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US08842378B2	Imaging lens An imaging lens includes a first lens having positive refractive power; a second lens having negative refractive power; a third lens having negative refractive power; and a fourth lens having negative refractive power, arranged from an object side to an image plane side. In the first lens, a curvature radius on an object-side surface is positive and a curvature radius of an image-side surface is negative. In the third lens, curvature radii of an object-side surface and an image-side surface are both negative. In the fourth lens, curvature radii of an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are both positive. When the whole lens system has a focal length f and a distance from the object-side surface of the first lens to an image-side surface of the fourth lens is L14, the imaging lens satisfies the following expression: 0.5
US08842345B2	Arrangement for reading from and/or writing to flexible sheet media in a curved configuration and method An arrangement is described for reading information from and/or writing information to a sheet of flexible sheet material. A platen supports the sheet in a curved configuration across its width such that its first surface is inwardly oriented with respect to a curved configuration to define a tubular shape having lengthwise edges of the sheet positioned in a confronting relationship. An actuator moves the sheet in a direction along a lengthwise path oriented at least generally along the length and transverse to the direction of curvature, but without rotation about the lengthwise path. At least one of a read head and a write head, which can be fixed in the direction of movement along the lengthwise path, performs at least one of reading and writing information widthwise across the surface of the sheet as the sheet is moved along the path.
US08842333B2	Image forming apparatus and method of controlling image forming apparatus An image forming apparatus not having a spot color printing function and connected a network cannot print out a proper image from image data which is already processed for spot color and stored in an image forming apparatus having a spot color printing function. When the image data subjected to the spot color process is stored in the image forming apparatus having the spot color printing function, difference information is stored together with the image data subjected to the spot color process. In order to print the data by a four-color output type of image forming apparatus not having the spot color printing function, the data is restored into four-color image data on the basis of the difference information, and the four-color image data is transmitted to the image forming apparatus not having the spot color printing function.
US08842331B1	Multi-print head printer for detecting alignment errors and aligning image data reducing swath boundaries A multi-printhead printing system, including first and second printheads adapted to print on a receiver medium. An alignment process includes printing a test pattern including features separated by predefined test pattern feature separations, where some features are printed with a first printhead and some features printed with a second printhead. An image of the printed test pattern is analyzed to determine a first camera pixel separation between two features printed with the first printhead, which is used to determine a camera scale factor. The camera scale factor is used to scale a second camera pixel separation between a feature printed with first printhead and a feature printed with the second printhead. The scaled second camera pixel separation is compared to a corresponding test pattern feature separation to determine an alignment error, which is used to adjust the alignment of the image data printed with at least one of the printheads.
US08842330B1	Method to determine an alignment errors in image data and performing in-track alignment errors correction using test pattern A method for aligning image data printed on a receiver medium in a multi-printhead printer that includes printing a test pattern including features separated by predefined test pattern feature separations, where some features are printed with a first printhead and some features printed with a second printhead. An image of the printed test pattern is analyzed to determine a first camera pixel separation between two features printed with the first printhead, which is used to determine a camera scale factor. The camera scale factor is used to scale a second camera pixel separation between a feature printed with first printhead and a feature printed with the second printhead. The scaled second camera pixel separation is compared to a corresponding test pattern feature separation to determine an alignment error, which is used to adjust the alignment of the image data printed with at least one of the printheads.
US08842327B2	Print control apparatus, print control method, and storage medium storing computer-executable program A print control apparatus may include a determination unit and a print data generation unit to process variable data. The determination unit determines an imposition method used for defining layout of the variable data including a plurality of pages where stationary content used for a plurality of records and variable content that differs for each record are arranged on one physical page. The print data generation unit generates print data used for arranging the layout of the plurality pages and performs printing. The print data generation unit acquires information for identifying a physical page on which each page of each record included in the variable data is printed based on the variable data and the imposition method determined by the determination unit and generates the print data including the acquired information used for identifying the physical page on which each page of each record is printed.
US08842324B1	Method and device for accurately estimating power consumption A device and method for estimating power consumption at a printing device. The device includes a processor and memory containing a set of instructions, the instructions configured to cause the device to perform the method. The method includes polling the printing device at a plurality of intervals over a first period of time and receiving a polling for at each of the plurality of intervals. The method further includes determining a page count difference between each poll and determining a timer count between each poll. An estimated energy consumption for the printing device is determined based upon the page count difference for each of the intervals and the timer count for each of the intervals. A total estimated energy is determined for the first period of time based upon the estimated energy consumption of the printing device for each of the intervals.
US08842323B2	Print engine for printing a print job using appropriate calibration data A print engine for producing printed output according to image data in a print job includes in its user interface an activation element for printing a part of the image data in a selected print job using currently applicable calibration data. After inspection of the printed output the selected print job may be finished without further calibration or it may be finished after a calibration is performed. This calibration of the intensity of the process colors is performed for a job control value that occurs within the selected print job. Therefore the effect of the calibration is directly visible to the user of the print engine.
US08842316B2	Image forming apparatus An image forming system includes a first image forming apparatus located upstream and a second image forming apparatus located downstream in a sheet conveying direction to perform a both-side printing operation. The system further includes a control section for judging whether a predetermined processing step serving as a judgment criterion has been completed with respect to an image to be formed on a subsequent sheet in each of the apparatuses, and for performing a control to start image forming operation on the subsequent sheet when judging that the predetermined processing step has been completed, and a processing step serving as the judgment criterion for the image to be formed in the second image forming apparatus is located in a step prior to a processing step serving as the judgment criterion for the image to be formed in the first image forming apparatus.
US08842314B2	Image processing apparatus capable of wirelessly exchanging data, image processing method capable of wirelessly exchanging data, and image processing program capable of wirelessly exchanging data Identification information pieces used for establishment of a connection between an image processing apparatus and a portable terminal are generated and also linked to the data process conditions registered in advance. The generated identification information pieces are displayed on a display in a style allowing users to understand their linkages to the process conditions. Among those displayed thereon, a specific identification information piece is entered on the portable terminal and transmitted to the image processing apparatus, according to user instruction. Receiving the identification information piece, if the image processing apparatus judges that the identification information piece is appropriate, a connection between the image processing apparatus and the portable terminal is established by using the identification information piece, and then data processing is performed on the data to be processed and other data, under the process condition linked to the identification information piece used for establishment of the connection.
US08842310B2	Method and system for establishing secure communications between a multifunction device and a mobile communications device A method and system for establishing secure communication between a MFD (Multi-Function Device) and a mobile communications device. A virtual private network (VPN) connection can be established between the mobile communications device and the MFD via a rendezvous server utilizing a random displayed code on a user interface of the MFD. An application with respect to the mobile communications device can be started by the user to connect to the MFD and the displayed code can be read by the mobile communications device utilizing an image capturing unit associated with the mobile communications device. The connection key presented by the mobile application can be validated by the rendezvous server. The rendezvous server can be polled for an incoming traffic and the traffic can be forwarded to a service hosted by the MFD utilizing an application running on the MFD.
US08842306B2	Image forming apparatus, control method thereof, and storage medium An image forming apparatus forms an image on a sheet, executes post-processing for the sheet, changes a mode of the image forming apparatus from a first mode of permitting formation of an image to a second mode of restricting formation of an image and permitting the post-processing unit to execute post-processing, sets, as a condition for changing the mode from the second mode to the first mode, a first condition for changing the mode without a user instruction for changing the mode from the second mode to the first mode or a second condition for changing the mode in accordance with the user instruction, and controls to change the mode from the second mode to the first mode in accordance with the set condition.
US08842297B2	Method for measurement of the thickness of any deposit of material on inner wall of a pipeline A method is provided for measurement of the thickness of any deposit of material on the inner wall of a pipeline at least partly filled with a medium including hydrocarbons, the medium being for instance oil or natural gas, wherein the method includes: projecting infrared light onto the inner wall of the pipeline along a line corresponding to the intersection between the inner wall of the pipeline and a cross-sectional plane of the pipeline; registering an image of the infrared light projected on the inner wall of the pipeline; and determining the thickness of any deposit of material on the inner wall of the pipeline based on the registered image.
US08842295B2	System having a plurality of scanning units of a position measuring device In a system for detecting the position of an object in relation to a reference system, the object is arranged so as to be movable in relation to the reference system along at least two orthogonal first and second main movement axes. To record the position of the object in relation to the reference system, a position measuring device includes at least two two-dimensional measuring standards situated along the first main movement axis, and four scanning units for an optical scanning of these measuring standards. In addition, at least four additional supplementary scanning units are provided, which are situated between the four scanning units along the first main movement axis.
US08842273B2	Optical measurement of drilled holes An apparatus is provided that includes an optical probe; and a robotic transport so adapted to the optical probe as to move the optical probe inside a drilled hole to measure the drilled hole at one or more depths.
US08842271B2	Device for testing the quality of microstructurization A device for testing the quality of microstructurization of a surface (2) having a known target microstructurization quality, comprising a radiation source (1) for coherent radiation, a first detector (10) and a second detector (4) and a masking system, all of which are set up and arranged with respect to one another so that radiation emitted by the radiation source (1) onto the surface (2) produces a diffraction pattern, wherein the diffraction maximum of order n of the diffraction pattern without the masking system would impinge on the first detector (10), the masking system prevents 80% of the photons that are assigned to the diffraction maximum of order n from impinging on the first detector and the diffraction maximum of order a of the diffraction pattern impinges on the second detector (4), wherein n is selected from the group consisting of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 and a is selected from the group consisting of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 and a≠n.
US08842269B2	Beam deflection sensor A beam deflection device including an aluminum disc containing a plurality of lasers, each laser projecting a laser beam substantially along one of the ‘X’, ‘Y’, and ‘Z’ axes of a structural beam to which the device is attached. Wiring is attached to each of the plurality of lasers to provide power and transmit data. Passageways are provided in the solid disc to route the wiring to the exterior. A suction cup on a surface of the device allows it to be attached to the beam by pressing the device against a flat surface area of the beam.
US08842266B2	Pharmaceutical mixture evaluation A method of obtaining information about a heterogeneous pharmaceutical mixture is disclosed. This method involves applying an image enhancement agent, such as a stain, to the mixture. An image of the mixture can then be obtained, and information about a distribution of components of the mixture in the image can also be obtained based on spatial information derived from the application of the image enhancement agent.
US08842265B2	Configurable grating based on collapsing nano-fingers A configurable grating based on collapsing nano-fingers includes a substrate; and a plurality of bendable nano-fingers supported on the substrate. The nano-fingers may be formed in a regular first array and the nano-fingers may be formed in a spacing that, upon closing at their tops, forms a second array to act as an optical grating or a diagnostic tool. A method of fabricating a configurable optical grating based on collapsing nano-fingers is also disclosed, as well as a method of determining an open or closed state for a plurality of nano-fingers.
US08842263B1	Method of, and apparatus for, furnishing information to determine the position of a body To determine two positional co-ordinates, of a point (D) within a space, a beam (10) a radiation is caused to illuminate a part of the space and is deflected cylindrically over the space, the beam being modulated in phase with the cyclical movement such that the radiation incident upon the point (D) includes enough information to identify the point. Embodiments with rotational (r, θ) and Cartesian (x, y) co-ordinate axes are disclosed.
US08842261B2	Laser range finder and method for intrusion detection A scanning beam laser range finder and a method are provided for detecting an intrusion into a protected area by enhancing the capability of detecting an intruded attempting to blend with the area background. The laser range finder and method include an Emitter/Receiver configured to emit laser pulses towards each point out of the plurality of points and to receive therefrom reflected laser pulses. Further included is a processor coupled to the Emitter/Receiver and configured to derive an initial distance separating the laser range finder away from each point, the initial distance having an initial measurement error. At least one amplitude comparator is coupled to the Emitter/Receiver and to the processor, which is configured to derive a corrected distance to each point, the corrected distance having a corrected measurement error smaller than the initial measurement error.
US08842249B2	Display substrate, a method of manufacturing the same and a display apparatus having the same A display substrate includes a transparent substrate, a gate line formed on the transparent substrate, a data line crossing the gate line, a thin film transistor electrically connected to the gate line and the data line, and a pixel electrode. The pixel electrode includes a body electrode section electrically connected to the thin film transistor and a plurality of protruding electrodes protruding from the body electrode section. Each of the protruding electrodes includes a trapezoidal electrode having two sides that are inclined with respect to a protrusion direction that is a lengthwise direction of the body electrode section.
US08842242B2	Liquid crystal display, estimating method of ambient light and driving method of liquid crystal display Provided are a liquid crystal display, a method of estimating ambient light, and a driving method of the liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display includes a first electrode and a second electrode generating an electric field, liquid crystal molecules the orientation state of which is changed by the generated electric field, and a photodetector sensing the light passing through the liquid crystal molecules.
US08842241B2	Method for producing light reflective film, and light reflective film A light reflective film is produced by (a) forming an antistatic layer having a surface energy of at least 30 mN/m on a resin film, (b) applying a curable liquid crystal composition onto the surface of the opposite side, (c) drying the applied curable liquid crystal composition to be in a state of a cholesteric liquid crystal phase, (d) promoting the curing reaction to form a light reflective layer, and (e) repeating at least once the process of from (b) to (d).
US08842240B2	Liquid crystal display apparatus for both reflective display scheme and transmissive display scheme A liquid crystal display apparatus includes a first polarizing plate, a liquid crystal display cell, a second polarizing plate, a switching cell, a first reflective polarizing plate, and a surface light source, which are arranged in this order. The apparatus further includes a control driving unit to switch the switching cell between a first and second state. In the first state, plane of polarization of polarized light emitted by the surface light source and transmitted through the first reflective polarizing plate and the switching cell is coincident with a transmissive axis of the second polarizing plate. In the second state, a plane of polarization of the polarized light input to the liquid crystal display cell from the side of the first polarizing plate and transmitted through the second polarizing plate and the switching cell is coincident with a reflective axis of the first reflective polarizing plate.
US08842239B2	Light-guide apparatus with micro-structure, and backlight module and LCD device having the same A light-guide apparatus for accompanying an edge light source to form a backlight module for an LCD display includes an upper light-distributing layer, a middle light-guiding layer and a lower reflective layer. The light-guiding layer further defines a light-introducing surface for allowing lights emitted from the edge light source to enter the light-guiding layer. The reflective layer reflects the lights back to the light-guiding layer. A light-exiting surface for allowing at least a portion of the lights to leave the light-guiding layer is defined on the top surface of the light-distributing layer and is perpendicular to the light-introducing surface. The light-distributing layer, the light-guiding layer and the reflective layer are manufactured integrally into a unique piece by a co-extrusion process so as to avoid possible existence of air spacing in between. Three-dimensional micro-structures are constructed on a reflective surface interfacing the reflective layer and the light-guiding layer.
US08842229B2	Thin film transistor substrate, method for producing same, and display device Disclosed is an active matrix substrate (20a) that includes: an insulating substrate (10a); a first thin film transistor (5a) that is formed on the insulating substrate (10a) and that includes a first oxide semiconductor layer (13a) having a first channel region (Ca); a second thin film transistor (5b) that is formed on the insulating substrate (10a) and that includes a second oxide semiconductor layer (13b) having a second channel region (Cb); and an interlayer insulating film (17) that covers the first oxide semiconductor layer (13a) and the second oxide semiconductor layer (13b). A channel protective film (25), which is formed of a material different from that of the interlayer insulating film (17), is provided between the second oxide semiconductor layer (13b) and the interlayer insulating film (17) on the second channel region (Cb) in the second oxide semiconductor layer (13b).
US08842228B2	LCDs with integrated touch panels An LCD with an integrated touch panel that prevents sensor malfunction by eliminating coupling noises includes an insulating substrate, a plurality of gate lines formed on the insulating substrate so as to extend in a first direction, a plurality of data lines formed in a second direction so as to intersect the plurality of gate lines, a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs), each formed at an area defined by the gate lines and the data lines, a plurality of sensor lines formed in the same directions as the gate lines and the data lines, and a plurality of dummy lines formed in the same directions as the sensor lines.
US08842212B2	Optical device and focus state detection method An optical device comprises an image sensor having plural pixels and a detection unit configured to detect a focus state. The pixels include first focus state detection pixel pairs that respectively receive a pair of light fluxes having transmitted different pupil areas of the photographing lens, and second focus state detection pixel pairs that respectively receive a pair of light fluxes having transmitted pupil areas shifted by a predetermined amount from the pupil areas where the pair of light fluxes received by the first focus state detection pixel pairs have transmitted. The detection unit detects the focus state based on signal pairs obtained by adding the signals output from the first and second focus state detection pixel pairs, respectively, if a subject to be photographed is darker than a predetermined brightness, otherwise the detection unit detects the focus state based on signal pairs output from the first and second focus state detection pixel pairs, respectively.
US08842210B2	Zoom lens and image capturing apparatus There is provided a zoom lens including in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens group having negative refractive power, a second lens group having positive refractive power, a third lens group having negative refractive power, and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power. In zooming from a wide-angle end to a telescopic end, the first lens group moves to the object side in a manner that a distance toward the second lens group narrows, and a distance between the third lens group and the fourth lens group widens. The third lens group includes a single lens or a single cemented lens.
US08842208B2	Optical fiber scanning probe Optical probes are provided for miniature applications, e.g. medical inspections and procedures or in industrial inspections. The probe comprises an optical guide, a first lens system mounted on a distal end portion of the optical guide for focusing light from the optical guide, an actuator for displacing the distal end portion and the first lens system to enable optical scanning, and a second lens system fixed inside the probe to receive radiation from the first lens system. The second lens system is selected to enable a deflection of radiation from the first lens system in a direction corresponding to a direction of displacement of the first lens system by the actuator. The second lens system can be a cheap negative lens, and the invention is thereby particularly useful for increasing the field of view (FOV) of cheap, disposable optical probes.
US08842205B2	Solid-state imaging device and camera system A first substrate has a plurality of photoelectric conversion units. A second substrate has through vias connected to the first substrate, and a plurality of photoelectric conversion units. A third substrate has vias connected to the second substrate, and a circuit that processes a signal. Wiring lines of the first substrate select the angle of a light ray that is transmitted through the first substrate and enters the second substrate.
US08842202B2	Mobile terminal, method for adjusting magnification of camera and program To provide a mobile terminal, a method for adjusting the magnification of a camera and a program that enable a photographer, who shoots an image using a display screen, to easily see an image displayed on the display screen. A mobile terminal including a camera and a display screen comprises: a display control section that displays an image of an object picked up by the camera on the display screen; a detecting section that detects a photographer's eye position with respect to the display screen and measures a distance from the eye position to the display screen; a measuring section that measures a distance from the camera to the object; and an adjusting section that adjusts a magnification of the camera on the basis of the distance measured by the detecting section and the distance measured by the measuring section.
US08842199B2	System and method for automatic format selection for digital photographs A system and method for automatically determine whether an image captured by a digital camera should be stored in a raw format or a compressed format. After an image is captured by the digital camera, the digital camera checks certain sets of characteristics of the captured image to check the image quality. If the image quality falls within an acceptable range, then the digital camera saves the image in a compressed format. If the captured image does not fall within predetermined quality levels, then the captured image is save in raw format for later processing.
US08842194B2	Imaging element and imaging apparatus An imaging element includes a red color filter, a blue color filter, and two kinds of first and second green color filters. The first green color filter has a peak spectral sensitivity in a longer wavelength region than a wavelength of a peak spectral sensitivity of the second green color filter.
US08842193B2	Imaging apparatus There is provided an imaging apparatus including a generating unit for generating a first and a second moving image signals, each at 30 frames per second, from 60-frames-per-second moving image signals output from an image capture unit, a plurality of output units for outputting moving image signals in accordance with a Serial Digital Interface format, and a control unit for controlling an output operation by a first output unit and a second output unit such that the second moving image signal is output by the second output unit in parallel with an output of the first moving image signal by the first output unit, wherein the control unit controls output timings of the first and the second moving image signals such that a frame included in the first moving image signal and the second moving image signal is output at an identical timing.
US08842192B2	Image processing apparatus, image processing method, and imaging apparatus for performing image processing and coding of a preprocess image An image processing apparatus that performs image processing and coding of a preprocess image, which is part of an input image, to obtain information for coding the input image. The image processing includes processing the input image such that a size of an unprocessed image necessary for obtaining a processed image is varied depending on a position of the unprocessed image in the input image. Before processing the input image, image processing is performed on a preprocess image which is part of the input image to acquire necessary information for coding the input image. The preprocess image is determined in such a manner as to reduce the size of the unprocessed image necessary for obtaining the processed preprocess image.
US08842181B2	Camera calibration apparatus According to one embodiment, a camera calibration apparatus includes: a plurality of on-vehicle cameras; a feature point detection section that identifies an image of lines representing a parking frame from each of images by the plurality of cameras and detects two feature points; a viewpoint conversion section that generate an overhead view having a viewpoint from just above the vehicle based on the feature points and two directions crossing each other at each of the feature points; and an adjustment section that determines the boundary position between the vehicle and line image from the overhead view to determine the display frame of a vehicle image and changes the overhead view such that the size ratio and position of the display frame become previously specified values.
US08842180B1	Doorbell communication systems and methods A method for using a doorbell system can include connecting a doorbell electrically to an electrical power supply of a building. In some embodiments, the method can include connecting the doorbell electrically to a sound output device located inside of the building and connecting the doorbell communicatively to a remote computing device. As well, in some embodiments, the method can include receiving a first alternating current into the doorbell from the power supply of the building and converting at least a first portion of the first alternating current into a first direct current. As well, some embodiments can include using the first direct current to provide a first electrical energy to the camera and draining the first direct current to the sound output device located inside of the building.
US08842172B2	Operation method of shutter glasses based 3D display device The present invention relates to an operation method of shutter glasses based 3D display device, which alternatively supplies left-eye and right-eye frame signals to a liquid crystal panel to drive the liquid crystal panel to respectively form left-eye and right-eye images, which cooperate with illumination of a scanning back light unit and timing control of the shutter glasses to simulate left and right eyes respectively with left-eye and right-eye signals for perception of a 3D image, wherein in a period of a current frame signal, duty time of each of blocks of the back light unit is located between the time when liquid crystal corresponding to the block completely responds after being driven by the current frame signal and the time when the liquid crystal corresponding to the block starts to respond as being driven by a subsequent frame signal. The operation method of shutter glasses based 3D display device according to the present invention alleviates after image caused by crosstalk between left and right eyes, compensates the reduction of luminance caused by shortening the duty time of each block of the back light unit, and thus achieves the purpose of saving energy.
US08842166B2	Storage medium having stored therein stereoscopic image display program, stereoscopic image display device, stereoscopic image display system, and stereoscopic image display method A game device 10 calculates, for each of two real cameras, position/orientation information representing a relative position and orientation with respect to a predetermined image-capture object, and based on this calculates a camera interval in the predetermined coordinate system. Then, it calculates correspondence information between a unit length in the predetermined coordinate system and a unit length in a real space by using the calculated distance in the predetermined coordinate system and the camera interval in the real world.
US08842158B2	System and method for teleconferencing A system and method of managing video conferencing over a network, among a plurality of clients using a server as an intermediary is disclosed. At the server a real-time video stream is received from each client. This real-time video stream may be a high frequency stream representative of video from a camera associated with the end user. The server serves to any given client, a real-time video stream selected by the given client from among the video streams received at the server.
US08842155B2	Portable video communication system A method and device for adapting a display image on a hand-held portable wireless display and digital capture device. The device includes a camera for capturing a digital video and/or still image of a user, means for adjusting the captured digital image in response to poor image capture angle of said image capture device so as to create a modified captured digital image; and means for transmitting said modified captured digital image over a wireless communication network to a second hand-held portable wireless display and digital capture device.
US08842146B2	Light emitting diode array structure, and printing head and printing device thereof A light emitting diode (LED) array structure includes a substrate and a plurality of light emitting thyristors. The light emitting thyristors are arranged linearly on the substrate. Each light emitting thyristor includes a strip portion and a plate portion connected to each other, and the plate portions of the adjacent light emitting thyristors are staggered with each other, so as to maintain an arrangement density of the light emitting thyristors, and increase a distribution area of the light emitting thyristors. A printing head and a printing device with the foregoing LED array structure are also provided herein, so as to improve photoconductivity and printing speed of the printing device through the light emitting thyristors, which provide a raised light emission amount by increasing the distribution area.
US08842138B2	Liquid crystal display and method of driving the same Disclosed are a liquid crystal display and a method of the liquid crystal display. The liquid crystal display includes a liquid crystal panel, a backlight unit that supplies light to the liquid crystal panel and has a plurality of light sources, and an image calibration unit that calculates a global dimming resultant value and a local dimming resultant value for an image data signal inputted to the liquid crystal panel, analyzes an average picture level for each block with respect to the image data signal, and determines a convex combination parameter based on the global dimming resultant value, the local dimming resultant value, and the average picture level to generate a calibration dimming value for the backlight unit and an image calibration value for the image data signal.
US08842137B2	Frame rate conversion apparatus, frame rate conversion method, and computer-readable storage medium A frame rate conversion apparatus for performing frame rate conversion upon distributing an input frame into a plurality of sub-frames detects the degree of motion of an image in the input frame, determines the amount of distribution of the plurality of sub-frames in accordance with the detected degree of motion, and distributes and outputs the plurality of sub-frames in accordance with the determined amount of distribution.
US08842134B2	Method, system, and computer-readable recording medium for providing information on an object using viewing frustums The present invention relates to a method for providing information on an object by using viewing frustums. The method includes the steps of: (a) specifying at least two viewing frustums whose vertexes are visual points of respective user terminals; and (b) calculating a degree of interest in the object by referring to the object commonly included in both a first viewing frustum whose vertex is a visual point of a first user terminal and a second one whose vertex is a visual point of a second user terminal.
US08842131B2	System and method for framework clipping A method and system for framework clipping are disclosed. A user interface tree of widgets corresponding to widgets requiring clipping is traversed. For each encountered widget, layer allocation operations are performed which include selecting a current, previous, or next layer to which to allocate the widget and determining whether the selected layer can accommodate the widget, where a determination that the selected layer cannot accommodate the widget results in a bit from a stencil buffer being allocated to the selected layer. A value of the selected layer is incremented to account for the widget being allocated to the selected layer A stencil test mask is generated as a combination of value of the layers previous to a current layer. The stencil test mask is written to the stencil buffer, and the layer allocation operations are repeated for each remaining widget.
US08842117B1	Computer hardware architecture and data structures for lookahead flags to support incoherent ray traversal A new hardware architecture defines an indexing and encoding method for accelerating incoherent ray traversal. Accelerating multiple ray traversal may be accomplished by organizing the rays for minimal movement of data, hiding latency due to external memory access, and performing adaptive binning. Rays may be binned into coarse grain and fine grain spatial bins, independent of direction.
US08842112B2	Image display device and driving method of the same An image display device equalizes an amount of shift in Vth of a driving element for each pixel. Provided are a light-emitting element (D1) that emits light corresponding to current flowing therethrough; a driving element (Q1) that is connected to the light-emitting element (D1) and controls light emission of the light-emitting element (D1); and a controller (U1) that detects a threshold voltage of the driving element (D1) and controls an applied voltage to the driving element (D1) based on the detected threshold voltage. The controller (U1) applies voltages for a reverse or forward bias to the driving element (D1) based on a comparison result between the threshold voltage and a predetermined threshold when the light-emitting element (D1) does not emit light.
US08842110B2	Organic light emitting diode display and driving method thereof An organic light emitting display device according to the present invention comprises a display unit; a power supply unit; a driving unit including an output buffer generating the reference voltage and applying the reference voltage to the pixels, and generating a current path control signal in a different logic level along with controlling whether to operate the power IC according to an operating mode; and a leakage current cut-off unit switching a current path between the output terminal of the power supply unit and the input terminal of the OLED driving voltage according to the current path control signal.
US08842098B2	Capacitive stylus pen having transferring member partially within body portion A capacitive stylus pen for a portable terminal includes a body portion formed of a synthetic resin material extending in a longitudinal direction; a sensing member provided in an inner side of the body portion to sense a current of a human's body; a transferring member formed of a conductive material and provided in an end of the body portion to be connected to the sensing member, and a manipulating member provided in an end of the transferring member, wherein the manipulating member is manufactured of conductive rubber and contacts a touch screen according to user's manipulation, and a Near Field Communication (NFC) is embedded in the body portion to perform wireless communication with the portable terminal, thereby configuring a wireless headset with the capacitive stylus pen.
US08842094B2	Capacitive touch device capable of distinguishing between conductor and nonconductor A capacitive touch device capable of distinguishing conductor and nonconductor includes a flexible sensor layer receiving a first driving signal, an elastic insulation layer below the flexible sensor layer, and an electrically conductive layer below the elastic insulation layer and receiving a second driving signal synchronous but out of phase to the first driving signal. The flexible sensor layer generates a capacitance variation responsive to an object touching thereon, for identifying the object as a conductor or a nonconductor.
US08842091B2	Two-dimensional touch panel A capacitive touch panel is provided capable of detecting multiple simultaneous touches. The touch panel delivers sets of capacitance signal values to a processor which computes the coordinates of single or multiple touch locations on the touch panel. The processing of each set is performed by (i) identifying the sensing element having the largest capacitance signal value; (ii) defining a region around that sensing element; and (iii) repeating the process iteratively, wherein each subsequent identifying step excludes signals that lie in previously defined regions. A multi-touch sensor is thus provided in which the signal processing is based on successive definition of regions or sub-blocks in the touch: panel. The touch location in each region can be determined more accurately by then applying interpolation between the adjacent signal values. This allows for position resolution at a finer scale than that defined by the touch panel's electrode patterning.
US08842090B1	Foldable display device providing adaptive touch sensitive area and method for controlling the same A foldable display device and method for controlling the foldable display device are discussed. The method includes detecting a state of a foldable display unit, being in a folded state when the device is folded and being in an unfolded state when the device is unfolded, the foldable display unit being divided into first, second and third areas; deactivating touch sensor units of the first and second areas and activating a touch sensor unit of the third area, if the foldable display unit is in the folded state, or deactivating the touch sensor unit of the first area and activating the touch sensor units of the second and third area, if the foldable display unit is in the unfolded state; and changing a width of the second area in proportion to a gripped area by a user.
US08842085B1	Providing supplemental information for a digital work In some implementations, a digital work provider provides a digital work and supplemental information related to the digital work for delivery to an electronic device. For example, the digital work provider may parse a digital work to identify objects in the digital work. The digital work provider may generate supplemental information for the digital work based on the objects. For example, the supplemental information may include an index identifying locations of occurrences of the objects identified in the digital work. The supplemental information may further include prestored content related to one or more of the objects. For instance, the digital work provider may obtain the prestored content from one or more authoritative network resources. The electronic device may display the supplemental information in response to a user selection of an object in the digital work during display of the digital work.
US08842081B2	Integrated display and touch system with displayport/embedded displayport interface An integrated controller for an integrated display and touch panel and its associated method provide (a) a DisplayPort or embedded DisplayPort interface for communicating control and data signals for both display and touch functions between a host system and the integrated controller, wherein the touch control and data signals are communicated over an auxiliary channel of the DisplayPort or embedded DisplayPort interface; (b) a display panel interface for communicating display data and control signals between the integrated controller and a display monitor; (c) a touch panel interface for communicating touch data and control signals between the integrated controller and a touch panel; and (d) a control circuit which processes the display and touch control and data signals of the DisplayPort or embedded DisplayPort interface, the display data and control signals of the display panel interface and the touch data and control signals of the touch panel interface.
US08842075B2	Apparatus and method for displaying symbols on a terminal input area A terminal has an input area that supports touch input, and a controller for responding to the touch input area. The controller also displays selected symbols in the touch input area responsive to an operational mode of the terminal. When the terminal is in a call mode, a command or data associated with one of the symbols displayed for the call mode may be entered by touching the symbol, touching and dragging the symbol from its original location, or touching and dragging the symbol to a central area.
US08842065B2	Liquid crystal display device capable of being divisionally driven using a backlight unit An LCD device of an edge type is disclosed. The LCD device analyzes brightness of an input image in blocks using an algorithm and generates lamp drive signals corresponding to the analyzed block brightnesses. Also, the LCD device applied the lamp drive signals to a plurality of light sources. As such, the LCD device with the edge type backlight unit can be divisionally driven in blocks.
US08842059B2	Display system A display system including at least one pixel is disclosed. The pixel includes a switching unit and a controlling unit. The switching unit controls a level of a first node. The controlling unit controls a level of a second node. During a first period, the level of the first node equals to a first reference level and the level of the second node equals to a second reference level. During a second period, the level of the first node equals to a third reference level and the voltage difference between the first and the second nodes equals to a threshold voltage of a driving unit. During a third period, the level of the first node equals to a data signal. During a fourth period, the driving unit lights a luminescence unit according to the voltage difference between the first and the second nodes.
US08842049B2	Connector assembly to support multiple antennas Example embodiments disclosed herein relate to a connector assembly that includes a plurality of antennas including a first antenna operating at a first frequency and a second antenna operating at a second frequency different from the first antenna. The SMA connector assembly also includes an SMA socket to mount the plurality of antennas on an SMA aperture of the computing device and a controller to select at least one antenna of the plurality of antennas corresponding to at least one operating frequency. Example methods and machine-readable storage media are also disclosed.
US08842047B2	Portable communication device and adjustable antenna thereof A portable communication device and an adjustable antenna thereof are disclosed herein. The portable communication device includes a substrate, the adjustable antenna and a control circuit. The adjustable antenna includes an antenna body, an adjusting element, a feeding terminal and a ground terminal. The antenna body has multiple conductive portions and is disposed above the substrate. The adjusting element is coupled between the conductive portions. The feeding terminal and the ground terminal extend from the antenna body and are coupled to the substrate. The control circuit feeds a first control signal and a second control signal respectively through the feeding terminal and the ground terminal to the adjusting element, so as to adjust an electrical length of the adjustable antenna.
US08842041B1	Method and apparatus for handling 2-D fixes The present invention provides a system for increasing the reliability of location data received from a container monitoring unit. According to a first embodiment, the system includes a GPS mesh network device to communicate with existing GPS devices and a remote monitoring station which receives data from unit devices applying back-end analysis for determining the most accurate and robust geo-location for each unit. The present invention provides a method to coordinate analysis of data to improve determination of the exact location and status of assets. This increased visibility will enable the customer to pinpoint the real time location of a single box more. This level of real time asset management translates into greater operational efficiency and performance, cost reductions, and improved safety and security.
US08842039B2	Guided wave radar level gauge with improved sealing arrangement A radar level gauge for determining a filling level of a product contained in a tank. The gauge has a sealing arrangement comprising a hollow housing, a conductor and a dielectric sleeve arranged inside the housing and surrounding the conductor. At least one gap is formed between the dielectric sleeve and an adjacent, electrically conducting surface, the gap having a first end which is open to an interior of the tank, so that in use, tank atmosphere may enter and condensate in the gap. The sealing arrangement further comprises an electrically conducting coating provided on a surface of the dielectric sleeve facing the gap, and in electrical contact with said adjacent, electrically conducting surface, so that an impedance between the electrically conducting coating and the adjacent electrically conducting surface is sufficiently low at an operating frequency of the gauge to reduce an influence of any medium present in the gap.
US08842037B2	High frequency surfacewave radar A process for reducing erroneous plots when detecting targets using High Frequency surfacewave radar (HFSWR) is provided. Detection of genuine targets is thereby enhanced. A first difference in range of an apparent target is determined, based on range data, associated with the apparent target. A second difference in range of the apparent target is determined, based on Doppler data, associated with the apparent target. The first and second range differences are compared to one another over time to assess a consistency therebetween.
US08842029B2	Area-efficiency delta modulator for quantizing an analog signal The invention comprises sample-and-hold circuit and digital-to-analog converter into a differentially operational unit. In analog-to-digital conversion unit, on the premise of fixed or non-fixed quantization error, analog-to-digital converter dynamically adjusts number of bits solved or size of quantized step according to the magnitude of differential voltage between sampled input signal and previously quantized input signal, thus this invention can reduce the non-necessary power consumption from redundant code and overload of input signal. Differentially operational unit and analog-to-digital unit share the same capacitor array which has binary-weighted arrangement to reduce circuit complexity and area.
US08842022B2	System and method for configuring a traffic control sensor system A traffic control sensor system which provides outputted signals to a receiving traffic control system to assist the traffic control system in making real-time informed green light decisions. Such signals received by the traffic control system include calls for a green light for monitored traffic lanes approaching an intersection. The traffic control sensor system employs various techniques to reduce the number of vehicles that are dropped or occluded. A vehicle is considered to be dropped or occluded whenever the traffic control sensor system first detects the vehicle entering a user defined zone within the approaching lanes to the intersection, and then fails to detect or monitor such vehicle exiting the user defined zones. Occlusion or dropping may occur whenever a sensor is malfunctioning, certain environmental conditions are present, or during any time the sensor's detection signal is interrupted such as from cross traffic entering the monitored intersection.
US08842019B2	System for monitoring the utilization of personal protective equipment by workers in the workplace A system for monitoring the utilization of personal protective equipment by workers in the workplace can include a set of first slave electronic modules, each paired to a corresponding piece of personal protective equipment. A master electronic module paired to a corresponding worker may form a network with the personal protective equipment that the corresponding worker is equipped with. The master electronic module may acquire and store information from the first slave electronic modules. A set of monitoring devices arranged in a corresponding work area in the workplace may acquire information from the master electronic modules present within the work area. A central control and monitoring unit may acquire information from the monitoring devices.
US08842015B2	System for preventing friendly fire accidents In a preferred embodiment, the present invention relates to a hand-held or “gun/firearm mounted” electromagnetic transceiver acting as a pulsed RADAR (i.e., “Radio Detection and Ranging”) or LIDAR (i.e., “Light Detection and Ranging”) device that can detect the presence of one or many passive retro-reflectors attached to or worn by people or objects that are close or distant in a preferred angle of detection. In a preferred embodiment this device could be mounted on a gun and would alert the user if a retro-reflector is detected in the direction of fire. Additional sensors can be used to change the effective field of detection, to save energy or to provide multiple parallel sensors for these and other reasons.
US08842009B2	Multiple light sensor multiple light fixture control Systems and methods are disclosed to control light output at one or more light fixtures based on input from one or more light detectors. Embodiments of the invention may also be used for auto commissioning, personal control and/or day lighting. Some embodiments of the invention can be used to ensure that light output at the light fixtures provides a combined uniform photometric distribution within an architectural space. Moreover, embodiments of the invention can respond to changes to ambient light, which illuminates the architectural space from a window, door, or television, etc., in a smooth and non-oscillating way. Embodiments of the invention can be implemented in lighting systems employing multiple light fixtures having one or more light source and multiple light detectors.
US08841992B2	Terminal device and control method for terminal device A terminal device includes an operation section in which an operation instruction is performed by being touched with a finger or a pen; an operation detection section that detects that the finger or the pen touches the operation section; a vibration motor that rotates a shaft with a weight having a center of gravity at a position that is shifted from a rotation center; a vibration state detection section that detects state of vibration caused by rotation of the shaft of the vibration motor; and a control section that starts the rotation of the vibration motor when the operation detection section detects the touching, and stops the rotation of the vibration motor when a phase detected by the vibration state detection section falls within a predetermined range.
US08841990B2	System for transmitting emergency broadcast messages with selectivity to radio, television, computers and smart phones A system digitally retransmits an emergency alert message to a plurality of recipients. A specialized category of recipients, which function to combat an emergency, receive specialized instructions to coordinate and handle an emergency situation. The digitally retransmitted emergency alert message includes a specialized unique code for each of the specialized category of recipients, along with specialized instructions along with an uncoded generic public or private emergency alert message. Each of the receivers of specialized category of recipients decodes the message pertinent to that recipient upon receipt of a matching specialized code programmed within the receiver. The generic uncoded public emergency message is received by all generic devices without specialized codes. The emergency alert message is devoid of additional information which, when present, could be burdensome. This implementation is optimized to provide very rapid alerts for specific message types e.g. earthquakes.
US08841987B1	Upgrade kit for an ignition key and methods One variation of an upgrade kit—for an ignition key corresponding to a vehicle and including an immobilizer transponder and a keyless entry transmitter—includes: a wireless jammer configured to interfere with wireless transmission from the immobilizer transponder; a wireless receiver configured to receive an unlock request from an external device; a relay configured to actuate the keyless entry transmitter to unlock a door of the vehicle in response to the unlock request; and an enclosure configured to contain the wireless receiver and a portion of the ignition key.
US08841983B2	Inductor structure An inductor structure comprising: a first loop and a second loop; a first feed line connected to a first end of the first loop and a second feed line connected to a first end of the second loop, each of the first and second feed lines extending through an area circumscribed by one of the first and second loops; and a crossover section adjacent to the first end of the first loop and the first end of the second loop, the crossover section coupling the first loop to the second loop so as to cause current flowing from the first feed line to the second feed line to circulate around the first loop in a first rotational direction and around the second loop in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction.
US08841977B2	Phase shifter for producing different phase shifts through different phase velocities in different lines A phase shifter, more particularly relates to a phase shifter for controlling phase velocity by using stubs is disclosed. The phase shifter includes a first line configured to deliver a power into corresponding radiation elements, the first line being a conductor, and a second line configured to deliver the power into corresponding radiation elements, the second line being a conductor. Here, a first phase velocity of a first signal propagated through the first line is different from a second phase velocity of a second signal propagated through the second line.
US08841974B2	Test solution for ring oscillators A method and apparatus is disclosed herein for testing of multiple ring oscillators. In one embodiment, the apparatus comprises at least one ring oscillator structure having a ring oscillator having an inverter chain with an odd number of inverters connected back-to-back and operable to produce an oscillatory output, and a test structure coupled to provide either an observability chain input or a test input to the ring oscillator and to receive the oscillatory output as a feedback from the ring oscillator.
US08841970B2	Low GM transconductor Techniques for designing a transconductor configurable to have a low transconductance. In one aspect, a voltage to current conversion module is coupled to a 1:N current replication module. The voltage to current conversion module may be implemented as an operational amplifier configured with negative feedback to generate a current through a transistor, wherein such current is proportional to the difference between an input voltage and a common-mode reference. The 1:N current replication module is configured to mirror the generated current in another transistor, to a predetermined ratio, such that the output current is also proportional to the difference between the input voltage and the common-mode reference. In exemplary embodiments, the output stage driving the output current may be configured to operate as a Class A, Class B, or Class AB type amplifier.
US08841969B2	Automatic gain control feedback amplifier Disclosed is an automatic gain control feedback amplifier that can arbitrarily control a gain even when a difference in input signal is large. The automatic gain control feedback amplifier includes: an amplification circuit unit configured to amplify voltage input from an input terminal and output the amplified voltage to an output terminal; a feedback circuit unit connected between the input terminal and the output terminal and including a feedback resistor unit of which a total resistance value is determined by one or more control signals and a feedback transistor connected to the feedback resistor unit in parallel; and a bias circuit unit configured to supply predetermined bias voltage to the feedback transistor.
US08841962B1	Leakage compensation for switched capacitor integrators Methods and systems for a differential correlated double sampling (CDS) switched capacitor integrator circuit. The circuit includes a differential amplifier that has a differential input and a differential output. There is a first feedback path between the negative output node and the positive input node, and a second feedback path between the positive output node and the negative input node. Each feedback path includes an integration capacitor and at least one switch that has a parasitic capacitance. A first capacitive element is coupled between the negative input node and the negative output node, and a second capacitive element is coupled between the positive input node and the positive output node. Each capacitive element is configured to cancel the parasitic capacitance of its corresponding feedback path.
US08841960B2	Clock signal generating circuit and power supply including the same The present invention relates to a clock signal generating circuit and a power supply including the same. The present invention includes: a counter for counting one period of an input clock signal by using a reference clock signal, and generating a count signal; and a clock signal generator for receiving the count signal and the reference clock signal, dividing the count signal to generate a quotient and a remainder, setting the quotient as a reference period of an output clock signal, and distributing and disposing the remainder to the output clock signal with a plurality of periods occurring for one period of the input clock signal.
US08841951B2	Apparatus for controlling duty ratio of signal Disclosed is an apparatus for controlling a duty ratio of a signal that includes a clock control unit configured to generate a plurality of control signals based on an input signal, a half-cycle generation unit configured to generate a multiplied signal by use of the input signal and a delay signal that is obtained by delaying the input signal based on a delay control voltage, and divide the multiplied signal to generate a first division signal and a second division signal that are in inverse relation to each other, a comparator unit configured to compare a pulse width of the first division signal with a pulse width of the second division signal based on the control signal provided by the clock control unit, and output a delay control signal corresponding to a result of the comparison, and a control voltage generation unit configured to output a delay control voltage.
US08841949B2	Measurement initialization circuitry Measurement initialization circuitry is described. Propagation of a start signal through a variable delay line may be stopped by either of two stop signals. One stop signal corresponds to a rising edge of a reference clock signal. A second stop signal corresponds to a falling edge of the reference clock signal. The start signal propagation is stopped responsive to the first to arrive of the first and second stop signals. Accordingly, in some examples, start signal propagation through a variable delay line may be stopped responsive to either a rising or falling edge of the reference clock signal.
US08841941B2	Electric circuit A transistor has variation in a threshold voltage or mobility due to accumulation of factors such as variation in a gate insulating film which is caused by a difference of a manufacturing process or a substrate to be used and variation in a crystal state of a channel formation region. The present invention provides an electric circuit which is arranged such that both electrodes of a capacitance device can hold a voltage between the gate and the source of a specific transistor. Further, the present invention provides an electric circuit which has a function capable of setting a potential difference between both electrodes of a capacitance device so as to be a threshold voltage of a specific transistor.
US08841932B2	Prober for testing devices in a repeat structure on a substrate A prober for testing devices in a repeat structure on a substrate is provided with a probe holder plate, probe holders mounted on the plate, and a test probe associated with each holder. Each test probe is displaceable via a manipulator connected to a probe holder, and a substrate carrier fixedly supports the substrate. Testing of devices, which are situated in a repeat structure on a substrate, in sequence without a substrate movement and avoiding individual manipulation of the test probes in relation to the contact islands on the devices, is achieved in that the probe holders are fastened on a shared probe holder plate and the probe holder plate is moved in relation to the test substrate.
US08841929B2	Sensor system for steering wheel for vehicle A sensor system for a steering wheel of a vehicle includes a first sensor disposed within a first portion of the steering wheel to detect contact with a front left surface of the steering wheel. The sensor system includes a second sensor disposed within a second portion of the steering wheel separate from the first portion to detect contact with a front right surface of the steering wheel. The sensor system also includes a third sensor disposed within the steering wheel to detect contact with a rear surface of the steering wheel. The first, second and third sensors are configured to respectively detect touching of the front left surface, the front right, and the rear surface of the steering wheel by a hand or a non-hand part of an operator of the vehicle. The first, second and third sensors can be complex impedance sensors.
US08841928B2	Organic EL panel inspection method, organic EL panel inspection device, and organic EL panel In an organic EL panel inspection method, to determine whether an organic EL panel is good or bad, a plurality of voltages having different values are sequentially applied to the organic EL panel, thereby measuring the respective currents. According to the currents, the following three criteria are checked: criterion (1), whether or not a spike current is present in the measured currents, criterion (2), between when the plurality of voltages are sequentially applied from one direction to the other direction of the voltage and when the plurality of voltages are sequentially applied from the other direction to the one direction, whether or not currents having different current densities occur at the same voltage, and criterion (3), the absolute value of the current density of current flowing when a predetermined voltage in the reverse direction is applied to the organic EL panel.
US08841918B2	Switching apparatus and test apparatus Provided is a switching apparatus comprising a contact point section that includes a first contact point; an actuator that includes a second contact point and moves the second contact point to contact or move away from the first contact point; and a control section that controls a first drive voltage. The actuator includes a first piezoelectric film that expands and contracts according to the first drive voltage and a support layer disposed on the first piezoelectric film. The control section causes the first piezoelectric film to contract by causing a change from a voltage that applies an electric field that is less than a first coercive electric field to a voltage that applies an electric field that exceeds the first coercive electric field, and causes the first piezoelectric film to expand by outputting a voltage that applies an electric field that is less than a second coercive electric field.
US08841915B2	Battery voltage monitoring apparatus The battery voltage monitoring apparatus has a structure in which, for each adjacent two of battery cells, the positive electrode of the battery cell on the higher voltage side and the negative electrode of the battery cell on the lower voltage side are connected to a corresponding one of common terminals provided in an RC filter circuit. The common terminal is branched into first and second branches respectively connected with a first resistor and a second resistor. The first and second resistors are connected to a corresponding one of positive side detection terminals and a corresponding one of negative side detection terminals, respectively. A capacitor is connected across a corresponding one of pairs of the positive side and negative side detection terminals. Switches for making short circuits respectively between the positive side detection terminals and between the negative side detection terminals corresponding to each adjacent two battery cells are provided.
US08841913B2	Determining formation parameters using electromagnetic coupling components A method and a downhole tool determine one or more parameters of a formation traversed by a borehole where at least a portion of the formation has substantially parallel boundaries. A tool is disposed in the borehole that includes a transmitter having a dipole moment at an angle θT with respect to a longitudinal axis of the tool, a receiver having a dipole moment at an angle θR with respect to the longitudinal axis of the tool and a rotational position indicator. The transmitter-receiver pair transmits an electromagnetic signal while rotating the tool, receives the electromagnetic signal to produce a measured signal, and determine(s) the formation parameters for the portion of the formation having substantially parallel boundaries based on the measured signal.
US08841908B2	Apparatus with local coil arrangement and implantable device The present embodiments relate to an apparatus that includes a local coil for a magnetic resonance tomography system and an implantable device.
US08841907B2	Current detecting apparatus The size of a current detecting apparatus is reduced by employing a small magnetic core, and problems caused by excessive heat generation and vibrations of a bass bar are prevented. In a current detecting apparatus, a current detecting bass bar includes a through portion penetrating through a hollow portion of a magnetic core, and plate-shaped terminal portions continuing from both sides of the through portion. The through portion is formed to have a thickness larger than that of the terminal portions.
US08841897B2	Voltage regulator having current and voltage foldback based upon load impedance The regulated output voltage of a voltage regulator is maintained up to a current limit, Ilimit, then as the load impedance continues to decrease the output current does not increase past the current limit, Ilimit, but rather the output voltage decreases forcing the output current to also decrease to satisfy Ohm's Law: IOUT=VOUT/ZLoad. When the output voltage drops below the regulated voltage value because of current limiting the voltage regulator shifts from a current limit mode to a current foldback mode wherein the output current decreases with the decrease in output voltage until the output current reaches a current foldback minimum, Ifoldback, at an output voltage of substantially zero volts. As the load impedance increases so will the output voltage and current until the output voltage is back at substantially the regulation voltage value, and the output current is less than or equal to the current limit, Ilimit.
US08841892B2	Method and integrated circuit that provides tracking between multiple regulated voltages An IC provides tracking between multiple regulated voltages. The IC includes, a voltage reference circuit, a voltage multiplier circuit, and first and second voltage regulator circuits. The voltage reference circuit generates a first reference voltage. The first voltage regulator circuit generates, at a first terminal of a first output transistor, a first regulated voltage that is based on the first reference voltage. The voltage multiplier circuit generates a second reference voltage from an equivalent of the first reference voltage. The second voltage regulator circuit generates, at a first terminal of a second output transistor, a second regulated voltage that is based on the second reference voltage. At least one terminal of the second output transistor is capacitively coupled to the first terminal of the first output transistor.
US08841890B2	Shunt regulator circuit having a split output A shunt regulator for an RFID tag chip is powered from split outputs from the RF rectifier, including a first output for providing a power delivery path to on-chip circuits and a second output for providing a discharge-regulation path. The shunt regulator includes a capacitor coupled between the first output and ground. The shunt regulator further includes an input node for receiving a power supply voltage from the rectifier split outputs, a first diode having an anode coupled to the input node, a second diode having an anode coupled to the input node, a resistor divider circuit and amplifier coupled between a cathode of the first diode and ground, transistor having a control terminal coupled to an output of the resistor divider and amplifier circuit, and a current path coupled between a cathode of the second diode and ground.
US08841888B2	Individual cell voltage detection circuit for charge and discharge control in a battery pack A battery management system for a battery pack comprises a battery module and a controller. The controller comprises a voltage detection and control circuit, wherein the controller comprises a voltage to current converter. A cell voltage is converted to current and produces a voltage detected at an input to one or more logic devices. The level of voltage detected is dependent upon the current output of the voltage to current converter and a threshold current. The output of the one or more logic devices is received by a controller, and the controller is operable to control the charging and discharging of the battery cell based on the logic device output.
US08841880B2	Battery charger with charge abnormality checking function A battery charger has an abnormal condition checking function for checking unintentional or accidental charging of a secondary battery. A charge circuit charges the battery when a switching element interposed between a power source and the battery is turned on. Current which may flow in the charge circuit is detected when the battery is not to be charged by turning the switching element on. When the current is detected in such a condition, an abnormality signal is produced to cause the charge circuit to be disabled.
US08841875B2	Electronic watch Provided is an electronic watch capable of, even if an indicating hand having a large moment of inertia is used, accurately determining success and failure of rotation. The electronic watch detects rotation by using a first detection mode determination circuit (12) and a second detection mode determination circuit (13). In the electronic watch, a timing counter (14) for measuring a time after an output of a normal drive pulse is followed by a detection pulse selection circuit (151) provided as changing means for changing a width or a frequency of a detection pulse in accordance with an output time of the detection pulse. The detection pulse detects the rotation and simultaneously serves as an electromagnetic brake for a rotor (10). The electromagnetic brake for the rotor (10) is controlled by changing the width or the frequency of the detection pulse in a predetermined period, thereby achieving an accurate rotation detection. Alternatively, the setting of the width or the frequency of the detection pulse may be changed in accordance with a determination result in a first detection mode, an output voltage of a power supply, and a driving power of the normal drive pulse, instead of the output timing of the detection pulse.
US08841871B2	Control circuit and method for manipulating a power tool The present application discloses a control circuit for a power tool and a method for manipulating the power tool. The control circuit has a detection circuit for battery packs, a calculating control circuit, a battery capacity indicating circuit for indicating the calculation result of the battery capacity, and a current measure and calculating circuit for measuring the current flowing through motors. The calculation result further includes the voltages consumed by the battery pack internally and the discharge loop. The method for manipulating the power tool includes pressing the switch to electrically connect the motor and the battery pack, measuring the parameters of the battery pack and allowing the motor to operate or not according the measured parameters. Further, after the motor is in operation, the battery capacity is calculated and the results are displayed.
US08841870B2	Driver for switching element and control system for rotary machine using the same In a driver, a changing module changes a rate of discharging the control terminal of a switch at least between a first value and a second value lower than the first value. A measuring module measures a value of a parameter as a function of a current flowing through the conductive path of the switch during a drive signal being in an on state. A control module controls the changing module, as a function of the value of the parameter, to select the first value or the second value as the rate of discharging the control terminal of the switch upon the drive signal directing a change from the on state of the switch to an off state thereof. The control module discharges the control terminal of the switch using the selected value as the rate of discharging the control terminal of the switch.
US08841857B2	Driving circuit A driving circuit includes a plurality of light-emitting units, a plurality of switches, and a bias current module, wherein the light-emitting units are coupled with each other in series and are driven with an input voltage varying according to a frequency. Each switch has a reference voltage and a critical activation voltage and includes a light-emitting end and a bias end opposite to the light-emitting end, wherein the light-emitting end is coupled with the light-emitting units, and the bias ends of the switches are coupled with each other. The bias current module is coupled with the bias ends of the switches and has an operating bias voltage varying according to the frequency, wherein each switch is driven to be activated or to be deactivated according to a relation of the critical activation voltage and a difference between the reference voltage and the operating bias voltage.
US08841856B1	Capacitive ladder feed for AC LED A circuit serving as a light source, the circuit comprising a first group of light-emitting diodes (LEDs), a second group of LEDs connected in anti-parallel with the first group of LEDs, wherein each of the first group of LEDs and the second group of LEDs comprises at least one LED, and a capacitor connected in parallel with the first group of LEDs and the second group of LEDs.
US08841850B2	Dimming angle sensing circuit and driving method thereof The present invention relates to a dimming angle sensing circuit and a driving method thereof.A dimming angle sensing circuit according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention uses a zener diode. The dimming angle sensing circuit generates a comparison voltage according to a comparison result of a line voltage and a zener voltage. The line voltage is generated from rectification of an AC input passed through a dimmer. The dimming angle sensing circuit generates a sense voltage corresponding to a dimming angle of the dimmer by low-pass filtering the comparison voltage.
US08841849B2	Two-wire dimmer switch for low-power loads A two-wire load control device (such as, a dimmer switch) for controlling the amount of power delivered from an AC power source to an electrical load (such as, a high-efficiency lighting load) includes a thyristor coupled between the source and the load, a gate coupling circuit coupled between a first main load terminal and the gate of the thyristor, and a control circuit coupled to a control input of the gate coupling circuit. The control circuit generates a drive voltage for causing the gate coupling circuit to conduct a gate current to thus render the thyristor conductive at a firing time during a half cycle of the AC power source, and to allow the gate coupling circuit to conduct the gate current at any time from the firing time through approximately the remainder of the half cycle, where the gate coupling circuit conducts approximately no net average current to render and maintain the thyristor conductive.
US08841844B2	Intelligent decorative displays with ambient electromagnetic field switching A system and method of controlling self powered decorative devices using EMF emanating from, for example, a light string on a Christmas tree. The decorative devices sense the presence of EFM from the light string and actuate in response thereto and turn off when the field disappears, thereby saving energy. In an alternate embodiment, the EMF source is capable of modulation and the slave decorations are coded and tuned to specific EMF characteristics, such as frequency. The master EMF source transmits the EMF of different characteristic thereby causing the coded slave decorations to operate in a synchronized matter. The system may also be responsive to music or other inputs to create special decorative effects.
US08841826B2	Spark plug A spark plug includes a ceramic insulator, a center electrode, a metallic shell, and a ground electrode. The center electrode has a shoulder portion at a forward end portion, which tapers forward with respect to the axial direction. A noble metal tip is joined to the forward end portion of the center electrode through a fusion zone. A spark discharge gap is formed between the noble metal tip and the ground electrode. The shortest distance between the fusion zone and a forward end surface of the noble metal tip is 0.8-1.2 mm. The outside diameter of the fusion zone as measured at a forward end of the fusion zone is smaller than that as measured at a rear end of the fusion zone. An acute angle θ1 formed by a straight line L1 and a straight line L2 satisfies the relational expression θ1≦72°.
US08841817B2	Surface acoustic wave sensor In a SAW device, a first area placed at a surface of a measurement subject directly under a propagation portion is fixed to the measurement subject, and a second area placed at the surface of the measurement subject directly under both a drive electrode and a reflector is not fixed to the measurement subject. When a strain is generated in the measurement subject, a strain is generated only in the propagation portion, and a phase change is generated in a surface acoustic wave reflected by the reflector. Because the phase change is hardly affected by a temperature change, the strain of the measurement subject can be measured based on the phase change. Because a resonant frequency of the SAW device is changed by the temperature change, but is not affected by the strain of the measurement subject, a temperature can be measured based on a resonant frequency change.
US08841808B2	Heat-dissipation structure for motor A heat-dissipation structure for a motor including a motor shell, a control box, and a coupling shell. One end of the coupling shell is connected to the bottom of the motor shell and the other end thereof is connected to the top of the control box and a plurality of air vents are arranged on a side wall of the coupling shell. The introduction of the coupling shell enlarges the inner space of the control box and achieves rapid heat dissipation and a better heat dissipation effect. The heat-dissipation structure features rapid heat dissipation, excellent heat dissipation effect, a simple structure, an attractive shape, and great universality.
US08841807B2	Rotary electric machine with improved magnetic resistance In a motor, an armature includes an annular yoke having an inner surface, and a plurality of teeth radially projecting individually from the inner surface of the annular yoke, and a rotor is rotatably provided inside the armature with a gap between the outer surface thereof and the inner surface of the armature. The armature and rotor is configured to have a first magnetic resistance facilitating reactive magnetic flux to flow through at least one tooth in a plurality of teeth to an adjacent tooth of the at least one tooth therein as compared with the reactive magnetic flux toward the rotor. The armature and rotor is configured to have a second magnetic resistance facilitating main magnetic flux based on the at least one pair of magnetic poles to flow toward a yoke of the armature as compared with the main magnetic flux toward at least one tooth close to the main magnetic flux.
US08841806B2	Electric motor and motor-driven compressor using the same An electric motor includes a rotary shaft, a rotor fixed on the rotary shaft, and a stator having plural slots in which coils of different phases are wound. Each of the coils has at least one pair of end wires. At least in the coil located closest to the rotor, one of the end wires located farther from the rotor than the other of the end wires is used as a lead wire that is to be electrically connected to a driver circuit for energizing the coils.
US08841803B2	Superconducting rotating machine having cooler for rotator A superconducting rotating machine having a cooler for a rotator is provided. The superconducting rotating machine includes a rotator wound with a superconducting coil, a stator enclosing the rotator and separated therefrom by a predetermined gap, the cooler having a cold head directly attached to the rotator and at least one compressor connected with the cold head, and a flexible coupling disposed between the cold head and the compressor and enabling a cryogenic refrigerant to flow therein. The cold head is directly connected to the rotator, and the cold head and the compressor are driven using the flexible coupling, so that it is possible to prevent vibration of the compressor and enhance cooling efficiency by thermally separating the cryogenic cold head from the compressor.
US08841799B2	Zero power drain pushbutton controls A plurality of normally-open pushbutton switches are coupled to and cooperate with a pair of MOSFETs to provide each pushbutton switch of the plurality of pushbutton switches with a power on switch function for a personal audio device that does not require power to be drawn from a power source to monitor each of the pushbutton switches or to identify which of the pushbutton switches was manually operated to power on the personal audio device while awaiting operation of one of the pushbutton switches to cause the personal audio device to be powered on.
US08841793B2	Hydroelectric device The hydroelectric device contains two base members, a hoist member, a paddle wheel member, and a power generation member. The base members are for the installation of the other members. The host member contains a pair of arm elements rotatably connected to the base members. The paddle wheel member contains an axle whose two ends are pin-joined to the arm elements, respectively. Therefore, the axle is rotatably configured across the arm elements, and across the base members. An end of the axle is configured with a first transmission element. The power generation member has a second transmission element at its input end engaged by the first transmission element. When the axle is turned and the first transmission element spins synchronously, the second transmission element of the power generation member is engaged to spin synchronously and the power generation member is driven to produce electricity.
US08841787B1	Generator set adaptive droop control method A method of controlling a plurality of gensets during a failsafe condition is provided. The method may include operating one or more of the gensets according to a modified isochronous control scheme, and operating a remainder of the gensets according an adaptive droop control scheme. The modified isochronous control scheme may include varying the frequency of each isochronous genset with respect to load for lower-range loads and upper-range loads, and maintaining the frequency of each isochronous genset at nominal frequencies for mid-range loads. The adaptive droop control scheme may include adjusting the frequency of each droop genset to match the frequency of the isochronous gensets, and varying the load of each droop genset with respect to frequency for lower-range loads and upper-range loads.
US08841779B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming high routing density BOL BONL and BONP interconnect sites on substrate A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die with a plurality of bumps formed over contact pads on a surface of the semiconductor die. The bumps can have a fusible portion and non-fusible portion. A plurality of conductive traces is formed over a substrate with interconnect sites having a width greater than 20% and less than 80% of a width of a contact interface between the bumps and contact pads. The bumps are bonded to the interconnect sites so that the bumps cover a top surface and side surface of the interconnect sites. An encapsulant is deposited around the bumps between the semiconductor die and substrate. The conductive traces have a pitch as determined by minimum spacing between adjacent conductive traces that can be placed on the substrate and the width of the interconnect site provides a routing density equal to the pitch of the conductive traces.
US08841777B2	Bonded structure employing metal semiconductor alloy bonding Vertical stacks of a metal portion and a semiconductor portion formed on a first substrate are brought into physical contact with vertical stacks of a metal portion and a semiconductor portion formed on a second substrate. Alternately, vertical stacks of a metal portion and a semiconductor portion formed on a first substrate are brought into physical contact with metal portions formed on a second substrate. The assembly of the first and second substrates is subjected to an anneal at a temperature that induces formation of a metal semiconductor alloy derived from the semiconductor portions and the metal portions. The first substrate and the second substrate are bonded through metal semiconductor alloy portions that adhere to the first and second substrates.
US08841770B2	Semiconductor interconnect structure having enhanced performance and reliability An interconnect structure and method for fabricating the interconnect structure having enhanced performance and reliability, by minimizing oxygen intrusion into a seed layer and an electroplated copper layer of the interconnect structure, are disclosed. At least one opening in a dielectric layer is formed. A sacrificial oxidation layer disposed on the dielectric layer is formed. The sacrificial oxidation layer minimizes oxygen intrusion into the seed layer and the electroplated copper layer of the interconnect structure. A barrier metal layer disposed on the sacrificial oxidation layer is formed. A seed layer disposed on the barrier metal layer is formed. An electroplated copper layer disposed on the seed layer is formed. A planarized surface is formed, wherein a portion of the sacrificial oxidation layer, the barrier metal layer, the seed layer, and the electroplated copper layer are removed. In addition, a capping layer disposed on the planarized surface is formed.
US08841764B2	Superconducting quantum circuit having a resonant cavity thermalized with metal components A quantum electronic circuit device includes a housing having an internal resonant cavity, a qubit disposed within a volume of the internal resonant cavity and a non-superconducting metallic material mechanically and thermally coupled to the qubit within the internal resonant cavity and contiguously extending to the exterior of the housing.
US08841763B2	Three-dimensional system-in-a-package A microelectronic assembly can include first, second and third stacked substantially planar elements, e.g., of dielectric or semiconductor material, and which may have a CTE of less than 10 ppm/° C. The assembly may be a microelectronic package and may incorporate active semiconductor devices in one, two or more of the first, second or third elements to function cooperatively as a system-in-a-package. In one example, an electrically conductive element having at least a portion having a thickness less than 10 microns, may be formed by plating, and may electrically connect two or more of the first, second or third elements. The conductive element may entirely underlie a surface of another one of the substantially planar elements.
US08841760B2	Stacked semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A stacked semiconductor device includes a unit component including a wiring portion formed by electrically connecting a die pad of and a lead of a lead frame, and a semiconductor package whose connection terminal is connected to the lead, wherein the unit component is stacked, and the leads located to upper and lower sides are connected mutually via an electrode.
US08841746B2	On-die programming of integrated circuit bond pads SoC and SiP designs are configured with an antifuse link within the die to allow on-die programming of bond wires connecting package lead fingers to the bond pads on the die. This permits alteration of the bond pad connections for the die, particularly for the ground voltage ground signal (VSS) connections on the bond pad, at the testing stage after the die package and the power supply have been installed on the PCB. On-die programming of antifuse link allows the VSS bond pad connections to be reconfigured, typically to eliminate long bond wire runs to reduce ground bounce and simultaneous switching output (SSO) noise, after assembly and field testing of the integrated circuit. Antifuse programming is completed by applying the programming voltage to the programming pad of the antifuse.
US08841740B2	Single-photon avalanche diode assembly A single-photon avalanche diode assembly, the diode including a central terminal and a peripheral terminal, the peripheral terminal being connected to an input of a comparator and to a first power supply terminal by a first resistor, the central terminal being connected by a conductive track to a second power supply terminal, a second resistor being arranged in series on said conductive track.
US08841735B2	Capacitive pressure sensing semiconductor device A capacitive pressure sensing semiconductor device is provided, which has pressure resistance against pressure applied by a pressing member and can detect the pressure surely and efficiently. The pressure sensing semiconductor device includes a pressure detecting part, which detects pressure as a change in capacitance, and a package that receives the pressure detecting part within. The pressure detecting part includes a first electrode and a second electrode disposed to oppose the first electrode, with a determined distance therebetween. Capacitance is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and changes according to a change in said distance caused by pressure transmitted to the first electrode by a pressing member. The package also includes a pressure transmitting member that transmits, to the first electrode of the pressure detecting part, the pressure applied by the pressing member.
US08841730B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device and a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device are provided. A semiconductor device comprises a first single-crystal semiconductor layer including a first channel formation region and a first impurity region over a substrate having an insulating surface, a first gate insulating layer over the first single-crystal semiconductor layer, a gate electrode over the first gate insulating layer, a first interlayer insulating layer over the first gate insulating layer, a second gate insulating layer over the gate electrode and the first interlayer insulating layer, and a second single-crystal semiconductor layer including a second channel formation region and a second impurity region over the second gate insulating layer. The first channel formation region, the gate electrode, and the second channel formation region are overlapped with each other.
US08841727B1	Circuit with electrostatic discharge protection A circuit with electrostatic discharge protection is described. In one case, the circuit includes trigger device configured to protect a component connected to a node of the circuit during an electrostatic discharge event, the trigger device includes an isolation structure interposed between a gate oxide layer and an extended drain region. A portion of the extended drain region proximate the isolation structure is substantially metal-free.
US08841724B2	Semiconductor device and its manufacturing method In an LDMOS transistor, a channel length is reduced to increase a saturation current without causing an off-state breakdown voltage optimized in terms of trade-off between an on-resistance and the off-state breakdown voltage. A short channel region is selectively formed between an element isolation film and a low-concentration body region in which a channel is formed such that the short channel region is located immediately below a gate oxide film. The short channel region has a conduction type opposite to that of the low-concentration body region and has a carrier concentration higher than that of the low-concentration body region. The body region is retreated by the presence of the short channel region toward a high-concentration source region.
US08841718B2	Pseudo self aligned radhard MOSFET and process of manufacture A Vertical Power MOSFET (VDMOS) device with special features that enable the Power MOSFET or IGBT device to withstand harsh radiation environments and the process of making such a device is described. All implanted and diffused layers are “self aligned” to a “Sacrificial Poly” layer, which later on is removed, preparing the wafers for a “late gate” oxide to be grown. A starting material with graded doping profile in the epitaxial layer on the substrate is shown to increase the SEB capability of the Power MOSFET.
US08841715B2	Floating body cell structures, devices including same, and methods for forming same Floating body cell structures including an array of floating body cells disposed on a back gate and source regions and drain regions of the floating body cells spaced apart from the back gate. The floating body cells may each include a volume of semiconductive material having a channel region extending between pillars, which may be separated by a void, such as a U-shaped trench. The floating body cells of the array may be electrically coupled to another gate, which may be disposed on sidewalls of the volume of semiconductive material or within the void therein. Methods of forming the floating body cell devices are also disclosed.
US08841702B2	Enhancement mode III-N HEMTs A III-N semiconductor device that includes a substrate and a nitride channel layer including a region partly beneath a gate region, and two channel access regions on opposite sides of the part beneath the gate. The channel access regions may be in a different layer from the region beneath the gate. The device includes an AlXN layer adjacent the channel layer wherein X is gallium, indium or their combination, and a preferably n-doped GaN layer adjacent the AlXN layer in the areas adjacent to the channel access regions. The concentration of Al in the AlXN layer, the AlXN layer thickness and the n-doping concentration in the n-doped GaN layer are selected to induce a 2DEG charge in channel access regions without inducing any substantial 2DEG charge beneath the gate, so that the channel is not conductive in the absence of a switching voltage applied to the gate.
US08841701B2	FinFET device having a channel defined in a diamond-like shape semiconductor structure The present disclosure provides a FinFET device. The FinFET device comprises a semiconductor substrate of a first semiconductor material; a fin structure of the first semiconductor material overlying the semiconductor substrate, wherein the fin structure has a top surface of a first crystal plane orientation; a diamond-like shape structure of a second semiconductor material disposed over the top surface of the fin structure, wherein the diamond-like shape structure has at least one surface of a second crystal plane orientation; a gate structure disposed over the diamond-like shape structure, wherein the gate structure separates a source region and a drain region; and a channel region defined in the diamond-like shape structure between the source and drain regions.
US08841695B2	Light-emitting device, lighting device, and manufacturing method of light-emitting device It is an object to provide a light-emitting device which has high power efficiency and high light-extraction efficiency and emits light uniformly in a plane. It is another object to provide a manufacturing method of the light-emitting device. It is another object to provide a lighting device including the light-emitting device. One embodiment of the present invention provides a light-emitting device which includes: a first electrode provided over a substrate; a layer containing a light-emitting organic compound provided over the first electrode; an island-shaped insulating layer provided over the layer containing the light-emitting organic compound; an island-shaped auxiliary electrode layer provided over the island-shaped insulating layer; and a second electrode having a property of transmitting visible light provided over the layer containing the light-emitting organic compound and the island-shaped auxiliary electrode layer.
US08841694B2	LED module with separate heat-dissipation and electrical conduction paths, and related heat dissipation board A LED module with separate heat-dissipation and electrical conduction paths is disclosed, having a metal substrate; a plastic layer, including one or more hollow regions, and attached to the metal substrate; one or more conducting elements attached to the plastic layer; one or more LED chips positioned in the one or more hollow regions of the plastic layer and directly attached to the metal substrate; and a plurality of conducting wires for electrically connecting the one or more conducting elements and the one or more LED chips; wherein inner sides of the one or more hollow regions include one or more inclined surfaces each having an included angle with an upper surface of the metal substrate, and the included angle is between 90˜180 degrees.
US08841690B1	Optical semiconductor lighting apparatus An optical semiconductor lighting apparatus includes a light emitting module including a semiconductor optical device, a housing to house the light emitting module, a first sealing body connected to a groove recessed in a polygonal or closed-curve shape of the housing, a first optical cover covering an outer edge of the groove and a top surface of the housing, a first rib formed on a top surface of the first sealing body along a forming direction of the first sealing body, and a pair of second ribs formed in parallel along both edges of a bottom surface of the first sealing body.
US08841688B2	Light emitting diode A light emitting diode includes a first semiconductor layer, an active layer, a second semiconductor layer, a first optical symmetric layer, a metallic layer, and a second optical symmetric layer stacked in that sequence. A first electrode is electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer, and a second electrode is electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer. A first effective refractive index n1 of the second optical symmetric layer and a second effective refractive index n2 of an integrated structure satisfy \|n1−n2\|≦0.5, wherein the integrated structure includes the substrate, the first semiconductor layer, the active layer, the second semiconductor layer, and the first optical symmetric layer.
US08841685B2	Optoelectronic semiconductor chip A description is given of an optoelectronic semiconductor chip (1) comprising a semiconductor layer sequence (2), which has an active zone (4) for generating electromagnetic radiation, and comprising a structured current spreading layer (6), which contains a transparent conductive oxide and is arranged on a main area (12) of the semiconductor layer sequence (2), wherein the current spreading layer (6) covers at least 30% and at most 60% of the main area (12).
US08841683B2	Semiconductor rectifier device A semiconductor rectifier device includes a semiconductor substrate of a first conductive type of a wide gap semiconductor; a semiconductor layer of the first conductive type of the wide gap semiconductor formed on an upper surface of the semiconductor substrate, wherein an impurity concentration of the semiconductor layer is between 1E+14 atoms/cm3 and 5E+16 atoms/cm3 inclusive, and a thickness thereof is 8 μm or more; a first semiconductor region of the first conductive type of the wide gap semiconductor formed at the semiconductor layer surface; a plurality of second semiconductor regions of a second conductive type of the wide gap semiconductor formed as sandwiched by the first semiconductor regions, wherein a width of each of the second semiconductor regions is 15 μm or more; a first electrode formed on the first and second semiconductor regions; and a second electrode formed on a lower surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US08841681B2	Wide-gap semiconductor substrate and method to fabricate wide-gap semiconductor device using the same A wide-gap semiconductor substrate includes a narrow-gap semiconductor layer, a wide-gap semiconductor layer and an alignment mark. The narrow-gap semiconductor layer has a main surface. The wide-gap semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown on the narrow-gap semiconductor layer. The alignment mark is preliminarily carved in a prescribed position on the main surface so that the alignment mark is preliminarily buried in the wide-gap semiconductor substrate.
US08841679B2	Thin film transistor array panel Provided is a thin film transistor array panel. The thin film transistor array panel includes: an insulation substrate including a display area with a plurality of pixels and a peripheral area around the display area; a gate line and a data line positioned in the display area of the insulation substrate; a first driving signal transfer line and a second driving signal transfer line positioned in the peripheral area of the insulation substrate; a first insulating layer positioned on the gate line and the data line; and a first photosensitive film positioned on the first driving signal transfer line and the second driving signal transfer line, in which the first photosensitive film is disposed only in the peripheral area.
US08841665B2	Method for manufacturing oxide thin film transistor Disclosed is a method for manufacturing an oxide thin film transistor, including: forming a gate electrode on a substrate on which a buffer layer is formed; forming a gate insulation layer on an entire surface of the substrate on which the gate electrode is formed; forming an oxide semiconductor layer on the gate insulation layer; forming a first etch stop layer on the oxide semiconductor layer; forming a second etch stop layer on the first etch stop layer by an atomic layer deposition method; patterning the first etch stop layer and the second etch stop layer, or forming a contact hole, through which a part of the oxide semiconductor layer is exposed, in the first etch stop layer and the second etch stop layer; forming a source electrode and a drain electrode on the first etch stop layer and the second etch stop layer; and forming a passivation layer on the entire surface of the substrate on which the source electrode and the drain electrode are formed.
US08841658B2	Light-emitting element A light-emitting element is provided. The light-emitting element includes a first half-transmitting/reflecting film and a second half-transmitting/reflecting film sequentially on an organic layer by physical vapor deposition.
US08841649B2	Three dimensional memory array architecture Three dimension memory arrays and methods of forming the same are provided. An example three dimension memory array can include a stack comprising a plurality of first conductive lines separated from one another by at least an insulation material, and at least one conductive extension arranged to extend substantially perpendicular to the plurality of first conductive lines, such that the at least one conductive extension intersects a portion of at least one of the plurality of first conductive lines. Storage element material is formed around the at least one conductive extension. Cell select material is formed around the at least one conductive extension.
US08841648B2	Multi-level memory arrays with memory cells that employ bipolar storage elements and methods of forming the same In some embodiments, a memory array is provided that includes (1) a first memory cell having (a) a first conductive line; (b) a first bipolar storage element formed above the first conductive line; and (c) a second conductive line formed above the first bipolar storage element; and (2) a second memory cell formed above the first memory cell and having (a) a second bipolar storage element formed above the second conductive line; and (b) a third conductive line formed above the second bipolar storage element. The first and second memory cells share the second conductive line; the first bipolar storage element has a first storage element polarity orientation within the first memory cell; the second bipolar storage element has a second storage element polarity orientation within the second memory cell; and the second storage element polarity orientation is opposite the first storage element polarity orientation. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US08841646B2	Semiconductor storage device and method for manufacturing same Disclosed are a semiconductor storage device and a manufacturing method. The storage device has: a substrate; a first word line above the substrate; a first laminated body above the first word line and having N+1 first inter-gate insulating layers and N first semiconductor layers alternately laminated; a first bit line above the laminated body and extending in a direction that intersects the first word line; a first gate insulating layer on side surfaces of the first inter-gate insulating layers and the first semiconductor layers; a first channel layer on the side surface of the first gate insulating layer; and a first variable resistance material layer on the side surface of the first channel layer. The first variable resistance material layer is in a region where the first word line and the first bit line intersect. A polysilicon diode is used as a selection element.
US08841643B2	Semiconductor memory device including buffer electrode A semiconductor device includes a switching device disposed on a substrate. A buffer electrode pattern is disposed on the switching device. The buffer electrode pattern includes a first region having a first vertical thickness, and a second region having a second vertical thickness smaller than the first vertical thickness. A lower electrode pattern is disposed on the first region of the buffer electrode pattern. A trim insulating pattern is disposed on the second region of the buffer electrode pattern. A variable resistive pattern is disposed on the lower electrode pattern.
US08841635B2	Microwave induced visible luminescence An indicator device for detecting high-power microwave radiation is provided, including an electrically-insulating substrate; an electrically-conductive portion disposed on the substrate; and an electroluminescence material disposed on the portion. The electroluminescence material can be zinc-cadmium-sulfide ((ZnCd)S) crystal doped with manganese (Mn) and aluminum (Al) as (ZnCd)S:Mn2+,Al3+, zinc sulfide (ZnS) crystal doped with manganese (Mn) as ZnS:Mn2+, calcium sulfide (CaS) doped with europium (Eu) as CaS:Eu2+, or strontium aluminate (SrAl2O4) doped with europium and dysprosium as (SrAl2O4):Eu2+,Dy3+.
US08841631B1	Apparatus and techniques for controlling ion angular spread An electrostatic scanner to scan an ion beam in an ion implanter. The electrostatic scanner may include a first scan plate having a first inner surface that faces the ion beam, the first inner surface having a concave shape in a first plane that is perpendicular to a direction of propagation of the ion beam, and a second scan plate opposite the first scan plate separated by a gap to accept the ion beam the second scan plate having a second inner surface that faces the ion beam and a convex shape in the first plane, the first scan plate and second scan plate configured to generate an electrostatic field in the gap to scan the ion beam back and forth along a horizontal direction perpendicular to the direction of propagation of the ion beam.
US08841623B2	X-ray detecting device and operating method thereof An X-ray detecting device includes: an X-ray receiving panel including a plurality of scan lines, a plurality of data lines, and a plurality of photodetecting pixels connected to the scan lines and the data lines; a scan driver, connected to the scan lines, for applying a scan signal for controlling outputs of data signals of the photodetecting pixels; and a data detector, connected to the data lines, for receiving the data signals output by the photodetecting pixels, reading the data signals, and controlling capacitance according to transmissivity of a subject. Detective quantum efficiency of the X-ray detecting device can be improved by adaptively controlling capacitance of an integrator according to measured transmissivity of a subject.
US08841622B2	Dosimetry apparatus, systems, and methods A direct ion storage (DIS) radiation detector or dosimeter has a design that is easy and low cost to manufacture using semiconductor processing techniques. The detectors include internal communications interfaces so they are easy to read. Different interfaces, including wired, e.g. USB ports, and wireless interfaces, may be used, so that the dosimeters may be read over the internet. The detectors can thus be deployed or used in a variety of detection systems and screening methods, including periodic or single time screening of people, objects, or containers at a location by means of affixed dosimeters; screening of objects, containers or people at a series of locations by means of affixed dosimeters, and surveillance of an area by monitoring moving dosimeters affixed to people or vehicles.
US08841610B2	Quadrupole mass spectrometer with enhanced sensitivity and mass resolving power A novel method and mass spectrometer apparatus is introduced to spatially and temporally resolve images of one or more ion exit patterns of a multipole instrument. In particular, the methods and structures of the present invention measures the ion current as a function of time and spatial displacement in the beam cross-section of a quadrupole mass filter via an arrayed detector. The linearity of the detected quadrupole ion current in combination with it reproducible spatial-temporal structure enables the deconvolution of the contributions of signals from individual ion species in complex mixtures where both sensitivity and mass resolving power are essential.
US08841607B2	Atmospheric pressure ion source with exhaust system An atmospheric pressure ion source, employing the principle of electrospray ionization, chemical ionization, or photo-ionization, comprises a spray probe for spraying a liquid into an ionization chamber and has an exhaust port through which residual spray mist and waste gas, such as evaporated solvent, are extracted. The ion source further comprises an exhaust system comprising a conduit which is connected to the exhaust port. The conduit has a transition from a first cross-section to a second cross section at a point downstream of the exhaust port wherein the second cross section is reduced in relation to the first cross section. Gas is injected via a gas injector into the conduit in a region of the transition to create a low pressure region that removes unwanted material from the chamber.
US08841591B2	Grating-enhanced optical imaging Systems, methods and devices are implemented for optical imaging. In one embodiment of the present disclosure, an optical imaging apparatus utilizes a laser-based coherent light source, and an optical device to pass grated light along an illumination direction from the laser-based coherent light source toward an object. Additionally, an illumination modulator is provided for changing angles at which the light, moving toward the object plane, reaches the object plane, and the light reaches the object plane at different angles. Further, the apparatus can include circuitry to process image-based data in response to and based on the light reaching the object plane at different angles for a user-viewable image of an object in proximity of the object plane.
US08841583B2	Hybrid welder The present invention is directed to a welding-type power source that includes a power source housing and an engine arranged in the power source housing to supply electrical power. An energy storage device is included that is in rechargeable association with the internal combustion engine and arranged to provide welding-type power for at least a given period.
US08841576B2	Method and device for producing a metal sheet with a welded-on pipe A method for producing a metal sheet with a welded-on tube which has at least partially curved sections, wherein the tube is guided by at least one guide element onto the sheet, is pressed thereon with at least one pressure element and is welded thereto at least at some points and wherein the tube is bent to form the curved sections. In order to achieve the welding-on in a simple manner even in the curved sections, it is provided that a bending is carried out in a plurality of discrete steps, wherein in individual steps firstly the tube with the at least one guide element is bent around a last created welding point and thereafter a new welding point is created. Furthermore, the invention relates to a device for carrying out the method.
US08841574B1	Plasma extension and concentration apparatus and method An apparatus and method to extend and concentrate a plasma from one or more plasma sources through at least one RF grounded pathway. A first embodiment of the invention involves a method to extend and concentrate a plasma. A second embodiment of the invention involves an apparatus to extend and concentrate a plasma. In some embodiments, an electrostatic rod inserted inside a RF grounded pathway assists the extension and concentration of a plasma that can treat one or more articles.
US08841561B1	High performance PCB In one embodiment, a printed circuit board (PCB) comprises one or more signal contact pads on a surface of the PCB and a plurality of ground planes embedded in the PCB with at least the ground plane closest to the signal contact pads) having gaps in line with the trace(s). In another embodiment, a PCB comprises one or more signal traces on a first surface of the PCB, a plurality of ground planes embedded in the PCB, and at least one blind via interconnecting the ground planes. In still another embodiment, a PCB comprises one or more signal contact pads on a first surface of the PCB, a plurality of ground planes embedded in the PCB with at least the ground plane closest to the signal contact pad(s) having a gap in line with the signal contact pad(s), and at least one blind via interconnecting the ground planes. In still another embodiment, signal contact pads may be formed on both major surfaces of the PCB.
US08841557B2	LAN cable with PEI cross-filler A communications cable has a jacket, a plurality of twisted pairs, each twisted pair having two insulated conductors twisted around one another. A cross-filler is arranged between the twisted pairs where the cross-filler is constructed of PEI (polyetherimide).
US08841553B2	Enclosure for a cable connection The present invention is directed to an enclosure for protecting a cable connection. The enclosure includes a sealing member contained within an inner shell. The sealing member is secured around the cable connection by slideably engaging a rigid outer shell over the inner shell. The inner shell has an external topography defining an inner shell profile and wherein the outer shell has an internal topography defining an outer shell profile such that the outer shell profile is similar to the inner shell profile.
US08841547B1	Concentrated photovoltaic receiver package with built-in connector In one embodiment, a concentrated photovoltaic module or receiver package comprises a leadframe including a first section and a second section disposed in spaced relation to each other. Mounted to the first section of the leadframe is a receiver die. The receiver die is electrically connected to both the first and second sections of the leadframe. The receiver die is electrically connected to the second section of the leadframe by a plurality of conductive wires. The receiver die and portions of the leadframe are covered by a molded body which can be used to define an alignment feature for a light concentrating device such as a light guide or optical rod. Portions of the first and second sections of the leadframe protruding from the body are sized and configured to define integrated cable connectors for the receiver package.
US08841544B2	Uniformly distributed self-assembled solder dot formation for high efficiency solar cells A substrate for photovoltaic device includes a textured surface formed from silicon-based material. The textured surface includes a plurality of cones uniformly distributed across the textured surface. The uniformly distributed cones are configured by etching from a top surface of the substrate using a self-assembled solder dot mask evaporated on the substrate prior to etching. The cones are uniformly distributed as a result of gettering a process chamber prior to forming the solder dot mask. The cones have a height/width ratio between about 1 to about 4, and the cones have a density between 108 to 109 cones/cm2.
US08841541B2	Solar battery and method of manufacturing the same In a solar battery including: a photoelectric conversion layer that converts light into electricity; and a reflecting electrode layer that is provided on an opposite side of a light incident side in the photoelectric conversion layer and reflects light passed through the photoelectric conversion layer to the photoelectric conversion layer side, to realize a reflecting electrode layer having excellent adhesion and thermal corrosion resistance, stable electrical characteristics and satisfactory light reflection characteristics and to obtain a solar battery having high reliability, excellent electrical characteristics and optical characteristics, the reflecting electrode layer includes, on the photoelectric conversion layer side, a metal layer containing silver as a main component and containing nitrogen.
US08841540B2	High temperature thermoelectrics In accordance with one embodiment of the present disclosure, a thermoelectric device includes a plurality of thermoelectric elements that each include a diffusion barrier. The diffusion barrier includes a refractory metal. The thermoelectric device also includes a plurality of conductors coupled to the plurality of thermoelectric elements. The plurality of conductors include aluminum. In addition, the thermoelectric device includes at least one plate coupled to the plurality of thermoelectric elements using a braze. The braze includes aluminum.
US08841527B2	Electric drum and cymbal with spider web-like sensor An electronic percussion instrument may include a percussion member that generates vibrations when percussed, a vibration resonance member, a vibration damping member, and an electronic sound generation unit. The vibration resonance member may include a hub portion, a plurality of radial portions extending radially from the hub portion, and a plurality of spiral portions. Each of the spiral portions may be disposed between and connects respective two of the radial portions. Each of the radial portions may be connected to a respective adjacent one of the radial portions by one or more of the spiral portions. The vibration damping member, disposed between the percussion member and the vibration resonance member, may propagate the vibrations generated by the percussion member to the vibration resonance member. The electronic sound generation unit, connected to the vibration resonance member, may sense the vibrations through the vibration resonance member and generate an electronic percussion sound.
US08841522B2	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV119314 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV119314. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV119314, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV119314 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV119314 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV119314.
US08841520B2	Plants and seeds of corn variety CV437706 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV437706. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV437706, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV437706 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety CV437706 with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV437706.
US08841511B2	Removal of plastid sequences by transiently expressed site-specific recombinases Compositions and methods for manipulating the plastid genome of higher plants are provided.
US08841510B2	Major QTLs conferring resistance of corn to fijivirus The invention relates to methods and compositions for identifying maize plants that have newly conferred resistance or enhanced resistance to, or are susceptible to, a Fijivirus, particularly Mal de Río Cuarto Virus (MRCV) and/or Maize Rough Dwarf Virus (MRDV). The methods use molecular genetic markers to identify, select and/or construct resistant plants or identify and counter-select susceptible plants. Maize plants that display newly conferred resistance or enhanced resistance to a Fijivirus that are generated by the methods of the invention are also a feature of the invention.
US08841506B2	Disposable absorbent article with unitary topsheet and unitary absorbent article The present invention relates to disposable absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, panty liners, baby diapers, adult incontinence articles and sweat pads. According to the present invention the absorbent article in the region designated for liquid deposition on its wearer facing surface has a single layer topsheet onto which liquid to be absorbed is provided during use of the article. The absorbent article includes a backsheet forming the liquid barrier surface and a unitary absorbent core between the topsheet and the backsheet. Importantly the unitary core provides improved liquid handling to the absorbent article and increases the masking, i.e. ability to hide stains due to absorbed liquid, of the article. This is particularly beneficial in the context of articles for absorption of liquids with high color intensity, such as menstrual liquid or urine of older adults.
US08841505B2	Process for making a bond between a hydrophilic and a hydrophobic nonwoven A process is provided for making a bond between a first, relative hydrophilic nonwoven and a second relatively less hydrophilic nonwoven by use of a construction adhesive, by applying the adhesive only to the first more hydrophilic nonwoven; also provided are absorbent cores for absorbent article comprising such bonded nonwovens, and such absorbent articles.
US08841497B2	Preparation of heterogeneous catalysts used in selective hydrogenation of glycerin to propene, and a process for the selective hydrogenation of glycerin to propene The present invention relates to a process of formulating and preparing supported multi-metal catalysts based on metal oxides and inorganic salts of metals. The impregnation technique is employed by two methods: the slurry method and the modified-pH variation method, which are used in two steps for obtaining the catalyst. The present invention also relates to a process called Glycerol to Propene (GTP) process, corresponding to the transformation of glycerol or glycerin to propene. The reaction involved in the process of the present invention is the selective hydrogenation of glycerin, which takes place by contact of the charge of glycerin carried by hydrogen in a continuous stream system on the catalytic bed containing multi-metal catalysts, specifically prepared for this purpose.
US08841484B2	Partially fluorinated ureas and amides Disclosed are certain partially fluorinated amide compounds and composite materials containing the compounds. Also disclosed are methods for making the composite materials.
US08841482B2	Method for synthesizing rare earth metal extractant A rare earth metal extractant containing, as the extractant component, dialkyldiglycol amide acid which is excellent in breaking down light rare earth elements is reacted in diglycolic acid (X mol) and an esterification agent (Y mol) at a reaction temperature of 70° C. or more and for a reaction time of one hour or more such that the mol ratio of Y/X is 2.5 or more, and is subjected to vacuum concentration. Subsequently, a reaction intermediate product is obtained by removing unreacted products and reaction residue, and an aprotic polar solvent is added as the reaction solvent. Then, the reaction intermediate product is reacted with dialkyl amine (Z mol) such that the mol ratio of Z/X is 0.9 or more and the aprotic polar solvent is removed. As a consequence, a rare earth metal extractant is efficiently synthesized at a low cost and at a high yield without having to use expensive diglycolic acid anhydride and harmful dichloromethane.
US08841466B2	Series of artemisinin derivatives and process for preparation thereof This invention relates to the synthesis of certain novel Baylis-Hillman adducts of artremisinin derived aldehyde 2-[10′β-deoxoartemisininyl]-ethanal. The capabilities of introduction of three functional groups into a molecule in one step using Baylis-Hillman reaction encouraged us to synthesize some highly functionalized derivatives of artemisinin. These highly functionalized artemisinin derivatives embodied in this document are found to be active against various cancer cell-lines.
US08841460B2	Tunable phenylacetylene hosts A compound, or a salt thereof, having the formula wherein Y is n is 1 or 2; each R is independently H, alkyl, substituted alkyl, a polyether moiety, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, carbamate, substituted carbonate, carbonyloxy, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, haloalkyl, halogen, nitro, amino, aryloxy, cyano, hydroxyl, or sulfonyl; R1 is H, lower alkyl or aralkyl; R2 is selected from H, acyl, aralkyl, phosphonyl, —SO2R3; —C(O)R5; —C(O)OR7 or —C(O)NR9R10; R3; R5; R7; R9 and R10 independently are selected from H, lower alkyl, aralkyl or aryl; and R20 is selected from alkyl, substituted alkyl, a polyether moiety, carboxyl, substituted carboxyl, carbamate, substituted carbonate, carbonyloxy, alkoxy, substituted alkoxy, haloalkyl, halogen, nitro, amino, aryloxy, cyano, hydroxyl, or sulfonyl.
US08841458B2	Compound containing pyridine ring and method for producing halogenated picoline derivative and tetrazolyloxime derivative Disclosed is a compound containing a pyridine ring that can be synthesized in an industrially advantageous manner, and is useful as an intermediate for producing tetrazolyloxime derivatives that exhibit fungicidal activity (wherein R0 represents a C1-6 alkoxy group, C1-6 alkoxy-C1-6 alkoxy group or the like, R1 represents a C1-2 alkoxycarbonyl group, acetyl group or the like, Z represents a halogen atom, cyano group or the like, X represents a halogen atom, and n represents an integer of 0 to 3), and industrially advantageous production methods for producing 2-substituted amino-6-halomethylpyridine derivatives and tetrazolyloxime derivatives.
US08841455B2	Substituted N-(1H-indazol-4-yl)imidazo[1,2-a]pyridine-3-carboxamide compounds as cFMS inhibitors Compounds of Formula (I): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof in which R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 have the meanings given in the specification, are inhibitors of cFMS and are useful in the treatment of bone-related diseases, cancer, autoimmune disorders, inflammatory diseases, cardiovascular diseases and pain.
US08841454B2	Functionalized carbon nanostructures which are soluble in hydrocarbons and method for preparation Carbon nanomaterials functionalized on their surface with ester or amide functionality are made using a technique involving multiple space apart in time or dropwise additions of reactants to the carbon nanomaterials, and are soluble in hydrocarbon liquids.
US08841453B2	Hybrid cholinesterase inhibitors The invention relates to novel hybrid cholinesterase inhibitors containing the melatonin or its oxidation products unit and tetrahydroacridine unit linked via a carbamate bond. Due to the high selectivity of action, which is expressed with high ratio of IC50 for acetylcholinesterase inhibition to IC50 for butyrylcholinesterase inhibition ([IC50(AChE)]/[IC50(BChE)]), the novel compounds may be used in relief and/or treatment of the neurodegenerative diseases, among them the Alzheimer's disease.
US08841436B2	Screening, diagnosing, treating and prognosis of pathophysiologic status by RNA regulation A relationship between cancer and ribonucleic acid (RNA) regulation is described by determining intracellular levels of niRN A regulators. Generally, mRNA levels are decreased in cancer cells that may be a reflection of either reduced mRNA expression and/or increased mRNA degradation. miRNAs are identified that hybridize to an mRNA that are suspected to mediate intracellular mRNA steady state levels. Alternatively, ribonucleic acid binding protein (RBP) levels may also mediate intracellular mRNA steady state levels. In particular, this invention demonstrates an effective clinical management strategy for uterine cell cancers may be implemented by taking advantage of an exemplary relationship between P2X7 mRNA and miRNAs including, but not limited to, miR-186 and/or miR-150.
US08841428B2	Polynucleotide nanomechanical device that acts as an artificial ribosome and translates DNA signals into polymer assembly instructions A polynucleic acid nanomechanical device with a linear array of alternating PX-JX2 devices and nucleic acid multi-crossover motifs that facilitate the assembly of a nucleic acid strand and functions as an artificial ribosome by translating a nucleic acid signal into an unrelated nucleic acid sequence.
US08841427B2	Methods for introducing mannose 6-phosphate and other oligosaccharides onto glycoproteins and applications thereof Methods to introduce highly phosphorylated mannopyranosyl oligosaccharide derivatives containing mannose-6-phosphate (M6P), or other oligosaccharides bearing other terminal hexoses, to carbonyl groups on oxidized glycans of glycoproteins while retaining their biological activity are described. The methods are useful for modifying glycoproteins, including those produced by recombinant protein expression systems, to increase uptake by cell surface receptor-mediated mechanisms, thus improving their therapeutic efficacy in a variety of applications.
US08841423B2	Monoclonal antibodies specific for oxidized calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II Calcium/calmodulin dependent protein kinase II (CaMKII) has been found to be directly oxidized, and direct oxidation of CaMKII was observed to result in calcium independent activation of CaMKII. Antibodies that bind specifically to oxidized forms of CaMKII (oxCaMKII) were generated and were utilized to detect oxCaMKII in blood from: (1) mice with cancer; (2) mice with a knock out of the gene encoding methionine sulfoxide reductase; (3) mice injected with angiotensin II; (4) mice injected with bacterial endotoxin; (5) mice fed a pro-oxidant (ketogenic) diet; and (6) mice with cancer that had been treated with experimental therapy.
US08841418B2	Antibodies that specifically bind to TIM3 Provided herein are antibodies specific for TIM3 that can be used to detect cancer cells, in particular, cancer stem cells. The antibodies can also be used in therapeutic compositions for treating cancer and reducing inflammation.
US08841403B2	Use of metal salts of a carboxylic acid in the production of polyurethane systems A catalyst system which is suitable for catalyzing the production of polyurethane systems is provided. The catalyst system contains a metal salt of a carboxylic acid to whose carbonyl carbon a hydrogen atom or a hydrocarbon radical is bound, with the proviso that the carboxylic acid does not have exclusively a single ethyl or n-propyl branch in the 2 position.
US08841402B2	Coating agent composition and use thereof The invention relates to a coating agent composition comprising an isocyanate-group-containing prepolymer obtained by reacting a polyol comprising a polyoxyalkylene polyol having 2-4 hydroxyl groups on average, an oxyethylene group content of 85-100% by mass based on all oxyalkylene groups (100% by mass), and an arithmetic-average molecular weight of 800-2,500 with an alicyclic isocyanate and/or an aliphatic isocyanate in the presence of an organic acid bismuth salt catalyst, the isocyanate(s) being used in such an amount as to result in an isocyanate index of 150-300. The invention can provide a coating agent composition which forms a coating film or film having moisture permeability, excellent in mechanical properties and yellowing resistance, having laundering durability and resistance to sweat deterioration, and containing no organotin compounds.
US08841398B2	Solid titanium catalyst component, olefin polymerization catalyst, and process for producing olefin polymer The present invention provides a process for producing an α-olefin polymer comprising polymerizing or copolymerizing (a) C3 or higher α-olefin(s) in the presence of an olefin polymerization catalyst comprising solid titanium catalyst component (I) containing titanium, magnesium, halogen, and a compound with a specific structure having two or more ether linkages and organometallic catalyst component (II) with high catalytic activity. In this process, particularly even in (co)polymerizing (a) higher olefin(s), demineralization is unnecessary. A 4-methyl-1-pentene-based polymer obtained by polymerization using the catalyst of the present invention is excellent in tacticity, transparency, heat resistance, and releasability, and the polymer is particularly suitable for a release film.
US08841397B2	Vinyl terminated higher olefin polymers and methods to produce thereof This invention relates to higher olefin vinyl terminated polymers having an Mn of at least 200 g/mol (measured by 1H NMR) including of one or more C4 to C40 higher olefin derived units, where the higher olefin vinyl terminated polymer comprises substantially no propylene derived units; and wherein the higher olefin polymer has at least 5% allyl chain ends and processes for the production thereof. These vinyl terminated higher olefin polymers may optionally include ethylene derived units.
US08841387B2	Method for improving thermal stability of polypropylene carbonate Provided is a method for improving thermal stability of polypropylene carbonate and, more particularly, a method of end capping a molecular chain of polypropylene carbonate using a urethane group by adding isocyanates or diisocyanates to a polypropylene carbonate resin, which may optionally be a mixture containing tertiary polyol, so as to delay thermal degradation of the polypropylene carbonate at a high temperature, thereby securing desired thermal stability. Especially, the method capable of being easily applied to reactive extrusion after preparing the polypropylene carbonate has been proposed, thus simplifying production processes and ensuring economical advantages. Moreover, the above method does not deteriorate transparency and specific smoke density characteristics at combustion, which are advantages of the polypropylene carbonate.
US08841386B2	Fibers formed from aromatic polyester and polyether copolymer A method for forming a fiber is provided. The method comprises supplying at least one aromatic polyester to a melt processing device and modifying the aromatic polyester with at least one polyether copolymer within the device to form a thermoplastic composition having a melt flow rate that is greater than the melt flow rate of the aromatic polyester. The polyether copolymer contains a repeating unit (A) having the following formula: C2H4Ox (A) wherein, x is an integer from 1 to 250, the polyether copolymer further containing a repeating unit (B) having the following formula: CnH2nOy (B) wherein, n is an integer from 3 to 20; and y is an integer from 1 to 150.
US08841368B2	Nonflammable polyester resin composition and method for manufacturing such a resin composition A method for manufacturing a nonflammable polyester resin composition comprising: making a polymer mixture containing the following (A) to (E) components in a melted state pass through a space between two parallel faces, with a face-to-face distance x being set to 5 mm or less; (A) a polyester resin of 40 to 80% by weight; (B) a polycarbonate resin of 5 to 40% by weight; (C) a rubbery polymer of 5 to 30% by weight; (D) a polyphenylene sulfide resin and/or a phenol resin of 2 to 20% by weight; and (E) a phosphorus-containing acid ester compound and/or a polyamide resin of 0.1 to 25% by weight.
US08841367B2	Flame retardant polycarbonate compositions, methods of manufacture thereof and articles comprising the same Disclosed herein is a flame retardant composition comprising a polycarbonate; 5 to 10 weight percent of a polysiloxane-polycarbonate copolymer; where the polysiloxane-polycarbonate copolymer comprises an amount of greater than 10 weigh percent of the polysiloxane and where the molecular weight of the polysiloxane-polycarbonate copolymer is greater than or equal to 25,000 grams per mole; 5 to 20 weight percent of a branched polycarbonate; 5 to 60 weight percent of a reinforcing filler; and 1 to 15 weight percent of a flame retarding compound. Disclosed herein too is a method comprising blending a polycarbonate; 5 to 10 weight percent of a polysiloxane-polycarbonate copolymer; 5 to 20 weight percent of a branched polycarbonate; 5 to 60 weight percent of a reinforcing filler; where the reinforcing filler is a glass fiber, a carbon fiber, a metal fiber, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing reinforcing fillers; and 1 to 15 weight percent of a flame retarding compound; and extruding the flame retardant composition.
US08841366B2	Thermoplastic polycarbonate copolymer compositions, methods of their manufacture, and uses thereof This disclosure relates to thermoplastic compositions comprising a polycarbonate copolymer, the polycarbonate copolymer comprising first repeating carbonate units and second repeating units selected from carbonate units that are different from the first carbonate units, polysiloxane units, and a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing unit; and an organophosphorus flame retardant in an amount effective to provide 0.1 to 1.0 wt % phosphorus based on the total weight of the composition, wherein an article molded from the composition has a smoke density after 4 minutes (Ds-4) of less than or equal to 600 determined according to ISO 5659-2 on a 3 mm thick plaque, and a material heat release of less than or equal to 160 kW/m2 determined according to ISO 5660-1 on a 3 mm thick plaque.
US08841363B2	Copolymers having long-chain acrylates The present invention relates to copolymers obtainable by free-radical polymerization of i) 10% to 90% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to iv, of at least one monomer selected from the group consisting of a C8-C30 alkyl (meth)acrylate, C8-C30 vinyl ester, C8-C30 vinyl ether, C8-C30 olefin, and triglyceride of unsaturated C8-C30 carboxylic acids; ii) 0.5% to 70% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to iv, of a double-bond-containing monomer having at least one epoxide, isocyanate, carbodiimide, silane, β-dicarbonyl, oxazoline, or anhydride group; iii) 0% to 75% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to iv, of one or more monomers selected from the group consisting of vinylaromatic, C1-C7-alkyl (meth)acrylate, ethylenically unsaturated acetophenone derivative or benzophenone derivative, C1-C7 vinyl ester, C1-C7 vinyl ether, ethylenically unsaturated nitrile, ethylenically unsaturated amide, vinyl halide, C2-C7 olefin, cyclic lactam, and mixtures of these monomers; and iv) 0% to 10% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to iv, of a free-radically polymerizable monomer with carboxylic acid, sulfonic acid or phosphonic acid groups or salts thereof. The invention further relates to polymer mixtures comprising these copolymers and also to the use of the copolymers as chain extenders, compatibilizers and/or hydrolysis stabilizers, to produce paper and cardboard, for surface finishing in the paper, textile, and leather industries, and in adhesives.
US08841355B2	Rubber clay for handicrafts Disclosed is rubber clay for handicrafts. The rubber clay does not stick to the hands because it is manufactured by using a non-stick, inorganic compound having excellent transparency as the main component, the rubber clay is reusable because it does not harden even when a structure (model) made of the rubber clay is left for a long time, and the rubber clay may be represented in a wide range of colors. To this end, the rubber clay for handicrafts according to the present invention contains 60 to 80% by weight of a gel-type silicone base, 15 to 35% by weight of a plasticity adjuster, 1 to 5% by weight of an oil-type anti-cracking agent, and 0.1 to 1% by weight of an antimicrobial agent.
US08841347B2	Derivatives of aminoalkanols, method of obtaining of aminoalkanols and their use The subject of the invention is a group of new derivatives of aminoalkanols, more specifically [(phenoxy)alkyl]aminoalkanols and [(phenoxy)acyl] aminoalkanols, their method of obtaining and their use for production of a medicine which is used in the prophylaxis, prevention and/or treatment of diseases or symptoms having neurological background and for production a medicine with anticonvulsant activity, which is used in seizures of various origin, also in the limbic system, in myoclonic or sound-induced seizures, in psychomotor epilepsy, as well as relieving neuropathic or inflammatory pain.
US08841344B2	Method of using omega-3 fatty acids A method for influencing behavior in young, adult or aged pet animals which comprises systemically administering a behavior influencing quantity of an omega-3 fatty acid or mixture of omega-3 fatty acids.
US08841339B2	Synergistic antifouling compositions comprising 4-bromo-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile The present invention relates to antifouling compositions and particularly to compositions which are able to provide an improved protecting effect against fouling organisms. More particularly, the present invention relates to synergistic antifouling compositions comprising an amount of at least 3.5 wt %, based on the total weight of the dry mass of the composition, of 4-bromo-2-(4-chlorophenyl)-5-(trifluoromethyl)-1H-pyrrole-3-carbonitrile, or a salt thereof, together with another biocide selected from bethoxazin, tolylfluanide, dichlofluanide, or DCOIT; for protecting materials against fouling organisms. This invention thus relates to the field of protection of materials, such as underwater objects, protection of wood, wood products, biodegradable materials and coatings.
US08841337B2	Compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR kinase The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors.The compounds of this invention have formula I: wherein the variables are as defined herein.
US08841332B2	Fungicidal N-(2-phenoxyethyl)carboxamide derivatives and their aza, thia and sila analogues The present invention relates to fungicide N-(2-phenoxyethyl)carboxamide derivatives of formula (I), their aza, thia and sila analogs, their process of preparation, their use as fungicides, particularly in the form of fungicidal compositions and methods for the control of phytopathogenic fungi of plants using these compounds or their compositions. Formula (1) wherein A, T, W, X, n and Z3 to Z7 represent various substituents.
US08841331B2	Inhibitors of human immunodeficiency virus replication Compounds of formula I: wherein a, R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are defined herein, are useful as inhibitors of HIV replication.
US08841323B2	1, 4-disubstituted 3-cyano-pyridone derivatives and their use as positive allosteric modulators of MGLUR2-receptors The present invention relates to novel compounds, in particular novel pyridinone derivatives according to Formula (I) wherein all radicals are defined in the application and claims. The compounds according to the invention are positive allosteric modulators of metabotropic receptors-subtype 2 (“mGluR2”) which are useful for the treatment or prevention of neurological and psychiatric disorders associated with glutamate dysfunction and diseases in which the mGluR2 subtype of metabotropic receptors is involved. In particular, such diseases are central nervous system disorders selected from the group of anxiety, schizophrenia, migraine, depression, and epilepsy. The invention is also directed to pharmaceutical compositions and processes to prepare such compounds and compositions, as well as to the use of such compounds for the prevention and treatment of such diseases in which mGluR2 is involved.
US08841322B2	Method for increasing the activity of lysosomal enzymes Method for enhancing in a mammalian cell the activity of an enzyme associated with Gaucher Disease by administering a competitive inhibitor of glucocerebrosidase in an amount effective to enhance the activity of the enzyme. Preferred compounds for use in the method are imino sugars and related compounds. In particular, C8-12-alkyl derivatives of N-alkyl-deoxynojirimycin, isofagomine compounds, and calystegine compounds are effective to enhance glucocerebrosidase activity.
US08841319B2	Use of 3-(indolyl)- or 3-(azaindolyl)-4-arylmaleimide derivatives in leukemia management The present invention relates to the use of a compound of formula (I) wherein R1 is H, C1-C6-alkyl, phenyl-C1-C4-alkyl or phenyl, R2 is a phenyl group which is substituted with 2 or 3 C1-C6-alkoxy groups and R3 is indolyl or azaindolyl which may carry one or two substituents independently selected from C1-C6-alkyl, C1-C6-alkoxy, phenyl, OH, halogen, NH2, C1-C6-alkylamino, di-C1-C6-alkylamino, heteroaryl with 5 or 6 ring atoms containing 1 or 2 heteroatoms which are independently selected from O, N, and S, or heterocyclyl with 5 or 6 ring atoms containing 1 or 2 heteroatoms which are independently selected from O, N, and S, a physiologically acceptable salt thereof, or a solvate of the compound of formula (I) or of the salt thereof, for the prevention or treatment of leukemia.
US08841316B2	Multicomponent crystalline system of rosuvastatin calcium salt and vanillin A novel solid form of Rosuvastatin comprises as the active ingredient a salt of bis[(E)-7-[4-(4-fluorophenyl)-6-isopropyl-2-[methyl(methylsulfonyl)-amino]pyrimidin-5-yl]-(3R,5S)-3,5-dihydroxyhept-6-enoic acid] and vanillin or vanillin derivatives. The crystal comprising the two components, and minor amounts of water, shows improved properties such as crystallization behavior stability and decreased hydroscopic behavior.
US08841315B2	Inhibitors of protein kinases The present invention relates to inhibitors of cyclin-dependent kinases and therapeutic applications thereof. Furthermore, the invention relates to methods of preventing and/or treating any type of pain, inflammatory disorders, immunological diseases, proliferative diseases, infectious diseases, cardiovascular diseases and neurodegenerative diseases comprising the administration of an effective amount of at least one inhibitor of cyclin-dependent kinases.
US08841311B2	Sulphone-substituted quinazoline derivatives as immuno-modulators, their preparation and use as medicaments The present invention relates to sulphone-substituted quinazoline derivatives of the formula (I), processes for their preparation and their use as a medicament for the treatment of various diseases.
US08841310B2	Combinations of a pyrimidine containing NNRTI with RT inhibitors The present invention concerns combinations of a pyrimidine containing NNRTI with nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors and/or nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors useful for the treatment of HIV infected patients or for the prevention of HIV transmission or infection.
US08841305B2	Activators of the human pyruvate kinase M2 receptor Disclosed are pyruvate kinase M2 activators, which are bis sulfonamide piperazinyl and piperidinyl compounds of Formula (I), 2,4-disubstituted 4H-thieno[3,2-c]pyrrole-2-(substituted benzyl)pyridazin-3(2H)-ones of Formula (II) and 6-(3,4-dimethylphenylaminosulfonyl)-3,4-dihydro-1H-quinolin-2-one of formula (III), wherein L, R1, R2, R11 to R16, R21 and R22 are as defined herein, that are useful in treating a number of diseases that are treatable by the activation of PKM2, for example, cancer and anemia.
US08841286B2	Inhalable aztreonam lysinate formulation for treatment and prevention of pulmonary bacterial infections A method and a composition for treatment of pulmonary bacterial infections caused by gram-negative bacteria suitable for treatment of infection caused by Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Klebsiella oxytoca, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Haemophilus influenzae, Proteus mirabilis, Enterobacter species, Serratia marcescens as well as those caused by Burkholderia cepacia, Stenotrophomonas maltophilia, Alcaligenes xylosoxidans, and multidrug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa, using a concentrated formulation of aztreonam lysinate delivered as an aerosol or dry powder formulation.
US08841273B2	Methods and compositions for anti-EGFR treatment In some embodiments, the present invention provides methods for enhancing the sensitivity of cancer cells to anti-EGFR treatment, wherein the method comprises the introduction of a miR-200 miRNA to the cancer cells. In other embodiments, the present invention provides methods for treating cancer by exposing the cancer cells to an anti-EGFR composition after the above-mentioned enhancement step. In other embodiments, the present invention provides methods for assessing and enhancing the sensitivity of cancer cells to anti-EGFR treatment. In various other embodiments, the present invention provides compositions and expression vectors for practicing the afore-mentioned methods.
US08841268B2	Method and kit for detection of cancer, and therapeutic agent for cancer The object aims to comprehensively analyze miRNA that undergoes epigenetic silencing in cancer to identify miRNA associated with cancer, elucidate the role of the identified miRNA in cancer, and develop a novel method for detecting cancer and a novel therapeutic agent for cancer both of which relate to the miRNA. Disclosed is a method for detecting cancer in a subject, which comprises detecting methylated CpG in a CpG island located in a promoter region of a microRNA 34b gene and/or a microRNA 34c gene in a biological sample collected from the subject. Also disclosed is a therapeutic agent for cancer, which comprises a nucleic acid encoding a BTG4 gene or BTG4, or comprises a nucleic acid encoding a miR-34b gene and/or an miR-34c gene or miR-34b and/or miR-34c.
US08841267B2	Micro-RNA scaffolds, non-naturally occurring micro-RNAs, and methods for optimizing non-naturally occurring micro-RNAs The present disclosure provides non-naturally occurring miR-196a-2 miRNAs and non-naturally occurring miR-204 miRNAs. The non-naturally occurring miRNAs of the disclosure have mature strand sequences distinct from their endogenous counterparts. The disclosure also provides methods of selecting mature strand sequences that function optimally in non-naturally occurring miR-196a-2 miRNAs. The methods and compositions of the disclosure may be used to mediate gene silencing via the RNAi pathway.
US08841266B2	Pharmaceutical composition and method for regulating abnormal cellular proliferation A method of treating a disease associated with a cell population which proliferates abnormally in a subject is disclosed. The method comprises administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of at least one modulator capable of modulating in the cell population a level and/or activity of a polypeptide having an amino acid sequence at least 60 percent similar to SEQ ID NO: 5, as determined using the Standard protein-protein BLAST [blastp] software of the NCBI.
US08841260B2	Methods and compositions for treating Huntington's Disease Disclosed herein are methods and compositions for treating or preventing Huntington's Disease.
US08841258B2	Methods to accelerate tissue and wound healing rates and reduce swelling and scar formation The present disclosure serves to reduce the healing time of tissue wounds, including those formed during surgery, whether necessary or elective (including cosmetic surgery), by providing a therapeutic dose of a pancreatic enzyme inhibitor.
US08841252B2	Pharmaceutical formulation The invention relates to aqueous pharmaceutical formulations comprising human growth hormone, histidine, poloxamer, phenol, and mannitol.
US08841251B2	Method for making a homogenous vaccine composition comprising a conjugate of EGF and 64K for the treatment of tumors A vaccine composition for therapeutic use thereof on cancer patients includes a chemical conjugate of human recombining Epidermic Growth Factor (hrEGF) and a combining protein P64k for performing a conjugation reaction which produces said chemical conjugate in a controlled and reproducible manner. The preferred conjugate surprisingly increases the immunogenic activity causing significant increases in the anti-EGF antibody titers in humans, and provides a vaccine preparation with more than one type of effective dose presentation which enables the immunization dose per patient to be increased, but without involving an increase in immunization frequency and/or the number of immunization sites.
US08841241B2	Anionic polyalkoxy group comprising surfactants on basis of guerbet-alcohols, method of manufacture and use in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications Compositions and methods of synthesis of anionic surfactants by alkoxylation of a Guerbet alcohol (GA) having 12 to 36 carbon atoms using butylene oxide, and optionally propylene oxide and/or ethylene oxide followed by the incorporation of a terminal anionic group are described herein. The GA of the present invention is made by a facile and inexpensive method that involves high temperature base catalyzed dimerization of alcohols with 6 to 18 carbon atoms. The large hydrophobe ether surfactants of the present invention find uses in enhanced oil recovery (EOR) applications where it is used for solubilization and mobilization of oil and for environmental cleanup. Further, the hydrophobe alkoxylated GA without anionic terminal group can be used as an ultra-high molecular weight non-ionic surfactant.
US08841235B2	Agricultural pesticide compositions A pesticide composition contains, based on 100 parts by weight (“pbw”) of the composition: (a) from about 15 to about 65 pbw of one or more pesticide compounds, (b) from greater than 0 to about 10 pbw of one or more fatty acid (C1-C3) esters, and (c) optionally, up to about 20 pbw of one or more surfactants, wherein the surfactant component typically comprises: (i) one or more betaine surfactants, (ii) one or more glycoside surfactants, (iii) one or more amine oxide surfactants, (iv) one or more fatty (ether) amine alkoxylate surfactants, or (v) a surfactant mixture comprising at least one surfactant from each of at least two of the surfactant categories (i), (ii), (iii), and (iv). A method for controlling a target pest, includes the steps of diluting the above described pesticide composition with a diluent comprising water and applying the diluted pesticide composition to the target pest and/or to the environment of the target pest.
US08841226B2	Dielectric ceramic composition A dielectric ceramic composition includes a component represented by composition formula {α(xBaO.yNd2O3.zTiO2)+β(2MgO.SO2)} as a main component and zinc oxide, boron oxide, and a glass having a softening point equal to or lower than a certain temperature as minor components with respect to the main component. In the dielectric ceramic composition, x, y, and z that respectively represent molar ratios of BaO, Nd2O3, and TiO2 are in certain ranges and α and β that represent volume ratios of subcomponents (xBaO.yNd2O3.zTiO2 and 2MgO.SiO2) in the main component are in certain ranges. When the minor components are respectively represented by aZnO, bB2O3, and cglass, a, b, and c that represent mass ratios of the respective minor components to the main component are in certain ranges.
US08841221B2	MOCVD reactor having cylindrical gas inlet element The invention relates to a device for depositing semiconductor layers, comprising a process chamber (1) arranged substantially rotationally symmetrically about a center (11), a susceptor (2), a process chamber ceiling (3), a gas inlet element (4) having gas inlet chambers (8, 9, 10) that are arranged vertically on top of each other, and a heater (27) arranged below the susceptor (2), wherein the topmost (8) of the gas inlet chambers is directly adjacent to the process chamber ceiling (3) and is connected to a feed line (14) for feeding a hydride together with a carrier gas into the process chamber (1), wherein the lowest (10) of the gas inlet chambers is directly adjacent to the susceptor (2) and is connected to a feed line (16) for feeding a hydride together with a carrier gas into the process chamber (1), wherein at least one center gas inlet chamber (9) arranged between the lowest (10) and the topmost (8) gas inlet chamber is connected to a feed line (15) for feeding an organometallic compound into the process chamber (1). According to the invention, the gas inlet chambers (8, 9, 10) are closed off toward the process chamber (1) by annular walls (22, 23, 24), wherein the annular walls (22, 23, 24) comprise a plurality a gas outlet openings (25) arranged closely next to each other, have a uniform outside diameter, and an outer wall that is substantially without projections and directed toward the process chamber (1).
US08841216B2	Method and composition for chemical mechanical planarization of a metal A composition and associated method for chemical mechanical planarization of a metal-containing substrate (e.g., a copper substrate) are described herein which afford high and tunable rates of metal removal as well as low within a wafer non-uniformity values and low residue levels remaining after polishing.
US08841214B2	Dual damascene process A method for forming dual damascene structures in a semiconductor structure is disclosed. The method generally includes etching a substrate using a first hard mask to form a plurality of first trenches and vias, forming a set of first conductive lines and via interconnects, removing the first hard mask, etching the substrate using a second hard mask to form a plurality of second trenches and vias, and forming a set of second conductive lines and via interconnects. At least some of the first conductive lines are interspersed between some of the second conductive lines. A planarization process is used on the substrate after forming the first conductive lines and via interconnects before forming the second conductive lines and via interconnects.
US08841213B2	Method for manufacturing interposer A method for manufacturing an interposer equipped with a plurality of through-hole electrodes comprises a laser light converging step of converging a laser light at a sheet-like object to be processed made of silicon so as to form a modified region in the object; an etching step of anisotropically etching the object after the laser light converging step so as to advance etching selectively along the modified region and form a plurality of through holes in the object, each through hole being tilted with respect to a thickness direction of the object and having a rectangular cross section; an insulating film forming step of forming an insulating film on an inner wall of each through hole after the etching step; and a through-hole electrode forming step of inserting a conductor into the through holes so as to form the through-hole electrodes after the insulating film forming step; wherein the plurality of through holes are arranged such that the through holes aligning in the tilted direction are staggered in a direction perpendicular to the tilted direction as seen from a main face of the object.
US08841212B2	Method of making a copper interconnect having a barrier liner of multiple metal layers A method patterns at least one opening in a low-K insulator layer of a multi-level integrated circuit structure, such that a copper conductor is exposed at the bottom of the opening. The method then lines the sidewalls and the bottom of the opening with a first Tantalum Nitride layer in a first chamber and forms a Tantalum layer on the first Tantalum Nitride layer in the first chamber. Next, sputter etching on the opening is performed in the first chamber, so as to expose the conductor at the bottom of the opening. A second Tantalum Nitride layer is formed on the conductor, the Tantalum layer, and the first Tantalum Nitride layer, again in the first chamber. After the second Tantalum Nitride layer is formed, the methods herein form a flash layer comprising a Platinum group metal on the second Tantalum Nitride layer in a second, different chamber.
US08841206B2	Method of forming polycrystalline silicon layer, and thin film transistor and organic light emitting device including the polycrystalline silicon layer A method of forming a polycrystalline silicon layer includes forming a first amorphous silicon layer and forming a second amorphous silicon layer such that the first amorphous silicon layer and the second amorphous silicon layer have different film qualities from each other, and crystallizing the first amorphous silicon layer and the second amorphous silicon layer using a metal catalyst to form a first polycrystalline silicon layer and a second polycrystalline silicon layer. A thin film transistor includes the polycrystalline silicon layer formed by the method and an organic light emitting device includes the thin film transistor.
US08841205B2	Manufacturing method and apparatus for semiconductor device A manufacturing method for a semiconductor device, comprising: performing first processing on a plurality of wafers in a first processing order in a first processing apparatus; obtaining a processed amount with respect to each of the plurality of wafers in the first processing; obtaining a processed amount with respect to each of the plurality of wafers by second processing in a second processing apparatus after the first processing; deciding a second processing order, which is different from the first processing order, from the processed amount with respect to each of the plurality of wafers by the first processing and the processed amount with respect to each of the plurality of wafers by the second processing; and performing the second processing on the plurality of wafers in the second processing order in the second processing apparatus.
US08841202B2	Method of producing a hybrid substrate by partial recrystallization of a mixed layer A method of producing a hybrid substrate includes preparing a monocrystalline first substrate to obtain two surface portions. A temporary substrate is prepared including a mixed layer along which extends one surface portion and is formed of first areas and adjacent different second areas of amorphous material, the second areas forming at least part of the free surface of the first substrate. The first substrate is bonded to the other surface portion with the same crystal orientation as the first surface portion, by molecular bonding over at least the amorphous areas. A solid phase recrystallization of at least part of the amorphous areas according to the crystal orientation of the first substrate is selectively carried and the two surface portions are separated.
US08841189B1	Transistor having all-around source/drain metal contact channel stressor and method to fabricate same An intermediate transistor structure includes a fin structure disposed on a surface of an insulating layer. The fin structure has a gate structure disposed thereon between first and second ends of the fin structure. A first portion of the fin structure is a first doped portion that is disposed over a first recess in the surface of the insulating layer and a second portion of the fin structure is a second doped portion disposed over a second recess in the surface of the insulating layer. The intermediate transistor structure further includes source and drain metal disposed around the first and second doped portions, each inducing one of compression strain or tensile strain in a portion of the fin structure that is disposed within the gate structure and that functions during operation of the transistor as a channel of the transistor. A method to fabricate the structure is also disclosed.
US08841186B2	Manufacturing of a semiconductor device and corresponding semiconductor device The disclosed method of manufacturing (110, 120, 130, 140) a semiconductor device (12) has the steps (112, 114, 116) of: forming at least one wall (33) of a body (44) of the semiconductor device (12) by etching at least one trench (22) for a gate (42) of the semiconductor device (12) into the body (44); and performing a slanted implantation doping (126, 128) into the at least one wall (33) of the body (44), after the etching (112) of the at least one trench (22) and prior to coating the at least one trench (22) with an insulating layer (29). A semiconductor device (12) comprises at least one trench (22) for a gate (42) of the semiconductor device (12); and a body (44) having at least one wall (33) of the at least one trench (22), wherein a deviation (64) of a doping concentration (62) along a distance (66) in depth-direction (do) of the at least one trench (22) in a surface (33) of the at least one wall (33) is less than ten percent of a maximum value (68) of the doping concentration (62) along the distance (66).
US08841183B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing the same On a silicon substrate is formed a stacked body by alternately stacking a plurality of silicon oxide films and silicon films, a trench is formed in the stacked body, an alumina film, a silicon nitride film and a silicon oxide film are formed in this order on an inner surface of the trench, and a channel silicon crystalline film is formed on the silicon oxide film. Next, a silicon oxide layer is formed at an interface between the silicon oxide film and the channel silicon crystalline film by performing thermal treatment in an oxygen gas atmosphere.
US08841180B2	Strain-inducing semiconductor regions A method to form a strain-inducing semiconductor region is described. In one embodiment, formation of a strain-inducing semiconductor region laterally adjacent to a crystalline substrate results in a uniaxial strain imparted to the crystalline substrate, providing a strained crystalline substrate. In another embodiment, a semiconductor region with a crystalline lattice of one or more species of charge-neutral lattice-forming atoms imparts a strain to a crystalline substrate, wherein the lattice constant of the semiconductor region is different from that of the crystalline substrate, and wherein all species of charge-neutral lattice-forming atoms of the semiconductor region are contained in the crystalline substrate.
US08841164B2	Process for producing indium oxide-containing layers, indium oxide-containing layers produced by the process and use thereof The present invention relates to a liquid phase process for producing indium oxide-containing layers from nonaqueous solution, in which an anhydrous composition containing at least one indium halogen alkoxide of the generic formula InX(OR)2 where R=alkyl radical and/or alkoxyalkyl radical and X=F, Cl, Br or I and at least one solvent or dispersion medium is, in the sequence of points a) to d), in anhydrous atmosphere, a) applied to the substrate, b) the composition applied to the substrate is irradiated with electromagnetic radiation of wavelength ≦360 nm and c) optionally dried, and then d) converted thermally to an indium oxide-containing layer, to the layers producible by the process and to the use thereof.
US08841159B2	Contacting an optoelectronic semiconductor component through a conversion element and corresponding optoelectronic semiconductor component A method for manufacturing an optoelectronic semiconductor component, comprising: providing a semiconductor chip in a composite wafer, comprising an active side for emitting a primary radiation and a contact terminal which is arranged on the active side; depositing a coupling element on the active side; attaching a luminescence conversion element, for converting part of the primary radiation into a secondary radiation, to the coupling element.
US08841157B2	Method and structure for using discontinuous laser scribe lines A thin film photovoltaic device includes a substrate and a first conductive layer coupled to the substrate. The first conductive layer includes at least one first groove extending through a first portion of the first conductive layer to a portion of the substrate. The device also includes at least one semiconductor layer coupled to a remaining portion of the first conductive layer and the portion of the substrate. The at least one semiconductor layer includes a plurality of non-overlapping vias, each via extending through a portion of the at least one semiconductor layer to a portion of the first conductive layer. The device further includes a second conductive layer coupled to a remaining portion of the at least one semiconductor layer and portions of the first conductive layer. The second conductive layer includes at least one second groove extending through a portion of the second conductive layer to a portion of the at least one semiconductor layer.
US08841152B2	Method of lift-off patterning thin films in situ employing phase change resists Method for making a patterned thin film of an organic semiconductor. The method includes condensing a resist gas into a solid film onto a substrate cooled to a temperature below the condensation point of the resist gas. The condensed solid film is heated selectively with a patterned stamp to cause local direct sublimation from solid to vapor of selected portions of the solid film thereby creating a patterned resist film. An organic semiconductor film is coated on the patterned resist film and the patterned resist film is heated to cause it to sublime away and to lift off because of the phase change.
US08841149B2	Method for making light emitting diode A method for making light emitting diode includes following steps. A substrate having an epitaxial growth surface is provided. A first semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second semiconductor layer is epitaxially grown on the epitaxial growth surface of the substrate in that sequence. A first optical symmetric layer is formed on the second semiconductor layer. A metallic layer is applied on the first optical symmetric layer. A second optical symmetric layer is formed on the metallic layer. A first electrode is electrically connected to the first semiconductor layer. A second electrode is electrically connected to the second semiconductor layer.
US08841145B2	System for wafer-level phosphor deposition System for wafer-level phosphor deposition. A method for phosphor deposition on a semiconductor wafer that has a plurality of LED dies includes the operations of covering the semiconductor wafer with a selected thickness of photo resist material, removing portions of the photo resist material to expose portions of the semiconductor wafer so that electrical contacts associated with the plurality of LED dies remain unexposed, and depositing phosphor on the exposed portions of the semiconductor wafer.
US08841144B2	Method of manufacturing color filter substrate wherein a transparent substrate is etched to form a plurality of trenches to receive color filter material A method of manufacturing a color filter substrate includes forming a plurality of trenches having a predetermined depth by etching a surface of a transparent substrate, disposing a color filter material in the plurality of trenches to form a color filter layer, and forming a transparent electrode on the transparent substrate including the color filter layer therein.
US08841143B2	Method of manufacturing optical modulator A method for manufacturing an optical modulator having a laser diode section and an EAM section. LD growth layers which are semiconductor layers for manufacturing the laser diode section, are formed on a semiconductor substrate. An EAM absorption layer for forming the EAM section is then formed on the semiconductor substrate. The photoluminescent wavelength of the EAM absorption layer is then measured. The LD growth layers are then etched to form a stripe structure section. The width of the stripe structure section is determined such that the difference between the lasing wavelength of the LD section and the photoluminescent wavelength of the EAM section is close to a design value.
US08841141B2	Method for separating and transferring IC chips A method for separating a multiple number of semiconductor devices or semiconductor integrated circuits from a wafer on which the multiple number of semiconductor devices or semiconductor integrated circuits are formed is provided. The method includes: forming, on a surface of the wafer, a mask layer through which a line-shaped pattern to be removed for separating the semiconductor devices or semiconductor integrated circuits is exposed; and etching the exposed pattern to a depth equal to or larger than about ⅔ of a thickness of the wafer. The line-shaped pattern is formed so as to prevent a test device formed on a gap between the semiconductor devices or semiconductor integrated circuits from remaining on separated semiconductor devices or semiconductor integrated circuits.
US08841115B2	Insulation panel The present disclosure describes use of filamentous algae to form insulating construction materials which provide thermal and noise insulation. Algae from the order Zygnematales, the Cladophorales, or the Ulotrichales can be dried and formed for use as insulating material. Algae mass can be combined into several layers, using a binder to attach the layers to each other. A composite material of algae mass and an additive can be used and form the body of insulation panels having honeycomb-shaped chambers, which are sealed by a foil that is laminated onto the body.
US08841112B2	Compositions and methods for culturing spirochetes The present invention relates to methods for culturing spirochetes, in particular Borrelia burgdorferi. The present invention also provides methods of identifying spirochetes present in a biological sample. The present invention further provides methods of diagnosing diseases cause by a spirochete infection, such as Lyme disease, syphilis, and multiple sclerosis. The present invention further provides methods for identifying spirochete susceptibilities to antimicrobials and antimicrobial compositions and cocktails. The present invention also provides methods for treating subjects suspected of having a spirochete infection.
US08841110B2	Animal product free system and process for purifying a botulinum toxin Chromatographic processes and systems for purifying a botulinum toxin from an APF fermentation medium.
US08841109B2	IGA1 protease polypeptide agents and uses thereof Polypeptide agents useful in the treatment of IgA1 deposition diseases and methods of using such polypeptide agents. Methods of screening for inhibitors of IgA1 proteases and agents that inhibit IgA1 proteases are also disclosed.
US08841094B2	Homologous recombination method, cloning method, and kit The present invention provides a method which can achieve the homologous recombination of a gene of interest selectively, and a recombinant DNA molecule produced by the method. A homologous recombination method which uses a PCR product and a linearized vector is disclosed. The PCR product comprises a sequence for a target gene and amplification primer sequences P1 and P2 on both terminal ends. The vector contains homologous recombination regions VP1 and VP2 which respectively comprise nucleotide sequences homologous to P1 and P2, and at least one a homologous recombination region VT (VT1 and/or VT2), which comprises a nucleotide sequence homologous to a sequence T (T1 and/or T2), T sequences are sequence parts internal to P1 and/or P2 as well as sequence parts on the terminal side of VP1 and/or VP2 (provided that at least one T sequence has a nucleotide sequence specific to the target gene).
US08841088B2	Method for mRNA stabilization A method to increase the production of a desired chemical compound in a microorganism by introduction of a DNA sequence at the 5′ end of the encoding DNA gene sequence capable of forming a stem loop and capable of increasing the stability of mRNA transcripts from one or more genes, thus stabilized mRNAs, corresponding DNA sequences and microorganisms.
US08841086B2	Kit for detecting bacterial contamination The invention relates to a colorimetric method for detecting bacterial or fungal pathogens by detecting peptidoglycan or (1-3)-β-D-glucan in a sample.
US08841085B2	Nanoparticle sensor for measuring protease activity and method for manufacturing the same Disclosed are a nanoparticle sensor for measuring protease activity, for protease imaging, and a method for preparing the same. More specifically, the present invention relates to a nanoparticle sensor for measuring protease activity in which a fluorophore- and a quencher-conjugated peptide substrate is conjugated to a biocompatible polymer nanoparticle. The peptide substrate is specifically lysed by a protease. The sensor according to the present invention is capable of inhibiting emission of fluorescence with high extinctive activity of the quencher on a fluorescent material. But strong fluorescence is specifically emitted only if the peptide substrate is lysed by a specific protease. Therefore, the sensor is especially useful as a method for screening a novel drug such as a protease overexpression inhibitor, and early diagnosis of incurable diseases and various diseases such as autoimmune diseases including cancer, osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and dementia.
US08841083B2	PSA capture agents, compositions, methods and preparation thereof Disclosed herein are novel synthetic prostate specific antigen (PSA)-targeted capture agents that specifically bind PSA. In certain embodiments, these PSA capture agents are biligand or triligand capture agents containing two or three target-binding moieties, respectively.
US08841081B2	Method of treating metastatic stage prostate cancer The invention provides methods and dosing regimens for treating metastatic stage prostate cancer in a subject using degarelix, as well as related methods of using degarelix in a subject identified as having metastatic stage prostate cancer, and methods of using degarelix to prevent or delay the progression of locally advanced prostate cancer.
US08841079B2	Fibronectin aggrecan biomarker for the identification of spinal and joint source of pain Biomarkers, including isolated fibronectin-aggrecan complexes that correlate with spinal or joint pain and inflammation, and methods for their detection are provided. Also provided are methods for identifying treatment sites in the spine or joint for treatment of pain and inflammation by detecting the presence of, or increased levels of, fibronectin-aggrecan complexes. Methods for treating spinal or joint pain and inflammation are also provided.
US08841078B2	Dual activity kinase domains and uses thereof The present invention relates to a dual activity domain of JAK proteins, namely JH2. It is provided that the JH2 domain is a true and important target for drug development, especially for diseases caused by aberrant JAK signalling, such as myeloproliferative disorders and leukemias.
US08841074B2	MPL mutations in JAK2 V617F negative patients with myeloproliferative disease The invention provides compositions and methods for diagnosing a patient as having a myeloproliferative disease by identifying mutations in the MPL gene or gene products.
US08841070B2	Device for processing an analyte and a method of processing and/or detecting an analyte using said device The present invention relates to a device for processing an analyte and to a method of processing and/or detecting an analyte using said device.
US08841053B2	Organic photoconductors with latex polymer overcoat layers An organic photoconductor includes: a conductive substrate; a charge generation layer on the conductive substrate; and a charge transport layer on the charge generation layer. An overcoat layer is formed on the charge transport layer. The overcoat layer is a latex polymer in which a charge transport material is dispersed.
US08841051B2	Full color image forming method using two cyan toners Provided is a full color image forming method wherein high color reproducibility especially on a blue system and a green system can be obtained and an excellent gradation property can be obtained in a full color image to be obtained. The full color image forming method for forming a full color image by using at least yellow toner, magenta toner, and two kinds of cyan toners (1, 2) is characterized in that a toner image formed by the cyan toner (1) alone has the value of the maximum color saturation (C) of not less than 50 and the value of lightness (L) in a color space represented by an Lab* colorimetric system of not less than 30 and not more than 52, and that a toner image formed by the cyan toner (2) alone has the value of the maximum color saturation (C) of not less than 50 and the value of the lightness (L) in the color space represented by the Lab* colorimetric system of not less than 58 and not more than 75.
US08841045B2	Method for fabricating bi-polar plate of fuel cell A method for fabricating a bi-polar plate of a fuel cell and the bi-polar plate thereof are presented. A graphite film is formed first. Next, a polymeric material added with electrically conductive powder is coated on a surface of a metal substrate. The graphite film is disposed on the polymeric material and the polymeric material is hardened to form an adhesive layer, such that the graphite film is attached on the surface of the metal substrate.
US08841043B2	Interconnector material, intercellular separation structure, and solid electrolyte fuel cell Provided is an interconnector material which is chemically stable in both oxidation atmospheres and reduction atmospheres, has a high electron conductivity (electric conductivity), a low ionic conductivity, does not contain Cr, and enables a reduction in sintering temperature. The interconnector material is arranged between a plurality of cells each composed of an anode layer, a solid electrolyte layer, and a cathode layer stacked sequentially, and electrically connects the plurality of cells to each other in series in a solid electrolyte fuel cell. The interconnector is formed of a ceramic composition represented by the composition formula La(Fe1-xAlx)O3 in which 0
US08841042B2	Serial connected fuel cell stack module assembly A large, scalable SOFC system based on modules, which may be connected in series on the cathode gas side. The fuel cell stacks are aligned side by side and assembled into a stack module with cathode inlets on one face of the module and the cathode outlets on the other face of the module. The stack modules are serially connected in a simple manner by placing the stack modules one after the other, so that the outlet face of the first module faces the inlet face of the second module and so on. In the chamber between two stack modules, the air is cooled for example by addition of cold quench air or by a heat exchanger. This offers compactness, simple stack/system interface and improved system performance. The modules are designed for manufacturability, well-balanced heat management and high fuel utilization.
US08841039B2	Indirect internal reforming solid oxide fuel cell system The indirect internal reforming solid oxide fuel cell system includes an indirect internal reforming solid oxide fuel cell that has a first reformer which produces a reformed gas from a hydrocarbon-based fuel by using a steam reforming reaction, a solid oxide fuel cell which generates electric power by using the reformed gas obtained in the first reformer, and a container which houses the first reformer and the solid oxide fuel cell, the first reformer being disposed in a position to receive heat radiation from the solid oxide fuel cell; a second reformer which is disposed outside the container and produces a reformed gas by reforming a hydrocarbon-based fuel; and a line which leads the reformed gas obtained in the second reformer from the second reformer to an anode of the solid oxide fuel cell.
US08841019B2	Implantable medical device including eddy current reducing battery An implantable device, such as a pacer, defibrillator, or other cardiac rhythm management device, can include one or more MRI Safe components. In an example, the implantable device includes a battery including a first electrode and a second electrode separate from the first electrode. The second electrode includes a first surface and a second surface. The second electrode includes a slot through the second electrode from the first surface toward the second surface. The slot extends from a perimeter of the second electrode to an interior of the second electrode. The slot is configured to at least partially segment a surface area of the second electrode to reduce a radial current loop size in the second electrode.
US08841001B2	Device housing and method for making same A device housing having an aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate, an aluminum layer and a corrosion resistant layer formed on the aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate in that order is provided. The corrosion resistant layer is an Al—C—N gradient layer implanted with iridium ions by ion implantation process. The atomic percentages of N and C in the Al—C—N gradient layer both gradually increase from the area near the aluminum layer to the area away from aluminum or aluminum alloy substrate. Therefore the device housing has a high corrosion resistance. A method for making the device housing is also provided.
US08841000B2	Metalized plastic articles and methods thereof Metalized plastic substrates, and methods thereof are provided herein. The method includes providing a plastic substrate having a plurality of accelerators dispersed in the plastic substrate. The accelerators have a formula selected from the group consisting of: CuFe2O4-δ, Ca0.25Cu0.75TiO3-β, and TiO2-σ, wherein δ, β, σ denotes oxygen vacancies in corresponding accelerators and 0.05≦δ≦0.8, 0.05≦β≦0.5, and 0.05≦σ≦1.0. The method further includes removing at least a portion of a surface of the plastic substrate to expose at least a first accelerator. The method further includes plating the exposed surface of the plastic substrate to form at least a first metal layer on the at least first accelerator, and then plating the first metal layer to form at least a second metal layer.
US08840989B2	Reinforced, laminated, impregnated, and composite-like materials as cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel structures Reinforced, laminated, impregnated, and materials with composite properties as cross linked polyvinyl alcohol hydrogel structures in bulk or cellular matrix forms that can take essentially any physical shape, or can have essentially any size, degree of porosity and surface texture. They have a wide range of physical properties, unusual and unique combinations of physical properties and unique responses to stress fields, which allows for their use in many end use applications.
US08840986B2	Laminate coated with radiation-hardenable printing ink or printing lacquer and moulded piece The present invention relates to printing ink or printing lacquer containing non radiation-hardenable polycarbonate, preferably, aromatic, in particular as a binder and adhesion promoting components. According to the invention, the polycarbonate is present with radiation-hardening monomers, in particular dissolved therein.
US08840985B2	Composition for forming inorganic pattern and method for forming inorganic pattern using the same Disclosed herein is a composition for forming an inorganic pattern, comprising an inorganic precursor, at least one stabilizer selected from β-diketone and β-ketoester, and a solvent. Use of the composition enables efficient and inexpensive formation of an inorganic micropattern.
US08840981B2	Microfluidic device with multilayer coating A microfluidic device comprised of a material layer and a fluid transport feature having at least one characteristic dimension of less than 500 micrometers formed in or on the material layer. A chemically resistant, thermally stable and biocompatible multilayer coating is provided onto and in contact with the microfluidic device, wherein the multilayer coating includes one or more thin film layers comprised primarily of hafnium oxide or zirconium oxide and one or more thin film layers comprised primarily of tantalum oxide, the multilayer coating being located on a surface of the fluid transport feature. The corrosion resistant film can be formed on the surfaces of fluid transport features of microfluidic devices using atomic layer deposition film forming methods that produce conformal films that cover complex geometries, thereby enabling the corrosion resistant film to be formed on all surfaces of the fluid transport features of the microfluidic device.
US08840976B2	VOC or compressed gas containment device made from a polyoxymethylene polymer VOC or compressed gas containment devices, such as polymer fuel tanks, are made from a polyoxymethylene polymer composition. The polymer composition contains a polyoxymethylene polymer that is directly or indirectly chemically attached to an impact modifier. In one embodiment, for instance, a coupling agent bonds the impact modifier to the polyoxymethylene polymer. In order to preserve the permeability of the polymer material when combined with the impact modifier, a polyoxymethylene polymer is used that contains a low level of low molecular weight constituents.
US08840969B1	Method and apparatus for adjusting the relative movement between flocking fibers and flocked objects A method and apparatus for adjusting the relative movement between flocked fibers and an object to be flocked is disclosed. Fibers move along a curved or arcuate path which includes both vertical and horizontal movement of the fibers from a flocking machine to the object to be flocked. The method improves the flocking process quality and increases production speed and output.
US08840953B2	Method of adjusting nozzle clearance of liquid application apparatus, and liquid application apparatus A method of adjusting a clearance between a nozzle and a work to a desired value in a liquid application apparatus wherein a liquid discharged from the nozzle is applied to the work, comprises (a) a distance measurement step of measuring, by using a non-contact distance sensor positioned in parallel with the nozzle, a distance from the non-contact distance sensor to a reference surface of a contact detection sensor detecting a contact of the nozzle front end with the reference surface opposite to the nozzle front end, (b) a nozzle contacting step of making contacts with the nozzle front end and the reference surface of the contact detection sensor to obtain a positional information of the nozzle, (c) a distance measurement step of measuring, by the non-contact distance sensor, a distance from the non-contact distance sensor to the work before applying the liquid to the work, and (d) a step of adjusting a nozzle clearance to a desired value based on the relative positional information between the nozzle and the non-contact distance sensor determined by the distance measurement step (a) and the nozzle contacting step (b), and the distance determined by the distance measurement step (c), thereby to enable the nozzle clearance adjustment based on accurate information of the relative position between the nozzle and the non-contact distance sensor in the nozzle clearance direction, which is less influenced by the work's windings, heaves or others.
US08840943B2	Multi-colored cake cones The present invention relates to a multi-colored baked cake cone typically for holding ice cream or other confection novelties. This cone is made of a dough bi-layer that includes at least a first layer of a conventional cake dough that contains sugar and a second layer of a modified cake dough that imparts at least one color other than brown to the cone after baking. The cone is typically associated with a sleeve that is at least partially transparent to display the multicolor cone.
US08840941B2	Method for infusing calcium phosphate in water, juices and water beverages The present invention provides a method to solubilize and infuse calcium phosphate directly into water, water beverages and juices at very high concentration from which it is readily available for immediate and complete absorption. A premix of powdered ingredients including ground limestone, amino acetic acid phosphate, amino acetic acid citrate and optionally zinc carbonate, acidulants sweeteners and/or flavors can be mixed with the water, water beverages and juices. The water, water beverages and juices containing infused calcium phosphate do not require further processing and are readily consumable.
US08840940B2	Keratolytic emollient A keratolytic emollient, which includes urea, mineral oil, and paraffin wax.
US08840929B2	Cosmetic compositions with near infra-red (NIR) light-emitting material and methods therefor Cosmetic or dermatological compositions and substrates, containing a NIR light-emitting material, and methods for stimulating healing and/or regenerative properties in the skin, hair and/or scalp are provided.
US08840925B2	Orally disintegrating tablet compositions of lamotrigine The compositions of the present invention composition comprise a therapeutically effective amount of particles comprising lamotrigine, in combination with granules comprising a disintegrant, and a sugar alcohol and/or a saccharide. These compositions are useful in treating epilepsy and bipolar disorder, particularly for patients with dysphagia, and to improve compliance with bipolar patients.
US08840918B2	Hydrogel compositions for tooth whitening A composition is provided, wherein the composition comprises a water-swellable, water-insoluble polymer, a blend of a hydrophilic polymer and a complementary oligomer capable of hydrogen bonding to the hydrophilic polymer, and a whitening agent, preferably a peroxide. The composition finds utility as a tooth whitening composition and is applied to the teeth in need of whitening, and then removed when the degree of whitening has been achieved. In certain embodiments, the composition is translucent. Methods for preparing and using the compositions are also disclosed.
US08840912B2	Imidazole derivatives useful for controlling microbial growth Disclosure is provided for 1,4,5-substituted amino imidazole compounds useful to control microbial growth, compositions including these compounds, devices including these compounds, and methods of using the same.
US08840903B2	Compositions and methods for vaccinating against HSV-2 This invention relates to therapeutic polynucleotide compositions and methods for systemic immune activation which are effective for eliciting both a systemic, non-antigen specific immune response and a strong antigen-specific immune response in mammals. The polynucleotide compositions are particularly effective for protecting mammals from herpes simplex virus (HSV), such as HSV gD2, VP11/12, and VP13/14 polypeptides.
US08840902B2	Tumor vaccination involving a humoral immune response against self-proteins The present invention relates to tumor immunotherapy, in particular to tumor vaccination, using chimeric proteins comprising all or a portion of a hepatitis B virus core antigen protein and an amino acid sequence comprising an epitope derived from the extracellular portion of a tumor-associated antigen. In particular, the present invention provides virus-like particles comprising said chimeric proteins, which are useful for eliciting a humoral immune response in a subject against the tumor-associated antigen, in particular against cells carrying said tumor-associated antigen on their surface, wherein the tumor-associated antigen is a self-protein in said subject.
US08840897B2	Preparation useful for, and method for treatment of neonatal alloimmune thrombocytopenia (NAIT) A preparation useful for, and a method for the prophylactic treatment of women post-childbirth in order to avoid immunization and antibody production, which could induce NAIT and fetal/neonatal bleeding in subsequent pregnancies comprising administering a preparation containing antibodies to HPA1a within 72 hours after delivery in the first non-compatible pregnancy.
US08840895B2	Human antibodies specifically binding to the hepatitis B virus surface antigen Provided are antibodies specifically binding to the HBV surface antigen (HBsAg) which are effective for the prevention or treatment of hepatitis B.
US08840894B2	Antibodies to human GDF8 The present invention provides isolated human or humanized antibodies or antigen-binding fragments thereof which specifically bind to Growth and Differentiation Factor-8 (GDF8) and block GDF8 activity. The antibodies and antibody fragments of the present invention may be used in therapeutic methods for treating conditions or disorders which are ameliorated or improved by inhibition of GDF8.
US08840884B2	Antibody-containing solution pharmaceuticals Antibody-containing solution formulations including a sugar as a stabilizer. Said solution formulations can further include a surfactant as a stabilizer.
US08840881B2	Methods and compositions for treating prostate cancer or inducing a humoral immune response against prostate cancer The present invention relates to prostate cancer markers, compositions comprising such markers, and methods of using such markers to induce or increase an immune response against prostate cancer. An immune response against the markers correlates with an immune response, in particular a humoral immune response, against prostate cancer cells which immune response is preferably associated with prophylaxis of prostate cancer, treatment of prostate cancer, and/or amelioration of at least one symptom associated with prostate cancer.
US08840880B2	Canine probiotic bifidobacteria globosum According to the invention there is provided a strain of lactic acid bacteria of the species Bifidobacteria globosum obtainable by isolation from resected and washed canine gastrointestinal tract having a probiotic activity in animals. Methods of use and compositions comprising the Bifidobacteria globosum of the present invention are also provided.
US08840875B2	Anti-viral agents and compositions thereof Guanidine-based poly (amidoamine) polymers of formula (I): wherein n is an integer between 3 and 400; R1 is H, C1-6 alkyl; or taken together with the N atoms to which is bound and R2 is a piperazinic ring; R2 is C2-6 alkylen; C5-6 cycloalkylen; CH—COOH, CH—COOR, wherein R is C1-4 alkyl, phenyl or benzyl; R3 is —(CH2)p-HN—C(NH2)═NH, wherein p is an integer 1 to 6; for use as antiviral agents in the prevention and/or treatment of viral infections in a mammal, preferably a human subject.
US08840872B2	Ocular therapy using glucocorticoid derivatives selectively penetrating posterior segment tissues Ophthalmically therapeutic materials, such as liquid-containing compositions and polymeric drug delivery systems, include a therapeutic component that includes an Glucocorticoid Derivative which, upon delivery to the posterior segment of a mammalian eye, does not significantly diffuse to the anterior segment of said eye. Methods of making and using the present materials are also described.
US08840868B2	Non-invasive detection of complement-mediated inflammation using CR2-targeted nanoparticles Methods of non-invasive imaging of complement-mediated inflammation are provided. Compositions including CR-targeted ultrasmall superparamagnetic nanoparticles or aggregates thereof for use with those methods are also provided.
US08840867B2	Embolizing sclerosing hydrogel A sclerosing embolizing hydrogel comprising from about 0.1% by weight to about 4.0% by weight of chitosan; from about 0.01M to about 1M of hydrochloric acid; from 0% by volume to about 40% by volume of iopamidol; from 0.5% by weight to about 25% by weight of β-glycerophosphate disodium salt; and from about 0.05% by weight to about 4% by weight of sodium tetradecyl sulphate. Also a kit for synthesizing the hydrogel and a method using the hydrogel to treat a vascular defect in a subject.
US08840866B2	Styrylpyridine derivatives and their use for binding and imaging amyloid plaques This invention relates to a method of imaging amyloid deposits and to styrylpyridine compounds, and methods of making radiolabeled styrylpyridine compounds useful in imaging amyloid deposits. This invention also relates to compounds, and methods of making compounds for inhibiting the aggregation of amyloid proteins to form amyloid deposits, and a method of delivering a therapeutic agent to amyloid deposits.
US08840853B1	Integrated ethanol and biodiesel facility An integrated facility for the co-production of ethanol and biodiesel fuel is provided. Ethanol and corn oil, the primary product and a by-product from the ethanol plant, are utilized as feedstocks for a biodiesel plant operating within the same general facility as the corn ethanol plant. By-products of the biodiesel plant, principally crude liquid glycerol and gaseous ethanol or methanol, are recycled to various parts of the ethanol plant.
US08840851B2	Pipette tip supplying apparatus, sample analyzer and pipette tip supplying method The present invention is a pipette tip supplying apparatus which comprises: a storing section configured to store a plurality of pipette tips; a supplying section configured to supply at least one of the plurality of pipette tips stored in the storing section outside the storing section; a detector configured to detect a pipette tip assembly in which one pipette tip and another pipette tip are piled up with a distal end of the one pipette tip inserted into the another pipette tip; and a discharging section configured to discharge the pipette tip assembly from the storing section, when the detector has detected the pipette tip assembly in the storing section.
US08840849B2	Permeation device and method for reducing aqueous boundary layer thicknesses The invention provides a permeation device (2) comprising a receiving vessel (6) having an aperture adapted for receiving an insert well (4). Both the vessel (6) and well (4) are used as either donor or acceptor compartments for permeability assays. The vessel (6) or well (4) comprises a porous suppor (8)t, which may comprise biological or biomimetic materials, adapted for a molecular entity to permeate therethrough. In one embodiment, a stirring member (24) disposed in the vessel (6) can provide solution agitation to reduce aqueous boundary layer thickness adjacent to the support (8). Boundary layer thicknesses can be reduced by a device (2) of the invention to less than about 15 um such that a molecular entity permeating the support closely approximates in vivo absorption and transport conditions.
US08840841B2	Breathing air production and distribution system A breathing air production and filtration system has an air generation assembly and a distribution assembly. The generation assembly has a compressor and filtration components to generate breathing air. The distribution assembly has collection pots with multiple connections for manifolds. For their part, the manifolds have multiple connectors for the respirators of end users. The system uses a monitoring control system with various wireless sensors to monitor operation of the system and the quality of breathing air produced. These sensors include an in-line sensor detecting constituents or contaminants in the breathing air. The sensors also include pressure, temperature, and flow sensors monitoring the operation of the system. An automatic switchover is provided for switching the system to a back-up supply of high-pressure reserve air if needed.
US08840835B1	Method and apparatus for sterilization and pasteurization A method for sterilization and pasteurization includes providing an apparatus including a shock generation section; a sterilization section; and a membrane provided there between; placing media contaminated with microorganisms into the sterilization section; introducing a detonable mixture into the shock generation section; causing formation of at least one of a shock wave and an acoustic wave by igniting the detonable mixture, so that the at least one of a shock wave and an acoustic wave impinges on the membrane and is transmitted thereby into the sterilization section, and so that the media is sterilized or pasteurized by the at least one of a shock wave and an acoustic wave that will kill at least some of the microorganisms; venting the shock generation section via a pressure relief valve; and repeating to achieve a pre-determined degree of sterilization or pasteurization.
US08840829B2	Polymer powder with polyamide, use in a shaping process, and moldings produced from this polymer powder The present invention relates to a polymer powder which comprises polyamide, and to the use of this powder for shaping processes, and also to moldings produced from this polymer powder. The shaping processes are layer-by-layer processes which use powders, where regions of the respective layer are selectively melted via introduction of electromagnetic energy. The selectivity may be achieved, with no intention of restricting the invention thereto, be achieved via masks, application of inhibitors, of absorbers, or of susceptors, or via focusing of the energy introduced. After cooling, the regions then solidified can be removed in the form of moldings from the powder bed.
US08840825B2	Moldable thermoplastic inserts An apparatus for cushioning and protecting body parts of a human or animal is described. The apparatus includes a blend of dual durometer resilient flexible materials with a plurality of degrees of hardness to personalize the properties of comfort, proper fit, structure, and protection. The resilient flexible materials comprise thermoplastic, thermoset, casting, curing, epoxy, or resin materials, and a soft part is customizable.
US08840819B2	In-situ foam core structural energy management system and method of manufacture An energy management system for use with a vehicle having an interior includes an elongated plastic member having a wall defining a cavity. Disposed within the cavity is an elongated first in-situ foam core member, which has a first thermal bond to the wall. The wall having a first portion facing towards the vehicle interior and a second portion opposed to the first portion. A second in-situ foam core member is connected to at least a portion of the elongated plastic member forming the energy management system. The energy management system is capable of passing a 5-mph crash test passing Federal Motor Vehicle Safety Standard 215 (FMVSS 215) Phase II.
US08840818B2	System for the injection moulding of plastic material, particularly suitable for the moulding of pieces having the form of a solid of revolution or similar, and corresponding method A system for the injection molding of plastic material is described. The system has an injection device of the hot runner type for the injection of a plastic material, in a molten state, into a mold, a circular diaphragm to distribute evenly and circularly in a cavity of the mold, through a circular injection gate or port, the plastic material injected by the injection device, and control means adapted to control an operation of the molding system an including a heating inductor and heating means provided to heat and keep at a hot temperature the injection device, and a thermocouple being arranged in an area of the circular injection gate. The control means are adapted to control through the heating inductor a molding cycle of a piece. The system is particularly suitable for molding pieces which typically have a form of a solid of rotation with cylindrical outer surfaces, and is configured in an area of the circular injection port so as to avoid a formation of waste or superfluous parts which must be subsequently removed from the piece, once molded.
US08840817B2	Preparation method for asphalt-based spherical activated carbon which requires no infusibilization process The present invention is a preparation method for asphalt-based spherical activated carbon which requires no infusibilization process. Placing coal tar asphalt into a melting device; introducing compressed air of 0.1 MPa-0.5 MPa into the device and stirring until a melting temperature of 280° C.-350° C. is reached; continuing for 2-8 hours until the base material has a softening point of 200° C.-260° C.; after cooling down, pulverizing the base material to obtain asphalt powder. Obtaining 34%-79% by mass of carbon powder, 1%-10% by mass of binder, and 20%-65% by mass of the asphalt powder and then forming spherical particles with a diameter of 0.5 mm-5 mm with the carbon powder, the binder and the asphalt powder at room temperature. Introducing the spherical particles of asphalt directly into an asphalt carbonization furnace for carbonization at a temperature of 600° C.-900° C. under protection of an inert gas to obtain asphalt spherical carbon. Asphalt spherical carbon is subject to activation treatment to obtain asphalt spherical activated carbon. The preparation method of the present invention reduces processing difficulty and production costs significantly.
US08840813B2	Structural adhesive materials An adhesive material comprising at least one adhesive polymeric resin, at least one low aspect ratio metal-coated additive, and at least one high aspect ratio metal-coated additive. There is additionally provided an adhesive material comprising at least one adhesive polymeric resin, and one of either; a) low aspect ratio metal-coated additives present in the range 0.2 wt. % to 30 wt. % of the adhesive material; or b) discrete high aspect ratio metal-coated additives present in the range 0.2 wt. % to 25 wt. % of the adhesive material.
US08840806B2	Absorbent for capturing carbon dioxide including amino acid having multi amine groups and metal hydroxide Provided is an absorbent for capturing carbon dioxide. The absorbent may include an amino acid with multiple amine groups and an alkali-metal hydroxide mixed with the amino acid and thus, may increase an absorption capacity for carbon dioxide. When a sterically hindered effect is induced to the amino acid with multiple amine groups, the absorption capacity for carbon dioxide may increase and heat of absorption reaction may decrease and thus, energy consumed for regeneration of an absorbent may be reduced. The absorbent for capturing carbon dioxide may include amino acid with multiple amine groups and the metal hydroxide, and may provide a functional group around the amine groups to cause an sterically hindered effect and thus, the absorption capacity for carbon dioxide and an carbon dioxide absorption rate may increase, and the capital cost for a carbon dioxide capturing process and an operating cost may be significantly reduced.
US08840795B2	Method for manufacturing a master mold which is used to form a micropatterned film applied to an exterior of a household appliance and manufacturing apparatus and method of the film using the master mold An apparatus and a method of manufacturing a micropatterned film are disclosed. More particularly, a method for manufacturing a master mold capable of forming a micropattern on a film applied to an exterior of a household appliance, an apparatus and a method for production of a micropatterned film using the above master mold, and appliances having such micropatterned films attached thereto are disclosed. The method for manufacturing a master mold used for forming a micropatterned film applied to an exterior of a household appliance includes, applying photoresist (110) to a surface of an STS substrate (100) and UV irradating the same through a patterned mask (140) to transfer the pattern of the mask (140) to the substrate (100), etching the STS substrate (100) to which the pattern has been transferred removing the photoresist (110) from the etched STS substrate (100), and reproducing the pattern of the STS substrate on a synthetic resin substrate (210).
US08840792B2	Apparatus and methods for solution processing using reverse osmosis Equipment, systems, processes and techniques for conducting reverse osmosis processing of solutions are described. The techniques can be applied to provide diluted solution (i.e. purified solvent), concentrate solution or each. A variety of specific equipment, example systems and processes are depicted and described.
US08840791B2	Multilayer microfiltration membrane A microfiltration membrane comprising (a) an asymmetric layer, (b) an isometric layer, and (c) an interface layer between the asymmetric layer and the isometric layer, the interface layer having a first portion contacting the asymmetric layer and a second portion contacting the isometric layer; wherein, (i) the asymmetric layer has a region contacting the first portion of the interface layer, the region including cells having a first porous structure; (ii) the isometric layer has a region contacting the second portion of the interface layer, the region including cells having a second porous structure; the first porous structure being larger than the second porous structure; and the first portion of the interface layer comprises cells having the first porous structure, and the second portion of the interface layer comprises cells having the second porous structure, and methods of making and using the membrane, are disclosed. Also disclosed is a microfiltration membrane comprising (a) a first asymmetric layer, (b) a second asymmetric layer, and (c) an interface layer between the first asymmetric layer and the second asymmetric layer, the interface layer having a first portion contacting the first asymmetric layer and a second portion contacting the second asymmetric layer; wherein, (i) the first asymmetric layer has a region contacting the first portion of the interface layer, the region including cells having a first porous structure; (ii) the second asymmetric layer has a region contacting the second portion of the interface layer, the region including cells having a second porous structure; the first porous structure being larger than the second porous structure; and the first portion of the interface layer comprises cells having the first porous structure, and the second portion of the interface layer comprises cells having the second porous structure, as well as methods of making and using the membrane.
US08840787B2	Filter device, in particular return line suction filter, and filter element for use in such a filter device A filter device, in particular a return line suction filter, has at least one filter housing (3) receiving a filter element (17) defining a longitudinal axis. The filter element has an end cap with an enclosure at one filter element end enclosing an end edge of the filter material (39) and fixed to an element receptacle (5) connected to the filter housing (3) for fixing the location of the filter element (17) in its functional position. The element receptacle (5) and the associated end cap (21) of the filter element (17) have design irregularities (63, 65) adapted to each other at their parts (23, 47) engaging each other in the functional position of the filter element (17). The irregularities enable the engagement in a positional alignment to each other.
US08840766B2	Gas-monitoring assembly comprising one or more gas sensors and one or more getters, and method of using same The present invention relates to a gas-monitoring assembly (100) and method for selectively determining the presence of a target gas in a gaseous environment that potentially comprises one or more interfering gases. Such gas-monitoring assembly and method specifically employ one or more gas sensors (S1) one or more getters (G1) arranged and constructed to reduce cross-interference caused by potential presence of the interfering gases in such gaseous environment to be monitored. The gas-monitoring assembly and method of the present invention are capable of monitoring a gaseous environment with respect to potential presence of multiple target gases that may interfere with one another.
US08840752B2	Flow passage switching apparatus, processing apparatus, flow passage switching method, processing method and storage medium Disclosed are a flow path switching apparatus and a fluid processing apparatus having a liquid processing unit that performs a processing by supplying different kinds of processing fluid to wafer W at different timings. The atmosphere of the liquid processing unit is discharged fluid to a plurality of exclusive exhaust paths through exhaust paths and flow path switching units. A flow path switching unit includes an outer tube having a plurality of connection holes and a rotary tube inserted into the outer tube having a plurality of openings. In particular, one of the plurality of openings of the rotary tube is aligned with one of the plurality of connection holes of the outer tube in such a way that only an aligned set of an opening of the rotary tube and a connection hole of the outer tube is sequentially communicated during the rotation of the rotary tube.
US08840739B2	Corrosion resistance of magnesium alloy article surfaces Surfaces of magnesium-base alloy workpieces may be mechanically worked and deformed to increase their resistance to corrosion, especially corrosion occurring in the presence of water or water and salt or other corrosive media. Workpiece surfaces that are to be thus protected are engaged in squeezing, sliding, and frictional contact with a suitable burnishing or other working tool that traverses the surface to compress and deform it and to refine the metallurgical grain structure. For example, the grain size is reduced in a surface layer that may extend to a depth of up to a few millimeters. And grain orientation is altered within that depth. The tool is not employed to intentionally remove material from the surface of the workpiece. The initial dimensioning of the workpiece may take into consideration the alteration of surfaces by the mechanical working process.
US08840735B2	Fatigue damage resistant wire and method of production thereof Fatigue damage resistant metal or metal alloy wires have a submicron-scale or nanograin microstructure that demonstrates improved fatigue damage resistance properties, and methods for manufacturing such wires. The present method may be used to form a wire having a nanograin microstructure characterized by a mean grain size that is 500 nm or less, in which the wire demonstrates improved fatigue damage resistance. Wire manufactured in accordance with the present process may show improvement in one or more other material properties, such as ultimate strength, unloading plateau strength, permanent set, ductility, and recoverable strain, for example. Wire manufactured in accordance with the present process is suitable for use in a medical device, or other high end application.
US08840733B2	Endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus An endoscope cleaning/disinfecting apparatus includes: a medicinal solution storage portion; a cleaning/disinfecting tank; a medicinal solution supplying conduit having one end communicating with the medicinal solution storage portion and the other end opening toward the cleaning/disinfecting tank; a medicinal solution supplying member; a medicinal solution receiving member provided inside the medicinal solution supplying member; and a medicinal solution collecting port which is openable/closable by a lid body, and formed at a position between the medicinal solution receiving member and the opening of the other end in the medicinal solution supplying conduit.
US08840730B1	HDA vacuum cleaning machine for manufacturing of HDD A machine for cleaning a head-disk assembly (HDA) of a hard disk drive (HDD) includes a nest that seals the HDA between an upper and lower portion during cleaning. An inlet port receives a gas and an exhaust port exhausts the gas and entrained particles. A shock drive delivers mechanical shocks to the nest and the HDA while the gas is flowing through the HDA. A blower may circulate the gas from the exhaust port to the inlet port. A filter may be coupled to the inlet port. The HDA nest may be movable along an axis of the mechanical shocks delivered by the shock drive. A blow tube may deliver gas to a screw hole and a coaxial vacuum tube may rest against a surface around the screw hole to encapsulate the blow tube during cleaning and remove the gas and particles from the screw hole.
US08840727B2	Film deposition apparatus, substrate processor, film deposition method, and computer-readable storage medium A film deposition apparatus for depositing a thin film on a substrate by feeding at least two kinds of reaction gases in a vacuum chamber includes a turntable; a substrate placement part on the turntable; a first and a second reaction gas feed part provided apart from each other to feed a first and a second reaction gas into a first and a second process region, respectively, on the turntable; a separation region positioned between the first and second process regions and including a first separation gas feed part to feed a first separation gas and a ceiling surface; a center part region positioned inside the vacuum chamber and including an ejection opening for ejecting a second separation gas; an evacuation port; and a drive part to rotate the turntable so that the substrate passes through the first and second process regions at different angular velocities of the turntable.
US08840717B2	Asphalt modifiers for “warm mix” applications including adhesion promoter The present invention generally relates to an additive package for warm-mix asphalt formulations for the pavement of road surfaces, said additive package comprising a) surfactant component, and b) an asphalt rheology modifying component, wherein said asphalt rheology modifying component comprises at least one of a i) a wax component and ii) a resin component. The invention also relates to a warm mix asphalt having improved compaction at lower temperatures, and to a pavement made from said warm mix asphalt.
US08840713B2	Scrubber unit arrangement The invention relates to a scrubber unit arrangement for cleaning exhaust gas. The arrangement comprises a scrubber unit for receiving a flow of exhaust gas, a pump means for supplying a scrubbing medium to the scrubber unit from a source of scrubbing medium, and means for discharging scrubbing medium from the scrubber unit. In order to provide an energy efficient scrubbing process, the scrubber unit arrangement further comprises a turbine unit, which is arranged to receive discharged scrubbing medium from the scrubber unit. Scrubbed exhaust gas is separately discharged from the scrubber unit.
US08840712B2	Evaporative emission control system An evaporative emission control system includes a fuel tank, a canister, a normally-closed control valve, a filler pipe, and a breather pipe. The fuel tank is to store fuel. The canister is to adsorb evaporative fuel generated in the fuel tank. The normally-closed control valve is provided in a vapor passage connecting the fuel tank to the canister. The fuel is delivered to the fuel tank through the filler pipe. The breather pipe includes a communicating passage, an opening, and at least one hole. The communicating passage connects the fuel tank to the filler pipe. The opening is provided at a first end of the breather pipe in the fuel tank. The opening is located below a predetermined fuel level in the fuel tank. The at least one hole is located above the predetermined fuel level in the fuel tank.
US08840709B2	Method and apparatus for purifying compressed air In a compressed air processing method and device for motor vehicles, compressed air at static pressure in a pressure line is purified of contaminants, such as hydrocarbon compounds and oil products, and subsequently dried. To ensure that the compressed air is effectively purified of contaminants and water vapor before purification, the compressed air is brought to a temperature at which the contaminants present in gaseous form condense and the water mass contained in the compressed air is dissolved as steam.
US08840700B2	Preparation of metallurgic network compositions and methods of use thereof The present invention provides conductive metal compositions for electronic applications, and methods of preparation and uses thereof. More specifically, the present invention provides metallic particle transient liquid phase sintering compositions containing blended formulations of metal and metal alloy components that form interconnected conductive metallurgical networks with increased stability, resistance to thermal stress and ability to mitigate CTE mismatch between materials.
US08840693B2	Coated particles and related methods Coated particles comprise a core particle comprising a superhard material and having an average diameter of between 1 μm and 500 μm. A coating material is adhered to and covers at least a portion of an outer surface of the core particle, the coating material comprising an amine terminated group. A plurality of nanoparticles selected from the group consisting of carbon nanotubes, nanographite, nanographene, non-diamond carbon allotropes, surface modified nanodiamond, nanoscale particles of BeO, and nanoscale particles comprising a Group VIIIA element is adhered to the coating material.
US08840692B2	Energy and/or material transport including phase change Techniques, systems and material are disclosed for transport of energy and/or materials. In one aspect a method includes generating gaseous fuel (e.g., from biomass dissociation) at a first location of a low elevation. The gaseous fuel can be self transported in a pipeline to a second location at a higher elevation than the first location by traveling from the first location to the second location without adding energy of pressure. A liquid fuel can be generated at the second location of higher elevation by reacting the gaseous fuel with at least one of a carbon donor, a nitrogen donor, and an oxygen donor harvested from industrial waste. The liquid fuel can be delivered to a third location of a lower elevation than the second location while providing pressure or kinetic energy.
US08840691B2	Process, method, and system for removing mercury from fluids Trace levels of mercury in a natural gas are removed in a gas processing plant in an amine unit and/or a dehydrator. The mercury removal occurs concurrently with the removal of acid gases in an amine unit, e.g., an absorber or scrubber, with an amine solution containing a complexing agent. The mercury removal can also be carried out concurrently with the removal of water in a glycol dehydrator with the addition of a complexing agent to the glycol solution. Volatile mercury in the natural gas is removed by the complexing agent, forming non-volatile mercury species in the rich amine/glycol solution.
US08840688B2	Chemical protection of metal surface An electrochemical cell includes an anode having a metal material having an oxygen containing layer. The electrochemical cell also includes a cathode and an electrolyte. The anode includes a chemically bonded protective layer formed by reacting a D or P block precursor with the oxygen containing layer.
US08840672B2	Spring base glenosphere A method for implanting a reverse modular humeral implant into a humerus that includes a natural humeral shaft and a natural humeral head. The implant includes a humeral stem implantable into the natural humeral shaft, and an adapter couplable to the humeral stem, the adapter including an anchoring projection configured to be coupled to a convex bearing.
US08840665B2	Method of tendon repair with amnion and chorion constructs It is described a construct for use in surgical repair of tendon. The construct contains at least one layer of human amnion and chorion tissues and is generally cylindrical with a C-shaped cross-section to allow for ease of implantation over the tendon. Methods for preparing the construct is described. In addition, an improved method for surgical repair of a damaged or diseased tendon using the construct is also described. The improved method reduces adhesions, scar formation, inflammation and risk of post-operative infection.
US08840649B2	Multi-axial bone plate system An orthopedic bone plate system includes a bone plate for placement adjacent one or more vertebral bodies. The system further includes a locking element including a compression member and a fixation member, the compression member having an aperture and a deformable portion. Also included is a bone fastener having a bone engaging portion and a stem portion. The stem is slidably receivable within the aperture of the compression member while the locking member is receivable within an aperture of the bone plate. As the compression member is brought into proximity of a vertebral body along the longitudinal axis of the bone fastener, an increasing force is exerted against the fixation member and translated to the bone plate. The resultant force is translated back to the fixation member to the compression member which causes the deformable portion of the compression member to clamp the bone fastener relative to the bone plate.
US08840642B2	Methods and apparatus for fixing sheet-like materials to a target tissue A staple for attaching a sheet-like implant to tissue or bone may include first and second arms, and first and second flukes. In some embodiments, the first arm has a proximal end and a distal end, and the second arm has a proximal end and a distal end. A bridge extends from the proximal end of the first arm to the proximal end of the second arm. The first fluke has a proximal end abutting the distal end of the first arm, and the first fluke extends distally from the first arm. The first fluke has a lateral extent larger than a lateral extent of the first arm and is mounted eccentrically thereto. The first fluke includes a proximal surface projecting at an outward angle in a proximal direction away from the distal end of the first arm to engage the tissue or bone when inserted therein. The second fluke has similar features. This arrangement causes the first and second flukes to rotate in response to a pullout force on the bridge. Methods for attaching a sheet-like implant to a target tissue are also disclosed.
US08840630B2	Button release handle A handle for receiving an elongate medical device is provided. The handle includes a housing defining an elongate hollow interior portion, the hollow portion defining a first portion proximate the distal end and the aperture, a second portion. A core is slidably disposed within the interior portion and includes a ramp portion extending from an outer surface of the core at an oblique angle to the longitudinal axis, and two or more arms extending outwardly from a proximal end of the core and biased toward an extended configuration where a proximal end of each arm extends radially outside of an outer surface of the core, wherein the two or more arms combine to define the proximal opening. A button is movably disposed within the aperture substantially blocking communication with the hollow portion through the aperture, comprising an inclined surface that slidably engages the ramp surface.
US08840622B1	Implant installation assembly and related methods This disclosure describes a guide assembly for guiding the installation of a spinal fusion implant to a surgical target site. The guide assembly includes a pair of arm members and a handle assembly that functions to clamp the arm members in locked and unlocked positions. The guide assembly interacts with an inserter to guide a spinal implant to the target site. Once the implant is inserted within the disc space, the guide assembly can be partially disassembled to facilitate removal from the surgical target site.
US08840614B2	Graft collection and containment system for bone defects A device for containing bone graft material comprises a body including an inner sleeve extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end and an outer sleeve surrounding the inner sleeve and extending longitudinally from a proximal end to a distal end such that a bone graft collecting space is formed therebetween.
US08840608B2	Methods and devices for selective disruption of fatty tissue by controlled cooling The present invention relates to methods for use in the selective disruption of lipid-rich cells by controlled cooling. The present invention further relates to a device for use in carrying out the methods for selective disruption of lipid-rich cells by controlled cooling.
US08840604B2	Surgical aimer The present disclosure relates to a surgical aimer including a shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion and a handle coupled to the proximal portion of the shaft. The handle includes a mechanism for coupling the shaft to the handle and releasing the shaft from the handle.
US08840602B2	Systems and methods for anesthetizing ear tissue A system and method for use in iontophoretic anesthesia of a tympanic membrane are disclosed. The system generally includes an earplug and an electrode device. The earplug includes at least one sealing member for sealing the earplug in an ear canal. The sealing member includes microholes which vent fluid above a certain pressure threshold. A headset may connect the earplug to a second earplug. The method involves using the system on a human or animal subject.
US08840589B2	Medical article anchoring system An anchoring system provides secure attachment between a portion of a medical article and a body of a patient. The anchoring system comprises a securement device and a first fitting attached to the medical article, the first fitting having a first configuration. Embodiments of the anchoring system also comprise a second fitting attached to the medical article. The second fitting has a second configuration that differs from the first. The securement device includes a mounting surface for attaching the securement device to the patient's body and a receiving area. The receiving area is oriented so as to face away from the patient's body, and includes retainer mechanisms that are capable of engaging one or both of the first and second fittings, which have different configurations.
US08840588B2	Insufflation needle with dual indicator and method of use A medical apparatus which comprises a sharpened outer needle and a blunt inner needle slidingly disposed within the outer needle is provided. The apparatus also contains a position indicator to indicate the position of the inner needle within the outer needle, so that the user knows whether the inner needle is in a protective or a non-protective position. The position indicator may be a mechanical visual indicator, an electronic visual indicator, a tactile indicator, an audible indicator or any combination of the above.
US08840585B2	Motorized syringe for use with two types of dental anesthetic solution-containing cartridges A motorized syringe for use with two types of dental anesthetic solution-filled cartridges, having a plunger plug in the 1.8 ml cartridge pushed by a push rod by a length required to push a plunger plug in the 1.0 ml cartridge. The syringe includes a cartridge holder for use with 1.0 ml and 1.8 ml cartridges, the push rod having a 1.0 ml position and a 1.8 ml position drawn back from the 1.0 ml position so that push rod movement can end at a common terminal position for both, a sleeve adapted to receive the push rod rear end when pushed back from the common terminal position, and to be not interfered with by the push rod's rear end when it is in the 1.0 ml position, the sleeve being pushed rearward with the push rod's rear end when pushed back to the 1.8 ml position.
US08840579B2	Internal tourniquet method An internal tourniquet and method for establishing hemostasis within a portion of a limb to facilitate surgery controls flow of a fluid into a capsule surrounding substantially all of a human joint. Blood concentration in the capsule is sensed; and pressure in the capsule is controlled to maintain a fluid pressure in the capsule within a predetermined pressure tolerance window. The concentration of blood in the capsule is maintained below a predetermined maximum concentration while the fluid pressure is within the pressure tolerance window.
US08840574B2	Massage apparatus There is provided a massage apparatus capable of providing optimum massage effects even with variations in thickness of to-be-treated area such as a lower leg from user to user. The massage apparatus 1 includes a massage section 7 having a stationary massage member 15 and a movable massage member 16, a rotary shaft 9, 10 disposed so as to pass through the base end of the movable massage member 16, a driving section 11 for rotatably driving the rotary shaft 9, 10, a pair of right-hand and left-hand changer sections 12, 13 for changing a rotational force of the rotary shaft 9, 19 into an action of movement of the movable massage member 16 toward and away from the stationary massage member 15; and a breadth adjustment mechanism 14 capable of positioning movement of the stationary massage member 15 in directions toward and away from the movable massage member 16.
US08840561B2	Suprasystolic measurement in a fast blood-pressure cycle Disclosed herein is a system for monitoring a patient that includes a cuff configured to inflate to at least partially occlude an artery of the patient and a cuff controller configured to inflate the cuff during a dynamic phase and generally maintain inflation of the cuff at about a target pressure during a static phase. The system also includes a sensor configured to receive a signal associated with the at least partially occluded artery and generate an output signal based on the received signal, and a cuff control module configured to determine the target pressure during the dynamic phase and based on the output signal, and control the cuff controller during the dynamic phase and the static phase.
US08840559B2	Organic piezoelectric material, ultrasonic oscillator using the material, method for manufacturing the ultrasonic oscillator, ultrasonic probe, and ultrasonic medical diagnostic imaging device Provided is an organic piezoelectric material which has excellent piezoelectric property, heat resistance property in particular. An ultrasonic oscillator, which is to be used for an ultrasonic medical diagnostic imaging device which can receive high frequencies at high sensitivity and is suitable for harmonic imaging techniques, a method for manufacturing such oscillator, and an ultrasonic probe are also provided. The ultrasonic medical diagnostic imaging device is provided by sing such oscillator, method and probe. The organic piezoelectric material is characterized by containing empty particles having an average particle diameter of 10 μm or less.
US08840556B2	Skull endosseous module for ultrasound penetration A skull endosseous module for ultrasound penetration is provided and includes a fixation sleeve permanently inserted and positioned in a drilled hole of a skull, a movable sleeve movably inserted in the fixation sleeve for providing a hollow ultrasound guiding channel; and an outer cover mounted on an outer opening of the fixation sleeve and covered by a scalp tissue. Thus, an ultrasound device outside the scalp tissue can generate ultrasounds to pass through the outer cover and the ultrasound guiding channel for affecting a target region of a brain tissue in the skull.
US08840553B2	Analyte monitoring device and methods of use An analyte monitor includes a sensor, a sensor control unit, and a display unit. The sensor has, for example, a substrate, a recessed channel formed in the substrate, and conductive material disposed in the recessed channel to form a working electrode. The sensor control unit typically has a housing adapted for placement on skin and is adapted to receive a portion of an electrochemical sensor. The sensor control unit also includes two or more conductive contacts disposed on the housing and configured for coupling to two or more contact pads on the sensor. A transmitter is disposed in the housing and coupled to the plurality of conductive contacts for transmitting data obtained using the sensor. The display unit has a receiver for receiving data transmitted by the transmitter of the sensor control unit and a display coupled to the receiver for displaying an indication of a level of an analyte. The analyte monitor may also be part of a drug delivery system to alter the level of the analyte based on the data obtained using the sensor.
US08840552B2	Membrane for use with implantable devices The present invention provides a biointerface membrane for use with an implantable device that interferes with the formation of a barrier cell layer including; a first domain distal to the implantable device wherein the first domain supports tissue attachment and interferes with barrier cell layer formation and a second domain proximal to the implantable device wherein the second domain is resistant to cellular attachment and is impermeable to cells. In addition, the present invention provides sensors including the biointerface membrane, implantable devices including these sensors or biointerface membranes, and methods of monitoring glucose levels in a host utilizing the analyte detection implantable device of the invention. Other implantable devices which include the biointerface membrane of the present invention, such as devices for cell transplantation, drug delivery devices, and electrical signal delivery or measuring devices are also provided.
US08840547B2	Flexible, selectively rotatable tissue retractor and method for using the retractor A retractor for manipulating an object, the retractor includes a retractor body with proximal and distal ends, a retraction device with a head connected at the distal end of the retractor body and flexible needles of a shape memory material having a memory shape, the memory shape of the needles including a portion with an arcuate shape housed, at least partially, within the head. The retractor further includes an actuation device connected to the proximal end of the retractor body and operatively connected to the needles, the actuation device, upon actuation thereof, moving the needles out of the head and withdrawing the needles into the head and a rotation joint allowing the distal end of the retractor body and the retraction device to rotate independent of the proximal end of the retractor body.
US08840544B2	Endoscope apparatus An endoscope apparatus includes an insertion part having an imaging mechanism at a distal end portion and which is bendable and elongated; a display part which displays an image acquired by an imaging mechanism; a manipulating part which performs curving manipulation of the insertion part; and a housing which the display part and the manipulating part are provided to a front face thereof, and which connects the insertion part with a back face opposite to the front face. The housing is capable of being self-supported in a state where the edge of the back face at the display part, and a connecting portion between the insertion part and the housing are brought into contact with the ground.
US08840540B2	Adaptive cancellation system for implantable hearing instruments The invention is directed to an implanted microphone having reduced sensitivity to vibration. In this regard, the microphone differentiates between the desirable and undesirable vibration by utilizing at least one motion sensor to produce a motion signal when an implanted microphone is in motion. This motion signal is used to yield a microphone output signal that is less vibration sensitive. In a first arrangement, the motion signal may be processed with an output of the implantable microphone transducer to provide an audio signal that is less vibration-sensitive than the microphone output alone. Specifically, the motion signal may be scaled to match the motion component of the microphone output such that upon removal of the motion signal from the microphone output, the remaining signal is an acoustic signal.
US08840534B2	Bag packaging carousel having intermittent vertical spindles Bag packaging machine comprising an intermittent carousel having vertical spindles (M) fastened to the horizontal carousel (G) and facing upwards allowing the realization of bags (S) with the opening facing downwards and the bottom facing upwards and a collecting device adapted to collect the bags (S) from the spindles (M) and to reverse them so as to place them with the opening facing upwards and the bottom facing downwards so as to be able to fill them. For example, the collecting device may comprise a belt (N) in continuous transit, to which holding devices (V), such as for instance suction cups, are connected.
US08840533B2	Rubbing apparatus A rubbing apparatus including a rubbing roller including an opening portion at a region of a circumferential surface of the rubbing roller, an outlet portion connected to the opening portion and open to an outside of the rubbing roller, and a groove portion connected to the opening portion and penetrating into the rubbing roller along the opening portion; and a rubbing cloth substantially surrounding the circumferential surface of the rubbing roller.
US08840531B2	Adjustable exercise training tool Embodiments of the invention are directed to an adjustable multi-purpose exercise training tool. The weight of the training tool is adjustable by the use of a plurality of removable weight members each of which are of a different weight. The removable weight member inserted into the tool determines the weight of the tool. In one embodiment, the multi-purpose exercise training tool includes a planar bottom face and a contoured top face and is approximately elliptical-shaped or circular-shaped. The adjustable multi-purpose exercise training tool may include one or more sets of grip portions allowing a user to grip the multi-purpose exercise training tool at different arm width distances allowing the user to target different muscle groups during use. The training tool is made of a hard, durable material and can be manufactured in a variety of weights.
US08840524B2	Fuel saving system that facilitates vehicle re-starts with the engine off A fuel saving system for a vehicle powered by an internal combustion engine and having a hydraulically activated automatic transmission. The system includes a hydraulic pump able to supply pressurized transmission fluid to the automatic transmission, an energy storage device, and at least one motor powered by the energy storage device including a motor that is mechanically connected to the hydraulic pump and a motor that is coupled to the engine. The system also includes a controller that is responsive to one or more operating conditions to turn off the engine when the vehicle is stopped and to use the motor that is mechanically connected to the hydraulic pump so as to activate the pump to supply sufficient power to the transmission to maintain engagement of the transmission in a driving gear. The controller is also responsive to one or more operating conditions to activate the motor that is coupled to the engine so as to restart the engine with the transmission engaged in a driving gear.
US08840521B2	Gear train for a wind turbine The invention relates to a gear train (1), in particular a planetary gear train, for a wind turbine comprising a plurality of gears, in particular planet gears (4), which are each supported on a shaft (8) by means of a bearing element, wherein the bearing element is a multi-layer plain bearing (7).
US08840519B2	Configuration for compact planetary transmission A compact five-speed transmission planetary gear train includes a first, second, third, and fourth planetary gear sets between an input and an output as well as first, second, third, and fourth brakes and first and second clutches. The first, second, third and fourth brakes and first and second clutches are selectively actuatable to provide five different forward speeds and a four different reverse speeds between the input and the output. The compact transmission also includes a first brake, second brake, third brake, fourth brake, first clutch, and second clutch associated with the planetary gear train, the first brake, second brake, third brake, fourth brake, first clutch, and second clutch being configured such that setting each forward and reverse speed of the compact transmission is accomplished via actuation of two of the first brake, second brake, third brake, fourth brake, first clutch, and second clutch.
US08840517B2	Method for operating a transmission device having a plurality of friction-fit shift elements and at least one form-fit shift element A method of operating a transmission device (3) having a plurality of frictionally engaging shift elements (B, C, D and E) and at least one form-locking shift element (A, F) for implementing different transmission ratios. Upon a requested change in operating state of the transmission device (3), the at least one form-locking shift element (A) is transferred into an at least nearly load-free state, during which the form-locking shift element (A) is transferred from an engaged to a disengaged operating state by increasing the transfer capability of at least one frictionally engaging shift element (E), which is not engaged in the power flow of the transmission device (3) either to represent the present operating state or to represent the requested operating state.
US08840512B2	Gapless planetary transmission A backlash-free planetary transmission device includes an outer ring of an eccentric sleeve rotatably fitted with a dual outer gear. One outer gear of the dual outer gear is meshed with a fixed pin gear with small teeth number difference, and the other outer gear is meshed with a power output pin gear with small teeth number difference. Each of the fixed pin gear and power output pin gear includes a roller. Profiles of teeth of the outer gears are respectively enveloped by profiles of the fixed pin gear and power output pin gear meshed therewith. The outer gears and rollers are in rolling mesh, to avoid sliding friction between meshed gear teeth. The dual outer gear contacts with the fixed pin gear and power output pin gear, with zero transmission error and zero backlash. The transmission device has high accuracy, low noise, high transmission efficiency, and long service life.
US08840504B2	Continuously variable transmission for a hydraulic mechanism in hybrid cars with recovered power-split energy A continuously variable transmission for a hydraulic mechanism in hybrid cars with recovered power-split energy mainly comprises a multi-function planet differential gear train pump and a hydraulic variable pump (motor). The planet differential gear train pump provides a hydraulic constant pump, and a planet gear system thereof provides a speed-adjustable function as well as a speed-collecting function. Thereby, the planet differential gear train pump of the present invention is used to substitute the conventional planet gear system and the hydraulic constant pump in the continuously variable transmission.
US08840498B2	Transmission for hybrid electric vehicle Provided is a transmission for a hybrid electric vehicle that makes it possible to more effectively transmit the torque from an engine to an output shaft, provide sufficient power performance in WOT (wide open throttle) start, achieve excellent controllability without generating transmission shock by allowing modes to be naturally and smoothly switched, and improve acceleration response.
US08840492B2	Multi-layer golf ball Multi-layer golf balls having a hard, high compression center, a relatively soft intermediate layer, and a stiff outer cover layer, are provided. The outer surface hardness of the intermediate layer is less than that of both the center and the outer cover layer.
US08840488B2	Golf putter A golf putter comprised of a shaft having an axis, a hosel attached to the shaft and a head attached to the hosel. The head of the putter has a face, a top and a sole. The face of the putter is comprised of multiple facets with a degree of static loft measured from the plane of the facet to the axis of the shaft. It is preferable that there are at least four facets on the face of the putter. The first facet is proximate to the sole of the face and has a first static loft angle. The second facet is above and abuts the first facet and has a second static loft angle which is greater than the first static loft angle. The third facet abutting and above the second facet has a third static loft angle which is greater than the second static loft angle. The fourth facet abuts and is above the third facet and has a fourth static loft angle which is greater than the third static loft angle. It is preferable that the static loft angles of said at least four facets differ by only 1 degree between abutting facets.
US08840487B2	Golf club with adjustable shaft Golf club, golf club shaft and golf club head structures are presented. The golf club may include an adjustable shaft configured to be received in a slot formed in a crown of the golf club head. In some examples, the slot may include a plurality of receivers, such as apertures, configured to receive the shaft in various positions along the length of the slot. The various positions may be progressively closer to a central area of the ball striking surface in order to increase the power transferred to the ball upon striking it.
US08840484B2	Apparatus for providing motion sensors on a golf club A fixed clamping member has a first interior surface and is constructed of a first material. A sensor unit formed on an exterior surface of the fixed clamping member detects a motion of the motion analysis device. A pivoting clamping member secured to a first end of the fixed clamping member has a second interior surface that opposes the first interior surface when the pivoting clamping member is in a secured position. A gripping element constructed of a second material different than the first material is formed over the first interior surface and the second interior surface. A tightening member having a threaded portion is secured to a second end of the fixed clamping member. A knob has a threaded interior portion with a diameter corresponding to the cylindrical threaded portion. An opening on the pivoting clamping member has a shape and a size corresponding to the tightening member.
US08840482B2	Low ground clearance-type ball supply device A ball supply device where a ball is automatically supplied to a designated position is provided. The ball supply device includes a mat unit having an inclined surface and a hole, where a ball provided along the inclined surface is positioned; a tee member lifted up and down along an axial line of the hole in the mat unit and moving the ball positioned in the hole to a tee shot position at a spot that is upwardly spaced from a plane of the mat unit; a loading unit located on a plane lower than the mat unit and moving the ball loaded thereon to the mat unit; and a feeding member positioned between the loading unit and the mat unit and providing balls, which are provided from the loading unit one by one, to the inclined surface of the mat unit by performing a swing motion within a range.
US08840476B2	Dual-mode program execution A computing system is configured to execute a computer program on a server and to provide a video stream of the program output to a geographically remote client over a communication network. The computing system is further configured to provide executable content of the computer program to the client over the communication network in parallel with the video stream. When a sufficient amount of the executable content has been provided to the client execution of the computer program is transitioned from the server to the client. The transition optionally includes communicating a state of the computer program from the server to the client. The executable content can be provided to the client in an order that is determined based on the state of the computer program. Those parts of the executable content deemed most likely to be necessary to support game play on the client are given priority.
US08840471B2	System and method for using a game controller device for electronic trading According to one embodiment, a system for electronic trading is provided. The system includes an interface application having an associated mapping module that defines a plurality of controller signal relationships. Each controller signal relationship associates a game controller signal with a trading system command associated with the electronic trading of financial instruments. The interface application is operable to receive a particular game controller signal, determine the trading system command associated with the particular game controller signal using the mapping module, and communicate the determined trading system command such that the trading system command is executed.
US08840469B2	Game system and game program The present invention is directed to a game system that causes a three-dimensional virtual game space 71 to be displayed on a display device in the direction of a predetermined line of sight. The three-dimensional virtual game space 71 has a plurality of objects appearing therein. After the direction of the line of sight is set, a frame setting plane 76 is set in the three-dimensional game space. Next, a frame coordinate value indicative of a position of each selected object projected on the frame setting plane is calculated. Based on the frame coordinate value, a frame is set. The frame is virtually set on the frame setting plane 76 so that all positions indicated by the frame coordinate values of the selected objects are located inside of the frame. Based on this frame, a display area to be displayed on the display device is determined.
US08840465B2	System and method of facilitating external notifications for events that occur in a plurality of different virtual spaces External notifications related to virtual spaces, such as virtual game spaces may be provided to users. The notifications may provide an indication of events that have occurred in the virtual game spaces, offers of virtual goods, and/or other information related to the virtual game spaces. External notifications may be sent, for example, via email, text message, instant message (external from the virtual space), and/or through other external communication media. This may provide centralized and/or coordinated distribution of notifications for a plurality of different virtual game spaces.
US08840455B2	Gaming machine having plural gaming modes A gaming machine which can control the tempo of the game to refresh the player while maintaining continuity of the game, enhancing entertainingness and amusement of the game, and encouraging the player's sense of achievements. The input unit receives an instruction related to a game. The memory stores a first symbol determination table causing that a specific symbol appears among rearranged symbols on the symbol display unit with a first probability and a second symbol determination table causing that the specific symbol appears among the rearranged symbols with a second probability higher than the first probability. The controller starts the game in response to the instruction received through the input unit to execute the game in a normal mode and shifting the normal mode to a chance mode according to the game result in the normal mode.
US08840454B2	Shutter device and ventilation device A shutter device reduces resistance in an air passage while maintaining air-tightness, thus reducing a load to a fan and a motor. A shutter mount is provided between an intake port adapted to be connected with a side from which air enters and a discharging port adapted to be connected with a side from which air is discharged. A shutter frame is inserted into an inside of the shutter mount. A shutter for preventing outside air from entering from the discharging port is mounted to the shutter frame. The shutter mount has a rib thereof for sealing a gap produced between the shutter and the shutter mount when the shutter is closed. The rib has an inner diameter substantially equal to a diameter of the discharging port as seen from the discharging port.
US08840451B2	Cabin pressure outflow valve with simplified whistle eliminator An aircraft cabin pressure control system outflow valve includes a frame, a valve element, and a vortex generator structure. The vortex generator structure is coupled to the valve element and is rotatable therewith, and includes a plurality of first vortex generators and a plurality of second vortex generators. The first vortex generators spaced are apart from each other and are configured to generate first vortices when the valve element is in an open position and fluid flows through the flow passage. The second vortex generators are formed in each of the first vortex generators and are spaced apart from each other. The second vortex generators are each configured to generate second vortices, which are smaller than the first vortices, when the valve element is in an open position and fluid flows through the flow passage.
US08840450B2	Coin apparatus A coin sensing unit having a rotary sweeping arm is used to determine characteristics of the coins so that the coins can be deposited in a correct one of the hoppers.
US08840449B2	Fish processing machine A fish processing machine comprising a freeze drum where the freeze drum is designed to be able to receive a fish fillet being fed on to the freeze drum at a feeding area while the freeze drum rotates about its own rotational axis, and where the freeze drum by fixedly freezing is arranged to hold the fish fillet in a fixed position relative to the freeze drum, and where a pressure roller arranged to force the fish fillet against the freeze drum shell is arranged at the feeding area.
US08840443B2	Garments for post mastectomy surgery A garment for a post mastectomy surgery woman comprises a waistband fits about a waist of the woman. A strap is joined to the waistband to extend from the waistband at a side of the woman's surgery, up over a shoulder on a side opposite the surgery and down to the waistband on the surgery side. A bra cup is configured to fit about the woman's healthy breast. A first strap is configured to laterally join a first side of the bra cup to the strap on the woman's front. A second strap is configured to laterally join a second side of the bra cup to the strap on the woman's back. An elastic paneling is configured to join to the strap, the bottom side of the bra cup, the first strap, the second strap, and the waistband. The elastic paneling positions the bra cup to support the woman's healthy breast.
US08840437B2	Production of an electrical cable and method for producing a connection Connection of an electrical cable consisting of a plurality of wires or strands to a terminal, in particular for the electrical system of a motor vehicle, having a support sleeve which encloses an end area of the cable and serves to accommodate an end face of the cable, so that the wires or strands are held in the support sleeve, wherein the face side of the cable consisting of the individual wires or strands is welded to the terminal by means of an at least face side weld seam. A particularly simple connection is then possible if the terminal is hollow on the side opposite the weld seam.
US08840429B2	Cable connector having a slider for compression A coaxial cable connector is attachable to a coaxial cable. The connector, in one embodiment, includes a compressible component, a coupler and a slider. The slider is configured to cause compression of the compressible component.
US08840425B2	Connector apparatus and adapter apparatus with indication function A connector apparatus with indication function includes a first power line, a current-detecting resistor, a second power line, a ground line, a current-detecting unit, a first voltage comparator, a second voltage comparator, a first light-emitting unit, a second light-emitting unit, and a voltage division unit. The first light-emitting unit is lighting but the second light-emitting unit is not lighting when one side of the connector apparatus is connected to a computer and the other side of the connector apparatus is not connected to a smart 3C electronic product. The first light-emitting unit is not lighting but the second light-emitting unit is lighting when one side of the connector apparatus is connected to a computer and the other side of the connector apparatus is connected to a smart 3C electronic product.
US08840417B2	Safety socket A safety socket of the present invention has a lock mechanism which is utilized for engaging a tubular hexagonal shell of a plug when the plug inserts into the safety socket. Thus, the components of the safety socket can be arranged loose within easier spacing. Therefore, safety purpose is fulfilled with simplified structure. Manufacturing of the safety socket is facilitated.
US08840416B2	Portable electronic device A portable electronic device, for inserting and connecting an electrical connector, includes a housing assembly, an electrical socket disposed in the housing assembly and having a slot, a cover plate and an elastic member. The slot is used for inserting and connecting the electrical connector. The cover plate is pivotally connected to the second casing, and is adapted to pivot relative to the housing assembly between a first position and a second position. When the cover plate is at the second position, the cover plate and the housing assembly form an opening. When the cover plate is at the first position, the cover plate covers a part of the area of the opening and shields a part of the electrical socket. The elastic member is connected to both the second casing and the cover plate, and makes the cover plate to be located in the first position.
US08840414B2	Power feeding connector In a power feeding connector 7, a housing front side tubular part 81 of a power feeding side connector 8 to be engaged with an inner periphery of an outer tubular wall part 51 of a power receiving side connector 5 is provided, on an outer periphery at a lower end side thereof, with a raised part 86 which overrides an inner peripheral face of the outer tubular wall part 51, before an engaging length of the housing front side tubular part 81 with respect to the outer tubular wall part 51 reaches a prescribed length, and the raised part 86 corrects a backwardly inclined state of the power feeding side connector 8 due to its dead weight into a state where axes of the outer tubular wall part 51 and the housing front side tubular part 81 are aligned with each other.
US08840402B2	Manikin with simulation of agonal breathing The present invention provides a manikin comprising a chest area and a head, for training of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). The manikin is distinctive in that it comprises a means for providing gasping movements of the head, and a means for simulating the sound of agonal breathing, which means are operatively connected to a device for actuating said means, for simulation of agonal breathing.
US08840400B2	Method and apparatus for improving language communication In a communication between individuals having different levels of skill in a language, communication by the more skilled individual is controlled so as to keep it at a level understandable by the lesser skilled individual. For example, a native speaker's communication with a student learning his language (the target language) is monitored by an interface and compared with a stored model representing the student's knowledge and ability in the language. Should the native speaker communicate in a way that would not be understood by the student, for example, by using vocabulary or a sentence structure beyond the student's ability, the interface will notify the native speaker. The interface might then suggest an alternate word or sentence structure to the native speaker, inviting him to use the alternate communication. The native speaker can then substitute and send the alternate communication.
US08840399B2	Method for producing candles comprising decorative and/or functional elements The invention relates to a method for producing candles, to the candles produced by this production method and to the device used in the production thereof. The invention relates to a novel method for producing candles ranging from simple shapes to decorative, ornamental, three-dimensional objects, from slabs of wax, wax profiles and wax molds, comprising an independently inserted wick, e.g. linear, arched or branched, and to a novel device for producing decorative slabs of wax as semi-finished products, inter alia for use in the above-mentioned method for producing candles. The invention also relates to candles that are produced using said device and said method.
US08840382B2	Blood-pumping device A blood-pumping device comprises a cavity with a U-shaped wall comprising two straight regions connected by an arch-shaped region and a U-shaped tube aligned with the U-shaped wall of the cavity to provide a support for the U-shaped tube, wherein the U-shaped tube comprises two straight regions connected by a semicircular region. The blood-pumping device further comprises an arm rotatable about a center point of the semicircular region, wherein the arm holds two wheels a distance from each other such that upon rotation of the arm the wheels roll along the U-shaped tube while putting pressure on the U-shaped tube, wherein the arch-shaped region of the U-shaped wall of the cavity comprises a recessed portion so that the wheels of the arm impose less pressure on the tube at the recessed portion and upon rotation of the arm generates a pulsating blood flow.
US08840380B2	Temperature control ring for vehicle air pump An annular device for the temperature control of a pump is provided. That device is in fluid communication with the radiator coolant system of a vehicle, and the engine-warmed coolant flows through the annular device to warm the pump and thaw ice buildup. The device is removable and can be added on to an existing pump without any redesign of the existing pump housing.
US08840379B2	Ceiling fan A ceiling fan includes an outer rotor motor having a rotor connected to a rotating disc and a stator connected with an inner tube. An outer tube is fitted around the inner tube, having one end connected with the rotating disc, and a plurality of elastic buffer pieces are positioned between the outer tube and the rotating disc. By so designing, when the rotor is rotated to actuate the rotating disc together with the outer tube to rotate, the elastic buffer pieces can absorb the vibration produced by operation of the outer rotor motor and also correct bias swinging of the outer tube through their elastic deformation to enable the outer tube to be rotated stably.
US08840370B2	Bucket assembly for turbine system A bucket assembly for a turbine system is disclosed. The bucket assembly includes a main body having an exterior surface and defining a main cooling circuit, and a platform surrounding the main body and at least partially defining a platform cooling circuit. The platform includes a forward portion and an aft portion each extending between a pressure side slash face and a suction side slash face. The platform further includes a forward face, an aft face, and a top face. The bucket assembly further includes a passage defined in the platform generally between the platform cooling circuit and the pressure side slash face and in fluid communication with one of the main cooling circuit or the platform cooling circuit.
US08840364B2	System for aligning turbomachinery A system includes a turbomachine platform including a first docking guide. The turbomachine platform supports a turbomachine skid, and the skid includes a second docking guide. The first docking guide is configured to interface with the second docking guide in order to guide the turbomachine skid between a docked position and an undocked position relative to other equipment supported by the platform.
US08840358B2	Method of controlling a compressor and apparatus therefor The present invention relates to a method of controlling a compressor and an apparatus therefor, the method, comprising at least the steps of: (a) providing a compressor feed stream (10); (b) passing the compressor feed stream (10) to an inlet (48) of the compressor (50) to provide a compressed stream (60) at an outlet (52) of the compressor (50); (c) calculating one or more controlled variables (CO1, CO2) that are invariant to compressor inlet conditions of the compressor feed stream (10), said inlet conditions comprising at least the ratio of specific heats (Cp/Cv) of the compressor feed stream (10), said one or more controlled variables comprising a surge controlled variable (CO1) representing the surge characteristics of the compressor (50); (d) providing one or more set points (SP1, SP2), that are invariant to the compressor inlet conditions of the compressor feed stream (10), said inlet conditions comprising at least the ratio of specific heats (Cp/Cv) of the compressor feed stream (10), said one or more set points comprising an anti-surge set point (SP1); and (e) providing a compressor recycle line (30) around the compressor (50) from the compressed stream (60) to upstream of the inlet (48) of the compressor (50), said compressor recycle line (30) comprising a in-line recycle valve (34); and controlling at least one of the in-line recycle valve (34) and the speed of the compressor (50) in response to the difference between the surge controlled variable (CO1) calculated in step (c) and the anti-surge (SP1) provided in step (d).
US08840354B2	Retractable hook for roll-off containers A retractable tow hook assembly is connected with a rectangular storage container having a vertical ramp end wall hingedly connected at its bottom edge with the container for displacement about a horizontal pivot axis from an initial vertical closed position downwardly toward an inclined loading position in engagement with the ground. The tow hook assembly includes a support plate that is externally connected with the container adjacent the hinge connection, and a hook member that is displaceable relative to the support plate between an upwardly extending towing position for engagement by the loop of a towing cable when the ramp wall is in the vertical position, and a non-obstructing downwardly-displaced retracted position when the ramp wall is in the downwardly inclined loading position. A stop arrangement prevents displacement of the tow hook member beyond the extended position.
US08840338B2	Fluid fillable structure A fluid fillable structure has a reservoir body comprising a top surface and at least one fluid fill port at a first end. There is a first connector on the top surface of the reservoir body adjacent to the first end and a second connector spaced from the first end, the first end of the reservoir body being folded back onto the reservoir body and secured by releasably securing the first connector to the second connector such that the at least one fluid fill port remains open.
US08840333B2	Frame joint connector A frame the joint connector comprises a first head, a second head and a neck interconnecting the first head and the second head. The first head forms a first shoulder adjacent the neck facing the second head. The second head forms a second shoulder adjacent the neck facing the first head.
US08840328B2	Printing apparatus and method for conveying printing medium When a size of a reversing unit is smaller than that of a printing medium, errors can be detected without adding any other mechanism, and if such errors are not caused by a paper jam, the printing can be continued. A printing apparatus is provided with: an reversing unit provided with an reversing roller; a sensor ; and a control unit configured to, if when the detecting unit detects a load equal to or more than a predetermined value, a conveyance amount of the printing medium after the sensor has detected the fore end is longer than a threshold value that is a distance from a position of the fore end at the time of being detected by the sensor to a position of the fore end at the time of exiting from the conveyance path of the reversing unit, perform control to continue conveyance.
US08840317B2	Interlocking optical fiber An optical fiber includes an interlocking microstructure formed on an outer periphery of the fiber that configures the fiber to be interlocked with another optical fiber including a complementary interlocking microstructure coating.
US08840309B2	Methods of operating a bearing apparatus including tilting pads Embodiments of the invention relate to tilting pad bearing assemblies and apparatuses. The disclosed tilting pad bearing assemblies and apparatuses may be employed in downhole motors of a subterranean drilling system or other mechanical systems. In an embodiment, a bearing assembly or apparatus includes a support ring and a plurality of tilting pads. Each tilting pad is tilted and/or tiltably secured relative to the support ring. In some embodiments, one or more of the tilting pads include a plurality of superhard bearing segments assembled to form a superhard bearing surface. One or more seams may be positioned between adjacent superhard bearing segments of the superhard bearing segments. In other embodiments, one or more of the tilting pads may include at least one or only one superhard bearing segment, such as a polycrystalline diamond bearing segment.
US08840305B2	Flexible container with handle for resting on a flat surface A flexible container includes a panel structure of flexible web material, including panels that are adjoined to define a pouch. The pouch has a top opening with a fitment, and is expandable from a collapsed, unfilled condition to an expanded, filled condition. When the pouch is in the filled condition and resting on a flat surface, the panel structure supports the pouch in an upright orientation in which the fitment opening faces upward. The panel structure also provides the pouch with a flat footprint upon which the pouch overlies the flat surface. The flat footprint is defined in part by the pouch and in part by the lower handgrip in a condition folded beneath the pouch.
US08840297B2	Back-light module A back-light module including a light guide plate (LGP), first light-emitting devices, and second light-emitting devices is provided. The LGP has a top-emitting surface, a bottom surface and a side surface. The LGP has at least one indentation. The indentation has a first light-incident sidewall and a pair of second light-incident sidewalls. The second light-incident sidewalls are located on two sides of the first light-incident sidewall and adjacent to the first light-incident sidewall. Normal vectors of the second light-incident sidewalls and the first light-incident sidewall are not parallel. The first light-emitting devices are located in the indentation, and a first light beam propagating toward the first light-incident sidewall is emitted from each of the first light-emitting devices. The second light-emitting devices are located in the indentation, and a second light beam propagating toward one of the second light-incident sidewalls is emitted from each of the second light-emitting devices.
US08840287B2	Interior automotive components with illuminated reflective surface An illuminating apparatus and method for an interior passenger compartment of a vehicle including, in combination, a panel, a manual operation element mounted to the panel, and a hidden light source mounted behind the panel providing indirect light directed along a path extending downwardly across a visible surface of the panel through an aperture in the panel. A bezel can be associated with the manual operation element. The bezel can define an edge with a reflective surface. The bezel is located on the visible surface of the panel within the path of indirect light. The edge reflects indirect light from the hidden light source to be visible to occupants of the passenger compartment of the vehicle.
US08840286B1	Boat lighting system A boat lighting system operably coupled to the bow of a boat wherein the boat lighting system is operable to illuminate at least a portion of the underwater proximate the bow of the boat. The boat lighting system further includes a horizontal main support beam that is releasably secured to a boat using a pair of hull fasteners. Coupled to the main support beam are three light poles that are vertically adjustable. Secured to one end of the three light poles are light assemblies that are generally waterproof and configured to illuminate the water. An upper shield is further included with the light assembly so as to inhibit light from traveling in an upwards direction. The boat lighting system is releasably secured to a bow of a boat.
US08840284B1	Modular light emitting displays and arrays of same Disclosed is a modular light emitting display that includes a housing having a bottom, a top, a first pair of opposing sidewalls, a second pair of opposing sidewalls and a printed circuit board disposed inside the housing, with a plurality of light emitting elements connected to the printed circuit board. At least one connector extends outwardly from one of the sides of the first pair of sides, at least one reciprocal connector extends outwardly from the other of the side of the first pair of sides, the at least one connector and the at least one reciprocal connector spaced the same distance from second pair of opposing sides.
US08840283B2	Light source module A light source module is adapted for a projection apparatus. The projection apparatus has a main board. The light source module includes a base, a lighting element, a flexible printed circuit, and a plurality of metal elastic elements. The base has a circuit layer. The lighting element is disposed on the base and electrically connected to the circuit layer. The flexible printed circuit is assembled on the base and electrically connected to the circuit layer. The metal elastic elements are adapted for being fixed to the main board to be contacted with the flexible printed circuit, such that the flexible printed circuit is electrically connected to the main board. The lighting element of the light source module is electrically connected to the main board via the flexible printed circuit and the metal elastic elements, such that a wiring space between the light source module and the main board is reduced.
US08840282B2	LED bulb with internal heat dissipating structures An LED based light for replacing an incandescent bulb comprises a base having a first end and a second end. A connector is fixed to the first end of the base and adapted to physically connect to an incandescent light fixture. A light structure extends from the second end of the base and has an inner surface defining a cavity and an opposing exterior outer surface, and at least one LED is arranged outward from the inner surface. A heat dissipating structure for the at least one LED extends into the cavity.
US08840281B2	Insert for flameless candle A flameless candle includes a shell that has a sidewall and a hollow interior region. The sidewall can be made of a waxen material. The sidewall has a thickness and opacity. The shell also has a hollow interior region within the sidewall. A lamp (for example, LED) may be housed within the hollow interior region. The flameless candle also includes an insert. The insert can be made of a waxen material that may have different properties from the material of the sidewall. The insert is positioned in a top area of the hollow interior region. The insert includes a shading wall that has a thickness and opacity. The thickness of the sidewall may be different than the thickness of the shading wall. As another option, the opacity of the sidewall may be different from the opacity of the shading wall.
US08840278B2	Specular reflector and LED lamps using same A specular reflector and LED lamps using embodiments of the reflector are disclosed. Embodiments of the invention provide a reflector for solid state lamps. The reflector can be a specular reflector. The reflector includes a rigid, polymeric substrate and sputtered metal applied to the substrate. In some embodiments, the metal is silver. In some embodiments, the metal is applied without an intervening base coat. In some embodiments, the substrate is made from or includes an aromatic polyester such as polyarylate. The reflector can include a discontinuous or irregular surface yet still exhibit very high overall reflectivity and efficiency because the metal can be applied without an intervening base coat. In some embodiments, the reflector is used in lamps having a retroreflective optical design.
US08840277B1	Light assembly for flashlights A nonimaging light assembly for flashlights, including a light source and a lens symmetrical about an optical axis for receiving light from the light source and producing therefrom a light beam having concentrated and divergent components resulting in a high intensity core beam surrounded by a smoothly transitioning lower intensity surround beam. In a preferred embodiment utilizing a light emitting diode as the light source, the combined light beam produced by the light assembly has a substantially circular cross section.
US08840274B1	Method and apparatus for a protective case including an optical system An electronics package includes an electronic component having a light emitting diode (LED) and a protective case encapsulating the electronic component. An optical system is arranged between the electronic component and the protective case. The optical system is maneuvered to one of multiple positions via an actuator that is coupled to the optical system, where the actuator is accessible external to the protective case by the user of the electronics package. A first position of the optical system allows the light generated by the LED to be collected and/or controlled by the optical system. A second position of the optical system allows the light generated by the LED to be unaffected by the optical system. A third position of the optical system allows at least a portion of the light generated by the LED to be collected and/or controlled by the optical system and the remaining portion to be unaffected.
US08840271B2	In-plane bent printed circuit boards In certain embodiments there is provided a blank for a printed circuit board and methods pertaining to same. In some embodiments, the blank is provided in a generally straight configuration and is capable of being deformed in-plane into a bent configuration, such as, but not limited to, a generally ring-shaped configuration, a generally square shape, or a generally S-shape. In some embodiments, the PCB is used with a lighting fixture and is populated with light emitting diodes.
US08840266B1	Modular power-delivery system A modular power-delivery system comprises at least one power link, at least one power strip, and at least one power supply connector interconnected with a power source to deliver electrical power to one or more electrical components, including articles and objects that may be separately illuminated, operated, or controlled.
US08840263B1	Safety light A device and method to enhance the visibility and thus the safety of users of open conveyances, such as motorcycle riders, bicyclists, skiers, and the like, is described. The device comprises one or more long, flexible strips containing LEDs or another light source inside of a long, transparent, flexible tube. The tube is worn around the torso that it passes over both shoulders, crosses in the back, and is fastened in the front so that both ends and also the center of tube are secure against the torso. A controller and power source options are provided, in various embodiments, includes ones that use a smart phone and the like, and synchronize multiple users, to cause the illuminated strips to light in a sequence of light, or patterns, wherein these light sequences are visible from all sides of the user.
US08840261B2	Lamp socket, backlight assembly having the same and display device having the same A lamp socket including a socket terminal, a backlight assembly having the lamp socket and a display device having the backlight assembly are provided. The socket terminal includes a base part, an extending part, a stopper part, an electrode insertion part and a wire connection member. The extending part is extended from the base part, is angled with respect to the base part, and includes a space to receive an electrode of a lamp. The stopper part extends from the extending part and isolates the space at an end of the extending part. The electrode insertion part is extended from the stopper part, wherein application of pressure on the electrode insertion part separates sides of the stopper part to provide access to the space. The wire connection member is extended from the base part.
US08840254B2	Dual projector cross-mirror actuator mechanism A mirror actuator system is provided for aligning images projected onto a curved screen by dual projectors. According to a preferred embodiment, a unique screw mechanism is provided for selectively slightly warping the mirror. The screw mechanism includes a load spreader in contact with the mirror, having a groove for receiving an screw actuator for applying positive or negative pressure to the load spreader and thereby to a local area (i.e. zone) of the mirror. The actuator system of the present invention provides low cost static pressure adjustment to the mirror for maintaining the focus quality while locally modifying the geometric ‘aim’ of the mirror. The groove in the load spreader provides tolerance to prevent thermal coefficient of expansion (TCE) distortion.
US08840252B2	Image display apparatus and portable information processing apparatus having the same An image display apparatus improves usability for a user in the case where a screen image is projected on a ceiling as a screen. The image display apparatus includes: a projection unit capable of vertically changing a projection angle; a projection angle detector detecting the projection angle of the projection unit; and a screen image corrector reversing a projected screen image. The screen image corrector switches the projected screen image from a reversed display to a standard display when the projection angle detected by the projection angle detector is less than or equal to a predetermined value.
US08840246B2	Method for determining an edge of an uncut spectacle lens Method for determining the edge contour of an uncut spectacle lens comprises: a spectacle frame data providing step, a minimum edge thickness providing step, an initial contour providing step, a thickness determining step, an optimized point selecting step, a repeating step, and a edge contour determining step.
US08840241B2	System and method for adjusting an electrostatic field in an inkjet printer A system and method for adjusting an electrostatic field in a print zone of an inkjet printer. The printer includes an electrostatic tacking device to hold a sheet of recording media to a transport belt moving through the print zone for imaging with one or more inkjet printheads. A sensor determines the electrostatic field before the print zone and adjusts the electrostatic field with a corotron disposed after the tacking device and before the print zone. Reduction of the electrostatic field in the print zone can reduce imaging errors resulting from electrostatic fields.
US08840238B2	Systems and methods for ink-based digital printing using imaging member and image transfer member Ink-based digital printing systems useful for ink printing include an imaging member configured to receive a layer of dampening fluid, and configured to absorb light energy emitted by a laser imager; and a transfer member configured to receive ink, the transfer member and the imaging member forming a dampening fluid image loading nip. Systems include a dampening fluid metering system configured to form a uniform layer of dampening fluid onto a surface of the imaging member, and a laser imager, the laser imager configured to expose a layer of dampening fluid on the imaging member to a laser beam for selectively evaporating portions of the dampening fluid layer to form a dampening fluid image. Systems may include the transfer member being configured to receive a dampening fluid image from a surface of the imaging member at the dampening fluid image loading nip.
US08840220B2	Ink jet printing apparatus and ink tank Provided is an ink jet printing apparatus that receives light from the light emitting part of the ink tank in the light receiving part; on the basis of a result of the light reception, determines an attachment position of the ink tank; and controls the light from the light emitting part to inform the ink tank state, wherein the light emitting part has a plurality of light emitting elements that can respectively emit lights having different peak emission wavelengths. A peak sensitivity wavelength of the light receiving part is in the range not less than 760 nm and not more than 1100 nm; at least one of the plurality of light emitting elements has a peak emission wavelength in the range not less than 760 nm, and at least one has a peak emission wavelength in the range of 400 to 760 nm.
US08840214B2	Excessive substrate media height detection in a printing apparatus A substrate media height detector for a printing system having a print head including a media transport having a surface for moving a sheet of substrate media along a media path in a process direction. An elongate detection member includes a portion extending across the media path in a cross-process direction and is spaced from the media transport surface a predetermined distance. The detection member is movably attached to a support structure and is deflectable upon engagement with a sheet of substrate media. A deflection sensor senses the deflection of the detection member by the substrate media.
US08840210B1	Print system with variable print speed An image may be printed at variable speed. An image density profile provides an estimation of power to be consumed while printing the image. A power consumption profile is generated based on the image density profile and by taking into account distance offsets between nozzles that are used to print the image. The image may be printed at different speeds based on the power consumption profile.
US08840207B2	Printing apparatus and method for adjusting a gap A printing apparatus includes: a support member that supports a recording medium; a head plate that extends in a direction that intersects a transporting direction of the recording medium; a head body mounted on the head plate and having a nozzle that ejects a liquid onto the recording medium supported on a surface of the support member; and adjusting members that respectively project from opposite ends of the head plate in a direction of the head plate that intersects the transporting direction toward the support member, and that position the head plate with respect to the surface of the support member when each distal end of the adjusting members contacts the surface of the support member.
US08840204B2	Refrigerating appliance and door for one such appliance A refrigerating appliance door having an inner wall and an outer wall interconnected along their longitudinal edges. A window is cut out of an edge of at least the outer wall in which at least one display element can be viewed when the door is shut. The display element is mounted on an operating screen which is fixed to a front upper edge of the refrigerating appliance body.
US08840193B2	Wheel assembly for motor vehicles A wheel assembly configured for suspending the wheel of a motor vehicle on one side and includes a brake disc, which is part of a disc brake and which is fixed, when viewed in the radial direction, to a wheel disc on the outer circumference of the wheel assembly in close vicinity to a wheel rim. A brake caliper of the disc brake surrounds the brake disc over the inner circumference of the brake disc and is fixed to a wheel carrier that supports a stationary ring of a wheel bearing, which has a rotating ring that supports a wheel hub that is connected to the wheel disc in a rotationally and axially fixed manner. The connection of the wheel disc to the wheel hub is formed by a press fit connection or by a spur toothing connection, in particular a Voith Hirth coupling.
US08840189B2	Transporter vehicle In case a burden is discharged from a vessel (3), the vessel (3) is raised obliquely backward with respect to a vehicle body (2) by a hoist cylinder (10). However, when discharging work is stopped on the way, the vessel (3) is temporarily lowered to a position at which this sits on the vehicle body (2). When the vessel (3) lowers, a weight of the burden left loaded thereon acts on the hoist cylinder (10) as a load in addition to the weight of the vessel (3). A controller (35) determines whether the vessel (3) lowers in a burden loading state based on various detection signals. When the vessel (3) lowers in the burden loading state, switching of directional control valves (20) and (21) is controlled so as to decrease a contracting speed of the hoist cylinder (10), thereby prevent the vessel (3) from colliding against the vehicle body (2).
US08840187B2	Pivot retainer A reconfigurable seat assembly (4) that provides a vehicle seat with greater flexibility and adjustability. The seat assembly (4) includes a latch mechanism (10) that enables the seat assembly (4) to be positioned into design, fold, stow or tumble configurations or a combination thereof. The latch mechanism (10) includes a first link member (12), a second link member (20), and a base member (34). The first link member (12) is pivotally coupled to both the seat base (8) and to the second link member (20). The second link member is pivotally coupled to both the first link member (12) and to the base member (34). The base member (34) is fixed to a portion of a vehicle (2) structure.
US08840184B2	Child restraint system with automated installation Provided is a child restraint system (CRS) with automated installation that provides automated feedback and control of seat installation angle, belt latching and tightening, and confirmation of correct install. The CRS utilizes sensors to monitor CRS base angle relative to level, confirm correct latching of the CRS to its base and then to the vehicle seat, and confirm tightening of the belts to the required tension to be crashworthy. The stepwise operation and confirmation of the installation procedure may be operated via button(s) or other tactical input, and relayed to the user via electronic visual display and/or audible means. All operations will be overseen and processed by an integrated control system, affording minimal user decision or interface. An intelligent latching device which can be adapted for use with an existing CRS is also provided.
US08840180B2	Tip-up seat with concealed support structure A vehicle tip-up seat wherein the seat includes a seat back having a front surface, a seat portion having an upper surface and a lower surface. The seat portion is pivotally mounted to the seat back at a first pivot point. An elongated support member extends generally perpendicular to and spaced apart from the lower surface of the seat portion. The elongated support member is fixed to the lower surface of the seat portion. At least one support bracket extends between the elongated support member and the lower surface of the seat portion to support the seat in the event of a crash as seat portion rotates downward. The seat further includes a cushioning foam fully covering the support bracket, the seat portion and the elongated support member.
US08840179B2	Hinge assembly for a vehicle seat assembly A seat assembly for use with a vehicle includes a seat back that is mountable in the vehicle such that the seat is pivotable between a use position and a folded position. Furthermore, the seat back includes an engaging member. The seat assembly also includes a hinge assembly associated with the seat back. The hinge assembly includes a bracket that is attachable to the vehicle, a pivot member pivotally attached to the bracket, and a blocking member pivotally attached to the bracket. When a sufficient forward force is applied to the seat back, the pivot member pivots in a first direction about a first axis, which causes the blocking member to pivot in a second direction different than the first direction about a second axis and engage the engaging member, thereby blocking pivotal movement of the seat back. In this embodiment, the second axis is located forward of the first axis.
US08840176B2	Heated and/or cooled home and office furnishings A heated and cooled seating unit is disclosed with an apparatus to determine if the chair is in use, such as a pressure sensor, or an electric sensing apparatus. This apparatus controls the heating apparatus and powers the heat off, to conserve power, in the event that a person or object is not seated in the chair.
US08840162B1	Cord management system A cord management system having a plurality of holders attached along the length of a cord or cable, with the holders insertable into a housing for storing the cord and for easily accessing either end of the cord without unwinding or tangling the cord.
US08840160B2	Mechanical finger A mechanical finger comprises at least two phalanges. The phalanges have tubular bodies made of a semi-rigid material. One phalange is adapted to be secured to a base. Another phalange is connected to an adjacent phalange for pivoting movement with respect to the adjacent phalange. A skeleton member in the tubular bodies of the phalanges moves to actuate the pivoting motion of the phalanges with respect to one another. The skeleton member is connected to a degree of actuation to cause the pivoting motion of the phalanges with respect to one another. An assembly is also provided. The assembly comprises at least two of the mechanical finger, a palm actuator comprising a base for connection of the base phalange of each mechanical finger, and at least one degree of actuation connected to the skeleton member. The degree of actuation causes a grasping movement of the mechanical fingers.
US08840153B2	Upper lock system of a passive door blade of a double door The upper lock system of the passive door blade of a double door according to the invention comprises a bolt (19) arranged to be installed to the upper surface of the passive door blade and arranged to be controlled by means of a pull bar (9). The bolt is a part of the lock (18). The lock also has a power transmission connection part (23) for the interface part (17) of the upper lock system. The interface part comprises a grabber module (24), power transmission module (32, 34) and a spring (26). The grabber module (24) is arranged to linearly move between the extended position and the retracted position. A spring (26) is arranged to push the grabber module towards the extended position. The power transmission mechanism (32, 34) is operationally connected with the grabber module (4) and the power transmission connection part (23).
US08840141B1	Air bag deployment restrictor An apparatus (10) for helping to protect an occupant of a vehicle that has an instrument panel and a windshield includes an air bag (14) packaged in an air bag module (30). The air bag (14) is inflatable to a deployed position between the instrument panel and a vehicle occupant. A deployment restrictor (100) is secured to the air bag module (30). The deployment restrictor (100) includes a deflector panel (102) secured to the air bag module (30) and having a portion that is positioned between the packaged air bag (14) and the windshield. The deflector panel (102) at least partially covers the packaged air bag (14) so that the deflector panel moves with the deploying air bag toward the windshield. The connection of the deflector panel (102) to the air bag module (30) limits movement of the deflector panel toward the windshield and thereby redirects the air bag to deploy away from where it would otherwise impact the windshield.
US08840138B2	Pressurized gas release mechanism A gas seal for containing a pressurized fluid in a container. The gas seal includes a rupturable portion having a stress riser formed therein, and an extension coupled to the rupturable portion proximate the stress riser such that a predetermined minimum force applied to the extension is transferred to the stress riser to produce a rupture of the rupturable portion.
US08840113B2	Brush seals A brush seal including a bristle pack mounted in a holder, and having a free end for sealing with a member, a front plate for lying on a high pressure side of the seal and extending part way along the length of the bristle pack to a free end being spaced from the bristle pack characterised in that the front plate is formed for or carries a formation for reducing the influence of swirling fluid on the high pressure side on the bristle pack.
US08840107B2	Paper conveyance apparatus A paper conveyance apparatus including a conveyance roller module including a pair of a sheet feeding roller and a separation roller opposite to each other across a paper conveyance path, a sound receiving aperture positioned on the same side as one side of the paper conveyance path, the one side including any one of the conveyance roller module, a sound shield positioned on a straight line between a nip portion of the conveyance roller module and the sound receiving aperture, a sound signal generator for generating a sound signal in response to a sound detected through the sound receiving aperture, and a sound jam detector for determining whether a jam has occurred based on the sound signal.
US08840105B1	Recharger to restore electrostatic holding force A printer includes a transport belt having an electrically non-conducting surface adapted to transport a receiver medium along a transport path from an upstream position to a downstream position. A charging subsystem is configured to add charge to the transport belt or the receiver medium, thereby providing an electrostatic holding force. An inking subsystem is positioned downstream of the charging subsystem and deposits a pattern of ink on the receiver medium. A dryer positioned downstream of the inking subsystem is adapted to dry the inked receiver medium. A recharging subsystem positioned downstream of the dryer is configured to restore at least some charge dissipated while the receiver medium is transported between the charging subsystem and the recharging subsystem.
US08840104B2	Printing apparatus and sheet handling apparatus A sheet conveyance apparatus for winding a sheet around a rotator, pulling the sheet wound around the rotator, and sending out the sheet includes a guiding unit that guides a sheet side end pulled from the rotator. The guiding unit forms a slack in the outer periphery of the sheet wound around the rotator, and guides the side end of the sheet sent from the rotator.
US08840101B2	Printing apparatus, control method therefor, and storage medium A printing apparatus according to one aspect of this invention includes a sheet holding unit configured to hold an envelope, and a detection unit configured to detect an opening width between guides for guiding an envelope held by the sheet holding unit. The printing apparatus further includes an identifying unit configured to identify a flap size of the envelope based on the opening width detected by the detection unit and a size set for the envelope held by the sheet holding unit, and a printing unit configured to print an image on the envelope by shifting image data based on the flap size identified by the identifying unit.
US08840100B2	Paper sheet processing apparatus and image forming system A paper sheet processing apparatus includes a supporting unit which supports a bundle of stacked paper sheets, a binding processing unit which performs binding processing at least at two binding positions on the bundle of paper sheets, a pair of hold-down units which hold down the bundle of paper sheets, and a moving unit which moves at least one hold-down unit from among the pair so as to separate from the other hold-down unit in a direction in which the at least two binding positions are aligned in the bundle of paper sheets. In the paper sheet processing apparatus, the binding processing unit performs the binding processing between the pair of hold-down units on the bundle of the paper sheets following moving of at least one hold-down unit among the pair of hold-down units while the pair of hold-down units is holding down the bundle of the paper sheets.
US08840086B2	Dissimilar material bonding of drive shaft with flow control component of valve A valve, in certain embodiments, includes a drive shaft configured to couple to a fluid control component and having an interlace material at the joint between the drive shaft and the fluid control component. A valve, in other embodiments, includes a fluid control component configured to receive a drive shaft and having an interlace material at the joint between the fluid control component and the drive shaft. A valve, in further embodiments, includes a drive shaft having a mechanical locking system and a fluid control component coupled to the drive shaft at a joint, wherein the spline aids in coupling the fluid control component to the drive shaft.
US08840085B2	Multi-seal knife gate valve A multi-seal knife gate valve includes: a valve body coupled to a pipe; a disk inserted into the valve body to move vertically; and a valve seat pressed against the disk so as to maintain a tight seal, wherein the disk installed in the valve body moves vertically to open or close a passage through which fluid flows, and the valve seat is pressed against the disk and includes at least one metal seat and one rubber seat to maintain a seal.
US08840082B2	Fluid control valve A fluid control valve is configured in a manner that a first passage has at one end portion thereof a first port communication passage communicating with a first port, and at the other end portion thereof a first valve hole communication passage communicating with a valve hole, and the first port communication passage and the first valve hole communication passage communicate with each other. The resin valve body is provided with a valve seat support part which supports the valve seat and which is provided between the valve chamber, and the first port communication passage and the first valve hole communication passage. The valve seat support part has a valve seat reinforcement part, and the valve seat reinforcement part is formed so as to partially close the inside of the first passage.
US08840078B2	Portable beverage holder A portable beverage holder having a middle piece and a bottom piece operably coupled to each other, and wherein the middle piece includes a frontal opening sufficient for receiving the stem of a stemmed container, and wherein the bottom piece includes a frontal opening sufficient for receiving the foot of a stemmed container, and wherein the bottom side of the middle piece includes one or more downward projecting flaps sufficient to secure the foot of a stemmed container against the bottom piece. The beverage holder optionally can include a top piece operably coupled to the middle piece, also having a frontal opening sufficient for receiving the stem of a stemmed container. The beverage holder can also include a non-continuous upwardly extending wall near the perimeter of the holder for containing almost any type of beverage container.
US08840073B2	Leg structure A leg structure supports in an upright position a container having a piping port in the bottom of the container. The leg structure is provided with fixed legs fixed or removably mounted to the container, a movable leg capable of moving relative to the fixed legs so as to approach and be separated in the horizontal direction from the fixed legs while supporting the container, and the connecting section for connecting the container and the fixed legs to each other such that the container is maintained upright relative to the fixed legs.
US08840071B2	Cable support and method A J-hook cable support includes a semicircular saddle, a stem at one side of the saddle, and a tip at the other side of the saddle. The stem includes protruding tabs able to engage snap-on brackets in order to engage structural parts, or to couple multiple cable supports together. The stem may have two pairs of tabs at different heights along the stem away from the saddle. The tabs may be bent pieces of the metal of the stem, bent toward the back of the stem, away from the cable-receiving area defined by the saddle. The snap-on brackets may include one or more pairs of notches for engaging the tabs of one or more of the cable supports. A wire retainer may be used to close off the cable-receiving area, with the wire coupled to both the tip and the stem.
US08840065B2	Multifunctional cargo hold system A multifunctional cargo hold system for an aircraft includes a cargo hold floor; a retainer rail fitted to the cargo hold floor, suitable for the assembly of units for rolling and/or fixing of loaded elements. The units have a variable assembly with regard to the longitudinal direction of the retainer rail. The cargo hold system has a number of cargo positions, suitable for accommodating elements of the group, including a net for partitioning the cargo hold, a standard container, a palette, a telescopic system, an underfloor catering container, an underfloor rest space, a conveyor of fixed length and a conveyor of variable length, wherein each load position can accommodate at least four of the elements.
US08840064B2	Stub frame for a cascade thrust reverser structure A stub frame for a cascade vane thrust reverser structure of an aircraft nacelle is attached to one or more cascade vanes. The stub frame includes an integral primary structure with a C-shaped longitudinal section, a secondary structure acting as a cascade edge and attached to the primary structure at one end, and transverse stiffeners connecting the two ends of the primary structure.
US08840062B2	Pylon mounting system with vibration isolation A pylon mounting system with vibration isolation is provided. The system generally includes a housing that defines a first fluid chamber and a second fluid chamber, a fluid disposed within the fluid chambers; a piston assembly at least partially disposed within the housing, and a tuning passage defined by the piston assembly for providing fluid communication between the fluid chambers. The piston assembly has a first arm and a second arm, and each arm has a tubeform bearing for providing pitch and roll stiffness.
US08840055B1	Motorized roller apparatus for rolled objects and methods of use A motorized roller apparatus for assisting in the selective rolling up of an at least one rolled object provides, in at least one embodiment, a chassis having an at least one rear rolling member and an at least one front rolling member. The rear rolling member is rotatably engaged proximal a rear end of the chassis and configured for being in rolling contact with the surface on which the object is positioned, enabling the apparatus to travel across the surface. The front rolling member is rotatably engaged proximal an opposing front end of the chassis, a distance above the surface, and configured for being selectively positioned in rolling contact with the rolled object. A motor is positioned within the chassis and interconnected with the rear rolling member. Additionally, an elongate handle portion is engaged with the chassis and configured for allowing a user to operate and steer the apparatus.
US08840050B2	Potential neutralization arrangement for an electrostatic rotary atomizer For grounding or electrically charging the shaft of an electrostatic rotary atomizer working with external or direct charging, there are opposing, annular or spiral-shaped sharp edges in the outer surface of a part of the shaft and in the inner surface of a stationary bearing part at the desired potential, which have different, preferably opposite, thread directions, so that the edges intersect each other at points.
US08840046B2	Hand held paint sprayer with paint cup and reversible tip A self-contained, hand-held paint spray gun apparatus having a paint reservoir on the gun and a turret assembly having a reversible tip for spraying paint from the reservoir through the tip and a swirl chamber adapter located between the gun and turret assembly. The tip is reversible between a SPRAY position and a CLEAN position to enable a user of the paint spray gun to rapidly and conveniently clear an obstruction in the tip and continue spraying without removing the tip. The swirl chamber adapter has a generally planar face opposing a swirl valve in the gun and forming a swirl chamber upstream of the turret assembly and has a centrally located bore extending from the generally planar face to the outlet of the adapter.
US08840034B2	Automatic in situ coolant flow control in LFT heat exchanger An embodiment of the invention is directed to coolant flow control apparatus, in association with a liquid flow through heat exchanger situated to cool one or more electronic or other device. The apparatus comprises a first input channel for carrying liquid coolant to a first input of the heat exchanger, and further comprises a flow control device positioned along a flow path that includes the first input channel. The flow control device is provided with a gating element supported for selected movement across the flow path, in order to selectively vary the amount of coolant moving through the flow path. The apparatus further include an actuator located in the flow control device that comprises a metal component which is directly tied to the gating element, wherein the metal component changes its shape in response to specified changes in coolant temperature, and a given change in the shape of the metal component acts to selectively move the gating element with respect to the flow path.
US08840028B1	Method and system for managing business relationships via business cards Techniques for capturing images of business cards, uploading the images to a designated computing device for processing and recognition are disclosed. In one implementation, a transmission means is provided to transport the images to the designated computing device for centralized management of integrated contact information for a registered user, where the images are recognized and extracted data from the business cards are entered as new records in a contact list of the registered user. Each of the givers of the business cards are notified by a designated device to establish a link with the registered user.
US08840025B2	Arrangement for and method of preventing symbol misreads in electro-optical readers An arrangement for, and a method of, preventing a misread of a one-dimensional symbol that can be read in either one of two polarities in an electro-optical reader. A data capture assembly captures light from the symbol, and generates an electrical signal indicative of the captured light. A controller simultaneously processes and decodes the electrical signal as a first decoded result of one of the polarities and as a second decoded result of the other of the polarities. The controller also determines the validity of the first and second decoded results, and generates an output in dependence upon the validity determination.
US08840022B1	System and method for decoding marks on a response sheet A ballot tabulation device includes a scanner operable to obtain an image of at least a portion of a paper ballot that includes a voter response area. A processor applies a virtual template to the image to identify a center point for the voter response area. The virtual template comprises a set of characteristic points positioned in predetermined locations in relation to the center point of the voter response area, wherein the characteristic points comprise points that are common to a plurality of sample ballot images. The processor also defines a response window that is centered on the center point of the voter response area, and analyzes the response window to determine if the voter response area is marked by a voter.
US08840016B1	Banking system controlled responsive to data bearing records An automated banking machine operates to cause financial transfers responsive at least in part to data read from data bearing records. The automated banking machine includes a card reader that is operative to read card data corresponding to financial accounts from user cards. The card data is linked in at least one data store to data indicating that the card data corresponds to a financial account that is authorized to be used to conduct at least one transaction through use of the automated banking machine. The automated banking machine may be used to carry out financial transfers involving financial accounts by users who are determined to be authorized users of such accounts.
US08840015B2	Method and apparatus for facilitating charitable donations A method, apparatus, and system for placing and operating an automated donation station is disclosed. An automated donation station can be placed at a location upon receiving a request for an automated donation station from a charitable organization or event organizer. The automated donation station can be customized according to a particular requestor's needs. One or more donations may be collected using the donation station by displaying information to a donor, receiving a donation offer from the donor, and collecting donation details (e.g., payment information) from the donor. A donation receipt can be dispensed to the donor at the automated donation station. Further, donation gifts may be selected by the donor at the automated donation station and dispensed at the automated donation station.
US08840012B2	System and method for acquiring and sharing scheduling data A system and method for the encoding of schedule data on a computing device and the retrieval, sharing and presentation of the schedule data on mobile computing devices is presented. The recurrent static portion of the schedule data is encoded by the computing device in a first two dimensional barcode image. Dynamic event data is encoded by the computing device in a second two dimensional barcode image, the second image containing only numeric data. The first and second images are acquired for processing by the mobile computing device which may display the barcode images for subsequent acquisition and processing by a second mobile computing device.
US08840009B2	Carton with handle A carton for containing a plurality of articles. The carton comprises a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels comprises a first top panel, a second top panel, a bottom panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. The first top panel and the second top panel are at least partially overlapped to form a top wall of the carton. A handle extends in at least the top wall. The handle can comprise at least a first handle portion of the first top panel and a second handle portion of the second top panel. The first handle portion can at least partially overlap the second handle portion, and the second handle portion can comprise a notch that is at least partially overlapped by an overlay portion of the first handle portion.
US08840005B2	Device for torsionally welding metal parts by means of ultrasound The invention relates to a device (1) for welding metal parts by means of ultrasound, in particular for welding strands, comprising a sonotrode (3) having a sonotrode head (3.1), which can be excited by an oscillation generator (9) to perform torsional oscillations with respect to a torsion axis (B). The sonotrode head (3.1) comprises at least one welding surface (3.4) relative to the torsion axis (B) on the circumference side. Furthermore, an anvil (18) having a counter/compacting surface (18.1) is provided, which can be arranged opposite the welding surface (3.4) of the sonotrode (3) in a stationary position relative thereto. In the case of an opposite arrangement, the welding surface (3.4) and the compacting surface (18.1) delimit a compaction space (8) in a direction perpendicular to the torsion axis (B), said space being provided to receive the parts to be welded. The sonotrode (3) is designed, and coupled to the oscillation generator (9), in such a manner that the entire sonotrode (3) can be excited to perform torsional oscillation with a negligibly small longitudinal oscillation component.
US08840004B2	Surgical stapling instruments including a cartridge having multiple staples sizes A surgical stapling apparatus includes a staple cartridge and an anvil member. The staple cartridge includes a plurality of surgical fasteners disposed in rows of retention slots. The staple cartridge may have an annular or linear configuration of retention slots. The tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge may be tapered or stepped. The anvil member has a tissue contacting surface that includes a number of pockets arranged for substantially aligning with the retention slots. In addition, the tissue contacting surface of the anvil member may complement the tissue contacting surface of the staple cartridge.
US08840003B2	Surgical stapling instrument with compact articulation control arrangement A surgical cutting and stapling instrument with an articulatable elongated shaft. The elongated shaft is operably coupled to a handle assembly and has an articulation joint therein. The distal end of the elongated shaft is couplable to and end effector that supports a staple cartridge therein. The end effector may be articulated relative to the elongated shaft by an articulation control system operably supported in the handle assembly.
US08839990B2	Machine for dispensing chocolate clusters A cluster dispensing machine dispenses clusters having a hand-formed appearance while minimizing broken and crushed aggregate. The dispensing machine uses a flexible pinch valve to meter the chocolate and aggregate mixture. The flexible pinch valve minimizes broken and crushed aggregate. The machine drops the metered chocolate and aggregate mixture onto a conveyor in order to provide a hand-formed appearance to the clusters.
US08839988B2	Medicine feeding device and a medicine counting device using the medicine feeding device A medicine feeding device is configured by providing a first rotor that rotates around a first shaft, a second rotor that rotates around a second shaft, a partition wall extending from the second rotor towards the first rotor, a medicine discharge port provided on the outside of the second rotor, a medicine guide section located in the downstream of a movement section in the medicine transport direction, and a height regulator disposed between the movement section and medicine guide section. In addition, the width regulator that is disposed between the medicine guide section and the height regulator is further provided. Also, a medicine counting device is further provided with a medicine detection means for detecting the medicine that is supplied from the medicine discharge port, and a counting means (central control unit) for counting the medicines based on the detection performed by the medicine detection means.
US08839984B2	Paint can accessory A paint accessory for use with a paint container has an open end with a cylindrical rim at the open end. A cover piece comprises an annular ring having a downwardly opening channel for receiving the cylindrical rim. A pour spout extends upwardly from the annular ring. A scraper blade extends inwardly from the annular ring opposite the pour spout. A pair of aligned brackets extend inwardly from the annular ring on opposite sides thereof. A grid comprises a frame having opposite sides and a mesh structure therebetween. The frame has slots on the opposite sides for removably receiving the aligned brackets to mount the grid in the container incident to the cover piece being received on the cylindrical rim, in use.
US08839976B2	Locking lid container An open ended container with locking lid can provide a number of features. The lid and the container have cooperating threads. The lid has also has a locking mechanism connected to the lid, such as from a downwardly extending wall. The container has a stop, in some embodiments accessible from above, such as with downwardly and possibly linearly biased engagement members of the locking mechanism. In fact, some embodiments have a stop as a portion of satellite ring.
US08839973B2	Fuel inlet device with a cap member for a fuel tank A fuel inlet device for a fuel tank includes a cap member connected detachably to a fuel inlet port, which includes a tube body. When a plug body of the cap member is inserted into the tube body through an upper central opening defined by an inner annular wall, a notch in the inner annular wall permits a protrusion unit having first and second abutting blocks and formed on the plug body to pass therethrough such that the cap member is rotatable relative to the tube body between an open position, where the second abutting block of the cap member abuts a curved inner wall defining the notch, and a closed position, where the cap member is connected tightly with the fuel inlet port.
US08839972B2	Multi-functional base for a plastic, wide-mouth, blow-molded container A container can have a body with an integrally formed base attached to the body. The base includes a concave annular wall extending from the container sidewall to a standing surface, and an inner wall extending from the standing surface to a substantially flat inner annular wall. The inner annular wall is recessed in the base and is substantially perpendicular to the container sidewall. The inner annular wall includes a centrally located dimple. The dimple includes a plurality of spaced apart and radially extending indented ribs. One or more of the ribs extend radially into a brace that tapers to meet the inner annular wall.
US08839966B2	Folding jib main strut and transportable reeved strut caps A method of assembling a mobile lift crane that includes, during operation, i) a rotating bed having attached thereto a luffing jib hoist drum and line, and a rigging winch drum and line, ii) a boom pivotally mounted on the rotating bed, iii) a luffing jib pivotally mounted to the end of the boom, iv) a first strut also pivotally connected to the end of the boom, and v) a second strut connected to the boom below the connection point of the first strut, the method including: a) pivotally connecting the first strut to the end of the boom; b) pivotally connecting a first section of the second strut near the top of the boom; c) connecting the rigging winch line to the top of the first section; d) pivotally attaching a second section of the second strut to the first section such that the second section lies folded onto the first section, forming a folded second strut; and e) lifting the second section while retracting the rigging winch line to thereby bring the first and second sections into alignment with each other.
US08839956B2	System module of a storage system A system module of a storage system includes at least one frame unit, at least one first function unit, at least one second function unit, and at least one positioning unit. The at least one frame unit has at least one coupling unit configured to be coupled, so as to be disconnectable by an operator, to at least one part of at least one further system module. The function units are configured to be disposed, at least in one operating state, at least substantially inside a space spanned by the frame unit. The at least one positioning unit is configured to position the function units, independently of each other, relative to the frame unit, in at least two at least substantially differing positions.
US08839955B1	Multi-purpose item protector and methods of production thereof A preferably disposable item protector having a first and second layer, sealed peripheral edges, and an opening to provide access to the interior, formed of material substantially permeable to vapor and substantially impermeable to liquid and microbial contaminants. A method of producing such item protectors comprising the steps of folding a continuous strip of material, bonding the peripheral edges with adhesives, sonic bonding, heat bonding, or other techniques, and cutting the material proximate to the bonded edges to release the item protectors.
US08839954B2	Medical clip carrier device The invention relates to a medical clip carrier device for retention and/or mounting of at least one medical clip, in particular a ligature clip, comprising at least one clip receptacle in which a clip is retainable in a mounted position, and a securing device with at least one securing member for detachably securing a clip in the at least one clip receptacle. The clip receptacle comprises an insertion opening for insertion of a clip into the clip receptacle and removal of the clip therefrom. The at least one securing member is constructed in the form of a retaining projection which protrudes at least partially into the insertion opening.
US08839949B2	Determination and correction of conveyor belt speed/location Sprockets (22) and (42) are engaged with a conveyor belt (18) itself or a chain (28) coupled to the belt. An encoder is used to determine the differential of the rotation of the sprockets. From that information, the instantaneous pitch of the conveyor belt located between the first and second rotational axes can be determined, and from that information the speed of the belt can be determined. This information can be used to control work tools or other devices that act on work products being carried by the conveyor belt.
US08839946B2	Apparatus for conveying eggs The invention relates to a system and a method for, in a conveying direction T during conveyance, continuously distributing a flow or products, for instance eggs, comprising: —a distributing assembly with at least two feed channels extending in a conveying direction T for each forming a single row of products, wherein at least edge elements compose the edges of these channels over a well-defined distribution length and wherein these edge elements are provided above and adjacent a conveying surface at the downstream end of a feed conveyor, and —a control for monitoring and controlling the distribution of the products over the channels, wherein, based on monitoring signals and control signals, from the downstream end of the channels, only two products are transferred simultaneously to the conveyor, wherein the control, based on the monitoring signals and control signals, increases or reduces the speed of the conveyor according to a continuous adjustment.
US08839945B2	Order-picking system for order-picking articles into order containers The invention refers to an order picking plant for order picking of articles into order containers. The order picking plant comprises a picking station and a sorter. Between the sorter and order container a number of collection points are provided. Further, the invention relates to a process where the articles are stored intermediately in a collection point between sorter and order container.
US08839943B2	Conveyor apparatus for an assembly line A conveyor apparatus for an assembly line having a number of assembly stations is provided. The conveyor apparatus has a guide realized to define a path of travel for an assembly station, an engaging unit for engaging an assembly station to the guide, and a driving unit for driving the engaging unit along the guide such that the assembly station is moved through successive stages of the assembly line. The assembly line is used for assembling a generator for a wind turbine.
US08839938B2	Coin receiving and dispensing machine The coin receiving and dispensing machine of the present invention includes a plurality of storing and feeding parts provided for each of denominations, which dispense coins to a coin outlet as required, and each of the plurality of storing and feeding parts includes: a first storing part which receives coins that are input and classified by one of the denominations; a second storing part which is provided parallel to the first storing part in a horizontal direction, and stores coins separately from the first storing part; a first conveying part which separates and conveys the coins stored in the first storing part one by one; a differentiating part which differentiates the denominations of the coins conveyed by the first conveying part, and counts quantity of the coins; a coin switching part which switches the coins differentiated and counted by the differentiating part to either one of the coin outlet and the second storing part selectively; and a second conveying part which conveys the coins stored in the second storing part to the first storing part.
US08839933B1	PTO clutch assembly A PTO clutch assembly is directed to marine environment usage with a propeller drive shaft. The PTO clutch assembly can be operated at 7 degrees of axial tilt. A clutch friction disc has a recessed area that reduces the need for initial break-in.
US08839931B2	Electromagnetic friction clutch having oscillating pole faces An electromagnetic friction clutch (1) is proposed having two clutch plates (2, 8) which have concentrically circular, magnetically soft ring areas (3a-3c, 9a-9d) which are at least partially magnetically insulated from one another, which friction clutch (1) transmits comparatively large torques while having a compact design. For this purpose, pole faces (4a-4f, 10a-10f) which, when viewed in the radial cross section, oscillate in the axial direction are formed at the magnetically soft ring areas (3a-3c, 9a-9d).
US08839922B2	Vehicle power transmission device Providing a vehicle power transmission device including a hydraulic power transmission device and enabling a shorter entire axial length.A vehicle power transmission device 12 includes a torque converter 18 having a rear cover 38 disposed with a plurality of pump blades 40 and a turbine 42 disposed with a plurality of turbine blades 44 receiving a fluid flow from the pump blades 40, and an automatic transmission 20 transmitting power input to an input shaft 48 from the torque converter 18 to a subsequent stage, in a power transmission path between an engine 14 and drive wheels 16. The turbine 42 is coupled by relatively non-rotatable spline fitting to the input shaft 48 at a position closer to the automatic transmission 20 than the pump blades 40 and the turbine blades 44 in a first axial center C1 direction of the torque converter 18, i.e., at a position closer to the automatic transmission 20 than an outer shell cover of the torque converter 18.
US08839919B2	Shock absorber A shock absorber is attached coaxially with a reciprocating rod driven by a reciprocating unit for absorbing an impact force without bending the reciprocating rod. The shock absorber has a hollow rod provided with a through hole. The hollow rod is mounted within an outer cylindrical body. An accommodating space is formed between the hollow rod and the outer cylindrical body. A spring force toward one end portion side of the hollow rod is applied to the outer cylindrical body by a compression coil spring. An annular piston provided in the hollow rod partitions the accommodating space into two liquid chambers. When the impact force is applied to the hollow rod, the liquid flows from one liquid chamber to another liquid chamber through a gap, whereby a resistance force is applied to the hollow rod.
US08839912B2	Vibration isolation assembly for an elevator system An exemplary vibration isolation assembly for use with elevators includes a first rigid member having an outer wall at least partially surrounding a central opening. A second rigid member is at least partially received within the central opening of the first rigid member. A resilient layer between the first and second members substantially isolates the first member from vibrations of the second member.
US08839907B2	Ladder safety apparatus A ladder safety apparatus and methods of using the same are disclosed. An example ladder safety apparatus includes a stabilizer bar for a top portion of a ladder, the stabilizer bar configured to rest on a roof top. The example ladder safety apparatus also includes a balance rail for the top portion of the ladder to provide substantially upright handles for a user to grasp when the ladder is positioned on the roof top. The balance rail and the stabilizer bar are formed as a unitary structure.
US08839904B2	Variable frequency Helmholtz resonator A variable frequency Helmholtz resonant cavity includes a Helmholtz resonant cavity body, two Helmholtz resonant cavity pipes with different cross-sectional areas and lengths and a control valve plate. The Helmholtz resonant cavity body is connected with the main pipe of the intake system via the Helmholtz resonant cavity pipes, and the control valve plate is disposed at the location where the two Helmholtz resonant cavity pipes meet.
US08839903B2	Steering wheel for a motor vehicle A steering wheel for a motor vehicle is provided. In one form, the steering wheel includes: a steering wheel rim, via which the steering wheel can be actuated by a driver of the motor vehicle for generating a steering angle, a superposition drive for generating a steering angle which can be superimposed with a steering angle generated by actuating the steering wheel rim, a locking means different from the superposition drive, with which the superposition drive can be locked by mechanical action and bearing means, by means of which a housing of the locking means is elastically mounted on a housing of the superposition drive such that it can carry out a compensating movement relative to the housing of the superposition drive.
US08839902B1	Hydraulic motor driven rack and pinion steering assembly A rack and pinion steering apparatus for a heavy-duty vehicle includes a housing, a gear rack slidably coupled to the housing and including a plurality of rack gear teeth, and a pinion gear including a plurality of pinion gear teeth in meshing engagement with the plurality of rack gear teeth. The apparatus also includes a hydraulic motor including an output shaft coupled to and configured to rotate the pinion gear and a limiter coupled to the housing and configured to reduce an output steering force of the gear rack.
US08839901B1	Transfer case skid shield A skid shield for attachment to vehicle side rails for protecting an underbody vehicle component, where the vehicle has a cross member mounted to the side rails with mounting hardware and receiving holes, includes a body and a skid plate. The body extends from the first side rail to the second side rail and around the underbody of the vehicle component. The body has at least one frame member. The at least one skid plate is attached to the frame member. The skid shield also includes first and second attachment brackets that attach the frame member to the side rails. The attachment brackets have receiving holes for receiving a fastener. The receiving holes are configured for alignment with the receiving holes in the side rails. The fastener fastens both the attachment bracket of the skid shield and the mounting hardware of the cross member to the side rails.
US08839896B2	Saddle type vehicle with regulator disposed below fuel tank A saddle type vehicle includes a vehicle body frame with an engine and a seat supported on the vehicle body frame, a fuel tank disposed below the seat for storing fuel for the engine, a fuel pump disposed at a lower portion of the fuel tank for supplying the fuel to the engine, a regulator disposed below the fuel tank, a heat guard member disposed between the regulator and the fuel pump for blocking heat transfer, and a rear fender disposed below the regulator. By this structure the fuel tank need not be swollen downwardly by a great amount, and shaping of the fuel tank is facilitated.
US08839885B2	Latching configuration for a microtunneling apparatus A drill rod is disclosed. The drill rod includes a casing assembly defining a length that extends axially between a first end and an opposite second end of the drill rod, and a drive shaft rotatably mounted within the casing assembly. The drive shaft extends axially along the drill rod generally from the first end of the casing assembly to the second end of the casing assembly. The drill rod also includes latching pins at the first end of the drill rod and latching pin receivers at the second end of the drill rod. The drill rod further includes latches provided adjacent the latching pin receivers. The latches are movable between latching and non-latching positions. The latches move along an orientation of movement then the latches between the latching and non-latching positions. The drill rod may also include biasing structures that apply retention forces to the latches for retaining the latches in the non-latching position. The retention forces have at least components that extend in directions perpendicular to the orientation of movement of the latches. The drill rod may further include cam arms for moving the latches into a latching position and for retaining the latches in a latching position.
US08839882B2	Drilling device and drilling method The invention relates to a drilling device and a drilling method for drilling inside a casing tube, wherein the drilling apparatus has a supporting frame with a fastening means for fixation with respect to the casing tube and a drilling tool, which is driven in a rotating manner via a telescopic rod by means of a drill drive arranged on the supporting frame. An emptying station for attachment to the upper end of the casing tube is provided, wherein the supporting frame of the drilling apparatus can be fastened on the emptying station. For emptying the drilling tool of drill cuttings the emptying station has an unloading means, which is adjustable for receiving the drill cuttings. The unloading means is designed for conveying the drill cuttings away from the emptying station.
US08839880B2	Subsea drilling with casing A method of forming a wellbore includes providing a drilling assembly comprising one or more lengths of casing and an axially retracting assembly having a first tubular; a second tubular at least partially disposed in the first tubular and axially fixed thereto; and a support member disposed in the second tubular and movable from a first axial position to a second axial position relative to the second tubular, wherein, in the first axial position, the support member maintains the second tubular axially fixed to the first tubular, and in the second axial position, allows the second tubular to move relative to the first tubular; and an earth removal member disposed below the axially retracting assembly. The method also includes rotating the earth removal member to form the wellbore; moving the support member to the second axial position; and reducing a length of the axially retracting assembly.
US08839877B1	Low pressure, extended coverage, fire protection sprinkler A low pressure, extended coverage, fire protection sprinkler, e.g., of the upright type, suitable for use in protection of at least extra hazard and high piled storage occupancies, in accordance with the 1999 Edition of NFPA 13, has a body with an internal passageway extending between an inlet end and an opposite outlet end, and a deflector mounted to the body by at least one support arm and disposed in alignment with the axis and generally spaced from the outlet end of the internal passageway. The sprinkler has a predetermined K-factor, e.g., of greater than about 16.0. The sprinkler is configured and arranged to deflect flow of water generally radially outwardly and downwardly of the sprinkler in a predetermined spray pattern. Preferably, the predetermined spray pattern has a generally polygonal shape, e.g., a rectangular shape, when viewed at a predetermined distance below the deflector.
US08839876B2	Hydraulic system and method for delivering electricity, water, air, and foam in a firefighting apparatus A firefighting apparatus comprising a controller, and a hydraulic pump driven by a power-take-off and operable to supply a hydraulic fluid under pressure. A water pumping subsystem is powered by the hydraulic fluid and operable to supply water under pressure to a conduit, wherein a flow rate of water is substantially regulated by controlling the hydraulic fluid input to the water pumping subsystem. A chemical foam subsystem is powered by the hydraulic fluid and operable to inject foam at a predetermined flow rate into the conduit, wherein the flow rate of the foam is substantially regulated by controlling the hydraulic fluid input to the chemical foam subsystem. An electrical power generator subsystem is powered by the hydraulic fluid and operable to generate electrical power, wherein the frequency and voltage of the generated power is substantially regulated by controlling the hydraulic fluid input to the electrical power generator subsystem. A hydraulic fluid cooling device receives and cools the hydraulic fluid returned from the water pumping subsystem, chemical foam subsystem, and electrical power generator subsystem. A hydraulic reservoir further stores the cooled hydraulic fluid.
US08839868B2	Subsea control system with interchangeable mandrel A technique enables protection of subsea wells. The technique employs a subsea test tree designed to ensure control over the well in a variety of situations. The subsea test tree is formed with at least one shut-off valve to protect against unwanted release of fluids from the subsea test tree. The subsea test tree also is coupled with and controlled by a control system having a subsea control module mounted to an interior mandrel.
US08839863B2	High pressure/deep water perforating system A perforating system having a perforating gun with a gun body formed from a ductile material. The gun body deforms under pressure while maintaining sufficient structural integrity to remain intact and without rupturing or leaking. A flowable material can be inserted within the gun body that provides additional support to the gun body.
US08839861B2	Systems and methods for providing zonal isolation in wells Systems and methods for providing zonal isolation in a hydrocarbon well include or utilize a tubular assembly having an upstream manifold, a gravel packing conduit, a transport conduit, a leak-off conduit, and a downstream flow path. The tubular assembly is adapted to receive a gravel-laden slurry and to direct at least a portion of the same to the gravel packing conduit. The gravel-laden slurry exiting the gravel packing conduit packs the annulus between the tubular assembly and the wellbore by dehydrating at least in part through the leak-off conduit. The leak-off conduit is further gravel-packed by the gravel-laden slurry received by the tubular assembly. The leak-off conduit is dehydrated through a flow control valve. Together, the gravel packed annulus and the gravel packed leak-off conduit provide a gravel-based zonal isolation system.
US08839855B1	Modular changeable fractionation plug A modular changeable fractionation plug for use in a wellbore with a crown engagement and a plug receiving end formed on a mandrel which is adapted to be a caged ball configuration, a drop ball configuration and a bridge plug configuration.
US08839843B1	Forming a mold for steel casting A method of forming a mold for use in the casting of a steel railway freight car truck component is provided. A cope mold is formed by providing a near net shape oversize impression of a cope pattern of a product to be cast in a flask. A cope pattern of the product to be cast is then placed on the flask forming a spacing between the cope pattern and the oversize impression. A resin coated sand is then blown to form a sand layer between the oversized impression in the flask and the cope pattern. The resin sand is set to form a mold of a thickness between the oversized impression in the flask and the cope pattern of the product to be cast. The drag mold is formed in a similar manner.
US08839838B2	Adhesive tape dispenser This Dispenser having a cutter plate, which is flexibly mounted on a Tape roll, helps in peeling the Tape and is able to cut it by serration provided at the other end.There is an open space, in between the rod and cutter plate, so that Tape can be drawn over from both sides of the dispenser, to cut it by serrations present at the other end.On the cutter plate of the Dispenser, there is a notch and a hole is provided, so that, the cut end of the tape which sticks on the plate, can be easily removed for the next operation.This cutter plate assembly being flexibly attached on a Tape roll, by means of two 0 rings, can swivel like a hinge, so that Tape can be cut at any desired and from a suitable angle.A double cutter is provided to hold a firm grip on the tape, to cut it easily, besides, to protects from injury also.Thus It is a novel, Tape Dispenser which is User friendly, Multipurpose and a unique and most simple in Design, useful for most of varieties of Tapes, having variations in, Materials, Widths, Diameters, Thickness, Toughness, Stickiness, and various Applications and Uses. Most suitable for a common Man, Office, Industry and Packaging use in Industry.
US08839834B2	Masking device using masking jig A masking device capable of effectively carrying out a masking operation using a masking jig by means of a robot. A step S5, wherein the masking jig is taken out by a second robot, must be completed prior to step S6, and may be carried out until step S2 has been completed, otherwise, may be carried out concurrently with step S4. Since the taking out operation of the masking jig by the second robot may be concurrently with the detecting/taking-out operation of the workpiece or the applying operation of adhesive by the first robot, cycle time may be reduced.
US08839829B2	Reciprocating compressor with inlet booster for CNG station and refueling motor vehicles Embodiments of the present invention provide a natural gas compression system, comprising a gas inlet component for the entrance of natural gas into the system, a booster component for increasing the pressure of the natural gas, a drying component for drying the natural gas, a compressor component including a reciprocating compressor for further increasing the pressure of the natural gas, a valve control panel and storage component, and a dispensing component.
US08839827B2	Aerosol container filling system A system for charging pressurized aerosol cans with liquid is provided combining a disposable syringe and filling machine. The syringe is loaded with a liquid, then placed in the filling machine and connected to the inlet of the pressurized container. The filling machine is activated and an electric motor or a hydraulic piston exerts force on the syringe to inject the liquid into the aerosol container.
US08839823B2	Corrugated metal pipe A metal pipe of single piece construction including a wall formed of a single corrugated metal sheet. The sheet has opposing first and second edges extending longitudinally along the sheet. The wall includes a seam that is formed by abutting portions of the first and second edges. The seam extends helically about and along a length of the wall. The sheet has an interior wall side and an opposing exterior wall side. The interior wall side defines an interior wall surface of the wall. The exterior wall side defines an exterior wall surface of the wall. The sheet has a sinusoidal cross-sectional profile defining 3 corrugation peaks at the interior wall surface and 3 corrugation peaks at the exterior wall surface. The sheet has a flattened sheet width of approximately 27 inches and a finished sheet width of approximately 21 inches. The wall defines a pipe diameter of at least 96 inches.
US08839820B2	Control valves for controlling pressure medium flows A control valve for controlling pressure medium flows, which has a cylindrical valve housing with a housing cavity The housing cavity is open at one side and has an axial outflow port, a radial first working port, a radial second working port, a radial third working port and two radial pressure ports which each open into the housing cavity. A first pressure port is arranged axially between the first working port and the second working port, and a second pressure port is arranged axially between the second working port and the third working port. Also, the control valve has a cylindrical control piston, which is axially movable within the housing cavity and has a piston cavity open at one side in the direction of the outflow port.
US08839819B2	Direct-acting pilot pressure control solenoid A solenoid valve has a body with a fluid passage extending longitudinally at least partially through the body. Each of supply, control, and exhaust ports is disposed through the body and operably connected to the passage (the supply port also introducing fluid medium from a pressure source). Among the ports, there is a valve member operably disposed in the passage. A bore extends at least partially through the member. A metering orifice connects the passage or exhaust port with the bore. A solenoid portion has a coil with an armature movable within the portion in response to energization of the coil, and a shaft is connected to the armature. The shaft extends partially into the body and directly contacts the member, and the energization of the coil causes the shaft to slide within the solenoid portion and move the member in response to movement of the armature within the portion.
US08839818B2	Valve device and temperature adjusting system for electronic device A valve device for adjusting the flow volumes of a cooling medium and a heating medium for adjusting the temperature of an electronic device includes: flow paths through which a cooling medium and heating medium are able to flow; and a merging section into which these flow path merge. The merging section has a valve shaft internally and a first channel is formed in the valve shaft. The valve shaft makes the first channel face at least two of the flow paths so as to make at least two flow paths communicate with each other.

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