and slidably connected to the first connecting part. The chassis slides on the first slide rail through the slider, the first connecting part and the second connecting part.
US07780253B1	Sliding rail assembly support frame and server frame mounting arrangement A sliding rail assembly support frame and server frame mounting arrangement includes two server frames provided at front and rear sides inside a server, two support frames each having a flat frame base respectively affixed to front and rear ends of the outer rail of a sliding rail assembly and a mounting flange perpendicularly extended from one end of the flat frame base and a plurality of cylindrical mounting members provided at the mounting flange and selectively inserted through mounting holes on the server frames, and two clamping plates respectively clamped on the mounting members to secure the support frames to the server frames.
US07780248B2	Glovebox for a double wall containment module A double-glove system for use in a double-walled containment module is provided herein. More specifically, a double-glove system that includes an inner glove and an outer glove that are interconnected to respective glove rings for interconnection to an inner containment module and an outer containment module is provided. An annulus is provided between the gloves wherein purge gasses may flow therebetween. Further, a plurality of detection systems may be employed within containment volumes of the containment module to rapidly detect leaks.
US07780236B2	Bouncing cradle A bouncing cradle comprising a base frame (10), a backrest (20), a first pivot mounting (12) arranged for the backrest (20) and carried by the base frame (10), an arm (22) fixedly connected to the backrest (20) and situated under the backrest (20) as well as at a distance from the first pivot mounting (12), the arm being, via a second pivot mounting (22, 23), connected to an adjustment fitting (40), the adjustment fitting (40) having at least two recesses (51, 52) that are situated at different distances from the second pivot mounting (22, 23) and that can receive a bar (14) carried by the base frame (10) and situated at a distance from the first pivot mounting, for setting different angles of inclination of the backrest (20) in relation to the base frame (10), the bar (14), the arm (22) and the first and the second mounting (12, 22) being axially parallel and the base frame (10) being intended to stand on a substantially horizontal underlay. The adjustment fitting (40) has a through elongate opening (60) having a side (61), which is turned obliquely downward and facing the first pivot mounting and in which the recesses (51, 52, 53) are situated. Each recess (51-53) has a bottom part (62) that supportingly receives the bar (14), and a mouth portion (63) that, obliquely downward and toward the first pivot mounting, mouths into the opening (60).
US07780234B2	Inertial latch assembly such as incorporated into a rear row pivoting seat bottom including a slotted inertial lock plate with resistive support in both design and upright positions An inertial latch assembly including a planar shaped sector pivotally mounted between a pair of spaced apart support plates. The sector exhibits a bottom including a central projecting shoulder separating first and second bottom surfaces. An arcuate interior channel in the sector is offset from its pivotal mounting location, a pin extending through a second channel defined in a selected support plate and seating within the arcuate channel so that the pin exerts a bias against the sector during travel along the arcuate interior channel. A pendulum is secured in sandwiching fashion between the support plates and proximate the bottom extending surface of the planar shaped sector, an arcuate edge thereof seating against a selected bottom extending surfaces of the rotatable sector, depending upon a pivoted position established between the sector and the support plates. The pendulum responds to an inertial impact condition by engaging against the underside shoulder of the sector and to prevent rotation of the sector relative to the support plates.
US07780230B2	Seat assembly with movable seat and backrest and method A seat assembly (21) for a vehicle including a seat (22), a seat mounting assembly (20) mounting the seat (22) for movement along an upwardly concaved arcuate path, a backrest (25) assembly with a backrest member (23) having a lower portion (18) coupled for arcuate motion with the seat (22) and an upper portion mounted for movement in a vertically extending direction. The backrest assembly (25) further includes a recliner frame and mechanism (32, 33). A method of providing a seat assembly also is disclosed including the steps of mounting the seat (22) for movement along an upwardly arcuate path, mounting the backrest (25) proximate the seat, coupling a lower portion (18) of the backrest for movement with the seat (22) and mounting the upper portion of the backrest (23) for vertically extending movement.
US07780227B2	Functional part holding structure A functional part holding structure adapted to guide a functional part supporting a movable panel to a guide rail, the functional part holding structure includes a first member including a bottom wall, a second member including a cover wall, first and second side walls extending from one of the bottom wall and the cover wall in the width direction toward the other one of the bottom wall and the cover wall, the ends of the first and second side walls making contact with the other one of the bottom wall and the cover wall, and first and second guide grooves formed by the bottom wall, the cover wall, and the first and second side walls and into which guide portions are disposed respectively, the guide portions being formed at both ends of the functional part in the width direction, the guide portions moving upward and downward along the first and second guide grooves and guided to the guide rail.
US07780226B2	Vehicular roof structure In a vehicular roof structure, a roof panel has a downwardly-bent roof panel flange formed on an inner edge portion thereof around the peripheral edge of a sunroof opening. Stiffener is disposed inwardly of the roof panel and having a stiffener flange that is welded to the reverse surface of the downwardly-bent roof panel flange at its portions corresponding to the corner portions. At the portions corresponding to the corner portions, the stiffener has a projecting portion projecting upward from the stiffener flange into abutment against the reverse surface of the roof panel in such a manner that a gap is formed between the reverse surface of the roof panel and a region of the stiffener around the projecting portion, and an adhesive is filled in the gap to fixedly adhere together the roof panel and the stiffener.
US07780225B2	Seating apparatus for arrangement in a driver's cabin A seating apparatus is described for arrangement in a driver's cabin of a construction vehicle, especially a soil compacting machine, comprising a treading surface and an operating desk. The seating apparatus comprises a driver's seat and an adjusting device, and the adjusting device comprises two guide rails and a seat carrier. The seat carrier is held on the guide rails and is adjustable transversally to the traveling direction of the construction vehicle. The guide rails are arranged next to the treading surface used by the driver in such a way that the seat carrier can be displaced relative to the treading surface in a freely floating manner over the same.
US07780224B2	Crash attenuating underride guard An aerodynamic underride guard comprising an angled front section located ahead of the trailer landing gear, a crash attenuating middle section located between the trailer landing gear and the trailer wheel assembly, and an angled rear section located in proximity to the trailer wheel assembly. The front angled section deflects air away from the non-aerodynamic features of the trailer landing gear. The rear angled section deflects air away from the non-aerodynamic features of the trailer wheel assembly, and the crash attenuating middle section can prevent vehicles from under riding the trailer.
US07780222B2	Folding camping trailer with flushable toilet The folding camping trailer includes a trailer body having partial height sidewalls and end walls, a vertically extendable roof section, an expandable enclosure connecting the sidewalls and end walls to the roof section, and a flush toilet disposed in the trailer body. The toilet includes a waste holding tank for storing sewage waste, a toilet bowl attached to the holding tank, a drain outlet situated on the holding tank for draining the sewage waste and a vent conduit extending from the holding tank to either the roof section or the expandable enclosure connecting the sidewalls and end walls to the roof section.
US07780217B2	Movable roof for an automobile A roof assembly for a vehicle includes a roof, a guide bar system, and a guide bar mechanism. The roof has front, middle, and rear roof elements movable between a closed position covering a passenger compartment of the vehicle and an opened position stacked in a storage compartment of the vehicle. The guide bar system has front and rear guide bars. The guide bars are connected at one end to the front roof element and are rotatable about respective articulated joints at another end to move the roof elements between the closed and opened positions. The guide bar mechanism has a first control rod rotatably connected between the front guide bar and the middle roof element and a second control rod rotatably connected between the rear guide bar and the middle roof element to assure a desired movement of the middle roof element between the closed and opened positions.
US07780216B2	Convertible top with a rotational angle detection device A folding convertible top for a convertible vehicle includes a rotational angle detection device disposed in a rotary hinge (1) for detection of the rotational angle between linkage arms (2, 4) of a convertible top frame that are pivotably connected with each other by a bearing pin (10; 22). A rotational angle encoder (8; 18; 30) is connected with one linkage arm so as to rotate therewith and a sensor element (6; 20; 32) is connected with the other linkage arm so as to rotate therewith. The rotational angle encoder and/or the sensor element is/are disposed adjacent to the bearing pin on respective surfaces of the linkage arms facing towards each other or within housing parts (24, 26) connected to the respective linkage arms.
US07780211B2	Tailgate lifter A pick-up truck tailgate lifter having dual hooks for gripping the bottom of the rear of the tailgate and lifting straps affixed thereto and running to the inside of the tailgate ending in a handle. One embodiment has a roll-up handle so the straps and handle fit through the space between the bed and the tailgate. The other routes the straps over the rear face of the tailgate, through a top cap and around a reversing post in the inside of the tailgate so that when lifting pressure is applied to the handle, the straps tighten the lifting hooks.
US07780203B2	Latching mechanism An exemplary latching mechanism (20) includes a base (22), a detachable portion (24), a rotatable wheel (25), and a resilient member (28). The base has two resilient hooks (224). The detachable portion has two clasping portion (244) for engaging with the resilient hooks. The rotatable wheel has a plurality of hook openers (256) and is rotatable between two states forced by the detachable portion. The resilient member is disposed between the base and detachable portion for providing elastic force. The at least one clasping portion of the detachable portion engages with the at least one resilient hook of the base and the rotatable wheel is at a second state. The rotatable wheel is rotated to a first state and the at least one resilient hook are pushed to deform by at least one of the hook openers of the rotatable wheel.
US07780202B2	Oilfield tubular connection with increased compression capacity A threaded oilfield tubular connection 10 includes a pin member 12 having a first external tapered thread 24 and a second external tapered thread 26. A box member includes a first internal tapered thread 14 and a second internal tapered thread 16. Helical torque shoulders 40, 42 are provided on the pin member and the box member, and an axially spaced between the respective first and second threads. The helix of each torque shoulder includes a plurality of revolutions with compression flanks on both the pin member and the box member.
US07780195B2	Protective covers for truck cab guards Protective covers for cab guards or racks which extend vertically from the front rail of a truck bed behind the rear window of the truck cab are disclosed. The protective covers may be molded to fit any shape or size of truck bed rack. In one embodiment, the protective cover includes a generally horizontal top section which extends to two generally vertical side sections. Additional sections are typically provided between the side sections to provide a barrier that protects the rear window of the truck cab. When the protective cover is installed, it covers most of the surfaces of the truck bed rack, except the forward-facing surface of the rack located adjacent to the truck cab. Thus, the protective cover provides protection to essentially all exposed surfaces of the truck bed rack, while allowing easy installation.
US07780188B2	Airbag module for a motor vehicle An airbag module for a motor vehicle, including an airbag folded to form an airbag package; a component of the airbag module, which via a first component part for inflating the airbag with gas and/or for fastening the airbag to a motor vehicle part cooperates with the airbag; and a protective covering which encloses the airbag in a gastight manner. The protective covering also encloses the first component part and comprises at least one opening, through which a second component part connected to the first component part projects from the space enclosed by the protective covering, the opening of the protective covering being closed in a gastight manner by means of a sealing element.
US07780185B2	Foldable frame trailer cart An improved foldable frame trailer cart includes a generally rectangular base frame having forward and rearward sections hingedly connected to one another and a trailer tongue mounted on and extending forwardly from the forward section of the generally rectangular base frame, the trailer tongue including a hinge operative to permit the rear portion of the trailer tongue to be pivoted relative to the front portion thereof. Left and right rear wheels are rotatably mounted within left and right wheel support frames, and the left and right wheel support frames are releasably pivotably mounted on the rearward section of the generally rectangular base frame such that the left and right wheel support frames are pivotable relative to the generally rectangular base frame between a non-ground-engaging transport position and a ground-engaging use position.
US07780178B2	Adjustable suspension leveling apparatus A suspension height modification apparatus includes a first portion that is securable to a vehicular biasing suspension device and a second portion that is securable to a vehicular frame. The apparatus includes an axis along which a suspension height may be determined between the vehicular frame and the vehicular wheel assembly. The apparatus includes a movable portion which may be actuated along such axis to adjust suspension height.
US07780164B2	Sheet processing apparatus and image forming apparatus A sheet processing apparatus comprises that a plurality of sheet processing portions that perform a sheet process on a sheet; and a plurality of conveying paths which transport the sheet to connect to the plurality of sheet processing portions, respectively, wherein while one of the plurality of sheet processing portions executes the sheet process on a preceding sheet or a preceding sheet bundle, a subsequent sheet is conveyed to the conveying path connecting to the other one of the plurality of sheet processing portions and held on standby on the conveying path connecting to the other sheet processing portion.
US07780162B2	Paper supply apparatus Rack gears of far-side paper guides are provided such that manners of meshing with pinion gears are made tighter at respective regions corresponding to locations for constraining paper of standard size, as compared to other regions. In addition, by constituting width guide plates which are upstream in a paper feed directions from far-side paper guides and width guide plates which are downstream in a paper feed directions therefrom such that respective areas of surfaces receiving paper, and respective distances from respective width guide plates to gear mesh locations, are respectively set so as to be substantially mutually equal. Impacts from stacks of paper produced during placement of paper within a paper supply apparatus may be received substantially equal at upstream and downstream from gear mesh of far-side paper guides, and torques acting on far-side paper guides upstream and downstream from gear mesh locations may be made substantially mutually equal.
US07780146B2	Retrieval assembly A retrieval assembly is configured and arranged for use with a retractable lifeline assembly including a cable assembly. The retrieval assembly is releasably engagable with the cable assembly to pay out or retract the cable during rescue.
US07780144B2	Valve, in particular for a high-pressure pump of a fuel injection system for an internal combustion engine A valve having a valve member, which cooperates with a valve seat formed in a housing part in order to control a connection, and the valve seat has an at least approximately conical seat face, which is located at a transition of the connection from a portion of small diameter to a portion of large diameter. The seat face is adjoined, on its side oriented toward the portion of large diameter, by at least one face which is more markedly inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the connection than the seat face, and on its side oriented toward the portion of small diameter, the seat face is adjoined by at least one face which is less markedly inclined relative to the longitudinal axis of the connection than the seat face.
US07780136B2	Surgical tray corner protector A surgical tray corner protector includes a support base, a side wall extending along an edge of the support base, and a plurality of apertures extending through the support base to form a tray support surface, providing improved drainage and air flow.
US07780128B2	Leveling system and method Disclosed herein is a system for leveling relative to a basis surface. The system includes an object having a first side confronting the basis surface and a second side opposite of the first side, a rod positioned to extend beyond the first side of the object to space the object from the basis surface and beyond a second side of the object to provide access to the rod, and first and second couplers to couple the rod and the object. Each of the first and second couplers includes a respective threaded hole threadably engaged with the rod to a position in which respective surfaces of the first and second couplers are in contact with, and rotationally stationary with respect to, the first and second sides of the object, respectively, such that rotation of the rod translates into translational displacement of the first and second couplers and the object.
US07780123B1	Stand for pouring concrete A stand for use in pouring concrete is provided. The stand includes a boom that is configured for holding a hose for use in dispensing concrete slurry therefrom. The stand also has a column that supports the boom. A base is present and extends from the column. The base also provides stability to the column to help prevent it from tipping over. In other variations, the height of the boom can be adjustable with respect to the base. Also in other variations the boom may be configured so as to pivot or rotate with respect to the base.
US07780121B2	Wayside signal apparatus with adjustable signal position A railroad wayside signal cantilever (10) including an arm (22) with a signal mounting apparatus (28) that provides a degree of horizontal movement of the signal (26) relative to the cantilever mast (12). The available range of locations for securing the signal on the arm is sufficiently broad to allow a single cantilever design to be used for a wide range of site-specific locations. An extendable catwalk railing (54) is provided to accommodate movement of the signal without creating an unsafe gap between the railing and the signal.
US07780120B1	Flight control method and apparatus to produce induced yaw A method of controlling an aircraft in a turn without the use of a rudder by producing induced yaw. Induced yaw being produced by creating a net induced drag differential between an inboard wing to the turn and an outboard wing to the turn, whereby the net induced drag differential overcomes adverse yaw produced by the outboard wing.
US07780116B2	Composite anti-crash structure with controlled buckling for an aircraft A structure (2) for an aircraft (1) comprises transverse walls (3-8) connected to longitudinal walls (9-12); each wall (3-12, 18, 18B) comprises two jackets (19) of composite material disposed on either side of an intermediate arrangement (20); a wall includes a corrugated core (70) presenting corrugations extending along an axis (Z) substantially parallel to the jacket, such that the capacity of the wall to absorb energy in the event of an impact along said axis is increased; a wall includes a zone of weakness (45) encouraging controlled degradation of the wall in the event of such a shock.
US07780115B2	Aircraft, vehicle and method for arranging seats therein An aircraft (or vehicle) and a vehicle seat arranging method by which the number of seats is increased to the maximum, while comfortability of passengers is ensured, includes a seat 20B immediately adjacent to an inner wall surface 11a out of a plurality of seats 20 provided in an array in a body 11 of an aircraft (or vehicle) 10, with the seat 20B being arranged inwardly obliquely so that a foot clearance of passengers is ensured. Oblique angles of mutually adjacent seats 20A, 20B can be made different from each other to form a fan shape so that passengers are prevented from interfering with each other on their shoulders. Also, baggage receiving spaces 30 provided in immediate front of the seats 20A, 20B, respectively, can be arranged so as not to interfere with each other.
US07780110B2	Filament winding apparatus A filament winding apparatus equipped with a transfer mechanism of a terminating end of a fiber bundle using a transfer ring that can be switched from a mandrel after the winding process to a mandrel before the winding process. A cutter cuts a fiber bundle wound around a first transfer ring integral with a mandrel after the winding process and a second transfer ring is moved to the mandrel before the winding process between the first and second transfer rings; and a friction roller positions and holds the second transfer ring when cutting the fiber bundle. The friction roller is pressed and biased against the second transfer ring by a compression spring.
US07780109B1	Accessory wrapping machine Disclosed is an accessory wrapping machine for wrapping a string or a wire round a long band- or bar-shaped accessory member. With the present invention, it is possible to reduce a decoration time taken in wrapping an accessory with a string or a wire, make an outer appearance of a completed accessory beautiful, prevent a decorative string or wire drawn out of a reel from getting tangled when a motor pauses and restarts in a process of wrapping the decorative string or wire round an accessory member, and wrap the accessory member with the string or wire uniformly and at constant tension.
US07780108B2	Method for winding an electrical machine, and an auxiliary winding body In a method for winding an electrical machine, a winding auxiliary body is placed on at least one of the end faces of a base body such as to cover at least one of the slot end openings within a circumferential bridging area. Electrical conductors of a winding system are inserted in at least one of the slots whose slot end opening is on one side of the bridging area and passed through an uncovered slot end opening. Subsequently, the electrical conductors are deflected by the winding auxiliary body and guided to a further uncovered one of the slot end openings on another side of the bridging area. After placement of an end plate having an axially projecting separating element and plugging an axial attachment cutout of the winding auxiliary body onto the separating element, the winding auxiliary body is removed, thereby producing a winding element of the winding system.
US07780107B2	Recording tape cartridge A recording tape cartridge includes a case that comprises an upper case and a lower case and houses a reel around which recording tape is wound. A regulating wall that defines an area in which the reel is housed is formed on the upper case and on the lower case. An attachment member is held between the regulating wall of the upper case and the regulating wall of the lower case so as to be disposed on an outer peripheral surface side of the regulating wall. The attachment member holds an RFID. There is provided a recording tape cartridge that can ensure an attachment region for an RFID inside a case.
US07780106B2	Recording tape cartridge The present invention provides a recording tape cartridge with a retention structure capable of stabilizing and retaining a memory board without deformation of the memory board. A recording tape cartridge includes a case for accommodating a reel on which recording tape is wound, the case formed by an upper case and a lower case and a non-contact memory board, on which various information is stored and which is disposed at a specific angle within the case. The lower case is formed with a position control member of substantially a C-shape in plan view for controlling the position of the memory board, and a support member for supporting the bottom face of the memory board at substantially the central portion thereof. The upper case is formed with retaining members that face portions of the top face of the memory board at both ends in the memory board length direction.
US07780099B2	High-efficiency jet ejector and propulsive jet According to one embodiment of the invention, a system for altering fluid flow includes a main body having a first fluid flowing therethrough, a plurality of conduits disposed within the main body to form a plurality of flow paths, and a nozzle directing a second fluid through the innermost conduit. The second fluid has a greater velocity than the first fluid. The second fluid successively entrains the first fluid flowing through the flow paths in such a manner that the portion of the first fluid flowing through the innermost flow path existing between the innermost conduit and its adjacent conduit is entrained first and the portion of the first fluid flowing through the outermost flow path existing between the outermost conduit and the main body is last.
US07780098B2	Fan spray pattern indexing nozzle for a trigger sprayer A trigger sprayer has a nozzle assembly that dispenses a spray of liquid in a fan pattern that is selectively oriented horizontally or vertically. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle housing and nozzle cap mounted on the nozzle housing, where the nozzle cap is rotatable relative to the nozzle housing to direct a fan spray pattern of liquid from the nozzle cap in both a vertical and horizontal orientation, and prevent the discharge of liquid from the nozzle cap in cap positions between the horizontal and vertical orientations.
US07780085B2	Round surface scanner A scanner capable of scanning a curved surface such as a bottle or other cylindrical, or curved surfaced object. In one class of embodiments, the present innovations include a scan head and one or more rollers (preferably two rollers, one active, the other passive) on which a cylindrical object turns in proximity to the head. As the object turns, the head records the image on the surface of the object.
US07780076B2	Paper currency handling apparatus In a paper currency handling apparatus, a temporary housing is arranged behind a paper currency deposit and withdrawal port; a paper currency discrimination part is arranged behind the temporary housing; conveyance paths conveying a paper currency from below the paper currency let-out part to ahead of the paper currency discrimination part, conveyance paths conveying a paper currency from behind the paper currency discrimination part to the temporary housing once ascending upward, and a paper currency sorting gate going from behind the paper currency discrimination part to the conveyance path to implement sorting to conveying destinations for a first time are included, wherein the paper currency sorting gate is arranged in an upper part behind the temporary housing.
US07780068B2	Disposable carry-out food container A disposable carry-out food container shaped like a picnic basket. The subject food container has a bottom wall having two side edges extending in a longitudinal direction between opposing ends, two end walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall at the opposing ends respectively, two side walls extending upwardly from the two side edges of the bottom wall to extend in the longitudinal direction between the opposing ends, two lid panels supported on the walls for pivotal movement about respective lateral axes oriented generally perpendicularly to the longitudinal direction between a closed position in which the lid panels enclose an open top end of the container and an open position in which the open top end is substantially unobstructed by the lid panels, and at least one handle coupled at opposing ends on the two side walls respectively such that said at least one handle extends generally in a direction of the lateral axes between the two side walls.
US07780059B2	Method of forming a component on a substrate A method of forming a structure by a material additive process, the method comprising the steps: providing a substrate having a surface, providing an interlayer on the surface which conforms to the surface of the substrate, forming a melt pool in the interlayer, the depth of the melt pool being less than the depth of the interlayer, selectively depositing a material within the melt pool, allowing the material to solidify, and applying heat and pressure to diffusion bond the material to the substrate.
US07780053B2	Nail gun with air injection mechanism An air injection mechanism for nail guns includes a gun body having an air chamber; a valve base having a rod hole disposed in the gun body; a movable valve rod, one end of the valve rod engages with the rod hole and extends out of the gun body to form a press end, and another end of the valve rod extends through the air chamber and fixes to another side surface of the gun body, the valve rod and the rod hole cooperate to form an air guiding gap therebetween, the valve rod includes a ringed pushing surface; an air guiding passage formed in the valve rod, which includes an air inlet port connecting to the air guiding gap and an air injection port connecting to environment; an O-ring disposed in the rod hold for controlling the flux of the air that discharged form the air injection port.
US07780048B2	Hinged pocket A pocket comprises an inner cup cooperating in a nested relationship with an outer cup to define a chamber having a closed bottom end and an open upper end sized to receive an article. A hinge interconnects the inner and outer cups at the closed bottom end of the chamber. The hinge is configured to accommodate swinging movement of the outer cup relative to the inner cup between a closed position at which the sides of the article received in the chamber are tightly confined between opposite interior surfaces of the inner and outer cups, and a release position deflected outwardly from the closed position to accommodate removal of the article from the chamber via its open upper end.
US07780041B2	Device for atomising a fluid product A device for atomizing a fluid product includes a reservoir containing the product and air, with the reservoir including a wall having at least one deformable area. A dip tube communicates selectively or permanently with an atomizing aperture to atomize the product when pressure is exerted on the deformable area. According to a preferred example, the dip tube includes at least one air passage to allow at least part of the air contained in the reservoir to mix with the product conveyed by the dip tube. The air passage is located between the two ends of the dip tube. Further, before a first use of the device and in an at least partially deformed position of the deformable area, the at least one air passage is not immersed in the product, regardless of the position of the reservoir.
US07780036B2	Handbasket A handbasket includes a container and a handle. The container includes an upper rim, a pair of opposed side panels, and a pair of opposed end panels, with each side panel including a generally concave exterior surface. The handle extends between, and is pivotally mounted relative to, the respective opposed end panels of the container. The handle is movable between a first generally vertically upright position relative to the container and a second position. In the second position, a first portion of the handle rests against the upper rim of the container and a second portion of the handle is spaced from the upper rim adjacent the generally concave exterior surface of one of the respective side panels to define a grasping zone for grasping the handle for movement between the first position and the second position of the handle relative to the container.
US07780033B2	Plural chamber drinking cup The invention provides a drink mixing cup for fluids comprising an outer chamber having an outer rim disposed at its top and a chamber disposed inside the outer chamber having an inner rim disposed below the outer rim by an amount selected to optimize mixing fluids poured from said chambers when drunk by humans while not interfering with their noses. The design allows for nesting of cups to reduce storage space. Anti-nesting ribs prevent full nesting so that separation of cups is not difficult. When thin walls made from plastic are used and the inner chamber is elevated, the fluid in the inner chamber is thermally insulated. When inverted, the chamber below the inner chamber can serve as a drinking glass.
US07780025B2	Plastic container base structure and method for hot filling a plastic container A base for a plastic container defining a central longitudinal axis. The base includes an annular standing ring portion defining a standing surface. The base includes a substantially cylindrical ring portion extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the standing surface. The base further includes a substantially concave dome portion extending inwardly from the substantially cylindrical ring portion to the longitudinal axis. The concave dome portion of the base includes a first plurality of substantially triangular panels circumferentially spaced around the longitudinal axis, and a second plurality of substantially triangular panels circumferentially spaced around the longitudinal axis. At least a portion of each of the second plurality of substantially triangular panels is circumferentially and longitudinally offset from the first plurality of substantially triangular panels. A container preform and method of hot filling a plastic container are also disclosed.
US07780019B2	Cantilever pallet cart The present invention is directed to a pallet storage system including a cart that rides on rails between an open or access position and a closed or storage position. More particularly, the present invention relates to a storage device that facilitates the picking of individual cases or items from pallets that are stored on the floor under a rack type storage structure. The device of the present invention enables two-deep storage of pallets on the floor and the automatic presentation of a rear pallet to the access aisle for easy picking of items stored on the pallet using a cart that cantilevers from the end of the rails.
US07780014B2	Porous water filtration membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin hollow fiber and process for production thereof A composition is formed by blending a vinylidene fluoride resin having a relatively high molecular weight and an improved crystallinity represented by a difference Tm2−Tc of at most 32° C. between an inherent melting point Tm2 and a crystallization temperature Tc of the resin with a plasticizer and a good solvent for vinylidene fluoride resin, and the composition is melt-extruded into a hollow fiber-form. The hollow fiber-form extrudate is then cooled to be solidified from an outside thereof by introduction into cooling medium and subjected to extraction of the plasticizer and stretching, thereby forming a hollow fiber porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin characterized by co-presence of crystal oriented portion and crystal non-oriented portion recognizable by X-ray diffraction method. The resultant hollow fiber porous membrane of vinylidene fluoride resin has micro-pores of appropriate size and distribution, is excellent in mechanical strength represented by tensile strength and elongation at break and is useful as a water microfiltration membrane.
US07780012B2	Classifier for granular material The present invention relates to a dynamic air classifier for the separation of granular and powdery materials into fractions of different grain sizes comprising a rotary cage, wherein: said classifier also comprises a recovery chamber for fine materials with a outlet bottom, said chamber being defined by a casing; said recovery chamber is coaxially arranged in the protrusion of the rotary cage so as to be able to use the vortex created by the rotary cage for cycloning said material; said recovery chamber comprises openings in the casing allowing the passage of the centrifuged material towards ducts for collecting the material located outside the chamber.
US07779996B2	Box with A-Frame product support A container includes a housing having an open top and a lid attached to the housing. The lid includes a first panel having a first edge and a second edge, a second panel having a first edge and a second edge, and a third panel. The first edge of the first panel is attached to the housing at a first hinge. The first edge of the second panel is attached to the second edge of the first panel at a second hinge. The third panel is attached to the second edge of the second panel at a third hinge. The lid is positionable in a first position and a second position. When the lid is in the first position, the lid covers the open top of the housing and the first hinge and the third hinge form a virtual hinge. When the lid is in the second position, the lid forms an A-Frame over the open top such that the second panel forms a display platform. The third panel maintains the lid in the second position.
US07779989B2	Adjustable wood chip flinger An assembly for processing wood chips has a rotatable drum with a plurality of blades circumferentially spaced from one another fed by a feed chute assembly. The feed chute assembly comprises a moveable element mounted so as to be dynamically moveable between a first position and a second position. The feed chute assembly may include a downwardly angled feed chute and a redirecting wall disposed downstream thereof. The moveable element may be all or part of either or both of the main chute and the redirecting wall. Wood chips are directed toward the rotating drum at a rotational position that varies depending on the position of the moveable element. The wood chips fed to the drum are flung therefrom in a pattern that varies in a side view along the axis depending on the position of the element. There may be multiple moveable elements.
US07779983B2	Two door electronic safe A two door electronic safe is described wherein a bill acceptor, as well as other electronic control circuitry, and a banknote canister are partitioned in first and second compartments with access by first and second access doors, respectively, so that a service call can be made to service the bill acceptor or other electronics without having to allow access to the banknote canister thereby facilitating service calls and allowing the separation of the service call function from the cash collection function.
US07779981B2	Welded chain wheel In order to make available a clutch drum, which is connected to a toothed wheel, in particular a toothed wheel designed as a chain wheel for a motor saw, wherein a non-detachable connection of the toothed wheel and clutch drum is associated with a positive connection, and wherein the connection of the clutch drum and toothed wheel is a low cost, durable and reliable connection, it is proposed that the clutch drum is provided with a recess, wherein a rigid connection is provided between the toothed wheel and the clutch drum, which is welded from inside the clutch drum.
US07779980B2	Wet multi-plate clutch The present invention provides a wet multi-plate clutch comprising an external toothed plate formed by sticking a friction material to a core plate and an internal toothed plate formed by sticking a friction material to a core plate and designed so that torque is transmitted by engaging the external toothed plate with the internal toothed plate and wherein the friction materials are stuck to opposed surfaces where the external toothed plate is opposed to the internal toothed plate, and surfaces of the core plates to which the friction materials are stuck are provided with a plurality of surfaces offset axially.
US07779975B2	Shock absorbing and indicating impact bumper and method Disclosed herein is a shock absorbing and indicating bumper. The bumper includes, a spherical shaped body with a surface mountable to a corner of a device to which shock is to be absorbed. The bumper includes a crushable conical member engaged with a conical recess of the spherical shaped body, the crushable conical member having a hole therethrough from the vertex to the center of the base, and a shell with a substantially hollow semispherical shape slidably engaged with a surface of the spherical shaped body. The bumper further includes a rigid shaft with a first end fixedly attached to a central portion of the hollowed side of the shell and a second end pivotally engaged with the spherical shaped body at substantially the center of the spherical shaped body, the shaft extending through the hole in the crushable member and aligned thereby.
US07779974B2	Vehicle suspension spring system A vehicle suspension spring system for a vehicle wheel station includes a hydraulic cylinder or strut having a piston which divides the cylinder volume into a main oil volume and an annular oil volume. The main oil volume communicates via a first oil passage with a first accumulator having a main gas volume. The annular oil volume communicates via a second oil passage with a second accumulator having an auxiliary gas volume. The oil in each accumulator is separated from the gas by a separator piston or diaphragm. A third oil passage with an isolating valve interconnects said first and second oil passages. Operation of the isolating valve is regulated by a controller. At least one sensor for sensing a parameter associated with vehicle attitude is connected to the controller. The controller is operable for switching the isolating valve between open and closed positions for altering spring stiffness of the strut in response to said sensed vehicle attitude parameter when the vehicle is in motion.
US07779967B2	Method of operating an elevator installation, an elevator installation operable by this method and safety equipment for this elevator installation An elevator installation with at least one upper elevator car and at least one lower elevator car includes a first electromechanical switching mechanism mounted on the upper car and having a weight fastened at a downwardly extending elongate run, the run being held in a travel setting by the weight force, and a second electromechanical switching mechanism mounted on the lower car vertically below the weight. In the case of undesired approach of the two elevator cars, the weight impinges on the second electromechanical switching mechanism and thereby opens a safety circuit of the lower elevator car. The safety circuit of the upper elevator car is also opened by a diminishing of the weight force.
US07779966B2	Front rotary working machine A front rotary working machine has an engine and a transmission case of a power transmission mounted to a lower portion of the engine. The transmission case comprises a case body and a clutch case. An oil outlet is provided for discharging engine oil formed in the clutch case. An oil receiving portion has an outflow path and is formed in the clutch case and disposed directly below the oil outlet. A fastening boss is formed in the case body for fastening the case body to the clutch case so that an outer surface of the fastening boss is positioned substantially directly below and adjacent to an opening of the outflow path of the oil receiving portion. Rotary working portions are provided at a front portion of the transmission case.
US07779965B2	Absorbent structure for attenuating noise particular by a rotor-generator noise, and a rotor duct including such a structure An absorbent structure for reducing the propagation of soundwaves emitted by noisy devices such as rotors or motors, the structure includes a rigid partition (1), at least one porous wall (4), and separator elements (2) for placing the porous wall (4) at a determined distance from the rigid partition (1), defining cavities (3) of a height h1 between the porous wall (4) and the rigid partition (1), the height h1 being determined to obtain maximum absorption of a given frequency of the emitted soundwaves, wherein includes additional absorption elements for obtaining maximum absorption of at least one additional frequency of the emitted soundwave.
US07779958B2	Hydraulic pressurizer system A hydraulic pressurizer system (30) comprises a drive source (an engine 2 and a motor generator 4), which drives a hybrid vehicle (1), a mechanical oil pump (20), which is driven by the drive source, an electrical motor (22), which is activated by a 12V battery (24), an electrical oil pump (21), which is driven by the electrical motor (22), and a control unit (15), which activates the electrical motor (22). The pressurizer further comprises a ratio-change mechanism (7), which is activated by hydraulic oil supplied by the mechanical oil pump (20) and by the electrical oil pump (21) to establish a speed change ratio, at which the rotational driving force of the drive source is transmitted to wheels (8) with a rotational speed change. For executing a control for stopping the drive source, the control unit (15) executes a cleaning operation, which operates the electrical oil pump (21) for a predetermined time before the stopping of the drive source.
US07779955B2	Angularly disposed planar pedal system for motor vehicles The present invention relates generally to systems and methods designed to reduce the dangers presented by certain unintentional and intentional actions by drivers of motor vehicles, and more specifically to eliminating the panic-based, unintentional acceleration of motor vehicles by drivers in emergency situations as well as the intentional abuse of motor vehicle power by drivers.
US07779953B2	Biasing drive torque to an axle in a motor vehicle A system for transmitting power to vehicle wheels includes a transmission output connected to a first wheel set, a planetary gearset including an input and an output, whose speed is greater than a speed of the gearset input, and a coupler having a variable torque capacity, driveably connecting the transmission output and the gearset input.
US07779950B2	Integrated frame and air box method and apparatus The present teachings generally include a motorcycle having an engine with at least two cylinders. A first cylinder head has a first top portion and a first side portion. A second cylinder head has a second top portion and a second side portion. The first cylinder head and the second cylinder head are associated with the engine. A frame member defines an integral air box that communicates air into the engine. The frame member couples to the first side portion of the first cylinder head and the second side portion of the second cylinder head.
US07779946B2	Snowmobile A snowmobile includes steering handlebars, a pair of left and right skis, and a power transmission mechanism arranged to couple the steering handlebars and the skis. The power transmission mechanism includes a first rotary shaft extending directly downward or obliquely downward from the steering handlebars for rotation along with the steering handlebars; a first link mechanism coupled to the first rotary shaft; a second rotary shaft coupled to the first link mechanism and arranged to rotate along with the rotation of the first rotary shaft via the first link mechanism, the second rotary shaft being disposed on a different axis from that of the first rotary shaft; a second link mechanism disposed between the second rotary shaft and the skis; and a power steering device mounted to the second link mechanism as a part thereof and having an actuator to be driven based on the rotation of the second rotary shaft.
US07779919B2	Flapper valve retention method and system A system and method for use in a wellbore that includes a string comprising a housing. The housing comprises a valve including a valve seat having an inner channel and a flapper configured to pivot relative to the valve seat between a first position and a second position in which the inner channel is obstructed. A valve actuating device may be provided for selectively opening the valve and comprising a first hydraulic device. In addition, a retention device including a second hydraulic device may be provided and configured to selectively retain the flapper in the first position. In some cases, the first hydraulic device and the second hydraulic device may be driven by the same fluid source.
US07779915B2	Methods of limiting leak off and damage in hydraulic fractures Methods for treating a formation penetrated by a wellbore which improves fluid loss control during treatment. In some aspects, the treatments include preparing an aqueous fluid including one or more water inert degradable polymers and an optional viscosifier, injecting the aqueous fluid into the wellbore at a pressure equal to or greater than the formation's fracture initiation pressure, and thereafter injecting into the wellbore a proppant laden fluid at a pressure equal to or greater than the formation's fracture initiation pressure. The water inert degradable polymer may be a polymer such as an emulsion polymer or a latex polymer. Some methods of the invention use a fluid which may have a normalized leak off coefficient (Cw/sqrt(K)) equal to or less than about 0.0022, 0.0014, or 0.0010. A conventional fluid loss additive may or may not be used in conjunction with the treatment fluid and/or the proppant laden fluid. The water inert degradable polymer may or may not substantially enter formation pores. In another aspect, methods for reducing matrix damage to a formation during a treatment operation include preparing an aqueous treatment fluid formed of at least one water inert degradable polymer, and injecting the fluid at a pressure equal or greater than the formation's fracture initiation pressure.
US07779903B2	Solid rubber packer for a rotating control device A seal assembly for use with a rotating control head is provided. The seal assembly includes a rotatable member and a cavity formed between the rotatable member and a tubular radially inwardly disposed from the rotatable member. The cavity having a first surface and a second surface. The seal assembly further includes a seal member having a first end and a second end disposed between the first surface and the second surface of the cavity and sealable with the tubular between the first and the second ends due to deformation of the seal member.
US07779902B2	Arm for moving flexible lines at a wellsite A movable arm 10 engages a flexible line 50 at a well site for positioning the flexible line between run-in position for passing the flexible line with a tubular through a well hole in the rig floor and a clamping position wherein the flexible line is adjacent the tubular above the rig floor for clamping the line to the tubular. The arm 10 extends upward from the rig floor 70, and includes a line guide, such as roller 12, for engaging the flexible line when in the run-in position. A powered drive 14 moves the arm between the run-in position and the clamping position. A spacer 82 may be used for positioning two or more flexible lines at a desired spacing relative to one another prior to positioning the lines within a clamp secured to the tubular. A slip bowl assembly 60 may be laterally movable so that slips do not engage the flexible line as it is run in the well.
US07779898B2	Heat transfer tube assembly with serpentine circuits A method and apparatus are provided for cooling fluids entering a closed circuit cooling tower. A triple circuit assembly is used to cool the fluid in the closed loop. The triple circuit assembly design allows a heat transfer tube bundle to maintain a relatively low pressure drop, but without simultaneously lowering thermal performance to a significant degree as compared to traditional double serpentine or QUAD serpentine designs.
US07779897B2	Heat dissipation device with heat pipes A heat dissipation device for dissipating heat from a heat-generating device includes a heat-absorbing plate, a heat pipe assembly attached to the heat-absorbing plate and a fin set attached to the heat pipe assembly. The fin set includes a plurality of fins and has a contacting surface cooperatively formed by bottom edges of the fins and attached to the heat pipe assembly. The heat pipe assembly includes heat pipes with evaporating sections and condensing sections located away from the evaporating sections. The evaporating sections of the heat pipes are covered by the heat-absorbing plate and the condensing sections of the heat pipes are exposed outside of the heat-absorbing plate. The heat pipes absorb heat from the heat-generating device via the heat-absorbing plate, and directly transfer the heat to the fin set.
US07779893B2	Combination heat exchanger having an improved end tank assembly A combination heat exchanger comprising of a heat exchange core having a plurality tubes, wherein the core having at least one core end; an end tank having two side walls and two end walls, two bulkheads the cavity defining a least a first chamber, a second chamber, and a third chamber, a perimeter edge defined by exterior edges of said side walls, exterior edges of said two end walls, and exterior edges of said two bulkheads; a header plate engaged between said end tank and said core end; and a gasket between said perimeter edge and contact surface of said header plate, wherein the compression ratio of the gasket is varied along the contact surfaces of the perimeter edge and contact surface of the end plate.
US07779880B2	Tube connecting apparatus A tube connecting apparatus that can carry out self reset operation without giving damage to the apparatus and that safety of an operator is considered. The tube connecting apparatus has an EEPROM memorizing information with respect to a connecting process state of tubes. When electric power is inputted, the apparatus judges whether power supply was shut off during tube connecting operation based upon the information memorized in the EEPROM with respect to the connecting process state of tubes and a detecting result of a wafer 41 according to a wafer position detecting sensor 421, and carries out reset operation. In the reset operation, the apparatus restarts and completes connecting operation (S620 to 632) by heating the wafer again to fuse the tubes adhered to the wafer (S614, 616). Error indication is displayed at a LCD display to secure connecting strength and the like (S634). A locking state is not cancelled during cooling time after heating of the wafer is stopped to secure safety (S628 to S632).
US07779871B2	Service unit for resource replenishment A service unit for resource replenishment in an automobile with an engine has at least one filling nozzle and a drip cup at least partially covering the filling nozzle. The drop protection cover is attached for pivoting to the drip cup and, for advantageous resource replenishment, is displaced from a rest position within the drip cup to an at least partially swiveling protection position out of the drip cup.
US07779869B2	Profile rod and carrier rod for a heald shaft A profile rod (15) preferably consisting of an extruded aluminum profile has lateral walls (18, 19) that have two snap-in zones (25, 26) that project toward each other and extend parallel to each other over the entire length of the profile rod (15) and that are located on the same height. The distances of the two snap-in zones (25, 26) from the closest strip (21) correspond to each other. In this manner, the profile rod (15) may be made extremely thin-walled, on the one hand, and offers possibilities for fastening profile pieces that permit the input of larger forces into the profile rod (15) as well as the output of such forces therefrom, on the other hand. This concept offers a basis for the construction of light-weight heald shafts that can still handle great loads.
US07779866B2	Segmented trapped vortex cavity An annular trapped vortex cavity assembly segment comprising includes a cavity forward wall, a cavity aft wall, and a cavity radially outer wall therebetween defining a cavity segment therein. A cavity opening extends between the forward and aft walls at a radially inner end of the assembly segment. Radially spaced apart pluralities of air injection first and second holes extend through the forward and aft walls respectively. The segment may include first and second expansion joint features at distal first and second ends respectively of the segment. The segment may include a forward subcomponent including the cavity forward wall attached to an aft subcomponent including the cavity aft wall. The forward and aft subcomponents include forward and aft portions of the cavity radially outer wall respectively. A ring of the segments may be circumferentially disposed about an axis to form an annular segmented vortex cavity assembly.
US07779861B2	Device for adjusting the flow-rate of a fluid, particularly medical oxygen and compressed gases in general A device for adjusting the flow-rate of a fluid, particularly medical oxygen and compressed gases in general, which comprises a valve body which defines an input duct for a low-pressure fluid which is connected to a rotary flow control element, which has an output port which can be arranged at the calibrated holes of a flow-rate adjustment disk; the calibrated holes are connected to an output duct; an actuation handwheel is also provided which is functionally associated with the rotary flow control element; the actuation handwheel comprises means for positioning the flow control element so that the output port is arranged at at least one of the calibrated holes.
US07779854B2	Valve member to armature coupling system and fuel injector using same A relatively inexpensive robust attachment strategy that insures good perpendicularity between a valve member and an armature utilizes an intervening nut between the armature and valve member. A valve member is received in a guide bore of a valve body. A nut is threaded onto one end of a valve member. The armature is press fit onto a orientation neutral interface of the nut, and a fixture is utilized to set near perfect perpendicularity between an air gap plane of the armature and a centerline of the valve member. The armature is then welded to the valve member. The weld may be accomplished via laser welding while the valve assembly is firmly held in an appropriate position within the fixture. The valve assembly may be then incorporated into a fuel injector stack of components in a conventional manner.
US07779846B2	Device for transferring and inspecting groups of cigarettes Groups of cigarettes approaching a packer are transferred and inspected by a conveyor equipped with receptacles advancing along a set path, and an inspection device such as will verify the presence and the integrity of each cigarette in each receptacle and generate signals to indicate the outcome of the inspection. The conveyor also incorporates emitters in the form of permanent magnets, each associated with a relative receptacle and interacting with a receiver consisting in an array of magnetoresistors ordered along the conveying path; the receiver is capable of emitting signals synchronized with the steps of the inspection procedure and indicating the position of each receptacle relative to a fixed inspection position.
US07779845B2	Method and apparatus for endoscopically performing gastric reduction surgery An articulating endoscopic instrument is adapted for properly orienting the stomach for cutting and stapling in an efficient manner. The instrument includes a body member having a first end and a second end, a plurality of suction holes along the body member in fluid communication with a suction inlet at the first end of the body member for the creation of suction along the body member and an articulating joint positioned along the body member. A method for gastric reduction surgery is achieved by inserting an articulating endoscopic instrument within the stomach and articulating the articulating endoscopic instrument to generally assume the shape of the relaxed stomach, applying suction through the articulating endoscopic instrument to draw the stomach tissue into contact with the articulating endoscopic instrument, articulating the articulating endoscopic instrument to a desired orientation and completing the gastric reduction surgery.
US07779840B2	Ventilator breath condensate sampler and method of collecting a breath condensate sample A breath condensate sampler for use with a mechanical ventilator, the breath condensate sampler includes an airflow valve, a condensate formation tube, a condensate trap, and a condensate collection receptacle. The airflow valve directs air from the expiratory limb into the condensate formation tube wherein the condensate portion of exhaled gases are separated from the gaseous portion of the exhaled gases. A method of collecting a breath condensate sample is also herein disclosed.
US07779836B2	Inhalation device A powder inhaler for administering powder by inhalation, comprising: a flow path defined by a plurality of surfaces through which a stream of air is in use drawn on inhalation by a user; and dosing means (18) for providing a dose of powder to the flow path for entrainment in the stream of air; characterized in that the inhaler further comprises dislodging means for dislodging powder accumulated on a surface of the flow path downstream of the dosing means (18).
US07779830B2	Dosing device A dosing device with an electromechanical interface is provided. The dosing device includes delivery means, a medium reservoir and an applicator, on the one hand, and a control unit and electrical energy store, on the other hand, in separate structural units. Guide means are provided for fitting one of the structural units into the other structural unit. The guide means has an electromechanical interface for coupling and/or uncoupling relative to the control unit and/or energy store without using tools.
US07779827B2	Blade ring saw blade A flat-sided annular blade for a blade ring saw for cutting hard materials such as tile along straight paths and curved paths in which the workpiece is moved through the central portion of the blade. In addition to the usual sintered abrasive diamond coating on the outer peripheral portion of the blade, the inner peripheral portion preferably is tapered to a curved inner edge and also is coated with an abrasive, preferably an electroplated diamond coating providing smoother sawing operation and a finishing action on the workpiece.
US07779825B2	High capacity paintball hoppers and loaders and paintball feeder combinations with quick disconnect, permanent and integral connection configurations A range of High capacity paintball pod hopper or loader housings for use with conventional paintball gun with attached paintball feeder core egg housing. The pod hopper housing has an enclosed end and an open end in contact with the paintball feeder core egg housing and is arranged for gravity feed transfer of paintballs to the paintball gun firing chamber. The pod loader housing has an enclosed end and an open end in contact with the paintball feeder core egg housing and is arranged for power feed transfer of paintballs to the paintball gun firing chamber The pod hopper and pod loader housings are arranged for connections to the feeder core egg housings using (a) quick connector bayonets, and spring-loaded pin, and (b) permanently connected using glued or mechanical fasteners.
US07779817B2	Water/alcohol injection tuning system An injection system for injecting one or both of water and alcohol into an internal combustion engine comprising a system monitor, a control module and a mixture delivery system. The system monitor may have a parameter level display, the control module may be adapted to receive one or more user-supplied parameters and the control module may be further adapted to store the one or more user-supplied parameters. The control module may also be comprised of a plurality of connectors and at least one electrical signal generator. The system may also be comprised of electrical wiring and a mixture delivery system having a pressure source.
US07779805B2	Sealed lash adjuster and method for adjusting amount of liquid sealed in sealed lash adjuster The liquid is sealed in the lash adjuster so that the volume “V1” of the gas, in the reservoir chamber when the lash adjuster is being produced and the plunger protrudes from the body, is equal to or more than 1.24 times as great as the sum of the volume “Vo1” of the liquid discharged from the high-pressure chamber when the plunger moves downward, and the increase “Vo2” in the volume of the liquid that expands, due to heat, when the temperature of the gas in the reservoir chamber is increased from the production temperature to the maximum use temperature, and the ratio of “V1” to “Vo1+Vo2” is equal to or higher than a ratio, which is derived based on the production temperature and the maximum use temperature, when the inner pressure of the lash adjuster increases by 500 kPa at maximum.
US07779804B2	Rocker arm assembly for radial and axial loads A rocker arm assembly for a valve train of an internal combustion engine which has a rocker arm that pivots on a support pin about an axis where a push rod contacts one end of the assembly and a valve shaft of a gas exchange valve contacts the other end of the assembly. A rocker arm is mounted on a support pin through a radial roller bearing for handling radial forces. An outer bearing support wall is attached to the rocker am and covers both ends of the support pin. Between the ends of the support pin and the outer bearing wall is a thrust washer for handling axial forces in the rocker arm assembly. The radial bearing assembly can have an outer bearing shell and an inner bearing shell where the outer bearing shell has a generally U-shaped configuration that covers the end wall of the support pin. The bottom wall of the outer bearing shell forms the outer bearing support wall for the thrust washer.
US07779800B2	Vane-type phaser A vane-type phaser connected to drive an assembled camshaft includes a drive member and a driven member each connected to a respective one of the inner and outer shafts of the camshaft. A first of the members includes a disc with at least one arcuate cavity that is open at both axial ends. The second member includes two closure plates sealing off the axial ends of each cavity of the first member and at least one vane formed separately from the closure plates which is movably received in a respective cavity to divide the cavity into two variable volume working chambers. Each vane is secured at both its axial ends to the two closure plates.
US07779796B2	Variable valve actuating apparatus for internal combustion engine and process of controlling the same A variable valve actuating apparatus for an internal combustion engine with an exhaust turbocharger. An intake valve characteristic varying section is arranged to vary an operating angle and a lift of an intake valve. An exhaust valve characteristic varying section is arranged to vary an opening timing and a closing timing of an exhaust valve. In response to an increase in a desired value of an output of the engine, a control section advances an opening timing of the intake valve, retards a closing timing of the intake valve, and advances the opening timing of the exhaust valve. In response to an increase in a boost pressure of the exhaust turbocharger, the control section increases the operating angle and the lift of the intake valve, and retards the opening timing and the closing timing of the exhaust valve.
US07779795B2	Valve system for opposed piston engines The valve system for opposed piston engines essentially comprises a single poppet valve opening into the common combustion chamber between the two opposed pistons of each piston and cylinder pair. The engine for which the mechanism is adapted includes a rotating internal cylinder surrounding each piston pair, with a stationary outer cylinder or case surrounding the rotating cylinder. The valve is pivotally attached at one side or end thereof to the edge of the valve port of the rotating cylinder, and is actuated by an arm or arms having guides (rollers, etc.) at the distal end(s) thereof, which are captured in corresponding cam track(s) or channel(s) formed in the fixed outer cylinder or case of the engine. The cam track has a variable radius, with the valve arm(s) and guide(s) alternately lifting and lowering as the guide(s) travel(s) in the variable radius cam track(s), thereby closing and opening the valve.
US07779794B2	Breather device and engine A breather device provided in a 4-cycle engine which is configured to be mounted on a front part of a vehicle body of a snow vehicle, the 4-cycle engine including a crankcase, a crankshaft rotatably supported on the crankcase and provided in a state substantially parallel to the snow vehicle width direction, and a magnet unit connected to one end of the crankshaft, wherein the breather device includes a breather chamber integrally provided on a lateral side of the 4-cycle engine at the same side of the magnet unit and the breather chamber is disposed above the magnet unit in a side view.
US07779792B2	Air-cooled engine An air-cooled engine (10) has a fan cover (16) for covering a cooling fan (14). The cover (16) is composed of a fan-cover peripheral wall (44) for covering the outside of the cooling fan (14), and a top board (45) for closing off one end of the fan-cover peripheral wall (44). The fan-cover peripheral wall (44) has an internally disposed guiding duct (47) for guiding cooling air (Wi) from the cooling fan (14) to an engine main body (12). A first fastening member (42) secures a portion of the external part of the fan-cover peripheral wall (44) that is proximal to the guiding duct (47) to a casing (25) of the engine main body (12). A second fastening member (41) extends from the casing (25) and through the fan-cover peripheral wall (44), and secures a top board (45) in a portion that is at a distance from the guiding duct (47).
US07779790B2	Electric tankless water heater In various aspects, the present invention provides an electric tankless liquid heater system capable of delivering liquid, such as, for example, water, with an acceptable increase in output liquid temperature upon a sudden and substantial decrease in liquid demand. In various aspects, the electric tankless liquid heater comprises an inlet manifold and a plurality of liquid heaters the inlets of which are connected in a parallel flow relationship by the inlet manifold, and the outlets of which are each connected to a separate outlet conduit, and which is configured to provide water to a plurality of automatic water fixtures with a less than about 2° F. (about 1.1° C.) increase in output water temperature upon about a one-and-a-half-fold or greater decrease in water demand that occurs in less than about 500 milliseconds as measured by the increase time of the inlet liquid pressure.
US07779783B2	Plasma processing device A plasma processing apparatus includes a chamber, a dielectric top plate member disposed on an upper portion of the chamber and an antenna having a plurality of slots. The antenna is disposed on the top plate member and is in close contact with the top plate member. The top plate member includes a flat plate portion formed to face the substrate and a sidewall portion formed to extend from a peripheral region of the flat plate portion towards the substrate. The sides of the flat plate portion and the sidewall portion facing a plasma generation region have a curved surface extending between the flat plate portion and the sidewall portion and the sidewall portion has a thickness not smaller than λg/4 but not greater than λg, λg being a wavelength of the microwave.
US07779772B2	Submarine short-range defense system Disclosed is a launch system of an affixed lower section of launch tubing and an upper section of launch tubing configured to telescope vertically from a stowed position within the hull of a submarine to a position just above the ocean surface for a launch operation of a projectile, with the upper section returning to a stowed position after the launch operation. The launch system is capable of launching a projectile to engage air contacts by the discharge of high pressure fluid air, through the length of the upper and lower sections to impact the projectile for launch. The launch system includes surveillance, command and control elements as well as operational connection to additional projectile stowage and a supply of high pressure fluid. The projectile in use with the launch system can support surveillance and communications operations.
US07779771B2	Method for breaking ice, motor-driven watercraft and its use Ice is broken with a motor-driven watercraft with three hulls, i.e. a trimaran (4), having a middle hull (3), a propulsion device (9), a right (1) and a left (2) side hull and a deck (5). The three hulls are attached. Ice is broken with the middle hull (3) of the trimaran. The propulsion device (9) is arranged in the middle hull (3) and a keel (7) in the longitudinal direction of the middle hull is arranged in the bow (3a) of the bottom of the middle hull for breaking ice.
US07779768B2	Apparatus and method to improve field application of anhydrous ammonia in cold temperatures Apparatus and method to improve flow of liquid anhydrous ammonia from a portable liquid NH3 tank in cold temperatures includes an air compressor coupled to the vapor port of a portable liquid NH3 tank used to supply liquid anhydrous ammonia to an anhydrous ammonia fertilizer applicator. The air compressor injects compressed air into the tank to maintain head pressure within the tank at between 80 and 150 psi. to facilitate flow of liquid NH3 from the tank to the applicator when atmospheric temperatures are low as well as when the level of liquid NH3 present in the tank declines.
US07779767B2	Firing furnace and porous ceramic member manufacturing method A firing furnace comprising: a muffle formed so as to ensure a space for housing a formed body to be fired; a member that constitutes a heat generator and is placed on and/or around the muffle; and a heat insulating layer that contains said muffle and said heat generator inside thereof, wherein a carbon-natured sheet is placed in the vicinity of corner portions of an inner face of said heat insulating layer.
US07779766B2	Thief marker This invention consists of a casing designed to appear like a purse or wallet. The casing also has a flap with a stud, an accompanying clasp, and a pressurized dye packet. It may also include false coins, currency and credit cards, and miscellaneous compartments, pockets and slits. To use this invention, a person simply places the casing into his or her pocket or carries the casing like a purse. If a thief steals the casing, the dye packet automatically discharges when the flap is opened separating the stud from the clasp. The indelible red dye marks the thief's body and/or clothing for later identification.
US07779763B2	Transport pallet A pallet for the movement of goods includes several individual parts connected to one another, including an upper section and a frame section. The upper section includes a plurality of openings, which are located in recesses formed in the underside of the upper section, which help the escape of heat through the pallet. The pallet may be formed from a fire retardant material and may be certified to comply with the Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. Standard 2335 “Fire Tests of Storage Pallets.” The pallet may include a transponder for locating the pallet.
US07779761B2	Under-way vehicle transfer A guided transport vehicle has a berth with open side and bottom for a roadway vehicle to be driven along side on a station driveway and obliquely steered into the berth and lifted for transport on the transport vehicle and lowered to another station driveway and obliquely steered out from the berth. The guided vehicle can be a railway car in a train on a track or guideway flush with station driveways for the transfer vehicle. The transfer vehicle can be a bus, truck, motor home, or platform for holding containers or vehicles. This transfer vehicle has all wheel parallel steering and can shift to front wheel steering at either end. End rollers guide the transfer vehicle parallelly in and out of the berth, and end lifts raise the vehicle for travel on the train above the track. The vehicle is controlled to accelerate to train speed and aligned before all wheels are turned together at an oblique angle to enter the berth.
US07779755B2	Square baler with an ejector system A square baler has an ejector system including a shuttle assembly mounted in a wall of the bale case for reciprocation parallel to the direction of movement of the bales in the bale case. A least one dog mounted on the shuttle assembly engages in the last bale in the bale case positioned nearest the discharge outlet and advances the bale incrementally in response to reciprocation of the shuttle assembly. A second shuttle assembly is mounted in a wall of the bale case for reciprocation independently of the first shuttle assembly. The second shuttle assembly has at least one dog to engage in the next-to-last bale in the bale case. By selecting which of the shuttle assemblies to activate, an operator may elect to eject only the last base in the bale case or the last two bales.
US07779754B2	Method and apparatus for a canned food pressing device A canned food pressing device includes a top piece, wherein the top piece is adapted to conform to the shape of a circular can and has multiple columns of vertically aligned gripping teeth. The top piece is also adapted to facilitate gripping and turning. The device also includes a bottom piece, having multiple columns of vertically aligned arcing teeth, wherein the vertically aligned arcing teeth are adapted to mate with the vertically aligned gripping teeth. The bottom piece is also adapted to facilitate gripping and turning. In addition, the bottom piece includes a magnet for lifting a magnetic can lid. Both the top piece and bottom piece also include alignment markers.
US07779745B2	Automatic-locking hydraulic jack An automatic-locking hydraulic jack has a piston (1, 30) that slides into a cylinder (3-2, 32). Locking of the piston is achieved by elastic deformation of either the inside wall (2) of the cylinder or of the outside wall of the piston (30) so as to ensure that the one is tightly clamped over the other. The locking of the jack is maintained by pressure that causes the elastic deformation of the inside wall of the cylinder (3-2) or of the outside wall of the piston (30), until the jack is unlocked by neutralizing the elastic deformation.
US07779730B2	Hand-operated multi-function tool A multi-function hand-operated tool that is compact in size and of light weight so as to be carried and used to perform a variety of different jobs by carpenters, painters, do-it-yourselfers, and the like. The tool includes a nail set to transmit a driving force to the head of a nail to cause the nail to be countersunk in a work surface. An open mouth which is sized to receive the cap on a bottle cooperates with a lip that applies a rotational force to remove the cap from the bottle. A nail extractor having a cavity in which to surround and capture the head of a nail transmits a pulling force to the nail head to cause the nail to be removed from a work surface. A channel having a flush-mounted magnet carries a nail to be positioned in upstanding alignment against a work surface so that the nail can be driven therein. A pair of spaced, outwardly projecting teeth are located between a lid and a can to pry the lid off the can. A chalk line is tied to the tool, and the teeth can be either staked in a work surface or located over and against an edge of the work surface so that a chalk mark can be made along the work surface. The teeth are spaced from one another so as to engage and lift a hinge pin from a hinge to which the pin is coupled.
US07779722B2	Parking brake A lever 2 includes first and second lever members 10, 20 between which both sides of a base B are interposed. A guide piece 14, which is a part of first lever member 10 arranged on first side of the base B, is formed being located on a second side of the base B. The guide piece 14, which is a part of the first lever member 10 located on the second side, has a guide portion to guide a wire 4 together with a guide piece 24 formed in the second lever member 20.
US07779718B2	Bicycle shifter A bicycle shifter for pulling and releasing a control cable connected to a gear change mechanism that includes a housing mountable to a handlebar, a takeup member, a control member, a holding mechanism and a release mechanism. The takeup member is movable for pulling the control cable in a cable-pull direction and releasing the control cable in a cable-release direction. The control member is movable in a shift direction from a rest position for a first shift movement to permit motion of the takeup member in the cable-release direction. The first shift movement corresponds to a single gear change. The control member is movable in the shift direction from the rest position for a second shift movement to move the takeup member in the cable-pull direction. The second shift movement corresponds to a plurality of gear changes. The second shift movement is greater than the first shift movement. The control member is biased toward the rest position. The holding mechanism retains the takeup element in a selected gear position. The drive mechanism is operable for releasing the holding mechanism from the takeup member and for moving the takeup member in response to actuation of the control member.
US07779708B2	Orthopedic simulator with fluid concentration maintenance arrangement for controlling fluid concentration of specimen baths An orthopedic simulator is provided with an orthopedic simulator having at least one test station with a specimen container for containing a fluid bath, such as bovine fluid. A fluid level sensor is positioned to sense the level of fluid in the fluid bath and generate a fluid level signal. A fill controller is coupled to the fluid level sensor. The fill controller controls filling of the fluid bath with liquid, such as distilled water, as a function of the fluid level signal to restore and maintain the concentration of the bath.
US07779707B2	All-electric piezoelectric finger sensor (PEFS) for soft material stiffness measurement A PEFS (Piezoelectric Finger Sensor) acts as an “electronic finger” capable of accurately and non-destructively measuring both the Young's compression modulus and shear modulus of tissues with gentle touches to the surface. The PEFS measures both the Young's compression modulus and shear modulus variations in tissue generating a less than one-millimeter spatial resolution up to a depth of several centimeters. This offers great potential for in-vivo early detection of diseases. A portable hand-held device is also disclosed. The PEF offers superior sensitivity.
US07779706B2	Cable-type load sensor A cable-type load sensor having an advantage in layout and being capable of sensing the load precisely is provided. The cable-type load sensor comprises a linear member composed of electrically conductive rubber and having a hollow part extending in the longitudinal direction at the central part of the cross section, and a cladding layer composed of the same kind of rubber material as the linear member and covering the circumference on the linear member.
US07779705B2	Elastic joint with a translating spherical hinge and force and moment sensor improved by means of the said joint An elastic joint with a translating spherical hinge, i.e. a spherical hinge with a sliding joint, comprising an elastic articulated plane (13), a support (16) to which the elastic articulated plane (13) is rigidly constrained, and an axial element (14), positioned according to an axis (11) orthogonal to the plane (13), wherein the elastic articulated plane (13) comprises a series of elastic elements (12) arranged with a first end facing and rigidly connected to the axial element (14), and wherein the elastic elements (12) are flexible in any vertical plane comprising the axis (11) and in the horizontal plane (13) to allow four degrees of freedom or, respectively, the translation of the axial element (14) in the direction of the orthogonal axis (11) and the spatial rotation as well as the torsion around the axis (11). The joint according to the invention is particularly suitable for perfecting a force and moment sensor.
US07779702B2	Flow disturbance compensation for magnetic flowmeter A transmitter for a magnetic flowmeter comprises a current source, memory and a signal processor. The current source energizes the flowmeter, such that the flowmeter generates an induced electromotive force in response to a process flow. The memory stores a flow configuration that describes a flow pipe disturbance in the process flow. The signal processor determines the flow rate as a function of the induced electromagnetic force, and as a further function of the flow configuration.
US07779698B2	Pressure sensor A pressure transmitter is provided. The pressure transmitter includes a pressure sensor including a pair of process fluid pressure ports each having a deflectable diaphragm. A first variable capacitor is disposed within the pressure sensor and has a capacitance that varies with differential pressure between the process fluid ports. A second variable capacitor is disposed within the pressure sensor and has a capacitance that varies with line pressure.
US07779695B2	Method and device for determining defects on a constructional element of a turbine The invention relates to a method which is used to detect defects on a component of a turbine. Said method comprises the following steps; at least one ultrasonic signal is emitted and captured by means of a group beam examination head on a flat region of the component which is to be examined. The invention is characterized according to the following steps: the group of the beam examination heads are distributed into several virtual examination heads and at least one ultrasonic signal is emitted and captured by at least two of the virtual examination heads which is directed to an individual flat region which is to be examined.
US07779691B2	Acoustic method and apparatus for fracture detection of ball bearings A method for testing ball bearings includes applying a Hertzian contact stress on a ball bearing to provide a fracture of the ball bearing that releases acoustic energy, establishing a signal representing the acoustic energy, and identifying occurrence of the fracture based upon the signal.
US07779688B2	Vibration gyro sensor A vibration gyro sensor, including: a vibrating element; a pair of drive electrodes for driving the vibrating element; at least two detection electrodes for detecting Coriolis force applied to the vibrating element; a monitor circuit coupled with one of the pair of the drive electrodes, so as to output a monitor signal; a drive circuit for amplifying the monitor signal so as to output the amplified signal to the other of the pair of drive electrode; a differential amplifier circuit for differentially amplifying at least two signals obtained from the detection electrodes of the vibrating element, so as to output a differential amplified signal; a synchronous detection circuit for synchronously detecting the differential amplified signal with respect to the monitor signal, so as to output a detected signal; a filter circuit for outputting a filtered signal in which a noise of the detected signal is removed; and a ratiometric circuit which receives the filtered signal varied in proportion to a variation of a power voltage, so as to output a sensitivity signal.
US07779685B2	Fluid transportation by a sheet of material Apparatuses and methods are provided for transporting fluid to a sheet of material. Typically, the sheet is immobilized on an upper surface of a support structure. A container holding a fluid is provided along with a conduit having a fluid-conveying lumen that extends from the container to one or more terminal opening facing the lower surface of the sheet. Optionally, a porous medium is placed in fluid communication with the fluid-conveying lumen and in contact with the lower surface of the sheet. The apparatuses and methods provide a variety of interfaces that facilitate controlled fluid transportation from the lumen against gravity for absorption by the sheet.
US07779678B2	Method and device for monitoring a fuel injection device for an internal combustion engine In a method and a device for operating an injection device (5) for an internal combustion engine, the injection device (5) includes injection valves (40), via which fuel is injected directly into combustion chambers (100) of the internal combustion engine. Mechanisms are provided for detecting misfirings (310), and for determining a fuel pressure (320). A mechanical fault of an injection valve (40) is detected when a misfire occurs in a cylinder (110) and the fuel pressure simultaneously drops below a threshold value (SW). An electrical fault in an injection device (5) is detected when misfirings of cylinders (110) assigned to an output stage bank of the injection device (5) are observed, and the fuel pressure has dropped below a threshold value (SW). The responses to the faults that are implemented differ depending on the faults that were detected.
US07779677B2	Liquid chromatographic analyzer and liquid chromatography analysis An apparatus for liquid chromatography which detects ingredients by an electrolytic device, wherein the apparatus can detect many kinds of substances in high sensitivity by making possible to apply a wider range of electrolyzing voltage than former apparatus.The electrolytic device provided in the apparatus for liquid chromatography has a working electrode which is formed an electrically conductive diamond film on at least one side surface of an electrically conductive plate, a spacer plate of electrical insulating material which is 0.05 to 0.5 mm in thickness and has a hole, and a counter electrode which is facing to the diamond-formed surface of the working electrode while being put the spacer between the electrodes. Furthermore, an eluate inlet hole, an eluate outlet hole and a reference electrode are opened to a cavity formed by the hole of the spacer plate, and the eluate in the electrolytic device is pressurized to 1.0 to 15.0 kg/cm2.
US07779675B2	Leak indicator comprising a sniffer probe The leak detector includes a basic device which includes a vacuum pump, a test gas sensor, and a hand-held sniffing probe. The sniffing probe is connected with the basic device via a flexible hose line which includes capillary tubes. At least two capillary tubes are provided, which are adapted to be opened via valves. Thus different capillary cross sections can be rendered operative. The dead time between the entry of the test gas into the sniffing probe and the detection by the test gas sensor can be changed and/or selected. Thus, even the smallest detectable leak rate can be changed and/or selected. The leak detector can be adapted to different requirements by the user without the need for exchanging the hose line. Further, it is possible to equip different leak detectors of the same device family with the same hose lines.
US07779661B2	Cooling apparatus for a hot rolled steel strip and methods for cooling a hot rolled steel strip A cooling apparatus for a hot rolled steel strip including a top surface cooling means provided above a hot rolled steel strip which is transferred with transfer rollers; and a bottom surface cooling means provided below the hot rolled steel strip, each of the top surface cooling means and the bottom surface cooling means including a protective member having at least one cooling water passage hole; at least one cooling water header opposing the hot rolled steel strip separated by the protective member; and cooling water jetting nozzles protruding from the cooling water header, wherein the tips of the cooling water jetting nozzles are disposed farther from the hot rolled steel strip than the surface, opposing the hot rolled steel strip, of the protective member.
US07779659B2	Door handle device A door handle device is provided with: a handle member 10; a handle frame member 20 swingably supporting the handle member 10, the handle frame member being fixed to a door 50; and a key cylinder cover 49 integrated with a key cylinder device 30 capable of locking the door 50. The handle member 10 has a swing center axis O about which the handle member 10 swings relative to the handle frame member 20. On the slide center axis O, an engagement pin 14 is interposed between the handle member 10 and the key cylinder cover 49.
US07779654B2	Knitted spacer fabric and method for the production thereof A knitted spacer fabric includes an upper textile, a lower textile and mutually crossing supporting threads arranged between the upper textile and the lower textile which connect the upper and the lower textiles to one another. Portions of the supporting threads are connected to one another at crossing points.
US07779644B2	Air cycle machine for an aircraft environmental control system An ECS system includes an ACM mounted adjacent an air-liquid heat exchanger through a diffuser that contains a diffuser plate. The diffuser plate receives airflow from the ACM which strikes the diffuser plate and flows radially outward and around the diffuser plate and into the air-liquid heat exchanger to provide minimal pressure loss and proper flow distribution into the air-liquid heat exchanger with significantly less packaging space.
US07779634B2	Use of compressor to turbine bypass for electric boosting system An exemplary flow path for an electrically assisted turbocharger (220) includes a first opening to an air intake path (114) of an engine (110), the first opening positioned downstream from a compressor (224) of the turbocharger (220); a second opening to an exhaust path (116) of an engine (110), the second opening positioned upstream from the turbine (226) of the turbocharger (220); and a valve (229) controllable by a controller (240, 150, 160) wherein the controller (240, 150, 160) includes control logic for controlling the valve (229) and for controlling an electric motor (228) of the electrically assisted turbocharger (220). Various other exemplary devices, methods, systems, etc., are also disclosed.
US07779632B2	External combustion engine An external combustion engine 10 is disclosed, wherein a container 11 sealed with a working medium adapted to flow in a liquid state includes a heating unit 13 for generating a vapor of the working medium 12 by heating part of the working medium, and a cooling unit 14 for liquefying by cooling the vapor. The volume of the working medium 12 is changed by the generation and liquefaction of the vapor, and the displacement of the liquid portion of the working medium 12 caused by the volume change of the working medium 12 is converted into and output as mechanical energy. The heating unit 13 is structured so that inner members 51a, 53a arranged on the inside and outer members 51b, 53b arranged on the outside are bonded to each other. The outer members 51b, 53b are made of a second material higher in heat resistance than the first material of the inner members 51a, 53a. Further, the thickness of the inner members 51a, 53a is not smaller than the thermal penetration depth δ of the first material.
US07779625B2	Device and method for wound therapy A wound therapy device is disclosed. The wound therapy device may include a housing for covering at least a portion of a wound and for sealing to a body surface of a patient. The housing may also include a liquid collector for retaining liquid therein and a vacuum connection for coupling to a vacuum source. The vacuum connection may be in gaseous communication with the liquid collector. The vacuum connection may be separated from the liquid collector by a liquid barrier.
US07779618B2	Fitting ring for an opening roller of an open-end spinning device Clothing ring (27) for an opening roller (21) of an open-end spinning device (1), comprising teeth (38) which are formed by at least one groove (39) incorporated in the peripheral face of a basic body (45) and running in the peripheral direction, and a plurality of indents (40) arranged substantially in the axial direction. An axial separation spacing (t) of the teeth (38) is predetermined by the groove (39) and is significantly smaller than the height (H) of the teeth (38). The teeth (38) have tooth flanks (42) which are continuously concavely curved into the groove (39).
US07779616B2	Vehicle with electric hybrid powering of external loads and engine-off capability A vehicle includes a power unit mechanically couplable with one or more primary loads, including a propulsion load. At least one electrical storage device has an electrical output which is couplable with at least one external load over a drive period of time. Each external load is distinct from the one or more primary loads. A generator is mechanically couplable with the power unit and electrically couplable with the at least one electrical storage device. The generator has an electrical charging output to the at least one electrical storage device. At least one electrical processing circuit is configured for selectively coupling the at least one electrical storage device with one or more external loads. The at least one electrical processing circuit is also configured for selectively coupling the generator with the at least one electrical storage device over a charging period of time. The charging output and the charging period of time are dependent upon the electrical output from the at least one electrical storage device and the drive period of time.
US07779615B2	Device to load a sintering boat with nuclear fuel pellets and loading method using said device Device to load a sintering boat with nuclear fuel pellets, comprising a loading chute (2) delimiting a travel pathway (4) for the pellets, the loading chute comprising an upper end (8) intended to receive pellets and a lower end (12) intended to lie close to a sintering boat, said loading chute (2) comprising gates (18, 20, 22) forming an obstacle in the pathway of the pellets so as to fractionate said pathway, said gates (18, 20, 22) able to be actuated alternately, and the lower end (12) of the loading chute being movable so that it can be drawn close to and away from a bottom part of the sintering boat.A further subject-matter of the present invention is a method to load a sintering boat with nuclear fuel pellets, using a device according to the present invention.
US07779607B2	Wrapping apparatus including metered pre-stitch film delivery assembly and method of using The present invention provides a method and apparatus for dispensing a predetermined fixed amount of pre-stretched packaging material based upon load girth. A non-rotating ring carries a belt driven by a motor. A packaging material dispenser is mounted on a rotating ring, and the rotating ring may include a pulley that connects to the band, such that the rotating ring is driven by the drive belt. Based upon the girth of the load to be wrapped, an amount of pre-stretched packaging material to be dispensed for each revolution made by the rotating ring is determined. Good wrapping performance in terms of load containment (wrap force) and optimum packaging material use is obtained by dispensing a length of pre-stretched packaging material that is between approximately 90% and approximately 120% of load girth. Once the amount of packaging material to be dispensed per revolution is determined, a ratio of rotating ring drive to final pre-stretch surface speed (i.e., number of pre-stretch roller revolution/rotating ring rotation) can be set and mechanically controlled. Thus, for each revolution of the rotating ring and dispenser, a predetermined fixed amount of packaging material is dispensed and wrapped around the load. In an alternative embodiment, the ratio is electronically controlled.
US07779604B2	Device for inserting twist lock container safety fittings A device for inserting and removing securing fittings for twist-lock containers includes a support plate for containers, which is provided with a pneumatically or hydraulically driven screwing mechanism with a slot gripper for each expected position of a securing fitting for the twist-lock container.
US07779602B2	Snap together floor structure A floor structure unit, comprising: a tray, a flooring material, a rubber grommet, and a rubber matrix is provided. The tray includes an upper and lower horizontal surface, at least one retaining wall, a first and a second set of contrapositive interlocking members. The flooring material is disposed on the tray upper horizontal surface such that the first set of interlocking members is substantially flush with the flooring material and the second set of interlocking members extends beyond the flooring material. The rubber matrix is disposed in the tray lower horizontal surface, and the rubber grommet is disposed about the perimeter of the at least one retaining wall. The rubber grommet and the rubber matrix are a unitary piece. Methods of manufacture and use thereof are also provided.
US07779600B1	Method of constructing a composite roof The invention provides a method of constructing a building roof made from Expanded PolyStyrene (EPS) which is coated on the inside and outside with Glass Fiber Reinforced Concrete (GFRC). The building roof is designed in a CAD program. The roof is then constructed of beams, such as I-shaped beams, of foam and GFRC.
US07779599B2	Articulating work platform support system, work platform system, and methods of use thereof The invention includes a work platform and support system that includes a hub and joist configuration, wherein the hubs and joists are capable of articulation, or pivoting. One method of installation allows for sections of new work platform system to be extended from an existing suspended work platform system. The system is also capable of supporting, without failure, its own weight and at least four times the maximum intended load applied to it.
US07779592B2	Substrate with membrane seam plates fixed thereon for precise placement of seam plates on roof decking assemblies A seam plate implement assembly comprises a substrate having a longitudinal extent and upon which a plurality of seam plates are fixedly disposed at predetermined uniformly spaced longitudinal positions which correspond to the transverse spacing defined between the crest portions of an underlying corrugated roof decking substructure. In this manner, when a particular one of the membrane plates is fixedly secured to one of the crest portions of the underlying corrugated roof decking substructure by suitable threaded fasteners, the remaining membrane plates will be automatically properly aligned with the other crest portions of the underlying corrugated roof decking substructure so as to automatically ensure proper and secure fixation of the seam plates upon the roof decking assembly. When the seam plate or membrane plate implement assembly is used with a non-corrugated roof decking substructure, the seam plates are disposed at predeterminedly spaced locations upon the substrate so as to provide the environmental membranes with sufficient uplifting force resistance. The substrate may have a C-shaped or V-shaped cross-sectional configuration for enveloping each one of the seam plates, or may comprise a mesh member through which prong members of the seam plates are extended and folded so as to secure the seam plates upon the substrate.
US07779591B2	Tiles with bottom-side extensions and method for installation Apparatus and processes that include tiles having an extending member that is disposed within a concavity on the bottom side of the tile and that extends a distance therefrom. The extending member may additionally be coupled to an anchor member disposed within the concavity on the bottom side of the tile. The extending member is set within a substrate such that it is held fast, thereby improving the bonding of the tile to the substrate.
US07779589B2	Post anchor/adapter system A post anchor/anchor adapter system is unitary cast or machined steel or the like. An anchor/adaptor alone is driven alone into a hole cut in in-place concrete. The system includes an anchor extension tube for driving into soft soil. The inventive anchor/adaptor has a body in the form of an elongate square tube having radius-curved corners vertically driven into a round receiving hole, forming creases and a secure anchor. The tube has an upper female portion for a post and a lower female portion for an extender and is divided by a horizontal plug wall integral with the tube structure. The lower female portion of the anchor/adapter tapers outward towards its lower open end allowing for an interference fit with the driven tube acting as an anchor. The female portion upper end has crescent-shaped tabs defining a disk sized to plug the drilled hole.
US07779579B2	Packaging system for a modular enclosure A modular enclosure may include a number of interlocking components, such as panels, that may be interconnected to form sidewalls, roof and/or floor. In particular, the modular enclosure may consist of a shed and the shed may be packaged within a container. For example, the shed may constructed from a number of outer wall panels and corner panels. The corner panels preferably include a living hinge that allows the corner panel to be moved between a generally planar position and an angled position. Advantageously, the wall panels and the corner panels may be capable of being stacked within the container to facilitate packaging of the shed when the corner panels are in the generally planar position.
US07779578B2	Rolling door retainer A retainer for aircraft hangar doors in which vertical movement of doors is adjustably limited to allow sufficient movement to permit door removal from their supporting tracks or to prevent such undesirable displacement during high wind conditions as experienced during hurricanes and tornadoes or violent earth motions during earthquakes. The retainer in its retaining position does not obstruct normal opening and closing of the doors and is economical to manufacture and install.
US07779567B2	Support for communication means worn by a person A communication device support intended to be worn by a person includes a bottom portion intended to be connected to the trunk of the person. The bottom portion has members that bear on the shoulders, the back, and the chest of the person, these members being rigidly connected to each other and conformed to ensure that the bottom portion is inherently stable on the trunk. A top portion holds the communication device above the head of the person, this top portion being rigidly connected to the bottom portion and conformed to enable the free movement of the head. The members that bear on the shoulders include two shoulder straps, a dorsal upright connected to the shoulder straps via a dorsal crossmember, and two pectoral uprights connected to the shoulder straps via a pectoral crossmember, all of these members having an ergonomic shape.
US07779564B2	Boiler system for use with a steaming device A steam ironing system (2) comprises a steam iron (10) and a boiler system (25) having a boiler (30) for generating steam, wherein the steam iron (10) and the boiler (30) are connected to each other through a steam hose (35). During operation of the boiler system (25), scale is formed in the boiler (30). For the purpose of removing the scale from the boiler (30), a rinsing process is performed on the boiler system (25) at regular intervals. During the rinsing process, a rinse valve (38) connected to a water outlet (37) positioned at a bottom of the boiler (30) is opened, and water is discharged from the boiler (30) to a rinse container (55). In the process, scale particles are carried along with the flow of water. Preferably, pressure is built up inside the boiler (30) prior to opening the rinse valve (38), so that the water is forcibly ejected from the boiler (30), whereby the effectiveness of the rinsing process is enhanced.
US07779560B2	Cleat protector shoe cover A cleat protector shoe cover. The cleat protector shoe cover has an upper portion formed of either engagements or an elastic material and having a shoe opening formed in a top thereof. The cleat protector shoe cover is stretchable and engages with a cleated shoe to prevent the cleats from being damaged or damaging a floor surface by providing seating areas.
US07779555B2	Locking engine reservoir dipstick module A flexible locking dipstick module useful with a motor vehicle including an oil reservoir. A dipstick is disposed within a housing which has one end thereof affixed to the oil reservoir and extends therefrom to a location within the engine compartment of a motor vehicle. The end of the module disposed within the engine compartment includes a quick disconnect locking coupling providing for ready installation and removal of the dipstick. The coupling further provides protection against blow out of the dipstick in the event of inordinate build up of pressure within the oil reservoir. Further, one portion of the outboard coupling may be employed as a liquid-tight closure for a dipstick entry opening in the oil reservoir during removal and/or storage of the engine.
US07779549B2	Horizontal-arm coordinate measuring machine A coordinate measuring machine comprising a base provided with guides parallel to a first X axis, a first carriage mobile on the guides along the X axis and provided with an upright, a second carriage carried by the upright and mobile along a second vertical Z axis, and a horizontal-arm carried by the second carriage and axially mobile along a third horizontal Y axis perpendicular to the X axis; a counterweight, fastened to the second carriage by means of a belt, is mobile along the Z axis within the upright and is provided with wheels in contact with side walls of the upright.
US07779535B2	Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head with a magnetoresistive effect element An MR effect element that can obtain the sufficient back flux-guide effect under the condition of reducing the capacitance between the upper and lower electrode layers is provided. The element comprises: an MR effect multilayer provided on the lower electrode layer; an insulating layer surrounding a rear side surface and side surfaces opposed to each other in track width direction of the MR effect multilayer; and an upper electrode layer provided on the MR effect multilayer and the insulating layer, the insulating layer having a concave portion filled with a portion of the upper electrode layer, the concave portion positioned near the rear side surface of the MR effect multilayer, and a bottom point of a concave of the concave portion positioned at the same level or a lower level in stacking direction compared to an upper surface of the free layer.
US07779534B2	Thin film magnetic head, method of manufacturing the same, and magnetic recording head The present invention provides a thin film magnetic head capable of suppressing unintentional wiring to a neighboring track and preventing information recorded on a recording medium from being erased. A main magnetic pole layer is constructed so that height of a widened end surface in a lower main magnetic pole layer specifying a wide portion is smaller than height of an exposed surface in an upper main magnetic pole layer (front end portion) specifying a uniform width portion. Since the area of the widened end surface is narrowed with respect to the area of the exposed surface, even if an amount of magnetic flux flowing in the lower main magnetic pole layer increases at the time of recording information, as compared with the case where the height of the widened end surface is equal to the height of the exposed surface, unintentional emission of the magnetic flux flowing in the lower main magnetic pole layer from the widened end surface not via the upper main magnetic pole layer (front end portion) toward the recording medium is suppressed.
US07779527B2	Methods and apparatus for installing a scrubber brush on a mandrel In a first aspect, an apparatus is provided for forming a scrubber brush assembly. The apparatus includes a mandrel adapted to be inserted into a scrubber brush so as to form a scrubber brush assembly, the mandrel having: a first end; a second end; and one or more position guides adjacent at least one of the first and second ends and adapted to position a scrubber brush on the mandrel. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US07779523B2	Pressing device Disclosed is a pressing device for compressingly joining pipe-shaped workpieces, particularly a pipe end and a fitting mounted thereon. At least one of the workpieces is plastically deformed by several press members which are movable along a central longitudinal axis of the workpieces for performing the compression. In order to produce a pressing device with several compression jaws that are comparatively easy to mount and allow the press members to be engaged as centrally as possible during compression, at least two press members are pivotally connected to each other by means of two articulated levers embodied as angle levers for applying compression force. The angle levers pressingly lean on a (first) press member, and both angle levers are train-connected to the same (second) press member.
US07779520B2	Structures for connecting cremation ashes with living beings A structure for connecting cremation ashes comprising a first vessel, a second vessel, first cremated remains, second cremated remains and a link. The first vessel holds the first cremated remains. The second vessel holds the second cremated remains. The link connects the first and second cremated remains. The link further connects the cremated remains to a living being when contact is made by the living being to the link. The structure is meant to provide a way for living beings to connect physically and spiritually with deceased loved ones.
US07779516B2	Cable clamp A cable clamp having a retainer component and a plunger component. The plunger component includes serrated prongs that insert within slots formed in the retainer component.
US07779510B2	Multi-axis door hinge Embodiments of multi-axis vehicle door hinges are provided that are adapted to facilitate pivotal motion of a vehicle door about a substantially vertical axis of rotation for swing-out rotation as well as to facilitate pivotal motion of a vehicle door about a substantially horizontal axis of rotation for vertical-lift rotation and providing means for adjusting the opening angle of the hinge in both the horizontal and vertical axis of rotation.
US07779505B2	Wet/dry vacuum cleaner A wet/dry canister vacuum cleaner has a base assembly, a recovery tank, and a solution tank. A hose interface adapted to mount a vacuum hose is pivotally mounted on the base assembly for selective fluid communication with the inlet to the recovery tank. The hose interface is moveable between a position in which the hose interface is coupled with the recovery tank and a suction source in fluid communication with the recovery tank can draw fluid through the hose interface and the recovery tank, and a second position, in which the hose interface is removed from the recovery tank and the recovery tank can be removed from the vacuum cleaner without having to disconnect the vacuum hose from the vacuum cleaner. The vacuum cleaner can further comprise a diverter assembly for switching between dry and wet mode cleaning, where the diverter assembly forms an inlet to the recovery tank.
US07779497B2	Multi-function package opener A package opener (10) includes first and second opposed elongate members joined together for scissor action about a pivot joint (16). The first member (12) includes a first handle grip (18) at a rear end and a first cutting element (20) having a first blade (26) at a front end. The second member (13) includes a second handle grip (19) at a rear end and a second cutting element (21) having a second blade (27) at a front end thereof. The cutting elements include a leg portion (40,41) positioned between an arm segment (30,31) on which the pivot joint is located and the blade. Each cutting element also has a gap (G) in the blade portion. The leg portions and the gap enable the cutting elements, when opened, to fit over a package lip of a blister-type package so that the package opener can cut around the interior perimeter of the package lip to open the package. The multi-function package opener may also have a miniature utility knife blade (50) and at least one screwdriver (60).
US07779491B1	Convertible support apparatus A convertible support apparatus for supporting an object over a ground surface is convertible between an operating configuration and a storage configuration. The support apparatus may comprise side members, a support area configured to connect to the side members, and a bow truss configured to bow. When the device is assembled in the operating configuration, both the support area and the bow truss are connected between the side members and the bow truss is configured to bow and place the support area under tension. The bow truss may comprise a bow tube connected between two foot fixtures. In one embodiment, when the apparatus is supporting a sufficiently heavy object, the bow tube will bow and contact the ground surface and provide additional support to the apparatus.
US07779487B1	Glove with soft feel and high wear resistance A glove used for roping steer and other animals such as in rodeo competition and ranching has a front side, which covers a wearer's palm and a palm side of the wearer's fingers, and a back side, which covers the wearer's hand and the back of the wearer's fingers. The front and rear sides of the glove are joined by thread. The front side is made of a woven fabric that has an outer layer of one hundred percent aramid fiber such as Kevlar®, and an inner layer of a woven and breathable fiber, the inner layer and outer layer being joined by glue. The fibers are preferably in yarn form. Both the inner and outer layer along with the glue have a weight of about 245 gm/m2 of material, plus or minus 50 gm/m2 of material. The wearer holds the rope having it rest on the middle finger and guides the rope with the index finger and thumb.
US07779486B2	Garment with underarm externally accessible breast pockets and method of use A garment with underarm externally accessible breast pockets and method of use. An upper body garment is disclosed having garment sleeves attached to a garment trunk, and a pocket mouth disposed under each garment sleeve. A pocket is attached to the garment trunk at each pocket mouth. A passenger positioned behind a driver wearing the upper body garment may insert hands and arms through the pocket mouths and into the pockets for warmth, security, and or intimacy enhancement. The pockets may terminate in conventional pocket shape, mitten shape, or glove shape, which latter two embodiments permit gripping of thumb lobes, major lobes, and/or finger lobes between the passenger thumbs and fingers, thus increasing passenger security. In another embodiment, non-slip material may be attached inside the pockets for increased passenger security. A method of use is disclosed wherein a passenger seated behind a driver inserts hands and arms into the pockets.
US07784105B2	Device authentication system An authenticating device generates authentication base data and verification data. The authenticating device embeds the verification data in the authentication base data to generate authentication data. The authenticating device transmits the authentication data to a device to be authenticated. In the device to be authenticated, the verification data is extracted from the transmitted authentication data, and verification reply data is generated on the basis of the extracted verification data. The device to be authenticated generates reply base data, and embeds the verification reply data in the reply base data to generate authentication reply data. The device to be authenticated transmits the authentication reply data to the authenticating device. The authenticating device extracts the verification reply data from the transmitted authentication reply data. The authenticating device compares the original verification data and the extracted verification reply data to decide whether or not the device to be authenticated is genuine.
US07784104B2	Power tool system A power tool system with enhanced antitheft capability has a hand-held power tool and a wearable piece worn by the user. The wearable piece incorporates a certification unit which stores an identification code specifying the power tool and transmits the identification code to an authenticator incorporated in the power tool. The authenticator reads the identification code from the certification unit and to provide an authentication signal when the identification code is authenticated to be eligible for a privileged use of the power tool. The power tool is enabled only in response to the authentication signal, and otherwise disabled for avoiding unauthorized use. A communication is established between the certification unit and the authenticator for transmission of the identification code, while the user holds the power tool with the wearable piece carried on.
US07784101B2	Identifying dependencies of an application upon a given security context A technique for identifying dependencies of an application upon a given security context includes monitoring security checks generated by the application. The security checks requiring elevated rights are identified and the state of execution of the application corresponding to the identified security checks may be logged. The security checks requiring elevated rights may be identified by monitoring access checks, monitoring privilege checks, checking user/group identifiers against a list of known identifiers associated with elevated rights, or the like.
US07784097B1	Systems and methods for correlating and distributing intrusion alert information among collaborating computer systems Systems and methods for correlating and distributing intrusion alert information among collaborating computer systems are provided. These systems and methods provide an alert correlator and an alert distributor that enable early signs of an attack to be detected and rapidly disseminated to collaborating systems. The alert correlator utilizes data structures to correlate alert detections and provide a mechanism through which threat information can be revealed to other collaborating systems. The alert distributor uses an efficient technique to group collaborating systems and then pass data between certain members of those groups according to a schedule. In this way data can be routinely distributed without generating excess traffic loads.
US07784095B2	Virtual private network using dynamic physical adapter emulation An embodiment of the present invention is a technique to provide secure Virtual Private Network (VPN) connection. A VPN connection is established to a remote gateway via a network adapter using a Firmware on a platform. An event is generated to notify an operating system (OS) network driver through a bus interface port. A request from the OS network driver is responded to provide network information.
US07784087B2	System and method for securely sharing electronic documents A system and method for the selective sharing of an electronic document. The method enables a user to share access to an electronic document stored on a repository on a document management system. A user, via a document processing services network, generates a password and token corresponding to the document to be shared. The token provides information regarding the electronic document to be shared and the way the shared document will be made available to other users. The user then gives the token along with the password to the other users desiring to have access to the shared document. The other users are then able to retrieve the electronic document via email, viewing on a web browser, or printing at a multifunction peripheral device.
US07784086B2	Method for secure packet identification Methods and apparatus to limit access to a secure personal network are provided. The method includes receiving an Internet protocol (IP) packet of a device including a confirmation value associated with the SPN. The method compares the confirmation value to a predetermined confirmation value and allows access to the SPN when the confirmation value matches the predetermined confirmation value. The IP packet is dropped otherwise. The confirmation value and the predetermined confirmation value are generated by an algorithm including a pseudorandom number generator, a hash function and a one-time password.
US07784084B2	Access control at an intermediate network element connecting a plurality of data communications networks An access control method for a plurality of data communications networks is disclosed that enables a plurality of local nodes (101) to communicate with each other even if the connection between an intermediate node (103) and a global server (105) is momentarily lost. In this method, when the connection to the global server (105) breaks down, the intermediate node (103) temporarily grants access to the local nodes (101) instead of the global server (105) in accordance with a predetermined policy, thus allowing operation of local networks to function normally until connection to the global network (104) is resumed.
US07784070B2	Satellite signal receive and method of conditionally accessing digital TV program by using the same A satellite signal receiver includes a downconverter, a GPS chip and a transmission controller. The downconverter downconverts satellite signal of digital television into baseband signal for output to the transmission controller. The GPS chip scrambles and encrypts GPS signal into address data and outputs address data to the transmission controller for enabling the transmission controller to convert address data into analog signal for output with the baseband signal to a set-top-box, which converts analog address data into digital GPS signal and compares it with an authorization address carried in the satellite signal and then outputs authorized digital television satellite signal when the comparison is matched.
US07784059B2	Stateless asynchronous message transmission In one embodiment of this invention, a computer system performs a method for stateless asynchronous message transmission. The method involves a first software application instantiating a listener communication thread for communication with a process of a second software application. The method involves receiving an event notification from a sender communication thread, then suspending the sender communication thread in the second process while the second process continues running. The method involves storing a thread identifier of the suspended sender communication thread and the memory address of an event message within the event notification. The method involves writing information to the suspended sender communication thread during the suspension of the sender communication thread to change values that are provided to the second software application. Lastly, the method involves resuming the sender communication thread subsequent to writing the information, thereby instructing the second process of the second application to process the written information.
US07784055B2	Method and apparatus for routing data to a load balanced server using MPLS packet labels A method of routing data to a load-balanced server through a network having one or more load-balancing nodes is disclosed, comprising receiving a label value; storing the label value in a load balancing mapping at a load-balancing node in a network, wherein the load balancing mapping associates the label with a packet flow and with interface identifying information; and forwarding subsequent packets of the flow to a selected load-balancing server. The forwarding route is defined by the load-balancing mapping and without hop-by-hop routing decisions. The first server response packet is switched hop-by-hop and the label is stored at each node traversed by the response packets, with a flow identifier and interface identifiers. For other request and response packets, nodes fast-switch the packets based on the label mappings; thus, packet flows are rapidly routed from the client to the same server without time-consuming hop-by-hop routing or repeated load-balancing decisions.
US07784054B2	Systems and methods for CPU throttling utilizing processes Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate central processing unit (CPU) throttling utilizing processes to facilitate enhanced management of CPU resources and to mitigate system crashes. A process (or group thereof) that occupies CPU resources at a percentage greater than a selectable predetermined threshold percentage can be monitored, suspended for a variable time period, and resumed. The process can be monitored to determine whether suspension of the process successfully reduced the percentage of CPU resources occupied by the process. Feedback information can be generated to facilitate a determination regarding a most suitable increase or decrease to suspension time of the process in order to minimize the number of reiterations required to successfully throttle the process. The invention also provides for an Ignore functionality, via which a process (or group thereof) can be exempted from throttling based on an exemption of the process, group of processes, and/or user.
US07784037B2	Compiler implemented software cache method in which non-aliased explicitly fetched data are excluded A compiler implemented software cache is provided in which non-aliased explicitly fetched data are excluded are provided. With the mechanisms of the illustrative embodiments, a compiler uses a forward data flow analysis to prove that there is no alias between the cached data and explicitly fetched data. Explicitly fetched data that has no alias in the cached data are excluded from the software cache. Explicitly fetched data that has aliases in the cached data are allowed to be stored in the software cache. In this way, there is no runtime overhead to maintain the correctness of the two copies of data. Moreover, the number of lines of the software cache that must be protected from eviction is decreased. This leads to a decrease in the amount of computation cycles required by the cache miss handler when evicting cache lines during cache miss handling.
US07784017B2	Lithography simulation method, photomask manufacturing method, semiconductor device manufacturing method, and recording medium A lithography simulation method includes obtaining a mask transmission function from a mask layout, obtaining an optical image of the mask layout by using the mask transmission function, obtaining a function which is filtered by applying a predetermined function filter to the mask transmission function, and correcting the optical image by using the filtered function.
US07784008B1	Performance visualization system A visualization displays user designs and performance information at different levels of detail. Related register bits are combined into a metaregister and displayed as a graph node. The set of paths and associated combinatorial logic between two or more metaregisters are collapsed into a metapath and displayed as a graph connection. The set of paths associated with a metapath can be selectively revealed in response to user input. Metapaths can be annotated with performance information of its associated paths, such as timing, area, and power consumption information. The annotated performance information can represent performance information of one or more paths or aggregate attributes of the set of paths. Paths associated with control signals and finite state machines can be identified and displayed as separate graph connections.
US07784003B2	Estimation of process variation impact of slack in multi-corner path-based static timing analysis A method and system for reducing a number of paths to be analyzed in a multi-corner static timing analysis. An estimated upper slack variation based on a non-common path delay for a racing path is utilized in determining if a multi-corner static timing analysis may be bypassed for a racing path. In another example, an estimated maximum RSS credit based on a total delay for a racing path is utilized in determining if a multi-corner static timing analysis may be bypassed for a racing path.
US07783999B2	Electrical parameter extraction for integrated circuit design A system, method, and computer readable medium for generating a parameterized and characterized pattern library for use in extracting parasitics from an integrated circuit design is provided. In an embodiment, a layout of an interconnect pattern is provided. A process simulation may be performed on the interconnect pattern. In a further embodiment, the interconnect pattern is dissected into a plurality of segments taking into account OPC rules. A parasitic resistance and/or parasitic capacitance associated with the interconnect pattern may be determined by a physical model and/or field solver.
US07783997B1	Large scale finite state machines Large-scale finite state machines. An implementation is a method of splitting FSMs in which a dataflow graph is accessed that represents an expression. A cost analysis of computing sub-expressions of the expression corresponding to subsets of the dataflow graph is performed. Based on the cost analysis, the dataflow graph is split into separate dataflow graphs. A finite state machine is determined for each of the dataflow graphs.
US07783994B2	Method for providing secure and trusted ASICs using 3D integration A system and a method for providing secure and trusted application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) using three-dimensional (3D) integrated circuit (IC) integration. The method includes fabricating a plurality of sub-circuits and assembling an overall 3D ASIC device from the plurality of sub-circuits. Each sub-circuit includes a plurality of input-output (IO) pads, is fabricated with a orientation point that indicates a compass orientation of the sub-circuit, and is rotationally symmetrical. The assembling includes determining the designed sub-circuit integration order, determining the designed orientation for each sub-circuit, stacking each sub-circuit per the determined integration order, and orienting each sub-circuit per the determined orientation, and wherein function and operation of the overall 3D ASIC device is determinable only from the assembled 3D ASIC stack and not the sub-circuits. The fabricating may be performed at one or more un-trusted facilities and the assembling may be performed at a trusted facility remote from the fabricating facilities.
US07783988B2	Method and apparatus for scheduling appointments for single location entries A method for scheduling an appointment using a scheduling software system, includes receiving appointment information entered into appointment scheduling fields of the scheduling software system, the appointment scheduling fields including a location field and a time zone field, updating a user's calendar entries based on the appointment information, causing a search engine to look up a suggested time zone associated with the appointment information entered into the location field and comparing the appointment information entered into the time zone field with the suggested time zone.
US07783986B2	Handheld electronic book reader with annotation and usage tracking capabilities A handheld electronic book reader, program product, and method incorporate enhanced annotation and/or usage tracking capabilities. Support is provided for user creation of “contexts” for defined terms in an electronic document. Moreover, annotation data such as contexts, comments and highlighting may be associated with various users, and displayed in connection with the display of an electronic document so as to indicate that different annotation data has been originated by different users. In addition, from the standpoint of usage tracking, usage statistics for an electronic document displayed in a handheld electronic reader may be generated on a page-by-page basis, and/or in association with term definitions. Moreover, usage statistics for multiple users may be combined and analyzed. Through such analysis, the usage statistics may be used in the conduct of various beneficial actions such as revising an electronic document, revising a lesson plan with which an electronic document is associated, determining whether a user has read a selected portion of an electronic document, or determining whether a user needs supplemental assistance.
US07783985B2	Systems and methods for transferring data between computing devices Systems and methods for extending the drag-and-drop data transfer mechanism to the remote access environment are described. The extension allows the end-user to select data located on the remote host or the local viewer, drag the selected data to a window on the host or viewer, and drop the selected data in the window. In response, the data is transferred via a network connecting the viewer and the host without any further input from the end-user.
US07783984B2	Voice XML web console The invention provides a method and apparatus, including computer program products, for interfacing communication between a warehouse management system and a portable device, the device being adapted for processing voice XML data, the method comprising: receiving, from the warehouse management system, GUI screen data comprising visual content; generating voice XML data one the basis of the visual content, the voice XML data comprising at least one portion which is representative of voice information; and transmitting the generated voice XML data to the device.
US07783981B2	Computer peripheral product and method of branding utility software associated with same A method of customizing the branding of utility software associated with a customized computer peripheral device. The customized peripheral device includes brand data stored in memory. The utility software includes a branding module that reads the brand data from the peripheral device during installation upon a computer and customizes the utility software based upon the brand data. The brand data may include the custom branding information or may provide a brand identifier that permits the branding module to obtain the correct custom branding information from a remote server.
US07783979B1	Methods and apparatus for generation and execution of configurable bookmarks Methods and apparatus for configuring a bookmark are disclosed. A bookmark is configured such that the bookmark has one or more variables and/or one or more commands associated therewith. A value is dynamically substituted for each variable of the bookmark. The bookmark is then executed such that any command(s) of the bookmark are executed.
US07783977B2	System and method for balancing of ventilation systems A system and method for balancing of ventilation systems. A menu structure is presented by a wireless device, in order facilitate arriving at one or more windows devoted to the particular component to be tested. The aforementioned one or more windows present information concerning the particular component to be tested, and permit entry of measured data. The one or more windows may present information concerning mechanical or electrical details of the component under test, and may present information concerning the specified range within which the measured parameters are intended to fall.
US07783970B2	Processing apparatus, method of displaying an image, and a method of producing a voice or sound A processing apparatus is adapted to, when a particular action occurs, display information relevant to the action and also display an image assigned to the action. In this processing apparatus, image data of a large number of images is stored in an image storage unit, and a memory unit stores the correspondence between an image and an action when the image is assigned to the action. When a particular action occurs, a control unit performs a control such that the image assigned to the action is displayed. When a list of images stored in the image storage unit is displayed, the control unit controls displaying such that any action related to each image is explicitly shown in the list of images.
US07783967B1	Packaging web content for reuse A request to import web content that is packaged within a module manifest into a web page is received. In response to receiving the request to import the web content into the web page, the module manifest is accessed. A view container that includes the web content is identified within the accessed module manifest. The view container is a standard XHTML structural element that has a class attribute that designates the standard XHTML structural element as the view container. The web content is extracted from the view container and embedded in the web page.
US07783965B1	Managing links in a collection of documents Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implement techniques for managing links in a collection of documents. A plurality of links are identified in a collection of one or more documents. A visual representation of the identified links is displayed to a user. Each link has an associated source and destination. The source represents a location in the collection of documents from which the link points. The destination represents a location to which the link points. The visual representation includes information describing the sources and destinations for each of the identified links. Two or more of the links are simultaneously selectable for modification in response to user input in the visual representation.
US07783956B2	Data recorder A data recorder includes a first memory element including read/write capability, a second memory element including non-volatile memory and a controller for realizing memory management functions. The controller responds to a predetermined triggering event by writing selected data from the first memory element to the second memory element. The selected data include data units that have been modified after a prior triggering event.
US07783954B2	System for controlling high-speed bidirectional communication A system for controlling high-speed bidirectional communication includes a slave device such as a memory device, for example, coupled to a master device such as a memory controller, for example. The master device may be configured to control data transfer between the master device and the slave device. The master device may be configured to provide one or more clock signals to the slave device and during an initialization mode, the master device may modify a phase alignment of the one or more clock signals. Further the master device may subsequently modify a phase alignment of data transmitted from the master device based upon information received from the slave device.
US07783951B2	Multiplexed coding for user cooperation A method and system for decoding a combination of a first message and a second message that were encoded using a generating matrix of a systematic linear block code is described. The combination of the first message and the second message may be decoded using a parity check matrix. If the second message is known, the first message is decoding using a first component code parity check matrix. If first message is known, the second message is decoded using a second component code parity check matrix. The parity check matrix can be derived from the generating matrix and the first message or the second message can be decoded using the first or second component code parity check matrix.
US07783949B2	Method and apparatus for controlling a transport format of a retransmission The present invention relates to a method for transmitting data packets from a mobile terminal to a base station using a hybrid automatic repeat request protocol and soft combining of received data. Further, the present invention provides a base station and a mobile terminal both adapted to perform the respective method steps. Moreover, a communication system is provided which comprises at least one base station and at least one mobile terminal. The present invention also provides a computer-readable medium for storing instructions that, when executed on a processor, cause the processor to transmit data packets from a mobile terminal to a base station using a hybrid automatic repeat request protocol and soft combining of received data. In order to restrict the interference caused by retransmissions, the present invention suggests controlling the amount of information in the retransmissions and thus the transmission power required for their transmission by TFCS restriction.
US07783945B2	Display apparatus and test circuit thereof A display apparatus comprises a pixel array, a front-end circuit, a test circuit, and an enable circuit. The test circuit tests the pixel array. The enable circuit determines whether to enable the test circuit in response to a predetermined voltage. After the pixel array is tested, the predetermined voltage is provided by the front-end circuit to disable the test circuit.
US07783935B2	Bit error rate reduction buffer In a preferred embodiment, the invention provides a circuit for reducing bit error rates. A data recovery circuit recovers data from a first HSS link to differential bit pair inputs. Data from the differential bit pair outputs of the data recovery circuit drive differential bit pair inputs to a plurality of FIFOs. The data is then driven from a parallel output of the plurality of FIFOs to the parallel input of a synchronizer. The data is then driven from the parallel output of the synchronizer to the parallel input of a serializer. The serializer, through different bit pair outputs, drives a second serial HSS link.
US07783930B2	Recording method for video/audio data In order to provide a recording method for data which have been or are being generated at a data source in a time sequenced manner and are transmitted via a digital network to at least one recording device for storage, by means of which method the data can be reliably recorded, it is provided that the data are stored at the data source before the transmission on the digital network in such a way that, after a fault on the digital network, data which were intended for transmission during the period of the fault can be made available to the at least one recording device.
US07783925B2	Receiving control, data, and control segments of communication scan packets A system and method for improved performance and optimization of data exchanges over a communications link is described, including a method for communicating data that includes transmitting a first control segment of a message from a first system to a second system (the first control segment including control information that selects an active communications protocol from a plurality of communications protocols); sequencing at least part of the first and second systems through a series of states that control the active communications protocol based upon the control information in the first control segment; and exchanging a data segment of the message (after the first control segment) between the first system and the second system. The series of states represents inert sequences to the remaining communications protocols of the plurality of communications protocols that were not selected as active.
US07783917B2	Selection of data arrays Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a plurality of data arrays coupled to a storage controller is maintained. Data arrays are selected from the plurality of data arrays based on predetermined selection rules. Data is stored redundantly in the selected data arrays by writing the data to the selected data arrays.
US07783913B2	Facilitating recovery in a coordinated timing network Recovery is provided in a timing network. A configuration is defined for that network, and in that configuration, an active primary server is identified that provides a clock source for the network. Additionally, an alternate server is identified that can perform the role of the active primary server, should the active primary server fail. In response to a failure of the primary server, the alternate server detects the failure and performs takeover of the primary server.
US07783912B2	Sequencing control circuit A sequencing control circuit includes a chip (30), a first control circuit (10), a second control circuit (20), and a lagging voltage terminal (700). The chip is connected to a first voltage terminal (100) and a second voltage terminal (300). The first control circuit is connected to the chip. The second control circuit is connected to a signal terminal (600) of an electronic component. The lagging voltage terminal is connected to the first control circuit for providing a signal posterior to a signal from the first voltage terminal. When the lagging voltage terminal and the signal terminal both input a high level signal, the output terminal of the first control circuit and the second control circuit both output a high level signal, thereby ensuring that the signal from the second voltage terminal is posterior to the signal from the first voltage terminal being input to the chip.
US07783911B2	Programmable bus driver launch delay/cycle delay to reduce elastic interface elasticity requirements A double data rate elastic interface in which programmable latch stages provide an elastic delay, preferably on the driving side of the elastic interface. However, the invention is not limited to the driver side/chip, it can be implemented in the receiver side/chip as well. However, since the receiver side of an elastic interface already has complicated logic, the invention will be usually implemented on the driving side. The programmable latch stages on the driving chip side of the interface, can often operate at the local clock frequency (the same frequency as the elastic interface bus clock frequency), which in turn is half of the double data rate at which the receiving latch stages operate, thereby decreasing the logic and storage resources in the interface receivers. The programmable latch stages can also be used in the case that the local clock frequency is twice the elastic interface bus clock frequency.
US07783910B2	Method and system for associating power consumption of a server with a network address assigned to the server A system for associating power consumption with a network address. Network traffic is inspected to determine network addresses. The network addresses are assigned to one or more servers. A power output of a plurality of power outlets is measured to determine a power consumption of the one or more servers connected to the plurality of power outlets. The network addresses assigned to the one or more servers is associated with the power consumption of the one or more servers. A total power consumption is calculated for the one or more servers having an association of network addresses with power consumption. Then, the total power consumption is recorded for the one or more servers in a table and a user is provided access to the table.
US07783897B2	Programmable logic device A hardware decryption processor operates, when power is applied to a programmable logic device, to read an encrypted configuration program, to decrypt the encrypted configuration program using a first secret configuration key stored in a register, and to configure a programmable array of logic elements with the configuration program. The programmable array when configured with the configuration program operates to read the encrypted configuration program from a non-volatile store, to decrypt the configuration program using the first secret configuration key, which was provided with the configuration program, to generate a second secret key, to adapt the configuration program by inserting the second secret key into the configuration program, to re-encrypt the adapted configuration program using the first secret configuration key, and to replace the configuration program with the adapted and encrypted configuration program in the non-volatile store.
US07783891B2	System and method facilitating secure credential management A system and method facilitating secure credential management is provided. An aspect of the present invention provides for a credential management system including a credential user interface component, a trusted proxy component and a secure user interface component. The system can facilitate the secure acquisition, storage and/or application of credential(s) for a user (e.g., when accessing a particular resource) through a secure, isolated environment. For example, the system can be a core building block for operating system component(s) and/or application(s) that handle credential(s) in a secure manner.
US07783889B2	Methods and apparatus for generating signatures Methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture for media monitoring are disclosed. In particular, the example methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture generate digital spectral signatures for use in identifying media information. Initially, a frame of media samples is obtained. A first frequency component having a first spectral power and a second frequency component having a second spectral power are identified by performing a spectral transform operation on the frame of media samples. A descriptor of the first frame of media samples is determined based on a comparison of the first spectral power and the second spectral power. A first signature is then generated based on the descriptor.
US07783887B2	Method and apparatus for providing television services using an authenticating television receiver device A smart chip protection system contains a unique public/private identity key pair and uses a separate public/private signature key pair. The internally stored identity private key can not be read outside the chip. An issuing entity generates a descriptor containing the identity public key, attribute data, and a digital signature of the two, using a signature private key known only to the issuer. The authenticity of the descriptor is verified by decrypting the signature using the signature public key, and comparing the result to source data. An object's identity can be verified by requesting the smart chip to perform a data transformation using its identity private key, and performing the complement using the public key. An exemplary embodiment is a television receiver system which verifies identity of an embedded smart chip and entitlement to receive television service.
US07783884B2	Content providing system, information processing device and memory card A memory card 10 inserted in a terminal device 20 establishes a SAC with each of a content server 1, a content server 2, a settlement server 1 and a settlement server 2, using an application program corresponding to the server, to securely receive and transmit data. The memory card 10 acquires a unique private key and a unique public key for each application program, and establishes a SAC with each server using the acquired private key and public key.
US07783879B2	Method and device relating to security in a radio communication network A method of joining a first device to a radio communications network controlled by a second device without contemporaneous user input of a secret at the second device, including: storing in the second device a secret generated at the second device; making the stored secret available in the first device; and creating in the first device and in the second device, using the secret, a secret key for use in securing communication between the first and second devices.
US07783875B2	System boot optimizer A system for optimizing an operating system startup process is described. The system includes a performance monitoring tool arranged to monitor a performance parameter of a computer system and a startup control tool arranged to control startup initiation of processes based on the performance parameter monitored by the performance monitoring tool. A method of optimizing an operating system startup process is described. A computer system performance parameter is monitored. Execution of a predetermined process by the computer system is enabled if the computer system performance is outside a predetermined threshold.
US07783868B2	Instruction fetch control device and method thereof with dynamic configuration of instruction buffers This is an instruction fetch control device supplying instructions to an instruction execution unit. The device comprises a plurality of instruction buffers storing an instruction string to be supplied to the instruction execution unit and a designation unit designating an instruction buffer storing the instruction string to be supplied next for each of the plurality of instruction buffers.
US07783860B2	Load misaligned vector with permute and mask insert Embodiments of the invention provide logic within the store data path between a processor and a memory array. The logic may be configured to misalign vector data as it is stored to memory. By misaligning vector data as it is stored to memory, memory bandwidth may be maximized while processing bandwidth required to store vector data misaligned is minimized. Furthermore, embodiments of the invention provide logic within the load data path which allows vector data which is stored misaligned to be aligned as it is loaded into a vector register. By aligning misaligned vector data as it is loaded into a vector register, memory bandwidth may be maximized while processing bandwidth required to align misaligned vector data may be minimized.
US07783842B2	Cache coherent I/O communication A processing unit includes a processor core, an input/output (I/O) communication adapter coupled to the processor core, and a cache system coupled to the processor core and to the I/O communication adapter. The cache system including a cache array, a cache directory and a cache controller. The cache controller snoops I/O communication by the I/O communication adapter and, in response to snooping the I/O communication adapter performing an I/O data write of outgoing data in an exclusive state, invalidates corresponding data stored within the cache array.
US07783839B2	Using different algorithms to destage different types of data from cache Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture for using different algorithms to destage different types of data from cache. A first destaging algorithm is used to destage a first type of data to a storage for a first duration. A second destaging algorithm is used to destage a second type of data to the storage for a second duration.
US07783837B2	System and storage medium for memory management Systems and a storage medium for memory management are provided. A system includes a tag controlled buffer in communication with a memory device, including multiple pages divided into individually addressable lines. The tag controlled buffer includes a prefetch buffer with at least one of the individually addressable lines from the memory device and a tag cache in communication with the prefetch buffer. The tag cache includes at least one tag associated with one of the pages in the memory device. Each tag includes a reference history field and a pointer to a line in the prefetch buffer that is from the associated page. The reference history field includes information about how the lines from the associated page have been accessed in the past and is utilized to determine which lines in the associated page should be added to the prefetch buffer when the tag is added to the tag cache.
US07783833B2	Storage system, method for managing the same, and storage controller A storage system includes one or more host computers; and a storage controller that provides each of the one or more host computers with a plurality of logical volumes, each including a storage area for reading/writing data from/to, and also being either allocated or not allocated to one or more of the host computers, the storage controller including: an identification unit that identifies function information relating to a logical volume from among the plurality of logical volumes included in information relating to the plurality of logical volumes based on a command from a host computer from among the one or more host computers; and an execution unit that executes processing on the logical volume in accordance with an identification result of the identification unit.
US07783819B2	Integrating non-peripheral component interconnect (PCI) resources into a personal computer system In one embodiment, the present invention includes an apparatus having an adapter to communicate according to a personal computer (PC) protocol and a second protocol. A first interface coupled to the adapter is to perform address translation and ordering of transactions received from upstream of the adapter. The first interface is coupled in turn to heterogeneous resources, each of which includes an intellectual property (IP) core and a shim, where the shim is to implement a header of the PC protocol for the IP core to enable its incorporation into the apparatus without modification. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07783817B2	Method and apparatus for conditional broadcast of barrier operations A weakly-ordered processing system implements an execution synchronization bus transaction, or “memory barrier” bus transaction, to enforce strongly-ordered data transfer bus transactions. A slave device that ensures global observability may “opt out” of the memory barrier protocol. In various embodiments, the opt-out decision may be made dynamically by each slave device asserting a signal, may be set system-wide during a Power-On Self Test (POST) by polling the slave devices and setting corresponding bits in a global observability register, or it may be hardwired by system designers so that only slave devices capable of performing out-of-order data transfer operations participate in the memory barrier protocol.
US07783812B2	Extended serial bus architecture and method The present invention is directed to a serial bus extension that provides for a new class of 1394 devices called versaphy devices. A versaphy device has a static (permanent or semi-permanent) address or versaphy label. In addition, the versaphy device has a new register structure called a versaphy register. The versaphy register may contain the versaphy label. The versaphy register can be written to by non-local devices such a controller. New simple versaphy packets are defined to facilitate communication between a versaphy device and a controller. The versaphy device can transmit unsolicited responses. These features reduce the complexity necessary for a device to connect to a 1394 bus and, therefore, reduce the cost of these devices.
US07783804B2	Bus relay device and bus control system including plurality of bus masters, bus slave, interconnect section, and bridge section In the conventional bus control system, the interconnect section and the bridge section have the arbitration function. Meanwhile, the interconnect section and the bridge section were designed by different designers. Accordingly, a large number of man-hours are needed not only for designing the bridge section but also for inspecting the bridge section. To solve this problem, provided is a system comprising a plurality of bus masters coupled to a high speed bus and outputting first control signals respectively via the high speed bus; a bus slave coupled to a low speed bus and receiving a second control signal via the low speed bus; an interconnect section receiving the first control signals via the high speed bus, selecting one of the first control signals, and converting the selected one of the first signals into a third control signal relative to the second control signal; and a bridge section coupled to the low speed bus, converting the third control signal into the second control signal, and outputting the second control signal to the low speed bus. With this configuration, the bus arbitrations can be collectively controlled in the interconnect section alone. In addition, a circuit size can be reduced.
US07783799B1	Remotely controllable switch and testing methods using same Apparatus, methods, systems, and computer-readable media are provided for remotely controlling the connection between a host computer and a multitude of connected devices. One apparatus described herein includes a multiplexer that has a host port for connection to a host computer, device ports for connection to the devices, and control lines. The multiplexer is operative to connect a device port to the host port based upon the status of the control lines. The apparatus further includes a controller connected to the multiplexer. The controller has an input interface and is operative to receive control data on the input interface that identifies a device port on the apparatus that should be connected to the host port. In response to receiving such control data, the controller is operative to place signals on the control lines that cause the multiplexer to connect the identified device port to the host port. The device port that is connected to the host port can be remotely selected by transmitting the appropriate data to the input interface of the controller.
US07783798B1	System and method for managing use of available bandwidth for a link used for movement of data being copied in a data storage environment This invention is a system and method for managing the use of available bandwidth for a link used for movement of data being copied in a data storage environment.
US07783786B1	Replicated service architecture A system comprising a first node and a second node located in a single multiprocessor system, the first node including a first router and a first replicated service executing on a first operating system, the second node including a second router and a second replicated service executing on a second operating system, and a mesh interconnect connecting the first node to the second node using the first router and the second router.
US07783780B2	Method and system for mapping a domain name with no associated address to an address A method and system for resolving domain names of web sites with dynamic addresses. The resolution system, which may execute as part of a domain name server, receives a domain name associated with a web site. The resolution system then identifies a dynamic address name associated with the received domain name. The resolution system then sends to a dynamic address system the identified dynamic address name. The dynamic address system then returns an address associated with the dynamic address name to the resolution system. Upon receiving the identified address, the resolution system then returns the identified address as the address of the received domain name. Methods and systems for mapping an unregistered domain name to an address and for placing telephone calls via a network are also provided.
US07783777B1	Peer-to-peer content sharing/distribution networks Embodiments of a peer-to-peer-based content sharing/distribution network (CDN). In embodiments, some peers are content publishers while other peers are content consumers. When a consumer peer gets content from a content publisher, the consumer peer may become a content publisher that may be accessed by other peers. If a peer desires a particular content, the peer may get the content from a nearby content publisher, saving access to a central server. The more a content is in demand, the more likely it is to be replicated, and hence more likely to be found by consumer peers on nearby content publisher peers. If a content publisher peer does not have all of a requested content, the requesting peer may be redirected to another content publisher peer to obtain the missing content. Embodiments may be implemented in peer-to-peer networks implemented according to a peer-to-peer platform.
US07783765B2	System and method for providing distributed access control to secured documents A system and method for providing distributed access control are disclosed. A number of local servers are employed to operate largely on behalf of a central server responsible for centralized access control management. Such a distributed fashion ensures the dependability, reliability and scalability of the access control management undertaking by the central server. According to one embodiment, a distributed access control system that restricts access to secured items can include at least a central server having a server module that provides overall access control, and a plurality of local servers. Each of the local servers can include a local module that provides local access control. The access control, performed by the central server or the local servers, operates to permit or deny access requests to the secured items by requestors.
US07783763B2	Managing stateful data in a partitioned application server environment A computer implemented method for managing a request for processing of stateful requests in a partitioned application server environment. A request is received from a client at the partitioned application server environment to form a received request. An application server in a plurality of application servers is identified in the partitioned application server environment based on the received request to form an identified application server. The received request is sent to the identified application server. Stateful data is migrated for use by application servers in the plurality of application servers.
US07783758B1	Method and apparatus for increasing the efficiency of transactions and connection sharing in an enterprise environment Methods and apparatus for improving the overall performance of a system which processes transactions and provides connections in an enterprise environment are disclosed. According to one aspect of the present invention, a method for processing a transaction in an enterprise environment includes receiving a request to start the transaction, storing information which indicates that the request to start the transaction was received, and accessing a first resource manager associated with the transaction. Typically, a container receives the request to start a transaction from a component such as an enterprise bean. Once the first resource is accessed, the transaction is initiated as a local transaction on the first resource manager, and, eventually, the transaction is completed. In one embodiment, completing the transaction includes using a local transaction mechanism of the first resource manager to complete the local transaction.
US07783755B2	Contact server for call center The present invention is a Contact Server that enables customers to submit call-back requests to a call center via the Internet, or virtually any other communications technology available. A call-back to the customer can be placed via any communications technology available. In its preferred embodiment, the Contact Server enables a call-back request to be submitted by a customer directly from an HTML page on a Web site, and have that same HTML page be presented to the agent that receives the call-back request. The agent can then place a telephone call to the number provided by the customer who submitted the call-back request, and at the same time, establish a TCP/IP communications session with the customer. This TCP/IP session can proceed between the agent's Web browser and the customer's Web browser, and the visible actions performed by the agent are transferred to the customer and displayed on the customer's browser. The TCP/IP session proceeds simultaneous with the telephone call between the agent and the customer.
US07783751B2	Communication system, proxy server, method of controlling same and control program therefor It is arranged so that the history of access to a web page at a terminal device that does not have a unique IP address can be determined. To achieve this, a proxy server generates identification data of the terminal device upon accepting a request for a web page from the terminal device the first time. A link destination URL included in the web page conforming to the request is changed by the proxy server and a web page in which the URL after the change has been embedded is displayed on the terminal device. If the proxy server is requested for the web page having the URL after the change, the URL is restored by the proxy server to the URL that prevailed before the change and the web server is requested for the web page having the URL that prevailed before the change. Since the URL after the change is one that only the terminal device of the generated identification data can ascertain, the history of access by the terminal device can be determined by storing the URL, which prevailed before the change, of the requested web page in correspondence with the identification data.
US07783745B1	Defining and monitoring business rhythms associated with performance of web-enabled business processes Monitoring the operational performance of a network-based business service involves defining and detecting significant variances in activities associated with performance of the service. A business service is characterized by corresponding business rhythms, which are derived from patterns of metric values for business activities that are part of business processes corresponding to the business service. Each business rhythm is characterized as a set of statistics about the corresponding metric(s) classified for a period of time or over a group of multiple periods of time, statistically compressed, and persistently stored. For purposes of real-time monitoring of the operational performance of the business service, significant variances in the normal behavior of the business service are automatically detected by comparing real-time metric data with corresponding historical metric data, in view of associated threshold values.
US07783743B1	Methods and apparatus for processing electronic mail-related data A system processes data related to an electronic mail database by identifying a set of electronic mail databases within a mail domain of an organization and receiving a data collection policy identifying metrics to collect from the set of electronic mail databases. The system executes the data collection policy against at least a portion of the set of electronic mail databases to collect mail summary data containing values for the metrics for mail data stored within the electronic mail database. The system provides the mail summary data to a mail report generator to allow the mail report generator to produce a mail report based on the mail summary data.
US07783739B1	High-speed and high-fidelity system and method for collecting network traffic A system is provided for the high-speed and high-fidelity collection of network traffic. The system can collect traffic at gigabit-per-second (Gbps) speeds, scale to terabit-per-second (Tbps) speeds, and support additional functions such as real-time network intrusion detection. The present system uses a dedicated operating system for traffic collection to maximize efficiency, scalability, and performance. A scalable infrastructure and apparatus for the present system is provided by splitting the work performed on one host onto multiple hosts. The present system simultaneously addresses the issues of scalability, performance, cost, and adaptability with respect to network monitoring, collection, and other network tasks. In addition to high-speed and high-fidelity network collection, the present system provides a flexible infrastructure to perform virtually any function at high speeds such as real-time network intrusion detection and wide-area network emulation for research purposes.
US07783728B2	Concurrent evaluation of policies with synchronization A policy for a computer system is transformed into a plurality of sub-policies, at least one synchronization step, and a final action. The sub-policies are distributed to corresponding sub-components in the computer system. The sub-policies are evaluated, wherein each sub-component evaluates its corresponding one or more sub-policies as other sub-components evaluate their corresponding one or more sub-policies. The sub-policies are synchronized by using the at least one synchronization step. The final action is performed in response to synchronizing the sub-policies. The computer system can be singular or distributed.
US07783706B1	Filtering and managing electronic mail Filtering and managing electronic mail is accommodated by allowing a user to designate an approved subject line phrase whose presence allows an incoming message to bypass certain message filtering operations. E-mail messages sent to the user are examined to determine whether their subject line includes the approved phrase. When the phrase is present in the message subject line, delivery of the message to the user is accommodated according to the settings prescribed by the user. E-mail management is also accommodated by allowing a user to download a message from a mail server to an e-mail client and subsequently restore the message onto the mail server as though it had not yet been downloaded.
US07783705B2	Frame transfer method and node in Ethernet A node to relay the Ethernet frame provided with means to insert, in the relay process of the frame, two or more VLAN tags into the frame at a time and to remove the inserted VLAN tags wherein a TTL area to show the frame survival time is provided in the VLAN tag to be inserted to the frame so that whether the survival time has been elapsed or not is checked by the value in the TTL area and the frame after elapse of the survival time is discarded without being relayed.
US07783702B2	Using a mobile phone to control a personal computer Systems and methods are described for using a mobile phone to control a computing device. In one implementation, a communication protocol stack is established that includes a wireless layer, such as a BLUETOOTH wireless protocol (IEEE Standard 802.15.1) stack, a communication layer that multiplexes the wireless layer into virtual channels, and an application adaptation layer by which the mobile phone controls and previews content from each of multiple applications on the computing device. The communication protocol stack dynamically maps mobile phone keys to computer keyboard messages for controlling the applications on the computing device. A data packet structure is established for communications between the mobile phone and the computing device via the communication protocol stack.
US07783701B2	System and method for provisioning universal stateless digital and computing services A service provisioning system and method for providing remote access to digital services over a communications network, comprising a plurality of client devices connected to the communications network for requesting digital services from a plurality of service centers and presenting output from the digital services. The network operation center connected to the communications network authenticates client devices and users, manages sessions, and processes requests for digital services. A connector associated with each service center establishes a session with a client device specified by the network operation center and encapsulates the native protocols of the digital services within a remote interactive protocol. The remote interactive protocol includes information for generating a human-perceptible presentation on the client device, to provide a remote access to the digital services without modifying the hardware and software infrastructure of the service centers.
US07783697B2	Method and apparatus creating network services As supposed to the common hard coding method, the invention provides the ability to create a module/mechanism (a template) that produces code that may be utilized to create a web service. A template has a list of features, and a model (a run time model—RTM) and is utilized to create a model that generates an application or web service. An RTM declares the structure, functionality, and behavior of a web service application. Each feature can generate XML entities in a new RTM, and may obtain input to build an XML entity in a new RTM. Each feature may be processed sequentially and can modify any existing XML entities. Consequently, features can make changes to the entire existing application. In one embodiment, when a condition that may affect an application changes, the template may be utilized to regenerate the RTM to produce a new web service or XML document.
US07783695B1	Method and system for distributed rendering A computerized method for rendering images includes receiving from a client a render job having an associated job profile, distributing the render job via a communications medium to at least one of a plurality of render servers based at least in part on the job profile, and rendering the render job. The method also includes forwarding the rendered render job to a network storage system for retrieval by the client.
US07783694B2	Identification of relevant metrics A method and system for identifying relevant metrics among metrics that are measured to determine conformance with a service level agreement. The method includes selecting two sets of points, each set representing a given number of measurements for an individual metric and setting a separate threshold for each of the sets of points. The threshold values are selected to produce a set of quadrants so as to maximize distribution of points of intersection of each of the sets of points between a second quadrant and a fourth quadrant in a four-quadrant graph. The method can be performed on a computer system.
US07783692B1	Fast flag generation A method and circuit for fast flag generation. The circuit is coupled to receive data to be shifted, the data including a first plurality of bits. A shift count value (including a second plurality of bits) is also received by the circuit, as well as an indication of a direction the data is to be shifted. Based on the shift count value and the indication of direction, the position of a bit within the data is determined. The bit is then output as a flag bit.

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