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 Puree compositions having specific carbohydrate ratios and methods for using same | 20130122139 | 20130516 |
 Nutritional compositions containing carbohydrates for maximizing performance and methods for using same are provided. The nutritional compositions provide a refreshing and easy to consume composition that provides adequate amounts and types of nutrition to provide the body with proper fuel for performance. The performance may be, for example, athletic, academic, or other performances requiring physical stamina and/or mental alertness. In an embodiment, the nutritional compositions are puree compositions including dextrose, dextrose polymers, crystalline fructose, corn syrup, and/or other grain/nut syrups including rice syrup, agave syrup, and/or palm syrup, and at least one pureed fruit and/or vegetable. The compositions have a carbohydrate fraction having glucose and fructose in a weight ratio from about 0.5:1 to about 5:1.
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| Puree compositions having specific carbohydrate ratios and methods for using same | 20130122148 | 20130516 |
 Nutritional compositions containing carbohydrates for maximizing performance and methods for using same are provided. The nutritional compositions provide a refreshing and easy to consume composition that provides adequate amounts and types of nutrition to provide the body with proper fuel for performance. The performance may be, for example, athletic, academic, or other performances requiring physical stamina and/or mental alertness. In an embodiment, the nutritional compositions are puree compositions including dextrose, dextrose polymers, crystalline fructose, corn syrup, and/or other grain/nut syrups including rice syrup, agave syrup, and/or palm syrup, and at least one pureed fruit and/or vegetable. The compositions have a carbohydrate fraction having glucose and fructose in a weight ratio from about 0.5:1 to about 5:1.
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| Novel nicotine derivatives | 20130123106 | 20130516 |
 Described are novel nicotine derivatives represented by general formulas (I) and (III), and salts thereof, and herbicide & pharmaceutical compositions containing the same as the active ingredient. The compound and salts thereof can control annual or perennial weed growing on the land where various crops such as rice plant, wheat, cotton and corn grow for a wide period ranging from the pre-emergence to growth in a remarkably small dose. The compounds and salts thereof can be useful as an anti-microbial and anti-fungal agents and also for the treatment of blood pressure, skeletal muscle, attention deficit disorder, mental disorders, schizophrenia, Alzheimer disease, Parkinson's disease and depression. Also described is the preparation of the nicotine derivatives having formula (I) and (III).
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| Corn with increased yield and nitrogen utilization efficiency | 20130125257 | 20130516 |
 The subject invention relates in part to the use of insect-protected corn to modify fertility recommendations for given yield targets on any transgenic corn type.
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| Methods and apparatus for sample fracturing | 20130112785 | 20130509 |
 An apparatus is disclosed which may be used to homogenize a sample in a container. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a container and a cap with a fracturing member rigidly attached to the cap such that the fracturing member engages a sample as the cap is coupled to the container. In an example embodiment, the container is a test tube and the sample is a seed, such as a corn kernel. Methods of fracturing samples in containers with fracturing members rigidly attached to caps are also disclosed.
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| Puree compositions having specific carbohydrate ratios and methods for using same | 20130115329 | 20130509 |
| Nutritional compositions containing carbohydrates for maximizing performance and methods for using same are provided. The nutritional compositions provide a refreshing and easy to consume composition that provides adequate amounts and types of nutrition to provide the body with proper fuel for performance. The performance may be, for example, athletic, academic, or other performances requiring physical stamina and/or mental alertness. In an embodiment, the nutritional compositions are puree compositions including dextrose, dextrose polymers, crystalline fructose, corn syrup, and/or other grain/nut syrups including rice syrup, agave syrup, and/or palm syrup, and at least one pureed fruit and/or vegetable. The compositions have a carbohydrate fraction having glucose and fructose in a weight ratio from about 0.5:1 to about 5:1.
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| Puree compositions having specific carbohydrate ratios and methods for using same | 20130115330 | 20130509 |
| Nutritional compositions containing carbohydrates for maximizing performance and methods for using same are provided. The nutritional compositions provide a refreshing and easy to consume composition that provides adequate amounts and types of nutrition to provide the body with proper fuel for performance. The performance may be, for example, athletic, academic, or other performances requiring physical stamina and/or mental alertness. In an embodiment, the nutritional compositions are puree compositions including dextrose, dextrose polymers, crystalline fructose, corn syrup, and/or other grain/nut syrups including rice syrup, agave syrup, and/or palm syrup, and at least one pureed fruit and/or vegetable. The compositions have a carbohydrate fraction having glucose and fructose in a weight ratio from about 0.5:1 to about 5:1.
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| Method for pre-emergent weed control using triazine-based herbicide | 20130116123 | 20130509 |
| Methods for pre-emergent weed control using a triazine-based herbicide are disclosed. Particularly, methods of using ametryn as a pre-emergent herbicide to control weeds in corn crops are disclosed.
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| Control of coleopteran insect pests | 20130116170 | 20130509 |
| Improved compositions and methods for controlling coleopteran pests are disclosed. In particular, novel combinations of insecticidal proteins having improved toxicity to coleopteran insect pests such as corn rootworm are provided. Further, a method of killing or controlling coleopteran insect pests using the compositions of the invention is disclosed.
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| Chocolate brittle | 20130108743 | 20130502 |
| A brittle having a base made from a batter containing a ratio of 1:1.5 to 3:1 weight chocolate to weight of syrup in the base has distinctive properties. There is in the batter a thickening agent which is usually flour or corn starch. Various additions such as nuts, candy chips and dried fruits may be incorporated in the batter or placed on the base.
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| Oil composition and method of producing the same | 20130109873 | 20130502 |
| This invention relates to a corn oil composition comprising unrefined corn oil having a free fatty acid content of less than about 5 weight percent, and methods for producing the same.
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| Sweet corn hybrid seb6sh1102 and parents thereof | 20130111630 | 20130502 |
| The invention provides seed and plants of sweet corn hybrid SEB6SH1102 and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of sweet corn hybrid SEB6SH1102 and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a sweet corn plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another sweet corn plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the parts of such plants.
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| Hydration maintenace apparatus and method | 20130097924 | 20130425 |
| A material for maintaining hydration in plants, whether potted or in natural soils may include a substrate treated with a binder, securing a layer of hydrating particles thereto. Typical binders may include lignicite, or other naturally occurring materials such as sugars, molasses, corn syrup, gelatin, water, a combination, or the like. Substrates may include natural organic materials or inorganic materials. Various materials can serve as a hydrating, particulate coating. Polyacrylamide has been found to serve well in holding water near plants in a soil.
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| Efficient process for producing alcohol | 20130102043 | 20130425 |
| A process for producing ethanol including a combination of biochemical and synthetic conversions results in high yield ethanol production with concurrent production of high value coproducts. An acetic acid intermediate is produced from carbohydrates, such as corn, using enzymatic milling and fermentation steps, followed by conversion of the acetic acid into ethanol using esterification and hydrogenation reactions. Coproducts can include corn oil, and high protein animal feed containing the biomass produced in the fermentation.
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| Grain milling process | 20130102045 | 20130425 |
| A modification is described of a dry grind process for producing ethanol and other co-products from whole grain, whereby the mash is thermochemically treated by cooking the mash in the presence of an organic acid. The organic acid effectively hydrolyzes both the starch and hemicellulosic components in the milled corn to provide fermentable sugars from both the endosperm and other parts of the kernel, without, however, also producing fermentation-inhibiting levels of other known products of the acid hydrolysis of hemicellulosic materials, such as hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF) and furfural. Further, the organic acid is able to solubilize both the starch and the more recalcitrant hemicelluloses while only partially hydrolyzing the same, so that most of the starch and hemicelluloses are hydrolyzed to oligomers and the amount of chemically... |
| Hemostatic textile | 20130102946 | 20130425 |
| The present invention is directed to a hemostatic textile, comprising: a material comprising a combination of glass fibers and one or more secondary fibers selected from the group consisting of silk fibers; ceramic fibers; raw or regenerated bamboo fibers; cotton fibers; rayon fibers; linen fibers; ramie fibers; jute fibers; sisal fibers; flax fibers; soybean fibers; corn fibers; hemp fibers; lyocel fibers; wool; lactide and/or glycolide polymers; lactide/glycolide copolymers; silicate fibers; polyamide fibers; feldspar fibers; zeolite fibers, zeolite-containing fibers, acetate fibers; and combinations thereof; the hemostatic textile capable of activating hemostatic systems in the body when applied to a wound. Additional cofactors such as thrombin and hemostatic agents such as RL platelets, RL blood cells; fibrin, fibrinogen, and combinations thereof may also be incorporated into the textile.... |
| Consumables | 20130095220 | 20130418 |
| Disclosed are sweetened consumables and methods of forming said sweetened consumables that comprise certain sweeteners and at least one sweetness enhancer in a concentration near its sweetness detection threshold. The sweeteners include sucrose, fructose, glucose, high fructose corn syrup, corn syrup, xylose, arabinose, rhamnose, erythritol, xylitol, mannitol, sorbitol, inositol, acesulfame potassium, aspartame, neotame, sucralose, saccharine, or combinations thereof. The sweetness enhancer is selected from naringin dihydrochalcone, mogroside V, swingle extract, rubusoside, rubus extract, rebaudioside, and stevioside.
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| Multifunctional corn harvester | 20130081369 | 20130404 |
| The invention relates to a multifunctional corn harvester which comprises a vehicle, a longitudinal lift conveyer and a cutting platform. The longitudinal lift conveyer is installed on the vehicle with the cutting platform in front. The cutting platform is composed of an upper layer & a lower layer within a reel assembly device and a transverse corn conveying device as well on the upper. On the other hand, the lower layer cutting platform adopts a stalk collecting and conveying device, which comprises a root and stem cutter, a stalk conveying device, an auger and a stalk conveyor. This type ear corn harvester can realize not only the corn ear cutting but also diversified demands of stalk treatment. The compacted configuration adopts double-layer cutting platform combined with... |
| Baler attachment for optionally changing the orientation of bales being released from a baler | 20130074709 | 20130328 |
| A bale turning apparatus for attachment to a baler to generally align the cylindrical of the bales in each row as the bales are released from the baler. Using the disclosed invention, the bales are essentially turned ninety degrees from the orientation of bales from the position that they are typically released from a round baler. By accomplishing this general alignment of the cylindrical axis of each bale in each row, when baling corn stover or other row crops, the bale loading operation can later be done more efficiently by driving down the rows in the same direction as the combine and baler have traveled.
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| Chitooligosaccharides and methods for use in enhancing corn growth | 20130079225 | 20130328 |
| Disclosed are methods of enhancing growth of corn plants, comprising treating corn seed or the corn plant that germinates from the seed with an effective amount of at least one chitooligosaccharide, wherein upon harvesting the corn plant exhibits at least one of increased plant yield measured in terms of bushels/acre, increased root number, increased root length, increased root mass, increased root volume and increased leaf area, compared to untreated corn plants or corn plants harvested from untreated corn seed.
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| Hemostatic textile | 20130072842 | 20130321 |
| The present invention is directed to a hemostatic textile, comprising: a material comprising a combination of glass fibers and one or more secondary fibers selected from the group consisting of silk fibers; ceramic fibers; raw or regenerated bamboo fibers; cotton fibers; rayon fibers; linen fibers; ramie fibers; jute fibers; sisal fibers; flax fibers; soybean fibers; corn fibers; hemp fibers; lyocel fibers; wool; lactide and/or glycolide polymers; lactide/glycolide copolymers; silicate fibers; polyamide fibers; feldspar fibers; zeolite fibers, zeolite-containing fibers, acetate fibers; and combinations thereof; the hemostatic textile capable of activating hemostatic systems in the body when applied to a wound. Additional cofactors such as thrombin and hemostatic agents such as RL platelets, RL blood cells; fibrin, fibrinogen, and combinations thereof may also be incorporated into the textile.... |
| Device for flattening corn stalk stubbles | 20130061569 | 20130314 |
| The present invention is directed to a new and simplified device for controlling residual agricultural products. In particular, the device is useful for folding over corn stalk stubble or other stubble which may be protruding from the surface of the earth. The end of the flattening shoe which contacts the corn stubble is provided with an angled or radius section which insures that the flattening shoe will not dig into the earth as it is advanced by the vehicle and, if the device should become unattached, it will not damage tires that are immediately following.
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| Blown and stripped blend of soybean oil and corn stillage oil | 20130065803 | 20130314 |
| A method for producing a high viscosity, low volatiles blown stripped oil blend is provided. The method may include the steps of: (i) obtaining an oil blend of corn stillage oil and soybean oil having a weight ratio of corn stillage oil to soybean oil of from about 1:2 to 3:1; (ii) heating the oil blend to at least 90° C.; (iii) passing air through the heated oil blend to produce a blown oil having a viscosity of at least 50 cSt at 40° C.; and (iv) stripping the blown oil from step (iii) to reduce an acid value of the blown oil to less than 5.0 mg KOH/gram.
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| Culinary utensil (corn scraper) | 20130047438 | 20130228 |
| The present invention is concerned with a corn scraper. The scraper has a body including a cylindrical wall defining a channel with a first end and a second end opposite the first end. The channel is configured such that a core of a corn can pass. The second end is provided with a cutting edge for cutting into the roots of kernels adhered to the core, and the cylindrical wall defines an internal surface provided with a screw thread for guiding the core to rotatably pass through the cylindrical wall in a helical moving manner.
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| Trichoderma reesei alpha-amylase enhances saccharification of corn starch | 20130052302 | 20130228 |
| A maltogenic α-amylase from Trichoderma reesei (TrAA) and variants thereof in the presence of a glucoamylase are useful in the production of high-glucose syrups from liquefied starch, where the high-glucose syrups produced thereby contain at least about 97% glucose. In this process, TrAA advantageously suppresses the reversion of glucose to malto-oligosaccharides. Expression hosts and encoding nucleic acids useful for producing TrAA and its variants also are provided.
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| Composite fuel for fires | 20130040248 | 20130214 |
| Various aspects of the present invention generally relate to a fuel composition, for example, that may be used as a fire starter for igniting barbecue charcoal, firewood, campfires, pellet stoves, and the like, and/or as a fuel material, e.g., for heating or cooking. A fuel composition is described in some embodiments that includes corn cob particles and/or other plant-derived particles in which a liquid fuel has been absorbed. The fuel composition may be used as a fuel material and/or to initiate combustion of a regular fuel material such as charcoal, firewood and pellet stove fuel.
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| Use of dig3 insecticidal crystal protein in combination with cry1ab for management of resistance in european cornborer | 20130036520 | 20130207 |
| The subject invention includes methods and plants for controlling European corn borer, said plants comprising a Cry1Ab insecticidal protein and a DIG-3 insecticidal protein to delay or prevent development of resistance by the insect.
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| Corn plant mon88017 and compositions and methods for detection thereof | 20130031679 | 20130131 |
| The present invention provides a corn plant designated MON88017 and DNA compositions contained therein. Also provided are assays for detecting the presence of the corn plant MON88017 based on a DNA sequence and the use of this DNA sequence as a molecular marker in a DNA detection method.
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| Variety corn line npfb7193 | 20130024987 | 20130124 |
| The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated NPFB7193, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line NPFB7193 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line NPFB7193, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line NPFB7193, and plants produced according to these methods.
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| Variety corn line npfx6247 | 20130024988 | 20130124 |
| The present invention provides an inbred corn line designated NPFX6247, methods for producing a corn plant by crossing plants of the inbred line NPFX6247 with plants of another corn plant. The invention further encompasses all parts of inbred corn line NPFX6247, including culturable cells. Additionally provided herein are methods for introducing transgenes into inbred corn line NPFX6247, and plants produced according to these methods.
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| Twelve-cornered strengthening member | 20110015902 | 20110120 |
| A method for optimizing a twelve-cornered strengthening member comprises: modeling a vehicle assembly including a strengthening member having a twelve-cornered cross section; parameterizing a geometry of the strengthening member with a plurality of control parameters; defining a design of experiment using the plurality of control parameters; modeling a vehicle using the vehicle assembly; simulating a frontal impact event with the vehicle; generating a response surface based on the frontal impact event; and determining a set of optimized control parameters for the strengthening member based on the response surface.
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| Determination of the effective lens position of an intraocular lens using aphakic refractive power | 20110015541 | 20110120 |
| An ophthalmic method for determining a relationship between aphakic ocular power and estimated effective lens position (ELP) of an intraocular lens (IOL) to be implanted in a patient's eye. The method can be used to determine an estimate of the ELP of an IOL given the aphakic ocular power of the patient's eye, for example, without measurement of the corneal curvature or axial length of the patient's eye. The estimate of ELP can then be used to determine a suitable value of optical power for the IOL to be implanted in the patient's eye.
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| Cornea storage container to maximize cornea health | 20110014690 | 20110120 |
| An apparatus for shipping, storing, and viewing a cornea. The device offers an improvement to cornea health relative to conventional cornea containers.
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| Attachment assist device and image forming apparatus including same | 20110013973 | 20110120 |
| An attachment assist device includes an engagement member provided in one of a main body and a retractable unit, a catch portion provided in the other of the two, to engage the engagement member when the retractable unit is positioned at a drawing start position, and a drawing unit provided in the main body, to draw the retractable unit to a drawing completion position in the main body against multiple resistive forces acting on the retractable unit. On a projection plane on which the retractable unit is projected in an attachment direction, an engagement position where the engagement member engages the catch portion is disposed inside a rectangular area defined by two opposing corners respectively positioned at points of action of two of the multiple resistive... |
| Light emitting diode (led) circuit board with multi-directional electrical connection | 20110013406 | 20110120 |
| The present invention provides a light emitting diode (LED) circuit board with a multi-directional electrical connection. The board includes a board body with a surface and an assembly plane as well as four sides and corresponding corners, and a plurality of positive and negative electric contacts, separately arranged onto the surface of the board body nearby four sides, and also arranged at intervals. The circuit of the LED circuit board is simplified, helping to facilitate multi-directional electrical connection and expansion, and to improve significantly the paving efficiency of the LED circuit board with better practicability and industrial benefits.
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| Lens driving device | 20110013298 | 20110120 |
| A lens driving device comprises an annular magnet carriage acting as the outer frame of the lens driving device. A magnet and a coil are disposed in the annular magnet carriage. A lens holder with a lens is disposed in the central circular hole of the annular magnet carriage. A front spring with front gasket is disposed in front of the lens holder, and a rear springs with rear gasket is disposed in back of the lens holder, and the spring strings of the front and rear spring are located centrosymmetrically to avoid the rotation offsetting caused by the distortion and to prevent the small offsetting of the optical axis when the lens holder is moving. The structure of nested seamless connection between the rear spring... |
| Triangular pyramid type cube corner retroreflection article, and its manufacturing method | 20110013281 | 20110120 |
| The present invention relates to a triangular pyramidal cube corner retroreflective article and a producing method thereof. In the triangular pyramidal cube corner retroreflective article, a triangular pyramidal cube corner retroreflective element pair group is disposed in a closest-packed fashion on a common plane defined by three base lines, and the each of retroreflective elements in a pair having one base line (A-B) shared by the retroreflective elements in the pair. The triangular pyramidal cube corner retroreflective article includes a first element pair group, in which two interior angles (α=∠BAC and β=∠ABC) formed by the shared base line of the element pair and two other base lines are different from each other and the element pair is line-symmetrically disposed in relation to the shared base line... |
| Ophthalmic surgery measurement system | 20110013141 | 20110120 |
| An ophthalmic apparatus for measuring spatial distances within a patient's eye is disclosed. The apparatus can be used to measure, for example, the capsular bag depth in an aphakic eye. The spatial measurement system can direct laser light into a patient's eye so that a portion of the light is scattered by the capsular bag. The scattered light can be directed to a detector where spots can be formed corresponding to the locations on the capsular bag from which the light was scattered. The distance from the cornea to the capsular bag can be determined based, for example, at least in part on the distance between the spots formed on the detector. In some embodiments, the apparatus can include a surgical microscope and/or a wavefront aberrometer.... |
| Imaging module | 20110013077 | 20110120 |
| An imaging module includes an imaging substrate mounting an imaging device thereon, a substrate holding plate, a holder. The substrate holding plate includes four substrate securing portions for securing the imaging substrate that are located opposing to four corners of the imaging substrate, respectively, an opening portion surrounded by the four substrate securing portions, and four holder securing portions that are located outwardly from the four substrate securing portions in a longitudinal direction thereof, respectively. The holder is formed integrally with a lens support barrel configured to support a lens unit at an inside thereof, and has plate securing portions configured to secure the holder securing portions at positions opposed to the holder securing portions of the substrate holding plate, respectively. The imaging module causes little... |
| Rack system | 20110012489 | 20110120 |
| A rack system for housing electronic and/or electrical equipment is provided comprising a rectangular base frame, a rectangular top frame, and four elongated vertical support members each extending along a longitudinal axis between and joined to two associated corners of the rectangular base frame and the rectangular top frame. The rectangular base frame, rectangular top frame, and the four elongated vertical support members may be constructed from members having the same substantially A-frame cross-section. Each support member may be constructed from an elongated sheet material extending along a longitudinal axis by bending the sheet material about an axis parallel to the longitudinal axis of the sheet material to form at least three elongated sections, where a first section and a second section are adjacent and substantially... |
| School bus rollover protection structure | 20110012332 | 20110120 |
| A school bus rollover protection structure is formed from a vehicle support platform and a forward pair and a rearward pair of vertically extending load bearing members where each vertically extending load bearing member is attached at a lower end to the vehicle support platform. A first and second pairs of longitudinally extending side beams are attached to the outer side of one of each of the pair of vertically extending load bearing members, respectively. A pair of upper corner longitudinally extending beams are attached to an upper end of each of the vertically extending load bearing members and attached to an end of each of a forward pair and a rearward pair of transverse load bearing members, where a center upper longitudinally extending beam is... |
| Leadframe having delamination resistant die pad | 20110012243 | 20110120 |
| A lead frame (410) including a die pad (100) for mounting at least one integrated circuit (405) thereon and a plurality of lead fingers (413). The die pad (100) includes a metal including substrate (105) having a periphery that includes a plurality of sides (111-114), an intersection of the sides forming corners (115). A first plurality of grooves including least one groove (106) is formed in a top side surface of the substrate and is associated with each of the corners (115). The groove (106) has a dimension oriented at least in part at an angle of 75 to 105 degrees relative to a bisecting line (118) originating from the corners (115). A lead-frame-based packaged semiconductor device (400) includes a lead frame (410) including at least... |
| Transportation device | 20110011958 | 20110120 |
| A transportation device, physically transporting a material to a target, includes an input module, a transporting module and an output module. The input module provides a carrier fluid. The transporting module is coupled to the input module for receiving the carrier fluid in order to disperse/atomize the material. The output module has a throat portion, a first opening and a second opening. The throat portion is positioned between the first opening and the second opening, and the aperture of the first opening is larger than that of the second opening. The distance between the throat portion and the second opening is equal to or smaller than the distance between the throat portion and the first opening and is between three and ten times of the throat... |
| Prefabricated recipient box | 20110011855 | 20110120 |
| A recipient box is provided, which can be assembled by disposing a horizontal plate, a vertical plate and a rear plate and pressing and fixing frames from front and rear sides, so that beginners, women or old and feeble persons can easily and safely assemble and use the recipient box, without fitting pieces to the frames. The prefabricated recipient box includes horizontal plates horizontally disposed at upper and lower portions, vertical plates vertically disposed to connect both ends of the upper and lower horizontal plates, a rear plate supported by the rear sides of the upper and lower horizontal plates at upper and lower corner sides thereof, and supported by the rear sides of the right and left vertical plates at right and left corner sides... |
| Method of mounting casket to display | 20110011815 | 20110120 |
| A display for displaying casket portions comprises a back wall, at least one wing wall, a shelf, a casket corner section having two cut sides at substantially a right angle to one another and having a bottom, a side panel attached to one of the cut sides of the casket corner section, a bottom panel attached to the bottom of the casket corner section, and at least one dowel pin on the back wall. The casket corner section is supported on the shelf, the side panel is positioned between the wing wall and the dowel pin, and the other cut side faces the back wall. The dowel pin is spaced from the wing wall by an amount such that an outwardly facing surface of the side... |
| Binderless zeolitic adsorbents, methods for producing binderless zeolitic adsorbents, and processes for adsorptive separation of para-xylene from mixed xylenes using the binderless zeolitic adsorbents | 20110011804 | 20110120 |
| Binderless BaKX zeolitic adsorbents, methods for their production, and processes for their use in a liquid phase adsorptive separation process are provided. An adsorbent includes a binder-converted zeolite portion formed from x wt % kaolin clay binder and (100-x) wt % unconverted Zeolite X with a silica:alumina molar ratio of about 2.5. The kaolin clay binder is in the range of about 10 to about 20 wt %. Ba and K occupy cationic exchangeable sites within the adsorbent. K is in the range of about 0.25 to about 0.9% by weight and Ba is greater than about 31.6% by weight of the binderless BaKX zeolitic adsorbent. Cornstarch may be added to the Zeolite X and kaolin clay binder to increase adsorbent macro-porosity and pore volume. Productivity... |
| Method of producing a zipper pack | 20110011532 | 20110120 |
| A method of producing a zipper pack includes the steps of: (a) providing a container having a front sheet member and a back sheet member, and a synthetic resin zipper with first and second wings extending substantially asymmetrically from the synthetic zipper; (b) inserting the synthetic resin zipper at a slanted angle to an interior surface of an opening part of the front and back sheet members of the container in such a manner that the substantially asymmetrically extending wings are arranged towards a corner area of the opening part of the container; (c) inserting an adhering prevention member between the first and second wings; (d) thermally adhering the first and second wings to the front and back sheet members of the container while having the... |
| Self-lighting cigarette | 20110011415 | 20110120 |
| The present invention relates to a self striking cigarette comprising: cigarette paper, where said cigarette paper includes a phosphorous dipped edge; a tobacco product, where the tobacco product is rolled within the cigarette paper; and a filter, where said filter is attached to the rolled cigarette paper at the non-phosphorous end. In one exemplary embodiment, the cigarette paper is ribbed along the phosphorous edge to provide a reinforcement means. The self striking cigarettes according the present invention may be packaged as a plurality of phosphorous tipped cigarettes stored within a cigarette box, where said cigarette box includes at least one striking surface in the lower corner of the cigarette box. The present invention also contemplates a method of creating a self striking cigarette
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| Pallet for containing and transporting objects | 20110011312 | 20110120 |
| One of the advantages of the lugs is that in an embodiment of the invention they may be manufactured from recycled materials such as used tires.
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| Converting a corn head row unit for harvesting corn stalks in addition to ears | 20110011048 | 20110120 |
| A conventional corn head comprises side-by-side row units, each including a frame supporting a pair of snapping rolls below a pair of gathering chains for guiding corn stalks to the snapping rolls which operate to detach corn ears from the stalks, which remain attached to the ground. The row units are each designed such that they can be easily converted for harvesting the entire corn plant by adding one or more cutting disks for being driven together with idler sprockets of the gathering chain arrangement so as to sever the corn stalks from the ground. The gathering chains can also be replaced by chains including stalk grasping arrangements so as to better convey the stalks to a cross conveyor located behind the row units. The snapping... |
| Energy efficient garage | 20110011015 | 20110120 |
| A multi-storied garage having an energy efficient ventilation system that incorporates a unique window array and vertically mounted energy producing wind turbines located in a corner of the garage structure that would otherwise be unusable for vehicle parking.
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| Energy efficient garage | 20110011014 | 20110120 |
| A multi-storied garage having an energy efficient ventilation system that incorporates a unique window array and vertically mounted energy producing wind turbines located in a corner of the garage structure that would otherwise be unusable for vehicle parking.
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| Method for adapting a drive torque | 20110010062 | 20110113 |
| A method adapts a drive torque that is transmitted to driven wheels of a motor vehicle, especially during cornering. A supplementary torque which arises during a gear change operation and is produced by a moment of inertia, in particular that of an engine, is transmitted to the driven wheels in dependence on a longitudinal/transverse acceleration of the motor vehicle and of a friction coefficient of the tires.
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| Lipoxin a4 protection for cornea endothelial cells | 20110009488 | 20110113 |
| Lipoxin A4 and its analogs have been discovered to promote the cell proliferation of cornea endothelial cells, and thus promote the proper functioning of the labile tissue layer of cornea endothelial cells. These lipoxin compounds can be administered alone or in combination with other known compounds as a solution that can be topically administered to decrease the swelling of the cornea or maintain the clarity of the cornea. Lipoxin A4 or its analogs can also be combined with other known nutritive compounds to form a solution for storage of a cornea prior to transplantation.
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| Carrier assembly for supporting pinion gears | 20110009233 | 20110113 |
| The present invention is aimed to provide a carrier assembly which can be made small in size while securing a sufficient fixing strength between a first carrier plate and a second carrier plate. The second carrier plate (8) has a plurality of connection elements (23) bent toward the first carrier plate (7) to weld and fix the outwardly projected end portions (23b) of the connection elements with the outwardly projected end portion of the first carrier plate (7) by electron beam welding. The connection elements each have a base portions (23a) formed with a notch (28). The notch (28) thus formed makes a gap S between the base portion of the connection element and the corner portion (29) of the pinion gear.
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| Bingo game system and method | 20110009180 | 20110113 |
| Presented is a system and method for generating bingo game bonuses that are non-banked, for use with pooled bingo games. The system generates pools of money for use in bingo games by deducting a percentage of the amount used to purchase bingo cards (in the present invention, virtual bingo cards). Each bingo game automatically enrolls active players in one or more bonus games, exemplified by “4 corners,” where the amounts to be given away to players as bonuses are calculated to be equal, over time, to the amount taken in from players buying bingo cards. The house has no stake in the bonus awards.
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| Cornea storage container to optimize cornea health | 20110008877 | 20110113 |
| An apparatus for shipping, storing, and viewing a cornea. The device offers an improvement to cornea health relative to conventional cornea containers.
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| Device for enhancing a corner structure | 20110008572 | 20110113 |
| In an embodiment, an interchangeable corner hanger to ornament framing protruding corner structures is provided. The interchangeable corner hanger includes a horizontal portion and a vertical portion. The horizontal portion is designed to rest on an exposed edge of a corner structure, and the vertical portion is designed to hang over the corner of the corner structure and rest against a wall upon which the trim is attached. The vertical portion has a length sufficient to stabilize the corner hanger without the use of other adhesives or attachments.
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| Composite turbine nozzle | 20110008156 | 20110113 |
| A composite nozzle segment includes one or more airfoils extending radially between arcuate radially outer and inner band segments having band plies curved about a centerline axis, an outer chordal seal line on an outer aft flange of the outer band segment, and thickened areas in corners of the outer aft flange along pressure and suction side edges of the outer band segment. The thickened areas may be thickest at the pressure and suction side edges and thinnest near a middle of the outer band segment. The thickened areas taper off from an aft end of the thickened area towards a forward flange of the outer band segment. Insert plies may be disposed between some of the band plies within the thickened areas may be grouped... |
| Radius end mill and cutting insert | 20110008113 | 20110113 |
| A radius end mill including an end mill body which is rotated around an axis thereof; a chip discharge flute being provided at an outer periphery of a tip portion of the end mill body; a gash being provided at a tip portion of the chip discharge flute; a rake face being formed on a wall face facing an end-mill rotational direction in the chip discharge flute or the gash; a cutting edge being formed on the rake face; the cutting edge including an end cutting edge, an outer peripheral cutting edge, and a convex circular-arc-shaped corner cutting edge; the end cutting edge being formed at a side ridge portion on the tip portion of the rake face; the outer peripheral cutting edge being formed at... |
| Plants and seeds of corn variety cv427441 | 20090328245 | 20091231 |
| According to the invention, there is provided seed and plants of the corn variety designated CV427441. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of the variety CV427441, and to methods for producing a corn plant produced by crossing a corn plant of variety CV427441 with itself or with another corn plant, such as a plant of another variety. The invention further relates to corn seeds and plants produced by crossing plants of variety with plants of another variety, such as another inbred line. The invention further relates to the inbred and hybrid genetic complements of plants of variety CV427441.
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| Statistical interconnect corner extraction | 20090327989 | 20091231 |
| Various implementations of the invention provide methods and apparatuses that consider various inter/intra-die variations. In various implementations, a statistical parameter dimension reduction using linear reduced rank regression (RRR) is applied to dramatically reduce the high-dimensional variation sources while accurately capturing their impact on the resultant performance corners. With various implementations of the invention, an application specific corner finding algorithm is employed, the algorithm comprising timing metrics and an iterative output clustering operation.
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| Intracorneal inlay, system, and method | 20090326650 | 20091231 |
| Method and system for modifying a refractive profile associated with an eye having a recipient cornea. The method includes obtaining a corneal tissue inlay from a donor cornea, forming a recipient bed in the recipient cornea, and positioning the corneal tissue inlay into the recipient bed to correct the refractive profile of the eye with the refractive profile of the corneal tissue. The system includes a laser assembly outputting a pulsed laser beam, and a controller coupled to the laser assembly. The controller directs the laser assembly to incise a corneal tissue inlay from a donor cornea, form a recipient bed in the recipient cornea having a contour matching the contour of the inlay, register the inlay with the recipient bed, determine a position of the... |
| Apparatus and method for treating corneal neovascularization or blood vessel accumulation on the conjunctiva | 20090326521 | 20091231 |
| An apparatus for treating corneal neovascularization or blood vessel accumulation on the conjunctiva, which includes a therapeutic light source for emitting a therapeutic light beam at a wavelength between 1.2 μm and 1.3 μm. The light source is preferably a laser for emitting a pulsed beam.
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| Blunt tip vial access cannula and method for manufacture | 20090326485 | 20091231 |
| A method of manufacturing a metal cannula is disclosed. The method includes the step of providing a metal cannula having a longitudinal axis and defining a fluid channel. Next, the metal cannula is pressed to substantially close the fluid channel and define a first segment and a second segment. In a next step, the metal cannula is cut to separate the first segment from the second segment of the metal cannula. Each of the first and second segments have a pressed edge. The pressed edge substantially seals the fluid channel and has two pressed corners. Afterwards, each of the pressed corners are cut from the pressed edge of the first segment to define a pair of side openings and a distal blunt edge on the first... |
| Method for treating ophthalmic diseases using rho kinase inhibitor compounds | 20090325959 | 20091231 |
| This invention is directed to methods of preventing or treating ocular diseases with inflammation, excessive cell proliferation, remodeling, neurite retraction, corneal neurodegeneration, excessive vaso-permeability and edema. Particularly, this invention relates to methods treating ocular diseases such as allergic conjunctivitis, corneal hyposensitivity, neurotrophic keratopathy, dry eye disease, proliferative vitreal retinopathy, macular edema, macular degeneration, and blepharitis, using novel Rho kinase inhibitor compounds. The method comprises identifying a subject in need of the treatment, and administering to the subject an effective amount of a novel Rho kinase inhibitor compound to treat the disease.
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| Moisturizer | 20090324563 | 20091231 |
| The present invention provides a moisturizer comprising heat-killed cells of Lactobacillus plantarum as an active ingredient. The moisturizer of the present invention improves the water retention capacity of the stratum corneum, and is useful for prevention and improvement of rough skin.
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| Turning tool and a turning insert | 20090324349 | 20091231 |
| A turning tool including a basic body having an insert seat, an indexable turning insert having a triangular basic shape, and a tightening element fixing the turning insert in the insert seat. The insert includes an upperside and an underside between which three side surfaces extend that are situated in a first imaginary, equilateral triangle and therefore converge in pairs at an angle of 60° toward corners in which cutting edges are included. The turning insert is engaged with the insert seat via an interface that includes elongate and straight, female-like and male-like engagement members, which are in engagement with each other in order to prevent turning of the turning insert. The insert seat includes a supporting surface having a corner section against which an active... |
| Bag and method for emptying a bag | 20090324144 | 20091231 |
| To empty a bag which has at least one cross bottom (4) which is covered with a bottom cover sheet (18) and which has an essentially rectangular shape and is glued together out of corner tucks (11) angled from narrow sidewalls via folding lines and out of bottom flaps (12) angled from wide sidewalls via folding lines (13, 14), there is provision, according to the invention, whereby the bottom cover sheet (18) is drawn off, starting from a narrow sidewall, from the respective corner tuck (11) and from part of the adjoining bottom flaps (12), whereby the bottom flaps (12) are torn on the far side of the corner tuck, transversely with respect to their free edges, as far as the adjoining wide sidewall, in order... |
| User interface tag for use in processing a service on a scannable document | 20090323126 | 20091231 |
| A user interface tag for use in processing a service on a scannable document is provided. A printable surface is on one side of the scannable document and an adhesive surface is on another side of the scannable document. The printable surface further includes a printed data field specified substantially within the printable surface, including machine-readable marks of digital data encoding a service code and a user identification number; and a printed rectilinear border surrounding the printed data field to define a rectilinear iconic representation. A scanned representation of the machine-readable marks is located by identifying the printed rectilinear border using corner candidates oriented in diametric opposition from among connected components identified on the document and the scanned representation of the machine-readable marks are decoded from... |
| Toric intraocular lens with modified power characteristics | 20090323020 | 20091231 |
| An intraocular lens for correcting or reducing the astigmatism of a cornea includes an optical element that has optical properties and characteristics that make it tolerant of rotational misalignment, when compared to a comparable lens having a uniform astigmatism orientation across its entire optical element, leading to more relaxed tolerances for a surgeon that implants the lens. The optical element of the toric ophthalmic lens has meridians associated therewith, including a high power meridian and a low power meridian orthogonal to the high power meridian. The optical element has at least one radially modulated meridian along which power monotonically varies with increasing radial position.
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| Remote controlled dead bolt door locking system | 20090322473 | 20091231 |
| The remote controlled deadbolt door locking system (the “unit”) is designed to be an add-on safety mechanism for existing entry doors. The unit is designed to be mounted onto the bottom corner of a door, where in the engaged position, it prevents said door from being opened even if the main lock has been tampered with. The unit makes use of a small DC electric motor to move a steel shaft in the vertical direction into a steel bushing that is mounted into a drilled hole in the floor directly in front of the door and under the unit. The unit is mounted onto the door with four carriage bolts through the door, and a mounting plate from the outside of the door, through four matching... |
| High-k/metal gate mosfet with reduced parasitic capacitance | 20090321853 | 20091231 |
| The present invention provides a high-k gate dielectric/metal gate MOSFET that has a reduced parasitic capacitance. The inventive structure includes at least one metal oxide semiconductor field effect transistor (MOSFET) 100 located on a surface of a semiconductor substrate 12. The least one MOSFET 100 includes a gate stack including, from bottom to top, a high-k gate dielectric 28 and a metal-containing gate conductor 30. The metal-containing gate conductor 30 has gate corners 31 located at a base segment of the metal-containing gate conductor. Moreover, the metal-containing gate conductor 30 has vertically sidewalls 102A and 102B devoid of the high-k gate dielectric 28 except at the gate corners 31. A gate dielectric 18 laterally abuts the high-k gate dielectric 28 present at the gate corners 31... |
| Double clevis hanger | 20090321587 | 20091231 |
| The double clevis hanger is designed to have two clevis (u-brackets) under one support yoke bracket. The two u-bracket under the one yoke bracket is design with an elevation offset, so that the pipes can cross over one another with the use of the least amount of fittings. On the outside edges of the four corners of the upper yoke bracket, are four tabs turned inward toward one another, so that the two inverted clevis (u-brackets) below the upper support yoke bracket will be seismically secure to the upper yoke. There is a sway bracket attachment that can be attached to the upper yoke that will seismically secure the double hanger to the structure. This double clevis hanger was design to increase the efficiently of the... |
| Moldable paper product | 20090321552 | 20091231 |
| A paper towel sheet is disclosed which contains a low strength adhesive material strategically applied to selected areas of the sheet. The adhesive areas enable the user to optionally fold and form the sheets into three-dimensional shapes suitable for a variety of new uses, such as making “bowls” for holding popcorn or other food, for example.
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| Object, image data, image data transmission method, card, game mat, card game system, image analysis apparatus, and image analysis method | 20090321521 | 20091231 |
| There is provided a two-dimensional code capable of performing accurate recognition. The two-dimensional code includes: a code data portion (102) where a plurality of square cells (106) are two-dimensionally arranged to constitute code data; and a plurality of corner cells (104) arranged so as to surround the code data portion (102). The corner cells (104) are configured with a greater area than the square cells (106). When the two-dimensional code is imaged by an imaging device, the corner cells (104) can be recognized in a large scale, thereby improving the two-dimensional code read accuracy.
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| Packet for articles of elongated shape | 20090321437 | 20091231 |
| A packet filled with articles of elongated shape comprises a substantially parallelepiped outer wrapper presenting a front wall, a rear wall or back, two flank walls, a top and a base, and scored or punched with a cutout delimiting a closure flap; the cutout appears as transverse line occupying a central area of the front wall, and two lines extending from the ends of the transverse line, at a predetermined distance from the corner edges of the relative flank walls, along the front wall and at least across the width of the top. The area of the wrapper occupied by the cutout is covered by an adhesive label furnished with a pull tab. The packet comprises an inner element serving to fill two longitudinal and substantially... |
| Method of attaching decorative sheet | 20090320996 | 20091231 |
| A method of attaching a decorative sheet in the method of bonding the decorative sheet onto the surface of an underlying material having a corner portion, the decorative sheet having a decorative layer comprising an inorganic cured material formed on one surface of a substrate sheet, the method of attaching a decorative sheet comprising a partly cutting step of preparing the decorative sheet having a cover sheet formed on the surface of the decorative layer maintaining a stripping strength, and incising the decorative layer via the cover sheet in a portion of the decorative sheet corresponding to the corner portion of the underlying material; a folding step of folding the decorative sheet along the incision in a manner that the substrate sheet is on the inside;... |
| Pneumatic tire | 20090320982 | 20091231 |
| A shoulder land row (31) between a main groove (11) extending in the tire peripheral direction of a tread unit (2) and a tread end (TE) is partitioned into plan-view trapezoidal blocks (31B) with their widths reducing toward the outer side of a tire width direction by shoulder lug grooves (26) in an almost tire width direction. A plan-view trapezoidal notch (40) with its width reducing toward the inside of a block (31B) is formed in almost the center of the main groove (11) side edge of a block (31B), and an inclined surface (41) extending from the surface of the block (31B) toward the bottom of the main groove (11) is formed in the notch (40) integrally with the block (31B). This inclined surface (41)... |
| Universal fluid flow transitional connector for use with refrigeration units of refrigerated trailers | 20090320514 | 20091231 |
| A universal fluid flow transitional connector, for use in connection with refrigeration units disposed within refrigerated cargo trailers, has a corner configuration that is adapted to be mounted within the upper front corner region of the refrigerated cargo trailer as defined between the front wall member and the ceiling member of the trailer. In this manner, the connector can fluidically connect the cooled air outlet portion of the refrigeration unit to an air distribution chute member which is attached to and extends axially along the ceiling member of the trailer such that the cooled air, outputted from the refrigeration unit, can be distributed throughout the entire interior cargo space of the refrigerated trailer.
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| Method and system for adaptively compensating closed-loop front-wheel steering control | 20090319130 | 20091224 |
| An active front-wheel vehicle steering control system that employs closed-loop control includes an adaptive compensation sub-system that compensates for changes in vehicle dynamic parameters. The control system includes a dynamic parameter estimation sub-system that provides an estimated front cornering compliance and rear cornering compliance based on a steering wheel angle signal, a vehicle lateral acceleration signal, a vehicle yaw rate signal and a vehicle speed signal. The closed-loop control includes active gain for each of vehicle yaw rate, yaw acceleration, side-slip and side-slip rate, all based on the vehicle speed and vehicle dynamic parameter changes for use in generating a steering angle control signal to the front wheels of the vehicle.
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| Flight recorder having integral reserve power supply within form factor of enclosure and method therefor | 20090319102 | 20091224 |
| A flight recorder includes an enclosure having a notch formed on one side or corner of the enclosure. An electronic interface is disposed within the enclosure. The electronic interface is coupled for receiving flight data, video data, and audio data. A memory unit is disposed within the enclosure and electrically connected to the electronic interface for storing the data. The memory unit contains a non-volatile memory device. A reserve power supply is physically disposed within the notch of the enclosure. The reserve power supply contains a rechargeable battery. A clamp secures the reserve power supply to the enclosure to make the reserve power supply removable from the enclosure. The reserve power supply has an electrical connector coupled to the enclosure for providing an operating voltage to... |
| Hyoid suspension for obstructive sleep apnea | 20090319046 | 20091224 |
| In an improved method for surgically treating a sleep-related breathing disorder, comprising hyoid distruction/expansion and hyo-mandibular suspension, an implant comprises a polypropylene and/or reticulated elastomeric biostable polyurethane matrix. The matrix is positioned between two or more segments of the distructed hyoid bone. A single or multiple midline or paramedian incisions are made under a patient's chin; soft tissues overlying the mandible are cleaned; a first screw is inserted into the edge of the mandible; a second screw is inserted into the inferior edge of the mandible; a second horizontal incision is made over the body of the hyoid; the infrahyoid muscles are separated from the body of the hyoid bone; the hyoid is refracted and stabilized; the sternohyoid and thyrohyoid muscles are detached from the body... |
| Generalized modeling of the cornea | 20090318907 | 20091224 |
| A system and method for simulating a corneal reconfiguration in response to laser surgery uses a computer-programmed, biomechanical generalized model. The generalized model has a plurality of elements; with each element being pre-programmed based on diagnostic corneal data obtained from images of respective individual collagen fibers in a cornea. Collectively these pre-programmed elements replicate biomechanical properties of the cornea. In use, designated biomechanical characteristics on a plurality of selected elements are minimized to simulate laser surgery in an actual cornea. A computer then measures the resultant reconfiguration of the cornea model to assess an actual cornea's response to laser surgery.
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| Assembly and method for performing surgical laser treatments of the eye | 20090318906 | 20091224 |
| An arrangement for carrying out surgical laser treatments of the eye is adapted to emit pulsed treatment radiation with a wavelength of between about 190 nm and about 380 nm and a pulse duration in the femtosecond range. Such treatment radiation allows nonaggressive corneal or intraocular laser treatment of the eye, for example in order to make corneal cuts or deliberately ablate corneal tissue.
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| Methods and apparatus for surface ablation | 20090318846 | 20091224 |
| The various embodiments of the present invention relate generally to methods and apparatus for surface ablation. More particularly, various embodiments of the present invention are related to methods and apparatus for ablation of barrier surfaces, such as skin, to increase the permeability of the barrier surface. Embodiments of the present invention comprise rapid thermo-mechanical ablation of the skin by a microfluidic jet generated by an arc discharge to produce micron-scale holes localized to the stratum corneum, which increases skin permeability.
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| Ophthamological drugs | 20090318542 | 20091224 |
| The present invention relates generally to ophthamological drugs. More specifically, the invention relates to a method of modifying (derivatizing) ophthamological drugs so as to increase their penetration through the cornea. The invention also relates to drugs modified (derivatized) in accordance with the instant method and to the use of same in treating conditions associated with elevated intraocular pressure, particularly, glaucoma.
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| Ophthalmic percutaneous absorption type preparation | 20090318422 | 20091224 |
| The present invention provides an ophthalmic percutaneous absorption type preparation containing an ophthalmic drug and a vasoconstrictor, which can increase the amount of the ophthalmic drug transferred through the eyelid to a topical area in the eye, particularly the anterior segment of the eye such as conjunctiva, lacrimal fluid, aqueous humor, cornea and the like by administration to the skin surface of an eyelid.
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| Hybrid corn plant and seed pp59601 | 20090317534 | 20091224 |
| This invention provides hybrid maize plant designated PP59601. This invention further provides hybrid seed of PP59601, hybrid plants produced from such seed, and variants, mutants, and trivial modifications to hybrid PP59601, as well as methods of using the hybrid and products produced from the hybrid.
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| Controlled releases of actives in skin | 20090317472 | 20091224 |
| Topical compositions are provided in which active compounds for topical delivery through the stratum corneum are complexed with nanospheres of a triblock copolymer having an A-B-A structure wherein each A end block is a water-soluble, hydrophilic and non-toxic polymer or oligomer; and the hydrophobic middle B block is a hydrophobic polymer or oligomer with the same or different repeating units having the structure according to formula:(I) wherein X is —C —R—C— or —C—; Z is between 2 and about 100, inclusive; R1 is CH═CH or (CH2), wherein n is from 0 to 18, inclusive; R2 is selected from hydrogen and straight and branched alkyl, alkoxy, alkylaryl and alkoxyaryl groups containing up to 18 carbon atoms; and R is selected from a bond or straight and branched... |
| Anthocyanin pigment/dye compositions and method of providing composition through extraction from corn | 20080313822 | 20081225 |
| Anthocyanin pigments/dyes are extracted from corn kernels by adding corn kernels with less than 5% by weight of corn kernels comprising broken kernels to an aqueous medium to form an aqueous-corn medium. The corn kernels have in excess of 0.1 mg of anthocyanin pigment/dye per gram of corn kernel therein. The anthocyanin pigment/dye in the corn kernels has greater than 40% by weight of anthocyanin as an acid or acylated form of the anthocyanin. The aqueous corn medium is agitated at a temperature above 35° C. The solid corn kernels are separated from the aqueous corn medium to form an extract of anthocyanin in aqueous medium having less than 1.0% solids therein before concentration or purification steps are performed on the extract.
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| Double-sided engaging element for slide fastener | 20080313867 | 20081225 |
| A double-sided engaging element for a slide fastener, comprising a central elevated portion elevated from a coupling base surface; and a pair of right and left projecting portions formed to project from a body portion toward the central elevated portion and to be elevated from the coupling base surface, wherein a central elevated portion of a mating element is detachably coupled in a dent surrounded by the central elevated portion, the right and left projecting portions and a stepped surface. A dimension (T0) between inside elevation startup edges of the right and left projecting portions is set smaller than a dimension (R0) between right and left elevation startup edges of the central elevated portion, and a first missing portion is formed on an outside corner of... |
| Rapidly deployable temporary modular structures and component elements thereof | 20080313983 | 20081225 |
| Modular structural components and structural connections including chords and forming strips. Each chord has a generally elongated square main body of four main walls surrounding a central bore and having a T-slot structure adapted to accept a bolt type fastener extending along each exterior main surface. Each forming strip is an elongated plate formed into strip segments oriented at right angles to each other and forming a W-shaped corner region, a face region with a bolt hole and an attachment region, each region forming a mating bearing surface with a surface of a chord.
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| Heat exchanger mixing systen | 20080314567 | 20081225 |
| The present invention relates to a heat exchanger mixing system comprising at least one heat exchanger zone, at least one connection plate having one or more mixing units, at least four corners per connection plate, wherein each corner being either blind passage corner, a through-passage corner, a single passage corner, or a double passage corner, and the one or more mixing units are provided with static mixing elements. Present invention relates further to use of a heat exchanger mixing system, and a process for mixing fluids.
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| Handheld windshield cleaning apparatus and method of using while driving | 20080315013 | 20081225 |
| An automobile accessory pertaining to safety in its operation for its driver and any passengers within is disclosed. The total body apparatus (10) provides an implement for a secondary or alternative method of applying a liquid fluid, such as water or a commercially available cleaning and ice melting solution, onto a windshield surface of an automobile if that particular vehicle's windshield washers are not working properly or they have no fluid to disperse from its storage repository. The driver (operator) of the total body apparatus (10) can accomplish this operation from the safety of a seating position from the front seating area by simply rolling or ‘cracking’ a window an amount sufficient to extend the front adapter part (11) outside the planar line of the door... |
| Handgrip for carrying multiple bags | 20080315599 | 20081225 |
| This material is to be cut to a width suitable for the widest example within reason for the human hand, or approximately 3.5 inches. The material may be cut at a length that makes it practical to roll the material, or in the case of plastic, be extruded into a spiral roll. The space between the layers of the roll should be such that it practically accommodates the handles of the items being attached with handles. The end of the material that is the inside of the spiral will have a slight bend to it so that when the handle is unrolled and held a short distance away from the end, a hook is formed for the items to be placed on. This hook can be... |
| Reinforcing member for vehicle center pillar | 20080315628 | 20081225 |
| Deformation by camber recovery etc. due to non-uniform residual stress is suppressed, and occurrence of crack and burr is suppressed by improving press forming property of a roof side T-shaped portion, so that a reinforcing member having a predetermined shape accuracy is manufactured easily and inexpensively by pressing. A reinforcing member (12) is constructed by three members, i.e. an upper member (20), a lower member (22) and a central member (24). A tensile strength of the upper member (20) is selected lower than that of the central member (24), and is higher than that of the lower member (22). In comparison to a case where the upper member (20) and the central member (24) are constructed integrally by an ultra-high tensile steel plate, fluctuation of internally... |
| Knit form- fit slipcover for a recliner | 20080315642 | 20081225 |
| A knit form-fit cover for a recliner chair having a base, a backrest, a seat, a pair of armrests and a footrest. The cover includes panels for covering the backrest, left and right armrests, the seat and the footrest. A seat panel includes a fastener having ends attached to lateral edges of the seat panel for positioning near a front edge of the seat of the recliner chair, which may be engaged to resistively fix a portion of the seat panel at the front edge of the seat. The seat panel is formed from an elasticized yarn material, and has pleated corners at lateral ends of a front edge of the seat panel for further securing the seat panel to the footrest. The seat panel also... |
| Corner fitting | 20080315740 | 20081225 |
| A corner fitting for securing a drawer side to a drawer rear panel in a drawer assembly. The fitting comprises a substantially L-shaped bracket having a first flange and a second flange. A hollow support structure connects the first and second flanges and provides internal support surfaces for engagement by a component of the drawer assembly. A slot is defined by a gap between opposing surfaces of one of the flanges and one of the support surfaces. The support structure includes a resilient locking flap biased so as to protrude into the slot to lock the component of the drawer assembly and a tab extending from the flap into the hollow support structure with the tab accessible externally of the drawer assembly to permit retraction of... |
| Tear film measurement | 20080316499 | 20081225 |
| The invention comprises an apparatus for measuring the relative thickness of the lipid layer component of the precorneal tear film on the surface of an eye after distribution of the lipid layer subsequent to blinking is disclosed. An illuminator directs light to the lipid layer of a patient's eye. The illuminator is a broad spectrum light source covering the visible region and is a lambertion light emitter such that the light source is specularly reflected from the lipid layer and undergoes constructive and destructive interference in the lipid layer. A collector collects and focuses the specularly reflected light such that the interference patterns on the tear film lipid layer are observable. The collector also produces an output signal representative of the specularly reflected light which is... |
| Liquid crystal display using different light radiation angles of light emitting diodes | 20080316767 | 20081225 |
| A liquid crystal display with low manufacturing cost, small dark area and compact exterior is provided by utilizing a plurality of differently radiating light emitting diodes at different angles. The liquid crystal of present invention includes a thin film transistor panel for displaying image, a backlight assembly for providing light to the thin film transistor panel with a plurality of light emitting diodes with different light radiation angles and a light guiding plate, and a frame unit for encompassing the thin film transistor panel and the backlight assembly. The light emitting diodes are placed either at the mid-point of light incident surface or the corner portion of the light guiding plate.
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| Corn butterer | 20080317537 | 20081225 |
| A butterer for dispensing butter to hot corn on the cob. The butterer includes a body with a chamber that is filled with butter. The body also has salt and pepper dispensers. The body is ovate in cross section and shaped to conform to the hand of a user. A mechanical advantage pusher having a plunger is positioned over the butter in the chamber and allows a user to urge butter through the chamber. A lower grill resists direct contact of semisolid butter with the corn, but transfers heat from the corn and allows melted butter to pass to the corn. A stand and storage tray supports the butterer during non use and allows storage with butter therein in a refrigerator.
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| Herb composition for asthma maintenance therapy and manufacturing method thereof | 20080317879 | 20081225 |
| The present invention relates to a herb composition for asthma maintenance therapy based on Chungsangboha-tang, which is known to be effective in asthma, capable of reducing the long-term suffering of asthma patients and improving their quality of lives and a manufacturing method thereof. The herbal composition of the present invention is characterized by comprising 5-18 parts by weight of Rehmanniae radix vaporata, 4-14 parts by weight oÊDioscoreae radix, 4-14 parts by weight of Corni fructus, 2-9 parts by weight of Pachyma hoelen, 2-9 parts by weight of Moutan radicis cortex, 2-9 parts by weight of Alismatis rhizoma, 2-7 parts by weight of Schizandrae fructus, 2-7 parts by weight of Aspargus cochinchinensis, 2-7 parts by weight of Liriopsis tuber, 2-7 parts by weight of Fritillariae bulbus, 2-7... |
| Edible products having a high cocoa polyphenol content and improved flavor and the milled cocoa extracts used therein | 20080317891 | 20081225 |
| Milling dry extracts containing cocoa polyphenols (CPs) to reduce the particle size improves the flavor of edible products (e.g., foods, medical foods, nutritional supplements, and pharmaceuticals) or additives containing the milled cocoa extracts. The products, e.g., chocolates, are less astringent and less bitter. The mean particle size after milling is less than about 15 microns, preferably less than about 10 microns, and most preferably less than about 5 microns. The total CP content of the milled extracts is at least about 300 milligrams and preferably about 300 to about 700 milligrams per gram of milled extract. The additives consist essentially of (i) the milled high CP cocoa extract and (ii) a fat (e.g., cocoa butter), an oil (e.g., vegetable oil), or a syrup (e.g., corn syrup).
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| Health-enhancing ethnic salad dressing | 20080317936 | 20081225 |
| A health-enhancing ethnic salad dressing. The dressing includes in no particular order water, vegetable/olive oil, distilled vinegar, corn syrup, chili powder, crushed red pepper, salt, dried garlic, dried onion, dried red pepper, lemon juice concentrate, and spices.
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| Corn and fiber refining | 20080318291 | 20081225 |
| Plant materials such as corn kernels which contain starch and fiber comprising cellulose, hemicellulose, lignin, and pectin are refined. The starch, cellulose, hemicellulose, and pectin are converted to sugars which are then fermented to ethanol. Additional sources of starch and fiber are optionally added to the refining process to further increase the yield of ethanol.
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| System and method for coupling an integrated circuit to a circuit board | 20080318454 | 20081225 |
| An information handling system circuit board has an opening formed through it proximate a coupling point of an integrated circuit to the circuit board. The opening manages stress at the coupling point of the integrated circuit to the circuit board to reduce the risk of damage to the coupling point during deformation of the circuit board, such as when the circuit board is coupled to a chassis or when a component is pressed into the circuit board. In one embodiment, rectangular openings are formed at diagonally opposed corners of a BSA integrated circuit. In alternative embodiments, openings of varying shape, such as slots or curved slots, are formed at selected corners of the integrated circuit.
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| Texas holdem peek-a-boo poker | 20080318652 | 20081225 |
| Embodiments described herein are directed to an electronic version of Texas holdem poker that adds peek cards from which the private hole cards can be selected. A player makes a wager for a hand or hands to be dealt. Three cards are dealt to the flop. Another three cards are “peek” cards. These three peek cards expose the identity/suit/denomination of the card by illustrating a fold of the top right corner. These cards are placed in respective peek 1, peek 2, and peek 3 spots of the playing area. Random cards are located to the left and right of the peek cards. Considering the flop, the player decides which of the cards he needs to make the best hands. If any of the peek cards are... |
| Covered billiard table with high side clearance | 20080318696 | 20081225 |
| A covered billiard table with seating clearance for diners is a billiard table that also serves as a dining table. The table has two end covers and two middle covers that span across it. The covers rest upon a billiard table of slates upon a frame with four legs. To play billiards, people remove the covers to reveal the playing surface: cloth covered slates with side rails and perpendicular end beams joined at corners, shown with pockets. This table has the clearance beneath the frame for a seated person's legs. The frame has a pattern of supported braces joined to beams upon the side panels and to the end beams and end panels. The frame and beams have sufficient stiffness to limit deflection of the slates... |
| Method of controlling weeds | 20080318781 | 20081225 |
| The present invention relates to the use of 3-phenyluracils of formula (I) wherein the variables R1 to R7 are as defined in the description, optionally in combination with one or more other herbicides B and/or one or more safeners C for controlling weeds in soybeans, cotton, canola, flax, lentil, rice, sugar beet, sunflowers, tobacco, wheat and corn.
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| Germination acceleration | 20080318782 | 20081225 |
| A composition comprising an effective amount of GA4/7 (gibberellin 4 and gibberellin 7) or GA3 (gibberellic acid) and 6BA (benzyladenine) is used as a seed treatment on sweet and field corn (Zea mays) to accelerate plant establishment and to promote low temperature germination and emergence.
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| Use of abscisic acid seed treatment to enhance corn emergence after early planting | 20080318783 | 20081225 |
| This invention describes the use of S-(+)-abscisic acid (ABA) or ABA analogs or ABA derivatives alone or with guanylate cyclase activators as seed treatments to improve the survival of corn seeds and seedlings when low temperature occurs after planting.
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| Device and method for the delivery of drugs for the treatment of posterior segment disease | 20080318843 | 20081225 |
| Hydrogel lenses are infused with a drug for the treatment of posterior segment disease. The lenses are placed in contact with the subject's cornea. Drugs can be passively released from the hydrogel and can migrate around the globe of the eye to the posterior segment.
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| Anthocyanin pigment/dye compositions through corn extraction | 20080319053 | 20081225 |
| Anthocyanin pigments/dyes are extracted from corn kernels by adding corn kernels with less than 5% by weight of corn kernels comprising broken kernels to an aqueous medium to form an aqueous-corn medium. The corn kernels have in excess of 0.1 mg of anthocyanin pigment/dye per gram of corn kernel therein. The anthocyanin pigment/dye in the corn kernels has greater than 40% by weight of anthocyanin as an acid or acylated form of the anthocyanin. The aqueous corn medium is agitated at a temperature above 35° C. The solid corn kernels are separated from the aqueous corn medium to form an extract of anthocyanin in aqueous medium having less than 1.0% solids therein before concentration or purification steps are performed on the extract.
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| Tear film measurement | 20080319323 | 20081225 |
| The invention comprises a method for measuring the relative thickness of the lipid layer component of the precorneal tear film on the surface of an eye after distribution of the lipid layer subsequent to blinking. Light is directed to the lipid layer of a patient's eye with an illuminator. The illuminator is a broad spectrum light source covering the visible region and is a lambertion light emitter such that the light source is specularly reflected from the lipid layer and undergoes constructive and destructive interference in the lipid layer. The specularly reflected light is collected and focused using a collector such that the interference patterns on the tear film lipid layer are observable. The collector also produces an output signal representative of the specularly reflected light... |
| Fetal blood sampling device | 20080319343 | 20081225 |
| A fetal scalp attachable blood-sampling device, which includes an annular tube the outer wall and the axial opening of which generally taper from an enlarged proximal end to an opposed smaller distal end. An annular ring-like space is defined in the wall of the tube and surrounds the distal end of the tube and is also open at its distal end. The tube has a continuous outer wall which smoothly engages with the outside of the annular ring-like space without presenting any sharp corners. The device is insertable by the attending physician into the vaginal canal of a patient for engaging at the distal end of the device with the scalp of a fetus while the patient is in labor. An air suction tube extends within... |
| Microneedle devices | 20080319404 | 20081225 |
| Microneedles and microarrays comprising such microneedles are described. The microneedles comprise: a base; a shaft portion extending from the base to a second end distal from the base; a microblade structure extending from the second end; capillary spaces associated with the microblade structure; and a coating in the capillary spaces, the coating comprising an active component. The invention also provides a method for delivering an active component through mammalian skin, comprising: applying the medical device to mammalian skin so that the at least one microneedle is inserted through the stratum corneum and the active component is exposed to interstitial fluids; and allowing the at least one microneedle to remain inserted through the stratum corneum for a sufficient amount of time to dissolve the active component. In... |
| Treatment apparatus for surgical correction of defective eyesight, method of generating control data therefore, and method for surgical correction of defective eyesight | 20080319428 | 20081225 |
| A treatment method and apparatus for surgical correction of defective-eyesight in an eye of a patient, wherein a laser device is controlled by a control device, said laser device separating corneal tissue by irradiation of laser radiation to isolate a volume located within a cornea, wherein the control device controls the laser device to focus the laser radiation, by providing target points located within the cornea, into the cornea, wherein the control device, when providing the target points, allows for focus position errors which lead to a deviation between the predetermined position and the actual position of the target points when focusing the laser radiation, by pre-offsets depending on the positions of the respective target points to compensate for said focus position errors.
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| Re-treatment for ophthalmic correction of refraction | 20080319464 | 20081225 |
| A planning device generating control data for a treatment apparatus for refraction-correcting ophthalmic surgery is provided, said apparatus using a laser device to separate a corneal volume, which is to be removed for correction, from the surrounding cornea by at least one cut surface in the cornea of an eye, said planning device comprising an interface for receiving corneal data including information on pre-operative cuts which were generated in a previous ophthalmic operation, and computing means for defining a corneal cut surface which confines the corneal volume to be removed, said computing means defining the corneal cut surface on the basis of the corneal data and generating a control dataset for the corneal cut surface for control of the laser device.
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| Keratome | 20080319465 | 20081225 |
| A keratome for performing corneal resectioning that creates a corneal flap having a temporal hinge in which a blade is initially positioned nasally and is drawn across the cornea to create the flap with a temporal hinge.
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| Portable toilet and bathing chair | 20070294816 | 20071227 |
| A portable toilet and bathing chair comprises a seat of rectangular shape, having a central opening, handles on left and right edges, two positioning openings on an upper side close to a rear edge, two storing depressions in a lower side parallel to and close to the left and right edges, at least three projections on the lower side, and four fastening assemblies on the lower side close to four corners, a backrest of rectangular shape, movable to a folded state close to the lower side of the seat, having positioning holes which are in the folded state entered by the projections of the seat and a lower edge with two holding extensions that are inserted into the positioning openings of the seat, and four feet,... |
| Amazing blanket | 20070294826 | 20071227 |
| Due to the unique L-shape zipper, pouch design of this amazing blanket system, additional blanket inserts can be attached or removed. The blanket insert can be secured via a button and button-hole system or metal push-buttons from the inside, which can be found at the top corners and one at the lower corner below the elastic band. These blanket inserts can be made of several different thickness to allow them to be removed or added, on each side separately, due to the change in whether forecast or personal temperature differences to allow each individual to adjust to their own comfort level.
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| Device for checking chamfers and radii | 20070294907 | 20071227 |
| A device for checking the chamfer and/or radius of a corner of an object includes a housing having a pair of right angled surfaces at one end thereof for placement against right angled surface of the corner of the object having a chamfer or radius extending between the right angled surfaces. A sensing slide bar having a known angled distal end is slidably mounted in the housing and extends outward from the housing and is engageable with the chamfer or radius. The length of the outward extension of the slide bar is measured by a microprocessor in the housing and provides a digital display on the housing with a readout correlating to the chamfer or radius of the object's corner contacted by the angled distal end... |
| Basement drainage conduit | 20070294966 | 20071227 |
| A basement drainage conduit for use in basement waterproofing systems. The conduit has one or two side elements with apertures to admit groundwater. The conduit may further include an intermediate element to provide additional support to the conduit structure. In embodiments where the intermediate element does not define apertures, a two-channel system may result to prevent cross-flow within the conduit. The conduit may be a modular assembly, the individual components of which may be separately manufactured for on-site installation and customization. Structural features of the conduit components, such as those defining a mating system, may facilitate assembly of the conduit. Radius elements may be provided to accommodate corners to result in a continuous drainage conduit along the perimeter of a basement, and ports may be strategically... |
| System of interlocking wall and corner components for construction of buildings | 20070294967 | 20071227 |
| A system of interlocking wall and corner components for construction of a building include a plurality of elongate key members and a plurality of elongate side members. The key members are arranged as horizontal pairs of parallel upper and lower key members sandwiching therebetween pairs of parallel side members. The pair of parallel upper and lower key members form therebetween a pair of dove-tail joint female receiver sockets. Opposed facing sides of the pairs of the parallel side members have a corresponding pair of laterally inwardly disposed dove-tail joint male members for mating into dove-tail engagement in the female receiver sockets to form a dove-tail joint. The pairs of key members and the pairs of side members form elongate horizontal beams mountable one on top of... |
| Tent frame fitted for multiple canopies | 20070295378 | 20071227 |
| The tent frame supports a traditional canopy, a tension canopy and a pagoda canopy and can be configured as a tent assembly kit. The tent frame includes uprights removably fitted into respective corner fittings along with generally horizontal tent frame cross members also fitted into the corner fittings. Canopy support members have one end removably coupled to the corner pieces and a crown fitting receives the other end of the canopy support member. A removable vertical extension piece is removably mounted atop the crown fitting such that when the extension piece is threaded to the crown fitting, the pagoda canopy can be utilized with the assembled tent frame or, in a different tent assembly without the extension piece, the tent frame retains and supports either the... |
| Container-transporting frame and method of installing a container in a frame | 20070295724 | 20071227 |
| A type of frame utilized in transporting a container. The frame includes top and bottom frames which each have two corner fittings and four corner posts, The four corner posts are connected to the four corners of the top and bottom frames respectively through a first detachable fastener combination whereby the hole distance of the two corner fittings falls in an approximate range of 2260 mm. A method is also providing for installing a container into the frame. The frame and method of installation are utilized for special containers utilized as trailers in marine transportation. The transporting frames are used for both hoisting and stacking containers, which are easy to recycle and operate.
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| Lidded container with linear brim segments and medial sealing beads | 20070295741 | 20071227 |
| An improved lidded container includes a receptacle portion with a brim having a plurality of lateral substantially straight brim wall segments provided with medial sealing beads extending between corners of the brim. The medial sealing beads are characterized in that they project away from the respective walls upon which they are disposed a maximum distance at a central portion of the wall and the medial sealing beads extend over a major portion of the length of the lateral sealing wall upon which they are disposed. Most preferably, the beads are tangent with and terminate at rounded corners between the wall segments.
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| Projection nut feeding device | 20070295745 | 20071227 |
| The front end of a feed rod (6) is provided with a projecting piece (31) for supporting a multi-sided projection nut (1) from below in such a manner that the projecting piece (31) is in intimate contact with the outer side surfaces (35) of the nut (1). The inner side of the projecting piece (31) is formed with crossed support surfaces (37) for supporting the outer side surfaces (35) of the nut (1). The corner lines (38) in the place where the two support surfaces (37) cross each other is arranged to be directed to the underside of the feed rod (6).
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| Nurse/health care worker multifunctional tool/supply belt | 20070295776 | 20071227 |
| The nurse health care worker multifunctional tool/supply belt (1) reduces work related back strain and fatigue by providing immediate access to frequently used supplies and personal tools. It is designed to reduce potential contamination of supplies. It consists of two pieces of medium weight washable fabric (1) stitched to a prefabricated nylon webbed belt (2) with the two sides of the belt (2) connected by a parachute style clip (7,8). Access to the pockets (3,4,5,11,10) is on the underside of the belt (2) to prevent items from falling from opened pockets (3,4,5,11,10) and to prevent pockets (3,4,5,11,10) from catching on nearby equipment and door handles. The insides of pockets 11 and 10 are secured by Velcro strips (9). Pockets 5 and 11 are heavily cross stitched... |
| Vehicle wind tunnel balance | 20070295883 | 20071227 |
| A vehicle supporting platform can be supported at plural locations (e.g., four locations) from below such that the platform can pivot fore to aft and side to side in response to the impact of wind on a vehicle on the platform. In a desirable form, the platform is suspended by four suspension rods or cables that loosely support the respective corners of a platform supporting structure. The platform supporting structure can be positioned in a bay beneath the floor level. Although a different number of sensors can be used, in one approach there is one aft motion sensor coupled to the front of the floor supporting frame and a wall portion of the bay and two side sensors, one adjacent to the front of the platform... |
| Multipurpose and evolutive road trailer | 20070296197 | 20071227 |
| The invention concerns a road trailer whose frame consists of profiles having a fin to support the floor and grooves on their upper and lower faces able to retain in rotation bolt heads and the lower edges of sidewalls (10). The side members and cross bars are joined by corner pieces which have a vertical orifice to receive the lower end of a post (9) comprising orthogonal grooves housing the side edges of the sidewalls (10). The corner pieces (30) have two perpendicular arms respectively fitted into the adjacent ends of profiles forming the frame. Mounting of the elements requires little tooling.
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| Easy grip bag gripping device | 20070296232 | 20071227 |
| The lifting force positions the rope under the bag,thereby providing the lifter a substantial and convienient method of gripping the bag.
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| Contact lens and methods of manufacture and fitting such lenses and computer program product | 20070296915 | 20071227 |
| The invention is directed to a contact lens design and methods of manufacturing, fitting and using such lenses. The contact lens may be designed for use in a corneal refractive therapy (CRT) program. The lens provides a design which allows proper fitting of a patient, whether for corrective contact lenses or for a CRT program. Due to the rational design of the lenses according to the present invention, a minimal number of lens parameter increments can be identified to cover the range of common corneas. It is therefore possible to provide pre-formed lens buttons or blanks which are easily formed into a final design, thereby simplifying and speeding up the treatment process. Further, any adjustment of the lens design which may be required based upon trial... |
| Means for controlling the progression of myopia | 20070296916 | 20071227 |
| A contact lens (10) for use in controlling or retarding the progression of myopia in an eye has a central optical zone (20) approximating the normal diameter of the pupil of the eye (22) that gives clear central vision at distance for the wearer. An annular peripheral optical zone 24 that is substantially outside the diameter of the pupil is formed around the central optical zone (20) with greater refractive power than that of the central zone (22) so that oblique rays entering the eye through the peripheral optical zone (24) will be brought to focus at a focal plane that is substantially on or anterior to the peripheral region of the retina. Preferably, the rear surface (16) of the lens is shaped to conform to... |
| Scanning method and an image-processing device including the same | 20070297023 | 20071227 |
| An original comprises a first page and a second page as disposed face-down on the platen surface of an image-processing device. The platen is scanned to form a platen image. The positions of two diagonally-opposite corners of the original are determined based on a fixed platen reference point. An original image is formed by cropping the platen image based on the positions of the two original corners. The size and position of either one selected page or both pages are determined based on the two original corner positions. When the image of only one selected page is desired, the image of the selected page is formed by cropping the original image based on the size and position of the selected page. When the images of both... |
| Apparatus and method for bending a slider to create rounded corners on its trailing edge in a hard disk drive | 20070297080 | 20071227 |
| A method of rounding corners of a slider's trailing edge by applying at least a first voltage to terminals of a bending device coupled to the slider. The slider including terminals, possibly bending device and/or vertical micro-actuator. The flexure finger, head gimbal assembly, with trace path(s) to the terminals. The head stack assembly, embedded circuit, and hard disk drive applying at least first voltage when loading/unloading the head stack assembly from ramp. Manufacturing the slider, the flexure finger, the head gimbal assembly, the head stack assembly, the embedded circuit, and the hard disk drive, as well as these items as products of the invention's manufacturing processes.
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| Corner bracket | 20070297854 | 20071227 |
| A corner bracket apparatus for a slidable frame includes a body having first and second arm portions depending therefrom, the first and second arm portions being oriented generally orthogonally relative to each other and adapted for insertion into respective first and second hollow framing members of said slidable frame, the first arm defining an outboard side edge and an inboard side edge generally opposite the outboard side edge and an internal pocket positioned therebewteen. The corner bracket apparatus further includes a lifter member pivotably coupled to the body and generally received in the pocket, the lifter member having a contact portion adapted to bear against a runner along which said slidable frame is adapted to slide, the lifter member being pivotable between an advanced position in... |
| Recticle pattern applied to mix-and-match lithography process and alignment method of thereof | 20070298330 | 20071227 |
| A recticle pattern applied to a mix-and-match lithography process is described. The recticle has a transparent region and a non-transparent region. The transparent region includes a device region and a scribe line region. The recticle pattern includes a plurality of device patterns, a portion of a first and a second set of alignment measure figures, and a set of overlay measure figures. The first and the second sets of the alignment measure figures are disposed on the scribe line region and the non-transparent region. The first and the second sets of the alignment measure figures respectively self-align to produce two sets of composite alignment measure figures after the exposure process. A set of overlay measure figures includes four rectangular boxes respectively disposed in the four areas... |
| Methods of quantifying variations resulting from manufacturing-induced corner rounding of various features, and structures for testing same | 20070298524 | 20071227 |
| The present invention is directed to methods of quantifying variations resulting from manufacturing-induced corner rounding of various features, and structures for testing same. In one illustrative embodiment, the method includes forming a plurality of test structures on a semiconducting substrate, each of the test structures having at least one physical dimension that varies relative to the other of the plurality of test structures, at least some of the test structures exhibiting at least some degree of manufacturing-induced corner rounding, forming at least one reference test structure, performing at least one electrical test on the plurality of test structures and on the reference test structure to thereby produce electrical test results, and analyzing the test results to determine an impact of the manufacturing-induced corner rounding on the... |
| Sculpted perforated header for reclosable packages | 20070298954 | 20071227 |
| A machine direction method of manufacture of reclosable packages is disclosed wherein a semi-circular or similarly shaped perforated pattern is punched in the web in registration with the package side seals. Continuous lines of perforation are punched in the web parallel to the top of the package. The web is folded and shaped into a package with a header which includes the semi-circular perforated pattern and the lines of perforation. A similar transverse direction method of manufacture is disclosed. When the top corner of the header is pulled, the header tears along the shaped perforation until it meets the horizontal line of perforation, thereby avoiding tearing through the area of the header that is sealed to the zipper flange, the header then tears along the horizontal... |
| Input device, input method, and electronic device | 20070299322 | 20071227 |
| The present invention is directed to a mobile telephone capable of successively acquiring bioindices. When plane surface where display screen serving to display guide display for operation and information is provided is caused to be casing front face as a position where bioindices can be successively measured without performing explicit acquiring operation if user uses the mobile telephone by ordinary way of use at the time of operation such as calling or mail input, etc., GSR sensors are provided at the side surface portion of the outer peripheral surface side, the corner portion and/or operation surface of operation input buttons of the telephone. In a non-foldable mobile telephone (1), GSR sensors (50a) are provided at side surface portions (14) of the outer peripheral surface side of... |
| Disposable body waste handling article | 20070299414 | 20071227 |
| A body waste handling article includes a first sheet, a second sheet and a body fluid absorbent core sandwiched between these two sheets, wherein the first sheet defines a liquid-pervious skin-contacting surface. The second sheet is rectangular and has a pair of ends and a pair of lateral edges wherein inside these ends and lateral edges, end flaps and lateral flaps are formed. The end flaps and the lateral flaps are provided with elastic members attached in a stretched state thereto so as extend along the ends and the lateral edges and to become contiguous one to another at corners of the second sheet.
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| Ophthalmic apparatus | 20070299429 | 20071227 |
| To irradiate a laser beam appropriately onto a patient's eye. An ophthalmic apparatus having a laser irradiation optical system irradiating a laser beam for corneal surgery onto the eye, which performs alignment of a reference axis of the optical system to have a predetermined positional relationship with the eye to perform laser irradiation, includes movement means changing inclination and a position of the optical system with respect to the eye, first and second image-pickup means picking up anterior-segment images having image-pickup optical axes arranged in different directions and to have predetermined positional relationships with the reference axis, detection means for detecting inclination and a position of the eye with respect to the reference axis by subjecting the images by the image-pickup means to image processing, and... |
| Adaptive optic lens and method of making | 20070299487 | 20071227 |
| A lens for correcting human vision, for example an IOL, contact lens or corneal inlay or onlay, that carries and interior phase or layer comprising a pattern of individual transparent adaptive displacement structures. In the exemplary embodiments, the displacement structures are actuated by shape change polymer that adjusts a shape or other parameter in response to applied energy that in turn displaces a fluid media within the lens that actuates a flexible lens surface. The adaptive optic means of the invention can be used to create highly localized surface corrections in the lens to correct higher order aberrations-which types of surfaces cannot be fabricated into and IOL and then implanted. The system of displacement structures also can provide spherical corrections in the lens.
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| Fertile transgenic corn plants | 20070300315 | 20071227 |
| Fertile transgenic Zea mays (corn) plants which stably express heterologous DNA which is heritable are disclosed along with a process for producing said plants. The process comprises the microjectile bombardment of friable embryogenic callus from the plant to be transformed. The process may be applicable to other graminaceous cereal plants which have not proven stably transformable by other techniques.
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| Inbred sweet corn line r327f | 20070300316 | 20071227 |
| An inbred sweet corn line, designated R327F, the plants and seeds of inbred sweet corn line R327F, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R327F with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R327F with another maize line or plant.
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| Inbred sweet corn line r373b | 20070300317 | 20071227 |
| An inbred sweet corn line, designated R373B, the plants and seeds of inbred sweet corn line R373B, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R373B with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R373B with another maize line or plant.
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| Inbred sweet corn line r629 | 20070300318 | 20071227 |
| An inbred sweet corn line, designated R629, the plants and seeds of inbred sweet corn line R629, methods for producing a maize plant produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R629 with itself or with another maize plant, and hybrid maize seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred sweet corn line R629 with another maize line or plant.
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| Method of producing sugar and ethanol from inflorescence-deficient corn plants | 20070300324 | 20071227 |
| Methods for producing high levels of sugars from female-sterile or both female-sterile and male-sterile corn plants are provided. The invention also relates to producing molasses, rum and fodder from the plant material of the sterile corn plants. The invention further relates to using earless corn plants as an economical alternative sugar and ethanol source.
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| Corn scraper | 20060288582 | 20061228 |
| There is provided with a corn scraper for removing whole kernels from the core of a corn comprising a handle portion at one end and a utility portion connected to the handle portion at the other end, wherein the utility portion includes a bridge member connected to a base plate adjacent or against which an ear of corn is put in use, and wherein the bridge member is provided with at least one tooth means for engagement and cutting into the root of the kernels of the corn.
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| Vehicle compass system with continuous automatic calibration | 20060288597 | 20061228 |
| The compass system of the present invention utilizes an improved calibration routine in which a processing circuit of the compass recalibrates the compass each time three data points are obtained from a magnetic field sensor that meet predetermined criteria. One such criterion is that the three data points define corners of a triangle that is substantially non-obtuse. When three data points have been obtained that define a triangle meeting this criterion, the processing circuit calculates a center point for a circle upon which all three data points lie by solving the equation x2+y2+Ax+By+C=0 for A, B, and C, using the coordinate values (x,y) for the three data points and defining the center point as (−A/2, −B/2).
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| Ceramic bodies for armor panel | 20060288855 | 20061228 |
| The invention provides a composite armor plate for absorbing and dissipating kinetic energy from high-velocity projectiles, the plate comprising a single internal layer of pellets which are bound and retained in plate form the pellets being characterized by a substantially regular geometric cross-sectional area, the cross-sectional area being substantially polygonal with rounded corners.
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| Automatic popcorn vending machine | 20060288876 | 20061228 |
| An apparatus, method, and system of popping popcorn. In one aspect of the invention, an apparatus comprises a popcorn popper, a popped popcorn hopper and a dispensing mechanism in communication with the hopper. By actuation, the dispensing mechanism dispenses one or more servings from the hopper. In another aspect of the invention, the apparatus further comprises a dosing mechanism to provide sequential doses of unpopped corn to the popper to make a plurality of batches of popped popcorn. In another aspect of the invention, a sensor sensing when popped popcorn in the hopper exceeds a pre-determined level or amount and instigates a signal to actuate the dosing mechanism to fill the hopper. In a system according to the invention, a self-contained cabinet includes the popper, hopper,... |
| Cassette for a load-lock | 20060288936 | 20061228 |
| A cassette for holding substrate in a load-lock comprising an outer casing having a front surface with multiple slots and two sidewalls having holes at the bottom section thereof is provided. Braces are set at the corner edges inside the outer casing and side plates are attached to the braces. Each slot has a set of side plates attached to the braces for holding a substrate. Obstruction pieces are also set inside the outer casing near the corresponding holes. Each obstruction pieces comprise a fixed part and an obstructing part. The fixed part attaches firmly to a bottom plate of the outer casing, and the obstructing part blocks the corresponding hole on the outer casing.
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| Finfish containment pens and polyhedral structures | 20060288950 | 20061228 |
| A finfish aquaculture containment pen having a plurality of panels that when joined together form the majority of the exterior surface of the containment pen. The panels each comprise tension-bearing mesh material forming the exterior surface of the containment pen, a plurality of compression-bearing struts extending along the boundaries between panels, wherein the mesh material is attached to the struts along the lengths of the struts, and a plurality of hubs at which a plurality of struts and the corners of a plurality of panels abut each other. The panels can form a polyhedral structure. The mesh can comprise coated wire mesh. The struts can be curved members with convex curvature.
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| Self-extracting service module for piping infrastructures | 20060289063 | 20061228 |
| A self-extracting service module for piping infrastructures comprises a platform on which is mounted equipment for controlling and or monitoring the flow of liquid or gaseous media throughout the piping infrastructures. A first remote-controllable pipe coupling system is interconnected with the equipment inlet and a second pipe coupling system is interconnected to the equipment outlet. The pipe coupling systems are remotely manipulable for engaging and disengaging the equipment with piping infrastructure inlets and outlets. The platform is attached to actuators positioned near each corner of the platform. The service module is extracted from the piping infrastructure by first isolating the equipment from the flow of liquid media after which, the pipe coupling systems are remotely disengaged from the piping infrastructure inlet and outlet. The actuators are... |
| Self-extracting service module for piping infrastructures | 20060289064 | 20061228 |
| A self-extracting service module for piping infrastructures comprises a platform on which is mounted equipment for controlling and or monitoring the flow of liquid or gaseous media throughout the piping infrastructures. A first remote-controllable pipe coupling system is interconnected with the equipment inlet and a second pipe coupling system is interconnected to the equipment outlet. The platform is attached to actuators positioned near each corner of the platform. The actuators cooperate with at least one pressure-driven device. The service module is extracted from the piping infrastructure by isolating the equipment from the flow of liquid media after which, the pipe coupling systems are remotely disengaged from the piping infrastructure inlet and outlet. The actuators are operated to move the platform from within the piping infrastructure to... |
| Electric food warming system and method | 20060289426 | 20061228 |
| A device is disclosed for warming tortillas and other foods. The device operates with a standard electric alternating current ranging from 110 to 120 volts in the US and 220v -240v in other countries. This appliance is to be used in homes or in businesses for the purpose of warming either corn or flour tortillas in quantities ranging from one up to six at a time. The electric current provides energy to heater elements located within the unit and thus provide the heat necessary to warm the tortillas placed on a plurality of circular loading trays. The loading trays are specially designed to lock-in-place in the open and closed positions and are designed to work with a vertical pivot tube which allows the loading trays a... |
| Microwavable, sealable food/vegetable draining storage container, also known as the ''old maid catcher popcorn bowl" | 20060289524 | 20061228 |
| A sealable, microwavable food container for draining and storing washable goods such as salads and vegetables which includes a main storage chamber dimensioned to accept the washable goods of interest, a reservoir positioned beneath the storage chamber and an easily removable filter positioned above the reservoir and connected to the storage chamber through a series of apertures. When the user shakes the sealed container, the excess water is driven down away from the washable goods through the filter into the reservoir. The container may also be used, in likewise manner, for filtering seeds such as kernels of popcorn that have not popped from the other popped kernels.
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| Openable packaging and cut therefor | 20060289614 | 20061228 |
| The invention relates to an openable packaging for wrapping objects, comprising a wall (1). A diagonal fold (21, 22, 23, 24) via which one part of the wall is hinged in a collapsible manner as a cover (2) is provided on at least one essentially planar wall element (11, 12, 13, 14). At least two diagonal folds (21, 22, 23, 24) having associated covers (2, 2′, 2″, 2″′) are provided, said covers (2, 2′, 2″, 2″′) at least partly overlapping in the closed state. Each cover (2, 2′, 2″, 2″′) comprises at least one three-dimensional corner (29) in the associated part of the wall thereof. A maximum of one diagonal fold (21, 22, 23, 24) is provided on each of the essentially planar wall elements (11,... |
| Binary code symbol for non-linear strain measurement and apparatus and method for analyzing and measuring strain therewith | 20060289652 | 20061228 |
| A binary code symbol for non-linear strain measurement designed specifically for perimeter-based deformation and strain analysis. The symbol is rectangular with a continuous outer perimeter, two data regions along adjacent sides of the rectangle and a utility region adjacent each side opposite the data regions. Each data region is made up of a number of data cells, and each utility region is made up of utility cells with alternating appearance. The inner half of the utility regions can be used to store auxiliary information and/or codes. There are two distinct finder cells on opposite corners of the rectangle, which can be used to orient the symbol. A non-linear strain gage for measuring the strain on an object under load in accordance includes a target, a sensor,... |
| Irrigation system joint | 20060289676 | 20061228 |
| A flow-through joint in an irrigation machine between the main pipeline section and a swing span, such as a corner span, permits a limited amount of generally linear displacement of the swing span within the joint for speed control or other purposes. A turret that rotates freely on the upright outlet port of the main pipeline section has a pair of coupling assemblies on opposite sides of the upright pivot axis through the outlet port, one of such coupling assemblies having a ball joint and the other being provided with relatively displaceable components. The arms of a connecting yoke on the inner end of the swing span are coupled with the ball joint on the one hand and the displaceable components on the other so as... |
| Reliable integrated circuit and package | 20060289974 | 20061228 |
| A packaged integrated circuit which includes a die 700 having a surface and corners separated by edges. The die surface includes depressions 600, 720 so that mold compound 114 covering the die surface fills the depressions. The filling of the depressions in the die surface enhances the adhesion of the mold compound to the die. The die can include bond pads 714, in which case the depressions can take the form of slots 720 in the bond pads. In addition, the depressions can take the form of trenches 600 at the surface of the die in a dielectric layer 703. The trenches can be at the die corners and along the die edges.
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| Axle tower | 20060290090 | 20061228 |
| The invention is directed to vehicle suspension systems and components thereof including attachment devices for mounting an axle alignment and/or load reacting mechanism to an axle. Disclosed herein are axle towers used for connecting a torque box to an axle. The axle tower of the present invention can include one or more features to absorb and disperse loads to the axle. The axle tower has a more contoured or curved edge on the side plate that experiences a compressive force than a similar edge on the side plate that experiences a tensile force. Furthermore, the axle tower has appendages that extend out from the side plates providing a large footprint on the axle housing. At least one of the appendages extending from the side plate experiencing... |
| Project management organizer clip | 20060290134 | 20061228 |
| An organizer clip may have a card and a clip on the card. For ease of handling and aesthetics, the card may be generally rectangular with concave sides and rounded corners. The card may be bisected by a perforation allowing separation of a lower portion for filing. The card may be laminated and features writing surfaces on its front and back surfaces. The clip may be formed on the card by a die cut shape creating upper and lower clip portions and a tongue. A gripping surface of a natural or synthetic rubber may be on the tongue enhancing the grip of the clip grips on a document. Two notepads may be disposed on the front of the card to provide writing and labeling surfaces. The... |
| Systems of miniaturized compatible radio frequency wireless devices | 20060290423 | 20061228 |
| A system of compatible modules includes a radio frequency (RF) module with a power amplifier configured to produce an amplified RF signal at an output RF terminal; and a first row of pads and a first column of pads intersecting at a corner pad of the module, and wherein the corner pad is coupled to the output RF terminal.
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| Scleral contact lens with grooves and method of making lens | 20060290883 | 20061228 |
| The present invention provides a scleral lens which includes channels on its posterior bearing surface that improve the flow of tears between the bearing surface of the device and the underlying scleral eyes tissue into the space between the optic of the lens and cornea. The channels are disposed on the inside surface of the lens and extend generally radially from the inside of the haptic and the outside rim of the lens. Various configurations are possible for the channels, as described in more detail below. Additionally, the channels can have a serpentine or arcuate configuration to allow for the appropriate amount of fluid flow between the space under the lens and the scleral surface of the eye. In another embodiment, microchannels can be formed in... |
| Indicator lamp | 20060291245 | 20061228 |
| An indicator lamp comprising a light-emitting element 1 and a light-emitting element lens 2 having a light-emitting element mounting cavity 3 form at the bottom is disposed, in which the light-emitting element disposed in the cavity 3 emits light to be fully reflected by the peripheral surface of the lens 1 and proceeds as emission light flux forwardly of the lens 1. The slope angle of the peripheral surface with respect to the lens axis is reduced progressively from the bottom toward the lens front surface 5 in three stages, thus forming circumferential corners 7 and 8 as boundaries between adjacent ones of the three stages. The circumferential corners scatter light emitted from the light emitting element 2 to provide concentric emission light fluxes as viewed... |
| Automatic receiver calibration with noise and fast fourier transform | 20060291549 | 20061228 |
| The present invention provides a method for automatic calibration of a signal path in receivers (e.g., radio frequency receivers) using a noise (and not a specific test signal) as a source and a fast Fourier transform (FFT) of the noise for correcting various parameters related to an inphase/quadrature (I/Q) imbalance in a frequency domain. The present invention (method and apparatus) can provide detecting and correcting an I/Q phase error, an I/Q amplitude error, an absolute corner frequency of the analog baseband filter, and a relative corner frequency of the analog baseband filters just by using the noise as a stimuli. This calibration can be used for a factory calibration or it can be used as an on-site calibration for base stations. Mobile devices can calibrate themselves... |
| Honeycomb structure | 20060292333 | 20061228 |
| A honeycomb structure having multiple honeycomb units united through a seal material layer, wherein each honeycomb unit has multiple through holes arranged side by side in a longitudinal direction and separated from each other by the wall surfaces of the through holes, is disclosed. The honeycomb units include at least: ceramic particles; and at least one of inorganic fibers and whiskers. At least one of the honeycomb units has a cross section perpendicular to a longitudinal direction thereof, the cross section having an area greater than or equal to about 5 cm2 and less than or equal to about 50 cm2. Each corner of each honeycomb unit has a shape of one of a substantially rounded surface and a substantially chamfered surface.
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| Use of corn with low gelatinization temperature for production of fermentation-based products | 20060292677 | 20061228 |
| The present invention provides a method of producing fermentation-based products, such as ethanol and citric acid, from corn in which the starch has a low gelatinization temperature, particularly a waxy maize plant which is homozygous or heterozygous for the recessive sugary-2 allele.
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| Layout modification to eliminate line bending caused by line material shrinkage | 20060292885 | 20061228 |
| A semiconductor device and a method for fabricating a semiconductor device with reduced line bending is provided. The method can include forming a first layer and depositing a photoresist layer on the first layer. The photoresist layer can be patterned, such that the patterning comprises at least one support feature disposed adjacent to an outside of a corner feature.
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| Method of manufacturing a food container | 20060293158 | 20061228 |
| A low cost method of commercially manufacturing a food container of practical strength from vegetable-fiber material includes the steps of: forming aboard of a predetermined size from pulp and at least one kind of vegetable fiber material other than the pulp; coating the board with thermoplastic resin having a heat sealing property; providing for forming the folding portions for connecting adjacent sidewall pieces at four corners of the board; and hot-pressing the board thus obtained using a pair of press dies to form the food container, the pair of dies being composed of female die and male die, wherein one of the pairs of opposing sidewall pieces is arranged to be erected prior to the other pair of opposing sidewall pieces and four corners are bonded... |
| Injector | 20060293694 | 20061228 |
| An injector which enables an operator to safely insert an intraocular lens without a mishandling is provided. An injector 1 for inserting an intraocular lens which has a loop folded and loaded in a cartridge into an eye by pushing out that lens while rotating it, comprises insertion-start-position indicating means 32 which indicates a position at the time of starting inserting the intraocular lens, and insertion-complete-position indicating means 2 which indicates a position at the time of completing the insertion of the intraocular lens. It is possible to easily figure out the orientation of the intraocular lens loaded in the cartridge 6 at the time of inserting the intraocular lens, thus making it possible to prevent a cornea or the like from being harmed by the... |
| Method for auto enlarging bend portion width and computer readable recording medium forstoring program thereof | 20060294484 | 20061228 |
| A method for auto enlarging bend portion width and a computer readable recording medium for storing program thereof are provided. The method can enlarge the bend portion width from an original width to an intended width in layout. Wherein, the terminals of the center line of the bend is a first turn point and a second turn point, respectively. The method includes following steps. First calculating the original width, the intended width, the coordinates of the first turn point and the second turn point to obtain a plurality coordinates of the corner-points of the polygon. Wherein, the width of the polygon is the intended width. Then add the polygon into the original layout.
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| Inbred corn line g0502 | 20060294627 | 20061228 |
| Broadly this invention provides an invention which is inbred corn line G0502. The methods for producing a corn plant by crossing the inbred line G0502 are also encompassed by the invention. Additionally, the invention relates to the various parts of inbred G0502 including culturable cells. This invention relates to hybrid corn seeds and plants produced by crossing the inbred line G0502 with at least one other corn line.
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| Infant bib | 20060282931 | 20061221 |
| The present invention introduces improved protective garments, especially in the form of safer infant bibs. An improved infant bib includes: (a) a central piece of material having right and left side edges of length Y, and configured so to cover the frontal area of an infant's trunk, (b) a pair of shoulder extensions, each of which extends from proximate a top edge corner of the central piece, (c) a pair of underarm extensions, each of which extends from a central piece side edge and are configured so as to form an underarm strap that extends around the side of the trunk of an infant and under it's arm, (d) wherein each of the shoulder extensions' end edges being fastened to the underarm extension that extends from... |
| Footboard supporting a stowable bench | 20060282945 | 20061221 |
| A bed frame may include a footboard. The footboard may have two corner posts and at least one cross member that may extend between the corner posts. A platform may be pivotally coupled to the footboard for movement between a stowed position and an extended position. The platform may be pivotally coupled to the corner posts and/or the cross member. A support member may be pivotally coupled to the footboard for movement between a stowed position and an extended position in which the support member may support the platform.
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| Louver and clip for a rotational sign | 20060283063 | 20061221 |
| A signage system comprising a prism-shaped tri-panel louver having a slot at each corner into which can be slid a clip. The clip is generally V-shaped with a pair of opposing sides joined at one end to form an apex. At the apex end is a pair of opposing fingers which are generally parallel to the clip sides. The fingers form a slot on each side. The clip is slid and retained by a friction fit within the slot such that when three clips are installed the fingers and slots formed therein can hold the sign graphics strip. The clip can flex somewhat to allow for insertion in a slot in the louver.
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