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US08913357B2	ESD protection circuit An ESD circuit is disclosed. The ESD circuit includes a pad and a ground and a sensing element coupled between the pad and ground for sensing an ESD current. The sensing element generates an active sense output signal when an ESD current is sensed and an inactive sense output signal when no ESD current is sensed. The ESD circuit also includes a bypass element comprising a bi-polar junction transistor. The bypass element is coupled in parallel to the sensing element between the pad and ground. The active sense output signal causes the bypass element to be activated to provide a current path between the pad and ground.
US08913353B2	Method and system for detecting fault of serial coil type permanent magnet motor A method and system for detecting a fault of a serial coil type permanent magnet motor includes driving the motor based on a predefined current reference value, detecting a phase current vector of the motor, and calculating a current compensation value for removing a negative sequence component of the motor based on the phase current vector. The current compensation value is provided to a negative sequence current controller for calculating a faulty phase and a degree of a fault of the motor using the output of the negative sequence current controller and a fault model to which induced magnetic flux variations in a specific slot of a specific faulty phase of the motor and other slots of the same phase as the specific phase are applied, and applying a current reference value to which the calculated faulty phase and degree of fault are applied.
US08913345B1	System and method for reading data from a magnetic medium by utilizing plural read sensors which define an effective read width Systems and methods for reading data from a magnetic medium are provided. A system for reading data from a magnetic medium includes an electromagnetic head array, where the electromagnetic head array includes a plurality of read sensors. Each read sensor of the plurality of read sensors is configured to sense a magnetic field of the magnetic medium and to generate a signal based on the magnetic field. Circuitry is configured to combine the signals of the plurality of read sensors to generate a resulting signal. The resulting signal defines an effective read width of the electromagnetic head array, where the effective read width is narrower than a read width of any of the plurality of read sensors.
US08913338B1	Disk drive reducing write unsafe threshold when detecting an unrecoverable servo compensation value A disk drive is disclosed comprising a disk comprising a plurality of servo tracks defined by servo sectors, wherein each servo sector comprises servo data and a servo compensation value. While servoing a head over a target data track during a write operation, a position error signal (PES) is generated at each servo sector based at least in part on the servo data. When the servo compensation value of a first servo sector is recoverable, the write operation is aborted when the PES generated at the first servo sector exceeds a first write unsafe threshold. When the servo compensation value of the first servo sector is unrecoverable, the write operation is aborted when the PES generated at the first servo sector exceeds a second write unsafe threshold less than the first write unsafe threshold.
US08913337B2	Controlling transportation of tape medium High performance is obtained without preventing achievement of a target read data rate.In a controller 16 of a tape drive, a command processing unit 41 receives a synchronization command, and a buffer management unit 42 passes data in a buffer to a channel input-output unit 43. Then, upon completion of writing the data to the tape, a backhitch determination unit 44 determines whether or not to execute backhitch. If it is determined that backhitch should be skipped, the speed determination unit 46 determines a tape speed that minimizes a sum of a time required to write data without backhitch within a range where a data amount of a monitor target is to be written in order to achieve a target read data rate, and a time required to write data with backhitch within the range. Then, an operation signal output unit 49 issues an instruction to change the tape speed to the determined tape speed after execution of backhitch.
US08913336B2	Constrained on-the-fly interleaver address generator circuits, systems, and methods An interleave address generation circuit includes a plurality of linear feedback shift registers operable to generate addresses for permuting a data block in a first domain to a data block in a second domain on a subword basis. The interleave address generation circuit is operable to generate the lane addresses for each subword and the linear feedback registers configured to generate circulant addresses and sub-circulant address to map bits in each subword in the data block in the first domain to a corresponding subword in the second domain.
US08913323B2	Local removal of a lenticular optical effect by a high volume offset coating A combined use of a pervasively textured anilox supply roll and a customized, locally patterned flexographic roll is provided for forming a lenticular product. The customized, locally patterned flexographic roll includes an intermittent raised and recessed surface pattern analogous to a type used in a “spot” ink application. In the present case, however, the applied material is transparent and preferably matched in its refractive index to the lenticular sheet. Relevant aspects of the invention also register the selectively coated areas with graphic features on the planar reverse side of the lenticular sheet.
US08913320B2	Wire grid polarizer with bordered sections A wire grid polarizer comprising a transparent substrate having a first surface. Multiple separate and discrete sections of wire grids can be disposed over the first surface and attached to the substrate, with a border between the sections including an opaque mask material. The mask material can be disposed over the first surface of the substrate. The mask material can be a material different than the wire grid material. The mask material can extend over or under a portion of an edge of the wire grid.
US08913316B2	Catadioptric projection objective with intermediate images A catadioptric projection objective has a first objective part, defining a first part of the optical axis and imaging an object field to form a first real intermediate image. It also has a second, catadioptric objective part forming a second real intermediate image using the radiation from the first objective part. The second objective part has a concave mirror and defines a second part of the optical axis. A third objective part images the second real intermediate image into the image plane and defines a third part of the optical axis. Folding mirrors deflect the radiation from the object plane towards the concave mirror; and deflect the radiation from the concave mirror towards the image plane. The first part of the optical axis defined by the first objective part is laterally offset from and aligned parallel with the third part of the optical axis.
US08913314B2	Scanning device, image display device, and method for controlling image display device A scanning device that scans a beam emitted from a light source, includes: a beam condensing unit that condenses the beam emitted from the light source; a beam diverging unit that is arranged on an output side of the beam condensing unit, and diverges the beam condensed by the beam condensing unit; a first scanning unit that is arranged between the beam condensing unit and the beam diverging unit, and scans the beam condensed by the beam condensing unit; and a moving unit that moves at least one of the beam condensing unit and the beam diverging unit along respective optical axis directions thereof, in accordance with a scan angle of the first scanning unit.
US08913310B2	Image reading device An image reading device includes a conveyor unit that conveys a document along a conveying path for ADF-type image scanning including a curved path. The conveyor unit includes a conveyor roller that reverses a conveying direction of the document in the curved path. The device further includes a first contact surface that comes into contact with a first side of the document when the document is conveyed, a second contact surface that comes into contact with a second side of the document when the document is conveyed, a first reading unit that reads an image on the first side of the document, and a second reading unit disposed above the second contact surface and reading an image on the second side of the document. A part of the conveyor roller is disposed lower than the first and second contact surfaces in an up down direction of the image reading device.
US08913300B2	Occlusion of vector image data Systems and methods for rendering an image related to a target area is provided. Image data and an associated depthmap of the target area are received. Vector image data corresponding to the image data of the target area are further received. A height value for each of a plurality of pixels of the image data is determined based on the associated depthmap. A mask for the image data is created based on the determined height value for each of the plurality of pixels of the image data, and applied to the vector image data. An image of the target area comprising the received image data and the masked vector image data is rendered for display.
US08913299B2	Document securization method and a document securization device using printing a distribution of dots on said document An analogical mark printed on a document that includes a distribution of dots defined by a digital file, having, as a result of unanticipated unknowns in printing, an unpredictable variation, dot by dot, of at least one geometric characteristic of the printed dots where dots of the distribution of dots have, in the digital file, at least one geometric characteristic that digitally varies among dots, the geometric amplitude of the digital variation having the order of magnitude of said unpredictable variation and being less than an average dimension of the dots of the distribution of dots.
US08913293B2	Reliable high-speed duplex printing mode configured to issue simplex-printing requests for individual sides based on a plurality of input duplex-printing requests for individual sheets An image forming apparatus includes a high-speed duplex-printing mode execution unit, a print request unit, an output processing unit, a request control unit, and a request invalidation unit. The high-speed duplex-printing mode execution unit executes a high-speed duplex-printing mode in which image formation is sequentially performed on first sides from a leading sheet, and then image formation is performed on a second side of at least the leading sheet. The print request unit issues simplex-printing requests. The output processing unit receives the requests, performs an output process, and causes image formation to be performed. The request control unit causes the print request unit to issue simplex-printing requests using, as a trigger, either input of each duplex-printing request or completion of the output process. The request invalidation unit maintains a trigger based on the output process completion as invalid.
US08913291B2	Image processing apparatus for viewing progress status of image output processing An image processing apparatus includes: a display and a display controller that controls the display to display thereon a page. When a first processing is currently performed on the page, the page includes: a first part, on which the first processing has not yet been performed; and a second part, on which the first processing has already been performed. When a second processing is currently performed on the page, the page includes: a third part, on which the second processing has not yet been performed; and a fourth part, on which the second processing has already been performed. The display controller controls the display to display the first part and the second part in different display modes. The display controller controls the display to display the third part and the fourth part in different display modes.
US08913288B2	Method and system for changing physical page properties in a priting application A method for changing physical page properties in a large format printing application on a client device, the client device having executable instructions for creating a print job for producing a printout of an image. The steps include selecting the image for the print job; selecting a logical page size for the printout of the image; dividing the logical page size into a plurality of physical pages based on a selected medium; selecting at least one physical page from the plurality of physical pages and changing at least one print property on the at least one physical page; and adjusting the at least one print property on adjacent physical pages to the selected at least one physical page to avoid a sudden change in image quality and/or image appearance of the image in the printout.
US08913284B2	Media processing device and systems with multiple processing units A roll paper print unit 120 processes roll paper. A first interface 110 receives commands transmitted from a POS terminal 20. A second interface 115 transmits a command received by the first interface 110 to a printer 200 that performs a same process as the roll paper print unit 120. A control unit 150 controls processing by the roll paper print unit 120, and transmitting a command to the printer 200 through the second interface 115, based on the received command. When the received command is a preset command, the control unit 150 controls the second interface 115 to transmit the preset command to the printer 200.
US08913280B2	Communication apparatus, method for controlling the same, storage medium, and printing apparatus A communication apparatus includes a first communication unit for executing direct wireless communication between an external apparatus and the communication apparatus in which one of the external apparatus and the communication apparatus serves as an access point, and a second communication unit for executing communication between the external apparatus and the communication apparatus in a different way from the communication by the first communication unit. If it is determined that the communication which the communication apparatus is executing is the communication by the second communication unit, a selection screen is displayed so as to enable a user to select a desired service, and if it is determined that the communication which the communication apparatus is executing is the communication by the first communication unit, the selection screen is displayed so as to prevent the user from selecting the specific service.
US08913275B2	Image forming system An image forming system includes plural server devices, a transmission device, and an image forming device. The transmission device includes a first memory, a selection unit, and a transmission unit. The first memory stores priorities assigned to the server devices. The selection unit selects an available server device having the highest priority. The transmission unit transmits user identification information and associated image data to the selected server device. Each server device includes a storage location for storing the transmitted identification information and image data. The image forming device includes a second memory, an acquisition unit, and an image forming unit. The second memory stores server information. Upon receipt of user identification information, the acquisition unit acquires image data associated with the user identification information from the storage location in the server device identified by the server information. The image forming unit forms an image corresponding to the acquired image data.
US08913273B2	Workflow to allow continued printing in presence of severe printer error Exemplary apparatuses herein comprise, for example, a printing apparatus that includes processing elements, such as printing elements, a media path positioned to supply sheets of media to the printing elements, a media storage device maintaining the sheets of media and providing the sheets of media to the media path, a processor device operatively connected to the media storage device and the media path, and a graphic user interface operatively connected to the processor device. The processor device monitors operations of the media storage device and the media path to detect media path faults. The processor device evaluates the media path faults to determine the severity of the media path faults. The processor device performs the bypass operation based on a combination of at least one of the media path faults exceeding a previously established severity level and the user-selectable bypass option on the graphic user interface being selected.
US08913269B2	Method for printing PDF files containing corrupted pages A method for print portable document format (PDF) files with corrupted pages, comprising the steps of rasterizing images of non-corrupt pages but not corrupted pages of a PDF file, printing only non-corrupt pages of the PDF file, gathering and recording file and page information including which pages are non-corrupt pages and which pages are corrupted pages in the PDF file, allowing correction of the corrupted pages of the PDF file for reprint, retrieving saved file and page information for reprint of the PDF file. Based on the file and page information retrieved and print options and merge mode selected, the reprint process proceeds with rasterizing images of the corrected corrupted pages, and printing the corrected corrupted pages while merging with the already-printed non-corrupt pages to produce a complete set of print out of all non-corrupt pages and corrected corrupted pages of the PDF file in a correct sequence according to the file and page information retrieved.
US08913267B2	Printing system and program A printing system and a program ensuring an improved security. A printing system (1) has printers (20A, 20B, 20C) for printing according to printing data further having a printer managing device (30) having a printing data managing section (311) for limiting the printing data supplied to the printers (20A, 20B, 20C) to printing data having a security level matching the security level based on the installation environment of the printer (20A) and a communication section (34) for providing the limited printing data to the printer (20A).
US08913264B2	Method and system for storing and retrieving data A database management system includes a first data storage structure for storing timestamped counter data entries for each of devices in an unordered manner and such that each counter data entry is assigned a uniquely identifiable storage address; a second data storage structure for storing and mapping between: address data identifying the storage addresses of counter data entries, excluding those which are null or empty, timestamps corresponding to the counter data entries, and device identifiers identifying the devices to which the counter data entries correspond; and data access means for, in response to receiving a request for data in respect of a specified time period and at least one of the devices, using the second data storage structure to identify, for the or each specified device, the storage addresses of the temporally first and last counter data entries falling within the specified time period and not null or empty.
US08913262B2	Image forming apparatus, power control method, and storage medium An image forming apparatus configured to execute image forming process by using hardware resources. The image forming apparatus includes a processor that executes application software including an image forming process, the application software causing display of one or more display screens. The image forming apparatus includes a display processing unit configured to display one of the one or more display screens on a display, a memory configured to store in association with each display screen, a power status indicating whether each of the hardware resources should be provided power during display of the display screen, a power status determining unit configured to determine which hardware resource should be provided power among the hardware resources, based on the displayed display screen and the power status stored in the memory, and a power control unit configured to provide power to the determined hardware resources.
US08913257B2	Image forming apparatus, method and program of managing the image forming apparatus by reserving area for identified counter When an application is installed in an image forming apparatus, a counter used for the application is identified by using identification information indicating counters used in relation to a function of the application from among a plurality of counter types specified according to a type of the image forming apparatus, and an area for the identified counter is reserved in a storage area in the image forming apparatus.
US08913245B2	System and method for interferometric autofocusing The present invention includes a camera configured to collect light reflected from the surface of a specimen, a two beam interference optical system including: an illumination source; a reference mirror configured to reflect substantially less light from a center region than from a peripheral region; and a first beam splitter configured to direct a first portion of light from the illumination source along an object path and a second portion of light from the illumination source along a reference path, wherein the camera and reference mirror are arranged such that light reflected from the reference mirror does not impinge on a FOV of the camera; and an autofocusing system disposed along a secondary optical axis, wherein the autofocusing system is configured to analyze one or more interference fringes created by a superposition of light reflected from the specimen surface and the peripheral region of the reference mirror surface.
US08913238B2	Check-tile for colour measurement instruments The invention relates to a check-tile for validating instrument scales of color measurement instruments, in particular goniospectrophotometers, said check-tile comprising a non-transparent (opaque) substrate coated with a multi-layer coating, said multi-layer coating comprising: A) a pigmented ground coat, wherein said pigmented ground coat is opaque and made of a base coat coating composition I comprising at least one achromatic solid pigment, B) a pigmented mid-coat, wherein said pigmented mid-coat is translucent and made of a base coat coating composition II comprising at least one transparent interference pigment and at least one transparent or semi-transparent solid pigment, and C) a clear top coat made of a transparent clear coat coating composition on top of the mid-coat.
US08913236B2	Method and device for measuring freeform surfaces An optical measuring instrument for measuring aspheric surfaces includes an optical measuring arm and a multi-axis drive platform. The optical measuring arm provides for illuminating and imaging the aspheric surfaces. The multi-axis drive platform relatively moves the optical measuring arm with respect to the aspheric surfaces through a plurality of subaperture measurement positions. A focus of adjustable focusing optic is maintained at a nominal center of curvature of the aspheric surfaces. A variable optical aberrator adds aberration to an illumination wavefront to match the illumination wavefront to the intended local shape of the aspheric surface. Fitted low-frequency shape information is distinguished from a remainder of the local shape information yielding mid-frequency topographic measurements of the subapertures, which can be assembled to construct a profile measurement of the aspheric surface.
US08913235B2	Fiber measurement device A fiber measurement device includes: a light detector adapted to detect feedback light of laser light output to a fiber; a band limiting circuit adapted to extract, from a signal depending on the feedback light, a signal having a component corresponding to a frequency of the laser light, wherein the signal extracted by the band limiting circuit is a first differentiation target signal; and a waveform equalizing circuit having a differentiating and adding circuit adapted to differentiate the first differentiation target signal to generate a first differentiation result signal and to add the first differentiation target signal and the first differentiation result signal.
US08913218B2	Method for forming reflector and reflective liquid crystal display manufactured with same The present invention provides a method for forming a reflector and a reflective LCD manufactured with the method. The method for forming reflector includes (1) providing metal powder and gold varnish, the metal powder being one or more than one selected from aluminum powder, copper powder, zinc powder; (2) mixing the metal powder and the gold varnish to form slurry; (3) providing a substrate and coating or printing the slurry on the substrate; and (4) baking the substrate on which the slurry coated or printed at a temperature of 60-80° C. for a period of 3-5 minutes to have the slurry forming a reflector on the substrate. The present invention forms a reflector on a substrate by mixing metal powder and gold varnish together to form slurry so as to improve homogeneity of scattered reflection of light by the reflector so formed.
US08913213B2	Light emitting apparatus and display apparatus using the same A light emitting apparatus including a first light emitting device including a first light emitting diode chip configured to emit light of a first rank included in a first color gamut, and a second light emitting device including a second light emitting diode chip configured to emit light of a second rank included in the first color gamut, in which the first rank is different than the second rank. In addition, the first and second light emitting devices are arranged in relation to each other such that the light emitted by the first emitting device mixes with light emitted by the second light emitting device to form light of a third rank different than the first and second ranks.
US08913211B2	Backlight unit and liquid crystal display device including the same Discussed are a backlight unit and an LCD device including the same, which prevent the thermal deformation and movement of a light guide plate and realize uniform luminance. The backlight unit includes a supporting case supporting a supporting side wall having a receiving space, a light guide plate placed in the receiving space of the supporting case, a light source member irradiating light on a light incident surface prepared in a side surface of the light guide plate, an optical sheet member disposed on the light guide plate, and a plurality of holder members disposed at certain intervals between the supporting side wall and some side surfaces of the light guide plate except the light incident surface. The holder members are deformed in shape by thermal deformation of the light guide plate.
US08913210B2	Back frame and backlight system The present invention provides a back frame of flat panel display device, which includes primary assembling pieces, secondary assembling pieces, and a bracing piece for fixing a circuit board. The primary assembling pieces have a number of at least two, and the at least two primary assembling pieces are connected through joining. The secondary assembling pieces are joined to the primary assembling pieces. 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 mounted to the primary assembling pieces or the secondary assembling pieces or is mounted to both the primary assembling pieces and the secondary assembling pieces. The available mounting points between the bracing body and the primary assembling pieces or the secondary assembling pieces are of a number of at least two. The bracing piece fixes a circuit board. The present invention also provides a backlight system. The back frame and the backlight system of the present invention have a back frame mold having a simple structure, reduce the expenditure of a back frame mold, and save the material used for back frame so as to lower down the cost of flat panel display device.
US08913196B2	Video processing device and video processing method including deserializer A video processing device includes: a deserializer that both converts a serial digital interface signal received as input to parallel data and extracts a clock; format detection means that both detects a video data format that is included in the parallel data that were converted by the deserializer and supplies clock ratio information that indicates the ratio of the clock frequency and the pixel clock frequency stipulated by the format; pixel clock generation means that generates a pixel clock based on the clock that was extracted by the deserializer; saving means that saves video data and supplies the saved video data in synchronization with the pixel clock; write control means that, based on the clock ratio information, divides the video data that are contained in the parallel data that were converted by the deserializer into two or four portions and saves the divided data in the saving means; and an unpack processor that, synchronized with the pixel clock, subjects the data that are supplied from the saving means to processing that accords with the video format.
US08913190B2	Method and apparatus for regenerating a pixel clock signal A method and device regenerating a pixel clock signal, the method comprising, and the device being configured for: determining a first drift value D1 representative of a first time difference between a reference clock signal RC and a local clock signal LC based on a local pixel clock signal LPC; adjusting the local pixel clock signal LPC according to an adjustment command to provide a regenerated pixel clock signal RPC; determining a second drift value D2 representative of a second time difference between the reference clock signal RC and a regenerated clock signal based on the regenerated pixel clock signal RPC; and providing the adjustment command to the adjustable clock generator 32; 132; 316 for adjusting the local pixel clock signal LPC, wherein the adjustment command is based on the difference between the determined first and second drift values.
US08913187B1	System and method to detect garbled closed captioning A garbled closed captioning detector analyzes closed captioning data at predetermined intervals to determine whether a metric derived from the closed-captioning data exceeds a threshold. If the metric exceeds the predetermined threshold, the closed captioning data is presumed to be garbled. For example, the metric may be the percentage of words in the closed captioning data having a desired word length observed in a particular interval compared to all words in the closed captioning data observed in the interval. If the percentage of words having a desired word length exceeds a predetermined threshold, the closed captioning data is presumed to be garbled.
US08913183B2	Video projector and associated data transmission A video projector, a cluster of video projectors and a method for wirelessly transmitting image data within the cluster of video projectors. The video projector includes a first antenna located at a first side of the projector and a second antenna located at a second side of the projector, opposite to the first side. Image data is divided into sub-parts, and distributed by assigning each image data sub-part to a video projector. A video projector receiving image data sub-parts extracts and stores the image data sub-part assigned to it, and retransmits image data sub-parts assigned to respectively a second and third video projectors.
US08913179B2	Power modules for modular motion cameras Modular digital motion camera systems are disclosed. Individual modules may be removed from the system and replaced, such as to benefit from upgraded technology, while preserving the remaining modules in the system. The modules may be disassembled and reconstructed to convert the physical form of the camera, such as between ENG configurations, DSLR configurations and studio configurations. Universal lens mount modules are provided, to enable use of lens systems from a variety of commercial manufacturers.
US08913166B2	Solid-state imaging apparatus A solid-state imaging apparatus wherein an FD capacitor value is variable without increasing the number of elements. There is provided a solid-state imaging apparatus including a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements arranged in a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, for generating an electric charge by photoelectric conversion; a plurality of transfer transistors each connected to each of the photoelectric conversion elements, for transferring the electric charge generated by the plurality of photoelectric conversion elements; a plurality of floating diffusion regions for holding the electric charge transferred by the transfer transistors; a plurality of amplifiers each connected to each of the floating diffusion regions, for amplifying a signal based on the electric charge in the plurality of floating diffusion regions; and a connecting unit for connecting and disconnecting between the plurality of floating diffusion regions.
US08913159B2	Recording apparatus for storing a data file of image data according to a predetermined file name A recording apparatus including a mounting portion configured to allow a rewritable recording medium and an unrewritable recording medium to be mounted thereon includes a determination unit configured to determine a file name with a number for recording a file on a recording medium mounted on the mounting portion, and a recording control unit configured to record, on the recording medium mounted on the mounting portion, the file using the file name determined by the determination unit, wherein the determination unit changes a file name determination method when the recording medium mounted on the mounting portion is replaced such that the rewritable recording medium and the unrewritable recording medium are replaced with each other.
US08913156B2	Capturing apparatus and method of capturing image The disclosure provides a capturing apparatus and a capturing method for the capturing apparatus. The method includes steps: controlling the capturing unit to capture an image; performing an image processing function in relation to the captured image to obtain pixels of the captured image; comparing the pixels of the captured image with the pixels of the pre-stored standard images and determining whether a percentage of the pixels of the image is similar to the pixels of one of the standard images. If the percentage of the pixels of the image reaches a threshold of similarity to the pixels of one standard image, acquiring the parameters associated with the standard image; and controlling the capturing unit to capture subsequent images according to the parameters associated with the standard image.
US08913152B1	Techniques for user customization in a photo management system A computer-implemented technique can receive a plurality of photos and automatically select a subset of the plurality of photos having a high degree of representativeness by jointly maximizing both photo quality and photo diversity to obtain a photo album. The technique can determine one or more clusters for the photo album using a hierarchical clustering algorithm, and store the photo album according to the one or more clusters. The technique can control the manner in which the photo album is displayed using the one or more clusters. The technique can adjust at least one of the one or more clusters and the automatic photo album generation based on user input. The user input can include at least one of adding, deleting, and moving a photo with respect to the one or more clusters. The technique can then re-cluster, automatically generate a new photo album, and/or adjust the presentation.
US08913150B2	Dynamic image capture utilizing prior capture settings and user behaviors Methods, systems, and computer program products are provided for dynamically capturing images according to prior capture settings and user behaviors. A first image is captured with a plurality of capture settings selected by a user. A user gesture to accept or delete the first image is detected. The parameters describing the preferred capture settings for the user are subsequently determined based on the first image she accepts or deletes. Upon receiving an indication from the user to capture a second image, the settings of the imaging device are adjusted according to the determined parameters and the second image is captured using the preferred parameters.
US08913136B2	Image display device, mobile terminal, non-transitory computer readable medium, and image display method An image display device includes: an imaging unit; an apparatus specifying unit that specifies an object apparatus imaged by the imaging unit; a state acquisition unit that acquires an operating state of the apparatus; an image generating unit that generates an image corresponding to the specified apparatus and the acquired operating state; a positioning unit that determines a reference position of the image acquired by the imaging unit; a combining unit that combines the generated image with the image acquired by the imaging unit using the reference position; and a display that displays the combined image.
US08913128B2	Image-based barrier detection and warning system and method thereof The present invention discloses an image-based barrier detection and warning system and a method thereof, wherein an image processing technology is used to establish ROI and verify whether a horizontal line signal exists, and wherein the image processing technology determines whether an object is a barrier via detecting contours of an object and detecting distance to the object, and wherein the system timely outputs warning signals and presents distance to a barrier when detecting the barrier. The image-based barrier detection and warning system enables the driver to watch the surroundings of the vehicle directly and clearly and learn the relative positions of barriers, whereby the driver can park more easily and safely.
US08913126B2	Portable self powered line mounted high speed camera system for overhead electric power lines A device for attaching to an electric power line conductor includes an electrically conductive housing having an opening for accepting the power line conductor and configured to be grounded to the electric power line conductor. At least one magnetic core is configured to surround the power line conductor and power a power supply electronics module. At least one camera assembly is connected to the housing and configured to capture fault and lightning stroke images along the electric power line conductor.
US08913124B2	Lock-in imaging system for detecting disturbances in fluid A lock-in imaging system is configured for detecting a disturbance in air. The system includes an airplane, an interferometer, and a telescopic imaging camera. The airplane includes a fuselage and a pair of wings. The airplane is configured for flight in air. The interferometer is operatively disposed on the airplane and configured for producing an interference pattern by splitting a beam of light into two beams along two paths and recombining the two beams at a junction point in a front flight path of the airplane during flight. The telescopic imaging camera is configured for capturing an image of the beams at the junction point. The telescopic imaging camera is configured for detecting the disturbance in air in an optical path, based on an index of refraction of the image, as detected at the junction point.
US08913120B2	Method for emulation of a photolithographic process and mask inspection microscope for performing the method In mask inspection, the defects that are of interest are primarily those that will also show up on wafer exposure. The aerial images generated in the resist and by emulation should be as identical as possible. This also applies to methods in which an overall structure that is divided into at least two substructures on at least two masks. A system and a method are provided for emulating a photolithographic process for generating on a wafer an overall structure that is divided into at least two substructures on at least two masks. The method includes generating aerial images of the at least two substructures, at least one of the aerial images being captured with a mask inspection microscope; correcting, by using a processing unit, errors in the at least one aerial image captured with a mask inspection microscope; and overlaying the aerial images of the at least two substructures to form an overall aerial image with the overall structure.
US08913119B2	Short distance iris recognition camera The short distance iris recognition camera of the present invention has a prism, installed on top of a guide for an infrared LED light, which has an inclined surface and a protrusion part, thereby enhancing the degree of uniformity in brightness around an iris, and thus enhancing iris recognition, and also effectively preventing static electricity from being delivered to internal devices. To accomplish this, the camera for iris recognition according to the present invention comprises a sensor and accessory circuits, a lens, and a lighting source including a white light and an infrared LED light. The lighting source is spaced apart from the lens centerline by a set length. The object plane of the lens is located where the iris is located, and is spaced apart by a set length L from the end of the lens. In practice, the object plane comprises the area around the lens centerline. The phase surface of the lens is an image sensor surface. The lighting source is disposed exactly or nearly parallel to the lens centerline such that the lighting centerline directs the object plane of the lens and has a lighting inclination angle of at least the arctangent of D/L with respect to the centerline of the lens. And also, the lighting centerline is separated from the centerline of the lens and inclined with respect to the object plane.
US08913116B2	Systems and methods of contact monitoring Methods and apparatus for monitoring communication of contacts for identifying contacts for potential supervision are disclosed. The method can include electronically monitoring communication between an agent and a customer associated with a contact. The method can include monitoring the communication for one or more characteristics of the communication. The method can include automatically identifying, based on the one or more characteristics of the communication, that the contact includes a risk of producing a negative customer response. The method can include presenting the identified contact to a supervisor.
US08913113B2	Image processing apparatus In an embodiments, an apparatus includes: a polarized light source which sequentially illuminates an object with three or more plane polarized light rays; and an image sensor which sequentially captures an image of the object that is being illuminated with each plane polarized light ray and which obtains polarization images by sequentially changing the direction of the polarized light transmission axis at each pixel while the object is being illuminated with each polarized light rays. The apparatus further includes: a processing section for generating an intensity maximizing angle image YPH and a degree of intensity modulation image YD; and a distribution estimating section which estimates, based on YPH and YD, the distribution in a single pixel of the azimuth angles of V-grooves on the object's surface.
US08913112B2	Image pickup unit for endoscope An image pickup unit includes a dioptric system that reflects a luminous flux of an optical image incident on an optical lens group and performs optical path conversion, an image sensor in a bare state that is joined to the dioptric system, and includes a light receiving element that forms the optical image, and a light shielding member that is placed to be opposed to and cover at least surfaces around an optical axis of the optical lens group, except for a joining surface of the dioptric system to the image sensor, so that an air gap apart from the image sensor by a predetermined distance is provided, shields incidence of a harmful light onto the light receiving element, and is formed from a metal thin film.
US08913096B2	Optical scanning device and image forming apparatus An optical scanning device that scans a scanning surface in a main scanning direction. The device includes a surface emitting laser as a light source, an optical deflector that deflects a light flux from the light source while rotating around a rotation axis, a monitor light receiving element, a synchronization detection light receiving element, a monitor optical system that directs the monitor light flux to the monitor light receiving element, a synchronization detection optical system that directs the synchronization detection light flux to the synchronization detection light receiving element, and a scanning optical system that directs a scanning light flux to the scanning surface. A combined focal length of the monitor optical system in the main scanning direction is smaller than a combined focal length of the synchronization detection optical system in the main scanning direction.
US08913094B2	Display and method of displaying an image with a pixel A pixel includes four sub-pixels. The pixel is used to receive a plurality of signal values to display an image. The signal values are N-bit signal values, and the largest value of the signal values is (2N−1). The method of displaying the image with the pixel includes providing three color signals, generating four transformation signals corresponding to the four sub-pixels according to the values of the three color signals, and using four output signals to display the image of the pixel when the color saturation value is not larger than a first predetermined value and a fourth transformation signal of the four transformation signals is larger than other three transformation signals of the four transformation signals.
US08913093B2	Liquid crystal display device Disclosed is a liquid crystal display apparatus which improves uniformity in luminance of RGB pixels by asymmetrically designing RGB pixels, and to enhances display quality, the apparatus comprises a red pixel switching element that switches a driving signal of the red pixel; a green pixel for transmitting green-colored light; a green pixel switching element that switches a driving signal of the green pixel; a blue pixel for transmitting blue-colored light; and a blue pixel switching element that switches a driving signal of the blue pixel, wherein a switching element of at least one pixel having relatively low luminance among the red pixel, green pixel and blue pixel is formed in the pixel area having relatively high luminance.
US08913082B2	Information display device, information display method, information display program, recording medium and information display system An information display device switches content to be displayed without causing an eyesore to users. The information display device has a display means that displays information including a content display area which displays content, in a display area in a screen, a deciding means that decides whether or not the content display area hides, and a switching means that switches content displayed in the content display area when it is decided that the content display area hides.
US08913077B2	Image processing apparatus and image processing method An image processing apparatus and an image processing method are provided. When a display apparatus is in the 3D display mode, a mode-switching unit adjusts the way to generate a vertical-count-value by counting every two rows of pixels and outputs the adjusted vertical-count-value. A dither unit outputs a carry value corresponding to the adjusted vertical-count-value. An adding unit adds the carry value and the surplus pixel bit together.
US08913076B1	Method and apparatus to improve the usability of thumbnails A method and apparatus to improve the usability of thumbnails. In an embodiment, a computer implemented method for creating a thumbnail comprises generating a snapshot representing at least a portion of a view containing a plurality of windows, where each window has a window attribute, scaling the snapshot to a reduced size to form a thumbnail, and enhancing a representation of each window represented in the thumbnail based upon the window attribute of each window in the plurality of windows.
US08913071B2	Liquid crystal display, and device and method of modifying image signal for liquid crystal display An image signal modifying device includes a pixel, a memory which stores compressed information in which a three-dimensional (“3-D”) lookup table is coded, an image signal modifying unit which decodes the compressed information to generate a restored 3-D lookup table and generates a modified signal based on a first image signal of a first frame, a second image signal of a second frame, a third image signal of a third frame and the restored 3-D lookup table, and a data driver which converts the modified signal into the data voltage and supplies the data voltage to the pixel.
US08913068B1	Displaying video on a browser A system, method and computer-readable medium for a rendering a video on a browser. The system comprises a layout engine, a video decoder, a compositor, a GPU processing module, and a GPU. The layout engine identifies a video layer. The video decoder generates a plurality of bitmaps for updating a plurality of textures included in the layer. The compositor generates a set of rendering instructions for updating the plurality of textures that make up a quad. A shared memory stores plurality of bitmaps in the plurality of textures and the set of rendering instructions outside of the sandbox environment. The GPU processing module retrieves the plurality of textures and the rendering instructions and causes the GPU to render the video on a webpage using the rendering instructions and the plurality of the textures.
US08913057B2	Information processing device, information processing method, and program There is provided an information processing device includes a virtual space recognition unit for analyzing 3D space structure of a real space to recognize a virtual space, a storage unit for storing an object to be arranged in the virtual space, a display unit for displaying the object arranged in the virtual space, on a display device, a detection unit for detecting device information of the display device, and an execution unit for executing predetermined processing toward the object based on the device information.
US08913055B2	Online environment mapping A system and method are disclosed for online mapping of large-scale environments using a hybrid representation of a metric Euclidean environment map and a topological map. The system includes a scene module, a location recognition module, a local adjustment module and a global adjustment module. The scene flow module is for detecting and tracking video features of the frames of an input video sequence. The scene flow module is also configured to identify multiple keyframes of the input video sequence and add the identified keyframes into an initial environment map of the input video sequence. The location recognition module is for detecting loop closures in the environment map. The local adjustment module enforces local metric properties of the keyframes in the environment map, and the global adjustment module is for optimizing the entire environment map subject to global metric properties of the keyframes in the keyframe pose graph.
US08913050B2	Photoelectric conversion device and electronic device having the same A plurality of transistors in which ratios of a channel length L to a channel width W, α=W/L, are different from each other is provided in parallel as output side transistors 105a to 105c in a current mirror circuit 101 which amplifies a photocurrent of a photoelectric conversion device and an internal resistor is connected to each of the output side transistors 105a to 105c in series. The sum of currents which flow through the plurality of transistors and the internal resistor is output, whereby a transistor with large amount of α can be driven in a linear range with low illuminance, and a transistor with small amount of α can be driven in a linear range with high illuminance, so that applicable illuminance range of the photoelectric conversion device can be widened.
US08913044B2	Electronic circuit, method of driving the same, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus At a writing time, a first transistor 412 is turned on so that a data signal Xj is supplied to one end of a capacitor 420. At this time, since a second transistor 414 is turned off, driving current does not flow to an organic light emitting diode (OLED) device 430. A power supply voltage Vdd is supplied to the other end of a capacitor through a power supply line L. However, since the driving current does not flow at the writing time, the power supply voltage Vdd is not reduced by the wiring line resistance of the power supply line L. On the other hand, at an emission time, the first transistor 412 is turned off and the second transistor 414 is turned on. Therefore, the driving current is supplied to the OLED device 430.
US08913041B2	Position pointer, variable capacitor and inputting apparatus A position pointer is disclosed, including a housing, a substantially bar-like rod accommodated in the housing such that one end thereof projects to the outer side of the housing, and a variable capacitor having a capacitance value which varies in response to external force applied thereto through the rod. The variable capacitor includes a dielectric member having a first face portion and a second face portion opposite from the first face portion, a terminal member configured to engage with the first face portion of the dielectric member, an electrode section disposed in an opposing relationship to the second face portion of the dielectric member and including a conductive member having a contact area with the second face portion that varies in response to the external force, and an elastic member configured to bias the conductive member in a direction in which the conductive member is spaced away from the second face portion.
US08913040B2	Downsampling data for crosstalk compensation A touch sensitive device having circuitry to compensate for crosstalk from the device display to the device touch sensor panel is disclosed. The crosstalk compensation circuitry can include a downsampler and a crosstalk compensator. The downsampler can downsample a display image to a manageable size for transmission and processing and can then send the downsampled image to the crosstalk compensator so as to provide information about the display operation that can be used to estimate the expected amount of crosstalk caused by the display. The crosstalk compensator can estimate the amount of crosstalk based on the downsampled image and can then compensate a touch image captured by the touch sensor panel for the estimated amount, the touch image being indicative of a touch or hover event at the panel.
US08913039B2	Method and device for locating at least one touch on a touch-sensitive surface of an object This method for locating at least one touch on a touch-sensitive surface of an object comprises the following steps: monitoring (100) of at least one touch by propagating (102), in the touch-sensitive surface of the object, elastic mechanical waves from at least one transmitting point of the object, and by detecting (104) said elastic mechanical waves in at least one reception point of the object, in order to obtain at least one sensed signal, and locating (200) at least one touch on the touch-sensitive surface of the object by comparing certain spectral characteristics of the sensed signal to a set of reference characteristics. The monitoring step (100) comprises measuring (104, 106) the sensed signal during a time interval (t3) starting during a transient phase of the propagation of the transmitted waves, for supplying, to said at least one reception point, information on radiation interfered with by said at least one touch.
US08913031B2	Sensor apparatus and electronic apparatus A sensor apparatus includes: a display cover including an operation area that is pressed by an operator and a circumferential area located on the circumference of the operation area; a frame including an opening covered by the operation area and a fixing portion that fixes the circumferential area; a touch panel that is supported by the display cover to be positioned at the opening and detects a position at which the operator comes into contact with the operation area; and a pressure-sensitive sensor that is provided between the display cover and the frame, includes a first electrode and a second electrode opposed to the first electrode, and detects a pressing force with respect to the operation area based on a change of a capacitance between the first electrode and the second electrode that corresponds to a deflection amount of the display cover.
US08913026B2	System for linking and controlling terminals and user terminal used in the same A system for linking and controlling terminals includes a user terminal that includes an image unit configured to output image data to be shared with a receiving terminal larger than the user terminal, and a signal unit configured to transmit an image signal and a control signal to the receiving terminal, the image signal having the image data outputted from the image unit, and the control signal including position information of a touch means near the user terminal. An image representing the position information of the touch means is displayed on the receiving terminal to enable a control of the user terminal by way of the receiving terminal viewed by a user of the user terminal.
US08913021B2	Capacitance touch near-field—far field switching A touch sensor panel configured to switch between a mutual capacitance near field sensing architecture and a self-capacitance far field sensing architecture. The touch sensor panel includes circuitry that can switch the configuration of touch electrodes to act as either drive lines in a mutual capacitance configuration or as sense electrodes in a self-capacitance configuration. The touch sensor panel also includes circuitry that can switch the configuration of touch electrodes to act as either sense lines in a mutual capacitance configuration or a sense electrode in a self-capacitance configuration.
US08913013B2	Keyboard A keyboard comprises a key module and a backlight module in which the key module comprises a light-transmissive key part and an electric circuit substrate, and the backlight module comprises a light guide plate, a reflection unit and at least one light source. The backlight module is disposed between the key part and the electric circuit substrate. Thus, lights emitted by the light source are projected into the light guide plate from the lateral side of the light guide plate, and the lights are reflected by the reflection unit for directly passing through the light output surface of the light guide plate and the key part.
US08913007B2	Display apparatus and control method A display apparatus and a control method capable of preventing its user from viewing an image in an improper viewing position. The display apparatus includes: an imaging unit that captures a moving image in a predetermined range with respect to an image display direction; an image analyzer that analyzes the moving image captured by the imaging unit, and calculates a position of a target that should be guided to a proper viewing position; and a display controller that causes a display unit to perform display to guide the target to the proper viewing position when the target position calculated by the image analyzer is at an improper viewing position.
US08913004B1	Action based device control The determination of a gaze direction or field of view of a user with respect to a computing device can control aspects of the device, such as to reduce power or resource consumption. A computing device can include an imaging element and software for locating aspects of a user's facial features relative to the device, such that an orientation of the user's features relative to the device can be determined. Various actions on the device can be executed based at least in part upon a determined gaze direction of the user. In some embodiments, a display element of the device can turn off, and one or more inputs can be disabled, when the user is not looking at the device.
US08913003B2	Free-space multi-dimensional absolute pointer using a projection marker system Methods and apparatuses for a free-space multi-dimensional absolute pointer using a projection marker system are described herein. In one embodiment, a presentation system includes, but is not limited to, a projection-based marker apparatus to project one or more optical spots on a display surface for displaying machine generated content capable of being manipulated via a cursor of a pointing device, a handheld device to wirelessly capture the projected optical spots from the display surface, and a control unit communicatively coupled to the projection-based marker apparatus and the handheld device to determine coordinates of the cursor based on characteristics of the captured light spots. Other methods and apparatuses are also described.
US08913002B1	Determining when to perform a flash of a display Examples of when to perform a flash update to reset pixels of a display device are described. In some implementations, a pixel threshold may be determined based at least partly on a temperature associated with a display device. A counter may be modified based at least partly on a number of pixels changed by a plurality of updates sent within a predetermined period of time to the display device. A flash update of the display device may be performed based at least partly based on determining that the counter satisfies the pixel threshold.
US08912999B2	Background plateau manipulation for display device power conservation Described herein are systems and methods that that reduce power consumption for an electronics device that includes a display. The power conservation systems and methods alter background video information not needed for interactive use when a user returns to a display after some period of inactivity. Power conservation also preserves video information for one or more graphical user interface items. Preserving a graphics item maintains a person's ability to detect the graphical user interface item, and return to it at a later time, even though the background video information has been altered to conserver power.
US08912996B2	Scan driver and driving method thereof A scan driver including sequentially arranged scan driving blocks, each of the blocks including a first node receiving a signal input into a driving signal input terminal based on a clock signal input into a second-clock-signal input terminal, a second node receiving a clock signal input into a first-clock-signal input terminal, a first transistor including a gate electrode connected to the second node, one electrode receiving an output control signal, and another electrode connected to an output terminal, a second transistor including a gate electrode connected to the first node, one electrode connected to a third-clock-signal input terminal, and another electrode connected to the output terminal, and a third transistor including a gate electrode connected to the third-clock-signal input terminal and one electrode connected to the first node and configured to transfer a voltage of the output terminal to the first node.
US08912993B2	Scan driving device and driving method thereof A scan driving device including scan driving blocks including a first node receiving a second-voltage according to a signal input to a first-input terminal, a second node receiving a first-voltage according to a signal input to the first-input terminal, and receiving an input signal according to a clock signal input to a second-input terminal, a first transistor connected to the first node, the first power source, and an output terminal, and a second transistor connected to the second node and the output terminal and configured to receive a clock signal input to a third-input terminal, wherein, during the initial driving period, the input signal is applied with a gate-off-voltage, and clock signals input to the first-, second-, and third-input terminals are applied with a gate-on-voltage to reset a voltage at the first node with the gate-on-voltage and reset a voltage at the second node with the gate-off-voltage.
US08912989B2	Pixel and organic light emitting display device using the same An organic light emitting display device includes: a scan driver for supplying partially overlapping scan signals having at least 2H width and for supplying emission control signals; a data driver; and pixels, each including: an OLED having a cathode coupled to second power; a first transistor having a first electrode coupled to first power; a second transistor between a gate electrode and a second electrode of the first transistor and turned on when the scan signal is supplied to a current scan line; a third transistor between the data line and a second node and turned on when the scan signal is supplied to a subsequent scan line; a first capacitor coupled between the first transistor gate electrode and the second node; and a fourth transistor turned on when the scan signal is supplied to a previous scan line to supply a first voltage to the first transistor gate electrode.
US08912987B2	Organic light emitting display device and driving method thereof An organic light emitting display device capable of stably compensating for a threshold voltage of a driving transistor is provided. The organic light emitting display device includes pixels each having a driving transistor and being configured to initialize a voltage of the driving transistor by an initialization power, a gray level determining unit for generating a gray level value using externally supplied data, and an initialization power generator for controlling a voltage level of the initialization power to correspond to the gray level value.
US08912982B2	Display device According to one embodiment, a display device includes a display unit, an imaging element, and a first reflecting unit. The display unit emits a light. The imaging element has a major surface and is configured to form a real image of an object at a symmetric position of the object with the major surface serving as a plane of symmetry. The imaging element includes a portion not overlapping the display unit as viewed along a normal direction of the major surface. The first reflecting unit includes a portion facing the major surface, and is configured to reflect the light emitted from the display unit and to cause the light to be incident on the portion of the imaging element not overlapping the display unit.
US08912976B2	Internal RF antenna with dielectric insulation Disclosed is a radio frequency (RF) antenna for plasma ion sources. The RF antenna includes a low-resistance metal tube having an inner and outer diameter. A low friction polymer tube also having an inner and outer diameter surrounds the low-resistance metal tube. The inner diameter of the polymer tube is slightly larger than the outer diameter of the low-resistance metal tube. A pre-formed quartz glass tube encases the low friction polymer tube and low-resistance metal tube. The quartz glass tube is pre-formed in a desired shape. A guide wire is attached inside one end of the low-resistance hollow metal tube. The flexible low friction polymer tube containing the low-resistance metal tubed may then be threaded through the quartz glass tube.
US08912973B2	Anisotropic metamaterial gain-enhancing lens for antenna applications Examples of the present invention include metamaterials, including metamaterial lenses, having material properties that approximate the behavior of a material with low (0
US08912972B2	Coupling degree adjustment circuit, antenna device, and wireless communication device A dielectric body includes a first radiating element on a first side and a second radiating element on a second side. The first radiating element and the second radiating element are linear conductors that each extend from a first end to a second end (an open end), and are parallel or substantially parallel to each other in a direction from the first end to the second end. The first end of the first radiating element is connected to a first port of a coupling degree adjustment circuit, and the first end of the second radiating element is connected to a second port of the coupling degree adjustment circuit. The first radiating element and the second radiating element are mainly coupled to each other in the coupling degree adjustment circuit.
US08912969B2	Directional antenna and radiating pattern adjustment method The present invention discloses a directional antenna for a multi-in multi-out or antenna beam switchable wireless communication system, including a substrate, at least one directional antenna, formed on the substrate, for generating a radiating pattern of a radiation plane according to a feeding signal, and a reflector, disposed in parallel to the radiation plane of the directional antenna, for reflecting the radiating pattern of the directional antenna, to increase a gain of the directional antenna corresponding to the radiation plane.
US08912966B2	Dual band slot antenna A dual-band antenna (100) for transmitting or receiving radio frequency signals in a lower and a higher frequency band, comprises a conductive plane (120), a slot (110) in the conductive plane (120), the slot (110) having first, second and third branches (103, 104, 105) emanating from a common point within the conductive plane (120). The first branch (103) has an end (113) open at an edge of the conductive plane (120) and the second and third branches (104, 105) each have a closed end (114, 115).
US08912963B2	System for testing multi-antenna devices using bidirectional faded channels A test system for testing multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) systems is provided. The test system may convey radio-frequency (RF) signals bidirectionally between a base station emulator and a device under test (DUT). The DUT may be placed within a test chamber during testing. An antenna mounting structure may surround the DUT. Multiple antennas may be mounted on the antenna mounting structure to transmit and receive RF signals to and from the DUT. A first group of antennas may be coupled to the base station emulator through downlink circuitry. A second group of antennas may be coupled to the base station emulator through uplink circuitry. The uplink and downlink circuitry may each include a splitter, channel emulators, and amplifier circuits. The channel emulators and amplifier circuits may be configured to provide desired path loss and channel characteristics to model real-world wireless network transmission.
US08912960B1	Antenna apparatus An antenna apparatus includes a first dielectric layer, a ground plane, a conductive line, a second dielectric layer, and a first conductive element and a second conductive element configured to be disposed on the second dielectric layer so that the first and the second conductive elements intersect the conductive line at first and second positions corresponding to first and second nodes of a standing wave of current flowing through the conductive line, respectively, wherein the first and the second conductive elements are bent or rounded toward a feeding point with respect to the first and the second positions in plan view, respectively, and wherein a first bent degree, a first rounded degree or a first length of the first conductive element is different from a second bent degree, a second rounded degree or a second length of the second conductive element.
US08912955B2	Time synchronization with ambient sources Systems and methods for extracting synchronization information from ambient signals, such as broadcast television signals, and using the synchronization information as a reference for correcting the local time base so that a GNSS positioning receiver system maintains relative time base accuracy with respect to a GNSS time.
US08912954B2	Method and system for a full GNSS capable multi-standard single chip A multi-standard single chip integrated within a multi-standard mobile device concurrently receives multi-standard radio frequency signals by corresponding two or more integrated radios. The multi-standard single chip generates full GNSS measurement comprising pseudo-range information using the received radio frequency signals. The multi-standard single chip comprises a GNSS radio and multiple non-GNSS radios such as Bluetooth. The full GNSS measurement is generated using GNSS radio frequency signals received by the integrated GNSS radio and communicated over, for example, Bluetooth radio. GNSS satellite reference information embedded in radio frequency signals received by the integrated non-GNSS radios is extracted to assist the full GNSS measurement. A full GNSS navigation solution for the multi-standard mobile device is generated internally to and/or externally to the multi-standard single chip depending on the location of a navigation engine. The generation of the full GNSS measurement is independent of a host processor within the multi-standard mobile device.
US08912951B2	Moving target detection using a two-dimensional folding approach A system and method for discrimination and identification of a target including: receiving a radar return signal including target information and clutter information; determining a two-fold forward or forward-backward data matrix from the received signal, using a multi-dimensional folding (MDF) process; computing singular values of the two-fold forward or forward-backward data matrix; using the computed singular values to determine a noise power level of the radar return signal; determining the number of scatterers in the radar return signal according to a predetermined threshold value above the noise power; estimating complex Doppler and azimuth frequencies of each scatterer from the determined number of scatterers using the MDF process; determining dispersive scatterers and non-dispersive scatterers using the estimated Doppler and azimuth complex frequencies of each scatterer; and distinguishing the target information from the clutter information, according to the determined dispersive scatterers and non-dispersive scatterers.
US08912941B2	Analog-digital conversion circuit and method for driving the same An analog-to-digital conversion circuit includes: a clock generating circuit which generates a clock signal including a first initial period and plural normal periods following the first initial period, the first initial period being one of a high period and a low period and being a first period immediately after a reset release, each of the normal periods being one of a high period and a low period and shorter than the first initial period; and an incremental analog-to-digital converter which operates using the clock signal.
US08912939B2	String DAC leakage current cancellation Embodiments of the present invention may provide a multi-string DAC with leakage current cancellation. A leakage cancellation circuit may be coupled to output node(s) of the—multi-string DAC. The leakage cancellation circuit may replicate leakage current present at the coupled output node(s) and generate a corresponding complementary signal, a leakage cancellation signal. The leakage cancellation signal may be injected into the coupled output node(s) to cancel (or reduce) the net impact of the leakage current.
US08912936B1	Electric signal conversion In one aspect, an electrical signal converter is disclosed. The exemplary electrical signal converter may include a plurality of ordered converter elements. Element selection logic may be provided to pseudorandomly select a pointer to a switch matrix, wherein the switch matrix maps converter elements according to a stepwise “delta-two-maximum pattern.” Advantageously, pseudorandom stepwise delta-two-maximum patterns may be applied both to a first order converter, and to a feedback converter for error correction.
US08912934B2	Systems with bias offset and gain mismatch removal from parallel transmitted signals A system includes converters, first modules, second modules, and a multiplexer. The converters receive an analog signal and a respective one of multiple clock signals. Each of the converters samples the analog signal based on a respective clock signal to generate a respective digital signal. Each of the clock signals is out-of-phase with other ones of the clock signals. The first modules receive the digital signals generated by the converters, remove bias offsets from the digital signals to generate first output signals, and output each of the first output signals on a multiple channels. The second modules receive the first output signals, and based on the first output signals, remove or equalize gain mismatch between the channels to generate second output signals. The multiplexer receives the second output signals, and generates an output based on the second output signals. The output is a digital representation of the analog signal.
US08912912B2	Remote identification device associated with a vehicle including means for remotely communicating battery state-of-charge information with the associated vehicle The invention relates to a device (1) for remotely identifying a motor vehicle (2), including means (3) for remotely communicating with the associated vehicle (2). The device comprises means (4) for querying the state of charge of at least one vehicle battery and means (6) for receiving said state of charge.
US08912908B2	Communication system with remote activation The system of the present invention includes a conductive element, an electronic component, and a partial power source in the form of dissimilar materials. Upon contact with a conducting fluid, a voltage potential is created and the power source is completed, which activates the system. The electronic component controls the conductance between the dissimilar materials to produce a unique current signature. The system can also measure the conditions of the environment surrounding the system.
US08912906B2	Signal processing circuit and antenna apparatus To form a signal processing circuit and an antenna apparatus that do not need a circuit to adjust resonant frequency of a resonant circuit or resonant-frequency adjustment work and that are downsized, an antenna coil and a capacitor define an antenna resonant circuit. An impedance matching circuit including capacitors, a first coil, and a second coil is provided between the antenna resonant circuit and a wireless IC. The first coil and the second coil are magnetically coupled.
US08912903B1	Door knob security alarm The door knob security alarm is a door alarm that is uniquely adapted to rest upon a top half of a door knob, and upon movement of the door knob the security alarm shell fall off of the door knob, and emit an alarm upon impacting the ground. An alarm housing includes a concave portion along a bottom portion of said alarm housing, which is uniquely adapted for placement atop of a portion of a door handle or door knob. A motion sensor detects impact of the alarm housing with a ground surface, and shall generate an alarm that is audible. The security alarm includes the use of at least one speaker that emits an audible alarm. The alarm housing includes at least one switch on a top surface, which enables operation of the security alarm.
US08912901B2	Portable security and protection enclosures Portable security and protection cases and enclosures for storage and transport of high value articles susceptible or vulnerable to theft, loss or irreparable damage. The cases and enclosures include reinforced structural shells electronic anti-theft and climate control and monitoring measures, electronic and non-electronic anti-breakage performance characteristics and automated locking and control systems.
US08912889B2	Monitoring method and system for detecting the torsion along a cable provided with identification tags A method for monitoring the torsion of a cable includes the steps of: providing a cable having an outer surface and extending along a longitudinal direction, the cable being provided with at least one identification tag, preferably an RFID tag, arranged in a tag angular position in a cross-sectional plane taken transverse to the longitudinal direction, the at least one tag storing a tag identification code and being capable of transmitting a tag electromagnetic signal; interrogating the at least one identification tag to receive the tag electromagnetic signal, and detecting the tag electromagnetic signal, wherein the step of detecting the tag electromagnetic signal includes the step of reading the tag identification code and determining the tag angular position of the at least one identification tag. A torsion monitoring system of a cable includes at least one identification tag.
US08912878B2	Machine guidance system A guidance system for a machine may include a scanning device configured to detect a presence of an object within a minimum desired distance of the machine, and a controller in communication with the scanning device. The controller may be configured to compare a number of times the object is detected during a time period to a number of times the object is permitted to be detected during the time period. The controller may be configured to adjust the number of times the object is permitted to be detected. Further, the controller may be configured to output an indication, when the number of times the object is detected is equal to or greater than the number of times the object is permitted to be detected, that the object is less than the minimum desired distance from the machine.
US08912876B2	Surface mounting varistor A surface mounting varistor for high voltages and current pulses without any risk of burning a mounting board is provided. A covering material for a varistor 1 has a duplex (two layer) structure made from a first mold layer 13 and a second mold layer 15, and a leg with a predetermined height is formed on the bottom of the covering material. As a result, a space (void) formed between a varistor element 2 and a mounting board 20 when the varistor 1 is mounted on the board 20 allows avoidance of the risk of burning the board 20, even if the varistor short-circuits.
US08912874B2	Monolithic ceramic electronic component and producing method therefor A monolithic ceramic electronic component including coil conductors is capable of reducing the number of stacked ceramic layers without sacrifice of the performance of coils and be capable of increasing the number of turns of the coils without increasing the size in. In the monolithic ceramic electronic component, coil conductors having more than one turn for one ceramic layer are formed. The coil conductors include surface coil conductors that are located along surfaces of sequentially stacked ceramic layers and intra-layer coil conductors that are located inside the ceramic layers so as not to extend beyond the thickness of the individual ceramic layers. The surface coil conductors and the intra-layer coil conductors are connected in series with connecting portions therebetween.
US08912869B2	Electromagnetic relay An electromagnetic relay includes a bobbin including a winding part, jaw parts extending from both ends of the winding part, and a pair of opposing side wall parts; a coil wound on the winding part; an iron core attached to the bobbin; an armature; a movable contact which contacts or is separated from a fixed contact; and a case. The jaw part is formed to extend to a part in the vicinity of a side wall of the case so as to separate a first space where the coil exists from a second space where the fixed contact and the movable contact exist. Each of the side wall parts extends from the jaw part along an axis of the bobbin in a direction toward the second space and has a distal end abutting on the case.
US08912854B2	Structure for an inductor-capacitor voltage-controlled oscillator Embodiments of the present invention provide a design structure and method for compensating for a change in frequency of oscillation (FOO) of an LC-tank VCO that includes a first node; second node; inductor; first capacitive network (FCN) that allows the design structure to obtain a target FOO; compensating capacitive (CCN) network that compensates for a change in the design structure's FOO; second capacitive network (SCN) that allows the design structure to obtain a desired FOO; a filter that supplies a voltage to the SCN and is coupled to the SCN; a transconductor that compensates for a change in the design structure's FOO; and a sub-circuit coupled to the SCN that generates and supplies voltage to the CCN sufficient to allow the CCN to compensate for a reduction in the design structure's FOO. The first and second nodes are coupled to the inductor, FCN, CCN, SCN, and sub-circuit.
US08912844B2	Semiconductor structure and method for reducing noise therein The present invention provides a semiconductor structure, including a substrate, a first TSV, an inductor and a capacitor. The first TSV is disposed in the substrate and has a first signal. The inductor is disposed in the substrate. The capacitor is electrically connected to the inductor to form an LC circuit to bypass the noise from the first signal. The present invention further provides a method of reducing the signal noise in a semiconductor structure.
US08912831B1	Apparatus and method for routing of signals A signal routing apparatus comprises a register bank to store a set of data signals. A delay locked loop generates a set of phase displaced clock signals. A phase controlled read circuit sequentially routes the set of data signals from the register bank in response to the phase displaced clock signals. A Low Voltage Differential Signaling buffer connected to the phase controlled read circuit transmits the data signals in a Low Voltage Differential Signaling mode. The phase displaced clock signals operate in lieu of a higher clock rate in order to reduce power consumption.
US08912823B2	Voltage compensated level-shifter Described herein is a voltage compensated level-shifter with nearly constant duty cycle and matching rise and fall slopes of the output of the level-shifter, no meta-stability, and nearly constant propagation delay across power supply levels. The voltage compensated level-shifter comprises a first inverter to receive an input signal for level shifting from a first power supply level to a second power supply level, and to generate a first inverted signal, the first inverter operating on the first power supply level; a second inverter to receive the input signal and to generate a second inverted signal, the second inverter operating on the second power supply level; and a NOR logical gate to receive the first and second inverted signals and to generate an output signal, the NOR logical gate operating on the second power supply level, wherein the output signal is level shifted to the second power supply level.
US08912819B2	Termination circuits capable of receiving data signals in different formats for performing impedance matching A termination circuit is provided. The termination circuit includes a first receiving terminal, a second receiving terminal, a first resistive device, a second resistive device, a third resistive device, a fourth resistive device and a first switch. The first receiving terminal receives a first data signal. The second receiving terminal receives a second data signal. The first resistive device is coupled between a supply voltage and the first receiving terminal. The second resistive device is coupled between the supply voltage and the second receiving terminal. The third resistive device is coupled between the first receiving terminal and a first node. The fourth resistive device is coupled between the second receiving terminal and the first node. The first switch is coupled between the supply voltage and the first node.
US08912810B2	Contactor with multi-pin device contacts A contactor assembly for automated testing a device under test (DUT) that includes a plurality of separate electrodes including a first electrode includes a tester load board and a contactor body coupled to the tester load board. A plurality of contactor pins carried by the contactor body includes a first contactor pin and a second contactor pin that are electrically coupled to the tester load board. The tester load board is configured to couple the plurality of contactor pins to automatic test equipment (ATE) for testing the DUT. The first contactor pin and second contactor pin are positioned to both contact the first electrode. A first path to the first contactor pin and a second path to the second contactor pin are electrically shorted together by the contactor assembly to be electrically in parallel to provide redundant paths to the first electrode during automated testing of the DUT.
US08912804B2	Method for identifying self-generated spurious signals A local oscillator (LO) of a test system is set to an initial frequency whereupon a device under test (DUT) transmits a radio frequency (RF) signal to the test system. Characteristics of the RF signal are measured with the test system and used to identify magnitudes and frequencies of spurious signal products. The LO of the test system is reset to one or more subsequent frequencies that are offset from the initial frequency. One or more subsequent RF signals are transmitted from the DUT to the test system, with the DUT maintaining its original signal settings. Characteristics of the subsequent RF signals are measured with the test system and used to identify magnitudes and frequencies of spurious signal products for each of the subsequent LO frequencies. The spurious signal products that have shifted in frequency for each of the subsequent LO frequencies as self-generated signal products can then be identified.
US08912793B2	Linear position measuring system and method for determining the absolute position of a carriage along a slide rail A linear position measuring system and a method for determining an absolute position of a carriage along a slide rail are disclosed. An analog signal progression (S) based at on at least one reference point is here discretely scanned in response to a first threshold (SW1) and second threshold (SW2). The resultant digital values are stored in a first measured value register (MR1) and a second measured value register (MR2). The contents of the first and second measured value register (MR1, MR2) are compared with the respective contents of a first and second set measured value register. The reference point is output as an ideal reference point if the differential value lies within a predetermined tolerance range, and is otherwise discarded.
US08912786B2	Method and device for determining a direct current and resistance welding device The invention relates to a method and a device for determining a direct current (i(t)) flowing in a conductor (7) and having an amplitude greater than 500 A, which direct current (i(t)) is composed of a number of time-dependent partial currents (ii(t)) flowing in individual conductors (8) with switching elements. To create a drift-free measured value, it is provided that at least one Rogowski coil (10) is arranged around at least one of the individual conductors (8) for the induction of a partial voltage (ui(t)) through the at least one partial current (ii(t)), wherein the individual conductor (8) is formed by a path of a rectifier (6) on a secondary side of a transformer (5) with central tapping, the at least one integrator (11) is designed for integration of the at least one partial voltage (ui(t)), and the at least one integrator (11) is connected to an evaluation unit (12) for determining the direct current (i(t)).
US08912780B2	Switching control circuit A switching-control circuit to control switching of a transistor whose input electrode is applied with an input voltage, and turn off the transistor, when an output current from the transistor is greater than a reference current, includes: a reference-voltage-generating circuit to generate such a first-reference voltage that the reference current is reduced with reduction in an output voltage; a comparing circuit to compare a voltage corresponding to the output current with the first-reference voltage; and a driving circuit to turn on/off the transistor based on a feedback voltage corresponding to the output voltage and a second reference voltage corresponding to a target level so that the output voltage reaches the target level, when the comparing circuit determines that the output current is smaller than the reference current, and turn off the transistor when the comparing circuit determines that the output current is greater than the reference current.
US08912775B2	Power factor correction circuit having multiple switched-mode converter circuits A power factor correction circuit is provided which may include a first switched-mode converter circuit comprising a first inductor, at least one second switched-mode converter circuit having a second inductor, a control circuit coupled to the first and second switched-mode converter circuits, wherein the control circuit is configured to start a switching pulse for the second switched-mode converter circuit when the following conditions are fulfilled: the second inductor of the second switched-mode converter circuit has a predefined magnetization state and a predefined time period has elapsed since the start of a switching pulse for the first switched-mode converter circuit, wherein the predefined time period is a predefined fraction of the time period from the start of a previous switching pulse for the second switched-mode converter circuit to a time when the second inductor of the second switched-mode converter circuit has the predefined magnetization state.
US08912773B2	Synchronous buck converter including multi-mode control for light load efficiency and related method According to one embodiment, a synchronous buck converter comprises a multi-mode control circuit for detecting a load condition of a variable load, an output stage driven by the multi-mode control circuit, wherein the variable load is coupled to the output stage, and a feedback circuit connected between the output stage and the multi-mode control circuit. The multi-mode control circuit is configured to adjust a current provided by the output stage to the variable load based on the load condition. In one embodiment, the multi-mode control circuit selectably uses one of at least a first control mode and a second control mode according to the load condition, wherein the first control mode is a pulse-width modulation (PWM) mode selected for switching efficiency when the load condition is heavy and the second control mode is an adaptive ON-time (AOT) mode selected for switching efficiency when the load condition is light.
US08912763B2	Charger device A charger device includes a switch, a voltage converter, a constant current circuit, and an automatic disconnecting circuit. The switch is connected to an alternating current (AC) power supply which triggers the charger device to work. The automatic disconnecting circuit is connected to the battery, the voltage converter and the constant current circuit automatically disconnect the voltage converter from the AC power supply when the battery is fully charged. The automatic disconnecting circuit comprises a first resistor, a voltage follower, a second resistor, a first zener diode, a variable resistor, a comparator, a third resistor, a first switch element, a diode and a relay. The relay comprises a coil and a normally-open switch connected between the AC power supply and voltage converter. The normally-open switch turns on or turns off to control a connection between the charger device and the AC power supply.
US08912762B2	Charging method for non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery by repeating a set of constant current charge and constant voltage charge and battery pack implementing the charging method In the present method, a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery is charged by repeating n+1 times a constant current charge and a subsequent constant voltage charge, where n is an integer of 1 or more. (1) An nth charge comprises charging the secondary battery at a current Ic(n) to a voltage Ec(n), and subsequently charging the secondary battery at the voltage Ec(n) until the current decreases from Ic(n) to Ic(n+1). (2) An (n+1)th charge comprises charging the secondary battery at the current Ic(n+1) to a voltage Ec(n+1), and subsequently charging the secondary battery at the voltage Ec(n+1) until the current decreases from Ic(n+1) to Ic(n+2). Consequently, the charge time of the non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery can be shortened while deterioration of the battery can be suppressed.
US08912761B2	Upper-limit of state-of-charge estimating device and upper-limit of state-of-charge estimating method A PM-ECU executes a program including: a step (S104) of estimating pre-charge SOC(1) when a plug-in charge is started (YES in S100), a step (S108) of calculating an integrated value of charging current when integration permitting conditions are satisfied (YES in S104, YES in S106), a step (S112) of setting a final integrated value when the charge is completed, a step (S116) of estimating post-charge SOC(2) when an ignition switch is turned on (YES in S114), a step (S122) of calculating a full-charge capacity of this cycle when calculation conditions are satisfied (YES in S120), a step (S128) of calculating a new full-charge capacity when the full-charge capacity of this cycle is within a specified range (YES in S124), and a step (S130) of updating the full-charge capacity by setting the new full-charge capacity as the current full-charge capacity when the new full-charge capacity is within a specified range (YES in S128).
US08912748B2	Radiant energy powered electrical power supply device and method for operating such a power supply device An electrical power supply apparatus supplied with radiant energy is equipped with at least one electrical generator converting radiant energy into electrical power. The electrical power generator can be a photovoltaic solar generator that converts the impinging radiant energy into electrical power. A hydrogen generator produces hydrogen from water and a water reservoir is connected through a first water line to the hydrogen generator. A hydrogen reservoir is connected through a first hydrogen line to the hydrogen generator. A fuel cell or a hydrogen combustion engine is connected to a second electrical power generator, which fuel cell or engine is connected through a second hydrogen line to the hydrogen reservoir and is connected through a second water line to the water reservoir. A control unit is electrically connected to the electrical power generator, hydrogen generator, and fuel cell or hydrogen combustion engine.
US08912745B2	Method for operating a motor control unit for a drive system A method for operating a drive motor of a drive system, including the following: providing a control variable, which is ascertained as a function of one or multiple state variable(s) of the drive system and as a function of a default variable, to an output stage for operating the drive motor; reading the control variable previously provided to the output stage back from the output stage to obtain a read-back control variable; ascertaining a back-calculated torque from the read-back control variable; comparing the back-calculated torque and a predefined monitoring torque; and providing the control variable or an alternative control variable ascertained from the monitoring torque to the output stage as a function of a result of the comparison for the purpose of operating the drive motor.
US08912705B2	Method and apparatus for insulating induction machine coil connectors Method and apparatus for insulating induction machine conductive connectors by sliding a closed-end insulating sheath over the connector. The sheath is circumferentially secured to the conductive connector with a biasing element, such as an elastomeric stretchable fabric, stretch tape or heat shrink material. Additional insulative materials as well as resin curing catalysts or accelerants may be added to the sheath.
US08912698B2	Motor assembly with integrated cooling means and enclosed compartment for electronic circuitry A motor assembly includes a structural unit for mounting a motor, for mounting and enclosing electronic circuitry, and for providing a corridor for air to flow and cool the motor and/or the electronic circuitry. The motor assembly includes a substantially water-resistant motor that rotationally drives a fan for cooling the motor and/or rotationally drives a propeller for providing propulsion to watercraft. The electronic circuitry of the motor assembly receives and transmits instructions to a command post by way of electronic signals and distributes power to the motor. The structural unit seals the circuitry from the surrounding environment.
US08912695B2	Induction motor auxiliary cooling system A totally enclosed fan cooled (TEFC) induction motor or other type of induction motor auxiliary cooling system has a buffet thermal shroud that is oriented in opposed spaced relationship over existing motor housing cooling fins. An airflow channel is defined between the motor cooling fins and the shroud, for direction and passage of a cooling airflow. Tabs are oriented in the airflow channel between opposed cooling fins where they are in thermal and fluid communication with the cooling air flow. In some embodiments the tabs are shroud fingers that project inwardly from the shroud. The tabs or shroud fingers create turbulence in the cooling air flow that increases convective heat transfer efficiency and contact time between the cooling air and motor cooling fins. Tabs or shroud fingers also absorb heat from the cooling air flow. Shroud fingers also transfer that absorbed heat conductively to the shroud.
US08912692B2	Magnetic vibrator with inclined pole pieces A magnetic vibrator including a first magnetic portion and a second magnetic portion is disclosed. The first magnetic portion includes an inner plate, a first magnet and a second magnet. The inner plate is disposed between the first magnet and the second magnet. The second magnetic portion includes a coil and a wrapper. The coil is disposed around the first magnetic portion and wrapped in the wrapper. The wrapper has a gap corresponding to the inner plate. An interval is configured between the first magnetic portion and the second magnetic portion. When a current is occurred in the coil, the first magnetic portion and the second magnetic portion are actuated to move axially with respect to each other.
US08912689B2	Electronic switch control system and electronic switch drive method An electronic switch control system, including an alternating voltage source, an electronic switch, a load, a control circuit, an alternating voltage source being electrically associated to a first conduction terminal of the electronic switch, a second conduction terminal of the electronic switch being associable to a load, the load being associated to a second power terminal. The control circuit includes first, second and third electric potential terminals, and is arranged to command the electronic switch by way of a trigger terminal. The control circuit is electrically associated to a voltage regulator block that is electrically associable to the electronic switch by way of first and third electric contact terminals and first and second conduction terminals respectively, the voltage regulator block being arranged to provide a minimum electrical voltage (Vmin) to run the control circuit in at least a conduction instant of the electronic switch.
US08912687B2	Secure wireless energy transfer for vehicle applications A vehicle powering wireless receiver for use with a first electromagnetic resonator coupled to a power supply includes a load configured to power the drive system of a vehicle using electrical power, a second electromagnetic resonator adapted to be housed upon the vehicle and configured to be coupled to the load, wherein the second electromagnetic resonator is configured to be wirelessly coupled to the first electromagnetic resonator to provide resonant, non-radiative wireless power to the second electromagnetic resonator from the first electromagnetic resonator; and an authorization facility to confirm compatibility of the resonators and provide authorization for initiation of transfer of power.
US08912683B2	Smart responsive electrical load A smart responsive electrical load (10) is operatively connectable to an electricity supply network (20). The smart responsive electrical load (10) comprises an electrical power-consuming device (30) and a control arrangement (40) for controlling a supply of electrical power from the network (20) to the device (30). The control arrangement (60, 110, 150, 160, 170) is operable to impose a variable time delay (tp) before supplying electrical power to the device (30) after a request for power to be provided to the device (30). The variable time delay (tp) is a function of a state of the network (20), for example its frequency (f) and/or its voltage amplitude (V). Optionally, the device (30) is a battery charger, for example for use with a rechargeable electric vehicle. Beneficially, the smart responsive load (10) is supplied with electrical power from a population of micro-generation devices (500) operable to provide supply network response.
US08912675B2	Reactive power regulation The present invention relates to a method of reactive power regulation in a wind turbine comprising a local reactive power control system adapted to operate in a central control mode and a local control mode, a method of reactive power regulation in a wind park connected to an electrical grid, and to a wind park.
US08912668B2	Electrical connections for chip scale packaging Electrical connections for chip scale packaging are disclosed. In one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a post-passivation layer disposed over a substrate, the substrate having a first direction of coefficient of thermal expansion mismatch. The semiconductor device includes a first opening through the post-passivation layer, the first opening comprising a plurality of elongated apertures. A longest of the plurality of elongated apertures comprises a first dimension, wherein the first dimension is aligned substantially perpendicular to the first direction of coefficient of thermal expansion mismatch.
US08912665B2	Dicing tape-integrated film for semiconductor back surface The present invention provides a dicing tape-integrated film for semiconductor back surface, including: a dicing tape including a base material and a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer provided on the base material; and a film for flip chip type semiconductor back surface provided on the pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, in which the film for flip chip type semiconductor back surface has a storage elastic modulus (at 60° C.) of from 0.9 MPa to 15 MPa.
US08912664B1	Leadless multi-chip module structure Multi-chip quad flat no-lead (QFN) packages and methods for making the same are disclosed. A multi-chip package may include a first die including a plurality of first bond pads, wherein selected first bond pads are wire-bonded to a first side of a leadframe, and a second die mounted on the first die and including a plurality of second bond pads, wherein selected second bond pads are wire-bonded to a second side, opposite the first side, of the leadframe. Another package may include a first die including a plurality of first bond pads, wherein selected first bond pads are wire-bonded to a first side of a leadframe, and a second die flip-chip mounted on a second side of the leadframe and including a plurality of second bond pads, wherein selected second bond pads are bonded to the second side of the leadframe. Other embodiments are also described.
US08912662B2	Wafer-level package and method of manufacturing the same A wafer-level package and a method of manufacturing the same. The wafer-level package includes a first semiconductor chip on an upper side of which an active surface facing downward is disposed, a redistribution formed on the active surface of the first semiconductor chip, a second semiconductor chip disposed on the redistribution using a flip-chip bonding (FCP) technique, a copper (Cu) post and a first solder ball sequentially disposed on the redistribution, a molding member formed on the active surface of the first semiconductor chip to expose a bottom surface of the first solder ball and an inactive surface of the second semiconductor chip, and a second solder ball disposed on the first solder ball and electrically connected to an external apparatus.
US08912661B2	Stacked die assembly having reduced stress electrical interconnects Methods are disclosed for improving electrical interconnection in stacked die assemblies, and stacked die assemblies are disclosed having structural features formed by the methods. The resulting stacked die assemblies are characterized by having reduced electrical interconnect failure.
US08912654B2	Semiconductor chip with integrated via An integrated circuit with a substrate with a lower and an upper surface is described. A via extends between the upper and the lower surface of the substrate. The via contains a conductive filling material that comprises carbon.
US08912650B2	Semiconductor device and method of forming protective coating over interconnect structure to inhibit surface oxidation A semiconductor device has a semiconductor die with a first conductive layer formed over the semiconductor die. A first insulating layer is formed over the semiconductor die with a first opening in the first insulating layer disposed over the first conductive layer. A second conductive layer is formed over the first insulating layer and into the first opening over the first conductive layer. An interconnect structure is formed over the first and second conductive layers within openings of a second insulating layer. The second insulating layer is removed. The interconnect structure can be a conductive pillar or conductive pad. A bump material can be formed over the conductive pillar. A protective coating is formed over the conductive pillar or pad to a thickness less than one micrometer to reduce oxidation. The protective coating is formed by immersing the conductive pillar or pad into the bath containing tin or indium.
US08912639B2	IC package with embedded transformer Aspects of a method and system for configuring a transformer embedded in a multi-layer integrated circuit package are provided. In this regard, a windings ratio of a transformer embedded in a multi-layer IC package bonded to an IC may be configured, via logic, circuitry, and/or code in the IC, based on signal levels at one or more terminals of the transformer. The transformer may comprise a plurality of inductive loops fabricated in transmission line media. The integrated circuit may be flip-chip bonded to the multi-layer package. The IC may comprise a signal strength indicator enabled to measure signal levels input to or output by the transformer. The windings ratio may be configured via one or more switches in the IC and/or in the multi-layer package. The IC and/or the multi-layer package may comprise ferromagnetic material which may improve magnetic coupling of the transformer.
US08912632B2	Semiconductor device According to one embodiment, a semiconductor device includes a first major electrode, a first semiconductor layer, a first conductivity type base layer, a second conductivity type base layer, a first conductivity type second semiconductor layer, a gate insulating film, a gate electrode, and a second major electrode. The gate insulating film is provided on a side wall of a trench penetrating the second conductivity type base layer to reach the first conductivity type base layer. The gate electrode is provided inside the gate insulating film in the trench. The second major electrode is provided on the second semiconductor layer and electrically connected with the second semiconductor layer. A maximum impurity concentration in the second semiconductor layer is within ten times a maximum impurity concentration in the second conductivity type base layer.
US08912631B2	High on-state breakdown heterojunction bipolar transistor A heterojunction bipolar transistor (HBT) is provided with an improved on-state breakdown voltage VCE. The improvement of the on-state breakdown voltage for the HBT improves the output power characteristics of the HBT and the ability of the HBT to withstand large impedance mismatch (large VSWR). The improvement in the on-state breakdown voltage is related to the suppression of high electric fields adjacent a junction of a collector layer and a sub-collector layer forming a collector region of the HBT.
US08912628B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same A semiconductor device comprises a conductor film and a capacitor comprising a lower electrode provided on the conductor film. The conductor film includes a first conductive film containing a first metal, a second conductive film containing a second metal on the first conductive film, and an oxide film of the second metal on the second conductive film. The oxide film of the second metal has a lower electric resistivity than an oxide film of the first metal.
US08912623B2	Fast recovery diode A fast recovery diode includes a base layer of a first conductivity type. The base layer has a cathode side and an anode side opposite the cathode side. An anode buffer layer of a second conductivity type having a first depth and a first maximum doping concentration is arranged on the anode side. An anode contact layer of the second conductivity type having a second depth, which is lower than the first depth, and a second maximum doping concentration, which is higher than the first maximum doping concentration, is also arranged on the anode side. A space charge region of the anode junction at a breakdown voltage is located in a third depth between the first and second depths. A defect layer with a defect peak is arranged between the second and third depths.
US08912617B2	Method for making semiconductor light detection devices A semiconductor light detection device fabrication technique is provided in which the cap etch and anti-reflection coating steps are performed in a single, self-aligned lithography module.
US08912613B2	Dual-side micro gas sensor and method of fabricating the same Provided are a dual-side micro gas sensor and a method of fabricating the same. The sensor may include an elastic layer, a heat-generating resistor layer on the elastic layer, an interlayered insulating layer on the heat-generating resistor layer, an upper sensing layer on the interlayered insulating layer, and a lower sensing layer provided below the elastic layer to face the heat-generating resistor layer, thereby reducing heat loss of the heat-generating resistor layer.
US08912610B2	Structure and method for MOSFETS with high-K and metal gate structure The present disclosure provides a semiconductor structure. The semiconductor structure includes a semiconductor substrate; and a gate stack disposed on the semiconductor substrate. The gate stack includes a high k dielectric material layer, a capping layer disposed on the high k dielectric material layer, and a metal layer disposed on the capping layer. The capping layer and the high k dielectric material layer have a footing structure.
US08912606B2	Integrated circuits having protruding source and drain regions and methods for forming integrated circuits Methods for forming integrated circuits and integrated circuits are disclosed. The integrated circuits comprise gate structures overlying and transverse to one or more fins that are delineated by trenches formed in a semiconductor substrate. Protruding portions are formed in the trenches in between the gate electrode structure on exposed sidewall surfaces of the one or more fins. The trenches are filled with an insulating material between the protruding portions and the gate structures.
US08912603B2	Semiconductor device with stressed fin sections A method of fabricating a semiconductor device is provided. The method forms a fin arrangement on a semiconductor substrate, the fin arrangement comprising one or more semiconductor fin structures. The method continues by forming a gate arrangement overlying the fin arrangement, where the gate arrangement includes one or more adjacent gate structures. The method proceeds by forming an outer spacer around sidewalls of each gate structure. The fin arrangement is then selectively etched, using the gate structure and the outer spacer(s) as an etch mask, resulting in one or more semiconductor fin sections underlying the gate structure(s). The method continues by forming a stress/strain inducing material adjacent sidewalls of the one or more semiconductor fin sections.
US08912601B2	Double diffused drain metal oxide semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof The present invention discloses a double diffused drain metal oxide semiconductor (DDDMOS) device and a manufacturing method thereof. The DDDMOS device is formed in a substrate, and includes a first well, a gate, a diffusion region, a source, and a drain. A low voltage device is also formed in the substrate, which includes a second well and a lightly doped drain (LDD) region, wherein the first well and the diffusion region are formed by process steps which also form the second well and the LDD region in the low voltage device, respectively.
US08912594B2	Nonvolatile semiconductor memory device including silicon germanium semiconductor layer According to one embodiment, a nonvolatile semiconductor memory device includes a stacked body, a second insulating layer, a select gate, a memory hole, a memory film, a channel body, a first semiconductor layer, and a second semiconductor layer. The select gate is provided on the second insulating layer. The memory film is provided on an inner wall of the memory hole. The channel body is provided inside the memory film. The first semiconductor layer is provided on an upper surface of the channel body. The second semiconductor layer is provided on the first semiconductor layer. The first semiconductor layer contains silicon germanium. The second semiconductor layer contains silicon germanium doped with a first impurity. A boundary between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer is provided above a position of an upper end of the select gate.
US08912586B2	Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same In a semiconductor device, a polysilicon layer of a lower electrode contact plug is removed by a strip process such that the deposition area of a dielectric film is increased and capacitance of a capacitor is assured. A method for manufacturing the semiconductor device is also disclosed.
US08912564B2	Light-emitting device A light-emitting device includes a plurality of physically separated light-emitting units formed on a single substrate: a contact layer formed on a first side of the light-emitting units ; a first electrode formed on a second side of the light-emitting units: a conductive post formed between the first electrode and the contact layer; an electrical connection structure electrically connecting a first one of the light-emitting units with another a second one of the light-emitting units; a reflective layer formed between the first one of light-emitting units and the first electrode; a first conductive layer comprising a plurality of contacts formed between the first one of the light-emitting units and the reflective layer; and a second conductive layer formed between the reflective layer and the first conductive layer.
US08912562B2	Remote phosphor LED constructions A white light source includes a short wavelength LED and a phosphor layer that emits light at longer visible wavelengths. A dichroic reflector transmits the longer wavelength light, and reflects some LED light onto the phosphor such that as light travels from the LED to the dichroic reflector it does not pass through the phosphor. The LED may emit blue light, and the dichroic reflector may transmit a second portion of the LED light, such that the light source output light includes both the second portion of the LED light and the longer wavelength phosphor light. The LED may be mounted on a flexible substrate having a cavity region and neighboring region, the LED being mounted in the cavity region. A dielectric layer may be thinner in the cavity region than in the neighboring region, or a hole may extend completely through the dielectric layer in the cavity region.
US08912558B2	Light emitting diode package An LED package includes a substrate, an LED chip arranged on the substrate, and a light transmission layer arranged on a light output path of the LED chip. The substrate includes a first electrode and a second electrode separated and electrically insulated from the first electrode. The LED chip is electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode of the substrate. The light transmission layer comprises two parallel transparent plates and a fluorescent layer sandwiched between the two transparent plates. The LED package further includes an encapsulation layer sealing the LED chip therein. The light transmission layer is directly located on a top surface of each LED chip, and the encapsulation layer seals the light transmission layer therein.
US08912553B2	Sulfur-containing phosphor coated with ZnO compound Provided is a novel coated phosphor capable of effectively suppressing the adverse effects of hydrogen sulfide gas generated by the reaction between a sulfur-containing phosphor and moisture in the air. Provided is a sulfur-containing phosphor having a configuration in which ZnO compound containing Zn and O is present on the surface of a sulfur-containing phosphor having a host material which includes sulfur.
US08912552B2	Display substrate and method of manufacturing the same A display substrate includes a base substrate; a first metal pattern disposed on the base substrate and comprising a first signal line and a first electrode electrically connected to the first signal line; and a buffer pattern disposed at a corner between a sidewall surface of the first metal pattern and the base substrate.
US08912551B2	Substrate assembly for crystal growth and fabricating method for light emitting device using the same A substrate assembly on which a first conduction-type semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second conduction-type semiconductor layer are formed is disclosed, the substrate assembly comprising a first substrate, a second substrate and a bonding layer interposed there between. In the substrate assembly, the thermal expansion coefficient of the bonding layer is smaller than or equal to that of at least one of the first and second substrates.
US08912544B2	Light-emitting display device and method for manufacturing the same Provided is a method to manufacture a light-emitting display device in which a contact hole for the electrical connection of the pixel electrode and one of the source and drain electrode of a transistor and a contact hole for the processing of a semiconductor layer are formed simultaneously. The method contributes to the reduction of a photography step. The transistor includes an oxide semiconductor layer where a channel formation region is formed.
US08912543B2	Display device The display device includes a substrate and a capacitor positioned on the substrate, the capacitor including a first capacitor electrode having a mesh shape and a second capacitor electrode having a mesh shape and positioned on the first capacitor electrode with an insulation layer therebetween.
US08912539B2	Array substrate and method of fabricating the same An array substrate includes an oxide semiconductor layer; an etch stopper including a first contact hole exposing each of both sides of the oxide semiconductor layer; source and drain electrodes spaced apart from each other with the oxide semiconductor layer therebetween; a first passivation layer including a contact hole exposing each of both ends of the oxide semiconductor layer and each of ends of the source and drain electrode that oppose the both ends of the oxide semiconductor layer, respectively; and a connection pattern at the second contact hole contacting both the oxide semiconductor layer and each of the source and drain electrodes.
US08912530B2	Electrode structure including graphene and field effect transistor having the same According to example embodiments, an electrode structure includes a graphene layer on a semiconductor layer and an electrode containing metal on the graphene layer. A field effect transistor (FET) may include the electrode structure.
US08912523B2	Conductive path in switching material in a resistive random access memory device and control A non-volatile memory device structure. The device structure includes a first electrode, a second electrode, a resistive switching material comprising an amorphous silicon material overlying the first electrode, and a thickness of dielectric material having a thickness ranging from 5 nm to 10 nm disposed between the second electrode and the resistive switching layer. The thickness of dielectric material is configured to electrically breakdown in a region upon application of an electroforming voltage to the second electrode. The electrical breakdown allows for a metal region having a dimension of less than about 10 nm by 10 nm to form in a portion of the resistive switching material.
US08912522B2	Nanodevice arrays for electrical energy storage, capture and management and method for their formation An apparatus, system, and method are provided for a vertical two-terminal nanotube device configured to capture and generate energy, to store electrical energy, and to integrate these functions with power management circuitry. The vertical nanotube device can include a column disposed in an anodic oxide material extending from a first distal end of the anodic oxide material to a second distal end of the anodic oxide material. Further, the vertical nanotube device can include a first material disposed within the column, a second material disposed within the column, and a third material disposed between the first material and the second material. The first material fills the first distal end of the column and extends to the second distal end of the column along inner walls of the column. The second material fills the first distal end of the column and extends to the second distal end of the column within the first material. Both the first material and the second material are exposed at the first distal end of the column.
US08912503B2	Transmission X-ray analyzer and transmission X-ray analysis method A transmission X-ray analyzer for detecting a transmission X-ray image of a sample that moves relatively in a predetermined scanning direction includes; a time delay and integration (TDI) sensor including a plurality of stages of line sensors including the plurality of two-dimensionally arranged image pickup devices arranged in a direction perpendicular to the predetermined scanning direction, being configured to transfer charge accumulated in one line sensor to an adjacent subsequent line sensor; a shield unit for shielding a part of the image of light entering the TDI sensor by moving back and forth in the predetermined scanning direction, the shield unit being disposed between the TDI sensor and the sample; and a shield unit position control unit for controlling a position of the shield unit so as to shield a predetermined number of stages of line sensors among the plurality of stages of line sensors.
US08912502B2	Ion chamber based neutron detectors A neutron detector with monolithically integrated readout circuitry, including: a bonded semiconductor die; an ion chamber formed in the bonded semiconductor die; a first electrode and a second electrode formed in the ion chamber; a neutron absorbing material filling the ion chamber; and the readout circuitry which is electrically coupled to the first and second electrodes. The bonded semiconductor die includes an etched semiconductor substrate bonded to an active semiconductor substrate. The readout circuitry is formed in a portion of the active semiconductor substrate. The ion chamber has a substantially planar first surface on which the first electrode is formed and a substantially planar second surface, parallel to the first surface, on which the second electrode is formed. The distance between the first electrode and the second electrode may be equal to or less than the 50% attenuation length for neutrons in the neutron absorbing material filling the ion chamber.
US08912490B2	Method for preparing samples for imaging A method and apparatus is provided for preparing samples for observation in a charged particle beam system in a manner that reduces or prevents artifacts. Material is deposited onto the sample using charged particle beam deposition just before or during the final milling, which results in an artifact-free surface. Embodiments are useful for preparing cross sections for SEM observation of samples having layers of materials of different hardnesses. Embodiments are useful for preparation of thin TEM samples.
US08912480B2	Light sensor systems for electronic devices The underside of an inactive portion of a display cover layer in an electronic device may be covered with an opaque masking material. Openings in the opaque masking material may be form ambient light sensor and proximity sensor windows. An ambient light sensor window may be filled with a material that transmits at least some visible light. A proximity sensor window may be filled with a material that transmits more infrared light relative to visible light than the material in the ambient light sensor window. The materials in the ambient light sensor window and proximity sensor window may include one or more layers of ink, patterns of holes, layers of material that are shared with the opaque masking layer, and materials that are black, white, or other colors. A light guide structure may be used to route light received from a sensor window to an associated sensor.
US08912477B2	Methods and devices for optically determining a characteristic of a substance Optical computing devices are disclosed. One exemplary optical computing device includes an electromagnetic radiation source configured to optically interact with a sample and at least two integrated computational elements. The at least two integrated computational elements may be configured to produce optically interacted light, and at least one of the at least two integrated computational elements may be configured to be disassociated with a characteristic of the sample. The optical computing device further includes a first detector arranged to receive the optically interacted light from the at least two integrated computational elements and thereby generate a first signal corresponding to the characteristic of the sample.
US08912476B2	Automatic vehicle exterior light control system assemblies The present invention relates to various improvements relating to automatic vehicle equipment control systems.
US08912473B2	Variable-size induction heating plate A variable-size induction heating plate includes a plurality of windings (10a, 10b, 10c, 10′a, 10′b, 10′c) arranged in a cooking surface. The heating plate includes two sets (10, 10′) of a plurality of windings arranged side-by-side, each set (10, 10′) of windings being adapted in such a way as to form a heating plate, and control elements (12, 12′, 13) which are adapted in such a way as to control the operation of the sets (10, 10′) both in an independent manner and a synchronous manner. Each set of windings is fed by a single current generator (11, 11). The inventive heating plate can be used in an induction cooking surface.
US08912471B2	Heating cooker A heating cooker of the present invention includes a plurality of light emitting indicator units. The light emitting indicator units each have a temperature sensing unit that senses an ambient temperature of a light emission source. Therefore, deterioration of the light emission source of each of the light emitting indicator units can be suppressed to realize a further reduction in thickness, and to improve visibility of the indicator sheet.
US08912470B2	Method and device for controlling a glow plug A method and a device for controlling a glow plug in a combustion engine, where a state of aging A of the glow plug is ascertained, and the control of the glow plug is influenced as a function of the state of aging A of the plug.
US08912465B2	Laser engraving device A laser engraving device which can adjust its machining position is disclosed. The device includes a laser machine for supplying laser beam, a guide rod adjacent to and parallel to the laser machine, a galvanometric scanner coupled to the guide rod and being movable with the guide rod, and a driver disposed at an end of the guide rod for driving the guide rod.
US08912460B2	Dielectric loaded fluids for high voltage switching This disclosure relates to methods and systems to reduce high voltage breakdown jitters in liquid dielectric switches. In particular, dielectric liquids have been produced that contain a suspension of nanoparticles and a surfactant to reduce the breakdown jitter. In one embodiment, the suspended nanoparticles are Barium Strontium Titanate (BST) nanoparticles.
US08912456B2	ATV switch actuator and housing design A switch activator device for ATVs and like vehicles operating in robust environments having a switch housing including an open back side and a front side having a central opening and at least one slots for receiving a switch actuator. At least one switch activator is mounted in the housing with a flange sized to engage the at least one slot in the housing. A central housing insert is put in the housing between the at least one activator to substantially close off the front side of the housing and provide mounting support to maintain the at least one actuator flange in the slot. Preferably the housing, actuators and insert are made by injection molding plastic.
US08912453B2	Electronic component package An electronic component package includes a circuit board which has a mounting surface that does not show wettability for fluxless solder and on which a semiconductor element is mounted, a soldering pattern that shows wettability for the fluxless solder and is formed to surround an area on which the semiconductor element is mounted, a lid that has a shape such that a cavity is formed between the lid and the circuit board, a bonding surface to the soldering pattern is formed in a ring shape, and does not show wettability for the fluxless solder, a solder bonded part that is formed by heating a solder precoat formed of the fluxless solder on a bonding surface of the lid, and a ventilation hole that is formed by providing a bonding surface of the lid exposed in a discontinuous part of the solder precoat after the solder bonded part is formed.
US08912450B2	Method for attaching a metal surface to a carrier, a method for attaching a chip to a chip carrier, a chip-packaging module and a packaging module A method for attaching a metal surface to a carrier is provided, the method including: forming a first polymer layer over the metal surface; forming a second polymer layer over a surface of the carrier; and bringing the first polymer layer into physical contact with the second polymer layer such that at least one of an interpenetrating polymer structure and an inter-diffusing polymer structure is formed between the first polymer layer and the second polymer layer.
US08912449B2	Thermal warp compensation IC package An apparatus and method for temperature induced warpage compensation in an integrated circuit package is disclosed. The apparatus consists of bonded layers of material having different thermal coefficients of expansion. The bonded layers are bonded to the top of the integrated circuit package. By appropriate choice of temperature coefficients the layers of material can compensate for either convex or concave warpage. In some embodiments, the layers of material have apertures therein allowing compensation for more complex warpages. As well, in some embodiments the top layer of material does not have a planar cross-section. A method is also disclosed for manufacturing an integrated circuit package assembly. The apparatus and method provide an alternative to methods of dealing with IC package warpage known in the art.
US08912448B2	Stress relief structure A stress relief structure is provided. The stress relief structure includes a stress relief body, at least one first stress relief base and at least one second stress relief base. The stress relief body has an upper surface and a lower surface opposite to each other. The first stress relief base is disposed on the upper surface of the stress relief body. The second stress relief base is disposed on the lower surface of the stress relief body. The at least one first stress relief base and the at least one second stress relief base are interlaced to each other.
US08912441B2	Shielding device for preventing water flowing into electronic device A shielding device includes an enclosure sidewall. The enclosure includes two side plates, a top plate and a connecting plate connected to the top plate. The connecting plate defines a through hole to engage the cable. The top plate is slanted relative to the sidewall.
US08912440B2	Bracket and assembly for electrical devices The present disclosure is directed to a bracket and electrical assembly including such bracket for mounting or securing to a concrete masonry unit (CMU).
US08912434B2	Electron donating polymer and organic solar cell including the same A polymer, and an organic solar cell including the polymer, include a repeating unit A represented by Chemical Formula 1, and a repeating unit B represented by Chemical Formula 2.
US08912414B1	Maize inbred PH18WG A novel maize variety designated PH18WG and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH18WG with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH18WG through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH18WG or a locus conversion of PH18WG with another maize variety.
US08912400B2	Soybean cultivar AR0902031 The present invention is in the field of soybean variety breeding and development. The present invention particularly relates to the soybean variety AR0902031, its seed, its progeny and their cell, and methods of making AR0902031.
US08912395B2	Generation of plants with altered protein, fiber, or oil content The present invention is directed to plants that display an improved oil quantity phenotype or an improved meal quality phenotype due to altered expression of an IMQ nucleic acid. The invention is further directed to methods of generating plants with an improved oil quantity phenotype or improved meal quality phenotype.
US08912393B2	Activation tagging platform for maize, and resultant tagged populations and plants Disclosed herein is an activation tagging construct for maize, resulting tagged populations and plants. In one example, an activation tagging DNA construct includes a coding sequence for a transposase, a detectable reporter (such as anthocyanin regulatory genes B-Peru and C1) and a non-autonomous transposable T-DNA cassette. For example, the transposable T-DNA cassette is inserted into the detectable reporter encoding region such that the B-Peru and C1 genes express anthocyanins in a cell containing the maize activation tagging DNA construct only upon excision of the transposable cassette. Methods of generating a tagged population of maize plants include transforming a maize plant cell or tissue with the disclosed constructs.
US08912389B1	Maize inbred PH1KPK A novel maize variety designated PH1KPK and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a maize plant that comprise crossing maize variety PH1KPK with another maize plant. Methods for producing a maize plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PH1KPK through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the maize seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid maize seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the variety PH1KPK or a locus conversion of PH1KPK with another maize variety.
US08912387B2	Genetic loci associated with head smut resistance in maize Head smut is one of the most devastating diseases in maize, causing severe yield loss worldwide. The present invention describes the fine-mapping of a major QTL conferring resistance to head smut. Markers useful for breeding, and methods for conferring head smut resistance are described. Nucleic acid sequence from the genetic locus conferring head smut resistance is disclosed. Genes encoding proteins conferring head smut resistance are disclosed.
US08912384B2	Absorbent article and manufacturing apparatus for absorbent article A compressed portion is formed in the absorbent article by compressing the absorber through a compression process. The compressed portion has a top-surface groove formed on the skin-contact-surface side, and a back-surface groove formed on the clothing-contact-surface side. A bottom portion of the top-surface groove is flat. Since the recessed portions are formed in the bottom portion of the back-surface groove through the compression process, a compression part where the density of the absorber is increased more than in an uncompressed portion and high compression parts where the density of the absorber is increased more than in the compression part are formed in the bottom portion. Thus, the absorbent article can be permeate into by a thick liquid, and is more likely to absorb liquid.
US08912380B2	Fluid catalytic cracking system and process One exemplary embodiment can be a fluid catalytic cracking system. The system can include a reaction zone, in turn including a reactor receiving, a fluidizing stream, a fuel gas stream, a fluidizable catalyst, a stream having an effective amount of oxygen for combusting the fuel gas stream, and a feed.
US08912377B2	Method for producing high value aromatics and olefin from light cycle oil produced by a fluidized catalytic cracking process The present invention relates to a method of producing aromatic products (benzene/toluene/xylene) and olefin products from petroleum fractions obtained by fluid catalytic cracking, and, more particularly, to a method of producing products comprising high-concentration aromatic products and high value-added light olefin products from light cycle oil obtained by fluid catalytic cracking.
US08912374B2	Process for producing paraffinic hydrocarbons Process for producing paraffinic hydrocarbons, the process comprising the following steps: (a) contacting hydrogen and a feedstock comprising triglycerides, diglycerides, monoglycerides and/or fatty acids with a hydrogenation catalyst under hydrodeoxygenation conditions; and (b) contacting the whole effluent of step (a) with a hydroprocessing catalyst comprising sulphided Ni and sulphided W or Mo as hydrogenation components on a carrier comprising amorphous silica-alumina and/or a zeolitic compound under hydro-isomerization conditions.
US08912373B2	Process for the dehydration of aqueous bio-derived terminal alcohols to terminal alkenes A method and apparatus for dehydrating bio-1-alcohols to bio-1-alkenes with high selectivity. The bio-1-alkenes are useful in preparing high flashpoint diesel and jet biofuels which are useful to civilian and military applications. Furthermore, the bio-1-alkenes may be converted to biolubricants useful in the transportation sector and other areas requiring high purity/thermally stable lubricants.
US08912369B2	Method for production of 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene A production method of 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene according to the present invention includes bringing a composition containing a compound of the general formula (1): CF3—CH2—CHClX (where X is a fluorine atom or a chlorine atom) into contact with a solid catalyst in the presence of hydrogen chloride. In this production method, the composition containing ozone depleting HCFC such as 3-chloro-1,1,1,3-tetraluoforpropane or 3,3-dichloro-1,1,1-trifluoropropane can be efficiently converted to the 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene, which has less influence on the global environment and is useful as a solvent, a cleaning agent, a coolant, a working fluid, a propellant, a raw material for fluorinated resins etc.
US08912366B2	Process for preparing adamantane polyol The present invention provides a process for preparing an adamantane polyol by reacting an adamantane with a ruthenium compound and a hypochlorite in a biphasic water/organic solvent system. The process includes the steps of adding an inorganic adsorbent to a reaction system; and adding an alkali to a reaction mixture to separate the ruthenium compound together with the inorganic adsorbent, and reusing the separated ruthenium compound and inorganic adsorbent in a subsequent reaction.
US08912365B2	Process for preparing a polyol ether The present invention relates to a process for preparing a polyol ether of formula (I), comprising a step of reductive alkylation involving a compound of general formula (II) and a compound of general formula (III): in which R1, R2, R3 and R4 are as defined in claim 1.
US08912360B2	Methods for preparing ritodrine hydrochloride Methods for preparing Ritodrine hydrochloride are provided. Also provided is non-hygroscopic, crystalline, polymorphic Ritodrine hydrochloride of Form I.
US08912354B2	Organopolysiloxane and cosmetic containing the same There is disclosed an organopolysiloxane represented by the following general formula (1). (each R1 independently represents a group selected from an alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, a fluorine-substituted alkyl group having 1 to 30 carbon atoms, an aryl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms, and an aralkyl group having 6 to 30 carbon atoms; Y represents a polyvalent alcohol compound residue; M represents any of a hydrogen atom, an alkaline metal atom, an ammonium ion, and an alkylammonium ion; and reference character m represents an integer of 0 to 300.) There can be an organopolysiloxane capable of providing a cosmetic having excellent emulsion stability, excellent powder-dispersion stability if powders are contained therein, and excellent skin affinity and cosmetic durability, due to a novel organopolysiloxane having a specific structure containing a nonionic hydrophilic group and an anionic hydrophilic group of a carboxylic acid structure; and a cosmetic containing it.
US08912349B2	Method for producing purified dialkyl-furan-2,5-dicarboxylate separation and solid liquid separation A process to produce a purified dimethyl-furan-2,5-dicarboxylate (DMFD) by feeding furan dicarboxylic acid and methanol to an esterification zone to generate a crude diester composition, and purifying the crude diester composition with a physical separation process followed by crystallization, solid liquid separation, and optionally drying to produce a purified DMFD composition. A portion of the stream generated by solid liquid separation can be dissolved and subjected to crystallization and solid liquid separation repeatedly. The process is useful to produce a purified DMFD composition having a low b*, at least 98 wt. % DAFD solids, and a low concentration of 5-(methoxycarbonyl)furan-2-carboxylic acid (MCFC) and methyl 5-formylfuran-2-carboxylate (MFFC).
US08912336B2	Aryl and heteroaryl sulfones as mGluR4 allosteric potentiators, compositions, and methods of treating neurological dysfunction In one aspect, the invention relates to sulfone compounds which are useful as allosteric potentiators/positive allosteric modulators of the metabotropic glutamate receptor subtype 4 (mGluR4); synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds, for example, in treating neurological and psychiatric disorders or other disease state associated with glutamate dysfunction.
US08912327B2	Process for the production of sitagliptin A novel process is described for the synthesis of Sitagliptin, IUPAC name 7-[(3R)-3-amino-1-oxo-4-(2,4,5-trifluorophenyl)butyl]-5,6,7,8-tetrahydro-3-(trifluoromethyl)-1 2,4-triazolo[4,3-a]pyrazine, of formula (I).
US08912314B2	Poly-N-acetyl glucosamine (PNAG/dPNAG)-binding peptides and methods of use thereof The present invention relates to peptides, particularly human monoclonal antibodies, that bind specifically to poly-N-acetyl glucosamine (PNAG), such as Staphylococcal PNAG, in acetylated, partially acetylated and/or fully deacetylated form. The invention further provides methods for using these peptides in the diagnosis, prophylaxis and therapy of infections by bacteria that express PNAG such as but not limited to Staphylococci and E. coli. Some antibodies of the invention enhance opsonophagocytic killing and in vivo protection against bacteria that express PNAG such as but not limited to Staphylococci and E. coli. Compositions of these peptides, including pharmaceutical compositions, are also provided, as are functionally equivalent variants of such peptides.
US08912313B2	Variants of the promoter of the gap gene coding for glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase The invention relates to an isolated polynucleotide having promoter activity, a variant of the promoter of the gap gene coding for glyceraldehyde-3-phosphate dehydrogenase; and to a microorganism which produces and/or secretes a fine chemical, the microorganism including the isolated polynucleotide having promoter activity, which enables various genes to be overexpressed in comparison with the particular starting strain; and to a process for preparing fine chemicals using the microorganism.
US08912309B2	Preparation method for caspofungin Disclosed is a preparation method for caspofungin, comprising the steps: (a) a compound as represented in Formula 2 and a strong leaving group 5 are mixed to obtain a compound as represented in Formula 3; (b) the compound as represented in Formula 3 and ethylenediamine are mixed to obtain a compound as represented in Formula 4; and, (c) the compound as represented in Formula 4 is mixed with a hydroxyl protection agent, and then a borane complex is mixed in to obtain a compound as represented in Formula 1.
US08912308B2	Copolymer, organic solar cell using the same and manufacturing method thereof A copolymer includes a first unit and at least one unit two units different from the first unit. An organic solar cell includes the copolymer in an organic material layer including a photoactive layer.
US08912306B2	Halogen-terminated sulfer-containing polymer A halogen-terminated sulfur-containing polymer is represented by: X—(R—Sr)n—R—X wherein R is an ether bond-containing alkyl group having 3 to 26 carbon atoms, X is a halogen atom, n is an integer of 1 to 200, and r has an average of 1 to 5.
US08912298B2	Method for producing particulate water absorbing agent containing water absorbent resin as main component An apparatus (2) includes: a first tank (4); a line mixer (6); a second tank (8); a cooling jacket (10); a first tube (12); a second tube (14); and a third tube (16). In the first tank (4), (i) sodium persulfate serving as a polymerization initiator and (ii) water are fed so as to obtained an aqueous solution. The aqueous solution is continuously taken out and transferred via the first tube (12) to the line mixer (6). Between the first tank (4) and the line mixer (6), water is injected into the first tube (12). The water and the sodium persulfate aqueous solution are stirred together in the line mixer (6). This stirring decreases a concentration of the aqueous solution. The resulting aqueous solution is continuously fed to the second tank (8) via the second tube (14). The aqueous solution is then continuously taken out via the third tube (16) and is continuously added to an acrylic acid (salt) aqueous solution. This provides a production method which allows a high-quality water absorbing agent to be obtained with a compact apparatus.
US08912296B1	Process for preparing polystyrene having a high melt flow rate Provided is a process for preparing polystyrene having a weight average molecular weight (Mw) in the range of 120,000-160,000 g/mol, a polydispersity in the range of 4-6 and a melt flow rate of at least 40 g/10 minutes by feeding styrene into a reaction system through which the styrene passes as a component of a reaction mixture as it is polymerized, the reaction system including an initial reaction zone (100) and a downstream reaction zone (200), comprising the steps of: polymerizing styrene in the initial reaction zone to form polystyrene having a Mw of greater than 300,000 g/mol and a polydispersity in the range 1.5-2.5, 10-30 wt. % of the styrene fed to the initial reaction zone being polymerized there, —and polymerizing styrene remaining in the reaction mixture in the downstream reaction zone, a chain transfer agent being mixed with the reaction mixture at the commencement of this reaction zone and optionally at one or more additional locations within this reaction zone. The polystyrene may be used to manufacture expandable polystyrene beads or polystyrene foam board.
US08912286B2	Polymer compositions comprising peptizers, sports equipment comprising such compositions, and method for their manufacture Embodiments of the disclosed polymer composition comprise a first unsaturated polymer or polymer precursor, and an effective amount of a peptizer. The peptizer typically comprises a heteroaryl or a heterocyclic compound, other than morpholine as disclosed in assignee's prior applications. Disclosed polymer compositions are useful for making sports equipment, such as at least one layer of a golf ball, often a core. Because the compositions are useful for making golf balls, materials commonly known for making such golf balls can be used in combination with the polymer composition. A method for forming a golf ball also is disclosed. The method comprises providing disclosed compositions and then forming at least one component of a golf using the composition.
US08912284B2	Polymer composition having improved wet ageing properties The present invention relates to a crosslinkable polymer composition, comprising (i) an unsaturated polyolefin having a total amount of carbon-carbon double bonds/1000 carbon atoms of more than 0.37, and (ii) a polar copolymer.
US08912270B2	Modified resins for blown film Processes for enhancing blown film processability and the blown films formed thereby are described herein. One embodiment of the processes generally includes providing a first propylene based heterophasic copolymer having a first melt flow rate, modifying the first propylene based heterophasic copolymer to form a second heterophasic polymer having a second melt flow rate, wherein the second melt flow rate is greater than the first melt flow rate, contacting the first heterophasic polymer, the second heterophasic copolymer or a combination thereof with a plurality of additives, wherein the plurality of additives include a nucleator, polyethylene and mineral oil to form a modified heterophasic copolymer and blowing the modified heterophasic polymer into a film.
US08912267B2	Process for producing polymer-functionalized filler particles A process for producing polymer-functionalized filler particles and polymer-functionalized filler particles obtained by this process. The polymer-functionalized filler particles are used as additives for rubber mixtures. The polymers for functionalizing the filler particles are obtained in-situ starting from filler particles having a surface-bound RAFT agent. The binding of silyl-bearing RAFT agents and of Diels-Alder RAFT agents occurs via the R-group and the subsequent RAFT polymerization proceeds via a reactive site of the RAFT agent.
US08912266B2	Thermoplastic elastomers exhibiting superior barrier properties A blend of styrene-isobutylene-styrene based thermoplastic elastomer and organoclay-filled polyamide is disclosed which has good processability and more effective barrier properties for oxygen than the blend using amorphous or crystalline polyamide without organoclay.
US08912261B2	Process for making particulate-free poly(phenylene ether) compositions and photovoltaic backsheet materials derived therefrom The present invention is directed to a process for preparing halogen-free melt-filtered polymer compositions, compositions prepared by the process, as well as articles derived therefrom. The process comprises filtering the melted composition through a filter to remove particulate impurities that are 0.5 mm2 in size or larger. The composition comprises: (a) 60 to 90 percent by weight of a poly(phenylene ether); (b) 3 to 23 percent by weight of a styrenic polymer; (c) 5-11 percent by weight of a halogen-free flame retardant comprising at least one organic phosphate flame retardant, wherein the composition has: (i) a melt viscosity of 620 Pa·s or less as measured according at 280° C. and 1500 s−1; and (ii) a heat deflection temperature that is 135° C. or more as measured according to ASTM D648 on 6.4 mm thick bars at 1.82 MPa.
US08912252B2	Film-forming pigments and coating system including the same A coated pigment that includes polymer encapsulations which act as a pigment dispersant and film forming agent, coating systems that include the coated pigment and methods for producing the coated pigment and the coating system are described. The polymer encapsulations of the coated pigments allow the coated pigments that are included in the coating system to be dispersed without the addition of any other dispersants and/or resins. Thus, the disclosed coated pigments simplify the process of making coating systems. The disclosed coated pigments also extend the shelf-life of the coating systems, and provide a final coating with enhanced pigment orientation and aesthetics.
US08912247B2	Hydrophilic/hydrophobic polymer networks based on poly(caprolactone fumarate), poly(ethylene glycol fumarate), and copolymers thereof Improved methods for preparing polyethylene glycol fumarate) are disclosed. Methods for chemically crosslinking or photocross-linking hydrophilic polyethylene glycol fumarate) with hydrophobic polymers such as poly(propylene fumarate) (PPF) and poly(caprolactone fumarate) (PCLF) to form various hydrogels (FIG. 1) with controllable hydrophilicity are also disclosed. The hydrogels are useful in the fabrication of injectable and in-situ hardening scaffolds for application in skeletal reconstruction. An injectable material including the hydrogels may be useful in controlled drug release.
US08912240B2	Production of methanol and ethanol from CO or CO2 This invention relates to a process for making methanol and ethanol from carbon dioxide and hydrogen. The process includes contacting a mixture of carbon dioxide and hydrogen with a catalyst system containing a ruthenium compound—and optionally, a chloride or bromide-containing compound—dispersed in a low-melting tetraorganophosphonium chloride or bromide salt under conditions effective to produce methanol and ethanol. The invention also relates to a process for making methanol and ethanol from carbon monoxide and water using the same catalyst system.
US08912239B2	Carbon recycling and reinvestment using thermochemical regeneration Techniques, systems, apparatus and material are disclosed for regeneration or recycling of carbon dioxide into renewable liquid fuel. In one aspect, a method of recycling carbon to produce a renewable fuel can include harvesting carbon dioxide emitted from an industrial process. Biomass waste is dissociated under an anaerobic reaction to produce hydrogen. The harvested carbon dioxide is reacted with the biomass waste produced hydrogen under pressure and heat to generate a renewable fuel.
US08912236B2	Pharmaceutical composition for delivery of receptor tyrosine kinase inhibiting (RTKi) compounds to the eye The present invention relates to development of efficacious pharmaceutical implant compositions comprising an active agent in a therapeutically effective amount and a polyethylene glycol having a molecular weight of at least 2000.
US08912229B2	Taxane and abeo-taxane analogs The present application discloses new taxane analogs, intermediates and methods for producing them. The present application is also directed to pharmaceutical formulations comprising abeo-taxanes and methods of treating cancer with the abeo-taxanes.
US08912226B2	Pharmaceutical composition comprising (1r,4r) -6′-fluoro-N,N-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4′,9′-dihydro-3′H-spiro[cyclohexane-1,1′-pyrano[3,4,b]indol]-4-amine and a NSAR The invention relates to a pharmaceutical composition comprising a first pharmacologically active ingredient selected from (1r,4r)-6′-fluoro-N,N-dimethyl-4-phenyl-4′,9′-dihydro-3′H-spiro[cyclohexane-1,1′-pyrano[3,4,b]indol]-4-amine and the physiologically acceptable salts thereof, and a second pharmacologically active ingredient which is a non-steroidal anti-rheumatic drug selected from the group consisting of indometacin, diclofenac, sulindac, tolmetin, zomepirac, aclofenac, bumadizone, etodolac, lonazolac, fentiazac, acemetacin, difenpiramide, oxametacin, proglumetacin, ketorolac, aceclofenac, bufexamac, mefenamic acid, tolfenamic acid, flufenamic acid, meclofenamic acid, and the physiologically acceptable salts thereof.
US08912221B2	Biaryl amide derivatives The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R6, R7, R8, R9, R10, R11, R12 and A are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US08912218B2	Alkylthiazol carbamate derivatives, preparation thereof and therapeutic use thereof The invention relates to the novel products of formula (I): in which: Ra represents H, Hal, aryl or heteroaryl, which is optionally substituted; Rb represents H, Rc, —COORc-CO—Rc or —CO—NRcRd; where Rc represents alkyl, cycloalkyl, heterocycloalkyl, aryl and heteroaryl, all optionally substituted; Rd represents H, alk or cycloalkyl; these products being in all the isomer forms and the salts, as medicaments, in particular as MET inhibitors.
US08912216B2	Hetaryl-[1,8]naphthyridine derivatives Novel hetaryl-[1,8]naphthyridine derivatives of formula (I) wherein R1, R2, W1, W3, W5 and W6 have the meaning according to claim 1, are inhibitors of ATP consuming proteins, and can be employed, inter alia, for the treatment of tumors.
US08912199B2	Modulators of ATP-binding cassette transporters Compounds of the present invention and pharmaceutically acceptable compositions thereof, are useful as modulators of ATP-Binding Cassette (“ABC”) transporters or fragments thereof, including Cystic Fibrosis Transmembrane Conductance Regulator (“CFTR”). The present invention also relates to methods of treating ABC transporter mediated diseases using compounds of the present invention.
US08912198B2	Compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR kinase The present invention relates to compounds useful as inhibitors of ATR protein kinase. The invention also relates to pharmaceutically acceptable compositions comprising the compounds of this invention; methods of treating of various diseases, disorders, and conditions using the compounds of this invention; processes for preparing the compounds of this invention; intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of this invention; and methods of using the compounds in in vitro applications, such as the study of kinases in biological and pathological phenomena; the study of intracellular signal transduction pathways mediated by such kinases; and the comparative evaluation of new kinase inhibitors.The compounds of this invention have formula I: or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, wherein the variables are as defined herein.
US08912189B2	Pyridopyrazine derivatives and their use The present invention provides new pyridopyrazine compounds of Formula (I) which are suitable for the treatment or prevention of physiological and/or pathophysiological states mediated and/or modulated by signal transduction pathways and/or enzymes in mammals and in particular in humans.
US08912188B2	Substituted quinoxaline carboxylic acids for the inhibition of PASK Disclosed herein are substituted quinoxaline carboxylic acids of Formula (I): and compositions thereof, which may be useful as inhibitors of PAS Kinase (PASK) activity in a human or animal for the treatment of diseases such as diabetes mellitus.
US08912182B2	Viral polymerase inhibitors Compounds of formula I: wherein X, R2, R3, R3a, R3b, R5 and R6 are defined herein, are useful as inhibitors of the hepatitis C virus NS5B polymerase.
US08912177B2	Method of treating polycystic kidney diseases with ceramide derivatives A method of treating polycystic kidney disease in a subject comprises administering to the subject an effective amount of a compound represented by Structural Formula (1): or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US08912173B2	Substituted quinolines and their use as medicaments Disclosed are substituted quinolines of formula 1 wherein R1 and R2 are defined herein, the processing of making and using the same.
US08912172B2	Skin external preparation containing triterpenic acid Disclosed is a skin external preparation containing a triterpenic acid typified by ursolic acid. For obtaining a skin external preparation having excellent storage stability by improving the dissolution stability of the triterpenic acid and the like, 4-alkylresorcinol such as 4-n-butylresorcinol is added into a skin external preparation containing a triterpenic acid and the like such as benzyl ursolate.
US08912166B2	Eye drops for treatment of conjunctivochalasis An ophthalmic preparation and method, usable to treat conjunctivochalasis. The ophthalmic preparation comprises an aqueous solution of glycerol. The preparation may also include additional components including high molecular weight polymers for viscosity control and pharmacologically active substances. The method includes administering an ophthalmic preparation including an aqueous solution of glycerol to a patient.
US08912164B2	Re-epithelializing pharmaceutical compositions comprising xanthan gum The present invention relates to a pharmaceutical formulation comprising xanthan gum as a re-epithelializing active principle optionally mixed with hyaluronic acid. The composition speeds up and improves advantageously the formation of newly grown epithelium.
US08912149B1	Glycosaminoglycan mimetics The present invention provides composition comprising one or more glycosaminoglycan mimetics and uses thereof. The subject glycosaminoglycan mimetics are particularly useful for treatment of neuronal injuries including without limitation spinal cord injuries.
US08912147B2	Mitochondrial proteins constructs and uses thereof The invention provides fusion protein constructs comprising a functional mitochondrial protein and methods of treating mitochondrial disorders by the fusion proteins and compositions thereof.
US08912142B2	Method of regulating proliferation and differentiation of keratinocyes Provided are methods of regulating keratinocytes proliferation and differentiation by subjecting keratinocytes to an agent capable of modulating activity or expression of IGFBP7, thereby regulating keratinocytes proliferation and differentiation. Also provided are methods of treating pathologies characterized by hyperproliferative keratinocytes by administering IGFBP7 polypeptide or a polynucleotide encoding IGFBP7 polypeptide to a subject.
US08912129B2	Method for the determination of the DNA methylation level of a CPG position in identical cells within a tissue sample Aspects of the present invention relate to the determination of the DNA methylation level at one or more CpG position within cells of a defined type in a tissue sample. This methylation level is deduced from the total DNA methylation level of all cells of the sample and from the content of said cells of interest. In aspects of the invention, the cell content is determined by means of histopatholoy, staining methods, antibodies, expression analysis or DNA methylation analysis.
US08912119B2	Pressure-chromic tape and methods of making same Masking tapes that changes color when the tape is rubbed down or dispensed onto an adherend and methods of making such tapes are disclosed herein. The tape includes a backing, a layer of adhesive on the bottom surface of the backing, and a release structure on the top surface of the backing that includes a pressure-chromic indicator and a release layer. The pressure-chromic indicator is characterized in that it is not activated by the pressure applied during the manufacturing process, but is activated by the pressure applied when the tape is rubbed or dispensed onto an adherend.
US08912106B2	Glass-ceramic composite material The present invention is directed to stably achieve a good thermal conductivity in a glass-ceramic composite material in which aluminum nitride particles are used as filler particles. The glass-ceramic composite material according to the present invention includes a glass matrix and filler particles, each of which is formed by an aluminum nitride particle having a surface layer on which an oxide film is formed, and arranged in the glass matrix. The present invention has characteristic features that the filler particle has a cornerless smooth surface, and that a percentage of the number of filler particles having a sphericity of 0.8 or greater, which is a value of a minor diameter divided by a major diameter, is higher than or equal to 70% on the condition where any fine particle of which particle diameter is smaller than 0.5 μm is excluded from the number of the filler particles.
US08912104B1	Method for fabricating integrated circuits with patterned thermal adjustment layers for design optimization An integrated circuit may include a substrate in which transistors are formed. The transistors may be associated with blocks of circuitry. Some of the blocks of circuitry may be configured to reduce leakage current. A selected subset of the blocks of circuitry may be selectively heated to reduce the channel length of their transistors through dopant diffusion and thereby strengthen those blocks of circuitry relative to the other blocks of circuitry. Selective heating may be implemented by coating the blocks of circuitry on the integrated circuit with a patterned layer of material such as a patterned anti-reflection coating formed of amorphous carbon or a reflective coating. During application of infrared light, the coated and uncoated areas will rise to different temperatures, selectively strengthening desired blocks of circuitry on the integrated circuit.
US08912103B2	Method of fabricating and correcting nanoimprint lithography templates A method of fabricating a nanoimprint lithography template includes installing a reticle on a reticle stage of scanning lithography equipment having a light source, the reticle stage and a template stage, mounting a template substrate on the template stage, and scanning the template substrate with light from the light source in an exposure process in which the light passes through the reticle and impinges the template substrate at an oblique angle of incidence.
US08912090B2	Mixer fabrication technique and system using the same An improved microwave mixer manufactured using multilayer processing includes an integrated circuit that is electrically connected to a top metal layer of a substrate. The microwave mixer includes: a first metal layer; a dielectric substrate on the first metal layer; a second metal layer directly on the substrate, at least two passive circuits arranged on the second metal layer and a top layer metal; a thin dielectric layer on the second metal layer, wherein the top layer metal is directly on the thin dielectric layer; an integrated circuit (IC) attached to the second metal layer, wherein the IC includes at least one combination of non-linear devices, and wherein the IC is directly connected to the passive circuits on the second metal layer; and a protection layer on the IC.
US08912077B2	Hybrid laser and plasma etch wafer dicing using substrate carrier Methods of dicing semiconductor wafers, each wafer having a plurality of integrated circuits, are described. A method includes forming a mask above the semiconductor wafer, the mask composed of a layer covering and protecting the integrated circuits. The semiconductor wafer is supported by a substrate carrier. The mask is then patterned with a laser scribing process to provide a patterned mask with gaps, exposing regions of the semiconductor wafer between the integrated circuits. The semiconductor wafer is then etched through the gaps in the patterned mask to singulate the integrated circuits while supported by the substrate carrier.
US08912070B2	Method for manufacturing semiconductor device The present invention discloses a method for manufacturing a semiconductor device, comprising: forming a gate stack structure on a substrate; forming a drain region in the substrate on one side of the gate stack structure; and forming a source region made of GeSn in the substrate on the other side of the gate stack structure; wherein the forming the source region made of GeSn comprises: implanting precursors in the substrate on the other side of the gate stack structure; and performing a laser rapid annealing such that the precursors react to produce GeSn alloy, thereby to constitute a source region; and wherein the step of implanting precursors further comprises: performing a pre-amorphization ion implantation, so as to form an amorphized region in the substrate; and implanting Sn in the amorphized region.
US08912069B2	Semiconductor device with STI and method for manufacturing the semiconductor device A semiconductor device includes: a semiconductor substrate having first and second areas; an STI isolation region being made of an isolation trench formed in the semiconductor substrate and an insulating film burying the isolation trench and defining a plurality of active regions in the first and second areas; a first structure formed on an area from the active region in the first area to a nearby STI isolation region and having a first height; and a second structure formed on an area from the active region in the second area to a nearby STI isolation region and having a second height, wherein the surface of the said STI isolation region in the first area is lower than the surface of said STI isolation region in the second area.
US08912056B2	Dual epitaxial integration for FinFETS A dual epitaxial integration process for FinFET devices. First and second pluralities of fins and gates are formed, with some of the fins and gates being for NFETs and some of the fins and gates being for PFETs. A first layer of a hard mask material selected from the group consisting of titanium nitride, tungsten nitride, tantalum nitride, amorphous carbon and titanium carbide is deposited over the NFETs and PFETs. The hard mask material is removed from one of the NFETs and PFETs and a first source and drain material is epitaxially deposited on the fins. A second layer of the hard mask material is deposited over the NFETs and PFETs. The first and second layers of the hard mask material are removed from the other of the NFETs and PFETs and a second source and drain material is deposited on the fins.
US08912054B2	Thin-film semiconductor device and method of manufacturing the same A method of manufacturing a thin-film semiconductor device according to the present disclosure includes: preparing a substrate; forming a gate electrode above the substrate; forming a first insulating film on the gate electrode; forming a semiconductor thin film that is to be a channel layer, on the first insulating film; forming a second insulating film on the semiconductor thin film; irradiating the second insulating film with a beam so as to increase a transmittance of the second insulating film; and forming a source electrode and a drain electrode above the channel layer.
US08912051B1	Method for controlling molding compound geometry around a semiconductor die A novel die seal design, and method for utilization thereof, controls contact of a mold material with the surfaces of a semiconductor die during application, reducing stresses due to a mismatch of the coefficient of thermal expansion of the mold material and the semiconductor die, thereby reducing cracking of the semiconductor die, resulting in increased yields and lower costs, and permits reuse of elements of a mold tool over a range of die sizes.
US08912049B2	PEC biasing technique for LEDs Each LED in an array of LEDs mounted on a submount wafer has at least a first semiconductor layer exposed and connected to a first electrode of each LED. The submount wafer has a first metal portion bonded to the first electrode of each LED for providing an energization current to each LED. The submount wafer also has a second metal portion running along and proximate to the first metal portion but not electrically connected to the first metal portion. The second metal portion may be interdigitated with the first metal portion. The second metal portion is connected to a bias voltage. When the wafer is immersed in an electrically conductive solution for electrochemical (EC) etching of the exposed first semiconductor layer, the solution electrically connects the second metal portion to the first metal portion for biasing the first semiconductor layer during the EC etching.
US08912046B2	Integrated circuit packaging system with lead frame and method of manufacture thereof A method of manufacture of an integrated circuit packaging system includes: forming signal contacts; forming a power bar having a power bar terminal, the power bar terminal formed in a staggered position relative to the signal contacts; depositing a terminal pad on the power bar terminal; depositing a contact pad on one of the signal contacts; coupling an integrated circuit die to the power bar terminal and the signal contacts; and forming a package body on the integrated circuit die.
US08912043B2	Dual-side interconnected CMOS for stacked integrated circuits A stacked integrated circuit (IC) may be manufactured with a second tier wafer bonded to a double-sided first tier wafer. The double-sided first tier wafer includes back-end-of-line (BEOL) layers on a front and a back side of the wafer. Extended contacts within the first tier wafer connect the front side and the back side BEOL layers. The extended contact extends through a junction of the first tier wafer. The second tier wafer couples to the front side of the first tier wafer through the extended contacts. Additional contacts couple devices within the first tier wafer to the front side BEOL layers. When double-sided wafers are used in stacked ICs, the height of the stacked ICs may be reduced. The stacked ICs may include wafers of identical functions or wafers of different functions.
US08912029B2	Manufacturing process of vertical type solid state light emitting device A manufacturing process of a vertical type solid state light emitting device is provided. A substrate is provided. M metal nitride buffer layer is formed on the substrate, and a breakable structure containing M metal droplet structures is formed on the buffer layer. A first type semiconductor layer, an active layer and a second type semiconductor layer are sequentially formed on the breakable structure. A second type electrode is formed on the second type semiconductor layer. The first type semiconductor layer, the active layer, the second type semiconductor layer and the second type electrode are stacked to form a light emitting stacking structure. The breakable structure is damaged to separate from the light emitting stacking structure, so that a surface of the first type semiconductor layer of the light emitting stacking structure is exposed. A first type electrode is formed on the surface of the first type semiconductor layer.
US08912025B2	Method for manufacture of bright GaN LEDs using a selective removal process A method of fabricating LED devices includes using a laser to form trenches between the LEDs and then using a chemical solution to remove slag creating by the laser.
US08912024B2	Front facing piggyback wafer assembly Front facing piggyback wafer assembly. In accordance with an embodiment of the present invention, a plurality of piggyback substrates are attached to a carrier wafer. The plurality of piggyback substrates are dissimilar in composition to the carrier wafer. The plurality of piggyback substrates are processed, while attached to the carrier wafer, to produce a plurality of integrated circuit devices. The plurality of integrated circuit devices are singulated to form individual integrated circuit devices. The carrier wafer may be processed to form integrated circuit structures prior to the attaching.
US08912023B2	Method and system for forming LED light emitters A method for forming a flexible sheet of LED light emitters includes forming a micro lens sheet having a plurality of micro lenses, forming a phosphor sheet including a wave-length converting material, forming a flexible circuit sheet, forming a ceramic substrate sheet including a plurality of LED light emitters, and forming a support substrate including a thermally conductive material. The method also includes attaching the above sheets to form a stack including, from top to bottom, the micro lens sheet, the phosphor sheet, the flexible circuit sheet, the ceramic substrate sheet, and the support substrate.
US08912021B2	System and method for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) dice with wavelength conversion layers A system for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) dice includes a wavelength conversion layer contained on a substrate on an adhesive layer configured to have reduced adhesiveness upon exposure to a physical energy, such as electromagnetic radiation or heat. The system also includes a curing apparatus configured to reduce the adhesiveness of the adhesive layer to facilitate removal of the wavelength conversion layer from the substrate, and an attachment apparatus configured to remove the wavelength conversion layer from the substrate and to attach the wavelength conversion layer to a light emitting diode (LED) die. A method for fabricating light emitting diode (LED) dice includes the steps of exposing the adhesive layer on the substrate to the physical energy to reduce the adhesiveness of the adhesive layer, removing the wavelength conversion layer from the substrate, and attaching the wavelength conversion layer to the light emitting diode (LED) die.
US08912015B2	Operating method of hardwired switch An operating method of a hardwired switch is provided. First, a first die is provided. The first die is configured as the first die in the hardwired switch. Next, a function of the first die is inspected to obtain an inspected result. Upon the inspected result, whether a second TSV is selectively disposed between the first landing pad and the fifth landing pad, between the second landing pad and the sixth landing pad, between the third landing pad and the seventh landing pad, or between the fourth landing pad and the eighth landing pad or not is determined. The first die is stacked above a second die, so that the second surface is located between the first die and the second die.
US08912010B2	Thyroxine immunoassay using fluorescent particles Provided are a base plate and a method for thyroxine immunoassay, which are capable of decreasing the signal change rate caused by temperature change in a high-sensitivity immunoassay method for thyroxine. A base plate for thyroxine immunoassay which has a conjugate of thyroxine or a derivative thereof and albumin immobilized thereon, and in which the ratio of the molecule number of thyroxine or a derivative thereof to the molecule number of albumin in the immobilized conjugate, is disclosed.
US08912009B2	Microflow analytical system A microflow analytical system includes a laminate pump assembly connectable with one or more sources of fluid, one or more pneumatic control pumps, a mixer, and a sensor. The laminate pump assembly is adapted to deliver predetermined volumes of the fluid(s) through a plurality of flow paths which are formed within layers of the assembly. Each flow path can include an inlet valve, a pump valve, and an outlet valve each of which are controllable by the pneumatic control pumps. A series of manifolds can be formed within the layers of the pump assembly to provide for simultaneous activation of selected flow paths. Delivered fluid volumes can be mixed in the mixer which, in some embodiments, may be integral with the laminate pump assembly. The sensor can measure one or more characteristics of the mixed fluids to determine one or more properties of the fluids.
US08911997B2	Mammalian cell culture medium A cell culture medium and system are provided which eliminate or at least reduce the requirement for exogenous components such as serum and feeder cells. The cell culture medium comprises an IGF and vitronectin or fibronectin and, optionally an IGFBP, and is particularly suitable for propagating keratinocytes for subsequent use in skin growth and regeneration. This invention also relates to compositions and methods for skin growth and regeneration in situ, which utilize aerosol delivery of cultured keratinocytes.
US08911989B2	Microfluidic biochip The present invention provides a microfluidic biochip, which comprises: a fluid transportation unit having a fluid transportation reservoir and a fluid transportation air chamber; a first fluid storage reservoir; a second fluid storage reservoir; a first valve unit having a first valve and a first valve control air chamber; and a second valve unit having a second valve and a second valve control air chamber; wherein the first valve unit is located between the first fluid storage reservoir and the fluid transportation unit, the second valve unit is located between the second fluid storage reservoir and the fluid transportation unit, and the top portion of the fluid transportation reservoir and the valves are made of a flexible material. The structure of the present microfluidic biochip allows fluids to be transported and/or mixed therein.
US08911987B2	System for rapid identification and/or characterization of a microbial agent in a sample An automated instrument for identification and/or characterization of a microbial agent present in a sample. The instrument includes (a) a sample removal apparatus operative to remove a test sample from a specimen container and add the test sample to a disposable separation device; (b) a separation and concentration apparatus operative on the separation device to separate the microbial agent from other components which may be present in the test sample and concentrate the microbial agent within the separation device; and (c) a identification and/or characterization module interrogating the concentrated microbial agent to identify and/or characterize the microbial agent.
US08911986B2	Coatings containing polymer modified enzyme for stable self-cleaning of organic stains Temporary active coatings that are stabilized against inactivation by weathering are provided including a base associated with a chemically modified enzyme, and, optionally a first polyoxyethylene present in the base and independent of the enzyme. The coatings are optionally overlayered onto a substrate to form an active coating facilitating the removal of organic stains or organic material from food, insects, or the environment.
US08911985B2	Enzymatic conversion of volatile organic compounds The present invention relates to a composition comprising a stable aqueous dispersion of polymer particles, an oxidoreductase, and a cofactor for the oxidoreductase and a method for its preparation. The invention is useful for converting certain classes of VOCs to non-VOCs.
US08911973B2	Snap-back primers and detectable hairpin structures The present invention provides methods, compositions, and kits comprising snap-back primers used for forming 3′ hairpin structures, 5′ hairpin structures, and double hairpin structures. The hairpin structures may be used for detecting target sequences (e.g., such as small RNA target sequence), for detecting polymorphisms in target sequences (e.g., such as polymorphisms located near the 5′ or 3′ ends of the target sequence), or other nucleic acid characterization methods. In certain embodiments, the hairpin structures form invasive cleavage structures (e.g., in combination with a probe or upstream oligonucleotide) which may be cleaved by structure-specific enzymes in order to detect the presence or absence of a particular nucleotide or nucleotide sequence.
US08911971B2	Glucosyl stevia composition Glucosyl stevia compositions are prepared from steviol glycosides of Stevia rebaudiana Bertoni. The glucosylation was performed by cyclodextrin glucanotransferase using starch as the source of glucose residues. The short-chain glucosyl stevia compositions were purified to >95% content of total steviol glycosides. The compositions can be used as sweetness enhancers, flavor enhancers and sweeteners in foods, beverages, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.
US08911966B2	Efficient astaxanthin production strains derived from Haematococcus pluvialis The present invention pertains to a method for the efficient production of carotenoids. In particular, the present invention is directed to a method for producing carotenoid and carotenoid containing cells, especially astaxanthin and astaxanthin-containing cells, by generating mutant microorganisms belonging to the photoautotrophic algae of the Class Chlorophyceae and culturing same. The present invention further relates to methods of generating microorganisms producing high yields of carotenoids, in particular astaxanthin, products containing said microorganisms or said carotenoids, and the use of said carotenoids produced by the microorganisms according to the present invention and deposited mutant strains generated from said microorganisms.
US08911957B2	Devices and methods for detecting cells and other analytes The invention features methods, devices, and kits for the isolation of analytes (e.g., a cell). A sample containing a desired analyte is introduced into a microfluidic device containing moieties that bind the desired analyte. A shear stress is applied that is great enough to prevent binding of undesired analytes and low enough to allow binding of the analyte of interest. Once bound, the desired analytes can be analyzed (e.g., counted). The invention also features methods for determining a shear stress for isolating a desired analyte.
US08911952B2	Method for integrin ligand discovery This invention relates generally to integrin ligand discovery and to a method of integrin ligand discovery base upon induction of ligand-induced epitopes. Such ligands have the potential to be active agent as anti-inflammatory, anti-angiogenesis and/or anti-thrombotic agents and for the treatment of integrin mediated diseases and/or conditions.
US08911949B2	Systems and methods for performing amplicon rescue multiplex polymerase chain reaction (PCR) Embodiments of the present disclosure generally pertain to systems and methods for performing amplicon rescue multiplex polymerase chain reaction (arm-PCR). In one embodiment, the system comprises a processor and a reader coupled to a control element. The control element is configured to control the operation of the processor and the reader based on a variety of settings. The processor is configured to receive a self-contained cassette for performing PCR amplification of DNA and/or RNA obtained from an organic specimen. The processor engages with the cassette and manipulates reagents within the cassette in order to amplify and detect the DNA from the specimen. The processor also causes the cassette to deposit the DNA on a microarray within the cassette. The reader is configured to receive the cassette after it has been processed by the processor and to capture an image of the microarray for transmission to the control element as test data. The control element is further configured to analyze the test data received from the reader and to produce an output indicative of a comparison of the test data to predefined data.
US08911946B2	Detection of antibiotic-resistant microorganisms Method of detecting methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) and methicillin-sensitive S. aureus (MSSA) in a nucleic acid coamplification assay. The invention advantageously reduces the incidence of false-positive MRSA determinations in real-time assays by requiring satisfaction of a threshold criterion that excludes certain co-infections from the MRSA determination. The invention further provides for determination of MSSA, even when the MSSA is present in combination with methicillin-resistant coagulase-negative (MR-CoNS) bacteria at high or low levels.
US08911929B2	Developer and patterning process An aqueous solution containing 0.1-10 wt % of a guanidine is a useful developer for photosensitive resist materials. A resist pattern is formed by applying a chemically amplified positive resist composition onto a substrate to form a coating, baking, exposing the coating to high-energy radiation, and developing the exposed coating in a guanidine-containing aqueous solution.
US08911924B2	Toner and method for producing the same A toner including base particles each containing a crystalline polyester and a non-crystalline polyester, wherein the toner has a glass transition temperature of 45° C. or higher where the glass transition temperature is determined from a DSC curve of the toner obtained in the first elevation of temperature thereof, and wherein the toner has a temperature width of 8° C. or lower where the temperature width is a temperature width at ⅓ the height of an endothermic peak attributed to the crystalline polyester in the DSC curve.
US08911913B2	Fuel cell system and method for recovering performance of a fuel cell A fuel cell system is provided having at least one fuel cell including an oxidant electrode, a fuel electrode, and an electrolyte membrane interposed between the oxidant electrode and the fuel electrode. The fuel cell system includes a temperature detector which detects a temperature of the fuel cell and a controller which operates the fuel cell, controls a potential of the oxidant electrode, and determines whether to perform a performance recovery operation in which an impurity on the oxidant electrode is oxidized. When the performance recovery operation is to be performed, the controller controls the potential of the oxidant electrode to be a desired potential based on the temperature detected by the temperature detector.
US08911906B2	Non-aqueous electrolyte type lithium ion secondary cell There is provided a lithium ion secondary cell excellent in charging and discharging cycle characteristics. A lithium ion secondary cell includes: an electrode body including a positive electrode having a positive electrode active material, a negative electrode having a negative electrode active material, and a separator; and a non-aqueous electrolyte containing a lithium salt as a supporting salt in an organic solvent, the electrode body and the non-aqueous electrolyte being accommodated in a case. The positive electrode active material is a lithium transition metal oxide having a layered structure. The electrolyte contains a compound represented by a chemical formula (I) in an amount of β mol relative to the total content α mol of moisture to be mixed in the cell. β satisfies −1.3≦log(β/α)≦1.
US08911900B2	Battery electrode production method A method is provided for producing a battery electrode having a configuration in which a compound material layer containing an active material and a binder is retained on a current collector. This method includes forming protrusions composed of a polymer on a surface of the current collector, forming a binder solution layer by coating a binder solution containing the binder over the polymer protrusions onto the current collector, depositing the binder solution layer and a compound material paste layer on the current collector by applying a compound material paste containing the active material over the binder solution layer, and obtaining an electrode in which the compound material layer is formed on the current collector by drying both the deposited binder solution layer and compound material paste layer.
US08911883B2	Photosensitive semiconductor nanocrystals, photosensitive composition comprising semiconductor nanocrystals and method for forming semiconductor nanocrystal pattern using the same An organic-inorganic hybrid electroluminescent device having a semiconductor nanocrystal pattern prepared by producing a semiconductor nanocrystal film using semiconductor nanocrystals, where the nanocrystal is surface-coordinated with a compound containing a photosensitive functional group, exposing the film through a mask and developing the exposed film.
US08911881B2	Organic light-emitting device An organic light-emitting device is provided. The organic light-emitting device comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and a light-emitting layer interposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The device further comprises of a phosphorescent dopant and a phosphorescent host that includes at least two hole transport materials. The mixed phosphorescent host materials increase energy transfer efficiency, thereby improving the efficiency and lifespan of the resulting organic light-emitting device.
US08911880B2	Rotor of rotating machine and method of manufacturing the rotor A turbine rotor which is composed by connecting Ni-based alloy and heat resisting steel such as 12-Cr steel by welding to be able to ensure strength of welded parts and can be used under steam conditions of 700° C. class and method of manufacturing the rotor are also provided. The rotor of the rotating machine into which working fluid of 650° C. or higher is introduced, the rotor being composed of a plurality of members connected by welding such that material of each member is different in accordance with temperature of working fluid which flows contacting the members, wherein the first member(s) is formed from Ni-based alloy having mean linear expansion coefficient of 12.4×10−6/° C.˜14.5×10−6/° C., preferably 14.0×10−6/° C. or smaller within a temperature range from a room temperature to 700° C. and second member(s) is formed from high-chrome steels, and the rotor is composed such that the first member(s) formed from Ni-base alloy is located in a portion which contact to the working fluid of 650° C. or higher.
US08911877B2	Embossed metal foil A metal sheet at least part of which is embossed with an embossing pattern that includes undulations which are mutually arranged closely adjacent to each other so that in use egress of fluid from the plane of the sheet is omnidirectionally controlled.
US08911873B2	Pressure sensitive adhesive sheet for optics An ultraviolet cross-linkable pressure sensitive adhesive sheet includes a (meth)acrylic copolymer of a monomer containing a (meth)acrylic acid ester having an ultraviolet cross-linkable site. The storage modulus of the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet before ultraviolet cross-linking is from 5.0×104 to 1.0×106 Pa at 30° C. and 1 Hz and 5.0×104 Pa or less at 80° C. and 1 Hz. The storage modulus of the pressure sensitive adhesive sheet after ultraviolet cross-linking is 1.0×103 Pa or more at 130° C. and 1 Hz.
US08911869B2	Transparent substrate The present invention provides a transparent substrate excellent in solvent crack resistance, toughness, heat resistance, and flexibility. A transparent substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: an inorganic glass; and a first resin layer placed on at least one side of the inorganic glass, wherein: the first resin layer contains a resin compound having a weight-average molecular weight in terms of polystyrene of 8×104 to 100×104; and no solvent crack occurs when a mixed solvent containing 20 wt % to 95 wt % of at least one kind of solvent selected from the group consisting of acetone, N-methylpyrrolidone, dimethyl sulfoxide, and N,N-dimethylformamide is brought into contact with the substrate.
US08911860B2	Electrically insulating material, particularly for high voltage generator An electrically insulating material for high voltage generators is provided. The electrically insulating material comprises a polymer based dielectric material filled with nanoparticles, wherein the voltage at which partial discharges start in the polymer based dielectric material is greater than the voltage at which partial discharges start in an unfilled polymer based dielectric material.
US08911847B2	Vacuum insulation material and manufacturing method thereof A vacuum insulation material includes a plurality of convex protrusions provided on a surface of a core material that is present inside of the bent vacuum insulation material when it is used in a bent state, and so that the core material on which the convex protrusions are provided in advance is inserted into an outer covering material and vacuum-sealed with the outer covering material. By reducing a contact area between the convex protrusions and an inner side surface of the outer covering material in contact with the surface on which the convex protrusions are provided, it is possible to reduce a frictional force between the core material and the outer covering material.
US08911845B1	Anti-counterfeiting mechanism for a toy housing A counterfeit-resistant toy housing is provided having a repetitive pattern formed into at least a portion of at least one toy housing surface. The pattern preferably includes first and second regions intertwined with and visibly different from each other. The first region may have a different elevation than the second region, or a different finish, or both. A photoetching chemical is applied to at least a portion of a metal mold, and at least a part of the mold is covered with a cover having a light-transmissible first region and an opaque second region, the first and second regions forming a first design. Light is projected upon the covered metal mold, thereby eroding a section of the mold underneath the first region and forming a first design in the mold. The photoetching steps are repeated to provide different layers. The toy housing component is molded from the patterned mold.
US08911838B2	Optical film material roll and method for manufacturing image display device using thereof Disclosed is a material roll that includes a roll of an optical film having defect information markings printed thereon and is resistant to the formation of a defect by the transfer of a bump/dent deformation at the marking site. The material roll includes a long sheet of an optical film with polarizer wound into roll shape; and marking(s) formed at or in a vicinity of at least one defect site. The marking has an optical density of 1.5 or more, and a thickness of a center part of the marking is 1.5 μm or less. The marking preferably has an optical density per unit thickness of 2.5 μm−1 or more.
US08911832B2	Method of mitigating ice build-up on a substrate The present invention is directed to a method of mitigating ice build-up on a substrate, comprising applying to the substrate combinations of curable film-forming compositions. The curable film-forming compositions may comprise functional film-forming polymers and curing agents or any of various polysiloxanes and optionally silanes with reactive groups. The film-forming compositions can be applied directly to the surface of the substrate or to a primer coat on the substrate.
US08911828B2	Method of producing molded article The present invention provides a method of producing a molded article, which can be perform the continuous processes and effectively impregnate a modifying material such as metal complexes in the thermoplastic resin for short period of time. The above object is achieved by providing the method of producing the thermoplastic resin molded article which includes impregnating the pressurized fluid having a modifying material dissolved therein, in thermoplastic resin; discharging the pressurized fluid from the thermoplastic resin in which the modifying material has been impregnated; and continuously molding the thermoplastic resin, in which the modifying material has been impregnated and from which the pressurized fluid has been discharged, into the form of a film.
US08911827B2	Chemical vapor deposition method using an organoplatinum compound A chemical deposition method for producing a platinum thin film or a platinum compound thin film by chemical vapor deposition of an organoplatinum compound is represented by the following formula, which includes a divalent platinum atom, and hexadiene or a hexadiene derivative and alkyl anions coordinated to the divalent platinum atom. In the following formula, R1 and R2 are each an alkyl group, and may be different from each other. R3 and R4 are each a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group, and may be different from each other. The organoplatinum compound is satisfactory in stability and generates no toxic substance in film formation, and hence is satisfactory in handleability and excellent in practicability. The organoplatinum compound has a high vapor pressure, enables the film formation at a low temperature, and is useful as a CVD raw material easily forming a film on a spatial structure.
US08911822B2	Method of repairing color filter and pre-repair material used thereby A method of repairing a color filter and a pre-repair material used thereby are provided. The method includes the following steps. First, a color filter including a substrate and a color filter layer is provided, and the color filter layer having at least one defect pattern is disposed on the substrate. Then, a pre-repair layer is formed in the at least one defect pattern. After that, a repair layer is formed on the pre-repair layer, and the repair layer is connected to the substrate through the pre-repair layer.
US08911817B2	Method and device for coating catheters or balloon catheters A method and apparatus for coating catheters or balloon catheters is disclosed in which the catheter or balloon catheter is radially surrounded completely or almost completely at a constant distance by a device that applies a coating solution so that the coating solution completely fills the space between the catheter or balloon catheter and the device and thus completely surrounds the catheter or balloon catheter, relative motion is effected between the device and the catheter or balloon catheter in the axial direction across the surface of the catheter or balloon catheter multiple times, and partial drying of the applied coating solution occurs between the individual coating stages.
US08911812B2	Apparatus for cooking According to embodiments of the present invention, there is provided a cooking apparatus for cooking a foodstuff. The cooking apparatus comprises a vessel configured to accept, in use, liquid therein; a closing sub-assembly configured to be releasably coupled to the vessel, the closing sub-assembly defining an aperture; a steam leading tube operatively coupled to the aperture, the steam leading tube configured to provide a passage, in use, for the steam generated within the vessel from the liquid towards an interior of the foodstuff.
US08911811B2	Method of operating a coffee maker A coffee maker and method of operating the same is shown. The method includes deactivating a heating plate of the coffee maker when a drip pan is positioned thereon, soliciting a user-selection of a serving size from a plurality of serving sizes when the drip pan is positioned on the base, and operating a pump of the coffee maker to advance fluid to a filter basket in accordance with the selected serving size.
US08911807B2	Container for sliced and fluffed food products A food package for sliced food products to be maintained with a fluffed appearance, the package including a base member forming a compartment for receiving the food product and a lid sealed to the compartment. The base member has a gripping portion and the lid has a tab which overlies the gripping portion when the lid is connected to the base member. In one form, the gripping portion of the base member has a plurality of edges that define an outer profile of the gripping portion and expose a portion of a lower surface of the tab. The outer profile limits tacking of the tab to the gripping portion when the lid and base member are cut from respective webs of material. Additionally, a method is provided for assembling a food container.
US08911806B2	Sweetener compositions The invention provides a sweetener composition comprising a core nano particle in association with a sweetener carbohydrate.
US08911800B2	Extract of adlay bran and uses thereof The present invention provides a composition comprising extract of adlay bran, wherein the adlay bran extract comprises C1 to C7 alcohol extract of adlay bran (A) and carbon dioxide supercritical fluid extract of adlay bran (B). Preferably, the extract of adlay bran has effects in treating a skin and/or subcutaneous tissue disease and in lowering interleukin (IL)-1α, interleukin-1β, interleukin-6, tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α, interleukin-8, prostaglandin-2 (PGE2) and/or C-Reactive Protein (CRP).
US08911797B2	Use of WF10 for treating allergic asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis The present invention provides a method of treating or inhibiting at least one of allergic asthma, allergic rhinitis and atopic dermatitis, or of reducing, inhibiting or treating allergy like symptoms. The methods use compositions comprising chlorite, chloride, chlorate and/or sulfate ions.
US08911788B2	Galenical system for active transport, method for preparation and use The invention relates to a novel galenical system for taste masking, protecting an active substance, in particular in an acid medium, modulating releasing properties, masking mucous irritability and toxicity of certain active substances, for preparing aqueous forms which have a masked taste, are stable and pH independent. Said invention also relates, in particular to a galenical system which is embodied in the form of lipidic solid particles and strictly hydrophobic and devoid of water, surface active agents, emulsifiers, solvent traces and which is characterized in that it comprises at least one type of hydrophobic wax and at least one type of fatty non-neutralized acid.
US08911778B2	Pellet formulation for the treatment of the intestinal tract An orally adminsterable pharmaceutical pellet formulation for the treatment of the intestinal tract is disclosed, which comprises a core and an enteric coating, the core including, as a pharmaceutical active compound, aminosalicylic acid or a pharmaceutically tolerable salt or a derivative thereof.
US08911776B2	Generation of new pancreatic beta cells The present invention relates to novel therapies for treatment of new and existing type 1 and type 2 diabetes, PreDiabetes, Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adulthood, and diseases of insulin deficiency, beta cell deficiency, insulin resistance and impaired glucose metabolism. In particular, the present invention identifies common peptides within the human Reg1a, Reg1b, Reg3a and Reg4, as signaling peptides for beta cell generation acting through the human Reg Receptor on the surface of human pancreatic extra-islet tissue. This invention identifies a specific binding region of the Reg Receptor from which peptidomimetics and stimulating antibodies have been developed for the generation of new beta cells which may be administered directly to patients with said conditions including type 1 diabetes, type 2 diabetes, PreDiabetes and other conditions of beta cell deficiency, and provides specific methodology for protecting new beta cells generated for usage in type 1 diabetes and Latent Autoimmune Diabetes of Adulthood. This invention also provides for ex-vivo generation and delivery of beta cells utilizing the inventions described within.
US08911774B2	Topical composition for anti-aging skin treatment using dual DNA repair mechanism and method of use A topical composition for anti-aging treatment of the skin includes water soluble extract of Uncaria species, Arabidopsis thaliana extract, lipoic acid, dimethylethanolamine, tetrahexyldecyl ascorbate, dimethyl sulfoxide, Glycyrrhiza Glabra(Licorice) root extract, methylsulfonylmethane, phytosterols, D-ribose, tocotrienol, tocopherol, glucosamine hydrochloride, Pisum sativum extract; Bambusa vulgaris extract, and a dermatologically acceptable liposomal delivery medium. Further disclosed is a method using the topical composition for anti-aging skin treatment utilizing DNA repair in both the nucleus and the mitochondria. The topical composition can be applied on the skin of a person daily, and can also be applied in a dermal infusion treatment, with or without micro-dermal abrasion or skin suction. Topical application of the composition achieves effective reduction of pigmentation spots and degree of winkles, and improvement of skin color tone.
US08911772B2	Release liner or protective sheet having a slit covered by another layer for use in adhesive laminates The invention relates to laminate segments equipped or coated with an adhesive matrix, particularly transdermal therapeutic systems having formulations strongly tending to leak adhesive. The inventive laminate segments include a matrix, with or without a back layer, a protective layer on the adhesive side of the matrix, provided with a cut as a peel-off aid, and a cover film partially coated with adhesive, applied to the protective film, which overlaps the cut in the protective film using the adhesive-free part thereof. The cover film prevents a leakage of the adhesive through the cut, and therefore a gluing together of the laminate segments to the packaging material thereof, without having an adverse effect on the function of the cut as a peel-off aid. Such laminate segments can be produced without the use of any intermediate carriers.
US08911767B2	Hypotensive lipid-containing biodegradable intraocular implants and related methods Biocompatible intraocular implants include a prostamide component and a biodegradable polymer that is effective in facilitating release of the prostamide component into an eye for an extended period of time. The prostamide component may be associated with a biodegradable polymer matrix, such as a matrix of a two biodegradable polymers. The implants may be placed in an eye to treat or reduce a at least one symptom of an ocular condition, such as glaucoma.
US08911766B2	Drug delivery compositions including nanoshells for triggered drug release The current invention is directed to compositions comprising a plurality of particles including nanoshells or a medical device with a coating including nanoshells allowing for triggered drug release. Methods of treatment with such compositions are also included.
US08911765B2	Biodegradable, polymer coverings for breast implants A biodegradable, flexible covering for a breast implant is provided which comprises one or more biodegradable polymer layers dimensioned and shaped to cover at least a portion of the breast implant. The implant can be inserted into an opening of the covering immediately prior to surgery, but alternate configurations and times of insertion are contemplated as well as open or sheet type devices. The coverings can optionally contain one or more drugs for delivery at the surgical site, particularly for treating or preventing infection, pain, inflammation, capsular contracture, scarring or other complications associated with breast augmentation or breast reconstruction.
US08911758B2	Insecticide formulations Insecticide formulations having improved chemical and physical stability and related methods are disclosed. The insecticide formulations may include a plurality of microcapsules, each including at least one organophosphate insecticide (e.g., chlorpyrifos-methyl) at least partially surrounded by a polymer shell. The insecticide formulations may be used to control insect populations by singular or periodic applications. The microcapsule polymer shell of the insecticide formulations may be formed by combining a cross-linking amine and a hydrophobic monomer (e.g., an isocyanate) at a molar ratio of amine to isocyanate groups of less than about 1:1.
US08911757B2	Pesticidal compositions for insects and arthropods The present invention provides an insect or arthropod pesticidal composition. The composition includes active ingredients having a mixture of fatty acids, each of the fatty acids having a straight carbon chain from 6 to 12 carbon atoms long. The fatty acid mixture includes a first fatty acid molecule having a straight carbon chain from 6 to 8 carbon atoms long, and a carboxylic acid group. The fatty acid mixture also includes a second fatty acid molecule having a straight carbon chain from 8 to 12 carbon atoms long, and a carboxylic acid group. The composition also includes a carrier that promotes adherence or absorption or transport across the surface of insects or arthropods to effect their incapacitation or death.
US08911756B2	Window sticker for attracting and destroying insects There is disclosed a product for attracting and destroying insects which comprises an active-substance-comprising bait layer (1) together with a bait substance and an insecticide. The active-substance-comprising bait layer (1) furthermore comprises a superdisintegrant whose effect is that, upon the use of the product in an environment with high atmospheric humidity, the active-substance-comprising bait layer (1) does not run.
US08911749B2	Vaccine delivery via microneedle arrays A microprojection array is provided, comprising an approximately planar base and a plurality of microprojections, wherein the array comprises a vaccine and a polymeric material. The array may have multiple layers. The vaccine may be placed in only one layer. In another embodiment of the invention, a method of preventing a disease is provided, comprising insertion into the skin of a patient an array of microprojections comprising a layer which comprises a vaccine for that disease and a polymer.
US08911746B2	Recombinant polyprotein vaccines for the treatment and diagnosis of leishmaniasis Compositions and methods for preventing, treating and detecting leishmaniasis are disclosed. The compositions generally comprise fusion polypeptides comprising multiple Leishmania antigens, in particular, KMP11, SMT, A2 and/or CBP, or immunogenic portions or variants thereof, as well as polynucleotides encoding such fusion polypeptides.
US08911743B2	Haemophilus parasuis polypeptides and methods of use The present invention provides isolated polypeptides having oligopeptide permease activity and an amino acid sequence that has at least 80% identity with a Haemophilus parasuis OppA polypeptide. Also provided by the present invention are isolated polynucleotides that encode the polypeptides described herein, and antibody that specifically binds a polypeptide described herein. The present invention further provides genetically modified microbes, such as attenuated Haemophilus parasuis strains and other microbes that express polypeptides described herein. Also included are methods for using the polypeptides, polynucleotides, antibody, and genetically modified microbes.
US08911733B2	Inhibition of the alternative complement pathway for treatment of traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury and related conditions Disclosed is the use of agents and compositions that selectively inhibit the alternative complement pathway for the inhibiting or treating physiological damage resulting from traumatic brain injury (TBI), spinal cord injury (SCI), or related conditions. Preferred reagents for use in inhibition of damage resulting from TBI or SCI include those that inhibit factor B, with anti-factor B antibodies representing a particularly preferred agent.
US08911731B2	Monoclonal antibodies specific for beta-amyloid x-37 and uses thereof The present invention provides monoclonal antibodies which specifically recognize the shorter Aβ peptides obtained after cleavage of the APP protein mediated by γ-secretase, i.e. the Aβ-peptide fragments Aβ1-37, Aβ3-37, Aβ3p-37, Aβ1-37 and Aβ11p-37, and other like fragments ending at the 37th amino acid of APP, hereinafter also referred to as the Aβx-37 peptides. It further provides hybridoma cells producing the monoclonal antibodies as well as methods for producing the antibodies and the hybridoma cells; and an immunoassay for an Aβx-37 peptide by a competitive method or a sandwich method using the antibody of the present invention; and methods for measuring the level of Aβx-37 peptides in a sample, such as a biological sample.
US08911730B2	Methods of using antibodies to block human thymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) receptor activity The present invention provides Thymic Stromal Lymphopoietin Receptor (TSLPR) polypeptides and nucleic acid molecules encoding the same. The invention also provides selective binding agents, vectors, host cells, and methods for producing TSLPR polypeptides. The invention further provides pharmaceutical compositions and methods for the diagnosis, treatment, amelioration, and/or prevention of diseases, disorders, and conditions associated with TSLPR polypeptides.
US08911723B2	Hybrid hydrogel scaffold compositions and methods of use The present invention includes new hybrid hydrogel scaffolds comprised of a polyoxyethylene-polyoxypropylene (block) copolymer (a “poloxamer”) and a self-assembling peptide, which maintain the mechanical and bioactive properties of its individual constituents (as compared to when the individual constituents are scaffolds or hydrogels by themselves). The hydrogels of the invention can include a combination of materials from different origins or with different properties that provides a hybrid material that meets the multiple needs of a scaffold for tissue engineering.
US08911719B2	Tamper resistant dosage forms The present invention relates to pharmaceutical dosage forms, for example to a tamper resistant dosage form including an opioid analgesic, and processes of manufacture, uses, and methods of treatment thereof.
US08911716B2	Saffron odorants The present invention concerns a compound of formula (I), in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or a mixture thereof, and wherein the dotted line represents a carbon-carbon single or double bond; as well as its use as perfuming ingredient.
US08911715B2	L-menthyl-N-(2-hydroxyphenyl)carbamate The present invention relates to the compound L-menthyl-N-(2-hydroxyphenyl)carbamate, which is effective against body perspiration odor bacteria, in particular against armpit perspiration odor bacteria, and simultaneously effective as an antioxidant, of the following formula, a method for the production thereof and its use.
US08911713B2	Method for preventing or treating skin tumor Methods, compositions and products for preventing skin tumor formation or inhibiting development of an existing skin tumor in a subject are described. The methods involve administering to the subject a composition containing an α2 adrenergic receptor agonist, such brimonidine.
US08911708B2	Nano-scale contrast agents and methods of use Compositions and methods are disclosed for evaluating a subject's vasculature integrity, for differentiating between a malignant lesion and a benign lesion, for evaluating the accessibility of a tumor to nano-sized therapeutics, for treating tumors, and for live or real time monitoring of a nano-probe's biodistribution.
US08911706B2	Complex of bifunctional chelating agent and mannosyl human serum albumin The present invention is about bifunctional chelating agents (BCA) conjugated mannosyl human serum albumin (MSA) and its radioisotope labeled compounds for imaging immune system such as macrophages, Kupffer cells, reticuloendothelial system (RES), and lymphatic system. The present invention comprises BCA-MSA conjugates, their radiolabeled compounds, and kits for radiolabeing. The present invention improved radiolabeling procedure, showed higher lymphatic system uptake, and enabled image by positron emission tomography (PET).
US08911705B2	Diagnostic substance and method for the analysis of metabolism processes in the brain The present invention relates to a diagnostic substance, containing at least one complex of lipophilic anions and metal ions, wherein the lipophilic anions are selected from the group comprising: triethylene tetramine dihydrochloride (TETA), ethyl cysteinate dimer (ECD), methoxyisobutylisonitrile (MIBI), HMPAO (d,l-hexamethylpropylene aminoxime), ethylenediamine N,N,N′,N′-tetraacetanilide (EDTAN), dimethyldithiocarbamate (DMC) and diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC) and glycine N,N′-[1,2-ethanediylbis(oxy-2,1-phenylene)]bis [N-(carboxymethyl)-1,1′-bis[2-(octadecyloxy)ethyl]ester (DP-109), and wherein the metal ions are selected from the group comprising thallium isotopes, lead isotopes, cobalt isotopes and manganese isotopes, together with solvents, adjuvants and/or vehicles. The diagnostic substance is used for investigating metabolic processes in the brain and/or central nervous system (CNS).
US08911703B2	Reducing and/or harvesting drag energy from transport vehicles, including for chemical reactors, and associated systems and methods The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for reducing and/or harvesting drag energy from transport vehicles. A system in accordance with a particular embodiment includes a mobile transport platform, a donor substance source carried by the platform, and a thermochemical reactor carried by the platform and coupled to the donor substance. The reactor is configured to carry out a non-combustion dissociation process that dissociates the donor substance into a first constituent and a second constituent. An energy extraction system carried by the transport platform and positioned to extract energy from an airstream passing the transport platform is coupled to the reactor to provide energy for the dissociation process.
US08911694B2	Two-stage hydroprocessing apparatus with common fractionation Two-stage hydroprocessing uses a common dividing wall fractionator. Hydroprocessed effluents from both stages of hydroprocessing are fed to opposite sides of the dividing wall.
US08911690B2	Devices for the production of cell clusters of defined cell numbers and cluster sizes Devices for the in vitro aggregation of cells. The devices are characterized by containing special ground cavities allowing cluster formation to take place when a cell suspension is seeded onto the device. Further, the present invention relates to a method for aggregating cells and the use of the devices of the present invention for the aggregation of cells.
US08911688B2	Microvalve and sealing device for use in a microfluidics system, and method for the production thereof A microvalve for controlling fluid flows, and a sealing device for sealing cavities in a microfluidic system, particularly in a lab-on-a-chip system, and a method for the production thereof. A sealing surface of a valve body, or a sealing element, respectively, rests on a sealing surface of a substrate and is pressed against the sealing surface of the substrate in a fluid-tight manner by means of a clamping element. The clamping element and/or the valve body, or the sealing element, respectively, are at least partially elastic.
US08911679B2	Color-based reaction testing of biological materials A biological material test strip and adjacently-located reference color chart are affixed to a lid portion of an all-in-one specimen cup to perform color-based reaction testing of collected biological specimens in an uncalibrated environment. After specimen collection, the lid portion is secured to a container portion of the specimen cup. The cup may then be rotated into an upside down position causing the specimen, under the force of gravity, to pass from the container portion and into a volume of the lid portion, such that the test strip is exposed to the specimen as it is received into the volume of the lid portion. An image of the exposed test strip and adjacently-located reference color chart may then be captured and processed to identify any color matches between the individual test pads on the test strip and the corresponding sequences of reference color blocks on the reference chart.
US08911673B2	Process and apparatus for distributing hydrocarbon feed to a catalyst stream A process and apparatus described is for distributing hydrocarbon feed to catalyst in a riser. Hydrocarbon feed is delivered to a plenum in the riser. Nozzles from the plenum inject feed into the riser to contact the catalyst. Streams of regenerated catalyst and carbonized catalyst may be passed to the riser and mixed around an insert in a lower section of a riser. The plenum may be located in the riser.
US08911663B2	Insulated iron-base powder for soft magnetic applications The present invention relates to ferromagnetic powders with an electrically insulating layer on iron particles intended for the manufacture of components having improved soft magnetic properties at low and medium frequencies. The invention comprises an iron powder coated with a dielectric insulating layer comprising boron bearing compounds to form an insulated ferromagnetic powder. The present invention also relates to a method of making these insulated ferromagnetic powders. The present invention further relates to a method of synthesizing a product made from insulated ferromagnetic powders via a post-heat treatment at a moderate temperature (300° C. to 700° C.), to form a glass-like coating which acts as an electrical insulator. A preferred embodiment of the present invention is obtained when small amounts of alkali bearing compounds are added to the precursors to modify the coating chemistry and significantly increase the electrical resistivity after heat treatment.
US08911657B1	Method of molding siding with continuous rail A mold assembly and method for forming a siding panel with an integral continuous rail are disclosed. The mold assembly includes a slide mold member, a lifter mold member, a stationary mold member and a rear mold assembly. The slide mold and lifter mold members include surfaces for forming the rail. Molten plastic is injected into the mold cavity and cooled. The lifter mold member is moved toward the molded siding so as to move the molded siding panel away from the stationary mold member. The slide mold member is moved away from a portion of the lifter mold member and toward the molded siding panel so as to move the molded siding panel away from the lifter mold member and causing the rail to flex as it slides over the convex portion of the lifter mold member.
US08911656B2	Methods for manufacturing a composite fan inlet housing Methods for manufacturing a composite fan inlet housing are disclosed. The methods include inserting a first piece of composite material and a second piece of composite material into a molding tool, inserting an inflatable bladder between the first piece and the second piece, and pressurizing the inflatable bladder to a curing pressure for a length of time sufficient to allow the first piece and second piece to cure.
US08911654B2	Process and apparatus for moulding a glazing profile onto a glazing A process for manufacturing at least two different discrete edge encapsulated glazings comprising panes of glass of different configuration, the process comprising molding a glazing profile onto at least part of the periphery of each pane of glass in a composite mold. This composite mold comprises multiple different interchangeable mold modules, each mold module comprising at least one mold cavity, and the composite mold therefore has two or more mold cavities configured differently to receive different panes of glass. Fluid elastomeric material is injected into the mold cavities at the same time, so that a glazing profile is molded onto each of the panes of glass concurrently. An injection molding apparatus comprising the composite mold may have multiple injection systems for the different mold cavities, allowing different molding materials to be used. The apparatus also includes a clamp unit having platens to which the multiple mold modules are attached.
US08911649B2	Methods of preparing polyimide fibers with kidney-shaped cross-sections The present disclosure provides polyimide fibers with kidney-shaped cross-section and their preparation methods thereof, falling within the technical field of polyimide fiber. Polyimide fibers with kidney-shaped cross-sections are prepared by a continuous, integrated approach, starting from a polyamic acid solution prepared by reacting an aromatic dianhydride with an aromatic diamine. PAA nascent fibers with kidney-shaped cross-sections are obtained by adopting a spinneret having circular orifices under wet spinning process. The kidney-shaped cross-sections are obtained by varying the processing condition, including spinning speed, coagulation bath composition, coagulation temperature, and depth of coagulation bath. After washing and drying, polyamic acid nascent fibers are converted to polyimide fibers with kidney-shaped cross-sections under thermal curing. The integrated preparation methods are suitable for mass industrial production.
US08911642B2	Heat conduction composition A heat conduction composition is proposed, comprising at least one polymer and a heat-conducting auxiliary material that has an especially high heat conductivity and at the same time has a high mechanical strength. To this end, the heat-conducting auxiliary material comprises particles that in turn are made up of primary particles and that have a mass-specific surface area of 1.3 m2/g or less. Also described are a heat-conducting surface element manufactured from said heat conduction composition as well as application possibilities thereof.
US08911637B2	Plasma-enhanced substrate processing method and apparatus A method for processing a substrate in a capacitively-coupled plasma processing system having a plasma processing chamber and at least an upper electrode and a lower electrode. The substrate is disposed on the lower electrode during plasma processing. The method includes providing at least a first RF signal, which has a first RF frequency, to the lower electrode. The first RF signal couples with a plasma in the plasma processing chamber, thereby inducing an induced RF signal on the upper electrode. The method also includes providing a second RF signal to the upper electrode. The second RF signal also has the first RF frequency. A phase of the second RF signal is offset from a phase of the first RF signal by a value that is less than 10%. The method further includes processing the substrate while the second RF signal is provided to the upper electrode.
US08911636B2	Micro-device on glass A method of fabricating a micro-device having micro-features on glass is presented. The method includes the steps of preparing a first glass substrate, fabricating a metallic pattern on the first glass substrate, preparing a second glass substrate and providing one or more apertures on the second glass substrate, heating the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate with a controlled temperature raise, bonding the first glass substrate and the second glass substrate by applying pressure to form a bonded substrate, wherein the metallic pattern is embedded within the bonded substrate, cooling the bonded substrate with a controlled temperature drop and thereafter maintaining the bonded substrate at a temperature suitable for etching, etching the metallic pattern within the bonded substrate, wherein an etchant has access to the metallic pattern via the apertures, forming a void within the bonded substrate, wherein the void comprises micro-features.
US08911629B2	Dialysate regeneration system for portable human dialysis A dialysate regeneration chamber is provided. In one embodiment, the dialysate regeneration chamber may include a toxin trap configured to selectively trap toxins and repel select cations. In another embodiment, generating a toxin trap may include oxidizing an activated carbon fiber and attaching a fatty acid to the oxidized activated carbon fiber to generate an ion-selective barrier, wherein the fatty acid extends away from the activated carbon fiber.
US08911614B2	Metallophosphate molecular sieves, methods of preparation and use A new family of crystalline microporous metallophosphates designated AlPO-59 has been synthesized. These metallophosphates are represented by the empirical formula R+rMm2+EPxSiyOz where R is an organoammonium cation such as the ETMA+, M is a framework metal alkaline earth or transition metal of valence 2+, and E is a trivalent framework element such as aluminum or gallium. The AlPO-59 compositions are characterized by a new unique ABC-6 net structure and compositions and have catalytic properties for carrying out various hydrocarbon conversion processes, and separation properties for separating at least one component.
US08911611B2	Method of obtaining electrolytic manganese from ferroalloy production waste A process for obtaining electrolytic manganese from the treated sludge of the exhaust gases of ferroalloy production furnaces for any other industrial waste having magnesium in general, with a significant manganese content, by means of a process consisting of the following phases: sulphation, lixiviation, purification, conditioning and electrolysis, and whereby a manganese sulphate liquor is obtained that is suitable for the already known electrolysis process, which allows obtaining electrolytic manganese.
US08911607B2	Electro-deposition of nano-patterns The present disclosure generally relates to techniques for electro-depositing nano-patterns. More specifically, systems and methods for fabricating periodic structures in complex nano-patterns are described. An electrical signal may be applied to one or more electrodes that are positioned about a surface of a substrate. The periodicity of the deposited pattern may be influenced by one or more parameters associated with an applied electrical signal, including one or more of frequency, amplitude, period, duty cycle, etc. The weight of each deposited line on the substrate may be influenced by the described parameters, and the shape of the pattern may be influenced by the number, shape, and position of electrodes.
US08911606B1	Dielectrokinetic chromatography devices Disclosed herein are methods and devices for dielectrokinetic chromatography. As disclosed, the devices comprise microchannels having at least one perturber which produces a non-uniformity in a field spanning the width of the microchannel. The interaction of the field non-uniformity with a perturber produces a secondary flow which competes with a primary flow. By decreasing the size of the perturber the secondary flow becomes significant for particles/analytes in the nanometer-size range. Depending on the nature of a particle/analyte present in the fluid and its interaction with the primary flow and the secondary flow, the analyte may be retained or redirected. The composition of the primary flow can be varied to affect the magnitude of primary and/or secondary flows on the particles/analytes and thereby separate and concentrate it from other particles/analytes.
US08911602B2	Dual hexagonal shaped plasma source A plasma source includes a hexagonal hollow cathode, the cathode including six targets and six magnets to generate and maintain a high density plasma; and an anode located beneath the cathode. A second hexagonal hollow cathode can be positioned concentric to the hexagonal hollow cahode.
US08911589B2	Edge ring assembly with dielectric spacer ring An edge ring assembly surrounds a substrate support surface in a plasma etching chamber. The edge ring assembly comprises an edge ring and a dielectric spacer ring. The dielectric spacer ring, which surrounds the substrate support surface and which is surrounded by the edge ring in the radial direction, is configured to insulate the edge ring from the baseplate. Incorporation of the edge ring assembly around the substrate support surface can decrease the buildup of polymer at the underside and along the edge of a substrate and increase plasma etching uniformity of the substrate.
US08911588B2	Methods and apparatus for selectively modifying RF current paths in a plasma processing system Methods and apparatus for modifying RF current path lengths are disclosed. Apparatus includes a plasma processing system having an RF power supply and a lower electrode having a conductive portion. There is included an insulative component disposed in an RF current path between the RF power supply and the conductive portion. There are included a plurality of RF path modifiers disposed within the insulative component, the plurality of RF path modifiers being disposed at different angular positions relative to a reference angle drawn from a center of the insulative component, whereby at least a first one of the plurality of RF path modifiers is electrically connected to the conductive portion and at least a second one of the plurality of the plurality of RF path modifiers is not electrically connected to the conductive portion.
US08911585B2	Device and method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced composite fuselage shell for an aircraft A device and a method for manufacturing a fiber-reinforced fuselage shell for an aircraft, which fuselage shell for the purpose of reinforcement comprises several stringers that are spaced apart from each other, wherein the device includes a base frame comprising several supporting walls of different lengths for forming a curved mounting surface for the fuselage shell to be manufactured, wherein several actuators that extend radially outwards and that are longitudinally adjustable are affixed to the mounting surface, at the distal ends of which actuators in each case mold channels for receiving the stringers are attached, which mold channels are interconnected by means of flexible intermediate elements and/or further mold channels for forming a vacuum-tight closed mold surface.
US08911572B2	Tough iron-based bulk metallic glass alloys A family of iron-based, phosphor-containing bulk metallic glasses having excellent processability and toughness, methods for forming such alloys, and processes for manufacturing articles therefrom are provided. The inventive iron-based alloy is based on the observation that by very tightly controlling the composition of the metalloid moiety of the Fe-based, P-containing bulk metallic glass alloys it is possible to obtain highly processable alloys with surprisingly low shear modulus and high toughness. Further, by incorporating small fractions of silicon (Si) and cobalt (Co) into the Fe—Ni—Mo—P—C—B system, alloys of 3 and 4 mm have been synthesized with high saturation magnetization and low switching losses.
US08911567B2	High-strength steel sheet having excellent processability and paint bake hardenability, and method for producing of high-strength steel sheet The high-strength steel sheet includes, by mass %: C: 0.01% to 0.10%; Si: 0.15% or less; Mn: 0.80% to 1.80%; P: 0.10% or less; S: 0.015% or less; Al: 0.10% to 0.80%; Cr: 0.01% to 1.50%; N: 0.0100% or less; and a balance consisting of iron and inevitable impurities, in which a metallic structure is composed of ferrite and a hard second phase, the area fraction of the ferrite is 80% or more, the area fraction of the hard second phase is 1% to 20%, the fraction of unrecrystallized ferrite in the ferrite is less than 10%, the ferrite grain sizes are 5 μm to 20 μm, and the fraction of the ferrite crystal grains having an aspect ratio of 1.2 or less in the entire ferrite crystal grains is 60% or more.
US08911563B2	Dish washer A dishwasher includes a movable door, an opening mechanism and an opening actuator configured to move the door from a closed position to an at least partially open position. A decorative panel is resiliently attached to the door. A sensor is configured to detect movement of the decorative panel relative to the door. A controller is configured to activate the opening actuator based on movement detected by the sensor.
US08911560B2	Streak-free formulations for cleaning and coating hard surfaces The present invention relates to formulations for cleaning hard surfaces and leaving a glossy, streak-free finish thereon, the formulations comprising one or more liquid solvents, one or more film-forming polymers and one or more polymer surfactants comprising polymerized units derived from ethylene oxide and butylenes oxide.
US08911545B2	Method for producing pigment nanoparticles by forced ultrathin film rotary reaction method, pigment nanoparticles, and inkjet ink using the same A forced ultrathin film rotary reaction method is used to maintain a minute space of 1 mm or less between two processing surfaces capable of approaching to and separating from each other and being rotating relative to each other, and the minute space is maintained between the two processing surfaces to serve as a flow path of a fluid to be processed thereby forming a forced thin film of the processed fluid and separating the pigment material in the forced thin film.
US08911541B2	Aqueous floor polishing composition The present invention is the aqueous floor polishing composition which contains the polyoxyalkylene diester compound represented by the following general formula (1) and does not contain the phosphorus-containing plasticizer. R1 and R2 represent each independently alkyl groups having 1 to 24 carbon atoms, m represents an integer from 2 to 4, n represents a number from 2 to 40.The aqueous floor polishing composition of the present invention does not contain the phosphorus-containing plasticizer. Therefore, it does not affect the environment negatively, in spite of having excellent leveling properties, lustering properties and heel mark resistance properties.
US08911535B2	Carbon dioxide removal process A process for efficiently removing carbon dioxide from a hydrocarbon containing feed stream utilizing a membrane separation unit in conjunction with a heat exchanger and a carbon dioxide separation unit wherein the streams obtained in the carbon dioxide separation unit are utilized to provide the cooling effect in the heat exchanger.
US08911520B2	Method and device for reprocessing CO2 containing exhaust gases The invention relates to a method for reprocessing CO2-containing exhaust gases in a multistage reduction process. The CO2-containing exhaust gas is conducted in the counter stream to a solid mass stream of inert bulk material and organic material that can be thermally decomposed through a plurality of zones (4, 3, 2, 1) into a pressure equalization region and is thereby converted into pyrolysis gases. In the flow direction of the solid mass stream in a fuel gas production stage (1) at 250-700° C., the organic matter is thermally decomposed under reducing conditions into short-chained hydrocarbons, hydrogen and carbon monoxide to produce coke and residue. In an intermediate stage (2) with increasing temperature, oxidation of the pyrolysis coke is carried out, wherein the developing carbon monoxide is suctioned off counter to the solid mass stream in the direction of the fuel gas production stage (1). In a carbon monoxide production stage (3) at 800-1,600° C., the remaining coke residue is converted with carbon dioxide into carbon monoxide by setting the pressure and temperature according to the Boudouard equilibrium. In a cooling stage (4), the developing solid residual material and the bulk material are cooled in the CO2 counter stream to below 100° C. and are separated, wherein the bulk material is returned to the cycle.
US08911519B2	Method and apparatus for hydrogen production and carbon dioxide recovery There are provided methods and apparatus allowing effective production of high purity hydrogen and recovery of carbon dioxide. There is disclosed a method of hydrogen production and carbon dioxide recovery for producing hydrogen and recovering carbon dioxide from a carbon-containing fuel, the method including a membrane separation reforming step of, with the use of a reformer provided with a hydrogen-permeable membrane, reforming the carbon-containing fuel and simultaneously separating hydrogen to obtain a hydrogen-permeable membrane permeated gas which is a gas having permeated the hydrogen-permeable membrane and a reformer off-gas which is a gas not having permeated the hydrogen-permeable membrane, and the method further comprising: with the use of a hydrogen separation membrane and a carbon dioxide separation membrane, treating the reformer off-gas to obtain a hydrogen-enriched gas and a carbon dioxide-enriched gas; or subjecting the reformer off-gas to a shift reaction and then separating the resulting gas into a carbon dioxide-enriched gas and a gas enriched in components other than carbon dioxide. Also disclosed is an apparatus for carrying out the method.
US08911515B2	Candle and candle wax containing metathesis and metathesis-like products A wax comprises a metathesis product and/or a product that resembles, at least in part, a product which may be formed from a metathesis reaction. The wax may be used to form articles for example, candles (container candles, votive candles, and/or a pillar candles), crayons, fire logs or tarts. The wax commonly includes other components in addition to the metathesis product.
US08911509B2	Mixtures of fibre-reactive dyes and their use in a method for di- or trichromatic dyeing or printing Reactive dye mixtures comprising at least one red dyeing dye and at least one blue, yellow, orange or brown dyeing dye and their use in methods for the dichromatic or trichromatic dyeing or printing of cellulosic fiber materials are described. The reactive dye mixtures yield dyeings or prints having good reproducibility and good all-round fastness properties.
US08911503B2	Hip joint device, system and method A medical device, system, and method for treating hip joint osteoarthritis by providing a hip joint surface is provided. The hip joint comprising an acetabulum, being a part of the pelvic bone, comprising an acetabulum surface, and a caput femur, being a part of the femoral bone, comprising a caput femur surface. The medical device comprises a first sealing member adapted to be placed in the hip joint for creating a hollow space together with; the acetabulum, or an artificial replacement therefor, and the caput femur, or an artificial replacement therefor. The first sealing member is further adapted to have a shape adapted to seal the hollow space for receiving, within the hollow space, a material for resurfacing at least one of the acetabulum surface and the caput femur surface.
US08911494B2	Deployment techniques for annuloplasty ring An anchor driver is provided that includes a driver head having a flexible ring. An anchor is provided that includes a coupling head, which is shaped so as to define: (a) one or more mating elements that engage mechanical coupling elements of the driver head such that rotation of the mechanical coupling elements rotates the mating elements, which in turn rotate the coupling head, and (b) an outer coupling surface, sized to be inserted into and engage the flexible ring. The anchor also includes a tissue coupling element fixed to the coupling head. The rotation of the mechanical coupling elements causes the tissue coupling element of the anchor to screw itself into tissue, thereby causing separation of: (a) the outer coupling surface of the coupling head from the flexible ring, and (b) the mating elements of the coupling head from the corresponding mechanical coupling elements. Other embodiments are also described.
US08911486B1	Implantable devices for thermal therapy and related methods Methods and devices are disclosed herein that generally involve applying thermal therapy to tissue (e.g., localized cooling or heating of tissue). In some embodiments, tissue can be cooled or heated by implanting a malleable or deformable thermal device in proximity to the targeted tissue. The thermal device can be left in place following surgery to facilitate application of post-surgical thermal therapy. In some embodiments, the thermal device can be removed post-surgery in a minimally- or non-invasive manner. The thermal device can be connectionless or can include penetrable regions, pre-attached tubing, or detachable connectors to facilitate application of cooling or heating means to the device. Methods are disclosed for utilizing thermal devices and for carrying out various treatment regimens that involve cooling or heating tissue using such devices.
US08911476B2	Bone plates, screws, and instruments Systems for trauma and/or joint fusion implants and instruments include transarticular screw and intra-articular washer, polyaxial screw and plate, single- and multi-level polyaxial bone clamps, and minimally invasive adaptations.
US08911474B2	Suture anchor implantation instrumentation system An apparatus for inserting a suture anchor into an internal anatomical site through a cannula, or percutaneously, has a curved hollow guide for insertion into the cannula and/or tissue. The guide has a proximal end and a distal end. The distal end has a “parabolic” shape for engaging the intended anatomical site such as a glenoid. A flexible obturator is insertable through the curved guide from the proximal end to the distal end to facilitate insertion of the guide through the cannula. A flexible drill is insertable through the curved guide from the proximal to the distal end once the guide is in place. A flexible inserter is provided for inserting a suture anchor into a bore at the anatomical site formed by the flexible drill.
US08911473B2	Tissue fixation devices and assemblies for deploying the same Tissue fasteners carried on a tissue piercing deployment wire fasten tissue layers of a mammalian body together include a first member, a second member, and a connecting member extending between the first and second members. One of the first and second members has an elongated slot permitting fastener deployment while avoiding excessive tissue compression.
US08911472B2	Apparatus and methods for delivering hemostatic materials for blood vessel closure Apparatus for sealing a vascular wall penetration disposed at the end of the tissue tract comprises a shaft, an occlusion element, a hemostatic implant, and a protective sleeve. The apparatus is deployed through the tissue tract with the occlusion element temporarily occluding the vascular wall penetration and inhibiting backbleeding therethrough. The hemostatic implant, which will typically be a biodegradable polymer such as collagen carrying an anti-proliferative agent or coagulation promoter, will then be deployed from the sealing apparatus and left in place to enhance closure of the vascular wall penetration with minimum scarring. The implant may be radiopaque to allow observation before release.
US08911469B2	Methods and apparatus for optimal remote ischemic preconditioning (ORIP) for preventing ischemia-reperfusion injuries to organs Ischemia-reperfusion injury commonly results from any surgical procedure requiring stopping of blood supply to an organ followed by reperfusion such as in heart bypass, angioplasty or organ transplant. The invention discloses a method to harness the innate power of repetitive transient ischemia in protecting organs against imminent ischemia-reperfusion, or any patho-physiological insults. This method of optimal remote ischemic preconditioning (ORIP) comprises of utilizing a pair of programmable pneumatic cuffs that inflate/deflate alternately occluding blood circulation to each of the limbs for pre-defined time intervals. The apparatus delivers maximal ORIP dose in shortest possible time either as an EMS procedure during patient transportation to hospital, as elective pre-surgery treatment, or in critical care for preventing multiple-organ-dysfunction-syndrome. ORIP can be self-administered and remotely monitored by clinician especially in chronic patients for homeostasis of malfunctioning target organs. ORIP may also be deployed as adjunct in angioplasty, gene/stem cell heart repair therapies.
US08911464B2	Puncture apparatus A puncture apparatus includes a puncture needle for puncturing living body tissue, an axial portion, a puncture member including an interlock portion interlocking the puncture needle and the axial portion, an elongated urethral-insertion member insertable into the urethra, an elongated vaginal-insertion member insertable into the vagina; and a supporting member supporting the puncture member, the urethral-insertion member and the vaginal-insertion member. The distal end of the puncture needle includes a sharp needle tip, and the needle is bent in an arc shape centered on the axial portion. The axial portion is freely rotatable on the supporting member, and the supporting member restricts the positional relation between the puncture member and the urethral-insertion member such that when the puncture member rotates and punctures the living body tissue, the needle tip passes a far-position side from the center of the puncture needle compared with the urethral-insertion member or an extended line of such member.
US08911462B2	One body lancet and no pain type blood collecting device The present invention concerns a blood withdrawal device comprising a one-piece cap and lancet and a painless impulse generator. The object of the present invention is to withdraw blood painlessly and to reduce a risk of a secondary infection. In order to achieve the object of the present invention, the blood withdrawal device of the present invention comprises a cap, a hollow body and a painless blood withdrawal device. The cap comprises a one-piece cap and lancet within which a lancet is movably combined and a hollow body for a detachable connection with a painless impulse generator or a main body of a blood withdrawal device. The hollow body comprises open ends on both side of the body thereby allowing the lancet to be detachable and the movable axis to be inserted within the body. The painless impulse generator is connected with the main body of the blood withdrawal device through a means for connecting with the main body of the blood withdrawal device defined at one side of the body thereby allowing the movement of the lancet needle and the cap by the movable axis. Therefore painless blood withdrawal is possible.
US08911447B2	Systems and methods for joint replacement Systems and methods for joint replacement are provided. The systems and methods include a surgical orientation device and at least one orthopedic fixture. The surgical orientation device and orthopedic fixtures can be used to locate the orientation of an axis in the body, to adjust an orientation of a cutting plane or planes along a bony surface, to distract a joint, or to otherwise assist in an orthopedic procedure or procedures.
US08911429B2	Steady hand micromanipulation robot A cooperative-control robot includes a base component, a mobile platform arranged proximate the base component, a translation assembly operatively connected to the base component and the mobile platform and configured to move the mobile platform with translational degrees of freedom substantially without rotation with respect to said the component, a tool assembly connected to the mobile platform, and a control system configured to communicate with the translation assembly to control motion of the mobile platform in response to forces by a user applied to at least a portion of the cooperative-control robot. The translation assembly includes at least three independently operable actuator arms, each connected to a separate position of the mobile platform. A robotic system includes two or more the cooperative-control robots.
US08911423B2	Systems and methods for glycemic control during pump disconnection Techniques and devices are described for allowing a diabetes patient to safely disconnect an insulin infusion system device for a time period. In one aspect, the techniques and devices can be implemented by receiving a maximum glucose amount, a minimum glucose amount, and a contemplated disconnection time; receiving a current glucose amount of the user; determining an expected increase in glucose of the user based on the contemplated disconnection time, an insulin sensitivity of the user and a contemplated basal insulin dose; validating the contemplated disconnection time based on at least one of the expected increase in glucose, the maximum glucose amount, and the minimum glucose amount; and, administering a therapeutic action to the user based on the validation of the contemplated disconnection time.
US08911420B2	Device for the containment of platelet concentrates A device (1) for the containment of platelet concentrates includes at least a bag (2) defining at least a containment chamber (3) having at least a mouth (4) for the entry of a platelet concentrate and at least a connection element for connection to an infusion line associated with the bag in correspondence to the mouth; the connection element includes a first and a second portion (5a, 5b) integrally associated together and includes at least a constantly open duct (6), passing through the first and the second portion and communicating with the chamber, where the first portion is associable with the infusion line and the second portion is associated with the bag in correspondence to the mouth, the first portion being separable from the second portion in such a way to interrupt the duct and define an opening (8) accessible from outside and including closing element (9) of the opening.
US08911417B2	Diaper with umbilical feature A diaper having a front portion with at least one line of weakness adapted to be torn and at least one umbilical cover defined in part by the at least one line of weakness. The at least one umbilical cover is moveable from a starting position to an anchored position upon tearing the at least one line of weakness. The diaper has at least one umbilical cover anchor adapted to maintain the at least one umbilical cover in the anchored position.
US08911408B2	Pivoting joint infusion system with seal An infusion system for delivery of therapeutic fluids from a remote source into a patient's body. The system has an infusion assembly, a rotating pivot joint member, a fluid connector assembly, and a sealing assembly retained within the infusion assembly between the housing of the infusion assembly and the rotating pivot joint member. The seal reduces leakage of fluids. The rotating joint may be pivoted to three distinct positions to allow for emplacement on the patient, delivery of the therapeutic fluid to the patient, and protected, sealed closure of the fluid channels to avoid patient fluid backflow.
US08911407B2	Surgical portal with seal system A surgical seal system is adapted for use with a cannula assembly having a cannula housing and a cannula sleeve extending from the cannula housing. The surgical seal assembly includes a seal assembly and an adapter assembly. The seal assembly is mountable to the cannula housing. The seal assembly includes a seal housing and a seal defining inner portions adapted to form a substantial seal about an instrument with a first cross-sectional dimension. The adapter assembly includes an adapter body adapted for releasably coupling to the seal housing of the seal assembly. The adapter body has an adapter seal and a tether. The adapter seal is adapted to form a substantial seal about an instrument with a second cross-sectional dimension less than the first cross-sectional dimension. The tether is mountable to the cannula sleeve thus securing the adapter assembly to the cannula.
US08911405B2	Needle device An inner hub (9) with a needle attached to a tip thereof is housed in a cylindrical body (2). The inner hub (9) includes a through-hole (22) penetrating the inner hub (9) in a radial direction of the inner hub (9), and a recessed portion (23a) formed in an outer circumferential surface (23) of the inner hub (9). An opening of the through-hole (22) and the recessed portion (23a) are connected together in a circumferential direction of the inner hub (9). A liquid flowing out from the opening of the through-hole (22) is limited so that the liquid flows along the recessed portion (23a), and the flow of the liquid moving in the circumferential direction of the inner hub (9) is promoted. As a result, the removal of air bubbles in the circumferential direction of the inner hub (9) is promoted, whereby air bubbles can be prevented from remaining on the outer circumferential surface (23) of the inner hub (9).
US08911404B2	Delivery apparatus for medical fluid in box type with a syringe Disclosed is a delivery apparatus for medical fluid, in which a body is fabricated in a box shape and a cover is detachably coupled to the body, thereby facilitating the repairing work for the delicate malfunction of the apparatus and a fluctuation-prevention member is provided such that a syringe makes a vertical movement after the installation of the syringe even if the body is fabricated in the box shape.
US08911401B2	Safety device for a pre-filled syringe and injection device According to the invention, an injection device (D) comprises a pre-filled syringe and a safety device. The pre-filled syringe comprises a barrel with an inner cavity in fluid communication with a hypodermic needle attached to a distal end of the pre-filled syringe and a piston fluid-tightly sealing a proximal end of the inner cavity. The safety device comprises a support body for retaining the pre-filled syringe therein, an outer body operably connected to the piston, a needle shield and a releasable retaining means (R). The retaining means comprises a radial projection and a longitudinal recess adapted to receive the radial projection. The radial projection is connected to or integral part of one of the support body or the outer body and a longitudinal recess formed into the other of the support body or the outer body. The needle shield, the support body and the outer body are telescopable relative to each other. The piston is movable in a distal direction to expel a medicament contained in the inner cavity through the hypodermic needle by a manual actuation of the outer body. A telescoping movement of the outer body with respect to the support body is restricted by the retaining means (R) when the needle shield is moved with respect to the support body in a proximal direction from an initial position (I) towards a retracted position (II). The retaining means (R) is released when the needle shield reaches the retracted position (II) allowing for a telescoping movement of the outer body with respect to the support body to expel the medicament contained in the pre-filled syringe through the hypodermic needle.
US08911392B2	Systems and methods for treatment of obesity and type 2 diabetes The present invention provides systems and methods for treating and controlling obesity and/or type II diabetes. In one aspect of the invention, an internal bypass device includes gastric and duodenal anchors coupled to each other and positioned on either side of the pylorus and a hollow sleeve designed to extend from the pylorus through at least a proximal portion of a patient's small intestine. The gastric and duodenal anchors are movable between collapsed configurations for advancement through the esophagus and an expanded configuration for inhibiting movement of the anchors through the pyloric sphincter. Thus, the bypass device can be placed and removed endoscopically through the patient's esophagus in a minimally invasive outpatient procedure and it is “self-anchoring” and does not require invasive tissue fixation within the patient's GI tract, thereby reducing collateral tissue damage and minimizing its impact on the digestive process.
US08911389B2	Knee-joint bandage made of elastic material and with application aid A knee joint bandage (1) is made of elastic material and has a pad assigned to the knee cap. The bandage is provided, on at least one side of the pad, with a flexible stabilizing rod (8,9) that extends along the length of the bandage. The stabilizing rod (8,9) is provided with a grip part and is embedded in a pocket arranged on the bandage (1) and which is firmly connected to the material of the bandage (1) at edge zones (10, 11) and at the end of the bandage arranged above the knee cap.
US08911375B2	Three-dimensional derivation of a proximal isokinetic shell of a proximal flow convergence zone and three-dimensional PISA flow measurement The invention relates to a device and to a method for adaptive three-dimensional derivation of a proximal isokinetic shell of a proximal flow convergence zone that forms in an observation area in a moving fluid, wherein the magnitude of the velocity of the fluid at each point of the proximal isokinetic shell is identical and equal to a velocity reference value, the method including: a) preparing locally distributed velocity measurements in a surrounding area of the observation area, the measurements representing at least one directional component of the local velocity of the fluid in a respective measurement direction, b) preparing an approximation surface as an initial proximal isokinetic shell) in such a way that the entire flow, at least substantially, in the flow convergence zone penetrates the approximation surface, c) establishing a plurality of approximation points on the approximation surface, d) determining the respective velocity measurements at the respective approximation points, e) calculating a corrected velocity (vkkJ) at each approximation point as a function of the velocity measurement indicated there, the respective measurement direction; and the respective surface normal, f) determining a correction direction by comparing the corrected (vkkJ) velocity with the velocity reference value, g) optionally shifting the approximation points in the respective correction direction to new positions, h) acquiring a new approximation surface such that the same at least approaches the new positions of the approximation points, and i) repeating steps c) through h) until the change of the new approximation surface is sufficiently minimal compared to the old approximation surface.
US08911370B2	Ultrasonic cellular tissue screening system A system for screening breast tissue includes an ultrasound probe and a carrier adapted to support the ultrasound probe and to progressively move the probe over the breast tissue. A pad is employed to cover the nipple of the breast tissue, and a fabric covering is adapted to hold the breast tissue and the pad in place as the probe is moved over the breast tissue.
US08911368B2	Device, system and method for detection of bleeding A device, system and method for detecting bile and blood are provided. The device may comprise a housing having a gap through which in-vivo fluids may flow, illumination sources on one side of the gap, a light detector which is facing the illumination sources and is positioned on the opposite side of the gap for detecting light which passes through the in-vivo fluids, and a transmitter to transmit the detected signals generated according to the detected light. The system may further comprise a receiver to receive the detected signals transmitted by the transmitter, and a processor. The method may comprise comparing the detected signals with a predetermined threshold calculated from the transmission spectra of bile and of blood and determining the presence and/or concentration of bile and blood in-vivo.
US08911365B1	Laparoscopic port assembly Various embodiments of a laparoscopic trocar assembly are disclosed. The port assemblies include inserted parts that protect the patient's tissues at the point of deployment. The port assemblies include seals for maintaining pneumoperitoneum both when instrument are being used and when instruments are not inserted.
US08911364B2	Spine retractor and distractor device A spine retractor and distractor device comprises spinal process clamps and a retractor assembly, which may be rotatably coupled with the spinal process clamps. The retractor assembly may include a retractor ring, or frame, and a plurality of retractor blades adjustably coupled to the frame, e.g., by clamps. The spinal process clamps can maintain a grip on the spinal processes of the patient, and distraction pliers may be used to impart a distraction force on the spinal process clamps to distract the spinal segments. Additionally, other components, features, or tools, e.g., a light source and/or a camera, can be mounted on the instrument.
US08911355B2	Endoscope An endoscope includes a tube having a single layer structure or a laminated structure made up of a plurality of layers, a branching member that branches a tubular path in an endoscope operation section and has a tube connection section to which the tube is connected, a channel locking member that sandwiches the tube with the tube connection section to thereby fix the tube to the branching member in close contact, and a fastening member that presses and brings into close contact the tube sandwiched between the tube connection section and the channel locking member, in which the channel locking member is formed so as to have a tapered portion that covers an outer circumference of the tube and have at least one flat surface on an outer circumferential face of the tapered portion.
US08911351B2	Antenna connection unit, received strength correction apparatus and capsule endoscope system An antenna connection unit is a unit to which receiving antennas for receiving a wireless signal transmitted from a capsule endoscope introduced into a subject, is connectable. The antenna connection unit includes a received electric field strength detector configured to detect received strength of the wireless signal according to a plurality of pieces of input power from the receiving antennas, a correction parameter generation unit configured to generate a received strength correction parameter for correcting the received electric field strength detector, which is obtained by correcting the plurality of pieces of input power and the received strength corresponding to each input power, based on a reference parameter indicating a relationship between each input power and a detection strength obtained by performing a measurement for a received electric field strength detection circuit as a reference in advance, and a storage unit for storing the received strength correction parameter.
US08911343B2	System and method utilizing a smart phone for alleviating phantom limb discomfort A system and method for alleviating phantom limb discomfort using a smart phone equipped with a camera and having a digital imaging program or application for acquiring, processing, and displaying digital images. The digital imaging program is first used to acquire a comprehensive, composite moving image of the subject's body. Next, using the program, the moving image of subject's half-torso adjacent the limb of the amputation site, and any remaining amputation-site limb, is deleted and replaced with the moving mirror-image of the complementary portion of the subject's torso and its adjacent healthy limb. The composite image is then melded and subsequently displayed for the subject's viewing. Alleviation of the subject's phantom limb discomfort results from viewing the composite imagery on subject's smart phone. This alleviation occurs by means referred to as Acquire, Flop, Meld and View.
US08911335B2	Athlete training and monitoring system An athlete training device that includes a platform that includes a plurality of spaced apart attachment members disposed adjacent to the periphery of the platform. A pole extends upwardly from the platform and is affixed to the platform. A weight, defining a hole passing therethrough, is disposed on the platform so that the pole passes through the hole. A top plate is affixed to the top of the pole and includes attachment structures disposed about the top plate. An attachment device is coupled to one of the attachment structures. A redirecting device is coupled to one of the attachment members. An elastic cord is attached to the attachment device and is engaged with the redirecting device so that the cord extends radially away from the pole. An exercise device is affixed to the end of the cord.
US08911334B1	Exercise device and use thereof An exercise device having a water-tight, interior compartment into which a destabilizing liquid can be added to fill the device to a desired weight, such as by indicated on weight marks provided on an exterior surface of the exercise device. The device is capable of being filled with the destabilizing liquid via a water port of the device, which may be releasably securable to a water hose or faucet. The destabilizing liquid filling the interior compartment of the exercise device provides resistance to muscular movement and provides destabilization of the device as an aid in improving a user's balance and coordination. Handles and/or at least one protruding knob are provided on the exterior surface of the exercise device, and/or padded straps are provided on the exterior surface of the exercise device for attaching the device to the user's limbs or back. One side of the device may be flattened and padded to increase comfort for the user when the device is attached to the user's body.
US08911329B2	Real-time exercise coaching system The invention provides a real-time exercise coaching system on the basis of that the whole exercise course could be subdivided into 4 basic components: sprint (anaerobic or speeding), aerobic endurance (balancing aerobic endurance), compensating (compensating O2 debt), and dynamic recovery. The real-time exercise coaching system of the invention enables a user to realize his/her current physiological state and change of fitness condition and then the user can further decide which action (sprint, aerobic endurance, and dynamic recovery) is to be taken next. The system of the invention instantly and continuously provides information that assesses a user's current physiological state during exercising in view of the exercise situations and the environmental conditions (such as temperature, humidity, altitude and air quality).
US08911321B2	Tandem axle system A tandem axle system has a forward axle system and a rear axle system. A method of selectively driving one or both of the axle systems is described.
US08911312B2	Belt type continuously variable transmission A belt-type continuously variable transmission is provided. The belt-type continuously variable transmission includes a drive pulley assembly; a driven pulley assembly, a belt wrapped around these pulley assemblies, and a case assembly accommodating them. The case assembly includes a case body joined to a housing of a drive device such as an engine and a cover joined to the case body. Since an air-intake duct and an air discharge duct are attached to the case body, the cover can be configured to be thin, and thus the cover can be detached without providing a wide space in front of the cover in the direction in which the cover is detached. With this construction, the cover can be detached without detaching the air-intake duct and the air discharge duct, and thus maintenance can be performed easily.
US08911311B1	Expandable arrowhead or broadhead and spring element An expandable arrowhead having a blade-carrying body with a slot that houses at least one movably mounted blade. Each blade can be pivotally mounted about a shaft. In some embodiments, the shaft is fixed with respect to the body. In other embodiments, the shaft is movably mounted with respect to the body, for example by mounting a shaft within the slot so that the shaft moves within the slot with respect to the blade-carrying body. In some embodiments of this invention, a spring element positively holds one or more blades in a closed position or a retracted position, particularly during extreme forces encountered when launching an arrow from an archery bow, such as a compound archery bow. The spring element of this invention can be used to improve blade opening capabilities of conventional blade-opening arrowheads or broadheads.
US08911297B2	Method for managing an electronic gaming machine group Various embodiments are directed to gaming systems and related methods for managing one or more electronic gaming machines (EGMs). The gaming system includes a network management system capable of establishing one or more groups (or collections) of gaming machines. The groups of gaming machines may be defined according to one or more gaming machine characteristics. The grouping of the gaming machines on the casino floor allows the system to dynamically configure these groups of gaming machines.
US08911281B2	Method for trimming the working layers of a double-side grinding apparatus A method for trimming two working layers including bonded abrasive applied on mutually facing sides of an upper and a lower working disk of a grinding apparatus configured for simultaneous double-side processing of flat workpiece includes providing the grinding apparatus including the upper and lower working disks and providing at least one carrier including an outer toothing. The upper and lower working disks are rotated. The carrier is moved between the rotating working disks using a rolling apparatus and the outer toothing on cycloidal paths relative to working layers of the working disks. Loose abrasives are added to a working gap formed between the working layers. A carrier, without workpieces inserted therein, is moved in the working gap so as to effect material removal from the working layers.
US08911276B2	Assembling toy block with embedded magnets Provided is a toy building block which uses magnets, and which is a combination building block toy and teaching instrument with embedded magnets, wherein on each of the four edges of an upper frame (2) and lower frame (3), an inward-facing insertion aperture (6) is formed to connect internally to a central hollow portion (7), a magnetic ball (8) is inserted in the respective central hollow portions (7), and a projecting protrusion on the top and bottom of four pillars are inserted in the respective insertion apertures; and inward-facing projecting protrusions (21, 22, 23, 24), (25, 26, 27, 28) on an upper frame (20), lower frame (30), and pillars (40, 41, 42, 43), are respectively inserted in insertion grooves (23′, 24′, 27′, 28′) and (23a, 23b, 28a, 18b) on respective rails (9, 9′) (11, 11′), (9a, 9b, 11a, 11b) to assemble blocks (1) (1′) (1″) (1′″), which are interconnected and used as a building block toy, or a random number of blocks (1) (10) (50) are stacked and assembled for observing the movement of a ball (8a) that rolls on a rail.
US08911275B2	Building elements with sonic actuation A toy construction system includes a plurality of interconnectable building elements; a control system that generates an electromagnetic signal; a vibration speaker including a moveable permanent magnet; and a support building element mechanically linked to the permanent magnet of the vibration speaker. The vibration speaker includes a coil that is moveable relative to the permanent magnet. One or more of the coil and the permanent magnet vibrate in a manner that is based on the electromagnetic signal. The vibration speaker also includes a sound producer that is mechanically linked to the coil to vibrate with the coil as the coil vibrates. The coil vibrates relative to the permanent magnet to produce an audible sound, and the permanent magnet vibrates to cause the support building element to vibrate and animate interconnectable building elements linked to the support building element.
US08911262B1	Electrical receptacle with lower speed signaling contacts farther from center An electrical receptacle may include a first row of electrical contacts extending along a side of the receptacle a first distance from an opening of the electrical receptacle and a second row of electrical contacts extending along the side of the receptacle a second distance from the opening of the electrical receptacle. The first row of electrical contacts may include a first receptacle differential signaling pair closer to a center of the first row of electrical contacts than a second receptacle differential signaling pair in the first row of electrical contacts. The second row of electrical contacts may include a third receptacle differential signaling pair closer to a center of the second row of electrical contacts than remaining contacts in the second row of electrical contacts.
US08911261B2	Bidirectional connector with movable circuit unit A bidirectional connector includes a hollow insulating main body, a plurality of first conductive terminals, a plurality of second conductive terminals and a circuit unit which is movably disposed within the insulating main body. The circuit unit has a circuit board that has a top face and a bottom face. The top face has a plurality of first contacts and a plurality of second contacts and the first contacts are arranged in alternative routing. Each of the first conductive terminals has a first contact portion and a second contact portion. The second contact portion selectively contacting the first and second contacts.
US08911257B2	Connector A connector comprises a housing, a plurality of contact terminals and a signal processing module. The housing has a receiving hole for receiving a plug. The plurality of contact terminals are disposed in the housing for being connected with the plug. The signal processing module is electrically connected with the contact terminals and has a first magnetic component, wherein the first magnetic component comprises a base and a plurality of magnetic cores, the base has a plurality of through holes, each of which has substantially the same size as that of the magnetic core so that the magnetic core is fixed in the through hole, and distances between adjacent two through holes are the same.
US08911253B2	Receptacle contact A receptacle contact for receipt of a mating contact and a method therefore. The receptacle contact has side walls, each of the side walls has an opening provide therein. A resilient contact arm extends between the side walls. Projections extend from the resilient contact arm and extend through the openings of the side walls. A weak area is provided on the resilient contact arm, the weak area positioned between the fixed end and the projections. The projections engage a wall of the opening as the mating contact is inserted into the receptacle contact, causing the at least one contact area to become fixed and allowing the weak area to move into engagement with the mating contact, thereby providing multiple areas of contact between the resilient contact arm and the mating contact.
US08911251B2	Floating bus bar and connector within chassis A chassis includes floating bus bars providing power and a sliding tray included in the chassis includes a power terminal and connecting fingers contacting the floating bus bars. As the sliding tray moves in a direction of motion, the connecting fingers remain in contact with the floating bus bars, providing power to components included on the sliding tray while it is repositioned. The floating bus bars are mounted inside the chassis in a direction parallel to the sliding direction of the sliding tray, and may be positioned within the chassis in a location that does not significantly impede airflow within the chassis.
US08911248B1	Busbar connection assembly Disclosed are various embodiments for a busbar connection assembly that may be used in, for example, a datacenter. The busbar connection assembly may have multiple conductive plates that are configured to insert between busbar plates of a power bus for the datacenter. The busbar connection assembly may further include multiple slots that are configured to receive the busbar plates of the power bus for the datacenter. The busbar connection assembly may serve as an electrical connection for various purposes.
US08911246B2	Universal adaptor mount for a docking station A universal adapter module supporting a plurality of different interface adapters, each of the interface adapters having a body, a plug, and a cable communicating with the plug and extended from the body; a housing having an internal cavity sized to receive therewithin the body of the adapter with an opening adjacent to one surface thereof that is sized to admit the plug therethrough, and access means for removing one interface adapter from the housing and substituting therefor a different interface adapter; and a means for urging the plug outwardly through the opening of the housing. A docking station formed of a docking tray configured for supporting a portable electronics device, the docking tray having a means for coupling the housing of the universal adapter module to a device receiver structure thereof with the opening of the adapter module positioned adjacent to an aperture formed in an interface portion thereof.
US08911242B2	Electrical component having an array of electrical contacts An electrical component including a substrate having opposite first and second sides and a plurality of vias extending into the substrate from the first side. The substrate has first conductive pads on the first side that are electrically connected to corresponding vias. The electrical component also includes a plurality of electrical contacts that are mounted to the substrate along the first side. Each of the electrical contacts includes a contact heel and a contact beam that extends from the corresponding contact heel and at least partially away from the first side. The contact heels are laser-welded to corresponding first conductive pads.
US08911236B2	Training method and system comprising mixed real and virtual images Training method for the simulation of an operation performed by at least one device which is part of a real apparatus, wherein the method comprises providing to display means overlaid images under controlled depth order of a virtual apparatus, and real images of said device, and providing a simulated response to control means, based on data of the position and behavior of said device and on data of the position and behavior of said virtual apparatus.
US08911235B1	Shooting training device The invention is a trigger pull training device for improving trigger pull technique. The device has a frame with a trigger track opening and a trigger which goes through that opening. A proximity sensor or a plurality of proximity sensors are placed proximate the trigger track opening. The sensors are connected to an indicator whereby pulling the trigger such that the trigger is within the sensing zone causes the proximity sensor to emit a signal. A plurality of sensors can be lined along the trigger track opening to indicate the accuracy of any pull.
US08911229B2	Apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor package An apparatus for manufacturing a semiconductor package includes at least a first mold, a rotator, and a driver. The first mold has a first mold section, a second mold section, and at least one cavity formed when the first mold section and the second mold are brought together. The rotator is coupled to the first mold, and the driver is between the first mold and a rotating axis of the rotator. The driver supplies a molding resin into the cavity based on centrifugal force generated when the rotator rotates on the rotating axis.
US08911222B2	Input shaft assembly for gear pump A shaft assembly includes a shaft with a first radial shoulder and a second radial shoulder. A retainer plate is located at least partially between the first radial shoulder and the second radial shoulder to avoid damage when an impact load is applied to the shaft. A spring assembly biases the shaft out of contact with the retainer plate during operation.
US08911218B2	Fuel pump In one embodiment, a small-diameter opening (42b) is formed in the central portion of a valve element (42) included in a check valve (40) of a high pressure fuel pump (1). A needle valve (44) is provided integrally with a valve element (35a) of an electromagnetic spill valve (30), and the opening (42b) of the valve element (42) can be opened and closed with a tip portion of the needle valve (44). When the high pressure fuel pump (1) switches from the drive state to the stopped state, the needle valve (44) retreats from the opening (42b) of the valve element (42) in conjunction with the movement of the valve element (35a) of the electromagnetic spill valve 30, thus forming a micro gap. When the high pressure fuel pump (1) is driven and the intake stroke is performed, the needle valve (44) obstructs the opening 42b of the valve element (42) in conjunction with the movement of the valve element (35a) of the electromagnetic spill valve 30, thus preventing the back-flow of fuel due to the existence of the micro gap.
US08911205B2	Method of repairing knife edge seals A knife edge seal assembly includes at least one knife edge and at least one honeycomb ring seal. The at least one knife edge has material removed to a first knife edge radial height and the least one honeycomb ring seal has material removed to a finished radial thickness for sealable engagement with the at least one knife edge. The finished radial thickness of the replacement honeycomb ring seal establishes a first radial gap between an inner annular surface of the replacement honeycomb ring seal and the knife edge before the knife edge seal assembly begins rotating in the gas turbine.
US08911200B2	Assembling titanium and steel parts by diffusion welding A method of assembling together titanium parts and steel parts by diffusion welding, the method interposing two thin layers of niobium or vanadium and copper respectively between a titanium part and a steel part, evacuating the assembly of parts and interposed metal layers, and subjecting the assembly to hot isostatic compression at a temperature lying in a range 900° C. to 950° C. and at a pressure lying in a range 1000 bars to 1500 bars for about two hours. The method can be applied to fabricating turbine shafts for turbomachines.
US08911193B2	Substrate processing sequence in a cartesian robot cluster tool A method and apparatus for processing substrates using a multi-chamber processing system, or cluster tool, is provided. In one embodiment of the invention, a robot assembly is provided. The robot assembly includes a first motion assembly movable in a first direction, and a second motion assembly, the second motion assembly being coupled to the first motion assembly and being movable relative to the first motion assembly in a second direction that is generally orthogonal to the first direction. The robot assembly further comprises an enclosure disposed in one of the first motion assembly or the second motion assembly, the enclosure containing at least a portion of a vertical actuator assembly, a support plate coupled to the enclosure, and a first transfer robot disposed on the support plate.
US08911187B2	Adjustable radius and angle coping device A coping apparatus that performs a cope cut of varying diameters and angles on varying sizes, diameters, and types of materials without having to change the diameter of the cutting tool. The apparatus comprises a table with a clamp, a cylindrical housing with an aperture pivotally mounted to the table, a motor, a tool, and a yoke assembly. The yoke assembly is rotatably received within the housing and comprises a upper disc with a channel, a lower disc with a channel, a upper arm, a lower arm, a connector, and a handle. The arms are received in the channels of the upper and lower discs and moveable in a direction radial to the rotation of the discs. The motor is mounted to the lower arm and turns a spindle and the tool. Upon manipulation of the handle, the tool is plunged into the material to make the cut.
US08911182B2	Agricultural equipment drive system An agricultural equipment drive system comprises a main drive shaft connectable to a power source, a first gear box, a second gear box and a second drive shaft. The first gear box has a first gear box input connected to the main drive shaft and a first gear box output at a first angle to the first gear box input. The second gear box has a second gear box input connected to the first gear box output and a second gear box output at a second angle to the second gear box input. The second drive shaft connects the first gear box output to the second gear box input.
US08911181B1	Soil stabilization method and apparatus A method of inline mixing the exact amount of sodium silicate, catalyst and water to form a grout for injection into underground construction applications in order to eliminate waste of resources. The invention is comprised of a sodium silicate pump assembly and a water and catalyst pump assembly. A metering pump injects a catalyst into the water loop. The sodium silicate pump and the water and catalyst pump discharge lines are merged into one pipeline downstream. The single pipe is connected to a static inline mixer that ensures uniform mixing of all the components. The sodium silicate pump assembly and the water and catalyst pump assembly are hydraulically controlled. This allows an operator to vary the speed of the pump thereby controlling pump discharge.
US08911180B2	Underwater work assembly and method for anchoring thereof The invention relates to an underwater work assembly and to a method for anchoring the underwater work assembly in a bed of a lake, sea or river. The work assembly comprises a service platform which can be lowered and a plurality of supporting feet which are mounted so that they can be adjusted on the service platform for positioning on the lake, sea or river bed and can be moved in and out relative to the service platform by means of an actuating cylinder. In order to improve anchoring it is provided that at least one supporting foot is mounted rotationally relative to the service platform and that a rotary drive facing the supporting foot is provided, with which the supporting foot is driven in rotation for screwing into the lake, sea or river bed.
US08911179B2	Dual-derrick ice-worthy jack-up drilling unit The invention relates to a jack-up rig. The inventive rig would work like a conventional jack-up rig while in open water with the hull jacked up out of the water. However, in the event of ice conditions, the hull is lowered into the water into an ice defensive configuration. The hull is specifically shaped with a lower portion that is an ice-bending surface to bend and break up ice that comes in contact with the hull while in the ice defensive configuration. Furthermore, the jack-up rig comprises at least two derricks.
US08911177B2	Stowing method for goaf of potash salt ore A method of stowing a goaf of potash salt ore comprising making wall slurry into barricades each have the same area as the sectional area of a tunnel and a thickness of 0.5 to 5 meters inside the underground tunnels in goaf of potash salt ore, with the interval between adjacent barricades being 5 to 100 meters, then stowing the interval between the barricades by using the filling slurry is described. The stowing method uses the wall slurry of high strength that is solidified with a gelling agent as the main bearing material, and uses the solidified filling slurry with a low strength as the main filling material, which has a good effect when compared with conventional filling materials. Moreover, the stowing method effectively utilizes the tail liquids, thereby reducing the addition of other additives, decreasing the cost, avoiding the discharge of liquid waste and relieving the environmental pressure.
US08911176B2	Subsea crude oil and/or gas containment and recovery system and method A system and a method to contain and recover crude oil and/or gas from a leaking wellhead on a sea bed is described. The system broadly consists of a series of elongated tubes positioned vertically from the sea floor and enclosing the wellhead and rising to the sea surface to be recovered. The leaking crude oil and/or gas rises is contained in the elongated tubes and rises through the series of elongated tubes to sea surface for recovery. Recovery of the crude oil and/or gas on the sea surface is carried out by any of the means currently applicable for this purpose. The method describes how to deploy the crude oil and/or gas containment and recovery system.
US08911163B1	Variable aperture mechanism for cryogenic environment, and method A device operable in a ultra-high vacuum and in a cryogenic environment. The device has bi-stable solenoid motors configured to drive a shutter assembly defining an aperture having a first shape when the motors are each disposed in the respective first position, and wherein the aperture has a second shape when the motors are each disposed in the respective second position. Actuators responsive to the motors are thermally isolated from the cryogenic shutter assembly except when the motors position the shutter assembly to change a shape of the aperture. The device is suitable for use in FLIR and other thermally sensitive devices.
US08911158B2	Z-pluggable optical communications module, an optical communications system, and a method A Z-pluggable optical communications module (OCM) is provided that contains multiple parallel OCMs (POCMs) and that is configured to be removably plugged into an opening formed in a front panel of an optical communications system. When the Z-pluggable OCM is plugged in a forward Z-direction into the opening formed in the front panel, an actuator mechanism is actuated to impart motion to the Z-pluggable OCM in the downward Y-direction to cause the Z-pluggable OCM to be mounted on an upper surface of a motherboard PCB. In order to unplug the Z-pluggable OCM, the actuator mechanism is actuated to impart motion to the Z-pluggable OCM in the upward Y-direction to cause it to be dismounted from the motherboard PCB.
US08911138B2	Fluid dispensing system and method for concrete mixer System and method for dispensing liquids into concrete mixer drums, particularly suitable for use on concrete mix trucks, involve use of liquid admixtures nozzle that is separate from water conduit and water nozzle, the admixtures nozzle being aimed and focused to spray through drum opening with dispersion pattern substantially within air/concrete interface defined by minimal volume concrete contained within the drum; and the water conduit or nozzle having a dispersion pattern preferably whereby wash water hits a portion of the inner drum wall and a portion of the air/concrete interface defined by a maximum amount of concrete contained within the drum. In preferred embodiments, a check valve assembly is used to connect separate admixture and water lines, so that both admixture and water nozzles can be used simultaneously during purging operation.
US08911133B2	Planar light source device and illumination apparatus To provide a planar light source device that can provide large-area, uniform, and high-quality planar illumination light.A planar light source device includes a main body case 4 that surrounds the periphery of a gap between a pair of optical reflection plates disposed to face each other with side plates, and a plurality of point light sources 2 arranged at predetermined intervals on at least one side plate of the main body case. The planar light source device allows light from the point light sources 2 to be transmitted through at least one of the pair of optical reflection plates 5 and emitted to the outside. At least one 5 of the pair of optical reflection plates 5 includes a light blocking region S1 that blocks light from the point light sources on the point light sources 2 side, and a light transmission region S2 that does not allow the light from the point light sources 2 to be directly transmitted but allows reflection light reflected between the optical reflection plates to be transmitted, and is aligned so that transmissivity increases as the distance from the light blocking region S1 increases, and luminance is substantially uniform on the surface of the optical reflection plate.
US08911132B1	Edgelit optic entrance features Optic entrance features may be used to optically control light transfer from a light source to a light emitting panel (LEP). In a particular embodiment, an LEP includes a first LEP side configured to emit light. The LEP also includes a second LEP side. The first LEP side and the second LEP side are opposite sides of the LEP. The LEP further includes a cutout area providing an air gap in the LEP through the first LEP side and the second LEP side. The LEP also includes a light receiving side. The cutout area is proximal to the light receiving side, and the light receiving side is configured to pass light through towards the cutout area.
US08911121B2	Light emitting diode recessed light fixture A recessed light fixture includes an LED module, which includes a single LED package that is configured to generate all light emitted by the recessed light fixture. For example, the LED package can include multiple LEDs mounted to a common substrate. The LED package can be coupled to a heat sink for dissipating heat from the LEDs. The heat sink can include a core member from which fins extend. Each fin can include one or more straight and/or curved portions. A reflector housing may be coupled to the heat sink and configured to receive a reflector. The reflector can have any geometry, such as a bell-shaped geometry including two radii of curvature that join together at an inflection point. An optic coupler can be coupled to the reflector housing and configured to cover electrical connections at the substrate and to guide light emitted by the LED package.
US08911120B2	Light beam framing system with merged shutter blades The present invention relates to a framing system for shaping a light beam. The framing system comprises a frame support comprising a number of shutter blades surrounding said light beam and a number of actuators adapted to move said shutter blades in and out of said light beam. The shutter blades form a merged pile, where part of a first shutter blade is in placed over a part of a second shutter blade and where another part is placed below a part of a third shutter blade. A first actuator rotates at least one of said shutter blades in relation to a first rotational point and a second actuator moves the first rotational point in relation to said light beam. The present invention relates further to a method of shaping a light beam comprising the steps of rotating a shutter blade around a first rotation point using a first actuator and moving the first rotation point in relation to the light beam using a second actuator.
US08911103B2	Adjustable portable light A portable light includes: a cylindrical housing having a longitudinal axis and receiving a bezel and a lamp for projecting a light radially away from the longitudinal axis; and a cradle assembly including a clamp for receiving the cylindrical housing, wherein the clamp includes a plurality of features for engaging selected ones of corresponding features on the cylindrical housing to secure the cylindrical housing at a selected rotational position about its longitudinal axis with regard to the cradle assembly.
US08911101B2	Lava lamp display device A lava lamp display device comprising: a frame having a permeable vision window at a front surface thereof, and a lamp base and a projection light at a bottom of inner side thereof; a film-coated glass mounted on the vision window; a support bracket having at least one positioning hole thereon; a transparent bottle arranged in the positioning holes; and two reflection mirrors having a center serving as a reference to define the two symmetrical reflection mirrors, and both sides thereof inclined forward to form an angle θ being not parallel with the film-coated glass with 180° angle. After the filler of the transparent bottle is reflected repeatedly by the two reflection mirrors, the vision window shows shapes in an inward serial arrangement in the middle and unlimited extension on both sides, having effects of an illumination lamp device, an art decoration, and special visual in one unit.
US08911098B2	Substrate for a mirror support with reduced weight as well as mirror with reduced-weight mirror support In a substrate, particularly in a substrate for a mirror support, in which recesses are introduced in one surface, preferably in the back side of the substrate, as a result of which, in particular, bridging pieces are defined between the recesses, in order to achieve the situation that despite a reduced weight, a high rigidity still remains, which means only a slight sagging after its correct uptake in a holding device provided for it, it is provided that at least one first portion of the bridging pieces has a width that is different than a second portion of the bridging pieces.
US08911094B2	Distortion correction for projector An image processing device for a projector including an image formation section that emits light of an image, and a projection system that projects the emitted light onto a projection surface. The image processing device has a distortion correction technique for images displayed on the projection surface. The image processing device has a target display area determination section that determines, in a display area serving as a reference on the projection surface, based on a current value of a parameter, any of target display areas set for values possibly taken by the parameter within an allowable range to be targeted on a distortion-free image for display on the projection surface; a reference formation area determination section that determines a reference formation area to be formed with a virtual distorted image and a correction application section that generates corrected image data for supply to the image formation section.
US08911081B2	Nylon polarized lens and moulding mold thereof A nylon polarized lens includes a nylon material layer and a polarized film. The nylon material layer has four corners formed with positioning portions to position the polarized film. The nylon material layer has buffer grooves at two opposing end surfaces thereof. A moulding mold to manufacture a nylon polarized lens includes an upper die and a lower die. The lower die has a top surface which is an arc concave surface. Two opposing sides of the top surface of the lower die are formed with buffer flanges which are adapted to form buffer grooves of the nylon polarized lens. The top surface of the lower die is further formed with positioning portions to position the polarized film. The upper die has a bottom surface which is an arc convex surface. The upper die cooperates with the lower die to form a chamber for shaping the lens.
US08911063B2	Thin film forming apparatus, thin film forming method, electro-mechanical transducer element, liquid ejecting head, and inkjet recording apparatus A thin film forming apparatus which automatically forms, on an electrode layer formed on a substrate, a functional thin film which is crystallized from a precursor layer is disclosed, including a water-repellant film forming unit which forms, on a region other than a region on which is to be formed the functional thin film on the electrode layer, a water-repellant film which includes a self-assembled monolayer; an inkjet coating unit which coats, on the region on which is to be formed the functional thin film on the electrode layer, the precursor layer by an inkjet method; and a controller which controls, to within a predetermined time, a time from forming the water-repellant film with the water-repellant film forming unit to coating the precursor layer with the inkjet coating unit.
US08911057B2	Printing apparatus and nozzle testing method A printing apparatus includes a head unit and a control section. The head unit includes nozzles, pressure chambers, and piezoelectric elements. The control section is configured to determine whether or not there is a liquid discharge failure in the nozzles corresponding to the piezoelectric elements based on a detection signal obtained by applying a testing waveform included in a driving signal to the piezoelectric elements. The control section is further configured to detect residual vibration using a first testing waveform in a first print mode performed at a first print speed, and to detect residual vibration using a second testing waveform in a second print mode performed at a second print speed with the first print speed being slower than the second print speed, a period of time for testing with the first testing waveform being longer than a period of time for testing with the second testing waveform.
US08911056B2	Electronic instrument and management method An electronic instrument is adapted to communicate with another electronic instrument. The electronic instrument includes an acquisition section, a storage section, an inquiry section and a processing section. The acquisition section is configured to acquire identification information from a managed article used by the electronic instrument, the identification information being read-only information uniquely assigned to the managed article. The storage section is configured to store the identification information acquired by the acquisition section. The inquiry section is configured to inquire another electronic instrument as to whether the identification information acquired by the acquisition section is already stored in another electronic instrument. The processing section is configured to perform processing in response to a result of inquiry by the inquiry section.
US08911055B2	Dot position measurement method and dot position measurement apparatus A dot position measurement method and a dot position measurement apparatus provide a plurality of common line blocks and averaging measurement values of positions of lines in each common line blocks when correcting the measurement positions in each line block by taking a common line block (reference line block) as a reference position, and it is possible to reduce effects of random positional variation in a main scanning direction of an image reading apparatus.
US08911053B2	Inkjet recording apparatus An inkjet recording apparatus configured to record images on both sides of a sheet includes a corrugate mechanism configured to form a sheet into a continuous corrugated shaped in a direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction and parallel to a recording surface of the sheet.
US08911049B2	Method for activating a processing device and processing device activated in such a way To activate a processing device which processes a surface of a moving work piece at regular intervals, wherein a predetermined time duration passes between an activation signal of the processing device and the processing on the surface, the movement of the work piece is sensed with a sensor that generates work pulses. A respective control pulse is generated if a predetermined number of work pulses has been generated. A number of the work pulses is repeatedly detected in a respective time interval that corresponds to the predetermined time duration. The activation signals are each generated at each control pulse of a series, and the activation signals are offset forward in time relative to the respective control pulse corresponding to the number of work pulses that have been detected in the respective time interval. The activation signals are output to the processing device.
US08911040B2	Refrigerator A refrigerator includes a body having a cooling chamber, a door configured to open or close the cooling chamber, and a cover disposed at a front region of the cooling chamber so as to be movable up and down. Under such configuration, a temperature change occurring from a predetermined region inside the cooling chamber when the cooling chamber is open, can be prevented.
US08911034B2	Housing having quick-dismounting structure A housing having a quick-dismounting structure includes a base plate, a covering plate and a switch module. The base plate has a retaining portion. The covering plate has one side against the retaining portion and a switch recess corresponding to the side. The switch module is rotatably disposed in the switch recess and including a holding portion exposed outside the switch recess, a hooking board extended from the holding portion toward the matching board, and an elastic element. The hooking board has a fastening end faced the retaining portion. When the holding portion is moved, the hook piece shifts accordingly and the hooking end-portion is selectably hooked the retaining portion which then lock or disengage the covering plate, for dismounting the covering plate conveniently.
US08911033B2	Panel for ventilation and noise reduction and manufacturing method A panel for ventilation and noise reduction and its manufacturing method are disclosed A left side and a right side of the panel each include one or a plurality of ventilation holes, and a sound insulation board for sound insulation is set near each ventilation hole along an inner side of the panel, so that at least certain sound from the inner of the electronic device needs to bypass the board to pass through the ventilation holes; and the ventilation hole on the left side and the right side of the panel are opened in a staggered position, so that when the panel is placed side by side with another panel, air exhausted from a ventilation hole at an adjacent side of the panel does not form strong face-to-face blowing interference with air exhausted from a ventilation hole at an adjacent side of another panel.
US08911028B2	Method for operating a braking system A system and method for operating a hydraulic braking system) for motor vehicles with an electrically controllable pressure provision device), a high-pressure accumulator, which can be connected to the pressure provision device via a hydraulic connection), in which an electrically controllable shutoff valve is arranged, wheel brakes, which can be supplied with pressure medium by means of the pressure provision device and/or the high-pressure accumulator. An electronic control and regulating unit is provided for actuating the electrically controllable pressure provision device and/or the electrically controllable shutoff valve so as to regulate the hydraulic pressure which is provided by the pressure provision device and the high-pressure accumulator If a pressure buildup is carried out by activation of the pressure provision device, the high-pressure accumulator is connected only temporarily by at least partial opening of the shutoff valve.
US08911027B2	Mixed braking device with optimized control A braking device including a dissipative braking system, an electric braking system, and a first actuating device combined with the dissipative braking system. A second actuating device is combined with the electric braking system and a position sensor is combined with the second actuating device. This second actuating device is designed to drive the first actuating device after a non-zero travel from its inactive position, and the sensor is designed to drive the electric brake system according to the displacement travel of the second actuating device from its inactive position.
US08911023B2	Soldier support system in a vehicle A soldier restraint system and method secure a soldier in a vehicle. In one embodiment, the soldier restraint system is secured in a military vehicle. The soldier restraint system includes a seat assembly comprising a seat and straps. The soldier restraint system also includes a restraint harness belt. The restraint harness belt is secured to the seat assembly. In addition, the soldier restraint system includes mounting assemblies. The straps attach the seat to the mounting assemblies. The mounting assemblies are securable in the vehicle. Attachment of at least one of the straps to the seat is releasable by a release assembly.
US08911020B2	Adjustable head rest Described are passenger seats having a seat back support and a head rest assembly coupled to the seat back support. The head rest assembly includes a head support and a lower head support with a rest bar and a pair of extensions, wherein a first end of each extension is slidingly coupled to the rest bar and a second end of each extension is pivotally coupled to the head support. The rest bar is positioned adjacent the head support when the lower head support is in a stowed position and is positioned a distance forward of the head support when the lower head support is in a deployed position.
US08911018B2	Passenger seat with neck support Described are passenger seats comprising a seat back support and a neck support structure comprising a headrest coupled to the seat back support and at least one wing pivotally coupled to the headrest, wherein the at least one wing is configured to rotate downwardly from a stowed position to a first deployed position and the at least one wing is also configured to rotate laterally from the stowed position to a second deployed position. The neck support structure may comprise a first wing and a second wing. A cover may be removably coupled to the at least one wing. The at least one wing may be formed from a flexible material.
US08911000B2	Retractable air deflection apparatus for reduction of vehicular air drag An air deflection apparatus for reduction of vehicular air drag comprises at least two air deflection elements coupled to a rear portion of the vehicle. The air deflection elements are displaceable, preferably in unison, between a retracted position and at least one deployed position, and may be deployed and retracted manually, or remotely with powered assistance, or under microprocessor control. The air deflection elements are preferably arranged above, below and on either side of the rear-facing door(s) of the vehicle, with at least the latter two air deflection elements having matching configurations. Vehicles equipped with the apparatus, and methods of reducing vehicular air drag using the apparatus, are also disclosed.
US08910991B2	Device for fastening a compressible areal structure to a body part of a vehicle The invention relates to a device for fastening a compressible areal structure to a body part of a vehicle having at least one connecting element and at least one counterpart element, which subject to fixing a compressible areal structure to a body part can be connected to each other. It is provided that the counterpart element comprises a mounting, into which the connecting element for connecting to the counterpart element can be inserted, wherein the mounting allows a movement of the connecting element relative to the counterpart element subject to maintaining the fixing of areal structure and body part. The invention furthermore relates to an arrangement of body part, compressible areal structure and at least one device for fastening the areal structure to the body part. The body part can be a window support, in particular for the windshield of a vehicle, and the areal structure can be a sound/and a heat-insulating structure.
US08910990B1	Device dock A portable electronic device dock includes a storage unit and a lid, wherein the lid is adapted to clamp a portable electronic device between a portion of the lid and a portion of the storage unit to retain the portable electronic device in a user-accessible display position. The device dock includes a slide assembly adapted to bias the lid to an open position and a clutch assembly adapted to retain the lid in a clamped position on the portable electronic device. The slide assembly is coupled to an axle member, which is further coupled to support arms disposed on the lid. The slide assembly is further coupled to the clutch assembly on an opposite end such that the clutch assembly can limit movement of the slide assembly to further limit movement of the lid.
US08910987B1	Vehicle body trim structure A rear body panel has a pillar portion extending upward from a vehicle body waistline defined along the rear body panel. An outboard facing surface of the pillar portion has a front peripheral edge section at least partially defining a side opening. A rearward facing surface of the pillar portion has an inboard peripheral edge section partially defining a rear window opening. The rear window glass is installed within the rear window opening overlaying at least a portion of the inboard peripheral edge. A first section of the exterior trim panel extends rearward from the front peripheral edge section along the outboard facing surface at the vehicle body waistline. A second section extends in a lateral inboard direction from a rearward end of the first section to the inboard peripheral edge section along the rearward facing surface to the rear window opening at the vehicle body waistline.
US08910984B2	Robot hand and robot An object is to provide a robot hand and a robot that are compact and lightweight and can reliably hold various types of workpieces. To achieve this object, the robot hand and the robot include: a plurality of joint portions that rotates about respective rotation axes parallel with each other; a plurality of links that is connected via each of the joint portions in sequence from a distal end; a linking member that links rotations of the joint portions adjacent to each other; and a single drive source that drives only the joint portion at a proximal end to rotate the joint portion.
US08910982B2	Exhaust gas odor foam blocking structure The present invention includes an improved rear bumper assembly which is designed to help prevent exhaust gases from entering a vehicle. The bumper assembly can have a blocking structure sealed to the bumper cover and the rear of the vehicle. This blocking structure helps push the exhaust gases down and away from the rear of the vehicle which can help carry the exhaust gases away from the vehicle as it travels forward.
US08910979B1	Pipe repair coupling The pipe repair coupling includes a sleeve and two seal retainers that secure to the sleeve ends to retain corresponding seals therein. The repair coupling is installed about a damaged section of pipe without need for substantial displacement of either portion of the broken pipe or need to dress or otherwise modify the broken ends of the pipe. A seal retainer and seal are placed over each portion of the broken pipe, and the sleeve is slipped over one of the broken pipe portions. The two pipe portions are aligned with one another, and the sleeve is generally centered over the break. The two seal retainers are then locked into place on the sleeve ends by splines inserted into cooperating circumferential grooves in the sleeve ends and retainers, capturing the seals between the seal retainers and corresponding seats and distending the seals to bear against the broken pipe therein.
US08910978B2	Binding system using concentric cylinders A binding system for binding a set of media sheets, including a cylinder having an outer diameter and a length, and a retainer fabricated from a flexible material. The retainer has an arc-shaped cross-section having an inner diameter and an associated arc angle thereby providing an opening slot that extends along a length of the retainer. The binding system is adapted to bind the set of media sheets by wrapping the media sheets around the cylinder and inserting the wrapped cylinder into the retainer with the wrapped media sheets extending out of the opening slot in the retainer. The inner diameter of the retainer is less than the sum of the outer diameter of the cylinder and a total thickness of the wrapped media sheets so that the retainer flexes to provide a clamping force to bind the media sheets.
US08910976B2	Steering apparatus for vehicle A steering apparatus for a vehicle provided with a steering wheel includes a main housing, a movable column member, a fixing bracket fixing the main housing to a vehicle body, a link mechanism, and a drive mechanism connected to the link mechanism, wherein the drive mechanism includes a motor, a threaded shaft, and a nut member moving in an axial direction of the threaded shaft, the nut member includes a female threaded portion threadedly engaged with the threaded shaft and a pivot shaft portion including a rotational axis orthogonal to an axis of the female threaded portion and including two flat surface portions being parallel to the rotational axis and facing each other while leaving a predetermined distance therebetween, and the link mechanism includes a bearing portion including a bearing hole and a cut-out portion including two flat surfaces configured to be parallel to the two flat surface portions.
US08910957B1	Self-loading mini dolly A self-loading mini dolly includes a dolly frame; a front dolly arm carried by the dolly frame; a wheeled front axle carried by the front dolly arm; a front dolly platform carried by the front dolly arm, the front dolly platform selectively deployable between lowered and raised positions; a rear dolly arm carried by the dolly frame in spaced-apart relationship to the front dolly arm; a wheeled rear axle carried by the rear dolly arm; and a rear dolly platform carried by the rear dolly arm, the rear dolly platform selectively deployable between lowered and raised positions.
US08910956B2	Multi-function cart A multi-function cart for storing and transporting emergency or other supplies. The multi-function cart comprises a shell and lid or two shells that can be secured together to form a transportable storage container. When separated, each shell is convertible into various configurations that can be used to sustain life during and after a disaster as well as to clean up and rebuild after a disaster has occurred. In this manner, the multi-function cart enables victims to quickly care for themselves, and encourages victims to immediately begin the clean-up and rebuilding process. The multi-function cart can also be used recreationally. Each shell is convertible into different configurations using various tubes. Hub brackets on opposing sides of the shell include adapters to which any of the tubes can be connected. The tubes can be connected to the adapters in an upward or a downward orientation to form different configurations.
US08910954B2	King-pin height adjuster A height adjuster may be provided. The height adjuster may comprise a hydraulic lift cylinder and a ram configured to receive the hydraulic lift cylinder. The height adjuster may further comprise a wheel motor housing connected to a lower end of the ram. A lower end of the hydraulic lift cylinder may be connected to the wheel housing. In addition, the height adjuster may comprise a king-pin configured to receive the ram.
US08910951B2	Caster wheel arrangements A caster wheel arrangement includes a base; a yoke rotatably mounted to the base via a kingpin; at least a first caster wheel rotatably mounted to the yoke; and an assist arrangement moveably mounted to the yoke. The assist arrangement facilitates travel of the caster wheel arrangement over a surface transition (e.g., a gap, a rise, etc.). Non-limiting example assist arrangements include a leading wheel, a leading variable radius wheel, a trailing wheel, a step member, and combinations thereof.
US08910948B2	Mounting guard ring A mounting guard ring for a sealing ring with at least one sealing lip, surrounding a sleeve-shaped protective ring with a supporting surface for the sealing lip disposed at the outer periphery and a holding device shaped as a grip, the protective ring being provided in at least one peripheral region with a first predetermined breaking site and being capable of being severed along the first predetermined breaking site by pulling on the holding device, the protective ring being closed off in sealing manner by a disk-shaped lid.
US08910946B2	Rotary oil feedthrough A rotary oil feedthrough is provided for sealing off a pressurized oil compartment between a rotatable shaft and a shaft mount, where the rotary oil feedthrough displays a radial oil passage for connecting an oil duct of the shaft and/or the mount to the pressurized oil compartment in fluid-permeable fashion, and has a seal arrangement that seals off the pressurized oil compartment on both sides in the axial direction of the shaft. The rotary oil feedthrough displays a sealing ring carrier that can be fastened to the shaft or the mount in non-rotating and fluid-tight fashion, the sealing ring carrier being arranged coaxially to the shaft or the mount, and an adapter that can be positioned on the other component of shaft and mount in fluid-tight fashion, and is surrounded laterally by the sealing ring carrier in the axial direction of the shaft. Located between sealing ring carrier and adapter are two axially separated sealing rings that each lie on the sealing ring carrier and the adapter in sealing fashion in order to seal off the pressurized oil compartment in the axial direction of the shaft, and that can be rotated relative to the sealing ring carrier and/or the adapter. The rotary oil feedthrough displays the longest possible service life, the minimum possible leakage, and good response characteristics, and is of simple structural design.
US08910911B2	Plumbing mount for agricultural sprayer A mount for supporting plumbing conduits on an agricultural sprayer includes a mounting base mountable on the boom arm at its proximal end and having a platform portion extending to a distal end. The platform portion has front and rear faces, and opposing side faces, the front face forming a base interface having a center groove running between two tracks. The tracks run from the distal end to a primary stop. One of the tracks has a secondary stop formed thereon located between the primary stop and the distal end of the mounting base. The plumbing mount also has at least one conduit bracket having a conduit retaining portion and a bracket interface configured to lock with the base interface. The bracket interface has a center tongue with skids on opposing sides. The conduit bracket is configured to engage the mounting base by interlocking the center tongue and center groove.
US08910909B2	Emergency collective actuator and method for a helicopter A helicopter includes a rotor system having a rotor with an adjustable pitch that is controlled at least in part by a pilot using a collective control and which helicopter generates a Low RPM signal that is indicative of a threshold low rotational speed of the rotor. An actuator arrangement can move the collective control by exerting a force on the collective control such that the pilot is able to overcome the actuator force but which otherwise can move the collective control from a current operational position toward a minimum pitch position. A clutch can co-rotate with a motor to serve in transferring the actuation force to reduce the adjustable pitch and can slip relative to the actuator shaft assembly responsive to an application of a counterforce applied by the pilot to the collective control such that the counterforce overcomes the actuation force.
US08910903B2	Aircraft generating a lift from an interior thereof The invention discloses an aircraft generating a larger lift from its interior. The fluid channel inside the aircraft communicates with the engine and the ports on the upper surface of the outer shell. With the powerful suction of the engine, the fluid on the upper surface of the outer shell is quickly sucked into the fluid channel via respective ports under conditions of long path, large area, high speed and low air pressure, which results in large lift from the interior of the aircraft. In the course of generating the lift, the fluid resistances of the fluid wall and the fluid hole are sucked into the fluid channel through the ports at the front and the surrounding area of the aircraft, then high-speed fluid is emitted from the rear port. This approach contributes greatly to the transformation of the existing aircraft. The unified big wing significantly improves the lift, the speed and the carrying capacity of the existing aircraft with lowered energy consumption.
US08910899B2	Core tube holding device and image recording device A core tube holding device comprising: a plurality of out-pushing members that are arranged side by side spaced apart in the axial direction, each having a pressing part; a connecting member for connecting the plurality of out-pushing members; a holding member that has at every position in the axial direction a pressed part corresponding to the pressing part, and that is disposed radially outward with respect to the plurality of out-pushing members; and an action unit adapted to exert a force for moving, to one side in the axial direction, a one end out-pushing member which, among the plurality of out-pushing members, is at an end on the one side; wherein: at least one from among the pressing parts and the pressed parts is formed in a tapered shape that spreads radially outward from the one side to the other side in the axial direction, and when the force for moving the one end out-pushing member acts thereon via the action unit, the one end out-pushing member moves to the one side while also pulling the other out-pushing member(s) via the connecting member, and the pressing parts of each of the out-pushing members push the holding member radially outward via the corresponding pressed parts.
US08910890B2	Seeding device Tracer particles together with air are jetted from a nozzle of a seeder into a hood, the air is guided by a collision surface of the hood, deflected to a downstream side in an airflow direction in a wind tunnel, and flows out into the wind tunnel through an opening of the hood. Tracer particles having a large diameter fly straightly without being drifted by the deflected air and collide with the collision surface and are trapped thereon and are prevented from being supplied into the wind tunnel. Tracer particles having a small diameter are drifted by the deflected air, thereby deflected, and supplied into the wind tunnel without collision with and adhesion to the collision surface.
US08910889B2	Process and a device to clean substrates The present invention relates to a process and a device for cleaning substrates. In particular the invention relates to an air-water jet device connected to a detergent dosing system. It is therefore an object of the present invention to provide air-water jet device for cleaning fabric articles with enhanced performance; and to provide a dosing device for a detergent composition that may be connected to an air-water jet device. Surprisingly it has been found that a dispensing chamber for a detergent composition DET between the water source and the outlet of the water nozzle provides improved cleaning of an air-water jet.
US08910888B2	Sprinkler linear side-load, multi-nozzle system A sprinkler head includes a sprinkler body formed with a through-bore defining a flow path adapted for alignment with a nozzle bore. A nozzle carrier is mounted on the sprinkler body for linear movement across the flow path and adapted to support plural nozzles. The nozzle carrier is configured to enable any one of the plural nozzles to be aligned with the flow path. The nozzle carrier is provided with plural discrete seal pads that are selectively movable into a position covering the flow path to thereby shut off flow through the sprinkler body.
US08910881B2	Air heater for a motor vehicle The invention relates to an air heater (12) to be integrated into an air-carrying housing of a motor vehicle. The invention is characterized in that a flange plate (48) seals at least one exhaust gas discharge (54) from the vehicle interior by means of scaling elements between a fitting site for the air heater (12) and the flange plate (48) and between the air heater (12) and the flange plate (48).
US08910879B2	Electronic card with a programmable magnetic stripe An electronic card with a programmable magnetic band which operates to emulate a magnetic stripe on a payment card. The card connects to a smartphone for reducing the amount of cards in a wallet using a NFC protocol. The electronic card with programmable magnetic band includes a magnetic stripe emulator, NFC communication unit, energy harvesting battery management, and high level security. Buttons are used to enter a personal code for using a default card. The card can be used on all payment terminals, and devices that can read magnetic stripes.
US08910864B2	Electronic product information display system The invention discloses a printed label and a display shelf for a business establishment, including a display shelf having a length and at least one area on which at least one product is to be placed. The area has a length and a depth. The label includes product information printed thereon for identifying the at least one product for display on the shelf, and first and second space indicators for indicating a position, corresponding to a portion of the length of the shelf, at which the at least one product is to be placed. The label is constructed and arranged to have a predetermined length that is coextensive with the portion of the length of the area of the shelf on which the at least one product is to be placed. The first and second space indicators define the predetermined length. The first space indicator indicates where the portion of the length of the area of the shelf begins and the second space indicator indicates where the portion of the length of the area of the shelf ends.
US08910861B2	Automatic teller machine (“ATM”) including a user-accessible USB port Systems and methods for authenticating a user's identity at an ATM are provided. A method for authenticating a user's identity at an Automated Teller Machine (“ATM”) includes using a first receiver to receive information from an ATM touch screen relating to a first numerical digit and a second numerical digit selected by the user. The method further includes using a second receiver to receive information from a fingerprint scanner relating to first biometric information input into the fingerprint scanner and second biometric information input into the fingerprint scanner, wherein the fingerprint scanner is removably coupled to the ATM via a USB port included in a secured portion of the ATM, the secured portion of the ATM being inaccessible to the user. The method may also include using a transmitter to transmit the information received by the first receiver and the second receiver to a remote server.
US08910856B2	Shipping and display container A packaging container, adapted to be cut to establish a display container for products stored therein, is formed with corner slits having a primary slit portion extending around a respective corner of the container, as well as secondary slit portions which extend at non-linear angles to the primary slit portion. Between the corner slits, the container can be provided with cut lines to act as a guide for a cutting instrument used to separate the container into top and bottom sections, with the bottom section establishing the display container. With the inclusion of the corner slits, the cutting instrument need not make any cuts through the corners. In addition, cuts made between the corner slits need not be perfectly aligned between respective primary slit portions due to the existence of the secondary slit portions.
US08910847B2	Low cost anvil assembly for a circular stapler An anvil assembly for a circular stapling instrument is provided. The anvil assembly includes a one-piece, polymer anvil and a staple-forming surface. The one-piece, polymer anvil comprises an anvil base surface and an anvil shaft extending from the anvil base surface. The staple-forming surface is attached to the anvil base surface.
US08910846B2	Gear driven knife drive mechanism A surgical apparatus includes a handle assembly, an elongated body portion defining a first longitudinal axis, a tool assembly pivotally supported on the distal end of the elongated body portion to form a pivot axis, and a flexible drive assembly that includes a flexible drive member extending from a position proximal of the pivot axis to a position distal of the pivot axis. The drive member has a distal end which is movable in relation to the tool assembly and a gear drive assembly to enable movement of the distal end of the flexible drive member. The flexible drive assembly includes a flexible knife drive beam that advances or retracts via a primary drive gear meshing with the flexible knife drive beam to effect movement of the flexible knife drive beam.
US08910840B2	Shoulder harness for portable working machine A shoulder harness includes a harness network (102) composed of right and left shoulder belts (104) and a side-fitting belt (114) for fitting on the left side of an operator's chest and joining at one end with front ends of the shoulder belts (104) on a stomach area of the operator. The shoulder harness further includes an intermediary member (120) connected to the harness network (102) via a holding member (122) and supporting a hook (108) for retaining a working machine. The right and left shoulder belts (104) are shaped asymmetric such that a shoulder-fitting portion (110Le) of the left shoulder belt (104Le) curves or slants toward the working machine retained on the hanging element (108).
US08910834B2	Flexible container having a grip A flexible container for containing a product includes a dispensing portion, a panel forming a first compartment for containing the product and forming a second compartment that is separate from the first compartment, and an elongated grip disposed at least in part in the second compartment. A user may grasp the grip to transport the container or to pour a product from the first compartment. The grip may also prevent the container from collapsing, allowing the container to be efficiently stored on a surface and providing a surface on the flexible container to prominently display information regarding the product. The dispensing portion may be a metered cap.
US08910832B2	Device for the preservation of substances to be kept separate until their application Device for the preservation of substances to be kept separate until their application includes a container (2), which is provided with an at least partially deformable body (6), and a delivery mouth (4), on which there is provided a delivery element for delivering the mixture. A watertight chamber (5) is arranged between the delivery mouth and the body of the container and is provided with a connection mouth (12) for the connection to the body (6), which is closed by cap means (20). A component of the substance to be delivered is contained in the watertight chamber (5), whereas another component is contained in the body (6). The communication between the two components is established by removing said cap, by interference between the walls of the cap and the walls of the body.
US08910830B2	Container assembly A container assembly has a first container that operably houses a second container. The first container is configured to hold a first flowable substance, and the second container is configured to hold a second flowable substance. The second container is rupturable, preferably by manipulation through the first container, wherein the second flowable substance can mix with the first flowable substance to form a mixture. The first container is also rupturable to dispense the mixture therefrom.
US08910823B2	Ready-made meal package A meal package includes a reusable bag and first and second inserts arranged in the reusable bag to form compartments. The first insert has a first side edge and a second side edge and includes bottom and top portions bent out-of-plane from a side portion at first and second score lines. The second insert has a top edge and a bottom edge and includes two side portions bent out-of-plane from a middle portion at first and second score lines. The bottom portion of the first insert is located adjacent a bottom of the bag and the side portion of the first insert is located adjacent a first side of the bag. The bottom edge of the second insert abuts an interior surface of the bottom portion of the first insert. An interior surface of the top portion of the first insert abuts the top edge of the second insert.
US08910814B2	Safety device for containers holding fluid under pressure The safety device (1) for containers includes at least two units (3) to be engaged with each other so as to define an inner volume adapted to receive the fluid under pressure, the safety device (1) comprising a closing system (4) defining a closed position in which the components (3) are combined together in a fluid-tight manner, and an open position in which they can be mutually moved apart; a vent member (5) suitable to enable the fluid under pressure to be released or prevent the fluid under pressure from being released, and at least one junction mechanism (14) to operatively connect the vent member (5) to the closing system (4), to lock the closing system (4) to the closed position when the vent member (5) is also in the closed position and preventing the opening of the closing system (4) when the vent member (5) is the closed position.
US08910806B2	Method for controlling a hoisting or paying out movement and hoisting frame having tiltable cable shreave for use therein A method for controlling a hoisting or lowering movement of a load, which is suspended from a hoisting mechanism of a crane by means of at least two hoisting cables trained round cable sheaves on the load, by monitoring the position of the load and braking and/or stopping the hoisting mechanism upon detection of an undesirable position, wherein the cable sheaves are each connected to the load for pivoting about a horizontal axis, and the position of the load is monitored by detecting a pivoting movement of at least one of the cable sheaves.
US08910804B2	Supporting device of display apparatus A supporting device of a display apparatus to fix the display apparatus to a wall includes a first supporting unit coupled to the display apparatus, a second supporting unit fixed to the wall such that the second supporting unit is coupled to the first supporting unit, and a position adjustment unit to move the display apparatus in three axis directions.
US08910793B2	Split case system for display containers This invention pertains to a U-board split case assembly (10) and includes a generally U-shaped case (12) formed from a single blank. A plurality of display containers (14) are attached to and aligned within the U-shaped case. The U-shaped case is folded to include a bottom panel (20) with two opposed parallel side panels (16) extending from opposing edges of a bottom panel, and a shortened lip (22) extend from the front edge of the bottom panel. The plurality of display containers are attached to the side panels to secure the display containers within the U-shaped case. The display containers are removable from the U-shaped case by use of the severing zone (40) on the side panels.
US08910791B2	Slot-type protection device for plate-shaped product A slot-type protection device for a plate-shaped product is disclosed. The device comprises a buffer component for inserting the plate-shaped product. The buffer component comprises a folding card and at least one buffer unit. A plurality of slots used for fixing the plate-shaped product are disposed on the buffer unit. The buffer unit comprises a carrying portion and a connecting portion. The slots are disposed on the carrying portion. Two ends of the connecting portion are a fixed end and a free end. The fixed end is fixed and connected to one end of a bottom of the carrying portion, and the free end cooperates with the other end of the bottom of the carrying portion. A connecting structure is disposed to allow the free end and the carrying portion to connect with each other. The folding card is held between the carrying portion and the connecting portion.
US08910774B2	Woodworking facility A woodworking facility with a workpiece support and a belt or chain arrangement for registering the movement of a workpiece that lies on the workpiece support and is transported thereon in order to be processed. The belt or chain arrangement includes a belt or chain that is guided over at least two deflection pulleys and is designed for contacting the workpiece transverse to the moving direction of the belt or the chain by a pressing device assigned to the belt or chain. The pressing device includes several pressing elements that are moved together with the belt or chain in the moving direction thereof.
US08910766B2	Multi-disc clutch The present invention relates to a multi-disc clutch for the transfer of torque between a first clutch part and a second clutch part, having at least one first and at least one second disc that engage on another and that are movable parallel to a rotational axis of the multi-disc clutch, and having a reset device for the receiprocal ventilation of adjacent discs. The first clutch part is connected in a rotationally secure fashion to the first disc and the second clutch part is connected in a rotationally secure fashion to the second disc. The reset device has at least two reset elements that are disposed eccentrically relative to the rotational axis and distributed in the circumferential direction.
US08910762B2	Centrifugal-pendulum vibration absorbing device A centrifugal-pendulum vibration absorbing device, including a member attached coaxially with a rotary element; and mass bodies swingably coupled to the support member and disposed adjacent to each other in a circumferential direction. The mass bodies are configured such that when a first mass body, which is one of two mass bodies disposed adjacent to each other, and a second mass body, which is the other of the two mass bodies, move with respect to the support member so as to approach each other, the first mass body and the second mass body overlap each other as seen from an axial direction of the rotary element.
US08910761B2	Device and method for the adaptive degradation of collision energy A device and a method for the adaptive degradation of collision energy. A deformation element is provided which carries out a first motion in one direction for degrading the collision energy and undergoes tapering. In addition, an actuator system is provided which adjusts the tapering for the adaptive degradation as a function of a control signal. The actuator system is configured for a second motion in the axis of the direction of the first motion and for adjusting the tapering of the deformation element. As a result of the second motion, the actuator system is able to hold at least one die plate having a respective opening through which the deformation element is driven for adjusting the tapering. A number of die plates held by the actuator system is a function of the control signal. The die plates held in each case cause tapering of the deformation element.
US08910759B2	Vibration damper A vibration damper including a cylinder with a cylinder-side connection member. The at least one mounted component is fastened to the cylinder by a material bond. The cylinder and the mounted component are made of plastic. The mounted component and/or the cylinder are based on at least one ready-prepared semi-finished product that forms the surface of the vibration damper on at least one body side in the final state. Plastic supplemental volume fractions determine the finished body contour.
US08910750B2	Tree stand An improved tree stand includes an elongated frame having a vertical and horizontal section. A central platform extends in an opposite direction from the frame and includes a tree connection member. A seat is provided along the upper horizontal portion of the frame, and a shooting rail having a vertically adjustable back and side sections connect the top portion of the frame to the tree.An improved tree stand also includes a swivel mounted seat platform that transitions between an open and closed position.
US08910749B1	Skid-mounted scissor lift platform A scissor lift platform adapted to attach to an existing skid steer loader provides the functionally of a scissor lift to elevate personnel and equipment. The platform comprises hand rails and a lift control panel supported by a hydraulic scissor lift assembly section. The base of the scissor lift assembly is provided with a box-like frame attachable to a front loader portion of the skid steer loader and equipped with a hydraulic pivoting mechanism to keep the platform level.
US08910748B2	Panel The present invention relates to panels that can be used to cover interior surfaces in buildings, for instance in auditoriums, open-plan offices etc., where the panels can be used in buildings with thermally activated building systems (TABS) in which balancing of acoustics and thermal comfort is a well-recognized challenge. According to a first embodiment of the invention there is provided a panel comprising one or more sound-absorbing elements (3) and sub-regions (7, 8, 9) that connect the front (11) of the panel with the rear (12) of the panel, and in which sub-regions (7, 8, 9) sound-absorbing elements (3) are not present, whereby said sub-regions (7, 8, 9) ensure thermal transmission through the panel. According to a second embodiment of the invention the panels comprise a substantially rigid frame (1) defining a region within the frame, where the region is provided with one or more sound-absorbing elements comprising a front face and a rear face, where the one or more sound-absorbing elements extend(s) over the entire region defined by the frame (1) and where said sub-regions (22) are provided through said sound-absorbing elements, such that the sub-regions (22) connect said front face and rear face of the one or more sound-absorbing elements.
US08910739B2	Pressure control device and method for a vehicle A pressure control device for a vehicle comprises an electronic control unit and a valve device for controllably connecting a compression chamber of the vehicle's air compressor to the vehicle's compressed-air supply and storage system. The pressure control device is configured to (i) connect the compression chamber to the compressed-air supply and storage system in a compressed-air production mode to convey compressed air from the compression chamber into the compressed-air supply and storage system, (ii) connect the compression chamber to the compressed-air supply and storage system in a compressed-air expansion mode to convey compressed air from the compressed-air supply and storage system into the compression chamber, and (iii) switch from the compressed-air production mode to the compressed-air expansion mode and vice-versa by electrically actuating one or more electrically operable valves of the valve device.
US08910717B2	Frangible pressure control plug, actuatable tool including the plug, and method thereof A frangible pressure control plug includes a first portion of a body adjacent a first end of the plug. A second portion of the body adjacent a second end of the plug. The second portion attached to the first portion in a first condition. A groove in the body interposed between the first portion and the second portion. A bore within the body passing through the first end and the first portion and inaccessible from the second end and wherein, fluid communication between the bore and the groove is prevented in the first condition and allowed in a second condition. Also included is a method of actuating a tool.
US08910715B2	Oil well control system A system including a combined plug and valve device that may be precisely delivered to and inserted into an uncontrolled undersea oil well. Once positioned in the well, the device is operated in graduated fashion to anchor the plug to the well and gradually stanch the flow of oil from the well.
US08910710B2	Pumpjack production control A method, software, and apparatus for controlling a pump configured to pump liquid out of a well. Such control may involve determining whether a production rate of gas from the well is increasing, decreasing, or steady, and whether to switch the pump between an OFF state and an ON state. Whether the pump is switched may depend upon whether the production rate of the gas is determined to be increasing, decreasing, or steady.
US08910689B2	Apparatus for reducing downtime in web processes An apparatus for reducing downtime in processes utilizing continuous webs as a raw material upon the detection of a defective portion in a continuous web includes a defect detection member. The defect detection member detects the defects in the continuous web while a first engaging member can stop or slow the speed of the continuous web upon the detection of the defective portion. A second engaging member can receive the defective portion and separate the defective portion from the continuous web and can attach non-defective portions together. A storage element can provide a contingent amount of the continuous web to any downstream processes while the continuous web is stopped or slowed by the first engaging member.
US08910687B2	Device for placing histological and biological samples The device for placing histological and biological samples encompasses a working area, a bin for cover glasses with a slot in the lower part, a cover glass pusher embodied in the form of a plate, the thickness of which is less than the thickness of the cover glass, a unit for placing the cover glass, which can be reciprocally displaced above the working area, and a press connected to the drive for reciprocally displacing the cover glass placing unit. This unit is embodied in the form of at least one spring-loaded, narrow plate or needle, the length of which exceeds the width of the pusher, and situated directly under the cover glass pusher in the same fastener. Said fastener is connected to the reciprocating motion drive in a direction perpendicular to the working area, wherein the reciprocating motion drive is a carriage. The carriage also accommodates guides for lowering and lifting the press. The press is embodied in the form of at least one elastic clamping element secured to the arm. The arm has a side stop placed in contact with the carriage guides.
US08910683B2	Steer axle high-temperature warning system A high temperature warning system for a vehicle steer axle an air pressure supply, a normally-closed valve in fluid communication with pressure supply, a heat sensitive control capable of opening the normally-closed valve upon a predetermined temperature, the heat sensitive control mounted adjacent to the wheel end assembly in a heat exchange relationship therewith, and a warning system connected to the air pressure supply for actuation upon opening of the normally-closed valve.
US08910681B2	Noise reducing device, manufacturing method for the noise reducing device, and pneumatic tire having the noise reducing device A pneumatic tire including a noise reduction device in a cavity portion thereof. The noise reduction device has a noise absorbing member formed of a porous material; a band member for attaching the noise absorbing member to the inner surface of a tire; and locking members formed of a thermoplastic resin. Preferably, the band member is formed of a thermoplastic resin, and the noise absorbing member is disposed between the band member and the locking members. Also, the locking members are bonded to the band member through the noise absorbing member by thermal fusion, and the constituent material of the band member and the constituent material of the locking members are the same thermoplastic resin.

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