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US07943489B2	Bonded wafer assembly system and method A system and method for the removal of superfluous material in a bonded wafer assembly. The method includes cutting a plurality of parallel cuts in a top wafer, the plurality of cuts defining a segment of the top wafer attached to another portion of the top wafer via a tab, inserting a wedge-shaped breaker bar into at least one cut of the plurality of cuts, applying force to the breaker bar to fracture the tab, and removing the segment of the top wafer from the bonded wafer assembly, wherein a bottom wafer remains unsingulated after the removing.
US07943480B2	Sub-lithographic dimensioned air gap formation and related structure Sub-lithographic dimensioned air gap formation and related structure are disclosed. In one embodiment, a method includes forming a dielectric layer including interconnects on a substrate; depositing a cap layer on the dielectric layer; depositing a photoresist over the cap layer; patterning the photoresist to include a first trench pattern at most partially overlying the interconnects; forming a spacer within the first trench pattern to form a second trench pattern having a sub-lithographic dimension; transferring the second trench pattern into the cap layer and into the dielectric layer between the interconnects; and depositing another dielectric layer to form an air gap by pinching off the trench in the dielectric layer.
US07943478B2	Semiconductor device manufacturing method In a semiconductor device manufacturing method, a surface of a substrate structure including a semiconductor layer is covered with a first film including first and second openings. The first opening is configured as an alignment mark. The second opening is configured as an opening for introducing an impurity into a first predetermined position of the semiconductor layer. In this method, a third opening is formed in the first film, using a photo mask aligned with the first opening used as an alignment mark. The third opening is configured as an opening for introducing an impurity into a second predetermined position of the semiconductor layer.
US07943477B2	Method of patterning noble metals for semiconductor devices by electropolishing An electropolishing process for high resolution patterning of noble metals, such as platinum, for forming various semiconductor devices, such as capacitors or wiring patterns is disclosed.
US07943469B2	Multi-component strain-inducing semiconductor regions A multi-component strain-inducing semiconductor region is described. In an embodiment, formation of such a strain-inducing semiconductor region laterally adjacent to a crystalline substrate results in a uniaxial strain imparted to the crystalline substrate, providing a strained crystalline substrate. In one embodiment, the multi-component strain-inducing material region comprises a first portion and a second portion which are separated by an interface. In a specific embodiment, the concentration of charge-carrier dopant impurity atoms of the two portions are different from one another at the interface.
US07943464B2	Non-volatile electromechanical field effect devices and circuits using same and methods of forming same Non-volatile field effect devices and circuits using same. A non-volatile field effect device includes a source, drain and gate with a field-modulatable channel between the source and drain. Each of the source, drain, and gate have a corresponding terminal. An electromechanically-deflectable, nanotube switching element is electrically positioned between one of the source, drain and gate and its corresponding terminal. The others of the source, drain and gate are directly connected to their corresponding terminals. The nanotube switching element is electromechanically-deflectable in response to electrical stimulation at two control terminals to create one of a non-volatile open and non-volatile closed electrical communication state between the one of the source, drain and gate and its corresponding terminal.
US07943461B2	High-voltage semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A high-voltage semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The disclosed high-voltage semiconductor device includes a semiconductor substrate, a first N type well in the semiconductor substrate, a first P type well in the first N type well, second N type wells in the first N type well along a periphery of the first P type well, a gate insulating film and a gate electrode on the first P type well, and first heavily-doped N type impurity regions in the first P type well at opposite sides of the gate electrode.
US07943459B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the semiconductor device A semiconductor device is provided with a conductor wire and a fuse wire formed in an insulating film over a semiconductor substrate, a first under-pad-wire insulating film formed above the insulating film, a second under-pad-wire insulating film formed on the first under-pad-wire insulating film, a pad wire formed in an area above the conductive wire, in the first and second under-pad-wire insulating films and an opening formed by leaving a part of the first under-pad-wire insulating film in an area above the fuse wire, in the first and second under-pad-wire insulating films, wherein the second under-pad-wire insulating film comprises an element different from that of the first under-pad-wire insulating film.
US07943457B2	Dual metal and dual dielectric integration for metal high-k FETs The present invention, in one embodiment, provides a method of forming a semiconductor device that includes providing a substrate including a first conductivity type region and a second conductivity type region; forming a gate stack including a gate dielectric atop the first conductivity type region and the second conductivity type region of the substrate and a first metal gate conductor overlying the high-k gate dielectric; removing a portion of the first metal gate conductor that is present in the first conductivity type region to expose the gate dielectric present in the first conductivity type region; applying a nitrogen based plasma to the substrate, wherein the nitrogen based plasma nitrides the gate dielectric that is present in the first conductivity type region and nitrides the first metal gate conductor that is present in the second conductivity type region; and forming a second metal gate conductor overlying at least the gate dielectric that is present in the first conductivity type region.
US07943456B2	Selective wet etch process for CMOS ICs having embedded strain inducing regions and integrated circuits therefrom A method for fabricating a CMOS integrated circuit (IC) and ICs therefrom includes providing a substrate having a semiconductor surface including PMOS regions for PMOS devices and NMOS regions for NMOS devices. A gate stack including a gate electrode layer is formed on a gate dielectric layer in or on both the PMOS regions and the NMOS regions. An n-type doping is used to create n-type wet etch sensitized regions on opposing sides of the gate stack in both the PMOS and said NMOS regions. Wet etching removes the n-type wet etch sensitized regions in (i) at least a portion of said PMOS regions to form a plurality of PMOS source/drain recesses or (ii) in at least a portion of said NMOS regions to form a plurality of NMOS source/drain recesses, or (i) and (ii). At least one of a compressive strain inducing epitaxial layer is formed in the plurality of PMOS source/drain recesses and a tensile strain inducing epitaxial layer is formed in the plurality of NMOS source/drain recesses. The fabrication of the IC is then completed.
US07943454B2	Method for dual stress liner A semiconductor device structure is provided which includes a first field effect transistor (“FET”) having a first channel region, a first source region, a first drain region and a first gate conductor overlying the first channel region. A second FET is included which has a second channel region, a second source region, a second drain region and a second gate conductor overlying the second channel region. The first and second gate conductors can be portions of a single elongated conductive member extending over both the first and second channel regions. A first stressed film may overlie the first FET and the first stressed film may apply a stress having a first value to the first channel region. A second stressed film may overlie the second FET and the second stressed film may apply a stress having a second value to the second channel region. The second value is substantially different from the first value. The first and second stressed films can abut each other at a common boundary and present a substantially co-planar major surface at the common boundary.
US07943448B2	Semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same Embodiments relate to a semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing the same. According to embodiments, a semiconductor device may include an LDD which may include a space having a first width and may be formed in a semiconductor substrate, a channel area which may be formed in the semiconductor substrate within a space having a first width, a gate insulating layer which has a width wider than the first width and may be formed on an upper side of the channel area on the semiconductor substrate, a gate which may be formed with the first width on the gate insulating layer, and a spacer including a first spacer formed at both sides of the gate insulating layer and a second spacer formed at sidewalls of the gate.
US07943440B2	Fabrication method of thin film device A method for fabricating a thin film device includes the step of forming a sacrificial layer on a first substrate. A portion other than a region of the sacrificial layer is selectively removed. A material film is formed on the sacrificial layer to be connected to the first substrate via the selectively removed region. The material film portion filled in the selectively removed region is provided as an anchor. A thin film lamination is formed on the material film. The desired thin film device is formed by using a selective etching process. After removing the sacrificial layer, the thin film device floats over the first substrate with being supported by the anchor. A support body is temporarily attached on the thin film lamination. The thin film device is transferred to the support body onto a second substrate.
US07943437B2	Apparatus and method for electronic fuse with improved ESD tolerance Method of making an electronic fuse blow resistor structure. In one embodiment, the method includes forming an insulator film, depositing a conductor on the insulator film, and after the depositing, etching the conductor to form a plurality of spaced apart non-conductive regions and a plurality of spaced-apart conductive regions. In another embodiment, the method includes forming the insulator film, forming a conductive sheet, and sub-dividing the conductive sheet into the plurality of conductive regions.
US07943435B2	Underfill film having thermally conductive sheet An underfill film for an electronic device includes a thermally conductive sheet. The electronic device may include a printed circuit board, an electrical component, an underfill, and the thermally conductive sheet. The underfill is situated between the circuit board and the component. The thermally conductive sheet is situated within the underfill, and together with the underfill, constitutes the underfill film. The device may include solder bumps affixing the component to the circuit board, the underfill film having holes within which the solder bumps are aligned. There may be solder bumps on the underside of the circuit board promoting heat dissipation. There may be heat sinks on the circuit board to which the thermally conductive sheet is affixed promoting heat dissipation. The thermally conductive sheet may be affixed to a chassis promoting heat dissipation. The thermally conductive sheet thus promotes heat dissipation from the component to at least the circuit board.
US07943428B2	Bonded semiconductor substrate including a cooling mechanism A bonded substrate comprising two semiconductor substrates is provided. Each semiconductor substrate includes semiconductor devices. At least one through substrate via is provided between the two semiconductor substrates to provide a signal path therebetween. The bottom sides of the two semiconductor substrate are bonded by at least one bonding material layer that contains a cooling mechanism. In one embodiment, the cooling mechanism is a cooling channel through which a cooling fluid flows to cool the bonded semiconductor substrate during the operation of the semiconductor devices in the bonded substrate. In another embodiment, the cooling mechanism is a conductive cooling fin with two end portions and a contiguous path therebetween. The cooling fin is connected to heat sinks to cool the bonded semiconductor substrate during the operation of the semiconductor devices in the bonded substrate.
US07943427B2	Semiconductor device, substrate for producing semiconductor device and method of producing them A substrate B for use in production of a semiconductor device is used, which substrate includes an adhesive sheet 50 having a base layer 51 and an adhesive layer 52, and a plurality of independently provided electrically conductive portions 20. A semiconductor element having electrodes 11 formed thereon is firmly fixed onto the substrate B, and upper portions of the plurality of electrically conductive portions 20 and the electrodes 11 of the semiconductor element 10 are electrically connected by using wires 30. The semiconductor element 10, wires 30 and electrically conductive portions 20 are sealed by using a sealing resin 40. Each of the electrically conductive portions 20 has overhanging portions 20a, and a side face 60a of the electrically conductive portion 20 is roughened, thus enhancing the joining strength between each electrically conductive portion 20 and the sealing resin 40.
US07943421B2	Component stacking using pre-formed adhesive films A method of forming integrated circuits includes laminating a patterned film including an opening onto a wafer, wherein a bottom die in the wafer is exposed through the opening. A top die is placed into the opening. The top die fits into the opening with substantially no gap between the patterned film and the top die. The top die is then bonded onto the bottom die, followed by curing the patterned film.
US07943417B2	Method for metallization of photovoltaic cells with multiple annealing operations Method for metallization of at least one photovoltaic cell comprising a substrate based on a semiconductor with a first type of conductivity, a layer doped with a second type of conductivity produced in the substrate and forming a front face of the substrate, an antireflection layer produced on the front face of the substrate and forming a front face of the photovoltaic cell. The method comprises at least the steps of: a) producing at least one metallization on the front face of the photovoltaic cell, b) a first annealing of the photovoltaic cell at a temperature between around 800° C. and 900° C., c) producing at least one metallization on the rear face of the substrate, d) a second annealing of the photovoltaic cell at a temperature between around 700° C. and 800° C.
US07943416B2	Local heterostructure contacts Disclosed is a novel method for creating local contacts in solar cells. In the method, a surface passivation that has been applied to a semiconductor substrate is locally etched away using a plasma process with the help of a thin stretched, elastic foil. If necessary, deep doping gradients are then locally created at the same points by means of a hydrogen plasma treatment with the help of thermal donors so as to increase the diffusion length of the charge carriers in the direction of the contacts. Finally, local heterostructure contacts are applied through the same mask openings. The contacts are characterized by a much lower saturation current than common diffused contacts and are therefore particularly suitable for high-performance solar cells.
US07943415B1	Methods of sputtering cadmium sulfide layers for use in cadmium telluride based thin film photovoltaic devices Methods are generally provided of sputtering a cadmium sulfide layer on a substrate. The cadmium sulfide layer can be sputtered on a substrate from a target in a sputtering atmosphere, wherein the target comprises about 75% to about 100% by weight cadmium, and wherein the sputtering atmosphere comprises a sulfur-containing source gas. The cadmium sulfide layer can be used in methods of forming cadmium telluride thin film photovoltaic devices.
US07943412B2	Low temperature Bi-CMOS compatible process for MEMS RF resonators and filters A method of formation of a microelectromechanical system (MEMS) resonator or filter which is compatible with integration with any analog, digital, or mixed-signal integrated circuit (IC) process, after or concurrently with the formation of the metal interconnect layers in those processes, by virtue of its materials of composition, processing steps, and temperature of fabrication is presented. The MEMS resonator or filter incorporates a lower metal level, which forms the electrodes of the MEMS resonator or filter, that may be shared with any or none of the existing metal interconnect levels on the IC. It further incorporates a resonating member that is comprised of at least one metal layer for electrical connection and electrostatic actuation, and at least one dielectric layer for structural purposes. The gap between the electrodes and the resonating member is created by the deposition and subsequent removal of a sacrificial layer comprised of a carbon-based material. The method of removal of the sacrificial material is by an oxygen plasma or an anneal in an oxygen containing ambient. A method of vacuum encapsulation of the MEMS resonator or filter is provided through means of a cavity containing the MEMS device, filled with additional sacrificial material, and sealed. Access vias are created through the membrane sealing the cavity; the sacrificial material is removed as stated previously, and the vias are re-sealed in a vacuum coating process.
US07943411B2	Apparatus and method of wafer bonding using compatible alloy A method of forming an inertial sensor provides 1) a device wafer with a two-dimensional array of inertial sensors and 2) a second wafer, and deposits an alloy of aluminum/germanium onto one or both of the wafers. The alloy is deposited and patterned to form a plurality of closed loops. The method then aligns the device wafer and the second wafer, and then positions the alloy between the wafers. Next, the method melts the alloy, and then solidifies the alloy to form a plurality of conductive hermetic seal rings about the plurality of the inertial sensors. The seal rings bond the device wafer to the second wafer. Finally, the method dices the wafers to form a plurality of individual, hermetically sealed inertial sensors.
US07943399B2	Spin-current switched magnetic memory element suitable for circuit integration and method of fabricating the memory element A magnetic memory element switchable by current injection includes a plurality of magnetic layers, at least one of the plurality of magnetic layers having a perpendicular magnetic anisotropy component and including a current-switchable magnetic moment, and at least one barrier layer formed adjacent to the plurality of magnetic layers (e.g., between two of the magnetic layers). The memory element has the switching threshold current and device impedance suitable for integration with complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) integrated circuits.
US07943389B2	Method for determining chlorine demand in water Methods for determining chlorine demand in water are provided. One method comprises (a) providing a test water sample containing at least one contaminant and a source of chlorine and a source of bromide; (b) heating the test water sample for a suitable time and temperature sufficient to substantially oxidize the at least one contaminant in the test water sample; and (c) determining the content of residual chlorine present in the test water sample.
US07943378B2	Tissue engineering The present invention relates, in general, to tissue engineering and, in particular, to a method of extending the lifespan of cells suitable for use in vascular engineering.
US07943374B2	Super-size adeno-associated viral vector harboring a recombinant genome larger than 5.7 kb Prior art teaches an effective packaging capacity for adeno-associated virus and adeno-associated viral vectors of 4.1 kb to 4.9 kb as well as a packaging limit of 5.2 kb to 5.6 kb. However, the inventor discovered that this packaging limit as well as that effective packaging capacity does not apply to all AAV serotypes: Whereas it is true that efficient packaging of AAV serotype 2 is limited to less than 5 kb, the inventor discovered that one can efficiently package more than 6 kb of genetic information into AAV capsids of other AAV serotypes, particularly into capsids of AAV serotype 5 and—to a lesser extent—into capsids of AAV serotype 7. This discovery will be useful in the context of gene therapy where large transgenes will have to be transferred such as the ABCA4 coding sequence, the Factor VIII coding sequence, the B-deleted Factor VIII coding sequence or minidystrophin genes.
US07943373B2	Telomelysin/GFP-expressing recombinant virus The present invention provides a reagent for cancer cell detection or cancer diagnosis. The present invention relates to a reagent for cancer cell detection, comprising a recombinant virus where a replication cassette comprising a promoter from human telomerase, an E1A gene, an IRES sequence and an E1B gene in this order is integrated in E1 region of the viral genome and a labeling cassette comprising a gene encoding a labeling protein and a promoter capable of regulating the expression of the gene encoding the labeling protein is integrated in E3 region of the viral genome.
US07943372B2	Microbiological test device, assembly and method The device for microbiological testing of a sample of liquid includes an envelope and a filter membrane, the envelope including a removable body and a support for the membrane in the wetted state; the support including a sponge and the removable body including a flexible wall adapted to move toward the membrane, when the device is subjected to a reduced pressure and to return to its initial position when the reduced pressure ceases. The assembly includes a device of the above kind and a clamp adapted to grip the device in the manner of a vise. The method includes the step of obtaining such a device, of passing the sample between the inlet aperture and the outlet aperture of the device, of subjecting the device to a reduced pressure, of making the reduced pressure cease, and then of detecting the presence of microorganisms on the membrane of the device.
US07943366B2	Genetically modified yeast species and fermentation processes using genetically modified yeast Yeast cells are transformed with an exogenous xylose isomerase gene. Additional genetic modifications enhance the ability of the transformed cells to ferment xylose to ethanol or other desired fermentation products. Those modifications', include deletion of non-specific or specific aldose reductase gene(s), deletion of xylitol dehydrogenase gene(s) and/or overexpression of xylulokinase.
US07943364B2	Method for producing L-glutamine and L-glutamine producing bacterium L-glutamine is produced by culturing a coryneform bacterium having L-glutamine-producing ability and modified so that intracellular glutaminase activity is reduced, and preferably also modified so that intracellular glutamine synthetase activity is enhanced. The method of production includes culturing the bacterium in a medium, followed by accumulation of L-glutamine in the medium and collecting the L-glutamine from the medium.
US07943360B2	Phospholipases, nucleic acids encoding them and methods for making and using them The invention provides novel polypeptides having phospholipase activity, including, e.g., phospholipase A, B, C and D activity, patatin activity, lipid acyl hydrolase (LAH) activity, nucleic acids encoding them and antibodies that bind to them. Industrial methods, e.g., oil degumming, and products comprising use of these phospholipases are also provided.
US07943359B2	Polynucleotides which code for cyanide-tolerant nitrile hydratase and compositions thereof Disclosed herein are cyanide-tolerant nitrile hydratases especially from Pseudomonas putida or Pseudomonas marginalis strains which exhibit increased cyanide tolerance. Also disclosed are methods of preparing amides from nitriles in the presence of cyanides and polynucleotide sequences coding for cyanide-tolerant nitrile hydratases.
US07943352B2	Apparatus and methods for vaccine development using ultrasound technology Method and device for the creation of vaccines using ultrasonic waves, comprised of an ultrasound generator and a transducer to produce ultrasonic waves, is disclosed. The transducer has a specific ultrasound tip depending upon the type of delivery method utilized and depending on the shape of the vial containing the solution of the virus, bacterium, or other infectious agent. The apparatus delivers ultrasonic waves to solution either directly through the insertion of the ultrasound tip into the solution, through a coupling medium adjacent to the vial or near the vial, or through an air or gas medium. The ultrasound waves have the effect of destroying the viable virus, bacterium, or other infectious agent and of releasing the appropriate antigens, thus resulting in a vaccine for that virus, bacterium, or other infectious agent.
US07943351B2	Method for acyltransferase reaction using acyl coenzyme A The present invention relates to a method for acyltransferase reaction in which an acyl group of acyl coenzyme A is transferred to an acyl group receptor characterized in that the reaction is carried out by production and/or reproduction of acyl coenzyme A from coenzyme A in a reaction system by a chemical thioester exchange reaction with acylthioester. The present invention, wherein expensive acyl CoA is reproduced nonenzymatically in a reaction system, enables to continuously carry out acyltransferase reaction only by putting a small amount of acyl CoA with a donor and a receptor of an acyl group into a system. Accordingly, the method of the present invention can be applied to an industrial production method of various kinds of compounds including useful biological molecules and synthesis of polymers such as polyester.
US07943347B2	Nucleic acid amplification method Provided is a simple and highly sensitive nucleic acid amplification method including hybridizing two types of oligonucleotide probes with a target gene and ligating the oligonucleotide probes with DNA ligase and amplifying the resultant single-stranded oligonucleotide in accordance with LAMP.
US07943343B2	Production and use of novel peptide-based agents for use with bi-specific antibodies The present invention relates to a bi-specific antibody or antibody fragment having at least one arm that is reactive against a targeted tissue and at least one other arm that is reactive against a targetable conjugate. The targetable conjugate encompasses a hapten to which antibodies have been prepared. In preferred embodiments, the hapten is histamine-succinyl-glycine (HSG). In more preferred embodiments, the at least one arm comprises the CDR sequences of the HSG-binding 679 antibody. The targetable conjugate is attached to one or more therapeutic and/or diagnostic agents. The invention provides constructs and methods for producing the bispecific antibodies or antibody fragments, as well as methods for using them and kits comprising them.
US07943339B2	Isolated nucleic acid molecules from the genome of citrus leprosis virus and uses thereof Disclosed are nucleic acids from the Citrus Leprosis Virus (CiLV) genome, associated with Citrus Leprosis (CiL) disease. Cloned CiLV nucleic acids can be used as probes or primers in assays for detecting CiLV in biological samples, particularly leaves, roots and other tissues of plants, such as plants from Citrus and Poncirus. The nucleic acid molecules can be introduced in cloning vectors and cloning the recombinant nucleic acid molecules in cells, such as prokaryotes, and eukaryotes. The cloned CiLV nucleic acids are expressed in cells to provide immunogenic proteins which can be used to raise antibodies against CiLV, which can then be used to detect CiLV virus in biological samples. Also disclosed are SEQ ID Nos. 5 and 8, in whole or part, transgenic plants, such as monocots and dicots, containing CiLV nucleic acids, in any combination, so that expression increases resistance to CiL disease.
US07943331B2	Whole blood assay A method and apparatus to estimate the concentration of a target substance (e.g. Cholesterol or CRP) in the plasma component of awhole blood sample without the need to separate the red blood cells from the plasma prior to testing, thereby simplfying the design and construction of the test device. The invention achieves this by measuring the analyte under investigation in a time dependent (bio-/immuno-) chemical reaction and measuring separately, a marker substance (e.g haemoglobin) for the estimation of red blood cell volume, using a non-time-dependent alteration in physical property of the reaction mixture (in this instance, transmission) attributed to inherent filter effects on sample addition. These non-time-dependent changes are not part of the reaction chemistry, and are resolved from the time dependent alteration in physical property caused by the assay chemistry by continuous measurement and mathematical modelling. Algorithms that combine these two parameters are used to estimate the target substance and compensate for variations in the percentage haematocrit of the sample. The method equalises the assay response for subtle variations in patient sample (e.g. haematocrit).
US07943325B2	Diagnosis of fertility conditions using a serine protease The present invention relates to a method of diagnosing an infertility condition in a human female subject, the method comprising detecting pregnancy-related serine protease (PRSP) protein in a test sample taken from said subject at between 7 and 20 weeks into pregnancy; detecting PRSP protein in a test sample from a fertile control mammal taken within the same period; and comparing the PRSP protein in the test sample with the PRSP protein detected in the control sample, wherein a change in PRSP protein in the sample compared to the control sample is indicative of an infertility condition.
US07943320B2	Unsymmetrical cyanine dyes for high resolution nucleic acid melting analysis The present invention relates to novel unsymmetrical cyanine dyes and to methods of performing nucleic acid analysis in the presence of such dyes. More specifically, the present invention relates to novel unsymmetrical cyanine dyes that have high affinity to double-stranded nucleic acids and that do not inhibit amplification reactions, particularly the polymerase chain reaction (PCR).
US07943305B2	High speed nucleic acid sequencing The present invention is directed to a method of sequencing a target nucleic acid molecule having a plurality of bases. In its principle, the temporal order of base additions during the polymerization reaction is measured on a molecule of nucleic acid. Each type of labeled nucleotide comprises an acceptor fluorophore attached to a phosphate portion of the nucleotide such that the fluorophore is removed upon incorporation into a growing strand. Fluorescent signal is emitted via fluorescent resonance energy transfer between the donor fluorophore and the acceptor fluorophore as each nucleotide is incorporated into the growing strand. The sequence is deduced by identifying which base is being incorporated into the growing strand.
US07943304B2	Method and apparatus for chromosome profiling A method and apparatus for generating an Interphase chromosome profile. The method comprises obtaining a sample containing cells having chromosomes for profiling; obtaining species specific DNA probes, wherein the DNA probes are capable of marking at least one chromosome at substantially equidistant locations on said chromosome; hybridizing the sample with the DNA probes; using a plurality of enzymes to produce differential color bands on the chromosome for colorimetric analysis of the sample; and using visual analysis for determining the profile of the chromosome.
US07943301B2	DNA conformational switches as sensitive electronic sensors of analytes The electrical conductivity of DNA and other oligonucleotide constructs is dependent on its conformational state. Such a dependence may be harnessed for the electronic sensing of external analytes, for instance, adenosine. Such a DNA sensor incorporates an analyte receptor, whose altered conformation in the presence of bound analyte switches the conformation, and hence, the conductive path between two oligonucleotide stems, such as double-helical DNA. Two distinct designs for such sensors are described that permit significant electrical conduction through a first or “detector” double-helical stem only in the presence of the bound analyte. In the first design, current flows through the analyte receptor itself whereas, in the second, current flows in a path adjacent to the receptor. The former design may be especially suitable for certain categories of analytes, including heterocycle-containing compounds such as adenosine, whereas the latter design should be generally applicable to the detection of any molecular analyte, large or small. Since analyte detection in these DNA sensors is electronic, the potential exists for their application in rapid and automated chip-based detection of small molecules as well as of proteins and other macromolecules.
US07943296B2	Methods of screening using a natriuretic peptide receptor This disclosure provides an intracellular fragment of natriuretic peptide receptor A (NPRA), referred to herein as soluble natriuretic peptide receptor-related fragment (sNRF). It is shown herein that sNRF causes NP resistance. Based on these observations, methods of treating a cardiovascular disorder by inhibiting the activity of sNRF are disclosed. Assays are provided that use sNRF to screen agents for their ability to increase the biological activity of an NPR, for example agents that increase the sensitivity of NPR for NPs (such as atrial natriuretic peptide, ANP), or that decrease growth factor deleterious effects, or combinations thereof. Also provided are agents identified using the disclosed assays, and methods of using the agents, for example to treat or diagnose a cardiovascular disorder, such as heart failure.
US07943284B2	Compound, dissolution inhibitor, positive type resist composition, and method of forming resist pattern A positive type resist composition for forming a high resolution resist pattern and a method of forming a resist pattern are provided which use a low-molecular-weight material as a base component, and a compound and a dissolution inhibitor that are each suitable for the positive type resist composition. Here, the compound is a non-polymer having a molecular weight of 500 to 3000, and is decomposed under the action of an acid to produce two or more molecules of a decomposition product having a molecular weight of 200 or more; the dissolution inhibitor comprises the compound; the positive type resist composition comprises the compound and the acid generator component; and the method of forming a resist pattern uses the positive type resist composition.
US07943276B2	Imaging member Disclosed is an imaging member comprising a conductive substrate, a photogenerating layer comprising a photogenerating material in contact with the substrate, and a charge transport layer in contact with the photogenerating layer, the charge transport layer comprising a charge transport material, an organic phosphite or organic phosphonite antioxidant, and a hydroquinone antioxidant, wherein the photogenerating layer is situated between the charge transport layer and the conductive substrate.
US07943261B2	Method of operating fuel cell system and fuel cell system A method of operating a fuel cell capable of suppressing degradation of a fuel cell caused by starting and stopping of the fuel cell, including carrying out a restoring operation by decreasing a voltage of the cathode following termination of the fuel cell.
US07943250B1	Electrochemical conversion system for energy management There is disclosed an electrochemical conversion system (40) for energy management which includes multi-electrochemical cells. The system 40 includes a conduit system (41), an electrical system (42), first electrochemical cell (43), a second electrochemical cell (44), a third electrochemical cell (45), a first recuperative heat exchanger (RHX) (46), and a second recuperative heat exchanger (47). The conduit system, electrical system (42), heat exchangers, and electrochemical cells are all constructed and function in the same manner as previously described. The system (40) also includes an additional, second recuperative heat exchanger (47) (RHX) to thermally isolate the third electrochemical cell from the other two. As shown, the electrochemical cells are electrically and pneumatically connected in series so that the electrical current flow and the proton flow through the electrochemical cells are balanced.
US07943245B2	Organic electroluminescent device The invention provides an organic electroluminescent device having high luminous efficiency, being able to drive at a low voltage and being excellent in driving durability including, between an anode and cathode, a luminescent layer containing a luminescent material, an electron-transport layer (ETL1) and an organic thin film layer (ETL2) in this order from the anode side, wherein the organic thin film layer (ETL2) contains an electron-transport material and has a thickness of 0.01 to 3 nm, and the ratio (ETL1/ETL2) of the thickness of the electron-transport layer (ETL1) to the thickness of the organic thin film layer (ETL2) is in the range of 5 to 500.
US07943239B2	Endless belt and process for manufacturing the same, image forming apparatus, functional membrane and process for manufacturing the same, intermediate transfer belt, transfer transport belt, and transport apparatus An endless belt includes a layer including at least a first composition and a second composition different from the first composition, a content ratio of the second composition relative to the first composition being changed in a layer thickness direction.
US07943227B2	Ceramic heat shield A heat shield includes a ceramic composite heat shield panel having a generally concave first surface and a generally convex second surface and a pair of thickened panel edge portions provided in the heat shield panel. A heat shield assembly is also disclosed.
US07943224B2	Endless belt, belt device and image forming apparatus An endless belt includes base resin, polyaniline, and alkyl imide acid. Alternatively, the endless belt includes base resin, polyaniline, and alkylsulfonic acid. With such an arrangement, it becomes possible to keep constant the electric resistance of the endless belt despite the change in circumstances or the change with the passage of time, and to thereby enhance the printing quality.
US07943218B2	Environmentally-friendly multi-layer flexible film having barrier properties A multi-layer film with barrier properties having two or more layers made from a bio-based film is disclosed. In one aspect, the print web comprises a bio-based film. In one aspect, the barrier web comprises a bio-based film. In one aspect, a bio-based adhesive adheres the print web to the barrier web. The bio-based film can include paper, PCR, polylactide or polyhydroxy-alkanoate. Unlike prior art petroleum-based films, the bio-based film of the present invention is made from a renewable resource and is biodegradable.
US07943208B2	Materials and methods for the preparation of anisotropically-ordered solids The invention provides materials and methods for making anisotropic solids which may be in the form of films, layers, shaped elements, and other shaped articles. The methods provide anisotropic solids without the need for rolling, rubbing, or stretching to impart orientational alignment of the molecules of the solid. The methods employ organic or organometallic compounds which are soluble orienting molecules. The solvent or solvent system must be sufficiently volatile to be removed without disruption of the molecular orientation. The soluble orienting molecules include those containing one or more hydrophilic and/or ionic groups and the solvent or solvent system can be a polar organic solvent or solvent system or an aqueous solvent or solvent system. The invention also provides novel compounds having quaterrylene, perylene and naphthalene ring systems carrying one or more hydrophilic and/or ionic groups. These novel compounds can exhibit useful absorption and fluorescence properties in solution and in the solid phase and can exhibit useful liquid crystalline properties.
US07943203B2	Colored curable composition, colored pattern and color filter using the same A colored curable composition containing a pigment (A) made into fine particles in the presence of sodium chloride (NaCl), an alkali soluble resin (B), a polymerizable compound (C), a photopolymerization initiator (D), and a solvent (E), wherein the pigment is included at 40 mass % to 70 mass % with respect to the total solids of the colored curable composition, and the contact angle of water to a coated layer obtained from coating the colored curable composition on a substrate and drying is 60° or greater. The colored curable composition is excellent in pigment dispersibility and dispersion stability, even when a fine pigment is included therein, is capable of forming a highly uniform colored layer, with excellent cleanability and solubility of the dried colored layer. The composition can also suppress the generation of foreign matter and the like in slit coating.
US07943199B2	Method of producing metal plated material, metal plated material, method of producing metal pattern material, and metal pattern material A method of producing a metal plated material, the method including: preparing a polymer solution containing a polymer; preparing a composition by mixing the polymer solution with a monomer at an amount of from 30% by mass to 200% by mass with respect to the polymer, at least one of the polymer or the monomer having a non-dissociative functional group that interacts with a plating catalyst or a precursor thereof, forming a cured layer on a substrate by applying the composition, drying the composition and curing the composition; applying the plating catalyst or the precursor thereof to the cured layer; and conducting plating with respect to the plating catalyst or the precursor thereof to form a plating film on the cured layer.
US07943194B2	Process for preparing flake-form pigments based on aluminum and on Sioz(Z=0.7-2.0) comprising forming a layer of separating agent The present invention relates to process for the production of plane-parallel platelets, comprising the steps of: a) vapor-deposition of a separating agent onto a carrier to produce a separating agent 5 layer, b) vapor-deposition of at least one product layer onto the separating agent layer, and c) dissolution of the separating agent layer in a solvent and production of a suspension in which the at least one product layer is present in the form of plane-parallel platelets, wherein the separating agent is selected from the group consisting of anthracene, anthraquinone, acetamidophenol, acetylsalicylic acid, camphoric anhydride, benzimidazole, benzene-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid, biphenyl-2,2-dicarboxylic acid, bis(4-hydroxyphenyl)sulfone, dihydroxyanthraquinone, hydantoin, 3-hydroxybenzoic acid, 8-hydroxyquinoline-5-sulfonic acid monohydrate, 4-hydroxycoumarin, 7-hydroxycoumarin, 3-hydroxynaphthalene-2-carboxylic acid, isophthalic acid, 4,4-methylene-bis-3-hydroxynaphthalene-2-carboxylic acid, naphthalene-1,8-dicarboxylic anhydride, phthalimide and its potassium salt, phenolphthalein, phenothiazine, saccharin and its salts, tetraphenylmethane, triphenylene, triphenylmethanol, and also mixtures of at least two of those substances, especially pentaerythritol (C(CH2OH)4), trimesic acid (=1,3,5 benzene tricarboxylic acid), DL-alanine, DL-valine, 2,6-20 diaminopurine, ascorbic acid, 1,3,5-benzenetricarboxylic acid, o-acetylsalicyclic acid, diphenic acid, terephthalic acid, pyrogallol, cyanuric acid, hexamethyltetramine (urotropin), fumaric acid, and 4-acetylbenzoic acid and also mixtures of at least two of those substances.
US07943192B2	Piezoelectric/electrostrictive film type element and manufacturing method thereof A piezoelectric/electrostrictive film type device including a thin substrate made of ceramic and a piezoelectric/electrostrictive operating portion disposed on the substrate and constituted by successively laminating a lower electrode film, a piezoelectric/electrostrictive film containing a large number of crystal particles constituted of a piezoelectric/electrostrictive composition, and an upper electrode film. The piezoelectric/electrostrictive composition contains one or more alkali metal elements selected from the group consisting of lithium, potassium, and sodium, and one or more metal elements selected from the group consisting of niobium, tantalum, antimony, and silver. Circle equivalent diameters of 90% or more of the large number of crystal particles are in a range of 0.3 to 50 μm.
US07943188B1	Stuffed dough pocket with grasping extension A food product includes a pocket formed from dough, a portion of a food stuffing material captured within the pocket, and a protrusion coupled to the pocket. The protrusion is capable of being grasped and, when so grasped, the pocket is capable of being supported by the protrusion. A method of manufacturing such a food product is also disclosed. The food product relates to pocket-foods such as pierogies, ravioli, and similar foods.
US07943187B2	Paeoniflorin preparations and uses thereof for fat reduction Disclosed are methods and preparations useful for reducing fat at a targeted area(s) on a human. The preparations comprise as an active ingredient an adipolysis enhancing (i.e., fat-melting) amount of an active ingredient, paeoniflorin (PF). The preparations may be provided as an injectable preparation or as a topically applied preparation, such as in the form of a crème or lotion. In topical preparations, the active ingredient paeoniflorin may be contained within nanospheres, such as albumin nanospheres. The PF-containing preparations may also include a permeant, such as azone. The method may be accompanied by the application of ultrasound to the area being treated prior to, during or after, or prior to, during, and after application of the paeoniflorin preparation to an area of the body in which fat reduction is desired. By way of example, the methods and preparations are effective for reducing targeted fat deposits at various anatomical sites of the body, such as the midsection (“love handles”), jowls, hips, arms, thighs and buttocks area.
US07943180B2	Method for stimulating a host immune system by administering an allogeneic cell material A method of manipulating allogeneic cells for use in allogeneic cell therapy protocols is described. The method provides a composition of highly activated allogeneic T-cells which are infused into immunocompetent cancer patients to elicit a novel anti-tumor immune mechanism called the “Mirror Effect”. In contrast to current allogeneic cell therapy protocols where T-cells in the graft mediate the beneficial graft vs. tumor (GVT) and detrimental graft vs. host (GVH) effects, the allogeneic cells of the present invention stimulate host T-cells to mediate the “mirror” of these effects. The mirror of the GVT effect is the host vs. tumor (HVT) effect. The “mirror” of the GVH effect is the host vs. graft (HVG) effect. The effectiveness and widespread application of the anti-tumor GVT effect is limited by the severe toxicity of the GVH effect. In the present invention, the anti-tumor HVT effect occurs in conjunction with a non-toxic HVG rejection effect. The highly activated allogeneic cells of the invention can be used to stimulate host immunity in a complete HLA mis-matched setting in patients that have not had a prior bone marrow transplant or received chemotherapy and/or radiation conditioning regimens.
US07943164B2	Composition and method for treating diabetes and metabolic disorders A composition and method for treating diabetes and metabolic disorders, and for achieving weight loss in a subject comprising a combination of naturally occurring compounds is provided.
US07943156B2	Use of peptides of general formula I X-SEQ ID No.1-Y in the preparation of cosmetic compositions which are intended to improve the firmness of the skin by increasing cell adhesion The invention relates to cosmetic compositions which are intended to improve the firmness of the skin by increasing adhesion of cutaneous cells in relation to one another and the basal lamina. The aforementioned compositions comprise a cosmetically-effective quantity of peptides having general formula X-isoleucyl-lysyl-valyl-alanyl-valine-Y, known as X-SEQ ID No. 1-Y (FIG. 1). The invention also relates to the use of X-SEQ ID No. 1-Y peptides in the preparation of cosmetic compositions which are intended to improve the firmness of the skin.
US07943153B1	Vaccines for Mycoplasma bovis and methods of use The invention of novel, effective vaccines against Mycoplasma. bovis for use in cattle is described. These vaccines demonstrate no undesirable side effects and protect against M. bovis related disease, such as contagious mastitis, respiratory pneumonia, joint infections, keratoconjunctivitis and middle ear infections. The novel vaccines also lessen the effect of M. bovis infections on milk production, weight gain and animal health. Methods of diagnosing, characterizing and treating M. bovis infections as specific biotypes are also disclosed. Vaccine compositions made in accordance with the invention may be either of the attenuated or inactivated variety. Vaccines may also include antigens from other pathogens so as to provide a protective immunogenic response to diseases other than those caused by M. bovis.
US07943148B1	Amino acid sites in Flavivirus E proteins useful for development of diagnostics and vaccines Highly immunoreactive viral peptides are disclosed which are derived from the E protein of major groups of the Flavivirus genus by computational analyses. These peptides are used in reliable diagnostic methods for the detection and diagnosis of Flavivirus, detecting the presence of antibodies against Flavivirus, and to form vaccine composition(s) for the prevention of Flavivirus infections in humans.
US07943146B2	Immunizing compositions comprising HIV-1 proviral constructs with an inactive p6 gag TSG101 UEV binding domain capable of producing budding-defective viral particles that remain tethered to the cell surface The present invention provides methods for preventing and treating HIV infection and AIDS by introducing cells displaying HIV late-domain phenotype into a patient, or by administering to a patient nucleic acids, polypeptides or small organic compounds to cause the formation of cells displaying HIV late-domain phenotype in the body of the patient.
US07943144B2	Herpes simplex virus complex There is provided an HSV Complex which comprises an avirulent HSV and a targeting agent which allows the HSV particle to infect and lyse a specific targeted cell. The inventors have found a way in which avirulent HSV can be targeted to disease cells, e.g. cancer cells, by incorporating an antibody binding domain into one or more viral glycoproteins.
US07943119B2	Hair cosmetic composition Provided are a leave-on hair cosmetic composition, containing the following components (A), (B) and (C): (A) an organic dicarboxylic acid or salt thereof, (B) an organic solvent selected from aromatic alcohols, N-alkylpyrrolidones, alkylene carbonates, polypropylene glycols having a number average molecular weight of from 100 to 1000, lactones and cyclic ketones, and (C) an organopolysiloxane having an organopolysiloxane segment and a poly(N-acylalkyleneimine) segment having a recurring unit represented by the following formula (1): (wherein, R1: H, C1-22 alkyl, cycloalkyl, aralkyl or aryl, and n: 2 or 3), wherein the latter segment has been bonded to at least one silicon atom of the former segment via a hetero-atom-containing alkylene group; having the organopolysiloxane segment and the poly(N-acylalkyleneimine)segment at a weight ratio of from 98/2 to 40/60; and having a weight average molecular weight of from 50,000 to 500,000; and a hair treating method with the composition. The hair cosmetic composition of the invention can essentially improve the hair quality, give excellent luster, manageability, setting property to the hair, and also give excellent flexible hair feel and elasticity.
US07943115B2	Porous 4 group metal oxide and method for preparation thereof This invention relates to a 4 group metal oxide and to a method for preparation thereof and the 4 group metal oxide prepared by adding a particle growth inhibiter to a hydrosol a hydrogel or a dried product of a hydrous 4 group metal oxide represented by MO(2-x)(OH)2x (wherein M denotes a 4 group metal and x is a number greater than 0.1 or x>0.1) followed by drying and calcining has a specific surface area of 80 m2/g or more, a pore volume of 0.2 ml/g or more and a pore sharpness degree of 50% or more and excellent heat stability and is useful for a catalyst or a catalyst carrier in which a catalyst metal is dispersed to a high degree. This invention further relates to a porous 4 group metal oxide and to a method for preparation thereof and the 4 group metal oxide prepared by application of a pH swing operation is characterized by a large specific surface area, excellent heat stability, high dispersion of a catalyst metal and a controlled and sharp pore distribution and is useful for a catalyst or a catalyst carrier of excellent reaction selectivity.
US07943113B2	Lithium-manganese oxides, method for preparing the same, and lithium adsorbent using the same There is provided Lithium-manganese oxides expressed as the following chemical formula 1, Li1+xMn1−x−yMyO2+z, [Chemical Formula 1] wherein 0.01≦x≦0.5, 0≦y≦0.3, −0.2≦z≦0.2, and M is a metal selected from the group consisting of Ti, Mn, V, Cr, Fe, Co, Ni, Cu, Zn, Zr, Nb, Mo, W, Ag, Sn, Ge, Si, Al, and alloy thereof.
US07943111B2	Process of making cathode material containing Ni-based lithium transition metal oxide The present invention provides for a process of making a Ni-based lithium transition metal oxide cathode active materials used in lithium ion secondary batteries. The cathode active materials are substantially free of Li2CO3 impurity and soluble bases.
US07943097B2	Reactor system for reducing NOx emissions from boilers A zeolite based SCR catalyst for NOx reduction using a reducing agent for treating exhaust streams from industrial and commercial boilers is provided. The reactor system has a zeolite based catalyst arranged in catalyst cassettes in a modular fashion where the reactor containing the zeolite based SCR catalyst cassettes is placed in a perpendicular direction to the exhaust exiting the industrial and/or commercial boiler. The catalyst selectively reduces nitrogen oxides to nitrogen with a reducing agent at low to medium temperatures. The reactor results in high NOx conversions and very low ammonia slip and is active for a wide range of boiler firing conditions. Boilers with low NOx and/or ultra low NOx burners can be replaced with a standard conventional burner for overall emissions reduction performance, efficiency improvements and energy savings. Boilers with low NOx and ultra low NOx burners can also be fitted with this zeolite based SCR catalyst reactor for additional NOx reductions and energy savings.
US07943091B2	Chemical exposure indication device A chemical exposure indication device is disclosed. The device is removably attachable to a structure and includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface and an indicating layer overlying the first substrate surface. The indicating layer includes a coating material that is chemically reactive with a pre-determined chemical compound that is known to degrade the structure. When the coating material is exposed to that corrosive compound in a pre-determined level associated with degradation of a metallic structure, the coating material provides a visual indication of the presence of the corrosive compound.
US07943089B2	Laminated assay devices An electrochemical-based assay device capable of detecting the presence or quantity of an analyte of interest that is provided. The device contains two or more substrates, one containing a detection working electrode and another containing an auxiliary electrode, such as a counter/reference electrode(s). The substrates are positioned in a face-to-face relationship so that the electrodes are adjacent to each other during performance of the assay. Besides the electrodes, any of a variety of other components may also be employed in the assay device.
US07943088B2	Biochemical analyzer and method of controlling internal temperature of the biochemical analyzer Provided is a biochemical analyzer in which a microfluidic biochemical assay may be performed. The analyzer includes: a microfluidic device loading space including a microfluidic device supporting unit detachably supporting a microfluidic device including an energy application region in which an energy is applied; an energy source loading space including an energy source applying the energy to the radiation application region; and an isolation wall isolating the microfluidic device loading space and the energy source loading space to prevent heat transfer between the microfluidic device loading space and the energy source loading space and including a window through which the energy can be transmitted. A method of controlling an internal temperature of the biochemical analyzer is also provided.
US07943086B2	Apparatus for washing and disinfecting endoscope by using diluted chemicals An apparatus for washing and disinfecting an endoscope is provided. First and second chemicals and dilution water, which dilutes the chemicals to be used for disinfecting the endoscope, are charged into a tank. The tank includes a first portion, a second portion having an area of base smaller than that of the first portion, a first sensor detecting that the dilution water is charged into the first portion up to a first level, a second sensor detecting that the first chemical is charged into the second portion up to a second level, and a third sensor detecting that the second chemical is charged into the second portion up to a third level. A unit measures a first volume of the first chemical based on a result of the second sensor and measures a second volume of the second chemical based on results of the third sensor and the second sensor.
US07943082B2	Water-cooling jacket structure for inspection hole of flash furnace A water-cooling jacket structure 10 for an inspection hole of a flash furnace 1 is arranged at the periphery of a concentrate burner 7 to inspect and clean the inside of the furnace and the concentrate burner 7, and formed in a cylindrical shape by combining a plurality of jacket plates 11, 12, 13, 14 cast internally with cooling tubes 21, 22, 23, 24 for circulating cooling-water, and configured to adjust its cooling capacity and amount of cooling-water by circulating cooling-water to a single or multiple systems of the respective cooling-water systems of each jacket 11, 12, 13, 14 depending on the heat-load of the flash furnace 1.
US07943073B2	Composite materials and method of making A method for forming improved composite materials using a thermosetting polyester urethane hybrid resin, a closed cavity mold having an internal heat transfer mechanism used in this method, and the composite materials formed by this method having a hybrid of a carbon fiber layer and a fiberglass layer.
US07943072B2	Method for producing a resin molded article A resin molded article (1) is formed such that a primary molded article (10), collars (40) and a metal flat plate (50) are molded integrally as inserts in a secondary molded portion (30). A rib (12) extends in a longitudinal direction along a surface of the primary molded article (10) that is adjacent to a surface facing a gate (62), but not a terminal surface (13). Supports (61) are provided intermittently along the longitudinal direction on a cavity inner surface (63) of a molding die (60) for supporting the rib (12). The primary molded article (10) is reinforced by the rib (12), and is not likely to be deformed by resin injected from the gate (62) and is not likely to be displaced.
US07943065B2	Conductive carbon nanotube-polymer composite The present invention relates to a conductive carbon nanotube-polymer composite, comprising carbon nanotubes, and a mixture of polymers in a form of coalesced polymer particles, wherein the mixture of polymer particles in their non coalesced form is defined by the presence of at least two population of polymer particles having a size distribution which is at least bimodal.
US07943061B2	Chiral binaphthyl sulfates for use as liquid crystal materials The invention relates to chiral compounds, methods of their preparation, and to their use in optical, electrooptical, electronic, semiconducting or luminescent components or devices, and in decorative, security, cosmetic or diagnostic applications.
US07943060B2	Thick film getter paste compositions with pre-hydrated desiccant for use in atmosphere control The invention is directed to a process for making screen-printable getter composition comprising: (a) glass frit; and (b) pre-hydrated desiccant material; dispersed in (c) organic medium. The desiccant material is pre-hydrated to reach its saturation level of moisture absorption. The process of pre-hydration can be done by exposing the desiccant in a normal temperature/humidity environment of for example, 25° C. and 50-60% RH. For 24 to 48 hours or up to the time when weight gain (due to moisture absorption) stops increasing. An accelerated hydration process in a chamber with higher than normal humidity level (i.e. 50% Relative Humidity) is also applicable to shorten the time of exposure to fully hydrate the desiccant material.
US07943051B2	Portable settling and dewatering tank A settling tank for dewatering a thin slurry is provided in a lined portable container and with a disposable filtering means. A novel method of processing the slurry by settlement of the solid phase and removal of the liquid phase in cycles avoids the clogging of the filtering means. The settling tank can be easily transported and dumped without requiring the transferring of residue sludge or the cleaning of equipment.
US07943038B2	Method for producing olefins using a doped catalyst Processes for producing one or more olefins are provided. In one or more embodiments, a doped catalyst can be prepared by fluidizing one or more coked-catalyst particles in the presence of one or more oxidants to provide a fluidized mixture. At least a portion of the coke can be removed from the coked-catalyst particles to provide regenerated catalyst particles. One or more doping agents can be distributed throughout the fluidized mixture, depositing on the surface of the regenerated catalyst particles to provide doped catalyst particles. One or more hydrocarbon feeds can be fluidized with the doped catalyst particles to provide a reaction mixture which can be cracked to provide a first product containing propylene, ethylene, and butane.
US07943037B2	Hydroconversion process for petroleum resids using selective membrane separation followed by hydroconversion over carbon supported metal catalyst A heavy residual petroleum feed boiling above 650° F.+ (345° C.+) is subjected to membrane separation to produce a produce a permeate which is low in metals and Microcarbon Residue (MCR) as well as a retentate, containing most of the MCR and metals, the retentate is then subjected to hydroconversion at elevated temperature in the presence of hydrogen at a hydrogen pressure not higher than 500 psig (3500 kPag) using a dispersed metal-on-carbon catalyst to produce a hydroconverted effluent which is fractionated to give naphtha, distillate and gas oil fractions. The permeate from the membrane separation may be used as FCC feed either as such or with moderate hydrotreatment to remove residual heteroatoms. The process has the advantage that the hydroconversion may be carried out in low pressure equipment with a low hydrogen consumption as saturation of aromatics is reduced.
US07943034B2	Method and apparatus for providing a stable voltage to an analytical system A method and apparatus for provide a stable voltage to an electrochemical cell used for measurement of an analyte such as glucose in a liquid sample. The apparatus uses a circuit in which multiple switching positions provide both calibration information for use in calibration of electronic components in the circuit and error checking functionality.
US07943033B2	Electrolytic copper plating method, pure copper anode for electrolytic copper plating, and semiconductor wafer having low particle adhesion plated with said method and anode The present invention pertains to an electrolytic copper plating method characterized in employing pure copper as the anode upon performing electrolytic copper plating, and performing electrolytic copper plating with the pure copper anode having a crystal grain diameter of 10 μm or less or 60 μm or more. Provided are an electrolytic copper plating method and a pure copper anode for electrolytic copper plating used in such electrolytic copper plating method capable of suppressing the generation of particles such as sludge produced on the anode side within the plating bath upon performing electrolytic copper plating, and capable of preventing the adhesion of particles to a semiconductor wafer, as well as a semiconductor wafer plated with the foregoing method and anode having low particle adhesion.
US07943024B2	Porous electrode and process of producing the same A technology which makes it possible to prolong the service life of a porous electrode constituted by a sintered body of an electrode metal material and a ceramic material, and the service life of an NOx sensor element having the porous electrode. The porous electrode is produced so as to have a total pore volute of at least 0.013 ml/g and a peak pore diameter of at least 0.31 μm as measured by mercury penetration method, by a process wherein a composition which includes the electrode material and the ceramic material and to which a vanishable solid material that vanishes by firing is formed into a thin film, which is then fired to form the sintered body which consists of the electrode material and the ceramic material and which has a multiplicity of pores formed as a result of vanishing of the vanishable solid material.
US07943022B2	Analyte test strip with improved reagent deposition An analyte, system, strip and method are described. In one example, an analyte test strip is provided that includes a substrate, electrically conductive material and an isolated portion of the electrically conductive material. The substrate has a generally planar surface that extends from a first end to a second end. The electrically conductive material is disposed on the generally planar surface to define a plurality of electrodes spaced apart from each other. The isolated portion of the electrically conductive material is disposed between at least two electrodes so that the isolated portion is not in electrical communication with the plurality of electrodes.
US07943020B2	Cathode for electrolytic processes The invention relates to a cathode for electrolytic processes, particularly suitable for hydrogen evolution in chlor-alkali electrolysis, consisting of a nickel substrate provided with a coating comprising a protective zone containing palladium and a physically distinct catalytic activation containing platinum or ruthenium optionally mixed with a highly oxidizing metal oxide, preferably chromium or praseodymium oxide.
US07943013B2	Shoe press belt for paper making Disclosed is a shoe press belt (10) which comprises a reinforcing fibrous base material (6) embedded in a polyurethane layer, and has an outer circumference layer (2a, 21) and an inner circumference layer (2b, 22) each formed with a polyurethane. The polyurethane layer comprises a polyurethane which is produced by curing a composition comprising a mixture of an urethane prepolymer (A) and a curing agent (B). The urethane prepolymer (A) is produced by reacting an isocyanate compound (a) containing 55 to 100 mol % of a p-phenylene-diisocyanate compound with polytetramethylene glycol (b) and has an isocyanate group at its terminal. The curing agent (B) is selected from the group consisting of 1,4-butanediol, hydroquinone bis-βhydroxylethyl ether, 3,5-diethyltoluenediamine and 3,5-dimethylthiotoluenediamine. The belt (10) has excellent cracking resistance, bending fatigue resistance and wear resistance.
US07943002B2	Tool and method for packaging lens module A tool and a method for packaging lens module are provided. The method for packaging lens module includes the following steps. Firstly, a carrier having at least one cavity is provided. Next, a holder is disposed in the cavity. Then, a die is disposed on a surface of a substrate. After that, the substrate is inversely placed on the carrier, wherein the surface where the die is disposed faces the carrier, and the die corresponds to the holder. Then, a cover plate covers the carrier and the substrate, such that the substrate is fixed on the holder.
US07942998B2	Method and apparatus for laser welding thermoplastic resin members A method and apparatus for welding members formed of thermoplastic resin material, with high welding strength and small strength variations. A laser welding apparatus 1 brings a first member 2 formed of a transmissive thermoplastic resin that transmits a laser beam into contact with a second member 3 formed of an absorptive thermoplastic resin that absorbs the laser beam, and joins the thermoplastic resin members by melting their contact surfaces 4 with the laser beam. The laser welding apparatus 1 further comprises a laser beam generator 10 for irradiating the contact surfaces with the laser beam shone from the side of the first member 3 so as to melt at least one of the contact surfaces of the first member and the second member. The apparatus also comprises a clamp mechanism 20 for pressing the first member and the second member together, a temperature sensor 31 as an adjusting means for adjusting the pressing force applied to the first member and the second member, and a personal computer 32 for calculating the pressing force based on the output of the temperature sensor. The clamp mechanism is controlled with the calculated pressing force.
US07942997B2	High resolution inkjet printer A method of manufacturing a printhead for an inkjet print cartridge includes depositing a metal film on a mandrel; separating the metal film from the mandrel, mounting the metal film to a work holder, modifying the metal film while the metal film remains mounted on the work holder, laminating the metal film to a barrier material and semiconductor substrate to form a printhead, and applying heat to the printhead such that the printhead barrier layer is cured and the metal film is bonded thereto. Laminating the metal film to the barrier material includes preheating the barrier material and placing the metal film on the preheated barrier material.
US07942986B2	Magnesium alloy A magnesium-based alloy consists of 1.5-4.0% by weight rare earth element(s), 0.3-0.8% by weight zinc, 0.02-0.1% by weight aluminium, and 4-25 ppm beryllium. The alloy optionally contains up to 0.2% by weight zirconium, 0.3% by weight manganese, 0.5% by weight yttrium and 0.1% by weight calcium. The remainder of the alloy is magnesium except for incidental impurities.
US07942970B2	Apparatus for making crystalline composition A composition including a polycrystalline metal nitride having a number of grains is provided. These grains have a columnar structure with one or more properties such as, an average grain size, a tilt angle, an impurity content, a porosity, a density, and an atomic fraction of the metal in the metal nitride. An apparatus for preparing a metal nitride is provided. The apparatus may include a housing having an interior surface that defines a chamber and an energy source to supply energy to the chamber. A first inlet may be provided to flow a nitrogen-containing gas into the chamber. Raw materials may be introduced into the chamber through a raw material inlet. A second inlet may be provided to flow in a halide-containing gas in the chamber. The apparatus may further include a controller, which communicates with the various components of the apparatus such as, sensors, valves, and energy source, and may optimize and control the reaction.
US07942966B2	Method of growing boron doped single crystal diamond in a plasma reactor Synthetic monocrystalline diamond compositions having one or more monocrystalline diamond layers formed by chemical vapor deposition, the layers including one or more layers having an increased concentration of one or more impurities (such as boron and/or isotopes of carbon), as compared to other layers or comparable layers without such impurities. Such compositions provide an improved combination of properties, including color, strength, velocity of sound, electrical conductivity, and control of defects. A related method for preparing such a composition is also described, as well as a system for use in performing such a method, and articles incorporating such a composition.
US07942964B2	Fiber cement composite materials using bleached cellulose fibers A fiber cement composite material that incorporates a blend of bleached and unbleached cellulose fibers as a partial or complete substitute for premium grade cellulose pulp is provided. Bleached standard grade cellulose fibers are used in conjunction with unbleached, standard grade cellulose fibers to provide a fiber cement composite product having substantially equal or even superior flexibility and strength as an equivalent fiber cement composite material reinforced by premium grade, unbleached cellulose fibers. A synergistic combination of bleached and unbleached standard grade cellulose fibers to produce a composite material with the desired properties previously achievable only through the use of premium grade cellulose pulp.
US07942963B2	Magnesium ammonium phosphate cement composition This invention relates to a cement, which comprises in its main phase of microcrystalline magnesium ammonium phosphate and nanoapatite after hardening and thus at the same time has considerable strength. The material is biologically degradable and is suitable for application in tooth cements, as bone replacement, as bone filler, as bone cement or as bone adhesive.
US07942957B2	Air filter having antimicrobial property The present invention relates to an antimicrobial composition having antibacterial and antifungal properties and to an air filter manufactured using the composition. The filter of the present invention, comprising a filtration media treated with the antimicrobial composition having antibacterial and antifungal properties, has excellent antibacterial and antifungal properties, and thus can prevent the bacteria and fungi filtered by the filter from propagating in the filter.
US07942956B2	Air purifier An air purifier with bactericidal and odor removal effect is disclosed. The air purifier comprises a fan module; UV light source; and light catalyst, wherein the fan module withdraws external air into the purifier and the UV light source and the light catalyst are provided at the rear section of the fan module so as to receive the external air withdrawing by the fan module, and the UV light source and the light catalyst are configured to form a passage; the radiation of UV light source onto the light catalyst causes the formation of free radicals in air which decompose bacteria, micro dust and suspension within the air, to clean air odor removal and air drying.
US07942955B2	Static devolatilisation apparatus and method for a liquid containing polymers The static devolatilisation apparatus serves to treat a liquid (7) containing polymers for the purpose of polymer devolatilisation. Volatile components are separated from the polymers in that the liquid standing under pressure is expanded in at least one phase separation chamber (2) in the upper regions of the container (10). A discharge pump (3) for the devolatilised polymer is located at the base of a sump region. An extraction line (4) for gases (8) is located in the upper region. The separation chamber includes an inlet (20) for the liquid to be treated, lower openings (210) for polymer discharge and at least a single upper opening (220) for gas discharge.
US07942954B2	Method and apparatus for refreshing carbon in a carbon filter canister Method and apparatus for refreshing carbon in a carbon filter system, preferably involving a plurality of canisters, wherein spent carbon is dumped from a filtering canister into a spent carbon container.
US07942950B2	Method for controlling a molten metal bath bubbling in a metallurgical vessel and a device for carrying out said method A method introducing a stirring gas through a vessel bottom, receiving a measurable mechanical vibration by at least one sensor fixed to the vessel or to a supporting frame thereof, filtering the thus detected vibration signals by a high pass filter and preferably by a low pass filter, sampling and digitizing the vibration signals for exposing them to a second filtering which is digital and calibrated upon the vessel vibration responses, sequencing the response, exposing each sequence to the calculation of a temporal moving mean square, and extracting the total effective value RMS (Root Mean Square) of the measured vibration signal therefrom. The effective value is used for controlling the stirring gas flowrate supplied to the vessel. The method can be used for a stirring stand of steel making shop ladles, converters, RH processes, electric arc furnaces, etc.
US07942949B2	Method and apparatus for the recovery of refractory debris materials and ladle slags as process slags in iron metallurgy production in EAFs, and the related metering to the furnace for the formation of the process slag A method for the recovery of refractory debris materials and ladle slags as process slags in the iron metallurgy production in EAFs and the related metering to the furnace for the formation of the process slag comprises the following steps: grinding and screening of the refractory debris materials until powders of controlled granulometry are obtained, storage of the powders in storage sites, injection of the powders into an EAF furnace by means of automatic metering of the various components.
US07942947B2	Dust filter A dust filter of an evaporated fuel treatment device is taught that preferably include a filtration member for filtering air introduced to an atmosphere introduction path, and a casing receiving the filtration member therein. The dust filter being disposed on the atmosphere introduction path of the evaporated fuel treatment device. The filtration member has an arcuate shape in cross section, and wherein the filtration member is arranged and structured such that air flows in a radial direction thereof, so as to be filtered.
US07942940B2	Jet fuel compositions and methods of making and using same Provided herein are, among other things, jet fuel compositions and methods of making and using the same. In some embodiments, the fuel compositions comprise at least a fuel component readily and efficiently produced, at least in part, from a microorganism. In certain embodiments, the fuel compositions provided herein comprise a high concentration of at least a bioengineered fuel component. In further embodiments, the fuel compositions provided herein comprise a C10 bicyclic isoprenoid such as carane, pinane, sabinane or a combination thereof.
US07942939B2	Method and facility for producing a coarse-grained ammonium sulfate product by crystallization A method and installation for the production of a coarse-grained ammonium sulfate product by crystallization includes firstly generating a crystal having a grain smaller than the desired grain size in a pre-crystallizer and withdrawing a suspension therefrom, from which the fine crystal was previously separated in a classification connecting piece. This suspension, which contains medium-sized grain, is then conducted with a proportion of undersaturated mother liquor, which is sufficient for further crystal growth, into a DTB product crystallizer and crystallized therein to a desired grain size. The heating of the product crystallizer is performed by the heat contained in the vapors of the pre-crystallization. The pre-crystallization may also operate according to the DTB principle, wherein the mother liquor needed for crystallization is supplied in the form of separately admixed concentrated sulfuric acid and ammonia into the external solution loop of the pre-crystallizer. The reaction heat released in this case may be sufficient for the operation of the entire process.
US07942938B2	Gas-resistant phtalocyanine dyes The present invention relates to dyes of formula (1), wherein Pc is a phthalocyanine of formula (2), Me is a metal, [MePc] is a phthalocyanine-metal complex of formula (3), M+ is an inorganic or organic cation, R1 is hydrogen, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted aralkyl or unsubstituted or substituted aryl, and R2 is hydrogen, unsubstituted or substituted alkyl, unsubstituted or substituted aralkyl or unsubstituted or substituted aryl, and n and m are each independently of the other 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 or 8, the sum of (n+m) being a number 5, 6, 7 or 8, and also to mixtures thereof, to processes for the preparation thereof and to the use thereof in dyeing or printing natural, semi-synthetic or synthetic material.
US07942937B2	Process for dyeing the hair using a composition comprising at least one hydrophobic film-forming polymer, at least one pigment, and at least one volatile solvent The process of the present disclosure comprises applying to the hair at least one composition comprising at least one hydrophobic film-forming polymer, at least one pigment, and at least one volatile solvent, and heating the hair covered with the composition at a temperature above 40° C.
US07942928B2	Valve aptation assist device An apparatus including a tether, and an aptation device coupled to the tether at a position corresponding to a location to contact cusps of an atrioventricular valve during systole, wherein the tether and aptation device are suitable for percutaneous delivery to a patient. An apparatus including a support annulus comprising a length corresponding to a circumference of one of an interior portion of an atrium and an atrioventricular valve annulus; and an aptation device coupled to the support annulus corresponding to a location to contact cusps of an atrioventricular valve during at least one of systole when the support annulus is seated in one of an atrium and an atrioventricular valve annulus, wherein the support annulus and aptation device are suitable for percutaneous delivery to a patient. Also, a method of introducing an aptation device to contact cusps or leaflets of an atrioventricular valve.
US07942927B2	Treating valve failure A device (1) for treating valve failure in a patient is provided. The device has one or more engaging zones (3) for engaging the device with the annulus of the valve being treated. The device also has pre-disposition means for changing the geometry of the device to a predetermined configuration which is suitable for constricting the valve annulus. The device is compressible for percutaneous delivery to the valve. When in the predetermined configuration, the engaged device constricts the valve annulus facilitating substantial closure of leaflets of the valve.
US07942924B1	Staged endovascular graft delivery system The present invention embodies delivery systems and methods of packing an initial endovascular graft components for delivery that achieve a smaller delivery profile and reduce redundancy. Delivery systems and methods for packing the initial endovascular graft components for delivery facilitate a reduced delivery profile while allowing reliable positioning of the components before deployment.
US07942913B2	Bone fixation device A bone fixation apparatus and associate method. The bone fixation apparatus includes a plate having a fixation hole, and a modular fastener received in the fixation hole. The bone fixation fastener includes a shaft member and an expandable head member. The shaft member has a outer cam at a first end mating with a corresponding inner cam of the head member, such that upon rotation of the head member relative to the shaft member, the head member expands against an inner surface of the fixation hole to prevent back out of the shaft member relative to the bone fixation plate.
US07942903B2	Bi-directional fixating transvertebral body screws and posterior cervical and lumbar interarticulating joint calibrated stapling devices for spinal fusion A self-drilling bone fusion screw apparatus is disclosed which includes at least first and second sliding boxes. A first screw member having a tapered end and a threaded body is disposed within the first sliding box, and a second screw member having a tapered end and a threaded body disposed within the second sliding box. An adjuster adjusts the height of the sliding boxes. The screw members are screwed into vertebral bodies in order to fuse the vertebral bodies together. A plurality of the self-drilling bone fusion screw apparatuses may be attached together and/or integrated via a plate or cage. Also disclosed is a cervical facet staple that includes a curved staple base and at least two prongs attached to the bottom surface of the curved staple base.
US07942900B2	Shaped horizontal rod for dynamic stabilization and motion preservation spinal implantation system and method A dynamic stabilization, motion preservation spinal implant system includes an anchor system, a horizontal rod system and a vertical rod system. The systems are modular so that various constructs and configurations can be created and customized to a patient.
US07942895B2	Working mechanical device and manipulator A working unit comprises a gear body rotatable in a direction perpendicular to a reference axis, a gear ring including a proximal end surface held in contact with the gear body and rotatable about the reference axis to change the direction of rotation of the gear body, a first end effector body held in contact with an axially distal end surface of the gear ring at an upper portion thereof, and rotatable about a rotational axis perpendicular to the reference axis to change the direction of rotation of the gear ring, and a second end effector body held in contact with the axially distal end surface of the gear ring at a lower portion thereof, and rotatable in a direction opposite to the direction in which the first end effector body rotates, about the rotational axis. The first end effector body and the second end effector body are openable and closable symmetrically with respect to the reference axis.
US07942890B2	Anastomosis composite gasket The present disclosure provides structures and/or gaskets for deposition between adjacent intestinal sections in an anastomosis procedure. The structure possesses at least an inner ring of a first material, and a middle ring of a second material. The first material and the second material include a wound treatment material consisting of at least one of an adhesive, a sealant and/or a medicament. The first material is different from the second material.
US07942881B2	Microfracture pick The present disclosure relates to a microfracture pick having a shaft and a handle. The shift has a proximal end and a distal end, wherein the distal end includes an angled tip. The handle has a body with a first end portion, a second end portion, and an impact surface located therebetween. The handle is operatively coupled to the proximal end of the shaft at the first end portion. Methods of microfracture stimulation are also disclosed.
US07942880B2	Geometric replacements for defective bone In the repair of bone voids and deficiencies, rather than forming a planar, angled surface that could result in a “slip plane,” an implant features a defined geometric pattern such as a stair-step, which mates with a corresponding stair-step pattern formed on the bone. Screws or alternative fasteners extend through one or more of the stair-step patterns, and into the bone, such that local interface around each fastener is substantially transverse to the axis of the fastener, thereby achieving a set of effective, compression bond. As such, shear stresses that might be associated with an angled, planar fixation are converted to compressive forces, leading to a longer life and a reduced need for revision. Although in the preferred embodiment the plurality of surfaces defines a stair-step having right angles, other geometric patterns are applicable, so long as an irregular defect may be made more regular, and/or compressive forces are used to prevent shear stress. Cementation for may be used for fixation, and/or bone in-growth/on-growth. Although the invention is described in terms of the repair of a deficient acetabulum, the general idea is applicable to any region of the bone including, without limitation, glenoid repair, and tibial repair.
US07942878B2	Two members cerclage tool A cerclage tool for placement of a wire around a bone for internal fixation of the bone comprising a first member having a handle portion, a central portion and a first bent tube portion and a second member having a handle portion, a central portion and a second bent tube portion. The first member and the second member are configured and adapted to be inserted separately through an incision into soft tissue surrounding the bone and subsequently joined together after insertion such that the first bent tube portion and the second bent tube portion form a continuous tube that encircles the bone.
US07942866B2	Device for treating a wound A medical device that seals a wound and facilitates wound drainage with suction is provided. In one exemplary embodiment, the device comprises a suction portion, having both an inlet valve and an outlet valve, for suctioning fluids from the wound, and a sealing portion for sealing the wound by engaging the skin adjacent the wound, the suction portion and sealing portion being integral with one another. A method for draining a wound comprises the steps of under-packing the wound with a packing material; sealing the wound; and applying suction to the wound to promote wound drainage and to promote intimate contact between the wound and the packing material.
US07942861B2	Fluid container with access port and safety cap An access port for a medical fluid container is provided and in one embodiment includes a shell and a perforator located within the shell, the perforator including an end configured to pierce a medical fluid container. The access port also includes a safety cap, the safety cap initially preventing the perforator from rotating relative to the plane of the container or piercing the container film. The safety cap is manually removable to enable the perforator to pierce the medical fluid container. The shell includes a pair of hinged moving arms and members hinged to the arms. The members push the perforator towards the medical fluid container when the arms are pushed downwardly.
US07942852B2	Aspiration catheter having an internal vacuum accumulator An aspiration catheter is provided in which vacuum may be accumulated within the catheter and released suddenly within a distal region of the catheter to induce ingestion of intravascular matter into the catheter through an open distal port while avoiding large losses of suction common with catheters having long aspiration lumens. Conventional aspiration using the same catheter can subsequently complement the procedure by fully removing the ingested matter from the catheter.
US07942834B2	Endoscope with ultrasonic vibration isolating protrusions An endoscope includes an inserted unit for being inserted into a celomic cavity of a body and having therein at least one channel, and an ultrasonic treatment apparatus including a transmitting member that transmits an ultrasonic wave produced by an ultrasonic vibrator, and a treatment unit provided on a distal end of the transmitting member and for being inserted, together with the transmitting member, into the channel. The ultrasonic treatment apparatus is arranged within the channel by positioning a distal end of the treatment unit within a field of vision of the endoscope.
US07942830B2	Ipsilateral approach to minimally invasive ligament decompression procedure A method for treating spinal stenosis is disclosed. The method can include generating a view of a portion of the spinal canal and compressing the dural sac by injecting a fluid to form a safety zone and establish a working zone, wherein the safety zone can be between the working zone and the dural sac. The method can also include percutaneously accessing the epidural space on a first side of the median plane, inserting a tissue removal tool into tissue in the working zone on the first side of the median plane, and using the tissue removal tool to percutaneously reduce a stenosis on the first side of the median plane.
US07942828B2	Method for determining fluctuation in attentional state and overall attentional state The invention provides methods for determining shifts in the attentional state of a subject. These methods are useful for diagnosing subjects with a psychological or behavioral disorder. The invention also features methods for determining the effect of a therapy on the overall attentional state and shifts in the attentional state of a subject.
US07942818B2	Obstetric analgesia system The present invention relates to systems and methods for providing a short-acting analgesic agent in the management of pain during labor, wherein the system enables efficient, real-time prediction of contractions for the coordinated administration of analgesia such that the peak effectiveness of the analgesic coincides with the intermittent pain of labor.
US07942817B2	Patient monitoring and treatment medical signal interface system A medical signal interface device bidirectionally conveys signals between a patient and patient monitoring devices. The device comprises a bidirectional electrical signal interface that receives and buffers patient parameter monitoring signals received from a patient via patient attached leads and outputs treatment related signals used in applying invasive or non-invasive treatment to a patient. A bidirectional electrical signal processor operates in response to commands received from a control processor and is coupled to the electrical signal interface, for processing received patient parameter monitoring signals using filtering and amplification to provide processed patient monitoring signals for output to at least one patient monitoring device. The bidirectional electrical signal processor processes the treatment related signals for output by buffering the treatment related signals for output to a patient. A control processor provides data representing the commands in response to at least one of, (a) predetermined configuration data and (b) deriving data representing the commands from data entered by a user via a displayed user interface image.
US07942811B2	Capsulated medical equipment A capsulated body having a facility, which acquires biomedical information through endoscopic examination or the like, incorporated therein is inserted into a duct within a living body. Whether the capsulated body has halted for a certain period of time is detected from the time-varying position of the capsulated body or a time-passing change in an image. If it is judged that the capsulated body has halted at a stenosed region or the like, the fact is notified so that the capsulated body can be collected immediately.
US07942810B2	Endoscope and endoscopic system An endoscope of the present invention includes an insert section inserted in a subject body, an operation section provided at a base end of the insert section, a control process section provided in the operation section, for controlling an image pickup section for capturing a subject body image and a predetermined function in the operation section, a signal circuit extending from the control process section, and a connection section provided to the operation section, for allowing detachable connection of a tube unit through which at least one duct line is inserted.
US07942808B1	Method of implanting a penile prosthesis A method of providing a patient having a predetermined corporotomy length with an implant having a length that is sized for the predetermined corporotomy length is disclosed. The method includes providing a penile implant having a delivered length that is approximately equal to the predetermined corporotomy length and comprising a distance that extends from a distal end of a distal tip to a proximal end of a proximal tip assembly, the proximal tip assembly providing a first proximal tip diameter. The method additionally includes reducing the first proximal tip diameter to a smaller implantable proximal tip diameter.
US07942807B2	Dissolvable protective treatment for an implantable supportive sling The invention provides, in one embodiment, a sling assembly including an implantable supportive sling and a biocompatible dissolvable protective treatment on at least a portion of the sling.
US07942797B1	Balance board for pipe roller A balance board includes an elongated, generally rigid board having a top surface, a bottom surface, and upwardly-angled distal ends and upwardly-angled side edges. The bottom surface of the board has a center plane that extends longitudinally between areas of the bottom surface proximate the upwardly-angled distal ends. The width of the center plane is defined by the upwardly-angled side edges. The bottom surface of the board is at least partially coated with a frictional material. A balance board system includes a cylindrical roller, preferably having a uniform cross-sectional size and shape along its length. The roller is formed of a smooth, rigid material. The system allows extreme tricks and moves by a rider of the board on the roller.
US07942790B2	Roller trainer assembly with safeguards Bicycle rollers that include a frame and front and rear rollers mounted in the frame, each having two lateral ends. Also, a pair of bumper/rollers are mounted on the frame adjacent both sides of the front roller. They are mounted so as to be horizontally rotatable, thereby acting to constrain a wheel of a bicycle supported by the front roller from moving laterally off the roller, while not stopping rotation of the bicycle wheel.
US07942785B1	Joint range of motion measurement device and mobility enhancer One embodiment of a multi-functional device for measuring joint range of motion of the wrist and forearm. In general, the embodiment includes a casing (20) containing fluid (23), and a plural number of calibration scale (24) assemblies. The casing (20) is sized appropriately to be gripped in a user's hand, and enables the user to obtain an assessment of his or her range of motion as various motions are performed. Specifically, the various motions made by the user while gripping the embodiment causes fluid (23) to shift inside of casing (20) as a reaction to the downward pull of gravity. The user obtains an instant visual measurement of joint range of motion by viewing the location of fluid (23) on the calibration scale (24) assemblies. The overall design empowers the user to measure his or her own range of motion, which engages him or her as he or she works to re-gain mobility, and provides a positive motivating influence. The device is also suitable for use when performing exercises and stretches. The device is intuitive, portable, and requires no medical training to use. Other embodiments are described and shown.
US07942784B1	Sports specific training program application A sports specific training program application for creating a customizable training program for an athlete of a particular sport. The sports specific training program application includes a user interface preferably connected to and accessible through a network, the user interface allows a user to input user information to correlate with a particular athletic event into one or more user databases. The user information is matched with targeted exercises from an exercise database using training program logic and the resultant training program is outputted to the user, wherein the training program may be outputted in online, printed, or electronic file formats. The user may also input results from performing the training program into the user interface to receive a scorecard of processed results which details progress and history of the user's exercises and goals and for developing subsequent training programs. The present invention may be a stand-alone program without the network.
US07942778B2	Hydromechanical variable speed transmission A hydromechanical variable speed transmission (1) including outer and inner differential gear trains each having a carrier carrying planet pinions meshing with two coaxial side gears, the side gears of the outer differential gear train being ring gears one of which is an input ring gear (11) and the other (52) of which rotatably drives the planet pinion carrier of the inner differential gear train, the side gears of the inner differential gear train respectively rotatably driving two coaxial output shafts which extend axially outwards through the ring gears (11, 52) of the outer differential gear train, the planet pinion carrier (14) of the outer differential gear train rotatably driving a hydraulic motor (2) which is fluidly coupled by a hydraulic circuit to rotatably drive a hydraulic pump (3) having a pump control for changing the displacement of the hydraulic pump (3) in response to rotation thereof, wherein the pump control is fixed from rotation to thereby isolate the input ring gear (11) from torque recirculation.
US07942771B2	Bicycle sprocket apparatus with a shift inhibiting structure A bicycle sprocket apparatus comprises a larger diameter sprocket and a smaller diameter sprocket, wherein the larger diameter sprocket has on its outer periphery a plurality of sprocket teeth, the smaller diameter sprocket has on its outer periphery a plurality of sprocket teeth, and a number of sprocket teeth on the smaller diameter sprocket is less than a number of sprocket teeth on the larger diameter sprocket. The larger diameter sprocket includes a tooth and a first chain receiving tooth disposed immediately behind the tooth in the driving rotation direction, wherein the tooth includes a control side surface and an inclined side surface. The control side surface is disposed on a leading side of the tooth facing the smaller diameter sprocket in the driving rotation direction, and it is shaped to inhibit movement of the chain towards the larger diameter sprocket so that the chain does not engage the first chain receiving tooth when the chain is shifted from the smaller diameter sprocket to the larger diameter sprocket. The first inclined side surface faces the smaller diameter sprocket, and it is inclined relative to a plane of the sprocket to follow a direction of movement of the chain when the chain is shifted from the smaller diameter sprocket to the larger diameter sprocket.
US07942767B2	Bicycle derailleur with multiple mounting adjustments A bicycle derailleur comprises a base member; a movable member that supports a chain guide, wherein the movable member is coupled to the base member so that the movable member moves relative to the base member for moving a chain among a plurality of sprockets; an intermediate member that mounts the base member to a bicycle frame; a first adjusting mechanism that adjustably sets a position of the intermediate member relative to the bicycle frame; and a second adjusting mechanism that adjustably sets a position of the base member relative to the intermediate member.
US07942761B2	Dual core golf ball having negative-hardness-gradient thermoplastic inner core and shallow negative-hardness-gradient outer core layer A golf ball comprising a thermoplastic inner core layer that has a geometric center hardness greater than its surface hardness to define a first “negative” hardness gradient. An outer core layer is disposed about the inner core and is formed from a substantially homogenous thermoset composition, typically rubber, and has an inner surface hardness greater than its outer surface hardness to also define a “negative” hardness gradient. An inner cover layer is disposed about the outer core layer and an outer cover layer is disposed about the inner cover layer. The “negative” hardness gradient of the inner core is typically −1 to −5 Shore C and the “negative” hardness gradient of the core layer is typically at least −1 Shore C but less than −7 Shore C. The difference between the inner core surface hardness and the outer core inner surface hardness, Δh, should be at least −3 Shore C.
US07942757B2	Strike face insert A golf club head, according to one or more aspects of the present invention, comprises a metallic striking wall having a striking surface and at least one through score-line opening. At least one complementary component may be disposed rearward of the striking surface such that at least a part of the at least one complementary component extends into only a part of the at least one through score-line opening.
US07942756B1	Golf tool with insert A golf tool capable of performing multiple manipulation tasks associated with the play of the game of golf has a body of a first material and inserts of a second material. The inserts are user removable and replaceable relative to the body of the golf tool. The inserts will be associated with tasks which require a relatively strong and durable material in order to ensure an acceptable life span for performance of their respective tasks. Cutting or scrapping operations are such tasks. The use of durable inserts provide for the body of the golf tool to be considerable less expensive to manufacture using lighter and softer materials than that material utilized for the inserts. Replacement of the insert with a replacement insert, supplied with the golf tool, is an option when the respective deployed insert becomes worn or dull. Removal of certain inserts provide for easier sharpening of cutting edges.
US07942728B2	Transport apparatus for transporting articles hanging on loops A transport apparatus for transporting articles hanging on loops or the like, in particular sausage-shaped packs, comprising a shaft which has a first axial portion on which a screw is disposed. A drive moment is applied by way of the outside periphery of the screw and the shaft is supported by way of the outside periphery of the screw.
US07942726B2	Holder for supporting an end surface of a workpiece during polishing A holder for supporting an end surface of a workpiece during polishing comprises a main body and a framework which are respectively provided with fixing portions corresponding to each other; at least one of the two fixing portions has at least one set of upper and lower contact portions, and the upper and the lower contact portions on each set are respectively disposed above and below a contact plane formed between the end surface of the workpiece and a polishing surface; when the upper and lower contact portions and another one of the fixing portions one another, the main body is capable of keeping parallel to the polishing surface, and the pressure acting on the end surface of each workpiece is capable of being approximately uniform. Hence, the number of end surfaces of the optical fibers can be increased tremendously during polishing so as to enhance the polishing speed and quality.
US07942722B2	Pressable air cushion capable of being inflated and bled and a brassiere cup with the air cushion A cup includes an air cushion, which has first and second plastic sheets, an elastic plate, a compressible component, and a third plastic sheet; the first sheet has an air inlet; the first and the second sheets are joined together to form an air receiving space between them; an air passage exists between the elastic plate and the first sheet to allow air to flow into the air space; the elastic plate has a displaceable portion, which can be disposed in a first direction to have a concave contour and allow the cushion to be inflated, and which can be disposed in an opposite direction to have a convex contour and allow the cushion to be bled; the compressible component is resilient and interposed between the air inlet and the displaceable portion, and can contain air therein; the third plastic sheet has a hole facing the displaceable portion, and an air outlet exists between the third plastic sheet and the elastic resilient plate.
US07942715B2	Organic light emitting display device and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides an organic light emitting device in which an upper transparent electrode 10 of an organic light emitting device 2 is connected electrically at a contact hole portion 122 to a current supply line 121 disposed in the same layer as that of and extending in parallel with a gate line 106. That is, a hole transport layer 5 and an electron transport layer 9 of the organic light emitting device 2 are formed over the entire display region, and then a contact hole portion 122 is removed to electrically connect the current supply line 121 and the upper transparent electrode 10, thereby decreasing unevenness of luminance due to wiring resistance of the upper transparent electrode.
US07942710B2	Amphibious all-terrain vehicle An amphibious, all-terrain vehicle utilizing a pair of hydrostatic pumps to independently provide power to hydraulic drive mechanisms of the left and right side of the vehicle respectively. The hydraulic drive mechanisms on a side of the vehicle comprise a plurality of hydraulic wheel motors and a hydraulic propeller motor. Using a novel hydraulic manifold assembly, the vehicle can operate in three distinct modes: wheels only, wheels and propellers, and propellers only. The hydraulic manifold assembly also allow the vehicle to by put in neutral mode for starting. The wheel motors are mounted in a pair of undercarriage assemblies that are outside of the vehicle's body and fluidly connected to the hydraulic manifold assembly thorough a hose chase that extends well above the vehicle's waterline to eliminate the potential for water to enter the body of the vehicle when operated in the water.
US07942704B2	Crosstalk-proof plug connector A crosstalk-proof plug connector has an insulating housing, a mounting bracket, multiple first terminals, multiple second terminals and a shell. The first terminals are mounted on the insulating housing. The second terminals are mounted on the mounting bracket. Each terminal has a mounting section, a soldering section and a contacting section. The soldering sections are arranged in a transverse row with a specific sequence to prevent crosstalk interfering with signal transmission.
US07942699B1	Electrical connector with a flange secured to an antenna and electrically connected to a ground shield of an electrical power cable An electrical connector provides electrical power to an antenna from an electrical power cable. The electrical connector includes a housing, and an electrical contact held by the housing. The electrical contact includes a mating segment and a mounting segment. The mating segment is configured to mate with a mating connector that terminates the electrical power cable. The mounting segment is configured to be electrically connected to the antenna. The electrical connector also includes a mounting flange having an opening therein. The housing is held within the opening of the mounting flange such that at least portion of the mounting flange extends outwardly from a periphery of the housing. The mounting flange includes at least one mounting component that is configured to secure the mounting flange to the antenna. The mounting flange is electrically conductive and is configured to be electrically connected to a ground shield of the electrical power cable.
US07942697B2	Electrical interconnection systems and methods of assembling the same An electrical interconnection system is described. The electrical interconnection system comprises a first contact and a second contact configured electrically couple together. The system also comprises a receptacle assembly including a receptacle shell and a first retaining ring secured within the receptacle shell. The receptacle assembly is configured to couple the first contact to the receptacle shell. The system further comprises a plug assembly including a plug shell and a second retaining ring secured within the plug shell. The plug assembly is configured to couple the second contact to the plug shell. The receptacle shell and the plug shell are further configured to align the first contact and the second contact for coupling together.
US07942694B2	Coaxial cable connector seal A connector seal including at least one cylindrical coaxial cable connector, and an elastic sleeve rolled upon itself. The sleeve is configured to unroll to enclose at least a portion of the connector. The portion of the connector may be a connection location between two of the connectors. The portion of the connector may have at least one of differing surface shapes and differing diameters. The elastic sleeve may be fastened to an exterior portion of the connector, may be pre-positioned on the connector, and may be configured to be removed entirely from the connector. A release liner covering one side of the elastic sleeve may be rolled up with the elastic sleeve. The release liner may be elastic and may be latex.
US07942691B1	Universal serial bus cable (USB) cable assembly having ports to slidably receive upstream and downstream connectors A Universal Serial Bus (USB) cable assembly for connecting a portable electronic device to a host device includes a USB cable, an upstream connector, a downstream connector connected to the upstream connector by the USB cable, and a main body section having an upstream connector port configured to slidably receive the upstream connector and a downstream connector port configured to slidably receive the downstream connector, wherein the USB cable is slidably secured to the main body section. In another aspect of the disclosure, the main body section of the USB cable assembly includes an attachment mechanism which is a through-hole formed in the main body section. In yet another aspect of the disclosure, a USB cable assembly includes an upstream connector, a first downstream connector, and a second downstream connector. A USB cable splits into a first downstream USB cable and a second downstream USB cable for connecting the upstream connector to the first and second downstream connectors.
US07942687B1	Hollow stem design for high density interconnects An article includes a plurality of stems projecting from a surface thereof. Each stem includes a hollow stalk projecting orthogonally from the surface and a hollow head defined on a distal end of the hollow stalk. The head includes a flange section extending from the distal end of the hollow stalk and having an outer diameter greater than an outer diameter of the hollow stalk at the distal end. A cap section extends from the flange section, defines a distal end of the stem and has a generally convex contour. The cap section has a first wall thickness at the distal end of the stem, a second wall thickness at a junction of the cap section and the flange section and a third wall thickness at a circumferential section intermediate the distal end and the flange section. The third wall thickness is less than the first and second wall thicknesses.
US07942685B2	Lamp socket, display apparatus including the same, and method of assembling lamp A lamp socket includes a power-up device including a conductive material and supplying power to a lamp electrode, and a housing receiving the power transmitting member. The power transmitting member includes an inverter connector, a first lamp electrode supporter, and an terminal unit. The first lamp electrode supporter is connected to the inverter connector and formed with a lamp electrode receiving section into which the lamp electrode is inserted. The terminal unit has a fixed terminal connected to the first lamp electrode supporter, a free-end terminal supporting the lamp electrode such that the lamp electrode adheres to the lamp electrode receiving section, and a connection terminal that connects the fixed terminal to the free-end terminal in the housing.
US07942672B2	Gingiva modeling Embodiments are provided for modeling gingiva. One method embodiment includes scanning a patient's teeth and gums, or a physical model thereof, to obtain location data, developing a digital model via a computing device, where the model represents a dentition and gingiva from the location data, defining in the model a gingival line at an intersection between at least one tooth and at least a portion of its surrounding gums, measuring a gingival pocket depth at a number of reference locations, and establishing in the model one or more gingival attachment points at the pocket depth from the gingival line.
US07942669B2	Gingival tissue retraction device and method A method and a device for effecting the cordless retraction of the gingival sulcus tissue that includes a dam shaped to be fitted onto a tooth. In one embodiment, the well of the dam is pre-filled with a predetermined amount of a flowable retraction material having a heavy viscosity or putty consistency. The preloaded tooth dam is fitted to a prepared tooth so that when pressure is applied onto the tooth dam, the retraction material is displaced under pressure and forced into the sulcus, causing the gingival tissue to retract away from the tooth to enlarge the gingival sulcus. In another embodiment the cap is filled with a dilatant material. In another embodiment, the cap is filled with an impregnated compressible porous material. In yet another embodiment, the cap is pre-dosed with an astringent or hemostatic agent.
US07942661B2	Bifurcated balloon folding method and apparatus A balloon folding system specifically configured to reduce a side branch balloon of a bifurcated balloon catheter assembly includes a die that defines at least one chamber for receipt of the sidebranch balloon, and at least one pin sized to fit into the chamber and reduce the balloon to a substantially flattened state. The system also may include a housing for the reduction and folding of a primary branch balloon. The system is configurable to fold and reduce both branches simultaneously or separately.
US07942656B2	Compressor and device for reducing vibration therefor A compressor and device for reducing vibration therefor is provided herein. The compressor includes a compression device having a compression chamber, and configured to receive, compress, and output a refrigerant, a drive motor configured to rotate the compression device to compress a refrigerant within the compression chamber, and a torsional vibration absorbing device attached to the motor and configured to absorb torsional vibration.
US07942655B2	Advanced scroll compressor, vacuum pump, and expander Modifications of a scroll compressor provide a bellows suitable for liquid cooling and a plunger actuated seal for the scroll tips of various equipment. A bellows spans the fixed and the orbiting scrolls and hermetically seals the scroll device. Using two bellows, the present invention allows for liquid cooling of a compressor with an inlet and an outlet to exhaust heated coolant to a heat exchanger. Then the scrolls have a spiral upon a plate that ends in a tip. A seal upon the tip that abuts the fixed scroll upon a biased plunger modifies existing scroll designs to maintain the seal in contact with the fixed scroll. The modifications also provide an improved coating that seals the fixed and orbiting scrolls to each other without the use of epoxy, disassembly, and cleaning.
US07942650B2	Liquid discharge control apparatus including a pump and accumulator with a movable member In a liquid discharge control apparatus which uses a piezoelectric type diaphragm pump, an accumulator having a liquid accumulation cavity and a movable member is communicated to an outlet of the diaphragm pump. In discharge operation of the diaphragm pump, a quantity of the liquid in the liquid accumulation cavity is rapidly increased, and the movable member is elastically deformed so as to increase of the volume of the liquid accumulation cavity. Alternatively, in suction operation, when a back stream of the liquid occurs, the quantity of the liquid in a path communicated to the outlet of the diaphragm pump is decreased due to the back stream. The decrease of the liquid can be compensated by the decrease of the volume of the liquid accumulation cavity of the accumulator. Thereby, variation of the quantity of the liquid discharged from the outlet of the accumulator is reduced and the liquid can be discharged, smoothly.
US07942645B2	Oil pump assembly An oil pump assembly includes a plurality of pump chambers constituting a plurality of oil pumps, respectively, a plurality of rotors are fitted into the pump chambers, respectively, with a single driving shaft carrying the plurality of rotors to form a single body. Oil pumped up from an oil pan is supplied under pressure to different associated destinations with the relief valves being arranged compactly to reduce the size of the oil pump assembly. Oil pumps are provided with respective relief valves provided to pass oil discharged from the corresponding pump chambers therethrough and the axes of the relief valves are arranged parallel to the driving shaft. A driving shaft is provided on which a plurality of the inner rotors are carried concentrically and integrally. The rotors are connected to the driving shaft and changed depending on discharge oil pressures, thereby preventing the driving shaft from increasing its diameter.
US07942639B2	Hybrid bucket dovetail pocket design for mechanical retainment A method for mechanically attaching a composite or polymeric material to a bucket in a radial airfoil includes creating at least one dovetail shape pocket in the bucket having inclined interfaces with respect to the radial airfoil, and filling the pocket with the composite or polymeric material.
US07942636B2	Annulus filler seal A seal for an annulus filler for a gas turbine engine comprises a seal body releasably attached in use to the fan annulus filler, the seal body supporting two seal members so that in use one seal member is brought into contact with, and forms a seal against, an aerofoil surface of one of the fan blades, and the other seal member is brought into contact with, and forms a seal against, an aerofoil surface of the other of the fan blades.
US07942631B2	Method and apparatus for powering a pitch control system A pitch control system for a wind turbine having a motor including an armature, a winding, and a plurality of switching components configured to control a first current through the armature independently of a second current through the winding.
US07942630B2	System for ventilating a downstream cavity of an impellor of a centrifugal compressor A system for ventilating a downstream cavity of an impellor of a centrifugal compressor in a turbomachine, this system including flow diversion system mounted fixedly in the downstream cavity of the impellor in order to divert the ventilation air taken from the outlet of the compressor and cause it to circulate radially from the inside to the outside along the downstream face of the impellor.
US07942626B2	Compressor A compressor for compressing a gas comprises an impeller wheel mounted within a housing (2) defining an inlet and an outlet. The inlet comprises a map-width enhanced structure with an annular flow passage (11) defined between inner (9) and outer (7) tubular walls. The flow passage (11) is in fluid communication with the impeller wheel by virtue of a slot (13) in the inner wall (9). A flow-conditioning member (14) is positioned in the annular flow passage (11) and serves to remove swirl from the gas flow that recirculates through the passage. The flow-conditioning member (14) comprises a body penetrated by a plurality of bores (15). The arrangement provides for a significant improvement in the surge margin of the compressor and is particularly suitable for use in a turbocharger.
US07942620B2	Tire handling apparatus A tire handling apparatus comprises a structural body composed of a hydraulically actuated scissor lift assembly for adjusting the height of a tire receiving platform; a movable plank that can be stowed away when not in use but is protruding off the side of the body so that it can receive a tire removed from a vehicle. The plank slides longitudinally across the length of the receiving platform so as to be in line with an empty receiving niche. The structural body is on wheels so that the tire handling apparatus can be moved from location to location as required.
US07942595B2	Gear unit apparatus for printer To provide a gear unit apparatus for a printer in which the assembling characteristics and maintenance workability of driving sections for transferring a printing paper to be printed can be improved, and particularly assembling, replacement and maintenance work can be easily performed on a platen roller and a transfer roller. The present invention focuses on unitizing a group of belts and a group of gears independently of a printer main body, and is configured such that a unit bracket that is detachable to a printer bracket is provided independently of the printer bracket, a drive motor, the belt group and the gear group are assembled to the unit bracket, and, when the unit bracket is attached to the printer bracket, a platen roller gear of a platen roller and a transfer roller gear of a transfer roller can be engaged with each other.
US07942594B2	Ribbon cartridge and printing apparatus A ribbon guide includes a pair of upper and lower plates for limiting upper and lower ends of an ink ribbon. A ribbon guide plate is disposed between the pair of upper and lower plates so as to guide a non-transfer surface of the ink ribbon. Ribbon press bars are suspended between the pair of upper and lower plates so as to guide a transfer surface of the ink ribbon. Cutouts through which the ink ribbon is inserted are formed at the lower plate so as to surround lower end portions of the ribbon press bars.
US07942593B2	Tape cassette and tape printing apparatus A CPU 81 displays a virtual tape 201 of a length obtained by subtracting a length (l1+l2) from an antenna 33 to a thermal head 9 from a data value of an “IC chip pitch length L” when it determines that a printing object tape 531 of type 1 is accommodated in a tape cassette 21. A “tape width” is displayed on the right side of the virtual tape 201. A tape length of the virtual tape 201 is displayed below it. A “tape type” is displayed below it. Then, the CPU 81 displays a print area 202 on the virtual tape 201 from a data value of the “print area” while a right side portion thereof serves as a non-print area. It displays the print data inputted into the print area 202 and waits for the return key 4 to be pressed.
US07942588B2	Hybrid multi-contact connector The present invention relates to a multi-contact connector comprising: a plug constituting the termination of a cable having at least one optical conductor and/or at least one electrical conductor; and a socket for connecting to the plug and comprising a body and a plate for fastening to a panel; wherein the socket is a single piece of polymer material and wherein the connector includes electromagnetic shielding.
US07942585B2	Wheel bearing apparatus for a vehicle A vehicle wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member, an inner member, and double row rolling elements freely rollably contained between the inner and outer raceway surfaces of the inner and outer members. A brake pilot portion extends from a base of a wheel hub mounting flange toward the outer side to guide an inner circumferential surface of a brake rotor. A wheel pilot portion extends from the brake pilot portion further toward the outer side to guide an inner circumferential surface of the wheel. The wheel pilot portion including a plurality of separated pilots separated along a circumferential direction. A chamfered portion is formed, by forging, on a forward end of each separated pilot in view of its lathe cutting direction. The chamfered portion has a predetermined inclined angle relative to an axial end surface of each separated pilot after lathe cutting.
US07942584B2	Wheel bearing apparatus A wheel bearing apparatus has an outer member, an inner member, double row rolling elements, and seals. At least one seal has a slinger and an annular sealing plate. The sealing plate has a metal core, press fit into the outer member, and a sealing member, integrally vulcanized adhered to the metal core. The sealing member has first and second side lips, formed with an inclination extending radially outward, and a cylindrical inner end portion, surrounding the inner circumferential edge and a portion of the back surface of the metal core. Each tip of the first and second side lips is in sliding contact with the slinger, with a predetermined interference. The cylindrical inner end portion is arranged opposite to the slinger with a slight radial gap therebetween to form a labyrinth seal.
US07942580B2	Rear suspension for an aircraft engine with shackle in waiting and spring for such a hinge pin in waiting A rear suspension (10) for an aircraft engine assembly comprises a structure comprising two three-point shackles (12, 12′) and one two-point shackle (14). One of the hinge pins in waiting on the two-point shackle (14), preferably the hinge pin (26) fixed to the engine yoke joint, is mounted with clearance and with a damping ring acting as a spring to prevent vibrations of the engines as long as the hinge pin (26) is not engaged. Each of the suspension connecting pins (10) is a ball joint connection, the beam (16) of the suspension (10) being provided with five aligned orifices (24, 24a, 28, 24′, 24a′).
US07942575B2	Urological X-ray workstation with orbiting X-ray imaging components A urological x-ray workstation has an x-ray source and an x-ray receiver that are respectively supported on device retainers of a device carrier located at the longitudinal side of a patient positioning table such that they can be positioned opposite one another and independently of one another in various positions on an orbit proceeding around a common center in a working plane oriented perpendicular to the longitudinal axis.
US07942566B1	Fly ash treatment system and method of use thereof The present invention provides a system for treating fly ash and a method of use thereof. The system and method allow for the quick and consistent application of a chemical entity to fly ash so that the characteristics of the fly ash are changed in order to allow use of the fly ash in a new capacity. One specific example is the use of treated fly ash in concrete. The system disclosed herein may be used to treat fly ash as it is produced at a coal-burning power plant or as it is unloaded from a pneumatic truck.
US07942556B2	Solid state illumination device A solid state illumination device includes a semiconductor light emitter mounted on a base and surrounded by sidewalls, e.g., in a circular, elliptical, triangular, rectangular or other appropriate arrangement, to define a chamber. A top element, which may be reflective, may be coupled to the sidewalls to further define the chamber. The light produced by the semiconductor light emitter is emitted through the sidewalls of the chamber. The sidewalls and/or top element may include wavelength converting material, for example, as a plurality of dots on the surfaces. An adjustable wavelength converting element may be used within the chamber, with the adjustable wavelength converting element being configured to adjust the surface area that is exposed to the light emitted by the semiconductor light emitter in the chamber to alter an optical property of the chamber.
US07942554B2	Lighting device with adjustable spotlight beam A lighting device has a light source, a first magnifier lens, a second magnifier lens, and an adjusting mechanism. The light source generates a light beam. The first magnifier lens is disposed in a path of the light beam. The second magnifier lens is disposed in the path of the light beam. The adjusting mechanism includes first and second male members and first and second sleeve members. The first sleeve member is associated with the first male member and the first magnifier lens. The second sleeve member is associated with the second male member and the second magnifier lens.
US07942549B2	LED lamp having light guiding heat sink An LED lamp structure includes a reflection cup, a metal heat sink for receiving a plurality of LEDs, and a heat conducting base. The heat conducting base has a slot for receiving the metal heat sink. The metal heat sink includes guiding planes for redirecting the output of an LED so as to change the angle of projected light. The metal heat sink is made of a good heat conductor with high thermal capacity so that heat produced by the LED is absorbed quickly and conducted to the heat conducting base. The reflection cup is flexed to an outer edge of the metal heat sink to provide a flat lighting characteristic.
US07942548B2	Light-source lamp and projector An object is to provide a light-source lamp capable of reducing consumption power while ensuring a certain luminance level and a projector using the light-source lamp. This light-source lamp 1 gathers light from a light source at a lens for emission. The light sources 3, 6 are formed of a plurality of arranged light-emitting diodes 32, 62, and the light sources 3, 6 are driven with pulse-width modulation control of the light-emitting diodes 32, 62. With this, compared with a configuration in which the light sources 3, 6 are subjected to analog control, consumption power of the lamp can be reduced while ensuring a certain luminance level lm.
US07942547B2	Light emitting device and electronic apparatus A light emitting device includes a plurality of light emitting elements aligned along a reference line, a plurality of lenses that collects light emitted from the plurality of light emitting elements, and a drive circuit that allows either a first light emitting element or a second light emitting element to emit light. The plurality of lenses includes a first lens and a second lens that is disposed on an opposite side of the first lens with the reference line interposed therebetween, and a distance between the center of the first lens and the reference line is the same as a distance between the center of the second lens and the reference line. The plurality of light emitting elements includes the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element that is disposed on an opposite side of the first light emitting element with the reference line interposed therebetween. A distance between the first light emitting element and the reference line is the same as a distance between the second light emitting element and the reference line.
US07942536B1	Panoramic cosmetic mirror providing multiple perspectives A panoramic cosmetic mirror assembly providing multiple images of an individual's face from a variety of angles. This mirror assembly is an assembly of at least five flat mirrors including a central quadrangular flat plane mirror and four additional flat plane side mirrors attached to each side of the central mirror. The plane of each side mirror is beveled forward relative to that of the central mirror to allow each mirror to reflect the images in the other four mirrors. Additional features include the use of magnifying mirrors, electrical illumination and ventilation, and an adjustable stand.
US07942529B2	Method for the optimization of the conditions of execution of the vision contrast test, and corresponding system Described herein is a method for optimization of the conditions of execution of the vision contrast test and the corresponding system with which to implement said method so as to be able to guarantee optimal conditions throughout the test session even when not it is not possible to respect the standards. Furthermore, the method comprises a self-calibration procedure, which definitively eliminates the operations of calibration of the system by specialized centers.
US07942521B2	Glasses with reflective frames A structure of reflective glasses includes a frame having a main front section with opposed side ends for supporting at least one lens, the frame further including a pair of side sections extending rearwardly from the respective opposed side ends of the main front section and at least one retroreflective element attached to at least one of the side sections to be visible by others in low-light conditions.
US07942518B2	Medium feeder and liquid ejecting apparatus or recording apparatus incorporating the same A medium feeder is operable to feed a target medium to a liquid ejecting section in which liquid is ejected toward the target medium. A feeding roller is adapted to come in contact with the target medium, thereby feeding the target medium along a feeding path in a first direction. A supporter is opposing the feeding roller and having a supporting face adapted to support the target medium. A releaser is movable between a first position entering the feeding path and a second position retreating from the feeding path, A driver is operable to place the releaser in the second position when a feeding operation of the feeding roller begins, and to place the releaser in the first position when a leading end of the target medium reaches the liquid ejecting section. An edge guide is provided on the supporter and has a guiding face adapted to come in contact with a side edge of the target medium at least when the releaser is placed in the second position. The releaser is adapted to push up the target medium at the first position thereof, so that the target medium is separated from the supporting face. The edge guide is formed with a concave portion adapted to oppose the side edge of the target medium pushed up by the releaser.
US07942507B2	Ink jet nozzle arrangement with a segmented actuator nozzle chamber cover A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printer comprises a nozzle chamber; an ink supply channel for supplying ink to the nozzle chamber; a cover for covering the nozzle chamber, the cover defining an ink ejection port through which ink is ejected; a plurality of thermal bend actuators radially arranged around the ink ejection port; and a plurality of heater elements each corresponding to one of the plurality of thermal bend actuators. Each heater element is provided at an end of a corresponding thermal bend actuator opposite the ink ejection port.
US07942504B2	Variable-volume nozzle arrangement A nozzle arrangement for an inkjet printhead includes a substrate assembly defining an ink inlet; a static ink ejecting member extending from the substrate assembly and bounding the ink inlet; an active ink ejecting member having a roof and sidewalls that depends from the roof towards the substrate, the roof defining an ink ejection port and the active ink ejecting member movably located relative to the static ink ejecting member to define a variable-volume nozzle chamber; and an actuator arrangement configured to reciprocate the active ink ejection member relative to the static ink ejecting member to eject ink in the nozzle chamber out through the ink ejection port. The static ink ejecting member is located within bounds delimited by the sidewalls of the active ink ejecting member.
US07942502B2	Print engine cradle with maintenance assembly A cradle unit for use in a print engine to receive a cartridge unit that has a printhead assembly. The cradle unit has a main body with an opening for receiving the cartridge and drive rollers for feeding sheets of media past the printhead assembly, a printed circuit board (PCB) movably mounted to the main body, the PCB having control electronics for operative control of the print engine, a cover assembly movably mounted to the main body, the cover assembly being configured for securing the cartridge in the opening and engaging the PCB such that the PCB is moved into electrical contact with the cartridge when in a closed position, and to move the PCB out of electrical connection with the cartridge when in an open position and, a maintenance assembly operated by the PCB control electronics for capping and wiping the printhead assembly.
US07942497B1	Ink jet recording head An ink jet recording head (100) comprising edge shooter type head units (20) each having a head chip provided with a nozzle ejection surface, a positioning plate (41) for arranging the head units (20) in parallel to each other, inclined against a line arranging direction. The positioning plate (41) arranges the head units (20) in parallel to each other, inclined against the line arranging direction, and the angle of the inclination is set so that a nozzle interval, in the line arranging direction, of two nozzles (21a) corresponds to a predetermined resolution, the two nozzles being adjacent to each other on a straight line on the nozzle ejection surface.
US07942491B2	Serial recording apparatus and method of feeding recording medium Provided is a serial recording apparatus including: a feed unit which feeds a recording medium; a recording unit which performs recording with respect to the fed recording medium; a movement unit which moves the recording unit in order to performing recording; a transporting unit which transports the recording medium in a direction crossing the movement direction of the recording unit; a controller which controls the recording unit, the movement unit, the transporting unit and the feed unit; and a determination unit which determines whether a target stop position of the recording unit satisfies a target position condition, during the movement of the recording unit, wherein the controller starts a feed operation of the subsequent medium using the feed unit at a timing before the movement of the recording unit is stopped, if the target stop position satisfies the target position condition.
US07942487B2	Liquid ejection controlling method and liquid ejection apparatus A remaining amount of liquid contained in each of a plurality of cartridges is detected. When a small remaining amount is detected, information relating to the cartridge with the small remaining amount is transmitted. A substitute cartridge is determined based on the transmitted information, and liquid ejection data for the substitute cartridge is generated. An expected consumption amount of liquid contained in the substitute cartridge is calculated based on the liquid ejection data. A difference between the remaining amounts of liquid in the cartridge with the small remaining amount and in the substitute cartridge is calculated based on the expected consumption amount and information relating to the remaining amount of liquid. It is determined whether the calculated difference is equal to or lower than a predetermined value.
US07942484B2	Brake system for motorcycle An ABS modulator for a front wheel is supported on the side surface of an inclined portion located forward of a portion, having the largest width, of the right main pipe with a unit supporting stay in between, while being arranged in a space inside the front cowl covering the front side of the inclined portion. The ABS modulator is arranged on the outer side of the main pipe. Accordingly, it is possible to avoid a case where the arrangement space for other components is occupied by arranging the ABS modulator in a space on the inner side of the right and left main pipes, and to support the ABS modulator by utilizing the main pipes having a high rigidity. Further, the resulting configuration allows to ABS modulator to be located in a portion having a high rigidity without occupying a space for other components, such as an induction system.
US07942474B2	Vehicle HVAC control panel receptacles and HVAC control panel assemblies A receptacle for receiving an HVAC control panel of a vehicle includes a frame and at least one unlocking lever. The frame may define an opening for receiving the HVAC control panel. The at least one unlocking lever may include a handle portion, a shoulder and a tapered portion. The tapered portion pivotally connects the at least one unlocking lever to an underside of the frame while the handle portion may extend from the tapered portion such that, when the handle portion is actuated, the at least one unlocking lever may be elastically flexible with respect to the frame. The shoulder portion is disposed on the at least one unlocking lever between the handle portion and the tapered portion and is operable to engage and retain the HVAC control panel in the frame when the HVAC control panel is inserted into the frame.
US07942471B2	Aerodynamic skirt shape An aerodynamic skirt adapted to be substantially longitudinally mounted on a trailer is provided, the resilient aerodynamic skirt comprising a skirt panel defining a forward portion and a rear portion, the forward portion being adapted to be mounted toward a forward portion of the trailer and the rear portion being adapted to be mounted toward a rear portion of the trailer, the forward portion having a front height and the rear portion having a rear height, the forward height being shorter than the rear height. A method of mounting an aerodynamic skirt on a trailer is also provided, the method comprising providing a skirt panel defining a forward portion and a rear portion the forward portion having a front height and the rear portion having a rear height, the forward height being shorter than the rear height, positioning the forward portion toward a forward portion of the trailer and the rear portion toward a rear portion of the trailer, and securing the skirt panel to the trailer. A kit comprising a skirt panel defining a forward portion and a rear portion is equally provided, the forward portion being adapted to be mounted toward a forward portion of the trailer and the rear portion being adapted to be mounted toward a rear portion of the trailer, the forward portion having a front height and the rear portion having a rear height, the forward height being smaller than the rear height; and at least one strut adapted to secure the skirt panel to the trailer.
US07942461B2	Method and apparatus for selling consumer products Methods and apparatus for advertising, promoting, marketing and/or selling products and services. The inventions includes a mobile vehicle for advertising, promotion, marketing and sales of products and services, wherein the vehicle is self-propelled and self-contained for transport to, and operation in, any locale. A showroom affixed to or carried by or in the moving vehicle, the vehicle acting as a moving showroom, mobile kiosk, or mobile store. Preferably, the showroom has side panels on three sides which can be raised, removed or retracted to allow customers to view the products within the showroom. Further preferably, the panels have advertising on both of their sides, providing billboards that are visible on all of the sides of the vehicle, such that three hundred and sixty degrees of billboard signage are present to promote particular products and services. Those products and services can include electronics and electrical devices, mechanical products, consumer products, and other objects. The products and services may be promoted for direct sale from the moving showroom, or for sale from other outlets, such as retail stores and internet sales.
US07942458B2	Magnetic gate latch A magnetic gate latch has a multiplicity of permanent magnets arranged on a pair of disks with half of the magnets in mutual attraction and half of the magnets in mutual repulsion. These magnetic forces are used to brake and close a gate or door. One of the disks is made axially movable with respect to the other so as to assume mutual repulsion in one position and mutual attraction in a second position. The movable disk is attached to a gate or door closing member and the other disk is attached to the closing structure post or jamb. Magnetic forces in the repulsion position are used in the invention to reverse the movable disk from a mutual repulsion position to a mutual attraction position.
US07942455B2	Device for connecting a fluid circulating line to a refractory element and refractory element A device for connecting a fluid circulating line to a refractory element having a wall provided with a cylindrical bore comprises a gasket intended to be located into the bore and a first supporting element compressing the gasket from the outside of the bore. A second supporting element which can be introduced into the bore sandwiches the gasket together with the first Supporting element and a rod brings the two supporting elements closer so as to compress the gasket. Also, a refractory element, notably a nozzle or pouring shroud, is provided with a cylindrical bore size to receive two supporting elements and a tightening gasket sandwiched by these supporting elements.
US07942442B2	Airbag cushion folding methods The methods for folding an airbag cushion into a housing provide for a predetermined deployment trajectory. The airbag cushion is defined by an upper panel and a lower panel. A first portion of the airbag cushion is tucked into a second portion of the airbag cushion such that the upper and lower panels of the first portion are positioned in between the upper and lower panels of the second portion. The tucked portion is folded in towards the housing. First and second halves of the tucked airbag cushion are folded in towards the housing. Finally, the folded first and second halves of the airbag cushion are folded into the housing.
US07942441B2	Gas flow distributor for an airbag module A gas flow distributor for an airbag module for the specific distribution of a gas flow through which the released gas flows during inflation of the airbag is provided. The gas flow distributor comprises at least two sleeve parts which are made of a flexible material and are connected to one another by a seam. The seam absorbs the forces which are exerted on the sleeve by the gas flowing through it. An additional releasable connection of both sleeve parts is provided in at least some sections in order to absorb the forces exerted by the gas on the sleeve, wherein the additional connection cooperates with the sleeve for limiting the forces to be absorbed by the seam in such a manner that said connection is released when gas passes through the sleeve.
US07942440B2	Channel and diffuser airbag Disclosed are embodiments of airbag cushions including diffuser panels to redirect inflation gas within the cushion. In an embodiment particularly suited for use as a knee airbag cushion, a diffuser panel is positioned over the inflator opening and in between the front and rear faces of an airbag cushion panel. The diffuser panel defines a plurality of channels such that, upon inflation of the airbag cushion through the inflator opening, the channels redirect inflation gas towards the top corners and sides of the interior of the airbag cushion.
US07942438B2	Airbag with stop leak material An inflatable cushion assembly for deployment in a vehicle. The assembly has an inflator, an inflatable cushion, and particles of a stop leak material. Upon deployment, the stop leak material becomes temporarily dispersed by and suspended in inflation gas such that the cushion is rendered less porous to inflation gas.
US07942428B2	Spark-emitting device for a skateboard A spark-emitting device for a skateboard. The spark-emitting device includes a housing and a plurality of misch metal barrels inserted into a housing and spaced apart so that the wear rate of the housing in the misch metal barrels is compatible and a desired sparking effect is achieved.
US07942417B2	Gaming machine with reels Certain embodiments of the present invention relate to gaming machines having mechanical reels. The machine is adapted so that the reels to some extent protrude from the front face of the machine to enhance the user's awareness that the reels are genuine and, optionally, the reels may have side walls having matching indicia to the symbols on the periphery of the reels. The reels may also be observed from front and rear sides of the machine or alternatively, rotated about an upright axis to enable a player to observe front and rear outcomes from one point.
US07942415B2	Mail sorting machine with improved diverter panel A diverter panel comprises an elongated rectangular panel made of a substantially flat plate made of clear plastic. The plate has fasteners mounted at its front corners for mounting the panel to a frame of the sorting machine, a rear upright flange extending from the plate along the length thereof, the flange having a bottom edge which can be supported on a horizontal beam of the sorting machine. The panel is rigid enough such that vibration of the sorting machine does not cause significant movement of the panel when secured at its corners and with the rear flange supported by the beam of the sorting machine. An opening in the rear flange and an adjacent portion of the plate allows a drive shaft to pass therethrough, and a contact pad formed by an outwardly projecting portion of the rear flange is configured for engagement with a plunger of a switch.
US07942402B2	Method for feeding sheets to a sheet processing machine An apparatus for feeding sheets to a sheet processing machine smoothes out and fixes a sheet through the use of a suction groove disposed transversely relative to a sheet transport direction, before the sheet is gripped by an onward transport device. A sheet-fed rotary printing press having the apparatus is also provided.
US07942400B2	Saddle stitcher with alignment paddle An improved saddle stitcher incorporating alignment paddle which includes paddle 100, a base 200, and torque producing means wherein the torque producing means rotates the paddle which contacts and jogs passing signature groups, thereby aligning them.
US07942396B2	Sheet finisher, image forming apparatus using the same, and sheet finishing method A sheet finisher of the invention includes a saddle stitch unit configured to stitch a center of a sheet bundle in which printed sheets are bundled, a fold unit configured to fold the center stitched by the saddle stitch unit and to form a fold line, and a fold reinforcing unit configured to reinforce the fold line formed by the fold unit, the fold reinforcing unit includes a roller unit that includes a first roller and a second roller, nips the fold line of the sheet bundle transported from the fold unit between the first roller and the second roller, and moves along a direction of the fold line while pressing, and a drive unit configured to move the roller unit along the direction of the fold line from a standby position located at a position separate from an end of the sheet bundle, and the first roller and the second roller are separate from each other at the standby position, and approach each other to nip the fold line in a region where the fold line of the sheet bundle exists.
US07942384B1	Internal clip for a rail A resilient clip adapted for internal installation within a rail having a longitudinally extending internal gap. The clip includes a lower leg that engages the base of the rail, and an intermediate leg, which engages a side wall of the rail. An indented upper leg of the clip is capable of clamping an elongate line, such as an electrical or communication line, in an elevated position in the upper section of the rail. Plural clips may be installed in the rail to support such a line at multiple spaced points along its length. A strengthening cable may be installed in the lower section of the rail, in overlying relationship to the lower legs of the clips.
US07942379B2	Active vibration isolation system with a combined position actuator The invention relates to a vibration isolation system, comprising at least one fluid bearing having a first control device in order to control the fluid pressure and having at least one actuator in order to compensate for position changes of the load to be isolated, which actuator is controlled by at least one second control device, wherein the input of one control device is connected to the output of the other control device.
US07942378B2	Torque transmitting mechanism for medical stand The medical stands is used to support a medical tool and includes a first parallel linkage to maintain weight balance of the medical tool. The torque transmitting mechanism maintains an attitude of the medical tool and includes a second parallel linkage whose one end is fixed to a body of the medical stand, a connecting element, and a third parallel linkage connected through the connecting element to the second parallel linkage. Links that form the second parallel linkage are made of rigid material. A vibration suppressing mechanism is attached to a longitudinal link of the first parallel linkage and is always resiliently in contact with a longitudinal link of the second parallel linkage.
US07942375B2	Mount and leveling system The present invention involves a projector mount and leveling system for securely connecting and aligning a working unit, such as a projector, to the ceiling of a room. The present invention has a ceiling component with upper and lower sections, the upper section of the ceiling component attaches to a mounting surface, typically the mounting surface is a ceiling, a mounting bracket connects to the lower section of the ceiling component; a plurality of offset articulated legs, each offset articulated leg having a proximal end, and a distal end with a threaded leveling barrel opening; and threaded leveling barrels, wherein the offset articulated legs connect to the mounting bracket at the proximal end, and the offset articulated legs connect at the distal ends to a projector with the threaded leveling barrels.
US07942374B2	Height and tilt adjustable keyboard support A keyboard support including: a workstation engaging member adapted to be attached to an underside of the work surface; a keyboard engaging member disposed forwardly of the workstation engaging member for supporting a keyboard; a linkage assembly mechanically coupling and providing relative movement between the workstation engaging member and the keyboard engaging member; and a tilt gauge assembly to indicate a tilt angle of the keyboard engaging member, the tilt gauge assembly including a parallelogram linkage defining a longitudinal axis, the parallelogram linkage including stationary member affixed to the keyboard engaging member that pivots with the keyboard engaging member with respect to the upper connector and a movable member tangent to the lower connector, wherein changing the tilt angle of the keyboard engaging member causes a distance along the longitudinal axis between the stationary member and the movable member to change.
US07942365B2	Variable speed transmission for a rotary wing aircraft A transmission gearbox for a rotary-wing aircraft includes a main gearbox and a variable speed gearbox in meshing engagement with the main rotor gearbox. The variable speed gearbox permits at least two different RPMs for the main rotor system without disengaging the engine(s) or changing engine RPMs. The variable speed gearbox includes a clutch, preferably a multi-plate clutch, and a freewheel unit for each engine. A gear path drives the main gearbox in a “high rotor speed mode” when the clutch is engaged to drive the main rotor system at high rotor rpm for hover flight profile. A reduced gear path drives the main gearbox in a “low rotor speed mode” when the clutch is disengaged and power is transferred through the freewheel unit, to drive the main rotor system at lower rotor rpm for high speed flight. The variable speed gearbox may be configured for a tail drive system that operates at a continuous speed, a tail drive system that changes speed with the main rotor shaft or for no tail drive system.
US07942361B2	Webbing retracting device A webbing retracting device that may prevent entering of an end-lock state when a spool rotates in the pull out direction on rebound just after completion of taking up of the webbing belt. A restriction weight is provided on a V gear. The restriction weight moves in the pull out direction relative to the V gear by acceleration when the V gear is rotated in the take up direction, and furthermore, the restriction weight pivots about a support pin under centrifugal force due to rotation of the V gear and attains a contact position. In such a state, even if the inertial mass attempts to displace toward the lock activation direction, the restriction weight interferes with the inertial mass and restricts displacement of the inertial mass toward the lock activation direction.
US07942354B2	Rotary tumbler and metal reclaimer A rotary tumbler metal reclaimer includes an inner cylinder and a concentric outer cylinder that rotate simultaneously. The inner cylinder includes a first compartment that intakes material for breaking by teeth, a second compartment that receives broken material from the first compartment and crushes the material into smaller particles, and a third compartment wherein particulate material enters the space between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder by attrition through perforated screens. The second compartment includes a crusher having various features for crushing lump material as it rotates. The third compartment provides further breakage and conveyance of particulate material. Particulate material then returns proximate the intake for screening into fine and coarse sizes and then collecting for reuse. Metallics and metallic oxides exit the tumbler through apertures in the rear of the third compartment for collection. The tumbler reclaims metals, metallic oxides, sands, and other materials for reuse.
US07942343B2	Coatings for use in fuel injector components A coating for fuel injector components adapted for use with low lubricity fuels is disclosed. The invention consists of a metal carbon material coating or a metal nitride coating to the fuel pump plunger or other fuel injection system components. The invention utilizes a coating on the fuel injector plunger that minimizes scuffing or seizure associated with the plunger and barrel.
US07942337B2	Wirelessly executing transactions with different enterprises The present disclosure is directed to a system and method for wirelessly executing transactions with different institutions. In some implementations, a physical interface, a communication module, secure memory, a user-interface module, and a transaction module. The physical interface connects to a port of a mobile host device that includes a Graphical User Interface (GUI). The communication module wirelessly receives Radio Frequency (RF) signals from and transmits RF signals to an access terminal. The secure memory stores a plurality of selectable user credentials. At least one set of user credentials is used to execute transactions with the access terminal, and each set is associated with different institutions. The transaction module dynamically switches between the plurality of selectable user credentials in response to at least an event and wirelessly transmits to the access terminal a response to a requested transaction including user credentials selected from the plurality of selectable user credentials.
US07942333B2	IC card secure personalization method A method for an entity different than a manufacturer of an integrated circuit (IC) card to perform a secure personalization phase of the semi-finished IC card is provided. The semi-finished IC card includes a non-volatile memory storing an algorithm for processing data as a finite-state machine, and enabling the entity different from the IC card manufacturer to access the algorithm for storing personalization data and information in the non-volatile memory. The method includes performing a security authentication before enabling the algorithm to receive the personalization data and information, enabling the algorithm to receive the personalization data and information, and storing the personalization data and information in secret memory locations in the non-volatile memory according to a data structure and an access procedure hidden to the entity different from the manufacturer of the integrated circuit card. The enabling and storing may be repeated if the personalization data and information were not correct.
US07942327B2	Magnetic data processing apparatus and noise reduction method for such apparatus The magnetic data processing apparatus includes a magnetic head and a motor arranged to reduce noise due to leakage flux from the motor. The magnetic data processing apparatus may form a check processing apparatus 1 having an MICR head 2 and a transportation motor 11, which is preferably a stepping motor. The MICR head 2 and the transportation motor 11 are positioned relative to one another so that the rotational axis 42 of the transportation motor 11 is aligned with the longitudinal axis of the head gap 23 in the MICR head 2. In the head gap 23 of the MICR head 2 the direction of the leakage flux 44 from the transportation motor 11 is parallel to the long axis of the left and right head gap faces 23a and 23b defining the head gap 23. Because the detection sensitivity of the MICR head 2 is lowest in this direction, noise due to leakage flux 44 from the transportation motor 11 is suppressed and the MICR head 2 can read magnetic ink characters with good accuracy.
US07942321B2	Radio frequency identification method and system of disturbing products A method and system for vending products from a defined area, such as a micro-warehouse with a door. The method includes fitting each product with a radio frequency identification tag, positioning the plurality of products in a micro-warehouse, sensing opening and closing of the micro-warehouse door, scanning the plurality of products in the micro-warehouse upon sensing closing of the door to determine the number and type of products in the micro-warehouse, generating a message based on the number and type of products in the micro-warehouse, transmitting the message to a remote processor or server, and maintaining an inventory in the remote processor based on the message. The system is designed to be accessed by authorized individuals possessing some type of code or identifying mechanism. The micro-warehouses may be cabinets, refrigerators, secured rooms, or similar storage units or areas.
US07942316B2	Online purchasing system supporting buyer affordability screening An online system uses, in various embodiments of the invention, credit report information, loan affordability screening and credit approval and management functionality to facilitate the purchase and finance of products online. The online system may include both sellers of products and lenders that offer financing to buyers seeking to purchase the products. The system may automatically obtain a buyer's credit report information and use that information to determine if the buyer is pre-approved, for example, to obtain financing for a particular product or products. The system also enables use of buyer credit information to identify only those of a seller's products for which the buyer is pre-approved, for example, to finance using one or more loans. The system then enables selection of an identified product or products for purchase, and selection of a loan, for example, for financing of the selected product or products. Credit approval (or pre-approval) may be performed automatically, and along with credit processing, may be performed completely online.
US07942310B2	Container A container that can be constructed from a blank is disclosed. The container can include four side walls and can be divided into multiple cells. The size or shape of the cell(s) can be substantially similar or can be varied. For instance, the cell(s) can be varied to correspond to the size or shape of a particular article of manufacture.
US07942296B1	Combined diaper bag and purse and associated method A combined diaper bag and purse includes a diaper bag with a plurality of bottle-holding pouches formed at opposed lateral faces of the diaper bag, and a purse conjoining directly to an anterior face of the diaper bag and oppositely situated from a posterior face of the diaper bag. The apparatus further includes a mechanism for detaching the purse from the anterior face of the diaper bag, a primary harness directly anchored to a proximal face of the diaper bag, and a plurality of auxiliary harnesses is directly coupled to the posterior face of the diaper bag. The apparatus further includes a mechanism for independently and slidably biasing each one of the auxiliary harnesses along a linear and horizontal path extending along the posterior face of the diaper bag.
US07942294B2	Machine and process for personal, side mounted biomechanically engineered lifting device; a device for lifting awkward and heavy loads The side-mounted, biomechanically designed lifting device maximizes the lifting capability of human anatomy. A harness with a shoulder pad crosses the user's body diagonally. The load is supported by an adjustable load strap at the user's side from a support ring attached to the harness. One end of the support strap is attached to the harness and the other to a lifting handle. With this device and method heavy and awkward loads like plywood and drywall may be carried and manipulated easily. The side-mounted lifting harness causes the user to lean away from the load. This transfers the weight of a load to a point near the ground, below the vertical center of gravity of the user and between the lifter's feet. There is significant biomechanical advantage to this load configuration. One person can carry heavy, awkward loads safely and quickly with a minimum of physical stress.
US07942292B2	Pre-measured material dispenser with pivoting reservoir A device for dispensing a pre-measured amount of material from a container having a closed bottom, a mouth opening and a side wall. The device includes a discharge tube and a measuring reservoir pivotably attached to a lower end of the discharge tube for capturing a pre-determined amount of material. The reservoir is pivotable from a first position in which the reservoir is substantially parallel to the discharge tube to a second position in which the discharge tube and the reservoir are substantially perpendicular to one another. With the reservoir in the first position, the reservoir and the discharge tube are insertable into a container having a relatively narrow mouth opening. With the reservoir in the second position, the discharge opening of the reservoir communicates with an opening in the second end of the discharge tube, in a dispensing ready position.
US07942287B2	Bottle and closure assembly with improved locking elements A threaded container closure assembly, comprising: a container neck (10) having an opening; a closure (12) for said neck, the closure having a base portion (22) and a skirt portion (24), a first screw thread on the neck said first screw thread comprising one or more first thread segments (16), and a second screw thread on an inner surface of the skirt of the closure, said second screw thread comprising one or more second thread segments (26); a first locking projection (44) on the container neck separate from the first thread segments (16) and a second locking projection (46) on the inner surface of the skirt of the closure separate from the second thread segments (26), said first and second locking projections being configured to resist unscrewing of the closure from the fully engaged position on the container neck after the closure has been secured or resecured on the container neck until a predetermined minimum opening torque is applied; wherein said first and second locking projections (44, 46) longitudinally overlap the first or the second thread segments when the closure is in the fully engaged position on the container neck.
US07942281B2	Closure and package with flexible base wall panel A closure includes a plastic shell having a generally flat base wall, a peripheral skirt for mounting the closure on a container neck finish and an annular portion integrally connecting the skirt to the periphery of the base wall. A flexible resilient sealing liner is disposed on at least an inner surface of the annular portion. The annular portion has an inverted V-shape with an outer leg integrally connected to the skirt and an inner leg integrally connected to the periphery of the base wall such that the base wall is disposed axially beneath the annular connection between the inner and outer legs. The inner leg is resiliently flexible with respect to the outer leg upon engagement with an end of a container neck finish so as to flex the inner leg and the base wall outwardly with respect to the skirt and thereby draw the outer leg into engagement with an outer surface of the container neck finish. The inner leg of the annular V-shaped portion preferably is conical, and in exemplary embodiments of the disclosure the outer leg preferably either is cylindrical or is conical preferably at an angle equal and opposite to the conical inner leg.
US07942279B2	Device and method for packaging and merchandising personal healthcare products The invention provides a device and method for packaging and merchandising personal healthcare products. A first aspect of the invention provides a device for storing health care products, comprising: a plurality of product containers, each product container including: a body; a dispensing portion; and an attachment feature; and a housing including a mating feature adapted to be compatible with the attachment feature of each of the plurality of product containers, wherein connection of the attachment feature of a product container and the mating feature of the housing substantially and non-fixedly secures the product container to the housing.
US07942272B2	Screen system The present invention provides a screen system (8) suitable for use in a vibratory screen apparatus (1), and comprising: a screen element (11) and a support frame (12) therefor, as well as novel screen elements (11) and mesh panels (19) therefor, and the use thereof. The screen element (11) consists essentially of a mesh panel (19) provided with first and second elongate support members (22, 23) extending along opposite end portions of the mesh panel (19). The support frame (12) has spaced apart first and second elongate frame elements (13, 14) for engagement with the screen element support members (22, 23) and further elongate frame elements (17, 18) extending there between for supporting the mesh panel (19). The screen element support members (22, 23) and said first and second frame elements (13, 14) are formed and arranged for secure interengagement in use of the screen system, with at least one of said screen element support members and the respective one of said first and second frame elements being formed and arranged so that when clamped together, the mesh panel (19) is securely held under tension against said further frame elements (17, 18).
US07942270B2	Fatty acid by-products and methods of using same Methods and compositions for separating materials are provided. In an embodiment, the present invention provides a method of separating a first material from a second material. For example, the method can comprise mixing the first material and the second material in a slurry with a beneficiation composition. The beneficiation composition can comprise one or more fatty acid by-products derived from a biodiesel manufacturing process. Air bubbles can be provided in the slurry to form bubble-particle aggregates with the first material and the bubble-particle aggregates can be allowed to be separated from the second material.
US07942265B2	Packaging system for absorbent pad disposing units A packaging system for absorbent pad disposing units that comprises a receptacle and a plurality of absorbent pad disposing units contained within the receptacle. Each of the absorbent pad disposing units comprises a sterile absorbent pad and a dedicated refuse bag in a compressed state which is in cooperation with the absorbent pad. Each of the absorbent pad disposing units can be removed from the receptacle upon demand. The dedicated refuse bag is separable from the corresponding absorbent pad. A spent absorbent pad is can be disposed within the refuse bag when the refuse bag is in an expanded state.
US07942263B2	Beverage container package and dispenser A package for a number of beverage containers includes an overlay member covering the top ends of the beverage containers. The overlay member has a central, generally planar panel positioned atop the top ends of the beverage containers and a number of perimeter panels each joined to and positioned on a perimeter of the central panel. Each perimeter panel is oriented generally perpendicularly relative to the central panel. A dispenser opening is in the central panel of the overlay member through the beverage containers may be removed from the package. A dispenser flap is adjacent the dispenser opening and a perimeter edge of the overlay member. The dispenser flap may be pulled outwardly from the overlay member by a user to provide access through which the beverage containers may be removed from the package. An overwrap member such as a thermoplastic shrink wrap film envelops the array of beverage containers and the overlay member to provide a robust, unitary package for transport and storage. A line of perforations in the overwrap member is aligned with the dispenser to allow a user to puncture the overwrap member in the vicinity of the line of perforations and gain access to the beverage containers via the dispenser. The package may be supported on a shelf such as within a refrigerator or storage rack with a side of the package facing downwardly and the dispenser positioned proximate the downwardly facing side of the package.
US07942256B2	Multi-stage process handling equipment An apparatus for handling articles (4) through a multi-stage process, the apparatus comprising at least one rotatable process turret (2) having a number of pockets (3), wherein each pocket (3) is adapted to support an article (4). The pockets (3) are arranged in groups and each group of pockets (3A, 3B, 3C) has associated tooling (5A, 5B, 5C), which carries out one stage of the process. The articles (4) are initially fed into one group of pockets (3A) only. A re-phase means (6) is provided to transfer the article (4) from one group of pockets (3A, 3B) to another (3B, 3C).
US07942246B2	Controlling an elevator with a standby mode An elevator system where control appliances of the elevator system are fitted to communicate between themselves is described herein. The elevator system has a control arrangement for placing at least one control appliance into standby mode or for terminating the standby mode. The control arrangement is fitted to set the standby mode on the basis of at least one activation signal, as well as to send a control signal of the standby mode to at least one control appliance of the elevator system. Associated methods for fitting a standby mode into an elevator system are also described herein.
US07942242B1	Urban emergency escape method and system The invention relates to an urban emergency escape method and apparatus for use in escaping from high-rise buildings. The method sets forth a series steps that allows one to successfully evacuate a high-rise building that is filled with smoke due a fire or the elevator system is not working due to an explosion or a terrorist attack of some kind. The apparatus utilized comprises a carry-on bag with a handle and wheels for easy mobility and a zippered cover that encloses a plurality of interconnected rope sections, a descent controller, a plurality of anchoring straps, at least one harness, D-rings and a glass breaking tool. After donning the harness and breaking the window to allow exit, the anchoring straps are secured to several different structural components within the room and tied to a first end of a rope segment. The free end of the rope segment is pre-fed through the descent controller, the user steps out the broken window and allows evacuee to descend by manipulating the descent controller.
US07942237B2	Long fiber thermoplastic composite muffler system with integrated reflective chamber The present invention provides composite muffler systems formed of a long fiber thermoplastic. Long fiber thermoplastic technology allows the fibers, to maintain a length sufficient to provide structural strength at lower fiber loading. The long fiber thermoplastic material for forming composite muffler systems also provides increased impact strength and creep resistance as well as chemical and thermal resistance. Mufflers molded with long fiber thermoplastics demonstrate improved dimensional stability as compared to known short fiber based moldings. One suitable muffler structure is a multi-piece muffler assembly including at least one long fiber thermoplastic shell section. In accordance with the present invention, the long fiber thermoplastic material and moldings may also be combined with over-molding of preforms of unidirectional or woven inlays, which provide local structural performance. The use of such preforms is particularly suited to use in the manufacture of high temperature, structural articles such as bumper muffler combinations.
US07942232B2	Electric power steering apparatus A controller samples a motor current value detected by a motor current detector at a sampling start timing for turning on a switching device to start holding in a motor current hold section, and fetches the motor current value held in the motor current hold section at a hold timing for turning off the switching device. The sampling start timing and the hold timing are variable.
US07942216B2	Drill rod, drill bit, and drilling tool A drill rod has a fitting portion protruding toward the distal end of the drill rod. The drill rod fitting portion further encompasses a parallel male thread portion in which a minimum distance from a first axial line in a cross-section perpendicular to the first axial line is constant; and a male thread ending portion is continuous with a proximal end of the parallel male thread portion. The minimum distance of the ending portion increases as a proximal end is approached. Furthermore, the fitting portion is formed such that the minimum distance does not decrease as the proximal end is approached from a distal end thereof. Additionally, the proximal end of the male thread ending portion is positioned where a distance from the first axial line gradually increases as the proximal end of the male thread ending portion is approached from the parallel male thread.
US07942212B2	Hand-guided power tool A hand-guided power tool has a drive motor and a tool in driving connection with the drive motor. At least one handle is provided for guiding the power tool in operation. At least one antivibration element functionally connects the at least one handle and the drive motor. The at least one antivibration element has a coil spring and a guide, wherein the coil spring has an end connected to the guide. The coil spring has a first radial spacing relative to the guide in a first radial direction and has a second radial spacing relative to the guide in a second radial direction, wherein the second spacing is smaller than the first spacing or is zero.
US07942206B2	In-flow control device utilizing a water sensitive media An apparatus for controlling fluid flow into a tubular includes an in-flow control device having a plurality of flow paths; and a reactive media disposed in each of the flow paths. The reactive media may change permeability by interacting with a selected fluid such as water. Two or more of the flow paths may be hydraulically parallel. The reactive media may include a Relative Permeability Modifier. An associated method may include conveying the fluid via a plurality of flow paths; and controlling a resistance to flow in plurality of flow paths using a reactive media disposed in each of the flow paths. An associated system may include a wellbore tubular; an in-flow control device; a hydraulic circuit formed in the in-flow control device; and a reactive media disposed in the hydraulic circuit, the reactive media may change permeability by interacting with a selected fluid.
US07942205B2	Secondary oil recovery A process for injecting water into a subterranean petroleum-bearing formation for petroleum recovery, said method comprising: a) positioning a selective membrane (14) between an aqueous solution (18) and formation water (20) having a higher solute concentration than the aqueous solution (18), such that water passes across the membrane (14) by osmosis to dilute the formation water (20), b) injecting the diluted formation water (22) into the petroleum-bearing formation, c) recovering formation water from the petroleum-bearing formation, and d) using at least a portion of the recovered formation water in step a).
US07942202B2	Continuous fibers for use in well completion, intervention, and other subterranean applications Methods and related systems for use with a continuous fiber based system for use with well bore completions. Wherein a plurality of continuous fibers are deployable into a portion of a well bore completion, such that a fiber management module is adapted and positioned within the borehole to facilitate deployment of and communication with the plurality of continuous fibers. Further, the number of deployable continuous fibers of the continuous fiber based system can provide for sufficient redundancy to make at least a target measurement relating to the completion.
US07942200B2	Downhole fluid injection dispersion device The invention described herein is directed to a downhole fluid injection dispersion device. This invention may be employed to radially disperse fluid injected downhole in a well bore. This invention comprises a body comprising an inlet port and at least two radial outlet ports.
US07942199B2	Method for installing wellbore string devices A method for securing a wellbore string device to a wellbore liner tubular employs a swelling elastomer to frictionally grip a gap between the wellbore string device and the liner tubular. The swelling elastomer is positioned between the wellbore string device and the wellbore liner tubular, then activated to cause it to swell to engage the wellbore string device with the wellbore liner tubular. The wellbore string device may be a centralizer, a wear band or a torque ring.
US07942198B2	Aerator for a well water pumping system A novel aerator for use inside a well casing in conjunction with a submersible pump, the aerator comprising a check-valve with a nozzle for spraying a portion of a water supply that is being pumped by the pump. The spray is directed towards the well water within the well casing and is calibrated to provide enough agitation to promote the evolution of dissolved gases in the water both as it is sprayed and also as the spray contacts the surface of the well water. The check-valve is calibrated to operate at a pressure threshold to ensure that spraying occurs only when the pump is running.
US07942177B2	Pneumatic tire with tread having lug grooves, sipes, and fine groove Provided is a pneumatic tire that has a directional tread pattern and includes: a rib-shaped first land area extending in the tire-circumferential direction in a center section of a tread portion; paired first main grooves being adjacent respectively to the two sides of the first land area; paired second land areas being adjacent respectively to the outer sides of the first main grooves; paired second main grooves being adjacent respectively to the outer sides of the second land areas; paired third land areas being adjacent respectively to the outer sides of the second main grooves; a fine groove extending at the center of the first land area; plural lug grooves formed in the first land area; and plural sipes formed in the first land area. Each lug groove intersects with a corresponding sipe. An end of the lug groove formed in the first land area is formed as a dead end between the fine groove and a corresponding first main groove. The width and depth of each lug groove formed in the first land area are gradually reduced from its open-end side to its closed-end side. Each sipe formed in the first land area communicates with the fine groove, and includes: a deeper section between a corresponding first main groove and the intersection with a corresponding lug groove; and a shallower section between the fine groove and the intersection with the corresponding lug groove.
US07942175B2	Method of processing wooden piece A method is of processing a wooden piece into a predetermined three dimensional shape by compressing the wooden piece. The method includes compressing a first wooden piece and a second wooden piece in a water vapor atmosphere of a temperature and a pressure higher than a temperature and a pressure of an atmospheric air, by placing the first and the second wooden pieces one on another, the first wooden piece having a shape including a curved surface, and the second wooden piece having a flat board-like shape in which a large part of fiber components run in a direction substantially parallel to a surface.
US07942163B2	Flat face, pipe coupling with spring-loaded shutoff sleeves to prevent spillage upon uncoupling A pipe coupling connecting and disconnecting media conducting pipes, hoses or like conduits, which comprise two coupling halves situated at ends of the conduits; and a connector and a socket end having shutoff sleeves in both coupling halves.
US07942161B2	Push-fit valve with integrated mounting assembly The present invention provides an integrated valve, push connection and push release components, and a valve mounting assembly for use on fluid, air or gas applications. The invention allows for the installation of the valve by sliding the valve over the supply tube/piping or pushing the tube/piping into the valve. Once connected, an o-ring seals the connection, a packing gland applies energy to the o-ring seal maintaining constant, even pressure across the seal, and a grip ring applies opposing energy to prevent the disconnection of the assembly. The quick connection assembly is retained by a retaining cap, which applies constant, positive force on the sealing surface.
US07942158B2	Ultrasonic edge washing apparatus An edge of a material to be washed is held between forked portions of a vibration transmitting portion. An ultrasonic vibrator is attached to an enlarged portion of the vibration transmitting portion, and the ultrasonic waves supplied from the ultrasonic vibrator irradiate the washing liquid flowing to the forked portion, and the edge of the material to washed is washed by the ultrasonic wave and the washing liquid.
US07942155B2	Portable oral hygiene system A novel oral hygiene system comprised of a plurality of substantially cylindrical pieces removably attached to each other that may be adapted to contain breath spray, dental floss, a dental floss cutter, toothpicks and breath mints in a compact and highly portable container.
US07942149B2	Forehead support for a facial mask A forehead support for a respiratory mask. The forehead support includes a pair of arms. The arms are each adapted to locate a forehead cushion. The arms are also adapted to pivot relative to each other. The arms are also selectively lockable at two or more angular positions relative to each other. The forehead support can thus be adjusted to suit the facial topography of the wearer of the respiratory mask.
US07942147B2	Aerosol forming device for use in inhalation therapy The present invention relates to the inhalation delivery of aerosols containing small particles. Specifically, it relates to a device that forms drug containing aerosols for use in inhalation therapy. In a device aspect of the present invention, a device for delivering drug containing aerosols for inhalation therapy is provided. The device includes a housing and an airway that has a gas/vapor mixing airway. The airway further includes a subassembly, which has a metallic substrate coated on its surface with a composition comprising a drug.
US07942135B1	Vapor pressure enhancer and method The present invention relates to a device that installs in-line in the fuel supply line of a gasoline, diesel, propane, or natural gas powered vehicle. The device consists of a hollow cylinder that contains a tightly packed copper wire core. The copper wire serves as a catalyst to crack the fuel's carbon chain molecules as the fuel flows through the device. The resulting fuel contains more and shorter fuel molecules, has a higher vapor pressure and burns more efficiently in the vehicle's engine.
US07942130B2	Regulator flow noise prevention for fuel system of a vehicle Vapor reducing structure (25) is constructed and arranged to be associated with a fuel pressure regulator (18) of a fuel system (10′) of a vehicle. The pressure regulator has an outlet (28) for fuel that is in excess of fuel required by an engine of the vehicle. The reducing structure includes a fuel accumulator (26) associated with an outlet of the pressure regulator defining a volume in which fuel exiting the outlet of the regulator can accumulate. Flow restricting structure (30′) is associated with the accumulator and is constructed and arranged to create sufficient back-pressure to eliminate vaporization of the fuel exiting the outlet of the pressure regulator.
US07942125B2	Intake and exhaust system of internal combustion engine An exhaust system of the internal combustion engine is provided, which includes an exhaust manifold mounted in a multiple cylinder engine of the internal combustion engine and configured to expel air burned in the cylinder when an exhaust valve is opened, a plurality of exhaust pipes connected to the exhaust manifold and configured to dispense an exhaust gas to the outside, a muffler and a plurality of exhaust balancers configured to function as a condenser are selectively mounted in the exhaust system so as to fill a part of the exhaust gas inside and then re-exhaust the filled exhaust gas when the exhaust is completed. The exhaust system improves a power of the engine by lowering exhaust pressure generated from exhaust resistance than that of the cylinder.
US07942122B2	Engine head cover assembly having an integrated oil separator and a removable cover A head cover assembly for covering a crankcase of an internal combustion engine includes a head cover, a removable cover, a guide, and an integral oil separator. The oil separator includes a labyrinth that defines a flow path that separates oil from crankcase gases passing therethrough. The guide includes a tubular body presenting a passage for which manifold vacuum may draw crankcase gas from the oil separator. The cover includes an aperture. The tubular body is disposed through the aperture such that the outer tube surface is spaced apart from the inner edge of the aperture to define a gap in which separated oil may drain back into the engine for recycling.
US07942120B2	Variable camshaft timing system A variable camshaft timing (VCT) system for an internal combustion engine is described. In one example, the system includes a spool valve that displaces oil from one phaser chamber to another phaser chamber when the spool valve is moved. The system may respond faster than systems that employ a pump to move oil between phaser chambers.
US07942118B2	Oil system for active fuel management on four valve engines An oil system for selectively deactivating valves for specified cylinders of an internal combustion engine includes a cylinder head having a lash adjuster oil passage and a cylinder deactivation oil passage. Plugs are coupled to the cylinder head separating the cylinder deactivation oil passage into separate portions. A clearance between a portion of each plug and the head allows a controlled flow of oil to pass from the lash adjuster oil passage to the cylinder deactivation oil passage to purge air from the cylinder deactivation oil passage. A valve is operable to selectively supply pressurized oil to the cylinder deactivation oil passage to deactivate the specified cylinders.
US07942115B2	System for transformation of rectilinear motion into curvilinear motion, or vice versa, particularly for internal combustion engine The invention relates to an improved system for transformation of rectilinear motion into curvilinear motion, or vice versa, in an internal combustion engine. The system comprising a rotor element and a stator element, one of said the rotor element and stator element having a closed spiral profile. The spiral profile having a continuous curvilinear portion for at least 270°, and a ramp portion joining the ends of the continuous curvilinear portion.
US07942114B2	Underwater food delivery system and method of use Disclosed herein is a delivery system for the underwater feeding of aquatic life, wherein the delivery system is compact and secured to a user thereby providing ease of use and ready accessibility of the delivery system while the user is engaged in underwater activities. The delivery system further prevents the backwash of water from the aqueous environment into the delivery system when in use. Additionally, the delivery system comprises a food composition for the feeding of the aquatic life that is not readily water soluble and that has a sufficient viscosity such that the food composition will not readily disperse or dissolve when dispensed into the aqueous environment.
US07942109B2	Spill-proof coloring container The spill-proof coloring container is an invention that because of its unique geometry and design, will when oriented in any position prevent spillage of liquid contents when filled to predetermined amount. Because of the use of vacuum formed sheet in the construction of the container, the container pieces are compactly stackable and are of substantially low manufacturing cost. The container is principally intended for use by young children to facilitate painting pictures and dying objects such as Easter eggs without the mess otherwise associated with painting and dying. The invention is also intended to help avoid the mess associated with pouring paint or paint powder concentrates otherwise encountered when preparing a cup of paint for general purpose painting.
US07942108B2	Noisemaker pennant The noisemaker pennant is a combination pennant or flag and a noisemaker device that enables the sports fan to simultaneously express his or her emotions at an event both visually and audibly. Waving the present noisemaker pennant serves to display the pennant or flag thereon, while simultaneously activating the noisemaker device attached thereto. The noisemaker pennant may have various types of pennants, flags, banners, etc. formed of relatively thin, flexible material, with a sports team logo, player's name, political symbol, etc., displayed thereon. The noisemaker portion may be any of various devices, including, but not limited to, clappers, ratcheting devices, bells, whistles, etc. The noisemaker portion and/or the pennant may be removably secured to the staff, to allow the user to interchangeably install different noisemakers with the pennant or flag. A handgrip is provided on the staff opposite the noisemaker end thereof.
US07942107B2	Delivery systems for pressure protecting and delivering a submerged payload and methods for using the same A payload delivery system for protecting and delivering a payload submerged in a submersion medium includes a containment system. The containment system includes a container and a dehiscing system. The container includes a pressure-resistant shell defining a sealed containment chamber. The dehiscing system is operative to dehisce the shell to open the containment chamber to the submersion medium responsive to a prescribed event and/or a prescribed environmental condition.
US07942102B2	Liquid distribution apparatus employing a check valve for distributing liquid into a seed furrow Aspects of the present invention involve an extension adapted to extend from a planter, such as the seed tube portion of the planter, into a seed furrow in order to engage seeds being deposited therein, where such engagement may involve deflecting the seeds toward the vertex region of the furrow and/or firming the seeds in the furrow. The extension includes or supports a fluid distribution arrangement such as a hose or the like, which may be separate or integral with the liquid supply hose of a planter. The fluid distribution arrangement is adapted to supply fluid, such as liquid fertilizer, insecticide, water, etc., to the furrow. A valve is provided in the fluid flow path in the region of the fluid distribution arrangement to control the distribution of fluid to the furrow. The valve may be a check valve that allows fluid flow therethrough when fluid pressure exceeds a value such that the valve opens, and prevents fluid flow when the pressure decreases below the valve activation pressure.
US07942094B2	Frozen drink maker A frozen drink maker is provided having an ice shaving unit with a rotatable ice chute. A plurality of blender units are positioned about the ice shaving unit, each having a removable blender jar for receiving shaved ice therein. A programmable controller is operably connected to the ice shaving unit and each of the blender units for controlling the operation of the ice shaving unit and the blender units. The programmable controller includes a plurality of preprogrammed routines to make a plurality of different frozen drink, wherein the programmable controller can be selectively set to make one of the plurality of frozen drink in each of the blender jars.
US07942093B2	Automatic brewed beverage dispenser comprising an infused product ejecting device The invention relates to an automatic dispenser for infused beverages made from powdered coffee or from pre-packaged capsules comprising, inside a housing: an infusion group (1) containing an infusion chamber (2) having a bottom and an opening (3) and being able to receive a pressing plunger (5), actuating means (7) for effecting a sliding movement relative to the pressing plunger (5) and/or said infusion chamber (2) relative to one another, starting from a position of rest, in which the plunger is located outside the chamber, and up to a working position inside the infusion chamber, and an ejecting plate mounted inside the infusion chamber (2) in a manner that enables it to be displaced between the bottom and the opening (3) of the latter by means of a drive device, and; a device (20) for ejecting the cake consisting of coffee grounds or ejecting infused capsules when said ejecting plate is brought to the level of the opening (3) of the infusion chamber (2), this ejecting device comprising an ejecting arm (21) placed in alternating motion above the opening (3) of the infusion chamber (2). According to the invention, the ejecting arm (21) is mounted in a manner that enables it to rotate about a pivotal axis (24) perpendicular to the plane of the opening (3) of the infusion chamber (2) and it is driven in its alternating motion by a single cam (30) that can move with the pressing plunger (5) or with the infusion chamber (2) whose profile is such that it ensures the two-way displacement of the ejecting arm.
US07942091B2	Shotgun drum magazine A magazine for shotgun shells for use with a shotgun including an open frame housing having a generally flat front and a generally flat rear portion connected and separated by spacers. The flat front and flat rear portions each include an annular groove, the annular groove forming an annular path along which the shells travel. A rotatably mounted cog wheel for carrying the shells along the annular path and a coil spring for rotating the cog wheel such that shells can be manually loaded into the magazine against a force generated against the spring and automatically dispensed by the spring.
US07942090B1	Enhanced operating life blank fire attachment for gas-operated weapons An blank firing attachment, with enhanced operating life, for use with gas-operated weapons; wherein, a tungsten carbide stem extending from the attachment is inserted into the bore of the weapon's barrel, the stem having a cross-sectional area less than the cross-sectional area of the bore, to provide backpressure within the barrel to properly cycle the weapon.
US07942078B2	Structural connection of a motor and gear unit A structural connector for providing a structural interconnection between the housing of a gear unit and the housing of an electric motor, the structural connector being of a modular type including a base member adapted for connection to at least one of the housing of an electric motor and the housing of a gear unit, and at least two side wall members, the side wall members having a motor end adapted for connection to one of an electric motor housing and the base member and a gear end adapted for connection to a gear unit housing, the side wall members lying at least in substantial part in a plane inclined at an angle of at least 60 degrees relative to a plane containing at least a part of the base member, and the side wall members being spaced apart by connection to an interposed housing.
US07942068B2	Method and system for multi-path ultrasonic flow rate measurement In one embodiment, a multi-path ultrasonic flow meter for determining the flow rate of a fluid in a conduit is disclosed comprising at least two transducer pairs attached to the conduit at two chord locations, one greater than and one less than a mid-radius chord, wherein the composite ratio the two path velocities to the flow rate is substantially constant over the range of Reynolds numbers. In another embodiment, a method of determining the flow rate of a fluid in a conduit is disclosed comprising the steps of determining a composite velocity by determining a weighted average of a plurality of path velocities, determining a chord velocity ratio based on the path velocities, determining a profile correction factor based on the composite velocity and the chord velocity ratio, and determining the flow rate based on the composite velocity and the profile correction factor.
US07942063B2	Processing apparatus A processing apparatus is provided. The processing apparatus includes a processing portion, an actuator, a casing, a preload mechanism, a force sensor, and a detection unit. The processing portion includes a cutting edge. The actuator is configured to cause the processing portion to vibrate microscopically. The casing is configured to accommodate the actuator. The preload mechanism is disposed inside the casing and configured to impart a preload to the actuator. The force sensor is disposed between the cutting edge and the preload mechanism. The detection unit detects a cutting force of the processing portion based on an output of the force sensor.
US07942060B2	Universal ultrasound holder and rotation device Provided herein are devices and methods for mounting variously configured medical imaging probes for imaging applications. In one aspect, a holding device allows for interfacing/holding most conventional ultrasound probes such that the probes may be attached to a positioning device using a common interface. As ultrasound probes come in various sizes and lengths, the device may adjust to different lengths, widths and shapes of different probes. Hence, the device may work in a substantially universal manner while securely holding probes with little wobble or other problems.
US07942057B2	Method and a system for monitoring structural changes of a fiber web A method for monitoring the structural state of a fiber web (1) that is being processed by a fiber web processing machine comprising a fiber web processing station (2) is described. The method comprises the steps of arranging a generator (5) and a detector (6) of a generator-detector unit (4) on opposite sides of the traveling fiber web (1) downstream of the fiber web processing station; bringing the generator to emit an ultrasonic wave; bringing the detector to receive the ultrasonic wave; sending a signal representing the received ultrasonic wave to a control unit (10); and, in the control unit, analyzing the signal and extracting a value from the signal representing a measure of the received ultrasonic wave. A system for monitoring the structural state of a fiber web is also described.
US07942050B2	Reliability test plate for appearance treatment and the method thereof The reliability test plate for appearance treatment is used to coat with predetermined paint or material. The reliability test plate at least includes an appearance simulation area for simulating at least partial appearance of an electronic product, and at least one test plane area. The appearance simulation area and the test plane area can be coated with the predetermined paint. Then, one reliability test item can be performed at the test plane area.
US07942047B2	Method for determining the length of the footprint on the ground of a tire of a wheel of a vehicle A method for determining, while a vehicle is traveling, the length of the footprint on the ground of a tire (7) including a metal belt, fitted to a rim (6) of a wheel of the vehicle. According to the invention, this method includes mounting a magnetic sensor (16) on the rim (6) and analyzing the signal representing the magnetic field measured by the magnetic sensor, so as to detect the variations of the magnetic field resulting from the deformations sustained by a circumferential zone of the tire (7) situated opposite the magnetic sensor (8) when, respectively, the circumferential zone enters into contact with the ground and leaves the ground.
US07942046B2	Testing strut assembly A method of testing a steerable wheel assembly incorporating a shock absorber strut, comprising providing a combined linear and rotary actuator, engaging a lower end of the assembly with the actuator so that the line of linear action of the actuator is aligned with the line of compression of the strut, operating the actuator to compress the strut, and operating the actuator in a rotary sense to apply a steering torque to the assembly. A linear actuator is engageable with the assembly via a load coupling to load the strut. The load coupling comprising a first part on the actuator adapted to engage a second part on the assembly, the two parts being adapted to provide a self-aligning action as the actuator engages the assembly. Preferably, one of the two parts comprises a tapered recess formation, and the other two parts comprises a tapered projecting formation engageable in the tapered recess formation. The actuator is preferably controlled by feedback control loops, one incorporating a load sensor, another a torque sensor, which may be combined in a sensor cell located between the actuator and the load coupling.
US07942040B2	Knocking determination device and method for internal combustion engine Out of synthesized waveforms of vibrations in a first frequency band A to a third frequency band C, a knock magnitude N is calculated by using a portion β having an integrated value greater than a reference magnitude in a knock region but not using a portion having an integrated value greater than the reference magnitude out of the knock region (i.e., a region obtained by excluding the knock region from a knock detecting gate). In a case where knock magnitude N is greater than a determination value V(KX), it is determined that knocking occurs. In contrast, in a case where knock magnitude N is not greater than determination value V(KX), it is determined that no knocking occurs.
US07942039B2	Method and engine control unit to detect combustion misses in part-engine operation In a method for detecting combustion misses in cylinders of a combustion engine in part-engine operation in which only some of the cylinders are operated by the injection of fuel, a positional angle of the crankshaft is assigned to an angle segment; each angle segment is assigned to the particular cylinder which predominantly provides the torque for moving the crankshaft through the angle segment; an irregular running datum is determined as a function of a difference of segment pass-through times of immediately successive angle segments; and a combustion miss is detected if the irregular running datum exceeds or undershoots a limit value. In part-engine operation, the irregular running datum is determined only for two successive angle segments that are assigned to a combusting cylinder and to a non-combusting cylinder.
US07942033B2	Systems for the detection of trace vapors and particles in air A detector for the detection for trace vapors and particles in the air that includes a housing; a well formed in the housing; a heated filter positioned across the well; a source delivering sampled air substantially perpendicular to the open end of the well on a first side of the filter; a source to supply dry air across the first side of the filter; a detector line in communication with the at least one well on a second side of the filter; and a second dry air source for supplying air to the second side of the filter at a pressure below atmospheric pressure. An automatic inspection station that includes a vibrator for vibrating articles to be inspected. An automatic inspection station that includes a heating element positioned below an upper surface of the floor and an inlet positioned above the floor.
US07942024B2	Washing machine provided with silver solution supply device A washing machine comprising a tub, a water supply unit for supplying water to the tub and a silver solution supply device for supplying a silver solution to the tub, wherein the silver solution supply device includes a housing provided with an inlet and an outlet, a water feed unit for connecting the inlet of the housing and the water supply unit of the washing machine, two silver members installed in the housing and ionized by the electrolysis, and a current speed reduction member positioned between an end of the silver member located at the outlet and the outlet of the housing. The current speed reduction member reduces the current speed of the wash water supplied to the silver solution supply device and changes the current of the wash water, thereby allowing the silver members to be sufficiently ionized and providing sufficient antibiotic and bactericidal effects.
US07942008B2	Method and system for reducing power plant emissions A method for operating a power plant to facilitate reducing emissions, wherein the power plant includes a gas turbine engine assembly and a carbon dioxide (CO2) separator. The method includes increasing an operating pressure of exhaust gas discharged from the gas turbine engine assembly, separating substantially all the CO2 entrained within the gas turbine engine utilizing the CO2 separator to produce a CO2 lean airstream, reducing the operating temperature of the CO2 lean airstream, and utilizing the cooled CO2 lean airstream to facilitate reducing an operating temperature of air entering the gas turbine engine assembly.
US07942001B2	Cascaded organic rankine cycles for waste heat utilization A pair of organic Rankine cycle systems (20, 25) are combined and their respective organic working fluids are chosen such that the organic working fluid of the first organic Rankine cycle is condensed at a condensation temperature that is well above the boiling point of the organic working fluid of the second organic Rankine style system, and a single common heat exchanger (23) is used for both the condenser of the first organic Rankine cycle system and the evaporator of the second organic Rankine cycle system. A preferred organic working fluid of the first system is toluene and that of the second organic working fluid is R245fa.
US07941998B2	Hydrostatic continuously variable transmission A hydrostatic continuously variable transmission includes a swash plate type plunger hydraulic pump and a swash plate type plunger hydraulic motor connected via a hydraulic closed circuit, an inclined angle of a swash plate of the hydraulic motor is variably controlled for continuous shift control. A lock-up mechanism closes the hydraulic closed circuit to make lockup executed when the quantity of oil that flows from the hydraulic pump into the hydraulic motor decreases according to variable control over the inclined angle of the swash plate. The input rotation of the hydraulic pump and the output rotation of the hydraulic motor are substantially synchronous. The lock-up mechanism is operated when lockup control oil pressure is applied and closes the hydraulic closed circuit. A lockup control oil passage that supplies the lockup control oil pressure is provided with an opening opened and closed according to the inclination of the swash plate.
US07941993B2	Engine cooling Cavities 4 are defined within an engine nacelle 1 with an inner surface 2 and an outer surface 3. Within these cavities 4, an evaporatable liquid 5 is arranged such that a proportion of the liquid 5 is in a gaseous phase in order to facilitate heat transfer between the inner surface 2 or the outer surface 3 and a hot surface. The liquid condenses upon the inner surface 2 or the outer surface 3 and collects into a pool for subsequent further evaporation by the hot surface of an insulated gate bi-polar transistor or convertor/generator components in order to facilitate further cooling of electric components housed or arranged in the nacelle 1 or nearby.
US07941989B2	Deck flashing trim system An article of flashing for a deck includes a channel with a back leg, a first side leg, and a second side leg and further includes an attachment flange fixedly connected to the channel where the channel is adapted to receive decking. A deck flashing system includes a deck with a surface and at least one edge, decking forming the surface of the deck, and flashing extending along the at least one edge, the flashing having a channel adapted to receive the decking. A method of trimming a deck includes erecting deck framing, installing decking on the framing, and installing flashing on at least one edge or the entire perimeter of the deck.
US07941984B2	Wind force resistant structure The present disclosure relates to a box-shaped structure of inter-related structural components. The structural components are combined to create a single three dimensional component the shape of a rectangular prism. The structure is formed by creating a pair of exterior walls from horizontal members and a series of laterally spaced vertical members that are coupled to the horizontal members by truss plates. The structure also includes a series of laterally spaced rectangular ribs that are coupled to the exterior walls by additional truss plates. The ribs and the walls are further coupled by use of wood sheeting along the top of the structure to form the resultant assembly. The entire assembly is connected together with a series of bolt and steel angle connectors, allowing the entire module to act monolithically.
US07941977B2	Unitary configured bird repellent apparatus A bird repellent apparatus having an integral base member and a plurality of prongs. The base member, by means of a plurality of tabs having holes for receiving screws or other fasteners, can be affixed to virtually any desired surface. The plurality of prongs with sharp tips presents an impossible barrier to birds that would otherwise land or perch on the surface to which the present invention is affixed. The combined base member and prongs are formed from injection molded plastic structure that also provide the tabs having holes to secure the base member to the underlying surface.
US07941974B2	Inflatable shelter for use in hostile environment A flexible, inflatable shelter is held within a storage container. The shelter can be erected rapidly, by directing compressed gas held or produced within the container, into the flexible material which will define the finished shelter. Personnel using the shelter then enter through an air lock door located in the storage container. An air lock may be alternatively provided such that is located at least partly within the deployed shelter, and so that it does not occupy substantial space in the container. The container includes supplies necessary to sustain life for an extended period. The shelter can be used to protect personnel from harmful environments caused by accidents or explosions in mines, tunnels, industrial plants, and the like. The container is compact, but allows rapid deployment of the flexible material to produce a shelter which is of approximately the same volume, or greater, than that of the storage container.
US07941972B2	Powered opening and closing system for vehicle's door A powered opening and closing system includes a door supported on a vehicle body, a motor, a drive mechanism for moving the door in opening and closing directions by virtue of power of the motor, an operation detecting sensor for detecting a handle operation when the door is operated to open or close, and a control circuit for prohibiting the operation of the drive mechanism when a predetermined operation prohibiting condition is detected. The drive mechanism brakes the movement of the door by putting the clutch in an engaged state while the motor is kept stopped. While the predetermined operation prohibiting condition is detected, the control circuit controls the clutch to be engaged while keeping the motor stopped when an opening of the door is detected, and controls the clutch to be disengaged when an operation of the handle is detected by the operation detection sensor.
US07941959B1	Modular integrated rail assembly for firearms A modular integrated rail system for a firearm includes an upper hand guard having a dovetail rail extending longitudinally between the forward end and the rearward end thereof. The rearward end of the upper hand guard includes a clamp that removably secures the upper hand guard to the barrel nut of the firearm. The rearward end of the upper hand guard and the clamp include clamping surfaces configured to cooperatively engage the outer surface of the barrel nut. The upper hand guard further includes mounting channels that are used to mount accessories, such as a lower hand guard or a grenade launcher, to the upper hand guard. The rear end of the upper hand guard includes alignment tabs for automatically aligning the dovetail rail of the upper hand guard with the dovetail rail of the upper receiver during mounting. The tabs also prevent rotation of the rail system relative to the upper receiver during use.
US07941955B2	Pivoting, non-detachable magazine An improved firearm including a non-detachable, pivoting magazine is disclosed. The magazine is pivotally attached at its rear end to a sliding arm. The sliding arm is slidably retained within the magazine well of the firearm. The sliding arm is configured to move upwardly and downwardly within the track to allow the magazine to be raised into and lowered out of the magazine well. When the magazine is lowered out of the magazine well, the magazine can be pivoted about its pivotal connection with the sliding arm such that a front end portion of the magazine pivots downwardly and rearwardly to allow ammunition cartridges to be loaded into and unloaded from the magazine.
US07941954B2	Compact foldable handgun A handgun comprised of a frame having a barrel with a muzzle end and a breech end. A breech area is adjacent the breech end of the barrel. A slide is movable on the frame between one of a closed position and a blow-back position. An opening in the slide allows communication with the breech area. A hatch on the slide is movable between one of a closed position enclosing the breech area and an open position allowing access to the breech area.
US07941953B2	Separable composite labeling articles in sheet or roll form The disclosure relates to a linear series (110) of connected unitary sheet-like merchandise labeling articles (10), each of which comprises a labeling tag (12) flatly cojoined along a unifying flat bond zone (14) with a flexible elastic layer (16) that extends away from the tag (12) and includes an elastic fastening loop (20). Adjacent labeling articles (10) of the series (110) are ruptureably connected in a manner permitting the series (110) to be handled as a unit while at the same time permitting ruptureable separation of individual merchandise labeling articles (10) from the series (110). In one embodiment, the linear series (110) is wound into roll form (210).
US07941946B2	Article of footwear for sailing An article of footwear for water sports disclosed. The article may be worn by a helmsman on a sailboat. The article may include provisions to facilitate increased traction and support for a foot of the helmsman.
US07941942B2	Article of footwear including a composite upper An upper made of a composite material is disclosed. The composite material comprises a layer of carbon fiber material and a flexible substrate. The composite material also includes a thin outer coating of TPU. The upper is generally flexible and lightweight.
US07941933B2	Clamping device A clamping device for mounting a vehicle wheel on a balancing machine. The clamping device has a clamping flange and a plurality of centering bolts. The clamping flange is provided with plural sets of recesses for the centering bolts. An insertable section of each centering bolt is removably insertable into a recess. A profiled contour in the insertable section of the centering bolt and an inner contour of a sidewall of the clamping flange delimiting the recess are not circular and have complementary shapes such that the centering bolt is accommodated in the recess such that some sections of the centering bolt can be rotated about the longitudinal axis thereof. When the centering bolt is rotated, at least one subarea of a circumferential surface in the insertable section of the centering bolt frictionally engages with at least one adjacent subarea of the sidewall of the clamping flange delimiting the recess.
US07941927B1	Folding knife lock A folding knife having a movable locking element that locks the blade in open position and retains the blade in secure closed position within an integrated spaced parallel monolithic handle frame member. A spring-urged locking retainment arm engages corresponding parallel portions of the blade shank when in respective locked open and locked closed positions. Sliding longitudinal displacement of the retainment arm allows for progressive engaged rotation of the blade shank about a pivot mounting point to a fully closed and locked position against two blade shank engagement points by the locking arm.
US07941925B2	Method of forming members for providing sealing or baffling There is disclosed a member for sealing, baffling and/or reinforcing components of an automotive vehicle. The assembly generally includes a carrier, an expandable material and at least one fastener.
US07941914B2	Tool for terminated cable assemblies A tool includes a housing and a plunger supported by the housing. The housing has one or more tines configured to unlatch at least one terminated cable assembly from an electrical connector assembly. The plunger is configured to at least partially remove the at least one terminated cable assembly from the electrical connector assembly. The tool can be used as an extraction and insertion tool facilitating the repair of high speed electrical connectors.
US07941913B2	Component placement unit as well as a component placement device comprising such a component placement unit A component placement unit for placing a component on a substrate, which component placement unit comprises at least one nozzle which is rotatable about a central axis, by means of which a component can be picked up and placed on the substrate. The component placement unit further comprises at least one sensor for determining the orientation of the component relative to the nozzle. At least one optical element is disposed between said sensor and said nozzle. A first focus plane of the optical element at least substantially coincides with the central axis of the nozzle, whilst a second focus plane substantially coincides with the sensor, wherein an image produced by means of the sensor is a contour image of the component.
US07941904B2	Method and apparatus for stripping a contact-limiting element from a pipette probe An automated analyzer for performing multiple diagnostic assays simultaneously includes multiple stations, or modules, in which discrete aspects of the assay are performed on fluid samples contained in reaction receptacles. The analyzer includes stations for automatically preparing a specimen sample, incubating the sample at prescribed temperatures for prescribed periods, performing an analyte isolation procedure, and ascertaining the presence of a target analyte. An automated receptacle transporting system moves the reaction receptacles from one station to the next. The analyzer further includes devices for carrying a plurality of specimen tubes and disposable pipette tips in a machine-accessible manner, a device for agitating containers of target capture reagents comprising suspensions of solid support material and for presenting the containers for machine access thereto, and a device for holding containers of reagents in a temperature controlled environment and presenting the containers for machine access thereto. A method for performing an automated diagnostic assay includes an automated process for isolating and amplifying a target analyte. The process is performed by automatically moving each of a plurality of reaction receptacles containing a solid support material and a fluid sample between stations for incubating the contents of the reaction receptacle and for separating the target analyte bound to the solid support from the fluid sample. An amplification reagent is added to the separated analyte after the analyte separation step and before a final incubation step.
US07941898B2	Window rotating handle A window operator handle securable to a casement window operating drive shaft is described. The handle is movable between an operating position to a folded position The handle has a body housing that has a cavity which includes an operating mechanism. The operating mechanism has an assembly body secured to the housing, a pivotal member positioned in a first section of the assembly body and a sliding member positioned in at least a second portion of the assembly body. The pivotal member is adapted to pivot from a first position to a second position as the handle is moved from a first position to a second position. The pivotal member is held in one position and the other position by the sliding member. The sliding member is retained in contact with the pivotal member by a spring means in said assembly body.
US07941880B2	Connecting structure for a bed foot The present invention discloses a connecting structure for a bed foot. The bed foot is pivotally connected to a bottom of a bed board frame. An inner side of the bed foot is pivotally connected with at least one support rod. The support rod has a free end formed with a through hole. The bottom of the bed board frame is provided with a protruding post corresponding in position to the through hole. The through hole has an opening at one side thereof so that the through hole is able to engage with the protruding post through the opening, without aiming at the protruding post. Accordingly, the operation is very convenient and quick.
US07941879B2	Bed with automatic mattress lifting system The bed with automatic mattress lifting system is a bed with a frame and an internal drive system for raising a mattress above the frame, allowing the user to easily change the sheets or other bed coverings. The mattress rests on a mattress supporting platform, which, in the lowered position, is received within the frame. In operation, driven motion of an internal rod caused by a drive system located within the frame generates rotation in a lever arm. The lever arm is secured to a shaft that extends across the frame, and rotation of the shaft causes a pair of supports to rotate. Upper ends of the supports are joined to a lower surface of the mattress supporting platform, thus driving upward movement of the mattress supporting platform. The sheets cover both the mattress and the platform, allowing the sheets to be changed without having to manually lift the mattress.
US07945964B2	Apparatus structure and scanning probe microscope including apparatus structure Provided are a structure of an apparatus for analysis, inspection, and measurement in which a support structure supporting a detection unit is resistant to disturbance, suppresses a reduction in resolution during large-sample measurement, and has high rigidity, and a probe microscope using the apparatus structure. The apparatus structure supporting the detection unit which is opposed to a sample which is located on a unit movable in at least one axis direction and is an object to be analyzed has an arch shape. In the apparatus structure having the arch shape and supporting the detection unit, a surface substantially perpendicular to a flat surface portion of a sample holder located immediately under the apparatus structure is formed. The detection unit is supported on the perpendicular surface. The arch-shaped apparatus structure is a curved structure consistent with a catenary curve.
US07945956B2	Defining code by its functionality A system and method for defining code by its functionality is disclosed. The technology initially accesses a portion of code. Once the portion of code is accessed at least one functional operation embedded in the code is determined. When the functional operation in the code is determined, the portion of code is then defined by the functional operation. In so doing, the portion of code can be defined by functional operation without requiring the consideration of any semantics related to the portion of code.
US07945955B2	Virus detection in mobile devices having insufficient resources to execute virus detection software A virus scanning system which scans a mobile device/mobile device for files containing viruses even if the files are not executable on the mobile device. Corrective actions such as removing the files can be performed once the viruses are detected. As a result, viruses which are not executable (as being designed for other mobile device types) can also be detected and removed from mobile devices. According to another aspect, a common interface is provided when a virus scanning program requests data from mobile devices, and the computer is provided with different remote application programming interfaces suited to retrieve the specified data from the corresponding mobile devices. As a result, the computer can be extended to integrate scanning of new device types easily. According to one more aspect, a scanning program retrieves only data portions required for continuing the scan operation. According to yet another aspect, the program modules and virus definitions for scanning are received from a server on a network.
US07945952B1	Methods and apparatuses for presenting challenges to tell humans and computers apart Methods and apparatuses to tell humans and machines apart. In one embodiment, automated determination of whether a human or machine is at the other end of a communication channel is based on whether the correct response to a challenge/question is received from the other end of the communication channel. The challenge is provided in a non-image format, such as a text based questions or a sound clip, to prevent abuses of the communication system by computer software robots. The communication system may be primarily for text and/or voice communications, or be such that the rendering image-based challenges can cause significant disruption in normal flow of usage. In one example, the challenge includes deliberately generated random misspelling. In one example, the challenge is context sensitive, factual based, and/or instructive of an operation in a natural language to obtain a result.
US07945951B2	Rights-context elevator System(s), techniques, and/or method(s) (“tools”) are described that enable a user to elevate his or her rights. The tools may do so by switching a user to an account having higher rights or a different, higher-rights context of a same account. The tools may elevate a user's rights after a user enters a secure access sequence, such as Control+Alt+Delete, clicks on a button, or enters credentials. The tools may also enable a user to identify tasks that need higher rights to be performed by visually correlating graphic indicia with these tasks.
US07945946B2	Attribute level access control A method and apparatus for applying access control instructions to attributes. A request is received for permission to perform an operation on an attribute associated with an access control instruction. The access control instruction specifies an allowed type of channel for the operation. If a secure channel has been established with the requester, the permission to perform the action is granted.
US07945944B2	System and method for authenticating and configuring computing devices A system and method for authenticating a host on a network enables the host to update IP configuration and internal configuration of a storage controller connected to the network. The host has an algorithm to decrypt a security key supplied by the storage controller. The host broadcasts a discovery command which includes an IP address of the host and a service requested by the host. The discovery command conforms to a proprietary discovery command protocol. In response to the discovery command, the host receives a response from a storage controller which is able to provide the requested service. The response includes a WWN, IP configuration and a security key of the storage controller, and conforms to the discovery command protocol. Next, the host decrypts the security key received from the storage controller using the decryption algorithm, and sends an updated IP configuration to the storage controller along with the security key for authentication. Next, the host exchanges other keys with the storage controller using IKE and IPSec. Afterwards, the host sends an updated internal configuration to the storage controller.
US07945939B2	Method and system for analyzing cable television signal leak information A method involves identifying a leak location in a cable television system using a detection system, calculating a distance between the leak location and a plurality of shapes or points contained in map data to identify the nearest shape or point, and providing a piece of information corresponding to the nearest shape or point. The piece of information may be a street address or a device.
US07945938B2	Network camera system and control method therefore A network camera system is provided that detects an occurrence of a condition change at a periphery of an image pickup apparatus, obtains a direction of the detected condition change, and notifies a user of the occurrence of the condition change and a direction of the condition change on a display of a terminal device.
US07945929B2	Program guide system with combination category search An interactive television program guide system is provided in which the program guide may provide the user with a selectable list of combination categories. Combination categories are composed of multiple simple categories such as sports, news, comedy, movies, children, etc. Program listings are supplied to the program guide. At least some of the program listings are associated with combination categories. A combination category build process may be used to assign combination categories to program listings. The user is able to use the selectable categories list to quickly identify programming of interest.
US07945926B2	Enhanced custom content television The present invention includes a system and method for combining television broadcast programming content with customized or personalized information and educational or entertainment content. The system includes a set-top box capable of receiving data transmissions and locally rendering video animation for display with, instead of and/or synchronized with television broadcast programs in a way that the television viewer sees a coherent seamless merging of the television program content and supplemental content sources in an indistinguishable format. Preferably, the viewer may interact in real-time with the enhanced television programming to provide a higher level of engagement and customization potential.
US07945914B2	Methods and systems for performing operations in response to detecting a computer idle condition Embodiments of the invention enable the efficient use of shared resources by different processes, such as background and foreground processes sharing a mass storage device. Thus, disk intensive operations, such as file indexing, do not unduly interfere with higher priority processes. In one embodiment, a first process is permitted to access a computer resource for a first predetermined time period. After the first predetermined time period has elapsed, the first process is inhibited from accessing the computer resource for a second predetermined time period. After the second predetermined time period has elapsed, a determination is made as to whether the computer resource is idle, wherein if the computer resource is not idle, the embodiment waits for a third predetermined time period and again determining if the computer resource is idle, and wherein if the computer resource is idle, the embodiment allows the first process to access the computer resource again.
US07945911B1	Barrier synchronization method and apparatus for work-stealing threads Method and apparatus for barrier synchronization of threads, for example work-stealing threads. Embodiments may provide a consensus barrier synchronization mechanism that allows a “stop world” operation being performed by two or more worker threads configured to “steal” work from other threads to complete, even if one or more of the threads are not scheduled/started by the thread scheduler and thus do not rendezvous or “check in” at a consensus barrier in a timely manner. In embodiments, portions (subtasks) of the overall task which were assigned to the tardy thread may have been completed by other work-stealing threads, and one of the other threads may check in the tardy thread at the consensus barrier upon determining that the thread is dormant and does not have any more apportioned work to be performed. In one embodiment, the task being performed may be garbage collection for a process.
US07945907B2	System and method for configuring application programs A system includes a communication unit to receive a request to change a configuration of an application program, and a storage unit to access a configuration state that represents the configuration. The system further includes a processing unit to identify a further configuration state that is consistent with a system of rules. The further configuration state represents a further configuration that complies with the request. The processing unit uses an integrity preserving transition to change the configuration to the further configuration. The integrity preserving transition terminates with the further configuration when the integrity preserving transition changes the configuration.
US07945906B2	Method and software tools for intelligent service pack installation A software tool and method are provided for selectively installing service packs in a computer system according to dependency information and whether or not an upgrade to an application is scheduled. The method comprises prompting a user for desired setup information and installing the service pack associated with an existing application if the application requires the service pack and if the desired setup information indicates that an upgrade component corresponding to the application is not to be installed. In addition, the service pack is installed if the upgrade component is to be installed and if the service pack is required for upgrading the application.
US07945896B2	Implementing request/reply programming semantics using publish/subscribe middleware A request/reply middleware wrapper that transposes an application's request/reply communications into publish/subscribe communications implemented by publish/subscribe middleware where every distributed application component of a distributed application is referenced by a component type and name. Each component type has associated with it a request publish/subscribe topic and a reply publish/subscribe topic. Each distributed application component subscribes to its request and reply topics and can publish to request and reply topics of other component types. By utilizing callback objects, the middleware wrapper facilitates the transmission of a request and replies between distributed application components by posting the requests or replies on an appropriate request or reply publish/subscribe topic.
US07945895B2	Graphical programs with FIFO structure for controller/FPGA communications System and method for communicating between graphical programs executing on respective devices, e.g., a programmable hardware element (PHE) and a controller. The system includes a first node representing a first in, first out (FIFO) structure, and a second node providing a controller interface to the FIFO structure. A first portion of the FIFO is implemented on the PHE, and a second portion of the FIFO is implemented in memory of the controller. The first and second nodes are operable to be included respectively in first and second graphical programs, where the first graphical program is deployable to the PHE, where the second graphical program is deployable to the controller, and where the graphical programs communicate via the FIFO in cooperatively performing a specified task. The FIFO may implement a Direct Memory Access (DMA) FIFO, where at least part of a DMA controller is implemented on or coupled to the PHE.
US07945888B2	Model-based hardware exerciser, device, system and method thereof Device, system and method for verification of a hardware system-under-test including at least one processor. A method includes building an executable image of a hardware exerciser adapted for execution on a test platform selected from: a simulation accelerator, a hardware emulator, a prototype hardware system, and a hardware production wafer. The exerciser image includes embedded data corresponding to architectural knowledge, testing knowledge, and a test template. The test template is defined in a context-free formal language and includes biasing directives to influence at least one of a desired test structure, one or more resources to be included in the test, and one or more values of the included resources. The architectural knowledge is obtained from an architectural model including a formal description of the specification for the system-under-test, and the testing knowledge is obtained from a testing knowledgebase including heuristics for testing desired aspects of the system-under-test.
US07945877B1	Recognizing muliplexers A chain of multiplexers disposed in a logic block is recognized as a selector and a group of logic gates disposed in the logic block and supplying signals to the select pins of the selector is recognized as a decoder, the selector and the decoder together define a n:1 multiplexer. To achieve this, a group of logic gates supplying signals to the select pins of the selector is identified within the logic block. A truth table defining the logic relationship between the signals applied to the group of logic gates and data signals received by the chain of muxes is generated. The chain of muxes is replaced with a selector upon determination that the rows in the truth table are disjoint. After replacing the chain of muxes with a selector, the process is repeated in a similar manner to replace the remaining logic blocks with a decoder.
US07945870B2	Method and apparatus for detecting lithographic hotspots in a circuit layout Method for detecting hotspots in a circuit layout includes constructing a layout graph having nodes, corner edges and proximity edges from the circuit layout, converting the layout graph to a corresponding dual graph, and iteratively selecting edges and nodes having weights greater than a predetermined threshold value at each iteration as hotspots.
US07945863B1	Localized exploded view A method for providing an Integrated Development Environment comprises receiving input from a user identifying an area containing an edge shared by two or more objects, wherein the shared edge includes two or more individual edges corresponding to the objects, and visibly separating the two or more individual edges in a localized exploded view responsive to the receiving.
US07945853B2	Script markup A script markup language provides a declarative mechanism for defining script-based interactive behavior and application logic associated with a document. The script markup defining the interactive behavior and application logic is presented as an independent portion of the markup for the document, separated from any markup concerning the content and presentation of the document.
US07945851B2	Enabling dynamic voiceXML in an X+V page of a multimodal application Enabling dynamic VoiceXML in an X+V page of a multimodal application implemented with the multimodal application operating in a multimodal browser on a multimodal device supporting multiple modes of interaction including a voice mode and one or more non-voice modes, the multimodal application operatively coupled to a VoiceXML interpreter, including representing by the multimodal browser an XML element of a VoiceXML dialog of the X+V page as an ECMAScript object, the XML element comprising XML content; storing by the multimodal browser the XML content of the XML element in an attribute of the ECMAScript object; and accessing the XML content of the XML element in the attribute of the ECMAScript object from an ECMAScript script in the X+V page.
US07945848B2	Dynamically modifying a theme-based media presentation A system and method for dynamically modifying a media presentation is disclosed. A first presentation theme associated with a media presentation is determined. A plurality of multi-media data files are accessed, wherein each of the plurality of multi-media data files comprises associated metadata. A first of the plurality of multi-media data files are associated with the first presentation theme based on the associated metadata and the first of the plurality of multi-media data files is presented.
US07945847B2	Recasting search engine results as a motion picture with audio Computer-implemented methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for recasting search engine results as a motion picture with audio. Embodiments include identifying a search engine query; providing to a search engine the query; receiving from the search engine the results of the query; retrieving a plurality of legacy web pages in dependence upon the results; identifying audio objects in the plurality of legacy web pages for audio rendering; identifying video objects in the plurality of legacy web pages for motion picture rendering; associating one or more of the video objects for motion picture rendering with one or more of the audio objects for audio rendering; determining in dependence upon the selected audio objects and video objects a duration for the motion picture; selecting audio events for rendering the audio objects identified for audio rendering; selecting motion picture video events for rendering the video objects identified for motion picture rendering; assigning the selected audio events and the selected motion picture video events to playback times for the motion picture; rendering, with the selected audio events at their assigned playback times, the audio content of the each of the audio objects identified for audio rendering; rendering, with the selected motion picture video events at their assigned playback times, the video content of the video objects identified for motion picture rendering; and recording in a multimedia file the rendered audio content and motion picture video content.
US07945845B2	Maximum likelihood decoding via mixed-integer adaptive linear programming A method and system decode a sequence of symbols received via a channel to a codeword of an error-correcting code. Log-likelihood ratios are determined from a sequence of symbols received via a channel. A set of constraints is initialized according to the log-likelihood ratios. An adaptive linear programming decoder is applied to the set of constraints and the log- likelihood ratios according to an error-correcting code to produce an estimate of the codeword and an updated set of constraints. If the estimate of the codeword is a non-integer pseudo codeword, further update the set of updated constraints with a set of integer constraints if the estimate of the codeword is the non-integer pseudo codeword, and proceeding with the applying step, and otherwise producing the estimate of the codeword as the final codeword.
US07945843B2	Error correcting code A system for protecting a codeword u against an error in at least one <7-ary symbol, where q is an rth power of two, r>1 (q=2r). The code word u includes information symbols u[0] . . . u[k−1] , k>1 , each information symbol representing an integer in the range {0 . . . 2w−1}, where w=nr, n≧1. A processor includes an integer processing unit for, under control of a program, calculating a parity symbol u[k] for protecting the information symbols, where the parity symbol includes −(a[0]·u[0]+a[1] ·u[1]+. . . +a[k−1]•u[k−1]) mod M, where the multiplication · and the addition + are integer operations. The constants a[0] . . . a[£−1] lie in {0 . . . M−1}, M>1 and are chosen such that the elements a[i]d*qi mod M are unique for iε{0, . . . ,k−1}, jε{0 . . . n−1}, −q
US07945825B2	Recovery while programming non-volatile memory (NVM) Disclosed are methods and circuits for performing recovery associated with programming of non-volatile memory (NVM) array cells. According to embodiments, there are provided methods and circuits for programming NVM cells, including: (1) erasing NVM array cells; (2) loading an SRAM with user data; (3) if programming is successful, then flipping bits in the SRAM; and (4) if programming is not successful, reading data back from the array to the SRAM.
US07945823B2	Programmable address space built-in self test (BIST) device and method for fault detection A built-in self-test (BIST) circuit for testing addressable locations can include a BIST generator (202) that can generate test addresses for testing each addressable location. Defective addresses can be stored in a fault address store (216). An address range selector circuit (230) can limit the range of addresses generated by an address generator (234). Once defective addresses for a first range have been detected, an address range selector circuit (230) can test another range. An entire address range can thus be tested regardless of the depth of a fault address store (216).
US07945812B1	System and method for error correction A hard disk controller includes a direct access module. The direct access module is configured to receive a data stream from a host, the data stream including a plurality of data words to be transferred to a storage device, generate data integrity information based on the plurality of data words, insert the data integrity information into the data stream prior to transmitting the data stream to a buffer memory, and transmit the data stream. A buffer control module is configured to receive the data stream including the data integrity information from the direct access module, and store the data stream in the buffer memory.
US07945810B2	Virtual disk drive system and method A disk drive system and method capable of dynamically allocating data is provided. The disk drive system may include a RAID subsystem having a pool of storage, for example a page pool of storage that maintains a free list of RAIDs, or a matrix of disk storage blocks that maintain a null list of RAIDs, and a disk manager having at least one disk storage system controller. The RAID subsystem and disk manager dynamically allocate data across the pool of storage and a plurality of disk drives based on RAID-to-disk mapping. The RAID subsystem and disk manager determine whether additional disk drives are required, and a notification is sent if the additional disk drives are required. Dynamic data allocation and data progression allow a user to acquire a disk drive later in time when it is needed. Dynamic data allocation also allows efficient data storage of snapshots/point-in-time copies of virtual volume pool of storage, instant data replay and data instant fusion for data backup, recovery etc., remote data storage, and data progression, etc.
US07945807B2	Communication system for a plurality of I/O cards by using the GPIO and a method thereof A communication system for a plurality of I/O cards by using the GPIO (General Purpose Input/Output) and a method thereof are disclosed for overcoming the problems of the prior art; wherein the prior art uses the I2C and UART communication channels causing a greater quantity of the connecting lines to connect, thus the bus resource of the chip is consumed, which raises its cost. The present invention uses at least one GPIO port to replace a failure line of the I2C communication channel, or a failure line of the UART communication channel. The present invention also uses one or a plurality of additional GPIO ports to be the backup GPIO ports. Therefore, the present invention has a lot of characteristics, including excellent back-up capability, low cost, the communication channels can be easily switched, the required quantity of the signal lines is reduced, and the reliability of the communication is increased.
US07945792B2	Tamper reactive memory device to secure data from tamper attacks Systems and methods that can facilitate securing data associated with a memory from tampering are presented. A counter tamper component can detect tamper attacks or tamper attempts associated with a memory and/or data stored therein or associated therewith and reacts to such tamper attacks/attempts, as the counter tamper component can provide evidence of, provide a response to, and/or resist tamper attacks/attempts. The counter tamper component can be associated with a memory module that includes a memory device(s) module and is contained in an electronic device and the memory module can change a color state to provide evidence of tampering. A window component is positioned on the casing of the electronic device so that the memory module is visible to the user so the user can perceive that a tamper attack associated with the module has occurred.
US07945788B2	Removable drive with data encryption A removable drive such as a USB drive or key is provided for connecting to computer devices to provide secure and portable data storage. The drive includes a drive manager adapted to be run by an operating system of the computer device. The drive manager receives a password, generates a random key based on the password, encrypts a user-selected data file in memory of the computer device using the key, and stores the encrypted file in the memory of the removable drive. The drive manager performs the encryption of the data file without corresponding encryption applications being previously loaded on the computer system. The drive manager may include an Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) cryptography algorithm. The drive manager generates a user interface that allows a user to enter passwords, select files for encryption and decryption, and create folders for storing the encrypted files on the removable drive.
US07945783B2	Customizable instant messaging private tags Systems for customizing the privatizing of instant messages preferably comprise a processing device configured to detect a marking of select portions of an instant message as sensitive data. The instant message is parsed for marked sensitive data. An encryption engine encrypts the sensitive data. A modified unencoder is also preferably included for converting the encrypted sensitive data into a data stream that complies with an XML format. Other systems and methods are also provided.
US07945778B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, information processing system and recording medium A member-store functional unit transfers the name of a member store and the title of a campaign to an ID-assigning functional unit which assigns IDs to the title of the campaign and the name of the member store. The ID-assigning functional unit then transmits the IDs to an encoding functional unit. A broadcasting functional unit broadcasts the IDs, encoded by the encoding functional unit, by multiplexing the IDs in an audio signal. A reception functional unit receives the IDs whereas a decoding functional unit extracts and decodes the IDs. The decoding functional unit then outputs the IDs to a customer-number-assigning functional unit with a receiver ID. The customer-number-assigning functional unit forms a judgment on validity of the member-store ID, the campaign ID and the receiver ID, and assigns a customer number to the receiver ID if the member-store ID, the campaign ID and the receiver ID are found valid. An anonymous-customer management functional unit sends the customer number to a member-store functional unit so as to make a request for a transmission of a service identified by the campaign ID to the reception functional unit by way of an anonymous-service management functional unit.
US07945777B2	Identification information protection method in WLAN inter-working By introducing a hierarchical encryption scheme and the use of asymmetric cryptography, the critical information in message exchanges is concealed from unauthorized entities. This helps greatly in preventing man-in-the-middle attacks faced by inter-working. In addition, access control is conducted by introducing a network structure having a rule interpreter that is capable of mapping general rules to WLAN specific commands. It obviates the needs for mobile user's home network to understand information about every WLAN it is inter-worked with. A common interface independent of WLAN technologies could be used by the home network for all the WLANs. The above conception provides a solution to the problems of the protection of user identification information and access control in the inter-working of WLAN.
US07945771B1	System and method for a software application to determine if the storage device and the operating system is an internal drive or an external drive Software program or application can determine if the storage device it was launched from is connected to the host computer system on an internal bus or an external bus. The ability of a software application to determine from where it and the operating system was launched allows it to perform a plurality of actions based on the launch location such as limiting the functionality of an application depending on its launch location. If a software company does not want its software to be installed or executed from an external drive or executed on multiple computers then it can limit the users ability to moved the software from one computer to another on a portable drive connected through a USB or IEEE-1394 port.
US07945770B2	Information processing apparatus and method for executing plug and play processing via a predetermined communication medium The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus capable of executing plug and play processing for starting up one installation processing operation upon acquiring one device identification information item. The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit for acquiring at least one device identification information item including a plurality of configuration information items corresponding to each of a plurality of logical interfaces in response to connection of a peripheral device. The information processing apparatus further includes an installation control unit for controlling execution of installation of a plurality of device drivers corresponding to the plurality of logical interfaces, respectively, by the use of the plurality of configuration information items included in the at least one device identification information item when the acquisition unit acquires the at least one device identification information item from the peripheral device.
US07945767B2	Recovery apparatus for solving branch mis-prediction and method and central processing unit thereof A recovery apparatus for solving a branch mis-prediction, and a method and a central processing unit (CPU) thereof are provided. The recovery apparatus includes an instruction buffer, at least one circular instruction buffer, and a decoding and pairing circuit. The decoding and pairing circuit is coupled to the instruction buffer and the circular instruction buffer. The instruction buffer stores a plurality of instructions, and the circular instruction buffer stores a recovery instruction queue corresponding to the instructions, wherein the recovery instruction queue includes a plurality of recovery instructions. The decoding and pairing circuit decodes and pairs the instructions and the recovery instructions. When the branch mis-prediction occurs, the decoding and pairing circuit outputs the recovery instructions to an instruction execution and processing circuit which is externally connected to the decoding and pairing circuit.
US07945765B2	Method and structure for asynchronous skip-ahead in synchronous pipelines An electronic apparatus includes a plurality of stages serially interconnected as a pipeline to perform sequential processings on input operands. A shortening circuit associated with at least one stage of the pipeline recognizes when one or more of input operands for the stage has been predetermined as appropriate for shortening and execute the shortening when appropriate.
US07945760B1	Methods and apparatus for address translation functions Techniques are described for efficient reordering of data and performing data exchanges within a register file or memory, or in general, any device storing data that is accessible through a set of addressable locations. In one technique, an address translator is placed in the path of all or a selected set of address busses to a storage device to provide a programmable translating of the storage device addresses. An effect of this translation is that the data stored in one pattern may be accessed and stored in another pattern or accessed, processed and stored in another pattern. The address translation operation may be carried out in a single cycle, does not involve the physical movement of data in swap operations, allows data to effectively be ordered more efficiently for algorithmic processing and therefore saves power. Address translation functions are shown to be useful for vector operations and a new type of storage unit using built in address translation functions is presented.
US07945759B2	Non-volatile memory and method with phased program failure handling In a memory with block management system, program failure in a block during a time-critical memory operation is handled by continuing the programming operation in a breakout block. Later, at a less critical time, the data recorded in the failed block prior to the interruption is transferred to another block, which could also be the breakout block. The failed block can then be discarded. In this way, when a defective block is encountered during programming, it can be handled without loss of data and without exceeding a specified time limit by having to transfer the stored data in the defective block on the spot. This error handling is especially critical for a garbage collection operation so that the entire operation need not be repeated on a fresh block during a critical time. Subsequently, at an opportune time, the data from the defective block can be salvaged by relocation to another block.
US07945756B1	System and method for managing a data storage system by contacting a single processor in a data storage system having more than one processor An architecture, system, and method for managing a data storage system by contacting a single processor in a data storage system having more than one processor. The single processor contacts each other peer processor in the data storage system and merges selected data from the single processor with data from the peer processor to determine the state of the data storage system.
US07945752B1	Method and apparatus for achieving consistent read latency from an array of solid-state storage devices A technique for achieving consistent read latency from an array of non-volatile solid-state memories involves an external entity determining the “busy” or “not busy” status of non-volatile solid-state memory elements in a RAID group. An external data layout engine then uses parity based RAID data reconstruction to avoid having to read from any memory element that is busy in a RAID group, along with careful scheduling of writes and erasures.
US07945747B2	Method and system for deleting allocated virtual server resources In a virtual computer system controlling a disk volume and a virtual server which is connected to the disk volume, to which the area of the disk volume is allocated as a virtual disk and which executes a process using the allocated virtual disk, the virtual computer system erases information stored in the virtual disk allocated to the virtual server to be deleted correspondingly with the deletion of the virtual server. According to another embodiment of the present invention, an administrative server is provided to select a server system which is low in load from among plural server systems controlling virtual servers as a server system for erasing information stored in the virtual disk allocated to the virtual server to be deleted.
US07945743B2	Dynamic storage based on performance throttling A system and method for dynamic storage based on performance throttling. The method comprises providing an array of storage devices coupled to a computing device. The method comprises determining a status of a system condition, such as ambient temperature. The method comprises throttling the operating speed of one or more storage devices in the array based on the status of the system condition. The method comprises determining relative frequency of access to data to be stored by the computing device in the array of storage devices. The method comprises optimizing storage of data by the computing device in the array of storage devices based at least in part on 1) relative frequency of access to data and 2) which of the one or more storage devices are throttled.
US07945733B2	Hierarchical storage management (HSM) for redundant array of independent disks (RAID) Hierarchical storage management (HSM) for redundant array of independent disks (RAID) which comprise a plurality of drive trays of different types is disclosed. In one embodiment, a method for hierarchically managing RAID which includes a plurality of drive trays of different types, includes writing data to a tray of a first type, periodically monitoring a use of the data, and moving the data to a tray of a second type if the use of the data yields less than a threshold value. Each one of the tray of the first type and the tray of the second type includes at least one hard drive, and a composite score of price, capacity, performance, and function of the tray of the first type which is higher than a corresponding composite score of the tray of the second type.
US07945732B2	Storage system that executes performance optimization that maintains redundancy One storage area is selected from two or more storage areas of a high load physical storage device, a physical storage device withal lower load than that of the physical storage device is selected, and it is judged whether the redundancy according to the RAID level corresponding to the logical volume decreases when the data elements stored in the selected storage area are transferred to the selected low load physical storage device. If the result of this judgment is that the redundancy does not decrease, the data elements stored in the selected storage area are transferred to a buffer area of the selected low load physical storage device and the logical address space of the logical volume that corresponds to the selected storage area is associated with the buffer area.
US07945729B2	System and method for tolerating multiple storage device failures in a storage system using horizontal and vertical parity layouts A fault-tolerant system for storage arrays that stored parity values both on separate disks from the data elements (horizontally aligned) and on the same disks as the data elements (vertically aligned), a so-called horizontal-vertical code or HoVer code. The fault-tolerant system has embodiments that are supported on a variety of array sizes and has significant flexibility in parameter selection. Certain embodiments can tolerate all combinations of T failed disks and, among those, some embodiments can tolerate many instances of more than T failures. The fault-tolerant system has efficient XOR-based encoding, recovery, and updating algorithms and has simple redundancy formulas.
US07945727B2	Disk drive refreshing zones in segments to sustain target throughput of host commands A disk drive is disclosed including a disk comprising a plurality of refresh zones, and a head actuated over the disk. The disk drive further comprises control circuitry for receiving access commands from a host. The control circuitry refreshes a refresh zone in a plurality of segments with an interval between each segment, and processes at least one of the access commands during the interval between at least two of the segments, wherein a size of each segment and the interval ensures an average throughput of access commands received from the host does not fall below a first threshold.
US07945720B2	Terminal apparatus and method for controlling processing of an interrupt event In a terminal apparatus, the central control section 1-10 judges whether or not a function accompanied with an audio output is in operation when a change in a folding opening/closing state of the terminal apparatus is detected by the folding open/close detecting section 1-6, and changes the priority of the function in operation while maintaining the audio output of the function in operation when the function accompanied with the audio output being in operation is judged. Then, the system controls a reporting method reporting that the interrupt event is generated, based on the priority of an operating state in the terminal apparatus and the priority of the changed interrupt event, when the interrupt event is generated.
US07945718B2	Microcontroller waveform generation One embodiment of the present invention is a microcontroller (24) including an embedded memory (42), waveform control circuitry (44) operatively coupled to the memory (42), several terminals (52), and a programmable processor (30). Processor (30) is responsive to execution of the first sequence of instructions to store a waveform bit pattern in memory (42) with a desired transmission timing. Waveform circuitry (44) is responsive to processor (30) to control transmission of the waveform bit pattern stored in memory (42) through one or more of the terminals (52) in accordance with the timing while processor (30) executes the second sequence of instructions to perform a different process.
US07945710B2	Apparatus enabling the human interface device to provide a smart card interface and operating method therein The present invention provides an apparatus enabling the Human Interface Device (HID) to provide a smart card interface and an operating method therein. The apparatus is a virtual reader driver layer comprising a monitoring module for monitoring the connection and disconnection of the HID and obtaining the name of the HID object; a PC/SC interface module for providing a driver interface complying with the PC/SC Specification to the application layer, receiving the IRP sent from the application layer, and transmitting it to a data processing module; and a data processing module for receiving and processing the IRP sent from the application layer through the PC/SC interface module, and sending the IRP to the HID device class driver layer in accordance with the name of the HID object obtained by the monitoring module.
US07945709B2	Security apparatus and method A system for locating and monitoring electronic devices utilizing a security system that is secretly and transparently embedded within the computer. This security system causes the client computer to periodically and conditionally call a host system to report its serial number via an encoded series of dialed numbers. A host monitoring system receives calls from various clients and determines which calls to accept and which to reject by comparing the decoded client serial numbers with a predefined and updated list of numbers corresponding to reported stolen computers. The host also concurrently obtains the caller ID of the calling client to determine the physical location of the client computer. The caller ID and the serial number are subsequently transmitted to a notifying station in order to facilitate the recovery of the stolen device. The security system remains hidden from the user, and actively resists attempts to disable it.
US07945705B1	Method for using a protocol language to avoid separate channels for control messages involving encapsulated payload data messages An interface device is associated with a local device. The interface device is configured to process payload data messages among the local device and peer devices. The payload data messages encapsulated according to a particular protocol. In at least one of the local device and the interface device, configuration messages are generated. The configuration messages are communicated among the local device and the interface device, the configuration messages associated with configuring the operation of the local device and the interface device with respect to the payload data messages.
US07945703B2	Matrix architecture for KVM extenders A matrix architecture for KVM extenders connecting a plurality of console terminals and a plurality of computers. The matrix architecture for KVM extenders includes a plurality of first extenders and a plurality of second extenders. The first extenders transform keyboard, mouse analog signals into keyboard, mouse data packets and transform video data packets into video signals for console terminals. The second extenders transform video signals into video data packets and transform keyboard, mouse data packets into keyboard, mouse analog signals. The broadcasters broadcast keyboard, video, mouse data packets, each having a source address and a target address to couple computers to console terminals by broadcasting video data packets from second extenders to first extenders and to couple console terminals to computers by broadcasting keyboard, mouse data packets from first extenders to second extenders.
US07945697B2	System and method for offering a fixed internet protocol address to a client device A method for offering a fixed Internet protocol (IP) address to a client device is provided. The method includes recording a client device ID and an IP address assigned to the client device by a dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) server. The method further includes sending a renewing request periodically to the DHCP server to renew the IP address in response to the determination that the client device is not powered on. Furthermore, the method includes sending an offering message comprising the client device ID and the IP address to the client device until the client device accepts the offering message in response to the determination that the client device is powered on.
US07945696B2	Differentiated routing using tunnels in a computer network In one embodiment, one or more tunnel mesh groups may be established in at least a portion of a computer network, where each tunnel mesh group corresponds to a differentiated routing profile. Traffic may then be received at the portion of the computer network, the traffic indicating a particular differentiated routing profile (e.g., based on a received label corresponding to the differentiated routing profile as advertised by the portion of the computer network). Accordingly, the traffic may be routed through the portion of the computer network along a tunnel of a particular tunnel mesh group corresponding to the particular differentiated routing profile traffic.
US07945686B2	Communication control apparatus and method A communication control apparatus includes a registration request signal receiver, a registration section, a transmitter, a group communication control signal receiver, and a group communication controller. The request signal receiver receives, from at least one terminal differing from a plurality of group communication terminals that is performing or is to perform group communication through a communication network, a control terminal registration request signal requesting the registration of the terminal as a control terminal for controlling the group communication. The registration section registers the terminal which sent the control terminal registration request signal as a control terminal. The transmitter sends, to that terminal, information indicating that the terminal has been registered as a control terminal. The control signal receiver receives from the terminal a group communication control signal for controlling the group communication. The group communication controller starts or changes the group communication in accordance with the group communication control signal.
US07945683B1	Method and system for multi-tiered search over a high latency network A computer implemented method and system include executing a search against both a client cache associated with a client and data sources remotely coupled to the client over a network connection. Results from the search against the client cache are rendered on a client UI. The client cache and the client UI are updated with the results from the search against the data sources.
US07945682B2	Method for optimizing a link schedule A method for improving a link schedule used in a communications network is disclosed. While the method applies generally to networks that operate on a scheduled communications basis, it is described in the context of a Foundation FIELDBUS. The method includes: scheduling sequences and their associated publications according to their relative priority, per application; minimizing delays between certain function blocks, and between certain function blocks and publications; and grouping certain publications. Accordingly, advantages such as latency reduction, schedule length reduction, and improved communications capacity are gained.
US07945673B2	Reduced wireless internet connect time A method for reducing the connect time for server access by wireless devices connecting to the server via a gateway is described. A connection from the wireless device to the gateway is established and a request for information on the server is received from the wireless device and transmitted to the server. A determination is made that a response from the server is not forthcoming and a busy indicator response is transmitted to the wireless device. The connection between the wireless device and the gateway is terminated and the request to the server is retransmitted. In another embodiment, a response is received from the server and a determination is made that the received server response is not the requested information and a response is transmitted to the wireless device. The connection between the wireless device and the gateway is terminated and the request to the server is retransmitted.
US07945666B2	Method, system and storage medium for establishing compatibility between IPsec and dynamic routing A method, system and storage medium wherein reachability information is exchanged over IPsec tunnels by means of a dynamic routing protocol, but instead of incorporating it into the normal routing table, it is incorporated into the IPsec data structures SPD and SAD by performing a set of steps.1 Thereby, disadvantages of prior art efforts to establish compatibility between IPsec and dynamic routing, for instance IIPtran (RFC 3884), are overcome in that compatibility is established without modifying the processing of datagrams by IPsec.2 This may be implemented by extending the routing daemon so that it supports inserting or removing entries in the SPD and SAD using the PF KEY API.3 Further embodiments feature cryptographically signing and filtering advertised reachability information, redistribution of reachability information between the dynamic routing in the base network and the overlay network, a new routing protocol tailored specifically to IPsec and load sharing over multiple IPsec tunnels.41 [0043-0054]2 [0009-0023]3 [0064-0068]4 [0055-0059], [0061-0063], [0069-0079] and [0080-0081]
US07945663B2	Systems, methods, and computer program products for adaptively adjusting a registration interval of an endpoint Methods, systems, and computer program products for adaptively adjusting a registration interval of an endpoint are provided. In an embodiment of the subject matter disclosed herein, a method of adaptively adjusting a registration interval of an endpoint comprises determining a registration interval for an endpoint associated with a binding defined at a network address translation device. The method also comprises determining a stability of the binding based on a message received from the endpoint. Further, the method comprises adjusting the registration interval for the endpoint based on the determined stability of the binding. A message can be sent to the endpoint for indicating the adjusted registration interval.
US07945657B1	System and method for emulating input/output performance of an application A system and method for emulating the input/output performance of an application. A workload description language is used to produce a small but accurate model of the application, which is flexible enough to emulate the application's performance with varying underlying system configurations or operating parameters. The model describes I/O operations performed by the application, and reflects any dependencies that exist between different application threads or processes. The model is then executed or interpreted with a particular system configuration, and various parameters of the I/O operations may be set at the model's run-time. During execution, the input/output operations described in the model are generated according to the specified parameters, and are performed. The system configuration and/or I/O operation parameters may be altered and the model may be re-run.
US07945647B2	Method and system for creating a virtual network path In general, the invention relates to a method for creating a virtual network path. The method includes instantiating a number of virtual network interface cards (VNICs) on a number of virtual machines, where each virtual machines is located in one of the computers, each of the computers is connected using a chassis interconnect, and the computers share a physical network interface. The method further includes populating a virtual switching table associated with the VNICs and implementing the virtual network path using the virtual switching table. The virtual network path includes a first virtual wire between a first VNIC and a second VNIC, wherein the first VNIC is located in a first computer and wherein the second VNIC is located in a second computer selected from the plurality of computers.
US07945646B2	Distinguishable display of searched network devices with a physical address or a network address In a network device management method, a first packet to search for network devices is generated and broadcasted on the network. In addition, a second packet to search for network devices is generated and broadcasted on the network. A comparison is made between a network device that replies to the first packet and a network device that replies to the second packet, and it is determined based on the comparison whether predetermined information has been set for the network device, and the determination results are displayed.
US07945644B2	Dynamic initialization method and system of location server A dynamic server initialization system and method includes a second location server requesting a first location server for a registration to a multicast group associated with a replication group, when the second location server is added to the replication group. The replication group comprises at least one location server. The status update messages received from a predetermined service server are transferred to the second location server, when the registration to the multicast group is completed. The second location server requests the first location server for a message dump when a predetermined reference time elapses. Subsequently, the status update messages which are maintained in a predetermined message pool of the first location server are dumped to the second location server according to the message dump request.
US07945635B2	Internet receiving arrangement having quality test means An Internet receiving arrangement, such as an Internet radio, is connected to the Internet and stores internet addresses of information servers which provide information data. The internet receiving arrangement has a quality test device for testing whether the received information data have a satisfactory quality. If the quality value of the received information data detected by the quality detector is below a quality threshold value, then the internet addresses stored in the internet receiving arrangement are updated with internet addresses of the information servers which are stored in an address server connected to the internet.
US07945629B2	Active removal of e-mail recipient from replies and subsequent threads A data processing system, computer implemented method, and a computer program product prevents the delivery of undesired e-mail message. A remove request is received from a non-desiring client. The remove request identifies a first subject line or a first body text from a previous e-mail message. An active request is updated with the remove request. Responsive to updating the active requests, the non-desiring client is redacted from a previously received message within a message file. The previously received message includes a second subject line that matches the first subject line, or a second body text that matches the first body text.
US07945626B2	Method, system, apparatus, and computer program product for determining a physical location of a sensor A method that determines a physical location of an unknown position device (UPD) in a communication network including a plurality of known position devices (KDPs), in which a message transmitted by the UPD is received by plural KDPs. The method includes measuring a signal quality of each received message received by the plural KDPs from the UPD, and computing the likely physical location of the UPD based on the physical location of the plural KPDs receiving the message from the UPD and the respective signal quality measured at each KPD.
US07945619B1	Methods and apparatuses for reporting based on attention of a user during a collaboration session In one embodiment, the methods and apparatuses view content that corresponds with a particular time period during a collaboration session; identify a plurality of attendee devices participating in the collaboration session at the particular time period; determine an attention status of each attendee device at the particular time period; and display the attention status of the plurality of attendee devices at the particular time period.
US07945617B2	System and method for maintaining on a handheld electronic device information that is substantially current and is readily available to a user An improved system and method for managing data on a handheld electronic device includes a server that periodically pushes data to a particular handheld electronic device, with the data being stored on the handheld electronic device by way of a routine running in the background whereby such reception and storage is generally transparent to a user. The data can be any type of data and may be data that is desired by the user or that fits a profile or preference of the user. The profile can, for instance, be predetermined and/or can be customized by the user and/or can reflect a preference of the user. The data pushed to the handheld electronic device can also be related in some fashion to a geographic disposition of the handheld electronic device. Such pushing of data and storage is managed by a routine running in the background of the handheld electronic device. The routine enables current data to be maintained on the handheld electronic device for ready access by a user.
US07945592B2	XML based transaction detail records The present invention is directed to a method for managing transactions in a telecommunications network. The method includes creating an XML transaction detail file. At least one transaction detail record is stored in the XML transaction detail file in response to a telecommunications transaction. The at least one transaction detail record includes transaction data corresponding to the telecommunications transaction.
US07945578B2	Optimizing scalar search in a text indexing and search server Method, system, and computer program product for query processing are provided. In one implementation, the method comprises receiving a query that includes a full text portion. An invariant part of the full text portion is then compiled and stored. Additional queries received are executed by reusing the compiled invariant part.
US07945572B2	Pattern discovery through reversing time flow The present invention provides systems and methods for automatically mining massive intelligence databases to discover sequential patterns therein using a novel combination of forward and reverse temporal processing techniques as an enhancement to well known pattern discovery algorithms.
US07945561B1	Methods and apparatus for processing a query joining tables stored at different data sources Methods and apparatus for joining two or more tables are disclosed. A query including a join query is received, where the join query requests that a new table be generated from data obtained from two or more tables, where the two or more tables are stored at two or more data sources. One or more columns for each of the tables for which data is to be obtained are identified from the query. A query plan to execute the query to obtain data for the identified columns from the two or more tables is then generated.
US07945558B2	Query optimizer with join cardinality estimation which mitigates the effects of skew One embodiment relates to a computer-implemented method to estimate a cardinality of a database query. Single table cardinalities are determined after application of selection predicates. In addition, pair-wise join selectivities are estimated without assuming independence between selection and join predicates. Said pair-wise join selectivities are multiplied with said single table cardinalities after application of the selection predicates. Another embodiment relates to a computer apparatus including a cardinality estimator. The cardinality estimator includes computer-readable instructions configured to (a) determine single table cardinalities after application of selection predicates from the database query, (b) estimate pair-wise join selectivities without assuming independence between the selection predicates and join predicates of the database query, and (c) multiply said pair-wise join selectivities with said single table cardinalities after application of the selection predicates. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.
US07945553B2	Associative search engine This invention relates to an advertisement machine which provides advertisements to a user searching for desired information within a data network. The machine receives, from the user, a search request including a search argument corresponding to the desired information and searches, based upon the received search argument, a first database having data network related information to generate search results. It also correlates the received search argument to a particular advertisement in a second database having advertisement related information. The search results together with the particular advertisement are provided by the machine to the user.
US07945546B2	Local search and mapping for mobile devices A computer-implemented method is disclosed that includes receiving on a mobile device a search query associated with a geographic location, providing one or more search results in response to the search query, the search results each being associated with a geographic location, and presenting on a graphical display of the computing device icons corresponding to each search result and also corresponding to a key on the computing device.
US07945542B2	Distributed hierarchical cache A solution may be provided in which a cache may assign a version to each object that it caches. The version may be saved in a database along with the object. Each time the business logic accesses the cache for a dependent object, such as a read from the bit mask field of the new parent member, the version of the object checked in the cache and its identification may be saved on a dependency list. Once changes to the object are performed, the business logic may issue a commit command. The cache may then verify that the version of each object on the dependency list matches the version that is in the database. If an object on the dependency list either does not exist in the database, or exists with another version, then the transaction may be canceled.
US07945540B2	Method to create a partition-by time/tuple-based window in an event processing service A method to create a partition by time/tuple based window in an event processing service is provided. When continuous data streams are received, tuples are stored in a data structure with partitions based upon partition keys. Only a specified amount of tuples may be stored in each partition. When a partition exceeds the specified number of tuples, the oldest tuples are removed from the data structure. Tuples stored beyond a specified time period are also removed from the data structure. Two data structures may also be used to implement a time/tuple based window. Tuples are stored in both a data structure with a partition by window and a data structure with a range window. Tuples are removed in the partition by window when tuples exceed the amount in the partition. Tuples are removed in the range window when tuples exceed a specified time period. The two data structures are synchronized.
US07945539B2	Distributing and accessing data in a data processing system A method of distributing a data item to a plurality of computers in a network of computers. A data item is divided into a plurality of segments. Each segment is stored on at least one computer in said network. A list of computers onto which each of said segments has been stored is maintained. When a data item is requested, its component segments are obtained from at least two computers in the network. Some of the computers may form a peer-to-peer network.
US07945523B2	Method and computer program for analyzing variables using pruning, influencing a combustion process in a combustion chamber, using a trainable statistical model The invention relates to sensitivity analysis of variables influencing a combustion process. A trainable, statistical model is trained in such a way that it describes the combustion process in the combustion chamber. The trained statistical model is used to determine the influence of the variables on said combustion process in the combustion chamber.
US07945520B2	System and method for secure and/or interactive dissemination of information An interactive information dissemination system includes a media server (210) for receiving a plurality of media elements and storing the media elements in a database. A sender client (200) enables a first user to identify message data, a recipient identifier, and a media element from the database of media elements. A recipient client (202) presents the media element to a second user associated with the recipient identifier. The recipient client (202) further presents the message data to the second user when the second user performs a predetermined action, such as submitting authentication information or requesting the message data, to receive the message data. The message data may be secured by requiring sender and recipient authentication, and by encoding the data using a private encoding key and data package identifier managed by a main server (206) and a key server (208).
US07945514B1	System and method for funding a collective account A system and method for funding a collective account such as a charitable account includes issuing a plurality of financial instruments, linking the financial instruments to the collective account, aggregating individual financial instrument usage, calculating a bonus or other reward based on the aggregate financial instrument usage and funding or distributing the reward to the collective account. According to the invention, members of a civic, charitable, political or other entity may generate collective rewards or other benefits which may be attributed to the designated organization.
US07945507B2	System and method for facilitating trading in an electronic market A method and system for facilitating trading of financial instruments in a market are provided. The system comprises a server and an interface. The interface is configured to enable buy orders and sell orders to be entered. Each order has a price, a volume, and an entry time and relates to a respective futures contract The server is configured to match received buy orders having a first price to received sell orders having the first price. The match is effected by ensuring that the prices match, and then using the volume and entry time for each buy order and each sell order to assign a volume weight and a time weight, and then using the volume weights and the time weights to determine each match. The server uses the matches to complete respective trades. The volume and time weights may be adjusted based on market conditions.
US07945506B2	Transaction and account management system An information management system that consists of data, a rules database, and user profiles is provided. The rules database stores information about system responses to modifications of the data. The user profiles store information concerning the availability of information and displays depending upon the user. Automatic updates to user profiles in response to modifications to the data are performed.
US07945499B2	Method and system for providing a fixed rate annuity with a lock-in interest rate feature A data processing method and system administers a deferred annuity contract during the accumulation phase of a contract term. The system stores an account value and a guaranteed rate of interest on the account value. The system may credit an interest rate which is reset periodically (reset rate). The system is configured for changing from the reset rate to the guaranteed rate, when the reset rate falls below the guaranteed rate.
US07945474B1	Unified automated billing Various aspects can be implemented for providing a unified automated billing system for offline media (e.g., radio, television, newspaper, and the like) advertising that spans across different time zones based on the concept of a station local time (e.g., the local time where the broadcast station is located) for the broadcast advertising spots. In general, one aspect can be a method that includes recording a local time for an allocated advertising spot when the ad played during the allocated advertising spot, such that the allocated advertising spot is in a broadcast time zone different from a billing time zone of the advertiser. The method also includes generating a station local time for the allocated advertising spot. The method further includes generating a billing event based on the station local time. Other implementations of this aspect include corresponding systems, apparatus, and computer program products.
US07945473B2	System for individualized customer interaction A method and system for using individualized customer models when operating a retail establishment is provided. The individualized customer models may be generated using statistical analysis of transaction data for the customer, thereby generating sub-models and attributes tailored to customer. The individualized customer models may be used in any aspect of a retail establishment's operations, ranging from supply chain management issues, inventory control, promotion planning (such as selecting parameters for a promotion or simulating results of a promotion), to customer interaction (such as providing a shopping list or providing individualized promotions).
US07945462B1	Systems and methods of automating reconsideration of cardiac risk Systems, methods, and computer-readable media to automate reconsideration of a cardiac risk category associated with issuance of a life insurance policy may provide an indication of a best potential risk category or rate class that would be available if at least one action is completed by a life insurance applicant.
US07945460B2	Compensated electronic consults The present invention relates to a system and method for providing health care information to health care providers and for obtaining information pertaining to the practice of a health care provider by providing incentives for provision of such information.
US07945457B2	Distributed system for monitoring patient video, audio and medical parameter data A distributed patient monitoring system visually monitors patients and patient parameters using multiple portable processing devices. The system includes an authentication processor enabling a user to obtain access authorization to access patient data. A clinical application display image identifies multiple different patients in corresponding multiple different locations and enables a user to select a particular patient. A data processor uses access information in acquiring live video and vital sign parameters of the particular patient from a room associated with the particular patient. A display processor initiates generation of data representing an image sequence comprising a composite image including a first area showing acquired live video of the particular patient and a second area presenting acquired vital sign parameters of the particular patient using the clinical application display image.
US07945453B2	Structured data authoring and editing system The present invention offers an extensive suite of tools that facilitate and enhance the capability within a healthcare institution to establish and maintain an evidence-based best practice approach to providing patient care. Using evidence, term vocabulary and default structured content (order sets) embodiments of the invention enable the localization of said content in a well structured environment.
US07945452B2	User interface improvements for medical devices A method and apparatus is disclosed for operating a medical device with a screen having an improved graphical user interface, which selectively reallocates screen display for both single and multi-channel pumps. Channel indicators associate operation information with a specific delivery channel. Patient or drug order verification is facilitated with a rendering of the patient or the entire drug order/label on the screen. Decimal numbers are presented in vertically offset decimal format. A dual function button cancels the current operation and, after a delay, clears entered parameters. An area sensitive scrollbar cycles through information at various speeds. Screen brightness is adjusted based on an ambient light detector. A screen saver mode activates based on several operating conditions. The screen is incorporated in a removable user interface.
US07945448B2	Perception-aware low-power audio decoder for portable devices A method of decoding audio data representing an audio clip, said method comprising the steps of selecting one of a predetermined number of frequency bands; decoding a portion of the audio data representing said audio clip according to the selected frequency band, wherein a remaining portion of the audio data representing said audio clip is discarded; and converting the decoded portion of audio data into sample data representing the decoded audio data.
US07945436B2	Pass-through and emulation in a virtual machine environment A virtual device emulated in software and included in a virtual machine is provided in a virtualized computer system. The virtual device includes an emulation mode and a pass through mode. The emulation mode is used for a first plurality of device operations. The pass through mode is used for a second plurality of device operations. The virtual device is configured to communicate with a physical device and each of the second plurality of device operations are configured to be handled by the physical device. The virtual device also includes a switching logic to switch between the emulation mode and the pass through mode based on a device operation to be performed by the virtual machine of the virtual device.
US07945433B2	Hardware simulation accelerator design and method that exploits a parallel structure of user models to support a larger user model size A system and method for design verification and, more particularly, a hardware simulation accelerator design and method that exploits a parallel structure of user models to support a large user model size. The method includes a computer including N number of logic evaluation units (LEUs) that share a common pool of instruction memory (IM). The computer infrastructure is operable to: partition a number of parallel operations in a netlist; and send a same instruction stream of the partitioned number of parallel operations to N number of LEUs from a single IM. The system is a hardware simulation accelerator having a computer infrastructure operable to provide a stream of instructions to multiple LEUs from a single IM. The multiple LEUs are clustered together with multiple IMs such that each LEU is configured to use instructions from any of the multiple IMs thereby allowing a same instruction stream to drive the multiple LEUs.
US07945432B2	Spot weld failure determination method in a finite element analysis Each spot weld in a structure is represented by a cluster of at least one solid element in a finite element analysis model of the structure. Each spot weld is used for tying together two parts. Each of the two parts are generally represented or modeled as a number of two-dimension shell elements. Since the tie-connection between the spot weld and the two parts can be located arbitrarily within the respective part, the shell elements representing the two parts do not have to be aligned in space. The only requirement is the two shell elements must be overlapped each other such that the spot weld can tie the two shell elements (i.e., one from each part) together. A spot weld failure criterion used for determining failure including shear and axial stresses acted on the spot weld, shell element size and spot weld location sensitivity scale factors and strain rate effect.
US07945416B2	Software or hardware test apparatus and method A software or hardware test system and method repeatedly obtains testing status of a plurality of test units in a group while the test units are testing hardware or software being executed on the test units. The system and method provides for display of the current testing status of the plurality of units of the group while the plurality of test units is performing software testing. In another embodiment, a test system and method compiles heuristic data for a plurality of test units that are assigned to one or more groups of test units. The heuristic data may include, for example, data representing a frequency of use on a per-test unit basis over a period of time, and other heuristic data. The test system and method evaluates job queue sizes on a per-group basis to determine whether there are under-utilized test units in the group and determines on a per-group of test unit basis whether a first group allows for dynamic reassignment of a test unit in the group based on at least the compiled heuristic data. If the unit is allowed to be dynamically reassigned, the test system and method reassigns the test unit whose heuristic data meets a specific set of criteria.
US07945411B2	Method for determining pump flow without the use of traditional sensors A technique for determining pump flow without using traditional sensors features steps and modules for creating a calibrated power curve at closed valve conditions at several speeds; calculating coefficients from a normalized power curve based on a pump's power ratio; and solving a polynomial power equation for flow at the current operating point. The calibrated power curve may be created by increasing the speed of the pump from a minimum speed to a maximum speed and operating the pump with a closed discharge valve. This data is used to correct published performance for shutoff power and best efficiency point power at rated speed in order to determine the pump's power ratio. It is also used to accurately determine closed valve power at the current operating speed. The pump's power ratio is determined by the equation: Pratio=Pshutoff @100%/PBEP—corr. The polynomial power equation may, for example, include a 3rd order polynomial equation developed using coefficients from the normalized power versus flow curve, and corrections may be made for speed, hydraulic efficiency and specific gravity in the polynomial power equation. Complex roots may be determined to solve the 3rd order polynomial equation using either Muller's method or some other suitable method, and the calculated actual flow may be determined for a specific operating point.
US07945407B2	Signal analyzers and frequency domain data production methods Sets of time domain data of respective frequency bands from Fd-1 to Fd-n of a periodic input signal Fs are acquired. Sets of the time domain data of the common frequency band are extracted from the sets of the time domain data of the frequency bands Fd-1 and Fd-2 in the acquired frequency bands. Correlativity between the sets of the time domain data of the common frequency band is determined while shifting time relationship between the sets each other to identify the sets of time domain data having correspondence relationship. The sets of the time domain data having the correspondence relationship in the time domain data of the adjacent frequency band Fd-1 and Fd-2 are converted to the sets of the frequency domain data respectively, and the sets of the frequency domain data are combined to produce one set of combined frequency domain data.
US07945401B2	Distributed intelligent remote terminal units Multiple autonomous intelligent Remote Terminal Units (RTUs) are positioned on distribution lines in an electrical power grid. The intelligent RTUs perform analytics on power flowing through the distribution lines to provide real-time analysis of the power. The intelligent RTUs acquire sensor data from the distribution lines and locally perform the analytics on the sensor data to create processed data signals that are transmitted to a control center server to facilitate power distribution monitoring of the electrical power grid.
US07945393B2	Detection of pathogenic microorganisms using fused sensor data A system and method to search spectral databases to identify unknown materials, specifically pathogenic microorganisms. A library is provided, having sublibraries containing reference data sets of known materials and test data sets, both generated by at least one spectroscopic data generating instrument. For each test data set, each sublibrary associated with the instrument used is searched. A set of scores for each searched sublibrary is produced, representing the likelihood of a match between the reference data set and test data set. Relative probability values are calculated for each searched sublibrary. All relative probability values are fused producing a set of final probability values, used in determining whether the unknown material is represented through a known material in the library. The known material represented in the libraries having the highest final probability value is reported, if the highest final probability value is greater than or equal to the minimum confidence value.
US07945388B2	Test bed for in-situ studies An impact test system for collecting hail storm data comprises a vehicle, a video recorder, a container, a plurality of dynamic force sensors, an atmospheric instrument system, a mounting fixture, and a data processing system. The plurality of dynamic force sensors is capable of detecting force generated by an impact of an object. The plurality of markers is capable of being used to determine an orientation of an incoming object. The mounting fixture is capable of holding a test specimen. The data processing system is capable of collecting data from the plurality of dynamic force sensors, the atmospheric instrument system, and the video recorder.
US07945384B2	Navigation apparatus and position detection method A navigation apparatus includes: a main unit to be attached to a mobile object through a base section, the main unit detecting a current position of the mobile object based on positioning information; a section that calculates acceleration applied to the mobile object based on the mobile object's speed; an acceleration sensor that observes acceleration applied to the main unit; a section that calculates an attachment inclination of the acceleration sensor with respect to the mobile object; a section that estimates, while the positioning information is not being supplied, a speed and position of the mobile object; a section that detects whether the main unit is mounted on the base section; and a section that forces the above section to stop estimating the speed when the main unit is not mounted on the base section.
US07945370B2	Configuring an engine control module Method and systems are provided for configuring operations of an engine control module. In one implementation, a method is provided. According to the method, configuration parameters defining an operational range of an engine are received. Furthermore, data specifying performance requirements of the engine is received from the engine control module. The method determines whether the configuration parameters meet the performance requirements.
US07945366B2	Motor vehicle transmission control for operating a motor vehicle transmission In a control for a motor vehicle transmission having a clutch and means for establishing and/or releasing an engagement of a toothing or of jaws of the motor vehicle transmission including a control unit for actuating the clutch for transmitting a torque to a first component of the toothing, the control unit being adapted, for the purpose of releasing a tooth-on-tooth position of the toothing, to briefly provide a control signal for adjusting the clutch to a desired clutch position (KS) in order to generate a torque pulse, the control unit determining a reaction of the motor vehicle transmission in response to the control signal from the control unit and adapting the desired clutch position (KS) as a function of the reaction.
US07945362B2	Apparatus and method for power hop detection and mitigation A method and system of detecting power hop of a vehicle involves generating signals, including a current signal and a previous signal, indicative of the current longitudinal acceleration of the vehicle, calculating the period and amplitude of the signals, determining if the combined period and amplitude of the current signal exceeds a first predetermined value, and determining whether the combined period and amplitude of the current signal exceeds a second predetermined value greater than the first predetermined value. The method may also involve determining if the amplitude of the current signal exceeds a predetermined percentage of the amplitude of the previous signal. Power hop is detected when the combined period and amplitude of the current signal exceeds the first predetermined value as well as the second predetermined value, and possibly also when the amplitude of the current signal exceeds the predetermined percentage of the amplitude of the previous signal.
US07945349B2	Method and a system for facilitating calibration of an off-line programmed robot cell The present invention relates to a method and a system for facilitating calibration of a robot cell including one or more objects (8) and an industrial robot (1,2,3) performing work in connection to the objects, wherein the robot cell is programmed by means of an off-line programming tool including a graphical component for generating 2D or 3D graphics based on graphical models of the objects. The system comprises a computer unit (10) located at the off-line programming site and configured to store a sequence of calibration points for each of the objects, and to generate a sequence of images (4) including graphical representations of the objects to be calibrated and the calibration points in relation to the objects, and to transfer the images to the robot, and that the robot is configured to display said sequence of images to a robot operator during calibration of the robot cell so that for each calibration point a view including the present calibration point and the object to be calibrated is displayed to the robot operator.
US07945347B2	Inertia compensated tension roll in closed loop belt systems A printing apparatus, an associated method, and computer program of designing a floating roller in a tensioning system for a closed loop belt comprises inputting an external radius of the floating roller, a measure of elasticity of the belt, a thickness of the belt, a width of the belt, and angles over which the belt contacts the floating roller; and adjusting a mass of the floating roller and a rotational inertia of the floating roller such that the floating roller maintains a constant tension on the closed loop belt.
US07945334B2	Implantable medical device and electrical stimulation device with magnetic shield A rechargeable implantable medical device with a magnetic shield placed on the distal side of a secondary recharging coil to improve charging efficiency is disclosed. The rechargeable implantable medical device can be a wide variety of medical devices such as neuro stimulators, drug delivery pumps, pacemakers, defibrillators, diagnostic recorders, cochlear implants. The implantable medical device has a secondary recharging coil carried over a magnetic shield and coupled to electronics and a rechargable power source carried inside the housing. The electronics are configured to perform a medical therapy. Additionally a method for enhancing electromagnetic coupling during recharging of an implantable medical device is disclosed, and a method for reducing temperature rise during recharging of an implantable medical device is disclosed.
US07945329B2	Multi-channel connector for brain stimulation system An implantable connector used with a neurological device and a lead extension includes a male connector having a plurality of electrical contacts axially arranged along the connector, insulated from each other. The connector also includes a female connector having one or more channels axially disposed therein and a plurality of conductors axially arranged on the female connector. The plurality of conductors are electrically insulated from each other, and at least one indexing element is disposed adjacent one or more of the channels. The indexing element allows the male connector to be received into the one or more channels in a defined orientation relative to the channel, thereby forming at least two electrical connections along two or more axial positions. Often the neurological device is a brain stimulating and recording lead. The male and female connectors are often fastened together with a screw or by twist-locking the two members together.
US07945326B1	Tissue characterization using intracardiac impedances with an implantable lead system An implantable system acquires intracardiac impedance with an implantable lead system. In one implementation, the system generates frequency-rich, low energy, multi-phasic waveforms that provide a net-zero charge and a net-zero voltage. When applied to bodily tissues, current pulses or voltage pulses having the multi-phasic waveform provide increased specificity and sensitivity in probing tissue. The effects of the applied pulses are sensed as a corresponding waveform. The waveforms of the applied and sensed pulses can be integrated to obtain corresponding area values that represent the current and voltage across a spectrum of frequencies. These areas can be compared to obtain a reliable impedance value for the tissue. Frequency response, phase delay, and response to modulated pulse width can also be measured to determine a relative capacitance of the tissue, indicative of infarcted tissue, blood to tissue ratio, degree of edema, and other physiological parameters.
US07945320B2	Iontophoretic drug delivery system The iontophoretic drug delivery system includes electrodes controlled by a microprocessor controller to drive charged molecules contained in a drug reservoir through the skin into the issues of a patient. The iontophoretic drug delivery system further includes an antenna connected to the programmable microprocessor. The antenna allows for the programming of the microprocessor and for the exchange of patient, drug, and treatment related information between the microprocessor and an external device. The iontophoretic drug delivery system is also provided with buttons to allow a patient to manually activate the drug delivery system. The iontophoretic drug delivery system is housed within a thin polyester film membrane.
US07945318B2	Peripheral impedance plethysmography electrode and system with detection of electrode spacing In a system and method for peripheral impedance plethysmography, an electrode for application to the patient's limb includes two outer current electrodes and two inner voltage electrodes. A distance between the two inner electrodes is automatically input into an analyzing device, either as a pre-stored value or as determined automatically from the electrode. Peripheral blood flow is calculated in accordance with that distance.
US07945317B2	Bioimpedance methods and apparatus Methods and apparatus for providing bioimpedance analysis are provided. In certain aspects, equivalent circuit frequency response models are provided which lead to improved correlations with MRI data. The frequency response models take account of body composition, including the fat component of a body segment. Data obtained by performing bioimpedance spectroscopy (BIS) and MRI on the calves of subjects illustrates the improved correlations achieved compared to single frequency analyses at 50 kilohertz and analyses performed using the conventional Cole-Cole model.
US07945312B2	Multisensor probe for tissue identification A multisensor probe for continuous real-time tissue identification. The multisensor probe includes a tissue penetrating needle, a plurality of sensors useful in characterizing tissue and a position sensor to measure the depth of the needle into the tissue being diagnosed. The sensors include but are not limited to an optical scattering and absorption spectroscopy sensor, an optical coherence domain reflectometry sensor, an electrical impedance sensor, a temperature sensor, a pO2 sensor, a chemical sensor and other sensors useful in identifying tissue. The sensors may take the form of a plurality of optical fibers extending through said needle. A retractable sheath may be disposed around the distal section of the needle to protect the needle when not in use. The sheath retracts when the probe is inserted into tissue and the position of the sheath relative to the needle may be measured to determine the needle's depth. Systems and methods for tissue identification are also provided.
US07945305B2	Adaptive acquisition and reconstruction of dynamic MR images A method for acquiring MR data from a beating heart during subject respiration includes a prescan phase in which a respiratory compensation table and a k-space sampling schedule are produced. The k-space sampling table is produced using a spatio-temporal model of the beating heart and time sequential sampling theory. During the subsequent scan an imaging pulse sequence which is prospectively compensated for respiratory motion is used to acquire k-space data from the subject. The imaging pulse sequence is repeated to play out the phase encodings in the order listed in the k-space sampling schedule.
US07945303B2	Noninvasive pulmonary performance measurement method and system A system and method for measuring a pulmonary performance value of a subject. In one embodiment, a system includes one or more imaging devices, each configured to capture one or more images of a subject inside an interior chamber, such as a plethysmograph chamber. An exemplary system also includes an imaging processor in communication with the one or more imaging devices for estimating a change in volume of the subject from information about the one or more images.
US07945301B2	Methods and apparatus for the administration of CO The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for the administration of carbon monoxide (CO) to a patient. It allows the safe and effective use of carbon monoxide as a medicament.
US07945300B2	Plural channel superconducting filter circuit having release of resonance frequency degeneracy and usable in radio frequency equipment There is provided a signal processing method comprising: inputting an input signal having a certain band; dividing said input signal into a signal in a stop band and a signal in a pass band outside said stop band with a use of a band stop filter which has a center frequency of said input signal inside said stop band and includes a first resonator having said center frequency as a resonance frequency; extracting a signal in a desired band from the signal in said pass band with a use of a plurality of second resonators; decomposing the signal in said stop band into signals whose degeneracy of said resonance frequency are released; combining a degeneracy-released signals and the signal in said desired band to obtain a combined signal; and outputting the combined signal.
US07945299B2	Multiple torsion spring and semi-automatic sliding device using the same Disclosed are a multiple torsion spring employed in a sliding-type portable communication terminal and a semi-automatic sliding device employing the same. The multiple torsion spring is a spring employed in a semi-automatic sliding device for a sliding-type portable communication terminal, wherein the spring comprises opposite ends and at least two coil spring sections. The spring is formed in a zigzag shape.
US07945292B2	System and method for a remote wireless ringer A system and method for extending alerts for a wireless device. A wireless ringer and a wireless device are linked through a wireless connection. User input selecting an alert for the wireless ringer is received. The wireless ringer is alerted in response to receiving an incoming communication on the wireless device in order for a user to access the wireless device to respond to the incoming communication.
US07945291B2	Computer system providing selective wireless network enablement A computer system is provided with an antenna which disables inappropriate wireless communications when a communication controller is inconsistently connected with the antenna. The computer having a diversity antenna connected to a detachable wireless LAN card containing a controller for providing wireless communication is mounted in a mini PCI slot, comprising a switch device for recognizing the identification information (ID) of the wireless LAN card to be mounted by BIOS executed on a CPU, in which the connection between the diversity antenna and the wireless LAN card is maintained in an off state (default) as an initial state in which the wireless LAN card is mounted, and the connection is enabled based on the identification information recognized by the BIOS.
US07945284B1	Cordless telephone with MP3 player capability A cordless telephone which allows a user to play MP3 digital audio bit stream music, using the remote handset of a cordless telephone to control the functions of the MP3 player. The cordless telephone remains usable as a typical cordless telephone with all the features and conveniences of a cordless telephone including, but not limited to, connection of a telephone call between a calling party and a called party, caller ID information, voice messaging features, etc. MP3 digital audio bit stream music may be downloaded from a remote source through, e.g., the Internet and a PC.
US07945272B2	Group communication service method, mobile terminal using the same, and group communication service system thereof A method of performing a group communication service with respect to a plurality of pushto service subscribers using mobile terminal location information is provided. The method includes acquiring location information of each of the plurality of pushto service subscribers, the location information indicating a current location of at least one of the plurality of pushto service subscribers with respect to a specific area; generating group member list information corresponding to the plurality of pushto service subscribers and including a member list in which the current location of the at least one of the plurality of pushto service subscribers is classified with respect to the specific area; and displaying the group member list information including a list of the group members within the specific area.
US07945271B1	Location inference using radio frequency fingerprinting A method for inferring location of a mobile device is provided. A radio frequency fingerprint is taken for a mobile device, wherein the radio frequency fingerprint includes cell tower data and cell sector data that includes a cell sector through which the mobile device is not communicating. Whether the radio frequency fingerprint matches a previous radio frequency fingerprint associated with a location fix is determined. A location fix technology is executed for the mobile device in response to a determination that the radio frequency fingerprint does not match the previous radio frequency fingerprint.
US07945266B2	Method and apparatus for call recovery in a wireless communication system A method and apparatus for call recovery in a wireless communication system (10). When the communication link between a mobile station (38) and a base station (32) is in trouble, the mobile station and the infrastructure prearrange potential rescue base stations (34). The source cell base station contacts all recovery-capable neighbors as potential rescuers. Each rescue base station is instructed to use a default channel for rescue transmissions. The rescue transmission is considered a call recovery operation. The mobile station establishes a soft hand-off with rescue base station, wherein the FL uses the default channel and an alternate channel. Once hand-off is complete the rescue base station discontinues use of the default channel. In one embodiment, the source cell base station provides the mobile station with the list of recovery-capable neighbors as overhead during transmissions and prior to development of the communication link problem.
US07945261B1	Systems and methods for provisioning and synchronizing wireless subscriber data Systems and methods for provisioning and synchronizing subscriber data are provided. Subscriber data is provisioned in two home location registers, each located in a different wireless network. When the subscriber registers in one of the wireless networks, the subscriber data is obtained from the local home location register. One of the two home location registers is designated as the owning home location register. Updates of subscriber data are performed with the owning home location register, which then updates the other home location register.
US07945251B2	Locating a service device for a portable communication device A portable communication device (10) may send a service device locating request (42) including a position associated with the portable communication device to a service device locating device (12). The service device locating device (12) may determine at least one service device located close to the indicated position and respond to the request by sending a response (46) including at least one network identifier of a service device (16) capable of handling the desired service. The portable communication device may then directly contact (48) the service device (16).
US07945248B2	Mobile communications device employing multiple data storage locations for electronic messages A computer readable medium encoded with computer executable instructions thereon for execution by a processor of a mobile communication device (116) comprises a code segment (216) for message processing, which may include a code segment for rule comparison, a code segment for message routing and a code segment for default message handling. The message processing code segment (216) processes an incoming message received via a data service network (400). The message processing code segment (216) subsequently compares a portion of each incoming message to at least one criterion contained in at least one message routing rule having a message database object (418, 420) associated with it, stores each incoming message meeting each criterion for a message routing rule in the message database object (418, 420) associated with that message routing rule, and stores all messages not routed to a message database object (418, 420) according to a message routing rule into a default message database object (422).
US07945246B2	System and method for establishing authenticated network communications in electronic equipment A method for establishing an authenticated network connection in a packet-switched network with an electronic equipment, the method including transmitting a request from an electronic equipment through a packet-switched network connection to an authentication server. The authentication server generates a first unique identifier and transmits the first unique identifier to the electronic equipment through the packet-switched network connection. The electronic then transmits a message from the electronic equipment to a short message service (SMS) server through a circuit-switched network connection, wherein the message includes the first unique identifier and a second unique identifier (e.g., a telephone number of the electronic device). The message is routed to the authentication server and authenticated. After authentication, the electronic equipment may utilize a packet-switched connection for a variety of communication services (e.g., chat sessions, voice over Internet Protocol) with other authenticated electronic equipment.
US07945245B2	Authentication system and authentication method for performing authentication of wireless terminal An authentication system for performing authentication of a wireless terminal is a system that issues an authentication request to an authentication server connected to a communication network and includes a wireless base station and an authentication server. The wireless base station includes: an authentication information acquisition means for acquiring authentication information from a wireless connection request packet; and an authentication request transmission means for transmitting the authentication information acquired by the authentication information acquisition means and RAS unique information registered in the wireless base station to the authentication server. The authentication server includes a means for acquiring the transmitted authentication information and RAS unique information and comparing the acquired authentication information and RAS unique information with previously registered wireless terminal authentication information previously registered to determine whether or not they coincide with each other. In the case where the acquired authentication information and RAS unique information and previously registered wireless terminal authentication information coincide with each other, the wireless terminal is authenticated.
US07945232B2	Multiband wireless device and semiconductor integrated circuit When switching over from a portable telephone system of 800 MHz band to a UWB communication system of 9 GHz band, depending upon a signal for changing over a high pass filter and a low pass filter, a reactance element, which is determined to be matching with a load Z of the high pass filter, is connected to an output terminal of a transmitting power amplifier. With this, it is possible to achieve a multi-band or multi-mode wireless receiver of using a frequency band from 800 MHz to 10 GHz, without an enlargement of a circuit scale and an increase of costs.
US07945222B2	Method, apparatus and system for providing transmit diversity feedback A receiver, or base station, may calculate the signal quality improvement based on a change in a diversity control parameter, for example, a phase difference or a power ratio among two or more antennas, by comparing a received signal power level to an expected power level, assuming no change in fading characteristics at the previous timeslot. This method may increase the amount of information communicated between the base station and the mobile unit, and may reduce feedback response time and/or provide for more efficient feedback for transmit diversity systems.
US07945197B2	Image forming apparatus with cushioning to mitigate internal impact The image forming apparatus has: a unit including a transfer medium that circularly moves; an image forming section provided along a circulation direction of the transfer medium; a movement mechanism that moves the unit in a direction substantially perpendicular to a moving direction of the transfer medium, and enables the unit to move in a first direction so as to bring the unit into contact with the image forming apparatus and in a second direction so as to move the unit apart from the image forming apparatus; and a cushioning component for applying a load in directions opposite to moving directions of the unit when the unit is moved in the first and second directions, respectively, thereby to relax impact caused by motion of the unit.
US07945192B2	Drive transmitting mechanism for an image forming apparatus A drive transmitting mechanism configured to rotate the photosensitive drum of a color copier has a driving shaft, a driven shaft, and first and second coupling members. The first coupling member has a projection extending in a diametrical direction. The first coupling member is attached to the driving shaft, with amount of freedom to oscillate in a direction intersecting at right angles to the lengthwise direction of the projection. The second coupling member has a recess in which the projection is fitted. The second coupling member is attached to the driven shaft, with amount of freedom to oscillate in the lengthwise direction of the recess. The first and second coupling members oscillate in the diametrical direction and slide on the contacting surface in a diametrical direction intersecting at right angles to the diametrical direction, thus suppressing the rotational speed change of the driven shaft, which results from the de-centering and declination between the driving shaft and the driven shaft.
US07945190B2	Cleanerless image forming apparatus A cleanerless image forming apparatus removes and collects transfer residual toner for reuse by performing cleaning simultaneously with developing. The image forming apparatus includes first and second toner charging members configured to apply an electrical charge having the same polarity as a toner normal charging polarity to the transfer residual toner, and a discharging member that is configured to discharge a drum and is disposed between the first and second toner charging members.
US07945186B2	Image forming apparatus including a heat shielding device An image forming apparatus includes an image forming device that forms a toner image on a recording medium, a heat fixing device provided adjacent to the image forming device to fix the toner image onto the recording medium by heat, and a heat shielding device that shields the image forming device from the heat radiated from the heat fixing device. The heat shielding device includes a heat shielding member interposed between the image forming device and the heat fixing device to receive the heat radiated from the heat fixing device, a heat transferring member attached to the heat shielding member to transfer the heat received by the heat shielding member to one end portion thereof, a heat radiating fin device provided at the one end portion of the heat transferring member to radiate the transferred heat, and a fan that supplies air to the heat radiating fin device.
US07945184B2	Process cartridge with member for electrical connection to image-forming device A cartridge is detachably mountable in an image-forming device, the image-forming device having a power supply supplying a bias. The cartridge includes: a bias-receiving member; a casing; and a terminal member. The bias-receiving member is configured to receive a bias supplied from a power supply provided in the image-forming device. The casing is configured to accommodate the bias-receiving member. The casing has an opening formed therein. The terminal member is detachably mounted in the opening formed in the casing and exposed outside the casing via the opening to electrically connect the power supply to the bias-receiving member. The terminal member includes: a return-restricting part restricting the terminal member from returning into the casing; a projection-restricting part that restricts the terminal member from further protruding out of the casing; and a contact part that is positioned outside the casing and that is electrically connected to the power supply.
US07945181B2	Fixing device, image forming apparatus, and fixing-device control method In a fixing device, a fixing unit fixes a toner image transferred onto a recording medium by a heating target unit heated by a plurality of heating units each of which is grouped as a first heating unit to which power is selectively supplied or a second heating unit to which power is supplied in priority to the first heating unit, and a supply control unit supplies power to a heating unit grouped as the second heating unit and selectively supplies power to a heating unit grouped as the first heating unit, among the heating units that heat the heating target unit of which detected temperature by a detecting unit is lower than a target temperature.
US07945173B2	Control apparatus and control method for optical modulator An object of the invention is to provide a control system in which the phase shift between drive signals of an optical modulator can be reliably detected and compensated by a simple configuration. To this end, a control apparatus of the invention, for an optical modulator generating a signal light of a CS-RZ modulation system or the like by two LN modulators connected in series, detects the phase shift between drive signals given to the former and latter stage LN modulators, or judges the phase shift between the drive signals based on intensity information of the electric spectrum of the signal light output from the optical modulator, to control the phases of the drive signals so as to minimize the phase shift. As a result, the phase shift between the drive signals can be reliably detected and compensated by an electric circuit with a simple configuration.
US07945166B2	Independent upstream/downstream bandwidth allocations in a common hybrid telecommunications network A network interface apparatus comprises a bidirectional optical signal port, an optical diplexer connected to the bidirectional optical signal port, a first RF signal port (bidirectional), a second RF signal port, a first RF diplexer, and an RF splitter. The RF diplexer transmits a first received RF input signal from the first RF signal port to the optical diplexer to modulate an optical output signal transmitted by the optical diplexer to the optical signal port. The RF splitter receives from the optical diplexer an RF signal derived from an RF-modulated optical input signal received from the bidirectional optical signal port, transmits a first portion of the derived RF signal as a first RF output signal to the first RF signal port through the first RF diplexer, and transmits a second portion of the derived RF signal as a second RF output signal to the second RF signal port.
US07945162B1	Method and apparatus for accommodating different switch matrix granularities in optical networks A method is disclosed for replacing legacy interfaces of add drop ring optical networks using STS-3 granularity with an optical hub using STS-1 granularity. In order to avoid locking up ports on the optical hub with dedicated STS-3 packages, a signal broadcast feature of the optical hub, originally provided for remote provisioning, may be adapted to allow a single port to broadcast a signal on multiple and contiguous timeslots to the legacy networks expecting STS-3 granularity.
US07945150B2	Image-pickup apparatus and focus control method An image-pickup apparatus is disclosed which is capable of restricting unnecessary focus control by an AF method other than the TV-AF method in the hybrid AF. The image-pickup apparatus includes a first detector which generates first information corresponding to a contrast state of a picked-up image, a second detector which detects second information differing from the first information and used for focus control, and a controller which performs focus processing that cyclically repeats first focus control using the first information and performs second focus control using the second information. In the focus processing, the controller is changed over between a state of restricting the second focus control and a state of allowing the second focus control, depending on a change amount of the contrast state.
US07945147B2	Image pick up unit An image pick up unit includes an optical member, a holding member holding the optical member and movable in an axial direction of an optical axis of the optical member, a driving member rotatable about the optical axis, a cam mechanism configured to convert rotation of the driving member about the optical axis to movement of the holding member in the axial direction of the optical axis, a coil provided in the driving member and movable together with the driving member, and a magnetic field generation portion provided along a rotating direction of the coil and configured to generate a magnetic field to interact with a current flowing in the coil to drive the coil in the rotating direction.
US07945145B2	Playback apparatus and method of controlling the playback apparatus According to one embodiment, a playback apparatus includes a multimedia processor having a decoding circuit to decode encoded video data and an arithmetic module configured to execute high pixel conversion for increasing a quantity of pixels of the decoded video data, a decoding module configured to decode the encoded video data, an issuing module configured to issue a changeover request for changing over between execution and non-execution of the high pixel conversion, and a changeover module configured to change over a providing destination of the encoded video data from any one of the multimedia processor and the decoding module to the other one thereof such that a picture group structure which is a unit for controlling the encoded video data is not divided, in response to the changeover request issued by the issuing module.
US07945138B2	Modular optical fiber cassette The present disclosure includes apparatus and methods for a modular optical fiber cassette. One embodiment includes a base housing configured to receive additional nested components and an adapter plate resiliently connected to the housing and comprising a plurality of optical fiber connectors. The adapter plate is releasable from the housing and providing access to both sides of the adapter plate. The cassette further includes a radius limiter nested with and resiliently connected to the base housing, a first expansion housing having an exterior contour substantially aligned with the base housing and configured to resiliently interlock with the base housing, and a cover resiliently connected to the expansion housing.
US07945137B2	Fiber optic connector holder A fiber optic connector holder including a housing with at least one cavity for receiving a fiber optic connector with a dust cap in place about a terminal end of the connector. The housing may be integrally molded with retaining structures for releasably engaging the fiber optic connector and releasable catches for mounting the housing at a mount location. The presence of a fiber optic connector within a cavity of the housing may prevent the removal of the housing from a mounting location.
US07945136B2	Mounting of fiber optic cable assemblies within fiber optic shelf assemblies Fiber optic shelf assemblies and furcation mounting structures for securing a plurality of furcation bodies of respective fiber optic cable assembles within the fiber optic shelf are disclosed. In one embodiment, the fiber optic shelf has a one-to-one correspondence between a plurality of respective modules and the respective fiber optic cable assemblies. Additionally, the fiber optic shelf assemblies and furcation mounting structures disclosed advantageously allow the mounting of a relatively large number of furcation bodies within the fiber optic shelf assembly for supporting relatively large fiber optic connections per 1U rack space.
US07945132B2	Laser and photodetector coupled by planar waveguides An optical apparatus comprises: a waveguide substrate; three planar optical waveguides formed on the substrate, each comprising a transmission core and cladding; a laser positioned to launch its optical output to propagate along the first waveguide; a photodetector positioned to receive an optical signal propagating along the second waveguide; and a lateral splitter core formed on the substrate for (i) transferring a first fraction of laser optical output propagating along the first waveguide to the second waveguide, and (ii) transferring a second fraction of the laser optical output propagating along the first waveguide to the third waveguide.
US07945129B2	Hybrid optical switch apparatus The invention relates to a hybrid optical switch, which is composed of a silicon micro-mirror-array and a mini-actuator array mainly. The invention which combines microelectromechanical systems technology and traditional precision machining technology, possesses the advantages of low cost, high accuracy, high fabrication yield, low actuation voltage, low power consumption, self-aligned micro-mirrors, and easy fiber alignment.
US07945121B2	Method and apparatus for interpolating image information A method and apparatus for interpolating image information obtains pixel information for a plurality of pixels surrounding a location of a pixel to be interpolated, whether the pixel is a missing pixel or an existing pixel whose color or intensity information is to be changed, and applies a gradient square tensor operation on a plurality of surrounding pixels to determine if the pixel to be interpolated is part of a geometric feature. If it is determined that the interpolated pixel is part of a geometric feature, such as a diagonal line or other suitable geometric feature, the method and apparatus uses pixel information from at least some of the surrounding pixels that are also determined to be the in geometric feature. This may be performed on a group of pixel basis and may include, for example, utilizing a block or kernel of pixels and a moving window of blocks of pixels to utilize the plurality of surrounding pixels.
US07945117B2	Methods and systems for registration of images A method for registering images, for example medical images, includes acquiring a first image. A second image is acquired. A deformation field for registering the second image to the first image is calculated. The deformation field includes a sum of a plurality of weighted distortion vectors each of which has a substantially Gaussian distribution. The calculated deformation field is applied to the second image to register it to the first image.
US07945114B2	Image transform method for obtaining expanded image data, image processing apparatus and image display device therefore It is an object of the present invention to output a clear, expanded image wherein step-shapes or chain-shapes of oblique lines are reduced, distortion is eliminated and no constituent lines of fonts or graphics are missing. An image transform method, for transforming original input image data into image data expanded by a ratio represented by a rational number or an integer, comprises: a vertical and horizontal interpolation unit, for reducing correlation in the vertical and horizontal directions of interpolated image data linearly expanded from an original image data input unit, and for generating first expanded image data; an oblique interpolation unit, for performing linear interpolation, based on correlation with a target pixel constituting the original image data and neighboring pixels arranged in oblique directions, using the neighboring pixels to generate second expanded image data; and a final result generator for employing the first expanded image data and the second expanded image data to generate a final image.
US07945108B2	Microscope apparatus control method and microscope apparatus The present invention provides a control method for a microscope apparatus, comprising: a first step for recognizing a type of a specimen retention member retaining a specimen; a second step for obtaining a first image including the whole image of a specimen retention member showing a picture of the entirety of the specimen retention member and an image of the specimen, and obtaining a second image including only the whole image of the specimen retention member in accordance with the type of the specimen retention member; and a third step for obtaining a macro observation image with a self fluorescence removed except for the specimen based on the first image and second image.
US07945096B2	Apparatus for discriminating the types of recording material and an apparatus for forming image The present invention provides an apparatus for discriminating the type of recording material. The apparatus comprises a component irradiating a piece of recording material with light, a sensor picking up an image of the recording material surface by receiving light reflecting off the recording material, a component converting the picked-up image into image data having a plurality of pixels arranged in a predetermined direction and a calculation component integrating the respective density difference values between a first pixel and a second pixel of the plurality of pixels. The apparatus discriminates the type of recording material based on the integrated value of the density values calculated by the calculation component. Furthermore, the present invention provides an apparatus for setting image formation requirements of an image formation component based on the integrated value of the respective density difference values between a first pixel and a second pixel of pixels.
US07945090B2	Colour detection Monochrome images are detecting by analysing the skew of the statistical distribution of color difference values of pixels. A skew parameter is derived from an upper percentile, a lower percentile and a median value of the statistical distribution of color difference values and color is detected when the said skew parameter exceeds a threshold.
US07945089B2	3D-image processing apparatus, 3D-image processing method, storage medium, and program A 3D-image processing apparatus includes a storage unit which stores data of a first 3D image together with data of a second 3D image as a combining target with the first 3D image and data of a third 3D image relevant to the second 3D image, a misregistration calculating unit which calculates a misregistration between the first 3D image and the third 3D image, and an image combining unit which registers and combines the second 3D image with the first 3D image on the basis of the calculated misregistration.
US07945086B2	Tungsten plug deposition quality evaluation method by EBACE technology A first embodiment of the invention relates to a method for evaluating the quality of structures on an integrated circuit wafer. Test structures formed on either on the integrated or on a test wafer are exposed to an electron beam and an electron-beam activated chemical etch. The electron-beam activated etching gas or vapor etches the test structures, which are analyzed after etching to determine a measure of quality of the test structures. The measure of quality may be used in a statistical process control to adjust the parameters used to form device structures on the integrated circuit wafer. The test structures are formed on an integrated circuit wafer having two or more die. Each die has one or more integrated circuit structures. The test structures are formed on scribe lines between two or more adjacent die. Each test structure may correspond in dimensions and/or composition to one or more of the integrated circuit structures.
US07945084B2	Method of printing MICR encoded negotiable instruments such as checks/drafts from facsimile transmitted checks An improved method for accurately and correctly encoding and printing complete checks on blank paper sheets from graphic check images. The method includes inputting into a computer a graphic image of a check. Scanning the graphic image, in computer memory, and identifying the MICR character codes with their locations. Printing said MICR codes with magnetic ink in MICR fonts in a designated “clear band”. Reformatting the scanned graphic image with the MICR images deleted and printing the reformatted graphic image above the “clear band” to provide a negotiable check instrument.
US07945079B2	Motion correction of PET images using navigator data acquired with an MRI system A method for correcting subject motion in positron emission tomography (PET) imaging includes acquiring navigator signals from the subject with a magnetic resonance (MR) imaging system. The navigator signals are used to determine subject motion during a PET scan relative to a reference position and corrective values therefrom. Sinogram data acquired during the PET scan can then be corrected using the corrective values. PET images are then reconstructed from the corrected sinogram data.
US07945076B2	Vision-based operating method and system A vision-based operating system is provided in which a computer-based system accepts visual inputs and takes appropriate actions in a wide variety of environments. One environment is a security environment in which the vision-based operating system acquires an image of a face and determines, with an arbitrarily small probability of a false positive, whether the face is of a person who is authorized to enter the environment. The method employed may include acquiring a digital image for comparison to a reference image and identifying two or more groups of pixels in the acquired image. The pixel groups in the reference image that are the best match for the two or more pixels groups in the acquired image are selected. The relative locations of the selected pixel groups in the reference image and the two or more pixel groups in the acquired image are compared, and the probability that the relative locations occurred randomly is determined.
US07945069B2	Loudspeaker plastic cone body A loudspeaker cone body made of plastic includes a base carrier material and a filler material. The base carrier material is selected to optimize overall flow, weight and stiffness. The filler material may be a nanomaterial that provides for adjustment of process and acoustic related characteristics in the loudspeaker cone body that become relevant when the loudspeaker cone body is operated in a loudspeaker. Acoustic related characteristics that may be adjusted include a stiffness to weight ratio and an acoustic damping of the loudspeaker cone body. A predetermined weight percent of the filler material may be combined with the base carrier material to obtain repeatable desired acoustic related characteristics. The acoustic related characteristics may be adjusted by changing the predetermined weight percent of the filler material.
US07945066B2	Method and apparatus for a hearing assistance system with adaptive bulk delay A hearing assistance system having adjustable bulk delay for cancellation of a time varying acoustic feedback path. The hearing assistance system including an FIR filter, coefficient update module, and delay rules module for programmable adaptive filtering. The hearing assistance system adjustable for continuous bulk delay adjustments. The hearing assistance system providing a number of coefficient update routines, including, but not limited to an LMS coefficient update process and a normalized LMS coefficient update process.
US07945065B2	Method for deploying hearing instrument fitting software, and hearing instrument adapted therefor A method for deploying hearing instrument fitting software wherein the fitting software comprises executable fitting program code (13) configured to process fitting program data (12,14) on a programmable data processor (11), comprises the steps of reading fitting program definition data (3) from data storage means provided in the hearing instrument (1), determining, from the fitting program definition data (3), at least part of least one of the fitting program data (12,14) and the fitting program code (13). The hearing instrument itself comprises the information defining the fitting software —be it the complete fitting software or an update or change to a fitting software residing in an external device.
US07945060B2	Parameter display method and program therefor, and parameter setting apparatus Once an automatic setting instruction, such as a scene recall instruction, is given for instructing that a parameter to be set via an operator member should be automatically set to a given target value, automatic setting processing, such as scene recall processing, is performed to cause the current value of the parameter, to be set via the operator member, to gradually vary toward the given target value. During that time, the given target value and the current value of the parameter to be set via the operator member are displayed on a display device simultaneously or alternately. During the automatic setting processing, the target value can be changed as desired by a user, and, as the target value is changed, the changed or new target value is displayed on the displayed device.
US07945054B2	Method and apparatus to reproduce wide mono sound A wide mono sound reproducing method and apparatus to widen mono sound by using 2 channel speakers. The method include separating an input mono sound signal into a plurality of decorrelated signals, generating virtual sound sources by localizing each of the separated signals at virtual locations asymmetrical about a center of a front side of a listening point by applying different head related transfer functions to the separated signals, and canceling crosstalk of the generated virtual sound sources.
US07945053B2	Methods and apparatus for a keying mechanism for end-to-end service control protection Embodiments of the present invention provide methods and apparatus for a keying mechanism for end-to-end service control protection within wireless networks. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.
US07945052B2	Method of distributing a decryption key in fixed-content data Secondary content in encrypted for distribution to client terminals by selecting at least a portion of raw encrypted audio-video data (REAVD) that is provided on a media article as an encryption key, encrypting secondary content using the encryption key, and storing encrypted secondary content at a remotely located host. The media article can then be used for providing access to the encrypted secondary content to client terminals by receiving encrypted secondary content at a client terminal, extracting a decryption key from a media article encoded with REAVD, the decryption key being determined by at least a portion of the REAVD, using the decryption key to decrypt the secondary content, and outputting the decrypted secondary content from the client terminal.
US07945051B2	Method for setting up radio bearer in mobile communication system A method for setting up a radio bearer in a radio interface protocol, including transferring ciphering performance information from a designated layer to a radio resource control (RRC) layer, transferring the ciphering performance information from the RRC layer to a radio link control (RLC) layer, and enciphering data at the RLC layer in accordance with the ciphering performance information.
US07945045B2	Device and method for generating chaotic signal Provided is a device for generating a chaotic signal comprising a PN signal generator that is composed of a digital logic circuit and generates a digital pseudo random signal with a predetermined frequency; a voltage control that generates a clock signal with a predetermined frequency; a mixer that mixes the pseudo random signal and the clock signal so as to generate a chaotic signal to output; and a band-pass filter that filters the chaotic signal, output from the mixer, into a chaotic signal of a desired band and then outputs the filtered signal.
US07945043B1	Hands-free telephone holder A holder effective to hold a telephone in operable association with a user's ear. The holder includes a band with a clamp formed by a cantilevered lever arm affixed to the band. Desirably, the band is adjustable to fit heads of different sizes. A telephone may be installed between the free end of the lever arm and the user's ear and cheek. An installed telephone is pressed in compression against a user's ear and cheek by a bias caused in the cantilevered arm by installation of the telephone. Preferred embodiments include provisions to adjust the clamp to fit telephones of different size and conformation.
US07945041B2	Method, system and program product for managing a customer request Under the present invention, a request for a composite service is received from a customer. Based on the request, a delivery task list including one or more tasks required to fulfill the request is defined. The tasks are each then assigned to a service provider for performance, and a schedule for their performance is determined. As the tasks are being performed, a tracking a status thereof is tracked. Once the tasks have been completed, the customer is notified, surveyed and/or invoiced.
US07945038B2	Methods and systems for releasing a voice mail system from a communication and further processing the communication Methods and systems relating to a communication in an Advanced Intelligent Network from a caller to a subscriber's directory number where the communication has been terminated to a voice mail system (VMS) instead having been terminated to the subscriber's directory number. The methods and systems transfer the communication from the VMS so the VMS is no longer involved in the communication. A message indicating a release of the communication by the VMS is generated. The message also indicates an action to be taken regarding the communication such as a transfer to a different number. The action and related information may be provided in a remote operations parameter of a GR-1129 message. In response, directions are provided to carry-out the action. As a result, the communication is released from the VMS, and is acted upon without further involvement of the VMS.
US07945035B2	Dynamic presence proxy for call sessions A telecommunications system includes a telephone routing system; and a presence database manager unit operably coupled to the routing system and adapted to maintain one or more watcher lists of registered users. The routing system is adapted to receive phone calls and provide an indication to the presence database manager unit whether the phone calls originate from registered users. The presence database manager unit is adapted to determine if such a user has a watcher list and transmit an indication to parties associated with the watcher list that said user is present.
US07945031B2	Internet-based method for alerting an individual with an unlisted telephone number that an acquaintance wishes to contact that individual An Internet-based method for alerting an individual with an unlisted telephone number that an acquaintance wishes to contact that individual, including the steps of: establishing, by a webmaster, a website having an administrator; registering, by the individual with the unlisted telephone number, the unlisted telephone number of the individual on the website for a recurring fee after the individual has been guaranteed confidentiality; logging onto the website, by the acquaintance; determining, by the acquaintance, if the individual the acquaintance is trying to contact is in fact registered on the website; terminating, if answer to the determining step is no; paying a fee, by the acquaintance, if answer to the determining step is yes; entering information on the website, by the acquaintance, pertaining to the acquaintance for helping the individual with the unlisted telephone number recognize the acquaintance, and contact information of the acquaintance including the telephone number of the acquaintance; forwarding, by the administrator of the website, the information of the acquaintance to the individual with the unlisted number; simultaneously, informing the acquaintance, by the administrator of the website, that the information of the acquaintance has been forwarded to the individual with the unlisted number; and determining using the information of the acquaintance, by the individual with the unlisted telephone number, if the individual with the unlisted telephone number wants to contact the acquaintance.
US07945023B2	Stereotactic radiotherapy with rotating attenuator A radiotherapy system including a radiation source operable to produce a radiation beam towards a target, an orientation changer operable to change a relative position of the radiation source with respect to the target, and a multileaf attenuator including attenuating leaves including respective spatially varying attenuation properties and a positioner in communication with the orientation changer, each of the attenuating leaves having a leaf length, leaf thickness, leaf center and leaf direction, wherein the leaf direction is a line intersecting the leaf center along the leaf thickness, wherein the radiation beam includes one or more beam segments, wherein a beam segment is the part of the beam intercepted by one of the attenuating leaves, and wherein the target includes one or more target segments, wherein a target segment is that part of the target that intercepts a corresponding one of the beam segments, wherein each of the attenuating leaves is operative to modulate an intensity of a corresponding beam segment by selective attenuation of the leaf thickness along the leaf length, and wherein the positioner is operable to vary at least one of a leaf center position and a leaf direction relative to the radiation source in accordance with positions of the corresponding target segment and the radiation source.
US07945022B2	Radiation therapy plan dose perturbation system and method A method of determining a patient dose during or prior to therapy from an external radiation beam includes determining a dose distribution from a patient plan as delivered in a QA phantom at each appropriate beam angle and comparing the dose distribution determined from measurements or calculations to a corresponding treatment planning system (TPS) dose modeled distribution in the QA phantom and providing a correction distribution when applied to the TPS dose modeled distribution results in the dose distribution determined. The correction distribution may optionally be interpolated to non-measured points for each beam angle and geometrically projected toward the source of radiation through a volume that equals a dose volume of the TPS for a patient beam for each beam angle. The correction distribution is applied to the TPS patient dose volume for each beam angle for providing a corrected dose distribution in the patient.
US07945005B2	Method and module for estimating transmission chanels of a multi-antenna multi-carrier system A method and a module for estimating transmission channels in a multi-antenna system. A matrix A is calculated which is constructed in the form of blocks from training sequences and an appropriate Fourier matrix. For a receive antenna RXj concerned, the method and the module calculate Nt impulse responses in the time domain by multiplying Np pilot symbols extracted from a frequency-domain signal Rj(n) obtained after demodulation of a time-domain signal received by the receive antenna RXj concerned by a product of matrices comprising the pseudo-inverse matrix of the product of the Hermitian matrix of the A matrix with the A matrix enabling decorrelation of modulated carriers adjacent null carriers.
US07945004B2	Method and apparatus for detecting a frequency band and mode of operation A method and apparatus for detecting a frequency band and mode of operation using recursive sampling and narrowing down is disclosed. The method comprises sampling (215) by a multi-mode wireless communication device, a broad operational frequency spectrum at a first sampling rate to produce a first set of discrete signal samples. Then, the wireless communication device compares (230, 240) at least one of the energy graphs of the first set of discrete signal samples with at least one protocol-specific signature to confirm (245), if an approximate match is found. When one or more approximate matches are found, the wireless communication device narrows down (250) the broad frequency spectrum to a reduced set of frequency band(s) that correspond to the matched protocol-specific signature(s). Then the steps of sampling (215), comparing (230, 240), confirming (245), and narrowing down (250) are recursively followed till a frequency band and mode of operation is confirmed.
US07945003B2	Method and apparatus for detecting offset in an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing system Disclosed is a method for detecting a frequency offset in an Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) system. The method includes determining a first frequency index based on autocorrelation values calculated according to a frequency index for a pilot signal of a received symbol, accumulating the autocorrelation values calculated according to the frequency index for the pilot signal of the received symbol depending on a symbol count, and determining a second frequency index based on the accumulated autocorrelation values, and determining at least one of the first frequency index and the second frequency as a frequency offset according to channel quality.
US07945002B2	Information read device and read signal processing circuit An information read device enabling obtaining of a data pattern recorded on an information recording medium as a readout signal, includes an analog to digital converter for converting the readout signal to a digital signal for a predetermined clock, a phase locked loop circuit that supplies the clock used in the analog to digital converter, a first FIR filter for equalizing the digital-converted digital signal under a first equalization condition, a Viterbi decoder to decode outputs of the FIR filter into binary data, wherein the phase locked loop circuit enables detection of a cycle slip of the phase locked loop circuit, and a detector which detects the cycle slip of the phase locked loop circuit. The FIR filter returns tap coefficients of the FIR filter, and the Vitabi decoder returns a target level of a decode operation to an initial value when an out-breaking of the cycle slip occurs.
US07944993B2	Downstream broad beam diversity A satellite communication system is provided according to one embodiment of the invention. The satellite communication system includes a plurality of satellites, a gateway and a plurality of subscriber terminals in communication with the gateway through the satellites. The gateway includes a plurality of antennas pointed toward a specific satellite. Each antenna may transmit the same signal to the satellites. The signal may be an OFDM signal. The subscriber terminals may include an antenna pointed toward at least one of the satellites and configured to receive OFDM signals. The OFDM signal time is proportional to the longest transmission time difference of all subscriber terminals within the geographic area serviced by the satellites. The transmission time difference is a measure of the difference between the transmission time of a signal over the longest transmission path and the transmission time of a signal over the shortest transmission path at a subscriber terminal.
US07944985B2	MIMO transmitter and receiver for supporting downlink communication of single channel codewords The downlink (DL) communication of single channel codewords is supported by providing a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) transmitter and receiver. The transmitter includes NT transmit antennas for transmitting spatial streams to a receiver having NR receive antennas, a precoder and a space-time or space-frequency matrix construction unit in communication with the precoder and the transmit antennas. The space-time or space-frequency matrix construction unit constructs a matrix that defines a threaded algebraic space-time (TAST) codeword based on a number of virtual antennas, NV, and the number of transmit antennas, NT. The transmitter operates in an open loop mode when no feedback information from the receiver is available, a semi-open loop mode when channel rank information is available, and a closed loop mode when channel state information (CSI) is available. The receiver is configured to provide feedback to the transmitter on a per received spatial stream basis
US07944980B2	Apparatus, and associated method, for communicating a data block in a multi carrier modulation communication scheme Apparatus, and an associated method, for sending a data block in an OFDM, or other MCM, communication system with reduced PAPR is provided. The data block is combined with a random scrambling sequence. An IDFT operation is performed upon the combined sequence, and its PAPR, peak-to-average power ratio, is calculated. The PAPR is compared against a threshold. If the PAPR is smaller than a threshold, the transformed, combination sequence is transmitted. Otherwise, a different scrambling sequence, if available, is used to form a new combination sequence, and the process iterates until either a PAPR smaller than the threshold is obtained, or a pre-defined maximum number of iterations is reached. If the maximum number of iterations is reached and no combination sequence is created that leads to an acceptable PAPR, then the transformed, combination sequence that exhibits the smallest PAPR level is selected for transmission.
US07944973B2	Video encoding/decoding method and apparatus A video encoding apparatus comprises a frame memory/predictive image generator having a first predictive mode for generating a predictive image signal by selecting a combination from among a plurality combinations of a reference image number and a plurality of predictive parameters, and a second predictive mode for generating a predictive image signal according to a predictive parameter computed based on reference image numbers of reference images and an image-to-image distance, and a variable-length encoder to select one of the first and second prediction modes by the number of reference images, and encode orthogonal transformation coefficient information concerning a predictive error signal of a predictive image signal with respect to input video signal, mode information indicating an encoding mode, motion vector information and combination of selected reference image number with predictive parameter index information indicating combination of selected reference image information.
US07944967B2	Technique for addressing frame loss in a video stream A technique for addressing frame loss in a video system includes a number of steps. Initially, a first video stream and a second video stream are received. The first and second video streams each include related video information having a plurality of video frames. At least one of the first and second video streams is buffered and lost or corrupted video frames associated with the first video stream are replaced with uncorrupted video frames from the second video stream.
US07944962B2	Method and apparatus for transmission of command combinations by means of coded frequency-shift keying A method is disclosed for transmission of commands or command combinations via a communication link by coded frequency-shift keying. Each command or command combination is associated with one frequency pair. When a command changes from a preceding command or command combination to a subsequent command or command combination, one frequency (which will be the first to be transmitted) in the frequency pair of the subsequent command or command combination is chosen as a function of at least one other associated frequency pair.
US07944959B2	Quantum cascade laser amplifier with an anti-reflection coating including a layer of yttrium fluoride A quantum cascade laser amplifier (12) having an active zone (20) includes a stack of raw layers of semi-conductor materials formed in an epitaxial manner on a substrate layer (16) of indium. phosphide (InP) or gallium arsenide (GaAs) bearing the active zone (20), and a vertical anti-reflection coating (34) that covers an outlet face (28) of the laser radiation made of materials having given refraction indices and a predetermined thickness so that the entire laser radiation can flow through the outlet face. The anti-reflection coating (34) includes a first layer (36) having a first predetermined retraction index (n1) lower than the predetermined refraction index (nD), and at least a second layer (38) having a second refraction index (n2) higher than the predetermined refraction index (nD), wherein the first layer (36) of the anti-reflection coating (34) is made of yttrium fluoride (YF3).

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