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US08891038B2	Lightguide with optical film containing voids and blacklight for display system Lightguide is disclosed. The lightguide includes a light guiding layer for propagating light by total internal reflection, and an optical film that is disposed on the light guiding layer. The optical film includes a plurality of voids, an optical haze that is not less than about 30%, and a porosity that is not less than about 20%. Substantial portions of each two neighboring major surfaces in the lightguide are in physical contact with each other.
US08891037B2	Flat panel display device, stereoscopic display device, and plasma display device The present invention provides a flat panel display device, which includes a backlight system and a display panel. The backlight system includes a light source, a light homogenization mechanism, and a back frame. The back frame carries the light source and the light homogenization mechanism, and the light homogenization mechanism guides light from the light source into the display panel. The back frame includes primary assembling pieces, secondary assembling pieces, and a bracing piece for fixing a circuit board. The bracing piece includes a bracing body, a first suspension section, a first bearing section, and a first resilient bent section. The bracing body is selectively mounted to different positions of the back frame so that a single bracing piece meets different requirements for mounting. The bracing piece fixes a circuit board so as to overcome the problem that a circuit board cannot be easily fixed. The present invention also provides a stereoscopic display device and a plasma display device. The present invention has a back frame mold having a simple structure, reduces the expenditure of the back frame mold, and also saves the material used for back frame so as to lower down the cost of flat panel display device.
US08891034B2	Liquid crystal optical element and optical pickup apparatus A liquid crystal optical element having a crystal liquid optical element adapted to positively function as a diffraction element and an optical pickup apparatus including the liquid crystal optical element are disclosed. A transparent electrode having a diffraction pattern is arranged on one of a pair of transparent substrates. A liquid crystal panel has a transparent opposed electrode arranged on the other one of the pair of the transparent substrates. A driving unit generates a phase difference distribution in the liquid crystal layer by generating a potential difference between the transparent electrode and the transparent opposed electrode and causes the liquid crystal panel to function as a diffraction element for diffracting the incoming light beam transmitted therethrough. The diffraction pattern or the transparent opposed electrode is divided into a plurality of regions. The driving unit adjusts the potential difference for each of the regions.
US08891031B2	Sensing device and method of sensing a light by using the same In a sensing device and a method for sending a light by using the same, the sensing device includes: a lower panel; an upper panel facing the lower panel; a liquid crystal layer disposed between the lower panel and the upper panel; an infrared ray sensor formed in at least one of the lower panel and the upper panel; and a visible ray sensor formed in at least one of the lower panel and the upper panel. The sensing device simultaneously includes the infrared ray sensor and the visible ray sensor such that a touch sensing function or an image sensing function having high reliability may be realized.
US08891030B2	Display method, display apparatus, optical unit, method of manufacturing display apparatus, and electronic equipment A display method of forming an image by using a plurality of pixels includes projecting light beams from the plurality of pixels on a pupil of an eye of an observer, and each diameter of the light beams which are incident on the pupil is smaller than a diameter of the pupil.Moreover, a display apparatus which displays an image having a plurality of pixels includes a micro lens array having a lens corresponding to each pixel, and a plurality of light exit points is formed corresponding to each pixel.Furthermore, an electronic equipment has the display apparatus installed thereon.
US08891028B2	Screen splitter A resiliently bendable planar panel has a side that when juxtaposed laterally with a video display screen traverses the width of the screen, and is supported by a plurality of legs. The panel includes sufficient area and form to partition the display into two vertically distinct sections from the visual perspectives of viewers of the screen whenever the side is laterally juxtaposed with the screen. Preferably each leg includes a device slidable up and down the leg for containing and supporting a marginal portion of the panel. Preferably the panel is fabric and includes a marginal bias urging the fabric to be taut, such as an expansion rod disposed in a marginal seam of the panel.
US08891027B2	Remote flip ceiling display A remote flip ceiling display, including a machine body, a display module, a first action side, a second action side, a remote control key and a control module, wherein a control module is increased in the display module of the ceiling display fixed by the original mechanical tab. The driver may press the remote control key of the front audio, to control the control module to push the tab, and the display module is flipped with it for the rear seat passengers to watch.
US08891025B2	Information processing device An information processing device according to the present invention receives an operation instruction by a motion of a hand and thus performs an operation corresponding thereto. The information processing device includes a detection section for detecting the motion of the hand; and a control section for displaying information corresponding to the motion of the hand detected by the detection section on a display. When the detection first detects the hand, the control section performs one of a plurality of different processes in accordance with whether or not the detection section detects a motion of the hand within a certain time duration after the first detection of the hand.
US08891018B1	Edge detection in a video field A method for detecting edges in a video field, comprising the steps of: selecting edges for a pixel of the video field; determining sum of absolute differences (“SAD”) values for the selected edges; determining inverse SAD (“ISAD”) values for the selected edges; and detecting one or more certain ones of the selected edges as a valid edge as a function of the determined SAD values and the determined ISAD values.
US08891010B1	Encoding for super resolution playback A method of displaying video data includes receiving, at a timing controller, a frame of pixel data at a resolution lower than the display resolution from an application processor, generating new frames of video data at the timing controller by applying a filter with a different set of coefficients to at least one neighboring frame at the lower resolution to generate a display frame of video data at a higher resolution. A video processing device has an application processor to execute instructions causing the application process to transmit frames of image data at a resolution lower than an original resolution, and a timing controller to execute instructions causing the timing controller to reconstruct frames of image data at the original resolution from the frames of lower resolution.
US08891008B2	Hand-held quad core processing apparatus A hand-held apparatus is provided having a digital camera, a display, a miniature keyboard, a network interface, and four interconnected processing units arranged to jointly run programs for the operation of the digital camera, display, miniature keyboard, and network interface.
US08891005B2	Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes a lens unit including a lens and an image sensor, a lens unit supporting unit for supporting the lens unit, a base unit for supporting the lens unit supporting unit in a manner that can tilt, a fixing base unit for supporting the base unit, a dome cover mounted to the fixing base unit, and an elastic member for elastically supporting the lens unit so that the lens unit can perform a retreat operation in an opposite direction from an object and along an optical axis direction of the lens unit when a force is applied thereto from the dome cover and even if the lens unit supporting unit leans in a tilt direction.
US08891003B2	Imaging apparatus including hot shoe An imaging apparatus includes a hot shoe to which one of a plurality of peripheral devices including an external strobe is selectively attachable. The imaging apparatus further includes a USB controller, a flash controller configured to output a flash control signal for controlling the external strobe, and a video signal controller configured to output a video signal. An apparatus-side connector to be electrically connected to a peripheral-side connector provided in a corresponding one of the peripheral devices upon attachment of the corresponding one of the peripheral devices to the hot shoe is provided in an inner region of the hot shoe or an adjacent region outside the hot shoe. The apparatus-side connector includes a USB terminal, a flash terminal, and a video terminal.
US08890998B2	Focusing apparatus, focusing method and medium for recording the focusing method Provided are a focusing apparatus for generating an image signal by converting image light incident through a focus lens to an electrical signal by an image pickup device, storing the image signal un a memory, calculating an AF evaluation value for an image signal read from the memory in a direction different from a reading direction of the image pickup device, and driving the focus lens by deriving a focus lens position corresponding to the calculated AF evaluation value, a focusing method thereof, and a recording medium for recording the focusing method. Accordingly, a focus can be correctly adjusted for various subject images, and a focus can be effectively adjusted for the images even in a high speed capturing mode.
US08890996B2	Imaging device, semiconductor integrated circuit and imaging method An image capture device according to the present disclosure includes: an image sensor; a lens optical system condensing light onto the image sensor and including a focus lens; a driving section driving one of the image sensor and the focus lens to change a distance between the image sensor and the focus lens; a displacement control section configured to control the displacement of the one being driven according to a predetermined displacement pattern by outputting an instruction to the driving section; and a synchronizing section configured to control the displacement control section by reference to timing of exposure of the image sensor. The displacement range of the image sensor or focus lens includes a first range, a second range separated from the first range, and a third range interposed between the first and second ranges. The predetermined displacement pattern includes first, second and third types of displacement patterns according to which one of the image sensor and the focus lens is displaced at least once in each of the entire first, second and third ranges. And one of the first and second types of displacement patterns and the third type of displacement pattern repeated alternately.
US08890995B2	Image pickup apparatus, semiconductor integrated circuit and image pickup method An image pickup device includes an image pickup element; a lens optical system including a focus lens; a driving section for driving one of the image pickup element and the focus lens so as to change a distance between the image pickup element and the focus lens; a displacement control section configured to output an instruction to the driving section to control displacement of the image pickup element or the focus lens which is driven, based on a prescribed displacement pattern; and a synchronization section configured to control the displacement control section based on timing for exposing the image pickup element.
US08890994B2	Image capturing apparatus An image capturing apparatus comprising an image sensor including image forming pixels each of which generates a signal for image generation, and focus detection pixels each of which generates a signal for phase difference detection, readout means for reading out the signal of each pixel of the image sensor, focus detection means for detecting a focus by a phase-difference detection method using the signals for phase difference detection from the focus detection pixels, and switching means for switching a combination of the focus detection pixels to be used for focus detection by the focus detection means between a case in which the readout means reads out the signals of the pixels of the image sensor after thinning-out and a case in which the readout means reads out the signals of the pixels of the image sensor without thinning-out.
US08890988B2	Image pickup device, including gain-setting of pixel arrays, image pickup apparatus, control method, and program An image pickup device which makes it possible to expand the dynamic range of photometry. The image pickup device comprises a pixel array, a pixel reader, a row selector, a column selector, a gain circuit, a gain selector. The pixel array comprises a plurality of pixels including photoelectric conversion elements and arranged in the horizontal direction and in the vertical direction. The pixel reader reads out selected pixel signals from the pixel array. The gain circuit is capable of having at least two gains set therein, and amplifies and outputs the pixel signals read out from the pixel array by the pixel reader. The gain selector sets different gains in the gain circuit such that pixel signals amplified by the different gains can be obtained for one-time read-out from the pixel array by the pixel reader.
US08890985B2	Imaging device The present invention relates to improved imaging devices having high dynamic range and to monitoring and automatic control systems incorporating the improved imaging devices.
US08890971B2	Image processing apparatus, image capturing apparatus, and computer program An image processing section includes: a motion vector calculation section for receiving information representing the magnitude of motion of an image capturing section and calculating a motion vector by performing a matching operation between first and second frames within a search range determined based on the magnitude of motion (a first search range and a second search range different from the first search range); and an interpolation frame generating section for generating an interpolation frame in accordance with the motion vector calculation result.
US08890968B2	Image capturing apparatus and control method therefor with defect correction information used both for defective pixel and detection pixel identification An image capturing apparatus includes an image sensor 104 in which at least part of pixels arranged in two dimensions are configured as focus detection pixels with divided-pupil, a memory control circuit 113 configured to read out from a memory position information for the focus detection pixels 401, 402 stored in the memory, and a correction circuit 110 configured to identify positions of the focus detection pixels 401, 402 in the image sensor 104 based on the position information for the focus detection pixels 401, 402 and to correct a defective focus detection pixel signal using defect-free focus detection pixel signals.
US08890967B2	Method apparatus for controlling exposure amount of an imaging device An imaging control unit includes: a calculating unit that obtains block brightness-values of a plurality of blocks from each pixel of an image data of a frame, the image data of a frame being divided into the plurality of blocks; a limiting unit that limits to a first limit brightness-value a block brightness-value which is larger than the first limit brightness-value among the plurality of block brightness-values; and a controlling unit that controls an exposure amount of an imaging unit so that a representing brightness-value of the plurality of the block brightness-values correspond to a target brightness-value which is less than first limit brightness-value.
US08890964B2	Image capturing system for capturing and transmitting digital video images, image data processing system for receiving and processing digital image data, image stabilizing system, and method for generating digital video images with little blurring An image capturing system for capturing and transmitting digital video images comprises an image sensor for acquiring digital image data at a particular time, a position control configured to control a position of at least one of the image sensor and the image capturing system based on a mechatronic model, at least one motion sensor configured to acquire position changes of the at least one of the image sensor and the image capturing system, and an output interface via which the acquired image data and associated metadata can be transmitted to an image data processing system, the metadata comprising the following data: up-to-date control data for position control at the particular time of the image data acquisition, an up-to-date parameter set of the mechatronic model at the particular time of the image data acquisition, and accumulated output data of the at least one motion sensor between the particular time of the image data acquisition and a time of a previous image data acquisition.
US08890957B2	Method, system, computer program product and computer-readable recording medium for object tracking A method for object tracking is provided, which is suitable for retrieving and analyzing distributed surveillance data. The method for object tracking includes the following steps: determining a set of surveillance data corresponding to at least one initial object spot in a set of initial object spots according to a location and a time of the initial object spot; retrieving segments of surveillance data in the set of surveillance data; finding at least one discovered object spot matching a target object qualification in the set of surveillance data and adding the discovered object spot into a set of discovered object spots; setting the set of initial object spots to be the set of discovered object spots and repeating the aforementioned steps when the set of discovered object spots is not empty; and outputting the discovered object spot when the set of discovered object spots is empty.
US08890953B1	Optical-based scene detection and audio extraction In analyzing a scene, a projection device may project an image onto surfaces or objects within the scene. The image may include user interface elements as well as structured light patterns for analyzing shapes of the surfaces and objects. The intensity of the reflection of the projected light may be monitored and used to derive an audio signal representing sound that occurs within the scene. The audio signal may be analyzed to detect and recognize user utterances and speech, which may be interpreted as commands.
US08890945B2	Shared terminal of an image sensor system for transferring image data and control signals An example image sensor system includes an image sensor having a first terminal and a host controller coupled to the first terminal. Logic is included in the image sensor system, that when executed transfers analog image data from the image sensor to the host controller through the first terminal of the image sensor and also transfers one or more digital control signals between the image sensor and the host controller through the same first terminal.
US08890942B2	Camera module, image processing apparatus, and image processing method According to one embodiment, an image processing apparatus includes a refocus filter generating unit and a refocus image generating unit. The refocus image generating unit executes a filtering process using a refocus filter generated by the refocus filter generating unit. A filtering level of the refocus filter is adjusted according to a subject distance of a subject to be focused and sighted among a plurality of subjects projected in a first image and a second image.
US08890940B2	Stereo image capture and processing Apparatus and systems, as well as methods and articles, may operate to capture a portion of an omniscopic or omni-stereo image using one or more image capture media. The media may be located substantially perpendicular to a converging ray originating at a viewpoint on an inter-ocular circle and having a convergence angle between zero and ninety degrees from a parallel viewpoint baseline position that includes a non-converging ray originating at the viewpoint. The media may also be located so as to be substantially perpendicular to a non-converging ray originating at a first viewpoint at a first endpoint of a diameter defining an inter-ocular circle, wherein the origin of the non-converging ray gravitates toward the center of the inter-ocular circle as spherical imagery is acquired.
US08890935B2	Capturing device, image processing method, and program A capturing device includes a display section that changes between and displays a three-dimensional (3D) image and a two-dimensional (2D) image, and a controller that performs an image display control for the display section, wherein the controller changes a display mode of an image displayed on the display section, from a 3D image display to a 2D image display, in accordance with preset setting information, at the time of performing a focus control process.
US08890926B2	Automatic identification and representation of most relevant people in meetings The “relevant” participants for each person in an online meeting may be automatically identified and a personalized view created to dynamically represent these relevant people as the meeting progresses. Relevancy of participants may be determined based on a number of factors and data from a variety of sources at the initialization of the meeting or when the participant for whom the personalized view is created joins the meeting. The relevancy computation may be updated and the personalized view dynamically changed during the meeting based on changes in participants, their participation modality, and comparable factors.
US08890923B2	Generating and rendering synthesized views with multiple video streams in telepresence video conference sessions Techniques are provided for establishing a videoconference session between participants at different endpoints, where each endpoint includes at least one computing device and one or more displays. A plurality of video streams is received at an endpoint, and each video stream is classified as at least one of a people view and a data view. The classified views are analyzed to determine one or more regions of interest for each of the classified views, where at least one region of interest has a size smaller than a size of the classified view. Synthesized views of at least some of the video streams are generated, wherein the synthesized views include at least one view including a region of interest, and views including the synthesized views are rendered at one or more displays of an endpoint device.
US08890921B2	Supporting continuation of a data session after performance of a circuit switched fallback procedure A method of supporting continuation of a data session at a wireless communication device after performance of a circuit switched fallback (CSFB) procedure is provided. The method can include establishing a data session while connected to a first network and determining an initiation of a voice call while the data session is ongoing over the first network. The method can further include participating in a CSFB procedure to transition from the first network to a second network in response to initiation of the voice call. After termination of the voice call, the method can additionally include determining that sufficient resources are not available to the wireless communication device on the second network to support a minimum threshold throughput for the data session. The method can also include reverting to the first network in response to determining that sufficient resources are not available to support the minimum threshold throughput.
US08890920B2	Moving picture communication system A moving picture communication system 100 for connection to a communications network 22 comprising a telephone device 102 and a moving picture data processor 106. The telephone device 102 is configured to: make voice telephone calls, receive and/or transmit compressed moving picture data via the communications network 22, and input and/or output compressed moving picture data via a port 104. The moving picture data processor 106 comprises a port for inputting compressed moving picture data from and/or outputting compressed moving picture data to the telephone device's port 104. The moving picture data processor 106 is configured to decompress compressed moving picture data from the telephone device's port 104 and/or compress decompressed moving picture data from a moving picture source. The moving picture data processor 106 is controlled, at least in part, by the telephone device 102.
US08890898B2	Systems and methods for navigating a scene using deterministic movement of an electronic device Systems and methods are providing for scrolling the display of information based on the displacement of the electronic device. An electronic device can include a motion sensing component operative to detect movement of the electronic device (e.g., an accelerometer). The electronic device can display any suitable information, including information that is too large to display at a single instance on the display (e.g., a multi-page text document, or a large image). To view portions of the information that are not initially displayed (e.g., to scroll displayed information), the user can move the electronic device along the plane of the device. As the motion sensing component detects movement, the electronic device can scroll the displayed information to match the detected movement. In some embodiments, the electronic device can detect tilt movements and adjust the displayed information to reflect the tilted display.
US08890889B1	System and method for generating a pose of an object A computer-implemented method for generating a pose of an object in an interactive application executing on processor. The method includes receiving a posing template that defines a posing path for one or more objects, receiving a graphics object to be posed, and receiving user input that positions the graphics object to conform to at least a portion of the posing path defined by the posing template.
US08890887B2	Synchronized image browsing Image viewing systems, such as clinical medical image viewing systems, can be equipped for image browsing. Such systems may benefit from synchronized image browsing. A method can include displaying a plurality of related images at a same time. The method can also include synchronizing the related images with respect to an operation performed on one of the images. Likewise, an apparatus can include a user interface configured to display a plurality of related images at a same time. The apparatus also includes a synchronizer configured to synchronize the related images with respect to an operation performed on one of the images.
US08890886B2	User interface with color themes based on input image data An application determines a colorization strategy for its graphical user interface according to colors of an input image. In particular, given one or more colors from the input image, and a plurality of elements of the graphical user interface, the colors for the elements of the graphical user interface are selected.
US08890883B2	Decoloring apparatus, controlling apparatus, method for displaying According to one embodiment, an decoloring apparatus includes: an decoloring processing unit configured to apply decoloring processing decoloring a color of an decolorable colorant; a sheet conveying unit configured to convey the sheet and cause the sheet to pass through the decoloring processing unit; an image reading unit arranged further on an upstream side than the decoloring processing unit in a sheet conveying direction by the sheet conveying unit and configured to read the image formed on the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit; a thickness sensor arranged further on the upstream side than the decoloring processing unit in the sheet conveying direction by the sheet conveying unit and configured to detect thickness of the sheet conveyed by the sheet conveying unit; an decolorability determining unit configured to determine, on the basis of a detection result in at least one of the image reading unit and the thickness sensor, executability of the decoloring processing in the decoloring processing unit of the sheet set as a detection target; a storing unit configured to store information indicating a number of sheets determined as decoloring processing unexecutable by the decolorability determining unit; and a display control unit configured to cause, when the apparatus is started, a display to screen-display the information stored in the storing unit indicating the number of sheets determined as decoloring processing unexecutable by the decolorability determining unit.
US08890881B2	Mapping method and video system for mapping pixel data included in the same pixel group to the same bank of memory Provided are a mapping method and a video system for mapping pixel data included in the same pixel group to the same bank of a memory, A method for mapping the position of pixel data of a picture to an address of a memory comprises a pixel group dividing operation and an address mapping operation. The pixel group dividing operation divides the pixels of the picture into at least one pixel group. The address mapping operation maps pixel data of pixels included in the same pixel group to the same bank of the memory.
US08890880B2	Graphics pipeline scheduling architecture utilizing performance counters A method, device, and system are disclosed. In one embodiment the method includes determining a current computing-memory ratio. Then the method compares the current computing-memory ratio to a lower ratio threshold value. Then the method configures a next draw command to be performed using a graphics memory efficiency operational mode when the current computing-memory ratio is below the lower ratio threshold value.
US08890878B2	Operation terminal and screen image display method for operation terminal An operation terminal for remotely operating an electronic apparatus includes a processing unit for remotely communicating with the electronic apparatus in accordance with a program, a memory on which the processing unit performs writing or reading of data, a nonvolatile memory for storing a basic screen image drawing command for drawing a basic screen image that is displayed before the operation terminal is operated, a drawing processor for creating a bitmapped image of the basic screen image in accordance with the basic screen image drawing command, and a display unit for displaying the bitmapped image on a screen.
US08890874B2	Changing visual content communication Techniques for presenting changing visual content, including video, animation and so on, as an overlay are discussed. Changing visual content, included in a visual presentation, may be identified from other visual elements included in the visual presentation. The changing visual content may be manipulated based on available resources associated with presenting the changing visual content as an overlay for a client.
US08890870B2	System and method for visualizing relationships between objects A graphical user interface transforms objects into nodes and relationships that are shared between the objects into edges. The edges are labeled with the relationship types. Multiple edges are ordered automatically or manually. Multiple edges are collapsed onto a single line and labels applied to the single line for each collapsed edge. The labels applied to the single line are ordered along the line according to relationship type. When there are multiple types of relationships within the same class, each class is collapsed onto a single line and ordered accordingly. A user selects the objects that are displayed by the GUI. The user can add additional objects or relationships and filter the results.
US08890848B2	Optical touch device An optical touch device includes: two light beam scanning modules each scanning a touch region of a panel body with a scanning light beam, whose incident angle varies with time, and outputting a time index signal associated with the incident angle; two light sensor modules each sensing a corresponding reflected scanning light beam generated due to presence of a touch within the touch region so as to output a sensing signal; and a processing unit for locating the touch based on the time index signal from each light beam scanning module, the sensing signal from each light sensor module, and a look-up table having pieces of angle information corresponding to a series of time indexes and associated with the incident angle of each scanning light beam.
US08890843B2	Detecting the location of an object on a touch surface An apparatus is operated to determine the location of at least one object on a touch surface of a light transmissive panel. In the apparatus, an illumination arrangement introduces radiation into the panel for propagation by internal reflection between the touch surface and the opposite surface, so as to generate a grid of intersecting radiation paths in a sensing area, and a detection arrangement measures the transmitted energy in the radiation paths. A data processor then determines, based on the transmitted energy, the location based on an attenuation of two or more radiation paths caused by the object touching the touch surface within the sensing area. In the apparatus, the illumination arrangement generates at least a subset of the radiation paths by sweeping at least one beam of radiation along the touch surface. The detection arrangement comprises a fixed re-directing device which receives and re-directs the beam onto a common detection point while the beam is swept along the touch surface, and a radiation detector which is located at the common detection point to measure the energy of the beam(s).
US08890841B2	Capacitive-based touch apparatus and method therefor, with reduced interference A touch-sensitive device that includes a touch surface circuit that facilitates a change in a coupling capacitance in response to a capacitance-altering touches occurring at the touch surface. The device includes a sense circuit that provides a signal, in response thereto, having transient portions for characterizing positive-going transitions towards an upper signal level and negative-going transitions towards a lower signal level. An amplification circuit is then used for amplifying and processing the signals, in response to the time-varying input parameters. The amplification circuit adjusts the gain for the transient portions relative to gain for portions of the response signals between the transient portions, and thereby suppresses RF interference, such as in the form of signal odd and/or even harmonics, to provide a noise filtered output for determining positions of capacitance-altering touches on the touch surface.
US08890840B2	Method and apparatus for using oscillation signals with different phases to detect capacitance values at capacitive sensing nodes of touch panel A method for detecting capacitance values of a plurality of capacitive sensing nodes located at intersections of a plurality of drive lines and a sense line on a touch panel is provided. The method includes at least the following steps: obtaining a plurality of touch sense signals corresponding to the sense line during a plurality of time slots, respectively; demodulating the touch sense signals with a first oscillation signal to generate a plurality of first demodulated signals; demodulating the touch sense signals with a second oscillation signal to generate a plurality of second demodulated signals, wherein the second oscillation signal is different from the first oscillation signal; and determining the capacitance values according to at least the first demodulated signals and the second demodulated signals.
US08890812B2	Graphical user interface adjusting to a change of user's disposition A user interface apparatus and a method for adjusting the apparatus are disclosed. A position and/or a viewing angle of the user is tracked, and graphical interface objects are adjusted to keep them visible at different user's distances and viewing angles. For example, as the user steps away from the display, the objects on the display can be proportionally enlarged to make them appear of the same size to the user. The sensitivity of a gesture recognition system to the user's movements and gestures can be also adjusted to facilitate manipulation of the objects by the user at different distances from the display of the graphical user interface.
US08890802B2	Device with display position input In accordance with some embodiments, an electronic device is provided with one or more position sensors, providing it with the ability to detect, and use as part of its user interface, a special orientation of a part of the device.
US08890801B2	Electrophoresis display device and driving method Discussed is an electrophoresis display device. The electrophoresis display device includes a plurality of gate lines and data lines formed to intersect each other, a gate driving circuit supplying a scan pulse to the gate lines, a data driving circuit respectively supplying a plurality of data voltages to the data lines, a plurality of first ESD circuits respectively connected to one sides of the gate lines, a plurality of second ESD circuits respectively connected to the other sides of the gate lines, and a plurality of third ESD circuits respectively connected to the data lines. First terminals of the first ESD circuits are respectively connected to the gate lines, and second terminals of the first ESD circuits are connected to a gate low voltage (VGL) terminal of the gate driving circuit.
US08890797B2	Display device A display device includes an illuminance sensor for detecting an illuminance in a surrounding environment, an input average luminance detection circuit for detecting an average luminance of input images, a frame insertion control circuit for producing a gray image frame and inserting the produced gray image frame into between an input image frame and its subsequently input image frame input, and an insertion luminance level generation circuit for determining a luminance of the gray image frame according to the illuminance detected by the illuminance sensor and the average luminance of the input images detected by the input average luminance detection circuit.
US08890796B2	Method and circuit for synchronizing input and output synchronizing signals, backlight driver in liquid crystal display device using the same, and method for driving the backlight driver A method and a circuit for synchronizing input and output synchronizing signals are disclosed. The method for synchronizing input and output synchronizing signals includes detecting an Nth (N is a positive integer) input period of the input synchronizing signal, determining whether the detected Nth input period is the same with a prior (N−1) the output period of the output synchronizing signal, detecting a difference between an end time of the (N−1)the output period and an end time of the Nth input period, if the detected Nth input period is not the same with the (N−1)the output period, operating the detected difference with the Nth input period, and setting the operated value as an Nth output period, and generating and outputting the output synchronizing signal having the set Nth output period.
US08890793B2	Adjusting a brightness level of a backlight of a display device Embodiments of methods, systems, or apparatuses relating to adjusting a brightness level of at least a portion of a backlight of a display device based, at least in part, on one or more measurements of ambient light values.
US08890790B2	Liquid crystal display device with a reduced fabrication area A liquid crystal display device includes a plurality of pixel driving circuits and a pixel array. Each pixel driving circuit of the plurality of pixel driving circuits includes four thin film transistors and has four output terminals, where each thin film transistor is used for driving an output terminal of the four output terminals, and the four output terminals are coupled to two gate lines and two sharing lines respectively for outputting two main output signals and two sharing output signals. The phases and timings of the two main output signals and the two sharing output signals are all the same. A pixel of the pixel array is charged/discharged to a specific voltage level according to a main output signal of the two main output signals, a sharing output signal, and a signal of a data line.
US08890771B2	Transparent electronic device A method and system for displaying images on a transparent display of an electronic device. The display may include one or more display screens as well as a flexible circuit for connecting the display screens with internal circuitry of the electronic device. Furthermore, the display screens may allow for overlaying of images over real world viewable objects, as well as a visible window to be present on an otherwise opaque display screen. Additionally, the display may include active and passive display screens that may be utilized based on images to be displayed.
US08890766B2	Low profile multi-band antennas and related wireless communications devices Low-profile antenna systems are provided including a ground plane; an upper antenna element parallel to and spaced apart from the ground plane; at least one vertical plate configured to vertically connect the upper antenna element and the ground plane; first and second metallic wings each connected at one end to respective sides of the at least one vertical plate and spaced apart from both the ground plane and the upper antenna element; an electrically floating plate on a same plane as the upper antenna element and spaced apart from the upper antenna element to provide a gap therebetween; and a metallic feed plate parallel to and between the upper antenna element and the ground plane and extending beneath the gap between the electrically floating plate and the upper antenna element. Related wireless communications devices are also provided.
US08890763B2	Multiantenna unit and communication apparatus This multiantenna unit includes a first antenna element, a second antenna element and a non-grounded passive element arranged between the first and second antenna elements. The passive element includes a first portion arranged on a front surface of a substrate and an extensional portion, connected to the first portion, extending perpendicularly to the front surface of the substrate.
US08890753B1	Antenna structure with split-feed antenna element and coupled parasitic grounding element Antenna structures of electronic devices and methods of operating the electronic devices with the antenna structures are described. One apparatus includes a RF feed coupled to a split-feed antenna element of an antenna structure. The antenna structure also includes a parasitic grounding element coupled to a ground plane. The split-feed antenna element is configured to operate as a feeding structure to the parasitic grounding element that is not conductively connected to the RF feed.
US08890746B2	Method of and system for increasing the reliability and accuracy of location estimation in a hybrid positioning system Methods and systems of hybrid positioning are provided for increasing the reliability and accuracy of location estimation. According to embodiments of the invention, the quality of reported locations from specific sources of location is assessed. Satellite and non-satellite positioning systems provide initial positioning estimates. For each positioning system relevant information is collected and based on the collected information each system is assigned appropriate weight.
US08890742B2	Column analog-to-digital converter for CMOS sensor A system and method is disclosed for an imaging device and/or an analog to digital converter which converts an analog input signal to a digital data signal using a comparator which compares the analog input signal to a first ramped reference signal to determine an operating point and then uses the same comparator to compare the analog input signal to a second ramped reference signal multiple times about the determined operating point.
US08890736B2	Signal mixing circuit and associated converter A signal mixing circuit which mixes input signal(s) and oscillation signal(s) by mixer block(s) to provide a mixed signal. Each mixer block includes a summing node and a circuit unit; the summing node is arranged to provide a sum signal by summing an input signal and an oscillation signal, and the circuit unit is arranged to alternate between a first state and a second state in response to alternating of the oscillation signal; wherein the circuit unit is arranged to provide driving contribution to the mixed signal in response to the sum signal during the first state, and to stop providing driving contribution during the second state. An associated converter, e.g., a digital-to-analog converter, is also disclosed.
US08890735B2	Multi-level sigma-delta ADC with reduced quantization levels A multi-level sigma-delta Analog to Digital converter provides multi-level outputs using a quantizer with reduced quantization levels. The converter comprises a direct path comprising a computation block, an analog integrator and the quantizer with reduced quantization levels. Further, the converter comprises a feedback path arranged to provide to the computation block a feedback analog signal. The direct path comprises a first amplification block having a gain factor which is the inverse of the gain factor of a second amplification block of the feedback path. The converter allows reduction of the complexity of the quantizer.
US08890732B2	Sampling circuit for ADC A sampling circuit for ADC includes an external input terminal, a sampling circuit and an auxiliary circuit which are connected with the external input terminal, a clock circuit and an external output terminal which are connected with the sampling circuit, and a clock feedthrough circuit connected with the auxiliary circuit, wherein the clock feedthrough circuit is respectively connected with the clock circuit and the external output terminal. The sampling circuit for ADC of the present invention decreases the impact of clock feedthrough on signal sampling, improves linearity of sampling FET, reduces harmonic distortion of the sampling circuit and improves sampling speed thereof, and improves sampling accuracy of the sampling circuit for ADC.
US08890728B2	Method and device for use with analog to digital converter According to one mode of implementation, a method includes an estimation including on the one hand a correlation processing involving at least one part of the sampled signal, at least one part of at least one first signal gleaned from a derived signal representative of a temporal derivative of the sampled signal and at least one part of N partial filtered signals respectively representative of N weighted differences between N pairs of bracketing versions flanking the sampled signal, N being greater than or equal to 1. On the other hand, the estimation includes a matrix processing on the results of this correlation processing. Correction processing of the M−1 trains involves respectively M−1 second signals gleaned from the derived signal and the suite of M−1 shift coefficients.
US08890718B2	TAWS with alert suppression An aircraft terrain awareness warning system is disclosed that includes an interface for entering flight plan details of an aircraft including at least one waypoint. The terrain awareness warning system is configured such that potential-terrain-collision alerts are suppressed in the aircraft during landing operations performed at waypoints associated with landing zones.
US08890717B2	System and method for monitoring and updating speed-by-street data System and method for identifying speeding violations, comprising determining a current speed and a current location of a vehicle, determining a posted speed limit for the current location from a speed-by-street database, comparing the current speed of the vehicle to the posted speed limit, and evaluating whether the current speed exceeds the posted speed limit. Errors are identified in the speed-by-street database by storing a plurality of speeding violation records, wherein the speeding violation records each include a speeding event location; analyzing the speeding violation records to identify one or more speeding event locations having multiple speeding violations; comparing a posted speed limit at the one or more speeding event locations having multiple speeding violations to corresponding speed limit data in the speed-by-street database; and identifying one or more speed limit entries in the speed-by-street database that do not match the posted speed limit.
US08890714B2	Radio apparatus that receives signals containing predetermined information An RF unit and a modem unit receive packet signals. A processing unit processes the received packet signals. A measurement unit measures the received power of the packet signals received. A monitoring unit monitors the variation in the received power of the packet signals measured by the measurement unit. When the received power increases in such a manner that the variation monitored by the monitoring unit is larger than a threshold value, a notification unit starts to convey information reflecting the content of the packet signals processed by the processing unit.
US08890712B2	Collision warning system using line of sight A collision warning system for a motor vehicle is disclosed. The collision warning system includes a first mode and a second mode. The system operates in the first mode when there is line of sight with a target vehicle. The system operates in the second mode where there is no line of sight with the target vehicle.
US08890709B2	Display of a system state of a treatment device for microscopic samples The invention relates to a method of displaying a system state of an automatic treatment device, a corresponding display system which is configured for carrying out the method, and a treatment device equipped with the display system. At least one system parameter (121, 122, 123) is determined, the at least one determined (120) system parameter (121, 122, 123) is evaluated on the basis of evaluation criteria, the system state is evaluated on the basis of the at least one evaluated (130) system parameter (121, 122, 123), and the evaluated (140) system state is displayed by a traffic light function (175).
US08890703B2	Passive water heater anode rod depletion sensor algorithm The present subject matter relates to methodologies and algorithms for providing anode rod depletion detection and warnings thereof to consumers. Consumers general are not concerned with monitoring consumption of protective anode rods incorporated within water heaters, The present subject matter provides automatic monitoring of anode rod depletion and provides the consumer with notification of rod depletion beyond a predetermined amount by one or more of optical, audible, or electronic devices. Aspects of the algorithm include handling of start-up conditions, service board replacement conditions, and properly defining the anode rod depletion threshold. Additional algorithm aspects include considerations for taking into consideration power outage conditions and accurately estimating galvanic current.
US08890695B2	Method and system for locating and communicating with a user of a wireless communication device A system and method provides a notification to a user via a wireless communication device when the wireless communication device leaves a predetermined area. Components within the wireless communication device are utilized to determine the location of the wireless communication device. When the wireless communication device is no longer within the predetermined area, a notification is provided to the user.
US08890692B1	Systems and methods for aiding in recovery of lost articles Approaches for aiding in recovery of lost articles are disclosed. A computing arrangement is configured with a database that contains article identifiers of a plurality of articles and associated data that identify owners of the articles. A handheld computing device reads an article identifier from an identification tag attached to an article and transmits the article identifier to the computing arrangement. The computing arrangement reads the data associated with the identifier that identifies the owner of the article in response to the identifier received from the handheld computing device and outputs the data that identifies the owner of the device.
US08890691B2	Programmable security system and method for protecting merchandise A programmable security system and method for protecting an item of merchandise includes a programming station, a programmable key and a security system. The programming station generates a security code and communicates the security code to a memory of the programmable key. The programmable key initially communicates the security code to a memory of the security device and subsequently operates the security device upon a matching of the security code in the memory of the security device with the security code in the memory of the programmable key. The programmable key may also transfer power via electrical contacts or inductive transfer from an internal battery to the security device to operate a lock mechanism. The security code may be communicated by wireless infrared (IR) systems, electrical contacts or inductive transfer. A timer inactivates the programmable key and/or the security device after a predetermine period of time. A counter inactivates the programmable key after a predetermined maximum number of activations.
US08890685B1	Emergency notification using indoor positioning Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for providing location based assistance using indoor positioning data. One of the methods includes receiving, by a user device, selection of an alert request, the alert request specific to an emergency for a user of the user device, initiating, by the user device, a timer having a predetermined duration, automatically gathering, by the user device, physical indoor location data for the user device, automatically sending, by the user device, a message indicating the alert request to an assistance system upon expiration of the timer, the message comprising the physical indoor location data, and automatically facilitating, by the user device, communication between the user of the user device and the assistance system.
US08890680B2	Alternative billing modes for security and automation applications A method and system facilitate the one or more operating modes for monitoring of an intelligent home system. The method and system facilitate the detection of an adverse condition in a building, the generation of an alert based on the detection of adverse condition, sending a notification to a user about the alert, asking the user how to respond to the alert via a message sent to a mobile device, and determining whether to send the alert to a central monitoring system to facilitate notification of an appropriate responder for the adverse condition. Determining whether to send the alert to the central monitoring system may be based on an affirmative command from the user or a failure to receive any command from the user. The user may be notified via at least one of a telephone call, text message, email, or application notification. The user may provide instructions to the method and system via at least one of a telephone call, text message, email, application command, or web script. The user may be billed for the service of notifying an appropriate responder provided by central monitoring system regularly, intermittently when the user is away from the building, or on a per-alert basis.
US08890676B1	Alert management A first alert and a second alert are received. The first alert indicates a first fault related to a first component of the multiple components and the second alert that indicates a second fault related to a second component of the multiple components. The first component affects the second component such that the first fault caused the second fault. A correlation between the first alert and the second alert is determined and, based on the determined correlation, a determination is made that the first fault is a root cause of the first alert and the second alert. An indication that the first fault is the root cause of the first alert and second alert is provided.
US08890671B2	Back window for a motor vehicle, a motor vehicle comprising such a back window, and method for displaying information relating to a parking process on a display element A back window for a motor vehicle comprises a display element, wherein the display element comprises at least one light conductor panel. The light conductor panel comprises a first main surface, a second main surface and at least one marginal surface. The light conductor panel also comprises light-decoupling structures at least in a part region of a volume of the light conductor panel, wherein the light-decoupling structures are embodied as light-diffusing nano particles.
US08890664B2	Serial programming of a universal remote control A method and system for programming a universal remote control (URC) to operate with a remote-controlled device is disclosed. After initiating a serial programming mode on the URC, a user may be instructed to operate a plurality of control elements of an original remote control (ORC) of the remote-controlled device in a predetermined sequence. As a result of operating the ORC control elements, a plurality of programming codes for the remote-controlled device may be received by the URC. Alternatively, the ORC may be requested to transmit a plurality of programming codes for the remote-controlled device. The URC may be configured to use at least one of the programming codes to remotely control the remote-controlled device.
US08890662B2	EPC provisioning system An EPC provisioning system comprising an EPC server can dynamically provide EPC code blocks for one product to multiple client sites. The EPC server can use business rules to determine the EPC codes for the multiple client sites.
US08890661B2	Method, apparatus and computer program product for invoking local communication application services It is presented a method for invoking an application service in response to a tag reading by a mobile terminal. The method comprises the steps of: receiving an input message, the input message comprising data being associated with a tag read by the mobile terminal using local communication, the input message further comprising a recipient identifier linked to the mobile terminal; determining, using a plurality of parameters associated with the tag reading, a plurality of matching application servers, wherein conditions of a tag reading subscription for each of the matching application servers matches the plurality of parameters; and sending an invocation message to each of the matching application servers to invoke a respective application service of each of the matching application servers, the invocation message comprising the recipient identifier enabling each of the application services to send content to the user equipment and the tag data.
US08890660B2	Power saving method The invention relates to a method for saving power especially for tag talks first data transmission in radio frequency identification (RFID) systems including a tag containing a non-volatile memory, a digital block and an analogue block and a static random access, wherein the data of the non-volatile memory are prefetched from the non-volatile memory into the digital block and the tag talks first data will be stored in the static random access memory embedded in the digital block.
US08890658B2	RFID system and communication method thereof An RFID system using an M pulse amplitude modulation (M-PAM) or M quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM) scheme using a plurality of load-modulators, a plurality of antennas, and a communication method thereof are provided. The RFID system includes: an RFID tag; and a reader device communicating with the RFID device, wherein the RFID tag includes: N load-modulators an N antennas communicating with the reader device in any one scheme of M-pulse amplitude modulation (M-PAM) and M-quadrature amplitude modulation (M-QAM) in which modulation of an M level is performed and operated corresponding to the M level.
US08890654B2	Methodology for emergency transfer of keys for vehicle equipped with biometric access and start A system may include a system controller in communication with a function controller and configured to receive an authentication request. The authentication request may include a user input and the user input may be authenticated by matching the user input with at least one stored input. The controller may determine a vehicle mode and update, via the function controller, a status associated with a key fob in response to the vehicle mode being in an authenticated mode.
US08890652B2	Method for the access control to an automation unit In a method for the access control to an automation unit (01), access rights predetermined by the access control are dependant on the operating state of the automation unit (01), wherein at least during an emergency, expanded access rights in relation to normal operation are granted independently of the access rights during normal operation.
US08890651B2	Interchangeable lock core and opening method thereof One embodiment of the present invention provides a lock-and-key system for an electrical power plant. The system includes a plurality of locks and a smart key. A respective lock is installed with a standardized lock core, and the lock is associated with a lock identifier (ID). The smart key includes a key head that matches the standardized lock core; a lock-ID detector configured to detect the lock ID; a rotation stopper which, when enabled, is configured to prevent rotation of the key head while the key head is inserted into the standardized lock core; and a control module configured to disable the rotation stopper based on the detected lock ID, thereby facilitating the smart key to unlock the lock by rotating the key head.
US08890650B2	Fluid human-machine interface A method of operating a communication device to interface with a machine system comprises projecting a human-machine interface (HMI) system for the machine system on a surface, wherein the HMI system comprises a plurality of commands associated with the machine system, detecting an input from a user, wherein the input comprises a fluid motion in air performed by the user corresponding to a selection of a command of the plurality of commands associated with the machine system, and transferring the selected command for delivery to the machine system.
US08890643B2	Heat exchange type cooling apparatus for a transformer Disclosed herein is a heat exchange type cooling apparatus for a transformer, including: an insulating oil circulation pipe configured in a closed circuit form so that an insulating oil filled in the transformer is discharged to the outside and then returns again to the transformer; an insulating oil pump configured to transfer the insulating oil; and an insulating oil cooling system configured to cool the insulating oil, wherein the insulating oil cooling system includes: a liquid refrigerant maintained in a liquid state during the entire circulation cycle; a refrigerant circulation pipe configured to circulate the liquid refrigerant; a refrigerant pump configured to transfer the liquid refrigerant; and a heat exchanging part configured to heat-exchange the liquid refrigerant and the insulating oil with each other to cool the insulating oil.
US08890641B2	Method for controlling the magnetic clamping of a part and magnetic clamping device using such a method In this method, magnetic studs housed in a plate are connected to magnetic flux measuring circuits, which define measuring zones, and to power circuits that make it possible to magnetize or demagnetize the studs. The method comprises prior steps that consist in determining (100) at least two treatment zones each defined by at least one measuring zone and defining (102) a surface of the clamping plate in contact with the part to be clamped, as well as following steps consisting, for each treatment zone, in identifying (103) one or more magnetic studs included in a surface of the clamping plate in contact with the part to be clamped, measuring (105) the magnetic flux produced by the stud or studs identified previously, calculating (106) an actual magnetic clamping force based on the measurement of the preceding step and on the identification made previously, calculating (108) a theoretical magnetic force thanks to this identification.The magnetic clamping device, comprises means intended to implement a method such as described hereinabove and a clamping plate that comprises at least two measuring circuits arranged one on top of the other, in relation to a plan perpendicular to the weight of the part to be clamped.
US08890639B2	Auxiliary contact mechanism for magnetic contactor An auxiliary contact mechanism of a magnetic contactor includes: a contact support member having an axial recess portion formed in the center in a vertical direction; a stationary contact; a movable contact; a permanent magnet position-fixed to the contact support member and applying magnetic attractive force to restrain the movable contact so that the circuit closing position that the movable contact is in contact with the stationary contact is maintained; and a slide movable supporter having a pressing projection portion formed at a position separated apart by a predetermined distance from the movable contact when in the circuit closing position and pushing the movable contact to release the movable contact from a restrained state after a predetermined delay time has passed, when the slide movable supporter is moved downwardly upon receiving downward pressing force by the main contact slide support member.
US08890636B2	Device comprising a controlled matching stage A device includes a matching stage coupled between a first signal terminal and a second signal terminal. A signal path extends between the first signal terminal and the second terminal. An adjustable impedance element is connected to the signal path. A detection circuit is coupled to the signal path and configured to derive matching information. A control circuit is coupled between the detection circuit and the adjustable impedance element. The control circuit is configured to control the adjustable impedance element.
US08890630B2	Oscillator apparatus and method with wide adjustable frequency range An oscillator formed from low cost discrete semiconductors and passive devices creates a linear periodic ramp of constant frequency with ramp slope based on an external voltage signal. Parameters are stable over a wide range of temperatures and variations of transistor parameters that normally degrade in extreme environments. The oscillator period can be phase and frequency synchronized to an external clock source over a wide range of frequencies. The oscillator ramp generator phase can be synchronized on a cycle by cycle basis for incorporation in power converters employing spread spectral EMI reduction techniques, multi-converter systems employing clock interleaving for distribution bus filter optimization, and resonant mode converters employing zero voltage switching techniques. Oscillator ramp rate is independent of frequency and can be synchronized to DC (inhibit) for use in ultra low power burst mode power conversion.
US08890627B2	Voltage controlled oscillator A voltage controlled oscillator generating an oscillation signal according to a first control signal without a silent region. The voltage controlled oscillator includes a control signal adjuster and a plurality of delay cells. The control signal adjuster receives the first control signal and generates a second and a third control signal according to the first control signal. The voltage level of the third control signal is higher than that of the second control signal and the voltage level of the second control signal is higher than that of the first control signal. The plurality of delay cells are ring-connected and controlled by the first, the second, and the third control signals to generate the oscillation signal. Each delay cell includes three sets of current generation transistors. The three sets of current generation transistors are separately controlled by the three different control signals.
US08890611B2	Operational amplifier circuits An operational amplifier circuit includes a first stage amplifier circuit, a second stage amplifier circuit and a first feedforward circuit. The first stage amplifier circuit is coupled to a first input node for receiving a first input signal and amplifying the first input signal to generate a first amplified signal. The second stage amplifier circuit is coupled to the first stage amplifier circuit for receiving the first amplified signal and amplifying the first amplified signal to generate a first output signal at a first output node. The first feedforward circuit is coupled between the first input node and the second stage amplifier circuit for feeding the first input signal forward to the second stage amplifier circuit.
US08890610B2	Compensation circuitry and method for amplifiers driving large capacitive loads An operational amplifier (10) capable of driving a capacitive load (CLOAD) and/or a resistive load (RLOAD) includes a first gain stage (2) having an output coupled to a high impedance node (3) and a second gain stage (5) having an input coupled to the first high impedance node. A gain reduction resistor (RD) and an AC coupling capacitor (CD) are coupled in series between the high impedance node and a reference voltage. A Miller feedback capacitor (CM) is coupled between an output conductor (7) of the second gain stage and the high impedance node. The output of the second gain stage may be coupled to the high impedance node by a cascode transistor (MCASCODE).
US08890599B1	Intrinsic comparator delay for output clamping circuit A circuit includes a comparator to generate a clamp output signal by monitoring an output voltage and a reference voltage that sets a clamp voltage threshold for the output voltage. The clamp output signal is employed to limit an input voltage from exceeding the clamp voltage threshold. A first switch supplies the reference voltage to the comparator. The first switch forms a portion of an intrinsic delay circuit with a first feedback path in the comparator to mitigate ripple in the output voltage. A second switch is coupled to the input voltage and a second feedback path in the comparator. The second switch forms another portion of the intrinsic delay circuit with the first switch, the first feedback path, and the second feedback path in the comparator to further mitigate ripple in the output voltage.
US08890598B2	Multiple ramp variable attenuator The present disclosure provides an attenuator and associated methods of operations. An exemplary attenuator includes an input terminal, an output terminal, a voltage reference terminal, a first attenuation segment coupled with the input terminal and the output terminal, and a second attenuation segment coupled with the first attenuation segment and the voltage reference terminal. The attenuator further includes at least two switches coupled with the input terminal and the output terminal in parallel with the first attenuation segment, where at least some of the at least two switches have an associated voltage control terminal. For example, the attenuator includes a first switch and a second switch coupled with the input terminal and the output terminal in parallel with the first attenuation segment, wherein a first voltage control terminal is coupled with the first switch and a second voltage control terminal is coupled with the second switch.
US08890596B2	Clock signal generating apparatus capable of reducing or avoiding crosstalk and glitch signals, and method used in clock signal generating apparatus A clock signal generating apparatus includes a first frequency generating circuit, a second frequency generating circuit, and an output circuit. The first frequency generating circuit is arranged to generate a first clock signal having a first oscillation frequency. The second frequency generating circuit is arranged to generate a second clock signal having a second oscillation frequency. The output circuit is arranged to receive the first and second clock signals. The output circuit is able to output one of the first and second clock signals as an output clock signal according to an oscillation frequency control setting provided by an external bounding pad included within the clock signal generating apparatus.
US08890592B2	Multi-output phase detector Representative implementations of devices and techniques provide a multi-bit binary representation of a phase difference between two signals. The multi-bit binary representation may include information regarding a sign of the phase difference and a magnitude of the phase difference.
US08890591B1	Circuit and method of using time-average-frequency direct period syntheszier for improving crystal-less frequency generator frequency stability A Time-Average-Frequency direct period synthesizer is used to improve crystal-less frequency generator's frequency stability. It includes (a) a temperature sensor circuit to compensate temperature-induced frequency instability; (b) a voltage sensor circuit to compensate voltage-induced frequency instability; (c) a calibration circuit to correct manufacture-related frequency error; (d) a frequency control word update circuit to receive the temperature- and voltage-related frequency adjustments, and the calibration-related adjustment, to generate the corresponding frequency control word in a predetermined schedule; (f) a Time-Average-Frequency direct period synthesizer to receive said frequency control word in the predetermined schedule and produce a clock signal with a frequency that is stable and accurate by counteracting the frequency variation caused by crystal-less oscillators' temperature and voltage dependence and correcting the frequency error introduced in manufacture process. Methods of correcting crystal-less oscillators' frequency error and compensating its frequency variation are also disclosed.
US08890587B2	Adaptive slope generator An adaptive slope generator can include a current mirror configured to receive a multiplied current that varies as a function of an output voltage and a switching frequency of a switching current. The output voltage can characterize the switching current provided to a load coupled to an inductor. The current mirror can also be configured to receive an oscillation current. The oscillation current can have an amplitude that corresponds to the switching frequency of the switching current. The current mirror can be further configured to generate an output current substantially equivalent to the product of the oscillation current and the output voltage. The adaptive slope generator can also include a ramp generator configured to generate a compensation signal based on the output current. The compensation signal can have a sawtooth shape and a slope that varies as a function of the output voltage.
US08890575B1	Glitch-free input transition detector A circuit for detecting a signal transition on an input signal includes a mirror delay circuit and an input blocking circuit to prevent signal glitches or undesired signal pulses from being passed to the output signal node, thereby preventing signal distortions from being detected as a valid signal transition. The input transition detection circuit generates stable and correct transition detection pulses having a consistent pulse width.
US08890573B2	Clock gating latch, method of operation thereof and integrated circuit employing the same A clock gating latch, a method of gating a clock signal and an integrating circuit incorporating the clock gating latch or the method. In one embodiment, the clock gating latch includes: (1) a propagation circuit having a single, first switch configured to be driven by an input clock signal, (2) a keeper circuit coupled to the propagation circuit and having a single, first switch configured to be driven by the input clock signal and (3) an AND gate coupled to the propagation circuit and the keeper circuit and having an internal node coupled to a second switch in the propagation circuit and a second switch in the keeper circuit.
US08890571B1	Method and apparatus for dynamically aligning high-speed signals in an integrated circuit A method and apparatus for aligning an input signal to a clock signal in an integrated circuit are disclosed. The method includes receiving an input signal; determining whether the input signal is arriving too early or too late via a plurality of delay lines; and adjusting a delay of the plurality of delay lines in accordance with a result of the determining.
US08890569B2	Method and system for providing a nonvolatile logic array A method and system provide and program a nonvolatile logic device. The nonvolatile logic device includes input and output magnetic junctions and at least one magnetic junction between the input and output magnetic junctions. The input magnetic junction includes an input junction free layer having an input junction easy axis. The input magnetic junction may be switchable using a current driven through the magnetic junction. The output magnetic junction includes an output junction free layer having an output junction easy axis. Each of the magnetic junction(s) includes a free layer having an easy axis. The input magnetic junction is magnetically coupled to the output magnetic junction through the magnetic junction(s). In some aspects, the method includes switching the magnetic moment(s) of the input magnetic junction from a first state to a second state, applying and then removing magnetic field(s) along the hard axis of the at least one magnetic junction.
US08890568B2	Semiconductor integrated circuit A semiconductor integrated circuit including: a circuit block having an internal voltage line; an annular rail line forming a closed annular line around the circuit block and supplied with one of a power supply voltage and a reference voltage; and a plurality of switch blocks arranged around the circuit block along the annular rail line, the plurality of switch blocks each including a voltage line segment forming a part of the annular rail line and a switch for controlling connection and disconnection between the voltage line segment and the internal voltage line.
US08890567B1	High speed testing of integrated circuits including resistive elements In one aspect, a method of testing an IC is provided. In one embodiment, the method includes: programming a resistive element in the IC at an intermediate ON state, where in addition to the intermediate ON state, the resistive element has another ON state, further where at the intermediate ON state, the resistive element has a resistance that is at least 10 times greater than a resistance of the resistive element at the another ON state; and applying test data to the resistive element.
US08890564B2	System and method for decreasing signal integrity noise by using varying drive strengths based on likelihood of signals becoming victims A method of designing an integrated circuit, integrated circuits using different drive strengths and a signal integrity monitor are provide herein. In one embodiment, the signal integrity monitor includes: (1) a signal interface configured to receive a signal from a parallel data bus for transmission over a plurality of signal paths and (2) a victim signal identifier configured to dynamically determine a potential victim signal path of the plurality of signal paths.
US08890563B2	Scan cell use with reduced power consumption Selective blocking is applied to discrete segments of scan chains in the integrated circuit device. In some implementations, locking components associated with the scan segments are selectively activated according to blocking data incorporated in test pattern data. In other implementations, selective blocking is applied to the scan cells identified as causing the highest power consumption. Selective incorporation of blocking components in an integrated circuit device is based on statistical estimation of scan cell transition rates. When the blocking components are enabled, pre-selected signal values are presented to the functional logic of the integrated circuit device. At the same time, propagation of output value transitions that may take place in the scan cells is prevented.
US08890558B2	Test head and semiconductor wafer test apparatus comprising same Providing a test head capable of suppressing a probe card from bending.The test head 40 comprises: a test head main body 51 having a frame 51; an interface apparatus 60 electrically connecting a probe card 20 and the test head main body 50 with each other; and a brake unit 80 positioned between the probe card 20 and the frame 51 to transmit a pressing force F applied to the probe card 20 to the frame 51.
US08890557B2	Built-in self-test method and structure A method of testing a semiconductor wafer and a related structure. In various embodiments, a method includes: placing a probe on a first chip on the semiconductor wafer; testing a scribe line automatic built-in self-test (ABIST) for the first chip to search for a fault; progressively testing a subsequent scribe line ABIST for a subsequent chip on the semiconductor wafer in response to determining the ABIST for the first chip does not indicate the fault; moving the probe point to the subsequent chip and retesting the subsequent scribe line ABIST in response to determining the ABIST for the subsequent chip indicates a fault; and testing a further subsequent scribe line ABIST for a further subsequent chip on the semiconductor wafer in response to determining the retesting of the subsequent scribiline ABIST does not indicate a fault in the subsequent scribe line ABIST.
US08890537B2	Harmonic derived arc detector An arc detection system includes a radio frequency (RF) signal probe that senses a RF signal at an input of a RF plasma chamber and that generates a signal based on at least one of the voltage, current, and power of the RF signal. A signal analyzer receives the signal, monitors the signal for frequency components that have a frequency greater than or equal to a fundamental frequency of the RF signal, and generates an output signal based on the frequency components. The output signal indicates that an arc is occurring in the RF plasma chamber.
US08890536B2	Secondary battery with apparatus for checking the state of a service plug A secondary battery capable of ensuring operator safety by checking whether a service plug is opened or closed. The secondary battery includes a battery pack having a plurality of battery cells, a service plug coupled between each of the plurality of battery cells through a pair of plug terminals for controlling interconnection of the plurality of battery cells according to whether the pair of plug terminals contact the battery cells, and a battery management system connected to the battery pack and the service plug for determining whether the service plug is opened or closed by measuring at least one selected from the group consisting of a voltage and a current of the battery pack and voltages of the plurality of battery cells connected to the service plug.
US08890531B2	Systems and methods having pot core antennas for electromagnetic resistivity logging Disclosed herein are electromagnetic resistivity logging systems and methods that employ magnetic dipole antennas embedded in wall-contacting surfaces. In some embodiments, the antennas are pot-core or ferrite-rod antennas. Prototypes of electromagnetic resistivity logging tools having such antennas exhibit good resistivity logging performance in both water-based and oil-based borehole fluids, indicating that this architecture may yield a logging tool that is suitable for use with borehole fluids of all types. Moreover, the tool offers good spatial resolution, enabling the creation of formation resistivity images for the borehole walls.
US08890525B2	Magnetic resonance imaging apparatus and magnetic resonance imaging method An MRI apparatus produces a plurality of echo signals by performing an EPI echo signal acquisition sequence including gradient magnetic fields in a phase encoding direction, and acquires a plurality of echo signals as first and second template data, respectively. The second template data is acquired using a sequence in which start timing of a gradient magnetic field in a readout direction is shifted from the case where acquisition of the first template data is performed. The phase error included in the echo signals is corrected by using the first and second template data.
US08890518B2	Arrangements for self-testing a circular vertical hall (CVH) sensing element and/or for self-testing a magnetic field sensor that uses a circular vertical hall (CVH) sensing element A switching arrangement around a circular vertical Hall (CVH) sensing element can provide a normal mode configuration responsive to magnetic fields at some times, and at least one of a first and a second self-test mode configuration not responsive to a magnetic field but simulating a magnetic field at other times. A corresponding method is also described.
US08890517B2	Eddy current measuring sensor An eddy current measuring sensor including a probe which is configured as a regular triangle and is provided with an excitation unit for applying a given AC excitation signal to a workpiece and a detection unit for detecting a detection signal occurring in an object to be measured responsive to the applied AC excitation signal, wherein the excitation unit is provided with exciting coils which are arranged on each side of the probe, while the detection unit is provided with detection coils which are arranged at each vertex of the probe.
US08890506B2	Apparatus and method for measuring ion beam current Techniques for measuring ion beam current, especially for measuring low energy ion beam current, are disclosed. The technique may be realized as an ion beam current measurement apparatus having at least a planar Faraday cup and a voltage assembly. The planar Faraday cup is located close to an inner surface of a chamber wall, and intersects an ion beam path. The voltage assembly is located outside a chamber having the chamber wall. Therefore, by properly adjusting the electric voltage applied on the planar Faraday cup by the voltage assembly, some undesired charged particles may be adequately suppressed. Further, the planar Faraday cup may surround an opening of a non-planar Faraday cup which may be any conventional Faraday cup. Therefore, the whole ion beam may be received and measured well by the larger cross-section area of the planar Faraday cup on the ion beam path.
US08890499B2	Buck DC-DC converter with improved accuracy A buck switching regulator includes a feedback control circuit including a feedback network including first and second gain circuits configured to generate first and second feedback signals, respectively, indicative of the regulated output voltage; a ripple generation circuit configured to inject a ripple signal to the first gain circuit; an operational transconductance amplifier (OTA) configured to receive the second feedback signal and a reference signal and to generate an output signal being coupled to the first gain circuit to adjust the first feedback signal; and a comparator configured to receive the first feedback signal and the reference signal and to generate a comparator output signal. The output signal of the OTA is applied to the first feedback signal to cancel a voltage offset in the regulated output voltage due to the injected ripple signal to the first gain circuit.
US08890487B2	Method for reducing standby power and wireless device using the same The present invention provides a wireless device and method for reducing standby power. The method for reducing standby power of the wireless device includes the steps of: charging a charging battery with power supplied from an AC commercial power source in a normal mode of the wireless device, blocking the power of the AC commercial power source and converting an operation state of the wireless device so that the wireless device is in a standby mode when an operation-off signal used for turning off a predetermined device is transmitted from an outside. In this case, the wireless device receives the power with which the charging battery has been charged. In a standby mode, the wires device is periodically converted to be in a normal mode to transmit an operation state inquiry signal to the outside, so that it is possible to normally control the predetermined device.
US08890479B2	Holding platform for mobile information terminals, desktop telephone, and fixing method connector for mobile information terminals Provided is a portable information terminal holding base, including: a holding base main body having a main mounting surface inclined with respect to a horizontal surface, the holding base main body being configured to hold, on the main mounting surface, one of a plurality of types of portable information terminals including a first portable information terminal and a second portable information terminal that is different from the first portable information terminal in length and width size and position of a battery-charging slot; and a battery-charging cover removably mounted to the holding base main body, the battery-charging cover being configured to house a plurality of types of battery-charging plug connectors, which are formed compatible with battery-charging slots of the plurality of types of portable information terminals, respectively, the battery-charging cover being configured to: house, at a first fixing position, a battery-charging plug connector, which is formed compatible with specifications of a battery-charging slot of the first portable information terminal; and fix, when the second portable information terminal is to be held on the holding base main body, at a second fixing position different from the first fixing position in accordance with the length and width size of the second portable information terminal and the position of the battery-charging slot of the second portable information terminal, a battery-charging plug connector, which is formed compatible with the battery-charging slot of the second portable information terminal.
US08890476B2	Fuel cell/supercapacitor/battery power system for vehicular propulsion The present invention provides a power system for a vehicle. The power system comprising a supercapacitor-like electronic battery that is connected to a battery charger. The battery charger provides energy to the supercapacitor-like electronic battery. A heater is operatively connected to the supercapacitor-like electronic battery to provide energy to heat the supercapacitor-like electronic battery thereby lowering the internal impedance of the supercapacitor-like electronic battery. A charging apparatus is operatively connected to the battery charger. A motor is operatively connected to the vehicle and the supercapacitor-like electronic battery. A feedback loop controller is operatively connected to the heater, the supercapacitor-like electronic battery and the motor.
US08890473B2	Sequential charging of multiple electric vehicles An apparatus and method for sequentially charging multiple electric vehicles. The apparatus including an electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) having an electrical plug connected to a power cord. The power cord is connected to a housing containing a number of electrical components configured to control the power flow to an electric vehicles to recharge the vehicles' batteries. The power cord is divided into multiple power cords that extend from the housing and connect to standard electric vehicle connectors compatible with battery electric vehicles (BEV) and plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV). The EVSE determines, based on a number of possible criteria, which of the multiple electric vehicles to charge at a given time.
US08890459B2	Motor control device and electric power steering system A motor control device with which both high-accuracy current detection and improvement in voltage utilization factor are achieved is provided. When an ON time of any one of low potential side switching elements corresponding to respective phases in a driving circuit is shorter than a detection time of a current value, a microcomputer estimates a phase current value of a current undetectable phase based on current values of two phases other than the current undetectable phase corresponding to the said FET. Then, at the time of current detection using the blind correction, during current detection for two phases, other than the current undetectable phase, based on which the blind correction is performed, motor control signals for maintaining switching states of a switching arm corresponding to the current undetectable phase are output.
US08890451B2	Sensorless control unit for brushless DC motor A command rotation speed is set to an initial rotation speed, and a forced commutation mode is started. In the forced commutation mode, a rotation speed is increased by a predetermined increase amount each time and forced commutation is executed until the rotation speed reaches a set rotation speed. Then, a switchover to the sensorless control mode is made when the rotation speed reaches the set rotation speed (S4) and a rotor position becomes detectable.
US08890450B2	Motor control device A motor control device includes an inverter circuit having switching elements on/off controlled according to a predetermined PWM signal pattern to convert an input direct current to three-phase alternating current supplied to drive an electric motor. A phase current of the motor is detected based on a detection of the input direct current and the PWM signal pattern. A PWM signal generation unit which generates a three-phase PWM signal pattern to enable detecting two-phase currents twice in synchronization with four time-points within a carrier wave period of the PWM signal respectively and so that a detection of current follows a magnetic pole position of the motor. A current differential unit supplies, as current differential values, differences between twice detected current values regarding the two phases respectively, and a magnetic pole position estimation unit estimates the magnetic pole position of the motor based on the current differential values.
US08890449B2	Electric power tool, lock state occurrence determination apparatus, and program A lock state occurrence determination apparatus includes a counter, a reset device, a reference time changing device, a lock state determination device, and an invalidation device. The invalidation device performs, in a case where a false determination of occurrence of a lock state of a motor is caused by the lock state determination device due to an operation input to operate a rotation speed of the motor, at least one of a first invalidation operation to invalidate the lock state determination device and a second invalidation operation to invalidate continuation of a counting operation by the counter.
US08890441B2	Load driving device and LED lighting appliance therewith A load driving device has a switch N1, a driver that performs on/off control of the switch in accordance with SWON, a comparator that compares Vdet1 with Vth, and based on a result of the comparison, generates IPEAKDET, an ADC that converts Vdet1 into ADCOUT, a DAC that converts IPEAKSET into Vth, and a logic portion that, upon receiving inputs of IPEAKDET and ADCOUT, outputs SWON and IPEAKSET. The logic portion includes a computation circuit that calculates Y1 by using a computation equation expressed by Y1=AVE×α+Δ×Ton/2 (where Y1: a signal value of IPEAKSET; AVE: an average current set value of an output current; α: an adjustment coefficient for AVE; Ton: an on period; Δ: a change rate of AVCOUT). The computation circuit determines α in accordance with computation mode setting signals ISO and PFC.
US08890436B2	Color temperature adjustable LED lamp A color temperature adjustable LED lamp is disclosed, which includes a 3-way lamp socket and a 3-way lamp head. The 3-way lamp socket has a 3-way switch. The 3-way lamp head is connected to the 3-way lamp socket and has a first LED array and a second LED array. The color temperature of the first LED array is different from the color temperature of the second LED array. The color temperature adjustable LED lamp includes a mains detecting circuit for detecting a conducting state of a first live wire and a second live wire in the 3-way switch to selectively operate the first LED array, the second LED array or alternatively operates the first and second LED array.
US08890433B2	Two-terminal current controller and related LED lighting device A two-terminal current controller controls a first current flowing through a parallel-coupled load. During a rising period of a rectified AC voltage, when a load voltage does not exceed a first voltage, the two-terminal current controller operates in a first mode. When the load voltage exceeds the first voltage but does not exceed a second voltage, the two-terminal current controller operates in a second mode. When the load voltage exceeds the second voltage, the two-terminal current controller operates in a third mode. When the load voltage drops to a third voltage smaller than the second voltage after exceeding the second voltage, the two-terminal current controller operates in the second mode when a difference between the second and third voltages exceeds a hysteresis band and operates in the third mode when a difference between the second and third voltages does not exceed the hysteresis band.
US08890432B2	Light emitting diode driver A driver circuit for driving light emitting diodes (LEDs). The driver circuit includes a string of LEDs divided into n groups and the n groups of LEDs is electrically connected to each other in series, where a downstream end of group m−1 is electrically connected to the upstream end of group m. The driver circuit also includes a power source coupled to an upstream end of group 1 and provides an input voltage. The driver circuit further includes current regulating circuits, where each of the current regulating circuits is coupled to the downstream end of the corresponding group at one end and coupled to a ground at the other end. Each of the current regulating circuits includes a sensor amplifier and a cascode having first and second transistors. The driver circuit also includes detectors, where each of the detectors detects a source voltage of the first transistor.
US08890428B2	Apparatus and method for driving light source in backlight unit An apparatus for driving a light source of a backlight unit includes: light sources; and a light source driver operating in an idle mode according to an input dimming signal and reducing a dimming value of an output dimming signal for adjusting brightness of the light sources by stages by mixing PWM control and PWM count control in a time-series manner to thus implement low dimming in the idle mode, wherein the dimming value of the output dimming signal is lowered to a first dimming value through the PWM control during a first period and subsequently lowered to a second dimming value lower than the first dimming value through the PWM count control during a second period that follows the first period.
US08890418B2	Lighting fixture that self-estimates its power usage and monitors its health Apparatuses, methods and systems for lighting fixture determining its power usage and monitoring its operational health are disclosed. One embodiment includes a method of a lighting fixture determining its power usage. The method includes sensing, by an ambient light sensor, an intensity of light emitted from the lighting fixture, and estimating power usage of the lighting fixture based on the sensed intensity of light.
US08890417B2	LED backlight driving circuit, backlight module, and LCD device A light emitting diode (LED) backlight driving circuit includes an LED lightbar, and a constant current chip that controls current flowing through the LED lightbar. The LED backlight driving circuit further includes a comparison module that receives an output voltage of the LED lightbar. When the output voltage of the LED lightbar is greater than the preset reference voltage, the comparison module controls the constant current chip to switch off the current of the LED lightbar.
US08890415B2	Backlight driving circuit, LCD module, and manufacturing method thereof The invention provides a backlight driving circuit, an LCD device, and a manufacturing method thereof. The backlight driving circuit includes at least two LED lightbars arranged in parallel connection, the output end of each of the LED lightbars is coupled with a variable current circuit, and the variable current circuit is provided with adjustable variable resistors used for balancing the voltage difference between the LED lightbars. In the invention, because the adjustable variable resistors are arranged in the variable current circuit which is connected in series with the LED lightbars, the resistance of the adjustable variable resistors can be adjusted according to the resistance of different LED lightbars before being used; thus, the total voltage of each LED lightbar and the variable resistor connected with ed LED lightbars in series can keep consistent. Therefore, the voltages of all the pins of the control IC coupled into the driver converter can be consistent, and no additional current can be generated in the control IC because no voltage differences exist between pins basically; thus, the power consumption of the control IC is reduced, and the heat productivity of the control IC is reduced, thereby reducing the temperature of the control IC.
US08890414B2	Lighting module The present disclosure relates to a lighting module wherein a DC-DC converter and an LED module are provided as an integral part of the lighting module, and an AC-DC module is provided separately from the lighting module. The AC-DC module is effectively a remote power supply that can be easily replaced without having to replace, reconfigure, or otherwise modify the lighting module. With this configuration, the DC-DC module may be tuned for the particular LED module of the lighting module, and in the case of a failure of the AC-DC module, the AC-DC module can be replaced without having to replace or retune the DC-DC module.
US08890409B2	Microcavity and microchannel plasma device arrays in a single, unitary sheet An array of microcavity plasma devices is formed in a unitary sheet of oxide with embedded microcavities or microchannels and encapsulated metal driving electrodes isolated by oxide from the microcavities or microchannels and arranged so as to generate sustain a plasma in the embedded microcavities or microchannels upon application of time-varying voltage when a plasma medium is contained in the microcavities or microchannels.
US08890408B2	Method and apparatus for coupling an active display portion and substrate In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus includes a substrate having a plurality of conductive traces terminating at a peripheral edge of the substrate. An active display portion is disposed on an upper surface of the substrate and electrically coupled to the conductive traces of the substrate. The peripheral edge of the substrate includes a protruding region that extends beyond a peripheral edge of the active display portion. A plurality of conductive bonding pads are affixed at the protruding region and coupled to the plurality of the conductive traces. A flexible circuit includes a plurality of conductors electrically coupled to the plurality of bonding pads at locations on or below a lower surface of the substrate.
US08890405B2	Organic light-emitting device and image display system employing the same An organic light-emitting device and an image display system employing the same are provided. The organic light-emitting device includes: a first substrate; an organic light-emitting pixel structure disposed on a top surface of the first substrate; a second substrate having a bottom surface opposite to the top surface of the first substrate; and an optical functional layer disposed over the organic light-emitting pixel structure.
US08890400B2	Luminescent composition and inorganic electroluminescent sheet using the same The present invention provides a luminescent composition which is capable of providing an inorganic electroluminescent sheet with a high productivity at low costs in an efficient manner, and has a desired light transmittance (transparency) when no electric voltage is applied thereto, an inorganic electroluminescent sheet obtained from the luminescent composition which can be mass-produced, and a process for producing the inorganic electroluminescent sheet. The present invention relates to a luminescent composition including an inorganic electroluminescent substance and a binder resin, wherein a content of the inorganic electroluminescent substance is not less than 0.5 part by mass and less than 100 parts by mass on the basis of 100 parts by mass of the binder resin; and an inorganic electroluminescent sheet including at least a first transparent substrate, a first transparent electrode, an inorganic electroluminescent layer, a first transparent electrode and a second transparent substrate which are successively laminated in this order, wherein the inorganic electroluminescent layer is formed from the above luminescent composition, and the inorganic electroluminescent sheet has a light transmittance of 60% or more as measured at a wavelength of 550 nm under a non-light emitting condition.
US08890395B2	Beamshaping optical stack, a light source and a luminaire A beamshaping optical stack (108), a light source and a luminaire is provided. The beamshaping optical stack (108) is to be optically coupled to a light emitting surface of a light emitter. The beamshaping optical stack (108) comprises a first light transmitting layer (120) and a second light transmitting layer (118). The second light transmitting layer (118) comprises a first side (110) which is optically coupled to the first light transmitting layer (120) to receive light from the first light transmitting layer (120). The second light transmitting layer (118) further comprises a second side (106) which is substantially opposite the first side (110) to emit the received light into another optical medium. The second light transmitting layer (118) further comprises a geometrical structure (116) at the second side (106) to obtain a decreasing light emission with increasing light emission angles (9a) with respect to a normal (112) to the first side (110). The first light transmitting layer (120) is of a first material having a first refractive index. The second light transmitting layer (118) is of a second material having a second refractive index. The first refractive index is lower than the second refractive index.
US08890391B2	External force detection apparatus and external force detection sensor In an external force detection apparatus, a crystal plate is cantilevered within a container. Excitation electrodes are formed on the top surface and the bottom surface of the crystal plate. A movable electrode is formed on a distal end on the bottom surface of the crystal plate and is connected to the excitation electrode on the bottom surface via an extraction electrode. A fixed electrode is provided on the bottom of the container to oppose the movable electrode. The excitation electrode on the top surface and the fixed electrode are connected to an oscillating circuit. When an external force acts on the crystal plate to bend it, the capacitance between the movable electrode and the fixed electrode changes, and this capacitance change is captured as a change in the oscillating frequency of the crystal plate.
US08890389B2	Electric motor An electric motor includes an inner stator including inner magnetic poles arranged circumferentially, an outer stator including outer magnets arranged circumferentially, and a rotor rotatably disposed between the inner and outer stators. The rotor includes a shaft, a rotor core fixed to the shaft and a winding wound on the rotor core. The rotor core includes a ring shaped yoke having a plurality of inner teeth extending inwardly and a plurality of outer teeth extending outwardly. The winding includes a plurality coils each including an inner side received in a corresponding inner slot formed between adjacent inner teeth and an outer side received in a corresponding outer slot formed between adjacent outer teeth.
US08890381B2	Spindle motor There is provided a spindle motor including: a sleeve rotatably supporting a shaft; a base member including a protrusion part having the sleeve fixed thereto; and a rotor hub coupled to the shaft and including an extension wall part allowing an interface between a lubricating fluid and air to be formed, together with an outer peripheral surface of the sleeve, wherein an outer peripheral surface of the extension wall part is inclined in order to prevent a scattering of leaked lubricating fluid, together with one end portion of the protrusion part of the base member.
US08890380B2	Electrical connector assembly for a brushless motor The invention relates to an electrical connector assembly for a brushless electromagnetic motor, comprising a 3-phase electrical stator winding and X windings per phase, connected in series or in parallel, characterized in comprising a circular wire guide with slots designed to hold the ends of the wires of the windings and a connector support comprising at least three circular connector tracks, three of said tracks being each terminated with a thimble and which are axially extended by wire grips to ensure the electrical contact for the 3 phases of the motor through the slots of the wire guides and wherein the thimbles exit the motor via a connector.
US08890379B2	Rotating rectifier assembly and method A rectifier assembly and method are provided. The rectifier assembly includes a cover comprising a flange having an annular channel extending around an outer circumference of the flange, an annular bus bar, an insulator ring, and an outer housing for receiving the insulator ring, the annular bus bar and the outer housing. A snap ring is positioned within the annular channel of the outer circumference of the flange, wherein an outer circumference of the snap ring is located within a snap ring retention channel located around an inner diameter of the outer housing to retain the cover, the annular bus bar, and the insulator ring within the outer housing.
US08890374B2	Uninterruptible power supply system for avoiding arcing generation and cabinet thereof An uninterruptible power supply includes plural power units, plural output capacitor units, a capacitor energy bleeder circuit, plural output units, a detecting unit and a controlling unit. The capacitor energy bleeder circuit is electrically connected to the plural output capacitor units. The plural output units are connected with each other in parallel to issue the output voltage to the power output side and avoid returning electrical energy from the power output side back to the capacitor energy bleeder circuit. The detecting unit is used for detecting operating statuses of the plural power units. The controlling unit is used for controlling operations of the plural power units and the capacitor energy bleeder circuit. In response to a to-be-interrupted status of a specified power unit, the controlling unit controls the capacitor energy bleeder circuit to discharge electrical energy of the output capacitor unit corresponding to the specified power unit.
US08890366B2	Wireless energy transfer using array of resonant objects A system for exchanging energy wirelessly comprises an array of at least three objects having a resonant frequency, each object is electromagnetic (EM) and non-radiative, and generates an EM near-field in response to receiving the energy, wherein each object in the array is arranged at a distance from all other objects in the array, such that upon receiving the energy the object is strongly coupled to at least one other object in the array via a resonant coupling of evanescent waves; and an energy driver for providing the energy at the resonant frequency to at least one object in the array, such that, during an operation of the system, the energy is distributed from the object to all other objects in the array.
US08890365B2	Fuel cell device and method for feeding electrical current to electrical network A method is disclosed for producing electrical current by a fuel cell device, which inputs electrical current to an electrical network. A fuel cell device can be arranged to be parallel connected to the electrical network. A phase reference signal can be utilized in the inputting of the electrical current, and electrical current inputted to electrical network can be current controlled by a power transformer having a power stage. The fuel cell device can be switched off from the electrical network when a malfunction occurs in the electrical network. The fuel cell device can be changed, using the phase reference signal, to the switched off operation mode for performing voltage controlled operation of the power transformer. A controllable load can be used for maintaining a power stability between the voltage controlled power transformer and other parts of the fuel cell device. When the malfunction has vanished, the fuel cell device can be changed, using the phase reference signal, to a switched on operation mode for performing current controlled operation of the power transformer.
US08890364B2	Methods and systems for controlling an intra-plant voltage level A power plant coupled to, and configured to provide power to, an electrical grid, is described. The power plant includes a plurality of power converters electrically coupled to, and configured to receive power from, at least one power source. The power plant also includes a voltage regulation device electrically coupled between the power converters and the electrical grid. The voltage regulation device includes a series transformer and a bi-directional converter configured to regulate a voltage at an output of the power converters.
US08890363B2	Automatic system for synchronous enablement-disablement of solar photovoltaic panels of an energy production plant with distributed DC/DC conversion A solar energy plant may include a DC bus, photovoltaic panels coupled in parallel to the DC bus, each photovoltaic panel having a DC/DC converter, and a first controller controlling the DC/DC converter depending on whether a voltage on the DC bus is equal to or greater than a first threshold and lower than or equal to a second threshold. The solar energy plant may include a DC/AC inverter coupled to the DC bus and outputting an output AC voltage, an auxiliary start-up power supply charging a parasitic capacitance on the DC bus up to the first threshold, and a second controller turning on the auxiliary start-up power supply based upon a start command, and turning off the auxiliary start-up power supply and simultaneously turning on the DC/AC inverter.
US08890361B2	Electric horizontal directional drilling machine system An electric horizontal directional drilling machine. An electric horizontal directional drilling machine is powered by an electric power assembly. The power assembly is made up of a fuel cell and inverter, or multiple fuel cells with synchronized inverters. The electric motor operates hydraulic pumps or works independently to rotate, advance and retract a drill string and downhole tool through the earth and operate various machine functions. Mechanical functions of the drilling machine may also be satisfied through the use of electric rotary actuators (e.g., motors) and linear actuators (e.g., linear motors and solenoids).
US08890356B2	Power conversion installment kit for plug-in hybrid electric vehicle A power conversion system for HEV, which comprising: a battery pack and inverter power conversion module for generating DC voltage; the inverter power conversion module is used to convert DC voltage into DC high voltage required for driving the motor of HEV; while the power conversion effect is guaranteed, the present invention could reduce markedly the amount of batteries for the battery pack, minimize the cost and weight, while the connections of batteries and possible unreliable factors are cut down for more reliable connection and simpler processing.
US08890354B2	Wind energy harnessing wall Technologies are generally described for a wind energy harnessing device. The device may include a tapered hollow tube and an attached curved tube which may be filled with a fluid. A permeable membrane may be inserted into a constricted inner channel of the hollow tube and may be configured to oscillate in response to incoming airflow through the hollow tube. The fluid in the curved tube may be displaced in response to a pressure differential caused by oscillation of the membrane. Conducting coils may be wound around the attached curved tube, and a magnet suspended within the fluid may oscillate with the fluid between the conducting coils, and may generate a magnetic flux which may induce a voltage in the coils. The coils may be connected to an external power grid for converting the induced voltage into usable electrical energy.
US08890351B2	Installation for producing electricity including a plurality of electricity producing devices capable of transforming mechanical energy into electric energy An exemplary electricity producing installation includes electricity producing devices at least partly immersed in water, each electricity producing device having a rotary mechanical receiver and an alternator. The alternator includes at least one rotor and at least one stator. The at least one rotor of the alternator can be set into rotation by a rotary mechanical receiver. Each electricity producing device produces an electric AC signal with variable voltage and frequency conveyed by an at least partly immersed electric transport cable. The installation further includes an interconnection device having parallel electric transport cables connected to an input and which provide at the output a joint electric signal with variable frequency and voltage, the current amplitude of which is equal to the sum of the input currents. A partly immersed export cable connects the output of the interconnection device to a power conversion device out of the water.
US08890346B2	System and method for operating a wind turbine A wind turbine system is disclosed. The system includes a controller configured to receive at least one output from at least one measurement device, an anemometer in communication with the system controller, the anemometer for measuring wind speed, a temperature sensor in communication with the system controller, the temperature sensor for measuring ambient temperature, a transmission, and a load cell coupled to the transmission and in communication with the system controller, the load cell configured to measure the torque output of the transmission, wherein the system controller receives wind speed, ambient temperature and load cell information and determines optimal power outputs of the wind turbine for a weather condition.
US08890344B2	Method for operating a machine located in choppy waters A method for operating a machine located in choppy waters, in particular a wave energy converter, for converting energy from a wave movement of a fluid into another form of energy includes determining measurement variables at a first, relatively early time, and calculating a variable characterizing a wave movement expected at a second, later time on the basis of the determined measurement variables.
US08890343B2	Electric generator disposed on a rotating turboprop part An electrical energy generating device for a propfan-type aircraft propulsion unit rotor. The propulsion unit includes a turbomachine that drives in rotation at least one rotor including a plurality of blades arranged around an annular crown moving with the blades, which forms with its outer wall part of an outer envelope of the propulsion unit, the outer envelope being subjected to atmospheric conditions outside the propulsion unit. The turbomachine generates a flow of hot gases that exit via an annular hot vein, which is concentric with the moving annular crown, and defined for part of its surface by an inner wall of the moving annular crown, and includes, within the moving annular part, a mechanism to transform thermal energy into electrical energy, preferably by thermal diodes. Such a device, as an example, can find application to a device for controlling a pitch of rotors of a propfan-type propulsion unit.
US08890340B2	Fan configuration for an engine driven generator Some embodiments relate to a generator that includes an alternator and an engine. The engine includes an output shaft that is coupled to a rotor of the alternator. The generator further includes a first fan that initially directs air in a first direction which is parallel to a longitudinal axis of the output shaft. A second fan that directs air in a second direction that is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the output shaft. The generator further includes an enclosure such that the alternator, the engine, the first fan and the second fan are within the enclosure. In some embodiments, the generator may further include a third fan that directs air in the direction that is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the output shaft and a fourth fan that directs air in a direction that is parallel to the longitudinal axis of the output shaft.
US08890335B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: on an upper surface of a second semiconductor chip on a circuit board, a ring dam section formed at an outer circumference of a mounting region above which a first semiconductor chip is mounted; and an interconnect extending from the dam section to a center section of the first semiconductor chip or the second semiconductor chip in a region in which the first semiconductor chip faces the second semiconductor chip. The interconnect is electrically connected to a connection terminal on a circuit formation surface of the first or second semiconductor chip at the center section of the first or second semiconductor chip. The dam section and the interconnect are power supply interconnects or ground interconnects.
US08890327B2	Stacked microelectronic packages having at least two stacked microelectronic elements adjacent one another A microelectronic assembly includes first and second microelectronic elements. Each of the microelectronic elements has oppositely-facing first and second surfaces and edges bounding the surfaces. The first microelectronic element is disposed on the second microelectronic element with the second surface of the first microelectronic element facing toward the first surface of the second microelectronic element. The first microelectronic element preferably extends beyond at least one edge of the second microelectronic element and the second microelectronic element preferably extends beyond at least one edge of the first microelectronic element. A first edge of the first microelectronic element has a length that is smaller than a first edge of the second microelectronic element. A second edge of the first microelectronic element has a length that is greater than the second edge of the second microelectronic element.
US08890324B2	Semiconductor structure having a through substrate via (TSV) and method for forming A structure having a substrate includes an opening in the substrate having depth from a top surface of the substrate to a bottom surface of the substrate. A conductive material fills the opening. The opening has a length direction and a width direction and a first and second feature. The first feature and the second feature are spaced apart by a first length. The first feature has first width as a maximum width of the first feature, and the second feature has a second width as the maximum width of the second feature. The opening has a minimum width between the first feature and the second feature that is no more than one fifth the first length. The first width and the second width are each at least twice the minimum width.
US08890311B2	Power conversion device A power conversion device is provided with a plurality of semiconductor modules. Each semiconductor module includes a heat dissipation member, an insulating substrate, a semiconductor element, an external connection terminal, and a resin portion. The insulating substrate is fixed to the heat dissipation member. The semiconductor element is mounted on the insulating substrate. The external connection terminal includes a first end, which is electrically connected to the semiconductor element, and an opposite second end. The resin portion is molded to the insulating substrate, the semiconductor element, the first end, and at least part of the heat dissipation member. The semiconductor modules each form a unit.
US08890304B2	Fan-out microelectronic unit WLP having interconnects comprising a matrix of a high melting point, a low melting point and a polymer material A microelectronic package includes a microelectronic unit and a substrate. The microelectronic unit includes a microelectronic element having contacts on a front face. A dielectric material has a first surface substantially flush with the front face of the microelectronic element. Conductive traces have at least portions extending along the front face away from the contacts, at least some of which also extend along the first surface of the dielectric material. Contacts are connected with the traces, at least some of which are disposed at the first surface of the dielectric material. The substrate has first and second opposed surfaces and an edge extending therebetween, the first surface facing the front face of the microelectronic unit, and the second surface having a plurality of terminals thereon configured for electrical connection with at least one external component. Masses of conductive matrix material join the terminals with the redistribution contacts.
US08890303B2	Three-dimensional integrated circuit A three-dimensional integrated circuit, including a first adhesive bonding layer, a first chip, a second chip, and an inter-stratum thermal pad, is provided. The first adhesive bonding layer has a first surface and a second surface opposite to each other. The first chip is disposed on the first surface of the first adhesive bonding layer. The first chip includes a hot zone. The second chip is disposed on the second surface of the first adhesive bonding layer. The inter-stratum thermal pad is embedded in the first adhesive bonding layer and faces to the hot zone.
US08890300B2	Discrete three-dimensional memory comprising off-die read/write-voltage generator The present invention discloses a discrete three-dimensional memory (3D-M). Its 3D-M arrays are located on at least one 3D-array die, while its read/write-voltage generator (VR/VW-generator) is located on a separate peripheral-circuit die. The VR/VW-generator generates at least a read and/or write voltage to the 3D-array die. A single VR/VW-generator die can support multiple 3D-array dies.
US08890293B2	Guard ring for through vias A guard ring for a through via, and a method of manufacture thereof, is provided. The guard ring comprises one or more rings around a through via, wherein the rings may be, for example, circular, rectangular, octagon, elliptical, square, or the like. The guard ring may be formed from a contact through an inter-layer dielectric layer and interconnect structures (e.g., vias and lines) extending through the inter-metal dielectric layers. The guard ring may contact a well formed in the substrate.
US08890291B2	Silicon wafer and manufacturing method thereof A method of manufacturing a silicon wafer provides a silicon wafer which can reduce the precipitation of oxygen to prevent a wafer deformation from being generated and can prevent a slip extension due to boat scratches and transfer scratches serving as a reason for a decrease in wafer strength, even when the wafer is provided to a rapid temperature-rising-and-falling thermal treatment process.
US08890290B2	Diffusing acoustical crosstalk When two loudspeakers play the same signal, a “phantom center” image is produced between the speakers. However, this image differs from one produced by a real center speaker. In particular, acoustical crosstalk produces a comb-filtering effect, with cancellations that may be in the frequency range needed for the intelligibility of speech. Methods for using phase decorrelation to fill in these gaps and produce a flatter magnitude response are described, reducing coloration and potentially enhancing dialogue clarity. These methods also improve headphone compatibility and reduce the tendency of the phantom image to move toward the nearest speaker.
US08890288B2	MOM capacitor having local interconnect metal plates and related method According to one exemplary embodiment, a metal-oxide-metal (MOM) capacitor in a semiconductor die comprises a first plurality of capacitor plates and a second plurality of capacitor plates sharing a plane parallel to and below a plane of a first metallization layer of the semiconductor die. The MOM capacitor further comprises a local interlayer dielectric between the first plurality of capacitor plates and the second plurality of capacitor plates. The first and second plurality of capacitor plates are made from a local interconnect metal for connecting devices formed in a device layer of the semiconductor die situated below the first metallization layer.
US08890285B2	Vertically integrated systems Embodiments of the present invention provide an integrated circuit system including a first active layer fabricated on a front side of a semiconductor die and a second pre-fabricated layer on a back side of the semiconductor die and having electrical components embodied therein, wherein the electrical components include at least one discrete passive component. The integrated circuit system also includes at least one electrical path coupling the first active layer and the second pre-fabricated layer.
US08890282B2	Integrated circuit devices including through-silicon via (TSV) contact pads electronically insulated from a substrate An integrated circuit device includes a substrate having a plurality of device patterns thereon. A device isolation layer is provided on the substrate, an interlayer dielectric layer is provided on the device isolation layer and the substrate, and a conductive via extends through the interlayer dielectric layer and the device isolation layer and into the substrate. A conductive via contact pad is provided on the interlayer dielectric layer in electrical contact with the conductive via. In plan view, the conductive via contact pad is confined within an area of the interlayer dielectric layer and/or an area of the device isolation layer that electrically insulates the conductive via contact pad from the substrate. Related methods and devices are also discussed.
US08890281B2	Semiconductor device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a second semiconductor layer of a first conductivity type, a third semiconductor layer of a second conductivity type, an isolation layer, and a guard ring layer of the second conductivity type. The second semiconductor layer is provided on the first semiconductor layer. The third semiconductor layer is provided on the second semiconductor layer to be joined to the second semiconductor layer. The isolation layer surrounds a periphery of the third semiconductor layer and is deeper than the third semiconductor layer. The guard ring layer is provided between the third semiconductor layer and the isolation layer, adjacent to the third semiconductor layer, and deeper than the third semiconductor layer.
US08890278B2	Semiconductor device Reliability of a semiconductor device is improved by suppressing reverse voltage deterioration at the time of reverse bias junction barrier Schottky diode using a substrate containing SiC. In a JBS diode having an active area of 0.1 cm2 or more, an area of a Schottky interface at which a drift layer and a Schottky electrode are contacted can be sufficiently reduced by relatively increasing a ratio of p-type semiconductor region being a junction barrier region in an active region, and thereby deterioration in reverse voltage caused by defects existing in the drift layer is prevented.
US08890275B2	Optoelectronic device and method of fabricating the same The invention discloses an optoelectronic device and method of fabricating the same. The optoelectronic device according to the invention includes a semiconductor structure combination, a first surface passivation layer formed on an upper surface of the semiconductor structure combination, and a second surface passivation layer formed on the first surface passivation layer. The semiconductor structure combination includes at least one P-N junction. In particular, the interfacial state density of the first surface passivation layer is lower than that of the second surface passivation layer, and the fixed oxide charge density of the second surface passivation layer is higher than that of the first surface passivation layer.
US08890274B2	Interconnect structure for CIS flip-chip bonding and methods for forming the same A device includes a metal pad at a surface of an image sensor chip, wherein the image sensor chip includes an image sensor. A stud bump is disposed over, and electrically connected to, the metal pad. The stud bump includes a bump region, and a tail region connected to the bump region. The tail region includes a metal wire portion substantially perpendicular to a top surface of the metal pad. The tail region is short enough to support itself against gravity.
US08890263B2	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device has a shield plate electrode short-circuited to a source electrode near the drain electrode. The shield plate electrode is connected to the source terminal electrode which has a VIA hole via the first line of air-bridge structure or overlay structure.
US08890255B2	Structure and method for stress latching in non-planar semiconductor devices Techniques are discloses to apply an external stress onto the source/drain semiconductor fin sidewall areas and latch the same onto the semiconductor fin before releasing the sidewalls for subsequent salicidation and contact formation. In particular, selected portions of a semiconductor are subjected to an amorphizing ion implantation which disorients the crystal structure of the selected portions of the semiconductor fins, relative to portions of the semiconductor fin that is beneath a gate stack and encapsulated with various liners. At least one stress liner is formed and then stress memorization occurs by performing a stress latching annealing. During this anneal, recrystallization of the disoriented crystal structure occurs. The at least one stress liner is removed and thereafter merging of the semiconductor fins in the source/drain regions is performed.
US08890252B2	Semiconductor device having switching element and free wheel diode and method for controlling the same A semiconductor device includes a switching element having: a drift layer; a base region; an element-side first impurity region in the base region; an element-side gate electrode sandwiched between the first impurity region and the drift layer; a second impurity region contacting the drift layer; an element-side first electrode coupled with the element-side first impurity region and the base region; and an element-side second electrode coupled with the second impurity region, and a FWD having: a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer; a diode-side first electrode coupled to the second conductive layer; a diode-side second electrode coupled to the first conductive layer; a diode-side first impurity region in the second conductive layer; and a diode-side gate electrode in the second conductive layer sandwiched between first impurity region and the first conductive layer and having a first gate electrode as an excess carrier injection suppression gate.
US08890245B2	Raised source/drain structure for enhanced strain coupling from stress liner A transistor is provided that includes a buried oxide layer above a substrate. A silicon layer is above the buried oxide layer. A gate stack is on the silicon layer, the gate stack including a high-k oxide layer on the silicon layer and a metal gate on the high-k oxide layer. A nitride liner is adjacent to the gate stack. An oxide liner is adjacent to the nitride liner. A set of faceted raised source/drain regions having a part including a portion of the silicon layer. The set of faceted raised source/drain regions also include a first faceted side portion and a second faceted side portion.
US08890244B2	Lateral power MOSFET structure and method of manufacture A lateral power MOSFET with a low specific on-resistance is described. Stacked P-top and N-grade regions in patterns of articulated circular arcs separate the source and drain of the transistor.
US08890242B2	Closed cell trenched power semiconductor structure A closed cell trenched power semiconductor structure is provided. The closed cell trenched power semiconductor structure has a substrate and cells. The cells are arranged on the substrate in an array. Every cell has a body and a trenched gate. The trenched gate surrounds the body. A side wall of the trenched gate facing body has a concave.
US08890239B2	Semiconductor device and method for producing the same In a vertical semiconductor device including a channel in an opening, a semiconductor device whose high-frequency characteristics can be improved and a method for producing the semiconductor device are provided. The semiconductor device includes n-type GaN-based drift layer 4/p-type GaN-based barrier layer 6/n-type GaN-based contact layer 7. An opening 28 extends from a top layer and reaches the n-type GaN-based drift layer. The semiconductor device includes a regrown layer 27 located so as to cover the opening, the regrown layer 27 including an electron drift layer 22 and an electron supply layer 26, a source electrode S, a drain electrode D, and a gate electrode G located on the regrown layer. Assuming that the source electrode serving as one electrode and the drain electrode serving as the other electrode constitute a capacitor, the semiconductor device includes a capacitance-decreasing structure that decreases the capacitance of the capacitor.
US08890236B1	Semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes a pillar-shaped silicon layer and a first-conductivity-type diffusion layer in an upper portion of the pillar-shaped silicon layer. A sidewall having a laminated structure including an insulating film and polysilicon resides on an upper sidewall of the pillar-shaped silicon layer. A top of the polysilicon of the sidewall is electrically connected to a top of the first-conductivity-type diffusion layer and has the same conductivity as the diffusion layer.
US08890235B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device and method for manufacturing same According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a stacked structure, a select gate electrode, a semiconductor pillar, a memory layer, and a select gate insulating film. The stacked structure includes a plurality of electrode films stacked in a first direction and an interelectrode insulating film provided between the electrode films. The select gate electrode is stacked with the stacked structure along the first direction and includes a plurality of select gate conductive films stacked in the first direction and an inter-select gate conductive film insulating film provided between the select gate conductive films. The semiconductor pillar pierces the stacked structure and the select gate electrode in the first direction. The memory layer is provided between the electrode films and the semiconductor pillar. The select gate insulating film is provided between the select gate conductive films and the semiconductor pillar.
US08890229B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a foundation layer; and a stacked body provided on the foundation layer, each of a plurality of electrode layers and each of a plurality of insulating layers being stacked alternately in the stacked body; a select gate electrode provided on the stacked body; and a semiconductor layer extending from an upper end of the select gate electrode to a lower end of the stacked body. The stacked body includes a plurality of staircase regions. The each of the plurality of electrode layers includes an exposed portion. The exposed portion is not covered with the plurality of electrode layers other than the each of the plurality of electrode layers and the plurality of insulating layers. And the exposed portion of each of the plurality of electrode layers is disposed in one of the plurality of staircase regions.
US08890220B2	Pixel driver circuit and pixel circuit having control circuit coupled to supply voltage A pixel driver circuit for driving a light-emitting element and a pixel circuit having the pixel driver circuit are provided. The pixel driver circuit includes a data line, address lines, switch thin film transistors, feedback thin film transistors and drive thin film transistors. The pixel circuit may include an organic light emitting diode, which is driven by the pixel driver circuit.
US08890212B2	Normally-off high electron mobility transistor According to example embodiments, a normally-off high electron mobility transistor (HEMT) includes: a channel layer having a first nitride semiconductor, a channel supply layer on the channel layer, a source electrode and a drain electrode at sides of the channel supply layer, a depletion-forming layer on the channel supply layer, a gate insulating layer on the depletion-forming layer, and a gate electrode on the gate insulation layer. The channel supply layer includes a second nitride semiconductor and is configured to induce a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in the channel layer. The depletion-forming layer is configured has at least two thicknesses and is configured to form a depletion region in at least a partial region of the 2DEG. The gate electrode contacts the depletion-forming layer.
US08890211B1	AC-driven high electron mobility transistor devices A high performance high-electron mobility transistor (HEMT) design and methods of manufacturing the same are provided. This design introduces a bias layer in to the HEMT allowing the transistor to be fed with alternating current (AC) alone without the need for a negative direct current (DC) bias power supply.
US08890210B2	Field effect transistor A field effect transistor includes a nitride semiconductor multilayer structure formed on a substrate, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a gate electrode, an insulating film formed on the nitride semiconductor multilayer structure, and a field plate formed on and in contact with the insulating film, and having an end located between the gate electrode and the drain electrode. The insulating film includes a first film, and a second film having a dielectric breakdown voltage lower than that of the first film, and a thin film portion formed between the gate electrode and the drain electrode is formed in the insulating film. The field plate covers the thin film portion, and is connected to the source electrode in an opening.
US08890204B2	Light emitting device To provide a light emitting device in which generation of cross talk between adjacent light emitting elements is suppressed, even when the light emitting device uses a light emitting element having high current efficiency. Also, to provide a light emitting device having high display quality even when the light emitting device uses a light emitting element having high current efficiency. The light emitting device has a pixel portion including a plurality of light emitting elements, wherein each of the plurality of light emitting elements includes a plurality of light emitting bodies provided between a first electrode and a second electrode and a conductive layer formed between the plurality of light emitting bodies, wherein the conductive layer is provided for each light emitting element, and wherein an edge portion of the conductive layer is covered with the plurality of light emitting bodies.
US08890203B2	LED module A lead 1 includes a die-bonding portion 11 with an opening 11a penetrating in a thickness direction. Another lead 2 is spaced from the lead 1. An LED unit 3 includes an LED chip 30 with a electrode terminal 31 connected to the lead 1 and another electrode terminal 32 connected to the lead 2. The LED unit 3, mounted on a surface of the die-bonding portion 11 on a first side in z direction, overlaps the opening 11a. A wire 52 connects the lead 2 and the electrode terminal 32. A support member 4 supporting the leads 1-2 is held in contact with another surface of the die-bonding portion 11 on a second side in z direction. These arrangements ensure efficient heat dissipation from the LED chip 30 and efficient use of light emitted from the LED chip 3.
US08890199B2	Semiconductor light emitting device and method for manufacturing the same According to one embodiment, a method for manufacturing a semiconductor light emitting device is disclosed. The method can include applying a resin liquid onto a first major surface of a workpiece. The workpiece has the first major surface and includes a plurality of element units and a resin layer holding the plurality of element units. The method causes the particles in the resin liquid to sink and forms a first region on a surface side of the resin liquid and a second region provided between the first region and the workpiece. The method raises a temperature of the workpiece to a second temperature higher than the first temperature to cure the resin liquid to form an optical layer including a first portion and a second portion. In addition, the method divides the optical layer and the resin layer for the plurality of element units.
US08890184B2	Nanostructured light-emitting device A nanostructured light-emitting device including: a first type semiconductor layer; a plurality of nanostructures each including a first type semiconductor nano-core grown in a three-dimensional (3D) shape on the first type semiconductor layer, an active layer formed to surround a surface of the first type semiconductor nano-core, and a second type semiconductor layer formed to surround a surface of the active layer and including indium (In); and at least one flat structure layer including a flat-active layer and a flat-second type semiconductor layer that are sequentially formed on the first type semiconductor layer parallel to the first type semiconductor layer.
US08890181B2	Display panel and display device A display panel includes an array substrate, an opposite substrate, and at least one closed sealing element. The array substrate has a first through hole, and the array substrate includes a plurality of pixel units, a plurality of scan lines, and a plurality of data lines. The scan lines are electrically connected to the pixel units. The data lines intersect with the scan lines, and the data lines are electrically connected to the corresponding pixel units. The opposite substrate is disposed opposite to the array substrate, and the opposite substrate has a second through hole. The closed sealing element is disposed between the array substrate and the opposite substrate, and the closed sealing element has a third through hole. The first through hole, the second through hole, and the third through hole form an opening.
US08890177B2	Semiconductor devices made from crystalline materials with locally modifying electronic and optoelectronic properties An electronic or optoelectronic device fabricated from a crystalline material in which a parameter of a bandgap characteristic of said crystalline material has been modified locally by introducing distortions on an atomic scale in the lattice structure of said crystalline material and the electronic and/or optoelectronic parameters of said device are dependent on the modification of said bandgap is exemplified by a radiation emissive optoelectronic semiconductor device which comprises a junction (10) formed from a p-type layer (11) and an n-type layer (12), both formed from indirect bandgap semiconductor material. The p-type layer (11) contains a array of dislocation loops which create a strain field to confine spatially and promote radiative recombination of the charge carriers.
US08890170B2	Silicon carbide substrate, semiconductor device and method for manufacturing silicon carbide substrate There is provided a silicon carbide substrate composed of silicon carbide, including encapsulated regions inside, which form incoherent boundaries between the silicon carbide and the encapsulated regions, wherein propagation of stacking faults in the silicon carbide is blocked.
US08890169B2	Semiconductor device On a front surface of a region where a junction termination extension structure of a semiconductor device using silicon carbide is formed, a structure having an n-type semiconductor region with a concentration relatively higher than a concentration of an n−-type drift layer is formed. An edge of the junction termination extension structure located on a side away from an active region is surrounded from its bottom surface to its front surface by an n-type semiconductor region. By this means, it is possible to provide a device with a low resistance while ensuring a withstand voltage, or by decreasing the resistance of the device, it is possible to provide a device with low power loss.
US08890160B2	AMOLED display and manufacturing method thereof An AMOLED display and a manufacturing method are proposed. The AMOLED display includes a substrate, a first TFT disposed on the substrate, and a second TFT disposed on the substrate. The first TFT includes a first gate disposed on the substrate, a first active layer disposed on the first gate, and a first source/drain disposed on the first active layer. The second TFT includes a second active layer which is in the same layer as the first active layer is, a second gate disposed on the second active layer, and a second source/drain disposed on the second active layer. The AMOLED display and the manufacturing method thereof proposed by the present invention effectively increase AMOLED resolution owing to a newly added metallic layer which separates the first gate from the second gate. Compared with the conventional technology, the present invention includes fewer manufacturing processes, which can greatly reduce production costs.
US08890147B2	Pixel, a storage capacitor, and a method for forming the same A pixel, a storage capacitor, and a method for forming the same. The storage capacitor formed on a substrate comprises a semiconductor layer, a first dielectric layer, a first conductive layer, a second dielectric layer and a second conductive layer. The semiconductor layer is formed on the substrate wherein the semiconductor layer and the substrate are covered by the first dielectric layer. The first conductive layer is formed on a part of the first dielectric layer. The second dielectric layer is formed on the first conductive layer, and the lateral side of the stacking structure including the second dielectric layer and the first conductive layer has a taper shaped. The second conductive layer is formed on a part of the second dielectric layer.
US08890141B2	Oxide semiconductor transistors and methods of manufacturing the same Transistors and methods of manufacturing the same. A transistor may be an oxide thin film transistor (TFT) with a self-aligned top gate structure. The transistor may include a gate insulating layer between a channel region and a gate electrode that extends from two sides of the gate electrode. The gate insulating layer may cover at least a portion of source and drain regions.
US08890136B2	Planar light emitting device A planar light emitting device includes an organic EL element module unit in which plural organic EL elements are arranged side by side, each of the organic EL elements including an anode, a light emitting layer and a cathode that are formed on a first surface side of a first transparent substrate, and a second transparent substrate disposed on a light extraction side of the organic EL element module unit. The organic EL element includes a first through hole wire that is electrically connected to a first part of the anode formed outside a light emitting portion, and a second through hole wire that is electrically connected to a second part of the cathode that extends on the first surface of the first transparent substrate. External connection electrodes for supplying power to the organic EL element module are disposed on a first surface side of the second transparent substrate so as to avoid a projection region of the light emitting portion.
US08890128B2	Organic display device The present invention provides an organic display device, comprising: an organic solar module for obtaining solar energy and converting the obtained solar energy into electric power, and an ultraviolet organic light emitting module driven to emit ultraviolet light by the electric power obtained from the organic solar module. The present invention can fully use solar energy and carry out ultraviolet display by combining the ultraviolet organic light emitting module with the organic solar module.
US08890127B2	Light-emitting module and light-emitting device Provided is a light-emitting module from which light with uniform brightness can be extracted. Further, provided is a beautiful light-emitting module in which Newton's rings are not observed. The light-emitting module includes a first substrate, a light-emitting element formed on one surface side of the first substrate, a second substrate, a conductive spacer maintaining the gap between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a space in which the light-emitting element is sealed between the first substrate and the second substrate. Further, the pressure in the space is lower than or equal to the atmospheric pressure. Furthermore, the conductive spacer is electrically connected to the second electrode in a position overlapping with a partition provided over the first substrate so as to reduce a voltage drop occurring in the second electrode.
US08890121B1	Integrated nanowire/nanosheet nanogap and nanopore for DNA and RNA sequencing A technique is provided for base recognition in an integrated device is provided. A target molecule is driven into a nanopore of the integrated device. The integrated device includes a nanowire separated into a left nanowire part and a right nanowire part to form a nanogap in between, a source pad connected to the right nanowire part, a drain pad connected to the left nanowire part, and the nanopore. The source pad, the drain pad, the right nanowire part, the left nanowire part, and the nanogap together form a transistor. The nanogap is part of the nanopore. A transistor current is measured while a single base of the target molecule is in the nanogap of the nanopore, and the single base affects the transistor current. An identity of the single base is determined according to a change in the transistor current.
US08890119B2	Vertical nanowire transistor with axially engineered semiconductor and gate metallization Vertically oriented nanowire transistors including semiconductor layers or gate electrodes having compositions that vary over a length of the transistor. In embodiments, transistor channel regions are compositionally graded, or layered along a length of the channel to induce strain, and/or include a high mobility injection layer. In embodiments, a gate electrode stack including a plurality of gate electrode materials is deposited to modulate the gate electrode work function along the gate length.
US08890113B2	Optoelectronic device with a wide bandgap and method of making same A light-emitting device epitaxially-grown on a GaAs substrate which contains an active region composed of AlxGa1-xAs alloy or of related superlattices of this materials system is disclosed. This active region either includes tensile-strained GaP-rich insertions aimed to increase the forbidden gap of the active region targeting the bright red, orange, yellow, or green spectral ranges, or is confined by regions with GaP-rich insertions aimed to increase the barrier height for electrons in the conduction band preventing the leakage of the nonequilibrium carriers outside of the light-generation region.
US08890112B2	Controlling ferroelectricity in dielectric films by process induced uniaxial strain A method of controlling ferroelectric characteristics of integrated circuit device components includes forming a ferroelectrically controllable dielectric layer over a substrate; and forming a stress exerting structure proximate the ferroelectrically controllable dielectric layer such that a substantially uniaxial strain is induced in the ferroelectrically controllable dielectric layer by the stress exerting structure; wherein the ferroelectrically controllable dielectric layer comprises one or more of: a ferroelectric oxide layer and a normally non-ferroelectric material layer that does not exhibit ferroelectric properties in the absence of an applied stress.
US08890109B2	Resistive random access memory access cells having thermally isolating structures Provided are resistive random access memory (ReRAM) cells including resistive switching layers and thermally isolating structures for limiting heat dissipation from the switching layers during operation. Thermally isolating structures may be positioned within a stack or adjacent to the stack. For example, a stack may include one or two thermally isolating structures. A thermally isolating structure may directly interface with a switching layer or may be separated by, for example, an electrode. Thermally isolating structures may be formed from materials having a thermal conductivity of less than 1 W/m*K, such as porous silica and mesoporous titanium oxide. A thermally isolating structure positioned in series with a switching layer generally has a resistance less than the low resistance state of the switching layer. A thermally isolating structure positioned adjacent to a switching layer may have a resistance greater than the high resistance state of the switching layer.
US08890102B2	Radiation storage phosphor and applications The present invention relates to a photoexcitable storage phosphor which comprises at least one rare earth element in the trivalent +3 oxidation state and wherein upon irradiation by X-ray, γ-ray or UV radiation the trivalent +3 oxidation state is reduced to divalent +2 oxidation state. The present invention also relates to a dosimeter, radiation image storage panel comprising the phosphor of the present invention and in dosimetry applications for applications including scientific, medical and other imaging applications. The present invention also relates to a process for making a photoexcitable storage phosphor and a process for recording and reproducing an image.
US08890097B2	Multi-leaf collimator, particle beam therapy system, and treatment planning apparatus There are provided a leaf row in which a plurality of leaf plates are arranged in the thickness direction of the row in such a way that the respective one end faces of the leaf plates are trued up and a leaf plate drive mechanism that drives each of the plurality of leaf plates in such a way that the one end face approaches or departs from a beam axis. In each of the leaf plates, a facing side facing a leaf plate that is adjacent to that leaf plate in the thickness direction is formed of a plane including a first axis on the beam axis; the leaf plate drive mechanism drives the leaf plate along a circumferential orbit around the second axis, on the beam axis, that is perpendicular to the beam axis and the first axis.
US08890094B2	Projection lens arrangement A projection lens arrangement for a charged particle multi-beamlet system, the projection lens arrangement including one or more plates and one or more arrays of projection lenses. Each plate has an array of apertures formed in it, with projection lenses formed at the locations of the apertures. The arrays of projection lenses form an array of projection lens systems, each projection lens system comprising one or more of the projection lenses formed at corresponding points of the one or more arrays of projection lenses.
US08890084B1	Method for analyzing circuit pattern A method for analyzing circuit pattern is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: providing a plurality of monitor metal line structures formed on discrete locations of a substrate corresponding to different values of variable factors; performing a defect review to identify failure locations of the monitor metal line structures; determining a failure tendency of the monitor metal line structures so as to determine a boundary of the variable factors; and determining whether adjustment is to be made to product metal line structures.
US08890083B2	Soft error detection An apparatus includes a first radiation detector to generate a first signal when a first radiation level is exceeded and a second radiation detector to generate a second signal when a second radiation level is exceeded. The second radiation level is greater than the first radiation level. A first circuit is susceptible to soft errors at the first radiation level and a second circuit is susceptible to soft errors at the second radiation level. A control unit may suspend use of the first circuit and activate use of the second circuit if the first signal is received and the second signal is not received. The first and second circuits may be memory cells or logic circuits.
US08890078B2	Radiation detector Provided is a radiation detector 1 capable of improving reliability associated with radiation detection. The radiation detector 1 includes: a supporting substrate 2 that can transmit radiation there-through; a scintillator layer 3 formed on one principal surface 2a of the supporting substrate 2, the scintillator layer 3 including an incident surface 3a on which radiation is incident and an emission surface 3b emitting light generated by the incident radiation and on a side opposite to the incident surface 3a; and a light detection portion 5 disposed on an emission surface side of the scintillator layer 3 for detecting light emitted from the emission surface 3b.
US08890076B2	Bolometer and method of manufacturing the same The present invention relates to a bolometer (10) comprising a substrate (12), a first membrane (16) formed by removing a first sacrificial layer (14) on the substrate (12), the first membrane (16) comprising a measuring element (18) for measuring an amount of incident electromagnetic radiation (R), a second membrane (22) formed by removing a second sacrificial layer (20) on the first membrane (16), the second membrane (22) enclosing the first membrane (16), a first cavity (24) formed between the substrate (12) and the first membrane (16), and a second cavity (26) formed between the first membrane (16) and the second membrane (22). The present invention further relates to a method of manufacturing a bolometer, as well as a thermographic image sensor and medical device.
US08890067B2	Inspection system using scanning electron microscope An inspection system using a scanning electron microscope includes a scanning electron microscope chamber inspecting an object to be inspected by using an electron beam and maintaining a vacuum condition, a stage positioned below the scanning electron microscope chamber to be separated therefrom and mounted with the object to be inspected, and a transverse guide transferring the scanning electron microscope chamber on the stage. Atmospheric conditions are maintained between the scanning electron microscope chamber and the object to be inspected. Accordingly, object to be inspected a large size of an object to be inspected may be inspected without damage to the object to be inspected such that a cost reduction and a yield improvement may be realized.
US08890065B2	Apparatus and method for performing microdiffraction analysis An apparatus for detecting one or each of Kikuchi and Kossel diffraction patterns is provided. The apparatus comprises an electron column adapted in use to provide an electron beam (101) directed to wards a sample (102), the electron beam (101) having an energy in the range 2 keV to 50 keV, and a particle detector (111) for receiving and counting particles (103) from the sample (102) due to interaction of the electron beam (101) with the sample (102), the detector comprising an array of pixels (109) and having a count rate capability of at least 1000 particles per second for each pixel. The particle detector (111) is further adapted to provide electronic energy filtering of the received particles in order to count the received particles which are representative of the said diffraction pattern.
US08890055B2	Solid-state imaging device, method of producing the same, and camera A method of producing a solid-state imaging device includes the steps of forming on a substrate a photoelectric conversion portion that receives light on a light-receiving surface and that photoelectrically converts the received light to generate a signal charge, forming above the light-receiving surface an optical waveguide that guides light to the light-receiving surface, and forming above the optical waveguide a color filter which colors light and from which colored light is emitted to the optical waveguide, wherein, in forming the color filter, the color filter is formed from a photosensitive resin film containing a dye by performing an exposure process and then performing a development process on the film, and in forming the optical waveguide, a core portion of the optical waveguide is formed so that the core portion absorbs exposure light radiated onto the photosensitive resin film when the exposure process is performed.
US08890052B2	Shift register with two-phase non-overlapping clocks According to one embodiment, a method includes generating a first clock signal and a second clock signal with non-overlapping clock phases. The method may further include latching, by a plurality of master latches of a shift register, a plurality of values at a plurality of inputs of the master latches in response to a particular type of logical transition of the first clock signal. The method also includes latching, by a plurality of slave latches of the shift register, a plurality of output values of the plurality of master latches at a plurality of inputs of the slave latches in response to a particular type of logical transition of the second clock signal.
US08890050B2	Photosensor circuits including a regulated power supply comprising a power circuit configured to provide a regulated power signal to a comparator of a pulse-width modulator Photosensor circuits include a relay coil configured to control application of an alternating current (AC) power source to a load. The circuit includes a pulse width modulator circuit configured to generate a pulse width modulated signal having a pulse width that varies responsive to an average voltage across the relay coil. A drive transistor coupled to the relay coil controls the average voltage across the relay coil responsive to the pulse width modulated signal. A photo control circuit is configured to control application of the pulse width modulated signal to the drive transistor responsive to a detected light level. A power circuit coupled to the power source is configured to provide a regulated power signal to a comparator of the pulse width modulator circuit.
US08890021B2	Portable autonomous material processing system A portable plasma arc torch system can be used for processing materials. The system includes a replaceable or rechargeable power source and replaceable or rechargeable gas source. A controller communicates with at least one of the power source or the gas source. A plasma delivery device received via the controller current from the power source and gas from the gas source to generate a plasma arc at an output of the plasma delivery device. The plasma arc can be used to process materials such as metallic workpieces. The plasma arc torch can include a wearable portable assembly which includes the replaceable or rechargeable power and gas source. A plasma delivery device receives current from the power source in the assembly and gas from the gas source in the assembly to generate a plasma arc.
US08890014B1	Luminous keyboard and light guide plate module thereof A luminous keyboard includes a light-emitting element, a membrane wiring board, plural keys, and a light guide plate module. The plural keys are used for correspondingly triggering the plural membrane switches. The light-emitting element is used for providing the light beam to the luminous keyboard. The light guide plate module includes a first reflective layer, a second reflective layer, and a light-guiding layer between the first reflective layer and the second reflective layer. The light-guiding layer includes plural light-outputting regions and a spacing region. The plural light-outputting regions are aligned with the plural keys, respectively. The spacing region is arranged around the plural light-outputting regions. Moreover, plural light-guiding dots are located at the plural light-outputting regions, and at least one light diffusion structure is located at the spacing region.
US08890011B2	Medium voltage circuit breaker A Medium Voltage circuit breaker which comprises a pole assembly having, for each phase, an interruption chamber housing a first fixed contact and a second movable contact reciprocally couplable/uncouplable between an open and close position; the Medium Voltage circuit breaker further comprises an actuator to actuate the opening and closing operation of said circuit breaker and an insulating base frame supporting said pole assembly and said actuator.
US08890009B2	Disconnector for switchgear Disconnector for switchgear, having a first contact position, in which a contact is between main and first terminals, and a second contact position, in which a contact is between the main and second terminal. The disconnector includes a connector body moveable in a first direction between the first and second positions and having an end extendable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first direction for providing a contact force between the end and the first, second or main terminals, a first operating mechanism arranged to move the body between the first and second positions, and a second operating mechanism arranged to extend the end when the disconnector is in either the first or second contact positions, in which the end includes a conical inside surface and the second operating mechanism includes a first shaft having a first conically shaped end positioned inside the conical inside surface.
US08890006B2	Interlocking test weight system A test weight system includes a first assembly having a first body member and a plurality of ear members arranged about the first body member. The test weight system also includes a second assembly interlocked with the first assembly, the second assembly having a second body member defining a plurality of slots. A portion of each ear member extends through one of the plurality of slots.
US08890005B2	High voltage arrangement comprising an insulating structure A high voltage arrangement for a high voltage power system has an insulating structure which reduces the creep path. The insulating structure is arranged around the second conductor and has a continuous extension in an axial direction from a first end thereof providing insulation of essentially the entire length of the second conductor to a second end around the bushing portion, which second end extends around the bushing portion at least to a point where an electric potential of an external surface of the bushing portion is at most equal to the average of the potential of the first conductor and the potential of the interfacing plane when the high voltage arrangement is in use.
US08890003B2	Multiple-layered electromagnetic shielding An apparatus for electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) shielding, the apparatus comprising a first EMC shield with a plurality of substantially parallel interconnected finger elements spaced apart from one another. A second EMC shield with a plurality of substantially parallel interconnected finger elements spaced apart from one another. The first EMC shield coupled to the second EMC shield, wherein at least one finger element of the plurality of finger elements of the first EMC shield is situated between at least two finger elements of the plurality of finger elements of the second EMC shield and in parallel with the at least two finger elements such that a space is formed between the at least one finger element and at least one of the at least two finger elements.
US08890000B2	Printed wiring board having through-hole and a method of production thereof A printed wiring board has an insulating resin substrate having a first surface and a second surface, the insulating resin substrate having one or more penetrating-holes passing through the insulating resin substrate from the first surface to the second surface, a first conductor formed on the first surface of the insulating resin substrate, a second conductor formed on the second surface of the insulating resin substrate, and a through-hole conductor structure formed in the penetrating-hole of the insulating resin substrate and electrically connecting the first conductor and the second conductor. The penetrating-hole has a first portion having an opening on the first surface and a second portion having an opening on the second surface. The first portion and the second portion are connected such that the first portion and the second portion are set off from each other.
US08889993B1	Spool insulator system A two-piece spool insulator system for convenient installation of a spool insulator for a power line has a spool insulator first side component and a spool insulator second side component. The spool first side surface has a first side locking pin and a first side locking hole disposed thereon. The spool second side surface has a second side locking pin and a second side locking hole disposed thereon. The spool insulator has a channel disposed through a central cross-section. For use, the spool insulator first side component attaches to the spool insulator second side component to form a spool insulator system for convenient installation of a spool insulator for a power line.
US08889991B2	Flexible electrical connection A flexible electrical connection (28) for electrically contacting a sensor (10) or a sensor module (12) includes at least one electrical conductor (14) extending in an axial length between a moveable component (18) and a stationary component (20). The at least one electrical conductor (14) is fixed to a sensor housing (22) via a rigid coupling (46) and is connected to a housing (16) of the sensor (10) or sensor module (12) via a movable, rotatable coupling (54). The at least one electrical conductor (14) includes first sections (32) and second sections (34), the second sections (34) including an injected coating. The first sections (32) have a higher deformation property than the second sections (34), and the first sections (32) do not include an injected coating, or they include an injected coating having the thickness of a film hinge. The first and second sections extend along an axial length of the at least one electrical conductor (14), The first sections (32) have a thickness (36) that is less than the thickness (38) of the second sections (34). The first and second sections define a hinge of the electrical conductor (14) by their lengths, such that in a bent position (42), a bend (48) of the at least one electrical conductor (14) of at least 90° is formed within one of said first sections (32).
US08889971B1	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH724836 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH724836. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH724836, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH724836 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH724836.
US08889969B1	Hybrid corn variety 1374594 The invention provides seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated 1374594. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety 1374594, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety 1374594 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety 1374594.
US08889967B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH031776 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH031776. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH031776, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH031776 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH031776.
US08889965B2	Plants and seeds of hybrid corn variety CH822360 According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the hybrid corn variety designated CH822360. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CH822360, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CH822360 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to genetic complements of plants of variety CH822360.
US08889960B1	Soybean cultivar S120120 A soybean cultivar designated S120120 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar S120120, to the plants of soybean cultivar S120120, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar S120120, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar S120120. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S120120. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar S120120, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar S120120 with another soybean cultivar.
US08889955B2	Soybean cultivar XB36AX12 A soybean cultivar designated XB36AX12 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar XB36AX12, to the plants of soybean cultivar XB36AX12, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar XB36AX12, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar XB36AX12. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar XB36AX12. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar XB36AX12, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar XB36AX12 with another soybean cultivar.
US08889954B2	Soybean variety A1037429 The invention relates to the soybean variety designated A1037429. Provided by the invention are the seeds, plants and derivatives of the soybean variety A1037429. Also provided by the invention are tissue cultures of the soybean variety A1037429 and the plants regenerated therefrom. Still further provided by the invention are methods for producing soybean plants by crossing the soybean variety A1037429 with itself or another soybean variety and plants produced by such methods.
US08889953B1	Canola hybrid 45S51 A novel canola variety designated 45S51 and seed, plants and plant parts thereof, produced by crossing Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. proprietary inbred canola varieties. Methods for producing a canola plant that comprises crossing canola variety 45S51 with another canola plant. Methods for producing a canola plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into 45S51 through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the canola seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. This invention relates to the canola variety 45S51, the seed, the plant produced from the seed, and variants, mutants, and minor modifications of canola variety 45S51. This invention further relates to methods for producing canola varieties derived from canola variety 45S51.
US08889950B2	Repression of AtGLR3.2 increases plant biomass The present invention relates to methods that may be used to improve or modify nutrient sensing, absorption, metabolism, root growth, stomatal conductance, N use efficiency, C and N metabolism, plant biomass production and seed yield. More specifically, this invention is related to the glutamate receptors (GLRs) and their role(s) in nutrient sensing, metabolism, regulation of growth, development, and yield.
US08889943B2	Process and system for extraction of a feedstock The present invention relates to a method and system for recovering aromatics from a naphtha feedstock obtained from a crude petroleum, natural gas condensate, or petrochemical feedstock. The method and system comprise the steps of recovering an aromatics fraction from the feedstock prior to reforming.
US08889933B2	Process for the steamcracking of bio-naphtha produced from complex mixtures of natural occurring fats and oils A process can include making a bio-diesel, a bio-naphtha, and optionally bio-propane from a complex mixture of natural occurring fats & oils. The complex mixture can be subjected to a refining treatment for removing a major part of non-triglyceride and non-fatty acid components to obtain refined oils. The refined oils can be subjected to a fractionation step to obtain a substantially unsaturated liquid triglyceride part (phase L), and a substantially saturated solid triglyceride part (phase S). The phase L can transformed into alkyl-esters as bio-diesel by a transesterification. The phase S can be transformed into substantially linear paraffin's as the bio-naphtha by an hydrodeoxygenation. Fatty acids can be obtained from the phase S and transformed into substantially linear paraffin's as the bio-naphtha by hydrodeoxygenation or decarboxylation. Fatty acids soaps can be obtained from the phase S that are transformed into substantially linear paraffin's as the bio-naphtha by decarboxylation.
US08889927B2	Method to reduce the formation of high boiling compounds during the dehydrochlorination of 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane This invention relates to a method to improve 1,1,3-trichloropropene (HCC-1240za) and/or 3,3,3-trichloropropene (HCC-1240zf) selectivity in the dehydrochlorination of 1,1,1,3-tetrachloropropane (HCC-250fb). In normal practice, FeCl3 is used as the catalyst for the dehydrochlorination of HCC-250fb to produce 1,1,3-trichloropropene and/or 3,3,3-trichloropropene. Here the improvement comprises, using as the starting material, a mixture comprising HCC-250fb and Heavies generated from the reaction of CCl4 and ethylene to produce HCC-250fb, wherein the Heavies comprise one or more tetrachloropentane isomers. These compounds reduce or eliminate the formation of unwanted high boiling compounds (HBCs).
US08889922B2	Process for preparing 1, 6-hexanediol Disclosed are processes for preparing 1,6-hexanediol from levoglucosenone. In one embodiment, the process comprises contacting levoglucosenone with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst comprising palladium, platinum/tungsten, nickel/tungsten, rhodium/rhenium, or mixtures thereof at a first temperature between about 50° C. and 100° C. and at a first reaction pressure between about 50 psi and 2000 psi for a first reaction period, and at a second temperature between about 120° C. and 250° C. and at a second pressure between about 500 psi and 2000 psi for a second reaction period to form a product mixture comprising 1,6-hexanediol, wherein the first reaction period is the amount of time in which the levoglucosenone has a conversion of at least about 95%.
US08889916B2	Catalyst composition for hydroformylation reaction and hydroformylation process using the same The present invention relates to a catalyst composition for hydroformylation reaction and a hydroformylation process using the same. In the hydroformylation process using the catalyst composition according to the present invention, increased catalytic stability and high catalytic activity can be obtained, and the selectivity of iso-aldehyde produced can be desirably controlled.
US08889912B2	Process for preparing 1,6-hexanediol Disclosed are processes for preparing 1,6-hexanediol from levoglucosenone. In one embodiment, the process comprises contacting levoglucosenone with hydrogen in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst comprising palladium, platinum/tungsten, nickel/tungsten, rhodium/rhenium, or mixtures thereof at a first temperature between about 50° C. and 100° C. and at a first reaction pressure between about 50 psi and 2000 psi for a first reaction period, and at a second temperature between about 120° C. and 250° C. and at a second pressure between about 500 psi and 2000 psi for a second reaction period to form a product mixture comprising 1,6-hexanediol, wherein the first reaction period is the amount of time in which the levoglucosenone has a conversion of at least about 95%. In one embodiment, the 1,6-hexanediol is converted to 1,6-diaminohexane.
US08889897B2	Electrocarboxylation synthesis for obtaining intermediates useful for the synthesis of SPAN derivatives The present invention relates to a process for obtaining a compound of formula (1), (2) or (3) by means of a electrocarboxylation with CO2. The present invention also relates to the new intermediates (1) and (2). The present invention further relates to the use of intermediates (1) and (2) as starting materials for the synthesis of SPAN derivatives.
US08889892B2	Process for producing olefin oxide A process for producing an olefin oxide which comprises reacting an olefin with oxygen in the presence of a catalyst comprising (a) ruthenium metal or a ruthenium oxide, (b) manganese oxide and (c) alkaline metal component or alkaline earth metal component.
US08889891B2	Method for preparing a furfuranol-based compound and 2-furancarboxylic acid-based compound using an ionic liquid as a solvent This invention relates to a method of, in an eco-friendly manner, preparing a furfuranol-based compound and a 2-furancarboxylic acid-based compound using an ionic liquid as a reaction solvent, which includes reacting a furfural-based compound with a hydroxide of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal using an ionic liquid as the solvent, thus obtaining a furfuranol-based compound and a 2-furancarboxylic acid-based compound, and in which water is not used as the reaction solvent, thus preventing the generation of reaction wastewater, and the ionic liquid used as the solvent can be easily recovered and reused.
US08889889B2	Crosslinked polymers with the crosslinker as therapeutic for sustained release Crosslinked polymers, methods for their preparation and use, are described in which the crosslinked polymers are formed from at least two polymer precursors, one of which is designed, upon degradation of the crosslinked polymer, to release the second polymer precursor in its original, unmodified chemical form.
US08889870B2	Kinase inhibitors The present invention relates to compounds of formulae I and II wherein the variables are as defined herein. These compounds are capable of modulating tyrosine kinase signal transduction in order to regulate, modulate and/or inhibit abnormal cell proliferation.
US08889858B2	Phosphorescent organometallic iridium complex, light-emitting element, light-emitting device, electronic device, and lighting device As a novel substance having a novel skeleton, provided is a novel phosphorescent organometallic iridium complex that can emit phosphorescence in a blue green to red wavelength region and has high emission efficiency. The phosphorescent organometallic iridium complex has a ligand having a pyridyl pyrimidine skeleton, i.e., the phosphorescent organometallic iridium complex has a ligand having a structure represented by the following general formula (G0). Note that in the formula, R1 and R4 to R6 separately represent hydrogen or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms; and R2 and R3 separately represent any of hydrogen, an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a phenyl group that may have a substituent, and a pyridyl group that may have a substituent.
US08889845B2	Surrogate markers for viral infections and other inflammatory responses Compositions and methods for the detection, diagnosis and treatment of BVDV and other viruses are provided.
US08889814B2	Polyetheramine macromonomers comprising two neighboring hydroxyl groups and their use for producing polyurethanes The object of the invention are compounds of the formula (2) wherein R1 is H, methyl or ethyl, R2 is C1- to C4 alkyl, A is a C2- to C4 alkylene group, m is number from 10 to 400, n is 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5, a method for their production and their use in the production of polyurethane prepolymers.
US08889808B2	Farnesene interpolymers Farnesene interpolymer comprises units derived from a farnesene (e.g., α-farnesene or β-farnesene) and units derived from at least one vinyl monomer. The farnesene interpolymer can be prepared by copolymerizing the farnesene and at least one vinyl monomer in the presence of a catalyst. In some embodiments, the farnesene is prepared from a sugar by using a microorganism. In other embodiments, the at least one vinyl monomer is ethylene, an α-olefin, or a substituted or unsubstituted vinyl halide, vinyl ether, acrylonitrile, acrylic ester, methacrylic ester, acrylamide or methacrylamide, or a combination thereof.
US08889806B2	Ring-opening polymer of cyclopentene and method of production of same There is provided a ring-opening polymer of cyclopentene wherein a cis ratio of cyclopentene-derived structural units is 30% or more, the weight average molecular weight (Mw) is 100,000 to 1,000,000, and an oxysilyl group is included at an end of the polymer chain. For example, the ring-opening polymer of cyclopentene can be obtained by ring opening polymerization of cyclopentene in the presence of a compound of a transition metal belonging to Group 6 in the Periodic Table, an organoaluminum compound represented by the following general formula (1), and an olefinically unsaturated hydrocarbon containing an oxysilyl group. (R1)3-xAl(OR2)x (1) (in the general formula (1), R1 and R2 represent a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 20 carbon atoms and x satisfies the requirement 0
US08889805B2	Carboxylate metal complex and catalyst for olefin polymerization The present invention provides a metal complex of group 10 elements of the periodic table having a carboxylate structure represented by formula (C2); a catalyst for polymerization of olefin mainly comprising the metal complex; and a method for producing polymers by homopolymerizing olefin represented by formula (1), polymerizing two or more kinds of the above olefin, or copolymerizing olefin represented by formula (1) with polar group-containing olefin represented by formula (2) (the meaning of the symbols are as set forth in the description) using the catalyst. A metal complex of group 10 elements of the periodic table, in which all of the coordinating atoms to the metal are a hetero atom is stable and useful as a catalyst component for olefin polymerization, and can be used for a long time in homopolymerization of olefin or copolymerization of two or more kinds of olefin.
US08889793B2	Multimodal polyethylene copolymer resin composition, a preparation process therefor and a polymeric product comprising the same The invention relates to a multimodal polyethylene copolymer resin composition comprising (a) a lower molecular weight (LMW) ethylene polymer fraction and (b) a higher molecular weight (HMW) ethylene copolymer fraction, wherein the higher molecular weight (HMW) ethylene copolymer fraction comprises (b1) a higher molecular weight (HMW) ethylene copolymer subfraction having a weight average molecular weight at least 2 times the weight average molecular weight (Mw) of said multimodal polyethylene copolymer resin composition, which (b1) higher molecular weight (HMW) ethylene copolymer subfraction amounts from about 1-30 wt % of the total amount of the multimodal polyethylene copolymer resin composition and comprises comonomers in amount of at least about 1 wt % of the total amount of comonomer present in said multimodal polyethylene copolymer resin composition, a process for its preparation and its use.
US08889789B2	Low dielectric constant resin formulation, prepolymer, composition, and composite thereof The present disclosure provides a low dielectric constant resin formulation comprising 20-150 parts by weight of diisocyanate, 20-400 parts by weight of poly(2,6-dialkyl-1,4-phenylene oxide), and 200-650 parts by weight of a solvent. The present disclosure also provides a low dielectric constant resin prepolymer, composition, and composite produced from the above formulation, and a method for preparing the low dielectric constant resin prepolymer solution.
US08889788B2	Dispersions of polyurethanes, their preparation and use The present invention provides aqueous dispersions comprising a pigment (B) at least partially enveloped by polyurethane (A) and further comprising at least one polymerization inhibitor (C), said polyurethane (A) being obtainable by reaction of (a) 15% to 70% by weight of di- or polyisocyanate comprising on average from 1 to 10 allophanate groups and on average from 1 to 10 C—C double bonds per molecule, and optionally (b) 0% to 60% by weight of further di- or polyisocyanate, with (c) 5% to 50% by weight of compound having at least two isocyanate-reactive groups, weight % ages being based on total polyurethane (A).
US08889786B2	Cyclopentene ring-opening polymer and method of production of same A cyclopentene ring-opening polymer which has hydroxy groups at the polymer chain terminal ends is produced, then the hydroxy groups of the cyclopentene ring-opening polymer and isocyanate groups of a compound containing alkoxysilyl groups and isocyanate groups in its molecule are made to react to thereby produce a cyclopentene ring-opening polymer which contains structures at the polymer chain terminal ends where the polymer chains and groups including alkoxysilyl groups are bonded through urethane bond groups and which has a weight average molecular weight of 100,000 to 1,000,000.
US08889785B2	Production method of thermoplastic resin composition, molded body, and light emission body Disclosed is a production method of a thermoplastic resin composition which has a good light emission property of visible light by ultraviolet irradiation, the production method comprising: compounding 0.001 to 50 parts by mass of at least one of metal compound (B) selected from a metal complex (B1) and a metal halide (B2), and 0.001 to 30 parts by mass of a polyalkylene glycol compound (C), with respect to 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin (A); and heating it at a temperature of 100 to 320° C.
US08889783B2	Copolymers including biobased monomers and methods of making and using same Copolymer compositions and methods for making these compositions are described. The copolymers include a vinyl aromatic monomer; a second monomer, and a biobased monomer. The second monomer is selected from the group consisting of butadiene, alkyl acrylates, alkyl methacrylates, and mixtures thereof. Examples of biobased monomers useful in the compositions include isobornyl acrylate, isobornyl methacrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl acrylate, tetrahydrofurfuryl methacrylate, lauryl acrylate, lauryl methacrylate, and mixtures thereof. The compositions described herein can be used for binder or coating compositions and can include coating pigments, mineral fillers, and other additives.
US08889776B2	High dielectric constant composite materials and methods of manufacture The present invention relates to composite materials with a high dielectric constant and high dielectric strength and to methods of producing the composite materials. The composite materials have high dielectric constants at a range of high frequencies and possess robust mechanical properties and strengths, such that they may be machined to a variety of configurations. The composite materials also have high dielectric strengths for operation in high power and high energy density systems. In one embodiment, the composite material is composed of a trimodal distribution of ceramic particles, including barium titanate, barium strontium titanate (BST), or combinations thereof and a polymer binder.
US08889769B2	Weathering-resistant polyester molding compositions with styrene copolymers The invention relates to a thermoplastic molding composition containing at least one polyester, a compound of the formula (I) a mixture of compounds of the formula (II) and optionally additional compounds and additives. The invention further relates to the use of the thermoplastic molding composition for the producing fibers, foils and moldings. The invention further relates to fibers, foils and moldings containing the thermoplastic molding composition.
US08889767B2	Thermoplastic molding compounds based on styrene copolymers and polyamides having improved weathering resistance The thermoplastic molding composition comprises a) as component A, from 3 to 78% by weight of one or more styrene copolymers which have no units derived from maleic anhydride, b) as component B, from 15 to 90% by weight of one or more polyamides, c) as component C, from 5 to 50% by weight of one or more impact-modifying graft rubbers without olefinic double bonds in the rubber phase, d) as component D, from 1 to 25% by weight of one or more styrene copolymers which have, based on the entire component D, from 0.5 to 5% by weight of units derived from maleic anhydride, e) as component E, from 1 to 30% by weight of one or more further rubbers based on olefinic monomers without core-shell structure, and having at least 0.1% by weight of functional monomers, f) as component F, from 0 to 50% by weight of one or more fibrous or particulate fillers, g) as component G, from 0 to 40% by weight of further additives, where the entire amount of components A to E and, if appropriate, F and G is 100% by weight.
US08889766B2	Thin glassy polymer films including spherical nanoparticles A method of forming a solid-state polymer can include grafting a graft polymer to nanoparticles to provide grafted nanoparticles, and dispersing the grafted nanoparticles in a polymer matrix to provide a specified loading of the grafted nanoparticles within the polymer matrix to form a solid-state polymer. A solid-state polymer can include grafted nanoparticles comprising a polymer graft grafted to nanoparticles, and a polymer matrix, in which the grafted nanoparticles are dispersed to form a solid-state polymer, the dispersion configured to provide a specified loading of the grafted nanoparticles within the solid-state polymer.
US08889750B2	Expanded polypropylene resin particles, and polypropylene resin in-mold-expanded molding Polypropylene resin expanded particles comprises a polypropylene resin as a base material resin, the polypropylene resin having at least three melting peaks on a DSC curve for a second temperature rise measured at a heating rate of 10 g/min with use of a heat flux differential scanning calorimeter (DSC), the at least three melting peaks including (i) a lowest temperature melting peak of 100° C. to 130° C. and (ii) a highest temperature melting peak of 140° C. to 160° C., the polypropylene resin having a resin DSC ratio change rate of 0.5%/° C. to 3.0%/° C., the expanded particles having two melting peaks in a DSC measurement made at a first temperature rise at the heating rate of 10 g/min, the two melting peaks including, (i) on a lower temperature side, a melting peak temperature of 100° C. to 130° C. and, (ii) on a higher temperature side, a melting peak temperature of 140° C. to 160° C.
US08889723B2	Aminoalkyloxazole and aminoalkylthiazolecarboxylic acid amides as regeneration-promoting substances for sensory organs and post-mitotic tissues A method of treating inner ear hardness of hearing and restoring hearing of humans and animals after damage and loss of sensory hair cells in an organ of Corti based on regeneration biology includes administering a therapeutically effective amount of a compound including aminoalkyloxazole and aminoalkylthiazole carboxylic acid amides, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, a stereoisomer, a stereoisomer mixture, a tautomer or a prodrug compound thereof, directly or indirectly to damaged tissue structures in a cochlea, optionally, by transtympanal injection into a middle ear, by application to a round or oval window of an inner ear or by injection into the inner ear.
US08889718B2	Thiazole derivatives Method of treating central nervous systems disease by administering wherein n is an integer of from 0 to 3; R1A is a 5-membered aromatic heterocyclic group containing at least one oxygen atom; R2A is —COR8 (wherein R8 is aryl); R3A is hydrogen or lower alkyl; and R12 represents cycloalkyl, aryl, aralkyl, alicyclic heterocyclic group, aromatic heterocyclic group, alicyclic hetocyclic-alkyl, or aromatic heterocyclic-alkyl, and R1A, R2A, R3A and R12 are individually optionally substituted.
US08889707B2	Treatment of addiction The invention discloses methods for preventing or treating addiction by administering to a subject in need thereof a PARP inhibitor.
US08889702B2	Derivatives of azaspiranyl-alkylcarbamates of 5-member heterocyclic compounds, preparation thereof and therapeutic use thereof The invention relates to a compound of the general formula (I) in which R2 is a hydrogen or fluorine atom or a hydroxyl, cyano, trifluoromethyl, C1-6-alkyl, C1-6-alkoxy, NR8R9 group; m, n, o and p are independently an integer equal to 0, 1, 2 or 3; A is a covalent bond or a C1-8-alkylene group; R1 is an optionally substituted aryl or heteroaryl group; R3 is a hydrogen or fluorine atom or a C1-6-alkyl group or a trifluoromethyl group; R4 is an optionally substituted 5-member heterocyclic compound; the compound being in the form of a base or acid addition salt. The invention also relates to the therapeutic use thereof.
US08889681B2	Use and application of a pharmaceutical composition containing a mixture of natural-origin heterocyclical guanidine, for cosmetology, wound healing, focal dystonia and muscular spasm-related clinical pathologies Pharmaceutical compositions comprising tricyclic 3,4-propinoperhydropurines and uses thereof for the treatment of facial wrinkling are provided.
US08889680B2	Treatment or prevention of fungal infections with PDK1 inhibitors Provided are methods of treating or preventing a fungal infection in a subject. The methods comprise identifying a subject with or at risk of developing a fungal infection and administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of an inhibitor or a fungal phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 (PDK-1) or a homolog thereof. Inhibition of the fungal PDK-1 or homolog thereof results in the treatment or prevention of a fungal infection in the subject. Also provided are compositions comprising an inhibitor of a fungal phosphoinositide-dependent kinase 1 (PDK-1) or a homolog thereof, and a pharmaceutically acceptable carrier.
US08889679B2	Glutaraldehyde based biocidal compositions and methods of use Provided are biocidal compositions comprising glutaraldehyde and a compound selected from the group consisting of 1-(3-chloroallyl)-3,5,7-triaza-1-azoniaadamantane; tris(hydroxymethyl)-nitromethane; and a hexahydrotriazine compound. The compositions are useful for controlling microorganisms in aqueous or water-containing systems.
US08889671B2	Compounds and methods for treating bacterial infections Compounds of formula (I), pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and uses of the compounds of formula (I) for treating bacterial infections are disclosed.
US08889667B2	Therapeutic compounds and compositions Compounds and compositions comprising compounds that modulate pyruvate kinase M2 (PKM2) are described herein. Also described herein are methods of using the compounds that modulate PKM2 in the treatment of cancer.
US08889664B2	Phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase inhibitors and methods of their use The present invention comprises small molecule inhibitors of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K), which is associated with a number of malignancies such as ovarian cancer, cervical cancer, breast cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer, and glioblastomas, among others. Accordingly, the compounds of the present invention are useful for treating, preventing, and/or inhibiting these diseases.
US08889663B2	Formulation for oral transmucosal administration of lipid-lowering drugs The invention relates to a formulation for delivering by oral transmucosal administration at least one lipid-lowering active principle, preferably from the statin family, said formulation including said active principle in the base or salt form, an aqueous alcohol solution titrating at least 30° alcohol, and optionally a pH correcting agent and/or an antioxidant, said active principle being in a stable and completely dissolved state in the aqueous alcohol solution. The invention also relates to a method of preparing said formulation and to the use thereof, preferably in single-dose packaging, for treating and preventing hyperlipemia and/or cardiovascular conditions.
US08889658B2	Phosphonate compounds The present invention relates to phosphonate compounds, compositions containing them, processes for obtaining them, and their use for treating a variety of medical disorders, e.g., osteoporosis and other disorders of bone metabolism, cancer, viral infections, and the like.
US08889655B2	Compositions and methods for preventing infectious diseases in females A product that includes a bioadhesive treatment solution for prevention of infectious diseases in the urinary tract of a female is provided. The product includes a polysaccharide. The product is positioned over the urinary tract of a female to act as a barrier against infectious transfer. A method for applying the product and a method for making the product are also disclosed.
US08889654B2	Food formulation comprising glycogen The present invention relates to a food formulation for the controlled release of glucose comprising glycogen and at least one other edible component, as well the use of glycogen for its preparation.
US08889638B2	Stimulus-triggered prodrugs Set forth herein, inter alia, are compositions and methods for treating diseases with prodrugs. Provided herein are prodrug compositions for inhibiting the function of proteins, compositions and methods for treating diseases associated with oxidative compounds, oxidatively-sensitive prodrugs of inhibitors of metalloproteases. and methods of inhibiting metalloproteases using oxidatively-sensitive prodrugs.
US08889633B2	Nutritional compositions containing a peptide component with anti-inflammatory properties and uses thereof The present disclosure relates to nutritional compositions comprising a protein equivalent source, wherein 20% to 80% of the protein equivalent source includes a peptide component comprising SEQ ID NO 4, SEQ ID NO 13, SEQ ID NO 17, SEQ ID NO 21, SEQ ID NO 24, SEQ ID NO 30, SEQ ID NO 31, SEQ ID NO 32, SEQ ID NO 51, SEQ ID NO 57, SEQ ID NO 60, and SEQ ID NO 63, and 20% to 80% of the protein equivalent source comprises an intact protein, a partially hydrolyzed protein, or combinations thereof. The disclosure further relates to methods of reducing the inflammatory response and/or production of proinflammatory cytokines, i.e. Interleukin-17, by providing said nutritional compositions to a target subject.
US08889628B2	Soluble tandem selectin glycoprotein ligand molecules Recombinant proteins comprised of multiple selectin binding domains derived from the glycopeptide PSGL-1, in a novel tandem configuration, are disclosed, including their fusions with immunoglobulins and/or other polypeptides. Polynucleotides encoding such proteins, compositions and kits containing such proteins, and methods of using such proteins are also disclosed.
US08889620B2	Pharmaceutical compositions comprising peptide antagonists of vascular endothelial growth factor The present invention provides isolated polypeptides having VEGF antagonist activity, pharmaceutical compositions and methods of treatment. The polypeptides of the invention include polypeptides comprising a portion of SEQ ID NO: 1 having VEGF antagonist activity, polypeptides comprising SEQ ID NO: 2 or a portion thereof having VEGF antagonist activity, and a polypeptide having the structure of formula (I), set forth above. The present invention further includes analogs and derivatives of these polypeptides having VEGF antagonist activity.
US08889618B2	C-terminal fragments of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) C-Terminal Fragments of Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 (GLP 1), and methods of use thereof, e.g., for the treatment of obesity and obesity-related disorders, e.g., diabetes and the metabolic syndrome.
US08889615B2	Methods for promoting epithelialization and healing of chronic wounds Compositions for antagonizing phosphorylation and subsequent degradation of glycogen synthase kinase 3 beta (GSK3β) in epidermal cells are disclosed. GSK3β phosphorylation antagonists include molecules that function to inhibit or reduce the binding activity or enzymatic activity of an upstream signaling molecule leading to GSK3β phosphorylation, or by downregulating the expression of one or more upstream signaling molecules involved in regulating GSK3β phosphorylation. Methods of using the GSK3β phosphorylation antagonists to inhibit or reduce the phosphorylation and degradation of GSK3β in epidermal cells are provided. The methods are useful to promote epithelialization and closure of wounds, such as chronic non-healing wounds.
US08889612B2	Method of laundering fabric using a compacted liquid laundry detergent composition A method of laundering fabric including the step of contacting a liquid laundry detergent composition to water to form a wash liquor, and laundering fabric in the wash liquor, wherein the laundry detergent is contacted to water in such an amount so that the concentration of the laundry detergent composition in the wash liquor is from above 0 g/l to 4 g/l, and wherein from 0.01 kg to 2 kg of fabric per liter of wash liquor is dosed into the wash liquor, and wherein the liquid laundry detergent composition comprises: (i) detersive surfactant; (ii) surfactancy boosting polymer; (iii) from 0 wt % to 10 wt % fatty acid; (iv) silicone suds suppressor; (v) structurant; (vi) enzyme; and (vii) nil-boron enzyme stabilizer; wherein the electrolytic strength of the composition at a concentration of 1 g/l in de-ionized water and at a temperature of 25° C. in mScm−1 is less than 200 mScm−1.
US08889606B2	Lubricant composition 1-[Di(4-octylphenyl)aminomethyl]tolutriazole is prepared in a mineral oil wherein the reaction also contains between 0.1 and 5% by weight of a polyacrylate polymer dissolved in a mineral oil. The liquid product shows increased storage stability with respect to crystallization of the 1-[di(4-octylphenyl)aminomethyl]tolutriazole when the polyacrylate polymer is added during the reaction to prepare the 1-[Di(4-octylphenyl)aminomethyl]tolutriazole. This product can be utilized in a lubricant composition as an antioxidant and corrosion inhibitor.
US08889604B2	Method of preparing greases Provided is a method for preparing a grease composition, which comprises mixing grease components under high pressure and high flow rate impingement. In one embodiment, a first mixture of an amine in a lubricating base oil is mixed with an isocyanate in a lubricating base oil under high pressure and high flow impingement. In another embodiment, the mixing and reaction occurs in a reaction injection molding device. The orifice size through which each of the mixtures is introduced into a reaction/mixing zone is less than 0.030 inch (0.0762 centimeter) in diameter. The resulting grease composition is an extremely low noise grease, being virtually clear of any urea thickener particles, and/or can exhibit good high temperature resistance and mechanical stability.
US08889603B2	Compositions and methods for diverting injected fluids to achieve improved hydrocarbon fluid recovery The present disclosure is directed to compositions and methods that may be used for enhanced oil recovery, for modifying the permeability of subterranean formations and for increasing the mobilization and/or recovery rate of hydrocarbon fluids present in the formations. The compositions may include, for example, expandable cross linked polymeric microparticles having an unexpanded volume average particle size diameter of from about 0.05 to about 5,000 microns and a cross linking agent content of from about 100 to about 200,000 ppm of hydrolytically labile silyl ester or silyl ether crosslinkers and from 0 to about 300 ppm of non-labile crosslinkers.
US08889602B2	Copolymer for shale stabilization and method of use Embodiments disclosed herein relate to methods for stabilizing shales while drilling a wellbore into an earthen formation comprising circulating an aqueous based wellbore fluid in the wellbore while drilling through shales; wherein the aqueous-based wellbore fluid comprises a copolymer of acrylamide-type comonomers and at least one cationic comonomer.
US08889600B2	Sulfonated internal olefin surfactant for enhanced oil recovery A process for recovering oil from an oil-bearing formation comprises introducing into said formation an aqueous composition comprising at least one sulfonated derivative of one or more internal olefins, said internal olefins being characterized by having low amounts of tri-substitution on the olefin bond, said sulfonated derivative being obtained by sulfonating a composition comprising internal olefins of the formula: R1R2C═CR3R4 wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are the same or different and are hydrogen or straight- or branched-chain, saturated hydrocarbyl groups and the total number of carbon atoms of R1, R2, R3 and R4 is 6 to 44 with the proviso that at least about 96 mole percent of R1 and R3 are straight- or branched-chain, saturated hydrocarbyl groups and at least about 96 mole percent of R2 and R4 are hydrogen. Further provided are compositions for use in recovering oil from an oil bearing formation.
US08889599B1	Methods for use of oil-soluble weighting agents in subterranean formation treatment fluids Methods of treating a subterranean formation including providing a treatment fluid comprising an oil-based fluid component and an oil-soluble weighting agent that comprises a metal, wherein the oil-soluble weighting agent has a density in the range of from about 1.1 g/cm3 to about 22 g/cm3; solubilizing the oil-soluble weighting agent in the oil-based fluid component of the treatment fluid, wherein the oil-soluble weighting agent increases the density of the oil-based fluid component of the treatment fluid; introducing the oil-based treatment fluid into a wellbore in a subterranean formation.
US08889598B2	Treatment process for inhibiting top of line corrosion of pipes used in the petroleum industry The subject-matter of the present invention is multifunctional corrosion inhibitors for protecting from top of line corrosion and bottom line corrosion for pipes used in particular in the petroleum industry.The corrosion-inhibiting compositions comprise, as inhibitors, at least one amine with a boiling point of between 105 and 130° C.
US08889592B2	Insecticidal and/or herbicidal composition having improved activity based on spiroheterocyclically substituted tetramic acid derivatives The present invention relates to boosting the action of crop protection compositions comprising in particular spiroheterocyclically substituted tetramic acid derivatives of the formula (I) by addition of ammonium or phosphonium salts and optionally penetrants, to the corresponding compositions, to processes for their preparation and to their use in crop protection as insecticides and/or acaricides and/or for preventing unwanted vegetation.
US08889582B2	Hydrogen combustion catalyst and method for producing thereof, and method for combusting hydrogen The present invention is a hydrogen combustion catalyst including a catalyst metal supported on a carrier composed of an inorganic oxide, wherein a functional group having at the end thereof at least an alkyl group having three or less carbon atoms is bonded by substitution to each of a certain fraction or the whole of the hydroxyl groups on the surface of the carrier. The functional group bonded to each of a certain fraction or the whole of the hydroxyl groups on the surface of the carrier is preferably an organic silane. The hydrogen combustion catalyst according to the present invention is capable of maintaining the activity thereof even when a hydrogen-containing gas, a treatment object, contains a water content equal to or less than the saturated water vapor content and the reaction temperature is set at or around room temperature, namely, at 0 to 40° C.
US08889557B2	Substrate treating method, temporary fixing composition and semiconductor device The invention provides a substrate treating method which can favorably prevent damages to a substrate when the substrate is separated from a support, thus achieving a high yield. The substrate treating method includes, in the sequence set forth, a step 1 of temporarily fixing a substrate onto a support via a temporary fixing material to form a stack, the temporary fixing material including at least a temporary fixing material (I) containing a cycloolefin polymer (A) and a compound (B) having a structure (b1) such as a dialkyl silicone structure, and a structure (b2) such as a polyoxyalkylene structure, a step 2 of processing the substrate and/or transporting the stack, and a step 3 of applying a force to the substrate or the support in a direction substantially perpendicular to the plane of substrate to separate the substrate from the support.
US08889554B2	Semiconductor structure and method for manufacturing the same The present invention provides a method for manufacturing a semiconductor structure, comprising: forming a first contact layer on an exposed active region of a first spacer; forming a second spacer at a region of the first contact layer close to a gate stack to partially cover the exposed active region; forming a second contact layer in the uncovered exposed active region, wherein when a diffusion coefficient of the first contact layer is the same as that of the second contact layer, the first contact layer has a thickness less than that of the second contact layer; and when the diffusion coefficient of the first contact layer is different from that of the second contact layer, the diffusion coefficient of the first contact layer is smaller than that of the second contact layer. Correspondingly, the present invention also provides a semiconductor structure. The present invention is beneficial to the suppression of the diffusion of corresponding compositions from the contact layers into the channel region, reduction of the short channel effects, and improvement of the reliability of the semiconductor structure.
US08889550B2	Lithographic method for making networks of conductors connected by vias A method of lithography for formation of two networks of conductors connected by vias in microelectronic integrated circuits comprises, after formation of a first network of buried conductors under an insulating layer: deposition and etching of a sacrificial layer on a substrate, formation of spacers along all edges of elements of the sacrificial layer; removal of this layer; etching of a masking layer. Then, two successive etchings of the insulating layer are carried out, over two successive depths, one defining the depth of the conductors of the second network, the other defining a complement of depth needed at the desired locations for the vias. One of the etchings is defined by the masking layer and corresponds to the locations of the conductors of the second network; the other is defined both by the spacers and by openings in a layer etched by lithography and corresponds to the locations of the vias. Lastly, following the two etchings, the regions etched into the insulating material of the substrate are filled with a conductive material which forms the conductors and the vias at the same time.
US08889549B2	Methods of forming conductive structures using a sacrificial liner layer One illustrative method disclosed herein includes performing a first etching process to define a via opening in a layer of insulating material, performing at least one process operation to form a sacrificial liner layer on the sidewalls of the via opening, performing a second etching process to define a trench in the layer of insulating material, wherein the sacrificial liner layer is exposed to the second etching process, after performing the second etching process, performing a third etching process to remove the sacrificial liner layer and, after performing the third etching process, forming a conductive structure in at least the via opening and the trench.
US08889545B2	Method of manufacturing a semiconductor device Provided is a method of manufacturing a semiconductor device of a multilayer wiring structure that comprises a CFx film as an interlayer insulating film, that can make the most of the advantage of the CFx film having a low dielectric constant, and that can prevent degradation of the properties of the CFx film due to CMP. The method of this invention includes (a) forming a CFx film, (b) forming a recess of a predetermined pattern on the CFx film, (c) providing a wiring layer so as to bury the recess and to cover the CFx film, and (d) removing the excess wiring layer on the CFx film other than in the recess by CMP (Chemical Mechanical Polishing), thereby exposing a surface of the CFx film, wherein (e) nitriding the surface of the CFx film is provided before or after (b).
US08889544B2	Dielectric protection layer as a chemical-mechanical polishing stop layer The disclosure provides mechanisms of performing metal chemical-mechanical polishing (CMP) without significant loss of copper and a dielectric film of damascene structures. The mechanisms use a metal CMP stop layer made of a low-k dielectric film with a porogen, which significantly reduces the removal rate of the metal CMP stop layer by metal CMP. The metal CMP stop layer is converted into a porous low-k dielectric film after a cure (or curing) to remove or convert the porogen. The low-k value, such as equal to or less than about 2.6, of the metal CMP stop layer makes the impact of using of the metal CMP stop layer on RC delay from minimum to none. Further the CMP stop layer protects the porous low-k dielectric film underneath from exposure to water, organic compounds, and mobile ions in the CMP slurry.
US08889536B2	Method for forming a dopant profile A method is provided for forming a dopant profile based on a surface of a wafer-like semiconductor component with phosphorus as a dopant. The method includes the steps of applying a phosphorus dopant source onto the surface, forming a first dopant profile with the dopant source that is present on the surface, removing the dopant source, and forming a second dopant profile that has a greater depth in comparison to the first dopant profile. In order to form an optimized dopant profile, the dopant source is removed after forming the first dopant profile, and precipitates that are crystallized selectively on or in the surface from the precipitates SixPy and SixPyOz are removed.
US08889528B2	Method for manufacturing a semiconductor component A semiconductor component having a low resistance conduction path and a method for manufacturing the semiconductor component. When the semiconductor component is a Schottky diode, one or more trenches are formed in an epitaxial layer of a first conductivity type that is formed over a semiconductor substrate of the first conductivity type. The trenches may extend into the semiconductor material. Epitaxial semiconductor material of a second conductivity type is selectively grown along the sidewalls of the trenches. An anode contact is formed in contact with the epitaxial layer and the selectively grown epitaxial material and a cathode contact is formed in contact with the semiconductor substrate.
US08889527B2	Phase change memory and method therefor Briefly, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, a phase change memory and a method to manufacture a phase change memory is provided. The phase change memory may include a memory material and a first tapered contact adjacent to the memory material. The phase change memory may further include a second tapered contact separated from the first tapered contact and adjacent to the memory material, wherein the first and second tapered contacts are adapted to provide a signal to the memory material.
US08889525B2	Substrate dividing method A substrate dividing method which can thin and divide a substrate while preventing chipping and cracking from occurring. This substrate dividing method comprises the steps of irradiating a semiconductor substrate 1 having a front face 3 formed with functional devices 19 with laser light while positioning a light-converging point within the substrate, so as to form a modified region including a molten processed region due to multiphoton absorption within the semiconductor substrate 1, and causing the modified region including the molten processed region to form a starting point region for cutting; and grinding a rear face 21 of the semiconductor substrate 1 after the step of forming the starting point region for cutting such that the semiconductor substrate 1 attains a predetermined thickness.
US08889521B1	Method for silver deposition for a non-volatile memory device A method of depositing a silver layer includes forming a plurality of openings in a dielectric layer to expose a top surface of a structure comprising a resistive memory layer on top of a p-doped silicon-containing layer on top of a conductive structure, depositing a first metal layer comprising a tungsten layer overlying the top surface of the structure, wherein a first metal material of the first metal layer contacts a resistive memory material of the resistive memory layer and exposing the first metal layer in a bath comprising a solution of silver species having an alkaline pH for a predetermined time to form a silver metal layer from the silver species from the solution overlying the resistive memory material, wherein the silver species is reduced by the first metal material, and wherein the first metal material is solubilized while forming the silver metal layer.
US08889515B2	Method for fabricating semiconductor device by changing work function of gate metal layer A semiconductor device includes a substrate including a first region and a second region, a gate dielectric layer formed on the substrate, and a metal electrode layer formed on the gate dielectric layer and including a compound of carbon and nitrogen, wherein a metal electrode formed from the metal electrode layer in the first region has a work function lower than a work function of a metal electrode formed from the metal electrode layer in the second region and a nitrogen concentration of the metal electrode of the first region is smaller than a nitrogen concentration of the metal electrode of the second region.
US08889513B2	Trench MOSFET with trenched floating gates having thick trench bottom oxide as termination A power semiconductor power device having composite trench bottom oxide and multiple trench floating gates is disclosed. The gate charge is reduced by forming a pad oxide surrounding a HDP oxide on trench bottom. The multiple trenched floating gates are applied in termination for saving body mask.
US08889510B2	Surrounding stacked gate multi-gate FET structure nonvolatile memory device A method for forming a surrounding stacked gate fin FET nonvolatile memory structure includes providing a silicon-on-insulator (SOI) substrate of a first conductivity type, patterning a fin active region on a region of the substrate, forming a tunnel oxide layer on the fin active region, and depositing a first gate electrode of a second conductivity type on the tunnel oxide layer and upper surface of the substrate. The method further includes forming a dielectric composite layer on the first gate electrode, depositing a second gate electrode on the dielectric composite layer, patterning the first and second gate electrodes to define a surrounding stacked gate area, forming a spacer layer on a sidewall of the stacked gate electrode, and forming elevated source/drain regions in the fin active region on both sides of the second gate electrode.
US08889509B2	Charge trapping devices with field distribution layer over tunneling barrier A memory cell comprising: a semiconductor substrate with a surface with a source region and a drain region disposed below the surface of the substrate and separated by a channel region; a tunneling barrier dielectric structure with an effective oxide thickness of greater than 3 nanometers disposed above the channel region; a conductive layer disposed above the tunneling barrier dielectric structure and above the channel region; a charge trapping structure disposed above the conductive layer and above the channel region; a top dielectric structure disposed above the charge trapping structure and above the channel region; and a top conductive layer disposed above the top dielectric structure and above the channel region are described along with devices thereof and methods for manufacturing.
US08889501B2	Methods for forming MOS devices with raised source/drain regions A method includes forming a first gate stack of a first device over a semiconductor substrate, and forming a second gate stack of a second MOS device over the semiconductor substrate. A first epitaxy is performed to form a source/drain stressor for the second MOS device, wherein the source/drain stressor is adjacent to the second gate stack. A second epitaxy is performed to form a first silicon layer and a second silicon layer simultaneously, wherein the first silicon layer is over a first portion of the semiconductor substrate, and is adjacent the first gate stack. The second silicon layer overlaps the source/drain stressor.
US08889495B2	Semiconductor alloy fin field effect transistor Semiconductor alloy fin structures can be formed by recessing a semiconductor material layer including a first semiconductor material to form a trench, and epitaxially depositing a semiconductor alloy material of the first semiconductor material and a second semiconductor material within the trench. The semiconductor alloy material is epitaxially aligned to the first semiconductor material in the semiconductor material layer. First semiconductor fins including the first semiconductor material and second semiconductor fins including the semiconductor alloy material can be simultaneously formed. In one embodiment, the first and second semiconductor fins can be formed on an insulator layer, which prevents diffusion of the second semiconductor material to the first semiconductor fins. In another embodiment, shallow trench isolation structures and reverse biased wells can be employed to provide electrical insulation among neighboring semiconductor fins.
US08889491B2	Method of forming electronic fuse line with modified cap An electronic fuse structure having an Mx level including an Mx dielectric, a fuse line, an Mx cap dielectric above at least a portion of the Mx dielectric, and a modified portion of the Mx cap dielectric directly above at least a portion of the fuse line, where the modified portion of the Mx cap dielectric is chemically different from the remainder of the Mx cap dielectric, an Mx+1 level including an Mx+1 dielectric, a first Mx+1 metal, an Mx+1 cap dielectric above of the Mx+1 dielectric and the first Mx+1 metal, where the Mx+1 level is above the Mx level, and a first via electrically connecting the fuse line to the first Mx+1 metal.
US08889482B2	Methods to fabricate integrated circuits by assembling components The present invention discloses methods and apparatuses for the separations of IC fabrication and assembling of separated IC components to form complete IC structures. In an embodiment, the present fabrication separation of an IC structure into multiple discrete components can take advantages of dedicated IC fabrication facilities and achieve more cost effective products. The present process can fabricate multiple components separately before assembling them into a complete integrated circuit. In an aspect, the ready-for-assembling components are taken directly from processed wafers without any additional assembling processes, and/or having lateral dimensions less than 1 mm.
US08889474B2	Organic light-emitting element and process for production thereof, and organic display panel and organic display device In an interlayer insulating layer, upper surface portions in edge regions near banks are located higher than an upper surface portion in a central region. In an anode formed to extend along upper surface portions, upper surface portions in edge regions near banks are located higher than an upper surface portion in a central region. In hole injection transporting layer formed to extend along upper surface portions, upper surface portions in edge regions near banks are located higher than an upper surface portion in central region. In an organic light-emitting layer, upper surface portions in edge regions (regions C1 and C2) near banks are located higher than an upper surface portion in a central region (region C3). As a result, in an organic light-emitting layer, thicknesses D1 and D2 are equal to thickness D3.
US08889471B2	Burnthrough formulations For solar cell fabrication, the addition of precursors to printable media to assist etching through silicon nitride or silicon oxide layer thus affording contact with the substance underneath the nitride or oxide layer. The etching mechanism may be by molten ceramics formed in situ, fluoride-based etching, as well as a combination of the two.
US08889470B2	Thin film type solar cell and method for manufacturing the same A thin film type solar cell and a method for manufacturing the same is disclosed, wherein the method comprises sequentially depositing a front electrode layer and a semiconductor layer on a substrate; forming a first separating channel by removing predetermined portions of the front electrode layer and the semiconductor layer; forming a contact portion and a second separating channel by removing predetermined portions of the semiconductor layer; forming a first insulating layer in the first separating channel; and forming a plurality of rear electrodes at fixed intervals by each second separating channel interposed in-between, wherein each rear electrode is electrically connected with the front electrode layer through the contact portion. The present invention needs only one cleaning process after carrying out the laser-scribing process, whereby the yield can be improved owing to the simplified manufacturing process. According to the present invention, there is no need to alternately load the substrate to the vacuum-deposition apparatus and the laser-scribing apparatus, whereby the apparatus structure is simple and the manufacturing time is decreased, thereby resulting in the improved yield.
US08889465B2	Sodium doped thin film CIGS/CIGSS absorber for high efficiency photovoltaic devices and related methods A method of processing a thin-film absorber material with enhanced photovoltaic efficiency. The method includes providing a soda-lime glass substrate having a surface region and forming a barrier material overlying the surface region, followed by formation of a stack structure including a first thickness of a first precursor, a second thickness of a second precursor, and a third thickness of a third precursor. The first thickness of the first precursor is sputtered with a first target device including a first mixture of copper, gallium, and a first sodium species. The method further includes subjecting the soda-lime glass substrate having the stack structure in a thermal treatment process with at least H2Se gas species at a temperature above 400° C. to cause formation of an absorber material. Moreover, the method includes transferring a second sodium species from a portion of the soda-lime glass substrate via gas-phase diffusion during the thermal treatment process.
US08889464B2	Method for manufacturing solar cell A method for manufacturing a solar cell includes performing a dry etching process to form a textured surface including a plurality of minute protrusions on a first surface of a semiconductor substrate, performing a first cleansing process for removing damaged portions of surfaces of the minute protrusions using a basic chemical and removing impurities adsorbed on the surfaces of the minute protrusions, performing a second cleansing process for removing impurities remaining or again adsorbed on the surfaces of the minute protrusions using an acid chemical after performing the first cleansing process, and forming an emitter region at the first surface of the semiconductor substrate.
US08889457B2	Composition having dispersion of nano-particles therein and methods of fabricating same Compositions having a dispersion of nano-particles therein and methods of fabricating compositions having a dispersion of nano-particles therein are described. In an example, a method of forming a composition having a dispersion of nano-particles therein includes forming a mixture of semiconductor nano-particles and discrete prepolymer molecules. A polymer matrix is formed from the discrete prepolymer molecules. The polymer matrix includes a dispersion of the semiconductor nano-particles therein. In another example, a composition includes a medium including discrete prepolymer molecules. The medium is a liquid at 25 degrees Celsius. A plurality of semiconductor nano-particles is suspended in the medium.
US08889451B2	MEMS pressure transducer assembly and method of packaging same An assembly (20) includes a MEMS die (22) having a pressure transducer device (40) formed on a substrate (44) and a cap layer (38). A packaging process (74) entails forming the device (40) on the substrate, creating an aperture (70) through a back side (58) of the substrate (44) underlying a diaphragm (46) of the device (40), and coupling a cap layer (38) to the front side of the substrate (44) overlying the device (40). A trench (54) is produced extending through both the cap layer (38) and the substrate (44), and surrounds a cantilevered platform (48) at which the diaphragm (46) resides. The die (22) is suspended above a substrate (26) so that a clearance space (60) is formed between the platform (48) and the substrate (26). The diaphragm (46) is exposed to an external environment (68) via the aperture (70) and the space (60), and an external port.
US08889449B2	Group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting element and method for producing the same A method for producing a group III nitride semiconductor light-emitting device, by which a non-light-emitting region is easily formed, is disclosed. Mg is activated to convert a p-type layer into p-type, and a p-electrode is then formed on the p-type layer. An Ag paste is applied to a region on the p-electrode and overlapping an n-electrode formed in a subsequent step. Heat treatment is conducted to solidify the Ag paste, thereby forming an Ag paste solidified body. By this, a region overlapping the Ag paste solidified body in a planar view, of the p-type layer converts into a region having high resistance, and a high resistance region is formed. As a result, a region overlapping the high resistance region in a planar view, of a light-emitting layer becomes a non-light-emitting region.
US08889448B2	Method of fabricating a light-emitting element Provided are a light-emitting element and a method of fabricating the same. The light-emitting element includes: a first pattern including conductive regions and non-conductive regions. The non-conductive regions are defined by the conductive regions. The light-emitting element also include an insulating pattern including insulating regions and non-insulating regions which correspond respectively to the conductive regions and non-conductive regions. The non-insulating regions are defined by the insulating regions. The light-emitting element further includes a light-emitting structure interposed between the first pattern and the insulating pattern. The light-emitting structure includes a first semiconductor pattern of a first conductivity type, a light-emitting pattern, and a second semiconductor pattern of a second conductivity type which are stacked sequentially. The light-emitting element also includes a second pattern formed in the non-insulating regions.
US08889445B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor optical device and semiconductor optical device A method for manufacturing a semiconductor optical device includes the steps of growing a stacked semiconductor layer on a substrate having a cleavage direction in a first direction; forming a first mask having a plurality of openings arranged in the first direction; forming a mark array by etching the stacked semiconductor layer using the first mask; forming a second mask having first and second openings extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; obtaining a substrate product by forming first and second grooves, and a waveguide mesa by etching the stacked semiconductor layer by using the second mask; and producing a laser diode bar by cleaving the substrate product including the waveguide mesa. First and second residual marks are formed on the upper surface of the waveguide mesa. First and second transfer marks are formed on the bottoms of the first and the second grooves, respectively.
US08889439B2	Method and apparatus for packaging phosphor-coated LEDs The present disclosure involves a method of packaging light-emitting diodes (LEDs). According to the method, a plurality of LEDs is provided over an adhesive tape. The adhesive tape is disposed on a substrate. In some embodiments, the substrate may be a glass substrate, a silicon substrate, a ceramic substrate, and a gallium nitride substrate. A phosphor layer is coated over the plurality of LEDs. The phosphor layer is then cured. The tape and the substrate are removed after the curing of the phosphor layer. A replacement tape is then attached to the plurality of LEDs. A dicing process is then performed to the plurality of LEDs after the substrate has been removed. The removed substrate may then be reused for a future LED packaging process.
US08889433B2	Spin hall effect assisted spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory Embodiments are directed to providing a spin hall effect (SHE) assisted spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) device by coupling a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) to a SHE material, and coupling the SHE material to a transistor. Embodiments are directed to a spin transfer torque magnetic random access memory (STT-MRAM) device comprising: a magnetic tunnel junction (MTJ) coupled to a spin hall effect (SHE) material, and a transistor coupled to the SHE material.
US08889429B2	Water-soluble nanocrystals through dual-interaction ligands A dual-interaction ligand for rendering otherwise hydrophobic nanoparticles water soluble or suspendable has a hydrophilic base with a plurality of hydrophilic segments extending from a core of the base, where at least one segment or the core contains a hydrophobic groups capable of forming van der Waal interaction between hydrophobic groups of the dual-interaction ligand and other hydrophobic ligands, and at least one complexing functionality to complex a metal atom or ion of a nanoparticle. The dual-interaction ligands can be combined with hydrophobic nanoparticles, where the dual-interaction ligands can displace some or all of the hydrophobic ligands of the hydrophobic nanoparticles, to form a nanoparticle-dual interaction ligand complex that can be dissolved or dispersed readily in an aqueous solution. The dual interaction ligand can be functionalized to attach an antibody or other biomolecules such that the nanoparticle dual-interaction ligands complexes can contain biomolecules. Such biomolecules modified nanoparticle dual-interaction ligands can be used for sensing, labeling, optical imaging, magnetic resonance imaging, cell separation, and treatment of diseases.
US08889425B2	Means and methods for the determination of camp in vitro and in vivo Described is a chimeric peptide, comprising, in order, (a) a first detectable label (b) a cAMP binding moiety having only one cAMP binding site and (c) a second detectable label least two detectable labels is describe. The chimeric peptide is useful for direct determination of cAMP concentration in vitro and/or in vivo. Also described are nucleic acids encoding the chimeric peptide, methods of making and modifying the chimeric peptide, a method for determining the cAMP concentration, and kits.
US08889421B1	Bulk HME precursor detection kit The present invention relates generally to a kit and method for the colorimetric detection of precursors used in the assembly of homemade explosives (HMEs). More specifically, the present invention relates to a bulk HME precursor detection kit and methods of using a kit that is capable of bulk detection of HME precursors, such as urea nitrate, ammonium nitrate and potassium chlorate.
US08889416B2	Methods and devices for micro-isolation, extraction, and/or analysis of microscale components Provided herein are devices and methods for the micro-isolation of biological cellular material. A micro-isolation apparatus described can comprise a photomask that protects regions of interest against DNA-destroying illumination. The micro-isolation apparatus can further comprise photosensitive material defining access wells following illumination and subsequent developing of the photosensitive material. The micro-isolation apparatus can further comprise a chambered microfluidic device comprising channels providing access to wells defined in photosensitive material. The micro-isolation apparatus can comprise a chambered microfluidic device without access wells defined in photosensitive material where valves control the flow of gases or liquids through the channels of the microfluidic device. Also included are methods for selectively isolating cellular material using the apparatuses described herein, as are methods for biochemical analysis of individual regions of interest of cellular material using the devices described herein. Further included are methods of making masking arrays useful for the methods described herein.
US08889410B2	Mammalian cell lines for increasing longevity and protein yield from a cell culture Disclosed are compositions and methods for increasing the longevity of a cell culture and permitting the increased production of proteins, preferably recombinant proteins, such as antibodies, peptides, enzymes, growth factors, interleukins, interferons, hormones, and vaccines. Cells transfected with an apoptosis-inhibiting gene or vector, such as a triple mutant Bcl-2 gene, can survive longer in culture, resulting in extension of the state and yield of protein biosynthesis. Such transfected cells exhibit maximal cell densities that equal or exceed the maximal density achieved by the parent cell lines. Transfected cells can also be pre-adapted for growth in serum-free medium, greatly decreasing the time required to obtain protein production in serum-free medium. In certain methods, the pre-adapted cells can be used for protein production following transformation under serum-free conditions. The method preferably involves eukaryotic cells, more preferably mammalian cells.
US08889405B2	Biochip and target DNA quantitative method A biochip used for quantitative analysis of a target DNA contained in a sample. The biochip includes a type I chamber that includes a primer designed to bind to the target DNA, an internal standard DNA of a first amount that has a sequence different from a sequence of the target DNA, and is amplifiable with the primer, and a fluorescent probe that is designed to bind to a part of a PCR product of the target DNA and to a part of a PCR product of the internal standard DNA. The fluorescent probe fluoresces differently for the PCR product of the target DNA and the PCR product of the internal standard DNA. The biochip also includes a type II chamber that includes the internal standard DNA of a second amount the primer, and the fluorescent probe. The first and second amounts are different.
US08889403B2	Bioreactor for engineered tissue A system for generating a tissue construct includes a mixing chamber, a piston chamber, a reaction chamber, and a pump. The mixing chamber is configured to receive a hydrogel solution and a cell suspension solution. The piston chamber includes a first piston and is configured to receive a mixture of the hydrogel solution and the cell suspension solution from the mixing chamber. The first piston is configured to push the mixture through one or more capillaries into the reaction chamber. The reaction is configured to receive the mixture and a cross-linking initiator. The pump is configured to move the mixture through the reaction chamber such that the mixture and the cross-linking initiator combine to form an encapsulated cell material.
US08889402B2	Chlorella species containing exogenous genes The invention provides methods of cultivating oil-bearing microbes using xylose alone or in combination with other depolymerized cellulosic material. Also provided are microorganisms comprising an exogenous gene encoding a polysaccharide degrading enzyme, such as a cellulase, a hemicellulase, a pectinase, or a driselase. Some methods of microbial fermentation are provided that comprise the use of xylose and depolymerized cellulosic materials for the production of oil-bearing microorgansims.
US08889391B1	Beta-alanine/alpha-ketoglutarate aminotransferase for 3-hydroxypropionic acid production The present disclosure provides novel beta-alanine/alpha ketoglutarate aminotransferase nucleic acid and protein sequences having increased biological activity. Also provided are cells containing such enzymes, as well as methods of their use, for example to produce malonyl semialdehyde and downstream products thereof, such as 3-hydroxypropionic acid and derivatives thereof.
US08889390B2	Engineered zinc finger proteins targeting 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate-3-phosphate synthase genes The present disclosure relates to engineered zinc finger proteins that target 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate-3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS) genes in plants and methods of using such zinc finger proteins in modulating gene expression, gene inactivation, and targeted gene modification. In particular, the disclosure pertains to zinc finger nucleases for targeted cleavage and alteration of EPSPS genes.
US08889380B2	Transaminase biocatalysts The present disclosure relates to polypeptides having transaminase activity, polynucleotides encoding the polypeptides, and methods of using the polypeptides.
US08889358B2	Methods of amplifying a target sequence of a 16S rRNA or 16S rDNA in a prokaryotic species Disclosed herein is a method of amplifying a target nucleotide sequence in 16S rRNA or in 16S rDNA that includes (a) contacting a sample that includes a 16S rDNA and/or the reverse transcription product of a 16S rRNA with an oligonucleotide primer having the nucleotide sequence of TCC TAC GGG AGG CAG CAG (SEQ ID NO 1) and an oligonucleotide primer comprising the nucleotide sequence of CGG TTA CCT TGT TAC GAC TT (SEQ ID NO 2); and (b) performing a primer-dependent nucleic acid amplification reaction to amplify the target nucleotide sequence in the 16S rRNA or the 16S rDNA. Also included are methods of measuring the prokaryotic content of a sample and/or determining the taxonomic classification of a prokaryotic organism in a sample by detecting and/or analyzing the amplification product.
US08889357B2	Enclosed unit for rapid detection of a target nucleic acid amplification product The invention relates to a method for rapid detection of a target nucleic acid amplification product while preventing cross-contamination between target nucleic acid amplification products and avoiding false positives, comprising the steps of: a) leaving the reaction tube unopened after the amplification reaction is finished, so as to prevent the target nucleic acid amplification product from leaking out and resulting in contamination; b) placing the unopened reaction tube inside an enclosed unit, making the target nucleic acid amplification product be transferred to a test strip from the reaction tube in a physically enclosed environment; c) performing detection in a visual read-out manner, and determining the result; d) discarding the enclosed unit in a safety place as a whole without opening it after the detection. The invention also relates to a totally enclosed unit for detecting a target nucleic acid amplification product, and still relates to applications of the totally enclosed rapid detection unit in detection of infectious pathogens, food industry, agriculture, livestock husbandry, customs quarantine control, and determination of DNA.
US08889354B2	Methods for the identification, assessment, and treatment of patients with cancer therapy The present invention is directed to the identification of predictive markers that can be used to determine whether patients with cancer are clinically responsive or non-responsive to a therapeutic regimen prior to treatment. In particular, the present invention is directed to the use of certain individual and/or combinations of predictive markers, wherein the expression of the predictive markers correlates with responsiveness or non-responsiveness to a therapeutic regimen. Thus, by examining the expression levels of individual predictive markers and/or predictive markers comprising a marker set, it is possible to determine whether a therapeutic agent, or combination of agents, will be most likely to reduce the growth rate of tumors in a clinical setting.
US08889348B2	DNA sequencing by nanopore using modified nucleotides This invention provides a process for sequencing single-stranded DNA by employing a nanopore and modified nucleotides.
US08889342B2	Azide functionalized poly(3-hexylthiophene) and methods of forming same This disclosure relates to a polymer having the formula: wherein x is between 1 and about 100 an y is between about 99 and about 1, and x+Y=about 100. The disclosure also includes the use of the polymer in photovoltaic devices.
US08889339B2	Resist pattern forming method, resist pattern, crosslinkable negative chemical amplification resist composition for organic solvent development, resist film and resist-coated mask blanks A resist pattern forming method contains: in the following order, (1) forming a resist film by using a negative chemical amplification resist composition containing (A) a polymer compound having a repeating unit represented by formula (1) as defined in the specification, (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation and (C) a crosslinking agent capable of crosslinking the polymer compound (A) by an action of an acid; (2) exposing the resist film, so as to form an exposed resist film; and (4) developing the exposed resist film by using a developer containing an organic solvent.
US08889333B2	Salt, photoresist composition, and method for producing photoresist pattern A salt represented by formula (I): wherein Q1 and Q2 independently each represent a fluorine atom or a C1-C6 perfluoroalkyl group, L1 represents a C1-C17 divalent saturated hydrocarbon group in which a methylene group may be replaced by an oxygen atom or a carbonyl group, L2 and L3 respectively represent a single bond or a C1-C6 divalent saturated alkyl group in which a methylene group may be replaced by an oxygen atom or a carbonyl group, ring W1 and ring W2 respectively represent a C3-C36 hydrocarbon ring, R1 and R2 respectively represent a hydrogen atom or C1-C6 alkyl group, R3 represents C1-C6 alkyl group, t represents an integer of 0 to 2 and Z+ represents an organic counter ion.
US08889329B1	Alumina nanotubes as a toner additive to reduce impaction The disclosure relates generally to toner additives, and in particular, toner additives that provide reduced impaction within a toner particle and improved adhesion to the toner particle. The toner additives include alumina nanotubes, and may be used with other non-conventional additives such as silica nanotubes and titania nanotubes.
US08889327B2	Toner for developing electrostatic images A toner for developing electrostatic images contains a binder resin, a colorant, a release agent, and a charge control agent. The release agent contains a wax having a polar group. The toner for developing electrostatic images has tan δ of 1 to 2 at a temperature of 80° C. to 145° C. as measured with a viscoelasticity measuring apparatus at a frequency of 10 Hz and a shear stress of 500 Pa, and has a breaking point of 180° C. or less in a temperature-tan δ curve.
US08889313B2	Electrolyte plate with increased rigidity, and electrochemical system comprising such an electrolyte plate An electrolyte plate for an electrochemical system including a first face and a second face, being opposite each other, of largest surface area, the first face including linear parallel ribs and the second face including linear parallel ribs. The plate thus exhibits an increased rigidity without substantially increasing the thickness thereof.
US08889308B2	Fuel cell system and driving method for the same A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell stack that includes a plurality of unit cells, each including a membrane-electrode assembly including an electrolyte membrane, a cathode at one side of the electrolyte membrane, and an anode at an opposite side of the electrolyte membrane, and separators at respective sides of the membrane-electrode assembly, a fuel supply for supplying a fuel to the fuel cell stack, an oxidizing agent supply for supplying an oxidizing agent to the fuel cell stack, and a controller for controlling operation of the fuel supply and the oxidizing agent supply, for measuring a voltage of each of the unit cells, and for turning off a load coupled to the fuel cell stack after determining that the voltages of the unit cells reached a reference voltage.
US08889306B2	Modularized electrochemical cell system An electrochemical cell system including a plurality of electrochemical cells arranged in an electrochemical cell stack, the stack including a plurality of substacks configured such that fluid flows in series from substack to substack, a first electrical control device coupled to a first substack and a second electrical control device coupled to a second substack, wherein the first electrical control device is controllable independently of the second control device to selectively electrically configure the first and second substacks.
US08889300B2	Lithium-based high energy density flow batteries Systems and methods in accordance with embodiments of the invention implement a lithium-based high energy density flow battery. In one embodiment, a lithium-based high energy density flow battery includes a first anodic conductive solution that includes a lithium polyaromatic hydrocarbon complex dissolved in a solvent, a second cathodic conductive solution that includes a cathodic complex dissolved in a solvent, a solid lithium ion conductor disposed so as to separate the first solution from the second solution, such that the first conductive solution, the second conductive solution, and the solid lithium ionic conductor define a circuit, where when the circuit is closed, lithium from the lithium polyaromatic hydrocarbon complex in the first conductive solution dissociates from the lithium polyaromatic hydrocarbon complex, migrates through the solid lithium ionic conductor, and associates with the cathodic complex of the second conductive solution, and a current is generated.
US08889282B2	Apparatus for supplying power to a motor vehicle An apparatus for supplying power to a motor vehicle, in particular a passenger vehicle or motorcycle, has a plurality of electrochemical storage cells. At least one of the electrodes respectively situated in the storage cells is made of metal or is provided with a metal layer essentially over its entire surface. The metal electrode or the metal layer, in particular a metal foil, is connected in an electrically conductive manner via a connecting element to a terminal provided outside the storage cell. To provide a reliable apparatus for supplying power, in particular for the intermittent electric motor drive of a motor vehicle, a thermally conductive cooling plate, which is in thermal contact with essentially each of the terminals of the storage cells, is provided. The cooling plate dissipates the thermal energy which is supplied by the metal electrodes or the metal layers on the electrodes to the terminal via the connecting element.
US08889278B2	Contact pad for sensing voltage of cell module assembly and cell module assembly A contact pad configured to sense the voltage of a cell module assembly including at least one battery cell, is electrically connected to a voltage sensing module for measuring the voltage of the battery cell in the cell module assembly and electrically contacted with an electrode of the battery cell, and is made of a conductive organic elastomer, thereby improving reliability of electrical contact with each battery cell, and effectively preventing malfunction of the cell module assembly caused by impurities, external physical shocks and so on.
US08889273B2	Ceramic material with a composition which is matched to a coefficient of thermal expansion specified by a metallic material A non-conductive ceramic material contains a base ceramic material and at least one other ceramic material having a lower coefficient of thermal expansion than that of the base material so that the coefficient of thermal expansion of the non-conductive ceramic material is identical to that of a metallic material to which it will be matched. Methods of making and using same are disclosed.
US08889270B2	Organic light-emitting device A heterocyclic compound represented by Formula 1 below and an organic light-emitting device including the heterocyclic compound: wherein R1 and R2, and A and A′ are defined as in the specification.
US08889264B2	Hot dip plated high strength steel sheet for press forming use superior in low temperature toughness The present invention provides a hot dip plated high strength steel sheet comprising a cold rolled steel sheet and a hot dip plated layer formed on the surface thereof, characterized in that the cold rolled steel sheet contains, by mass %, C: 0.0005 to 0.0050%, Si: over 0.3 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.70 to 2.0%, P: 0.05% or less, Ti: 0.010 to 0.050%, Nb: 0.010 to 0.040%, B: 0.0005 to 0.0030%, S: 0.010% or less, Al: 0.01 to 0.30%, and N: 0.0010 to 0.01%, and a balance of Fe and unavoidable impurities, and the cold rolled steel sheet has a value of TB* defined by the equation TB*=(0.11−[Ti])/(ln ([B]×10000)) of 0.03 to 0.06, and P is present in an amount of [P]≦10×[B]+0.03, where [Ti] is the Ti content in mass percent, [B] is the B content in mass percent, and [P] is the P content in mass percent.
US08889262B2	Methods and systems for delivering wood preservatives The present application relates to wood preservation, for example, surfactants and phospholipids for improving wood preservation. Included are surfactants and phospholipids containing a 2-amino-N,N-dimethylacetamide. Provided are wood preservative compositions containing these surfactants or phospholipids, methods of applying such wood preservative compositions to wood, and wood products resultant from some such methods. Also provided are wood products containing the wood preservative compositions provided herein.
US08889260B2	Solar control glazing comprising a layer of an alloy containing NiCu A glazing with a solar control property includes a glass substrate on which a stack of layers is deposited, the stack including a layer consisting of an alloy including nickel and copper, wherein the atomic percentage of copper is greater than 1% and less than 25% and wherein the atomic percentage of nickel is greater than 75% and less than 99%.
US08889258B2	Additive for producing positive active compositions for lead accumulators An additive for producing positive active compositions for lead accumulators based on finely divided 4-basic lead sulphate having an average particle size of less than about 3 μm and also finely divided silica, where the additive additionally contains red lead (2PbO.PbO2), is described. The finely divided silica prevents, in particular, agglomeration of the particles of the 4-basic lead sulphate, while the red lead leads to an optimized distribution of all constituents of the additive in the battery paste. The use of red lead also gives a cost advantage. Despite the replacement of part of the 4-basic lead sulphate by red lead, the properties achieved in the later use in battery operation are no worse. Thus, the batteries display, for example, improved charging behavior and a higher high-current discharging stability. The invention further relates to the use of the additive according to at least one of claims 1 to 15 for producing positive active pastes for lead accumulators, in particular for lead accumulators having a high total discharging stability.
US08889250B2	Plating target material, polyamic solution and polyimide resin solution which are used to form the plating target material, and printed-wiring board using them A laminate of the present invention comprises a plating-target material including a layer-A, that is subjected to electroless copper plating and has a surface roughness such that an arithmetic mean roughness Ra measured at a cutoff value of 0.002 mm is less than 0.5 μm. The 90° anti-peeling adhesive force of the layer-A is 1.0 N/25 mm or less. Furthermore, the layer-A includes a polyimide resin having a siloxane structure formed by polymerizing a diamine component having a structure represented by Formula (6) in a content of 5 to 95 mol % based on the entire diamine component. A sheet containing the layer-A has an elongation modulus of 1.8 GPa or less. The plating-target material of the present invention has a high adhesiveness to an electroless plating film formed on its surface, even if the surface is not so rough, and it is possible to favorably form electroless plating on the entire surface. Accordingly, the plating-target material and laminate of the present invention is suitably applicable to manufacturing of a printed-wiring board and the like.
US08889247B2	Nestable molded articles, and related assemblies and methods A man-made, molded article is provided. The article includes a profile including a planar wall, and an adjacent integral molded depression having a contoured wall extending downwardly from the planar wall. The contoured wall includes a bead portion, a cove portion, and a ledge between the bead and cove portions. The articles are stackable, one above another for transport, in a nestable relationship in which multiple contact zones are present between the contoured walls of an adjacently stacked pair of the molded articles. The contact zones include an arcuately extending contact interface zone between the bead exterior and interior surfaces. The depression has a substantially uniform thickness varying by no more than about +1 percent to about −11 percent in relation to a thickness of the planar wall. Related methods and assemblies are also provided.
US08889246B2	Molded interior trim panel with undercut flange A plastic-molded trim panel component has a substrate having a Class A contoured surface for facing a vehicle interior and a Class B rear surface defining a maximum sheet thickness. The substrate has a plurality of mounting extensions extending from the Class B rear surface in a die-draw direction. A flexible skin is wrapped over the Class A surface and bonded to the Class B surface. The Class A surface includes a flange surface having an outer-pointing normal extending less than 90° from the die-draw direction. The flange surface has an edge-to-edge width greater than the maximum sheet thickness. The substrate includes a plurality of ribs substantially aligned with the die-draw direction having rib edges defining at least one mouth opening, wherein the rib edges and mouth opening conform to the flange surface. The flexible skin is suspended over the mouth opening and against the rib edges.
US08889237B2	Excipient system and medical container for erythrocyte enriched liquid Provided are an excipient system and a medical container for an erythrocyte enriched liquid. The excipient system is prepared by adding a hemolysis inhibitor and a surfactant to an erythrocyte storage solution. Herein, the surfactant has an HLB value of 13 or more, and the number of oxyethylene groups at a hydrophilic segment in the molecular structure of the surfactant is 20 or more. The inside of the medical container is filled with the excipient system for an erythrocyte enriched liquid.
US08889235B2	Dielectric barrier deposition using nitrogen containing precursor A process for forming a silicon carbonitride barrier dielectric film between a dielectric film and a metal interconnect of an integrated circuit substrate, comprising the steps of; providing the integrated circuit substrate having a dielectric film; contacting the substrate with a barrier dielectric film precursor comprising: RxR′y(NR″R′″)zSi wherein R, R′, R″ and R′″ are each individually selected from hydrogen, linear or branched saturated or unsaturated alkyl, or aromatic; wherein x÷y+z=4; z=1-3; but R, R′ cannot both be hydrogen; forming the silicon carbonitride barrier dielectric film with C/Si ratio >0.8 and a N/Si ratio >0.2 on the integrated circuit substrate.
US08889234B2	Method of generating structural color Provided is a method of printing a structural color. The method includes providing a first substrate, forming a layer of a composition for generating a structural color including magnetic nanoparticles and a curable material on the first substrate, applying a magnetic field to the layer of the composition for generating a structural color and exhibiting a structural color using a change in lattice spacing of a photonic crystal composed of magnetic nanoparticles depending on the magnetic field strength, and curing the layer of the composition for generating a structural color to fix the lattice spacing of the photonic crystal and to form a structural color printed layer.
US08889231B2	Powder coating method A coating film is formed on a surface of a coating object by adhering a coating powder to the coating object by spraying the coating powder from an electrostatic gun together with a compressed gas. A voltage not smaller than 80 kV but not larger than 100 kV is applied between the electrostatic gun and the coating object. Moreover, a current flowed between the electrostatic gun and the coating object is set to be not smaller than 10 μA but not larger than 20 μA. Further, a pressure of the compressed gas for spraying the coating powder is set to be not smaller than 3 kgf/cm2 but not larger than 6 kgf/cm2.
US08889230B2	Side chain fluorochemicals with crystallizable spacer groups A fluorochemical derived from monomers with a side chain, wherein the side chain includes a perfluoroalkyl group with 1-6 carbon atoms and a hydrocarbon spacer group attached to the perfluoroalkyl group, wherein the spacer group has 15-50 carbon atoms. The perfluoroalkyl group is non-crystallizable at room temperature and the spacer group is crystallizable at room temperature.
US08889215B2	Method for making touch panel The present disclosure relates to a method for making a plurality of touch panels one time. The method includes following steps. A substrate is provided. The substrate has a surface defining a number of target areas with each including two areas: a touch-view area and a trace area. An adhesive layer is formed on the surface of the substrate. A carbon nanotube film is formed on the adhesive layer. The adhesive layer is solidified. An electrode and a conductive trace are formed on each target area so that part of the carbon nanotube film is exposed from a space between adjacent conductive lines of the conductive trace to form an exposed carbon nanotube film on each trace area. The exposed carbon nanotube film on each trace area is removed to obtain a plurality of transparent conductive layers spaced from each other. A number of touch panels is obtained by cutting the substrate.
US08889207B2	Steam function at the end of a brewing process A method for preparing hot beverages in a hot beverage machine by possibly repeatedly pumping a specific quantity of water from a water tank into a heating device, heating the quantity of water, pumping the heated quantity of water out of the heating device into a brewing chamber and possibly at the same time pumping a further quantity of water out of the water tank into the heating device, brewing a brewing substance contained in the brewing chamber to produce a hot beverage, and finally converting the quantity of water last pumped into the heating device completely into steam in a controlled manner for forcing liquid out of the entire line system downstream of the heating device.
US08889204B1	Fruit juice and fruit slices container The invention provides an apparatus to ease the consumption of drink and food including a sleeve of flexible material, a perforation formed in one end of the sleeve configured to be removed and form an opening in communication with a chamber formed in the sleeve. The apparatus also includes a straw with a first end to be inserted into the chamber through the sleeve, and a second end with at least one prong to be inserted into the chamber and the food. The second end may be inserted through the opening. The invention also provides a method of consuming food and drink from an apparatus. The invention further provides a method of assembling a snack apparatus.
US08889200B2	Chewing gum and gum bases containing polyolefin thermoplastic elastomer A chewing gum contains a water-insoluble gum base portion containing a polyolefin thermoplastic elastomer; a water-soluble bulk portion; and at least one flavor component, which is cud-forming and chewable at mouth temperature.
US08889199B1	Method and composition for producing a stable and deodorized form of pomegranate seed oil The present invention provides a method, composition and product by process of pomegranate seed oil. The present invention provides a novel method for the preparation of pomegranate seeds and the subsequent extraction, stabilization and deodorization of pomegranate seed oil. The process maintains key beneficial components of pomegranate seed oil. Effective processing parameters for separating, drying, cleaning, flaking, obtaining the oil from seeds, stabilizing through refining and bleaching and deodorizing the oil are described.
US08889197B2	Plant pathogen inhibitor combinations and methods of use Combinations, compositions and methods of use for modulating plant pathogen infection using plant extracts containing anthraquinone derivatives which induce resistance to plant phytopathogens and an antimicrobial agent, a biological control agent and/or a surfactant having fungicidal activity.
US08889194B2	Smoking cessation with body weight maintenance and nutritional supplement Disclosed is a compound and methods for use by an individual attempting to reduce or cease tobacco smoking or one exposed to environmental tobacco smoke. The compound includes a first component blocking nicotine receptor sites to reduce nicotine cravings or withdrawal symptoms, a second component increasing serotonin levels and acting synergistically with the first component to reduce nicotine cravings or withdrawal symptoms, assisting in maintaining body weight and reducing increased stress and anxiety, and a third component acting synergistically with the first and/or second component to reduce nicotine cravings or withdrawal symptoms, maintain body weight, and/or reduce increased stress and anxiety. The third component comprises a supplement that replenishes depleted body substance(s), repairs damaged body substance(s), and/or ameliorates the impaired function of body substance(s). Some combination of the first, second, and third component alters the perceived taste of tobacco smoke.
US08889189B2	Dissolution composition for examining drug solubility There are described solid compositions or examining drug solubility comprising bile salts and phospholipids, optionally containing buffer components suitable for preparation of intestinal media that simulate the composition of the intestinal fluids in fasted and fed states.
US08889168B2	Stem cell capture and immobilization coatings for medical devices and implants Constructs and methods for immobilizing stem and other precursor cells, as well as other bioactive materials of therapeutic value on the surfaces of medical devices, such as bone, cartilage, spinal and tooth implants, are described herein. The present invention has broad application in the incorporation of bioactive and therapeutic materials in or on a medical implant or other interventional device, having particular value in enabling the real-time, utilization by medical personnel of bioactive materials extracted from the patient and subsequently reintroduced and immobilized in an implant device.
US08889167B2	Plastic implant impregnated with a degradation protector A plastic implant device for a mammal that contains a rare earth metal compound tracer and a method for detecting degradation such as wear of the implanted device are disclosed. The tracer can also be present with a separate antioxidant or the tracer compound can be can be the salt of a C6-C22 unsaturated carboxylic acid. The rare earth metal compound tracer is released when the prosthetic is worn down or otherwise degraded in the mammalian body in which it was implanted. The presence and amount of released tracer present in a body fluid or tissue sample measured and is proportional to the degree of degradation of the implant.
US08889165B2	Injectable calcium-phosphate cement releasing a bone resorption inhibitor The present invention relates to a macroporous, resorbable and injectable apatitic calcium-phosphate cement with a high compressive strength useful as bone cement and releasing a bone resorption inhibitor, preparation method and uses thereof.
US08889164B2	Antimicrobial and antiviral composition, and method of producing the same An antimicrobial and antiviral composition, a method of producing the same, and the like are provided, which are capable of exhibiting an excellent antimicrobial and antiviral properties over a long time in the application for various uses. The antimicrobial and antiviral composition contains cuprous oxide particles having a BET specific surface area of 5 to 100 m2/g and a saccharide having an aldehyde group, in which the content of the saccharide with an aldehyde group is 0.5 to 10 mass part based on the cuprous oxide particles of 100 mass part. The method produces this composition.
US08889158B2	Intra-articularly supplementation method for treating joint diseases and injuries A method of producing a hydrogel for intra-articular supplement comprising the steps of: providing a solution of alginate, providing a solution with chitosan having a Mw between lower than 60 kD, mixing the solution of alginate and the solution of chitosan, wherein the mixed solution comprises between 0.5 and 0.7% (w/v) of chitosan and between 1 and 1.4% alginate (w/v), introducing droplets of the mixed solution into a solution with Ca2+ or Sr2+ cations and isolating polymerized beads from the solution with cations.
US08889156B2	Calcium-binding agents induce hair growth and/or nail growth This invention provides novel methods for inducing hair growth and/or inhibiting hair loss and/or inducing nail growth in a mammal. In various embodiments the methods involve administering, e.g., to a mammal in need thereof, a calcium-binding peptide and/or peptide-like moiety in an amount sufficient to induce hair growth and/or to inhibit hair loss. In certain embodiments the agent is topically and/or transdermally administered.
US08889147B2	DNA vaccine against multitypes of avian influenza viruses and influenza virus-like particles comprising adjuvant-fused M2 protein A DNA vaccine comprising hyperglycosylated mutant HA gene, which is derived from avian influenza virus, is provided. A DNA vaccine composition comprising: (a) the DNA vaccine; and (b) a booster is also provided. An influenza virus-like particle comprising adjuvant-fused M2 protein is further provided. A method for eliciting an immune response against a plurality of avian influenza virus subtypes in a subject, comprising delivering the DNA vaccine or the DNA vaccine composition to tissue of the subject is also provided.
US08889143B2	Ii-key/HER-2/neu hybrid cancer vaccine Provided are methods and compositions for treating cancer in humans, the cancer being characterized by expression of Her-2/neu. The methods involve vaccinating a patient with an Ii-Key/MHC class II hybrid construct and thereby stimulating an immune response to the native Her-2/neu protein. The construct may be in the form of an Ii-Key hybrid peptide or a nucleic acid encoding an Ii-Key hybrid peptide. Methods are described wherein the cancer being treated is breast cancer. Also claimed is a pharmaceutical composition comprising an Ii-Key/MHC class II hybrid construct with and without an adjuvant. The adjuvant can include GM-CSF. The Ii-Key hybrid construct includes the LRMK (SEQ ID NO: 2) residues of Ii-Key protein and an MHC Class II epitope of a protein or portion thereof which is used in the vaccine or a DNA encoding the same hybrid peptide.
US08889135B2	Methods of administering anti-TNFα antibodies Methods of treating disorders in which TFNα activity is detrimental via biweekly, subcutaneous administration of human antibodies, preferably recombinant human antibodies, that specifically bind to human tumor necrosis factor α (hTNFα) are disclosed. The antibody may be administered with or without methotrexate. These antibodies have high affinity for hTNFα (e.g., Kd=10−8 M or less), a slow off rate for hTNFα dissociation (e.g., Koff=10−3 sec−1 or less) and neutralize hTNFα activity in vitro and in vivo. An antibody of the invention can be a full-length antibody or an antigen-binding portion thereof. Kits containing a pharmaceutical composition and instructions for dosing, and preloaded syringes containing pharmaceutical compositions are also encompassed by the invention.
US08889131B2	NOTCH inhibition in the treatment and prevention of a metabolic disease or disorder and cardiovascular complications thereof The present invention is directed to methods of treating or preventing a metabolic disease or disorder and cardiovascular complications and other complications thereof by administering agents that inhibit the NOTCH signaling pathway. In addition, the invention encompasses methods for determining whether a patient is at increased risk for developing these conditions by determining the amount, function, or activity of NOTCH pathway components in biological samples derived from the patient or in imaging analysis.
US08889129B2	Antidotes for factor Xa inhibitors and methods of using the same The present invention relates antidotes to anticoagulants targeting factor Xa. The antidotes are factor Xa protein derivatives that bind to the factor Xa inhibitors thereby substantially neutralizing them but do not assemble into the prothrombinase complex. The derivatives describe herein lack or have reduced intrinsic coagulant activity. Disclosed herein are methods of stopping or preventing bleeding in a patient that is currently undergoing anticoagulant therapy with a factor Xa inhibitor.
US08889124B2	Tolerogenic populations of dendritic cells Tolerogenic populations of dendritic cells are provided, where the dendritic cells are characterized by expression of select tissue-specific homing receptors including the chemokine receptors CCR9; or CMKLR1; or the integrin CD103. The dendritic cells may be conventional/myeloid or plasmacytoid dendritic cells. The cells may be isolated from lymphoid tissue, from blood, or from in vitro culture, e.g. bone marrow culture, etc. Methods are provided for their identification, isolation and targeting in immunotherapeutic interventions in suppressing inflammatory disorders including autoimmunity, transplantation responses and allergic diseases. In some embodiments dendritic cell populations are fixed to render them immunosuppressive, thus allowing the cells to be typed and banked for future use.
US08889123B2	Compositions and soft tissue replacement methods The invention relates to compositions comprising a hydrogel material that comprises a glycosaminoglycan polymer, adipose tissue and a compound of the structure where X1 and X5 are independently CH or N; X7 is NH, O or S; X8 and X9 are independently CH or N; R13 is an optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl and R14 is C1-6 alkyl, optionally substituted aryl or optionally substituted heteroaryl. The composition is administered to a site of a soft tissue condition including those of breast tissue. The hydrogel material can be porous or of solid particles. The glycosaminoglycan polymer can be a hyaluronan polymer.
US08889121B2	Bacterium comprising a regulated rfaH nucleic acid The present invention encompasses a recombinant bacterium comprising a regulated rfaH nucleic acid, as well as a vaccine comprising said recombinant bacterium. Other embodiments of the present invention encompass a recombinant bacterium comprising a regulated rfaH nucleic acid and a regulated rfc nucleic acid, while additional embodiments encompass a recombinant bacterium comprising a regulated rfaH nucleic acid and at least one nucleic acid encoding at least one exogenous antigen.
US08889119B2	Enzyme and prebiotic combinations for enhancing probiotic growth and efficacy This disclosure relates to enhancing growth and/or activity of lactobacilli using a prebiotic formulation which includes iso-malto oligosaccharides and α-galactosidase; and to enhancing growth and/or activity of bifidobacteria using a prebiotic formulation which includes iso-malto oligosaccharides and β-glucanase. Other combinations of fibers and enzymes are described below which also stimulate growth and activity of lactobacilli or bifidobacteria. These combinations of enzymes and prebiotics can be taken separately or added to foods, including desserts.
US08889115B2	Ion binding polymers and uses thereof The present invention provides methods and compositions for the treatment of ion imbalances. In particular, the invention provides compositions comprising potassium binding polymers and pharmaceutical compositions thereof. Methods of use of the polymeric and pharmaceutical compositions for therapeutic and/or prophylactic benefits are disclosed herein. Examples of these methods include the treatment of hyperkalemia, such as hyperkalemia caused by renal failure and/or the use of hyperkalemia causing drugs.
US08889113B2	Compositions and kits for the removal of irritating compounds from bodily surfaces The invention provides compositions, methods and kits for the removal of harmful or irritating substances from bodily surfaces. Kits may include a composition containing capsaicin and a capsaicin-cleansing composition, e.g., a composition in which capsaicin is soluble.
US08889112B2	Ophthalmic formulations including selective alpha 1 antagonists Ophthalmic formulations are provided. The ophthalmic formulations include one or more active agents that act to optimize pupil light reflex while minimizing, or effectively eliminating, any undesired eye redness in response to application thereof. The active agents include, for example, alpha 1 antagonists, such as alpha 1a selective antagonists.
US08889108B2	Cosmetic compositions comprising latex film formers Disclosed are cosmetic compositions comprising at least one latex-film former chosen from at least one acrylate copolymer and derivatives thereof, and at least one coalescent and/or plasticizer.
US08889106B2	Non-alcohol mouthwash composition without chemical antibacterial medicament A non-alcohol mouthwash composition without chemical antibacterial medicament is disclosed. The non-alcohol mouthwash composition includes from 0.03% to 1.5% of γ-polyglutamic acid (γ-PGA) and from 0.5% to 4% of surfactant, all percentages based on the total weight of the mouthwash composition. The non-alcohol mouthwash composition preferably includes from 0.4% to 1.5% by weight, or more preferably from 0.8% to 1.3% by weight, of γ-PGA. Containing no chemical antibacterial medicament, the non-alcohol mouthwash composition can effectively inhibit bacterial growth in the oral cavity without irritating the oral mucosa.
US08889100B2	Methods and compositions for improved F-18 labeling of proteins, peptides and other molecules The present application discloses compositions and methods of synthesis and use of 18F- or 19F-labeled molecules of use in PET, SPECT and/or MR imaging. Preferably, the 18F or 19F is conjugated to a targeting molecule by formation of a complex with a group IIIA metal and binding of the complex to a bifunctional chelating agent, which may then be directly or indirectly attached to the targeting molecule. In other embodiments, the 18F or 19F labeled moiety may comprise a targetable construct used in combination with a bispecific antibody to target a disease-associated antigen. The disclosed methods and compositions allow the simple and reproducible labeling of molecules at very high efficiency and specific activity in 30 minutes or less. In preferred embodiments, the bifunctional chelating agent bound to 18F- or 19F-metal complex may be conjugated to the molecule to be labeled at a reduced temperature, e.g. room temperature.
US08889090B2	Method of recovering ammonia and method of recycling ammonia by using the same There are provided methods capable of easily and efficiently recovering and recycling ammonia from exhaust gas containing a small amount of ammonia, the exhaust gas being exhausted from a production process of a gallium nitride compound semiconductor. The method of recovering ammonia includes filtering exhaust gas containing ammonia, hydrogen, nitrogen, and a solid compound with a filter to remove the solid compound from the exhaust gas; pressurizing and cooling the filtered exhaust gas with a heat pump to liquefy ammonia contained in the filtered exhaust gas; and separating liquefied ammonia from hydrogen and nitrogen to recover liquefied ammonia. The method of recycling ammonia includes evaporating recovered liquid ammonia; mixing the evaporated ammonia with another crude ammonia to obtain mixed gas; purifying the mixed gas; and supplying the purified gas to the production process of a gallium nitride compound semiconductor.
US08889088B2	Integrated plant for producing 2-ethyl-hexanol and methacrylic acid An integrated facility is disclosed for simultaneous production of butanal and methacrylic acid products where the facility utilizes a mixed methacrolein and isobutanal stream to make methacrylic acid. The facility is also designed to utilize downstream n-butanal products such as n-butanol and/or 2-ethyl-hexanol to make butyl-methacrylates and 2-ethyl-hexyl-methacrylate. A method is also disclosed which integrates the production of butanal derived products and methacrylic acid derived products.
US08889086B2	Sample tube having particular utility for nucleic acid amplification An improved tube including a closure portion, a strap integrally connected to the closure portion and being configured for defining a living hinge, a body portion having a longitudinal axis and an outer wall generally circumscribing the longitudinal axis, and being integrally and hingedly connected with the closure portion by way of the strap. The body portion including a sample portion being generally elongated along the longitudinal axis and being configured for elastic deformation along a portion of its length, including in a direction that is generally transverse to the longitudinal axis so that at least a portion of the wall structure compressively and resiliently deforms and engages a wall defining an opening in a sample block of a polymerase chain reaction amplification device, and the first outer wall dimension of the sample portion reduces to a smaller second outer wall dimension.
US08889081B2	Room fogging disinfection system A system for disinfecting a room includes an enclosure having first and second air inlets and an air intake control assembly to selectably control air flow into the enclosure through the first and second air inlets. Air that flows between the exterior and interior of the enclosure through the second air inlet passes through a filter assembly. The enclosure also includes an air dispersion outlet having a fan that draws air into the enclosure through the first and second air inlets and forces air out of the enclosure. A chemical dispersion assembly generates a disinfecting fog relative to the fan. A system controller controls the air intake control assembly to disperse the disinfecting fog into the room, and subsequently draw the disinfecting fog from the room and through the filter assembly.
US08889070B2	Method and apparatus for removing chloride from samples containing volatile organic carbon A method for removing chloride from samples containing volatile organic carbon, wherein a chloride containing sample is mixed with a difficultly volatile acid, wherein hydrochloric acid gas arises, which is present in dissolved form in a sample-acid mixture and then the hydrochloric acid gas is purged by a carrier gas from the sample-acid mixture, wherein the hydrochloric acid gas is removed from the carrier gas following the purging and the carrier gas is fed back to the sample-acid mixture. In order during the hydrochloric acid purging largely to suppress the driving out of easily volatile organic compounds, the sample-acid mixture has a temperature of approximately 3° C. to 30° C., wherein, following the purging from the sample-acid mixture, the hydrochloric acid gas is removed from the carrier gas by absorption with water.
US08889067B1	Method for restroom stall deodorizing A method for reducing feminine hygiene product odor within a restroom stall having a disposal bin, the method including providing a case, the case being adapted for storing a plastic bag roll and being adapted for dispensing the bags, the plastic bag roll being fitted for receipt within the case and the plastic bag roll incorporating a chemical deodorizing agent; mounting the case within the stall; receiving the plastic bag roll within the case; outwardly sublimating a first portion of the deodorizing agent from one of the plastic bag roll's bags and into the restroom stall; dispensing one of the bags from the case; donning the one of the bags in the manner of a mitt; grasping the feminine hygiene product and obverting the one of the bags about the feminine hygiene product; and inwardly sublimating a second portion of the chemical deodorizing agent.
US08889066B2	Iron-nickel alloy with a high level of ductility and a low expansion coefficient The invention relates to a solid-solution strengthened iron-nickel alloy with a high level of ductility and an expansion coefficient <5×10−6/K in the temperature range between room temperature and −200° C. Said alloy consists of (in wt. %): between 0.005 and 0.05% of C; <0.02% of S; between 1 and 2% of Cr; between 35 and 38% of Ni; between 0.3 and 1.5% of Mn; <0.5% of Si; between 1.0 and 3.5% of ΣMo+W; between 0.2 and 1.0% of Ti; between 0.2 and 1.0% of Nb; <0.02% of P; and between 1.0 and 4.0% of Co; Fe constituting the remainder, in addition to production-related impurities.
US08889062B2	Carbonaceous refractory and method of production of same and also blast furnace bottom or side walls A carbonaceous refractory and a method of production is provided, which prevents a drop in the molten pig iron corrosion resistance, molten pig iron penetration resistance, and other properties of carbonaceous refractories required for blast furnace bottom refractories. The mechanical strength of the refractories is raised so as to suppress cracking due to thermal stress. The carbonaceous refractory comprises a carbonaceous material comprising one or more of calcined anthracite, calcined coke, natural graphite, or artificial graphite in 60 to 85 mass %, a refractory metal oxide in 5 to 15 mass %, metal silicon in 4 to 15 mass %, and carbon black in 2 to 10 mass %. An organic binder is added to refractory materials, which are kneaded, molded and fired in a nonoxidizing atmosphere.
US08889061B2	Arrangement for evening out powdery solid matter feed of a concentrate burner of a suspension smelting or suspension converting furnace A concentrate burner of a suspension smelting or suspension converting furnace includes a reaction gas feed, a powdery solid matter feed and a concentrate distributor. An arrangement for feeding powdery solid matter to the concentrate burner includes a first powdery solid matter discharge pipe for feeding powdery solid matter into the powdery solid matter feed of the concentrate burner. The first powdery solid matter discharge pipe is provided with a first partition, which divides solid matter, for dividing the first powdery solid matter discharge pipe into two essentially similar discharge pipe parts. The powdery solid matter feed of the concentrate burner comprise an annular concentrate discharge channel that surrounds the concentrate distributor of the concentrate burner. Each discharge pipe part of the first powdery solid matter discharge pipe is at least partly divided into two discharge pipe portions by a second partition.
US08889059B2	Slit lance burner for flash smelter A burner for a flash smelting furnace. The burner includes an injector having a sleeve for delivering pulverous feed material to the furnace and having a central lance within the sleeve to supply compressed air for dispersing the pulverous feed material in the reaction shaft of the furnace. The central lance has an annular slot at its tip for creating a substantially continuous air curtain.
US08889056B2	Sports racquet with string port holes A sports racquet having a plurality of string port holes and conventional string holes is formed of a single tube of prepreg material. When molded, mold elements press opposed portions of the prepreg tube into contact with one another, and shape the adjoining prepreg material into a string port hole blanks. The portion of the pressed-together material which initially blocks the string port hole is removed after molding so that the string port holes extend through the frame. Alternatively, the mold elements cause the prepreg tube to follow a serpentine shape, thereby defining string port holes which are open alternately along the top and bottom surface of the frame. A pair of cover rings may be secured to the top and bottom racquet surfaces to cover the open sides of the string port holes.
US08889053B2	Mold apparatus, injection molding apparatus, and injection molding method A mold apparatus, an injection molding apparatus, and an injection molding method, which can satisfactorily form a preform having a bottom thicker than a body, are provided. The mold apparatus comprises a neck mold, an injection cavity mold, and an injection core mold having an inside core mold and an outside core mold, and further comprises a regulation means, such as an urging member, for regulating the movement of the inside core mold toward the outside of the injection cavity mold.
US08889049B2	Process and product of high strength UHMW PE fibers An improved process for solution spinning of ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMW PE) filaments, wherein the 10 wt % solution of the UHMW PE in mineral oil at 250° C. has a Cogswell extensional viscosity and a shear viscosity within select ranges.
US08889027B2	Method of production of nanocomposite thermoelectric conversion material A nanocomposite thermoelectric conversion material composed of a Bi2(Te1-xSex)3 thermoelectric conversion material (where 0≦x<1) as a matrix in which ceramic phonon scattering particles are dispersed. The nanocomposite thermoelectric conversion material produced by adjusting a first aqueous solution of a Bi complex to a higher pH value than an isoelectric point of phonon scattering particles, adding phonon scattering particles not modified on their surface to the pH adjusted first aqueous solution, and mixing the first aqueous solution to which phonon scattering particles have been added and a second aqueous solution including at least the former of Te anions and Se anions.
US08889023B2	Plasma processing apparatus and plasma processing method A plasma processing apparatus includes a flow splitter for dividing a common gas into two common gas streams of common gas branch lines. A central introduction portion connected to one of the common gas branch lines supplies a common gas to a central portion of a substrate to be processed. A peripheral introducing portion connected to the other one of the common gas branch lines supplies the common gas to a peripheral portion of the substrate. The peripheral introducing portion has peripheral inlets arranged about a circumferential region above the substrate. An additive gas line is connected to an additive gas source to add an additive gas to at least one of the common gas branch lines. In addition, an electron temperature of a plasma in a region where the peripheral inlets are disposed is lower than that in a region where the introduction portion is disposed.
US08889012B2	Thickener/clarifier feedwell assembly with infeed rotation A feedwell assembly for a thickener/clarifier includes a feedwell body, at least one infeed conduit connected at a downstream end to the body, and at least one spin or rotation inducement element disposed as part of the infeed conduit for imparting rotation or spin to a slurry stream fed to the feedwell body via the infeed conduit. The spin or rotation inducement element may be a fixed and rigid structural member such as a vane or baffle, or include actively operated elements. Multiple such spin or rotation inducement elements may be provided in various locations in or adjacent the infeed conduit.
US08889009B2	Process for purifying low molecular weight hydridosilanes The present invention relates to a process for purifying low molecular weight hydridosilane solutions, in which a solution to be purified comprising a) at least one low molecular weight hydridosilane, b) at least one solvent and c) at least one impurity selected from the group of the compounds having at least 20 silicon atoms and/or the group of the homogeneous catalyst systems is subjected to a crossflow membrane process with at least one membrane separation step using a permeation membrane.
US08889002B2	Cleaning and material separating device for wastewater, particularly from livestock husbandry The invention relates to a device for cleaning fluid media containing particulate matter, particularly from livestock husbandry, by means of ozonization in a closed ozonization container (11) and subsequent separation of the particulate matter portions. A vertically extending hollow cylindrical fixture (17) is disposed in the closed ozonization container (11). The fixture (17) is operatively connected to a rotating agitator shaft (16), wherein agitation means (18, 19) are associated with the agitator shaft (16), and the fixture (17) is equipped with supply lines (22, 23) by means of which ozone can be fed.
US08888984B2	Plating bath and method Tin-silver alloy electroplating baths having certain amine-oxide surfactants and methods of electrodepositing a tin-silver-containing layer using these baths are disclosed. Such electroplating baths are useful to provide tin-silver solder deposits having reduced void formation and improved within-die uniformity.
US08888982B2	Reduction of copper or trace metal contaminants in plasma electrolytic oxidation coatings A method for creating an oxide layer having a reduced copper concentration over a surface of an object comprising aluminum and copper for use in a semiconductor processing system. The oxide layer produced using a plasma electrolytic oxidation process has a reduced copper peak concentration, which decreases a risk of copper contamination, and includes magnesium oxides that can be converted to magnesium halide upon exposure to an excited halogen-comprising gas or halogen-comprising plasma to increase the erosion/corrosion resistance of the oxide layer.
US08888979B2	Cathodic materials for use in electrochemical sensors and associated devices and methods of manufacturing the same A cathodic material for use in an electrochemical sensor comprising: a carbonaceous material and an oxygen reduction catalyst associated with the carbonaceous material; and wherein the cathodic material does not materially exhibit catalytic activity for the oxidation of carbon monoxide. Associated electrochemical sensors may include an anode and cathode that are disposed upon the same or opposite sides of an ion exchange membrane and/or exposed to the same or different gaseous environments.
US08888975B2	Biosensor, biosensor chip and biosensor device A biosensor includes a working electrode 101, a counter electrode 102 opposing the working electrode 101, a working electrode terminal 103 and a working electrode reference terminal 10 connected to the working electrode 101 by wires, and a counter electrode terminal 104 connected to the counter electrode 102 by a wire. By employing a structure with at least three electrodes, it is possible to assay a target substance without being influenced by the line resistance on the working electrode side.
US08888974B2	Biosensor, biosensor chip and biosensor device A biosensor includes a working electrode 101, a counter electrode 102 opposing the working electrode 101, a working electrode terminal 103 and a working electrode reference terminal 10 connected to the working electrode 101 by wires, and a counter electrode terminal 104 connected to the counter electrode 102 by a wire. By employing a structure with at least three electrodes, it is possible to assay a target substance without being influenced by the line resistance on the working electrode side.
US08888970B2	Analyte sensors comprising high-boiling point solvents Generally, embodiments of the present disclosure relate to analyte determining methods and devices (e.g., electrochemical analyte monitoring systems) that have improved uniformity of distribution of the sensing layer by inclusion of a high-boiling point solvent, where the sensing layer is disposed proximate to a working electrode of in vivo and/or in vitro analyte sensors, e.g., continuous and/or automatic in vivo monitoring using analyte sensors and/or test strips. Also provided are systems and methods of using the, for example electrochemical, analyte sensors in analyte monitoring.
US08888966B2	Protective film mainly composed of a tetrahedral amorphous carbon film and a magnetic recording medium having the protective film A protective film is disclosed that is mainly composed of a tetrahedral amorphous carbon (ta-C film) that is denser than a DLC film formed by a plasma CVD method and containing aggregate particles so reduced as to a necessary and sufficient level, to provide a method of manufacturing such a protective film, and to provide a magnetic recording medium comprising such a protective film. The film is mainly composed of a ta-C film formed by a filtered cathodic arc method using a cathode target of glass state carbon. A magnetic recording medium is disclosed which includes a substrate, a magnetic recording layer, and the protective film mainly composed of a ta-C film.
US08888959B2	Feeding system comprising pumps in parallel for a continuous digester The feed system is for a continuous digester where at least two pumps are arranged in parallel in the bottom of a pre-treatment vessel and a liquid level of at least 20 meters is established. The system makes it possible to provide a feed system with an improved accessibility and more reliable operation, and to operate the main part of the pumps at optimal efficiency even if the production capacity is reduced.
US08888957B2	Process for the production of paper The present invention relates to a process for producing paper which comprises: providing an aqueous suspension comprising cellulosic fibers, adding to the suspension, after all points of high shear, a cationic polysaccharide; an inorganic polymer P1 being a cationic polyaluminium compound; and a polymer P2 being an anionic polymer; and, dewatering the obtained suspension to form paper.
US08888938B2	Assembly kit for supplying a fixing agent and method for fixing an object on a base An assembly kit is provided for supplying a fixing agent to fix two objects. The kit comprises two storage receptacles. An aerobic adhesive is stored in one of the two storage receptacles. A hydrophilic material containing moisture is separately stored in the other of the two storage receptacles. The two storage receptacles are adapted to permit removal of the aerobic adhesive and the hydrophilic material from the receptacles for mixing together the fixing agent.
US08888932B2	Indium-containing lead-free solder for vehicle-mounted electronic circuits A lead-free solder alloy which can be used for soldering of vehicle-mounted electronic circuits and which exhibits high reliability is provided.The alloy consists essentially of Ag: 2.8-4 mass %, In: 3-5.5 mass %, Cu: 0.5-1.1 mass %, if necessary Bi: 0.5-3 mass %, and a remainder of Sn. In is at least partially in solid solution in the Sn matrix.
US08888928B2	Dishwasher comprising a sorption drying unit A dishwasher is provided, which has a base module; a washing container having a base; an air-guiding channel to generate an air flow; and a sorption drying system for drying items to be washed. The sorption drying system includes a sorption container having reversibly dehydratable sorption material. The sorption container is connected to the washing container by the air-guiding channel. Further, the sorption container is arranged beneath the base of the washing container in a substantially freely-suspended manner such that, for heat protection, the sorption container has a predefined minimum gap distance in relation to neighboring components and/or neighboring parts of the base module.
US08888923B2	Component, method and system of sanitising a water purification apparatus and/or a distribution apparatus A sanitant component comprising a sanitant to sanitize at least a part of a water purification apparatus and/or a water distribution apparatus and one or more sanitant receivers to receive residual sanitant and/or sanitant products from the water purification apparatus and/or water distribution apparatus. In this way, residual sanitant and/or sanitant products from the water purification apparatus and/or water distribution apparatus can be conveniently collected back into the sanitizing component for easier, and/or quick and/or more convenient disposal.
US08888922B2	Foaming drain cleaner A drain cleaner may be used on a periodic basis to clean soil residues from residential and commercial waste drains. The drain cleaner may chemically self-foam to fill a waste drain with the foam. For example, the drain cleaner may be provided in two or more parts that are physically intermixed during use of the drain cleaner. One part may include hydrogen peroxide and water while another part may include a catalase, an amylase, a protease, and an enzyme stabilizer. The drain cleaner may also include a surfactant present in at least one of the first part and the second part. Additionally, in some examples, the drain cleaner includes a sanitizing agent present in either of the two parts or in yet a third physically separate part. During use, the different drain cleaner parts can be dispensed simultaneously into a drain to generate a cleaning and/or sanitizing foam in-situ.
US08888918B2	Vapor collection An apparatus for collecting condensed vapor during physical vapor deposition includes an enclosure configured to be placed adjacent to one or more vapor sources in a vacuum chamber. The enclosure includes an internal surface of the enclosure partially enclosing a volume of space configured to receive an object wherein the enclosure is maintained at a cooler temperature than the one or more vapor sources. The internal surface of the enclosure is coupled to one or more drainage gutters drainage drainage gutters.
US08888917B2	Restricted radiated heating assembly for high temperature processing A vapor deposition reactor and associated method are disclosed that increase the lifetime and productivity of a filament-based resistive-heated vapor deposition system. The reactor and method provide for heating the filament while permitting the filament to move as it expands under the effect of increasing temperature while limiting the expanding movement of the filament to an amount that prevents the expanding movement of the filament from creating undesired contact with any portions of the reactor.
US08888906B2	Heat-sensitive color-developing composition and heat-sensitive recording material comprising the composition A heat-sensitive color-developing composition containing a hydroxyquinoline compound having a methyl group and an acid anhydride compound represented by general formula (1): wherein ring A represents a substituted or unsubstituted aromatic hydrocarbon ring, and n represents an integer of 1 to 3, and a heat-sensitive recording material containing the composition in a recording layer.
US08888901B2	Fuel vapor treating apparatus A fuel vapor treating apparatus includes a fuel tank having an inlet pipe and being configured to preserve liquid fuel therein, an adsorbent canister filled with an adsorbent capable of adsorbing fuel vapor, a fuel vapor path connecting the fuel tank to the adsorbent canister, a diaphragm valve having a back pressure chamber and being configured to open and close the fuel vapor path, a circulation path connecting the fuel tank to the inlet pipe for circulating fuel vapor from the fuel tank to the inlet pipe during refueling and being configured to be blocked when the fuel tank is filled up, and a negative pressure generator connected to the circulation path and the back pressure chamber and configured to generate negative pressure by using a stream of the fuel vapor in the circulation path in order to cause the negative pressure to act on the back pressure chamber of the diaphragm valve.
US08888895B1	Method of CO2 removal from a gasesous stream at reduced temperature A method for the removal of H2O and CO2 from a gaseous stream comprising H2O and CO2, such as a flue gas. The method initially utilizes an H2O removal sorbent to remove some portion of the H2O, producing a dry gaseous stream and a wet H2O removal sorbent. The dry gaseous stream is subsequently contacted with a CO2 removal sorbent to remove some portion of the CO2, generating a dry CO2 reduced stream and a loaded CO2 removal sorbent. The loaded CO2 removal sorbent is subsequently heated to produce a heated CO2 stream. The wet H2O removal sorbent and the dry CO2 reduced stream are contacted in a first regeneration stage, generating a partially regenerated H2O removal sorbent, and the partially regenerated H2O removal sorbent and the heated CO2 stream are subsequently contacted in a second regeneration stage. The first and second stage regeneration typically act to retain an initial monolayer of moisture on the various removal sorbents and only remove moisture layers bound to the initial monolayer, allowing for relatively low temperature and pressure operation.Generally the applicable H2O sorption/desorption processes may be conducted at temperatures less than about 70° C. and pressures less than 1.5 atmospheres, with certain operations conducted at temperatures less than about 50° C.
US08888894B2	Use of a concrete-based element for treatment of gases and volatile compounds A method includes using an element which includes a monoblock concrete body with a volume greater than 1 L and a surface porosity greater than 8%, which body includes in the body and/or on a surface thereof a compound having a BET specific surface greater than 100 m2/g, and which element does not include a photocatalytic agent, to absorb from the atmosphere a gas selected from the group consisting of nitrogen oxides, carbon oxides, sulphur oxides, and ozone, or a volatile organic compound.
US08888881B2	Filter bag cage joint A filter support cage for a baghouse filter comprises a first filter cage segment comprising elongated body portion having a top end and a bottom end, a second filter cage segment comprising a second elongated body portion having a top end and a bottom end, and a coupling member positioned between and connecting the bottom end of the first filter cage segment and the top end of the second filter cage segment.
US08888880B2	Vacuum loader A vacuum loader system is disclosed. In the vacuum loader system, the air inlet comprises a load-bearing member of a support structure that supports the system. The vacuum loader system also includes a filter chamber with co-located primary and secondary or safety filter elements. A safety filter element is at the center of the filter chamber, surrounded by primary filter elements. After the air flows through the primary and safety filter elements, it is directed downwardly, out of the filter chamber and back toward the blower, beyond which it is ultimately expelled through a silenced outlet. In some embodiments, the conduit that carries air from the filter chamber toward the blower may also be a member of the support structure.
US08888875B2	Methods for feedstock pretreatment and transport to gasification Methods for pretreating feedstock for gasification are provided. At least a portion of a coal based feedstock stream can be combined with at least a portion of a supercritical carbon dioxide stream within a pretreatment system to provide a treated feedstock stream. At least a portion of the treated feedstock stream can be passed to a gasifier to produce a synthesis gas stream of less than 50% by volume carbon dioxide, at least 5% by volume carbon monoxide and at least 1% by volume hydrogen. At least a portion of the synthesis gas stream can be combusted to form an exhaust stream comprising carbon dioxide. At least a portion of the gasification byproduct stream can be purified and compressed to produce supercritical carbon dioxide. At least a portion of the supercritical carbon dioxide can be recycled to the pretreatment system via a supercritical carbon dioxide stream.
US08888874B1	Mobile horizontal gasifier system A mobile horizontal gasifier system for the efficient gasification of organic material to produce syngas and biochar without a large amount of ash or other byproducts. The gasifier system generally includes a hopper, vertical feeder, horizontal transfer members and a heating chamber. Biomass fed into the hopper and feeder is conveyed through each of the transfer members by drive assembles. The transfer members extend through the heating chamber and biomass will be baked to produce both syngas and biochar. A portion of the syngas produced will be reintroduced into the heating chamber via syngas return lines so that the present invention may be self-sustaining. Syngas ports and a biochar collection chamber are provided for separating and extracting any produced syngas and/or biochar. All components are generally positioned on a mobile trailer having a hitch to allow the present invention to be easily transferred from one location to another.
US08888867B2	Sodium chloride production process The present invention pertains to a process for producing sodium chloride comprising the steps of: (i) preparing a brine having a sodium chloride concentration which is higher than the sodium chloride concentration of the eutectic point but lower than the sodium chloride concentration of a saturated brine by dissolving a sodium chloride source in water; (ii) cooling the resulting brine by indirect cooling in a self-cleaning fluidized bed heat exchanger/crystallizer to a temperature lower than 0° C. but higher than the eutectic temperature of the resulting brine, thereby forming a slurry comprising sodium chloride dihydrate and a mother liquor; (iii) feeding the sodium chloride dihydrate to a recrystallizer to form sodium chloride and a mother liquor, and (iv) recycling at least part of the mother liquor obtained in step (ii) and/or step (iii) to step (i).
US08888852B2	Spinal athroplasty device and method An artificial spinal joint and methods for replacing at least a portion of a natural intervertebral disc are provided. In some embodiments, at least portions of facet joints are replaced along with the intervertebral disc.
US08888844B2	Heart valve implant A method according to one embodiment may include providing a heart valve implant including an anchor capable of engaging coronary tissue, a shaft coupled to said anchor, and a valve body coupled to said shaft. The method may further include at least partially collapsing the heart valve implant and percutaneously inserting the heart valve implant into a heart. The percutaneously inserted implant may be secured within the heart and may then be expanded. Of course, many alternatives, variations, and modifications are possible without departing from this embodiment.
US08888838B2	Endoprosthesis containing multi-phase ferrous steel An endoprosthesis fabricated from multi-phase ferrous steel. Endoprostheses can include a variety of devices such as staples, orthodontic wires, heart valves, filter devices, and stents, many of which devices are diametrically expandable devices. Multi-phase ferrous steels include dual phase steels and transformation induced plasticity steels (TRIP steels).
US08888834B2	Deployment assembly and introducer A deployment assembly (10) for an introducer used for introducing into a patient a stent or other device, the deployment assembly including a housing 30 carrying a sprung loaded (90) actuator (44,50). The actuator includes a toothed wheel (50) carrying a spool (48) around which a retraction strap (44) can be wound. The strap (44) is coupled to a body member (26) of the introducer and through this to the outer sheath (14) thereof. A trigger (16) is provided for operating the actuator (44, 50). When the trigger (16) is pressed, the actuator winds, under the force produced by the spring (90), the strap (44) to thereby retract the outer sheath (14) so as to expose and then deploy the device carried on the introducer. The mechanism is such that a surgeon need not expend his own energy to retract the outer sheath (14) since this force is provided by the spring (90). Furthermore, the spring (90) acts in a plane other than that of the direction of retraction of the sheath (14), which minimizes the risk of inadvertent movement of the introducer as the sheath (14) is being retracted.
US08888832B2	System and method for doubled use of patient temperature control catheter An apparatus for exchanging heat in a patient has a first elongated heat exchange catheter carrying circulating working fluid to and from a heat exchange system and a second elongated heat exchange catheter carrying circulating working fluid to and from the heat exchange system. The apparatus has a connector supporting proximal portions of both catheters while distal portions of the catheters are disposed inside a patient's vasculature to exchange heat with the patient.
US08888830B2	Systems and methods for usage replenishment Provided are dermatological medical devices and methods comprising a distal end for positioning at a region proximal a target therapeutic region of tissue, an output port at the distal end, an energy source that generates optical energy, which is output from the output port to the target therapeutic region of tissue, and a microcontroller that processes replenishment data that controls an operation parameter of the device. The device is activated for performing a treatment operation in response to a receipt and processing of the replenishment data.
US08888826B2	Surgical device, system and method of use thereof The present invention includes a surgically implantable device, system, and method of use thereof for the internal compression or distraction of, for example, bone fractures, fusions, and osteotomies. More specifically, the surgical device comprises a bridge with one or more adjustable anti-reversing portions. The adjustable anti-reversing portion(s) may be located in a symmetrical or asymmetrical manner on the bridge between the device's legs. The adjustable anti-reversing portion(s) allow for stronger compression of the bone at a known amount of compression. The adjustable anti-reversing portion(s) can also maintain the device's legs in closer proximity to one another for greater compression or maintain the device's legs apart from one another for distraction. The surgical device can also comprise cannulated or grooved legs. A system and method of use is also described.
US08888825B2	Bone plate and fixation system comprising a bone plate A bone plate and to a fixation system comprising two types of bone screws. The bone plate has two intersecting stepped round holes which are different in size and in the upper regions of which a circumferential rib extends. The upper region of the smaller round hole is designed to slidably guide a bone screw having a partially spherical heads and a screw having a thread or conical head. The lower region of the larger round hole is used to support a conical head.
US08888824B2	Systems and methods for using polyaxial plates Certain embodiments of the invention provide plates for treating periarticular fractures or other non-full body weight bearing applications that combine polyaxial fixation with a low profile and enhanced contouring that more closely conforms to bone. Such plates can be designed to achieve buttressing effect and/or to be used in a reinforcement mode. Other features can be combined with these. Such plates can be created for use on bone sites such as on a tibia, fibula, metatarsal, calcaneous, other foot bone, humerus, radius, ulna, spinal, maxillofacial, as well as sites on other bones.
US08888817B2	Systems and methods for spinal stabilization with flexible elements Systems and methods are provided for spinal stabilization with flexible elements and other elements engaged to the vertebrae. Also provided are instruments and methods for insertion of the flexible stabilization elements and other elements and for reduction of displacement between adjacent vertebrae in a minimally invasive surgical approach.
US08888810B2	Compound barb medical device and method Barbed medical devices include a crown interconnecting a pair of legs and at least one barb extending from each of the legs. The at least one barb may define an inner surface with a first portion disposed at a first orientation relative to a longitudinal axis of the leg, a second portion disposed at a second orientation relative to the longitudinal axis, and optionally, a third portion disposed at a third orientation relative to the longitudinal axis of the leg.
US08888807B2	Tourniquet and method of use A tourniquet for restricting a flow of blood in a body part is presented. In accordance with embodiments of the present invention, the tourniquet comprises a first elongated member, and a second elongated member in slidable engagement with the first elongated member. In addition, the tourniquet includes a tensioning mechanism connected to the second elongated member, wherein a compressive force is applied to the body part upon applying a tensile force to the second elongated member using the tensioning mechanism. The tourniquet is suited for emergency use, and may be applied by using only one hand. Thus, the tourniquet may be applied, manipulated and tightened by the wearer, even if the wearer is limited to the use of a single hand.
US08888805B2	Catheter with a polymide distal tip A catheter having an elongated shaft which has a multilayered distal tip with a first layer formed of a polyimide first material and a second layer formed of a polymeric second material. In one embodiment the multilayered distal tip is a separate member, distal to the distal end of a proximal portion of the shaft. In another embodiment, the shaft has an outer tubular member, and a multilayered inner tubular member with a distal end which forms the multilayered distal tip of the shaft. In a presently preferred embodiment, the polyimide material is a thermoset polyimide. In one embodiment, the polymeric second material is a polyamide material.
US08888803B2	Tissue removal device for neurosurgical and spinal surgery applications A tissue cutting device is disclosed and described. The device includes a handpiece disposed along a first central longitudinal axis and an outer cannula in which a reciprocating inner cannula is disposed. The inner and outer cannulas are disposed along a second longitudinal axis that is axially spaced from the first central longitudinal axis. The device may also include an inner cannula stop position control for selectively controlling the position of the inner cannula when it is at rest.
US08888798B2	Tissue repair device The present disclosure relates to a tissue repair device. The device includes a handle, a knob coupled to the handle, and a needle coupled to the handle. The needle includes a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end including a slot, wherein a first anchor is housed within the distal end and a second anchor is housed within the slot and located proximal to the first anchor. An actuator disposed within the needle and operatively coupled to the knob, wherein advancement of the knob allows for engagement of the actuator with the first anchor and subsequent advancement of the first anchor via the actuator. A method of tissue repair is also disclosed.
US08888784B1	Dual bladed surgical saw and method of use A dual bladed surgical saw and method of use. Two blade assemblies are attached to a saw body. Each blade assembly includes an oscillator driving a blade, and teeth on each blade. The blades are disposed at a pre-determined blade angle relative to each other, thus allowing two cuts to be made simultaneously and independently at the blade angle relative to each other. The blade assemblies may be rotatable relative to each other, which allows the pre-set blade angle to be varied appropriate to the procedure contemplated. One embodiment uses a slotted protractor bearing protractor indicia, and a threaded fastener to set the blade angle. Another embodiment uses shims between blade assembly arms to quickly and accurately set the blade angle. Method steps include pre-setting the blade angle, and making two cuts simultaneously at an angle relative to each other equal to the blade angle.
US08888765B1	System and method for use of infrared binocular indirect ophthalmoscopes in imaging and photodynamic therapy An infrared binocular indirect ophthalmoscope (iBIO) is provided to the simultaneous examination and treatment of the human eye. The iBIO operates in infrared light, at long wavelengths to penetrate the eye and image the retina. The iBIO can further include a treatment beam to activate an appropriate agent that has been injected in the human eye, for performing a treatment on the eye. The photosensitizing agent can include any photosensitive material that is activated at a predetermined wavelength. Can be useful in photodynamic therapy and other types of treatment for simultaneous examination and treatment of the human eye.
US08888762B2	Flexible shaft extender and method of using same An extender for use in an electro-mechanical surgical system that includes a surgical attachment that may be detachably coupled to an electro-mechanical driver device via a flexible shaft. The extender is a substantially rigid extender that includes a proximal end that may be detachably coupled to a distal end of the flexible shaft. The extender also includes a distal end that may be detachably coupled to the surgical attachment. The extender also includes at least one rotatable drive shaft configured to engage and be secured with a respective rotatable drive shaft of the flexible shaft such that rotation of the respective rotatable drive shaft of the flexible shaft by the electro-mechanical driver device causes the at least one rotatable drive shaft of the extender to rotate, thereby rotating a complementary connector of the surgical attachment so as to operate the surgical attachment. The extender may include a memory unit and a data cable that transfers data from the memory unit to an electro-mechanical driver device. Additionally or alternatively, the extender may include a data cable that transfers data from a memory unit in the surgical attachment to the electro-mechanical driver device. Advantageously, the extender is autoclavable.
US08888758B2	Closed male luer device for minimizing leakage during connection and disconnection A medical connector for minimizing leakage of fluids during connection and disconnection is described. The medical connector includes a body having an inlet port, at least one outlet port adjacent to a male luer portion of the body, and a fluid path between the inlet port and the at least one outlet ports. A retractable seal adjacent to the male luer portion of the body and blocks the outlet ports of the body when the male luer portion of the medical connect is in a disconnected state. The retractable seal is positioned on the body such that it is moved away from the outlet ports upon insertion of the male luer portion of the medical connector into a medical access device thereby unblocking the outlet ports and creating a fluid path through the medical connector.
US08888757B2	Active microneedle array An active microneedle array and method are provided for penetrating an outer layer of an epidermis. The active microneedle array includes a base having first and second sides. The first side of the base is engageable with the epidermis. A microneedle projects from the first side of the base. The microneedle is moveable between a first initial configuration and a second deformed configuration in response to engagement with the epidermis so as to form a passageway therein.
US08888753B2	Disposal chain supply systems method and apparatus This patent application teaches methods and apparatus of an efficient disposal chain system which includes a process of receiving fluid enclosing containers, transforming said containers into collection containers by integrating said containers into vacuum canister collection systems. Such a collection system includes a remote vacuum source configured to draw a vacuum force away from said container and towards said container. Such a vacuum source is configured to draw room air. Such a force is configured to draw waste materials along a path towards said collection container. A transformation of said containers includes deriving said containers from supply chains and transforming said containers into said collection systems at least in part by supporting said containers inside said canisters from below utilizing various configurations of measurement stands, said stands configured to support and accommodate various sizes, types and shapes of said containers.
US08888745B2	Applicator for inserting an implant The invention pertains to an applicator (1) for inserting an implant, in particular a rod-like implant (2) containing an active substance, under the skin of a human or animal, comprising a housing (3), a cannula (6) extending from the housing (3), and a handle (15) for grasping and maneuvering the applicator (1) and the cannula (6) during insertion of an implant (2). In accordance with the invention, the handle (15) extends above at least part of the length of the cannula (6). Such a handle facilitates insertion of the cannula and/or accurate positioning of the implant.
US08888730B2	Perfusion system with RFID feature activation The disclosure pertains to a perfusion system that is easy to set-up, use and monitor during a bypass procedure. In some embodiments, the disclosure pertains to a perfusion system in which at least some of the disposable components used with the perfusion system are configured to be able to communicate set-up and/or operational parameters to the perfusion system in order to unlock further functionality within the perfusion system.
US08888728B2	Guidable intravascular blood pump and related methods An improved intravascular blood pump and related methods involving the broad inventive concept of equipping the intravascular blood pump with guiding features such that the intravascular blood pump can be selectively positioned at a predetermined location within the circulatory system of a patient.
US08888724B2	Reciprocating brace An apparatus for passive extension and flexion of at least one finger of a patient with an upper arm unit, a lower arm unit, and at least one connective line. The apparatus is configured such that elbow extension of the patient promotes finger flexion. This is accomplished by taking advantage of the geometry of the arm, where the distance from a point on the patient's humeral area to the patient's fingers is greater when the patient's arm is in extension than when it is in flexion. In one aspect, the upper arm unit is configured to connect to a portion of the patient's arm between the patient's elbow and shoulder and the lower arm unit is configured to connect to a portion of the patient's arm intermediate the patient's hand and elbow.
US08888702B2	Detecting, quantifying, and/or classifying seizures using multimodal data Methods, systems, and apparatus for detecting an epileptic event, for example, a seizure in a patient using a medical device. The determination is performed by providing an autonomic signal indicative of the patient's autonomic activity; providing a neurologic signal indicative of the patient's neurological activity; and detecting an epileptic event based upon the autonomic signal and the neurologic signal.
US08888701B2	Apparatus and methods for monitoring physiological data during environmental interference Apparatus and methods for attenuating environmental interference are described. A wearable monitoring apparatus includes a housing configured to be attached to the body of a subject and a sensor module that includes an energy emitter that directs energy at a target region of the subject, a detector that detects an energy response signal—or physiological condition—from the subject, a filter that removes time-varying environmental interference from the energy response signal, and at least one processor that controls operations of the energy emitter, detector, and filter.
US08888699B2	Therapy using perturbation and effect of physiological systems Methods for treating a patient and further to devices for performing such treatment, e.g., methods and devices to perturb at least one physiological system and deliver therapy to the patient based on the effects of such perturbation. For example, a method for using an implantable medical device is disclosed that involves a method for using an implantable medical device delivering electrical stimuli to an afferent nerve associated with the selected organ. The efferent electrical activity is monitored in an efferent nerve responsive to delivering electrical stimuli to the afferent nerve, the monitored efferent electrical activity includes an indirect component of a compound action potential (CAP). A status of the selected organ is assessed based upon the indirect component.
US08888697B2	Method and system for enabling lay users to obtain relevant, personalized health related information The invention features methods, systems, and computer programs for generating a customized set of possible medical conditions, thereby providing access to medical information relevant to the user's state of health. The methods and systems involve at least some of the following steps: receiving a list of symptoms specified in terms selected from a first language set; translating the list of symptoms into a translated list of symptoms specified in terms selected from a second language set; using the translated list of symptoms to generate possible medical conditions, the possible medical conditions described in terms of the second language set; and translating the possible medical conditions into descriptions that are specified in terms selected from the first language set.
US08888693B2	Instrument access device An instrument access device (500) comprises a distal O-ring (11) for insertion into a wound interior, a proximal member for location externally of a wound opening and a sleeve (12) extending in two layers between the distal O-ring (11) and the proximal member. The proximal member comprises an inner proximal ring member (25) and an outer proximal ring member (24) between which the sleeve (12) is led. A seal housing (300) is mounted to the inner proximal ring member (25). A gelatinous elastomeric seal (302) with a pinhole opening (303) therethrough is received in the housing (300). An instrument may be extended through the seal (302) to access the wound interior through the retracted wound opening in a sealed manner.
US08888692B1	Trocar cannula assembly and method of manufacture A cannula assembly having a retention member and a method of manufacture of the cannula assembly is provided. The cannula assembly includes a cannula and a sleeve disposed around the cannula from a proximal end to a distal end. The sleeve can be pre-formed by a stretch blow molding process then advanced over the cannula. The sleeve includes an inflatable balloon and an annular ring distal the inflatable balloon. The cannula includes an annular recess. The annular ring is sized to have an interference fit with the annular recess.
US08888691B2	Expanding surgical access port A surgical access port that includes a cylindrical member having a proximal end and a distal end and defining a longitudinal axis; at least two lumen extending through the cylindrical member along the longitudinal axis; at least one cavity defined in the cylindrical member and positioned radially within the at least two lumen; and a source of inflation fluid coupled to the at least one cavity, the source of inflation configured to permit selectable inflation of the at least one cavity, whereby inflation of the at least one cavity increases the radial distance between the at least two lumen.
US08888688B2	Connector device for a controllable instrument A connector assembly for controllable articles is described herein. The connector assembly engages force transmission elements used to transmit force from one or more force generators with the force transmission elements used to manipulate a controllable article. Additionally, the connector assembly provides organization thereby simplifying the process of connecting a plurality of elements, usually with a quick, single movement.
US08888686B2	Endoscope system for treatment of sinusitis An endoscope includes a substantially rigid shaft having a distal end and a proximal portion, the shaft having a first lumen and a second lumen separate from the first lumen, the second lumen containing one or more objective lenses disposed at the distal end thereof. A housing is mounted on the proximal portion of the shaft, the housing including an eyepiece mount and a light input port. An image fiber bundle is disposed in the second lumen, the image fiber bundle extending proximally from adjacent the one or more objective lenses to the eyepiece mount. An illumination fiber bundle is disposed in the second lumen, the illumination fiber bundle extending proximally from the distal end of the shaft to the light input port.
US08888684B2	Medical devices with local drug delivery capabilities A medical device, for example, an endoscope or catheter, includes local drug delivery capabilities for selectively delivering at least one drug in vivo. The local drug delivery may occur as the medical device is advanced through tortuous passageways of the patient's body or may occur after the medical device has reached its targeted destination. The medical device includes a drug agent, for example, carried in or on a hydrophilic or hydrogel coating disposed on the outside thereof. When the hydrogel or drug agent receives an appropriate signal, e.g., solution containing a triggering agent or triggering condition, e.g., heat or light, the hydrogel contracts or expands to squeeze out the drug from hydrogel. If electric current is provided as the signal, and the drug agent is charged, the drug agent is released by electrophoretic forces.
US08888678B2	Pelvic implant with suspending system A method of providing support to an anatomical structure of the pelvis includes inserting a first suspending member into a pelvic space on a first side of a urethra of a patient, the first suspending member being slidably received through a first end of a support. A second suspending member is inserted into a pelvic space on a second side of the urethra of the patient, the second suspending member being slidably received through a second end of the support. A position of the support under the urethra of the patient is adjusted by tensioning the first suspending member. The first suspending member is pulled through the first end of the support.
US08888673B2	Systems and methods for neuro-EEG synchronization therapy Described are methods, devices, and systems for a novel, inexpensive, easy to use therapy for a number of disorders. Described are methods and devices to treat disorders that involves no medication. Methods and devices described herein use alternating magnetic fields to gently “tune” the brain and affect mood, focus, and cognition of subjects.
US08888664B1	Exercise bench system An exercise bench allows a user to practice both legs together while each one has an independent weight load for the user's preference. The exercise bench has a pivotably adjustable back support, seat panel. The bench is disposed between a base frame and top frame with three connection columns. The first two columns have weight support displaced at the lower end and an opening on the top end for a pulley for each column. The top frame also supports an adjustable pulley support panel with two additional pulleys disposed on two opposite sides of the panel. Two independent cables connect weight through the pulley to the user's foot. The user can apply the same or different weight load to each leg and thus can practice accordingly.
US08888660B1	Energy harvester for exercise equipment An energy harvester system is provided in and responsive to movement of a motion control arrangement of an exercise machine for converting kinetic and ambient light energy supplied from an environment of the exercise equipment into electrical power which is delivered to a feedback system associated with the exercise equipment in order to provide information corresponding to the user of the exercise equipment.
US08888659B2	Motor vehicle drive train In a motor vehicle drive train device with a drive engine and a drive train which has a first coupling unit in the form of a clutch arranged close to the drive engine and at least one second coupling unit arranged in the flow of force from the drive engine close to the drive wheels of the vehicle, a control unit is provided which controls the coupling units and which has an overrun operating mode wherein, at a first point, the drive engine can be disconnected from the drive train by opening the clutch and, at a second point, the coupling units close to the drive wheels can be disengaged so as to disconnect the drive train also from the drive wheels.
US08888652B2	System, method, and apparatus for controlling power output distribution in a hybrid power train A method includes operating a hybrid power train having an internal combustion engine and at least one electrical torque provider. The method further includes determining a machine power demand for the hybrid power train, and determining a power division between the internal combustion engine and the electrical torque provider in response to the machine power demand. The method further includes determining a state-of-charge (SOC) of an electrical energy storage device electrically coupled to the at least one electrical torque provider and interpreting a target SOC for the electrical energy storage device in response to a vehicle speed, and determining an SOC deviation for the electrical storage device, wherein the SOC deviation comprises a function of a difference between the SOC of the electrical energy storage device and the target SOC of the electrical energy storage device.
US08888642B2	Power tool Embodiments of the present invention may include a power tool including a drive motor and a continuously variable transmission mechanism. The continuously variable transmission mechanism may include a sun roller rotated by a drive motor, the sun roller configured to press on a plurality of planetary rollers, a holder radially supporting the plurality of planetary rollers, a shift ring being in internal contact with the plurality of planetary rollers, and a resistance reducing portion disposed at the holder to fill a gap between the two of the planetary rollers.
US08888641B2	Torque split type automatic transmission A torque split type automatic transmission which transmits the torque output from an engine through two paths, adds the torque passing through and increased in each path, and outputs a final torque is provided, wherein the torque of the engine is divided into two portions and each portion of the torque is transmitted respectively through first and second power delivery paths, and wherein the first power delivery path is connected to a launching device, the second power delivery path is connected to a transmission device, and outputs of the launching device and the transmission device are met at a torque combining device such that each torque increased through each power delivery path is added and the final torque is output through the torque combining device.
US08888636B2	Power output apparatus A power output apparatus 1 to 1D including an engine 6, a motor 7, and a transmission 20 to 20D having two transmission shafts connected to the engine 6 is provided. The transmission includes a power combination mechanism 30 adapted so as to be able to rotate first to third elements differentially from each other. The first element is connected to any one of the two transmission shafts, the second element is connected to a driving shaft 9 or 9, and the third element is connected to the motor 7. The second element combines the power transmitted from the first element and the power transmitted from the third element, and transmits the combined power to the driving shaft 9 and 9. The other transmission shaft of the two transmission shafts transmits power to the driving shaft 9 or 9 without going via the power combination mechanism 30.
US08888634B2	Toothed plate-link chain A toothed plate-link chain having a plurality of link plates that form chain links in the transverse direction of the chain. The link plates of laterally adjacent chain links partially overlap, and the chain links are hingedly connected to each other by hinge pins that extend through receiving openings in overlap regions of the link plates. At least some of the link plates have plate teeth, and some of the link plates have a modified form to reduce the effect of impact impulses of the link plates on the tooth flanks of a toothed wheel about which the chain passes. As a result, the magnitude of the meshing impulses and the times during which they act on the toothed wheel are modified to thereby reduce structure-borne noise.
US08888633B2	Low friction sound-type silent chain In a silent chain of the inner flank engagement and outer flank seating type, the link plate teeth are arranged so that their rearwardly facing inner flanks protrude slightly beyond the outer flank overlapping link plate teeth in a preceding row when the chain is straight and in tension. The rearwardly facing inner flank is composed of an arc-shaped engagement starting region adjacent the tip and a straight engagement guiding region extending toward the root.
US08888624B2	Tensioning device with an unlocking element having a ramp section A tensioning device is provided for an endless drive device, having a housing, a spring-loadable tensioning piston in a piston bore of the housing, a transport locking device, and a device to adjust the working range of the tensioning piston with a retainer element on the housing having at least one spring arm and a retainer profile arranged in the forward section of the tensioning piston in the tensioning direction. The transport locking device comprises a transport groove in the tensioning piston, the spring arm of the retainer element being engageable into the transport groove, and an unlocking element, wherein the unlocking element has at least one ramp section potentially in functional contact with the spring arm. The ramp section exerts an unlocking force on the spring arm over a travel path of the unlocking element relative to the tensioning piston, forcing said spring arm out of the transport groove.
US08888603B2	Swing analyzer and golf club shaft selecting system A measuring device includes a strain gauge, a processing unit calculating an expected bending point value corresponding to a bending point position, and a display unit capable of displaying an output value from the processing unit. The processing unit calculates the expected bending point value based on a measured value of strain gauge at a first time point during a swing of the user and a measured value of strain gauge at a second time point closer to an impact time point than the first time point. The processing unit stores in advance conversion data for converting the expected bending point value to recommended kick point output value indicating kick point, and the processing unit outputs the recommended kick point output value corresponding to the calculated expected bending point value to the display unit.
US08888599B2	Gaming terminal having a prize fulfillment mechanism A gaming terminal is configured to permit each player of a plurality of players to play a game in a tournament. The gaming terminal includes a processor configured to specify the maximum number of games which may be played in the tournament, count the number of games which have been played by each player, and verify the identity of a winning player. The gaming terminal also includes a prize fulfillment mechanism configured to pay out a cash prize to the winning player. The prize fulfillment mechanism pays out the cash prize instantly and directly to the winning player upon verification of the winning player's identity and when the number of games played equals the maximum number of games which may be played in the tournament.
US08888598B2	Transaction systems and methods for virtual items of massively multiplayer online games and virtual worlds Systems and methods for trading, exchanging, and/or valuating virtual items that exist in MMOGs or other types of virtual worlds. According to various embodiments, the present invention utilizes a homogenous database to store virtual objects and their attributes across different MMOGs and virtual worlds. The items in the database are indexed and searchable. Using the system, users can trade, exchange, sell and/or valuate their virtual objects.
US08888583B2	Systems and methods for portable exergaming In a first aspect, a system for playing a video game is provided that includes (1) one or more sensors adapted to monitor one or more biometric parameters of a user and communicate the one or more monitored biometric parameters (MBPs); (2) a computing device adapted to communicate with the one or more sensors and to receive the one or more communicated MBPs; and (3) a video game having an avatar adapted to move an object on an incline, the video game adapted to execute on the computing device. The video game is adapted to control the avatar to perform an action in the video game based in part on the received one or more communicated MBPs. Numerous other aspects are provided.
US08888580B2	Gaming system, gaming device and method including a community trail game In various embodiments, the gaming system, gaming device, and gaming method disclosed herein provides a community game having a trail or path. The community game enables a plurality of players to each simultaneously pick one or more directions of movement along the trail or path (i.e., pick or designate a destination position which that player wants to move to). If the picked directions of movement for more than one player result in more than one player each designating the same destination position, the gaming system determines which player is moved to the designated destination position (and is provided a displayed award or outcome associated with that position) and which player is moved to an alternative position (and is provided a displayed award or outcome associated with that alternative position).
US08888570B2	Combination handheld meat tenderizer and marinade injector An improved meat tenderizing appliance for domestic use in which both mechanical and chemical tenderizing processes are implemented in an easily cleaned, handheld unit operated by the mechanical movement of the device. A small pump is operated through the downward motion of the device. Pressure generated from the pump, as a result of the downward motion, forces the injection solution through a manifold of specially designed needles that administer micro-cuts into the meat and inject the solution. The needles are designed as heavy duty stainless steel with flutes that have sharp edges to produce the micro-cuts in the meat and to strengthen the needle.
US08888567B2	Skate sharpening squaring device and method of use A skate squaring device includes a main frame having a slot to receive a skate blade. The main frame is designed to attach to a portion of a skate sharpening fixture such that calibration lines on the main frame are perpendicular to a centerline axis of a body of the skate blade when mounted in the holder. A magnetic angle is attached to the end of the skate blade and positioned adjacent a face of the main frame having the calibration lines to determine if the skate blade edge is square.
US08888549B2	Bubble generating apparatus with shutter Disclosed embodiments include a bubble generating apparatus operable to generate bubbles from a bubble generating liquid. In an exemplary embodiment, the exemplary bubble generating apparatus includes a symmetric output assembly having a bubble formation surface and a central opening defined therethrough. A liquid film may be formed across the central opening of the bubble formation surface, and air flow may be provided through the central opening of the bubble formation surface to generate bubbles from the liquid film.
US08888543B2	Relating to amphibians An amphibian (1) for use on land and water, comprising: a hull having a planing surface (2), and at least one retractable suspension apparatus (4) movable from a vehicle supporting position to a retracted position, comprising for each wheel (5), upper and lower suspension arms (8, 9) that are pivotably connected at inboard ends to a support structure within the hull; and are pivotably connected at outboard ends to a suspension upright (7). Upright (7) extends from a first, upper connection past a second, lower connection to a location (10) for a wheel hub mounting. The suspension upright when deployed in land use extends externally of the hull across a side face (2A) of the planing surface; while lower suspension arm (9) remains above the top of planing surface (2) throughout use of the amphibian on land. This suspension arrangement allows the hull to have no cutouts in its planing surface.
US08888541B2	Press-fit type connector terminal The press-fit type connector terminal includes a pin section having a U-shaped or quadrangular cross-section, and a contact section situated at a front end of the pin section, the contact section including a contact piece surrounding an imaginary center line parallel to a longitudinal axis of the pin section, and a slit formed at a part of the contact piece and extending substantially parallel to the imaginary center line, the connector terminal being comprised of a single bent metal plate having elasticity.
US08888540B2	Power-track coupling A coupling is used with a U-section longitudinally extending power track having a floor and a pair of side walls defining a longitudinally and transversely open retaining channel and provided on the side walls with respective dielectric support rails each carrying a respective longitudinally extending main conductor transversely exposed in the slot and connected to phase or ground. The coupling has a dielectric coupling housing extending along an axis and having center structure defining a center symmetry plane perpendicular to the axis and end formations projecting axially oppositely from the center structure and each fittable longitudinally into the channel at an end of the power track to an insertion depth determined by the center structure. Two L-section and longitudinally extending metallic contact strips are carried on and transversely limitedly movable in a predetermined transverse direction in the dielectric housing.
US08888538B2	Modular jack with enhanced shielding An electrical connector includes a dielectric housing having a mating face, a plurality of openings therein configured as pairs of aligned openings and a receptacle for receiving a plurality of internal modules therein. A plurality of electrically conductive contacts are positioned within the housing with a portion of each contact extending into one of the openings for engaging contacts of a mateable connector. At least one conductive inter-module shield is located within the receptacle and extends generally towards the mating face to define a plurality of module receiving cavities.
US08888533B2	Cable header connector A cable header connector includes a cable including a pair of signal wires, a contact sub-assembly terminated to the cable and a ground shield providing electrical shielding for the contact sub-assembly. The contact sub-assembly has a mounting block having contact channels therein. The contact sub-assembly has a pair of signal contacts each received in corresponding contact channels and held in the contact channels by an interference fit. The contact channels receive corresponding signal wires of the cable and position the signal wires in position adjacent to the corresponding signal contacts. The signal contacts are laser welded to the signal wires of the cable at terminating ends of the signal contacts after being positioned in the contact channels.

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