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US08081570B2	High speed flow control methodology A method and apparatus for controlling data flow across a network performs a method which includes transmitting a packet request message from a first station to a second station, then determining if the packet request message is valid. A request acknowledge message is transmitted from the second station to the first station, and it is then determined if the request acknowledge message is valid. The packet request message and the request acknowledge message each includes a control bit string, an identification bit string, and at least one parity bit.
US08081561B2	Signal generating unit and signal receiving unit A signal generating unit (100) is provided for generating signals. The signal generating unit comprises an IFFT unit (101) for generating an output signal; a filter unit (102) operatively connected to the IFFT unit; and a subtractor (103) operatively connected to the IFFT unit and to the filter unit, said subtractor being adapted to subtract the interference from the output signal. A signal receiving unit (200, 300) is provided for receiving signals. The signal generating unit comprises a filter unit (202, 302); a subtractor (203, 303) operatively connected to the filter unit; and an FFT unit (201, 301) operatively connected to the subtractor. Methods for receiving and generating signals are also provided.
US08081560B2	Method and apparatus for self-tuning precoder Techniques are disclosed for compensating for crosstalk using adaptation of data signals transmitted over respective channels of a communication system. For example, a method includes the following steps. A first set of estimated measures of crosstalk is obtained for at least a selected portion of a plurality of communication channels over which data signals are to be transmitted from a transmitter to at least a selected portion of a plurality of receivers. A first set of data signals based on the first set of estimated measures of crosstalk is adapted to generate a first set of adjusted data signals. The first set of adjusted data signals is transmitted to corresponding ones of the plurality of receivers. A second set of estimated measures of crosstalk is obtained for the selected portion of the plurality of communication channels. A second set of data signals for transmission based on the second set of estimated measures of crosstalk is adapted to generate a second set of adjusted data signals. Iteration of the obtaining, adjusting and transmitting steps is performed so as to reduce an error between subsequent estimated measures of crosstalk and actual measures of crosstalk for the plurality of communication channels.
US08081550B2	Optical pickup device In a multilayer disc has an increased number of recording layers) spaced by spacing from each other, a generation interval between focus error (FE) signals detected from the respective recording layers becomes small. This causes mutual interference between the FE signals and a resulting undesired offset and the like in the signals, leading to a significantly deteriorated quality of the FE signals. To avoid this, in an optical pickup device according to the present invention, detection surfaces are newly added at positions adjacent to the FE signal detection surfaces, a predetermined detection signal obtained from the newly-added detection surfaces is multiplied by a predetermined coefficient value depending on the spacing between the recording layers, and the multiplied signal is subtracted from the original FE signal. As a result, mutual interference between the FE signals can be remarkably reduced.
US08081544B2	Method and apparatus for deciding spherical aberration compensation value A method and an apparatus for deciding a spherical aberration compensation (SAC) value for an optical storage medium are provided. The optical storage medium comprises at least one recording layer and a cover layer. The SAC value is suitable for a selected one of the at least one recording layer. First, a focus search on the optical storage medium is performed to derive a focus error (FE) signal in response to a testing SAC value. Then, a center level and a center basis corresponding to the testing SAC value according to the FE signal is determined. The SAC value according to the center level, the center basis, and the testing SAC value is also determined. When the center level and the center basis are equal, the SAC value is determined to be the testing SAC value.
US08081540B2	Rotary subwoofer marine seismic source According to a preferred aspect of the instant invention, there is provided herein a system and method for creating low frequency seismic waves. In brief, the instant invention uses a rotary propeller-type system that has been mounted in, for example, a barge or other marine vessel as a seismic source. In the preferred arrangement, the instant source will generate a seismic signal that has greater low frequency content (e.g., frequencies that are less than about 10 Hz) than has been possible heretofore.
US08081535B2	Circuit for providing chip-select signals to a plurality of ranks of a DDR memory module A circuit is configured to be mounted on a memory module connectable to a computer system so as to be electrically coupled to a plurality of memory devices on the memory module. The memory module has a first number of ranks of double-data-rate (DDR) memory devices activated by a first number of chip-select signals. The circuit is configurable to receive bank address signals, a second number of chip-select signals, and row/column address signals from the computer system. The circuit is further configurable to generate phase-locked clock signals in response to clock signals received from the computer system and to provide the first number of chip-select signals to the first number of ranks in response to the phase-locked clock signals, the received bank address signals, the received second number of chip-select signals, and at least one of the received row/column address signals.
US08081528B2	Integrated circuit and method for testing the circuit An integrated circuit includes a memory; a memory test circuit that tests the memory; and an input/output port, wherein the memory test circuit includes a latch circuit that outputs output of the memory, an address of the memory to be accessed is changed in accordance with a first clock signal, and output of the memory corresponding to the changed address is latched in accordance with a latch signal having a cycle of an integral multiple of the first clock signal, data of the latch circuit is output via the input/output port in a cycle of the latch signal, an address of a memory cell corresponding to the output of the memory to be latched by the latch circuit is changed, and the latch and the output is repeated.
US08081525B2	Memory device including combination SRAM-ROM cells and SRAM cells alternately arranged and semiconductor device including the memory device A combination memory device including a static random access memory (SRAM) and a read only memory (ROM) comprises first memory cells and second memory cells arranged in rows and columns, in which each of the first memory cells includes an SRAM cell and a ROM cell and is arranged adjacent to at least one of the second memory cells, and each of the second memory cells includes an SRAM cell and does not include a ROM cell.
US08081524B2	Combo-type semiconductor integrated circuit supplied with a plurality of external voltages A combo semiconductor memory apparatus capable of reducing current and power consumption is provided. The semiconductor memory apparatus includes: a signal generator that generates a voltage control signal according to the level of an external voltage; and a voltage generator that pumps up the level of the external voltage in response to the voltage control signal and outputs the pumped voltage to a high-level voltage output terminal, or supplies the external voltage as a high-level voltage.
US08081518B2	Semiconductor memory device A semiconductor memory device includes a sense amplifier which senses identical multilevel data, which is stored in a memory cell, a plurality of number of times at a time of read, and a n-channel MOS transistor which has a current path one end of which is connected to the sense amplifier and the other end of which is connected to a bit line. The device further include a control unit which applies a first voltage to a gate electrode of the n-channel MOS transistor, thereby setting the n-channel MOS transistor in an ON state, and applies a second voltage which is higher than the first voltage, to the gate electrode during a period after first sense and before second sense.
US08081516B2	Method and apparatus to suppress fringing field interference of charge trapping NAND memory With advanced lithographic nodes featuring a half-pitch of 30 nm or less, charge trapping NAND memory has neighboring cells sufficiently close together that fringing fields from a neighboring pass gate interferes with the threshold voltage. The interference results from fringing fields that occupy the gaps that separate the neighboring charge storage structures. The fringing electric fields are suppressed, by the insulating structures having a relative dielectric constant with respect to vacuum that is less than a relative dielectric constant of silicon oxide, from entering the neighboring charge storage structures. In some embodiments, the insulating structures suppress the fringing electric fields from entering a channel region. This suppresses the short channel effects despite the small dimensions of the devices.
US08081513B2	NAND flash memory A NAND flash memory has a control circuit. The control circuit applies a writing voltage between a control gate and a well by applying a first voltage to the well and a positive second voltage higher than the first voltage to the control gate during the writing operation, and then the control circuit applies a detrapping voltage between the control gate and the well by applying a third voltage to the control gate and a positive fourth voltage higher than the third voltage to the well before the verification reading operation.
US08081506B2	Amorphous semiconductor threshold switch volatile memory cell A voltage memory switch may be formed of an amorphous semiconductor threshold switch and a select device. The amorphous threshold switch may be latched into one of two different current conducting levels. Then, in some embodiments, a relatively dense memory array can be achieved by maintaining an appropriate bias on the cell to prevent it from losing the programmed state.
US08081505B2	Magnetoresistive element and method of manufacturing the same A magnetoresistive element includes a stacked structure including a fixed layer having a fixed direction of magnetization, a recording layer having a variable direction of magnetization, and a nonmagnetic layer sandwiched between the fixed layer and the recording layer, a first protective film covering a circumferential surface of the stacked structure, and made of silicon nitride, and a second protective film covering a circumferential surface of the first protective film, and made of silicon nitride. A hydrogen content in the first protective film is not more than 4 at %, and a hydrogen content in the second protective film is not less than 6 at %.
US08081502B1	Memory elements with body bias control An integrated circuit with memory elements is provided. The memory elements may have memory element transistors with body terminals. Body bias control circuitry may supply body bias voltages that strengthen or weaken memory element transistors to improve read and write margins. The body bias control circuitry may dynamically control body bias voltages so that time-varying body bias voltages are supplied to memory element transistors. Address transistors and latch transistors in the memory elements may be selectively strengthened and weakened. Process variations may be compensated by weakening fast transistors and strengthening slow transistors with body bias adjustments.
US08081491B2	External neutral current sensor matched to a circuit breaker A highly accurate current sensing transformer, such as an external neutral current transformer (ENCT), accommodates a wide range of loads. The ENCT includes a housing, first and second terminals each having an end portion extending from and external to the housing, a conductor for carrying a current to be measured, and a current sensor having an aperture for receiving the conductor and having a central axis. The conductor joins the first and second terminals to form a current path that passes through the aperture. Increased accuracy is achieved by arranging the conductor such that a portion thereof passing through the aperture forms a substantial angle relative to the central axis, such that the entry angle of the current path via the conductor through the aperture of the current sensor of the ENCT matches an entry angle of a conductor through an aperture of a current sensor in the electronic trip unit to which the ENCT is attached. Other features resist rotation of the terminals during attachment of the ENCT and allow the ENCT to receive any of a variety of different lugs or terminal nuts, enabling easy attachment.
US08081489B2	Two piece wire bale independent load mechanism Electronic assemblies are described. One embodiment includes a circuit board, a socket coupled to the circuit board, and a device positioned in the socket. The embodiment also includes a load mechanism including first and second components, the first component pivotally coupled to the circuit board, the first component including first and second lever arms and an axle region therebetween, the first component also including a load arm region extending from the axle region and adapted to transmit a load when a force is applied to the first component lever arms. The load mechanism also includes a second component pivotally coupled to the circuit board, the second component including first and second lever arms and an axle region therebetween, the second wire component also including a load arm region extending from the axle region and adapted to transmit a load when a force is applied to the second wire component lever arms. The first and second wire components are positioned so that when a force is applied to the first component lever arms, the first lever arm of the first component engages the first lever arm of the second component and applies a force thereto, and the second lever arm of the first component engages the second lever arm of the second component and applies a force thereto. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US08081487B2	Signal transmission circuit, IC package, and mounting board Provided is a signal transmission circuit capable of realizing the same effects as those in a conventional manner that employs a complicated circuit by using no complicated circuit, that is, by a simple circuit. The signal transmission circuit includes: a transmission path having a first impedance; a terminating resistor having a predetermined resistance; a transmission path having a second impedance, which is connected to the transmission path and the terminating resistor, the second impedance being higher than both of the first impedance and the predetermined resistance; and an input buffer for receiving a signal at a connection portion of the transmission path and the transmission path.
US08081486B2	Electronic module An electronic module has at least one first and one second connecting terminal and power semiconductors which are connected by way of connecting conductors, diodes which are each connected in parallel with the power semiconductors and at least one capacitor, likewise connected to the power semiconductors by connecting conductors, which is used, in the event of a fault, to ensure a high degree of availability and operational reliability of a converter; the connecting conductors of the novel device have at least two sections which run parallel to one another and at least one of which can be deformed. The sections are used to guide the current flowing in the electronic module in the opposite direction and are dimensioned such that, when a threshold current is exceeded, they form a conductive connection between the connecting terminals and bridge the power semiconductors and each capacitor.
US08081482B2	Multimedia enclosure A multimedia enclosure having a housing with a base, a first sidewall and a second sidewall oppositely disposed from the first sidewall. The base and the first and second sidewalls define an interior region having an optical network terminal mounting area. An optical network terminal mounting area is disposed on the base of the housing in the interior region. A first radius limiter and a second radius limiter are disposed on the second sidewall with the first and second radius limiters defining a fiber passage into the interior region.
US08081478B1	Fluid cooled electronics module cover An electronics component assembly for cooling high power density components including a fluid cooled module cover. In one embodiment, the electronics component assembly includes a module cover that is configured to make thermal contact with heat-generating electronic components of a module. The module cover includes an inlet, an outlet and at least one fluid passageway between the inlet and the outlet. The fluid passageway permits fluid to flow through the module cover, thereby allowing the module cover to act as a heat sink.
US08081473B2	Apparatus and method of direct water cooling several parallel circuit cards each containing several chip packages A cooling apparatus, system and like method for an electronic device includes a plurality of heat producing electronic devices affixed to a wiring substrate. A plurality of heat transfer assemblies each include heat spreaders and thermally communicate with the heat producing electronic devices for transferring heat from the heat producing electronic devices to the heat transfer assemblies. The plurality of heat producing electronic devices and respective heat transfer assemblies are positioned on the wiring substrate having the regions overlapping. A heat conduit thermally communicates with the heat transfer assemblies. The heat conduit circulates thermally conductive fluid therethrough in a closed loop for transferring heat to the fluid from the heat transfer assemblies via the heat spreader. A thermally conductive support structure supports the heat conduit and thermally communicates with the heat transfer assemblies via the heat spreader transferring heat to the fluid of the heat conduit from the support structure.
US08081472B2	Electric circuit device, electric circuit module, and power converter The present invention provides an electric circuit device in which it is possible to achieve simultaneously the improvement of cooling performance and reduction in operating loss due to line inductance. The above object can be attained by constructing multiple plate-like conductors so that each of these conductors electrically connected to multiple semiconductor chips is also thermally connected to both chip surfaces of each such semiconductor chip to release heat from the chip surfaces of each semiconductor chip, and so that among the above conductors, a DC positive-polarity plate-like conductor and a DC negative-polarity plate-like conductor are opposed to each other at the respective conductor surfaces.
US08081459B2	Air conditioning systems for computer systems and associated methods Computer systems with air cooling systems and associated methods are disclosed herein. In several embodiments, a computer system can include a computer cabinet holding multiple computer modules, and an air mover positioned in the computer cabinet. The computer system can also include an airflow restrictor positioned proximate to an air outlet of the computer cabinet, and an overhead heat exchanger mated to the computer cabinet proximate to the air outlet.
US08081455B2	Cooling device and method for acoustic apparatus A cooling device for an acoustic apparatus includes a cooling fan that is turned on and off, and adjusted in quantity of airflow in accordance with an apparatus temperature, wherein when the apparatus temperature is lower than a value requiring immediate cooling, and when an audio output is in a mute state, the cooling fan is not changed in operating state.
US08081451B1	Port locking device A port locking device is fixed to an electronic device. The port locking device comprises a keyhole and a key. A port and a processing unit are connected by a magnetic metal. To lock a port of the electronic device, the key is received in the keyhole. After the key is pressed downwards to a plane on which a port switch of the keyhole is positioned, the key magnetizes a first magnetic object in the keyhole. As the key is rotated, the first magnetic object magnetizes the magnetic metal to cease connection between the port and the processing unit of the electronic device, and the port is locked.
US08081449B2	Handheld electronic device and operating method thereof A handheld electronic device and an operating method thereof are provided. The handheld electronic device includes a first body, a second body, and a moving assembly. The moving assembly includes a sliding module and at least one rotating module. The sliding module is coupled to the second body, wherein the second body is moveable between a first position and a second position. The rotating module is coupled between the first body and the sliding module so that the second body is rotated relative to the first body. The second body is automatically rotated from the second position to a third position to form a first angle with the first body. The second body can be rotated between the third position and a fourth position to form a second angle with the first body, wherein the second angle is greater than the first angle.
US08081443B2	Modeled after: information processing apparatus and video signal output control method A video signal output control method in an information processing apparatus which being to be locked to an external unit by a lock mechanism, the video signal output control method includes detecting the state of the lock mechanism, and stopping the output of the video signal to the external unit, when the lock mechanism is in the unlocked state.
US08081437B2	Computer with projecting device A computer with a projecting device comprises: a base shell, disposed with a top face, the top face being disposed with an opening, the opening communicating an inner part of the base shell; an expansible structure, comprising a first unit, a second unit and a third unit, in which first bottom end of the first unit is pivotally coupled to the base shell through at least one first pivot unit, a second bottom of the second unit is pivotally coupled to the first unit through at least one second pivot unit and the third unit is pivotally coupled to the second unit through a pivot structure; a first face of the third unit is coupled to a projection lens module to allow a height of the projection lens module to be changed and a projection direction thereof to be adjusted.
US08081432B2	Flat panel display device The present disclosure provides a flat panel display device. A flat panel display device includes a display panel, a stand, and a multi-angle adjusting device. The multi-angle adjusting device includes a first shell fixed on the stand, a second shell cooperatively defining a receiving space with the first shell, a holder, a first motor, a second motor, and a third motor. The holder, the first, the second, and the third motors are received in the receiving space. The first motor is connected between the first shell and the holder, and rotates the holder about a first direction along the stand. The second motor is connected between the holder and the second shell, and moves about a second direction perpendicular to the first direction relative to the first shell. The third motor is connected between the second shell and the display panel, and rotates about a third direction which is perpendicular to the first and second directions.
US08081424B2	Method for positioning a user interface of a computing device A method for positioning a user interface of a computing device is disclosed. A system that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a computing device having a user interface (UI), a counterweight, and a housing assembly that houses the UI with one or more exposed portions, and the counterweight. The counterweight can be positioned in the housing assembly to cause a desired position of at least one of the one or more exposed portions of the UI when a select one of a plurality of surfaces of the housing assembly rests on a nearly planar surface. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US08081418B2	Low temperature double-layer capacitors Double-layer capacitors capable of operating at extremely low temperatures (e.g., as low as −75° C.) are disclosed. Electrolyte solutions combining a base solvent (e.g., acetonitrile) and a cosolvent are employed to lower the melting point of the base electrolyte. Example cosolvents include methyl formate, ethyl acetate, methyl acetate, propionitrile, butyronitrile, and 1,3-dioxolane. An optimized concentration (e.g., 0.10 M to 0.75 M) of salt, such as tetraethylammonium tetrafluoroborate, is dissolved into the electrolyte solution. In some cases (e.g., 1,3-dioxolane cosolvent) additives, such as 2% by volume triethylamine, may be included in the solvent mixture to prevent polymerization of the solution. Conventional device form factors and structural elements (e.g., porous carbon electrodes and a polyethylene separator) may be employed.
US08081408B2	Protection of exposed contacts connected to a bridge rectifier against electrostatic discharge Disclosed is a protection circuit for protecting a rectifier circuit from electrostatic pulses. The circuit employs a first bypass capacitor that is connected between positive and negative power lines to bypass electrostatic pulses that have a rise time that allows the diodes to conduct and prevent damage to the diodes as a result of reverse biasing, and a second bypass capacitor that is connected between an input node and the negative power line to discharge the electrostatic pulses that have a rise time that is faster than the turn-on times of the diodes. Connection of the bypass capacitors at locations close to the rectifying diodes minimizes the effects of stray inductance that affects the operation of the rectifier circuit in response to fast rise time transient pulses.
US08081407B2	Compact disconnector circuit-breaker for an alternator An alternator disconnector circuit-breaker of the invention presents a compact structure. The axes of opening/closure of the change-over first switch (12, 14), of the circuit-breaker second switch (22, 24), and of the disconnector switch (32, 34) are such that an angle of 90° is present between two of them. Actuator means (40) associated with synchronization means (52, 54, 56, 58) make it possible to ensure that each switch is operated in a time-shifted manner by common control means.
US08081400B1	Slider with an air-bearing surface including four pressure generating pockets for countering disruptive movement A slider with an air-bearing surface includes an ID-side leading pad, an OD-side leading pad, an ID-side trailing pad, and an OD-side trailing pad. Each leading and trailing pad includes a respective pocket extending from the respective pad toward the air-bearing surface. The pockets each include a respective step surface surrounded by a trailing-side wall, an ID-side wall, and an OD-side wall. Each step surface has a respective depth, and each pocket is open to a leading side of the pocket. The slider further includes at least one cavity between the leading and trailing pads. The cavity includes a bottom surface of the slider having a cavity depth greater than all of the respective depths of the step surfaces of the pockets.
US08081396B2	Processing data recorded on a tape medium A device for processing data recorded on a tape medium includes a first control part that controls a read head to read specific data recorded in a first area among data recorded in a first format on the tape medium. Data in the first format is recorded at a first recording density. The device further includes a second control part that controls a write head to write the specific data in a second area different from the first area of the tape medium and to write the specific data in a second format in a third area different from the second area of the tape medium. Data in the second format is recorded at a second recording density different from the first recording density. Moreover, the device may include a recording part for recording specific information that specifies a read position of other data among data recorded in the first format on the tape medium.
US08081395B1	Continuous digital offset cancellation A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk, a head for writing data to the disk, and control circuitry coupled to the head, the control circuitry comprising a signal amplifier outputting a first signal comprising an offset voltage, the control circuitry operable to determine a state signal based on comparing the first signal to a reference signal, increase a M-bit digital count value in response to a first state of the state signal, decrease the M-bit digital count value in response to a second state of the state signal, and determine a first analog signal based on N bits of the digital count value, wherein the first analog signal adjusts the offset voltage and M>N.
US08081394B2	Information recording apparatus and method, information reproducing method and fade-in memory, with summary information corresponding to plurality of information recording elements An information recording apparatus has a plurality of fine particles forming an array on a plane in close proximity of each other, each of the plural particles including a ferromagnetic metal, a light-emitting device for exciting a near-field light, and a photo-electric conversion element for detecting a near-field light traveled along the fine particles. Summary information may be recorded for plural information recording parts.
US08081389B2	Electro-wetting device and a method of manufacturing the same An electro-wetting device is provided that can prevent deterioration of withstand voltage characteristics due to use of a high-dielectric constant film, thereby ensuring an insulating structure having high reliability. The electro-wetting device includes a conductive first liquid, an insulating second liquid, a transparent substrate and a cover body defining a liquid room for accommodating therein the first and second liquids, an electrode layer formed on a surface, on the liquid room side, of the transparent substrate, and an insulating layer formed on a surface of the electrode layer. The insulating layer has a lamination structure of a first insulating film made of an insulating inorganic crystalline material, and a second insulating film made of an insulating inorganic amorphous material, which results in that surface irregularities of the first insulating film is relaxed by the second insulating film, and thus the low voltage drive is possible. As a result, it is possible to obtain the highly reliable insulating layer which is excellent in the withstand voltage strength.
US08081386B2	Device for illuminating an area and device for applying light to a work area Device for illuminating an area, in particular for illuminating a mask (14), for example for a lithographic application, with at least one light source (1) for producing light (3) that can be used for the illumination, optics means (2) for shaping the light (3) produced by the at least one light source (1), and separation means (4, 4′, 4″) capable of dividing the light (3) to be used for the illumination into several mutually separated partial beams (5), so that these partial beams (5) can illuminate the area to be illuminated with a spacing therebetween. The present invention also relates to a device for applying light to a work area.
US08081384B2	Multilayer reflective film coated substrate, manufacturing method thereof, reflective mask blank, and reflective mask A multilayer reflective film coated substrate includes a multilayer under film comprised of Mo/Si alternately-layered films, an intermediate layer in the form of a Si film, and a multilayer reflective film comprised of Mo/Si alternately-layered films for reflecting exposure light. The multilayer under film, the intermediate layer, and the multilayer reflective film are formed on a substrate in this order. Given that a cycle length of the multilayer under film is d bottom (unit:nm), a thickness of the intermediate layer is d Si (unit:nm), and a cycle length of the multilayer reflective film is d top (unit:nm), relationships of a formula (1) and a formula (2) are satisfied,the formula (1) given by n×d top−0.05≦d bottom≦n×d top+0.05 where n is a natural number equal to or greater than 1, and the formula (2) given by m×d top−1.2≦d Si≦−m×d top+1.2 where m is an integer equal to or greater than 0.
US08081381B2	Laser beam combining by polarization interlacing The present invention is a time division multiplexed beam combination for laser signal generation. In one aspect, the time division multiplexed beam combination employs a mechanical implementation. In a second aspect, the time division multiplexed beam combination employ a polarization interlacing.
US08081376B2	Multi-stage fiber amplifier to suppress Raman scattered light The invention relates to a light source apparatus having a structure for effectively suppressing a negative effect due to a nonlinear effect generated in propagation of an amplifying light, and realizing a stable operation. In the light source apparatus, light amplified in an optical amplifier fiber is emitted to the outside of the apparatus through an optical output fiber whose one end is connected to an output connecter. At this time, a part of Raman scattered light, generated in the optical output fiber, propagates toward an pumping light source through the optical amplifier fiber from the optical output fiber. An optical component having an insertion loss spectrum that attenuates the Raman scattered light but allows pumping light or light to be amplified to transmit therethrough, is provided on a propagation path of the Raman scattered light, due to the light component, the intensity of the Roman scattered light reaching the pumping light source is effectively reduced. As a result, a negative effect due to a nonlinear effect generated in propagation of light to be amplified can be effectively suppressed, and the light source apparatus can be stably operated.
US08081363B2	Optical beam scanning apparatus and image forming apparatus An optical beam scanning apparatus and an image forming apparatus having the optical beam scanning apparatus are provided. The optical beam scanning apparatus includes a light source; a pre-deflection optical system; an optical beam deflecting device; a sensor; and a post-deflection optical system. An exit surface of the imaging lens includes a lens-shaped portion for imaging the light flux on a scanned surface of the scanned object, and a totally reflecting surface-shaped portion having a totally reflecting surface for totally reflecting a portion of the light flux from the deflecting surface of the optical beam deflecting device at least two times, and the incident surface of the imaging lens includes a transmission surface-shaped portion having a transmission surface for transmitting the light flux totally reflected by the totally reflecting surface, and the light flux transmitted through the transmission surface is directed to the sensor.
US08081361B2	Carbon nanotube signal modulator and photonic transmission device The present invention contemplates a variety of methods and techniques for fabricating a carbon nanotube (CNT) signal modulator for reducing, eliminating, or enhancing the resonance interaction between photonic elements, and a photonic transmission device that may incorporate the signal modulator. The CNT signal modulator comprises a gate CNT on a substrate in a position for receiving an input photonic signal and an input modulation signal; and transmitting an output photonic signal that is reduced, eliminated, or enhanced through the selection of the input modulation signal; and an input modulation signal sender for sending the input modulation signal to the gate CNT and creating the modulated output photonic signal from the gate CNT. The photonic transmission device can contain a plurality of CNTs, each having functional antenna forms that are capable of a resonance interaction of photons between adjacent CNTs when formed as an array on a substrate. The photonic transmission device can also comprise the CNT signal modulator.
US08081360B2	Light-collecting device, light-collecting device array, exposure device and image-forming apparatus A light-collecting device is provided, a light-collecting device, including: a first volume hologram recorded in a hologram recording layer by interference of a first spherical wave and a planar wave, the first spherical wave passing through a light path of diffused light which radiates from a light incident point, passes through the hologram recording layer and spreads to a predetermined diameter; and a second volume hologram recorded in the hologram recording layer by interference of a second spherical wave and the planar wave, the second spherical wave passing through a light path of converging light which radiates from the same side as the first spherical wave, passes through the hologram recording layer and converges at an image-forming point distanced from the hologram recording layer by a predetermined distance, the planar wave intersecting with the first spherical wave and the second spherical wave.
US08081358B2	Laser marking hologram having a volume hologram with interference fringes using selective irradiation The present invention is provided to enhance security of a volume hologram by recording therein individualized information such as information of character, numerical character, picture pattern, biometric matter and/or the like by irradiating laser light to the volume hologram thereby modifying the same physically or chemically, and is related to a laser marking hologram comprising a volume hologram layer 2 including interference fringes recorded therein, wherein the volume hologram layer 2 includes information of character, numerical character, picture pattern, biometric matter, and/or the like recorded therein having a contrast between an irradiated portion and a non-irradiated portion thereof provided by selectively irradiating laser light 10 to the volume hologram layer 2 in a manner to modify 11 the irradiated portion.
US08081349B2	Printer having coded tag generator and controller for printing coded interface A printer is provided having a coded tag generator configured to generate coded tags based on identity data indicative of an identity associated with an interface and position data defining a relative position of each tag on the interface, and a controller for controlling printing of the interface with the coded tags at the positions defined by the position data and having the identity data.
US08081346B1	System to create image transparency in a file generated utilising a print stream A method to generate image transparency in a file created from a print stream includes accessing a source file of a source application, extracting transparency information from an image within the source file to generate a non-transparent image prior to generating a print stream based on the source file, and replacing the transparency information in a print file generated utilizing the print stream.
US08081342B2	Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and print control program An information processing apparatus that can operate under the control of an operating system configured to allow changing an enlargement rate in units of job and can generate print data corresponding to a plurality of pages to be printed by a printing apparatus. A setting input unit inputs borderless print settings for performing a borderless printing and bordered print settings for performing a bordered printing applied to a predetermined page. An enlargement designation unit instructs an enlargement rate to the operating system, a decision unit determines whether a page to be processed is the predetermined page, a margin creation unit forms a margin in a peripheral region of the data enlarged by the operating system, and, a print data generation unit generates print data corresponding to a plurality of pages to be printed by the printing apparatus.
US08081339B2	Printing apparatus, data storage medium, interface device, printer control method, and interface control method An interface device backs up printer settings and operating history data of printer so that the settings and history data can be easily restored. A nonvolatile memory 109 in the printer 101 stores printer settings data. Commands from a host 161 are passed by the interface device 131 and received by a receiver 103 within the printer. If the command data is a print command, the print mechanism 108 prints the specified text or image. If the command data is a command for updating the settings data, the corresponding settings data in the nonvolatile memory 109 is updated and at an appropriate backup time the updated settings data is copied to a nonvolatile memory 135 in the interface device 131. The settings data backed up into the interface device 131 can then be restored back to the printer's nonvolatile memory 109 at an appropriate data restore time.
US08081335B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing system, method for managing data in the image processing apparatus and computer program product An image processing apparatus is provided with a box data management portion that manages boxes where document files as shared data are saved, a document update detecting portion that detects an updated document file among the document files saved in boxes, an RSS data accumulating portion that stores file update data indicating identification information of the box thus detected, a date and time when the update has been performed, a user who has performed the update and updated contents, the file update data being shown in the RSS format, and an update information displaying portion that presents a user with the file update data of the document file satisfying conditions.
US08081328B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus having: a replacement part that can be replaced; an operation and display section; an image forming section that forms an image on a sheet; a power supply section that supplies power to the image forming section; a storage section that stores a procedure of replacing the replacement part; and a control section, wherein the control section carries out, upon input instruction of the replacement part to be replaced from the operation and display section, a display operation of the replacement procedure of the replacement part on the operation and display section and an ON/OFF control of the power supply section.
US08081324B2	Information processing apparatus, image forming method, and computer readable storage medium storing a program for reducing print processing time To speedily accomplish print processing, a computer produces print data processible in a printing apparatus based on application data if the application data is created, regardless of user's print instruction. The produced print data is stored in a storage region corresponding to a folder that stores the created application data. If the print instruction is entered by a user, the printing apparatus can promptly execute the print processing using the print data corresponding to the print instruction.
US08081323B2	Apparatus and method for transferring data to remote printer Using a print response process block for generating a print job, a spool process block for spooling the print job and generating a print completion job, a transferring data convert process block for converting the print completion job into a format in which the print completion job can be transferred to a remote printer, a remote transfer process block for transferring the print completion job according to a predetermined transfer protocol, and an encipher block for enciphering the print completion job, a print process for performing remote printing is temporarily completed in a local network to suppress a delay in communications when remote printing is performed, a disconnection of a connected circuit, and a data leak during the remote transfer.
US08081318B2	Non-periodic wavefront dividing interferometer A non-periodic reflection beamsplitter or reflector for use in an interferometer. The interferometer employs non-periodic reflectors or a non-periodic beamsplitter in order to produce interference patterns to analyze. The non-periodic reflectors or beamsplitters may be concentrically arranged reflectors having equal area. The beamsplitter consists of two adjacent non-periodic structures having complementary reflection and transmission patterns.
US08081317B2	Electrostatic chuck with anti-reflective coating, measuring method and use of said chuck The embodiments disclosed herein relate to an electrostatic chuck, or an optically structured element or an optical mask that comprise a metal film as well as a transparent cover applied on a substrate. At least two anti-reflective films are inserted between the metal film and the cover that reduce the reflectance of the metal film, as viewed from the surface, to almost zero. As a result, a direct interferometer measurement of the surface structure of the transparent cover is possible. Methods of measurement and of use are also disclosed.
US08081316B2	Process, system and software arrangement for determining at least one location in a sample using an optical coherence tomography A system, process and software arrangement are provided to determine at least one position of at least one portion of a sample. In particular, information associated with the portion of the sample is obtained. Such portion may be associated with an interference signal that includes a first electromagnetic radiation received from the sample and a second electro-magnetic radiation received from a reference. In addition, depth information and/or lateral information of the portion of the sample, may be obtained. At least one weight function can be applied to the depth information and/or the lateral information so as to generate resulting information. Further, a surface position, a lateral position and/or a depth position of the portion of the sample may be ascertained based on the resulting information.
US08081308B2	Detecting chemical and biological impurities by nano-structure based spectral sensing A method is disclosed for providing quality assurance in an industrial process. The method includes obtaining a manufacturing material from the industrial process, allowing the manufacturing material to contact with a nano-scale surface, which allows the harmful substance to adsorb to the nano-scale surface. The method also includes obtaining a Raman spectrum from the manufacturing material and the nano-scale surface using a spectrometer, searching for, using a spectral analyzer, a spectral signature of a harmful substance in a predetermined spectral region in the Raman spectrum to determine the existence of the harmful substance in the manufacturing material, determining the concentration of the manufacturing material if the spectral signature is found in the Raman spectrum, and rejecting the manufacturing material from the industrial process if the concentration of the manufacturing material is determined to be above a predetermined tolerance level.
US08081304B2	Method, apparatus, and article to facilitate evaluation of objects using electromagnetic energy Spectral information may be employed in process control and/or quality control of goods and articles. Spectral information may be employed in process control and/or quality control of media, for example financial instruments, identity documents, legal documents, medical documents, financial transaction cards, and/or other media, fluids for example lubricants, fuels, coolants, or other materials that flow, and in machinery, for example vehicles, motors, generators, compressors, presses, drills and/or supply systems. Spectral information may be employed in identifying biological tissue and/or facilitating diagnosis based on biological tissue.
US08081292B2	Exposure system and method of manufacturing a semiconductor device In an exposure system and semiconductor device manufacturing method relating to the present invention, an image of spatial image mark body through a reduction projection lens is projected onto a spatial image projection plate arranged on a wafer stage by irradiating the spatial image mark body arranged on a reticle stage with an exposure light. The spatial image mark body has a plurality of spatial image marks arranged in a same plane. At projection positions of images of each spatial image mark on the spatial image projection plate, spatial image openings are equipped with differing positions in an optical axis direction of the exposure light. A focus curve with a single exposure can be obtained, without moving the wafer stage in the optical axis direction, by respective measurements of optical intensities of images of each spatial image mark through each opening thereby enabling to calculate the best focus position.
US08081286B2	Liquid crystal display device having first column spacer corresponds to a TFT and a second column spacer corresponds to a storage capacitor A liquid crystal display panel includes a color filter array substrate having a first column spacer and a second column spacer, the first column spacer being partially inserted in a first hole, and a thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate facing the color filter array substrate having a protective passivation film.
US08081283B2	Liquid crystal display panel with pixel electrodes having bridge electrode A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a pixel disposed on the second substrate, a bottom capacitor electrode, a top capacitor electrode, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a plurality of protrusions disposed on the first substrate. The pixel includes a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode, in which a main slit is formed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode. The bottom capacitor electrode is disposed on the second substrate and overlaps a portion of the main slit, and the top capacitor electrode is disposed on the second substrate and forms a capacitor with the bottom capacitor electrode.
US08081281B2	Liquid crystal display device A liquid crystal display device includes: a protective film; a polarizing plate; a liquid crystal cell for display; and a backlight, in this order, wherein the protective film is an antiglare optical film including a transparent substrate and at least one antiglare layer and having a concavo-convex shape on a surface of the antiglare optical film, and an integrated frequency value of tilted plane components having tilt angles between a normal line of the transparent substrate and a normal line of the concavo-convex shape on a surface of the antiglare optical film ranging from 0.05 to 0.25° is from 10 to 25% while an integrated frequency value of tilted plane components having the tilt angles ranging from 1.5 to 2.5° is from 10 to 25%.
US08081280B2	Method of producing UV stable liquid crystal alignment In a liquid crystal display device, a method for creating desirable pretilt angle by means of topography of the substrates, such as a surface that is sloped with respect to the surface of the electrodes. In combination with a low pretilt but highly photo-stable alignment layer, which may be very resistant to high levels of ultraviolet radiation, a high pretilt and photo-stable alignment structure is generated, by essentially combining two incompatible technical approaches. The ever more stringent requirements for projection displays are met. The methods for producing such sloped surfaces and the considerations related to design of the sloped surfaces are disclosed.
US08081273B2	Liquid crystal display The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display (LCD) and a method of manufacturing the same. In the present invention, a wire grid polarizing pattern is formed on at least one of thin film transistor and color filter substrates in a manufacturing process thereof. According to the present invention, the thickness of an LCD panel can be reduced as compared with a method of attaching an existing polarizer to an LCD panel, and the wire grid polarizing pattern can be built in an LCD panel without increasing the number of masking processes.
US08081268B2	Liquid crystal display assembly A liquid crystal display assembly includes an enclosure including an opening, a lens received in the opening, a printed circuit board (PCB) mounted in the enclosure, a shielding frame mounted on the PCB, a liquid crystal module electrically connected to the PCB and mounted inside the shielding frame, and a double-sided tape that attaches the shielding frame to the enclosure and the lens. A length, a thickness, and a width of the lens are substantially equal to a length, a thickness, and a width of the opening of the enclosure. The shielding frame protects the liquid crystal module from electromagnetic interference. The lens is directly supported by the shielding frame.
US08081263B2	Display apparatus and driving method thereof A display apparatus including a plurality of gate lines, a data line intersecting the plurality of gate lines; a first pixel unit connected with a n-th gate line of the plurality of gate lines and the data line. A second pixel unit connected with a (n+1)-th gate line of the plurality of gate lines; and a coupling capacitor disposed between the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit, wherein the first pixel unit comprises a first liquid crystal capacitor and a first thin film transistor (TFT), the second pixel unit comprises a second liquid crystal capacitor and a second thin film transistor (TFT), and a source electrode and a drain electrode of the second TFT are connected with both electrodes of the coupling capacitor, respectively.
US08081258B2	Extraction of data from a television signal using an adaptable slicing level From a television signal data such as teletext or closed caption data is extracted by slicing. A binary data signal is formed dependent on whether the television signal level is above or below a slicing level (S). The slicing level (S) is selected by defining a reconstructed data signal (D) with signal values equal to plus and minus an amplitude value relative to a middle level and transitions between these signal values at time points where the television signal crosses the slicing level. An auxiliary signal (R) is formed that contains the television signal (Vi) from which the reconstructed data signal (D) has been subtracted. A feedback loop is provided that adapts the amplitude value (A) to regulate a residual data signal amplitude in the auxiliary signal (R) to zero.
US08081255B2	Image converting apparatus, image signal processing apparatus, camera system and image signal processing method An image converting apparatus includes a memory which can store frame information of an image to be played, and an image processing section which can read frame information from the memory and convert the frame rate to a predetermined frame rate in response to a predetermined state and in accordance with the play state.
US08081254B2	In-camera based method of detecting defect eye with high accuracy A portable digital image acquisition device includes multiple lenses and/or multiple flashes. A main digital image and first and second reference images are acquired. The first and second reference images are acquired with different flash-lens combinations that have different flash-lens distances. One or more flash eye defects are detected and corrected in the main image based on analysis of the first and second reference images.
US08081249B2	Image sensor with a gated storage node linked to transfer gate A CMOS imaging system with increased charge storage of pixels yet decreased physical size, kTC noise and active area. A storage node is connected to the transfer gate and provides a storage node for a pixel, allowing for kTC noise reduction prior to readout. The pixel may be operated with the shutter gate on during the integration period to increase the amount of time for charge storage by a pixel.
US08081247B2	Partial row readout for image sensor An image sensor includes a color filter array, sense amplifiers, multiplexing circuitry, and an output. The color filter array acquires image data using an array of M columns and N rows of pixels. The sense amplifiers are coupled to the color filter array for reading out image data from the color filter array. The multiplexing circuitry couples the sense amplifiers to the color filter array, wherein each sense amplifier is time shared across multiple columns and multiple rows. The output is coupled to receive the image data from the sense amplifiers and output the image data off-chip.
US08081244B2	Snapshot spectral imaging systems and methods Digital cameras for spectrally imaging an object or scene comprise an imaging component, a fixed one-dimensional disperser and an image sensor having sensor pixels, the disperser and image sensor arranged with matching optical parameters and in a predetermined spatial relationship. Each sensor pixel detects multiplexed spectral information from at least two adjacent object points and the spectral information detected by each sensor pixel is demultiplexed and processed into spectral-spatial data to provide spectral images.
US08081233B2	Imaging device and imaging method A imaging device includes an imaging element; a memory unit configured to temporarily store pieces of image data captured individually at predetermined timings via the imaging element; a comparator configured to compare the image data recorded in the memory unit to detect whether an image change greater than or equal to a first threshold has occurred; a determining unit configured to determine whether the image change has converged to an amount less than or equal to a second threshold by comparing the image data recorded in the memory unit when an image change greater than or equal to the first threshold has been detected; and a controller configured to exercise control so that image data captured via the imaging element is recorded on a predetermined recording medium when it is determined that the image change has converged to an amount less than or equal to the second threshold.
US08081231B2	Lens-interchangeable camera and method of controlling the same Image processing parameters including the sensor pitch, optical low-pass filter, and spectral transmittances of color component filters of an image sensor are transmitted to a photographing lens. After the start of image capturing, it is determined whether to send a transmission request of recovery filters to the photographing lens. To send the transmission request, capturing parameters set for image capturing are sent to the photographing lens. Recovery filters corresponding to the capturing parameters, which is created by the photographing lens based on the image processing parameters, are received from the photographing lens, and stored in a memory.
US08081226B2	Digital camera system which allows a digital camera unit to communicate with peripheral devices via a human body A digital camera system includes a digital camera unit, and an authenticating unit in which unique setup control data of the digital camera unit is stored. The digital camera unit includes an imaging module that picks up an object image to generate image data, a first human body communication module that conducts communication via a human body, and a first controller that performs a setup operation related to at least one of a plurality of functions of the digital camera unit according to the setup control data received from the authenticating unit by the first human body communication module. In addition, the authenticating unit includes a second human body communication module that conducts communication via the human body, a setup control data storing unit in which the setup control data is stored, and a second controller that causes the setup control data to be transmitted to the digital camera unit via the second human body communication module.
US08081223B2	Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging device for subjecting an optical subject image to photoelectric conversion to generate an image signal; an angular velocity sensor for detecting angular velocity with the imaging apparatus; a first shaking amount calculation unit for integrating detection values from the angular velocity sensor to calculate first shaking amount of the imaging apparatus; a second shaking amount calculation unit for calculating second shaking amount of the imaging apparatus based on image data from the imaging device; a third shaking amount calculation unit for correcting the first shaking amount to calculate third shaking amount of the imaging apparatus based on first amplitude which is a fluctuation range relating to the first shaking amount, and second amplitude which is a fluctuation range relating to the second shaking amount; and a correction control unit for correcting the shaking of the imaging apparatus based on the third shaking amount.
US08081213B2	Test support system and image processing controller There is provided a test support system having facilitated association of an execution log with processing of each unit in a case of creating a control program by blocking a series of processing procedure into a plurality of units, the system being configured such that a program creation apparatus generates a control program for an image processing controller based upon a flowchart generated by arranging the processing units, including an image pick-up unit and a measurement unit, on an execution flow, the image processing controller includes the log collecting section holds an execution log in association with the processing unit constituting the control program.
US08081212B2	Abnormality detecting apparatus An abnormality detecting apparatus comprises a synchronous detecting circuit for detecting a synchronous signal from a video signal outputted from a camera unit, and an abnormality detecting circuit for judging whether or not a first direct current signal level obtained from an input path of said video signal is greater than a predetermined first threshold value, whether or not a second direct current signal level obtained from said input path of said video signal is smaller than a predetermined second threshold value, and whether or not said synchronous signal is detected by said synchronous detecting circuit, and determining that said input path of said video signal is in one of a normal state, an open state, a power connected state, and a ground connected state based on the result of the judgments.
US08081206B2	Critical alignment of parallax images for autostereoscopic display A method is provided for generating an autostereoscopic display. The method includes acquiring a first parallax image and at least one other parallax image. At least a portion of the first parallax image may be aligned with a corresponding portion of the at least one other parallax image. Alternating views of the first parallax image and the at least one other parallax image may be displayed.
US08081205B2	Dynamically switched and static multiple video streams for a multimedia conference An end station for a videoconference/multimedia conference is disclosed, where the end station requests, receives and displays multiple video streams. Call control messages request video streams with specified video policies. A static policy specifies a constant source video stream, e.g., a participant. A dynamic policy dynamically maps various source streams to a requested stream and shows, for example, the current speaker, or a round robin of participants. A network access device, e.g., a media switch or a video composition system, mediates between the multi-stream end station and the core conference system. Multi-stream endpoints need not handle the complexity of directly receiving video according to a potentially wide variety of call control protocols, formats, and bit-rates. Multi-stream endpoints decentralize compositing video streams, which increases functional flexibility and reduces the need for centralized equipment.
US08081204B2	Image recording apparatus and image recording method In an image recording apparatus, a shift amount for shifting a transition position of an output light amount from a light modulator element is obtained with respect to each pixel value-change point in a pixel line in order to correct displacement of writing. In a case where the shift amount excesses a width corresponding to one pixel on a substrate, a pixel value in the pixel line is altered so that the pixel value-change point moves by the number of pixels of an integer part of a value obtained by dividing the shift amount by the width, and the shift amount corresponding to the pixel value-change point is modified to a value equivalent to a decimal part. It is therefore possible to shift the transition position of the output light amount in excess of the distance corresponding to one pixel in recording an image, to record the image with accuracy.
US08081195B2	Method for increasing operation speed in virtual three dimensional (3D) application and operational method thereof The present invention relates to a method for increasing operation speed in virtual three dimensional (3D) application and an operational method thereof. The method includes the steps of: providing a display frame, which includes a plurality of scan lines; dividing the display frame into at least one first area and a second area; providing a plurality of virtual 3D parameters according to the scan lines; and truncating a preset number of least significant bits (LSBs) of the virtual 3D parameters corresponding to the scan lines in the first area.
US08081189B2	Storage medium having stored thereon display control program and display control apparatus In accordance with a size of a drawing area and a character size, the number of characters arrangeable in the drawing area is calculated. Based on the calculated number of characters, whether a character string in the obtained character size is arranged in the drawing area or the character string in a character size different from the obtained character size is arranged in the drawing area is selected, and the character string is arranged in the drawing area by using the determined character size. The arranged character string is displayed on the display apparatus.
US08081188B2	Image delivering apparatus and image delivery method A determining unit determines a vector conversion method for a character image based on the character image and model information of a terminal device that receives the character image. A processing unit performs a vector conversion on the character image by the vector conversion method determined by the determining unit.
US08081187B2	Pencil strokes for vector based drawing elements Embodiments of the invention provide techniques for generating displays of vector drawing elements that have the appearance of being hand drawn using traditional media materials, such as a pencil. Multiple pencil strokes to be rendered on top of each other and the structure of the simulated paper surface remains constant, generating a realistic appearance for multiple rendered pencil strokes. A variety of physical characteristics of pencils and paper surfaces may be specified, and a convincing appearance may be achieved by modeling these parameters in software, and speed may be realized by rendering the pencil effect using a shader program executed on graphics hardware.
US08081182B2	Depth buffer for rasterization pipeline By locating the depth buffer of a 3D graphics rasterization pipeline in a dedicated high speed memory, bandwidth on a main bus can be eliminated that would otherwise result from hidden surface removal (HSR) hardware contained in the pipeline. Also, by reordering of read and write access commands to the depth buffer memory, it is possible to improve memory access throughput otherwise impacted by an increased latency of a read access.
US08081177B2	Chiplet display with optical control A display device having a display substrate defining an optical waveguide for transporting light carrying pixel information; a chiplet disposed over the display substrate, having a chiplet substrate separate from the display substrate, a photosensor responsive to light from the optical waveguide at the selected control wavelength for providing the pixel information, a selection circuit responsive to the pixel information for providing a control signal, and a drive circuit responsive to the control signal, wherein the chiplet is adapted to receive the transported light; an optical transmitter for transmitting the pixel information from the controller as light at the selected control wavelength into the optical waveguide, and a display optical element located in or over the display area responsive to the drive circuit for providing light.
US08081176B2	Photosensor for display device A photosensor for a display device includes a light receiver, a reset unit, and a sample unit. The light receiver is used for receiving ambient light to generate a photovoltage. The light receiver includes a first transistor and a first conversion unit that transforms the output of the first transistor into the photovoltage. The reset unit is used for providing an initiated reference voltage in response to a reset signal and includes a second transistor and a third transistor that are connected with each other, where the first conversion unit is discharged through the third transistor to obtain the initiated reference voltage when the second transistor is turned on. The sample unit is used for outputting the photovoltage in respond to a sample signal, the sample unit comprising a fourth transistor in respond to the sample signal and a second conversion unit that transforms the output of the fourth transistor into the photovoltage.
US08081161B2	Slender wheel mouse A slender wheel mouse includes a mouse case, a base, a circuit board, a supporting member, a tilt frame, a slender wheel, an encoder, a slender ratchet, a resilience sheet and several switch elements. The slender ratchet is engaged with the slender wheel to drive the encoder. The slender wheel has a relatively smaller diameter and thus the height of the mouse case is reduced.
US08081159B2	Programmable lift response for an optical navigation device An optical pointing device comprising an optical navigation sensor and an adjustment module for adjusting an operational height of the optical navigation sensor is provided in one embodiment. In another embodiment, an optical pointing device comprising a housing and an optical navigation sensor contained in the housing is provided where the optical navigation sensor is configured to provide movement information to a processing system to cause a pointer to continue moving in response to detecting that the housing has been lifted from a navigation surface.
US08081153B2	Liquid crystal display device and video display device Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal display device. The liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a liquid crystal layer; a first electrode part; and a second electrode part. The first electrode part includes a pixel electrode formed in the pixel area and a peripheral electrode formed in the peripheral area. The second electrode part includes a pixel electrode part formed in the pixel area and a peripheral electrode formed in the peripheral area. The peripheral electrode of at least one of the first electrode part and the second electrode part is formed by a plurality of electrodes adjacent to each other. Voltage values of driving voltages applied to the respective electrodes adjacent to each other of the peripheral electrode are different from each other.
US08081152B2	Timing control circuit with power-saving function and method thereof A timing control circuit with a power-saving function includes a receiving circuit, a processor, and a first switch. The receiving circuit receives a first set of differential signals for generating a set of command signals. The processor is coupled to the receiving circuit and generates a first control signal according to the set of command signals. The switch is coupled between the receiving circuit and the processor for selectively decoupling the receiving circuit from a first power supply according to the first control signal.
US08081150B2	Output buffer of a source driver in a liquid crystal display having a high slew rate and a method of controlling the output buffer Provided is an output buffer for a source driver of an LCD with a high slew rate, and a method of controlling the output buffer. The output buffer, which outputs a source line driving signal for driving a source line of the LCD, includes: an amplifier section amplifying an analog image signal; an output section outputting the source line driving signal in response to a signal amplified by the amplifier section; and a slew rate controller section, setting a capacitance of a capacitor section to a first capacitance, during a first charge sharing period in which the source line is precharged to a first precharge voltage, setting the capacitance of the capacitor section to a second capacitance smaller than the first capacitance during a second charge sharing period in which the source line driving signal is supplied to the source line, and setting the capacitance of the capacitor section to the first capacitance while the source line driving signal is maintained after the second charge sharing period.
US08081145B2	Display device A display device for so-called façade displays is proposed which comprises several supports that can be affixed to the façade of an edifice, in particular a building, on the outside or the inside; a plurality of groups of light-emitting diodes that are provided on the several supports and serve as picture points of the display device; and a control unit for activating the plurality of the groups of light-emitting diodes. The display device distinguishes itself by the fact that the several supports are each formed as an elongated profile body, which comprises a recess extending in the longitudinal direction of the profile body; that the plurality of groups of light-emitting diodes are mounted on several circuit boards, the several circuit boards each being integrated or incorporated in a protective mass; and that the several circuit boards are inserted in such a way into the recesses of the several supports that the plurality of groups of light-emitting diodes project at least partly from the recesses or face at least the outer side of the respective support.
US08081141B2	Airborne emitter/receiver arrays, and associated systems and methods Airborne transmission/reception arrays and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An airborne image display device in accordance with one embodiment includes a plurality of electrically interconnected display units, with individual display units including at least one flexible support member mountable to an exterior surface of an airborne device. The display unit can further include a plurality of pixel carriers supported by the flexible support member, with each pixel carrier having multiple, spaced apart pixels. In other embodiments, the systems can include other transmission/reception arrays, for example, radar arrays or solar arrays, in lieu of the display device.
US08081138B2	Antenna structure with antenna radome and method for rising gain thereof An antenna structure includes a radiating element and an antenna radome. The antenna radome has at least one dielectric layer, which has an upper surface having many S-shaped metal patterns and a lower surface having many inverse S-shaped metal patterns corresponding to the S-shaped metal patterns. The S-shaped metal patterns are respectively coupled to the corresponding inverse S-shaped metal patterns to converge radiating beams outputted from the radiating element.
US08081137B2	Air-supported sandwich radome An air-supported sandwich radome with a hemispherical top region and a prolate region has a high strength, RF transmissive, low dielectric flexible wall. There is a defined region where damaging RF radiation is reflected. At least in the defined region, a flexible high strength, RF transmissive low dielectric layer is added and there is a low dielectric gap between the wall and the layer providing a 180° phase delay between RF energy reflected off the wall and RF energy reflected off the layer to cancel the effect of said reflected RF energy on radar equipment housed by the radome.
US08081131B2	Multi-polarized antenna array In one embodiment, the present invention is a dual-polarized antenna array constructed from first and second instances of a planar antenna that are co-located and orthogonal to one another. The planar antenna comprises three conducting elements and a transmission line. The first conducting element comprises a straight segment and two arms of equal length. The proximal ends of the two arms are attached to opposite ends of the straight segment. The arms extend away from the second and third conducting elements and towards one another. The second and third conducting elements are separated by a gap and together form a mirror image of the first conducting element. The transmission line has first and second conductors that are coupled to the second and third conducting elements, respectively. In another embodiment, the present invention is a tri-polarized antenna array constructed from three orthogonal co-located instances of the planar antenna.
US08081125B2	Antenna and radio IC device An antenna includes a feeder terminal and a resonance circuit. The resonance circuit is defined by a capacitance element and an inductance element and includes first and second radiation plates. The capacitance element is electromagnetically coupled to the first radiation plate, and the inductance element is electromagnetically coupled to the second radiation plate. A radio IC device includes an electromagnetic coupling module including a feeder circuit substrate on which a radio IC chip is mounted, and radiation plates. The feeder circuit substrate includes an inductance element and a capacitance element. One of the radiation plates faces and is magnetically coupled to the inductance element. The other radiation plate faces and is electrically coupled to the capacitance element. The radio IC chip is operated by signals received by the radiation plates, and a response signal from the radio IC chip is radiated from the radiation plates.
US08081121B2	Article having electromagnetic coupling module attached thereto An article having an electromagnetic coupling module attached thereto includes an electromagnetic coupling module and a PET bottle having the electromagnetic coupling module bonded thereto. The electromagnetic coupling module includes a wireless IC chip arranged to process transmission and reception signals and the feed circuit board having the wireless IC chip mounted thereon. The feed circuit board includes a feed circuit including a resonant circuit having a predetermined resonant frequency. The feed circuit performs characteristic impedance matching between the PET bottle and the wireless IC chip. The PET bottle functions as a radiator arranged to radiate a transmission signal supplied from the feed circuit using electromagnetic field coupling and to supply a received reception signal to the feed circuit using electromagnetic field coupling.
US08081106B2	Target ranging using information from two objects In an embodiment, an apparatus includes a detector, direction finder, receiver, and range finder. The detector is operable to detect a target, and the direction finder is operable to determine a first direction to the target from the apparatus. The receiver is operable to receive a second direction to the target from a remote object, and the range finder is operable to determine from the first and second directions a range of the target from the apparatus. For example, the apparatus may be a first fighter jet, and the remote object may be a second fighter jet. By using directional information from both the first and second jets, a computer system onboard the first jet may compute a range to the target from the first jet more quickly and more accurately than by using directional information from only the first jet.
US08081103B2	Remote controller, method for controlling the same, and method for manufacturing the same For a remote controller that is mainly used for simply and surely controlling various electronic devices, when predetermined pressing force is imposed on an operating body, a predetermined set value is stored in a storing section when a detection value of a pressure-sensitive conducting contact exceeds a predetermined resistance value and the detected value is stored in the storing section when the detection value of the contact point is within the range of the predetermined resistance value. Since a remote control signal is generated using a ratio of a value stored in the storing section and a value obtained when the remote controller is operated, an electronic device can be controlled without being influenced by variation of elements constituting the remote controller.
US08081097B2	Analog-to-digital converter and related calibrating comparator An analog-to-digital converter includes a sample and hold unit, a successive control unit, a look-up memory, and a calibrating comparator, which further includes a positive input end, a negative input end, a timing signal input end, a data port, a latch unit, an enable switch, a first controllable resistor, a second controllable resistor, a reset switch assembly, a controllable capacitive device, and an output end.
US08081094B2	Signal transmission system and signal conversion circuit A signal transmission system in which a serializer IC connected to first parallel signal wirings and a deserializer IC connected to second parallel signal wirings are connected by a transmission line. Among input terminals of the serializer IC, redundant input terminals which are not connected to the first parallel signal wirings are connected to one wiring obtained by branching off the first parallel signal wirings. When parallel signals are converted into a serial signal, their bit data is arranged into the serial signal which is temporally continuous. Thus, the number of transition times of the serial signal is reduced and radiation noises can be suppressed.
US08081090B2	Method of transmitting key code of hot key from number pad In a method of transmitting key codes of hot keys from a number pad, the number pad includes at least one hot key and several key code sets corresponding to the hot keys. Each key code set has key codes formed and edited according to a first key code conversion table and a predetermined sequence. When a hot key is pressed, the number pad transmits all key codes to an electronic device according to the predetermined transmitting sequence. The electronic device reads each key code by the first encoding format. The key codes are converted into characters corresponding to the first key code conversion table according to the first key code conversion table, and also into characters corresponding to the second key code conversion table according to the second key code conversion table in a second encoding format, such that the electronic device produces expected conversion results.
US08081086B2	AVI transponder with audio announcements means An automatic vehicle identification (AVI) unit includes a transponder to communicate with an interrogator regarding at least an identification of a vehicle in which the AVI unit is located, and an audio speaker to broadcast verbal announcements based on information received from the interrogator. A highway monitoring and broadcast system includes means to collect and analyze activity on the highway and to determine when such activity requires sending information to vehicles on the highway, and an interrogator to communicate with AVI transponders installed in the vehicles.
US08081080B2	Turbo-machine control installation equipped with a passive radiofrequency identification chip unit verification system This invention relates to a control installation (1) of a turbo-machine, comprising: a regulation device (2), a unit (4) located remotely from the device (2) by which it is controlled, a verification system (6) of the unit, comprising: an emitting/receiving antenna (8) connected to the device (2), a passive radiofrequency identification chip (12) mounted on the unit and incorporating information concerning this unit, wherein the chip (12) is designed to emit to the antenna (8) a radiofrequency signal comprising the information, in response to a radiofrequency signal sent by the antenna (8) to verify the unit, The installation is such that the antenna (8) is mounted on the unit (4).
US08081068B1	Centre high mount stop lamp with constituent seatbelt disengagement indicator Embodiments of the invention detect and visually indicate to onlookers when a motor vehicle driver's and/or passenger's seatbelt is not engaged. An embodiment is comprised of control electronics, wiring, and an on-board Centre High Mount Stop Lamp (“CHMSL”) mounted in the rear of the vehicle as the means of communication and deterrence.
US08081058B2	Thermally activated electrical interrupt switch A thermally activated electrical interrupt device incorporates a thermally activated portion engaging with an electrical interrupt portion. The thermally activated material expands when heated, causing an interrupt control rod to open an electrical contact. When the interrupt device is placed into an interrupt state, a reset mechanism maintains the interrupt control rod in the interrupt state until specifically reset. An actuating shaft is in operational communication with at least one electrical contact. The actuating shaft is maintained in a thermal monitoring position until an interrupt control rod is moved via a thermally expanding material and engages with the actuating shaft, releasing it from the thermal monitoring position. The actuating shaft is projected via a biasing member to cause a change in state of the electrical contact. The actuating shaft remains in the interrupt state until the user resets the switch.
US08081053B2	Solenoid actuator A solenoid actuator (1) comprises a case (9) made of a magnetic material and housing a coil (12) wound on a bobbin (11), and a pressure tube (17) made of a non-magnetic material and fitted into a hollow portion of the bobbin (11). A base (2) and a sleeve (3) made of a magnetic material are disposed in the pressure tube (17). A plunger (4) provided in an operation chamber (74, 75) formed in the base (2) and the sleeve (3) strokes according to energization of the coil (12) to axially drive a shaft (5) fixed to the plunger (4). The pressure tube (17) ensures that magnetic flux is transferred between the case (9) and the sleeve (3) while preventing pressure variation in the operation chamber (74, 75) from being transmitted to the bobbin (11), thereby achieving a high response and a pressure tightness in the solenoid actuator (1).
US08081050B2	Multilayer planar tunable filter An electronic device includes a first strip conductor formed from a first metal level over a substrate. A second strip conductor formed from a second metal level is located between the first strip conductor and the substrate. At least one of the first and the second strip conductors includes a stripline portion and a microstrip line portion.
US08081048B2	Branching filter, semiconductor integrated circuit device, and communication mobile terminal A technique for realizing module size reduction while enhancing the anti-ESD characteristic of a low frequency band circuit without the need to add such an element as an ESD filter. In a diplexer included in a high-frequency power amplifier module, a composite grounding inductor with respect to an antenna terminal is formed of three inductors including a series inductor contained in a lowpass filter. Since an ESD signal contains main components thereof belonging to a frequency band of the order of a few hundreds of MHz or lower, the ESD signal is allowed to pass through a lowpass filter with little to no attenuation. Under this condition, a function for ESD filtering from the antenna terminal to an antenna switch circuit is provided by using the composite grounding inductor mentioned above and an electrostatic capacitor element, thereby suppressing passage of the ESD signal to the antenna switch circuit.
US08081043B2	Method and apparatus for varying an impedance A method and apparatus for dynamically varying the impedance of a tank circuit whereby, over time, the response of the circuit to a received signal is maximized.
US08081040B1	Method and apparatus for oscillating Aspects of the disclosure provide a voltage controlled oscillator. The voltage controlled oscillator can include a plurality of oscillation stages coupled together to generate an oscillation signal having an oscillation frequency. At least one oscillation stage of the plurality of oscillation stages can include a first portion driven by a first driving power that can be a function of a control voltage and a second portion driven by a second driving power that can be substantially independent of the control voltage. The first driving power can be provided by a first power rail in the form of a driving current that is a function of the control voltage. The second driving power can be provided by a second power rail in the form of a substantially constant voltage that is substantially independent of the control voltage.
US08081036B2	Electronic device used for measuring and detecting the variations of at least one input signal The device has a component providing an outlet signal whose oscillation frequency depends on a physical unit to be measured, and a reference oscillator. A phase comparison component compares the component and the oscillator for control on the component or for mutual control. A synchronization unit permits alternatively blocking and oscillation of the component. A determination unit determines a derivative signal from evolution of the output signal of the component. The device also includes an electrostatic type keyboard having an electrode assembly.
US08081032B1	Broadband LNA with filter A low noise amplifier (LNA) includes an LNA input that receives a signal from an antenna. The LNA also includes an internal amplifier with an input that is coupled to the LNA input, as well as an internal filter with an input coupled to the output of the internal amplifier and an output coupled to the input of the internal amplifier. The coupling of the output of the internal filter to the input of the internal amplifier provides feedback to the input of the internal amplifier. The internal filter is configured to pass signals within a frequency range through to the output of the internal filter.
US08081031B2	Equalization system with stabilized peaking gain for a communication system An equalization system (18) that reduces inter-symbol interference in an input signal (220) includes a variable gain amplifier (430), and one or more peaking amplifiers (432) that are connected in series to the variable gain amplifier (430). The variable gain amplifier (430) receives the input signal (220) and scales the input signal (220) while each peaking amplifier (432) can be selectively controlled to selectively adjust a peaking gain (326) and a peaking corner frequency (328). Additionally, the equalization system (18) can include a PTAT bias generator (434) that provides a PTAT bias current to one or more of the peaking amplifiers (432) to maintain a transconductance of one or more of the peaking amplifiers (432) substantially constant as temperature changes. With this design, the equalization system (18) provides programmable and stabilized equalization gain, has a tunable peaking corner frequency, and superior common mode rejection.
US08081027B2	Reception device, control method, and program A reception device that receives a modulation signal being a result of digital modulation of a carrier is disclosed. The device includes: a demodulation section that demodulates the modulation signal into a demodulation signal including an I component and a Q component; a numerically controlled oscillation section that generates a signal of predetermined phase; a phase error detection section that detects a phase error between a phase of a symbol of the demodulation signal and the predetermined phase of the signal generated by the numerically controlled oscillation section; a phase rotation section that rotates the phase of the symbol of the demodulation signal in accordance with the phase error; a loop filter that filters the phase error, and controls the numerically controlled oscillation section; and a gain control section that controls a gain of the loop filter based on a modulation technique of the modulation signal.
US08081024B1	CMOS phase interpolation system A CMOS phase interpolation system comprises a capacitive integration unit coupled to a charge node and a plurality of selectively enabled current source units operably coupled to the charge node. The current source units each include: a charging segment; a discharging segment; and, a switching segment operable responsive to at least one periodic reference signal to selectively couple the charging and discharging segments to the charge node for alternatively charging and discharging the capacitive integration unit therethrough. The current source units are selectively enabled in predetermined combinations to uniquely define an output waveform at the charge node. An output conditioning unit coupled to the charge node generates a recovered periodic signal based on the output waveform. In certain applications, a duty cycle correction unit coupled to feed back from the output node adaptively biases a charging segment current of each enabled current source unit, responsive to the recovered periodic signal.
US08081005B2	Capacitive sensors for nano-positioning and methods of using the same Symmetrical differential capacitive sensors are disclosed. Methods of making and using symmetrical differential capacitive sensors are also disclosed.
US08080993B2	Sensor module with mold encapsulation for applying a bias magnetic field A method of manufacturing a sensor module includes providing a substrate comprising a magnetically sensitive sensor element. The sensor element and the substrate are encapsulated with at least one mold material that is configured to apply a bias magnetic field to the sensor element.
US08080990B2	Method and system for ascertaining operating parameters of an electrochemical storage battery A method for ascertaining operating parameters of an electrochemical storage battery, taking into account electrolyte stratification. The method including a) determining a first functional relationship between no-load voltage and state of charge as a value for the withdrawable charge in relation to nominal capacity of the storage battery, which is obtained in the state having electrolyte stratification in a discharge phase using the charge conversion since a prior no-load phase or pre-charge; b) determining a second functional relationship between no-load voltage and state of charge as a value for the withdrawable charge in relation to nominal capacity of the storage battery, obtained in the state having electrolyte stratification in a discharge phase using an accumulated charge conversion; and c) ascertaining operating parameters from the point of intersection of the first and second functional relationships and/or the slope of straight lines for describing the first and/or second functional relationships.
US08080989B2	Bandgap reference voltage generating circuit for obtaining stable output voltage in short time by performing stable start-up when switched from sleep mode to operation mode A bandgap reference voltage generating circuit, includes: at least two bipolar transistors; an operational amplifier; a first PMOS transistor; and a second PMOS transistor whose source is connected to the upper limit power supply voltage and which supplies the reference current to the bipolar transistors. Further, the bandgap reference voltage generating circuit includes a third PMOS transistor whose source is connected to the upper limit power supply voltage; a fourth PMOS transistor whose source is connected to the upper limit power supply voltage and gate is connected to a drain of the third PMOS transistor; a first NMOS transistor whose source is connected to the lower limit power supply voltage and drain is connected to a drain of the fourth PMOS transistor; and a second NMOS transistor whose drain is connected to the operational amplifier and gate is connected to the drain of the first NMOS transistor.
US08080988B2	Switch driver with low impedance initial drive and higher impedance final drive A driver circuit (for example, in a switching power supply or in a Class-D switching amplifier) drives a gate of a switch during a transition with a low output impedance during an initial period and then for the remainder of the transition drives the gate with a midrange output impedance. The switch in turn switches current flow through an inductor. The driver circuit includes a “Drive Node Voltage Dependent Impedance Circuit” (DNVDIC) that couples the gate to a supply voltage node. In one embodiment, there are two resistive current paths through the DNVDIC. A non-linear device in the first current path switches from having a small to a large impedance when a voltage drop across the device falls below a threshold voltage. The resulting increase in impedance of the first current path decreases voltage edge rates and reduces noise, whereas the low initial impedance reduces transition power losses.
US08080984B1	Replica transistor voltage regulator A voltage regulator is provided having high accuracy, low PSRR, and no headroom limitation. Generally, the regulator includes: an operational amplifier (OPAMP) having a non-inverting input coupled to a reference voltage; an output source follower coupled to and controlled by an output of the OPAMP, the output source follower including a drain coupled to a voltage source and a source coupled to an output-node of the regulator; a replica source follower coupled to and controlled by the OPAMP, the replica source follower including a drain coupled to the voltage source and a source coupled to circuit ground through a resistor network; and a feedback circuit extending from the output-node through a feedback resistor to the source of the replica source follower and through at least a first resistor of the resistor network to an inverting input of the OPAMP to couple a feedback voltage thereto. Other embodiments are also provided.
US08080973B2	Apparatus for energy transfer using converter and method of manufacturing same According to an aspect of the invention, a motor drive circuit includes a first energy storage device configured to supply electrical energy, a bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter coupled to the first energy storage device, a voltage inverter coupled to the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and an input device configured to receive electrical energy from an external energy source. The motor drive circuit further includes a coupling system coupled to the input device, to the first energy storage device, and to the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter. The coupling system has a first configuration configured to transfer electrical energy to the first energy storage device via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter, and has a second configuration configured to transfer electrical energy from the first energy storage device to the voltage inverter via the bi-directional DC-to-DC voltage converter.
US08080960B2	Direct flux regulated permanent magnet brushless motor utilizing sensorless control by DC and AC excitation A flux regulated permanent magnet brushless motor has a stator having an inner peripheral bore. A permanent magnet rotor is mounted within the inner peripheral bore. A control winding is supplied to a DC current to regulate flux of the machine. A small AC current is also supplied and an output is sensed to determine a position of the permanent magnet rotor.
US08080959B2	Motor driving circuit A motor driving circuit includes at least one set of switching elements, each set of switching elements being two switching elements connected in series to each other, and a diode connected in parallel with one of the two switching elements connected on a power source side, a terminal of a motor to be driven being connected to a junction point between the two switching elements. A voltage transfer element is provided for transferring, from the junction point between the two switching elements, a voltage of a counter electromotive force generated at the motor, to an input end of the other of the two switching elements connected on a ground side.
US08080952B2	Hands free waste flap apparatus and method A method and apparatus for an automated waste receptacle includes a waste flap, a motor positioned on a side of the waste flap and an actuator located in proximity of the top side of the waste flap. The actuator is configured to operate the motor and subsequently move the flap between open and closed positions.
US08080948B2	Apparatus and method for trimming an output parameter of an electronic ballast An electronic ballast includes a microprocessor which is programmed to read an external voltage value, output a signal which controls an amount of power outputted by the electronic ballast, and adjust the signal based upon a difference between the external voltage value and an internal reference value.
US08080940B2	Plasma display panel A plasma display panel is disclosed. The plasma display panel includes a front substrate, a rear substrate positioned to be opposite to the front substrate, a barrier rib positioned between the front substrate and the rear substrate, and a seal layer positioned between the front substrate and the rear substrate. The seal layer includes a plurality of beads, and a size of the bead is larger than a height of the barrier rib.
US08080933B2	Electron-emitting device and image display apparatus The present invention provides an electron-emitting device which does not need a fresh electrode to be added thereto, has excellent convergence and shows little change of a discharged electric current for short and long periods of time, and an image display apparatus using the device. The electron-emitting device includes at least a pair of device electrodes formed on an insulating substrate, and a plurality of electroconductive films which are formed so as to connect the device electrodes to each other and have gaps therein, wherein the surface of a region which is at least adjacent to the gap between the electroconductive films and is not covered with the electroconductive film is higher than the surface of the electroconductive film.
US08080916B2	Direct current motor A direct current motor with brushes in which an armature is provided with a rotating shaft that is supported by a yoke housing, an armature core that is fitted and fixed to a rotating shaft from the outer side, and a commutator that is provided on the rotating shaft adjacent to the armature core with nine segments arranged in the circumferential direction. The armature core has nine teeth that extend in the radial direction in a radial pattern and nine slots that are formed between the teeth and extend in the axial direction, the segments having the same polarity are connected with short-circuiting members, and a pair of brushes that make sliding contact with the segments is disposed so as to be mutually point symmetric centered on the rotating shaft. According to the preset invention, it is possible to effectively achieve flattening of the direct current motor.
US08080915B2	Embedded magnet motor and manufacturing method of the same In an embedded magnet motor, radial magnets and first inclined magnets form north poles. The radial magnets and second inclined magnets form south poles. Core sheets each include preformed radial accommodating slots the number of which is expressed by P/2. Some of the preformed radial accommodating slots are short slots and the rest are long slots. The short slots are located at some parts of each radial accommodating slot along the axial direction. Radially inner ends of the short slots restrict the radial magnets from moving radially inward.
US08080914B2	Torque generating device Disclosed herein is a rotation power generating device. The rotation power generating device includes a stator consisting of a plurality of stationary units vertically connected to one another, and a rotator consisting of a plurality of rotating units vertically connected to one another with an angular orientation difference therebetween. Each of the stationary units has a pair of stationary magnets symmetrically embedded inside an inner surface thereof. Each of the rotating units has a pair of rotating magnets and is adapted to be rotated along the inner surface of the corresponding stationary unit about a rotating shaft that is installed in the center of the stator. The rotation power generating device compensates for energy loss of initially acting torque using repulsive force between magnets of the same polarity, resulting in reduced power loss and more effective transmission of energy.
US08080913B2	Hollow turbine A turbine which incorporates intake and exhaust pipes that prevent the passing flow from interfering with, or impeding the operation of the turbine. An optional directional cone, with optional helical supports, mounts within the intake pipe and channels flow at an optimal angle to the turbine blades as well as to the outermost, from the axis of rotation, area of the blade's surface, increasing torque and thus efficiency. The turbine's blades are affixed to the inner surface of a cylindrical shell that is free to rotate within a supporting structure. The cylindrical shell also contains the stationary intake and exhaust pipes. The vacant axis of rotation can be closed or open, by means of shorter blades that form a hole with the distal edges of the blades to allow for passing fish and debris to safely exit. Rotational energy is transferred from the outer surface of the cylindrical shell by gears or belts.
US08080905B2	Control system A control system for an electrical device includes a controller that outputs an AC device enable system when one or more monitored sensors are in a proper state for operation of the electrical device. The control system may also include a sensor signal integrity checking circuit that outputs a validation signal when the sensor is one of a discrete set of acceptable sensor states. The control system may also include a current monitor that monitors the current draw of the electrical device and compares the current draw to a range of acceptable current draw levels and durations and disables operation of the electrical device when the current draw falls outside of the range.
US08080904B2	Power supply and night vision device using the power supply Disclosed is a power supply (40) and a night vision device using the power supply (40). The power supply (40) comprises a battery (41), a power switch (42), a booster (43) for boosting a battery voltage provided by the battery (41) to an established voltage according to an operation of the power switch (42) and outputting a boost voltage, and a voltage selector (44) for comparing the voltage provided by the battery with a reference voltage (VR), outputting the boost voltage when the battery voltage is below the reference voltage (VR), and outputting the battery voltage when the battery voltage is beyond the reference voltage (VR). The night vision device is operable by voltages supplied from the power supply (40). According to the invention, stable voltages are supplied and batteries (41) are effectively used by supplying constant voltages in the case of using batteries (41) with different voltages, and hence, usage time of the night vision device is increased.
US08080903B2	Power supply circuit for SATA control chip A power supply circuit includes a first power circuit having a first power output terminal and a first ground output terminal, a second power circuit having a second power output terminal and a second ground output terminal, and a SATA control chip having a first input terminal, a second input terminal, a third input terminal, and a fourth input terminal. The first power circuit comprises a first filter circuit. The second power circuit comprises a second filter circuit. The first power output terminal, first ground output terminal, second power output terminal, and second ground output terminal are electrically coupled to the SATA control chip via the first input terminal, second input terminal, third input terminal, and fourth input terminal respectively. The first and second power circuits provide power to the SATA control chip via the first and second filter circuits respectively.
US08080898B2	Power control method for secondary batteries There is provided a power control method for secondary batteries constituting, in a grid connection system supplying electric power to a power system by combining a power generator where output power fluctuates with a power storage compensator, the power storage compensator and compensating fluctuation of output power of the power generator. The method includes the steps of: dividing the secondary batteries into a “constant power control” group and a “demand responsive” group, and distributing predetermined constant input-output power out of power to be input and output provided to all the secondary batteries in order to compensate fluctuation of output power of the power generator to the “constant power control group” and the remaining input-output power to the “demand responsive” group to control input-output power of the secondary batteries respectively depending on the belonging groups.
US08080895B1	Energy generation from compressed fluids A method and system to use compressed fluids to generate electrical energy or an equivalent useful form of energy. A first embodiment uses pressurized air that can be stored to selectively and directly generate energy as required. A second embodiment uses a pressurized working fluid that can be stored to selectively and directly generate energy as required. A third embodiment uses at least one compressible floor module to compress at least one working fluid that can be stored to selectively and directly generate energy as required. The working fluid in various embodiments of the invention can be air, steam, oxygen, hydrogen, nitrogen, commercially available Freons, carbon dioxide, methane, ethane, propane, butane, various types of natural gas, ammonia, an equivalent type of gas, or an appropriate liquid.
US08080889B2	Aeolian system comprising power wing profiles and process for producing electric energy An aeolian system is described for converting energy comprising at least one power wing profile (30) which can be driven from the ground immersed in at least one aeolian current (W) and a basic platform (1) for controlling the wing profile (30) and generating electric energy placed at ground level and connected through two ropes (2) to the power wing profile (30), such basic platform (1) being adapted to drive the wing profile (30) and to generate electric energy, such two ropes (2) being adapted to transmit forces from and to the wing profile (30) and to be used both for controlling a flight trajectory of the wing profile (30) and for generating energy. A process is further described for producing electric energy through such aeolian system.
US08080885B2	Integrated circuit packaging system with multi level contact and method of manufacture thereof A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a first level contact on a first external connection level; forming a second level contact on a second external connection level next to the first external connection level; attaching a device adjacent the first level contact and the second level contact; attaching a first level device connector to the first level contact and the device; attaching a second level device connector to the second level contact and the device; and forming an encapsulant over the first level contact, the second level contact, the first level device connector, and the second level device connector.
US08080873B2	Semiconductor device, semiconductor package, and method for testing semiconductor device A semiconductor device designed to facilitate testing. Superimposed first and second semiconductor chips each include a plurality of internal terminals, an external terminal, and a plurality of transistors. A plurality of wires connect the internal terminals, the transistors, and the external terminals of the first and second semiconductor chips in series.
US08080867B2	Integrated circuit packaging system with stacked integrated circuit and method of manufacture thereof A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming a base lead having an outer protrusion and an inner protrusion with a recess in between; forming a stack lead having an elongated portion; mounting a base integrated circuit over the inner protrusion or under the elongated portion; mounting the stack lead over the base lead and the base integrated circuit; connecting a stack integrated circuit and the stack lead with the stack integrated circuit over the base integrated circuit; and encapsulating at least a portion of both the base integrated circuit and the stack integrated circuit with the base lead and the stack lead exposed.
US08080866B2	3-D integrated semiconductor device comprising intermediate heat spreading capabilities In a three-dimensional chip configuration, a heat spreading material may be positioned between adjacent chips and also between a chip and a carrier substrate, thereby significantly enhancing heat dissipation capability. Furthermore, appropriately sized and positioned through holes in the heat spreading material may enable electrical chip-to-chip connections, while responding thermally conductive connectors may extend to the heat sink without actually contacting the corresponding chips.
US08080865B2	RF-coupled digital isolator An RF-coupled digital isolator includes a first leadframe portion and a second leadframe portion, electrically isolated from one another. The first leadframe portion includes a first main body and a first finger. The second leadframe portion includes a second main body and a second finger. The first main body is connected to a first ground, and the second main body is connected to a second ground that is electrically isolated from the first ground. The first finger and the second finger are electrically isolated from one another, e.g., by a plastic molding compound that forms a package for the digital isolator. The first finger acts as a primary of a transformer, and the second finger acts as a secondary of a transformer, when an RF signal drives to the first finger. The first finger and the second finger can be substantially parallel or anti-parallel to one another.
US08080856B2	Photoelectric structure and method of manufacturing thereof A photoelectric structure is presented, comprising one or more PiN cells. The PiN cell is formed by an intrinsic semiconductor bulk having front and rear surfaces enclosed between p- and n-type regions extending along side surfaces of said semiconductor bulk. The front and rear surfaces of the intrinsic semiconductor bulk are active surfaces of the PiN cell and said side surfaces of said semiconductor bulk formed with said p- and n-type regions are configured and operable for collecting excess charged carriers generated in said semiconductor bulk in response to collected electromagnetic radiation to which at least one of the active surfaces is exposed during the PiN cell operation.
US08080853B2	Semiconductor device including insulated gate bipolar transistor and diode A semiconductor device includes a vertical IGBT and a vertical free-wheeling diode in a semiconductor substrate. A plurality of base regions is disposed at a first-surface side portion of the semiconductor substrate, and a plurality of collector regions and a plurality of cathode regions are alternately disposed in a second-surface side portion of the semiconductor substrate. The base regions include a plurality of regions where channels are provided when the vertical IGBT is in an operating state. The first-side portion of the semiconductor substrate include a plurality of IGBT regions each located between adjacent two of the channels, including one of the base regions electrically coupled with an emitter electrode, and being opposed to one of the cathode regions. The IGBT regions include a plurality of narrow regions and a plurality of wide regions.
US08080848B2	High voltage semiconductor device with lateral series capacitive structure According to the present invention, semiconductor device breakdown voltage can be increased by embedding field shaping regions within a drift region of the semiconductor device. A controllable current path extends between two device terminals on the top surface of a planar substrate, and the controllable current path includes the drift region. Each field shaping region includes two or more electrically conductive regions that are electrically insulated from each other, and which are capacitively coupled to each other to form a voltage divider dividing a potential between the first and second terminals. One or more of the electrically conductive regions are isolated from any external electrical contact. Such field shaping regions can provide enhanced electric field uniformity in current-carrying parts of the drift region, thereby increasing device breakdown voltage.
US08080842B2	Nonvolatile memory device Disclosed is a nonvolatile memory device with cell and peripheral circuit regions confined on a substrate. Cell gate electrodes are arranged in the cell region while peripheral gate electrodes are arranged in the peripheral-circuit region. Each cell gate electrode includes stacked conductive and semiconductor layers, but the peripheral gate electrode includes stacked semiconductor layers. The conductive layer of the cell gate electrode is different from the lowest semiconductor layer of the peripheral gate electrode in material, which can improve characteristics of memory cells and peripheral transistors without causing mutual interference with each other.
US08080835B2	Semiconductor device including a capacitance type sensor and method of manufacturing the same A semiconductor device of the present invention includes a semiconductor substrate, a semiconductor element formed in the semiconductor substrate, a surface layer formed on the semiconductor substrate, and a capacitance type sensor formed on the surface layer. The surface layer has a planar portion whose surface is planar. The capacitance type sensor includes a lower thin film parallelly opposed to the surface of the planar portion and an upper thin film opposed to the lower thin film at a prescribed interval on the side opposite to the surface layer.
US08080832B1	Semiconductor device for electrostatic discharge protection The invention provides an electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection device for protecting the internal circuitry of an integrated circuit chip from ESD current. The device includes a natively doped substrate having high resistance. A first well is formed in the substrate including a discharge circuit. A second well is formed in the substrate separated from the first well by the width of a natively doped region. The natively doped region has the same connectivity type and substantially the same doping profile as the substrate. During an ESD event, current leaking through the natively doped region between the discharge circuit and the second well creates a voltage that triggers the discharge circuit when reaching its trigger voltage. The resistance ratio between the natively doped region and the well is about 10 times or greater. The high resistance of the natively doped region can achieve the trigger voltage with a smaller ESD current leaking through, which decreases the size of the ESD protection device and increases its performance and sensitivity. Thus, the invention provides for more robust and cost effective ESD protection devices.
US08080825B2	Image sensor and method for manufacturing the same An image sensor may include a first substrate having circuitry including wires and a silicon layer formed on and/or over the first substrate to selectively contact the wires. The image sensor may include photodiodes bonded to the first substrate while contacting the silicon layer and electrically connected to the wires. Each unit pixel may be implemented having complicated circuitry without a reduction in photosensitivity. Additional on-chip circuitry may also be implanted in the design.
US08080824B2	Suppressing recombination in an electronic device A semiconductor material structure includes at least one region capable of generating electrons and holes each having an associated mean kinetic energy during operation. A material layer in proximity to the region provides an associated potential energy larger than the mean kinetic energy associated with the generated electrons and the mean kinetic energy associated with the holes.
US08080815B2	Biomarker generator An improved biomarker generator and a method suitable for efficiently producing short lived radiopharmaceuticals in quantities on the order of a unit dose. The improved biomarker generator includes a particle accelerator and a radiopharmaceutical micro-synthesis system. The micro-accelerator of the improved biomarker generator is optimized for producing radioisotopes useful in synthesizing radiopharmaceuticals in quantities on the order of one unit dose allowing for significant reductions in size, power requirements, and weight when compared to conventional radiopharmaceutical cyclotrons. The radiopharmaceutical micro-synthesis system of the improved biomarker generator is a small volume chemical synthesis system comprising a microreactor and/or a microfluidic chip and optimized for synthesizing the radiopharmaceutical in quantities on the order of one unit dose allowing for significant reductions in the quantity of radioisotope required and the processing time when compared to conventional radiopharmaceutical processing systems.
US08080813B2	Ion implanter, internal structure of ion implanter and method of forming a coating layer in the ion implanter An ion implanter includes a process chamber and a coating layer. The process chamber receives a substrate and provides a space to perform an ion implantation process on the substrate. The coating layer is disposed on an inner wall of the process chamber to reduce contamination of the substrate and includes the same material as that of the substrate.
US08080809B2	Charged particle beam writing apparatus and method thereof A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a unit emitting a charged particle beam, a stage on which a target workpiece to be written is placed, a unit correcting a reference position of a small region in a writing region, based on a pattern distortion obtained from positions of figures spread over substantially all writing region of a dummy target workpiece and written without correcting, a first deflector deflecting the beam, based on a corrected reference position obtained by correcting the reference position, a correction unit correcting a relative distance from the corrected reference position to an arbitrary position in the small region, based on a pattern distortion of the dummy, by using the reference position and a coefficient of a correction equation for correcting the reference position, and a second deflector further deflecting the beam from a position deflected by the first deflector, based on the relative distance corrected.
US08080797B2	Bolometer and method of producing a bolometer A bolometer includes a membrane, a first spacer and a second spacer, the membrane including resistive and contact layers. At a side facing a foundation, the contact layer has a first contact region at which the first spacer electrically contacts the contact layer, and a second contact region at which the second spacer electrically contacts the contact layer. In this manner, the membrane is kept at a predetermined distance to the foundation. The contact layer is laterally interrupted by a gap, so that the contact layer is subdivided at least into two parts, the first part including the first contact region, and the second part including the second contact region, and no direct connection existing within the contact layer from the first contact region to the second contact region, and the resistive layer being in contact with the first and second parts of the contact layer.
US08080796B1	Standoff spectroscopy using a conditioned target A system and method are disclosed for standoff spectroscopy of molecules (e.g. from a residue) on a surface from a distance. A source emits radiation that modifies or conditions the residue, such as through photodecomposition. A spectral generating source measures a spectrum of the residue before and after the residue is exposed to the radiation from that source. The two spectra are compared to produce a distinct identification of the residues on the surface or identify certain properties of the residue.
US08080795B2	Device for imaging and method for producing the device A device for imaging the local distribution of at least one thermodynamic variable includes a radiation emitter capable of emitting electromagnetic radiation and a filter for filtering electromagnetic radiation. The emitter and the filter form an arrangement adapted for modifying the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter in dependency of the local distribution of at least one thermodynamic variable at the location of the arrangement. The emitter further includes at least one electroluminescent layer and the filter is provided with at least one filter layer. The electroluminescent layer and the filter layer are integrated within a cohesive sequence of layers. The device is particularly suitable for infrared camera systems.
US08080789B2	Sample dimension measuring method and scanning electron microscope The present invention suppresses decreases in the volumes of the patterns which have been formed on the surfaces of semiconductor samples or of the like, or performs accurate length measurements, irrespective of such decreases. In an electrically charged particle ray apparatus by which the line widths and other length data of the patterns formed on samples are to be measured by scanning the surface of each sample with electrically charged particle rays and detecting the secondary electrons released from the sample, the scanning line interval of said electrically charged particle rays is set so as not to exceed the irradiation density dictated by the physical characteristics of the sample. Or measured length data is calculated from prestored approximation functions.
US08080784B2	Ionization device A plate for matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization (MALDI) mass spectrometry comprising an electrically conductive substrate (1) covered with a light sensitive matrix (2), the matrix (2) comprising a light absorber, a charge carrier, a probe molecule and a photo-sensitizer (3) arranged to oxidize the probe molecule when irradiated with light (4).
US08080781B2	Configuration design of detector shielding for wireline and MWD/LWD down-hole thermal neutron porosity tools An apparatus for estimating a property of an earth formation penetrated by a borehole, the apparatus includes: a carrier configured to be conveyed through the borehole; a neutron source disposed at the carrier and configured to irradiate the earth formation with neutrons; a neutron detector disposed at the carrier and configured to detect neutrons reflected by the earth formation to the detector; a neutron reflector disposed partially around the detector, an area of the detector not covered by the reflector being configured to admit the reflected neutrons; and a neutron absorber disposed at least around the reflector.
US08080777B2	Optical device and optical system Provided is an optical device, comprising a plurality of polarizers that are arranged along a propagation direction of incident light; a first phase element that is disposed between the plurality of polarizers and that has a phase lag axis forming a prescribed angle relative to transmission axes of the polarizers arranged along the propagation direction; and a second phase element that is disposed between the first phase element and one of the polarizers arranged along the propagation direction, and that provides the incident light with a prescribed phase difference. An angle of the phase lag axis of the second phase element is adjusted such that the optical device transmits light in a prescribed wavelength region in the incident light.
US08080772B2	Modular, harnessless electromechanical actuation system assembly A modular electromechanical actuation system assembly is provided that includes an electronic control unit housing having a plurality of motor receptacles and a plurality of battery receptacles formed in an outer surface thereof. Each of the motor receptacles has an associated motor electrical interface, and each of the battery receptacles has an associated battery electrical interface. An electronic control unit is disposed within the electronic control unit housing and is electrically coupled to each of the motor electrical interfaces and each of the battery electrical interfaces. A plurality of motors are supported, one each, within one of the motor receptacles, and a plurality of batteries are supported, one each, within one of the battery receptacles.
US08080756B2	Magnetic snap action switch A snapping switch includes a base, a ring, a knob, first to third snapping members, and two contact pads. The ring is mounted on the base. The knob is rotatably engaged with the base and the ring. The first snapping member mounted on one of the ring and the knob. The second and third snapping members are separately mounted on the other one of the ring and the knob and sandwiching the first snapping member there-between. The contact pads are respectively mounted on the ring and the knob. When the knob is in a first position, the first snapping member attracts one of the second and third snapping members to separate the contact pads; and when the knob is rotated to a second position, the first snapping member can attract the other one of the second and third snapping members to make an electrical connection between the contact pads.
US08080755B2	Key structure and keyboard having such key structure A key structure and a keyboard including multiple key structures are provided. The key structure includes a keycap, a base plate and a scissors-type support member between the keycap and the base plate. The scissors-type support member includes an inner frame having a convex part and an outer frame having a V-shaped notch. The convex part is received in the V-shaped notch. By controlling relative positions between the convex part and the V-shaped notch, the keycap is stably moved in the vertical direction.
US08080749B2	Switch and welding method of same A switch comprises a switch housing including a cover, a terminal block welded to the cover and a fixed contact point therein, a moving block provided with a boss for fitting a manual shaft of an automatic transmission and a movable contact point corresponding to the fixed contact point and movable to the switch housing and elastic seal rings interposed between inner and outer peripheral surfaces of each of the terminal block and the cover, and the operation portion. One of the cover or the terminal block is formed of a colored, laser transmissive material and the other is formed of a laser non-transmissive material. The terminal block and the cover are automatically aligned with the moving block by an elastic force of the seal ring and a thermal welding part is circularly formed by means of a laser beam on the side of the outer periphery in each of the terminal block and the cover to be aligned for coupling the terminal block with the cover to fix the alignment.
US08080744B2	Keyboard and keyswitch The invention discloses a keyswitch including a keycap, a base plate, and a support frame. The keycap includes an engagement part, and the base plate includes a slide part. The support frame is between the keycap and the base plate and includes a first end and a second end. The first end is connected to the engagement part of the keycap, and the second end slides in the slide part of the base plate. The engagement part includes a first concave part and a second concave part, and a radial dimension of the first concave part is different from a radial dimension of the second concave part. The first end of the support frame includes a first protrusion part and a second protrusion part, and a radial dimension of the first protrusion part is different from a radial dimension of the second protrusion part. The first protrusion part and the second protrusion part respectively are engaged with the first concave part and the second concave part respectively.
US08080739B2	Signal connecting component A signal connecting component is suitable to be disposed on a circuit board. The signal connecting component includes an insulation element, at least a first bridge line, at least a second bridge line, a plurality of first pins and a plurality of second pins. The first bridge line and the second bridge line are disposed on different layers of the insulation element. The first pins and the second pins are respectively electrically connected to both ends of the first bridge line and both ends of the second bridge line.
US08080727B2	Solar cell modules comprising an encapsulant sheet of a blend of ethylene copolymers Disclosed is a solar cell module comprising a polymeric encapsulant sheet, wherein the polymeric encapsulant sheet comprises a blend composition of an ethylene copolymer A and an ethylene copolymer B, the blend composition having a melt flow rate of less than 100 g/10 min, as determined in accordance with ASTM D1238 at 190° C. and 2.16 kg, and wherein the ethylene copolymer A comprises copolymerized units of ethylene and about 3 to about 20 wt % of an ester or anhydride of a C4-C8 unsaturated acid having two carboxylic acid groups and the ethylene copolymer B comprises copolymerized units of ethylene and about 6 to about 40 wt % of a polar monomer selected from the group consisting of vinyl acetate, alkyl (meth)acrylates, and mixtures thereof.
US08080725B2	Photovoltaic module An object of the present invention is to provide a photovoltaic module that achieves a reduction in adverse influence of damage accumulated in a collector electrode provided on a light receiving surface. In the photovoltaic module of the present invention, a first region of a sealing material is in contact with a light receiving surface of a solar cell, and a second region of the sealing material is in contact with a back surface of the solar cell. To achieve the above object, the adhesive force of the first region to the solar cell is smaller than that of the second region to the solar cell.
US08080724B2	Method and system for separating musical sound source without using sound source database Provided are an apparatus and method of separating, from a mixed signal, a sound source generated using a rhythm musical instrument based on characteristics of the rhythm musical instrument repeated in an aspect of time. The apparatus may include a separation unit to separate a plurality of mixed signals into a plurality of segments, a Nonnegative Matrix Partial Co-Factorization (NMPCF) analysis unit to perform an NMPCF analysis on the plurality of segments, and to obtain a plurality of entity matrices based on the analysis result, a target instrument signal separating unit to separate, from the mixed signals, a target instrument signal, by calculating an inner product between the plurality of entity matrices, and a signal association unit to associate the target instrument signals separated from each of the plurality of segments.
US08080722B2	Preventing an unintentional deploy of a bonus in a video game Described are methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer program products, for preventing an unintentional deploy of a bonus in a video game. In one aspect this is accomplished by displaying, on a display in communication with a game platform, a target music data of a musical composition. The game platform receives a music performance input data via the microphone, and also determines if the music performance input data has a predetermined degree of matching with a vocal cue. If so, the performance input data is prevented from executing an improvisation deploy.
US08080719B1	Maize variety PHHEW A novel maize variety designated PHHEW and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHHEW with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHHEW through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PHHEW or a trait conversion of PHHEW with another maize variety. Inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHHEW, methods for producing other inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHHEW and the inbred maize varieties and their parts derived by the use of those methods.
US08080716B1	Inbred maize variety PHE9G A novel maize variety designated PHE9G and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PHE9G with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHE9G through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PHE9G or a trait conversion of PHE9G with another maize variety. Inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHE9G, methods for producing other inbred maize varieties derived from maize variety PHE9G and the inbred maize varieties and their parts derived by the use of those methods.
US08080713B2	Soybean cultivar S080123 A soybean cultivar designated S080123 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S080123, to the plants of soybean S080123, to plant parts of soybean cultivar S080123, and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar S080123 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars, or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean variety S080123, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S080123, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar S080123 with another soybean cultivar.
US08080709B2	Soybean cultivar 86274215 A soybean cultivar designated 86274215 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 86274215, to the plants of soybean 86274215, to plant parts of soybean cultivar 86274215 and to methods for producing a soybean plant produced by crossing soybean cultivar 86274215 with itself or with another soybean variety. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. This invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars and plant parts derived from soybean variety 86274215, to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 86274215 and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants and plant parts produced by crossing the cultivar 86274215 with another soybean cultivar.
US08080698B2	Method for olefin production from butanes and cracking refinery hydrocarbons and alkanes Systems and processes for producing one or more olefins are provided. A feed containing C4 compounds can be dehydrogenated to provide a first product containing butene. At least a portion of the first product can be bypassed around a methyl-tert-butyl-ether production unit and cracked in a first cracker to provide a second product containing propylene, ethylene, and butane. A light hydrocarbon containing gas oils, full range gas oils, resid or any combination thereof can be cracked in a second cracker to provide a cracked hydrocarbon containing propylene, ethylene, and butane. An alkane can be cracked in a third cracker to provide cracked alkanes containing propylene, ethylene, and butane. The second product, cracked hydrocarbons, and cracked alkanes can be combined and separated to provide a third product containing propylene and a first recycle containing butane. At least a portion of the first recycle can be recycled to the first product prior to cracking. At least a portion of the first recycle can be recycled to feed prior to dehydrogenation.
US08080696B2	Method for producing olefin The present invention provides a method for producing an olefin represented by General Formula (II): RfCF═CH2 (II) (wherein Rf is defined as below), wherein the method includes the step of contacting a fluorohalide represented by General Formula (I): RfCF2CH2X (I) (wherein Rf is H(CF2)n (n=1 to 8) or F(CF2)n (n=1 to 8), and X is Br or I) with a metal in a reaction medium of a polar organic solvent, or a mixed solvent of water and a polar organic solvent to conduct a dehalogenation reaction.The production method of the present invention provides olefins in a highly selective manner at a low cost and high yield under relatively mild reaction conditions.
US08080683B2	Electrochromic compound and electrochromic display device using the same An electrochromic compound represented by the following General Formula (1). A-(CX2)n—B General Formula (1) In the formula, A is a monovalent binding group, B is a redox chromophore, X is a halogen atom, and n is an integer of 1 or more.
US08080682B2	Substituted acylanilides and methods of use thereof This invention provides SARM compounds and uses thereof in treating a variety of diseases or conditions in a subject, including, inter alia, a muscle wasting disease and/or disorder or a bone-related disease and/or disorder.
US08080680B2	Canola oil from hybrid Brassica varieties Canola oils from hybrid Brassica varieties and methods for producing hybrid Brassica varieties are described. The hybrid seeds have a low, mid, or high oleic acid content and a low linolenic acid content.
US08080676B2	Method of producing S-(−)-6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchromane-2-carboxylic acid and product obtained by the method The present invention provides an industrially available method for efficiently producing high-purity S-(−)-6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchromane-2-carboxylic acid excellent in solid-liquid separability from an S-(−)-6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchromane-2-carboxylic acid ester, and also provides products obtained by the method.Under a temperature condition of 50-80° C. in an aqueous solvent, (A) an S-(−)-6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchromane-2-carboxylic acid ester represented by the general formula (1) is hydrolyzed under a basic condition for 1-3 hours; then (B) the insoluble matters contained in the reaction solution resulting from the hydrolysis are removed; and (C) an acid is added to the resulting solution to effect crystallization; provided that R in the general formula (1) represents an alkyl or aryl group.
US08080670B2	Process for the preparation of irbesartan The present invention relates to a process for the preparation of 2-butyl-3-[[2′-(1H-tetrazol-5-yl)[1,1′-biphenyl]-4-yl]-1,3-diazaspiro[4,4]non-1-en-4-one by reaction of the corresponding nitrile with sodium azide and piperazine or its acid salt.
US08080665B2	Piperidine compounds useful as malonyl-CoA decarboxylase inhibitors The present invention provides methods for the use of compounds as depicted by structure I, pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, and methods for the prophylaxis, management and treatment of metabolic diseases and diseases modulated by MCD inhibition. The compounds disclosed in this invention are useful for the prophylaxis, management and treatment of diseases involving in malonyl-CoA regulated glucose/fatty acid metabolism pathway. In particular, these compounds and pharmaceutical composition containing the same are indicated in the prophylaxis, management and treatment of cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, cancer and obesity.
US08080663B2	Process for the preparation of 2-methylspiro(1,3-oxathiolane-5,3′)quiniclidine An industrially acceptable process for the preparation of 2-methylspiro(1,3-oxathiolane-5,3′)quiniclidine. The cis-isomer of 2-methylspiro(1,3-oxathiolane-5,3′)quiniclidine is known generally as Cevimeline.
US08080662B2	Method of preparing 4-amino-1H-imidazo (4,5-c) quinolines and acid addition salts thereof The present invention provides a method of preparing a 4-(arylmethyl)amino-1H-imidazo(4,5-c)quinoline of formula (4) by reacting an arylmethylamine of formula (3) with a 4-chloro-1H-imidazo(4,5-c)quinoline of formula (2). The present invention further provides a method of preparing an acid addition salt of formula (5) comprising the step of hydrolyzing a 4-(arylmethyl)amino-1H-imidazo(4,5-c)quinoline of formula (4) with a strong acid, HX. The present invention further provides a method of preparing a 4-amino-1H-imidazo(4,5-c)quinoline of formula (1) comprising the step of treating an acid addition salt of formula (5) with a base.
US08080657B2	Compounds of reverse turn mimetics and the use thereof Conformationally constrained compounds that are novel and mimic the secondary structure of reverse-turn regions of biologically active peptides and proteins and having bicyclic framework are disclosed, as well as their prodrugs. Such reverse-turn mimetic structures and prodrugs have utility over a wide range of fields, including use as diagnostic and therapeutic agents. The invention also relates to a use of such compounds for the preparation of a medicament for treating or preventing cancer including an acute myeloid leukemia.
US08080654B2	Macrocyclic quinoxaline compounds as HCV NS3 protease inhibitors The present invention relates to macrocyclic a compound of formula (I) and its use as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus (HCV) NS3 protease, and in treating or preventing HCV infections.
US08080644B2	Oligonucleotide analogues The present invention relates to novel bicyclic and tricyclic nucleoside and nucleotide analogues as well as to oligonucleotides comprising such elements. The nucleotide analogues, LNAs (Locked Nucleoside Analogues), are able to provide valuable improvements to oligonucleotides with respect to affinity and specificity towards complementary RNA and DNA oligomers. The novel type of LNA modified oligonucleotides, as well as the LNAs as such, are useful in a wide range of diagnostic applications as well as therapeutic applications. Among these can be mentioned antisense applications, PCR applications, strand displacement oligomers, as substrates for nucleic acid polymerases, as nucleotide based drugs, etc. The present invention also relates to such applications.
US08080638B2	Anti-interferon alpha monoclonal antibodies and methods for use The present invention includes compositions and methods that include antibodies that selectively neutralize a bioactivity of at least two interferon alpha (“IFNα”) protein subtypes for the protein subtypes A, 2, B2, C, F, G, H2, 1, J1, K, 4a, 4b and WA, but does not neutralize at least one bioactivity of IFNα protein subtype D. Examples of bioactivity for measurement include activation of the M×A promoter or antiviral activity and variants, derivatives and fragments thereof. The invention also includes host cells, hybridomas and plasmacytomas that produce antibodies. Because of their unique selectivity and affinity, the antibodies of the present invention are useful to detect IFNα subtypes in sample or tissue and/or for therapeutic applications that include, but are not limited to the treatment and/or amelioration of an IFNα related disorder such as SLE, lupus, type I diabetes, psoriasis, AIDS and Graft versus Host Disease.
US08080627B2	Polycarbonate resin, process for producing the same and electrophotographic photoreceptor using the same The present invention provides an electrophotographic photoreceptor having excellent lubricity and abrasion resistance by using a novel polycarbonate resin comprising structural units having a polysiloxane chain in the shape of grafts as represented by the following general formula (1) with a viscosity-average molecular weight of 12,000 to 100,000 as a binder resin for a charge transport layer of a electrophotographic photoreceptor. wherein R1 to R5 each independently represents hydrogen, fluorine, chlorine, bromine, iodine, an alkyl group, an aryl group, an alkoxy group or an aralkyl group. R6 represents an alkylene group. Y represents a polysiloxane chain.
US08080611B2	Chemical and impact resistant thermoplastic resin composition having improved extrudability The present invention provides a chemical and impact resistant thermoplastic resin composition that can have improved extrudability. In one embodiment, the thermoplastic resin composition comprises a base resin including (A) about 1 to about 98% by weight of an epoxy group-containing vinyl copolymer resin; (B) about 1 to about 98% by weight of a rubber modified styrene copolymer resin; and (C) about 1 to about 98% by weight of a polyester resin; and about 1 to about 6 parts by weight of an aromatic vinyl-vinyl cyanide copolymer resin having a weight average molecular weight of about 1,000,000 to about 5,000,000, per 100 parts by weight of the base resin comprising (A)+(B)+(C). In another embodiment, the thermoplastic resin composition comprises a base resin including (A) about 1 to about 98% by weight of an epoxy group-containing vinyl copolymer resin; (B) about 1 to about 98% by weight of a rubber modified styrene copolymer resin; and (C) about 1 to about 98% by weight of a polyester resin; and (E) about 0.01 to about 1 part by weight of an epoxy-based additive, per 100 parts by weight of the base resin comprising (A)+(B)+(C).
US08080610B2	Monomer recycle process for fluid phase in-line blending of polymers A monomer recycle process for fluid phase in-line blending of polymers is provided. In one form, the monomer recycle process includes providing a first group (G1) of one or more reactor trains and a second group (G2) of one or more reactor trains and one or more separators fluidly connected to G1 and one separator fluidly connected to G2; polymerizing in each reactor train of G1 and G2 olefin monomers to form homogenous fluid phase polymer-monomer mixtures wherein each of the G1 and G2 reactor trains have at least one common monomer; passing the reactor effluents from the one or more G1 reactor trains through the one or more G1 separators to separate a monomer-rich phase from a polymer-enriched phase; passing the polymer-enriched phase and the reactor effluents from the one or more G2 reactor trains into the G2 separator (separator-blender) to separate another monomer-rich phase from a polymer-rich blend; recycling to one or more G1 reactor trains the separated monomer-rich phase from the one or more G1 separators; and recycling to one or more G2 reactor trains the separated monomer-rich phase from the G2 separator. The polymer-rich blend is conveyed to a downstream finishing stage for further monomer stripping, drying and/or pelletizing to form a polymer product blend.
US08080606B2	Polycarbonate resin composition and molded article thereof A polycarbonate resin composition, which exhibits not only an excellent balance among fluidity, rigidity, heat resistance, and impact resistance while maintaining flame retardance but also an excellent performance of recycling efficiency and a molded article thereof are provided. The polycarbonate resin composition contains a resin mixture of component (A) which is composed of (A-1) 10 to 100 mass % of an aromatic polycarbonate resin wherein dihydroxybiphenyl is used in a part of a divalent phenol as the raw material thereof and (A-2) 90 to 0 mass % of an aromatic polycarbonate resin other than the aromatic polycarbonate resin of component (A-1), and an amorphous styrene resin (B), in a mass ratio of component (A) to component (B) of 50:50 to 95:5. The molded article is an injection-molded article made of the polycarbonate resin composition.
US08080602B2	Rubber compositions with building tack The invention relates to a rubber composition comprising a natural or synthetic rubber or a mixture of such rubbers, a tackifier, and optionally further additives, wherein the tackifier is prepared from a rosin and an alkylphenol aldehyde resin of the resol type, which rubber composition has a good building tack and tack retention.
US08080596B2	Biodegradable plastic material and method for producing the same A method for producing a biodegradable plastic material includes: hydrolyzing starch to form a hydrolyzed starch; esterifying the hydrolyzed starch to form a hydrolyzed and esterified starch; drying the hydrolyzed and esterified starch to obtain a dried modified starch; and mixing the dried modified starch with a plastic material, such as an EVA copolymer.
US08080593B2	Reversible thermoresponsive adhesives for implants The present invention relates to thermoresponsive adhesives. The invention further relates to methods for the reversible attachment of retinal implants, other implants, and drug delivery devices.
US08080582B2	Derivatives of 8-epiblechnic acid and their effects on down-regulation of endothelin (ETA) receptor mRNA The present application discloses derivatives of 8-epiblechnic acid and use thereof in treating a disease related to endothelin receptor A or endothelin-1 (ET-1) over-expression, such as hypertension, cancer, atherosclerosis, and myocardial infarction.
US08080567B2	EP2 receptor agonists A compound of formula (III): or a salt, solvate and chemically protected form thereof, wherein: R5 is an optionally substituted C5-20 aryl or C4-20alkyl group; L′ is a single bond, —O— or —C(═O)—; A is selected from the group consisting of: formula (i) (ii) (iii) wherein X and Y are selected from the group consisting of: O and CR3; S and CR3; NH and CR3; NH and N; O and N; S and N; N and S; and N and O, and where the dotted lines indicate a double bond in the appropriate location, and where Q is either N or CH; D is selected from: formula (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) (v) (vii) (viii) (ix) B is selected from the group consisting of: formula (A) (B) where RP6 is selected from fluoro and chloro; and R2 is either: (i) —CO2H; (ii) —CONH2; (iii) —CH2—OH; or (iv) tetrazol-5-yl.
US08080566B1	Carbazole inhibitors of histamine receptors for the treatment of disease The present invention relates to carbazole compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, and methods which may be useful as inhibitors of H1R and/or H4R for the treatment or prevention of inflammatory, autoimmune, allergic, and ocular diseases.
US08080564B2	Hemodynamics improving agent Agents which contains a serotonin derivative as an active ingredient are effective for improving hemodynamics and for preventing or improving deterioration of hemodynamics associated with aging and progression of cardiovascular diseases.
US08080561B2	Pyridopyrazines and derivatives thereof as ALK and c-Met inhibitors The present invention provides a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt form thereof, wherein A, L1, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, and X are as defined herein. The compounds of Formula I have ALK and/or c-Met inhibitory activity, and may be used to treat ALK- or c-Met-mediated disorders or conditions.
US08080553B2	Methods and reagents for the treatment of immunoinflammatory disorders The invention features a method for treating a patient diagnosed with, or at risk of developing, an immunoinflammatory disorder by administering to the patient a tetra-substituted pyrimidopyrimidine, either alone or in combination with one or more additional agents. The invention also features a composition containing a tetra-substituted pyrimidopyrimidine in combination with one or more additional agents.
US08080546B2	Pyrazolo-pyridinone derivatives and methods of use The present invention comprises a new class of compounds useful for the prophylaxis and treatment of pro-inflammatory cytokine mediated diseases, and in particular, p38 activity mediated inflammation and related conditions. The compounds have a general Formula I wherein A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, R1, R2 and R3 are defined herein. The invention also comprises pharmaceutical compositions including one or more compounds of Formula I, uses of such compounds and compositions for treatment of inflammatory diseases including rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and other disorders, as well as intermediates and processes useful for the preparation of compounds of Formula I.
US08080541B2	Carbocyclic GlyT-1 receptor antagonists The present invention relates to the use of a compound of formula I wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, X and n are as defined herein or to a pharmaceutically acceptable acid addition salt, to a racemic mixture, or to its corresponding enantiomers and/or optical isomers for the treatment of psychoses, pain, dysfunction in memory and learning, attention deficit, schizophrenia, dementia disorders or Alzheimer's disease.
US08080535B2	Hyaluronic acid nutritional supplements and methods of using the same Hyaluronic acid nutritional supplements and methods of using the same. In at least one embodiment of a nutritional supplement of the present disclosure, the nutritional supplement comprises a quantity of a hyaluronic acid, or a salt or digest thereof, and a food acceptable carrier.
US08080529B2	Macrolides with anti-inflammatory activity The present invention relates to novel semi-synthetic macrolides having anti-inflammatory activity. More particularly, the invention relates to 14- and 15-membered macrolides substituted at the 4″ position, to their pharmaceutically acceptable derivatives, to processes and intermediates for their preparation, to pharmaceutical compositions containing them and to their activity and use in the treatment of inflammatory diseases and conditions in humans and animals, especially those diseases associated with excessive secretion of TNF-α, IL-1, IL-8, IL-2 or IL-5; and/or inhibitor of excessive lymphocyte proliferation; and/or excessive granulocyte degranulation.
US08080528B2	Compositions and methods for treatment of cachexia Compositions and methods for preventing and treating wasting disorders, such as cachexia and anorexia, are provided. In one aspect, the present invention provides a method for preventing and treating a wasting disorder in a mammal. In one embodiment, the method of the invention comprises administering to such mammal a macrolide and a β2-adrenergic agonist in combination such that the macrolide and said β2-agonist are administered in amounts effective to prevent or at least alleviate said wasting disorder.
US08080523B2	Analogs of ShK toxin and their uses in selective inhibition of Kv1.3 potassium channels Analogs of ShK toxin and methods for using such ShK analogs. The ShK analogs generally comprise ShK toxin attached to a chemical entity (e.g. an atom, molecule, group, residue, compound, moiety, etc.) that has an anionic charge. In some embodiments the chemical entity attached to the ShK toxin may comprise an amino acid residue. The ShK analogs may be administered to human or non-human animal subjects to cause inhibition of potassium channels or to otherwise treat diseases or disorders. In some embodiments, the chemical entity to which the ShK toxin is attached may be chosen to provide selective inhibition of certain potassium channels (e.g., Kv1.3 channels) over other potassium channels (e.g., Kv1.1 channels). In come embodiments, the chemical entity to which the ShK toxin is attached may include a fluorophore, thereby providing a fluorophore tagged ShK analog. Such fluorophore tagged ShK analogs may be used in flow cytometry alone, or in conjunction with class II tetramers that can detect autoreactive cells.
US08080496B2	Method for reducing pest damage to corn by treating transgenic corn seeds with thiamethoxam pesticide A method to protect corn against feeding damage by one or more pests includes the treatment of corn seed having a transgenic event that is targeted against at least one of the pests with thiamethoxam in an amount that is effective against the same or another of the one or more pests. Seeds having such protection are also disclosed.
US08080495B2	Diesel oxidation catalysts A catalyst composition comprises a particulate support and catalyst nanoparticles on the particulate support. The catalyst nanoparticles comprise an alloy of platinum and palladium in an atomic ratio of from about 25:75 to about 75:25 and are present in a concentration of between about 3 and about 10 wt % weight percent of the catalyst composition. The catalyst composition has an X-ray diffraction pattern that is substantially free of the (311) diffraction peak assignable to PtxPd1-x, where 0.25≦x≦0.75.
US08080494B2	Catalyst, exhaust gas purifying catalyst, and method of producing the catalyst A catalyst 1 has a heat-resistant support 2 selected from among Al2O3, SiO2, ZrO2, and TiO2, and a first metal 4 supported on an outer surface of the support 2, and included by an inclusion material 3 containing a component of the support 2.
US08080492B2	Hydroconversion multi-metallic catalyst and method for making thereof A catalyst precursor for preparing a bulk multi-metallic catalyst upon sulfidation is provided. The precursor has an essentially monomodal pore volume distribution with at least 90% of the pores being macropores, and a total pore volume of at least 0.08 g/cc. The bulk multi-metallic prepared from the precursor is particularly suitable for hydrotreating heavy oil feeds having a boiling point in the range of 343° C. (650° F.)—to 454° C. (850° F.), an average molecular weight Mn ranging from 300 to 400, and an average molecular diameter ranging from 0.9 nm to 1.7 nm.
US08080478B2	Method of producing mask According to one embodiment, a method of producing a mask includes: a step of forming a pattern on a substrate; a step of forming a first film that covers the top surface and side surface of the pattern and contains a first material; a step of forming a second film containing a second material on the first film; a step of performing anisotropic etching of the first and second films in a way that forms a sidewall layer including the first and second films on the side surface of the pattern and removes the first and second films on any location other than the sidewall layer; a step of performing isotropic etching of the first film of the sidewall layer; and a step of removing the pattern.
US08080477B2	Film formation apparatus and method for using same A method for using a film formation apparatus for a semiconductor process to form a thin film on a target substrate inside a reaction chamber includes performing a cleaning process to remove a by-product film deposited on a predetermined region in a gas route from a film formation gas supply system, which supplies a film formation gas contributory to film formation, through the reaction chamber to an exhaust system, by alternately repeating an etching step and an exhaust step a plurality of times in a state where the reaction chamber does not accommodate the target substrate. The etching step includes supplying a cleaning gas in an activated state for etching the by-product film onto the predetermined region, thereby etching the by-product film. The exhaust step includes stopping supply of the cleaning gas and exhausting gas by the exhaust system from a space in which the predetermined region is present.
US08080470B2	Wiring structure and semiconductor device, and their fabrication methods A fabrication method for a wiring structure of the present invention includes: a process of forming a conductive wiring layer; a process of forming a wiring pattern on the wiring layer; a process of forming an insulative wiring interlayer film between wires of the wiring pattern; and a process of forming a plurality of longitudinal hole-shaped fine pores in the wiring interlayer film in a thickness direction of the wiring interlayer film by etching with a mask including one of nano-particles and material including nano-particles.
US08080465B2	Semiconductor wafer structure with balanced reflectance and absorption characteristics for rapid thermal anneal uniformity Disclosed are embodiments of semiconductor wafer structures and associated methods of forming the structures with balanced reflectance and absorption characteristics. The reflectance and absorption characteristics are balanced by manipulating thin film interferences. Specifically, thin film interferences are manipulated by selectively varying the thicknesses of the different films. Alternatively, reflectance and absorption characteristics can be balanced by incorporating an additional reflectance layer into the wafer structure above the substrate. Methods of forming a semiconductor structure begin by forming a substrate, forming an insulator layer on the substrate, and forming a first film on a first portion of the insulator layer. Methods form a second film, different from the first film, on a second portion of the insulator layer adjacent to the first film such that a first net reflectivity of the first film, the insulator layer, and the substrate is approximately equal to a second net reflectivity of the second film, the insulator layer and the substrate.
US08080460B2	Methods of forming diodes Some embodiments include methods of forming diodes. A stack may be formed over a first conductive material. The stack may include, in ascending order, a sacrificial material, at least one dielectric material, and a second conductive material. Spacers may be formed along opposing sidewalls of the stack, and then an entirety of the sacrificial material may be removed to leave a gap between the first conductive material and the at least one dielectric material. In some embodiments of forming diodes, a layer may be formed over a first conductive material, with the layer containing supports interspersed in sacrificial material. At least one dielectric material may be formed over the layer, and a second conductive material may be formed over the at least one dielectric material. An entirety of the sacrificial material may then be removed.
US08080456B2	Robust top-down silicon nanowire structure using a conformal nitride In one exemplary embodiment, a method for fabricating a nanowire product comprising: providing a wafer having a buried oxide (BOX) upper layer in which a well is formed, the wafer further having a nanowire having ends resting on the BOX layer such that the nanowire forms a beam spanning said well; and forming a mask coating on an upper surface of the BOX layer leaving an uncoated window over a center part of said beam over said well and also forming a mask coating around beam intermediate ends between each end of a beam center part and a side wall of said well. In another exemplary embodiment, a nanowire product comprising: a wafer having a buried oxide (BOX) upper layer in which a well having side walls is formed; a nanowire having ends resting on the BOX layer so as to form a beam spanning said well and said side walls; and a hard mask coating on an upper surface of said BOX layer and around intermediate ends of said beam between each side wall of said well and ends of a center part of said beam leaving an uncoated window over a beam center part through which oxidation of said beam center part can take place.
US08080455B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device with increased breakdown voltage A method for fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. A substrate comprising a P-well is provided. A low voltage device area and a high voltage device area are defined in the P-well. A photoresist layer is formed on the substrate. A photomask comprising a shielding region is provided. The shielding region is corresponded to the high voltage device area. A pattern of the photomask is transferred to the photoresist layer on the substrate by a photolithography process using the photomask. A P-type ion field is formed outside of the high-voltage device area by selectively doping P-type ions into the substrate using the photoresist layer as a mask.
US08080454B2	Method of fabricating CMOS transistor A method of fabricating a CMOS transistor includes forming strained channels by re-crystallized amorphous polysilicon with the tensile film or the compressive film during annealing. C or Ge ions are optionally used to form solid-phase epitaxy to amplify the stress in the strained channel. Therefore, the charge carrier mobility in a CMOS transistor is improved.
US08080453B1	Gate stack having nitride layer A semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate, a gate layer containing silicon on the semiconductor substrate, a metallic layer on the gate layer, and a nitride layer on the metallic layer. The gate layer contains a P+ region and an N+ region.
US08080452B2	Effecting selectivity of silicon or silicon-germanium deposition on a silicon or silicon-germanium substrate by doping The invention relates to a method for selective deposition of Si or SiGe on a Si or SiGe surface. The method exploits differences in physico-chemical surface behavior according to a difference in doping of first and second surface regions. By providing at least one first surface region with a Boron doping of a suitable concentration range and exposing the substrate surface to a cleaning and passivating ambient atmosphere in a prebake step at a temperature lower or equal than 800° C., a subsequent deposition step of Si or SiGe will not lead to a layer deposition in the first surface region. This effect is used for selective deposition of Si or SiGe in the second surface region, which is not doped with Boron in the suitable concentration range, or doped with another dopant, or not doped. The method thus saves a usual photolithography sequence required for selective deposition of Si or SiGe in the second surface region according to the prior art.
US08080448B1	Semiconductor device with nested rows of contacts A method of making semiconductor devices includes producing an array of first lead frames having rows of first electrical contact elements on respective sides. Sub-assemblies are produced by applying a first molding compound peripherally to provide support between the first electrical contact elements of each of the first lead frames, and singulating the sub-assemblies. An array of assemblies is produced, each of which includes a second lead frame having rows of second electrical contact elements on respective sides, a respective one of the sub-assemblies disposed in the second lead frame with the rows of first electrical contact elements nested adjacent to and inside the rows of second electrical contact elements, and a semiconductor die mounted on the sub-assembly. The assemblies are encapsulated using a second molding compound with the rows of first and second electrical contact elements exposed on adjacent sides of an active face of the respective assembly.
US08080447B2	Method of manufacturing semiconductor device including exposing a dicing line on a wafer A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including the following steps, forming a resin layer on a surface of a semiconductor chip, the surface is provided with a bump formed thereon, the resin layer having photosensitivity and adhesiveness, exposing an upper surface of the bump by removing a part of the resin layer right above the bump by exposing and then developing the resin layer, and bonding the semiconductor chip provided with a resin film formed of the resin layer face-down to a substrate, the bump of the semiconductor chip and a conductive section of the substrate being electrically connected by the resin film functioning as an adhesive.
US08080445B1	Semiconductor device and method of forming WLP with semiconductor die embedded within penetrable encapsulant between TSV interposers A semiconductor device has a first substrate with a plurality of first conductive vias formed partially through the first substrate. A first semiconductor die is mounted over the first substrate and electrically connected to the first conductive vias. A plurality of bumps is formed over the first substrate. A second substrate has a plurality of second conductive vias formed partially through the second substrate. A penetrable encapsulant is deposited over the second substrate. The second substrate is mounted over the first substrate to embed the first semiconductor die and interconnect structure in the penetrable encapsulant. The encapsulant can be injected between the first and second substrates. A portion of the first substrate is removed to expose the first conductive vias. A portion of the second substrate is removed to expose the second conductive vias. A second semiconductor die is mounted over the second substrate.
US08080437B2	Blue light emitting semiconductor nanocrystal materials A semiconductor nanocrystal includes a core including a first semiconductor material and an overcoating including a second semiconductor material. A monodisperse population of the nanocrystals emits blue light over a narrow range of wavelengths with a high quantum efficiency.
US08080436B2	Light emitting device and method of manufacturing the light emitting device A method of manufacturing a light emitting device includes: a first step of forming on a supporting substrate made of a stainless steel, a plurality of conductive members each including a first region containing Au and a second region containing a metallic member having a diffusion coefficient with respect to a metal in the stainless steel smaller than a diffusion coefficient of Au with respect to the metal in the stainless steel, a second step of forming a base member made of a light-blocking resin on the supporting substrate between the conductive members, a third step of bonding a light emitting element on an upper surface of a conductive member through an adhesive member, a fourth step of covering the light emitting element with an optically transmissive sealing member, and a fifth step of removing the supporting substrate and individually separating the light emitting devices.
US08080431B2	Nanoparticles Materials and methods for studying and modulating the interaction of carbohydrate-containing moieties with other species are described, in particular, small particles, e.g. clusters of metal or semiconductor atoms, which can be employed as a substrate for immobilising a plurality of ligands comprising carbohydrate groups. These “nanoparticles” can then be used to study carbohydrate mediated interactions, e.g. with other carbohydrates or proteins, and as therapeutics and diagnostic reagents.
US08080430B2	Target substance detection material and method and kit for detecting target substance In the present invention, a target substance detection material, which includes a metal structure, a target substance capturing unit, and a polymer matrix retaining the metal structure and the target substance capturing unit, captures a target substance, and as a result, the volume of the polymer matrix is changed. Such a change in the volume of the polymer matrix is measured as a change in the optical properties of the metal structure, and the target is detected. Thereby, the present invention provides a target substance detection material having good operability and high performance, which includes a metal structure as a labeled form, and a target substance detection method for detecting the presence or absence of a target substance in a specimen and/or the concentration thereof, using the material.
US08080429B2	Evaluation method for chemical solution, qualification method for chemical solution and method for manufacturing semiconductor device A method for evaluating chemical solution includes determining number of particles in liquid for each size of the particles by measurement, expressing a relationship between size of the particles and number of particles corresponding to the size by a function based on the number of particles for each size of the particles determined by the measurement, and evaluating influence of particles having size less than or equal to a measurement limit in the liquid based on the function.
US08080423B2	Reagent containing protease reaction promoter and/or colorant stabilizer Stabilizers for colorants used for detection of enzymatic reactions, having a cyclodextrin and a catalase; reagents including stabilizers; and methods of use of such stabilizers and reagents.
US08080417B2	Methods of ex vivo hematopoietic stem cell expansion by co-culture with mesenchymal cells Methods of ex-vivo expansion and at the same time inhibiting differentiation of stem cells by co-culture with mesenchymal cells, transplantable populations of renewable progenitor and stem cells expanded thereby, and their uses in therapeutic applications.
US08080415B2	Modified host cells and uses thereof The present disclosure provides compositions and methods comprising cells producing glycoproteins with variant glycosylation patterns. The methods and compositions may be used in producing antibodies and proteins of therapeutic value.
US08080412B2	Multiwell incubation apparatus and method of analysis using the same A continuous temperature-gradient incubation apparatus designed to solve the problem of moving of liquid vapor generated on the high-temperature side toward the low-temperature side to thereby cause condensation.There is provided a multiwell incubation apparatus having a well-housing vessel made of a heat conducting material and, detachably housed therein, liquid-storing wells, the wells being arranged in transverse rows and longitudinal rows, the multiwell incubation apparatus being also provided with a liquid or gas flow channel or bath for supply of a gas saturated with vapor of the liquid, the multiwell incubation apparatus being capable of maintaining incubation temperatures differing between individual transverse rows of wells with a predetermined temperature difference, so as to realize a temperature series which forms a predetermined temperature difference profile along the longitudinal rows, characterized in that the multiwell incubation apparatus includes a heat source for realizing a temperature which is the lowest in the given temperature series, the heat source being disposed outside the well rows and along the transversely lined up wells close to a first side of the housing vessel; another heat source for realizing a temperature which is the highest in the given temperature series, the heat source being disposed outside the well rows and along a side opposite to the first side; and a separator provided for each transverse row of a certain temperature.
US08080409B2	Sample processing device compression systems and methods Sample processing systems and methods of using those systems for processing sample materials located in sample processing devices are disclosed. The sample processing systems include a rotating base plate on which the sample processing devices are located during operation of the systems. The systems also include a cover and compression structure designed to force a sample processing device towards the base plate. The preferred result is that the sample processing device is forced into contact with a thermal structure on the base plate. The systems and methods of the present invention may include one or more of the following features to enhance thermal coupling between the thermal structure and the sample processing device: a shaped transfer surface, magnetic compression structure, and floating or resiliently mounted thermal structure. The methods may preferably involve deformation of a portion of a sample processing device to conform to a shaped transfer surface.
US08080398B2	Polypeptides having alpha-glucuronidase activity and polynucleotides encoding same The present invention relates to isolated polypeptides having alpha-glucuronidase activity and isolated polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides. The invention also relates to nucleic acid constructs, vectors, and host cells comprising the polynucleotides as well as methods of producing and using the polypeptides.
US08080396B2	Microorganism producing an amino acid of the L-glutamic acid family and a method for producing the amino acid A microorganism is cultured in a medium, and is able to produce one or two or more kinds of L-amino acids including L-glutamic acid, L-glutamine, L-proline, L-ornithine, L-citrulline and L-arginine, and is modified to increase α-ketoglutarate synthase activity. The L-amino acids are collected from the medium or the cells.
US08080392B2	IL-D80 polynucleotides Purified genes encoding a cytokine or composite cytokine from a mammal, reagents related thereto including purified proteins, specific antibodies, and nucleic acids encoding these molecules are provided. Methods of using said reagents and diagnostic kits are also provided.
US08080387B2	Method for preparing soluble and active recombinant proteins usins PDI as a fusion partner The present invention relates to a method for producing a recombinant protein capable of increasing expression rate of a target protein and also improving solubility and folding of the expressed target protein using a modified protein disulfide isomerase (PDI) as a fusion partner, and an expression vector containing the modified PDI gene as a fusion partner. The method for preparing a recombinant protein using a modified PDI as a fusion partner according to the present invention may solve the problems concerning a low yield and solubility and folding that conventional fusion partners have, and be widely used for protein drug and industrial protein production.
US08080383B2	Method of discriminating at least two cell populations, and application A subject of the invention is a method for discriminating between and counting at least two populations of biological elements carrying specific characteristics, optionally present in a sample. The invention allows the clear and unambiguous detection of at least three populations of biological elements by the use of only two detection means, which means that at least two populations of biological elements are detected by one and the same detection means. The invention can be carried out if three different probes are used, each recognizing and becoming fixed to one of the populations of biological elements to be detected, each of the probes being itself rendered detectable by a different marker, two of said markers having two emission spectra having at least one common part (overlapping emission spectra) and the third having an emission spectrum having essentially no part in common with the other two (non-overlapping spectrum).
US08080380B2	Use of microfluidic systems in the detection of target analytes using microsphere arrays The invention relates generally to methods and apparatus for conducting analyses, particularly microfluidic devices for the detection of target analytes.
US08080376B2	Gene expression control DNA element and associated protein Through screening of an expression library, a cDNA sequence has been identified that encodes a protein that interacts with human CD33, the DNA being highly homologous to a portion of the human dystrophin gene. A region of that cDNA has been identified as an important regulatory element in controlling expression, both transcription and translation, of the DNA with which it is associated. This DNA sequence element may be used as a regulatory cassette in conjunction with any suitable gene, to modify gene expression. The putative controlling DNA sequence element contains a minimum of 137 base pairs (FIG. 1) to 147 base pairs (FIG. 1A) and a maximum of 287 base pairs (FIG. 1B).
US08080375B2	Methods and kits for detecting an enzyme capable of modifying a nucleic acid An improved method of detecting an enzyme in a sample, which enzyme is capable of adding or removing a chemical moiety to or from a nucleic acid molecule, thereby conferring the nucleic acid molecule with the ability to be extended to generate a novel detectable nucleic acid molecule, comprises the steps of allowing the sample to be tested for the presence of the enzyme to interact with the nucleic acid molecule; and testing for interaction of the enzyme with the nucleic acid molecule by detecting the novel nucleic acid molecule generated only in the presence of the enzyme. The preferred enzyme is a phosphatase. The methods have a number of applications, for example in enhancing the sensitivity of immunoassays, for detecting pathogen associated phosphatase, for diagnosing certain conditions and for detecting specific contaminants in a sample.
US08080366B2	In-line process for making thin film electronic devices An in-line process for making a thin film electronic device on a substrate is described comprising the steps of: a) depositing a structurable layer onto a substrate; b) depositing a patternable material onto the structurable layer in a first pattern; and c) etching the structurable layer in areas uncovered by the patternable material. The steps are carried out without intermediate exposure of the substrate to ambient air.
US08080354B2	Toner Disclosed is toner in which is used in an image formation process comprising the steps of transferring an image of toner formed on a photoreceptor onto a recording sheet, and removing any residual toner remaining on any of the photoreceptor, an intermediate transfer member and a secondary transfer member with a cleaning blade, the toner containing at least toner particles (A) and small particles (B), wherein the toner particles (A) have an average circularity of from 0.93 to 0.99 and a number-based median diameter (D50) of from 3.0 to 8.0 μm, the small particles (B) have an average circularity of from 0.70 to 0.92 and a number-based median diameter (D50) of from 0.15 to 0.60 times that of the toner particles (A), and the surface energy of the toner particles (A) is different from that of the small particles (B).
US08080348B2	Hologram recording material and hologram recording medium The present invention provides a hologram recording material which is suitable for volume hologram record and can attain high refractive index change, flexibility, high sensitivity, low scattering, environment resistance, that is, storage stability, durability, low dimensional change (low shrinkage) and high multiplicity in holographic memory record using not only a green laser but also a blue laser. A hologram recording material comprising: a metal oxide matrix; and a photopolymerizable compound which has at least one (meth)acrylamide group as a photo-reactive group, and has a polyalkylene glycol unit represented by the following formula: —(RO)n— wherein R represents a lower alkylene group, and n represents the number of repeating units of alkylene oxide.
US08080333B2	Battery pack Positive and negative terminals formed on a top face of a unit cell and positive and negative terminals formed on a surface of a circuit board opposed to the unit cell are electrically connected to each other by connectors. The connectors each include an elastic body formed from an elastic material, and a conductor which is placed so as to be exposed on upper and lower surfaces of the elastic body and which serves for electrically connecting those exposed portions to each other. By elastic restoring force of the elastic body generated by elastic compression of the elastic body between the terminals, the upper and lower surfaces of the connectors are put into press contact between the opposing positive and negative terminals of the unit cell and the circuit board, by which their electrical connection is maintained.
US08080329B1	Uniformly wound battery Disclosed is an electric storage battery and method of making it, comprising a jellyroll electrode assembly in which electrodes are wound around a pin, and having one or more spacers at or near the inner ends of the electrodes to aid in winding the jellyroll. Also disclosed is an electric storage battery, and method of making it, comprising a jellyroll electrode assembly in which electrodes are wound around a pin, and having a plastic slotted tube closely fitted around the pin and covering the junction of the pin to an electrode substrate or interface material coupled to the electrode substrate. The spacers and plastic slotted tube may be used separately or together.
US08080327B1	Electrical storage device utilizing pyrazine-based cyanoazacarbons and polymers derived therefrom An electrical storage device utilizing a pyrazine-based cyanoazacarbon or pyrazine-based cyanoazacarbon polymer as a redox active material which can undergo both oxidation and reduction. The device has an ion selective barrier with a cathode side and an anode side; a cathode compartment which is functionally attached to the cathode side of the ion selective barrier and contains a mixture of pyrazine-based cyanoazacarbons, solvent, and positive ions of pyrazine-based cyanoazacarbons; an anode compartment which is functionally attached to the anode side of the ion selective barrier and contains a mixture of pyrazine-based cyanoazacarbons, solvent, and negative ions of pyrazine-based cyanoazacarbons; a cathode which is electrically connected to the cathode compartment; and an anode which is electrically connected to the anode compartment. In one embodiment, the electrical storage device has an electrolyte reservoir which uses an asymmetric membrane design to transfer electrical charge between an anode section and cathode section. For slow redox, the electrical storage device functions as a rechargeable battery. For rapid redox, the electrical storage device functions as a supercapacitor.
US08080312B2	CVD coating scheme including alumina and/or titanium-containing materials and method of making the same A coated body that includes a substrate and a coating scheme on the substrate. The coating scheme includes a CVD titanium carbonitride coating layer containing titanium carbonitride grains that are of a pre-selected grain size. The coating scheme further includes a first titanium/aluminum-containing coating layer containing first titanium/aluminum-containing grains applied so as to be farther away from the substrate than the titanium carbonitride coating layer. The first titanium/aluminum-containing grains are of a pre-selected grain size. The coating scheme also includes a CVD alumina coating layer containing alumina grains applied so as to be farther away from the substrate than the first titanium/aluminum-containing coating layer. The alumina grains are of a pre-selected grain size.
US08080306B2	Exterior member, method of manufacturing exterior member, and electronic equipment casing There is provided an exterior member including a first layer formed on a surface of a substrate and containing coating inclusions and a second layer stacked on a surface of the first layer and containing a material that can allow light to be transmitted therethrough, the light having a wavelength at which optical characteristics of the coating inclusions can be changed. The first layer has a marking portion which is a portion where the optical characteristics of the coating inclusions have changed by laser-irradiation of the light having the wavelength to at least a part of the first layer.
US08080304B2	Multi-layer wrap A stretchable multi-layer wrap is provided. The wrap comprises a first film, which comprises an inside cling surface, a second film, which comprises an inside cling surface. The second film inside cling surface engages the first film inside cling surface. The wrap also comprises a plurality of longitudinal ribs that are co-aligned with a longitudinal axis of the wrap. The ribs are disposed between the engaged cling surfaces and spaced so as not to cause disengagement of the cling surfaces.
US08080303B1	Molded safety seat A safety seat comprising a unitary molded shell having a “bucket-seat” shape and a safety restraint system integral to the shell. The molded unitary shell has a bottom portion and a back portion. The shell comprises an inner layer and an outer layer made of a carbon fiber laminate with a core situated between the inner and outer layers. The core comprises aluminum sheeting having a honeycomb-like cross-section. A plurality of attachment plates are selectively located within the shell and disposed between the inner and outer layers. The safety restraint system is fastened to corresponding attachment plates. Support plates located on a non-seating surface of the shell are mated with selected attachment plates. A headrest is selectively attached to the safety seat. The safety seat is secured to structural members within a vehicle by mounting brackets. A method for making the shell and assembling the safety seat are disclosed.
US08080295B2	Plastic article A hollow plastic article having a wall with an inside wall portion and an outside wall portion, wherein a part of the outside wall portion has a slip resistant, tactile surface relative to the remainder of the outside wall portion to provide an improved gripping surface on the article.
US08080292B2	Coated paper for pigment-based inkjet printers A print medium is disclosed which includes a base paper containing a first side and a reverse side, and a coating layer disposed on at least the first side. The coating layer contains a mixture that includes about 10-90 weight percent of a first pigment comprising precipitated calcium carbonate particles, about 5-60 weight percent of a second pigment comprising particles of a liquid absorptive material having a larger size than the first pigment particles and having a different shape that of the first pigment particles, and about 1-50 weight percent of a third pigment comprising particles of a liquid absorptive high surface area material having a surface area of at least 50 m2/gram, and having a smaller size that both of the first and second pigments. Weight percents are by combined weight of the first, second and third pigments.
US08080290B2	Film formation method and apparatus for semiconductor process A film formation method is used for forming a silicon nitride film on a target substrate by repeating a plasma cycle and a non-plasma cycle a plurality of times, in a process field configured to be selectively supplied with a first process gas containing a silane family gas and a second process gas containing a nitriding gas and communicating with an exciting mechanism for exciting the second process gas to be supplied. The method includes obtaining a relation formula or relation table that represents relationship of a cycle mixture manner of the plasma cycle and the non-plasma cycle relative to a film quality factor of the silicon nitride film; determining a specific manner of the cycle mixture manner based on a target value of the film quality factor with reference to the relation formula or relation table; and arranging the film formation process in accordance with the specific manner.
US08080285B2	Marine anti-biofouling release coating of polysiloxane and cylindrical nanofiller The present invention relates to the use of a composition comprising a polysiloxane-based polymer and at least one cylindrical nanofiller as a marine anti-biofouling and/or fouling release coating.
US08080279B2	Method for double-dip substrate spin optimization of coated micro array supports The present invention discloses a method for preparing a substrate coated support for use in micro-array devices. The method of the present invention comprises the steps of applying a first coat of substrate to a support, making the substrate coating ramp by subjecting the coated support to centripetal forces, adding a second coat of substrate to the resulting support having a ramping planar coat and subjecting the coated support to centripetal forces for a second time to produce a substrate coated membrane in which the thickness of the substrate layer is uniform across the entire coated surface.
US08080277B2	Method of forming organic compound layer, method of manufacturing organic EL element and organic EL element A method of forming an organic compound layer for producing organic EL element exhibiting high quality and high productivity without increasing cost; a relevant process for producing an organic EL element. There is provided a method of forming an organic compound layer of organic EL element using production apparatus including supply section, coating•drying section and recovery section, characterized in that flexible band substrate (A) having an anode layer in roll form is fed to the supply section; the production apparatus has at least one unit coating•drying section, the unit containing coating section capable of forming coating film for formation of organic compound later under atmospheric pressure by wet applicator and drying section; and at least one organic compound layer is formed on the anode layer to obtain flexible band substrate (B), which is wound on a core to form a roll in the recovery section.
US08080276B2	Method for producing a food product from a concentrated protein Improved processes for manufacturing cream, plastic cream, cream analogs, milk, milk analogs, and other food products from concentrated and/or dried protein and a suitable fat source are provided. Preferably, the protein is treated to enhance its ability to emulsify fat.
US08080275B2	Composition for reducing fat migration in food products A composition for reducing or substantially eliminating oil or fat separation in a food product is described. The composition includes a source of saturated fat and a recrystallization agent. A method of making this composition, and of using this composition in a food product, is also described.
US08080273B2	Rice snack chip with high rate of visual inclusions made on tortilla sheeting equipment A method and formulation are disclosed for using a mixture of inulin and surfactant to overcome adhesive and viscoelastic problems associated with using tortilla sheeters for processing rice-based dough to make rice crisps. The inulin decreases viscoelasticity whereas the surfactant decreases adhesiveness. The additive decouples the relationship between water content and the adhesiveness and viscoelasticity of the dough, allowing water content to be used to control other product variables such as product moisture content and oil take-up.
US08080272B2	Method of separating components of technical eggs, edible eggs, yolk and whites and products therefrom The present invention relates to methods for the separation of various components from eggs. More particularly, the present invention relates to methods for the separation of proteins and lipids from eggs, including technical eggs (inedible) or edible eggs, yolks or whites, which comprises cross-linking the lipids of eggs with a cross-linking reagent. In an embodiment, the method includes separating the proteins from the cross-linked lipids. In an embodiment, the method includes the separation of various components associated with the cross-linked lipids. The methods disclosed herein allow for the isolation of multiple different components from the egg in an efficient, cost-effective manner without compromising the recovery process of the components or their subsequent utility in various applications or compositions. The compositions and isolated components obtained by the methods of the invention can be used in pharmaceutical, medical, nutritional, cosmetic or health applications.
US08080271B2	Food interleaver, method for imparting flavor to food product, and combination food product and food interleaver A food interleaver is provided according to the invention. The food interleaver includes a paper base sheet, a release and barrier component for providing the food interleaver with release and barrier properties, and a food flavorant component. The food flavorant component is provided to transfer from the food interleaver to a food product that contacts the food interleaver, and provide the resulting food product with a desired flavor. A method for imparting flavor to food product and a combination food product and food interleaver are provided.
US08080268B2	Smoke and steam-permeable food casing comprising a flavored interior surface The present invention relates to a smoke and water-vapor-permeable food casing based on aliphatic polyamide and/or aliphatic copolyamide, which is impregnated with liquid smoke on the food-facing side.
US08080267B2	Soy sauce containing 5′-nucleotides and method for producing the same The present invention relates to a method for producing a 5′-nucleotide-containing soy sauce characterized in that, in a soy-sauce producing method, malt, germinated rice, or a processed product thereof is added to soy sauce moromi mash with phosphatases derived from microorganisms being inactivated, thereby producing and accumulating 5′-nucleotides; and a 5′-nucleotide-containing soy sauce obtained according to the method.
US08080261B2	1-chloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene non-aqueous gel compositions and methods for using the same Gel compositions that contain 1-dichloro-2,4-dinitrobenzene (DNCB) are provided. Embodiments of the subject gel compositions include DNCB, an organic solvent and a viscosity agent, wherein the organic solvent and viscosity agent are inert with respect to the DNCB. Also provided are methods for using the subject compositions and kits for use in practicing the subject methods.
US08080260B2	Molecular enhancement of extracellular matrix and methods of use A composition comprising a human- or animal-derived extracellular matrix and a macromolecular network which is prepared ex vivo is provided that is useful in the repair of a tissue injury, particularly in repair of tears or gaps between a tendon and a bone, such as in a rotator cuff tear. In an embodiment, the composition comprises a human- or animal-derived extracellular matrix having impregnated therein a macromolecular network of hyaluronan macromolecules that have been cross-linked via dihydroxyphenyl linkages, so that the cross-linked network is interlocked within the extracellular matrix. The resulting HA-incorporated extracellular matrix can be supplied in the form of a patch to reinforce a tissue repair or cover a tissue defect.
US08080256B2	Endophytic fungi from Pteromischum sp. plant, compounds and methods of use The present disclosure relates to endophytic fungi from higher plants such as a Pteromischum sp. plant, and to extracts and compounds from such fungi that have desirable biological activities, such as antifungal and immunosuppressive activities. The present disclosure further relates to compositions comprising such extracts and compounds, as well as methods of making and using the compositions.
US08080247B2	Anti-IL-12 antibodies An anti-IL-12 antibody that binds to a portion of the IL-12 protein corresponding to at least one amino acid residue selected from the group consisting of residues 15, 17-21, 23, 40-43, 45-47, 54-56 and 58-62 of the amino acid sequence of the p40 subunit of IL-12, including isolated nucleic acids that encode at least one anti-IL-12 antibody, vectors, host cells, transgenic animals or plants, and methods of making and using thereof have applications in diagnostic and/or therapeutic compositions, methods and devices.
US08080239B2	Cosmetic The present invention provides a cosmetic that contains glycerin modified on both ends with silicone represented by the following general formula (a). In this formula, R1 denotes a straight chain or branched alkyl group having 1-12 carbon atoms or phenyl group, R2 denotes an alkylene group having 2-11 carbon atoms, m is 10-120, and n is 1-11.The object of the present invention is to provide a cosmetic that contains glycerin modified on both ends with silicone and is superior in terms of the sensation during use and the powder dispersion stability.
US08080235B2	Protein kinase A reporters useful in high throughput assays Protein kinase A reporters useful for obtaining measurements of protein kinase A activity with high spatial and temporal resolution can be used in high throughput assays to identify potentially therapeutic compounds.
US08080234B2	Process for manufacturing MCM-22 family molecular sieves A method of manufacturing a molecular sieve of the MCM-22 family, said method comprising the steps of (a) providing a mixture comprising at least one source of ions of tetravalent element, at least one source of alkali metal hydroxide, at least one directing-agent (R), water, and optionally at least one source of ions of trivalent element, said mixture having the following mole composition: Y:X2=10 to infinity H2O:Y=1 to 20 OH−:Y=0.001 to 2 M+:Y=0.001 to 2 R:Y=0.001 to 0.34 wherein Y is a tetravalent element, X is a trivalent element, M is an alkali metal; (b) treating said mixture at crystallization conditions for less than 72 hr to form a treated mixture having said molecular sieve, wherein said crystallization conditions comprise a temperature in the range of from about 160° C. to about 250° C.; and (c) recovering said molecular sieve.
US08080231B2	Process for making nanoporous ultrafine alpha-alumina powder The present invention provides nanoporous α-alumina powders comprising powder comprising interconnected α-alumina primary particles having an average particle size of less than about 100 nm and an interpenetrated array of pores or voids. The invention also provides nanosized α-alumina powders comprising α-alumina particles having an average particle size of less than about 100 nm and slurries, particularly aqueous slurries, which comprise nanosized α-alumina powders of the invention. The invention further provides methods of manufacturing nanoporous α-alumina powders and nanosized α-alumina powders of the invention and methods of polishing using slurries of the invention.
US08080226B2	Methods and sytems for the destruction of perfluorinated compounds Methods and systems for the destruction of one or more PFCs in a gas stream are provided. The gas stream can come from semiconductor processing, for example. The PFCs in the gas stream are reacted with steam in the presence of a catalyst to fragment the PFCs into other compounds that are readily removed from the gas stream. The catalyst comprises gallium, and can additionally comprise zirconium oxide. The gas stream can also be pre-treated prior to reacting the PFCs with steam to remove substances that could be deleterious to the catalyst.
US08080222B2	Apparatus for the recovery of ethylene glycol in the production of polyethylene terephthalate In an apparatus for the recovery of ethylene glycol in a polyethylene terephthalate(PET) production process water accumulating in the esterification reaction is mixed with a process fluid containing 2-methyl-1,3-dioxolane (MDO). The mixing is carried out in a tank upstream of a rectification column. Through the increase in the water content in the fluid, a shift in the reaction equilibrium takes place and consequently a cleavage of the 2-methyl-1,3-dioxolane present into ethylene glycol and acetaldehyde takes place. Following the cleavage reaction, the mixture is fed from the tank into a rectification column, whereby the ethylene glycol produced from the cleavage reaction is returned to the PET production process.
US08080210B2	Multilayer mounting mats and pollution control devices containing same A multilayer mat for mounting a pollution control element in a pollution control device is provided. The mat comprises at least one first layer having at least one lateral edge requiring protection from exposure to (i) mechanical erosion forces generated by the impact of exhaust gases passing through a pollution control device, (ii) high temperatures associated with the exhaust gases, or both (i) and (ii). The mat also comprises at least one second layer having at least one lateral edge that is capable of protecting the at least one lateral edge of the first layer. The width of the first layer is less than the width of the second layer. The first and second layers are stacked one on top of the other such that the at least one lateral edge of the first layer is positioned between the opposite lateral edges of the second layer. The first layer has an exposed major surface.
US08080208B2	Exhaust gas purification device An exhaust gas purification device that includes a catalytic particulate filter having at least an exhaust gas channel, the exhaust gas channel may include a first channel and a second channel being laterally coupled each other and fluidly communicating therebetween, wherein the exhaust gas is inlet through inlet opening of the first channel and outlet through lower portion of the first channel and/or outlet opening of the second channel, and wherein a first coating layer is formed on an interior surface of the first channel in a longitudinal direction thereof substantially from the inlet opening in a first predetermined length, the first coating layer being coated with a catalyst, and a second coating layer is formed on an interior surface of the second channel in a longitudinal direction thereof substantially from the outlet opening in a second predetermined length, the second coating layer being coated with the catalyst and a third coating is formed on an outside surface of a plug closing the outlet end of the first channel such that the second and third coating layers are connected.
US08080204B2	Two dimensional sample handler A method for positioning a sample in a diagnostic analyzer includes: providing two or more sample carriers on a conveyor; providing a fixed registration element for each sample carrier at predetermined locations along the conveyor; providing a flexure device positioned between the sample carrier and the conveyor; advancing the sample carrier beyond the fixed registration elements; reversing the conveyor direction to back at least one of the sample carriers into contact with its corresponding registration elements; continuing to reverse the conveyor until all sample carriers are in contact with their respective registration elements; whereby the flexure elements of the sample carriers in contact with the respective registration elements will deform as the conveyor reverses to allow all sample carriers to contact their respective registration elements, thereby providing a known position of the sample carrier. The flexure device includes: first and second legs forming a inverted U-shape; a third leg which extends away from the top of the inverted U-shape; and a fourth leg which extends down the center of the U in the direction of the ends of the U.
US08080203B2	Air sterilization apparatus An air sterilization apparatus for sterilizing air that can include a fan assembly, which may be mounted in an upper-part of a room, and a UVC lamp to emit a UVGI field. The air sterilization apparatus may direct air across the UVGI field to sterilize the air. A baffle may also be provided to shield the eyes of occupants of the room from UVC energy contained in the UVGI field. The air sterilization apparatus may also include an illuminator lamp to provide illumination to a room.
US08080197B2	Method for manufacturing filaments from an optically anisotropic spinning solution and air gap spinning device The invention pertains to a method for manufacturing filaments from an optically anisotropic spinning solution in which the spinning solution is extruded through a spinneret including a spinning field with a plurality of spinning orifices into a coagulation bath through a slot or diaphragm, the edges thereof being formed by plates with upper and lower sides. The upper sides of the plates are defined as the sides having the shortest distance to the spinning field, wherein the line through the center of the spinning field and perpendicular to the upper sides is located a distance (d) from a parallel line through the center of the slot or diaphragm. The projection of the slot or diaphragm has about the same size and shape as the projection of the spinning field. The plane of the upper side of one plate has a shorter distance to the center of the spinning field than the plane of the upper side of the other plate, and the line has a smaller distance to the edge of plate than to edge of plate. Furthermore, the invention pertains to an air gap spinning device for performing the method.
US08080193B2	Method for the production of a sound insulation molding with mass and spring A method of producing a sound insulation molding with mass and spring, wherein both mass and spring are produced on the basis of the same material, in particular polyurethane. For the formation of a mass, reaction substances and fillers are brought into a mold, in particular sprayed in or injected, and brought to reaction. The spraying in or injection is thereby controlled such that the reaction substances and the fillers are supplied in locally different quantity and/or composition into the mold, dependent upon the sound damping to be locally achieved together with the spring, which is then formed on the so-formed mass in the same mold through formation of foam. Through this, with surfaces to be sound insulated which are of the same geometry, three-dimensional moldings of the same geometry can be produced with both different acoustic and also mechanical behavior in predetermined series.
US08080189B2	Inorganic-inorganic composite material and method for producing the same Process for producing an inorganic-inorganic composite material, in which an open-pore, crystalline oxide ceramic shaped part is produced from an oxide ceramic powder or a powder of an oxide ceramic mixture after shape-imparting processing and presintering, an infiltration substance is applied to this shaped part in vacuo and at room temperature, and the oxide ceramic is sintered in a densifying manner under an air atmosphere and at ambient pressure to form an inorganic-inorganic composite material.
US08080188B2	Manufacturing apparatus and manufacturing method for solid particle The apparatus for manufacturing solid particles at a nano level includes a chamber for isolation from an external space, a monoaxial rotary disk disposed in the chamber, a receiving surface at one end of the rotary disk, a material supply mechanism for supplying the material to the receiving surface, a rotary mechanism for applying a centrifugal force to the rotary disk so that the raw material supplied to the receiving surface is produced into a thin film and atomized and scattered from the outer peripheral edge, and a control mechanism for the temperature in the chamber that controls the temperature at least at the outer peripheral edge of the receiving surface and on the side nearer to the center of rotation to a temperature lower than a volatilization temperature of a volatile solvent and the temperature at the outer side therefrom to the volatilization temperature of the volatile solvent or higher.
US08080184B2	Positive electrode material for a lithium ion accumulator A compound of formula Li1+x(NiaMnbCocAly)1−xO2 wherein: a, b and c are non-zero; a+b+c+y=1; 1.05≦(1+x)/(1−x)≦1.25; 0.015≦y(1−x); and the atomic amount of manganese representing from 95% to 100% of the atomic amount of nickel.
US08080183B2	Nanoparticle assemblies with molecular springs A nanoscale sensing device from different types of nanoparticles (NPs) and nanowires (NWs) connected by molecular springs. The distance between the nanoscale colloids reversibly changes depending on conditions or analyte concentration and can be evaluated by fluorescence measurements.
US08080182B2	Oxide sintered body and an oxide film obtained by using it, and a transparent base material containing it The oxide sintered body mainly consists of gallium, indium, and oxygen, and a content of the gallium is more than 65 at. % and less than 100 at. % with respect to all metallic elements, and the density of the sintered body is 5.0 g/cm3 or more. The oxide film is obtained using the oxide sintered body as a sputtering target, and the shortest wavelength of the light where the light transmittance of the film itself except the substrate becomes 50% is 320 nm or less. The transparent base material is obtained by forming the oxide film on one surface or both surfaces of a glass plate, a quartz plate, a resin plate or resin film where one surface or both surfaces are covered by a gas barrier film, or on one surface or both surfaces of a transparent plate selected from a resin plate or a resin film where the gas barrier film is inserted in the inside.
US08080172B2	Method and composition for controlled heat release and disposable chemical heater utilizing same A method and composition for controlling an exothermic reaction between a powerful oxidizing agent such as the permanganate salts, and reducing agents such as polyhydroxy organic compounds, comprises non-charged, relatively hydrophobic pigments which can be slurried at relatively high solids. The pigment may be calcium carbonate, diatomaceous earth (diatomite), talc, or blends thereof. The pigments are not flocculated in permanganate slurries and can be dispersed at high solids contents. The dispersions can be spray dried or pelletized with controllable moisture contents from about 0.1 to 10%. The resulting composition yields effective control of the exothermic reaction with more uniform and reproducible results.
US08080171B2	Wet-laid chopped strand fiber mat for roofing mat A sizing composition for reinforcement fibers that includes one or more film forming agents, a silane coupling agent package, and at least one lubricant surfactant is provided. Optional components such as rheology modifiers, fillers, biocides, and pH modifiers may also be included. Preferred film forming polymers are amide-based polymers. Additionally, the sizing composition is free of polyvinyl alcohol. The absence of polyvinyl alcohol in the size composition reduces or eliminates the production of precipitates from white water in wet-laid processes. The size composition is applied to reinforcement fibers and formed into chopped strand, wet-laid mats that can be used for a variety of purposes, including roofing products. Chopped strand mats formed from fibers sized with the inventive sizing composition maintains or improves the dry tear and tensile strengths compared to chopped strand mats made from fibers sized with a commercial sizing composition that does not contain polyvinyl alcohol.
US08080170B2	Cationic fluorinated ether silane compositions and related methods Compositions comprising cationic compounds having fluorinated ether groups and silane groups are provided, the compounds having the formula (I).
US08080167B2	Shaping method of thin film and manufacturing method of perpendicular recording magnetic head using the same The present invention relates to a shaping method of a thin film layer and a manufacturing method of a perpendicular recording magnetic head using the same. In the thin film layer shaping method according to the present invention, since a second thin film of a lower etching rate is etched by a preliminary etching amount allowing for a difference between the etching rate of the second thin film and an etching rate of a first thin film in side-by-side relationship with each other, both the first and second thin films can be etched by the same etching amount through a subsequent etching step, so that the thin film layer can be shaped into a given shape. Thus, the surface of the thin film layer can be planarized.
US08080164B2	Environmentally-neutral processing with condensed phase cryogenic fluids Systems, methods and apparatus are provided for utilizing a substantially condensed phase cryogenic fluid for the purpose of remediation and retrieval of, e.g., spilled crude oil and other “oil spill”-related products from marine/aquatic and terrestrial environments. In some implementations, systems and apparatus are provided for applying a substantially condensed phase cryogenic fluid to a volume of spilled oil, and further having structure for collecting the spilled oil. Some implementations are environmentally-neutral. Substances other than oil may be remediated as well.
US08080162B2	Method for separating fission product, and apparatus used therefor Provided is a method that can remove fission products in a spent electrolyte produced in a dry reprocessing process by an easy operation and can vitrify the fission products easily, the fission products including not only the fission products that generate precipitate but also the fission products that generate no precipitate. A spent electrolyte produced in a dry reprocessing process is subjected to a phosphate conversion processing to obtain a processing target substance; the processing target substance is passed through a separating material 10 including an iron phosphate glass at a temperature of not more than a softening point of the iron phosphate glass in order to remove insoluble fission products included in the processing target substance by filtration with the separating material and to sorb fission products in solution to the separating material for separation; and the iron phosphate glass holding the fission products is used as a waste vitrification material.
US08080161B2	Dialysis treatment devices for removing urea Dialysis treatment devices and methods for removing urea from dialysis waste streams are provided. In a general embodiment, the present disclosure provides a dialysis treatment device including: 1) a first filter having a filtration membrane, 2) a urea removal unit having urease and in fluid communication with the first filter, and 3) a second filter having an ion rejection membrane and in fluid communication with the first filter and the urea removal unit.
US08080158B2	Vessel and method for treating contaminated water A vessel and method for removing immiscible fluid from contaminated water, the vessel comprising: at least one chamber; an injection line in fluid communication with an inlet of the one chamber; bubble generation means in fluid communication with the injection line for injecting gas bubbles into the injection line and allowing mixing in the injection line of the gas bubbles and the contaminated water to form an inlet fluid; an inlet weir within the chamber adjacent the inlet; an immiscible fluid weir within the chamber; a trough for collecting the immiscible fluid and allowing the immiscible fluid to flow out of the at least one chamber through an immiscible fluid outlet; and a cleaned water outlet generally at the bottom of the chamber; wherein when the inlet fluid is injected into the chamber, it passes through the inlet and over the inlet weir, the cleaned water flows downwardly toward the cleaned water outlet, and a remaining mixture of the immiscible fluid and the gas bubbles floats through the chamber to pass over the immiscible fluid weir and down the trough to the immiscible fluid outlet.
US08080157B2	Downhole gravitational water separator A gravity water separation system that may be integrated within a well completion. A diverted flowpath is provided for produced hydrocarbons, external to the completion tubing. As produced hydrocarbons travel through the diverted flowpath, they pass through separation stages wherein gravity separation ensues by migration through predefined flow ports which extend from produced oil “separation chamber(s)” into separated “water chamber(s).”
US08080152B2	Embossing of microfluidic sensors An electrochemical sensor and method of its production comprising a microfluidic channel and an electronic sensing device on a first substrate, and a second substrate bonded to the first substrate so as to close the microfluidic channel, wherein a functional part of the electronic sensing device is exposed at the surface of the microfluidic channel and wherein the microfluidic channel is formed by embossing. In one embodiment the electronic device is a vertical-channel field-effect transistor.
US08080147B2	Electrolytic plating method and semiconductor device manufacturing method A disclosed electrolytic plating method includes a first step of immersing a substrate in electrolytic plating liquid including copper salt to form a first Cu layer on the substrate; and a second step of forming a second Cu layer over the first Cu layer. The first step is continued for ten seconds or less after the immersion. In the first step, the substrate is rotated at a first speed N (rpm) which satisfies D×N×π≦6000×π (mm/min), where D is the diameter of the substrate (mm), and D×N×π represents the peripheral speed of the substrate, and a current is supplied to the substrate at a first density of 10 mA/cm2 or less. In the second step, the substrate is rotated at a second speed higher than the first speed, and the current is supplied to the substrate at a second density higher than the first density.
US08080144B2	Gradient elution electrophoresis A method for performing electrophoretic separation of ionic compounds which involves varying a bulk fluid flow though a separation path into which ionic species are continuously introduced and separated. The method can also include the introduction of a leading electrolyte into the separation path to form an ionic interface with the sample and an optional terminating electrolyte to enrich ionic species for higher detection resolution.
US08080142B2	Impurity detection device and method There is provided a sample preparation device and method for preparing a sample of liquid for detection of impurities. First (40) and second (38) electrodes are provided, located for immersion in a liquid under test. A semipermeable membrane (42) is positioned to protect the first electrode (40) from a body of liquid under test (32). The semipermeable membrane allows the liquid under test to pass therethrough to reach the first electrode, while preventing solids carried in the liquid from reaching the first electrode, the first electrode being positioned to affect the liquid under test in the vicinity of a sensor (36). Particular embodiments feature a hydrophilic membrane to protect the electrodes from suspended solids in the sample, a thin electrode assembly to achieve a faster response and the addition of a heater for temperature control to achieve consistent detection conditions and improved anti-fouling properties.
US08080129B2	Environmentally benign TCF bleaching sequences for AS/AQ wheat straw pulp This invention reports an environmentally benign method of delignifying bleaching sequences to gain more than 80% ISO brightness for alkaline sulfite-anthraquinone (AS/AQ) wheat straw pulp comprising of AOPsYP0, AOPsEP0 and AOPsP0P1 sequences that yielded surprising results in the field of pulp and paper technology; wherein the selectivity of sequences resulted in the protection of α-cellulose from degradation, produced significant drop in acid soluble lignin and yielded low viscosity losses reducing ecological impact of effluent load.
US08080119B2	Frame seal methods for LCD A method for providing a bonded glass component for use in an LCD display. A frame is sealed to a glass component. A barrier coat is then applied to the sealant. An adhesive is poured over the entirety of the glass component and the frame. Starting at one edge of the glass component a second glass component is lowered down until an adhesive wave progresses across the glass component, until the second glass component in position.
US08080118B2	Two-piece container seal and method of manufacture The present invention provides an improved method of preparing a two-piece container seal. The method comprises contacting a first thermoplastic surface of a moving web of a first flexible sheet material with a second thermoplastic surface of a moving web of a second flexible sheet material, the webs of first and second flexible sheet material moving at substantially the same speed and in the same direction; ultrasonically forming at least one array of spaced, frangible ultrasonic welds between the first and second thermoplastic surfaces, thereby producing a flexible multilayer sheet material having an adhesive-free interface between the first and second thermoplastic surfaces thereof; and cutting a container seal from the multilayer sheet material.
US08080110B2	Method and system to stabilize and preserve iron artifacts A method, system and device to use a dilute alkaline solution held at sub-critical temperature and pressure conditions to remove rapidly chloride ions from corroded iron artifacts.
US08080108B2	Method for cleaning a substrate A method for the continuous vacuum cleaning of a substrate, characterized in that: a species is chosen that has a low sputtering efficiency and is chemically active with regard to the soiling matter; using at least one linear ion source, a plasma is generated from a gas mixture comprising predominantly the species having a low sputtering efficiency, especially one based on oxygen; and at least one surface portion of the substrate is subjected to the plasma so that said ionized species at least partly eliminates, by chemical reaction, the soiling matter possibly adsorbed or located on the surface portion.
US08080105B2	Methods of manufacturing and using a flowable cement-based material Methods of manufacture and use of flowable materials are provided. The flowable fill materials include a cement-based fill material with a cement component and an aggregate component that are mixed with a chemical agent and the like in water. This provides the cement-based material in a flowable state that can be controllably set over time.
US08080095B2	Steady state tracking desorption system and method A preferred embodiment steady state tracking desorption system achieves steady tracking of either a fixed sorbate output set point, or a set point that changes over time. The system includes an electrically heated thermal adsorption/desorption device A temperature sensor senses the temperature of an adsorbent material within the adsorption/desorption device. A sorbate sensor senses a sorbate level from an outlet of the adsorption/desorption device. A power sensor senses the power supplied by the desorption device. A controller interprets levels sensed by the temperature sensor, the sorbate sensor and the power sensor and provides a signal to achieve steady set point tracking of a sorbate level from the outlet of the adsorption/desorption device.
US08080073B2	Abrasive article having a plurality of precisely-shaped abrasive composites A method of making an abrasive article including the steps of treating a plurality of cavities in a contacting surface of a production tool by plasma deposition of a thin film thereby forming a plurality of plasma treated cavities. Filling the plurality of plasma treated cavities in the production tool with an abrasive slurry, and at least partially curing the abrasive slurry while residing in the plurality of cavities.
US08080069B2	Solid fuel and fuel mixture containing same a solid fuel is disclosed comprising predominantly, or consisting essentially of, at least one carbohydrate component, and wherein at least said carbohydrate component is in the form of a powder whose average particle diameter and median particle diameter are greater than or equal to 150 μm. The solid fuel can be used as such or as a blend with usual fuel to replace any fuel currently in use, such as gasoline and pulverized coal.
US08080063B2	Glenoid component with an anatomically optimized keel A glenoid component for a shoulder prosthesis adapted to be mounted in a glenoid cavity of a shoulder. An elongated keel adapted to engage with the glenoid cavity is attached to the internal surface of the base. The keel extends along a longitudinal axis of the base. The keel includes various configurations of transverse members extending away from the longitudinal axis. The surgeon selects a glenoid component with a keel and transverse member configuration that is anatomically optimized for the patient. Glenoid components properly optimized provide mechanical strength and stability superior to prior art devices. The glenoid components disclosed herein are particularly well suited for use in an anatomical total shoulder prosthesis, but may are also suited to partial shoulder prostheses and reverse shoulder prostheses.
US08080060B2	Processes and systems for loading medical implants with simulative growth agents Methods and systems for providing an improved apparatus and packaging system to more expeditiously hydrate or reconstitute medical grafts and to effectively and uniformly seed the medical grafts with biological components and cells. The systems generally comprise a container comprising entry port, at least one substrate cavity, and top, side and bottom walls defining an inner surface. The entry port is configured to receive the biological solution. The cavity is in communication with the entry port and includes the porous substrate maintained under negative pressure. The container volume is substantially the same as a volume of the porous substrate. The side and bottom walls are configured to promote a laminar flow of the biological solution received through the entry port.
US08080059B2	Surgically implantable prosthesis with active component A prosthesis for surgical implantation into a knee joint compartment between a femoral condyle and its corresponding tibial plateau includes a body including a bottom face, an opposed top face, and a peripheral edge extending between the top and bottom faces. The body has a first portion and at least one second portion, wherein at least one second portion is configured to store and release at least one active component into the knee joint compartment without degradation of the mechanical function of the prosthesis.
US08080045B2	Bone clamp A bone clamp, in one example, includes a first scissor arm and a second scissor arm pivotally connected to the first scissor arm. A guide is pivotally attached to the first scissor arm and a first clamping member with a drill or wire receiving channel therethrough is pivotally connected to the second scissor arm and slideable through the guide. A second clamping member is fixed to the guide. In this way, when a bone is clamped between the first and second clamping members, a drill and/or wire can proceed through the first clamping member and into the bone between the first and second clamping members.
US08080038B2	Dynamic stabilization device for spine A dynamic stabilization device is disclosed. The device includes a dual spring member comprising an outer spring and an inner spring that have approximately equal working lengths. The dynamic stabilization device is also configured so that the dual spring member does not undergo stresses greater than an effective fatigue limit that is related to a fatigue limit of the spring.
US08080036B2	Pedicle screw A pedicle screw is provided to be inserted into and fixed to a pedicle of a spinal disease patient, and more particularly, a pedicle screw in which a screw thread of a clamp screw is formed to have dents and protrusions with trapezoid cross-sections so as to form a predetermined gap with a screw thread of a fixing unit having dents and protrusions with rectangular cross-sections when the clamp screw is combined with the fixing unit, and the screw thread of the clamp screw has different pitches to disperse an external impact so as to further firmly combine the clamp screw with the fixing unit.
US08080025B2	Obesity treatment tools and methods Various obesity treatment tools and methods are described herein, as well as treatments for other gastric-related diseases, e.g., GERD. Treatment includes reducing the size of the stomach pouch to limit the caloric intake as well as to provide an earlier feeling of satiety. This may be done by creating a smaller gastric pouch within the stomach directly from the interior of the stomach itself. The smaller pouches may be made through the use of individual anchoring devices, rotating probes, or volume reduction devices. A pyloroplasty procedure may also be performed to render the pyloric sphincter incompetent. A gastric bypass procedure may additionally be performed using atraumatic magnetic anastomoses devices so that sugars and fats are passed directly to the bowel while bypassing the stomach. Many of these procedures may be done in a variety of combinations. Treatment may create enforced behavioral modifications by discouraging the ingestion of high-caloric foods.
US08080021B2	Multiple clip deployment magazine An apparatus for deployment of multiple hemostatic clips, includes a shaft connected to a handle and a control linkage operatively connected to the handle in combination with a magazine disposed at a distal end of the shaft, the magazine containing a plurality of clips arranged in a chain rotatable within the magazine, wherein a proximal-most one of the clips is coupled to the control linkage, a distal portion of the magazine being contoured to permit opening of a distal-most one of the clips during a distal stroke of the control linkage, and to assist closing and locking of the distal-most clip during a proximal stroke of the control linkage, the magazine including an expanded chamber sized to allow opening in any rotational orientation of a next clip located immediately proximal to the distal-most clip to a degree sufficient to disengage the distal-most clip.
US08080017B2	Intraocular lens insertion tool An intraocular lens insertion tool with a tool body for accommodating an intraocular lens and adapted to insert into an eye the intraocular lens through displacement of the lens in an axial forward direction by a plunging member, and to push out the lens through an insertion tube section disposed at an axial distal end of the tool body. The insertion tube section has an inclined orifice that opens on diagonal to the center axis of the insertion tube section. The plunger member has a sliding part that during displacement thereof in a direction of plunging into the tool body will slide against the tool body. A resistance graduating mechanism is provided for gradually increasing operation resistance of the plunger member by gradually increasing contact force on the sliding part as the lens gradually emerges from the inclined orifice through plunging of the plunger member into the tool body.
US08079984B2	Device and method employing shape memory alloy A system for the metering and delivery of small discrete volumes of liquid is comprised of a small or minimal number of inexpensive components. One such component is a movable member, such as a miniature precision reciprocating displacement pump head, which is driven by an actuator that comprises a shape memory alloy material. The operating mechanism of the system is of little or minimal complexity. The system facilitates the precise metering and delivery of the small discrete volumes of liquid. Potential applications for the system include subcutaneous, long-term, automated drug delivery, for example, the delivery of insulin to a person with diabetes. In such an application, the small, simple and inexpensive nature of the invention would allow for its use as both a portable and a disposable system.
US08079974B2	Flow control method and device An arterio-venous graft 16 is provided with a constriction device 20 near its arterial end. The constriction device 20 is used to reduce the flow through the AV graft under normal conditions and to relieve the constriction when high flow through the AV graft is required, such as for vascular access for hemodialysis.
US08079969B2	Portable self-contained device for enhancing circulation The present invention provides a device for enhancing circulation by intermittently tightening and relaxing a closure encircling a limb. The device comprises a continuously operating motor, at least one rotating element and a mechanism driven by the motor for intermittently rotating the rotating element in a first direction to tighten the closure and in a second opposite direction to relax the closure, thereby applying a cyclic pressure on the limb.
US08079966B2	Ultrasound stimulation devices and techniques Ultrasound stimulation devices and related techniques are disclosed. An ultrasound transducer for generating ultrasound energy is carried by a transducer housing that seals the transducer and may also include a positioning element for positioning the transducer proximate an application area to which generated ultrasound energy is to be applied. The transducer housing may also carry such components as a battery, a wireless receiver, and a controller. The same housing or a separate sensor housing may include an ultrasound sensor that provides feedback to the ultrasound transducer or its controller, illustratively through a wireless transmitter.
US08079959B2	Patient screening tools for implantable cardiac stimulus systems Tools and devices are provided for determining whether a patient is well suited to receiving an implantable cardiac stimulation device by analyzing cardiac signals captured using external or cutaneous electrodes. Some of the illustrative tools include shapes for visual comparison to printed ECG strips. Automatic devices are also disclosed which perform at least some analytical functions electronically for a user. In an example, a printed ECG strip is visually compared to a shape in order to ensure a patient is well suited to receiving a cardiac stimulation device having a particular implant location and/or cardiac signal analysis method implementation.
US08079956B2	Ultrasonographic device and ultrasonographic method In an ultrasonic imaging device having an image synthesizing unit, correlation between images to be synthesized is computed for balancing between an improvement in contrast resolution and an improvement in spatial resolution, and an amount of displacement between the images is computed. When the amount of displacement is large, the signals after envelop detection are synthesized. When the amount of displacement is small, RF signals are synthesized. Alternatively, the mixing frequency may be variable according to the amount of displacement, and the balance between an improvement in spatial resolution and that in contract resolution is achieved according to a degree of the positional displacement.
US08079954B2	Visual medical monitoring system for a remote subject The present invention is of a system, which features bi-directional communication for measuring and transferring medical data and for communication with medical personnel. The apparatus is preferably integrated with at least one of, but more preferably both, audio and video conferencing between an external (home and office) subject and a medical service center. The invention is particularly useful for subjects having some type of medical risk who wish to be supervised by a medical service center, as well as supervision for emergency situations.
US08079953B2	General-purpose medical instrumentation A general-purpose, low-cost system provides comprehensive physiological data collection, with extensive data object oriented programmability and configurability for a variety of medical as well as other analog data collection applications. In a preferred embodiment, programmable input signal acquisition and processing circuits are used so that virtually any analog and/or medical signal can be digitized from a common point of contact to a plurality of sensors. A general-purpose data routing and encapsulation architecture supports input tagging and standardized routing through modern packet switch networks, including the Internet; from one of multiple points of origin or patients, to one or multiple points of data analysis for physician review. The preferred architecture further supports multiple-site data buffering for redundancy and reliability, and real-time data collection, routing, and viewing (or slower than real-time processes when communications infrastructure is slower than the data collection rate). Routing and viewing stations allow for the insertion of automated analysis routines to aid in data encoding, analysis, viewing, and diagnosis.
US08079946B2	Asymmetrical irradiation of a body cavity The disclosure describes devices and methods for asymmetrical irradiation at a body cavity or site, such as after removal of tissue, e.g. biopsy or cancer. One device includes a lumen which is off-set or off-settable from a longitudinal axis to increase the intensity of radiation received from a radiation source by a first tissue portion surrounding the body cavity and to reduce or minimize radiation received by a second tissue portion (e.g. healthy tissue) surrounding the body cavity.
US08079940B2	Offset weight bars An offset weight bar is provided which operates with the lifter's neuro-fascial connections to increase muscle activation and recruitment of muscle groups. The offset weight bar includes a grip portion that is shaped in accordance with the neuro-fascial connections in the lifter's hands and arms. The offset weight bar also offsets the weight of the bar from the lifter's palm to a point out along the lifter's unfolded fingers. The shape of the offset weight bar operates with the offset of the weight from the palm to increase the lifter's muscle activation and muscle group recruitment in accordance with the lifter's neuro-fascial physiology.
US08079930B2	Powertrain of an automatic transmission A powertrain of an automatic transmission includes a first planetary gear set having first, second, and third operating members, a second planetary gear set having fourth, fifth, and sixth operating members, and a third planetary gear set having seventh, eighth, and ninth operating members, the second and fourth operating members being fixedly interconnected, the fifth and ninth operating members being fixedly interconnected, the fourth and seventh operating members being selectively interconnected, the third and eighth operating members being selectively interconnected, the sixth and eighth operating members being selectively interconnected, wherein a transmission case is fixedly connected to the first operating member and selectively connected to the seventh and eighth operating members, an input shaft is fixedly connected to the third operating member and selectively connected to the seventh operating member, and an output shaft is fixedly connected to the ninth operating member.
US08079924B2	Sports racquet with multi-section frame A sports racquet frame is formed from a plurality of frame sections, some sections formed of a single tubular member and other sections formed of double tubular members. The double tube sections preferably contain string port holes. Also, different frame sections can be made of different materials, e.g., carbon fiber-reinforced composites and aluminum.
US08079918B2	Golf club heads with hosel weights and related methods Embodiments of golf club heads with hosel weights are disclosed herein. Other examples and related methods are also presented herein.
US08079917B2	Training apparatus for improving an athletes swing In the basic embodiment, the swing training device is a support rod, a first end of which is secured to a hinged mechanism, the hinged mechanism being secured to a support, the opposing end of the support rod having secured thereto a head piece which is engageable with the upper portion of the head or forehead of an athlete, the support rod extending a sufficient distance from its support and hinge mechanism to allow an individual to execute a swing at a stationary ball while the head piece is in contact with the athlete's head, thereby providing tactile feedback.
US08079911B2	Viewing a gamer card across multiple devices and networks A gamercard associated with an integrated gamer profile to identify a gamer is provided to the gamer and other PC/console users who also participate in other online gaming community activities such as game-related web sites. The gamercard is also provided to the user from the central database through a gamercard server by a user providing a single URL from any device connected to the web. The URL is uniform for each gamer's gamercard, except for the part of the URL that includes the name associated with the particular gamer.
US08079898B1	Air cooling system for a building structure An energy efficient and quiet air cooling system for a building structure is provided. The air cooling system includes an evaporator system mounted in the wall of the building, a remotely mounted fan, an air intake, and a sound and heat insulating duct. The fan is mounted in the attic and configured to draw air from the living area of the building through the sound insulating duct with sufficient power to create a negative static pressure in the living area. The negative static pressure in turn causes outside air to flow through the evaporator system which removes heat from the outside air. The cooled air is in turn drawn into the building and pulled into the attic through the duct and expelled through the attic. The fan expels warm air into the attic, creating a positive pressure environment which causes the warm air to be expelled from the attic through natural vents.
US08079893B2	Method of remedying glass substrate defect A technology for remedying a defect in a glass substrate which constitutes a display panel. There is provided a method of remedying a defect in a glass substrate which constitutes a display panel, which method includes performing grinding of glass material, until reaching internal bubble (1b) from surface (1s) of glass substrate (1), with respect to a region where the internal bubble (1b) occurring within the glass substrate (1) is positioned and further also grinding off a glass material position surrounding the internal bubble (1b).
US08079890B2	Building block toy set A building block toy set has first and second blocks each having a first connection device at the upper end and a second connection device at the lower end which is releasably mateable with the first connection device on the other block, whereby the first block is connectable on top of the second block in a first configuration and the second block is connectable on top of the first block in a second configuration. Each first connection device has an actuator formation on the first connection device and at least the second block is a smart block having a sensor assembly associated with the second connection device which is activated by the actuator formation when the second block is interconnected with the first block in the second configuration. A processing unit is mounted in the smart block and associated with the sensor assembly to produce a sensory output signal when the sensor assembly is activated.
US08079885B1	Waterproof connector and female terminal therein A female terminal of a connector has a connection end for connecting with the core of a cable and a contact end for being inserted by a slender male terminal and making electrical contact therewith. The contact end includes a hollow cylinder whose two ends are connected to a neck and formed with an opening, respectively, and whose inner diameter ranges from 3.0 mm to 6.0 mm. The middle section of the hollow cylinder is provided with a plurality of resilient strips extending along an axial direction of the hollow cylinder, such that a slot is formed between each two adjacent resilient strips. Each resilient strip has two ends connected to the hollow cylinder and is 4.5 mm to 12.5 mm in length and 0.5 mm to 1.1 mm in width. Each resilient strip has a central portion deflected toward the axis of the hollow cylinder by a displacement ranging from 0.2 mm to 0.8 mm.
US08079868B2	Electrical connector with releasable locking clip An electrical connector includes first and second connector members each having respective complementary connecting elements, with the second connector member having an annular insert adapted for tight-fitting insertion in an annular recess of the first connector member. Attached to the second member is a circular spring having inwardly directed resilient tines which engage an outer surface of the second member for coupling the two connector members together in a locked manner. Attached to and disposed about the first member is a fixed apertured outer sleeve and the movable combination of an apertured inner sleeve and a release sleeve. Insertion of the flat blade of a tool into an aligned pair of outer and inner apertures, followed by rotation of the tool, causes its blade to displace the release sleeve into engagement with the spring, bending its tines and releasing the two connector members from one another.
US08079863B2	Electrical terminal with hermaphiditic connection section An electrical terminal including a first connection section adapted to connect to a first electrical conductor; and a second connection section connected to the first connection section. The second connection section is adapted to removably connect to a mating electrical terminal. The second connection section includes a first lateral side with a first bent section forming an inward facing slot. The second connection section includes an opposite second lateral side with a second bent section which is bent in a direction generally opposite a bend of the first bent section. An angle of the bend of the first bent section is greater than an angle of a bend of the second bent section.
US08079857B2	Electrical connector with drainage channels An electrical connector 100 has a dielectric housing 1 defining a plurality of passageways 14 and a plurality of contacts 2 disposed in the passageways 14. Each passageway 14 has a mounting slot 142 for retaining the contact 2. Water drainage channels include at least one slot 145 below the retaining section 142 and an opening 15 communicating with the slot 145 and the passageways 14 so as to facilitating the drainage of water from an electrical connector 100.
US08079846B1	Rotatable electrical connector Various embodiments of a rotatable electrical connector are disclosed herein that may be disposed between a patient sensor and a patient monitor. Various embodiments of rotatable electrical connectors disclosed herein may be utilized to ameliorate some of the problems of cable management in the context of patient monitoring. In various embodiments, the rotatable electrical connector may include a sensor-side power coupling and a monitor-side electrical coupling. The sensor-side power coupling and the monitor-side electrical coupling may be configured such that one electrical coupling is rotatable with respect to the other electrical coupling. A data transmission system may transmit data gathered by a patient sensor to the patient monitor. The data transmission system may comprise a transmitter on the sensor-side connector that is configured to transmit data received from a plurality of sensors to a receiver on the monitor-side connector. Various optical and electromagnetic data transmission technologies may be utilized.
US08079845B2	Processes for operating a utility boiler and methods therefor There is a process for operating a utility boiler. The process has the following steps: a) continuously adding one or more slag control agents, one or more oxygen-generating agents, and a fuel oil to a furnace of the utility boiler; b) providing air to the furnace; c) burning the fuel oil to generate heat and an exhaust gas; d) periodically or continuously varying the dosage rates of the one or more slag control agents and/or the one or more oxygen-generating agents to maintain to substantially maintain one or more emissions variables in the exhaust gas within pre-determined limits. There is also a method for reducing emissions from a utility boiler and a method for reducing slag deposits within a utility boiler.
US08079844B2	Molding machine A molding machine includes two holding arms mounted on a base unit, connected respectively to two molds, and operable to move the molds between a mold closing state and a mold opened state. The molding machine further includes an adjusting seat mounted on the base unit and movable relative to a threaded shaft that is rotated by a power supply, a swing arm connected pivotally to the adjusting seat, a linkage unit having opposite end parts that are connected pivotally and respectively to a pivot portion of the swing arm and one of the holding arms, and another linkage unit having opposite end parts that are connected pivotally and respectively to another pivot portion of the swing arm and the other one of the holding arms. The swing arm is swingable through the movement of the adjusting seat so as to swing the holding arms by virtue of the linkage units.
US08079843B1	Self-stripping forming insert Self-stripping thermoforming insert allows a newly formed article to be removed easily from the forming insert by compressing a region within the insert surface creating a void that allows the newly formed article to separate from the surface of the self-stripping insert. The portion of the insert that compresses is spring loaded and air driven. After the article has cooled the device is activated freeing the newly formed article for simple higher quality components from the thermoforming process.
US08079836B2	Method of operating a peristaltic pump A method for operating a peristaltic pump having a molded flow channel contained on an elastomeric sheet that is bonded or mechanically attached to a rigid substrate. The pump head rollers are mounted radially from the axis of rotation of the pump motor and compress the elastomeric flow channels against the rigid substrate. During reflux, the pump head is positioned so that at least one of the rollers compresses the elastomeric flow channel at the input end of the peristaltic pump. Such an operation minimizes the amount of the elastomeric sheet that is exposed to high transient pressures.
US08079829B2	Submerged DC brushless motor and pump An in-line motor and pump assembly is supported at the bottom of a fuel storage tank by a pipe and an internal concentric conduit for housing electrical conductors extending therewithin to the motor. An impeller, coaxial with the rotor of the motor, draws the fuel into an annular passageway surrounding the stator of the motor. Further passageways convey the fuel to an annular passageway defined between the pipe and the conduit for discharge external of the storage tank. A low pressure environment attendant the inflow of the fuel is used to channel fuel for lubrication and cooling purposes to a lower journal bearing and thrust bearing supporting a common shaft for the impeller and the motor. A high pressure environment attendant outflow of fuel is used to channel fuel for lubrication and cooling purposes to a journal bearing supporting the upper end of the shaft.
US08079827B2	Displacement control valve A displacement control valve for an air conditioner modulating a fluid flow or fluid pressure within a control chamber by controlling the opening degree of a valve portion.
US08079825B2	Sensor-less control method for linear compressors A method of protecting a cylinder of a compressor comprising a piston, a linear permanent magnet (PM) having a coil and a magnet, and a sensor-less control of the PM for moving the piston in and out of the cylinder. The method including the steps of receiving a reference position of the piston from a temperature control loop; deriving a compensation voltage and a load spring effect information from a current through the coil; providing a model input voltage to a model of a mechanical structure of the compressor for predicting position of the piston, the model input voltage comprising a first voltage derived from the reference position; a compressor input voltage comprising the first voltage and the compensation voltage; and using a position control loop to recognize when the maximum compression ratio is desired and controlling the piston to achieve maximum compression ratio without causing damage to the discharge valve.
US08079817B2	Advanced firtree and broach slot forms for turbine stage 3 buckets and rotor wheels A turbine bucket and wheelpost assembly reduces the number of buckets in the third stage of the turbine from ninety-two to ninety while reducing stresses at the assembly points of the buckets and wheelposts. The buckets and wheelposts are formed with complementary fillets and tangs that provide for the insertion of the bucket into the broach slot between two wheelposts. The angles of the fillets on both the bucket and wheelpost range from 50° to 59°. The upper surface of the wheelpost is scalloped to reduce weight and the tangs and fillets of both the bucket and wheelpost are formed from curved and straight surfaces to reduce stresses on the assembly.
US08079812B2	Turbine component A plurality of film cooling holes 13 is formed at regions exposed to a hot gas in a turbine component main body 3, each of the film cooling holes 13 is comprised of a straight hole portion 15 formed at a portion at a side of an inner wall surface 5a of the turbine component main body 3 and a diverging hole portion 17 formed at a portion at a side of an outer wall surface 5b of the turbine component main body 3, and further each of the film cooling holes 13 is so constituted that an outlet surface 17p of the diverging hole portion 17 from a center portion to both end sides in a lateral direction L3 gradually to a great extent leans toward a downstream side of the hot gas on the basis of a hypothetical plane VP parallel to two directions of an axial center direction L2 and a lateral direction L3 of the straight hole portion 15.
US08079808B2	Geared inlet guide vane for a centrifugal compressor A compressor assembly has a fluid inlet positioned to facilitate the passage of a fluid. The compressor assembly includes a compressor housing defining a compressor inlet and an impeller rotatably supported at least partially within the compressor housing. The impeller includes an inducer portion. A fluid treatment member is disposed adjacent the compressor housing and between the compressor inlet and the inducer portion and an inlet vane assembly I disposed adjacent the compressor inlet and includes a plurality of vanes. Each of the vanes is movable between a first position and a second position to control the quantity of fluid that passes to the impeller.
US08079801B2	Fan unit A serial axial fan unit includes first and second motors with their base portions, i.e., first and second base portions axially facing each other. A motor gap is arranged axially between the first and second base portions. An axial length of the motor gap is preferably in a range from approximately 0.3 mm to approximately 2.0 mm. This configuration reduces transmissions of vibration of each of the first and second motors to the other, thereby reducing vibration interference between the first and second motors.
US08079800B2	Articulated robot An articulated robot includes a first arm which is horizontally angularly movable, a sectorial support plate coaxial with a center about which the first arm is angularly movable, an auxiliary arm parallel to the first arm, and a joint member connected to respective distal ends of the first arm and the auxiliary arm. An arcuate rail is mounted on the support plate. The first arm, the auxiliary arm, and the joint member make up a parallel link mechanism. The arcuate rail engages an engaging assembly mounted on an upper surface of the first arm. A second arm is angularly movably connected to the joint member, and a third arm is angularly movably connected to the distal end of the second arm. An end effector for attracting a workpiece is connected to the distal end of the third arm.
US08079796B2	Apparatus for delivering a tubular to a wellbore An apparatus for delivering a tubular to a well center, which apparatus comprises means which, in use, inhibit swinging motion of the tubular while it is suspended from an elevator.
US08079792B2	Load suspension device A load suspension device that can be adjusted, locked, and braced horizontally, by hydraulics, has an extension device for length adjustment, and consists of two supporting parts and a hydraulic operating element having two work chambers, which is connected with one of the supporting parts and supports itself in the other supporting part, and adjusts these relative to one another. There is a pressure line and a tank line, a controller, a measurement sensor disposed on the hydraulic operating element or on the extension device, and a pressure measurement system. The extension device remains braced when the system is without current or pressure or when current or pressure is applied. The device is inexpensive to construct, service and maintain, minimizes damage due to impact of the supporting parts with an obstacle, and avoids impact stresses on the operating element from the hydraulic system.
US08079788B2	Machine tool with main body covered with cover A main body of a machine tool is covered with a cover. A ceiling portion of the cover that is situated over a spindle motor is provided with an opening portion. The cover is provided with hanging portions that hang down from the opening portion with a predetermined clearance from side surfaces of the spindle motor other than the rear surface. Air that is mixed with a misty cutting fluid in a space inside the cover is sucked in through a suction pipe by a mist collector. The outside air flows into the space inside the cover through the clearance. The outside air that passes through the clearance is driven to flow through vents by a built-in cooling fan of the spindle motor, thereby cooling the motor, and is then discharged to the outside. In consequence, the temperature in the space inside the cover can never be increased by heating of the spindle motor.
US08079784B2	Milling cutter and milling insert with coolant delivery A cutting insert for use in chipforming and material removal from a workpiece wherein coolant is supplied to the cutting insert from a coolant source. The cutting insert includes at least one discrete cutting location and at least one distinct internal channel that corresponds to the cutting location. The internal channel has an inlet to receive coolant and an outlet to exit coolant. The outlet is proximate to the cutting location, and the inlet is radial inward of the outlet.
US08079783B2	Milling cutter and milling insert with coolant delivery A cutting insert for use in chipforming and material removal from a workpiece wherein coolant is supplied to the cutting insert from a coolant source. The cutting insert includes at least one discrete cutting location and at least one distinct internal channel that corresponds to the cutting location. The internal channel has an inlet to receive coolant and an outlet to exit coolant. The outlet is proximate to the cutting location, and the inlet is radial inward of the outlet.
US08079764B2	Light quantity adjusting device, lens barrel, image pickup device, and method of controlling the image pickup device A light quantity adjusting device includes a plate, an upper diaphragm blade, a lower diaphragm blade, and a diaphragm blade driving unit. The upper diaphragm blade has a semicircular upper main opening and a semicircular upper sub opening. The lower diaphragm blade has a semicircular lower main opening and a semicircular lower sub opening formed. The diaphragm blade driving unit is formed so as to be capable of switching between a state in which a circular main diaphragm opening is formed by the upper main opening and the lower main opening with an optical axis being the center and a state in which a circular sub diaphragm opening that is smaller than the main diaphragm opening is formed by the upper sub opening and the lower sub opening with the optical axis being the center.
US08079752B2	Process and mixing unit for the preparation of isocyanates by phosgenation of primary amines The invention relates to a mixer reactor of the rotor-stator type. This mixer reactor comprises a substantially rotationally symmetric housing which has a distributing chamber, a mixing chamber, a front plate that modifies the cross-section of the housing between these two chambers, and there are separate inlets into the mixing chamber for at least two substances and an outlet for removing the mixed material or product. The inlet for the first substance is provided in the axis of rotation of the mixing chamber. Two or more channels are aligned radially outward from this inlet, and the first substance is transported through these channels and into the mixing chamber. The inlet for the at least second substance is constructed in the form of a plurality of openings in the front plate, these inlet openings being are arranged rotationally symmetrically to the axis of rotation. Each of these inlet openings for the at least second substance has a corresponding pin which can be displaced in the axial direction.
US08079751B2	Apparatus for homogenizing two or more fluids of different densities A blending apparatus for blending a first fluid stream having a first density and a second fluid stream having a second fluid density, the first density being greater than said second density, is discussed. The apparatus includes a first fluid director including a plurality of baffles affixed therein to create turbulence and shear in the first fluid, a cylindrical second fluid director, a primary mixing chamber receiving the first sheared fluid from the first fluid director and receiving the second fluid from the second fluid director, wherein the first fluid and second fluid are mixed in the primary mixing chamber to form a mixed primary fluid stream, and a secondary blending chamber comprising at least one static mixer and coaxially aligned with and receiving the mixed primary fluid stream from the primary mixing chamber.
US08079741B2	Lamp with a built-in lamp A lamp with a built-in lamp which is inserted into a base via a mounting clip and is surrounded by an enveloping bulb. The base and the enveloping bulb are joined via a joining compound or using a clamping technique. The mounting clip has securing elements, via which the enveloping bulb is held on the base once the joint has loosened.
US08079738B1	Hingeable security light globe cover and method of use The present invention specifically relates to a HINGEABLE SECURITY LIGHT GLOBE COVER AND METHOD OF USE that is specifically designed to prevent damage to security light fixtures due to both direct and indirect damage from birds and other noxious pest that take residence in the electrical fixture causing damage by overheating of ballasts or destruction of electrical components. The invention provides a means of securing the fixture from pests while simultaneously providing additional protection from ultraviolet (UV) radiation from damaged bulbs. The hingeable security light globe cover may be secured to the globe of a security light by at least one hingeable mechanism, which may further comprise an internal mounting flange, a handle assembly, an alignment guide and a latch assembly. The security light globe cover may comprise any translucent material of construction known in the Optical Arts capable of enduring the environmental rigors imposed upon a security light and possessing ultraviolet and impact resistance. An embodiment of internal mounting flange having an adjustable clamping arrangement is also disclosed. Another embodiment of the HINGEABLE SECURITY LIGHT GLOBE COVER that foregoes the use of an internal mounting flange is also disclosed. The unique arrangement of the HINGEABLE SECURITY LIGHT GLOBE COVER affords the user reduced maintenance due to pest related problems and only a negligible expenditure of additional effort in replacing spent bulbs, as all maintenance is anticipated without use of ladders or elevated work platforms.Additional embodiments providing differing arrangements of the primary elements a method of use are also disclosed.
US08079732B2	Illuminating device An illuminating device includes a receiving base and at least one light source. The receiving base has at least one receiving space defined therein, and at least one fixing post is positioned adjacent to the corresponding at least one receiving space. The at least one light source is positioned in the at least one receiving space for emitting light. Each light source comprises a light-pervious plate and a LED array located on a side of the light-pervious plate. The light-pervious plate comprises at least one first through hole with the at least one fixing post extending therethrough, the light-pervious plate is fixed to the receiving base in the corresponding receiving space of the receiving base.
US08079728B2	Indicator test switch for downlight lighting device and bracket therefor A lighting device including a test device for testing the proper operation of a primary and a secondary power supply alternatively providing electrical power to the light. The test device is attached to a bracket using a single fastener such as a nut and the bracket is attached to a receptacle for the light using a different single fastener, such as a pop-rivet or screw.
US08079726B1	Pool light assembly Disclosed herein is a pool light fixture assembly. The assembly is connected to a pool wall and includes a light adapter and a return fitting. At least two channels, a water channel and an electrical channel run through the assembly. Each of the channels is parallel to one another. However, the electrical channel is parallel to and separate from the water channel. In one embodiment only a portion of the electrical channel is parallel to the water channel in the return fitting portion of the assembly. The adapter includes a light fixture for connection with light(s). The light fixture is within and/or adjacent to the electrical channel.
US08079725B2	Display device and TV receiver A display device includes a light source, a diffusion-plate arranged to diffuse light emitted from the light source, a supporting base arranged to support the diffusion plate, an optical sheet disposed on the diffusion plate, a diffusion-plate retainer fitted to the supporting base and arranged to sandwich the diffusion plate with the supporting base by pressing the diffusion plate while avoiding the optical sheet, and a display panel facing the diffusion plate.
US08079717B2	System and method for automated projector lamp management An information handling system projector tracks lamp usage to generate a lamp order form for order of a replacement lamp when lamp usage is a predetermined usage. The lamp order form is automatically generated and displayed to include lamp usage and projector identification information so that a user need not manually input that information into an order form. A network module of the projector supports queries for lamp usage from a lamp management module running on an information handling system. A projector processor interfaced with the network module reads the lamp usage and projector identification information from firmware of the projector and provides the lamp usage and projector identification information to the lamp management module for automatic generation of the lamp order form display.
US08079714B2	Projector and method for acquiring coordinate of bright spot A projector for acquiring a coordinate of a bright spot includes a half transparent and half reflecting mirror (22), an imaging device (24), and a processing system (25). The half transparent and half reflecting mirror (22) is provided on a light path between the light source (21) and the zooming system (23). The imaging device (24) captures an external light ray reflected by the half transparent and half reflecting mirror (22). The processing system (25) acquires the coordinate of the bright spot according to the image of the image of the bright spot captured by the imaging device.
US08079705B2	Production of an ophthalmic element adapted for foveal and peripheral vision The invention relates to a method for making an ophthalmic member for correcting ametropia, that is adapted for correcting the central and peripheral vision of a wearer and takes into account the amplitudes of the movements of the wearer's eyes and head. A central area of the member, in which the central vision is corrected, is sized based on the amplitude of the eyes' movements in order to provide good visual comfort. The peripheral vision is corrected in a peripheral area of the ophthalmic member in order to prevent an increase of the wearer's ametropia in the long run.
US08079698B2	Inkjet recording apparatus There is disclosed an inkjet recording apparatus including a feeding device, a remover, and an inkjet head. The feeding device feeds a recording medium along a feed path passing through a removing area. A part of an opposingly-feeding surface extends opposed to the ink jet head and along the feed path, and the removing area is located under the opposingly-feeding surface and within the opposingly-feeding surface as seen in a vertical direction. The remover removes foreign matter from a surface of the recording medium during the recording medium is fed through the removing area by the feeding device. The inkjet head is disposed downstream of the remover with respect to a feeding direction in which the recording medium is fed. The inkjet head has an ink ejection surface in which a nozzle is open, and an ink droplet is ejected from the nozzle toward a recording surface of the recording medium while the recording medium is fed along at least a part of the opposingly-feeding surface.
US08079690B2	Method for reconfiguring ink loaders to accept different ink stick identifiers A method of using a phase change ink imaging device includes receiving an nth ink stick in an ink loader of a phase change ink imaging device where n is a predetermined number. The nth ink stick includes at least one sensor contour formed thereon. The at least one sensor contour is associated with an ink stick identifier. The at least one sensor contour on the nth ink stick is detected using a sensor system in the ink loader. At least one signal is generated based on the detection of the at least one sensor contour, the at least one signal being indicative of the ink stick identifier. The ink stick identifier indicated by the at least one signal is then stored as a designated ink stick identifier for use with the phase change ink imaging device.
US08079687B2	Hole closure for a fluid cartridge In one embodiment, a cartridge includes: a housing having a chamber therein for holding a fluid; a hole extending through the housing to the chamber; and a breachable membrane that, in an unbreached state, substantially closes the hole, the membrane resiliently configured such that, upon being breached, the membrane rebounds to a breached state only partially closing the hole.
US08079682B2	Inkjet recording device An inkjet recording device has an ink tank, a reservoir and an ink head, forms an ink supplying system by connecting with a path between the ink tank and the reservoir and between the reservoir and the ink head respectively, and forms a meniscus by generating a negative pressure on an ink discharging plane of the ink head by opening the reservoir to atmosphere. The inkjet recording device includes control electromagnetic valves to open or interrupt paths of the ink supplying system and valve switching control means for controlling opening/closing of the control electromagnetic valves, and controls the valve to be closed by the valve switching control means when the device vibrates. As a result, even if an ink liquid level in the reservoir changes when the device vibrates, transmission of this change to the meniscus of the ink discharging plane is prevented or suppressed.
US08079675B2	Ink jet recording head and manufacturing method of ink jet recording head An ink jet recording head includes a substrate provided with an energy generating element to generate energy used for discharging ink, a discharge port through which the ink is discharged, a supply port for supplying the ink, and an ink path formed on the substrate for making the discharge port and the supply port communicate with each other, wherein wall members forming the ink path are made of an inorganic material, and a space between adjacent ink paths is filled up by a metal layer.
US08079670B2	Printhead having nozzles with stacked capacitive actuators A printhead is provided having a fluid ejection nozzles which each have a substrate, a layer of drive circuitry deposited on the substrate, and subsequent etchant layers deposited on the drive circuitry to define a nozzle chamber with walls and a roof structure defining a fluid ejection port. Each nozzle also has a stacked capacitive actuator arranged in the chamber. The actuator has alternate electrode plates sandwiched between a compressible polymer, wherein activation of the stacked actuator draws the electrode plates together to compress the polymer storing energy therein, with subsequent de-activation releasing the energy to eject fluid within the chamber from the ejection port.
US08079669B2	Printhead with high drag nozzle chamber inlets A printhead that has an array of ink ejection nozzles, an array of chambers adapted to store ink for ejection through each of the nozzles respectively, a silicon substrate for supporting the array of chambers and defining a plurality of ink inlet channels for feeding ink to the array of chambers, the silicon substrate having a planar structure with one surface that supports the chambers and an opposing surface from which the elongate ink feed channels extend, a plurality of actuators, one of the actuators being positioned in each of the chambers respectively for ejecting drops of ink through the nozzle, a plurality of ink inlet channels connecting the ink feed channels to the array of chambers and, layers of CMOS drive circuitry supported on the silicon substrate. The ink inlet channels each extend through the layers of CMOS drive circuitry and each of the ink inlet channels being long and narrow relative to the dimensions of the nozzle such that ink in said chamber is restricted from flowing out during ink drop ejection by viscous drag generated by the ink inlet channel.
US08079668B2	Crack-resistant thermal bend actuator A thermal bend actuator comprises an active beam for connection to drive circuitry and a passive beam mechanically cooperating with the active beam. When a current is passed through the active beam, the active beam expands relative to the passive beam resulting in bending of the actuator. The passive beam comprises a first layer comprised of silicon nitride and a second layer comprised of silicon dioxide. The second layer is sandwiched between the first layer and the active beam to provide thermal insulation for the first layer.
US08079664B2	Printer with printhead chip having ink channels reinforced by transverse walls An inkjet printer has a molded ink manifold bonded to a printhead by an adhesive film. The printhead has: (a) a plurality of nozzles formed on a frontside of a substrate, the nozzles being arranged in rows extending longitudinally along the substrate, each nozzle having a respective nozzle inlet; and (b) a plurality of ink supply channels extending longitudinally along a backside of the substrate. Each ink supply channel is configured for supplying ink from the backside to at least one corresponding row of nozzle inlets. Further, each ink supply channel is interrupted along its length by one or more transverse bridges. The transverse bridges provide the printhead integrated circuit with strength in a transverse direction.
US08079659B2	Printing apparatus and conveying control method Provided are a printing apparatus and a conveying-error controlling method capable of printing a high-quality image by correction reflecting the conveying amount of a printing medium. A provided inkjet printing apparatus prints images by printing scans for actual printing and by conveying the printing medium with a roller orthogonally to the printing-scan direction. In each printing scan, the printing medium is scanned with a print head having an array of nozzles from which the ink is ejected. The print head moving direction differs from the arranging direction of the nozzles in the array. The apparatus includes a conveying controller to control the conveying of the printing medium on the basis of a correction value used to correct a conveying error of the roller. The conveying controller changes the correction value to be applied in accordance with the conveying amount of the printing medium between two scans with the print head.
US08079655B2	Furniture system A furniture system which is readily reconfigurable into a variety of work surface configurations and shelving configurations as well as additional component configurations associated therewith so as to readily adapt the furniture system to the specific needs of an office area. The system includes a system of brackets which readily accommodates mounting of work surfaces at a variety of elevations, and a shelving system which maintains shelves of different materials and thicknesses so that the top surfaces thereof align in a common plane.
US08079650B2	Modular track tensioning system A spring loaded track tensioning assembly for a track on a track driven vehicle has a spring subassembly that is retained on a spring shaft under a preload with a first fixed spring retainer and a second slidable spring retainer. The spring shaft has an outer end that extends beyond the second spring retainer and the outer end is slidably received in a bore in a piston or actuator shaft of a grease cylinder, with the end of the actuator shaft bearing on the second spring retainer. The grease cylinder contacts and applies a force to the second spring retainer, for initial positioning of the tensioning assembly, and additional loads on the first spring retainer that compress the spring cause the outer end of the spring shaft to slide in the bore of the actuator shaft as the second spring retainer slides along the spring shaft.
US08079643B2	Vehicle seat One aspect of the present invention can include a surface layer made of a fabric material and the surface layer covering one or more portions of a top plate main portion, top plate side portions, outside portions, a seat back portion, and a headrest portion has been subjected to an antiallergenic treatment and the antiallergenic treatment is a treatment in which a back side surface of the surface layer is dipped in an antiallergenic agent containing an aromatic hydroxy compound as an active ingredient.
US08079638B2	Front structure of vehicle Provided is a front structure of a vehicle 1, and the front structure includes a pair of side members 30, a first cross member 10, a bumper 60, upper protruding-plate portions 41, lower protruding-plate portions 42, and a bracket 70. Each of the side members 30 includes an upper plate 31, a lower plate 32, and a vertical plate 33, the upper plate 31 and the lower plate 32 arranged to vertically face each other, the vertical plate 33 connecting the upper and lower plates 31 and 32. The first cross member 10 connects front-end portions 35 respectively of the side members 30. Each of the upper protruding-plate portions 41 extends frontwards integrally from the corresponding upper plate 31. Each of the lower protruding-plate portions 42 extends frontwards integrally from the corresponding lower plate 32 so as to face the corresponding upper protruding-plate portion 41. The bracket 70 includes: an upper fixation portion 71 that is fixed to the upper protruding-plate portions 41; a lower fixation portion 76 that is fixed to the lower protruding-plate portions 42; and a bumper attachment hole 75 that is used to fix the bumper 60.
US08079627B2	Device for vertically holding pipes A device for vertically holding pipes, which includes a base element in the form of a segment of a cylinder, a door element pivotably connected to the base element by at least one pivot joint, and a fastener assembly mounted opposite the pivot joint. The fastener assembly has a pivotable catch with a locking profile that, when in the locked state, grips a locking pin from behind. A safety pin and a safety plate are located in the area of the pivotable catch, and, depending on its position, the safety plate releases or closes at least one opening for the safety pin.
US08079612B1	Trailer hitch receiver tube having end notch and lip A trailer hitch receiver tube comprising a hollow tubular member adapted to receive a hitch bar, the tubular member including a free end, the free end defining a notch. The tube may be fitted with a lip to create a receiver box. The lip includes a tab which is positioned within the notch and accommodates tightening of an inserted bar within the tube cavity.
US08079610B2	Quick release camming mechanism A quick release camming mechanism is used in a seat post clamp that secures a seat post to a seat tube. Whereas prior art quick release mechanisms have only a single lever, this mechanism has two independently rotatable levers. About half the force is required to independently push either lever closed as to push both levers closed simultaneously. Similarly, about half the force is required to open either lever individually as to open them simultaneously.
US08079601B2	Prefabricated complex joint sealer A sealing member for sealing over a structural joint or compound expansion joint. The sealing member has an elastomeric portion to overlie the lines of the joint and an adhesive receiving region to the sides of the elastomeric portion. The adhesive receiving region is adapted to be adhered to material adjacent to the structural joint. The elastomeric portion extends along each line of the structural joint in use to allow relative movement along each joint to be absorbed by the elastomeric portion.
US08079599B2	Compressible tank seal A tank seal for use in cast concrete walls has a generally cylindrical main body portion with a stepped outside wall having first axially-extending portion, a second axially-extending portion having an outermost diameter less than an outermost diameter of the first axially-extending portion, and a radial ledge or step separating the first and second axially-extending portions. A wiper blade portion extends radially inwardly of the stepped outside wall, from an end of the second axially-extending portion opposite the radial ledge, terminating at a third end. A circular membrane or web extends across the third end, including at least one annular groove therein to facilitate removal of at least one circular portion of the web. The radial ledge collapses and the first axially-extending portion puckers in response to compressive force exerted on the tank seal in an axial direction, reducing the axial length of the tank seal.
US08079594B1	Board game with 3D dynamic gameplay A board game incorporating multiple paths of travel which traverse a plurality of elevations with moveable obstacles that change the paths of travel. The moveable obstacles may be transferrable game face members containing moveable structures; such as stairs; bridges and moveable-walls which cut-off some available paths while opening others. Additional obstacles include tunnels, spinning indicators determining the path of travel, vertical obstacles, rotating vehicles, rotating hidden compartments, and linearly sliding vehicles. Through strategic use of the obstacles; players can facilitate their own movement through the game while impeding that of their opponents.
US08079593B2	Self-contained dice shaker system The disclosure relates generally to different devices, methods, systems, and computer program products for a self-contained dice shaker assembly. The self-contained dice shaker assembly may include a container device defining an opening into an interior configured for receipt of one or more dice and a sensor assembly in communication with the container interior. The sensor assembly may be configured to monitor, in accordance with one or more predetermined parameters, the shake quality of the dice in the container during a shaking event. The self-contained dice shaker assembly may include an identification assembly operable to identify the outcome of a respective outcome face of each die associated with the outcome of a shaking event.
US08079586B2	Feed device and image forming apparatus A feed device includes a shaft, a roller member, and a cover member. The shaft is rotatably supported. The roller member engages with one end portion of the shaft through an engagement and disengagement member. The cover member covers the roller member in an openable and closable manner and supports the roller member. The engagement and disengagement member engages and disengages, corresponding to opening and closing of the cover member, the shaft with the roller member.
US08079577B2	Clamping device Disclosed is a clamping device for securing and clamping work-piece quickly and efficiently. The clamping device includes an elongated slide bar; a first support assembly and a second support assembly. The first support assembly affixed at a proximal end portion of the elongated slide bar includes a first body portion, and a first clamping member. The second support assembly includes a second body portion, a second clamping member configured on the second body portion, and a locking mechanism configured on the second body portion. The second body portion is slidably coupled to the elongated slide bar for assuming a plurality of positions with respect to the first body portion. The first clamping member and the second clamping member are positioned in a spaced apart relationship for abuttingly clamping the work-piece there between to assume a clamped position of the plurality of positions.
US08079573B2	Apparatus and method for aerating waste water Apparatus for aerating waste water, provided with a container for waste water and a rotor which is rotatable about a substantially vertical axis (1) and the downward directed part of which can reach into the waste water, which rotor comprises blades (4) having surfaces which are orientated substantially radially and axially, wherein a surface (12) curved in the direction of rotation of the rotor is present close to the upper edge (8) of a blade (4), and wherein the curved surface close to the upper edge forms an angle of between 10° and 60° with the vertical plan of the blade.
US08079551B2	Enhanced aerial delivery system An enhanced aerial delivery system addresses issues raised when large quantities of fluids, powders, and other agent materials are to be transported in and aerially dispersed by aircraft. Some aspects include positioning and securing of tanks aboard the aircraft to facilitate management and safety of the tanks and aircraft. Other aspects address coupling of the tanks and associated piping to lessen structural effects upon the aircraft. Further aspects deal with channeling, containing, and dumping stray agent materials that have escaped from the agent tanks on board the aircraft.
US08079545B2	System, method and apparatus for ground-based manipulation and control of aerial vehicle during non-flying operations A device for controlling an aircraft during non-flying operations has a retractable tiller that extends with the nose landing gear of the aircraft. Ground crew use the control device to maneuver the aircraft for various ground-based operations. The tiller provides left and right directional input to the steering of the nose wheel. The tiller also provides throttle and brake controls, such as a twist-grip handle on the tiller. The throttle and brake controls are spring-loaded to an engine idle and braked position. Separate brakes also may be provided for additional braking control. The control device also includes various auxiliary controls for additional operations such as wing fold, tail hook extension and retraction, launch bar extension and retraction, etc. Other functions including engine start, engine shutdown, a vehicle system built in test and other functions and tests also may be provided on the control device.
US08079543B2	Paper towel dispenser with fixed, axially aligned roller on loading door A towel dispenser includes a housing for receiving toweling. The housing includes a main body; a loading door that is configured to rotate relative to the main body between a closed position and an open position; and a guide system that includes a first roller attached to the main body and a second roller attached to the loading door. The towel dispenser may include a motor for driving dispensing of the toweling from the housing and an associated sensor. The towel dispenser can be mounted to an underside of a cabinet. In an aspect, the second roller includes an axis of rotation that is fixed relative to the loading door, and the first roller includes an axis of rotation that is substantially parallel with the axis of rotation of the second roller regardless of whether the loading door is in the closed position or the open position, or transitioning therebetween.
US08079542B2	Automatic paper towel dispenser with driven roller on loading door A towel dispenser includes a housing for receiving toweling. The housing includes a main body; a loading door that is configured to rotate relative to the main body between a closed position and an open position; and a guide system that includes a first roller attached to the main body and a second roller attached to the loading door. The towel dispenser can be mounted to an underside of a cabinet. In an aspect, the towel dispenser includes a motor and a transmission for feeding the toweling outside of the housing during dispensing of a towel, and an associated sensor. The motor is mechanically connected to the first roller by a transmission, and the second roller is connectable to the motor via the transmission.
US08079541B2	Automatic paper towel dispenser with horizontally extending loading door lip A towel dispenser includes a housing for receiving toweling. The housing includes a main body; a loading door that is configured to rotate relative to the main body between a closed position and an open position; and a guide system that includes a first roller attached to the main body and a second roller attached to the loading door. The towel dispenser may include a motor for driving dispensing of the toweling from the housing and an associated sensor. The towel dispenser can be mounted to an underside of a cabinet. In an aspect, the loading door includes a curved body and a lip that generally extends in parallel to a top surface of the housing away from the curved body.
US08079539B2	Built-in module for inverter and having tension control with integrated tension and velocity closed loops A built-in module for an inverter and having tension control with integrated tension and velocity closed loops, where required tension feedbacks can be obtained by internal calculations of the inverter or feedback signals of a tension sensor. The tension control module is applied to provide a tension control for a winding mechanism which is operated by driving at least one motor. The tension control module firstly builds a tension control to provide a balanced tension to the winding mechanism. Afterward, the tension control module builds a velocity control to provide an accelerated or decelerated adjustment for the winding mechanism. Accordingly, the winding mechanism can stably maintain a tension-balanced operation.
US08079533B2	Rotating spray nozzle and method of manufacturing the same A rotating spray nozzle, comprising an elongate stem securable to a liquid-supply pipe, the stem defining a passageway therethrough for communicating a liquid from the supply pipe, the passageway communicating at least one inlet opening and at least one outlet opening defined in the stem; and a polymer nozzle body freely rotatably mounted on the stem for rotation about a nozzle axis, the nozzle body having an internal cavity in communication with the at least one outlet opening of the stem, and at least one nozzle defined through the nozzle body and communicating with the internal cavity, the at least one nozzle being offset from the nozzle axis to impart a driving couple to the nozzle body to cause rotation thereof when a liquid from the supply pipe is communicated through the at least one nozzle. The stem defines a longitudinal portion bounded at opposite ends thereof by integral annular shoulders having diameters greater than the longitudinal portion. The polymer nozzle body is comprised of two or more separate, mateable portions which are secured together about the stem so that the nozzle body is rotatably captured on the longitudinal portion of the stem between the greater diameter annular shoulders.
US08079527B2	Method for fabricating an organic diode-based identification and authentication device, device and method for use The fabrication method comprises a step of exposing at least one organic diode to a gas, before packaging of the device, to form a plurality of randomly distributed black spots by impairment. Increasing the exposure time enables the size of the black spots to be increased, also randomly. The surface distribution of the black spots, visible by electroluminescence, enables an object associated with this distribution to be identified in reliable manner.
US08079525B1	System and method for decoding barcodes captured with a color image sensor A computing device and method for reading a barcode captured with a color image sensor is disclosed. The barcode can have features and background that have equal brightness such that the barcode could not be decoded with known greyscale decoding techniques. The method for reading the barcode includes receiving color image values for each pixel of a captured image of a target barcode from a color image sensor, determining chrominance values for each pixel from the color image values, detecting edges based on the chrominance values to generate an edge-detected image that is provided to a greyscale barcode decoder to decode the information in the target barcode. The chrominance values can be based on the blue and red difference components from the YUV image format, and the U and V values can be combined using color temperature information.
US08079522B2	Barcode device Bar codes used for various applications. A bar code can be used for biometrics, or for computer data entry. A special bar code is described that has additional information, but can be read by other readers.
US08079521B2	Fractional down-sampling in imaging barcode scanners A method of improving the performance of an imaging reader includes (1) illuminating a symbol by projecting illuminating light on the symbol from the imaging reader, (2) capturing return light form the symbol as pixel data over a two-dimensional field of view of a solid-state imager having a matrix of image sensors, (3) reducing the number of pixels to generate reduced pixel data, (4) transmitting the reduced pixel data to a decoding circuit.
US08079518B2	Devices and methods for implant tracking A tag for tracking inventory levels and uses of an implant. The tag has a first component having a proximal portion and a distal portion and a second component having a proximal portion and distal portion. Additionally, the tag has an implant receiving cavity formed by the distal portion of the first component and the distal portion of the second component. Furthermore, the tag has a planar surface formed by the proximal portion of the first component and the proximal portion of the second component. The planar surface extending from the implant receiving cavity such that the planar surface is substantially transverse to a longitudinal axis of the implant received within the implant receiving cavity. In addition, the tag has a tamper evident locking mechanism configured for locking the first component to the second component. Additionally, at least a portion of the first and second components is radiopaque.
US08079512B1	Automated banking machine operated responsive to data bearing records An automated banking machine is operative to carry out transactions using data read from user cards through operation of a card reader. The automated banking machine includes a chest portion, with a moveable door. A cash dispenser extends in the chest portion. The chest door is mounted to the chest portion through hinge assemblies having respective hinge pins. A bolt work is operative to selectively hold the chest door closed. A security module portion on at least one of the hinge assemblies and the bolt work includes at least one hard freely rotatable body in a bore. The security module portion is resistant to attack by a saw. The security module portion at least partially spans at least one critical component of the hinge assemblies or the bolt work to reduce the risk of unauthorized access to the chest portion.
US08079511B2	Online association of a digital photograph with an indicator The present invention relates to an online method for associating an image with an indicator. The method involves a computer system storing a captured image in the clipboard of a server. The computer system determines the selection of an association operator from a number of association operators of a printed toolbar made with a selection tool. The computer system further determines the selection of an indicator on a printed page made with the selection tool and associates the captured image in the clipboard with the selected indicator in accordance with the selected association operator.
US08079500B2	Liquid dispenser A liquid dispenser for dispensing liquid from a container, includes an intake pipe to receive liquid from the container, an outlet to dispense liquid, a pressure supply mechanism to supply pressurized fluid to the container at a first pressure, and a dispensing mechanism. The dispensing mechanism is operable to dispense liquid from the container by reducing the pressure in the container to a second pressure, connecting the intake pipe to the outlet to dispense fluid from the container, and subsequently increasing the pressure in the container to the first pressure.
US08079497B2	Dispenser with improved supply-closing means The invention relates to a dispensing unit, particularly suitable for a liquid container, comprising an air pump with an air cylinder and an air piston (31), wherein an air chamber (32) is defined between the air cylinder and the air piston, a liquid pump with a liquid cylinder and a liquid piston (24), wherein a liquid chamber (30) is defined between the liquid cylinder and the liquid piston. An axially displaceable activating element (36) for activating the pumps, and upper edge (50) of air piston (31) for closing air supply to the air pump, and an oblique wall (51) of activating element (36) for closing air discharge from the air pump. The air piston and the liquid piston are movable in axial direction relative to the activating element in order to close air supply to the air pump and close air discharge from the air pump.
US08079496B2	Combination of a dispenser and container for carbonated drink Combination of a dispenser (1) and container (7) for carbonated drink, the container being provided at the top with an outflow channel (10), extending in the direction of the central axis of the container, and a dispensing valve (11), closed under spring tension, for dispensing carbonated drink via a dispensing line (12, 13) connected to the outflow channel (10), the dispenser (1) being provided with a chill chamber (4) for accommodating the container (7) and with a dispensing head (15) with a handle (17) whereby the handle (17) is connected to an operating member (18, 20) that, during use, engages on the dispensing valve (11).
US08079488B2	Lid having a utensil A lid for use with a jar having an opening includes a closure member configured to cover the jar opening when the closure member is fastened to the jar. The lid includes an attachment member coupled to the closure member to selectively fasten the closure member to the jar. A catch is coupled to the closure member that extends toward the jar when the closure member is fastened to the jar. The lid includes a utensil having a use end and an opposed attachment end. A hook extends from the utensil attachment end so as to rotatably couple the utensil to the catch, each hook being removable from the catch only when the utensil is generally parallel to the closure member. The utensil has a length that prevents the utensil from being generally parallel to the closure member when the closure member is fastened to the jar.
US08079485B2	Closure with perforating feature for container seals A closure for sealing a container, in particular a container that, prior to first use by a consumer, includes an opening or aperture covered by a seal, wherein the closure is equipped with a perforating member adapted to open or break the seal, thereby enabling the consumer to access the contents of the container.
US08079482B2	Teat unit A teat for connection to a receiving unit of a drink container has a main body and, adjoining the main body and tapered relative to the main body, a mouthpiece with at least one suction opening. The teat has a first connector element for connection to the receiving unit, a second connector element for connection to the receiving unit, and a suction channel. The suction channel extends within the mouthpiece, extends and opens via a first end into the suction opening and is directed via a second end towards the main body. This second end forms the first connector element for leaktight connection to the receiving unit. The main body is designed such that it is adapted to be turned back towards the suction opening of the mouthpiece. This teat is adapted to be connected to the feeding bottle in a simple and hygienic manner and is easy to clean.
US08079476B2	Corner post structure for packaging An improved article of manufacture for corner post construction having multiple, independent or related layers of material formed together into a wave pattern, comprised of semicircles, triangles, flat spots, squares or any other geometrical shape.
US08079453B2	Controllable overrunning coupling assembly A controllable overrunning coupling assembly includes a control member mounted for controlled shifting movement between a first pair of coupling faces of first and second coupling members relative to reverse pockets formed in one of the coupling faces. The first pair of coupling faces oppose each other and are oriented to face axially along a common rotational axis. The control member is operable for controlling position of only reverse struts in the reverse pockets without controlling the position of forward rockers in forward pockets formed in a coupling face of a second pair of coupling faces of the coupling members that oppose each other and are oriented to face radially with respect to the rotational axis.
US08079450B2	Viscous strand damper assembly A damper assembly includes a fixed rack gear, a rotary gear damper having a gear engaged with the rack gear, and a tether movable with the damper along the rack gear and connected to the movable object to be controlled by the damper. A biasing element normally urges the damper away from anti-rotation locking members.
US08079448B2	Axle shaft including an electromechanically or pneumatically actuated disc brake An axle shaft includes an electromechanically or pneumatically actuated disc brake, especially for a useful vehicle. The brake disc and the caliper can be displaced in relation to each other, and the caliper is fixed to the axle shaft on at least two fixing plates extending preferably from the axle shaft in different directions, at at least respectively one fixing point. The axle shaft is characterized by the arrangement, especially the orientation and/or embodiment, of the fixing plates, and the fixing points of the caliper or of an optional brake carrier on the fixing plates, which is selected in such a way that there is either no displacement of the fixing points on the fixing plates or a parallel displacement of the fixing points on both fixing plates perpendicularly to the brake disc.
US08079447B2	Wheel chair lift with protective skirt sensors A wheel chair lift device includes a lift car selectively elevated above a base, along with protective skirting covering the region below the lift car. Exposed portions of the protective skirting subject to lateral inward deformation are provided with skirt deformation sensors for detecting abnormal inward deformation of such skirt portions. The skirt deformation sensors include a spring or other elongated deformable member that extends generally parallel and proximate to the portion of the skirt being sensed. A sensor detects that the elongated member has been laterally displaced from its usual longitudinal axis and generates an electrical signal. In response to such electrical signal, the lift device stops further movement of the lift car.
US08079445B2	Transmission A transmission has a rotating shaft, a coupling sleeve fixedly coupled to the rotating shaft to rotate with the rotating shaft and a variable speed gear mounted on the rotating shaft. The variable speed gear is configured to rotate on the rotating shaft when a clutch gear that is embedded in a side surface of the variable speed gear is disengaged from the coupling sleeve and to be fixed to the rotating shaft when the clutch gear is engaged from the coupling sleeve. The coupling sleeve is moved in the axial direction between the engaged and disengaged states by a shifting fork F3. A lubricant supplying structure directs lubricant to the clutch gear by diverting the lubricant against a side surface of the shifting fork that faces the clutch gear and a side surface of the coupling sleeve that faces the clutch gear.
US08079430B2	Drill bits and tools for subterranean drilling, methods of manufacturing such drill bits and tools and methods of off-center drilling Drill bits for subterranean drilling comprising a bit body including at least one blade that includes a blade face comprising a contact zone and a sweep zone are disclosed. In particular, drill bits including at least one blade that extends at least partially over a nose region of the bit body, a shoulder region of the bit body and a gage region of the bit body and that include a sweep zone that rotationally trails the contact zone with respect to a direction of intended bit rotation about a longitudinal axis of the bit body and include a contact zone that defines a range of about 90% to about 30% of the blade face surface area is disclosed. Additionally, drill bits comprising a sweep zone located at least partially within a gage region are disclosed. Also, methods of off-center drilling and methods of manufacturing drill bits are disclosed.
US08079423B2	Cultivating tool A cultivating tool for removing weeds and unwanted grass and for cultivating ground around and under an object under which a standard hoe or a hula-type hoe cannot fit. The cultivating tool has a thin scraping blade at the lower end of an elongated handle with a blade assembly interconnecting the handle and an upwardly disposed mounting standard on the upper surface of the scraping blade. The blade assembly includes a mechanism that connects to the lower end of the handle and a pivoting mechanism that pivots the scraping blade relative to the handle. The blade assembly connects the scraping blade to the handle in a manner which maintains the spaced area above both ends of the blade unobstructed so the scraping blade may slide under a plant without harming the plant and under an object to remove weeds and grass.
US08079421B2	Method and device for preventing and extinguishing fire in an enclosed space A method and device for preventing fire and for extinguishing fire in an enclosed space in which a permanent negative pressure is set, includes fresh air being supplied in a regulated manner to the compartment atmosphere as supply air and exhaust air being discharged from the compartment atmosphere in a regulated manner, and wherein should a fire occur or to prevent a fire, an extinguishing agent which is gaseous under normal conditions is supplied to the compartment atmosphere as the supply air. In order to achieve a relieving of pressure without changing the set negative pressure, or upon a sudden flooding of the space with the gaseous extinguishing agent, the total volume flow of fresh air and/or extinguishing agent supplied to the compartment atmosphere as supply air is at all times less than or equal to the volume flow of the exhaust air discharged from the compartment atmosphere.
US08079417B2	Wireline retrievable dsg/downhole pump system for cyclic steam and continuous steam flooding operations in petroleum reservoirs A non-rigid carrier conveys a pump and/or the steam generator through a bore of the production tubing string to support enhanced oil recovery operations. An annular space separates the production tubing string and a wall of a wellbore intersecting a hydrocarbon-bearing subterranean formation. Using the non-rigid carrier, the steam generator is conveyed into the wellbore and operated to inject hot gases into the formation through the perforations in the casing. Afterwards, the steam generator is conveyed out of the cased wellbore and the pump is conveyed into the cased wellbore and operated to pump hydrocarbons to the surface. For cyclic injection operations, the pump may be retrieved to the surface and the steam generator may be returned into the well. The production tubing string, such as a production tubing, remains in the well while the pump and/or the steam generator are conveyed up and down the cased well. A base installed in the cased well receives either the pump or the steam generator.
US08079410B2	Exhaust gas recirculation cooler and method An EGR cooler having an inlet/outlet tube installed by insertion is provided, and can have a curved gas flow path defined at least in part by a tank body. The inlet/outlet tube can include a first inlet/outlet tube and a second inlet/outlet tube to introduce and to exhaust gas. The tank body can have a configuration such that a connection housing is installed to establish fluid communication between individual ends of both the first inlet/outlet tube and second inlet/outlet tube, so that heat exchange efficiency between the inflow gas and the cooling fluid can be improved, and effective space utilization can be promoted in equipping an vehicle with the EGR cooler.
US08079404B2	Lateral seal of a casting gap formed between two casting rollers of a strip casting machine Lateral seal of a casting gap formed between two casting rollers of a strip casting machine that can be placed against the casting rollers on the front face. The lateral seal includes a first moist part and a second part that is assigned to the front faces of the casting rollers. The second part forms a type of snout shape encompassing two legs which extend along the front faces of the casting rollers, join each other at the bottom, above a kissing point, so as to form a common area, and between which the first part protrudes from above. An insulating layer which separates the two parts from each other is inserted between the first and second part.
US08079400B2	Process for casting columnar grain airfoil with preferential primary orientation A molding process utilizes a seed with a columnar grain structure for defining a desired grain structure in a completed casting. The seed is received within a seed cavity of a mold. The molten material adopts the orientation of the columns defined within the seed during solidification to form a completed molded article having a desired columnar grain structure.
US08079397B2	Roman shade with protected operating cords A window covering is provided with protected operating cords. Protective coverings are installed over the cords. The coverings are expandable to move with the window covering as it is raised and lowered. The protective coverings may include an accordion folded configuration, a cellular configuration, and protective coverings with a continuous slot that allows the covering to be installed in an existing window covering. The protective coverings do not interfere with operation of the window coverings.
US08079393B2	Pneumatic tire with narrow belt reinforcing layer immediately below with terminal end of folded belt layer A pneumatic tire 1 having a toroidal carcass 3 and a belt 7 consisting of belt layers 5, 6 arranged in the outer circumferential side of a crown portion 4 of the carcass 3. Between the adjacent belt layers 5, 6, the cords 8, 9 are crossed with each other with respect to an equatorial plane E of the tire to form cross belt layers. The widest belt layer 6 is a folded belt layer having a body portion 10 and a folded portion 12. A cord 9 constituting the folded belt layer 6 is an organic fiber cord. A narrow belt reinforcing layer 14 of rubberized cords 13 is arranged at least immediately below the width terminal end 11 of the body portion 10 of the folded belt layer 6 which terminal end 11 abuts on the folded portion 12.
US08079390B2	Process of production of disposable wooden cutlery and product thereof A disposable wooden utensil includes a handle having a distal end and an opposite neck end. A load-engaging member extends cantilevered from the neck end in generally coplanar alignment with the handle so as to form a neck between the handle and the load-engaging member. A raised dorsal ridge is formed substantially medially along the handle and extends substantially along the load-engaging member.
US08079372B2	Discreet packing system A discreet packing system for containing and compacting finely chopped tobacco product having a shallow cylindrical body and a lid detachably secured thereto. A flexible wall is secured at a fixed end to the interior surface of the body. The flexible inner wall generally coextends the interior surface of the body and thereby defines a cylindrical volume in which the tobacco is contained. The flexible wall may be selectively locked in place relative to the outer wall of the body. In one embodiment of the present invention, a bottom is slidably connected to a cylindrical outer wall of the body. A distal end of the flexible wall is attached to the bottom and is urged via rotation of the bottom relative to the outer wall. Other embodiments are provided wherein the flexible wall extends through the body and is urged via a grip or slider.
US08079370B2	System for removal of impurities from shredded tobacco recovered from defective cigarettes A system is used for removal of impurities from shredded tobacco recovered from defective cigarettes, especially activated carbon particles, as used in a machine for recovering tobacco and having separating sieves and suction devices, where in a transport zone for a mixture of shredded tobacco, paper and impurities, positioned directly downstream the device for final tearing of the cigarette paper, with the zone defining a turbulent flow zone for the mixture of shredded tobacco, paper and impurities, a separating device is installed which defines a first purification zone. The device has a grid, a vacuum system for maintaining turbulent flow of the mixture of shredded tobacco, paper and lightweight impurities, positioned above the grid having a mesh size larger than the size of heavy impurities, and a vacuum system for receiving heavy impurities. Then a second purification zone includes a vibrating sieve with a mesh size larger than the size of heavy and lightweight impurities. A vacuum dust removing device, defining a third purification zone, has a transport pipe with flow disturbing elements, a rotational sieve having a grid of a mesh size suitable for suction of volatile impurities, a flow guide means adjacent the sieve and defining at the same time a flow disturbing element, and a rotary chamber valve positioned under the sieve.
US08079366B2	Magnetic earplug An earplug includes a body, a post and a magnet. The body is made of a pliable material and includes a proximal end and a distal end. The proximal end is shaped to be positioned proximal to the user's middle ear and a distal end is shaped to be exposed to the external environment of the user's outer ear when the body is inserted into the user's ear canal. The post is at least partially embedded within the body and includes a first end, a second end and a socket located at one of the first and the second ends. The magnet is positioned in the socket of the post and is capable of producing a permanent magnetic field.
US08079364B2	Deployment actuation system for intrafallopian contraception Contraceptive methods, systems, and devices generally improve the ease, speed, and reliability with which a contraceptive device can be deployed transcervically into an ostium of a fallopian tube. The contraceptive device may remain in a small profile configuration while a sheath is withdrawn proximally, and is thereafter expanded to a large profile configuration engaging the surrounding tissues, by manipulating one or more actuators of a proximal handle with a single hand. This leaves the other hand free to manipulate a hysteroscope, minimizing the number of health care professional required to deploy the contraceptive device.
US08079358B2	Air control regulator for combustion chamber An air control regulator regulates the amount of air flowing into the inlet of a combustion chamber by causing flowing air to support a disc located in the air passage against the force of gravity. Air passes around the edges of the disc and is channeled into a plurality of airflows by ovoid depressions in the inner surfaces of the regulator forming a venturi chamber. By regulating the airflow into the combustion chamber, combustion efficiency is improved.
US08079349B2	Drive train for a motor vehicle A motor vehicle has an internal combustion engine (1) and a drive train (2) with an electric machine that can be operated as a generator. A supercharger (5) supplies air through a mass flow line (6) to an inlet side of the internal combustion engine (1). The air mass flow line (6) has no throttle valve. The supercharger (5) also selectively can function as a secondary air pump to blow secondary air through a branch (7) of the mass flow line (6) and to an outlet side (21a, 21b) of the internal combustion engine (1) upstream of a catalytic converter. A control unit causes the electric machine to operate as a generator when the supercharger (5) is functioning as a secondary air pump to compensate for excess torque caused by a charge pressure generated by the secondary air.
US08079346B2	Oxygen activating material, combustion efficiency improving material, plant growth promoting material, aerobic microorganism activating material, animal growth promoting and activating material, muscle softening material, rust removing and preventing material, and oxygen activating method The invention provides an oxygen activating material, which includes as a major constituent an iron-semiconductor alloy containing iron and semiconductor components. A combustion efficiency improving material, a plant growth promoting material, an aerobic microorganism activating material, an animal growth promoting and activating material, a muscle softening material, and a rust removing and preventing material are also provided. In addition an oxygen activating method is also provided.
US08079341B2	Piston for an internal combustion engine A piston for an internal combustion engine is disclosed. The piston body has two pin bores for receiving a piston pin. At least one rib is disposed on the second side and extends outwardly therefrom. The at least one rib is aligned laterally between the two pin bores in a direction along the piston pin axis. The at least one rib has a longitudinal axis extending generally perpendicular to both the reciprocation axis of the piston and the piston pin axis. A piston having a boss extending approximately within the piston pin radius of the piston pin axis, and a piston having a boss generally following the contour of the piston pin are also disclosed. An engine having the piston is also disclosed.
US08079333B2	Slide type continuous variable valve lift device A slide type continuous variable valve lift (CVVL) device includes a swing arm rotating to press a valve; a cam lobe; a roller transmitting a driving force of the cam lobe to the swing arm; and a guide guiding the roller to move along a predetermined path. The CVVL device generally can minimize the number of places where sliding friction between respective parts may occur to minimize power loss and enable more precise operation control, reduce the number of parts to enhance the overall robustness of the device, and advance the time of maximum valve opening to improve the fuel efficiency of an engine.
US08079330B2	Multicylinder engine for a vehicle, and vehicle incorporating same A multicylinder engine for a motorcycle includes a valve actuation mechanism having a hydraulically-operated valve pausing mechanism for holding at least one of an intake valve and an exhaust valve of selected cylinders in a suspended state. The valve actuation mechanism operates the intake valve and the exhaust valve, and controls flow of oil through an oil passage which introduces working oil to the valve pausing mechanism from a hydraulic-pressure control device. Air-bleeding holes are formed in the cylinder head. The air-bleeding holes are fluidly connected with portions of the oil passages that are located at a highest level in the oil passages while the motorcycle is parked in an inclined state with its side stand down.
US08079327B2	Animal transport device A pet transportation device is provided. The pet transportation device is provided whereby the device is easily adaptable to a mobile unit including a bicycle, scooter and/or motorcycle. In an exemplary embodiment, the pet transportation device has at least a wire basket carrier which is adapted to placement and holding of the pet during transport and at least a cover portion which encloses about the head portion of the pet and may be adapted for folding when not desired by the individual. The basket may be removably attached to at least a portion of the handlebars of a mobile unit by a clamping means and may have padded rail support incorporated thereon. Additionally, the pet transport device may additionally have a liner and/or cushion to protect the limbs of the animal from protruding away from the pet transport device.
US08079321B2	Long tank FSRU/FLSV/LNGC A method and apparatus for storing liquid within a storage tank such that a natural resonance of fluid motion of the stored fluid falls between natural resonance periods of a floating vessel that includes the storage tank. As a result, resonant energy of the floating vessel imparted to fluid stored in the storage tank may be controlled and sloshing loads may be reduced, thereby avoiding damage to the floating vessel.
US08079315B2	Flat pack friction fit furniture system An article of furniture and associated methods and kits comprising at least one first leg support structure, at least one second leg support structure, the at least one first leg support structure being inter-fitted with the at least one second first leg support structure via an interference fit to define a support assembly, a top that is supported by and attached to the support assembly without the need for a mechanical fastener or adhesive; and means for creating a force state that attaches the top to the support assembly without the need for a mechanical fastener or adhesive, and thereby stabilizes the article of furniture, wherein the force state includes one or more forces applied to the at least one first leg support structure and the at least one second leg support structure, in addition to any frictional force from the interference fit.
US08079313B2	Shelving system with removable shelves A shelving system including a pair of upright members, a plurality of cross-members extending between the upright members, and a plurality of shelves. Each shelf includes a plurality of first wire members defining a support surface, as well as at least two second wire members defining a support channel. Portions of the second wire members are upturned and define first and second engagement members. During assembly, each shelf is lowered onto a cross-member until the support channel engages the cross-member, whereupon the engagement members receive a respective upright member and thereby prevent rotation of the shelf about the cross-member.
US08079312B2	Steering wheel table An adjustable steering wheel table for a vehicle steering wheel having a top section and a bottom section. The steering wheel table includes a table member, at least two wheel grasping arms and a brace arm assembly. The table member has a length, a width, an underside and a front edge. The at least two wheel grasping arms are connected to the table member and extend beyond the front edge of the table member and are releasably engageable with at least a portion of the top section of the vehicle steering wheel. The brace arm assembly is pivotally connected to at least one of the underside and edge of the table member and releaseably engageable with the bottom section of the vehicle steering wheel.
US08079303B2	Lid with permanent vacuum layer and ventilation channels An improved lid (1) for covering containers for cooking foods (2), includes elements for cooling vapor (3) placed outside and above the lid (1), and support elements (4) for the vapor cooling elements (3). The lid has an extension in the thickness direction so as to provide a plurality of channels (11) through the lid. The channels (11) define a passage path for the vapor coming from the container (2) for cooking the foods outward, causing an acceleration of the vapor, the accelerated vapor contacting through the channels (11) a lower surface (31) of the vapor cooling elements, condensing and flowing again, at a liquid phase, inside the cooking container (2) through the plurality of channels (11).
US08079301B2	Tea pot having a tea filter A tea pot comprises a receptacle having a pouring device and a handle on an opposite side. A water filling aperture at the receptacle top defines a recessed circumferential lip. A lid closes said aperture. A perforated cylindrical filter has a cross sectional shape substantially matching the aperture. The filter is insertable into the pot through the aperture. A circumferential flange is located at the upper part of the filter and adapted to sit on the lip when the filter is inserted into the receptacle. An engagement means permits the filter to be removably retained in the receptacle and comprises a sprung detent located at the upper part of the container which is urged away from the container for engageing the lip; retaining the filter in the pot. The detent has a recess to engage both above and below the lip.
US08079298B2	Compact hydraulic mechanism with radial pistons A hydraulic mechanism including a cylinder block having radial pistons and mounted to rotate in a stationary casing, and a distribution cover that forms a portion of the casing that has feed and discharge ducts that extend between an outside face and inside of face of the cover. The internal distributor has distribution ducts that are selectively connected to the feed and discharge ducts that open out into a distribution face that is perpendicular to the axis of rotation and that is disposed against the communication face of the cylinder block so as to cause the distribution ducts to communicate with the cylinder ducts. In a zone defined radially outwards by end-wall portions of the cylinders, a transverse face of the cylinder block is provided with an axial setback in which at least a portion of the distributor is disposed.
US08079294B2	Support leg devices and cutting tools having the support leg devices A cutting tool has a table for placing a workpiece thereon. A cutting unit is mounted to the table. A support leg device includes a support leg, an operation member and a motion conversion mechanism. The motion conversion mechanism is coupled between the support leg and the operation member, so that the movement of the operation member is converted into the movement of the support leg.
US08079292B2	Detection system for power equipment Woodworking machines including conductive cutters adapted to cut workpieces, and motors adapted to drive the cutters are disclosed. The machines also include a contact detection system adapted to detect contact between a person and the cutter, and to distinguish contact between the person and the cutter from contact between the workpiece and the cutter. The machines further include a reaction system adapted to cause a predetermined action to take place upon detection of contact between the person and the cutter by the contact detection system.
US08079287B2	Auto-alignable knob An auto-alignable knob for a home appliance includes an offspring box self-connectable with a valve shaft. A mobile box has at least one lateral face including a pin. The mobile box is coupled to the offspring box to allow a free movement relative to one another along a first axis. A fixed box includes an indentation and a groove. The mobile box is insertable to the fixed box by insertion of the pin of the lateral face through the groove. The pin of the mobile box provides a respective degree of freedom to the mobile box relative to the indentation of the fixed box along at least a second axis normal to the first axis. A mechanical coupling established between the indentation of the fixed box and the pin of the mobile box is configured to provide a degree of rotational freedom about one of the axes, and a combined mechanical coupling established between the offspring box, the mobile box and the fixed box is configured to provide a respective degree of freedom along a third axis perpendicular to the first and second axes.
US08079284B2	Device for swiveling objects The invention relates to a device for swiveling an object around a stationary axis (16) which lies outside the space occupied by the device. The inventive device is characterized by unusually great rigidity. A supporting coupler (5) and a guiding coupler (10) are guided parallel to the frame (1) with the aid of cross-sliding elements. The supporting coupler (5) and the guiding coupler (10) are connected to a crank (4) by means of one respective revolute joint, the crank (4) guiding the supporting coupler (5) and the guiding coupler (10) along concentric, non-identical circular paths. The supporting coupler (5) and the guiding coupler (10) are provided with a second revolute joint located at the same distance from the first revolute joint, i.e. a revolute joint (5b) for the supporting coupler at the output end and a revolute joint (10b) for the guiding coupler at the output end, via which the two couplers (5, 10) are jointly connected to an output member (9). The tool is fixed to the output member (9), which follows a circular swiveling path about a stationary axis (16).
US08079281B2	Active stick apparatus An active stick apparatus 40 includes a stick housing 41 and a stick control member 42 pivotally mounted to the stick housing 41 at a pivot point 43. The pivot point 43 acts to divide the stick control member 42 into a first member section 44 and a second member section 45. The pivot point 43 allows the stick control member 42 to pivot with respect to the stick housing 41, as indicated by directional arrows 46 and 47. An actuator 50 is attached to the first member section 44 at an end distal from the pivot point 43. The actuator 50 is arranged to act as a counterbalance to movement of the stick control member 42 about the pivot point 43 under acceleration forces asserted on the stick control member 42. The output axle drive 52 of the actuator 50 is fixedly coupled to a first section 53 of a drive link 54 and a second section 55 of the drive link 54 is pivotally coupled to a first section 56 of a mounting linkage 57. A second section 58 of the mounting linkage 57 is pivotally coupled to the stick housing 41. Coupling of the actuator 50 to the first member section mitigates the requirement for a conventional lump mass.
US08079276B2	Dynamic calibration assembly for a friction stir welding machine A calibration assembly for a friction stir welding machine having a rotatable pin tool with upper and lower shoulders. The calibration assembly includes: a force measuring component for placement between the upper and lower shoulders of the pin tool; an upper bearing for placement between the upper shoulder of the pin tool and the force measuring component for permitting relative rotation therebetween; and a lower bearing for placement between the lower shoulder of the pin tool and the force measuring component for permitting relative rotation therebetween. The upper and lower bearings permit the pin tool to be rotated relative to the force measuring component during a calibration procedure. This permits the force measuring component to measure the forces directly applied by the pin tool while the upper and lower shoulders are either stationary or rotated relative to the force measuring component.
US08079273B2	Power detecting device A device for detecting power for exercise equipment has a wheel driven by a person exercising, a speedometer for determining the speed of rotation of the wheel and a brake jaw supported by a mounting device and applicable against the wheel. The mounting device is connected to the frame of the exercise equipment and has a moving part which supports the brake jaw and which, under the action of the braking force, is applicable against a resilient shoulder. The shoulder has a strain gauge for measuring elastic deformations in the shoulder and thereby also indirectly the size of the braking force.
US08079272B2	Tactile sensor A tactile sensor includes a substrate, electrodes arranged on the substrate, a conductive resistor membrane spaced apart from the electrodes by a predetermined distance, and an elastic member spaced apart from the resistor membrane by a predetermined distance.
US08079263B2	Transducer array imaging system The disclosed embodiments include a method, system, and device for conducting ultrasound interrogation of a medium. The novel method includes transmitting a non-beamformed or beamformed ultrasound wave into the medium, receiving more than one echoed ultrasound wave from the medium, and converting the received echoed ultrasound wave into digital data. The novel method may further transmit the digital data. In some embodiments, the transmitting may be wireless. The novel device may include transducer elements, an analog-to-digital converter in communication with the transducer elements, and a transmitter in communication with the analog-to-digital converter. The transducers may operate to convert a first electrical energy into an ultrasound wave. The first electrical energy may or may not be beamformed. The transducers also may convert an echoed ultrasound wave into a second electrical energy. The analog-to-digital converter may convert the electrical energy into digital data, and the transmitter may transmit the digital data.
US08079258B1	Gyroscope and pendulous gyroscopic accelerometer with adjustable scale factor, and gravity gradiometer using such Gyroscopes and pendulous gyroscopic accelerometers with adjustable scale factor are accomplished through control of the net angular momentum of a gyroscopic element such as a rotating or oscillating wheel or other mass. The sensitivity of a gravity gradiometer can be enhanced through use of such instruments, allowing the development of man-portable gravity gradiometers.
US08079256B2	Gas sensor and method for its production In a gas sensor with at least two electrodes and with a sensor body which is connected thereto and is composed of a gas-sensitive material, in addition to pores which may already be present, second cavities are provided in the sensor body. The second cavities may be suitable on account of their size to facilitate and accelerate the distribution of gas molecules in the sensor body and to thus improve the time response of the gas sensor.
US08079247B2	Impact detection system An impact detection system provides a means of sensing, monitoring and recording impact events on an impact surface using at least one sensor that is incorporated into the impact surface. The sensor(s) can be integral with, attached to or located behind various types of impact surface including various types of garments that can be worn by an individual or on composite materials such as an aircraft fuselage for example. The impact detection system includes a portable impact detection device electrically connected to the sensor(s) and is used to detect ballistic or non-ballistic type impacts on the impact surface. The portable impact detection device processes the impact data detected by the sensor(s) and stores the data for analysis at a later time or outputs the data to a third party system for review and/or analysis.
US08079245B1	Fuel oil and propane monitoring, delivery and sale system and method A residential fuel measurement system for optimizing the fuel delivery including a sensor and transmission system with methods of use. The sensor includes a photo sensitive sensor for measuring the position of the existing fuel tank indicator. A transmission system transmits the position to central receiving station. Receiving station receives information, and other related information from third party sources and calculates a plurality of reports including fuel delivery routing, calibration, alarms and billing information.
US08079243B2	Plug, method of expanding inside diameter of metal pipe or tube using such plug, method of manufacturing metal pipe or tube, and metal pipe or tube The plug is for expanding the inside diameter of the end portion of a metal pipe. Its cross section is a circle, and includes a taper portion and a parallel portion connected to the tail end of the taper portion. The diameter of the taper portion gradually increases from the head end of the taper portion to the tail end of the taper portion where the diameter is D1. The axial distance LR from the point where the diameter D2=D1×0.99 to the tail end where the diameter is D1 satisfies the Expression 22≦LR/((D1−D2)/2)≦115. The taper angle on the surface where the diameter is D2 is larger than or equal to the taper angle on the tail surface of the taper portion following the point where the diameter is D2. The diameter of the parallel portion is D1.
US08079239B2	Key interlock device A key interlock device includes a body, a camshaft provided in the body so as to be rotated by manipulation of an ignition key, and at least an anti-rotation member provided in the camshaft and being engaged with the body when the camshaft rotates beyond a predetermined speed in one direction to restrict rotation of the camshaft but being disengaged with the body when the camshaft rotates in a reverse direction.
US08079229B2	Economized refrigerant vapor compression system for water heating An economized refrigerant vapor compression system (10) for water heating includes a refrigerant compression device (20), a refrigerant-to-water heat exchanger (30), an economizer heat exchanger (60), an evaporator (40) and a refrigerant circuit (70) providing a first flow path (OA, 70B, 70C, 70D) connecting the compression device (20), the refrigerant-to-liquid heat exchanger (30), the economizer heat exchanger (60) and the evaporator (40) in refrigerant circulation flow communication and a second flow path (70E) connecting the first flow path (62) through the economizer heat exchanger (60) to the compression device (20). The economizer heat exchanger (60) has a first pass (62) for receiving a first portion of the refrigerant having traversed the refrigerant-to-liquid heat exchanger and a second pass (64) for receiving a second portion of the refrigerant having traversed the refrigerant-to-liquid heat exchanger. The refrigerant system (10) has a bypass unloading branch (70F) with a c pass flow control device (92) connecting economizer (70E) and suction (OD) refrigerant lines for providing additional capacity adjustment.
US08079224B2	Field integrated pulse tube cryocooler with SADA II compatibility A unitary pulse tube expander for removable attachment to a SADA II coldfinger and insertion within a Dewar assembly. The regenerator of the pulse tube expander is encased in a regenerator sleeve and a cold cap to create a unitary pulse tube expander that may function as a drop-in replacement for a Stirling type expander in a SADA II coldfinger cryocooler.
US08079219B2	Impingement cooled combustor seal Disclosed is a combustor seal including a seal support locatable at a first combustor component and having a plurality of through impingement holes. A wave-shaped seal located at the seal support and defining at least one seal cavity between the wave-shaped seal and the seal support. A peak of the wave-shaped seal is locatable at a second combustor component. The wave-shaped seal includes at least one through passageway located upstream of the peak capable of flowing cooling fluid therethrough into the at least one seal cavity and through the plurality of impingement holes thereby cooling the first combustor component. Further disclosed is a combustor including a combustor seal and a method for cooling a first combustor component.
US08079214B2	Integrally formed engine exhaust manifold and cylinder head An engine in which an exhaust manifold is integrally formed with a cylinder head may include the exhaust manifold in which at least one passage, which is connected to at least one exhaust port disposed in a first cylinder, and at least one passage, which is connected to at least one exhaust port disposed in a second cylinder, are formed, wherein the passage at the first cylinder and the passage at the second cylinder join together to communicate with a first single exhaust outlet.
US08079211B2	Bypass purge for protecting against formation of reductant deposits Systems and methods are provided for injecting liquid reductant into an engine exhaust. An example system includes a gas deflector positioned upstream of an injector where the gas deflector is configured to create a high pressure zone upstream of the deflector and a low pressure zone downstream of the deflector surrounding the injector outlet. A bypass flow passage diverts exhaust flow from the high pressure zone upstream of the deflector to allow the bypassed portion of exhaust to flow into the exhaust gas stream to form a gas shield for a liquid reductant spray from the injector. In this way, it is possible to reduce deposit formation and accumulation in the exhaust system.
US08079207B2	Thread twist system for twisting and spinning machines Thread twist system for twisting and spinning machines which comprises means (12) for measuring and/or calculating directly or indirectly the rotation speed (11) of the runner (5), in such a way that the working movements and parameters of the machine keep real twisting constant throughout the process of filling the reel (2) in a dynamic and instantaneous way, by acting on the angular speed (10) of the spindles (1) and/or the feeding (9) speed of the thread (6), with the objective of correcting the theoretical twisting on the thread itself (6) and converting it into real twisting.
US08079197B2	Interlocking mesh A wire mesh is formed by a plurality of identical wires. The wires interlock with each other by mutually receiving loops formed in the wires. Reinforcing wires welded to the loops reinforce the points of contact, and prevent the wires from rotating when locked together.
US08079195B2	Modular blocks and structures made therefrom A modular block apparatus includes first and second blocks, each block having a generally upwardly protruding locking member and an internal recess sized to receive the locking member of the other block, such that the blocks can be assembled with one block above the other. The blocks are secured together in a vertical direction by relative lateral movement of the locking member and the internal recess. A locking device is provided to prevent relative lateral movement of the locking member and the internal recess so as to retain the blocks in a connected condition. The locking member may be an integral hook, a separate hook, or a cylindrical locking rod. If a hook is used, its orientation relative to the block may be varied. A variety of structures may be built up from the modular blocks.
US08079182B1	Inflatable grain storage apparatus The inflatable grain storage apparatus provides a truly portable inflatable and collapsible structure. The apparatus structure is fully integral. The apparatus is importantly bi-inflatable, whereby the reversible air pump air delivery and removal is via a Y with valve that provides for filling and emptying the spine and straight supports and also the structure interior separately or cumulatively. This hastens filling and ensures proper filling of the spine and straight supports without potential kinking or delays. The floor is importantly reinforced with bi-directional straps and is comprised of heavier material than are the above moisture and material proof components.
US08079181B2	Door for a refrigerating device A door for a refrigerating unit is provided that includes a door leaf hinged to a body of the refrigerating unit and a decorative element that is superimposed on the door leaf in such a way as to be adjustable in position. The decorative element has a central cutout, through which a central region of the door leaf is exposed. A groove open towards this central region is formed on the door leaf in order to accommodate a profile element which conceals a gap between door leaf and decorative element.
US08079174B1	Animal leg snare device A leg snare apparatus and method for capturing animals uses a mechanical throw arm, that when triggered by an animal of sufficient size stepping on the pan, throws a snare up and around the leg of the animal. The pan tension of the device may be readily adjusted to avoid being triggered by lighter weight non-target animals, and the pan may also be leveled. Moreover, the snare is supported so that it cannot be readily dislodged after the apparatus is set, the loop is not deflected out of its proper position when the apparatus is triggered, and the loop is retained in place until the throw arm has moved it high up the animal's leg or foot. Should the apparatus be triggered by larger, non-target animals, the apparatus includes a break-away snare to allow the animal to escape.
US08079171B2	Adjustable rifle telescope system with multiple fixed angle mount setpoints A rifle telescope has optics having an optical axis, a scope support portion that supports the optics, and a base portion that mounts to a firearm having a barrel axis. The scope support portion has at least two different settings, each setting providing a different angle between the optical axis and the barrel axis. The invention may also include each setting being a discrete fixed setting. The present invention also includes a method for adjusting the angle mount of an adjustable rifle telescope with multiple fixed angle mount setpoints.
US08079170B2	Gun barrel cleaning apparatus and method A gun barrel cleaning tool for receiving and enclosing a gun barrel while guiding a cleaning brush back and forth through the enclosed gun barrel. Cleaning fluid is introduced through a suitable passage way into the interior of the apparatus and a cleaning brush may thereafter be passed back and forth through an enclosed gun barrel in order to clean it.
US08079163B2	Excavator and a method for constructing an underground continuous wall A number of front working, trench filling face-compressing, inclinedly disposed sliders are arranged alternately with cutter bits on an endless chain of a trench-forming endless chain cutter on a transporting chassis, and driven with the chain by a drive means so that backward oriented, inclined facet portions of the sliders compress a filling in the trench toward and on a front working face of the wall being formed. An elongate, filling face-compressing shield is adapted to be extended down into the trench and supported with its underground portion on the underground portion of a guide post of the cutter or on the trench bottom for forward and backward oscillation by a drive means to compress the filling face adjacent to the shield. The compacted filling is in these ways being formed by horizontal pressure.
US08079162B1	Heavy equipment rake attachment The invention is a rake attachment for use with an excavator arm of heavy machinery. The preferred embodiment has two cross-members that make the invention easily installed with an automated excavator arm. An alternative embodiment provides for mounting hardware for use with a traditional excavator arm, which does not have a hydraulically operated attaching device. The invention is suited for use with the clearing of loose debris in and around a typical construction site. The construction debris may comprise loose wood scraps, tree branches, fencing, and other objects typical of a construction site.
US08079158B2	Process for separating and drying thermoplastic particles under high pressure A process for feeding a slurry of thermoplastic synthetic polymer particles such as polyethylene terephthalate homopolymers and copolymers in combination with a liquid such as water at a liquid temperature greater than the normal boiling point of the liquid, under a pressure greater than the vapor pressure of the liquid at the liquid temperature, into a separation zone such as a centrifugal dryer, and within the separation zone: a. separating the liquid from the particles, and b. drying the particles; while under a high pressure equal to or greater than the vapor pressure of the liquid. There is also provided a process for decoupling the dried particles from the separation zone to an atmosphere having a pressure less than the vapor pressure of the liquid while maintaining the vapor pressure of the particles prior to decoupling equal to or above the vapor pressure of the liquid at the liquid temperature.
US08079152B2	Electric can opener having removable opener tools An electric can opener for opening a top of a metal can which includes a housing that has a top end and a front side. A can cutting mechanism is on the front side of the housing proximate the top end of the housing. A hand held jar grip is removably mounted on the top end of the housing. The top end of the housing includes a recess that receives an interior surface of the hand held jar grip.
US08079145B2	Method of manufacturing a connecting rod assembly for an internal combustion engine A method of manufacturing a connecting rod assembly including the steps of defining a small end of a connecting rod assembly having a terminal end and then defining a pin bore extending through the small end of the connecting rod assembly. A pair of channels is formed on opposite sides of the small end of the connecting rod assembly wherein the axis of each of the channels is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the pin bore. At least partially annular grooves are formed within the pin bore adjacent the distal end of the pin bore. The connecting rod assembly is then machined to reduce the width of the small end between each channel and the terminal end to provide a small end having a reduced width configuration wherein the grooves are disposed along at least a portion of the distal end to reduce the need to deburr the area adjacent the pin bore.
US08079144B2	Method of manufacture, remanufacture, or repair of a compressor A compressor has a housing assembly and at least one rotor held by the housing assembly for rotation about a rotor axis. The rotor has a first face and a first housing element has a second face in facing spaced-apart relation to the first face of the rotor. One or more spacer elements are positioned from the first housing element. The spacer elements are machined. A coating is applied over the first surface around the one or more spacer elements.
US08079140B2	Component mounting condition determining method In a component mounter of so-called alternate mounting, a component mounting condition determining method of determining a component mounting condition that equalizes operating times of a plurality of mounting heads is used. The component mounting condition determining method includes determining a component mounting condition such as to approximately equalize the operating times of the mounting heads based on the distance that each mounting head moves between one of a plurality of component supply units that supply components to the mounting heads and the board.
US08079133B2	Method for the production of a rotor winding for an electric machine The invention relates to a method for producing the rotor winding of an electric machine comprising at least four exciter poles in the stator and a commutator rotor with a number of pole teeth which deviates from the number of exciter poles as well as a number of individual tooth coils and commutator segments that is at least twice as large as the number of pole teeth. In order to obtain low torque ripple and a long service life by optimally commutating the coils, a first coil is wound from an initial segment at a selectable offset angle to the initial segment on a first pole tooth, the winding wire is then fixed to another commutator segment at a predefined segment interstice length, whereupon a coil is successively wound from each segment onto the pole tooth having the lowest angular error relative the offset angle in relation to the pole separation of the stator, and the winding wire is then contacted on another segment at the same segment interstice length.
US08079129B2	Installation-ready pipe coupling method of manufacture A method of manufacturing an installation-ready pipe coupling is disclosed. The method includes providing pipe coupling segments each having an initial radius of curvature and an initial subtended angle. The segments are each deformed so as to take a permanent set and have a final radius of curvature greater than the initial radius of curvature and a final subtended angle smaller than the initial subtended angle. The deformed segments are assembled in end-to-end relation using adjustably tightenable fasteners to form a coupling. The deformed segments are maintained in spaced relation so that pipe elements can be inserted between them without disassembly of the coupling.
US08079125B2	Manufacturing method of multi-channel optical module An object of the present invention is to provide a technique making it possible to easily manufacture a multi-channel optical module in which optical elements are air-sealed.In the optical module, a package 111 with optical elements mounted thereon is sealed with a transparent plate 109. Above a sealing window of the package, a lens plate 105 having holes 104 or grooves 201 and engagement pins 101 are engaged and optically aligned with each other.
US08079124B2	Post-cure inflator, rim exchange method of the same and rim In a post-cure inflator of the present invention, a rim of a pair of disk shape rims for sandwiching bead portions of a tire has one rim surface and the other rim surface in which a plurality of step portions corresponding to the bead portions of different bead diameters are formed so as to reduce thickness from a center to an outer periphery. A pair of the rims is supported switchably between arrangement in which the one rim surfaces face each other and arrangement in which the other rim surfaces face each other. By such a configuration, it is possible to favorably sandwich the tire even when the bead diameter to be treated is added.
US08079122B2	Spacer jig for replacing spacer damper of overhead power lines and method of replacing spacer damper using the same A spacer jig using as a tool has developed for easily replacing the spacer dampers on the overhead power lines during the maintenance and repair. The spacer jig is comprised of: a frame having a polygonal shape of two flat panels in parallel with a clearance for mounting the fixtures arranged even intervals in the radial direction between the two flat panels; the frame having square shape using for four-conductor and hexagonal shape using for six-conductor overhead power lines; the fixtures consisting of stationary hexahedron nuts and rotational hexahedron nuts; a clamping arm forming cylindrical-shaped long shafts with threaded end portion for inserting into the fixtures; a cable gripping unit consisting of a clamp, lid, snapping latch and locking detent for easily opening and closing the lid to grip or release the cables, and a clamp mounting unit for rotationally mounting the cable gripping unit on top of the clamping arm.
US08079120B2	Method for determining initial burnishing parameters A method of determining parameters for a burnishing operation includes: using a rolling burnishing element to burnish at least two segments on a selected surface of a material sample, the segments having a common width and overlapping each other by a preselected overlap value; measuring the resulting hardness of the surface; and selecting a working overlap value for a subsequent burnishing operation on a workpiece, based on the measured hardness.
US08079115B2	Automatically opening hinge assembly for portable electronic devices A hinge assembly (100) includes a cam (13), a follower (14), a first spring (12), a press rod (17), a control member (18) and a second spring (16). The cam has a cam surface. The follower has a latching cam surface engaging with the cam surface. The first spring provides an elastic force causing the cam surface of the cam and the latching cam surface of the follower to abut each other. The press rod includes a threaded portion (173). The control member threadedly engages with the threaded portion of the press rod. The second spring provides an elastic force to return the control member. When the press rod is pushed, the control member rotates to cause the follower to rotate whereby the cam surface of the cam rotates relative to the latching cam surface of the follower.

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