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US07812068B2	Recording ink, inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus using the same The invention provides a recording ink containing a colorant, a wetting agent, a surfactant, a penetrating agent, and water, wherein when the specified moisture evaporation rate of the recording ink is less than 30% the specified viscosity elevating rate of the recording ink is 10 or less; when the moisture evaporation rate is 30% to 50%, there is a point at which the viscosity elevating rate is more than 500; and when the moisture evaporation rate is less than 30%, the average particle diameter of the colorant in the recording ink is two times or less the initial average particle diameter of the colorant before the moisture evaporation test of the recording ink.
US07812060B2	Method for treatment of a gas A method of treating off-gas from a Fischer-Tropsch reaction comprises recovering the off-gas and hydrogenating a portion of the olefins present in the off-gas and converting a portion of the carbon monoxide present in the off-gas to carbon dioxide or methane. The treated off-gas is then fed to a hydrogen manufacturing unit such as a steam reformer to form hydrogen that can be used elsewhere in the process.
US07812057B2	Cosmetic compositions A composition and method for improving skin appearance by reducing skin redness and symptoms associated with skin inflammation, irritation and skin aging by topically treating skin is disclosed. In this composition and method, an active material having the formula given below is applied to the patient at the site of said condition: wherein R1 is selected from —OH and C1-C3 alkyl OH; and R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are independently selected from —H, —OH, C1-C6 alkyl, and C3-C6 cycloalkyl. The active material should contain no more than five —OH groups. Preferred active materials include 1,2-cyclohexanediol, 1,3-cyclohexanediol, 1,4-cyclohexanediol, 1,2,3-cyclohexanetriol, 1,3,5-cyclohexanetriol, and mixtures of those materials. A method of maintaining healthy hair and reducing hair loss using these actives is also disclosed.
US07812056B2	Fine particle disperant and cosmetic, paint, ink, memorizing material and lubricant containing the dispersant A fine particle dispersant containing at least one member selected from the group consisting of ester compounds of the following general formula (I) of ditrimethylolpropane and a fatty acid(s), polycondensates of ditrimethylolpropane and a polyvalent carboxylic acid(s), polycondensates of the ester compound of the following general formula (I) and the polyvalent carboxylic acid(s), polycondensates of an ester compound of ditrimethylolpropane and the polyvalent carboxylic acid(s) and the fatty acid(s), and polycondensates of ditrimethylolpropane, the fatty acid(s) and the polyvalent carboxylic acid(s). wherein R1 to R4 each independently represent a hydrogen atom or a fatty acid residue, with the proviso that at least one of them is a hydrogen atom. This fine particle dispersant is excellent in fine particle dispersibility and the properties (smell and color) thereof are scarcely deteriorated in heat stability tests.
US07812047B2	4-imidazolines The present invention relates to compounds of formula wherein R1, R2, X, Y and Ar are as defined herein and to their pharmaceutically active salts, with the exclusion of the racemic compound 4-benzyl-4,5-dihydro-1H-imidazole or its tautomer (CAS 131548-83-9). Compounds of formula I have a good affinity to the trace amine associated receptors (TAARs), especially for TAAR1 and are useful for the treatment of depression, anxiety disorders, bipolar disorder, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), stress-related disorders, psychotic disorders such as schizophrenia, neurological diseases such as Parkinson's disease, neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer's disease, epilepsy, migraine, hypertension, substance abuse and metabolic disorders such as eating disorders, diabetes, diabetic complications, obesity, dyslipidemia, disorders of energy consumption and assimilation, disorders and malfunction of body temperature homeostasis, disorders of sleep and circadian rhythm, and cardiovascular disorders.
US07812046B2	PPAR ligands that do not cause fluid retention, edema or congestive heart failure Methods are provided for treating or prophylactically preventing metabolic disorders in humans without causing, promoting, or aggravating fluid retention, peripheral edema, pulmonary edema, or congestive heart failure, by administration of a therapeutically effective amount of a compound sufficient to partially or fully activate peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPARs) and partially or fully inhibit, antagonize or block the activity of angiotensin II type 1 receptors. Metabolic disorders that can be treated or prevented include but are not limited to type 2 diabetes, the metabolic syndrome, prediabetes, and other insulin resistance syndromes. Compounds are provided that antagonize or block the angiotensin II type 1 (AT1) receptor, function as partial or full activators of peroxisome proliferator activated receptors (PPARs), can be used to treat or prevent diseases known to be treatable or preventable by PPAR activators and were not previously recognized to be therapeutic targets for angiotensin II receptor antagonists.
US07812038B2	Carboxylic acid derivatives that inhibit the binding of integrins to their receptors A method for the inhibition of the binding of α4β1 integrin to its receptors, for example VCAM-1 (vascular cell adhesion molecule-1) and fibronectin; compounds that inhibit this binding; pharmaceutically active compositions comprising such compounds; and to the use of such compounds either a above, or in formulations for the control or prevention of diseases states in which α4β1 is involved.
US07812037B2	Dual antiplatelet/anticoagulant pyridoxine analogs Compounds with antiplatelet aggregation and anticoagulant characteristics for the treatment of cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and cardiovascular related diseases and symptoms, are described. The methods are directed to administering pharmaceutical compositions comprising aryl sulfonic pyridoxine and/or substituted pyridoxine analogs.
US07812023B2	Methods of using substituted morpholine derivatives The present invention relates to morpholine and thiomorpholine derivatives of the general formula I or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof and their use.
US07812019B2	Chromanylurea compounds that inhibit vanilloid receptor subtype 1 (VR1) receptor and uses thereof Compounds that are antagonists of the VR1 receptor, having formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, prodrug, or salt of a prodrug thereof, wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, R7, R8, R9, X, Y, Z, L, n, and m, are as defined herein, and are useful in disorders prevented or ameliorated by inhibiting the VR1 receptor.
US07812015B2	Prophylaxis and treatment of infectious diseases The invention relates to the use of inhibitors of acid sphingomyelinase and/or of inhibitors of products of the reaction catalyzed by this enzyme, for the prophylaxis and/or treatment of infectious diseases and/or diseases which are influenced by infections during the course thereof. The cited products especially include ceramide. Preferrably neutralizing antibodies and/or antidepressants, especially tricyclic and/or tetracyclic antidepressants, are used as inhibitors.
US07812014B2	Bicyclic 6-alkylidene-penems as β-lactamase inhibitors The present invention provides a compound of formula I wherein one of A and B is hydrogen and the other an optionally substituted fused bicyclic heteroaryl group as defined herein; X is O; R5 is H, C1-C6 alkyl, C5-C6 cycloalkyl, or CHR3OCOC1-C6 alkyl; and R3 is hydrogen, C1-C6 alkyl, C5-C6 cycloalkyl, optionally substituted aryl, or optionally substituted heteroaryl; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; and pharmaceutical compositions and the use thereof for the treatment of bacterial infection or disease in a patient in need thereof.
US07812004B2	Inulin products with improved nutritional properties The invention relates to novel inulin products and compositions thereof, to their manufacture, to their use for modifying and modulating the bacterial flora and the fermentation pattern of inulin in the large intestine of humans, mammals or other vertebrates, to their use for providing improved inulin-associated nutritional effects/benefits, as well as to their use for the manufacture of consumer products and compositions for providing said effects/benefits in healthy, disfunctioned and diseased humans, mammals and other vertebrates.The novel inulin products consist of a particular mixture of an easily fermentable inulin (EFI) component and a hardly fermentable inulin (HFI) component.The nutritional effects/benefits include dietary fiber effects, improved mineral absorption, particularly calcium and magnesium, bone mineral density increase, reduction of bone mineral density loss, modulation of lipid metabolism, stimulation of the immune system, and anti-cancer effects. The novel inulin products are particularly suitable for the manufacture of a composition or a medicament for preventing, for postponing and/or for treating osteoporosis in humans, particularly in post-menopausal women and elderly people.
US07812003B2	Antisense microRNA and uses therefor Provided herein are methods to suppress specificity protein (Sp) activity in a cell associated with a cell proliferative disease. The methods are effective to inhibit a microRNA in the cell using an antisense microRNA oligonucleotide which results in an increase in expression of a specificity protein (Sp) suppressor gene thereby inducing Sp degradation, apoptosis or growth arrest by releasing inhibitors of G2/M (Myt-1) or inhibition. Also provided are methods of treating a cancer using the antisense microRNA oligonucleotide. In addition the present invention provides antisense microRNA-27a oligonucleotides useful in the methods described herein.
US07812002B2	Oligoribonucleotide inhibitors of NRF2 and methods of use thereof for treatment of cancer The invention provides novel double stranded oligoribonucleotides that inhibit the Nrf2 gene. The invention also provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more such oligoribonucleotides, and a vector capable of expressing the oligoribonucleotide. The present invention also relates to methods and compositions for treating or preventing the incidence or severity of a cancerous disease, particularly various lung cancers.
US07812000B2	Modulation of immunostimulatory properties of oligonucleotide-based compounds by optimal presentation of 5′ ends The invention relates to the therapeutic use of oligonucleotides as immunostimulatory agents in immunotherapy applications. More particularly, the invention provides immunomers for use in methods for generating an immune response or for treating a patient in need of immunostimulation. The immunomers of the invention comprise at least two oligonucleotides linked at their 3′ ends, internucleoside linkages or functionalized nucleobase or sugar to a non-nucleotidic linker, at least one of the oligonucleotides being an immunostimulatory oligonucleotide and having an accessible 5′ end.
US07811999B2	Use of lipid conjugates in the treatment of diseases This invention provides a method of treating a subject suffering from an obstructive respiratory disease, including the step of administering to a subject a compound comprising a lipid or phospholipid moiety bound to a physiologically acceptable monomer, dimer, oligomer, or polymer, and/or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt or a pharmaceutical product thereof, in an amount effective to treat the subject suffering from an obstructive respiratory disease.
US07811998B2	Novobiocin analogues as anticancer agents Novel analogues and derivatives of novobiocin are provided, including compounds having modifications to the amide side chain, coumarin ring, and sugar moieties. The compounds of the present invention are useful as heat shock protein 90 inhibitors, and may be used as anticancer and neuroprotective agents.
US07811996B2	Methods and compositions for prevention and treatment of inflammatory disease, autoimmune disease, and transplant rejection The invention provides compositions and methods for reducing one or more symptoms of an autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, and/or transplant rejection, by the administration to a subject in need thereof a pharmaceutically effective amount of a purified compound of any one of Formulae A-E. The invention's methods are useful for the prevention, amelioration, and treatment of autoimmune disease, inflammatory disease, and/or transplant rejection.
US07811976B1	Dimer alkyl silicone polymers This invention relates to a novel class of Dimer Alkyl Silicone Polymers (DASP) and their use to reduce surface tension of lubrication oil. The improved lubricant composition based upon a very specific class of dimer alkyl silicone polymers (DASP) that despite their solubility in oil lower surface tension and improve lubrication when added at low concentrations to lubricating oils.
US07811973B2	Phage display technologies The present invention provides novel technologies for producing and screening fusion proteins on the surface of filamentous phage. In particular, a single vector can be used for generating cell and phage libraries containing a given series of protein sequences fused to either one or other of two phage coat proteins. This approach simplifies and improves the efficiency of the subsequent phage display-based selection of protein-binding molecules having therapeutic or diagnostic utility, such as antibodies, peptides, or epitope-binding regions.
US07811971B2	Combination algae killer and surface stain remover A stain removal formula includes a combination of a bromide donor, a salt of sulfamic acid; and a salt of phosphoric acid. Preferred formulas include effective amounts of sodium bromide, sodium sulfamic acid, sodium hexametaphosphate, disodium phosphate, and tetrasodium pyrophosphate. In a swimming pool, preferred formulas are effective in resolving algae stain within a 2 hour period, which represents at least an order of magnitude greater efficacy than prior art formulations. In addition, preferred formulas provide ongoing effectiveness in suppressing bacterial, fungal and/or algae growth.
US07811970B2	Compositions for the control of plant pests The present invention provides a composition comprising imidacloprid and metalaxyl. The compositions of the present invention find use as pesticides.
US07811966B2	Catalyst, catalyst precursor, and catalyst carrier A catalyst, catalyst precursor, or catalyst carrier formed as an elongated shaped particle having a cross section comprising three protrusions each extending from and attached to a central position. The central position is aligned along the longitudinal axis of the particle. The cross-section of the particle occupies the space encompassed by the outer edges of six outer circles around a central circle, each of the six outer circles contacting two neighbouring outer circles, the particle occupying three alternating outer circles equidistant to the central circle and the six interstitial regions, the particle not occupying the three remaining outer circles which are between the alternating occupied outer circles. The ratio of the diameter of the central circle to the diameter of the outer occupied circle is more than 1, and the ratio of the diameter of the outer unoccupied circle to the diameter of the outer occupied circle is more than 1. The ratio of the diameter of the outer unoccupied circle to the diameter of the outer occupied circle is more than the ratio of the diameter of the central circle to the diameter of the outer occupied circle.
US07811964B2	Reforming catalyst with chelated promoter A process for preparing a naphtha reforming catalyst has been developed. The process involves the use of a chelating ligand such as ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid (EDTA). The aqueous solution of the chelating ligand and a tin compound is used to impregnate a support, e.g., alumina extrudates. A platinum-group metal is also an essential component of the catalyst. Rhenium may also be a component. A reforming process using the catalyst has enhanced yield, activity, and stability for conversion of naphtha into valuable gasoline and aromatic products.
US07811957B2	Type of catalytic materials based on active metal-hydrogen-electronegative element complexes involving hydrogen transfer Compositions are described for catalyzing or facilitating hydrogen transfer kinetics in various kinds of chemical reactions that depend on the efficiency of hydrogen relocation or exchange. One such composition has the formula M-H-E, where M is a metal, metalloid, alloy of a metal, alloy of a metalloid, compound of a metal or compound of a metalloid, H is hydrogen and E is an electronegative element. Another such composition is a hydrogen storage composition that includes the catalytic composition having the formula M-H-E and a hydride or a material capable of absorbing hydrogen to form a hydride.
US07811956B2	Supported olefin polymerization catalyst A supported catalyst system comprises (a) a dehydrated support material, (b) a transition metal compound, and (c) an activator and is characterised in that the support material has been pretreated with at least two different organoaluminum compounds prior to content with either or both the transition metal-compound or the activator. The prefer transition metal compound is a metallocene and the supported catalyst systems are suitable for the preparation of polymers having broad molecular weight distributions and improved melt strength.
US07811947B2	Optical substrate, light emitting element, display device and manufacturing methods thereof The present invention relates to an optical substrate comprising a transparent substrate, a low refractive index layer, whose refractive index is lower than that of the transparent substrate, disposed over the transparent substrate, and a solgel film disposed over the low refractive index layer; a light emitting element having a first electrode, a light emitting layer and a second electrode over the solgel film of this optical substrate; and a display device provided with this light emitting element.
US07811939B2	Plasma etching method A plasma etching apparatus is arranged to perform main etching for etching a poly-crystalline silicon film by use of Cl2/SF6/N2 plasma obtained by exciting Cl2 gas, SF6 gas, and N2 gas, and over etching for etching the poly-crystalline silicon film by use of Cl2/HBr/CF4 plasma obtained by exciting Cl2 gas, HBr gas, and CF4 gas. In the main etching, N2 gas is added to suppress formation of roughness on a poly-crystalline silicon surface and attain a sufficient etching rate.
US07811937B2	Apparatus and method of fabricating thin film transistor array substrate The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method of fabricating a thin film transistor array substrate. The apparatus includes a dip strip component for stripping a photo-resist pattern and a thin film formed on a substrate by using a stripper; a removing part for removing residual photo-resist and thin film from the substrate; and a jet strip component for jetting the stripper to remove residual particles of photo-resist and thin film left on the substrate. The method of fabricating includes dipping a substrate in a stripper, wherein the substrate has a photo-resist pattern and a thin film, the thin film being formed on an entire surface of the substrate so as to cover the photo-resist pattern; removing residual photo-resist and thin film using the stripper; and removing particles of residual photo-resist and thin film left on the substrate.
US07811932B2	3-D semiconductor die structure with containing feature and method A die-on-die assembly has a first die (10) and a second die (50). The first die (10) has a first contact extension (28,42) and a peg (32,44,45) extending a first height above the first die. The second die (50) has a second contact extension (68) connected to the first contact extension and has a containing feature (62) extending a second height above the second die surrounding the peg. The peg extends past the containing feature. Because the peg extends past the containing feature, lateral movement between the first and second die can cause the peg to come in contact with and be constrained by the containing feature. The peg and containing feature are thus useful in constraining movement between the first and second die.
US07811927B2	Method of manufacturing metal line A method of manufacturing a metal line according to embodiments includes forming an interlayer dielectric layer over a semiconductor substrate. A dielectric layer is formed over the interlayer dielectric layer. A trench may be formed by etching the dielectric layer and the interlayer dielectric layer. A metal material may be disposed over the interlayer dielectric layer including the trench. A first planarization process may be performed on the metal material using the dielectric layer as an etch stop layer. A wet etch process may be performed on the semiconductor substrate subjected the first planarization process. A second planarization process may be performed on interlayer dielectric layer subjected to the wet etch process.
US07811922B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes: preparing a wiring board having a base substrate and wiring that is plated on surface with a plating metal; pressing a bump that is formed on the active side of the semiconductor chip against an end part of the wiring of the wiring board, thereby exfoliating the area surrounding the pressed portion of the wiring from the base substrate while keeping the end of the wiring bonded with the base substrate; melting the plating metal that is located on the end part of the wiring, thereby causing the plating metal and the bump to form an alloy that bonds the bump and the wiring and infiltrate the plating metal into a space between the wiring and the base substrate; and judging that the bump and the wiring are well bonded if the plating metal has infiltrated a space between the wiring and the base substrate so as to have an area, width or length of infiltration that exceeds a reference value.
US07811921B2	Semiconductor devices having a trench in a side portion of a conducting line pattern and methods of forming the same A semiconductor device having a trench in the side portion of a conducting line pattern and methods of forming the same. The semiconductor device provides a way of preventing an electrical short between the conducting line pattern and a landing pad adjacent to the conducting line pattern. There are disposed two conducting line patterns on a semiconductor substrate. Each of the conducting line patterns includes a conducting line and a conducting line capping layer pattern stacked thereon. Each of the conducting line patterns has a trench between the conducting line capping layer pattern and the conducting line. Conducting line spacers are formed between the conducting line patterns. One conducting line spacer covers a portion of a sidewall of one of the conducting line patterns, and the remaining conducting line spacer covers an entire sidewall of the remaining conducting line pattern. A landing pad is disposed between the conducting line patterns.
US07811919B2	Methods of fabricating a BEOL wiring structure containing an on-chip inductor and an on-chip capacitor Methods for fabricating a back-end-of-line (BEOL) wiring structure that includes an on-chip inductor and an on-chip capacitor, as well as methods for tuning and fabricating a resonator that includes the on-chip inductor and on-chip capacitor. The fabrication methods generally include forming the on-chip capacitor and on-chip inductor in different metallization levels of the BEOL wiring structure and laterally positioned to be substantially vertical alignment. The on-chip capacitor may serve as a Faraday shield for the on-chip inductor. Optionally, a Faraday shield may be fabricated either between the on-chip capacitor and the on-chip inductor, or between the on-chip capacitor and the substrate. The BEOL wiring structure may include at least one floating electrode capable of being selectively coupled with the directly-connected electrodes of the on-chip capacitor for tuning, during circuit operation, a resonance frequency of an LC resonator that further includes the on-chip inductor.
US07811917B2	Systems and methods for maintaining performance at a reduced power Systems and methods are provided for maintaining performance of an integrated circuit at a reduced power. The systems and methods employ a performance monitor that generates a signal indicative of at least one performance characteristic of at least a portion of a critical path associated with the integrated circuit. The system further comprises a supply control that adjusts a supply voltage of the integrated circuit to maintain performance at a reduced power based on the signal. A temperature adjustment component can be provided to adjust the signal to compensate for temperature offsets associated with performance of the performance monitor relative to performance of the critical path over different operating temperatures. A performance measurement of the performance monitor can be determined based on the concurrent triggering of the performance monitor and the critical path.
US07811912B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device includes the steps of forming a first insulation layer on a substrate; forming a damascene pattern in the first insulation layer; conducting a first process for forming metal lines in the damascene pattern; conducting a second process for forming a second insulation layer, having compressive stress greater than tensile stress of the metal lines, on the damascene pattern including the metal lines; forming a passivation layer on the substrate after multi-layered metal lines are formed by the first and second processes; and conducting an annealing process for the substrate including the passivation layer.
US07811903B2	Thin flip-chip method Methods for thinning a bumped semiconductor wafer, as well as methods for producing flip-chips of very thin profiles, are disclosed. According to the methods of the present invention, a mold compound is interspersed between conductive bumps on the active face of a wafer to provide support and protection for the wafer structure both during and after a process of removing the wafer's inactive back side silicon surface. The mold compound also serves to preserve the integrity of the conductively bumped aspects of the wafer during subsequent processing and may, after the wafer is diced, act as all or part of an underfill material for flip-chip applications.
US07811893B2	Shallow trench isolation stress adjuster for MOS transistor The present invention provides, in one embodiment, a method of manufacturing a metal oxide semiconductor (MOS) transistor (100). The method comprises forming an active area (105) in a substrate (115), wherein the active area (105) is bounded by an isolation structure (120). The method further includes placing at least one stress adjuster (130) adjacent the active area (105), wherein the stress adjuster (130) is positioned to modify a mobility of a majority carrier within a channel region (155) of the MOS transistor (100). Other embodiments of the present invention include a MOS transistor device (200) and a process (300) for constructing an integrated circuit.
US07811891B2	Method to control the gate sidewall profile by graded material composition A semiconductor process and apparatus uses a predetermined sequence of patterning and etching steps to etch a gate stack (30, 32) formed over a substrate (36), thereby forming an etched gate (33) having a vertical sidewall profile (35). By constructing the gate stack (30, 32) with a graded material composition of silicon-based layers, the composition of which is selected to counteract the etching tendencies of the predetermined sequence of patterning and etching steps, a more idealized vertical gate sidewall profile (35) may be obtained.
US07811887B2	Forming silicon trench isolation (STI) in semiconductor devices self-aligned to diffusion Silicon trench isolation (STI) is formed between adjacent diffusions in a semiconductor device, such as between bitlines in a memory array. The STI may be self-aligned to the diffusions, and may prevent misaligned bitline (BL) contacts from contacting silicon outside of the corresponding bitlines. The bitline contacts may have sufficient overlap of the bitlines to ensure full coverage by the bitlines. Bitline oxides formed over buried bitlines may be used to self-align trenches of the STI to the bitlines. The STI trenches may be lined with a CMOS spacer, salicide blocking layer and/or a contact etch stop layer. STI may be formed after Poly-2 etch or after word line salicidation. The memory cells may be NVM devices such as NROM, SONOS, SANOS, MANOS, TANOS or Floating Gate (FG) devices.
US07811886B2	Split-gate thin film storage NVM cell with reduced load-up/trap-up effects A semiconductor process and apparatus are disclosed for forming a split-gate thin film storage NVM device (10) by forming a select gate structure (3) on a first dielectric layer (2) over a substrate (1); forming a control gate structure (6) on a second dielectric layer (5) having embedded nanocrystals (15, 16) so that the control gate (6) is adjacent to the select gate structure (3) but separated therefrom by a gap (8); forming a floating doped region (4) in the substrate (1) below the gap (8) formed between the select gate structure and control gate structure; and forming source/drain regions (11, 12) in the substrate to define a channel region that includes the floating doped region (4).
US07811884B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device When single crystal semiconductor layers are transposed from a single crystal semiconductor substrate (a bond wafer), the single crystal semiconductor substrate is etched selectively (this step is also referred to as groove processing), and a plurality of single crystal semiconductor layers, which are being divided in size of manufactured semiconductor elements, are transposed to a different substrate (a base substrate). Thus, a plurality of island-shaped single crystal semiconductor layers (SOI layers) can be formed over the base substrate. Further, etching is performed on the single crystal semiconductor layers formed over the base substrate, and the shapes of the SOI layers are controlled precisely by being processed and modified.
US07811879B2	Process for PCM integration with poly-emitter BJT as access device Techniques for forming a memory cell. An aspect of the invention includes forming FET gate stacks and sacrificial cell gate stacks over the substrate. Spacer layers are then formed around the FET gate stacks and around the sacrificial cell gate stacks. The sacrificial cell gate stacks are then removed such that the spacer layers around the sacrificial cell gate stacks are still intact. BJT cell stacks are then formed in the space between the spacer layers where the sacrificial cell gate stacks were formed and removed, the BJT cell stacks including an emitter layer. A phase change layer above the emitter contacts and an electrode above the phase change layer are then formed.
US07811878B2	Method of manufacturing SOI substrate To easily and accurately flush a substrate surface serving an SOI area with a substrate surface serving as a bulk area, make a buried oxide film, and prevent an oxide film from being exposed on substrate surface. After partially forming a mask oxide film 23 on the surface of a substrate 12 constituted of single crystal silicon, oxygen ions 16 are implanted into the surface of the substrate through the mask oxide film, and the substrate is annealed to form an buried oxide film 13 inside the substrate. Further included is a step of forming a predetermined-depth concave portion 12c deeper than substrate surface 12b serving as a bulk area on which the mask oxide film is formed on the substrate surface 12a serving as an SOI area by forming a thermally grown oxide film 21 on the substrate surface 12a serving as an SOI area on which the mask oxide film is not formed between the step of forming the mask oxide film and the step of implanting oxygen ions.
US07811871B2	Low-capacitance contact for long gate-length devices with small contacted pitch Disclosed are planar and non-planar field effect transistor (FET) structures and methods of forming the structures. The structures comprise segmented active devices (e.g., multiple semiconductor fins for a non-planar transistor or multiple semiconductor layer sections for a planar transistor) connected at opposite ends to source/drain bridges. A gate electrode is patterned on the segmented active devices between the source/drain bridges such that it has a reduced length between the segments (i.e., between the semiconductor fins or sections). Source/drain contacts land on the source/drain bridges such that they are opposite only those portions of the gate electrode with the reduced gate length. These FET structures can be configured to simultaneously maximize the density of the transistor, minimize leakage power and maintain the parasitic capacitance between the source/drain contacts and the gate conductor below a preset level, depending upon the performance and density requirements.
US07811868B2	Method for manufacturing a signal line, thin film transistor panel, and method for manufacturing the thin film transistor panel A method for manufacturing a thin film transistor array panel includes forming a gate line on a substrate; sequentially forming a gate insulating layer, a silicon layer, and a conductor layer including a lower layer and an upper layer on the gate line, forming a photoresist film, on the conductor layer, patterning the photoresist film to form a photoresist pattern including a first portion and a second portion having a greater thickness than the first portion, etching the upper layer and the lower layer by using the photoresist pattern as art etch mask, etching the silicon layer by using the photoresist pattern as an etch mask to form a semiconductor, removing the second portion of the photoresist pattern by using an etch back process, selectively wet-etching the upper layer of the conductor layer by using the photoresist pattern as an etch mask, dry-etching the lower layer of the conductor layer by using the photoresist pattern as an etch mask to form a data line and a drain electrode including remaining upper and lower layers, and forming a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode.
US07811861B2	Image sensing device and packaging method thereof An image sensing device and packaging method thereof is disclosed. The packaging method includes the steps of a) providing an image sensing module, having a light-receiving region exposed, on a first substrate; b) forming a plurality of first contacts around the light-receiving region on the image sensing module; c) providing a second substrate, having a plurality of second contacts corresponding to the plurality of first contacts and an opening for allowing the light-receiving region to be exposed while the second substrate is placed over the image sensing module, the plurality of second contacts being disposed around the opening; d) connecting the plurality of first contacts and the plurality of second contacts; and e) disposing a transparent lid above the light-receiving region, on a side of the second substrate which is opposite to the plurality of second contacts.
US07811851B2	Phase change memory structures A phase change memory cell has a first electrode, a plurality of pillars, and a second electrode. The plurality of pillars are electrically coupled with the first electrode. Each of the pillars comprises a phase change material portion and a heater material portion. The second electrode is electrically coupled to each of the pillars. In some examples, the pillars have a width less than 20 nanometers.
US07811846B2	Semiconductor devices grown in spherical cavity arrays and its preparation method A method for fabricating an array of semiconductor devices comprising the steps of providing a non-metallic substrate, placing a layer of spheres on said substrate, reducing diameter of the spheres, encapsulating the spheres in a matrix of rigid material, finishing an upper surface of said matrix to expose a portion of said spheres, removing the spheres to form an array of cavities within said matrix, and forming features in said cavities in contact with said substrate so as to form the device.
US07811841B2	Semiconductor composite device, method for manufacturing the semiconductor composite device, LED head that employs the semiconductor composite device, and image forming apparatus that employs the LED head A semiconductor composite apparatus includes a semiconductor thin film and a metal layer formed on a substrate. The semiconductor thin film is bonded to the metal layer formed on the substrate. A region is formed between the semiconductor thin film and the metal surface, and contains an oxide of a metal that forms the metal surface. The metal surface is a surface of a metal layer provided on the substrate. The metal surface contains an element selected from the group consisting of Pd, Ni, Ge, Pt, Ti, Cr, and Au. The metal surface is coated with either a Pd layer or an Ni layer.
US07811829B2	Measuring probe and production process thereof To provide a measuring probe excellent in sensitivity and reproducibility, simple operation in the protein immobilization onto a support can prevent peeling or damage. A layer containing a protein is adsorbed onto a support surface to fully encircle the long axis of the support, and the adsorbed layer is treated for cross-linking with a cross-linking agent in a concentration of 1 to 5 moles to 1 mole of the protein.
US07811823B2	Gene encoding an enzyme for catalyzing biosynthesis of lignan, and use thereof The present invention provides an enzyme that catalyzes the reaction producing piperitol from pinoresinol, and a reaction producing sesamin from piperitol. The invention also provides a gene that encodes such enzyme. Further, the invention provides a vector and transformant including a gene encoding the enzyme, and a producing method of the protein using the transformant.
US07811805B2	Mutant paramyxovirus and method for production thereof The present invention provides a modified paramyxovirus containing a reduced amount of receptor-binding protein compared with the wild type; a method of preparing a modified paramyxovirus, comprising the following steps: (1) a step for introducing a nucleic acid that suppresses the expression of a receptor-binding protein of a paramyxovirus into an animal cell, (2) a step for infecting the paramyxovirus to the cell, and (3) a step for isolating paramyxovirus particles replicated in the cell; and a modified paramyxovirus prepared by the method of preparation mentioned above.The present invention also provides a chimera protein wherein a fusion protein of a virus has been joined or bound to a peptide that binds specifically to a cell surface marker; a nucleic acid that encodes the chimera protein; an animal cell capable of expressing the chimera protein on the cell surface thereof; a modified paramyxovirus expressing the chimera protein on the virus particle surface thereof; and a method of preparing a tissue targeting paramyxovirus, comprising: (1) a step for supplying a nucleic acid that encodes a chimera protein wherein a fusion protein of a virus has been joined or bound to a peptide that binds specifically to a cell surface marker of the target cells, (2) a step for introducing the nucleic acid supplied in (1) into an animal cell in an expressible state, and expressing the same, (3) a step for infecting a paramyxovirus to the cell, and (4) a step for isolating paramyxovirus particles replicated in the cell.
US07811797B2	α-isomaltosylglucosaccharide-forming enzyme, process and uses of the same The object of the present invention is to provide an α-isomaltosylglucosaccharide-forming enzyme, process of the same, cyclotetrasaccharide, and saccharide composition comprising the saccharide which are obtainable by using the enzyme; and is solved by establishing an α-isomaltosylglucosaccharide-forming enzyme which forms a saccharide, having a glucose polymerization degree of at least three and having both the α-1,6 glucosidic linkage as a linkage at the non-reducing end and the α-1,4 glucosidic linkage other than the linkage at the non-reducing end, by catalyzing the α-glucosyl-transfer from a saccharide having a glucose polymerization degree of at least two and having the α-1,4 glucosidic linkage as a linkage at the non-reducing end without substantially increasing the reducing power; α-isomaltosyl-transferring method using the enzyme; method for forming α-isomaltosylglucosaccharide; process for producing a cyclotetrasaccharide having the structure of cyclo{66)-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(163)-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(166)-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(163)-α-D-glucopyranosyl-(16} using both the α-isomaltosylglucosaccharide-forming enzyme and the α-isomaltosyl-transferring enzyme; and the uses of the saccharides obtainable therewith.
US07811794B2	Genetic polymorphisms associated with rheumatoid arthritis, methods of detection and uses thereof The present invention is based on the discovery of genetic polymorphisms that are associated with rheumatoid arthritis. In particular, the present invention relates to nucleic acid molecules containing the polymorphisms, variant proteins encoded by such nucleic acid molecules, reagents for detecting the polymorphic nucleic acid molecules and proteins, and methods of using the nucleic acid and proteins as well as methods of using reagents for their detection.
US07811783B2	Rapid method of detection and enumeration of sulfide-producing bacteria in food products A rapid method for detecting spoilage of a food sample, particularly a fish sample, by detecting and enumerating sulfide-producing bacteria (SPB). A growth medium containing iron and sulfur is combined with the food sample forming an incubation mixture which is incubated for a period of time. In one embodiment, a plurality of fluorescence measurements are taken during an incubation period of about 3 hours to 17 hours at 30° C. SPB are determined to be present in the sample if the fluorescence measurement initially increases and then decreases to form a fluorescence maximum (peak). The time to detection of the fluorescence peak can be used with a correlation schedule to enumerate the SPB in the food sample. In another embodiment, a visual test can also be used to identify color changes in the incubation mixture to provide a semi-quantitative enumeration of SPB effective after about 3 hours to 17 hours of incubation.
US07811775B2	Fluorescence polarization-based homogenous assay for aflatoxins A homogeneous assay for determining the aflatoxin content in agricultural products uses the technique of fluorescence polarization. A solvent is used to extract aflatoxins from a sample of the agricultural product. A mixture is prepared by combining the extract with a tracer and with a monoclonal antibody specific for aflatoxin. The tracer is able to bind to the monoclonal antibody to produce a detectable change in fluorescence polarization. The tracer is prepared by conjugating an aflatoxin oxime to a suitable fluorophore. The fluorescence polarization of the mixture is measured. The aflatoxin concentration of the mixture may be calculated using a standard curve obtained by measuring the fluorescence polarization of a series of aflatoxin solutions of known concentration.
US07811772B2	Apolipoprotein A-II isoform as a biomarker for prostate cancer The present invention provides a protein-based biomarker, ApoA-II isoform, that is useful in determining prostate cancer status in a patient. In particular, the biomarker of this invention is useful to classify a biological sample as prostate cancer or non-prostate cancer. The ability of ApoA-II to detect disease in patients with a normal prostate-specific antigen (PSA) makes the biomarker of this invention useful in identifying indolent disease. The biomarker can be detected by SELDI mass spectrometry, HPLC, PAGE and Western blotting.
US07811767B2	Methods and compositions for assessing acute rejection The invention relates to the analysis and identification of genes that are up-regulated simultaneously in transplant rejection. This simultaneous up-regulation of genes provides a molecular signature to accurately detect transplant rejection.
US07811757B2	Methods for disease detection The present invention provides methods for detecting disease by analysis of a patient sample to determine the integrity of nucleic acids in the sample.
US07811732B2	Titanocene containing photoconductors A photoconductor that includes, for example, a supporting substrate, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer, and wherein at least one of the charge transport layer and the photogenerating layer contains a titanocene.
US07811729B2	Imaging member Disclosed is an imaging member comprising a conductive substrate, a photogenerating layer comprising a photogenerating material in contact with the substrate, a first charge transport layer in contact with the photogenerating layer, the first charge transport layer comprising a charge transport material and a polymer containing carboxylic acid groups or groups capable of forming carboxylic acid groups, and a second charge transport layer in contact with the first charge transport layer, the second charge transport layer comprising a charge transport material and a hydroquinone antioxidant, wherein the first charge transport layer is situated between the second charge transport layer and the photogenerating layer.
US07811723B2	Phase-shift mask and method for forming a pattern A phase-shift mask for forming a pattern includes a glass substrate and a pattern, a first phase-shift region, a second phase-shift region and a third phase-shift region on the glass substrate. The first phase-shift region and the second phase-shift region are alternately arranged and the third phase-shift regions are formed at the terminal ends of the first phase-shift region.
US07811717B2	Electrically conductive member for solid oxide fuel-stack Disclosed is an electrically conductive member for electrically connecting a plurality of solid oxide fuel cells in series and/or parallel to assemble a fuel-cell stack. The electrically conductive member according to the present invention comprises a metal sheet having a three-dimensional porous structure of a continuous skeleton. The electrically conductive member according to the present invention is three-dimensionally strong and is highly elastic and resilient. Therefore, the thickness of the electrically conductive member can be easily re-regulated in the regulation of spacing between the fuel cells. Further, even after baking or power generation, the electrically conductive member is not sintered, and separation easily takes place in the folded interface, and, thus, excellent maintainability can be realized.
US07811713B2	Thermal control of cathode inlet air flow for a fuel cell system A method and apparatus for thermal control of air flow in a fuel cell system, capable of accurately controlling the temperature of the air stream entering the water vapor transfer unit, maintaining a desired temperature set-point, and minimizing the time required for the air stream to reach the optimum operating temperature.
US07811704B2	Method of making zinc electrode including a fatty acid A composition, method of its preparation, and zinc electrodes comprising the composition as the active mass, for use in rechargeable electrochemical cells with enhanced cycle life is described. The electrode active mass comprises a source of electrochemically active zinc and at least one fatty acid or a salt, ester or derivative thereof, or an alkyl sulfonic acid or a salt ester or derivative thereof. The zinc electrode is assumed to exhibit low shape change and decreased dendrite formation compared to known zinc electrodes, resulting in electrochemical cells which have improved capacity retention over a number of charge/discharge cycles.
US07811703B2	Nonaqueous electrolyte battery, battery pack and vehicle A nonaqueous electrolyte battery includes a positive electrode, a negative electrode and a nonaqueous electrolyte. The negative electrode contains a negative electrode active material. The negative electrode active material has a lithium ion insertion potential of 0.4V (vs. Li/Li+) or higher and a pore diameter distribution in which a median diameter is not smaller than 1 μm and a mode diameter is not larger than 1/10 of the median diameter. The pore diameter distribution is measured by mercury porosimetry.
US07811701B2	Battery assembly A battery pack includes multiple power bus lines connecting a quantity of cell strings in parallel, wherein each cell string includes multiple cells connected in series. The battery pack further has multiple conductors providing electrical communication between the cell strings such that a cell in one cell string is connected in parallel with a cell in other battery strings.
US07811700B2	Separator-electrode unit for lithium-ion batteries, method for the production and use thereof in lithium batteries The separator-electrode units comprise a porous electrode which is useful as a positive electrode (cathode) or negative electrode (anode) in a lithium battery and a separator layer applied to this electrode and are characterized in that the separator-electrode units comprise a purely inorganic separator layer which comprises at least two fractions of metal oxide particles which differ from each other in their average particle size and/or in the metal. More particularly, the separator layer comprises metal oxide particles having an average particle size (Dg) which is greater than the average pore size (d) of the pores of the porous positive electrode that are bonded together by metal oxide particles having a particle size (Dk) which is smaller than the pores of the porous electrode.
US07811697B2	Cylindrical lithium ion secondary battery A cylindrical lithium ion secondary battery includes a center pin fabricated with an inexpensive material and having a coating layer formed on the outer surface of the center pin. The cylindrical lithium ion secondary battery includes an electrode assembly having the center pin inserted through the center of the electrode. A case is provided for housing the electrode assembly and an electrolyte. A cap assembly seals the case. The center pin includes a body formed from a metallic material and a coating layer is formed on the outer surface of the body.
US07811695B2	Composite block of fuel cells In order to create a fuel cell unit, comprising a cathode-anode-electrolyte unit and a contact plate which is in electrically conductive contact with the cathode-anode-electrolyte unit, which requires only small production resources and is thus suitable for large-scale production it is suggested that the fuel cell unit comprise a fluid guiding element which is connected to the contact plate in a fluid-tight manner, forms a boundary of a fluid chamber having fluid flowing through it during operation of the fuel cell unit and is designed as a shaped sheet metal part.
US07811674B2	Hot-dip galvanizing bath and galvanized iron article A galvanized iron article is provided which is formed by hot-dipping the iron article in a galvanizing bath that contains 0.005 to 0.2 mass % of Cu and 0.001 to 0.1 mass % of Al, with the balance being Zn and unavoidable impurities, to provide a galvanized layer thereon.
US07811673B2	High strength polyethylene fiber To provide a novel high strength polyethylene multifilament which consists of a plurality of filaments having high strengths and uniform internal structures, and showing a narrow variation in the strengths of the monofilaments, and which has been difficult to be provided by the conventional gel spinning method.A high strength polyethylene multifilament consisting of a plurality of filaments which are characterized in that the crystal size of monoclinic crystal is 9 nm or less; the stress Raman shift factor is −5.0 cm−1/(cN/dTex) or more; the average strength is 20 CN/dTex or higher; the knot strength retention of each monofilament is 40% or higher; CV indicating a variation in the strengths of the monofilaments is 25% or lower; the elongation at break is from 2.5% inclusive to 6.0% inclusive; the fineness of each filament is 10 dTex or less; and the melting point of the filaments is 145° C. or higher.
US07811671B2	Impact-modified polyamide film Films made from impact-modified polyamide.
US07811667B2	Carbon nano-tube film with a transformed substrate structure and a manufacturing method thereof A carbon nanotube (CNT) film having a transformed substrate structure and a manufacturing method thereof. The CNT film includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of three-dimensional (3D) structures formed distant from each other on the transparent substrate, and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) deposited on the transparent substrate where the plurality of 3D structures is not formed. The method includes forming a plurality of 3D structures distant from each other on a transparent substrate, and depositing a CNT solution on the substrate with the plurality of 3D structures formed thereon, wherein the CNT solution is deposited into a portion of the transparent substrate where the 3D structures are not formed. Thus, the deposition mechanism of the CNT solution is controlled to thereby increase the transparency of the CNT film and the electrical conductivity of an electrode including the CNT film.
US07811666B2	Multiple function, self-repairing composites with special adhesives A system for self-repairing matrices such as concrete or cementitous matrices, polymeric matrices, and/or fibrous matrices, including laminates thereof. The system includes repair agents retained in and/or on vessels, such as hollow fibers, within the matrix. Upon impact, the vessel rupture, releasing the chemicals. For multi-layer laminates, the systems provides a total dynamic energetic circulation system that functions as an in situ fluidic system in at least one layer or area. The energy from the impact ruptures the vessels to release the chemical(s), and mixes the chemical(s) and pushes the chemical(s) and/or resulting compound through the matrix. The repair agents can withstand high temperatures, such as the heat of processing of many laminates, e.g., 250-350° F.
US07811664B2	Fluororesin coating film A fluororesin coating film for improved permeation resistance that maintains excellent wear resistance and also products containing such film. The fluororesin coating has at least two layers that are formed on a substrate where at least one of the layers contains filler with a new Mohs hardness of ≧7 and a tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro (alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer and tetrafluoroethylene-perfluoro (alkyl vinyl ether) copolymer layer directly below the layer described above.
US07811661B2	Heat-sensitive adhesive material In order to provide heat-sensitive adhesive materials that represent high pressure-sensitive adhesive strength with respect to rough adherends such as cardboards or polyolefin wraps and lower decrease of adhesive strength with time, are thermally activated with lower energy and exhibit excellent blocking resistance, heat-sensitive adhesive materials are disclosed that contain a support, an underlayer, and a heat-sensitive adhesive layer, in this order, wherein the underlayer comprises a thermoplastic resin and a hollow filler, and the glass transition temperature of the thermoplastic resin is −70° C. or higher and below 0° C.
US07811652B2	Formed article of cordierite and method for manufacturing the formed article A formed article is made of cordierite. The cordierite has a plurality of domains and a plurality of crystal grains placed in each domain to form a domain structure. The crystal grains in each domain are substantially aligned in the same direction, and an average size of the domains ranges from 40 μm to 150 μm. The article of cordierite is formed in a honeycomb structure having a plurality of cell walls arranged in a honeycomb form, and a plurality of cells divided by the cell walls are formed. The article of cordierite has a porosity ranging from 36% to 38%, a coefficient of linear thermal expansion equal to or lower than 0.2×106/K and a mechanical strength equal to or higher than 60×106 Pa.
US07811649B2	Roll of interconnected detachable fabric/cloth sheets A roll of interconnected detachable fabric or cloth sheets provides an environmentally friendly cost effective reusable alternative to disposable paper towels, and nonwoven wipes and mop pads. Each of the sheets includes a front surface and a rear surface. The front surface of one sheet is connected with the rear surface of an adjacent sheet to form the roll by connectors such as male and female hook and loop ribbon sections. The individual sheets can also be used as mop head covers. A dispenser for the sheets includes a spindle for rotatably retaining the roll and a rack for supporting a detached sheet for air drying between uses.
US07811641B2	Method of forming carbon nanotubes, field emission display device having carbon nanotubes formed through the method, and method of manufacturing field emission display device There are provided a method of forming carbon nano tubes, a field emission display device having the carbon nanotubes formed using the method, and a method of manufacturing the field emission display device. The method of forming carbon nanotubes includes forming a catalytic metal layer on a substrate, forming an insulation layer on the catalytic metal layer, and forming carbon nanotubes on the insulation layer.
US07811633B2	Optical absorber layers for solar cell and method of manufacturing the same Disclosed herein is a light-absorbing layer for a solar cell with enhanced sunlight absorption comprising CuGaSe2, CuIn1-xGaxSe2 and CuInSe2 thin films laminated one another. Further disclosed is a method of manufacturing the light absorbing layer. The method comprises the steps of: forming an InSe thin film from a single precursor containing In and Se on a substrate by metal organic chemical vapor deposition; forming a Cu2Se thin film using a Cu precursor on the InSe thin film by metal organic chemical vapor deposition; forming a CuGaSe2 thin film using a single precursor containing Ga and Se on the Cu2Se thin film by metal organic chemical vapor deposition; and forming a CuGaSe2/CuInSe2 multilayer thin-film structure using the single precursor containing In and Se and the Cu precursor on the CuGaSe2 thin film by metal organic chemical vapor deposition.
US07811629B2	Method of applying a patch to a fastener A patch application system is provided comprising a powder application booth. The powder application booth comprises a powder block to temporarily house the powder prior to ejection, a nozzle insert to guide the powder onto the screw, a support stand to adjust the powder block to the appropriate position relative to the screw for a desired patch location and size, a powder cup to deliver the powder to the powder block. A programmable logic controller electronically coupled to the micro air-switch valve controls the duration the air-switch valve remains open. The entire process may be automated by including a screw hopper to temporarily store a plurality of screws, a bowl feeder receiving the screws and delivering the screws to a rotating disk, wherein the rotating disk passes the screws through a heating element and presents the heated screws to the powder application booth.
US07811626B2	Printed circuit board and method of manufacturing the same Provided is a method of manufacturing a printed circuit board. In an embodiment, the method includes forming a prepreg layer via a reel method, forming a conductive film for forming a circuit pattern on at least one surface of the prepreg layer; and forming a predetermined circuit pattern on the conductive film. In an embodiment, the prepreg layer has a thickness of at most about 0.15 mm and contains a fiber material and a resin material. In an embodiment, the content of the resin material in the prepreg layer is about 70% or less by volume. In an embodiment, the prepreg layer is composed of at least one prepreg layer.
US07811622B2	Coated implantable medical device A coated implantable medical device 10 includes a structure 12 adapted for introduction into the vascular system, esophagus, trachea, colon, biliary tract, or urinary tract; at least one coating layer 16 posited on one surface of the structure; and at least one layer 18 of a bioactive material posited on at least a portion of the coating layer 16, wherein the coating layer 16 provides for the controlled release of the bioactive material from the coating layer. In addition, at least one porous layer 20 can be posited over the bioactive material layer 18, wherein the porous layer includes a polymer and provides for the controlled release of the bioactive material therethrough. Preferably, the structure 12 is a coronary stent. The porous layer 20 includes a polymer applied preferably by vapor or plasma deposition and provides for a controlled release of the bioactive material. It is particularly preferred that the polymer is a polyamide, parylene or a parylene derivative, which is deposited without solvents, heat or catalysts, and merely by condensation of a monomer vapor.
US07811618B2	Method for reducing asparagine in food products A method for reducing the amount of asparagine, a pre-cursor of acrylamide, in food products that are thermally processed. This invention permits the production of foods having significantly reduced levels of acrylamide. The method relies on contacting a potato feed such as potato slices containing asparagine, an acrylamide pre-cursor, with a leaching solution to extract asparagine out of the potato feed. Thermally processing the leached potatoes will result in a potato product having a lower level of acrylamide than a non-leached, thermally processed potato product.
US07811615B2	Corrugated knife fixture with variable pitch and amplitude A cut vegetable product such as a wedge-cut potato includes a pair of cut surfaces oriented generally at an acute angle, and each extending and diverging from a common tip toward a heel. Each of the cut surfaces defines a generally wave-shaped configuration with a wave pitch and a wave amplitude. At least one and preferably both of the wave pitch and wave amplitude increases progressively from the common tip toward the heel.
US07811613B2	Individualized trichomes and products employing same Individualized trichomes, methods for individualizing trichomes, chemical derivatives of individualized trichomes, trichome-containing fibrous structures, single- or multi-ply sanitary tissue products comprising such fibrous structures and methods for making such fibrous structures and sanitary tissue products are provided.
US07811612B2	Herbal mixture extract of notoginseng radix, rehmanniae radix preparata and acanthopanacis cortex and composition comprising the same for prevention and treatment of arthritis The present invention relates to an extract of an herbal mixture of Notoginseng radix, Rehmanniae radix preparata and Acanthopanacis cortex, and a method for treating arthritis using the extract as an effective ingredient. The extract of the herbal mixture of the present invention can effectively inhibits the release of inflammatory substances and the synthesis of cartilage destroying substance as well as the progress of arthritis.
US07811608B2	Tissue repair compositions and methods for their manufacture and use An osteogenic composition is prepared by a process including the steps of subjecting demineralized bone to an extraction medium to produce an insoluble extraction product and a soluble extraction product, separating the insoluble extraction product and the soluble extraction product, drying the soluble extraction product to remove all or substantially all of the moisture in the soluble extracting product, and combining the dried soluble extraction product with demineralized bone particles. Preferably, the process does not involve heating.
US07811605B2	Method of formation of shape-retentive aggregates of gel particles and their uses The present invention relates to a method of forming shape-retentive aggregates of gel particles in which the aggregates are held together by non-covalent bond physical forces such as, without limitation, hydrophobic-hydrophilic interactions and hydrogen bonds. The method comprises introducing a suspension of gel particles in a polar liquid at a selected concentration, wherein the gel particles have an absolute zeta potential, into a medium in which the absolute zeta potential of the gel particles is decreased, resulting in the gel particles coalescing into the claimed shape-retentive aggregate. This invention also relates to uses of the method of formation of the shape-retentive aggregates of gel particles.
US07811601B2	Ophthalmic lenses capable of sustained drug release and preservative solutions therefor An object of the present invention is to provide a practical ophthalmic lens which has an effect of effectively retaining and sustainedly releasing a drug and has form stability before and after release of the drug, wherein the ionic polymer gel having sustained drug releasability can regulate the amount of the drug included therein, depending on the efficacy of the drug used, and storing solution for a practical ophthalmic lens.The present invention relates to a drug delivery ophthalmic lens comprising a cationic group-containing drug in the inside of a copolymer consisting of a hydrophilic monomer having a hydroxyl group in its molecule, at least one member selected from specific phosphate group-containing methacrylates a monomer having a nitrogen atom in its side chain, and a monomer copolymerizable with these components, and also relates to a drug delivery ophthalmic lens comprising an anionic group-containing drug in the inside of a copolymer consisting of a hydrophilic monomer, cationic and anionic monomers, and a monomer copolymerizable with these components, wherein the copolymer contains the anionic monomer in a ratio of 30 to 90 mol % to the cationic monomer, and also relates to storing solution for a practical ophthalmic lens.
US07811599B2	Pharmaceutical combinations comprising a fungicide, a bacteriostatic sulphonamide and an antibacterial compound for topical application Medical combination and its method of topical use comprising active ingredients which are sparingly soluble in water, preferably in one single composition against microbes which are pathogenic in humans and animals and which usually appear together. It comprises at least one active ingredient which is effective against several of the opportunally pathogenic strains of the group consisting of fungi Candida, Aspergillus, and/or Fusarium, and aerobic bacteria: Gram-negative bacilli such as Proteus, Pseudomonas, enterobacter species, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella, Serratia marcescens, Citrobacter, Aeromonas; Gram-negative cocci such as Neisseria, Acinetobacter species; Gram-positive bacilli such as Corynebacterium species, Bacillus sphaericus, Gram-positive cocci such as Streptococcus species; anaerobic bacteria: Gram-negative cocci such as Bacteroides, Fusobacteria; Gram-positive cocci such as Peptococcus, Peptostreptococcus species; Gram-positive bacilli such as Clostridium, Propionibacterium, Eubacterium species and Mycobacterium species such as Mycobacterium ulcerans, microbes similar to bacteria of the Chlamydia species such as Chlamydia trachomatis. To be used for treatment of the skin or mucous membranes bearing epithelial lesions, deficiency or injuries and to be used in body cavities to prevent or cure infections and deficiencies. The composition contains-dispersed in a carrier which is pharmaceutically acceptable on the site of treatment-at least one fungicide, which is preferably azole or polyene type and at least one antibacterial compound preferably of the erythromycin, azalide, linkozamide, polypeptide type and at least one bacteriostatic sulphonamide. Additionals mainly for use on skin may include zinc oxide and asulene. Useful in forms of ointment, tablet, effervescent tablet, suppository, foam.
US07811596B2	Wet wipes (I) A cleansing article having a substrate capable of absorbing and retaining a fluid therein, the substrate being impregnated with a cleaning composition containing a hydroxy mixed ether.
US07811595B2	Prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors and methods of use The present disclosure relates to HIF-1α prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors, compositions which comprise the HIF-1α prolyl hydroxylase inhibitors described herein and to methods for controlling, inter alia, Peripheral Vascular Disease (PVD), Coronary Artery Disease (CAD), heart failure, ischemia, and anemia.
US07811593B2	Pharmaceutical composition with combined active agents and methods for using the same The current invention involves a pharmaceutical composition containing a combination of two active agents. The invention also involves the use of the combination composition to the preparation of a drug combination intended to treat, control and prevent type 2 diabetes and other diseases and conditions that glucose abnormality, including abnormalities in glucose levels and glucose metabolism, is a component.
US07811585B2	Streptococcus pyogenes antigens The present invention relates to antigens, more particularly an antigen of Streptococcus pyogenes (also called group A Streptococcus (GAS)) bacterial pathogen which is useful as vaccine component for therapy and/or prophylaxis.
US07811581B2	Epstein Barr Virus (EBV) tumor-associated latent membrane extracellular domain peptides Described are a method for the identification of extracellular epitopes of Epstein Barr virus (EBV) encoded membrane proteins, expressed on the outer cell surface of EBV-transformed mammalian cells, methods for the selection and preparation of antibody reagents specific for the said epitopes, as well as peptides, including extracellular domains of Epstein Barr Virus encoded tumour cell associated membrane proteins, the use of said peptide for immunization and therapeutic vaccination to induce antibodies and T-cells reactive with said domains, the use of said antibody reagents for the production of targeting cells, tumour cell purging and as diagnostic for and medicament against EBV-mediated malignant cell growth.
US07811570B2	Method of affecting a function of or ablating a non-malignant cell Provided are methods and compositions for detecting and treating normal, hypoplastic, ectopic or remnant tissue, organ or cells in a mammal. The method comprises parenterally injecting a mammalian subject, at a locus and by a route providing access to said tissue or organ, with an composition comprising antibody/fragment which specifically binds to targeted organ, tissue or cell. The antibody/fragment may be administered alone, or labeled or conjugated with an imaging, therapeutic, cytoprotective or activating agent.
US07811569B2	Recombinant anti-Plasmodium falciparum antibodies The present invention relates to a recombinant human antibody comprising an antibodysequence specific for the MSP-3 antigen of Plasmodium falciparum. In particular, the invention relates to a recombinant human antibody which is specific for the MSP-3194-257 antigen. The invention further relates to nucleic acid encoding such antibodies and to uses of these antibodies, in particular in the treatment or prophylaxis of malaria.
US07811561B1	MCT-1, a human oncogene A novel gene, designated MCT-1 (for Multiple Copies in T-cell malignancy), is provided. A protein encoded by MCT-1, designated MCT-1, is also provided. Antisense oligonucleotides complementary to or homologous with a portion of MCT-1, substantially purified MCT-1, and methods of determining whether a cell is a tumor cell are also provided. The invention also includes monoclonal and polyclonal antibody preparations which bind with specificity to MCT-1. The invention further includes methods of determining whether a compound or a gene product is a modulator of MCT-1 expression, a method of reducing MCT-1 expression in a cell, and a method of conferring a growth advantage on a cell.
US07811560B2	Compositions and methods for treating collagen-mediated diseases A drug product comprising a combination of highly purified collagenase I and collagenase II from Colostridium histolyticum is disclosed. The drug product includes collagenase I and collagenase II in a ratio of about 1 to 1, with a purity of greater than at least 95%. The invention further disclosed improved fermentation and purification processes for preparing the said drug product.
US07811548B1	Fluorescent phospholipid ether compounds and compositions The invention generally relates to novel fluorescent phospholipid compounds and compositions comprising these compounds. A preferred compound of the present invention has the following structural formula:
US07811545B2	Process for large-scale production of monodisperse nanoparticles The present invention is directed to a process for making nanoparticles of metals, metal alloys, metal oxides and multi-metallic oxides, which comprises the steps of reacting a metal salt dissolved in water with an alkali metal salt of C4-25 carboxylic acid dissolved in a first solvent selected from the group consisting of C5-10 aliphatic hydrocarbon and C6-10 aromatic hydrocarbon to form a metal carboxylate complex; and heating the metal carboxylate complex dissolved in a second solvent selected from the group consisting of C6-25 aromatic, C6-25 ether, C6-25 aliphatic hydrocarbon and C6-25 amine to produce the nanoparticles.
US07811542B1	Carbon nanotube particulates, compositions and use thereof A method for making carbon nanotube particulates involves providing a catalyst comprising catalytic metals, such as iron and molybdenum or metals from Group VIB or Group VIIIB elements, on a support material, such as magnesia, and contacting the catalyst with a gaseous carbon-containing feedstock, such as methane, at a sufficient temperature and for a sufficient contact time to make small-diameter carbon nanotubes having one or more walls and outer wall diameters of less than about 3 nm. Removal of the support material from the carbon nanotubes yields particulates of enmeshed carbon nanotubes that retain an approximate three-dimensional shape and size of the particulate support that was removed. The carbon nanotube particulates can comprise ropes of carbon nanotubes. The carbon nanotube particulates disperse well in polymers and show high conductivity in polymers at low loadings. As electrical emitters, the carbon nanotube particulates exhibit very low “turn on” emission field.
US07811539B2	Device and method for filtering contaminants A filter device and method for using a filter device. The filter device includes a catalyst for catalyzing the reaction of organic molecules, such as an oxidation reaction, and an adsorbent for adsorbing reacted organic molecules. As a result, gaseous contaminants that include organic molecules are reacted to alter the polarity and reduce the molecular weight of the molecules. The reacted molecules are then adsorbed using an adsorbent. The filter and method are particularly useful for reacting and capturing hydrocarbons such as aliphatic hydrocarbons from an enclosed space, such as a disk drive assembly.
US07811538B2	Mercaptan removal method The method allows to remove mercaptans contained in a gaseous feed comprising hydrocarbons by carrying out the following stages: a) contacting, in a reactor R1, gaseous feed 1 with a liquid stream 13 comprising olefins, in the presence of a first acid catalyst so that the mercaptans react with the olefins so as to form sulfides, b) discharging an effluent 3 from reactor R1 and separating the effluent into a gas phase and a liquid phase so as to obtain a mercaptan-depleted treated gas 4 and a sulfide-laden liquid, c) separating the sulfide-laden liquid into a first fraction 6 and a second fraction 5, the volume flow rate of first fraction 6 being at least three times higher than the volume flow rate of second fraction 5, d) recycling first fraction 6 to stage a) as a first portion of said liquid stream to be fed into said reactor R1, e) regenerating second fraction 5 by cracking so as to obtain a sulfide-depleted second fraction 2 that is recycled to stage a) as a second portion of said liquid stream.
US07811534B2	Method for the treatment of copper-bearing materials The present invention relates to a method for the treatment of copper-bearing materials, such as copper concentrates, so that the impurities and gangue minerals in the materials, such as silicates, are in effect removed completely.
US07811533B2	Unit for sterilising and depyrogenating containers A unit for sterilizing and depyrogenating containers of the type including a conveying device suitable for receiving a plurality of containers through at least an inlet and supplying the containers in a set direction to a corresponding outlet of the unit. The unit has a sterilizing/depyrogenating unit defined by at least two sterilizing modules arranged consecutively in said direction and communicating through an intermediate passage and affected by the conveying device. The sterilizing modules are activatable independently of one another according to alternative operating modes for hot and/or cooling sterilizing the containers.
US07811525B2	Methods and systems for modulating acoustic energy delivery The present invention provides systems, methods, and devices for using acoustic energy. In some embodiments, a fluid bath may be provided in the system where the fluid bath quality may be monitored using acoustic energy. An assessment of fluid bath quality can be determined through a comparison that is made of an initial power signal of the acoustic energy with a reflected power signal of the acoustic energy.
US07811509B2	Material submergence system A molten metal submergence device includes a submergence chamber, an inlet pipe, and a vortex breaker. The submergence chamber is defined by a side wall and includes an inlet in communication with an associated molten metal bath and an outlet in communication with the associated molten metal bath. The inlet is positioned in relation to the side wall such that material passing through the inlet is introduced at least substantially tangentially to the side wall. The inlet pipe is in communication with the inlet of the submergence chamber. The inlet pipe is configured to depend from a wall of the submergence chamber within the confines of the side wall. The vortex breaker is disposed in the submergence chamber between the inlet and the outlet.
US07811507B2	Dialysis membrane having improved ability for removal of middle molecules A hydrophilic semipermeable hollow-fibre membrane for blood treatment, with an integrally asymmetric structure based on a synthetic polymer. The hollow-fiber membrane possess on its inner surface a separating layer and an adjoining open-pored supporting layer, and has an ultrafiltration rate in albumin solution of 5 to ≦25 ml/(h·m2·mmHg). The hollow fiber membrane is free from pore-stabilizing additives and has a maximum sieving coefficient for albumin of 0.005 and a sieving coefficient of cytochrome c that satisfies the equation SCcc≧5·10−5·UFRAlb3−0.004·UFRAlb2+0.1081·UFRAlb−0.25.
US07811506B2	Mold, molding assemblies and molding processes The invention discloses a mold, a molding assembly and a molding process for molding two tier array of containers of synthetic polymeric material. The process is particularly related to formed, filled and sealed molded containers.
US07811494B2	Cable manufacturing process A process for manufacturing a cable which includes a conductor; an inner semiconductive layer surrounding the conductor and having a thickness lower than or equal to 0.4 mm; and an insulating layer surrounding the inner semiconductive layer. The process includes the step of co-extruding the inner semiconductive layer and the insulating layer and includes: a) providing a first annular flow of inner semiconductive material and a second annular flow of insulating material; b) contacting the outer surface of the first annular flow and the inner surface of the second annular flow at an axial distance from the contacting point where the inner surface of the first annular flow contacts the conductor; c) selecting in combination the predetermined feeding speed and the contacting point as a function of the dynamic viscosity of the inner semiconductive material and of the insulating material, so that a ratio between the shear stress of the inner semiconductive layer at the radially inner wall of the extrusion die and the shear stress of the insulating layer at the radially outer wall of the extrusion die, in proximity of the contacting point, is about 0.5 to 4; and d) compression extruding the insulating layer and the inner semiconductive layer onto the conductor.
US07811478B2	Positive-electrode active material powder The present invention provides a positive-electrode active material powder, which comprises a granular material (A) capable of doping/dedoping lithium ions and a deposit (B) placed on the surface of the material in a granular or layered form (herein, the material (A) and the deposit (B) are not the same), the percentage of [volumetric sum of particles having a particle diameter of 1 μm or less]/[volumetric sum of entire particles] being 5% or less.
US07811475B2	Neutron shielding material composition, shielding material and container There is provided a neutron shielding material which has heat resistance and has ensured neutron shielding performance even in a high-temperature environment during storage of a spent nuclear fuel for high burnup. A neutron shielding material having improved heat resistance and ensured neutron shielding performance due to the absence of an amine curing agent is provided by a neutron shielding material composition comprising a polymerization initiator, a polymerization component, a density increasing agent and a boron compound. As the polymerization component of the present invention, an epoxy component and an oxetane component are particularly preferably used.
US07811468B2	Method of forming a composite containing a matrix component and at least one liquid crystal component A method of forming a composite containing a matrix component and at least one liquid crystal component includes providing a matrix, providing a first material that is phase separable from the matrix, adding the first material to the matrix, and replacing the first material that is phase separable form the matrix with a second material exhibiting liquid crystalline behavior.
US07811464B2	Preferential etching method and silicon single crystal substrate There is provided a preferential etching method wherein a preferential etchant which contains at least a hydrofluoric acid whose composition by volume falls within the range of 0.02 to 0.1, a nitric acid whose composition by volume falls within the range of 0.5 to 0.6, an acetic acid whose composition by volume falls within the range of 0.2 to 0.25, and water is used to etch a silicon single crystal substrate whose electrical resistivity is less than 10 mΩ·cm at a rate higher than 0.1 μm/min, thereby eliciting BMDs on a surface of the silicon single crystal substrate. As a result, the preferential etching method that can evaluate and utilize characteristics of crystal defects, especially BMDs in an ultralow-resistance silicon single crystal substrate whose electrical resistivity is less than 10 mΩ·cm, which cannot be readily detected by conventional techniques, by performing preferential etching using a chromeless etchant containing no harmful chrome can be provided.
US07811456B2	Systems and methods for combining and converting solid and liquid organic waste materials into useful products Systems and methods are provided for converting organic waste materials from a municipal waste stream to useful products, such as fuels. Through the use of a biomixer and a hydropulper, as well as through sorting and screening, the organic waste materials are progressively reduced in size and cleaned of contamination. The resulting uniform biomass is suitable for anaerobic digestion to produce biogas and a residual solid that is suitable for producing a high quality compost. A quantity of liquid organic waste material can be added to the biomixer, to the hydropulper and/or to the anaerobic digester. The quantity of liquid organic waste material can be obtained by separating the liquids from any containers and can be stored in a holding tank prior to being added to the biomixer, the hydropulper and/or the anaerobic digester.
US07811450B2	Swirl chamber with movable non-return valve and air injector for prevention of sedimentation in storm water and waste drains A device for preventing sedimentation by regulating the flow of waste water through drain draining-wells, with or without a pump. The device has of a swirl chamber with connected outlet pipe and provided with an air injector. The swirl chamber which is tapered, generates a vortex flow in which the air added by the air injector gives the sludge particles a certain amount of buoyancy, making it easier for them to accompany the water flow without being precipitated.
US07811447B2	Method of transferring particles from one pressure zone to another pressure zone One exemplary embodiment can include a method of controlling a catalyst transfer vessel cycle of loading and unloading based on an expected level of a catalyst in a downstream vessel for a hydrocarbon conversion unit. The method can include calculating an expected catalyst level in the downstream vessel based on the unloading of the catalyst transfer vessel to adjust a setpoint to change the catalyst transfer vessel cycle of loading and unloading.
US07811434B2	Gas sensor A gas sensor including a gas detecting element extending in a longitudinal direction and in which a plurality of ceramic layers are stacked, and wherein a detecting portion is provided at a leading end side of the gas detecting element, the gas detecting element including: a first ceramic layer; a second ceramic layer; a first through-hole conductor; a first peripheral portion; a second through-hole conductor; a second peripheral portion; and an opening all as defined herein, wherein the first peripheral portion and the second peripheral portion respectively have mutually overlapping adhered portions and separated portions opposing one another through a gap continuing to the opening, and a relationship L1>S1 is satisfied, where L1 represents a maximum length of the adhered portion, and S1 represents a maximum length of the separated portion.
US07811432B2	Biosensors and methods of making Devices and methods for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample of liquid are provided.
US07811421B2	High deposition rate sputtering Methods and apparatus for high-deposition sputtering are described. A sputtering source includes an anode and a cathode assembly that is positioned adjacent to the anode. The cathode assembly includes a sputtering target. An ionization source generates a weakly-ionized plasma proximate to the anode and the cathode assembly. A power supply produces an electric field between the anode and the cathode assembly that creates a strongly-ionized plasma from the weakly-ionized plasma. The strongly-ionized plasma includes a first plurality of ions that impact the sputtering target to generate sufficient thermal energy in the sputtering target to cause a sputtering yield of the sputtering target to be non-linearly related to a temperature of the sputtering target.
US07811418B2	Papermaking machine employing an impermeable transfer belt, and associated methods A papermaking machine for making paper includes a forming section, a press section, and a drying section. The paper web is pressed between two press members while enclosed between a press felt and a transfer belt having non-uniformly distributed microscopic depressions in its surface, the web following the transfer belt from the press to a transfer point at which the web is transferred via a suction transfer device onto a structuring fabric, the web then being dried on a drying cylinder. The transfer point is spaced a distance D from the press nip selected based on machine speed, a basis weight of the web, and the surface characteristics of the transfer belt, such that within the distance D a thin water film between the web and the transfer belt at least partially dissipates to allow the web to be separated from the transfer belt.
US07811414B2	Method and system in a paper machine and software product The invention comprises a method and a system in a paper machine, and also a software product, allowing one or more tools to be generated for indicating the state of the paper production process in terms of energy consumption to the operating staff of the paper machine. This allows continual monitoring of the state of the paper production process and/or its energy efficiency combined with efforts to develop the manners of running the paper machine and its dryer section in a more favourable direction. In one embodiment of the invention, the dry solids content DSC of the press section can be calculated by means of the evaporation amount of the dryer section, the production of finished paper and the final paper moisture as follows: DSC=mpap,d/(mpap,d+mH2O), in which mpap,d is the dry mass flow of the paper web to the dryer section and mH2O is the water mass flow to the dryer section. mH2O is obtained by summing up the mass flow of the water discharged from the dryer section and the evaporated water mass flow.
US07811409B2	Bare aluminum baffles for resist stripping chambers Bare aluminum baffles are adapted for resist stripping chambers and include an outer aluminum oxide layer, which can be a native aluminum oxide layer or a layer formed by chemically treating a new or used bare aluminum baffle to form a thin outer aluminum oxide layer.
US07811405B2	Adhesive bonding of vehicle external panels to reduce bond-line read-out The bonding of polymeric panels with thermosetting adhesive compositions may lead to an unsightly image of the adhesive bond line on an external surface of the joined articles. This bond-line read-out is reduced or eliminated using an adhesive material with filler particles characterized by nanometer size clay platelets when the content of the filler particles does not exceed about five percent by volume of the uncured adhesive. Selective placement of the adhesive extending to the edges of the bonding surfaces of the polymeric members also reduces bond-line read-out.
US07811401B2	Cassette apparatus and process In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided for preparing a cassette spool. The apparatus includes: a supply reel for supplying and unrolling tape material on original backing paper; at least one cutting member for cutting unrolled tape material while on original backing paper; a cutting surface defined in a plane; a pivoting path member adapted to move from a first position aligned in the plane to a second position aligned at least partially out of the plane; at least one removing member for removing uncut unrolled tape material from original backing paper; and a cassette spool for rolling up unrolled cut tape material on original backing paper. In further embodiments, methods are provided for preparing a cassette spool with cut tape material on original backing paper.
US07811398B2	Method and apparatus for inspecting pneumatic tire during production An inspection method for inspecting beads provided on a tire building drum in process of production a pneumatic tire includes measuring a displacement amount in a radial direction on each of the beads lying axially on both sides of the drum with a distance sensor such as an eddy current sensor while rotating the drum, synthesizing displacement amounts so obtained on the beads on both the sides, calculating a harmonic of the displacement amounts in the radial direction of the beads by performing harmonic analysis on a resultant synthesized displacement amount, and determining whether the magnitude of the harmonic so calculated falls within a predetermined range.
US07811395B2	High strength L12 aluminum alloys High strength heat treatable aluminum alloys that can be used at temperatures from about −420° F. (−251° C.) up to about 650° F. (343° C.) are described. The alloys are strengthened by dispersion of particles based on the L12 intermetallic compound Al3X. These alloys comprise aluminum, copper, magnesium, at least one of scandium, erbium, thulium, ytterbium, and lutetium; and at least one of gadolinium, yttrium, zirconium, titanium, hafnium, and niobium.
US07811380B2	Process for obtaining bulk mono-crystalline gallium-containing nitride A process for obtaining bulk mono-crystalline gallium-containing nitride, liminating impurities from the obtained crystal and manufacturing substrates made of bulk mono-crystalline gallium-containing nitride has been now proposed. According to the invention, the process for obtaining of mono-crystalline gallium-containing nitride from the gallium-containing feedstock in a supercritical ammonia-containing solvent with mineralizer addition is characterized in that the feedstock is in the form of metallic gallium and the mineralizer is in the form of elements of Group I and/or their mixtures, and/or their compounds, especially those containing nitrogen and/or hydrogen, whereas the ammonia-containing solvent is in the form of the mineralizer and ammonia, there are two temperature zones in each step of the process, and the feedstock is placed in the dissolution zone, and at least one mono-crystalline seed is deposited in the crystallization zone, and following the transition of the solvent to the supercritical state, the process comprises the first step of transition of the feedstock from the metallic form to the polycrystalline gallium-containing nitride, and the second step of crystallization of the gallium-containing nitride through gradual dissolution of the feedstock and selective crystallization of gallium-containing nitride on at least one mono-crystalline seed at the temperature higher than that of the dissolution of the feedstock, while all the vital components of the reaction system (including the feedstock, seeds and mineralizer) invariably remain within the system throughout the whole process, and consequently bulk mono-crystalline gallium-containing nitride is obtained. The invention relates also the the post-treatment (slicing, annealing and washing) of the thus obtained crystals.The improved process and the bulk monocrystals obtained thereby are intended mainly for use in the field of opto-electronics.
US07811379B2	Regenerated calcium aluminate product and process of manufacture The disclosed invention provides an improved method that utilizes a liquid ladle slag in combination with a crushed material, such as a refractory brick, and alumina ladle brick or an aluminum dross, to manufacture a calcium aluminate product that can be used in the steel refining process.
US07811366B2	Metal surface treatment composition, metal surface treatment method, and metal material A metal surface treatment composition including at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a zirconium compound and a titanium compound, and an organosiloxane, which is a polycondensate of organosilane and has in a molecule thereof of at least two amino groups, in which the Degree of polycondensation of the organosiloxane is at least 40%, the content of at least one compound selected from the group consisting of the zirconium compound and the titanium compound is predetermined content, the content of the organosiloxane in the metal surface treatment composition is predetermined content, and the mass ratio of at least one element selected from the group consisting of the zirconium element and the titanium element contained in the zirconium compound and the titanium compound, respectively, to the silicon element contained in the organosiloxane is a predetermined ratio.
US07811364B2	Bubble separator A bubble separator is a cyclone-type bubble separator having a cooling mechanism (oil cooler) connected downstream thereof, and is provided with a relief mechanism that operates when the interior pressure in a main body increases. The fluid inside the main body escapes downstream of the cooling mechanism due to the operation of the cooling mechanism. In particular, preferably the relief mechanism is provided in a gas discharge portion that is connected to the main body.
US07811361B2	Process for a gas removal zone One exemplary embodiment can be a process for increasing an efficiency of an acid gas removal zone. The process can include sending a sour gas stream including at least one gas to a first absorber providing an overhead stream absorbing the at least one gas; withdrawing a side-stream from the first absorber and passing the side-stream through a holding tank, a side-stream fluid transfer device, and a side-stream chiller before returning the side-stream to the absorber; and passing the first absorber overhead stream to a pump-around circuit for a second absorber. Usually, the pump-around circuit may include a flash drum, a pump-around fluid transfer device and a pump-around chiller before providing a slipstream to the first absorber and another portion to the second absorber.
US07811351B2	Honeycomb structural body and exhaust gas treating apparatus A pillar-shaped honeycomb structural body includes a first end face and a second end face substantially parallel to each other; and a peripheral surface connecting the first end face and the second end face. The first end face and the second end face have similar peripheral shapes. A taper rate P satisfies 0
US07811350B2	Filter device, manufacturing method for the same, and filter element securing tool A sheet-like filter element is installed on a support within the casing of a filter device. A plate-like portion is integrally formed in at least the outer periphery of the filter element. A crimped portion which is to be secured to the support in a crimped state is formed in this plate-like portion. A protrusion which rises through the above described plate-like portion is formed so as to be integrated with the above described support around this crimped portion. The plate-like portion is secured to the support by means of this protrusion.
US07811349B2	Vacuum cleaner with vortex stabilizer A vacuum cleaner with a cyclone module assembly comprises a cyclone separation chamber for separating dust and debris from air, a dirt cup for collecting dust and debris that is separated from the air in the cyclone separation chamber, and a vortex stabilizer. The vortex stabilizer can be pivotally mounted to the cyclone separation chamber to allow access to the cyclone separation chamber when the dirt cup is removed from the cyclone module assembly.
US07811348B2	Air cleaner airflow shaper An airflow shaper for use in an air cleaner is provided according to an embodiment of the invention. The airflow shaper includes a body including a substantially central axis and a raised central region formed on the body. The raised central region transitions an impinging axial airflow into a substantially radial airflow or transitions an impinging radial airflow into a substantial axial airflow.
US07811339B2	Method and apparatus for fabrication of fuels from pressed biomass and use thereof Method and apparatus for fabrication of fuel from form pressed biomass wherein biomass, particularly grass, is dried prior to pressing, for example, into pellets, and use of such fuels, particularly in form of grass pellets, for energy generation.
US07811334B2	System and method for motion-controlled foot unit A system and method associated with the movement of a limb. In one example, the system, such as a prosthetic or orthotic system, includes an actuator that actively controls, or adjusts, the angle between a foot unit and a lower limb member. A processing module may control movement of the actuator based on data obtained from a sensor module. For instance, sensing module data may include information relating to the gait of a user and may be used to adjust the foot unit to substantially mimic the movement of a natural, healthy ankle. The system may further accommodate, for example, level ground walking, traveling up/down stairs, traveling up/down sloped surfaces, and various other user movements. In addition, the processing module may receive user input or display output signals through an external interface. For example, the processing module may receive a heel height input from the user.
US07811329B2	Transforaminal prosthetic spinal disc replacement and methods thereof The present invention relates generally to a prosthetic spinal disc for replacing a damaged disc between two vertebrae of a spine and methods for inserting said discs. The present invention also relates to prosthetic spinal disc designs that are implanted using a transforaminal approach, methods thereof, and apparatus thereof.
US07811328B2	System, device and methods for replacing the intervertebral disc with a magnetic or electromagnetic prosthesis One embodiment of the present application includes a spinal disk prosthesis with one end portion to form a load transmitting relationship with one vertebra of a patient's spine and another end portion to form a load transmitting relationship with another vertebra of the patient's spine. A tube connects the end portions together and a damping material is positioned inside the tube. The end portions each include a magnet to generate a corresponding magnetic field. These magnetic fields are oriented to provide a repulsive force between the end portions to provide a magnetic bearing.
US07811323B2	Spinal prostheses An article including a spinal prosthesis having a unitary body with at least three attachment points attachable to spinal structure, the unitary body including a flexure assembly positioned between first and second attachment members, wherein flexure of the flexure assembly permits movement of the first attachment member relative to the second attachment member.
US07811322B2	Spinal prostheses An article including a spinal prosthesis having a unitary body with at least three attachment points attachable to spinal structure, the unitary body including a flexure assembly positioned between first and second attachment members, wherein flexure of the flexure assembly permits movement of the first attachment member relative to the second attachment member.
US07811305B2	Stretch resistant embolic coil delivery system with spring release mechanism A medical device for placing an embolic device at a predetermined site within a vessel of the body including a delivery catheter and a flexible pusher member slidably disposed within the lumen of the catheter. An embolic device is retained within the delivery catheter by a mechanical interlocking mechanism which includes an engagement member attached to the distal end of the pusher member and extends through a retaining ring at the proximal end of the embolic device. A detachment member extends through an aperture at the distal end of the engagement member thereby locking the embolic device onto the pusher member. A kicker member, which takes the form of a helical spring, extends from the distal end of the pusher member and is biased so as to lift the retaining ring off of the engagement member to ensure the release of the embolic device when the detachment member is withdrawn from the aperture of the engagement member.
US07811303B2	Bodily tissue dilation systems and methods A dilating system for dilating bodily tissue includes a elongate tubular first dilator and a elongate tubular second dilator. The second dilator has an outer diameter greater than the outer diameter of the first dilator, the first dilator being configured to be received within the second dilator. In one embodiment, a first mating member is formed on the exterior surface of the first dilator while a second mating member is formed on the interior surface of the second dilator. The first mating member engages with the second mating member when the second dilator is passed over the first dilator so as to cause the second dilator to travel along a fixed path relative to the first dilator.
US07811284B2	Systems and methods for internal bone fixation Internal bone fixation devices and methods for using the devices for repairing a weakened or fractured bone are disclosed herein. A device for use in repairing a fractured bone includes a delivery catheter having an elongated shaft with a proximal end, a distal end, and a longitudinal axis therebetween, wherein the delivery catheter has an inner void for passage of at least one reinforcing material and an inner lumen for passage of a light source; a conformable member releasably engaging the distal end of the delivery catheter, wherein the conformable member moves from a deflated state to an inflated state when the at least one reinforcing material is delivered to the conformable member; and an adapter releasably engaging the proximal end of the delivery catheter for receiving the light source and the at least one reinforcing material.
US07811272B2	Nanofabricated gecko-like fasteners with adhesive hairs for disposable absorbent articles A disposable absorbent article has a nanofabricated attachment means having adhesive hairs disposed on a substrate wherein the hairs are effective to adhesively engage an opposing surface having a polymeric film or a fibrous web. In another embodiment, the absorbent article has a gecko-like fastener including a substrate and a plurality of adhesive hairs arising from the substrate having a base section, midsection, and top section, a height of about 0.5 microns to about 8 millimeters, and a diameter greater than about 0.05 microns.
US07811269B2	Negative pressure assisted tissue treatment system A system for stimulating the healing of tissue comprises a porous pad positioned within a wound cavity, and an airtight dressing secured over the pad, so as to provide an airtight seal to the wound cavity. A proximal end of a conduit is connectable to the dressing. A distal end of the conduit is connectable to a negative pressure source, which may be an electric pump housed within a portable housing, or wall suction. A canister is positioned along the conduit to retain exudates suctioned from the wound site during the application of negative pressure. A first hydrophobic filter is positioned at an opening of the canister to detect a canister full condition. A second hydrophobic filter is positioned between the first filter and the negative pressure source to prevent contamination of the non-disposable portion of the system by exudates being drawn from the wound. An odor filter is positioned between the between the first and second hydrophobic filters to aid in the reduction of malodorous vapors. A securing means is supplied to allow the portable housing to be secured to a stationary object, such as a bed rail or intravenous fluid support pole. A means for automated oscillation of pressure over time is provided to further enhance and stimulate the healing of an open wound. A means for varying pump drive frequency and a means for managing a portable power supply are provided to increase battery life and improve patient mobility.
US07811264B2	Dialysis valve and method A dialysis valve includes a tube attached between an artery and a vein which, when elongated, simultaneously narrows in diameter at least one location. The narrowed portion of the tube decreases the volume and velocity between the arterial and venous side of the patient to prevent damage or intimal hyperplasia on the venous side between dialysis treatments. When the valve is opened for dialysis, an unrestricted blood flow exists between the arterial and venous side, permitting a controlled, open blood flow during dialysis.
US07811263B2	Dose metering mechanism for an injection device A dose metering mechanism for setting a dose to be administered from an injection device, the mechanism including a setting sleeve marked with dose amounts by which a dose to be administered is set by rotation, and a rotating sleeve which can be rotated out of the dose metering mechanism to prime the dispensing of a dose and is marked with dose amounts, the setting sleeve coupled to the rotating sleeve whereby when the rotating sleeve is fully rotated out, the dose amount of the setting sleeve is not offset from an associated dose amount of the rotating sleeve.
US07811261B2	Needle cover assembly for a syringe A single-use cover assembly that obscures a substantial majority or an entirety of an injection needle from view before, during, and after an injection procedure. The cover assembly includes a housing and a needle sleeve that retracts and extends by sliding axially within the housing. The needle sleeve carries a locking collar that moves from a first position to a second position once the needle sleeve is fully retracted. In the first position the locking collar allows retraction of the needle sleeve from a fully extended position. In the second position, a portion of the locking collar covers a tip of the needle, thereby preventing retraction of the needle sleeve from the fully extended position.
US07811255B2	Method of controlling a surgical system based on a rate of change of an operating parameter A surgical system that is able to sense the onset of an occlusion or other surgical event as well as when an occlusion breaks. To help avoid overheating of the tip, the system of the present invention predicts the temperature of the eye using irrigation flow rate and reduces the power to the handpiece automatically if an overheating situation is predicted. Alternatively or in addition, the system of the present invention monitors the power drawn by the handpiece, which is indicative of the cutting load on the tip, and automatically adjusts the power or stroke of the tip to compensate for increased loads on the tip.
US07811251B2	Trocar anchor Apparatus and methods for providing access to a body cavity without substantial loss of inflation gas therein. The apparatus includes an access assembly that has a tubular member having a proximal end, a distal end, an elastic portion interposed the proximal end and the distal end, and a lumen therethrough. An anchor sleeve is disposed coaxially over the tubular member and has a radially expandable region. The anchor sleeve is moveable between an axially elongated configuration and an axially shortened configuration and is biased toward the axially shortened configuration by a force exerted by the elastic portion of the tubular member. The axially shortened configuration corresponds to the anchor sleeve being in the fully deployed position. Methods for providing anchored access to a cavity within a patient are also disclosed.
US07811250B1	Fluid injectable single operator exchange catheters and methods of use A single operator exchange biliary catheter having a tubular member extending proximally from the proximal guidewire port. The tubular member defines a guidewire lumen extension adapted to permit the guidewire to be retracted from guidewire lumen and re-inserted therein. By retracting the guidewire from the guidewire lumen and into the guidewire lumen extension, fluid may be readily injected via the guidewire lumen without encountering resistance to fluid flow from the guidewire. The guidewire lumen extension also maintains guidewire lumen access such that the guidewire may be easily re-inserted into the guidewire lumen.
US07811238B2	Wire guide having distal coupling tip A coupling wire guide structured to be slidably coupled to a previously introduced wire guide. The coupling wire guide includes a main body having a distal section. The distal section includes an outer wire disposed over a safety wire. A loop wire is connected to the safety wire at two axially spaced points. At least a portion of the loop wire is positioned outside of the outer wire to define a loop area sized to receive the previously introduced wire guide.
US07811236B2	Puncturing system for collecting body fluid sample A microsampler puncturing system for collecting a body fluid from a body part is described, comprising a sample collection unit having a piercing element, and a puncturing instrument having a drive, by which a sample collection unit is movable on a movement path for piercing the piercing element into the skin of the body part and withdrawing it in a piercing and retraction movement, a setting device for setting the puncturing depth of the piercing wound to be generated, and a control device for controlling the piercing and retraction movement having the following sequentially executed movement phases: a forward phase, a retraction phase, and a collecting phase (S). The setting device is settable independently of the chronological mean of the defined residual puncturing depth (dr), with reference to the collecting phase.
US07811232B1	System for characterizing skin condition A system for characterizing skin condition comprises a spreadable indicator and a reference. The indicator is suitable for application to human skin and visually changeable when in contact with the oil on human skin. The visual change of the indicator is representative of the amount of the oil in contact with the indicator. The reference relates a plurality of possible visual changes of the indicator to a plurality of skin conditions, whereby a user can compare the reference to the visual change of the indicator to characterize a skin condition of human skin due to the amount of the oil on the human skin in contact with the indicator.
US07811212B2	Adjustable kettlebell An adjustable kettlebell includes a shaft having a narrowed neck segment formed on one end portion and having a base plate attached to the other end portion, two or more weight members each having a slot for receiving the narrowed neck segment of the shaft, and each having an enlarged opening communicating with the slot for receiving the shaft and for retaining the weight members to the shaft when the weight members are offset from the narrowed neck segment of the shaft, and a sliding member is slidably attached onto the shaft for engaging with the weight members after the weight members have been disengaged from the narrowed neck segment of the shaft and for retaining the weight members to the shaft.
US07811210B1	Crank assembly for fitness equipment A crank assembly for fitness equipment includes a ductile spacer engaged between a crankshaft mounting surface and a crank arm mounting surface at the interface thereof and conforming respectively to each to maximize surface contact area to distribute loads across a larger area.
US07811207B2	Exercise methods and apparatus An exercise apparatus links rotation of a crank to generally elliptical motion of a foot supporting member. A foot supporting linkage is movably connected between a rocker and a crank in such a manner that the foot supporting member moves through paths of motion which are fixed, adjustable or variable.
US07811205B2	Spontaneous symmetrical weight shifting trainer device A method of improving mobility skills of a user on a stationary elliptical exercise device comprising two footpads, each footpad associated with a stationary exercise device, comprising a frame member having a transverse pivot axis. A first and a second foot tread member are operatively associated with a coupling member for pivotally coupling the front end of each foot tread member to the pivot axis at a predetermined distance from the pivot axis, so that each foot tread member front end travels in an arcuate path about the pivot axis. Each foot tread member moves independently of the other foot tread member. Each foot tread member rear end is operatively associated with a glide member for moveable coupling of the rear end of each foot tread member to a support surface. The glide members direct each foot tread member rear end along a reciprocating path of travel, as each foot tread member front end travels in an arcuate path.
US07811202B2	Training apparatus A device for use with an exercise apparatus consisting of at least one hanging, length-adjustable and lockable rope (10, 11) which at its lower end has a gripping means (13, 14), e.g., a gripping loop. A vibration means (12; 16) is designed, when attached via a rope engaging member (8, 9) to a portion of such rope, to impart to the rope and thus its gripping means (13, 14) a vibratory motion.
US07811198B2	8-speed transmission The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes three planetary gear sets, six torque-transmitting devices, two fixed interconnections and a grounded member. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected to one of the planetary gear members and an output member that is continuously connected with another one of the planetary gear members. The six torque-transmitting devices provide interconnections between various gear members, and the transmission housing, and are operated in combinations of two to establish eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio.
US07811196B2	8-speed transmission with two fixed interconnections The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes three planetary gear sets having six torque-transmitting devices and two fixed interconnections. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected to at least one of the planetary gear members and an output member that is continuously connected with another one of the planetary gear members. The six torque-transmitting devices provide interconnections between various gear members, and with the transmission housing, and are operated in combinations of three to establish eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio.
US07811195B2	8-speed transmission The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes four planetary gear sets having five torque-transmitting mechanisms, two fixed interconnections and a grounded member. The powertrain includes an engine and torque converter that is continuously connected to at least one of the planetary gear members and an output member that is continuously connected with another one of the planetary gear members. The five torque-transmitting mechanisms provide interconnections between various gear members and are operated in combinations to establish eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio.
US07811192B2	Hydraulic control system of eight-speed automatic transmission for a vehicle A hydraulic control system of an eight-speed automatic transmission for a vehicle. Four clutches and two brakes can by independently controlled by six proportional control solenoid valves by employing pressure control valves and pressure switching valves.
US07811183B1	Ball kicking-training apparatus A ball kicking-training apparatus has a base which vertically supports a post having a rotatable axle whose top end is provided with a ball and socket device. The ball component of the ball and socket device is attached to an arm whose opposite end is attached to the ball to be kicked by the user of the apparatus.
US07811172B2	System and method for wireless lottery A lottery system is provided. Lottery tickets may be purchased using a communication device, such as a mobile device. Sales commissions, or other credit, for the purchased tickets may be determined for one or more retailers based at least partially on the location of the communication device, for example, when the purchase is made.
US07811170B2	Light emitting interface displays for a gaming machine A disclosed thin light-emitting interface displays may be mounted to a surface on the gaming machine. The light-emitting elements used in the interface displays may be provided from electro-luminescent elements, organic light emitting diode (OLED) elements and combinations thereof. The thin light-emitting interface displays may be used to input and output gaming information on the gaming machine. The gaming information that is input and output via the interface display may be used to provide: 1) a game of chance played on the gaming machine, 2) player tracking services, 3) game services available on the gaming machine and 4) attract features. In one embodiment, a game input interface display is provided with a plurality of input buttons where a number and a format of the input buttons are dynamically configurable for different types of games of chance played on the gaming machine.
US07811162B2	Combine rotor assembly with progressive pitch element pattern A rotor assembly for a threshing system of a combine provides effective grain threshing and separation, while doing so in a manner that conserves power and avoids usage spikes and the like, by providing at least two helical patterns of elements for threshing and separating, having a helical pitch that progressively changes by an advantageous extent, while spacing between adjacent ones of the elements of each pattern is held about constant.
US07811158B2	Method for processing meat A system and method is shown for processing animals, such as calves, from birth to slaughter by utilizing hot-fed rations during the feeding process. The system and method reduces or eliminates the need to use hormones and simultaneously reduces or eliminates the need to sterilize the meat products. Each calf or animal is weaned at a weaning station, fed at a feeding station, slaughtered at a slaughter station to provide a carcass that is substantially the same size as other carcasses for the same breed of animal processed in the system. The consistent carcass size enables manufacture of consistent carcasses which, in turn, facilitates providing substantially the same size meat cuts. This feature enables use of a standard-size packaging, such as a case-ready package, which may be shipped for display and purchase at a store.
US07811157B1	Peeler with self-adjusting rollers Peeling apparatus and a method for biasing lower idle rollers of a roller-type peeling machine against power rollers to maintain the rollers in contact as the rollers wear. The apparatus includes biasing means, such as a cylinder applying upward pressure against the upper ends of the lower rollers to keep the rollers in constant contact.
US07811150B2	Modular toy aircraft Toy aircraft, modular toy aircraft, modular power systems, and toy aircraft kits are disclosed. Toy aircraft may include a self-contained power and control system and an airframe. The self-contained power and control system may include at least one propulsion unit operable to propel the toy aircraft and a power and control unit. The power and control unit may include at least one energy source, be electrically connected to the at least one propulsion unit, and be configured to control operation of the at least one propulsion unit to control flight of the toy aircraft. The airframe may include a wing, a first mount configured to removably retain the at least one propulsion unit, and a second mount configured to removably retain the power and control unit.
US07811148B2	Light source bodies for filament tubes and ARC tubes Manufacturing equipment and manufacturing process steps that improve upon prior art processes for the manufacturing of filament tube and arc tube light sources, their components and subassemblies, and lamps employing said light sources. A double ended, tipless filament tube or arc tube light source incorporates a drawn-down tubular body, and one piece foliated leads with spurs for process handling and for spudding into a filament with stretched-out legs. Bulged ends on the body provide a novel cutoff means, facilitate a flush-fill finishing process, and enhance mounting and support of the light sources in lamps. The foliated leads are made from a continuous length of wire in a process including foil hammering and two-bath AC electrochemical etching. Cost-reduced light source and lamp production enables affordable household consumer lamps, even when containing two series-connected halogen filament tubes. Safety benefits ensue from series connection, especially in combination with disclosed body and filament constructions.
US07811147B2	Organic electroluminescent device and fabrication method thereof Provided are an organic electroluminescent device and a fabrication method thereof. The organic electroluminescent device includes a first substrate, a second substrate, an organic electroluminescent layer formed on the first substrate, a thin film transistor formed on the second substrate, and first and second seal lines attaching the first and second substrates to each other.
US07811145B2	Collapsible flotation device A device comprises a spring and a sleeve. The spring is configured to form a closed loop. The spring is moveable between a coiled configuration when the spring is collapsed and an uncoiled configuration when the spring is expanded. The spring defines a circumference while in the uncoiled configuration. The spring is disposed within the sleeve.
US07811142B2	Fitting for cleaning a through hull port from inside a marine vessel A marine through hull fitting (50) includes a cleanout housing (80, 204) attached thereto. The clean out housing (80, 204) is configured with a mechanical cleaning implement (94, 218) supported for movement through a first fluid conduit (59) that passes through a vessel hull (54) for scrapping debris from the side walls of the first fluid conduit when the conduit becomes fowled. The cleaning implement (94, 218) is attached to an actuator rod (92) which may be used to hand push the cleaning implement (94, 218) through the conduit (57).
US07811140B2	Terminal fitting with a wire restriction A terminal fitting (10, 120, 210, 230) has a connecting portion (11, 121, 211) to be connected with a mating terminal and a wire barrel (12, 126, 212) to be crimped into connection with an end portion of a wire (20, 110, 220). A restriction (18, 152, 218A, 231) is between the connecting portion (11, 121, 211) than the wire barrel (12, 126, 212) and faces a placing surface of a bottom plate (16, 123, 216) where the end portion of the wire (20, 110, 220) is to be placed for restricting an upward movement of the end portion of the wire (20, 110, 220).
US07811131B2	Electrical connector with improved EMI structure An electrical connector includes an insulative housing, first and second contact modules received in the insulative housing, a first metal shell covering the insulative housing and a grounding piece. The insulative housing includes a mating tongue and the first metal shell includes a plurality of peripheral walls enclosing the mating tongue to cooperatively form a mating opening therebetween. The grounding piece includes a number of side walls and a receiving opening through which the peripheral walls extend. The side walls include a number of half-spherical embosses stamped therefrom to abut against the front metal shell for EMI protection.
US07811123B2	Upgradeable telecommunications patch panel and method of upgrading same An upgradeable patch panel assembly and associated method of upgrading a patch panel assembly. The upgradeable patch panel assembly including a panel base having an aperture sized to receive a scanner interface cable. The method including removing a first cover from the panel base, inserting a scanner interface cable through the existing aperture in the panel base, and attached an upgraded cover to the panel base. Upgrading the patch panel assembly is completed while the assembly remains mounted to a frame and without disconnecting rear cable connections. The upgraded patch panel assembly provides jack-occupancy monitoring capabilities.
US07811121B2	Flexible electric power cable and wind turbine A wind turbine and a flexible electric power cable for transferring electric power in a moving environment are provided. The power cable includes a conductor with a plurality of cores for conducting an electric current and an isolator for protecting the conductor and a connector piece for surrounding and connecting an end of the conductor with one or more apparatuses. The connector piece includes at least two encircling connection areas including one or more electrical connection areas establishing electrical connection between the connector piece and the plurality of cores, the electrical connection areas including one or more through-going connection holes for connecting the connector piece to the one or more apparatuses, and one or more mechanical connection areas establishing mechanical connection between the connector piece and the conductor. The areas are positioned in continuation of each other, separated and connected by one or more adapting sections.
US07811109B2	Separable loadbreak connector with a conductive tube and a conductive piston Separable loadbreak connectors include an interference element spaced about the contact tube that is configured to engage a portion of a connector piston.
US07811108B2	Rotary connector device There are provided a body, a rotor, a free motion spacer including a group of spacer sections arranged circularly between the body and the rotor and a reverse guide section in which a guide face is provided to be opposed to a roller in the group of spacer sections in the circumferential direction to form a reverse insert section and capable of turning with rotation of the rotor, and a flat cable which is reversed by inserting the reverse section into the reverse insert section in the free motion spacer and is wound around the outer and inner peripheral sides of the group of spacer sections where ribs 45 and 47 project from a wall face at the opposing side of a guide face toward the roller adjacent to the wall face in the circumferential direction of the reverse guide section, and a projection 49 for the stopper is provided in the rib, whereby when the reverse section of the flat cable is erroneously assembled between the wall face and the roller adjacent to the wall face, the reverse section runs on the rib and the projection can restrict the reverse section to fall down from the rib.
US07811107B2	Distribution board connection module A distribution connection module which is used in the telecommunication and data technology field includes a housing defining a cavity in which at least one conductor plate is arranged. The housing includes at least one opening in the front side thereof through which a connection module can be inserted. The connection module is connected to at least the conduction plate in the inserted state. At least one support for a lifting tool is arranged on the housing in a lateral manner in relation to the connection module.
US07811105B1	Electrical connector housing with an actuator to release the electrical connector housing from an electrical connector An electrical connector housing includes a housing body and a lever. The housing body has a base panel member, a pair of opposing side walls, a forward side wall and a rearward side wall connected to each other to form a generally box-shaped cavity. The lever has a pair of lever arms disposed apart from and extending parallel to one another and a main cross-member interconnecting the pair of lever arms to form a generally U-shaped configuration. The pair of lever arms straddle the base panel member with the pair of lever arms pivotably connected to the pair of opposing side walls for angularly moving about a pivot axis between a first position where the pair of lever arms extend generally parallel to the pair of opposing side walls and a second position where the pair of lever arms are disposed angularly relative to the pair of opposing side walls.
US07811098B2	Connecting box of a solar panel with a cooling structure The invention relates to a receptacle (1) particularly suitable for wiring one or more solar cells (81). The receptacle (1) comprises a housing (10) and a connecting shaft (60) that can be separately closed by a cover (63). The receptacle (1) is raised from the back side of the solar panel (80).
US07811089B2	Vehicle steering sensing apparatus A steering sensing apparatus for measuring steering actions of a driver of a motor vehicle for use in an apparatus for simulated driving of the vehicle in which the motor vehicle remains stationary. The apparatus includes two ultrasonic transducers which are mountable relative to a steerable wheel of the vehicle to each transmit an ultrasonic signal to a target location on the steerable wheel, which target locations are on the same side of and equally oppositely spaced from the centre of the steerable wheel along a generally horizontal diametrical line. Each transducer provides an output electrical signal representative of the magnitude of steering movements of the steerable wheel. The signal representative of the steering movements can be used in the apparatus for simulated driving to deflect computer driven virtual scenic imagery to simulate turning of the vehicle in synchronism with the steering actions of the driver.
US07811082B2	Gas circuit and pilot light system for cooking range A gas circuit with a pilot light system for ranges includes pilot tubes from a gas manifold to burner assemblies. Quick connect couplings are provided between the pilot tubes and manifold so that the pilot tube can be removed easily. Two or more tubes can be connected to a single coupling. A master shutoff interrupts flow to the cooktop without interrupting flow to the oven.
US07811079B2	Mold for a container blow molding machine, comprising a grooved mold bottom Mold for a blow molding machine for manufacturing containers from parisons, the mold including a lateral wall and a mold bottom (7) together defining a cavity for receiving parison, the cavity being generally symmetrical with respect to a main axis, the mold bottom (7) being provided with a gas conduit (12) opening into the cavity for injecting into the same a pressurized gas in order to facilitate withdrawing of the blow molded container, wherein the mold further including a groove (16) provided on an internal face (15) of the mold bottom (7), the groove (16) extending along a closed contour around the main axis, and wherein the conduit (12) opens into the groove (16).
US07811076B2	Alkaline protease and washing and cleaning products containing said novel alkaline protease An alkaline protease, the DNA thereof having been taken from a bottom sample, alkaline proteases that are at least 40% identical, and nucleic acids with an identity at least 50% homologous with the associated nucleic acids. The invention also relates to the fragment of said protease comprising the amino acid positions 108 to 325, in addition to the gene fragment coding therefor, and alkaline proteases that are at least 60% identical or nucleic acids that are at least 70% identical. Furthermore, the invention defines technical possibilities of use for said proteases, especially use thereof in washing and cleaning products.
US07811073B2	Blow head for producing blown tubular film The invention relates to a blow head for producing blown tubular films from thermoplastic materials. Films produced by conventional blow heads often have dull strips or wavy areas, the so-called spiral strips. The aim of the invention is to avoid these negative film properties. For this purpose, the blow head comprises a plurality of annular gap-shaped melt channels arranged concentrically around the center axis of the blow head, the spiral distributor of the inner melt channel being arranged on the inner limiting wall in relation to the center axis of the blow head and the spiral distributor of the outer melt channel being arranged on the outer limiting wall in relation to the center axis of the blow head.
US07811068B2	Methods and apparatus for transporting natural gas through a pipeline A compressor assembly for use in transporting natural gas is provided. The assembly includes a natural gas compressor comprising at least one stage of compression, a permanent magnet-type super-synchronous motor coupled to the natural gas compressor for powering said compressor, and a housing, the compressor positioned within the housing, and the compressor configured to facilitate increasing a pressure of natural gas being transmitted.
US07811066B2	Double-headed piston type compressor In a double-headed piston type compressor provided with a rotary valve in a rotary shaft, the rotary valve has an introducing port for introducing refrigerant from a suction-pressure region through a supply passage and a respective suction port into a compression chamber. A shaft seal between a front housing and the rotary shaft for preventing leakage of refrigerant along a peripheral surface of the rotary shaft is accommodated in a shaft seal chamber formed in the front housing. A communication passage connects the shaft seal chamber to the cam chamber. A communication groove is formed in an outer peripheral surface of the rotary shaft that forms the rotary valve adjacent to the front housing for communication between the introducing port and the shaft seal chamber. The supply passage and the cam chamber are in communication through the communication groove, the shaft seal chamber and the communication passage.
US07811060B2	VAWT cluster and individual supporting arrangements One or more vertical axis wind turbines (VAWT), preferably of the Savonius type, are mounted in a relatively simple and inexpensive manner. For a single VAWT a center pole may be disposed within a hollow shaft of the VAWT with at least upper and lower bearings acting between the shaft and center pole. Alternatively, a short tower or platform may mount a lower bearing (e. g. about 4-14 feet off the ground) for the VAWT shaft, and an upper bearing for the shaft may be mounted by an outrigger. The outrigger is connected at a number of different points (e. g. different arms) by strands (such as steel cables) to stationary supports. Where multiple VAWTs are provided, them may be in a cluster. Each VAWT in the cluster has a structural support in common with at least one other VAWT of the cluster, and each VAWT is operatively connected to a separate useful driven mechanism (such as an electricity or fuel gas generator). Each VAWT typically has an outrigger mounting an upper bearing, with strands, rods, or bars, connecting outriggers of adjacent VAWTs together. Different VAWTs in the cluster preferably rotate in different directions.
US07811059B2	Variable angle oscillating fan An adjusting mechanism for desired angle of an oscillating electric fan is disclosed. The adjusting knob is conveniently located about the top rear portion of the fan motor, adjacent the clutch knob. Adjusting the oscillating angle may be made when the fan is at rest, when it is running and oscillating at the same time, or when it is running at a fixed direction. Adjusting is fast and simple, only one hand is needed and no tools and mechanical know-how is necessary.
US07811052B2	Radially-compact assembly between a turbine shaft and a stub axle of a turbomachine compressor shaft An assembly between a turbine shaft and a stub axle of a turbomachine compressor shaft, the assembly including a substantially cylindrical compressor shaft stub axle, a substantially cylindrical turbine shaft disposed coaxially inside the compressor shaft stub axle, a mechanism for transmitting torque between the turbine shaft and the compressor shaft stub axle, and a clamping mechanism for clamping a downstream end of the turbine shaft to the compressor shaft stub axle. The compressor shaft stub axle has a plurality of teeth extending radially from its inside surface, and the turbine shaft is provided at its downstream end with a plurality of axial slots, the teeth of the stub axle co-operating with the slots of the turbine shaft.
US07811046B2	Dual-compartment trailer with front and rear live floors A bifurcated, dual-compartment trailer having a front storage compartment and a rear storage compartment, each having a power driven live floor. The storage compartments are selectively separated by a moveable or openable partition having a closed position and an open position. In the closed position the partition divides the front compartment from the rear compartment and provides a barrier that prevents bulk material contained in either compartment from mixing with bulk material in the other compartment. The trailer includes a rear door, and when opened, the rear compartment may be unloaded using the rear live floor, after which the partition may be opened and the front compartment unloaded using both the front and rear live floors.
US07811044B2	Apparatus for lifting, handling and transporting a container A mobile carrier frame is used for lifting, handling, and transporting containers on to and off of the platform of a transport vehicle, such as a truck. Drive wheels and caster wheels are positioned such that the carrier frame may be more easily maneuvered into tight spaces, such as parallel parking spaces. The carrier frame may be remotely operated by means of a remote control device. A transverse element at the rear end of the carrier frame may be used to provide additional structural support to the carrier frame, especially when in an engaged position.
US07811034B1	Simultaneous pipe cutting, chamfering and grooving device A mobile device for simultaneously cutting, chamfering and grooving a pipe. The device having a frame, at least one pipe collet-clamp attached to the frame and defining a principal axis, a split carriage rotatably mounted with respect to the frame about the axis and adjacent to the clamp(s), a router affixed to the split carriage and having a cutting-chamfering bit, a grooving router and a drive motor for rotating the carriage. The routers orbit around the pipe and simultaneously cuts the pipe into two chamfered pipes with grooves. A method is also provided for cutting through a pipe, chamfering the cut ends thereof and grooving the pipe.
US07811031B2	Device and method for installing a rock bolt and a rock bolt installation rig A device (5) for installing a pressure fluid expandable rock bolt (4) of the kind having a tubular expansion portion and a fitting portion, said device at a distal portion having chuck means for gripping the fitting portion and for establishing a sealed connection between a fluid source and the inlet, said device extending essentially in an axial direction. The device includes at a proximal portion a holder portion (11) that is adapted to be fitted to a drill string engagement element (27) of a rock drilling machine. The invention also concerns a method and a rig.
US07811017B2	Media path crossover for printing system A non-gated print media crossover for a printing system includes crossover pathways which intersect at a crossover junction. A control system controls arrival of sheets of print media at the crossover junction whereby a sheet conveyed on the first crossover pathway traverses the junction in an intersheet gap between sheets traversing the junction on the second crossover pathway. The printing system includes print media processing units, such as marking engines, paper sources, and output destinations, which are connected by a conveyor system incorporating the crossover.
US07811016B2	Flatbed printing machine A flatbed printing machine is provided with a printing table and a pressing device for a medium to be printed. The pressing device features parallel guide rails on both sides of the printing table, through which a pressing rail that is moveable above the printing table is guided. The pressing device is particularly applicable to a digital ink-jet flatbed printing machines.
US07811001B2	Bearing housing A bearing housing is disclosed herein. The bearing housing includes a chamber with out-take for oil scavenging. The out-take extends across a chordal arc of the chamber. A portion of an outer wall adjacent to the out-take has a spiral divergence.
US07810999B2	Metal bearing A metal bearing having a long operating life that is not affected by the operating temperature. The metal bearing includes a bearing surface capable of slidably contacting with a shaft member, including pores in a surface and interior thereof, and being composed of a sintered compact having a metal or alloy as a main component. A dispersion solvent is provided inside the pores, and maghemite particles exist in the dispersion solvent together with at least one of a gas and a liquid that has a boiling point lower than a boiling point of the dispersion solvent.
US07810994B2	X-ray imaging apparatus An X-ray imaging apparatus includes an X-ray tube, an X-ray generation control unit configured to control the X-ray tube with a controller and a power supply, and a holding unit configured to hold the X-ray tube. The holding unit includes two support legs to be spread at an arbitrary angle, and a connecting portion configured to turnably connect upper ends of the support legs. The holding unit holds the X-ray tube near the connecting portion.
US07810985B2	Multiple function night light A multiple function night light includes at least one night light receptacle and a swivel or rotating prong as a basic unit which may further incorporate additional functions as desired to prevent the electric wall outlet receptacle from being occupied by just one single function night light. The night light includes a light source such as a gas filled light, neon or black tube, fluorescent tube, LED, OLED, EL, or OEL with appropriate circuit means to provide a predetermined light performance, duration, and timing for illumination. The swiveling or rotating prong offers universal installation to wall outlets. The additional functions may selected from fragrance, bluetooth device, insect repellant device, sensor device, infrared device, remote control device, power failure light, emergency light, or other electric device(s).
US07810983B2	Optical plate and backlight module using the same An exemplary optical plate includes at least one transparent plate unit. The transparent plate unit includes a light output surface, a bottom surface, a plurality of enclosing V-shaped protrusions, a plurality of spherical protrusions, and a lamp-receiving portion. The light output surface is opposite to the bottom surface. The spherical protrusions are formed on the light output surface. The enclosing V-shaped protrusions are formed on the bottom surface. The lamp-receiving portion is defined in the bottom surface. A backlight module using the present optical plate is also provided.
US07810979B2	Illuminating device with primary color LED and fluorescent light sources, and liquid crystal display device An illumination device including a first light source for emitting light of a first primary color, a second light source for emitting light of a second primary color, and a third light source for emitting light of a third primary color, wherein the first light source is a light emitting diode, the second light source is a fluorescent tube, and the third light source is either a light emitting diode or a fluorescent tube. The illumination device generates white light by mixing the light emitted by the first, second and third light sources. A liquid crystal panel is illuminated with the white light generated by the illumination device.
US07810978B2	Spread illuminating apparatus A spread illuminating apparatus includes: a light conductor plate having a light inlet surface and a light outlet surface; a point light source disposed at the light inlet surface of the light conductor plate; and a light diffuser sheet disposed on the light outlet surface of the light conductor plate, wherein the light diffuser sheet has one end thereof extending beyond the light inlet surface and thereby covers at least a part of the point light source, whereby light which conventionally does not enter the light conductor plate directly from the light inlet surface is adapted to impinge on the light diffuser sheet and to fall incident on the light inlet surface and is efficiently utilized. A recess may be formed at the one end of the light diffuser sheet so as to expose a part of the light exit surface of the light conductor plate.
US07810975B2	Headlight assembly for a motor vehicle The invention concerns a light unit with at least one LED, which includes at least one light-emitting chip as light source, with at least one fiber-optic element optically connected after the light-emitting diode and widening in the light propagation direction, and with a secondary lens optically connected after the fiber-optic element, in which oppositely arranged surfaces bordering the fiber-optic element, which form a bottom surface and a cover surface in a longitudinal section intersecting these surfaces, have oppositely curved curve sections adjacent to the light entry surface, as well as such a fiber-optic element.A light unit with high light output requiring limited space is developed with the present invention.
US07810970B2	Method and apparatus for controlling swivel angle of on-vehicle headlight In the vehicle lighting control apparatus and method, it is determined that the user's steering wheel is returned from a steering angle existing in a saturated steering angle region toward a neutral steering angle region at a given speed or more. If such a steering condition is found, a swivel angle is calculated based on a swivel-angle control characteristic showing a monotonic decrease in the swivel angle when the steering angle decreases from the steering angle existing in the saturated steering angle range to a third preset angle. The third preset angle is an angle from which the swivel angle decreasing from the steering angle existing in the saturated steering range becomes zero. This calculated swivel angle is used to control the swivel angle of light irradiated from on-vehicle headlights.
US07810966B2	Cables fixing apparatus for backlight module A cables fixing apparatus for a backlight module includes a rear frame having a leading-out area in a side edge provided with a plurality of protrusions thereof; a lamp cable led out from said leading-out area; and a mold frame provided with a plurality of crooks, wherein each of said crooks faces one of said protrusions on said side edge of said rear frame so as to define a cable groove, and said lamp cable is accommodated and fixed in said cable groove along an edge of said rear frame. These protrusions of the rear frame and these crooks of the mold frame are utilized to arrange and fix the lamp cable in the cable groove to avoid the fracturing problem of solder joint of lamp and prevent the interference as assembling because of the displacement issue of the lamp cable.
US07810965B2	Heat removal system and method for light emitting diode lighting apparatus A heat removal assembly for a light emitting diode lighting apparatus is described. One embodiment of the heat removal assembly includes a plurality of fins configured to receive heat from a light emitting diode. In the plurality of fins, two adjacent fins are separated by a gap width, and each fin has a fin length. The heat removal assembly also includes a duct configured to draw a stack-effect airflow through the plurality of fins to remove heat from the plurality of fins. The gap width separating two adjacent fins and the fin length of each of the fins are configured to prevent boundary layer choking the plurality of fins. In one embodiment, the heat removal assembly also includes a conductor and a thermal storage system configured to receive heat from the light emitting diode. A lighting apparatus including the heat removal assembly, a light emitting diode, and a connector plug is also described. In one embodiment, the lighting apparatus can be installed in a recessed can in which incoming and outgoing flows of a stack-effect airflow are separated. Methods for removing heat from a light emitting diode are also described.
US07810964B2	Light fixture A light fixture comprises a housing configured to store a plurality of light bulbs therein, wherein at least one of the light bulbs is located in a non-illumination position within the housing. The light fixture may also comprise an openable door such that at least one light bulb is coupled to the door. The light fixture may also comprise an actuatable mechanism that releases the light fixture from a fixed position when actuated to enable variable positioning of the light fixture.
US07810963B2	Light emitting diode module with improved light distribution uniformity In one embodiment, the invention is a light emitting diode module with improved light distribution uniformity. One embodiment of a signal head includes a light emitting diode and a reflector cup positioned to reflect light emitted by the light emitting diode, the reflector cup having a non-symmetrical curvature.
US07810942B2	Sanitary fitting comprising an assembly of several light sources The invention relates to a sanitary fitting containing an assembly of several light sources for illuminating water that flows out of or into the sanitary fitting, said light sources generating light of different colors. According to the invention, collecting optics are positioned upstream of the light sources to focus and mix the light that is generated by the light sources. This permits the generation of intensive mixed colors, which, for example, can illuminate the interior of a shower jet.
US07810940B2	Adjustable table for shaping a mirror A table comprising a base and a plurality of support members supported by the base is used to shape a mirror. The height of the plurality of support members is adjusted to form a predetermined shape. A mirror is placed over the plurality of support members, such that the mirror assumes the predetermined shape. A frame is then attached to the mirror such that when the mirror and frame are lifted off the table, the mirror substantially retains the predetermined shape.
US07810935B2	Display unit and light-emitting unit A display unit includes: a light modulation unit that includes an effective area, and modulates an illumination light entering to the effective area; a light-emitting unit that includes a plurality of light-emitting areas that can be made to emit a light or stop emitting a light, and are substantially similar in outline shape to a plurality of effective image modulation areas set in the effective area; and a critical illumination system that guides, as the illumination light, a luminous flux as a result of light emission of the light-emitting unit onto the effective image modulation areas in the effective area of the light modulation unit.
US07810934B2	Projection device having a built-in adjustment mechanism A projection device, having an optical engine device and an adjusting device is provided. The optical engine device has an optical engine and a fixing device coupled to the optical engine. A first thread hole is formed in the optical engine along a Z-axis direction. An image is projected parallel to the Z-axis. The adjusting device further has an adjusting frame in which a second thread hole is formed along the Z-axis direction and an adjusting bolt screws through the second thread hole and the first thread hole. The operation of the adjusting bolt, the fixing device as well as the optical engine is moved relatively to the adjusting frame along the Z-axis. Thereby, the optical engine has a built-in adjustment mechanism to ensure the focal length maintained as the design value after assembly, such that the image quality of the projection device is enhanced.
US07810931B2	Light source apparatus, optical modulation apparatus, display apparatus, light condense illumination apparatus and projection type color display apparatus A light source apparatus, including: an array light source in which a plurality of emission light sources is arranged; a divergence characteristic controller disposed corresponding to the array light source and configured to control a divergence characteristic of each of the emission light sources of the array light source; and a focusing optical element configured to control a directivity of light emitted from each of the emission light sources of the array light source, and the array light source, the divergence characteristic controller, and the focusing optical element are arranged in this order in a direction of emission from the array light source, and a following formula is satisfied: 0.067≦L/f<1.1 where an effective diagonal length of the array light source is L and a focal distance of the focusing optical element is f.
US07810928B2	Evaluating pupillary responses to light stimuli Solutions for evaluating the pupillary responses of a patient are disclosed. An illustrative method includes alternately exposing a first eye and a second eye of the patient to light stimulation in successive intervals, the light stimulation provided by at least one light source controlled by at least one computing device; concurrently capturing, with at least one image device controlled by the at least one computing device, image data of the first eye and the second eye during the exposing; and using the at least one computing device to perform the following: determine a center point of the first eye within the image data of the first eye and a center point of the second eye within the image data of the second eye; obtain image data of a first half of the first eye having an edge defined by a line of pixels intersecting the determined center point of the first eye; obtain image data of a second half of the second eye, the second half of the second eye opposing the first half of the first eye and having an edge defined by a line of pixels intersecting the determined center point of the second eye; create a composite image including the image data of the first half of the first eye and the image data of the second half of the second eye; and provide the composite image for evaluation.
US07810915B2	Actuator device, liquid-jet head and liquid-jet apparatus Disclosed is an actuator device that includes a piezoelectric element provided as being freely displaceable on a substrate. The piezoelectric element includes a lower electrode, a piezoelectric layer and an upper electrode. In the actuator device, the Young's modulus of the lower electrode is not less than 200 GPa.
US07810908B2	Ink-jet head The confronting area of flexible printed circuit is interposed between the leading face and the passage unit. A protruding length of the protrusion region from the spaced face is equal or larger than that of the fixed region. A recess is formed on the support face of the passage unit at a position confronting the leading face. Both ends of the leading face are interposed between both ends of the opening of the recess with respect to a draw-out direction. The confronting area of the flexible printed circuit passes through the recess.
US07810904B2	Ink jet recording head, producing method therefor and composition for ink jet recording head A method for producing an ink jet recording head having high durability and high ink resistance can enable high-quality image recording by employing a material capable of reducing the internal stress and having satisfactory patterning characteristics. Such an ink jet recording head can be produced with high precision. A cationically photopolymerizable resin composition containing a condensate of a hydrolysable organosilane compound, employed as a material for forming a flow path forming member, enables a reduction of internal stress and a highly precise pattern in the flow path forming member, thereby providing an ink jet recording head having a high durability and a high ink resistance and capable of high-quality printing over a prolonged time.
US07810902B2	Inkjet printer having printed media transport of drying length An inkjet printer is provided having a housing, an elongate print media transport assembly mounted in the housing, a pagewidth printhead mounted in the housing so as to be located at a print media entry side of the print media transport assembly, and an air duct mounted in the housing so as to be arranged to deliver air to said transport assembly in order to dry print media in use. The elongate print media transport assembly has one or more conveyor belts which are of a length to facilitate warm-set ink drying of the print media during operation of said belts at the predetermined speed.
US07810891B2	Refrigerator having basket lift apparatus A refrigerator includes a main body having cooling chambers for keeping food items therein, a base frame disposed to be movable in outward and inward directions in a lower cooling chamber disposed at a lower portion of the main body, and having a basket door at its front side, a lift frame disposed on the base frame, on which the basket is put, a fluid pressure cylinder mounted at the base frame and connected to the lift frame to lift the lift frame, and an fluid compressor connected to the fluid pressure cylinder by an fluid supply pipe and supplying compressed fluid to the fluid pressure cylinder. Accordingly, as the basket is lifted when being drawn out, a user can take out food items kept in the basket without bending his/her back, which enhances user's convenience.
US07810887B2	Method and an arrangement for preventing overturning a dump vehicle A method for preventing overturning a dump vehicle, the vehicle including a forward vehicle section with a forward frame and a wheel axle supported by the frame. The dump vehicle further includes a rear vehicle section with a rear frame and at least one wheel axle supported by the frame. The dump vehicle further includes an articulation joint, which connects the forward frame and the rear frame and allows the forward frame and the rear frame to pivot in relation to each other about an axis extending in a longitudinal direction of the vehicle. During a tilting procedure for unloading material from a container of the dump vehicle, the method includes determining if there is a risk for a pair of wheels of the wheel axle of the forward vehicle section to lose ground contact or if the pair of wheels have already lost ground contact. A warning signal for preventing an uncontrolled rotation of the forward vehicle section relative to the rear vehicle section via the articulation joint is further established when it is determined that the wheels of the forward wheel axle have lost or are about to lose ground contact.
US07810882B2	Ganging device for chair A connectable chair has a frame for supporting a seat and a back support. The frame including a pair of spaced apart leg members. A female ganging device and a corresponding male ganging device both have a mounting portion and an engagement portion. The engagement portion interconnects like chairs in a side-by-side relationship. The mounting portion secures the female and male ganging device to opposite sides of the frame. The female ganging further includes a receiving slot extending across the engagement portion. The male ganging device further includes an elongated flange extending across the engagement portion. The flange of the male ganging device may be received by the receiving slot of the female ganging device of a like chair thereby providing for the interconnection of a plurality of connectable chairs in a side-by-side relationship.
US07810875B2	Structural pan-chassis stabilization system A rigidifying stabilizer device for installation against a floor pan of an automotive vehicle of a corresponding type with the device having a mating side substantially matching at least a substantial portion of a surface of the floor pan except at locations at which any interfering structures occur with the mating side having recesses provided therein to at least partially surround any of those interfering structures present. An opposite side shell is affixed to the mating shell at locations therein immediately adjacent to one another. A rigid solid filler is positioned between said opposite side shell inner shell surface and said mating side shell inner shell surface at locations therein where they are spaced apart from one another. The resulting rigidifying stabilizer device can then have the mating side shell thereof adhered to the surface of the floor pan of an automotive vehicle of the selected type.
US07810872B1	Sunroof support structure for a vehicle body A roof structure for a vehicle body includes a roof having a roof opening that is closed by a cover member. The roof structure comprises a frame member, a left side panel member and a right side panel member. The frame member is configured to frame the roof opening. The frame member supports the cover member. Each side panel member forms a part of the vehicle body and is adhesively secured to the frame member. A peripheral edge portion of each side panel member includes at least one channel adapted to allow escape of an adhesive disposed between the side panel member and the frame member for ease of assembly of the roof structure to the vehicle body.
US07810865B2	Rod pass through for vehicle door A locking rod flange and a vertical locking rod for a vehicle door, and method of assembling a vehicle door. The locking rod flange may be integral with a glass run channel or an integrated channel and regulator, and may include a locking rod carrier with a rod pass through hole through which the vertical locking rod extends. A rod pass through seal may be mounted on the locking rod carrier, and the locking rod carrier may include a bridge portion over which a water deflector seal is applied.
US07810862B2	Dual access vehicle storage assembly A vehicle storage assembly can cover a vehicle storage area such as an interior console or a cargo box. The storage assembly can include a base and a lid. The lid can be opened from two sides to allow easy access for a driver and passengers to an interior storage compartment. The base includes at least two rods, which can act as axles for the lid to pivot about. The lid includes at least one rotation member or guide which can be released from the rod only when the lid is in a desired position, for example, a closed position. The lid can include a latch for each rod. The lid can have a lock to secure one or both of the latches with the lid in a closed position.
US07810856B2	Locking system The invention relates to a closing system for a door or a flap of a motor vehicle and comprises a lock, a door handle affixable to the door and fitted with an external grip element with a centralized locking motor linked to a control unit and operationally connected to the lock, whereby the closing system can be moved into a secured and into a disengaged state, and also comprises an opening motor acting as an opening accessory and/or a closing motor acting as a closing accessory for the lock.The invention provides that the door handle be associated with a handle support which is configured internally on the side away from the grip element and which affixes the door handle to the door, said opening motor and/or the closing motor as well as the centralized locking motor being mounted on the handle support, where said opening motor and/or the closing motor as well as the centralized locking motor are connected directly, or indirectly by means of at least one force transmitting element, to the lock 3.
US07810851B2	Wrenchless manifold A sprinkler apparatus including a manifold is used with a nipple and a union. The manifold includes a pipe section and at least one port. There is a fitting on the port. The nipple has a proximal and distal end. A fitting is located at the distal end of the nipple. One or more radially extending projections may be positioned around the circumference of the nipple. The fitting on the distal end of the nipple may form a water-tight seal with a fitting on a valve without tightening with a wrench by mating projections and indentations and applying a torque to the union. The union includes one or more indentations that may align with and mate with the projections to allow the union to slide over the nipple. The union has a fitting. The fitting on the union corresponds to and engages the fitting on the port.
US07810847B1	Sleeve coupling A waterproof sleeve coupling for use in a partition for preventing liquid from leaking through a penetration in the partition either adjacent to or through the sleeve coupling. The sleeve coupling has a flexible water stop mounted in sealing contact with a sleeve so that a waterproof seal is formed between the water stop and the sleeve. The sleeve coupling optionally includes an extension coupling and an extension sleeve mounted on the sleeve. When the sleeve coupling is mounted in the partition, the extension sleeve extends beyond the surface of the partition to prevent liquid on the surface of the partition from leaking into the passageway of the sleeve coupling.
US07810843B2	Guide loop assembly A guide loop assembly for a seat belt has a core body with spaced front and rear flanges and an arcuate bearing surface for the seat belt extending therebetween. An arcuate shell cover is provided and has a concave configuration relative to the arcuate bearing surface. The shell cover extends between the front and rear flanges thereof. The shell cover includes a bushing portion integrally connected by a flexible hinge to the concave core configuration portion. The integral hinge is connected to an impact cover as by threading a flexible portion of the hinge through a hinge portion such as a split pin on the impact cover. In a method assembly, the impact cover and shell cover are hinged together and mounted on the core. After the fastener is inserted through the assembly, the impact cover is pivoted about the hinge to cover a fastener for the assembly.
US07810841B2	Airbag apparatus An airbag apparatus includes an airbag with a first hole and a second hole; a tube vent disposed outside the airbag, wherein a proximal end portion of the tube vent is connected to a portion of the airbag, which is located around the first hole, so that communication is provided between an inside of the tube vent and an inside of the airbag through the first hole, and a distal end portion of the tube vent is inserted from the outside of the airbag into the inside of the airbag through the second hole; and a holding portion that holds the distal end portion of the tube vent from the inside of the airbag, wherein when the airbag is inflated and deployed, and the holding portion releases the tube vent, the distal end portion of the tube vent moves out of the second hole.
US07810831B2	Vehicle hitch with multi-directional damping The present invention is directed to a trailer hitch isolation assembly that attaches to the tongue of a fifth wheel trailer and that provides a moveable connection between a tow vehicle and the trailer. The hitch assembly includes a floating hitch attachment member such as a king pin, which is adapted to be attached to a tow vehicle. The hitch isolation assembly allows the hitch attachment member to move at least vertically relative to the tow vehicle to which the hitch assembly is connected. One or more air springs connect the floating hitch attachment to the frame of the trailer. These air springs permit relative movement between the attachment support member and the frame.
US07810828B2	Splash shield for automobile having vertical walls and shielding member therefor A splash shield for an automobile which is adapted to be mounted on a vehicle panel of the automobile, wherein the splash shield is adapted to be conform to the vehicle panel and to cover a tire, the splash shield comprises: at least two divided portions which are arranged in a front-rear direction of the automobile; a hinge which pivotably connects the divided portions to each other; at least two vertical walls which are formed on edges of the at least two divided portions and extend in a direction that is away from a rotation center of the tire, wherein two vertical walls from among the at least two vertical walls are formed on the edges of two divided portions from among the at least two divided portions, respectively, the two divided portions being adjacent to each other, and wherein the two vertical walls are arranged adjacent to each other on both sides of a gap that is located at a position that corresponds to the hinge, respectively; and a shielding member for covering the gap, the shielding member being fixed to at least one of the two vertical walls.
US07810821B2	Storage device for use with a pallet jack A pallet jack assembly includes a pallet jack having a frame assembly. An attachment includes a shell having a bottom wall and at least one side wall. The bottom wall and the at least one side wall define a storage cavity. The bottom wall is supported by the frame assembly.
US07810813B2	Dice poker game A dice game and a method of playing the same, the game including a dice throwing arena having a floor and a circumferential barrier wall for confining thrown dice, a set of chips with each bearing a point value, a chip rack for visually displaying the set of chips in stacks organized according to the indicated point value of the chips, and a set of set of five six-sided dice, either having conventional markings on the respective faces signifying integers 1-6 and wherein odd numbered faces are marked with one color and even numbered faces are marked with a different color, or having alphabetic letters marked on the respective faces. Players roll the five dice in turns and collect chips under a set of rules that encourages strategic decision making to take advantage not only of chip values, but potential bonus points awarded for the particular combinations of chips collected during the course of play.
US07810810B2	Apparatus for pressing flat materials onto a transport module An apparatus for pressing flat materials onto a transport module includes pressing elements acting on the flat material with a spring force through an opening in a feed table for flat materials. The feed table is mounted above a lower housing shell. The pressing elements are configured as spring elements which can be lowered and are anchored in the lower housing shell. An actuating element is disposed in an indentation of a front wall of the lower housing shell in order to actuate a lowering apparatus disposed in the lower housing shell. The lowering apparatus has a lever connected mechanically to the actuating element and a slide coupled to the lever for lowering the spring elements upon actuation of the actuating element.
US07810807B2	Device for centering an overlapping sheet flow The device comprises a driven conveyor with a transport element for the horizontal guidance of an overlapped flow of product. Driven alignment units for aligning the sides of the overlapped flow are positioned on a support. A first alignment unit is arranged on the left side of the driven conveyor as seen in transporting direction, and a second alignment unit is arranged on the right side of the conveyor as seen in transporting direction. At least one device is provided for loosening up the overlapped flow from below, thus reducing the friction between adjacent individual products of the overlapped flow. As a result, the operation of centering the overlapped flow in an intake region and a steady-flow region is aided considerably. The device for loosening up the overlapped flow can be realized particularly cost-effectively through raised regions on the transport rollers.
US07810802B2	Roller and sheet feeding apparatus The sheet conveying roller includes a shaft member and a sliding portion arranged in the circumferential direction of the shaft member. The sliding portion is adapted to make sliding contact with the shaft member. The sheet conveying roller also includes an elastic member configured to fasten the sliding portion to the shaft member and makes contact with a conveyed sheet at an outer circumference thereof. The elastic member generates a frictional resistance between the shaft member and the sliding portion by a clamping force of the elastic member.
US07810800B2	Method and apparatus for depositing a flexible material web The invention relates to a method and a device for depositing a flexible material web, said web being introduced into a folding unit and being deposited from said folding unit at a depositing point. The aim of the invention is to achieve higher production speeds with an excellent fold quality, even for material webs with a low weight. To achieve this, compressed air is applied to the material web after the latter has exited the folding unit in order to support the festooning process by means of a blower device.
US07810799B2	Collapsible engine test stand A moveable, collapsible engine test stand having adjustable engine supports and additional accessory supports that are all collapsible adjacent the base of the stand for convenient, compact storage. The stand may include accessories such as a radiator, fuel tank, instrument panel, battery, cooling lines, fuel lines, wiring harnesses, engine dynamometer and the like to permit prolonged operation and monitoring of an engine.
US07810798B2	Electromagnetic actuator for active vibration damping device An electromagnetic actuator having: a stator and a movable member disposed in a central hole of a coil member of the stator movable in an axial direction; a coupling rod fixed to the movable member; and an elastic stopper having a ring shaped sealing unit at its outer periphery part, a first stopper unit at its center part, a coupling unit that mutually couples the sealing unit and the first stopper unit, and second stopper units located radially between the sealing unit and the first stopper unit at respective circumferential positions. The sealing unit is compressed between the bottom wall of a housing and a lid member to form a sealing mechanism that fluid-tightly close an opening of an adjustment hole. The first stopper unit axially faces the coupling rod bottom with a first separation distance, and the second stopper units axially face the movable member bottom with a second separation distance greater than the first.
US07810794B2	Break resistant joint There is disclosed a portable misting fan formed by upper and lower body portions which are joined together along a joint. The joint is improved by providing the lower body portion with a non-circular neck portion along its top end, and wherein the upper body portion includes two halves which terminate in lower body collar sections, intended to be joined together in overlying relationship relative to the neck portion. A rail and groove system is employed as between the upper first and second body portions, and the neck portion, so that the rails will slidingly engage the grooves in the neck portion rendering the joint resistant to rotation. The neck portion includes an aperture into which a sleeve is press fitted, the sleeve includes upper and lower lips, and the lower body collar sections include inwardly extending flanges which overlie and engage the upper and lower lips formed in the sleeve, thereby brace and secure the pump assembly within the device.
US07810790B2	Vehicle with on-board cargo handling system A vehicle, configured to transport an object, said vehicle among other components, comprising: a load bearing member; a line; an actuator coupled to said vehicle and adapted for applying a tensile force to said line in response to an actuator command, and disposed and adapted for transmitting at least a portion of said tensile force to said load bearing member; an end-effector mechanically coupled to said line and adapted for transmitting said tensile force and an operator force to said object and for generating an operator input signal; and a controller adapted for generating said actuator command from said operator input signal.
US07810787B2	Animal watering valve having elastomeric diaphragm An animal watering valve has an elastomeric diaphragm disposed in a bore of a housing upstream of a valve seat and having apertures formed therethrough for the passage of water. A valve stem has a head clamped between the diaphragm and the valve seat and a tail that is laterally deflectable to move the valve stem head relative to the diaphragm from a seated position. Upon moving it to an unseated position, the valve stem head pivots relative to the valve seat to permit water to flow out of the valve. At least portions of the flow aperture outlets in the diaphragm are located radially inwardly of and axially upstream of the upstream surface of the valve stem head.
US07810779B2	Apparatus for preventing actuation of a vehicle seat position adjustment device An apparatus is provided for preventing actuation of a seat position adjustment device coupled to a vehicle seat that is adjustably mounted to a vehicle seat frame. The apparatus may comprise a stop member mounted to the seat position adjustment device, and at least one biasing member configured to normally bias the stop member into engagement with the vehicle seat to prevent actuation of the seat position adjustment device.
US07810777B2	Suction device and bases for kitchenware, small appliances, and other applications A suction device that may be configured and conformed to a multitude of different types of kitchenware, small appliances, and other devices. The suction device comprises a base, a handle, a pivot, a plate, and a suction pad. The suction pad is connected to the plate. Two bridge-like structures with sloped undersides extend from the plate. The handle extends from the underside of one of the bridge-like structures, through the pivot, to the underside of the second bridge-like structure, and out through an elongated slot in the base. The handle is in sliding contact with the sloped undersides of the bridge-like structures.
US07810769B2	Roller foot for an article of furniture A wheel-type support for an article of furniture includes a laterally extending support member defining an outwardly facing end opening and a downwardly facing recess spaced inwardly from the end opening. A wheel is positioned within the downwardly facing recess, and a wheel retainer arrangement is secured to the support member at the outwardly facing end opening. The wheel is rotatably supported by the wheel retainer arrangement. The wheel includes a central passage, and the wheel retainer arrangement includes an axle that extends through the central passage such that the wheel is rotatable on the axle. The wheel retainer arrangement also includes an axle retainer that fixes the axle on either side of the wheel, and an end member that is secured to the support member over the outwardly facing end opening.
US07810766B2	Method and device for inserting a food stuff into a pliable bag A resilient food stuff bag opener is disclosed, wherein the resilient bag opener is forcibly bent or bowed for easily entering a pliable food stuff bag, and upon relaxation of the bending forces, the bag opener resiliently deforms from its bent configuration to thereby open the food stuff bag in a manner that allows a food stuff residing on a food support surface of the bag opener to flow into the food stuff bag. The food support surface of the bag opener may be also used for processing foods such as cutting, dicing, washing, straining, etc. depending on the embodiment used. An inclined support may be optionally provided for maintaining the bag opener in a “hands-free” inclined position so that a food stuff provided on the food support surface can flow into the food stuff bag without a user having to hold the bag opener.
US07810763B2	Vehicle lamp A vehicle lamp can include a wiring harness, a wiring clip for fixing the wiring harness in the lamp, and a casing for fixing the wiring clip. A force needed for fixing the wiring clip to a rib in the casing can be adjustable. The wiring clip can include both a clip body including at least one wire holder and a spring clip that is located in the clip body. The wiring clip can hold a wiring harness between the at least one wire holder and an inner surface of the casing and at the same time can be affixed to the rib of the casing. The width of the rib can differ in accordance with a longitudinal position of the rib, and the rib can be inserted between a U-shaped spring of the spring clip. Thus, the vehicle lamp can provide for fixing the wiring clip to the rib of the casing while also holding the wiring harness using the wiring clip to firmly fix the wiring harness in the lamp.
US07810754B2	Filament winding automated system The present invention makes it possible to increase production efficiency while reducing costs. A filament winding automated system according to the present invention includes a winding device winding a fiber bundle R paid out from a head portion 12, 13, around a mandrel M1, an installing device 5 installing the mandrel around M1 which no fiber bundle has been wound yet, at a winding position, a discharging device 5 discharging the mandrel around which the fiber bundle has already been wound, from the winding position, a delivery device 3 holding and delivering the fiber bundle R from the mandrel around which the fiber bundle has already been wound to a mandrel M1 around which no fiber bundle has been wound yet, and a cutting device cutting the fiber bundle R, and after winding is completed, the delivery device 3 holds the fiber bundle R paid out from the head portion 12, 13, the cutting device cuts and separates the fiber bundle R from the mandrel around which the fiber bundle has already been wound, the discharging device 5 discharges the mandrel around which the fiber bundle has already been wound, the installing device installs the mandrel M1 around which no fiber bundle has been wound yet, and the winding device starts winding the fiber bundle R held by the delivery device 3, around the mandrel M1 around which no fiber bundle has been wound yet.
US07810746B2	Processing of steel making slags A process for separating different products from steelmaking slag includes reducing the average particle size of slag from a steelmaking process into fine particle size material, and separating the fine particle size material into at least an iron rich product and a silicate rich product based on the differences between these products in at least one or more properties including magnetic susceptibility, particle size or specific gravity.
US07810744B2	Fluid reservoir for a paint spray gun The invention relates to a fluid reservoir for a paint spray gun, comprising a receptacle (1) and a lid that can be placed thereupon and is provided with a connecting element (3) in order to mount the fluid reservoir on the paint spray gun or an adapter. The receptacle (1) is provided with a ventilation hole (4) which can be sealed using a valve. In order to improve the tightness of the valve, said valve encompasses two valve seats for sealing the ventilation port (4), which are disposed one behind another in the direction of flow.
US07810730B2	Decoupled applications for printed materials Interactive digital content for printed materials is provided using applications executing in a smart pen computing system. The applications and the printed materials may be developed by separate entities but appear well integrated from the perspective of a user of the smart pen computing system. Printed content produced by a first entity is obtained. The printed content is associated with a dot pattern. An application associated with the printed content and linked to the dot pattern is produced by a separate second entity. The application includes computer program instructions for, responsive to a selection within the dot pattern, invoking a function related to the printed content. The selection within the dot pattern may be made using a smart pen device, and the function may include presenting output to a user through an output device (e.g., a display or speaker) of the smart pen device.
US07810725B2	Microdot tag A microdot tag for identifying a product, includes a substrate having a miniature marking portion for application to the product, and a handle portion larger in size than the marking portion to enable a user to manually hold the tag by the handle portion. A microdot containing indicia for identifying the product is applied on the marking portion. A frangible portion on the substrate between the marking portion and the handle portion, is provided for enabling the handle portion to be and remain attached to the marking portion during the application of the marking portion to the product, and for detaching the handle portion from the marking portion after the application of the marking portion to the product.
US07810718B2	Variable thickness data card body According to the invention, a fare card for storing information in a plurality of different ways for use in a transit system is disclosed. The fare card includes a card body that has at least a first region and a second region. The first region is located adjacent to an edge of the card body and has a first thickness. The second region has a second thickness that is different than the first thickness. A first data storage element for storing fare information is included in the first region, and a second data storage element is included in the second region.
US07810710B2	Stored-value product with manufactured article A stored-value product includes a toy automobile and a panel. The toy automobile includes a body and wheels rotatably coupled to the body. The panel is coupled to the body and includes an account identifier signifying a financial account or record linked to the stored-value card assembly. Stored-value product assemblies, methods of promoting sales of stored-value products, methods of using a stored-value product and other embodiments are also disclosed.
US07810701B2	Method for bonding metallic terminals by using elastic contact A connection electrode that is formed of solder on an electronic component side and a tip portion of an elastic contact each other at a contact portion. Regarding the elastic contact, a resistive layer is formed in the tip portion, and the tip portion is placed in a clearance of an induction coil. When a predetermined high-frequency current is passed through the induction coil, electromagnetic induction causes the resistive layer to generate heat. Solder that forms the connection electrode is melt, and flows onto the tip portion of the elastic contact. Thus, the tip portion of the elastic contact and the connection electrode can be strongly bonded together at the contact portion that is a single point therebetween.
US07810699B1	Method and system for optimized vibration welding A method of minimizing mechanical resonance in an assembly during formation of a vibration-welded joint therein includes positioning work pieces such that they are directly adjacent to each other, and generating a set of control signals that cause one or more sonotrode weld heads to vibrate. A waveform characteristic of a mechanical oscillation of the sonotrode(s) and weld head(s) is varied to minimize the mechanical resonance occurring in the assembly, such as a multi-cell battery for a vehicle. An apparatus for forming the welded joint includes at least one sonotrode having a weld head or heads formed integrally therewith, and a weld controller. The controller is connected to a converter, sonotrode(s), and weld head(s), with the mechanical oscillation occurring in the sonotrode(s) and weld head(s). Variation of the control signals during formation of the welded joint varies a waveform characteristic of the mechanical oscillation, thus minimizing the mechanical resonance.
US07810691B2	Gentle touch surgical stapler Embodiments include a surgical device and a method. An embodiment of the surgical instrument includes at least one grasping jaw, the at least one grasping jaw being adapted to deliver surgical staples by a force generated from a force generator mechanism that is contained within the at least one grasping jaw or is in a proximity to the at least one grasping jaw. Another embodiment includes at least one grasping jaw, at least one actuation mechanism adapted to deliver surgical fasteners, the actuation mechanism being located in a proximity to or contained within the at least one grasping jaw, the surgical fasteners containing at least one shape-transforming material, at least one sensor, at least one chemical tissue sealant and at least one cutter. A method includes: grasping a body organ/tissue with at least one grasping jaw, adjusting a configuration of the grasping in response to a signal or a datum or an image, and releasing a surgical staple/fastener in response to the signal, datum or image.
US07810688B2	Nail gun switch mechanism A nail gun switch mechanism includes a gun body and a trigger. A safety slidable bar has a bottom part which extends outside of a hitting mouth at a bottom of the gun body. The trigger has a trigger lever being pivotably disposed therein. A top part of the safety slidable bar extends near to an end of the trigger and a swing arm is pivotably disposed on the top part of the safety slidable bar. The swing arm includes an arm part extending from a pivotal center of the swing arm and a push part extending from the arm part toward outside. The push part is configured to be switched to a first or a second swing position and thus driven by the safety slidable bar to touch the trigger lever so as to operate the nail gun in a sequential or a contact actuation mode.
US07810678B2	Dispensing device and pumping element A device for dispensing at least one fluid comprises pumping means comprising an elastic deformable membrane (2) having a wavy annular wall (16) for producing a desired stiffness or pliability for said membrane (2). A pumping element (1) comprises a base (4) and said elastic deformable membrane (2).
US07810676B2	Multiple brand ice beverage dispenser A beverage dispenser for dispensing beverages includes a touch panel assembly, removable fittings in a carbonator, a carbonator probe, and a carbonator pump assembly removable from a front of the beverage dispenser. The touch panel assembly includes a light source for backlighting a user interface and providing the dispenser with a visual presence. Electrode traces in the touch panel assembly detect interruptions in electrode fields and are accepted as user inputs for dispensing a beverage. A controller conducts the lighting, dispensing, and reconfiguring operations for the flavor selection areas on the user interface. The touch panel assembly further includes provisions for increasing a user interface area to increase visibility of a particular flavor, as well as bonus flavors on a beverage dispenser. The removable fittings each include an orifice for entry of water to be carbonated into the carbonator. The carbonator probe is a single wire probe with timed refill.
US07810675B2	Liners for aerosol packages and articles comprising same Liners for use within aerosol containers are provided. In accordance with one exemplary embodiment, a liner includes a body having a first closed end and an opposing second end; a flange disposed proximate the opposing second end; and a neck intermediately disposed between the body and the flange. The neck comprises a shoulder for interaction with a valve cup upon assembly of the liner with an aerosol container and a valve cup.
US07810663B2	Tamper-evident closure A bottle cap includes a mouthpiece having a dispensing orifice, a collar which extends downward from the mouthpiece to engage the bottle, a cover connected to the collar by a hinge and movable between open position and closed position covering the orifice, and a tamper-evident strap connecting the closed cover to the collar. The strap is hingeably joined to the collar by a lower portion of the strap and connected to the cover by a barbed upper portion. The upper portion cooperates with the cover to retain the strap to prevent manipulation of the strap to open the cover without severing the strap. The strap has a severable mid point which severs when the cover is first opened. When the cover is opened, both portions of the strap remain attached to the bottle and the lower portion swings away from the collar providing visible evidence of prior opening.
US07810660B1	Model railroad coupler A model railroad coupler for use with model railroad rolling stock includes a coupler head and a coupler knuckle carried pivotally on the coupler head; an elongate coupler shank having one end thereof fixed to the coupler head; a coupler mounting structure carried at the other end of the coupler shank, the shank having a shank longitudinal axis; wherein the coupler head includes a coupler head side flange thereon for preventing over rotation of the coupler knuckle, the coupler head side flange having a flat, inner-facing surface which is parallel to the shank axis; and wherein the coupler mounting structure includes a coupler centering surface adjacent an end thereof, wherein the coupler centering surface has a first, co-linear portion and a second, angled portion wherein a first fulcrum point is located between the first, co-linear portion and the second, angled portion and a second fulcrum point located at an outer margin of the coupler centering surface.
US07810659B2	Boom component display apparatus A boom component display apparatus 1 of the present invention is provided with processing units 4, connector assemblies 6 and a display unit 5. The processing units 4 are installed on each of a plurality of unit booms 11a thru 11g that compose a boom assembly 3 of a crane 100 and outputs identification information of each unit boom. The connector assemblies 6 transmits the identification information outputted from the processing units 4. The display unit 5 displays a connecting sequence information to show the relation between the connecting sequence of a plurality of unit booms 11a thru 11g and the identification information of a plurality of unit booms 11a thru 11g, basing on the identification information sent from the processing units 4 through the connector assemblies 6. By depending upon the boom component display apparatus of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the unit booms from being assembled in the wrong connecting sequences.
US07810654B1	Hanging rack assembly A hanging rack assembly includes a hanging strap having transverse pin holes at different elevations, a hanging hook for hooking the hanging strap on a support and having an angled hook portion at one end, an arched hook portion at the other end and a transverse slot on the middle for the passing of the hanging strap, hanging racks respectively formed of two vertical bars, two transverse bars and multiple hanger bars and respectively fastened to the hanging straps at different elevations for hanging things, each hanging rack defining a vertically extending passage for the passing of the hanging strap, and positioning pins respectively fitted into the transverse pin holes of the hanging strap to secure the hanging hook and the hanging rack to the hanging strap.
US07810650B2	Faucet mounted water filter system A faucet mounted water filtration system includes a base defining an inlet and a plurality of outlets. The base at least partially defines a filter compartment configured to house a filter cartridge. A first valve assembly is positioned within the base and defines a first passage and a second passage. A valve stem is movably positioned within the first passage. With the valve stem in a first position, the first passage provides fluid communication between the inlet and a first outlet and with the valve stem in a second position the second passage provides fluid communication between the inlet and the filter compartment. A body is rotatably coupled to the base and includes a first cam configured to urge the valve stem from the first position to the second position as the body rotates with respect to the base.
US07810644B2	Container with pivoting intermediate support Container (1) designed to hold cosmetic products including a lid (10) typically equipped with an interior mirror (60) and a base (20) equipped with an intermediate support (30) with two faces, front and back, surrounded by a frame (31). The frame (31) of the intermediate support is equipped with a first attachment device (34) which cooperates with a second attachment device (23) positioned on the base so that, when the intermediate support is detached from the base, it remains part of the base due to the cooperation of the first and second attachment devices (34 and 23), and is able to pivot around the first attachment device. Preferably, the first attachment device (34) is a protuberance equipped with an end fold (33) and the second attachment device (23) is a hollow body capable of accommodating and containing the end fold. The two faces of the intermediate supports are advantageously equipped with a plurality of compartments.
US07810641B2	Parallelepipedal flexible packaging with breakable zone The invention relates to a flexible packaging of parallelepipedal form for flexible, superposed flat elements, which may or may not be interlinked, forming a stack of axis XX, comprising a breakable zone (1) capable of constituting a dispensing opening that is initially closed and delimited by a line of weakening (2), said zone (1) extending over three faces (11, 12, 13) of the packaging. The breakable zone (1) is circular, or substantially circular, of diameter D, the greater part of the zone (1) is centred on one (11) of the faces of the packaging perpendicular to the stacking axis XX, and the other two parts of the breakable zone (1) being arranged on two faces (12, 13) of the packaging that are parallel to the axis XX of the stack.
US07810635B2	Substrate transfer apparatus and method of driving the same A substrate transfer apparatus and a method of driving the same includes a first guide block and a second guide block, and a single ball screw shaft connected to the first and second guide blocks moves the guide blocks in an axial direction thereof. A first drive unit rotates the ball screw shaft to concurrently move the pair of guide blocks, and a second drive unit connected to the second guide block separately moves the second guide block with respect to the first guide block.
US07810631B2	Bean sprouts-like articles loosening supply device A bean sprouts-like articles loosening supply device can exhibit a sufficient dispersing function even for fine and light weight bean sprouts-like articles liable to be entangled with each other, such as alfalfa sprouts. The loosening supply device includes two conveyors having both of their end portions constructed to turn so as to run endlessly, having their outer surfaces provided with needle members, and running at velocities different from each other. The conveyors are arranged to have their running paths opposed to each other so that their running directions are both downward and so that at least one portion of the needle members of the two conveyors mesh into each other. Alfalfa sprouts are supplied into the running paths from above and encounter the needle members of the two conveyors running at velocities different from each other and intersecting with each other. Each time the needle members intersect with each other, the alfalfa sprouts are separated upward and downward and dispersed.
US07810621B2	Automatic shift control device and vehicle In a clutch engaging and disengaging operation at the time of a shift change, a state in which the clutch position of the clutch is at a specific value between a first clutch position at which a half clutch state finishes and a second clutch position at which the clutch is in a mechanical maximum disengaged state is maintained until completion of a gear change is detected by a gear position sensor. Therefore, even if a dog abutment state occurs between first gears with engaging projections and second gears with engaging recesses, the dog abutment can be resolved properly.
US07810620B2	Bracket mounting structure and bracket mounting method In a monotube type hydraulic shock absorber, a plurality of rectangular recesses that are elongate in a circumferential direction are formed in an outer circumferential surface of a cylinder at a position in the vicinity of an upper limit of a slidable range of a free piston. A support for supporting an external part such as a sensor or a hose is positioned so as to be fitted around a portion of the cylinder at which the recesses are formed. Thereafter, while supporting the rear sides of the recesses by a moving die of a receiving member, a plurality of pairs of punches are moved towards each other, to thereby press flat press portions of the punches against the support, thus drawing the support locally into the recesses of the cylinder without forming projections in an inner surface of the cylinder.
US07810614B1	Swivel device for bicycles A swivel device for bicycles includes a first ring adapted to be mounted on a head tube of a bicycle. The first ring has a plurality of first protrusions formed thereon. Each first protrusion connects to a first brake cable. A second ring is adapted to be mounted on the head tube. The second ring has a plurality of second protrusions formed thereon. Each second protrusion connects to a second brake cable. A positioning sleeve encloses the first and the second rings for positioning the first and the second rings in place. The first ring is able to pivotally swivel relative to the second ring. When braking, the second brake cables dragged to lift the second ring upwardly and the first ring moved upwardly to drag the first brake cables upwardly.
US07810611B2	Elevator car assembly having an adjustable platform An elevator car assembly (14) includes a frame (28) having a horizontal plank beam (36) beneath a platform assembly (34). A plurality of braces (44) support the platform assembly (34) relative to the frame. The braces (44) include at least one slot associated with a fastener (58, 60) to facilitate adjusting a position of the platform assembly (34) relative to the frame. Adjusting the position of the platform assembly (34) allows for leveling the car frame assembly in an economical manner that does not require the introduction of weights or other expensive balancing measures.
US07810610B2	Exhaust device including elastically deformable annular member and vehicle with exhaust device A muffler for a vehicle, such as a scooter type motorcycle, comprises an inner tubular member and an outer tubular member. An inner surface of the outer tubular member faces an outer surface of the inner tubular member. A ring shaped or annular member is positioned between the outer surface of the inner tubular member and the inner surface of the outer tubular member. The annular member has a substantially hollow cross section and is elastically deformable in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the inner tubular member and the outer tubular member.
US07810606B2	Electric power steering systems for vehicles with adjustable torsion bars and methods of retrofitting electric power steering systems for vehicles An electric power steering system for a vehicle includes a torsion bar, a controller, and an electric motor. The controller is coupled to the torsion bar, and is configured to at least facilitate adjusting the stiffness of the torsion bar based at least in part on a parameter pertaining to operation of the vehicle and generating a steering assist signal based at least in part on a deflection or a strain of the torsion bar or a torque carried by the torsion bar. The electric motor is coupled to the controller, and is configured to receive the steering assist signal therefrom and to at least facilitate implementing the steering assist signal.
US07810603B2	Compact swing arm structure for a shaft-driven vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same A swing arm structure, in a shaft-driven vehicle, is configured and arranged compactly to minimize the size and weight thereof. A drive shaft of the vehicle is housed in a right arm portion of a swing arm. A front end of the drive shaft is connected to a powertrain output shaft via a universal joint. A pivot sleeve is disposed such that a central axis thereof is disposed downwardly and rearwardly of a central portion of the universal joint, and a front-end opening protrudes forwardly of the pivot sleeve. The central portion of the universal joint, having the largest diameter, is disposed forwardly of the center of a pivot shaft. This helps to keep the opening diameter small at the front of the right arm portion.
US07810602B2	Variable energy management system for pedestrian, occupant, vehicle An energy-absorbing system includes two formed and sealed components bonded together to form crush boxes that entrap air for controlled distribution during an impact, and an activator system adapted to extend the crush boxes in the event of a vehicle crash. Channels interconnect the crush boxes for optimal control of lateral flow of air for lateral energy distribution. The components can be thermoformed, injection molded, or otherwise formed. By this arrangement, the crush boxes provide a first level of static energy absorption when impacted in an undeployed state such that energy is absorbed at a first rate and stroke. Also, the crush boxes can be extended to provide a second level of static energy absorption when impacted in a vehicle crash (i.e., the activator system is energized and the crush boxes extended or “deployed”) such that energy is absorbed at a one or more different rates and strokes.
US07810591B2	Traveling device In a traveling device according to the present invention, self-support and conveyance of the device by dragging are facilitated. Two wheels 1L, 1R are provided in parallel, and the wheels 1L, 1R are provided respectively with independent driving means (motors) 2L, 2R. The driving means 2L, 2R are connected by vehicle main bodies 3U, 3D divided into an upper side and a lower side. Further, casters 32L, 32R are provided on a rear side of the lower side vehicle main body 3D via support portions 31L, 31R. The casters 32L, 32R are rotated freely by rotary shafts 33L, 33R including a bearing or the like. Further, the casters 32L, 32R are disposed such that a tangent linking the respective outer peripheries of the casters 32L, 32R to the wheels 1L, 1R forms a predetermined angle θd relative to a road surface. The angle θd is set to be larger than a maximum tilt (departure angle) within an assumed normal traveling range of the vehicle.
US07810590B1	Drivable trailer A trailer which can be used to tow a vehicle and which can be towed by the same vehicle while that vehicle is inside the trailer and lowered down to ground level.
US07810589B2	Kinetic energy vehicle A main body portion has a front, a rear, a top, a bottom and laterally spaced sides and an air intake. A housing in the vehicle contains a turbine/flywheel adapted to be rotated in response to air entering the housing from the air intake. A starter generator in the housing is adapted to be rotated by the rotation of the turbine/flywheel. A main drive generator in the housing is adapted to be rotated by the rotation of the turbine/flywheel. An electric drive motor in the vehicle is powered from the main drive generator.
US07810586B2	Sectional drive and coupling system A sectional drive and coupling system for transmitting rotational power to an output, which system includes multiple, splined drive and receiving segments that are connected, nested and interlocked in the ends of successive segment housings to define a drive string that is rotatable in a selected straight or curved path. The top one of the segments cooperates with a drive mechanism to effect rotation of the drive string in concert and the bottom one of the segments connects to an output such as a drill bit. Multiple, tapered and truncated exterior splines on the drive segments mesh with complementary interior splines on the adjacent receiving segments in the segment housings to enable slight angular positioning of the sets of drive and receiving segments on each other and facilitate dampening of drive vibration and bending of the drive string in or out of the chosen path in any desired direction as the drive string transmits rotational power in a curved path of desired magnitude from the drive mechanism to the output. The drive and receiving segments are typically connected internally by a bolt, nuts and belleville springs at the ends of the housings to form the drive string. In one embodiment a drill bit is mounted on the bottom one of the segments on the drive string for interval drilling. In another embodiment a selected number of drive and receiving segments and connected segment housings replace the flexible drive shaft coupling in a mud motor.
US07810582B2	Counterbalance enabled power generator for horizontal directional drilling systems An electrical generating system is used for a horizontal directional drilling system. The drilling system has a generally horizontal drill stem that rotates. A generator has first and second components. The first component rotates with the drill stem, while the second component is able to rotate with respect to the first component. An eccentric mass is rotatably mounted inside of the drill stem and is coupled to the second component, wherein as the drill stem rotates, relative rotational motion is produced between the first and second components and the generator produces electrical power. The eccentric mass is mounted on two spaced apart mounting points inside of the drill stem. The generator provides power to a sonde. The generator is in a housing which has flow channels that allow drilling fluid to flow through the drill stem.
US07810580B2	Sectored disc for opener A sectored disc assembly, removable disc sector, and method of replacing a disc sector are disclosed for use with a soil opener that uses a disc assembly to open the soil prior to injection of a fertilizer or seed into the ground. The sectored disc assembly includes a rotatable hub and a plurality of disc sectors cooperatively forming a substantially continuous disc around the hub. Connectors, such as bolts, secure each of the disc sectors to the hub. The disc sector includes a body with radially inner and outer margins and side margins that are configured for continuous abutment with adjacent side margins of other disc sectors. The method of replacing a disc sector includes removing the connector securing the disc sector to the hub, moving the disc sector radially outwardly away from the hub, placing a replacement disc sector into contact with the hub, and inserting the connector.
US07810568B2	Method of making a window in a tubular using an expandable watermelon mill A watermelon mill has a smaller dimension for run in and a larger one for reaming out the window made by a window mill and passes through a smaller drift and then gets larger for more effective widening of the window. The cutters are preferably tungsten carbide or polycrystalline diamond inserts and they are mounted to blades that are ramped outwardly by a cone upon relative movement between the two. The body can be in multiple pieces that are rotationally locked and movable relative to each other longitudinally. Actuation to the larger dimension can be by setting down weight or by fluid pressure with the dimension getting smaller as a return spring allows the cutters to retract upon removal of applied pressure.
US07810567B2	Methods of producing flow-through passages in casing, and methods of using such casing Methods of making and using wellbore casing are described, one method comprising providing a plurality of flow-through passages in a portion of a casing while the casing is out of hole; temporarily plugging the flow-through passages with a composition while out of hole; running the casing in hole in a wellbore intersecting a hydrocarbon-bearing formation; and exposing the composition to conditions sufficient to displace the composition from the flow-through passages while in hole. Methods of using the casing may include pumping a stimulation treatment fluid through the casing string and into a formation through the flow-through passages in the first casing joint; plugging the flow-through passages in the first casing section; and exposing a second casing joint of the casing string to conditions sufficient to displace the composition from the flow-through passages in the second casing joint.
US07810560B2	Expansion joint with communication medium bypass An expansion joint with one or more communication medium bypass paths is described herein. At least some illustrative embodiments include a first axially flexible cylinder, one or more additional axially flexible cylinders positioned within the first cylinder, and first and second annular members each positioned at a opposite ends of, and each coupled to, the first cylinder and the one or more additional cylinders (the first and second annular members each including one or more apertures through each member). All cylinders concurrently extend and contract in axial length when the first and second annular members are respectively moved away from and towards each other. Annular spaces formed by each of the one or more additional cylinders and an externally adjacent cylinder, together with corresponding apertures of each of the first and second annular members, each provides at least one path for at least one communication medium.
US07810559B2	Wellbore consolidating tool for rotary drilling applications A subpart of a drill string is described having an outer circumferential surface which is contoured and adapted to engage the wall of the borehole with a small angle of attack while exerting during rotary drilling operations an compacting pressure on mud cake and/or cuttings present in the annulus between the drill string and the borehole.
US07810556B2	Lubricator for use with coiled tubing apparatus and universal rig having coiled tubing and top drive capability A lubricator for use with a coiled tubing injector comprising an elongated housing having a first end and a second end. There is a guide system disposed in the housing for guiding coiled tubing passing through the housing, a first director proximal the first end of the housing to direct the coiled tubing in a first direction and a second director proximal the second end of the housing to direct the coiled tubing in a second direction.
US07810555B2	Injector apparatus and method of use The invention generally relates to an apparatus and/or a method for moving an round flexible member into and out of a well bore, and particularly, to an injector with two or more gripping members which bind the outer surface of the round flexible member; two or more actuators which cause the gripping members to bind or release the round flexible member; and at least one reciprocator for translating a gripping member to move the round flexible member, or for repositioning the gripping member. A method of translating a round flexible member is also provided which includes the steps of binding the outer surface of a round flexible member with at least one gripping members by engagement with an actuator, and translating a gripping member by reciprocator to move the round flexible member.
US07810552B2	Method of making a heat exchanger In one embodiment, a method of making a heat exchanger is provided, comprising the steps of generating a stereolithography file from design data, slicing the stereolithography file into two-dimensional patterns, and depositing at least one layer of a material having a high thermal conductivity onto a top surface of a substrate to form a heat exchanger. Preferably, the heat exchanger does not require assembly of separate pieces to form the heat exchanger. In another embodiment a heat exchanger made by this embodiment of the method is provided wherein the heat exchanger may have a design comprising tapered fins and/or alternating airfoil cross-sections.
US07810551B2	Vapor-lift pump heat transport apparatus A vapor-lift pump heat transport apparatus having a small heat resistance and a large heat transport capacity. A heat exchange circulating solution container has a first space and a second space communicating with the first space through a communication opening and contains a heat exchange circulating solution, and vapor thereof, in each space. A circulating solution transport passage includes a pipe connected to the solution outlet of the container and provided with a sensible heat releasing heat exchanger, a pipe disposed in the container, and a pipe connected to a vapor-liquid two-phase fluid inlet and provided with a heating heat exchanger. A vapor-liquid two-phase fluid flows into only the first space through the vapor-liquid two-phase fluid inlet. When the entrance of the vapor-liquid two-phase fluid has caused a pressure difference between the first and second spaces, a difference occurs between the positions of the vapor-liquid interfaces in the first and second spaces.
US07810550B2	Heatable metering device for a hot chamber die-casting machine A metering device for a hot chamber die-casting machine includes a casting container attachable to a crucible of the hot chamber die-casting machine, a riser channel in a riser channel area, and a casting piston unit for metered conveying of melt out of the crucible via the riser channel. A heating device is provided with a flameless heating unit for active heating of at least a part of the riser channel area. The heating unit is placed inside a piston rod leadthrough bore, electrically insulated from the riser channel in a riser bore containing the riser channel, or in a heater receiving space specially provided in the casting container.
US07810544B2	Door system A door system has an axis, a door attached at a first end to the axis for winding and unwinding upon the axis, and a tensioned member surrounding and partially engaging an outer layer of the door wound upon the axis. The tensioned member exerts a radial force to the outer layer of the door wound upon the axis, thereby ensuring that the door is consistently wound tightly upon the axis and permitting the fast unrolling of the door from the axis. Although the tensioned member exerts a radial force upon the door, it imparts no significant lateral forces to the door. Accordingly, the door can have a simple construction with material, cost and space savings.
US07810541B2	Anvil for ultrasonic welding and device for ultrasonic welding An ultrasonic welding apparatus is provided having an anvil preferably connected to a lever assembly. The lever assembly is preferably connected to a carrier via a holder, wherein the holder is pivotable with respect to the carrier, and the lever assembly is pivotable with respect to the holder. An urging device may also be provided to urge the anvil toward an ultrasonic hammer, more preferably away from the carrier.
US07810537B2	Apparatus and method for sealing a vertical protrusion on a roof A device forms a radial flange on a bottom opening of a conate member having a longitudinal axis. The device has a die for receiving the conate member with the bottom opening extending from an open end of the die, a seal-forming cone having at least two radially-extendable sections and being removably located in the open end of the die, inside the conate member, and a handle, axially movable in the cone to extend the movable sections.
US07810529B2	Device with needle penetrable and laser resealable portion A device defining a chamber for receiving a substance and a thermoplastic portion in fluid communication with the chamber is provided along with a method of filling and sealing the substance within the chamber. The thermoplastic portion defines a penetrable region that is penetrable by a filling member and is heat resealable to hermetically seal an aperture therein by applying laser radiation at a predetermined wavelength and power. The thermoplastic portion comprises a thermoplastic body defining a predetermined wall thickness and includes a styrene block copolymer, an olefin and a predetermined amount of pigment allowing the body to absorb laser radiation at the predetermined wavelength, substantially prevent the passage of radiation through the predetermined wall thickness, and hermetically seal the aperture in the penetrable region in a predetermined time period. The body includes a predetermined amount of lubricant that reduces friction forces at an interface of the filling member and body during penetration thereof.
US07810525B2	Trimming strip for the shaping of cigarettes and/or filters A garniture tape for forming cigarettes and/or filters. The garniture tape having at least one warp thread and having a plurality of weft threads. The at least one warp thread has at least one liquid crystal polymer thread and at least one further thread which has greater roughness than the liquid crystal polymer thread.
US07810497B2	Ventilatory control system A system is provided for delivering a flow of breathing gas to an airway of a patient. The system includes a pressurizing flow module that generates a pressurized flow of breathing gas and a patient circuit coupled to the pressurizing flow module configured to communicate the flow of breathing gas to an airway of a patient. The system includes a sensor for monitoring a characteristic of a breathing pattern of the patient a controller that communicates with the sensor configured to increase a fraction of inspired carbon dioxide if the characteristic exceeds an upper threshold value and to provide servo-ventilation if the characteristic is less than a lower threshold value. The upper threshold value and the lower threshold value are changed based on the monitored characteristic of the breathing pattern of the patient.
US07810490B2	Solar air conditioning device A solar air conditioning device (100) includes a solar collector assembly (30), an inlet assembly (10) at an entrance of the solar collector assembly, and an outlet assembly (50) at an exit of the solar collector assembly. The solar collector assembly includes a heat-absorbing set (31) and a transparent panel (38) being assembled to a top of the heat-absorbing set. The heat-absorbing set comprises a plurality of heat-absorbing units (32) engaged with each other. Each of the heat-absorbing units includes two adjacent supporting members (33) and a heat-absorbing plate (35) sandwiched between and buckled with the two supporting members. The heat-absorbing set defines an air channel (314) with the transparent panel and a heat-absorbing channel (315) below the air channel. The inlet and outlet assemblies are in fluidic communication with the heat-absorbing channel.
US07810487B2	Apparatus and methods for providing an improved cooking grate for an outdoor cooking grill Provided is a cooking grate for improving cooking performance on an outdoor cooking grill. The cooking grate has a metallic plate, configured to be placed over a heat source in the outdoor cooking grill, where the metallic plate has a plurality of perforation holes. The cooking grate further includes a plurality of cooking surface ribs, configured to support food during cooking and positioned above the metallic plate. Also provided are methods of providing an improved cooking grate for an outdoor cooking grill including the steps of: perforating a metallic plate, configured to be positioned above a heat source on the outdoor cooking grill; forming a plurality of cooking surface ribs, configured to receive food to be cooked thereon.
US07810486B2	Grill structure A cart suitable for supporting a grill, including a firebox. The cart has four panels each of which has all four of its edges bent to form a flange that provides structural rigidity and a connection feature for facilitating the assembly of the cart. Two opposing side panels are carried by and preferably welded to a respective side frame. The side frames are joined by upper crossbars, one at the front of the cart and a second at the rear of the cart. A bottom panel fits into and is carried by troughs formed by upturned lips on the lower edges of the side panels. The structural integrity and racking strength of the cart is enhanced by the attachment of a rear panels, which has a lower lip that locks into engagement with the rear edge of the bottom panel. The top edge of the rear panel is fastened to the rear upper crossbar to complete the basic structure of the cart. Hooks welded to the side frames allow easy and secure attachment of side and front attachments to the cart.
US07810484B2	Heat distributing cooking grate with grease control structure for a barbecue grill The present invention provides a cooking grate for use within a barbecue grill assembly. The cooking grate is located within a cooking chamber of the barbecue grill and adjacent the heat source. The cooking grate has an energy receptor portion and cooking members depending therefrom. The energy reception portion of the cooking grate receives energy from the heat source. The energy received by the energy reception portion of the cooking grate is then conducted through the cooking grate to cooking members to cook food thereon. The present invention also provides a grease control structure for the grate to assist in directing the flow of grease away from the burners.
US07810474B2	Venting device for fuel tank The fuel tank venting device is furnished with a full fuel control valve and a rollover valve that are installed on a fuel tank, and a fuel tank valve unit having a pressure valve that is situated between a canister and the two valves. The pressure valve is furnished with a casing that has a valve chamber, a valve body housed within the valve chamber, and a spring. The valve body has a disk-shaped valve part and a side wall that projects with tubular contours from the outside perimeter of the valve part, and has a cup shape defining a spring chamber that is bounded by the valve part and the side wall. The valve part is perforated by an orifice of smaller planar dimensions than the valve aperture.
US07810472B2	Fuel pressure sensor/sensor mount assembly A fuel pressure sensor/sensor mount assembly for use in a fuel injection system equipped with fuel injectors which inject fuel, as supplied from an accumulator through fuel pipes, into a multi-cylinder internal combustion engine mounted in an engine compartment of a vehicle. The assembly includes a connector unit and fuel pressure sensors. The connector unit has formed therein a plurality of communication paths each of which is to establish a connection between one of the fuel injectors and the accumulator through one of the fuel pipes. The connector unit also has formed therein sensor mounts exposed to the communication paths. Each of the fuel pressure sensors is disposed in the sensor mount to measure the pressure of the fuel in the communication path. This structure permits steps of installing the fuel pressure sensors within the engine compartment to be decreased and ensures desired measurement accuracy of the fuel pressure sensors.
US07810467B2	Oil supplying apparatus for engine An oil supplying apparatus includes a first oil path supplying working oil from an outlet port to a portion to be supplied with the working oil, a second oil path supplying the working oil to an oil pressure control valve, a relief oil path, and a valve body oil path. Depending on first, second, third, and fourth ranges of the oil pressure of the working oil in the first oil path, the working oil is supplied to the first oil path, is supplied to the first oil path and to the relief oil path via the valve body oil path, is directly supplied to the first oil path and is supplied to merge into the first oil path via the oil pressure control valve, and is supplied to the first oil path and to the relief oil path via the oil pressure control valve respectively.
US07810462B2	Method for operating an ignition device for an internal combustion engine A method for operating an ignition device for an internal combustion engine, particularly of a motor vehicle, having a laser device which has a laser-active solid that has a passive Q-switch. The duration of a pumping light pulse that is applied to the laser device is selected as a function of a specifiable number of laser pulses that is to be generated using the laser device.
US07810461B2	Lash adjuster A return spring is formed using a compression coil spring that is installed so that its axial direction is an up-down direction. The return spring is provided in a high-pressure chamber, and powers a plunger in an upwards direction. A coil diameter of the return spring varies along the axial direction. When the return spring is in a maximally compressed state, an axial direction dimension (up-down direction dimension) is smaller than a dimension that is a thickness of a spring wire multiplied by the number of coil turns. Hence, an overall height of a lash adjuster A can be reduced in comparison to when a return spring with a constant coil diameter over an entire length is used.
US07810456B2	Storage water heater To provide a storage water heater capable of increasing thermal efficiency and quickly boiling when tap water is supplied into a hot-water tank. A storage water heater can heat low-temperature water having a high density because hot water in a hot-water tank is led from a lead-in pipe positioned at the bottom of the hot-water tank to a gas heater. Also, a water supply pipe outlet and a lead-in pipe inlet are provided so as to be opposed to each other on the same axis. Therefore, when tap water is supplied from a water supply pipe, the tap water lower in temperature than the hot water in the hot-water tank is preferentially led to the gas heater. With this, hot water at the lowest temperature in the hot-water tank can be selectively heated, thereby increasing thermal efficiency.
US07810449B2	Plasma processing system with locally-efficient inductive plasma coupling A low inductance RF antenna is provided for producing a high-density plasma in a vacuum chamber for semiconductor wafer coating or etching. The antenna has a planar segmented configuration having high and low efficiency segments and produces a generally ring-shaped array of energy concentrations in the plasma around the periphery of the chamber. The antenna has closely spaced conductor segments through which current flows in one or more small cross-section conductors to produce high magnetic fields while alternating widely spaced conductor segments produce low strength magnetic fields.
US07810446B2	Continuous coating of gum materials A continuous coating process for chewing gum and bubble gum materials. Small cores or pieces of gum material are introduced into inclined rotating drums in solution material plurality cores or rotating requisite which heated air is circulated and a coating is applied (liquid or powder). The coating is dried on the pieces of material, and a of thin layers are formed on each of the small pieces of material. A series of drums can be provided to provide the number or thickness of coating layers. In an alternate embodiment, initial coatings of material can be provided on the cores by a batch-type process before the materials are introduced into the continuous coating drums. The formulas for the coating solution can also be adjusted at different stages of the coating process in order to provide a more consistent and uniform coating.
US07810441B2	Coal burner assembly A burner assembly including a housing having an air inlet, a burner end having an opening, a longitudinal axis extending generally from the air inlet toward the burner end, a motor, an impeller mounted in the housing and being in fluid communication with the air inlet, operatively connected to the motor and adapted to direct air from the air inlet toward the burner end, a coal tube adapted to convey coal toward the burner end, a coal inlet adapted to convey coal to the coal tube, a first bluff body ring, a second bluff body ring and a third bluff body ring mounted at the burner end, a flame bridge disposed between the first bluff body ring and the second bluff body ring, and an igniter mounted in the burner end and being adapted to ignite the air and fuel mixture in the burner end to produce a main flame.
US07810424B2	Device for increasing pressure in cylinders with control unit In order to increase the pressure of the hydraulic medium in cylinders, especially those of the hydraulic longwall construction used in underground mining and tunnel construction, a control unit 21 is used which has suitably controllable, releasable check valves 29, 30 and 25, as well as a blockable check valve 31. These check valves and the associated directional valves create the possibility of filling both the cylinder space 20 proper and the piston rod cavity 26, which enables the pressure adjustment process with hydraulic medium in a specific manner, or accordingly their discharge, with no risk of reciprocal influence, seizing, or other damage.
US07810415B2	Portable tool kit with auto-release clasp and expandable tools A portable tool kit comprising a self-releasing clasp such that the clasp is released as a main body is rotated about a handle axle from a closed position to an open position with reference to a handle assembly. The main body and handle assembly cooperate to wholly enclose a set of tools when in the closed position. When in an open position, the tools of the main body are exposed to selection and rotation about a rivet of the main body cooperating with a biasing device of a biasing rivet of the main body to hold the tool in place. When fully extended, the main body and handle assembly permit the selection of a plurality of tools such as Phillips head and flat head screwdrivers of different sizes for extension from within the main body for use. Moreover, lamps may be provided on either end of the handle assembly for illuminating a work area.
US07810412B2	Gearbox In a gearbox including three or more shaft holes, a vibration suppressor is formed with the gearbox and extends from at least one of shaft hole in a radial direction of the shaft hole. The vibration suppressor ensures a width which is greater than or equal to one fourth of the shaft hole diameter of the shaft hole, and a height that is greater than or equal to one sixth of the shaft hole diameter at a highest portion of the bivration suppressor.
US07810410B2	Drum and washing machine or dryer using the same The present invention relates to a drum rotatable provided in a washing machine or a dryer to dry laundry. A drum for a washing machine or a dryer includes an operable drum door provided at a circumferential surface of the drum; a balance weight provided at the circumferential surface of the drum. The balance weight is placed opposite to the operable drum door to balance the drum.
US07810405B2	Angle drive An angle drive with two shafts (12, 15) which are drivingly connected to one another and whose axes (A1, A2) intersect one another at an angle, wherein on each of the shafts (12, 15) there is firmly arranged at least one gearwheel (19, 20, 21) and wherein there is provided a hollow gear (17) with an axis of rotation (A3) and wherein the gearwheels (19, 20, 21) engage the hollow gear (17).
US07810390B2	Push in tire valve stem A tire pressure monitoring assembly includes a sensor secured to a valve stem secured within a wheel rim. The sensor is secured to the valve stem with a push on clip. The valve stem includes two pieces that provide for installation from one side of the wheel rim. The valve stem is separable to provide for the elongation of the rubber housing. Elongation of the housing causes a reduction in an outer diameter that provides for insertion into the opening of the wheel rim.
US07810389B2	Method for determining a tire position in a tire pressure measurement system In a method for transmitting data, the step of transmitting the data representing a measured pressure or pressure variation is repeated with a first repetition rate if no pressure variation has been detected or repeated with a second repetition rate if a specific pressure variation has been detected. The second repetition rate is higher than the first repetition rate. The different repetition frequencies can be used in a method for determining a tire position in a tire pressure measurement system to switch between a first mode of operation and a second mode of operation. The method for determining a tire position evaluates the repetition rate between the received data packets of transmitted data and extracts a pressure variation out of the received data packets.
US07810387B2	Electronic module designed to be incorporated in a tire system comprising such a module, tire fitted with such a system and method of obtaining such a system An electronic module designed to be incorporated in a tire, comprising a functional device, a support and at least one device for electrically connecting a wire and a device for mechanically fixing the wire, separate from the electrical connection device, for mechanically fixing the wire to the support.
US07810378B2	Monitoring of leakage in wastewater force mains and other pipes carrying fluid under pressure A method of detecting leakage in a force main involves placing at least two spaced sensors on the force main. Liquid is pumped through the pipe by means of a pump. The pump is shut down for an interval of time, and during the period following pump shutdown while negative pressure is present in the pipe, signals are generated at the sensors due to noise or vibration resulting from fluid being drawn into the pipe. The position of a leak in the pipe is determined by correlating the leak noise signals generated while the pipe is under negative pressure. Alternatively, the invention can be applied to a pressurized pipe, in which case conditions of negative pressure can be deliberatively created for a period to draw in fluid from the outside.
US07810374B2	Single solder ball impact tester A test apparatus applies high speed impact load to a sample to test the shear strength of attachment of a component part to the sample, by use of a rotary drive mechanism driving an impact tip. A support mechanism provides alignment between the impact tip and a portion of the sample to receive a test force, and prevents relative movement of at least one of the sample and the impact tip. The rotary drive mechanism establishes a impact force between the impact tip and the sample, and a force transducer receives the resultant force and providing a corresponding output. In one example the force transducer uses a piezoelectric film for sensing. The testing may be used, for example, to provide stable impact speed to a solder ball, and provide, as an output a force and displacement relationship curve. The stable speed can be acquired by clutch, and the data collection.
US07810371B2	Process and arrangement for calibrating and/or equilibrating single-channel and multi-channel liquid handling devices An arrangement and process for calibrating and/or equilibrating single-channel and multi-channel liquid handling devices, wherein a dispensing volume of a liquid is dispensed via the dispensing channels of a liquid handling device into a measurement chamber of a measurement chamber carrier, each measurement chamber being associated with a dispensing channel, and the individual measurement chambers are hermetically sealed successively relative to the environment and are connected to a pressure chamber under an operating pressure so that an equilibrium pressure occurs that is relevant to the respective dispensing volume.
US07810369B2	Forming tool with immobilizing means for the actuating member of the safety member The invention relates to a device for forming, such as a press tool comprising: a body having a receiving structure end for receiving into a receiving structure of a folding press, which end is connected via a central portion to a tool end, at least one safety member which can protrude beyond a surface plane of the receiving structure end, and an actuating member which is movable in a first direction and which is coupled to a safety member, comprising immobilizing means for making the actuating member inoperative.
US07810365B2	Lock cylinder with locking member A lock cylinder that includes a housing and a plug. The housing defines a cylindrical cavity, and an outer pin chamber in communication with the cavity. The plug is rotatable within the cavity, and includes a key slot, a cylindrical outer surface, and an inner pin chamber aligned with the outer pin chamber when the plug is in a locked position. An outer pin is housed in the outer pin chamber, and an inner pin is housed in the inner pin chamber. The inner pin is engageable with a key inserted into the key slot, and further engageable with the outer pin. The lock cylinder also includes a lock member in communication with the housing and the plug that selectively disables the lock cylinder in response to partial rotation of the plug from the locked position without an appropriate key in the key slot.
US07810355B2	Full perimeter chemical strengthening of substrates Methods and apparatus for protecting the thin films during chemical and/or thermal edge strengthening treatment. In one embodiment, a portion of each individual sheet is laminated. Pairs of sheets are then sealed together such that the thin film sides face inward to form a thin film sandwich. In some embodiments, the sandwich in then immersed in a chemical strengthener. In other embodiments, a localized treatment is applied to the unstrengthened edges.
US07810354B2	Multi-piece puzzle charm Multi-piece charm includes at least one edge puzzle piece charm each having at least one smooth edge and at least one edge having at least one tab or blank, and at least one additional puzzle piece charm having a tab or blank and arranged to interlock with an edge puzzle piece charm. Each puzzle piece charm includes an aperture to enable a strand of material to be passed therethrough and enable the puzzle piece charms to be worn on a part of the body. The additional puzzle piece charm may be another edge puzzle piece or a middle puzzle piece charm which has one or more tabs or blanks, either on a single edge, on a plurality of edges or on all of its edges.
US07810353B2	Heat pump system with multi-stage compression A multi-compressor heat pump system configured to provide heating and cooling over a range of ambient temperatures. The compressors can be operated independently and alone or together in series for maximum output. Heat exchangers are selectively fluidically connected to the compressors to enable refrigerant flow between the compressors and at least two heat exchangers in a manner that enables the heat pump system to be selectively operable in various modes. Preferred aspects include selectively operating the compressors based on the ratio of the evaporating and condensing pressures of the refrigerant within the heat pump system, a mixing chamber between the compressors, and a lubricant management system to prevent the accumulation of a lubricant in one of the compressors.
US07810352B2	Heat exchange having adsorbing core for use in refrigerating system A heat exchanger having an adsorbing core is advantageously applied to a refrigerating system mounted on an automotive vehicle. The adsorbing core absorbs heat from coolant and gives heat to the coolant thereby to perform heat-exchanging operation. The adsorbing core is composed of a heat exchanging member such as tubes or fins of the heat exchanger and a attracting layer connected to the surface of the heat exchanging member. A seed crystal retaining layer is firmly connected to the surface of the heat exchanging member, and the attractant crystals forming the attractant layer are grown on the seed crystals by a hydrothermal crystal growth method. Since the attracting layer is uniformly formed and firmly connected to the surface of the heat exchanging member, heat is quickly transferred between the attractant layer and the heat exchanging member.
US07810350B2	Beverage dispensing cooler A wearable cooler device for the transport of consumables having multiple access ports near the bottom thereof and containing pathways that direct the consumables to areas proximate the access ports, thereby allowing easy removal while preventing the unintended egress of the consumables from the wearable cooler.
US07810347B2	Conveyor belt having rotating drive shaft An apparatus and method for processing products by chilling or freezing includes a conveyor for conveying the products along a plane of travel; lifting means disposed for intermittent contact with the conveyor during processing; cam means rotatable for contacting and displacing the lifting means to contact and displace the conveyor from the plane of travel, thereby displacing the products on the conveyor to prevent the products from adhering to the conveyor and other of the products; and drive means operatively associated with the cam means to impart rotational movement to the cam means for intermittently contacting and displacing the lifting means.
US07810346B2	Icemaker and method for controlling the same An icemaker and a method for controlling the same are disclosed. An object of the present invention is to provide an icemaker and a method for controlling the same, which has an improved structure to make a lot of ice in a short time. an icemaker includes an ice tray rotatable with at least one column of ice making chambers formed therein to make ice; an ejector rotatably provided in each ice making chamber to eject the ice formed in the ice making chamber; an operation device which rotates the ice tray; and a separation device which separates the ice from the ice tray. The separation device may be a heater which heats the ice. Preferably, the heater is operated until adhesive force which acts between the ice and the ice tray is smaller than pushing force in which the ejector pushes the ice.
US07810341B2	Redundant upgradeable, modular data center cooling apparatus A data center is configured in a room using alternating rows of racks containing heat-generating electronic devices and air conditioners or liquid conditioners. Chilled fluid, such as water or a refrigerant, for the air conditioners or liquid conditioners is supplied through redundant plumbing comprising first and second supply and return pipes below a raised floor. Attached to this redundant plumbing are standard fluid couplings configured to couple to either air conditioners or liquid conditioners. The air conditioners and liquid conditioners use the same chilled fluid so that they may share the redundant plumbing and continually receive chilled fluid in the event of the failure of one of the chilled fluid supplies.
US07810336B2	System for introducing fuel to a fluid flow upstream of a combustion area Aspects of the invention relate to a system and method for introducing fuel to the flow of air along a surface upstream of a combustion area. Fuel injectors can be used to deliver fuel to the air flow at or near the boundary layer of the air flow. The fuel injectors are ideally located substantially outside of the flow path. Many benefits can be realized by keeping the injectors out of the flow path including avoidance of potential excitations and smaller pressure drops in the flow. The potential of flame from the combustion area traveling upstream to the fuel injector can be minimized by creating a disturbance in the boundary layer of the flow downstream of the fuel injectors. Such disturbances can be achieved by placing a turbulence generator in the boundary layer. The turbulence generator can be a surface protrusion or a fluid cross-flow.
US07810322B2	Turbo-transmission Improvements in a turbo transmission are provided for transferring power from a power source to a work unit. The transmission includes an input shaft coupled to a power source and to a pump that is configured to rotate with the input shaft. The pump transfers energy received from the power source into a fluid or gas. The transmission includes an output shaft and a multi-stage turbine in line. The first turbine is fixed to output shaft, and a plurality of additional turbines are fixed on either one-way overrunning clutches or multi-disc clutches and these clutches are fixed to the output shaft and after each turbine is a multi-valves that discharges the fluid or gas. After all of the multi-stage turbines a planetary gear set connects the turbo transmission to the vehicle or work unit.
US07810320B2	Atmospheric temperature detecting apparatus and exhaust emission purification apparatus An intake air temperature detected by an airflow sensor is corrected based on a rotation speed of an engine and a fuel supply amount to thereby estimate an atmospheric temperature. The atmospheric temperature is estimated by calculating a dynamic temperature error caused by heat generated around an engine and a correction factor in regard to thermal influence which changes according to the flow rate of an intake air, and correcting the intake air temperature detected by the airflow sensor with the temperature error corrected with the correction factor. On the basis of the atmospheric temperature, an electric heater is controlled, which is provided on at least a part of a system of supplying a reducing agent or its precursor, for example, a supply pipe mutually communicating a reducing agent container with a reducing agent supplying apparatus.
US07810317B2	Catalytic burner utilizing electrosprayed fuels A catalytic burner wherein a liquid fuel is evaporated prior to catalytic combustion by employing an electrosprayer. The catalytic burner can be made into an electrical generator by the use of a thermal to electrical energy conversion (TEEC) module.
US07810307B2	Lightened vibrating clamps for tree-shaking fruit harvesting machines Lightened vibrating clamp for machines harvesting fruit by shaking, of the type featuring two jaws capable of being brought closer together or of being placed further apart from each other. At least one of the jaws includes an exterior jacket made of composite material and positioned around a web or core.
US07810304B2	Compact knife head assembly, bearing and eccentric for a sickle drive for a header of an agricultural plant cutting machine A compact epicyclic drive includes a pinion rotatable about a ring gear and an eccentric element fixedly connected to the pinion so as to be rotated thereby, a knife head bearing supported on and extending around the eccentric element, and a knife head assembly connected in driving relation to a sickle knife assembly. The knife head assembly includes an element supported on and extending around the knife head bearing and configured so as to transfer sidewardly directed components of rotations of the eccentric element into sideward reciprocating movements of the sickle knife assembly. The eccentric element, knife head bearing, and knife head assembly are generally flat and axially coextensive, contributing to the compactness of the drive. The sickle drive is adapted to incorporated into or beneath a floor or pan of a header of an agricultural harvesting machine.
US07810299B2	Manufacturing process for a floor tile A floor tile for a raised floor. The floor tile is defined by a shallow upwardly-opening metal pan defining a shallow compartment in which a main preformed one-piece concrete block is secured. The main concrete block is preferably formed from a plurality of one-piece preformed concrete sub-blocks which are adhesively adhered in sideward abutting relationship to define a plan profile corresponding to the main concrete block. The main concrete block is then adhesively secured within the compartment of the metal pan.
US07810293B2	Multiple layer polymer foam and concrete system for forming concrete walls, panels, floors, and decks Multiple layers of polymer foam form structural concrete into a desired planar shape that retains a foam panel when flat or upright. The polymer foam has a planar shape and an exterior surface with multiple channels into the panel. The channels are generally wider at the bottom and narrower towards the top, preferably a trapezoidal shape. In use, the panel is placed flat within a forming frame, exterior surface upwards. Then concrete is poured upon the exterior surface and into the channels. The trapezoidal shape of the channel prevents removal of the panel from the concrete. The concrete panel can then be used flat or upright as specified for a construction project.
US07810290B2	Compression post for structural shear wall A compression post for a shear wall includes a plate mounted to the bottom of an end post of a shear wall. The plate is sized to conform to the lower end of each end post. An extended portion (e.g., a cylinder) is positioned perpendicularly to the plate. The extended portion has a cross section sized to fit through a hole in a mudsill of the shear wall and has a length selected to conform with a thickness of the mudsill. When the shear wall is mounted on a structural support (e.g., a footing or foundation), forces applied to the end post pass through the plate and the extended portion to the structural support. The extended portion may be secured to the plate (e.g., by spot welding, press fitting, bolting, or threaded engagement) or the two portions may be independent. The two portions may also be a cast unitary body.
US07810287B2	Arrangement of elements for producing a panel An arrangement of elements includes a plurality of edging elements and a plurality of components consisting of a flexible material, the edging elements being assembled to form a structure on which a component consisting of a flexible material is placed. The edging elements include assembly members whose ends are respectively fixed in recesses, and the arrangement of elements includes connection elements provided with assembly members which are complementary to those of the edging elements. A connection element can be connected to two consecutive edging elements, once the edging elements have been assembled together with a flexible component, so as to ensure the positioning of the two edging elements without the direct and rigid assembly of the adjacent ends of two edging elements, such that the adjacent ends of two edging elements are simply held by the connection elements.
US07810278B2	Unattended plant watering system An apparatus is provided for unattended watering of plants over an extended period of time utilizing a watering system that regulates a partial vacuum to control the discharge of water to the roots of the plants. A water reservoir is provided having an encapsulated interior cavity and an exterior exposed to ambient air, and having upper and lower ends. The reservoir is located above the root level of a plant to be watered. At least one drain opening is defined in the lower end of the reservoir. The upper end of the reservoir is closed and is provided with an adjustable valve, preferably a pinch valve, and an air conduit, preferably a flexible tube, that passes through the valve and extends between the interior and the exterior of the reservoir. The valve thereby interacts with the conduit to partially obstruct air flow through it, so as to maintain a partial vacuum in the upper end of the reservoir as water drains from the lower end of the reservoir.
US07810274B2	Custom rod with sensor ring handle A handle for a fishing rod is disclosed which provides increased sensitivity to vibration. In particular, the handle is formed from a plurality of cork rings and a plurality of sensor disks having a relatively higher flexural stiffness than cork, such as graphite rings. The principles of the present invention may be used with virtually any type of fishing rod handle, such as a handle with a reel seat for a bait caster reel; a handle with a reel seat for use with a spinning reel and a handle without a reel seat, also known as a Tennessee style handle and assembled to a rod blank to form a fishing rod. Since the handle is formed from both cork rings and sensor disks having a relatively higher flexural stiffness than cork, the handle in accordance with the present invention provides increased sensitivity to vibration relative to a cork handle while at the same time provides the same feel as a handle formed from cork that is not as brittle or susceptible to breakage as an all graphite handle.
US07810269B2	Frame-mounted trigger safety and well extension A trigger safety for a firearm having a frame and slide. The safety includes a safety assembly frame mountable within the firearm frame. The safety also includes at least one actuator operatively attached to the safety assembly frame, the actuator being capable of selectively moving the safety assembly frame between a first position and a second position. The assembly frame also has an abutment surface. In the first position the abutment surface contacts a trigger bar of the firearm preventing movement of the trigger and discharge of the firearm while allowing the slide to be cycled and in the second position the abutment surface is not in contact with the trigger bar and the firearm can be discharged.
US07810261B2	Animated foldable card An animated foldable card that includes a base page, shield page, first intermediate page and second intermediate page all having top, bottom, left and right edges. The shield page includes a window defined therein and its bottom edge is hingedly connected to the top edge of the base page. The right edge of the first intermediate page is hingedly connected to the left edge of the base page, and the right edge of the second intermediate page is hingedly connected to the left edge of the first intermediate page. The card also includes a moveable page having top, bottom, left and right edges. The right edge of the moveable page is hingedly connected to the left edge of the second intermediate page, and the moveable page includes one of either a plurality of shutter elements or at least one coded image associated therewith. Either the base page or the shield page includes the other of the plurality of shutter elements and the at least one coded image associated therewith.
US07810254B2	Shock attenuation system for the insoles of shoes An adjustable shock attenuation system for an insole of a shoe includes an insole body and a pressure controller. The pressure controller uses two pressure controlling modes, and can be adjusted to select between the alternate pressure controlling modes using a rotatable shaft extending from the sole of the shoe.
US07810248B2	Coordinate positioning machine A coordinate positioning apparatus has a base a structure and six struts joining the base and the structure. A working volume is defined by the base, structure and six struts. A support member extends from the supported structure. At least one access region is provided into the working volume, the access area being formed between two adjacent struts, the area of the access region being greater than the area between another set of adjacent struts. Access to the working volume is thereby improved.
US07810240B2	Shaving razors and other hair cutting assemblies A shaving razor blade unit including a housing having a primary guard at a front of the housing and a primary cap at an upper surface at a back of the housing, one or more primary shaving blades between the primary guard and the primary cap, a rear wall having a rear exterior surface extending downward from the upper surface at the back of the housing to a terminating surface, and a trimming blade mounted on the rear wall and having a trimming cutting edge extending at least partially beyond the terminating surface inside of an imaginary extension of the rear exterior surface, the rear exterior surface defining a secondary cap for the trimming blade. The back of the housing includes a trimming guard including spaced guard segments.
US07810239B2	Engine mount bearing sleeve repair Bearing bores for engine mount components must be periodically repaired. A component is disassembled and a bearing is removed from the bearing bore. An inner surface of the bearing bore is machined to remove any damage. A sizing sleeve is selected to have a press fit with the machined inner surface of the bearing bore and with the outer surface of a new bearing. The bearing is press fit into the sizing sleeve and the sizing sleeve is press fit into the bearing bore. The outer surfaces of the sizing sleeve and the bearing are swaged to assist in retaining and preventing relative movement between the bearing, sizing sleeve and engine mount component.
US07810238B2	Optimum number of teeth setting method for helical gear pair and helical gear pair manufactured by this method In optimum number of teeth setting method for a helical gear pair and the helical gear pair manufactured on the basis of the set optimum number of teeth of each helical gear of the helical gear pair, a sound pressure level of a gear sound is compared with the sound pressure level of an audible limit with respect to a meshing frequency of the helical gear pair at a predetermined vehicle speed of an automotive vehicle in which the helical gear pair is mounted to select a frequency region in which the calculated sound pressure of the gear sound is relatively low to the sound pressure level of the audible limit, and number of teeth of each helical gear of the helical gear pair corresponding to the selected frequency region is set to an optimum number of teeth of each helical gear of the helical gear pair.
US07810237B2	Method for repairing and/or modifying component parts of a gas turbine A method is for repairing and/or modifying component parts of a gas turbine. First, at least one, particularly damaged section of the component part that is to be repaired is cut out of the component part. In addition, if it does not exist, a data record is generated for a replacement part that is to be produced. The replacement part is subsequently produced with the aid of a rapid manufacturing process. Subsequently, the replacement part produced is integrated into the component part that is to be repaired.
US07810236B2	Method for manufacturing a power transmitting apparatus A method for manufacturing a power transmitting apparatus by molding both the pressure-contact assist cam and back-torque limiting cam even though either one of the pressure-contact assist cam and back-torque limiting cam is molded as a reverse-draft surface. The power transmitting apparatus has a clutch housing (2) and a clutch member (4) connected to an output member (3). A plurality of driven clutch plates (7) alternately is arranged between the driving clutch plates (6) of the clutch housing. The pressure plate (5) and the clutch member (4) are, respectively, formed with through windows (5c) and (4c) at positions corresponding to the pressure-contact assist cams (4aa) and (5ba) and the back-torque limiting cams (4ab) and (5bb) to form reverse-draft surfaces of the pressure-contact assist cams (4aa) and (5ba) and the back-torque limiting cams (4ab) and (5bb) by inserting pin-shaped cores into the windows (5c) and (4c).
US07810234B2	Method of forming a thin film capacitor An apparatus, and a method for forming, a split thin film capacitor for providing multiple power and reference supply voltage levels to electrical devices such as integrated circuits, may be useful in space restricted applications, and in applications that require very close electrical connections between the power consumer and the power supply. An example of both a space restricted application and a close coupling application may be an integrated circuit (IC) such as a microprocessor. The capacitor supplying and moderating power to the microprocessor needs to be closely coupled in order to respond to instantaneous power demands that may be found in high clock rate microprocessors, and the space inside a microprocessor package is very restricted. The microprocessor may use a lower voltage power supply level for minimum sized fast transistors in the fast core logic portions of the microprocessor, and a more normal voltage power supply voltage level for the cache memory and I/O transistor portions of the microprocessor. Thus a compact capacitor with multiple power and reference supply levels may be needed to provide the required power for a high frequency IC.
US07810231B2	Self-piercing rivet setting apparatus and system A self-piercing rivet setting apparatus (9) comprises a punch (14) and a die (18) for driving a self-piercing rivet into a plurality of workpieces including a receiving-side workpiece adjacent to the die. The self-piercing rivet has a large-diameter head and a hollowed leg. The leg is driven to pierce the workpieces while allowing the front end of the leg to be expanded and deformed in its radial outward direction and to be stayed in the receiving-side workpiece without passing therethrough, to connect the plurality of workpieces with each other by the expanded leg and the head. The die includes a first die member (26) having a first cavity (25), and a second die member (30) having a second cavity (27) and a protruding pin (29) provided at the center of the second cavity. The first cavity is adapted to allow the leg of the self-piercing to be driven into the workpieces in a straight direction when the self-piercing rivet is pressed by the punch (14). The second cavity and the protruding pin are adapted to allow the leg of the self-piercing rivet being piercing the workpieces to be expanded and deformed in its radial outward direction.
US07810229B2	Tape core wire wiring apparatus There is provided a tape core wire manufacturing apparatus that makes it possible to manufacture a large variety of tape core wires in small quantities with ease, and in addition, makes it easy to apply a uniform coating over a broad width. In the tape core wire manufacturing apparatus of the present invention, a coating apparatus that applies a coating material to respective optical fiber core wires has a coating head that moves in the longitudinal direction relatively to the respective optical fiber core wires that have been placed in a row on a coating jig. The coating head has a position adjustment surface that is located in the vicinity of a coating member of the coating head and adjusts the positioning in the thickness direction of the respective optical fiber core wires when these are in the form of a tape. This position adjustment surface is pressed against the respective optical fiber core wires. The coating head is also able to be tilted in the longitudinal direction.
US07810226B2	Method of manufacturing a thin-film magnetic head having an element having a lower layer with a narrower width A manufacturing method of a thin-film element having a lower layer with a narrower width is provided, which comprises steps of: forming a first film and a second film on the first film; forming a second layer having a width WUP obtained by trimming the second film; forming a mask film having a smaller etching rate than the first film so as to cover the second layer; forming a pattern having a width WTR larger than the width WUP, obtained by collectively trimming the mask film covering the second layer and at least an upper portion of the first film; and forming a first layer having a width WLO smaller than the width WUP or having a portion with a width WLO smaller than the width WUP, obtained by trimming the first film without changing the width WUP of the second layer.
US07810223B2	Method of attaching radiopaque markers to intraluminal medical devices, and devices formed using the same A method of attaching radiopaque markers to an intraluminal medical device frame formed from a shape memory metal or alloy thereof, the process conducted during the shape recovery process of said shape memory metal or alloy thereof.
US07810221B1	Knot keeper Knot keepers for use with cordage, the knot keeper configured for securing a knot tied in the length of cordage are presented including: a trunk; and a number of branches radiating from the trunk, where the length of cordage is configured to receive the knot keeper along a cordage axis such that the trunk and a first portion of the number of branches is confined within the length of cordage, and where a second portion of the number of branches extends from the length of cordage. In some embodiments, the number of branches further includes a tip such as: a flat tip, a rounded tip, a pointed tip, a hooked tip, a barbed tip, a bull-nose tip, a bull-nose barb tip, a rectangular tip, and a rectangular barb tip.
US07810216B2	Handle connection for a manual utensil or tool A handle connection for a manual utensil or tool, whereby the implement (2) has a biconical through-hole and there is a handle head (1) on the handle with an exterior surface that matches the surface of the hole in which it is inset. The handle head (1) presents an interior hole (40), at the outlet (31) of which in the outgoing angle zone (Z2) there is a wedge (5) that, when pressure is applied to this outgoing angle zone (Z2), makes the zone fit flush with the hole. It has a fastening screw (7), the body of which (16) passes through the wedge (5), and it is screwed by threads (15 and 151) directly/indirectly to the head of the handle (1), which screw has a head (9) that directly/indirectly abuts against the implement (2) such that the head of the handle (1) works like a nut with respect to the fastening screw (7).
US07810206B2	Wiper blade to clean windshields, in particular of automobiles A wiper blade to clean windshields, in particular of automobiles. The wiper blade (10) has an elongated belt-shaped, flexible spring support element (12), with a separate first component designed as an elastic rubber wiper strip (14) that can be pressed against the windshield (20) located at the bottom belt surface (13) of the support element and with a separate second component located at the other upper belt surface (11) of the support element (12) that is designed as a wind deflection strip (24) that extends at least along a longitudinal section of the wiper blade (10). A particularly low-disruption wiper blade results if the two components (14, 24) are connected together at their sides facing one another.
US07810196B1	Independently extendable truck ramps and associated use therefor The invention as presently conceived discloses a variable length ramp system attachable to a standard pickup truck that assists with the loading of all-terrain vehicles (ATV's), small tractors, yard equipment, golf carts, and similar items. The length of each ramp can vary independently with the other from a minimum of approximately four feet to a maximum of eight feet. The extension is similar to that of an extension ladder in which once piece slides inside the other. A textile strap with connectors provides further securement of the ramps with the truck body. When not in use, the ramps can be collapsed and stored in minimal space.
US07810189B2	Folding bed A folding bed for supporting an intended user having a torso and a pair of lower limbs. First and second supporting sections are provided for supporting respectively the torso and the lower limbs and are pivotally coupled together through a first-to-second section pivotal link for pivotal movement between an extended configuration and a bent configuration. When the first and second supporting sections are respectively in the extended and bent configurations, the first-to-second section pivotal link is respectively at a first and a second level relative to the frame base, the second level being substantially lower than the first level. A retaining member attached to the first supporting section constrains the movement of the first supporting section such that when the first and second supporting sections are moved from the elongated configuration to the bent configuration, the second supporting section is moved towards the retaining member.
US07810188B2	Nursing bed with improved lifting mechanism A height-adjustable nursing bed is provided that includes a pedestal in which the upper frame and the lower frame are connected to one another by a total of four toggle lever pairs. The toggle lever pairs on each side of the bed are additionally connected to one another by horizontally and diagonally extending coupling braces. The horizontal coupling brace connects the toggle levers in the region of the toggle link while the diagonal coupling brace connects a lower toggle lever arm to an upper toggle lever arm. The motor for raising and lowering the upper frame relative to the lower frame extends directly between these two frames such that the toggle levers and their coupling braces act as a parallel linkage of sorts.
US07810179B2	Scalp washing device In a scalp washing device a droplet preventing plate is provided positioned between a user's scalp and face, a nozzle having a single discharge port which discharges hot water to the scalp side of the droplet preventing plate is disposed, and hot water discharged from the discharge port of the nozzle is dispersed along the droplet preventing plate so as to be supplied to the user's scalp. For this reason, the flow rate of the hot water is reduced during the dispersion along the droplet preventing plate, and at the time when the hot water is separated from the edge of the droplet preventing plate and is supplied to the user's scalp, the hot water is supplied slowly to the entire scalp, and droplets are not generated. Even if a small gap is generated between the droplet preventing plate and the user's face, the droplets do not leak to the user's face, wetting it.
US07810178B2	Dual toilet tank system The dual toilet tank system is toilet flushing system that efficiently uses the water in the tank depending on the waste being flushed. The tank body has a divider separating the tank into two compartments, one compartment has a smaller volume than the other; a flushing valve assembly with two flapper valves, one flapper valve disposed vertically higher than the other with each disposed in respective compartments; and independently operated actuators that flush the water in respective compartments or all of the tank. The smaller volume compartment is mostly used for liquid wastes while the larger volume compartment is used for solid wastes. For larger loads, both compartments are utilized.
US07810177B2	Hygienic apparatus including a toilet bowl and a urinal A hygienic apparatus includes a urinal, a toilet bowl, and a water-storing device including a housing body interconnecting the urinal and the toilet bowl, a water tank disposed in the housing body, a water-feeding tube allowing flow of water into the water tank therethrough. A drain tube unit is in fluid communication with the urinal and the toilet bowl. A flush unit includes a urinal-flushing tube in fluid communication with the water tank and the urinal, and a toilet-flushing tube in fluid communication with the water tank and the toilet bowl. A swivel mechanism includes a base, a vertical shaft disposed fixedly on the base and extending into an assembly of the urinal, the toilet bowl, and the water-storing device, and a driving unit operable to drive rotation of the assembly of the urinal, the toilet bowl, and the water-storing device relative to the base about the vertical shaft.
US07810169B2	Garment and measuring scale combination A protective garment conforming to NFPA standards is combined with a measuring scale, which is displayed along a portion of the protective garment, such a sleeve, body, or leg, so as to facilitate taking a measurement, while the protective garment is being worn by a person. In a preferred mode for carrying out this invention, the measuring scale facilitates taking a measurement, while the garment of the combination is being worn by each person in a series of persons, to facilitate tailoring a similar garment for each person in the series of persons. In an alternative mode for carrying out this invention, the measuring scale facilitates taking a measurement, while the garment of the combination is being worn by just one person, to facilitate tailoring the garment of the combination to fit such one person.
US07814565B2	Nanostructure on a probe tip Techniques for forming a nanostructure on a probe tip are provided.
US07814564B2	Method for fingerprinting multimedia content To identify participants in collusion directed to altering a digital fingerprint embedded in multimedia content, an ECC based fingerprinting technique establishes a code symbol for each of a plurality of segments of digital data forming the multimedia content. The code symbols are concatenated to form a fingerprint signal, which is subdivided into a plurality of subsegments for each segment in the digital data. The subsegments are permuted and embedded into the digital data. When a suspicious copy of the multimedia content is discovered, the permuted fingerprint signal is extracted from the content and inversely permuted to form a test fingerprint. The identity of one of the colluders is determined by correlation with characteristics of the codeword originally assigned to the user. The determination of identity may be enhanced by the addition of group data embedded as an additional fingerprint in the digital data. Joint consideration of coding and embedding provide benefits over previous fingerprinting techniques.
US07814559B2	Teleconference system, on-site server, management server, teleconference management method and progam A teleconference system includes an on-site server provided in a site to control a device in the site, and a management server that connects sites to generate a shared workspace. The shared workspace manages a task that realize collaboration between on-site servers, and the on-site server generates a session key to connect to the on-site server and registers the session key in the shared workspace, when the on-site server uses the shared workspace. Thus, it enhances the security and improves the usability.
US07814555B2	Information network system and information apparatus Upon receiving an input of a request to move data to an external recording medium, a first information apparatus: transfers to record contents data after performing conversion under compression; encrypts the contents data and stores it in a concealment area of an internal recording medium; transfers to record the contents management information containing key information to the external recording medium; and deletes the encryption key. A second information apparatus: obtains the contents management information from the external recording medium and searches the network; obtains the encrypted contents data from the first information apparatus that holds the contents data concerned; and decrypts the encrypted contents data by using the encryption key contained in the contents management information.
US07814554B1	Dynamic associative storage security for long-term memory storage devices A hierarchical folder security system for mapping files into and out of alias directories and/or real directories depending on: 1) the directory of the specific file being accessed, 2) the program thread requesting access to a memory storage device (114), and 3) the type of access request being made (i.e. load, save, run, etc.). For write access requests (i.e. save, modify, paste, delete, cut, move, rename, etc.), security controller (180) determines if the requested folder access address (150a) is associated with the requesting program's folder address (168). If it is, the file is written at absolute address (156b) on disk platter (160) through real folder map (152). If requested address (150a) is not associated with program folder address (168), then an alias directory address is created and the file is written at alias address (156a) through alias folder address map (154).
US07814551B2	System and method for manifest generation The execution of software may be controlled by a security policy expressed in a manifest. The software vendor or distributor specifies requirements for the use of software (e.g., which modules may be loaded into the software's address space, which module-signing keys are trustworthy, etc.), using a manifest specification language. A generation tool reads the specification and creates a manifest based on the specification. The tool may handle such details as retrieving keys from key files, computing software hashes, and the like. The manifest is distributed with the software and used by the environment in which the software executes to enforce the security policy.
US07814550B2	System and method to emulate mobile logic in a communication system A system includes hosts that may be infected with mobile logic. One type of mobile logic is a worm, which can be a process that is capable of causing a (possibly evolved) copy of itself to execute on one or more hosts of the system. An infected host of the system can infect other hosts based on criteria, such as targeting, visibility, vulnerability, or infectability of the other hosts. A worm can be represented as a Turing Machine whose state can be determined using computational methods. A worm can be emulated in the system to determine worm detection capabilities of the system. Emulating the worm can allow the system to be tested with less negative impact than using the actual worm.
US07814549B2	Direct process access A method, computer program product and system for obtaining notification information about the state of an operating system. The method includes the steps of receiving, by a Direct Process Access (DPA) engine, a request for the notification information from a requesting program. The notification information is obtained from a database associated with the DPA engine and the notification information is provided to the requesting program. The DPA engine receives update information indicative of changes in the notification information directly from the operating system and causes the notification information to be updated in the database.
US07814546B1	Method and system for integrated computer networking attack attribution A system and method for determining the point of entry of a malicious packet into a network is disclosed. An intrusion detection system detects entry of the malicious packet into the network (500). A stepping stone detection system identifies stepping stones in extended connections within the network (524). A traceback engine isolates the malicious packet in response to operation of the intrusion detection system (528), wherein the traceback engine utilizes the identified stepping stones to determine the point of entry of the malicious packet.
US07814545B2	Message classification using classifiers A system and method are disclosed for improving a statistical message classifier. A message may be tested with a machine classifier, wherein the machine classifier is capable of making a classification on the message. In the event the message is classifiable by the machine classifier, the statistical message classifier is updated according to the reliable classification made by the machine classifier. The message may also be tested with a first classifier. In the event that the message is not classifiable by the first classifier, it is tested with a second classifier, wherein the second classifier is capable of making a second classification. In the event that the message is classifiable by the second classifier, the statistical message classifier is updated according to the second classification.
US07814542B1	Network connection detection and throttling In an edge network, message traffic between the edge network and a core network passes through the edge router. A port scanning attack directed to the network as a whole (core network) potentially emanates from within the LAN. The edge router includes a network throttling device which identifies and mitigates harmful transmissions such that they do not propagate to the core network. The network throttling device has a connection daemon to scan transactions and determine deviant or atypical connection attempts. A session database stores a transaction history representing a window of previous connection attempts. A pattern detector examines the history and looks for malicious behavior. Identified deviant patterns cause a throttler enforcer to limit the triggering user by restricting future connection attempts, thus mitigating harmful effects. Usage, therefore, is not prevented, but resilience to deviant practices is provided. Accordingly, virus propagation via port scanning is mitigated to a safe level and false alarms targeting legitimate activity are minimized.
US07814532B2	Data processing system and method for password protecting a boot device A data processing system and method of password protecting the boot of a data processing system are disclosed. According to the method, in response to an attempt to boot the data processing system utilizing a boot device, the boot device is interrogated for a password. If the boot device supplies password information corresponding to that of a trusted boot device, the data processing system boots utilizing the boot device. If, however, the boot device does not supply password information corresponding to that of a trusted boot device, booting from the boot device is inhibited. In a preferred embodiment, the password information comprises a unique combination of the boot device's manufacturer-supplied model and serial numbers.
US07814529B2	Virtual channel table for a broadcast protocol and method of broadcasting and receiving broadcast signals using the same A virtual channel table for broadcasting protocol and a method for broadcasting by using the virtual channel table includes identification information identifying and permitting discrimination of active and inactive channels contained in the virtual channel table. At a receiver, the virtual channel table transmitted from the transmitting side is parsed, thereby determining whether the current received channel is an active or inactive channel.
US07814526B1	Signal processing apparatus and methods A unified system of programming communication. The system encompasses the prior art (television, radio, broadcast hardcopy, computer communications, etc.) and new user specific mass media. Within the unified system, parallel processing computer systems, each having an input (e.g., 77) controlling a plurality of computers (e.g., 205), generate and output user information at receiver stations. Under broadcast control, local computers (73, 205), combine user information selectively into prior art communications to exhibit personalized mass media programming at video monitors (202), speakers (263), printers (221), etc. At intermediate transmission stations (e.g., cable television stations), signals in network broadcasts and from local inputs (74, 77, 97, 98) cause control processors (71) and computers (73) to selectively automate connection and operation of receivers (53), recorder/players (76), computers (73), generators (82), strippers (81), etc. At receiver stations, signals in received transmissions and from local inputs (225, 218, 22) cause control processors (200) and computers (205) to automate connection and operation of converters (201), tuners (215), decryptors (224), recorder/players (217), computers (205), furnaces (206), etc. Processors (71, 200) meter and monitor availability and usage of programming.
US07814525B2	Navigation within switched digital streamed content In certain embodiments, a method carried out in a digital television receiver device incapable of full two way communications, of receiving switched digital television programs involves storing a virtual channel table in the digital television receiver device, the virtual channel table having entries for each available channel and having a channel type indicator that identifies switched digital channels; receiving a command indicative of selection of a switched digital channel having the switched digital channel type indicator in the stored virtual channel table; sending a request from the television receiver device for the switched digital channel; responsive to the request, receiving a response that either grants the request or denies the request; and if the response grants the request, receiving an updated virtual channel table having updated table entries. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US07814524B2	Capture of configuration and service provider data via OCR In one embodiment, a method of obtaining information associated with a television access device used in a television reception system, wherein the method is carried out in a control device that does not have direct access to the configuration information of the access device involves directing the access device to generate and communicate a signal to the control device suitable for driving a display, wherein the signal contains a visual representation of one or more successive video frames containing at least one or more of the following: a service provider logo, a VOD channel accessible by the access device, a broadcast channel accessible by the access device, a program content stored on the access device, an access device model identifier, a MAC address, a software version and a system time on a display; receiving the signal and storing a representation of the video frame; processing the video frame using optical character recognition (OCR) and pattern matching to extract information from the video frame; and storing the extracted information to a configuration database in the control device. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US07814523B2	Apparatus and method for television viewer interest expression in advertiser goods and services A method for allowing television viewers to express their interest in goods or services advertised on television. The present invention is comprised of a Viewer Preference Program, a Viewer Interest Program, and a Viewer Expression Program. The Viewer Expression Program interfaces with the viewer database, the advertiser database, and the cable provider program and runs the cable provider program, the Viewer Preference Program, and the Viewer Interest Program. The Viewer Preference Program allows the viewer to input the method by which he/she desires to be contacted and the type of information he/she desires to receive from the advertiser. The viewer may indicate an interest during any commercial or program and the Viewer Interest Program records the time and channel of interest. The Viewer Interest Program then cross-references the advertisement with the advertiser responsible for the advertisement and sends the requested information to the viewer.
US07814519B2	Providing and receiving on-demand assets using a pool of assets containing unavailable assets A method for providing assets includes providing information to a user regarding at least one asset from a pool of assets, where the pool of assets includes a subset of available assets and a subset of unavailable assets, and then receiving a user's request for an asset from the pool of assets to define a requested asset. The method further includes determining whether the requested asset is: (a) within the subset of available assets; or (b) within the subset of unavailable assets. The method further includes, when the requested asset is within the subset of available assets, immediately providing the requested asset to the user. Further, the method includes, when the requested asset is within the subset of unavailable assets, offering to provide the requested asset to the user when a number of requests for the requested asset exceeds a threshold.
US07814518B2	Methods, apparatus, and program products for presenting replacement content instead of a portion of a recorded content Apparatus, methods, and a computer-usable storage medium storing instructions that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to present replacement/additional content in conjunction with an experiential data stream by maintaining a first playback position in the experiential data stream, detect proximity of the first playback position to an insertion coordinate associated with the replacement/additional content, and present content at the insertion coordinate from the replacement/additional instead of from the experiential data stream content.
US07814516B2	Control system and user interface for network of input devices Apparatus, methods, and systems for centrally and uniformly controlling the operation of a variety of devices;, such as communication, consumer electronic, audio-video, analog, digital, 1394, and the like, over a variety of protocols within a network system and, more particularly, a control system and uniform user interface for centrally controlling these devices in a manner that appears seamless and transparent to the user. In a preferred embodiment, a command center or hub of a network system includes a context and connection permutation sensitive control system that enables centralized and seamless integrated control of all types of input devices. The control system preferably includes a versatile icon based graphical user interface that provides a uniform, on-screen centralized control system for the network system. The user interface, which includes a visual recognition system, enables the user to transparently control multiple input devices over a variety of protocols while operating on a single control layer of an input command device. In an alternative embodiment, the control system also enables gated signal pass-through control while avoiding signal jamming.
US07814515B2	Digital data delivery system and method of the same A digital data delivery system that delivers video data of a content and audio data of the same content respectively to a first receiver and a second receiver, which are independent of each other, to reproduce the video data and the audio data at the first and second receivers in such a manner as to secure synchronous reproductions between the two data. The digital data delivery system includes a transmission server which delivers a video data packet and a video synchronization signal packet to the first receiver and an audio data packet and an audio synchronization signal packet which indicates a time on the same reference time axis as that of the video synchronization signal packet to the second receiver, the first receiver which adjusts a clock signal based on the video synchronization signal packet and reproduces the video data packet based on this clock signal, and the second receiver which adjusts a clock signal based on the audio synchronization signal packet and reproduces the audio data packet based on this clock signal.
US07814509B2	Receiving apparatus, receiving method, storage medium, and program A receiving apparatus receives a broadcast program in a manner convenient for users depending on the content of the broadcast program. A tuner selects a broadcast program that matches the preference of users of respective rooms in a building in which the receiving apparatus is installed on the basis of preference information stored in a memory. Sensors disposed in the respective rooms detect whether the users are present in the respective rooms. A controller controls selectors so as to select displays and speakers located in rooms in which users are present so that the users in the respective rooms can view and/or listen to the program. The receiving apparatus may be applied to a television set or the like.
US07814508B2	Disk device including a lifting frame for disk handling An optical disk drive is loaded with a disk set in a chuck position upon entry through an insertion slot by automatic loading. A lifting frame is movable between high and low positions in an opening of a base panel. A disk driving unit is disposed on the lifting frame for chucking and rotating the disk. A leading segment is connected with the lifting frame, and raises a distal end of a periphery of the disk from the insertion slot by forming a slope. The leading segment extends in the insertion direction of the disk, and has an end positioned beside the disk driving unit. The end of the leading segment is kept higher than an upper surface of the lifting frame when the lifting frame is in the low position.
US07814498B2	Loading application resources Described is a technology by which application-related resources are differentiated from other types of resources via a uniform resource identifier (URI) associated with each resource. Application-related resources may include a resource embedded in the application program, at least one content file associated with (e.g., distributed with) the application program, or a resource located on a site from which the application program was deployed. Because of the URI, a creating/loading mechanism may be called using substantially similar calling code to that which is used to call the mechanism for loading another type of resource, thereby providing a consistent programming model. In one example, the URI includes a packaging scheme and authority, or a relative path which may be converted to an absolute URI. The mechanism creates an object corresponding to the application-related resource, and loads the resource or a stream of a compound resource.
US07814489B2	Processor system with temperature sensor and control method of the same A processor system includes a plurality of first processors, a temperature sensor, a main memory, and a second processor. The first processors individually process tasks. The temperature sensor measures a temperature of each of the first processors. The main memory stores programs of the tasks processed by the first processors, and a task priority order table containing a relationship between the tasks and task priority numbers. The second processor assigns the tasks to the first processors on the basis of the task priority order table and the temperatures of the first processors measured by the temperature sensor.
US07814487B2	System and method of executing program threads in a multi-threaded processor A multithreaded processor device is disclosed and includes a first program thread and second program thread. The second program thread is execution linked to the first program thread in a lock step manner. As such, when the first program thread experiences a stall event, the second program thread is instructed to perform a no operation instruction in order to keep the second program thread execution linked to the first program thread. Also, the second program thread performs a no operation instruction during each clock cycle that the first program thread is stalled due to the stall event. When the first program thread performs a first successful operation after the stall event, the second program thread restarts normal execution.
US07814473B2	Feature usage based target patching A method for applying patches to one or more applications is provided. The method includes receiving a patch for a feature where the patch includes applicability requirements. The applicability requirements detail requirements that should be met for the patch to be applied. Usage information for the feature is then determined. For example, it is determined if a feature has been used by a client. The patch is then applied to an application if the usage information meets the applicability requirements for the feature.
US07814470B2	Multiple service bindings for a real time data integration service Real time data integration jobs are deployed in a services oriented architecture as services that allow multiple service bindings. In one aspect, a method includes providing a code module executing a data integration job and a registry of services for storing the code module. When the code module is identified in the registry, access is provided to the code module in the registry of services, in real time wherein the code module may be accessed by more than one type of service binding such that different applications can utilize the real-time integration service using different protocols to invoke the real-time integration service. At least one of the types of service bindings may be an EJB binding, a SOAP binding, a JMS binding, and a web service binding. The data integration job may include an extraction job, a data transformation job, a loading job, a metadata management job, and a data quality job.
US07814461B2	Computer programming language statement building and information tool An intelligent real time tool to assist a computer programmer during the writing and/or maintenance of a computer program. The tool generates assist windows that contain program related information that the programmer can use to construct a programming language statement and/or to obtain real time information about a programming language statement. An assist window can be automatically displayed as determined by the tool itself, and/or manually displayed on demand in response to a user input command. An assist window displays two general categories of information including but not limited to selection menu information based on a partial compilation of all programming language statements, and informational displays based on a partial compilation and a reverse parse of an immediate programming language statement. The statement generating tool assist windows are non-intrusive to programmer input and can be ignored by the programmer by merely continuing to type an immediate programming language statement without interacting with the assist windows that are proximate the programming language statement being constructed by the programmer.
US07814456B2	Method and system for topography-aware reticle enhancement The present invention provides a method and system for improving reticle enhancement calculations during manufacture of an integrated circuit (IC). The reticle enhancement calculations are improved by incorporating post-planarization topography estimates. A planarization process of a wafer layer is simulated to estimate the post-planarization topography. RET calculations, such as sub-resolution assist feature insertion, optical proximity corrections and phase shifting are then performed based on the post-planarization topography of the wafer layer.
US07814447B2	Supplant design rules in electronic designs Disclosed is an improved method, system, and computer program product for electronic designs with supplant design rules. According to some embodiments of the invention, the foundry-imposed design rules are replaced by one or more supplant design requirements which define absolute or relative threshold(s) for a design feature characteristic. Some other embodiments of the invention, the foundry-imposed design rules are replaced by one or more supplant design requirements which define one or more ranges of absolute or relative values for a design feature characteristic. Some other embodiments of the invention further provide an EDA tool which takes into account a model for the electronic design, the processing, metrological, lithographic, or imaging processing processes or techniques, and the supplant design requirements to determine whether the features of an electronic design meet the design requirements.
US07814445B2	Circuit wiring interference analysis device, interference analysis program, database used in interference analysis device, and asymmetrically connected line model An interference analysis device that analyzes interference includes an input unit that inputs design data, a selection unit that selects an analysis region, a division unit that divides a wire into segments, a calculation unit that calculates a circuit matrix regarding a coupled line, and an analysis unit that obtains a degree of electromagnetic interference, wherein the calculation unit calculates a circuit matrix of the coupled line, using a parameter set obtained by adding an asymmetry parameter to RLGC parameters of a transmission line in the coupled line. Thus, a method for analyzing an interference of circuit wiring can be provided, which is capable of shortening a processing time substantially while maintaining high precision.
US07814443B2	Graph-based pattern matching in L3GO designs A system and method for processing glyph-based data associated with generating very large scale integrated circuit (VLSI) designs. A system is provide that includes a system for defining variable patterns using a pattern description language to create a glyph layout; and a graph-based pattern matching system that can identify potential matches amongst variable patterns in the glyph layout.
US07814442B2	Resettable memory apparatuses and design Resettable memory implemented using memory without reset and methods and apparatuses to design the same. A resettable memory may include: a plurality of resettable memory cells; a plurality of memory units; and a reset information propagation logic coupled to the resettable memory cells and the memory units. The reset information propagation logic is to write reset information into a portion of the memory units when one of the resettable memory cells has a reset value and one of the memory units is written into. Alternatively, a resettable memory may include: a memory unit; a resettable finite state machine to change state in response to write request to the memory unit; and a selector coupled to the finite state machine and the memory unit to select one from a reset value and an output from the memory unit based on at least a state of the finite state machine.
US07814439B2	Pan-zoom tool The present invention is a system that provides a user with a pan-zoom tool that is controlled by a limited input device, such as a pen or stylus, of a pen based computer. The pan-zoom tool is a semitransparent, bull's eye type tracking menu that tracks the position of the pen. A pen-cursor or tracking symbol that corresponds to the location of the pen is allowed to move about within a pan-zoom tool graphic. The tool is moved when the location of the pen encounters a tracking boundary of the tool at an exterior edge of the menu. While moving within the pen-mouse the pen can select pan and zoom functions located in concentric rings of the tool graphic as the active function of the tool. Once one of the pan or zoom functions is activated motion of the pen on the surface of the display is interpreted as corresponding pan or zoom control commands, the tool is becomes transparent and the tracking symbol is replaced by a corresponding pan or zoom icon. The concentric ring menu can have additional button type controls, for functions in addition to pan and zoom, located on a boundary between the rings forming access lanes for movement of the tracking menu during function selection. The function or control of the center ring can be the most recently selected function.
US07814433B2	Heterogeneous content channel manager for ubiquitous computer software systems A heterogeneous content channel manager is provided for content management and collaboration within and across interactive workspaces. A content channel bar, available on each of the displays in the workspace(s), contains two or more unique representations of respectively two or more different channels available in the interactive workspace(s). Within the set of available channels on each channel bar two or more different channel types are represented. Furthermore, each one of the unique representations in the content channel bar represents different and unique content supported by their respective channels and their types. Channel selection on the channel bar initiates display, on the display where the channel selection was made, of the content represented by the selected representation and channel in a manner appropriate for the channel's type.
US07814426B2	Reusable component in a collaboration workspace Described herein are methods and apparatus, including computer program products, that implement a collaboration workspace for reusable components. One method includes receiving a specification of a workspace component, where the workspace component is capable of being used with different collaboration workspaces; providing the specification of the workspace component to a collaboration workspace with a set of parameters related to the workspace component; and presenting the workspace component as part of the collaboration workspace. The workspace component may be added to a collaboration workspace that has been formed. The set of parameters may include a first set of access restrictions associated with the collaboration workspace, a second set of access restrictions associated with the workspace component, and access restriction mappings. In that case, the method includes associating the first set with the second set of access restrictions based on the access restriction mappings.
US07814425B1	Thumbnail image previews An instant message is received from an instant message sender and a determination is made that the instant message includes a link to a web page that was selected by the instant message sender. In response to determining that the instant message includes the link to the web page, an image corresponding to the web page is fetched and stored, and a thumbnail image preview of the fetched image is generated. In addition, the thumbnail image preview of the fetched portion of the web page is displayed while at least a portion of the instant message is displayed.
US07814424B2	Webpage-flags sensitive toolbar A browser add-on toolbar that offers users to collect toolbars from visited webpages that offer such toolbars and which, later, the user may select any one of the collected toolbars to become the current toolbar that the browser provides to the user. These abilities are imparted by having the toolbar be sensitive to one or more particular flags in visited pages. When a browser that contains this toolbar visits a website, the browser parses and searches the visited website page for presence of one or more of the particular flags, and when such a flag is found, the user is given a visual indication of the find and is given the choice to include within the browser's toolbar the ability to instantiate a toolbar based on information associated with the flag.
US07814414B2	Relative attributes of floating objects Relative attributes of floating objects are disclosed. A user may obtain a floating object and specify that an attribute of the floating object is relative to a layout object of a page. In one aspect, the magnitude of relativity is determined, and the attribute of the floating object is maintained in accordance with the magnitude of relativity. In this manner, a page remains dynamically robust during page formatting operations and/or changes in page layout.
US07814412B2	Incrementally updating and formatting HD-DVD markup Systems, methods, and/or techniques (“tools”) for incrementally updating and formatting high-definition digital versatile disk (HD-DVD) markup are described herein. The tools may receive first markup representing a first scene description to be read from a HD-DVD, and may map the first markup into a first area composite for presentation to a user. The tools may then receive second markup representing a second scene description to be read from the HD-DVD. In response to receiving the second markup, the tools may incrementally remap a portion of the first scene description into a second area composite for presentation to the user.
US07814405B2	Method and system for automatic generation and updating of tags based on type of communication and content state in an activities oriented collaboration tool A system for automatic generation and updating of tags based on type of communication and content state in an activities oriented collaboration tool. Content type tags are automatically generated for content items received from different content sources and aggregated into an activities based collaboration tool. The automatically generated content type tags are associated with content items stored in the activities based collaboration tool. The automatically generated content type tags also provide indications of states associated with the content items they are associated with in the activities tool. As the state of content items change over time, the disclosed system detects those state changes and automatically updates the associated content type tags to indicate the state changes. A top level content type tags view lists all automatically generated content type tags across all activities. The top level content type tags view enables a user to select from the content type tags available across all activities, to cause all content items to be displayed that are associated with the selected content type tag, across all activities. An activity level type tags view lists all automatically generated content type tags associated with content items contained in a currently open activity, and enables a user to select from the content type tags available within the currently opened activity, to cause all content items associated with the selected content type tag, and contained within the currently opened activity, to be displayed.
US07814394B2	Post viterbi error correction apparatus and related methods A Post-Viterbi processor generates a plurality of candidate codewords based on a plurality of dominant error patterns for a particular communication channel. The Post-Viterbi processor selects one among the candidate codewords as a corrected codeword upon determining that the candidate codeword is error free.
US07814383B2	Compacting circuit responses Circuit responses to a stimulus may be compacted, decreasing the number of pin outs, without increasing the circuit element length, using a compactor. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, errors may be detected in scan chains used for integrated circuit testing. The number of outputs applied to output pins or other connectors may be substantially decreased, resulting in cost savings.
US07814376B2	Method and apparatus for frame delineation A frame delineation mechanism which alternately considers even and odd sync pattern position possibilities. With the addition of toggle logic, each of 66 possible states of even and odd alignment are exhausted in turn, odd, followed by even, followed by odd and so on, providing synchronization more quickly than known mechanisms. Additionally, faster convergence is reached due to the use of an exhaust register which keeps track of those alignment states that were tested but did not provide synchronization. Until synchronization is acquired, the states indicated in the exhaust register are ignored in further attempts to acquire synchronization.
US07814375B2	Fault discovery and selection apparatus and method A method and apparatus are disclosed for discovering and selecting faults where more than one programming model is involved. The present invention enables selection of faults and the mappings necessary to handle exceptions across multiple code environments.
US07814374B2	System and method for the capture and preservation of intermediate error state data A multiprocessor chip system having the capability to capture and preserve intermediate machine error state data, wherein the system comprises a second level cache, wherein the second level cache is commonly interfaced with a primary and secondary processing core, and at least two primary error event registers, wherein each primary error event register is logically associated to a respective processing core. Further, at least two secondary error event registers, wherein each secondary error event register is logically associated to a respective processing core, and at least two sub-primary error accumulation registers, wherein each sub-primary error accumulation register is logically associated to a respective primary error event register and a secondary error event register.
US07814373B2	Scalable method of continuous monitoring the remotely accessible resources against node failures for very large clusters The notion of controlling, using and monitoring remote resources in a distributed data processing system through the use of proxy resource managers and agents is extended to provide failover capability so that resource coverage is preserved and maintained even in the event of either temporary or longer duration node failure. Mechanisms are provided for consistent determination of resource status. Mechanisms are also provided which facilitate the joining of nodes to a group of nodes while still preserving remote resource operations. Additional mechanisms are also provided for the return of remote resource management to the control of a previously failed, but now recovered node, even if the failure had resulted in a node reset.
US07814372B2	Method and system for exception detecting and alerting Methods and system for exception detecting and alerting are described. An exception indicating an occurrence of an error in an application and a path to the exception in an application space may be received. The received exception may be compared to a stored exception in a prior version of an exception data structure to determine whether the received exception is a new exception. The exception data structure may include a plurality of stored exceptions. The results of the comparison may be provided.
US07814371B2	Apparatus and method for point-to-point interconnect testing A method and apparatus for point-to-point interconnect testing are described. In one embodiment, the method includes the determination of an expected behavior of a point-to-point link according to initial link training/configuration values of the link. The expected link behavior is determined according to link behavior during initial link configuration. A respective test value may be driven on at least one lane of the link to emulate lane break/degradation conditions during retraining of the link in response to a link reset. In one embodiment, an actual behavior of the link may be determined according to the behavior of the link during retraining of the link as lane break/degradation values are driven over the link. In one embodiment, a lane break/degradation condition is detected if the expected link behavior does not match the actual behavior of the link. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US07814370B2	Wake on LAN (WOL) test system and method thereof The invention presents a Wake On LAN (WOL) test system and method thereof, wherein the system is applied for a client/server structure with the ILO (Integrated Lights-Out) inside server platform. The system is composed of an examiner end, an examinee end and a network domain. And through the WOL test module automates the WOL test procedure.
US07814362B2	System and method for power saving delay locked loop control The delay locked loop (“DLL”) delay interval can be locked to stop the DLL from wasting power in unnecessarily switching to synchronize the device with the DLL is associated to the system clock. This is achieved by adding logic sensing when a DRAM device will not imminently be called upon to output data and when the device has stabilized. Waiting for the DLL delay interval to stabilize before locking the delay interval still allows the DLL to immediately and effectively resume operations when the DLL is needed to synchronize the output of the DRAM device with the system clock. The DLL delay interval can be locked, together with the DLL clock, after the DRAM device is deselected by the chip select control line, after a number of no operation commands have been received, and/or after any command issued to the DRAM device has been completed.
US07814359B2	High-speed phase-adjusted quadrature data rate (QDR) transceiver and method thereof A high-speed double or quadrature data rate interface semiconductor device and a method thereof are provided. A transmitter (e.g., a data transmitting semiconductor device) for high-speed data transmission transmits a first strobe signal and a second strobe signal, which have a phase difference of 90 degrees there-between, a first group (byte of) data, and a second group (byte of) data. The transmitter adjusts the phase of at least one of the first and second strobe signals based on phase-error information fed back from a receiver and then transmits the phase-adjusted strobe signal to the receiver. The receiver receives the first and second strobe signals from the transmitter and receives the first group (byte of) data and the second group (byte of) data using the first and second strobe signals. The receiver does not require a phase-locked loop (PLL) or a delay-locked loop (DLL), thereby decreasing the circuit area and power consumption of the receiver. In addition, since source synchronization is realized using a strobe signal, phase noise can be efficiently removed.
US07814353B2	Power management system for a communication device A power management system for a communication device, including an accessory-signal generating device; the communication device; and a power management device for supplying electric power to the communication device if the accessory-signal generating device is not generating accessory signals and the communication device is in a communication-ready state.
US07814346B2	System and method for continual cable thermal monitoring using cable resistance considerations in power over ethernet A system and method for continual cable thermal monitoring using cable resistance considerations for Power over Ethernet (PoE) applications. Cable heating in PoE applications is related to the resistance of the cable itself. By periodically monitoring the resistance of the cable, it can be determined whether the cable has exceeded certain operating thresholds. The determined resistance as a proxy for cable heating can then be used in adjusting operational characteristics of PoE channels.
US07814344B2	System and method for power control for ASIC device A system and method for power control for ASIC device is disclosed. According to an embodiment, the present invention provides a system for adjusting power consumption of an ASIC device. The system includes a first buffer. The first buffer is configured to receive and store data. The system also includes a controller that is configured to generate a control signal. The controller is coupled to the first buffer. The system additionally includes a processing unit coupled to the first buffer. The processing unit includes a first power source and a second power source. The first power source is different from the second power source. The processing unit is configured to receive the control signal from the controller. Additionally, the system includes a second buffer coupled to the processing unit. The second buffer is configured to receive and store processed data.
US07814343B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit for reducing power consumption and enhancing processing speed A semiconductor integrated circuit device which consumes less power and enables real-time processing. The semiconductor integrated circuit device includes thermal sensors which detect temperature and determine whether the detection result exceeds reference values and output the result, and a control block capable of controlling the operations of arithmetic blocks based on the output signals of the thermal sensors. The control block returns to an operation state from a suspended state with an interrupt signal based on the output signals of the thermal sensors and determines the operation conditions of the arithmetic blocks to ensure that the temperature conditions of the arithmetic blocks are satisfied. Thereby, power consumption is reduced and real-time processing efficiency is improved.
US07814334B2	Method and apparatus for changing and adding activation keys for functions of digital content without having to change and recompile the digital content A method and apparatus for changing and adding activation keys for functions of digital content without having to change and recompile the digital content. The rules for validating activation keys, the code for providing instructions for executing the rules for validating the activation keys and a template for identifying possible activation keys, which keys are currently valid and validating rules associated with each currently valid activation key are separated and separately secured.
US07814333B2	Method for sensing and recovery against buffer overflow attacks and apparatus thereof Methods and apparatuses for detecting and recovering from a buffer overflow attack are provided. A method of recovering an operation state of a processor from a buffer overflow attach includes: detecting whether a buffer overflow attack is made on any write operation while storing write operations that are potential targets of buffer overflow attacks in a predetermined location instead of an original destination to store write operations; storing the contents stored in the predetermined location at a predetermined interval in the original destination for storing write operations if no buffer overflow attack is detected and discarding unsafe write operations subsequent to a buffer overflow attack if a buffer overflow attack is detected; and ignoring the unsafe write operations subsequent to the buffer overflow attack if a buffer overflow attack is detected. Therefore, a buffer overflow attack occurring in a computer can be effectively detected, and damage of a system which is attacked can be minimized and the system can be recovered or return to the original state before the attack. A system can be effectively protected while minimizing reduction in performance of the computer system according to a method used to implement the present invention, thereby greatly improving the environments under which the computer and the Internet are used.
US07814325B2	System, method and computer readable medium for certifying release of electronic information on an internet A method of certifying the existence of electronic information released on a network at a time and date. The network connects one or more computer servers and a plurality of client computers with each other. Electronic information of a web page stored in one of the plurality of client computers is accessed using information of its location from one of the computer servers based on a request from one of the client computers. A copy of the electronic information is then obtained. Attribute information is generated from the location, access time, and date when the electronic information is accessed. An electronic certificate may be generated by uniquely specifying the electronic information and the attribute information as inherent information identifying the electronic information. The copy of the electronic information is stored in a memory by tying up the electronic information with the electronic certificate and the attribute information. At least the electronic certificate, the attribute information, and preferably the copy of the electronic information can also be read and provided from the memory to the one of the client computers or its operator as a requester.
US07814324B2	Method of making a patient monitor A method for making a patient monitor includes providing an electronic device operatively connected to the monitor. The device is configured to measure predetermined signals from a user and to generate therefrom a substantially unique signature specific to the user. The method further includes storing the signature in the electronic device. The electronic device is adapted to compare newly acquired signatures to the substantially unique signature, and to recognize at least one difference from the substantially unique signature. Recognition of a difference in the signatures signifies a new user, whereupon the electronic device acquires new predetermined signals and generates therefrom a new substantially unique signature specific to the new user.
US07814321B2	System and method for protecting disk drive password when BIOS causes computer to leave suspend state To unlock a HDD when a computer is in the suspend state, at both BIOS and the HDD a secret is combined with a password to render a new one-time password. BIOS sends its new one-time password to the HDD which unlocks itself only if a match is found. The new one-time password is then saved as an “old” password for subsequent combination with the secret when coming out of subsequent suspend states. In this way, if a computer is stolen the thief cannot sniff the bus between BIOS and the HDD to obtain a password that is of any use once the computer ever re-enters the suspend state.
US07814318B1	Scalable file system configured to make files permanently unreadable One embodiment of the present invention relates to a system for managing files which facilitates making the files permanently unreadable. During operation, the system maintains file-class keys at a file manager, wherein the file-class keys are associated with different classes of files. If a file belongs to a class of files, the system ensures that whenever the file is stored or updated in non-volatile storage that the file is encrypted with an associated key-manager-file-class key for the class of files. The system makes an entire class of files permanently unreadable by causing an associated key-manager-file-class key, which can be used to decrypt the class of files, to become permanently unreadable.
US07814309B1	Method for checkpointing and reconstructing separated but interrelated data A method is disclosed whereby separate but interrelated data is checkpointed and reconstructed within a router. In one embodiment, each connection is checkpointed with a unique connection identifier, and critical data is stored by a firewall application in a checkpoint server provided within a router. When an application module within the firewall crashes, the firewall and associated modules may recover and restore the data from the checkpoint server by re-assembling the data according the unique connection identifier, thus recovering the connections through the router without interruption.
US07814297B2	Algebraic single instruction multiple data processing A data processing apparatus comprises data processing logic operable to perform data processing operations specified by program instructions. The data processing logic (140) has a plurality of functional units (142, 144, 146) configured to execute in parallel on data received from a data source. A decoder (130) is responsive to a single program instruction to control the data processing logic (140) to concurrently execute the single program instruction on each of a plurality of vector elements of each of a respective plurality of vector input operands (310, 320) received from the data source using the plurality of functional units (142, 144, 146). During execution of the single program instruction, the plurality of functional units (142, 144, 146) operate as a predetermined group on said plurality of vector elements (310, 320) to perform at least a matrix-vector calculation in which the matrix is a non-identity matrix and entries of the matrix are one of: (i) populated in dependence upon at least one of said vector elements of at least one of the plurality of vector input operands; and (ii) generated within said data processing logic as an explicit function of the single program instruction.
US07814294B2	Memory device, memory controller and memory system An image memory, image memory system, and memory controller that are capable of efficiently accessing a rectangular area of two-dimensionally arrayed data are provided. The memory device has: a memory cell array that has a plurality of memory unit areas, each of which is selected by addresses; a plurality of input/output terminals; and an input/output unit provided between the memory cell array and the plurality of input/output terminals. Each of the memory unit areas stores therein data of a plurality of bytes or bits corresponding to the plurality of input/output terminals respectively, and the memory cell array and the input/output unit access a plurality of bytes or bits stored in a first memory unit area corresponding to the input address and in a second memory unit area adjacent to the first memory unit on the basis of the input address and combination information of the bytes or bits in response to a first operation code, and then, from the plurality of bytes or bits within the accessed first and second memory unit areas, associate a combination of the plurality of bytes or bits based on the combination information, with the plurality of input/output terminals.
US07814286B2	Method and apparatus for filtering memory write snoop activity in a distributed shared memory computer A method and apparatus for filtering memory probe activity for writes in a distributed shared memory computer. In one embodiment, the method may include initiating a first store operation to a cache data block stored in a first cache from a first processing node and initiating a first load operation to said cache data block from a second processing node subsequent to initiating said first store operation; and assigning a pairwise-shared directory state to a coherence directory entry corresponding to said cache data block in response to initiating said first load operation. The method may further include initiating a second store operation to said cache data block from said second processing node subsequent to initiating said first load operation; and assigning a migratory directory state to said coherence directory entry in response to initiating said second store operation, where the migratory directory state is distinct from a modified directory state.
US07814281B2	Method to provide atomic update primitives in an asymmetric heterogeneous multiprocessor environment The present invention provides for atomic update primitives in an asymmetric single-chip heterogeneous multiprocessor computer system having a shared memory with DMA transfers. At least one lock line command is generated from a set comprising a get lock line command with reservation, a put lock line conditional command, and a put lock line unconditional command.
US07814278B2	Multi-node system with response information in memory A system may include several nodes coupled by an inter-node network. Each node includes several active devices, a memory subsystem, and an address network and a data network respectively configured to convey address packets and data packets between the active devices and the memory subsystem. The memory subsystem included in one of the nodes is configured to maintain a response indication indicating whether the memory subsystem should send a data packet corresponding to a coherency unit in response to receiving an address packet requesting an access right to the coherency unit from an active device in the same node. The node is also configured to store a node identifier for the coherency unit. The node identifier identifies which of the nodes that has the coherency unit is in a modified global access state.
US07814276B2	Data cache architecture and cache algorithm used therein The present invention provides a data cache architecture interposed between a host and a flash memory, the data cache architecture comprising: a buffer memory, receiving data from the host; a memory controller, deploying the data in the buffer memory; and a data cache memory, controlled by the memory controller according to a cache algorithm. The data cache architecture and the cache algorithm used in the data cache architecture can be used to minimize the program/erase count of the NAND type flash device.
US07814270B2	Storage systems and methods of controlling cache memory of storage systems A storage system is arranged to speed up the operation and easily duplicate data without the capacity of the cache memory being so large even if lots of host computers are connected with the storage system. This storage system includes channel adapters, disk drives, disk adapters, and network switches. Further, the front side cache memories connected with the channel adapters and the back side cache memories connected with the disk adapters are provided as two layered cache system. When a request for writing data is given to the storage system by the host computer, the data is written in both the front side cache memory and the back side cache memory. The write data is duplicated by placing the write data in one of the front side cache memories and one of the back side cache memories or two of the back side cache memories.
US07814267B1	Processor with compare operations based on any of multiple compare data segments A processor device integrated circuit can include a plurality of storage locations logically configurable into at least one database. Such a database can include a number of records, record having a selectable size of up to F multi-bit segments, where F is an integer greater than one. A search key application circuit can apply a search key value of up to F multi-bit segments to the at least one database in response to receiving one search key segment value. The one search key segment can be applied as any of the F multi-bit segments according to a segment selection value.
US07814262B2	Memory system storing transformed units of data in fixed sized storage blocks A change in the amount of data to be stored that results from various encoding, compression, encryption or other data transformation algorithms, is handled by individually identifying distinct units of the transformed data and storing such units in physical succession within storage blocks of a memory system such as flash memory. The data being stored may come from a host system external to the memory system or from an application running on a processor within the memory system.
US07814260B2	Tape image on non-tape storage device A method and system for facilitating the performance of data backups facilitates the storage of information being backed up on a non-tape storage device in a format that facilitates the subsequent transfer of the information to a tape storage device without substantial further processing by a computer.
US07814257B2	Data transfer apparatus and data transfer method A data transfer apparatus for transferring data between a system bus and a local bus at a high speed is provided. A bus bridge 101 is connected between a system bus 132 and a local bus 137. Data transferred between a CPU 133, an I/O device 136 and a main memory 135 on the system bus 132 are retained in an associative memory 106 via an associative memory control unit 105. When an access to this data from an I/O device 138 on the local bus 137 is generated, the data are transferred from the associative memory 106 to the I/O device 138. Thus, when a data transfer request from the I/O device 138 to the main memory 135 is generated, no bus cycle is generated on the system bus 132 as long as this data are retained in the associative memory 106. Consequently, the data can be transferred at a high speed.
US07814252B2	Asymmetric multiprocessor An asymmetric multiprocessor capable of increasing a degree of freedom of distributed processing, minimizing a processing load on each processor (CPU), and achieving a large reduction in power consumption by reducing an operating frequency or lowering the power supply voltage. An asymmetric multiprocessor includes a hardware resource mediator that mediates request signals requesting permission to use arbitrary hardware accelerators from CPU cores. A signal processing content selector selects signal processing content of a dynamically reconfigurable signal processor that is connected as a slave A clock skew mediator arbitrarily shifts a clock phase relationship among groups, while clock delay generators delay a clock signal based on a clock skew selection enable signal.
US07814249B2	Apparatus to recognize memory devices An apparatus to recognize memory devices, the apparatus including a plurality of slaves having the same fixed address, a master controller to supply power to the slaves and to output a signal to select a predetermined slave, and a power control unit to control power supplied to the slaves in response to the selection signal. The apparatus is capable of decreasing production cost by using a plurality of slaves which have the same fixed address, reducing the complexity in the manufacturing process, and providing an easier management of replaceable parts in the apparatus using the replaceable parts which include memory devices. In addition, the same fixed address can be used without changing an existing I2C interface bus, which is a standard interface.
US07814248B2	Common access ring/sub-ring system A common access ring (CAR) network includes a main ring and one or more sub-rings. The main ring includes one or more masters, one or more slaves, and one or more bridges. Each sub-ring is coupled to the main ring through a corresponding bridge. Each node of the CAR network is assigned a unique identifier, thereby implementing a global flat address space. One or more masters may issue requests on the CAR network, such that multiple transactions are simultaneously pending. Multiple masters may simultaneously issue requests to the same slave. However, each master cannot make more than one request at a time, and must wait until a current request is completed before making another request. The ring architecture ensures that no more than one request arrives at a slave at any given time. Requests received by busy slaves are returned to the originating masters, and may be subsequently re-sent.
US07814245B2	Apparatus and methods for improved SATA device interaction without a SAS expander Apparatus, circuits, systems, and associated methods for integrating SAS/STP control in a SATA storage device. Features and aspects hereof permit direct coupling of the SATA storage device to either a SATA host or to an STP initiator without requiring an intervening SAS expander.
US07814244B2	Calculating apparatus having a plurality of stages A calculating apparatus, or system, having a plurality of stages, such as in a pipeline arrangement, has the clocking rail or conductor positioned alongside the stages. With a large number, i.e., hundreds, of stages arranged in parallel sub-arrays, the clocking conductor is snaked alongside the sub-arrays. In individual stages it is arranged that the shortest of the two calculations taking place in a stage, takes place in the return path. An array can be divided into separate sections for independent processing.
US07814243B2	Shared storage for multi-threaded ordered queues in an interconnect In one embodiment, payload of multiple threads between intellectual property (IP) cores of an integrated circuit are transferred, by buffering the payload using a number of order queues. Each of the queues is guaranteed access to a minimum number of buffer entries that make up the queue. Each queue is assigned to a respective thread. A number of buffer entries that make up any queue is increased, above the minimum, by borrowing from a shared pool of unused buffer entries on a first-come, first-served basis. In another embodiment, an interconnect implements a content addressable memory (CAM) structure that is shared storage for a number of logical, multi-thread ordered queues that buffer requests and/or responses that are being routed between data processing elements coupled to the interconnect. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US07814238B2	Apparatus and method for real-time packet reception Provided is an apparatus and method for real-time packet reception. In a method for data reception in a socket layer with a latest packet only (LPO) function, it is determined whether an LPO mode is set. If the LPO mode is set, whether old data are present in a socket buffer is determined whenever new data are received. If the old data are present in the socket buffer, the old data are erased from the socket buffer. The received new data is stored in the socket buffer after the old data are erased.
US07814237B2	Dual mode mobile communication terminal and method for automatically recognizing card information and selecting a drive mode A dual-mode mobile communication terminal and a method, which automatically recognize a card and select a drive mode. The dual-mode mobile communication terminal includes a first slot and a second slot into which a first card or a second card having subscriber information for a first communication or a second communication are inserted, and a control unit for automatically selecting a drive mode according to a type of a card inserted into the first slot or the second slot.
US07814232B2	Network address translation with gateway load distribution Gateway and NAT services to a single host or large number of hosts on a local network using a redundancy group having gateway devices. A pool of unique IP addresses are partitioned into address blocks, one of which is assigned to a gateway device. Using the unique IP addresses in its assigned address block, the gateway device translates local IP addresses of hosts on a local network to unique IP addresses from the gateway device's assigned address block for host packets destined for outside networks and creates a mapping of the translation. The gateway device notifies other gateway devices in the redundancy group of the mapping. A master mapping database or a local mapping database is updated whenever one of the gateway devices performs a translation. In the event that one of the gateway devices ceases forwarding of outgoing packets for a host using the gateway device's virtual MAC address, that virtual MAC address is re-assigned to an operating gateway device in the redundancy group to permit continued forwarding of the host's packets destined for outside networks.
US07814209B2	Wireless data output method for rendering digital content accessed from a mobile information apparatus An electronic system and method of pervasive output allow an information apparatus to output data content conveniently to virtually any output device. One method includes establishing a communication channel between the information apparatus and an output device and receiving at the information apparatus over the communication channel an attributes corresponding to the output device. The output device may then be selected at the information apparatus based at least in part on the attributes. The data content is delivered to the output device for rendering.
US07814201B2	System and method for monitoring global network performance The present invention provides a system and method for monitoring global network performance across a public Wide Area Network (WAN), and/or private networking through a secure IPSec gateway, and providing a user interface for performance metrics through a secure Internet browser.
US07814196B1	Methods and apparatus for mapping resources A mapping function deduces or attempts to deduce a type associated with the unknown type of storage area network resource based (at least in part) on functional capabilities or physical attributes associated with the unknown type of storage area network resource. If the mapping function is unable to map the unknown type of storage area network resource with a sufficient degree of certainty based on its physical attributes and/or retrieved configuration information, then the mapping function applies an algorithm that compares retrieved configuration information (such as a data string received from and) associated with the unknown type of storage area network resource to respective configuration information (e.g., data strings) associated with the known types of storage area network resources. Longer matching sequences in the compared data strings indicate a higher likelihood that the unknown type of storage area network resource matches a respective known type of storage area network resource.
US07814194B2	Method and system for machine-aided rule construction for event management Methods and systems are described for learning correlation rules used in event management. In one aspect of the invention, a method comprises the steps of: (a) marking one or more event groupings; (b) employing a machine learning program to learn the underlying concept of these groupings; (c) including a rule right-hand side; and (d) putting the new rule in the Rule DB. A system to implement this method may comprise components for: (1) interactive visualization and user interface control; (2) query-based learning; (3) Event DB access; and (4) correlation Rule DB access.
US07814191B2	Methods and systems for network management using periodic status messages Methods of managing a network comprising a plurality of agents. The methods may comprise the step of storing a plurality of agent data files corresponding to the plurality of agents. The methods may also comprise the step of receiving periodic status messages from at least a portion of the plurality of agents. Upon receiving a status message from a first agent, the methods may comprise the step of updating an agent data file corresponding to the first agent. Also, the methods may comprise the steps of periodically identifying agent data files from the plurality of agent data files that have not been updated for a predetermined amount of time; and sending a request for response to a second agent corresponding to an agent data file that has not been updated for a predetermined amount of time.
US07814187B2	Method and processing system for determining the spatial structure of a control system Spatial structure of system modules is automatically determined with respect to other system modules. Information on the spatial structure of a first system module is determined with respect to other system modules by providing an information module, which is respectively associated with the system modules, containing information on the spatial structure of each respective system module, and which can be accessed via an associated interface.
US07814184B2	High-level interface for QoS-based mobile multimedia applications The present invention generally relates to the field of mobile multimedia middleware, quality-of-service, shared resource reservation mechanisms, distributed processing systems, handheld computers, computer networking and wireless communication. Particularly, the present invention describes a processing system and pieces of software for one or more communication networks, with middleware comprising an application programming interface (102) cast over a data model describing quality-of-service contracts and quality-of-service adaptation paths specified by quality-of-service aware mobile multimedia applications (101) using said programming interface, in order to manage quality-of-service and mobility-aware for managing network connections with other applications. The present invention hereby relates to a corresponding data model as well as the necessary architecture.
US07814183B2	Configuration method for device with virtual configurators A configuration method for an SCS system, comprising a two-wire SCS bus (11), to which are connected configurable devices (16), such as actuators, controls, dimmers, etc., realized by means of virtual configurators stored in a memory inside the devices (16) themselves; the installer is therefore able to choose whether to configure an SCS installation using current physical configurators, or using the new method with the help of a PDA, a Personal Computer (10) or similar equipment.
US07814179B2	Interface between mobile connectivity service and WWAN device Methods and systems are provided for an event-based configuration interface between a service supporting mobile connectivity and device drivers exposing WWAN data services. Object identifiers (OIDs) are passed between the service and the device drivers. Asynchronous communication is enabled. Methods and systems for using OIDs to negotiate configuration, including PINs, SIMs and signal strength, of WWAN devices such as GSM and CDMA-based devices are provided.
US07814176B2	System and method for processing transactions in a multisystem database environment A system for satisfying a request from a client for a send-then-commit transaction includes a front-end information management system (IMS) server. Shared message queues (SMQ) communicate with the front-end IMS server and plural back-end IMS. The front-end IMS server receives the request from the client and transmits the request to the SMQ. A back-end IMS server accesses the SMQ and generates a transaction output in response to the request. The back-end IMS server transmits the result to the front-end IMS server and the front-end IMS server interfaces with the client to communicate the response thereto. The back-end IMS server and front-end IMS server operate in separate system images, but work together in a resource recovery services (RRS) environment to commit or backout the transaction output.
US07814173B2	Information-processing system, information-processing apparatus and method, recording medium and program Disclosed herein is an information-processing system including a first information-processing apparatus and a second information-processing apparatus, in which: the first information-processing apparatus has transmission unit for transmitting a metadata utilization condition representing information on rights required for utilizing metadata relevant to a content to the second information-processing apparatus; and the second information-processing apparatus has: reception unit for receiving the metadata utilization condition from the first information-processing apparatus; metadata-processing determination unit for determining whether or not metadata can be processed on the basis of the metadata utilization condition received by the reception unit; and metadata-processing unit for processing the metadata in accordance with the metadata utilization condition if a determination result produced by the metadata-processing determination unit indicates that the metadata can be processed.
US07814169B2	System and method for establishing and retrieving data based on global indices A system and method for establishing and retrieving data based upon global indices established on the date of first use by a user. The system uses a distributed data name service (DDNS) which uniquely identifies users based upon the unique ID of devices on the system combined with the date and time of first use. Both the unique device ID and the unique user ID's are stored on servers of the system. This unique user ID generated is used for all subsequent uses of the system by the user. Searching for data generated by devices of the system relating to a particular user is accomplished by searching for instances of the user ID on servers of the system rather than by searching for the data itself. A simplified data transport protocol allows for the transfer of data from one location to another after the data is located.
US07814165B2	Message classification system and method An automatic message classification system includes a set of stored messages. Each message contains address identifiers. An incoming message processor delivers incoming messages to the system, each containing incoming address identifiers. A list of address identifiers is created by retrieving each address identifier of each message within the set of stored messages and adding the address identifier to the list if it does not already exist in the list. A central processor calculates a predictive address value for each address identifier in the list of address identifiers by dividing one by the number of occurrences of the address identifier in all messages within the set of stored messages. A central processor of the system compares the incoming address identifiers with the address identifiers of each message located within the set of stored messages to generate a predictive message value for each message. The predictive message value is the sum of the predictive address values for every incoming address identifier that also exists in the address identifiers of each message. The system classifies the incoming message with the message having the highest predictive message value.
US07814151B2	Wirelessly-enabled identification of digital media generated at an event A method in one embodiment includes embedding a unique event tag into media files recorded at an event by a first media recording device, which is operable to wirelessly discover a second media recording device at the event. The first media recording device wirelessly communicates the unique event tag to the second media recording device for embedding into media files recorded at the event by the second media recording device. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure.
US07814146B2	File fragment trading based on rarity values in a segmented file sharing system Peer-to-peer file sharing clients share file fragments in the background based on rarity values. When a first peer offers a fragment to a second peer to be shared in the background, the second peer checks the rarity of the fragment and identifies one or more fragments from its swarm that is approximately as rare as the fragment being offered. The second peer then offers the one or more fragments in exchange for the originally offered fragment. The first peer may then offer the one or more fragments to other peers in its swarm to be shared in the background.
US07814144B2	Recommending system, recommending server, content recommending method, and recommending program product The present invention relates to a recommending system that recommends content so as to keep constant network traffic between a user terminal and a server. The recommending system includes a user terminal, a content server that transmits content prestored in a storage device to the user terminal, and a recommending server that transmits recommendation data, which are connected via a network. The recommending server includes a communications unit that transmits the recommendation data to the user terminal, the recommendation data containing an identifier of provided content and a time, at which the content server starts providing the content to the user terminal, in correspondence with the identifier of the provided content. The user terminal includes a download unit that transmits the content request containing the identifier of the provided content to the content server at the time in correspondence with the identifier of the provided content in the recommendation data.
US07814136B1	Programmable logic systems and methods employing configurable floating point units A programmable system is disclosed having multiple configurable floating point units (“FPU”) that are coupled to multiple programmable logic and routing blocks and multiple memories. Each floating point unit has static configuration blocks and dynamic configuration blocks, where the dynamic configuration blocks can be reconfigured to perform a different floating point unit function. A floating point unit includes a pre-normalization for shifting an exponent calculation as well as shifting and aligning a mantissa, and a post-normalization for normalizing and rounding a received input. The post-normalization receives an input Z and realigns the input, normalizes the input and rounds the input Z.
US07814127B2	Natural language support for database applications A method, system and article of manufacture for data processing in databases and, more particularly, for providing natural language support in a database environment. One embodiment provides a method of providing natural language support for users running queries against a database. The method comprises providing a data abstraction model comprising a plurality of logical fields abstractly describing physical data residing in the database, and associating the data abstraction model with a language resource component defining a natural language expression for each of the plurality of logical fields.
US07814126B2	Using task sequences to manage devices Task sequences are used to manage devices. According to one aspect, a user-defined or user-selected task sequence is received. The task sequence is converted into an ordered series of steps, and the series of steps are performed, in accordance with their order, in managing a device over a network. In certain implementations, the ordered series of steps are steps for automatically deploying an operating system on the device.
US07814117B2	Accessing data from asynchronously maintained index A method and apparatus for computing queries in a way that is consistent with an index and the underlying base table is provided. A query is computed such that it is consistent with the state of an index and base table as of the last point at which the index and table were synchronized. For example, if an index is maintained asynchronously then it is not necessarily consistent with its base table when a query is to be run against the table and the index. Therefore, the query is computed such that it will be consistent with the last point at which the index and the table were synchronized. In one embodiment, a System Change Number (SCN) of the last successful synchronization operation is used to perform a flashback query on the table.
US07814116B2	Method and system for creating customized news digests A system is provided for delivering personalized digest documents to multiple users. The system includes a profile module, a content management module, a document creation module, and an interface. The profile module receives a delivery preference of one of the users, and receives at least one of a user attribute and a content preference of the one user. The content management module searches at least one location for content items that match at least one of the user attribute and the content preference. The document creation module receives at least one of the content items that match, and compiles a personalized digest document for the one user that includes the at least one content item that matches. The personalized digest document is in a print-ready format, and the interface delivers the personalized digest document to the one user in accordance with the delivery preference of the one user. Also provided is a method for delivering personalized digest documents to multiple users.
US07814112B2	Determining relevancy and desirability of terms A system and method to sort search results based upon a desirability value is illustrated. This desirability value may be based upon the difference between a demand value and a supply value. Demand may be based upon user activity such as click-throughs, purchases, price, or location. Supply may be based upon a supply of keywords that may be the number of times a word is used in search or item title. The system and method may include receiving a search query, associating a first numerical value with a keyword that is a part of the search query, tracking user activity associated with the keyword, associating a second numerical value with the keyword based upon the user activity, finding a difference value between the first and second numerical values, associating this difference value with the keyword, sorting keywords based upon the difference values, and returning the search results of the sorting.
US07814102B2	Method and system for linking documents with multiple topics to related documents A method and system for linking documents with multiple topics to related documents employs two distinct processes: a fabrication process to pre-establish candidate target document links within a case law or other document for discrete topics, for example, points of law and landmark cases, that represent related documents that are relevant to one or more headnotes within the case law document; and an on-line process to analyze the search request, the candidate links, and available landmark cases during a retrieval of a document to dynamically select the candidate target document links that are relevant to the point of law of interest to a searcher who retrieved the case law document via a search request.
US07814091B2	Multi-tiered query processing techniques for minus and intersect operators Various techniques are described for processing database commands that include MINUS and/or INTERSECT operators. The queries containing the MINUS and/or INTERSECT operators are transformed to create a plurality of transformed queries. Each of the transformed queries produces the same result as the original query, but does not include the MINUS and/or INTERSECT operator. To achieve the same result set as the original query, the transformed queries employ equijoins, antijoins, and/or semijoins, and duplicate elimination operations. Costs are estimated for each of the various transformed queries. Based on the cost estimates, one of the transformed queries is selected as the query that is to be executed to perform the operations specified in the original query.
US07814086B2	System and method for determining semantically related terms based on sequences of search queries The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for determining semantically related terms based on sequences of search queries. Generally, a semantically related term tool examines search logs to associate search queries with a user submitting the search query. The semantically related term tool establishes a plurality of sequences of search queries, each sequence of search queries comprising one or more search queries associated with a common user and relating to a common concept. The semantically related term tool receives one or more seed terms and determines one or more terms related to the received seed terms based on the established plurality of sequences of search queries.
US07814065B2	Affinity-based recovery/failover in a cluster environment Techniques are provided for responding to the termination of a node by selecting another node, and assigning to the selected node the affinity relationships that existed between the terminated node and one or more objects. The resources that belong to the objects involved in the affinity relationships are remastered to the selected node. The selected node then performs recovery of the resources that had been opened by the terminated node and/or serves as a failover node to execute the transactions that had been executing on the terminated node.
US07814057B2	Page recovery using volume snapshots and logs Systems and methods are disclosed that facilitate providing page-level database restore functionality upon detection of a corruption event. Updates to a data page in a database can trigger generation of a snapshot of the data page, and an update log can be maintained that stores information related to page updates. Subsequent snapshots can be generated at predetermined intervals and can trigger truncation of a log segment and initiation of a new log segment. Upon detection of page corruption, a most-recent uncorrupt snapshot of the corrupt page can be identified, copied to the location of the corrupt page in the database, and modified according to the log segment associated with the uncorrupt snapshot to make the page current as of the corrupting event, all of which can be performed to restore the database without having to take the database offline.
US07814052B2	Implementing formulas for custom fields in an on-demand database The efficiency and versatility for the implementation of formulas in an on-demand database is improved. Formulas are categorized. Based at least partly on the categorization, formulas are evaluated synchronously or asynchronously. An asynchronous evaluation may be performed if a certain set of criteria is not satisfied. Asynchronous evaluations may be performed using a queue. During an asynchronous update of an object, a counter field and/or an estimate field may be used respectively for indicating the consistency of values of the object and a time when the values were consistent. The versatility of formulas is enhanced by using a formula to create a default value for a custom field when it is created and to determine whether an action is to be performed, and is enhanced by having an action define when a formula is to be updated.
US07814051B2	Managing watcher information in a distributed server environment A system for managing watcher information in a distributed server environment, including a watcher information database configured to store records, any of the records populated by a watcher identifier, a presentity identifier, a list of unique identifiers of a plurality of subscriptions by the watcher, a watcher state field indicating a current state of the watcher, and an event field indicating an event that last caused the state of the watcher to change, each record representing a different pair of a watcher and a presentity pair, and where each of the records maintains a single state for one or more subscriptions by a watcher to receive presence information regarding a presentity, and a plurality of presence servers, where each of the presence servers is configured to modify any of the records to reflect the current state of a watcher for any subscription indicated in the record.
US07814049B2	Computer device for managing documents in multi-user mode A computer device for managing Documents in multi-user mode, including a document data processing tool, a document data display manager, and a document user rights manager.
US07814048B2	Knowledge extraction from online discussion forums Concepts presented herein relate to extracting knowledge for a chatbot knowledge base from online discussion forms. Within a thread of an online discussion form, replies are selected based on structural features and content features therein. The replies can be ranked and used in a chatbot knowledge base.
US07814045B2	Semantical partitioning of data Data can be extracted from one or more data sources. Thereafter, the extracted data can be transformed to a format compatible with a plurality of structurally identical data targets so that the transformed data can be loaded into the plurality of data targets via data transfer processes. The data transfer processes define disjoint data sets among the plurality of data targets. Related apparatus, systems, methods, and articles are also described.
US07814040B1	System and method for image annotation and multi-modal image retrieval using probabilistic semantic models Systems and Methods for multi-modal or multimedia image retrieval are provided. Automatic image annotation is achieved based on a probabilistic semantic model in which visual features and textual words are connected via a hidden layer comprising the semantic concepts to be discovered, to explicitly exploit the synergy between the two modalities. The association of visual features and textual words is determined in a Bayesian framework to provide confidence of the association. A hidden concept layer which connects the visual feature(s) and the words is discovered by fitting a generative model to the training image and annotation words. An Expectation-Maximization (EM) based iterative learning procedure determines the conditional probabilities of the visual features and the textual words given a hidden concept class. Based on the discovered hidden concept layer and the corresponding conditional probabilities, the image annotation and the text-to-image retrieval are performed using the Bayesian framework.
US07814026B2	Managing investment assets A method for providing investor liquidity and portfolio growth includes (a) acquiring properties from investors through tax-preferred transactions, at least one of the properties being acquired from one of the investors in exchange for an interest in an investment entity; (b) disposing of at least one of the properties that falls outside of an investment profile; (c) enhancing the value of at least one of the properties by physical improvements; and (c) redeeming interests of investors by the investment entity.
US07814024B2	Multi-way transactions related data exchange apparatus and methods Methods and apparatus for conducting electronic transactions such as commerce transactions or purchases and exchanging related information. In one aspect, a robust and integrated apparatus and associated method is provided whereby a purchaser can securely provide transaction data and/or information in an electronic format to another party such as a vendor. In one exemplary embodiment, the purchaser can authenticate his or her right to use the billing information contained therein to complete a purchase without actually having to disclose the billing information in a human readable format, thereby enabling the vendor to obtain and authenticate the purchaser's identity and billing information while still protecting the purchaser's privacy, and without requiring disclosure of the purchaser's billing information to the vendor's employees or any other parties. In another aspect, the vendor can provide information about the transaction in an electronic form that can be authenticated and verified for accuracy.

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