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Patent App Num. |
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| Cost based email management system | 20110022664 | 20110127 |
| A method for managing email costs includes: identifying a participant of an email message in an email thread; assigning a cumulative cost to the email message; and presenting the email message and the cumulative cost to a recipient of the email message.
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| Phrase-based statistical machine translation as a generalized traveling salesman problem | 20110022380 | 20110127 |
| Systems and methods are described that facilitate phrase-based statistical machine translation (SMT) incorporating bigram (or higher n-gram) language models by modeling bi-phrases as nodes in a graph. Additionally, construction of a translation is modeled as a “tour” amongst the nodes of the graph, such that a translation solution is generated by treating the graph as a generalized traveling salesman problem (GTSP) and solving for an optimal tour. The overall cost of a tour is computed by adding the costs associated with the edges traversed during the tour. Thus, the described systems and methods map the SMT problem directly into a GTSP problem, which itself can be directly converted into a TSP problem.
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| Door removing system and door removing method | 20110022228 | 20110127 |
| A door removing system which occupies less space, reduces costs, and reduces cycle time. A door removing system (1) removes from an automobile body (10) a door (11) fixed to the body (10) by bolts (12). The door removing system (1) is provided with a double-arm robot (20) for holding the door (11) in the vertical direction, a single-arm robot (30) for removing the bolts (12), and a controlling device for controlling the robots. The controlling device holds the door (11) in the vertical direction by a pair of manipulators (22A, 22B) of the double-arm robot (20), removes the bolts (12) by the single-arm robot (30) with the door (11) held by the manipulators, and then transfers the door (11) by the double-arm robot (20).
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| Surgical robot | 20110022060 | 20110127 |
| A surgical robot is disclosed, which includes: a handle unit; a main body connected to the handle unit; a robot arm connected to the main body and configured to operate in correspondence with a first manipulation on the handle unit; an instrument mounted on a front end of the robot arm; and a manipulation unit coupled to a far end of the instrument and configured to perform an action required for surgery in correspondence with a second manipulation on the handle unit, wherein the main body is coupled to a support unit. The surgical robot can be constructed with a simpler, slimmer structure, by having the arms of the surgical robot moved and rotated manually and having the instruments manipulated by the robot. Thus, the surgical... |
| Method and apparatus for compensation for weather-based attenuation in a satellite link | 20110021137 | 20110127 |
| Method for managing power and bandwidth resources in operation over a plurality of links from a hub, said power and bandwidth resources being limited, the method comprising: initially assigning power and bandwidth combinations to individual links according to current conditions pertaining to respective links, each combination having a corresponding resource cost; and controllably changing said initially assigned combinations at respective ones of said links to reduce respective resource costs, thereby to controllably balance an overall resource cost of said plurality of links to lie within available overall power and bandwidth resource limitations.
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| Method and system for dynamic routing and/or switching in a network | 20110019669 | 20110127 |
| Communication devices may determine routes for packets based on packet marking, routing parameters and/or costs associated with routes. A route may be selected and the packets may be communicated via the selected route. The parameters may comprise service class, real time compression, packet preemption, quality measurements, tier bypass and/or power usage information. The costs may comprise capacity, efficiency and/or performance information for power usage, bandwidth, memory and/or processing. The marking may comprise traffic type, user device capabilities, service class, quality measurements, latency requirements and/or power usage information. Endpoint devices, software applications and/or service providers may insert the marking into packets. Routes may be determined and/or selected based on shortest path bridging, audio video bridging, the marking, the routing parameters and/or the costs. Parameters and/or costs may... |
| Method and system for network aware virtual machines | 20110019552 | 20110127 |
| A virtual machine running on an endpoint device may encode a mark comprising routing parameters within one or more packets of a packet stream to indicate services and/or costs to be utilized in processing and/or communicating the packet stream. The virtual machine may communicate the packet stream to another network device. The routing parameters within the marks may indicate device capabilities, service class, quality measurements, latency and/or power usage. The routing parameters may comprise costs that may indicate capacity, efficiency and/or performance of power usage, bandwidth, absolute and/or relative latency, frame-drop eligibility, memory and processing. The packet stream is received and inspected to identify the marks and/or routing parameters. A virtual machine may be initialized and/or configured to process and/or communicate the packet stream based on... |
| Admission control in a packet network | 20110019549 | 20110127 |
| In embodiments of the invention when a session request is received the value assigned to that session is compared to present congestion costs in the network at the present time. If the value of the session exceeds the cost then the session is accepted; otherwise it is rejected. It is possible to show mathematically that, provided this strategy is used for all session requests, then, when demand exceeds supply for a given resource, the congestion measurement for that resource rises to become equal to its shadow price. Here, in a model of a capacity constrained network, the shadow price of a capacity constraint is the cost to other users of using one unit of capacity. Congestion measurements can therefore be used to provide a “cost” (to... |
| Liquid crystal display device | 20110019136 | 20110127 |
| a light-shielding member that is disposed at a boundary between the reflection region and the transmission region when the viewing-side substrate is viewed in plan.
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| Chair capable of reduced transportation volume and rapid assembly | 20110018321 | 20110127 |
| A chair capable of a reduced transportation volume and rapid assembly includes a seat cushion fixing frame and a backrest supporting frame as separate components. The seat cushion fixing frame has an end coupled with an upside-down square U-shaped element bilaterally provided with downwardly extending sections, each section concavely provided with an oblique notch. The backrest supporting frame has an end corresponding in position to the seat cushion fixing frame and penetrated by a fixedly provided bar for being received in the oblique notches of the upside-down square U-shaped element during assembly. A resilient assembly is assembled to a bottom portion of a slot formed in a horizontal section of the backrest supporting frame. The two frames and the resilient assembly can be assembled rapidly without... |
| Cab mounting mechanism | 20110018299 | 20110127 |
| Mounting apparatus (10) for mounting a cab (12) to a chassis (14) on a utility vehicle at one of a plurality of mounting points. The mounting apparatus comprise a first member (15) being associated with the cab and a second member (16) being associated with the chassis. The members (15, 16) each have a mutually cooperating major surface which supports a portion of the weight of the cab (12). The weight is supported over a majority of the major surface thus avoiding localised stresses. The members further include engagement means (25, 16) disposed on their major surfaces which can be engaged to restrict relative movement in a plane substantially parallel to the major surfaces. The members can be attached to the chassis (14) and the cab... |
| Environmental protection shelving combination | 20110017691 | 20110127 |
| The environmental protection shelving combination of the present invention includes sleeves and panels made of corner protection paper for support and plastic connector sets used for coupling the sleeves. Therefore, in accordance with different requirements, the assembly thereof can be altered as desired. Furthermore, since the corner protection paper is formed by pressing Kraft paper and the sand tube paper into a supporting structure, it can provide bearing and pressure capability, so that can replace the conventional wood, plastic or metal framework. Accordingly, not only the costs of material, conveying and assembly can be reduced, the pollution to the environment also can be minimized.
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| Method and apparatus for effluent free sea water desalination | 20110017583 | 20110127 |
| A method and apparatus for eliminating brine effluent from desalination plants by distillation, is disclosed. To eliminate the brine the salt is converted into a solid and all of the water in the brine is converted to distilled water. The key to achieving this is reducing or eliminating the scale formation in the heating chamber. In one embodiment the process can be used to reduce or eliminate scale formation in a vapor compression sea water desalinization system and there-by use this system to produce drinking water. This process requires no chemical additives but relies entirely upon separation of the process of vaporization of the fluid involved, from the process of heating of the fluid. In one embodiment of this apparatus sea water can be desalinated and... |
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| Hydraulic supply system | 20110017331 | 20110127 |
| A hydraulic supply system (10) for a tractor is provided comprising a hydraulic pump (P) and a support plate (13) mounted on the exterior of a tractor chassis (14). One or more fluid flow control valves (17a,17b, 17c,27,28,29,31) or other consumers are mounted on the support plate (13) which are fed with fluid from the pump (P) via passages (12a,12c) in the support plate. The separate support plate reduces the number of hydraulic pipes required thereby improving space availability and assembly costs.
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| Brake disk producing method and brake disk | 20110016943 | 20110127 |
| A brake disk producing method, comprising a periphery pressing step for forming an outer peripheral shape (5) of a rotor plate (2) into a peripheral shape having recesses and ridges (5a, 5b) repeated in a radial direction, and a chamfering step for forming a chamfered surface (6) by pressing, against a corner portion (2d) on an outer peripheral edge of the rotor plate (2), a die (7), and a brake disk made by the method. Accordingly, it is possible to improve heat radiation capability, reduce the weight and moment of inertia, improve safety in handling, and suppress increase in production costs. Furthermore, by forming the chamfered surface (6), the amount of wear of a brake pad pressed by the brake disk (1) can be reduced, and... |
| Fuel control method and fuel control apparatus for gas turbine and gas turbine | 20110016873 | 20110127 |
| A fuel control method for a gas turbine with a combustor being formed of at least two groups of a pluralities of main nozzles for supplying fuel, and that supplies fuel from the main nozzles of all groups upon ignition of the combustor (S1), and supplies fuel from three main nozzles of a group A during subsequent acceleration of the gas turbine (S3). Because fuel is injected from a small number of the main nozzles during acceleration, the fuel flow rate per one main nozzle is increased, thereby increasing the fuel-air ratio (fuel flow rate/air flow rate) in a combustion region and improving the combustion characteristics. Accordingly, the generation of carbon monoxide and unburned hydrocarbon is reduced, whereby no bypass valve is required and manufacturing costs... |
| Load-bearing system for fill material structure formation | 20110016800 | 20110127 |
| Methods and apparatus for the formation of structures utilizing fill materials capable of hardening, such as concrete. The methods and apparatus may include the employment of enhanced load-bearing capabilities, which may yield substantial efficiencies in time, labor, materials and costs attendant to fill material formation. The methods and apparatus may be particularly suited for use with manufacturing and prefabrication processes.
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| Compressed gas cartridge lance housing | 20110016692 | 20110127 |
| The present invention minimizes the assembly time of a dispenser head by inserting a rigid seal retaining element. The seal retaining element comes in different configurations thus allowing a variety of compressed gas cartridge dispensing options. Additional features are integrated into a molded dispenser head thus requiring fewer components to accomplish a useable dispenser thus reducing manufacturing costs. Reliance on conformable plastic allows for relaxed dimensional tolerances. This method of making a dispenser head can equally apply to threaded or non-threaded lance housings.
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| Insurance benefits estimator | 20110015950 | 20110120 |
| A computerized method allowing insurance customers to enter details of their individual risk factors like age, as well as various customer designed risk scenarios, and receive information on the payout amounts that various insurance plans will deliver based upon both the individual risk factors and the customer designed risk scenario. In one embodiment, a method for allowing travelers going to a foreign country, where the traveler may be unaware of prevailing costs for various medical contingencies, to enter the traveler's risk factors like age and various adverse medical scenarios, and be informed both as to the costs of medical treatment in that country and the benefits that a variety of travel medical insurance plans will provide under these scenarios. These plans may then be evaluated according... |
| Fuel equivalency for data services | 20110015856 | 20110120 |
| A fuel information data service system is presented. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention a fuel information data service can include a controller operable to receive information regarding costs of various types of fuel, and to correlate such costs of fuel information to actual operating costs for a given vehicle, based on a known consumption efficiency for a plurality of types of fuel for that vehicle, to calculate a FuelEQ or fuel equivalency for each fuel offering. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention an exemplary system can further include a presentation device coupled to the controller where the controller is further operable to present such FuelEQ information expressed as a cost per distance traveled. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention a location finding... |
| Handle for suturing apparatus | 20110015655 | 20110120 |
| Methods and apparatus are provided for closing incisions within biological tissue. In one embodiment, a device and method are provided for suturing biological tissue, such as, for example, an organ or blood vessel. The suturing apparatus is particularly well suited for suturing an incision made in an artery, such as the femoral artery, following a catheterization procedure. The device eliminates the need to apply pressure to a patient's thigh for an extended period of time, and eliminates many of the complications and costs associated with the creation of a thrombus patch. In addition, the device comprises an improved handle portion which enables the physician to quickly and easily apply suture. The handle portion is very reliable and easy to manipulate. The suturing may be used in... |
| Method for making a dental blank, a press and a system for making dental blanks | 20110014589 | 20110120 |
| The invention relates to a method of making a dental blank which combines uniaxial pressing isostatic pressing techniques. The invention also includes a press for performing the method and a system comprising a uniaxial and a isostatic press. The invention may help in efficient manufacturing of dental blanks at minimized costs and maximized quality.
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| Rechargeable battery | 20110014509 | 20110120 |
| A rechargeable battery. A non-coating portion of an electrode plate, a coating portion of another electrode plate corresponding to the non-coating portion, and a separator are separated from each other through an insulating member to prevent a burr generated at the non-coating portion of the electrode plate from damaging the separator. Thus, the thickness of the separator can be reduced to improve battery capacity and reduce manufacturing costs.
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| method and apparatus for on-site nitrate production for a water processing system | 20110014091 | 20110120 |
| An electric plasma arc apparatus and method produces nitrogen compounds, solely using ambient air extracted in proximity to the apparatus. The nitrogen compounds are brought into contact with a water processing system, forming nitrate on-site. Hydrogen sulfide present in the water processing system is removed, and the production of hydrogen sulfide by sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) is eliminated by introducing nitrate into the system, whereby denitrifying microorganisms, using the nitrate, outcompete the sulfate-reducing bacteria for the available carbon nutrients, thus preventing the SRB from producing hydrogen sulfide. Nitrate ions generated in the water processing system which contains the denitrifying microorganisms can enhance oil recovery by means of microbial enhanced oil recovery mechanisms. Further, the electric plasma arc apparatus and methodology eliminate major costs of conventional treatment techniques,... |
| Inductively heated carbon nanotube fuser | 20110013954 | 20110120 |
| Systems and methods of inductively heating a fuser member in an electrophotographic device are disclosed. The systems and methods can include a heating component with a susceptor layer comprising carbon nanotubes (CNTs). An excitation unit with an electrical coil can be positioned a proximate distance from the heating component Current through the electrical coil can inductively heat the susceptor layer and the heating component. The heat from the susceptor layer and the heating component can be used to fuse toner onto an image-receiving substrate. The CNTs can reduce electronic hardware costs in the electrophotographic device in relation to the costs associated with conventional materials.
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| Transmitting device | 20110013705 | 20110120 |
| The invention discloses a transmitting apparatus. The transmitting apparatus uses the same transmission medium to transmit two signals that are within different frequency ranges at the same time. The transmitting apparatus increases the transmitting paths of the transmission medium so as to enhance the use of the transmission medium and save the production costs.
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| Methods and systems for processing print jobs | 20110013221 | 20110120 |
| Disclosed is a method for processing print jobs, comprising: determining whether a second print job being processed by an RIP is needed to pause and whether a third print job being processed by a print device is needed to pause according to a priority of a first print job requesting to be printed; storing, where the second print job is needed to pause, a processing state of the second print job and processing the first print job by the RIP; storing, where the third print job is needed to pause, a processing state of the third print job, and printing the first print job by the print device; resuming the processing for the second print job according to the stored processing state of the second print... |
| Display apparatus and display method | 20110012890 | 20110120 |
| An apparatus and method for partially driving a plasma display panel (PDP) includes a PDP with a plurality of bus electrodes, and a plurality of addressing electrodes intersecting the plurality of bus electrodes to create a display area for displaying an image frame. A panel driver selectively drives the plurality of bus and addressing electrodes, and a controller controls the panel driver to exclude from driving at least one among the plurality of bus electrodes and addressing electrodes with respect to a partial area of the PDP. By only partially driving a portion of the PDP, the loads to be driven, costs of the driving, and power consumption can be reduced. Further, the quality and the brightness of an image can be improved by increasing the... |
| Wireless tracking and monitoring electronic seal | 20110012731 | 20110120 |
| An electronic security seal (e-Seal) is disclosed. The e-Seal monitors security of shipments including intermodal containers, reports tampers in real-time, monitors environmental status of goods and reports exceptions in real-time, and reports the location of the shipment with high frequency. The security monitoring complies with the ISO 17712 standard, adding electronic real-time reporting of tamper time and location and LED tamper indication. The e-Seal can be manufactured and operated at low cost due to diagnostic and logistic features. The e-Seal supports low cost upgrades due to a modular architecture allowing a plug-in update of separate functions. The e-Seal allows flexible usage across supply chain tradelanes, due to highly programmable operation including over-the-air remote programming via wireless communications. The e-Seal provides low power operation to save battery... |
| Stator and dc brushless motors including the stator | 20110012444 | 20110120 |
| A stator for a DC brushless motor includes an annular insulating ring integrally formed from an insulating material. The annular insulating ring includes an outer peripheral face and an inner peripheral face. A plurality of winding portions extends from at least one of the outer and inner peripheral faces. A coil unit is wound around each of the plurality of winding portions. The stator can be utilized in various DC brushless motors. Since the stator does not include conventional silicon steel plates and is comprised of an annular insulating ring and a coil unit, advantages including low manufacturing costs, assembling convenience, possible reduction in the axial height, and high rotational stability are obtained.
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| Insurance benefits estimator | 20110015950 | 20110120 |
| A computerized method allowing insurance customers to enter details of their individual risk factors like age, as well as various customer designed risk scenarios, and receive information on the payout amounts that various insurance plans will deliver based upon both the individual risk factors and the customer designed risk scenario. In one embodiment, a method for allowing travelers going to a foreign country, where the traveler may be unaware of prevailing costs for various medical contingencies, to enter the traveler's risk factors like age and various adverse medical scenarios, and be informed both as to the costs of medical treatment in that country and the benefits that a variety of travel medical insurance plans will provide under these scenarios. These plans may then be evaluated according... |
| Fuel equivalency for data services | 20110015856 | 20110120 |
| A fuel information data service system is presented. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention a fuel information data service can include a controller operable to receive information regarding costs of various types of fuel, and to correlate such costs of fuel information to actual operating costs for a given vehicle, based on a known consumption efficiency for a plurality of types of fuel for that vehicle, to calculate a FuelEQ or fuel equivalency for each fuel offering. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention an exemplary system can further include a presentation device coupled to the controller where the controller is further operable to present such FuelEQ information expressed as a cost per distance traveled. In exemplary embodiments of the present invention a location finding... |
| Handle for suturing apparatus | 20110015655 | 20110120 |
| Methods and apparatus are provided for closing incisions within biological tissue. In one embodiment, a device and method are provided for suturing biological tissue, such as, for example, an organ or blood vessel. The suturing apparatus is particularly well suited for suturing an incision made in an artery, such as the femoral artery, following a catheterization procedure. The device eliminates the need to apply pressure to a patient's thigh for an extended period of time, and eliminates many of the complications and costs associated with the creation of a thrombus patch. In addition, the device comprises an improved handle portion which enables the physician to quickly and easily apply suture. The handle portion is very reliable and easy to manipulate. The suturing may be used in... |
| Method for making a dental blank, a press and a system for making dental blanks | 20110014589 | 20110120 |
| The invention relates to a method of making a dental blank which combines uniaxial pressing isostatic pressing techniques. The invention also includes a press for performing the method and a system comprising a uniaxial and a isostatic press. The invention may help in efficient manufacturing of dental blanks at minimized costs and maximized quality.
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| Rechargeable battery | 20110014509 | 20110120 |
| A rechargeable battery. A non-coating portion of an electrode plate, a coating portion of another electrode plate corresponding to the non-coating portion, and a separator are separated from each other through an insulating member to prevent a burr generated at the non-coating portion of the electrode plate from damaging the separator. Thus, the thickness of the separator can be reduced to improve battery capacity and reduce manufacturing costs.
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| method and apparatus for on-site nitrate production for a water processing system | 20110014091 | 20110120 |
| An electric plasma arc apparatus and method produces nitrogen compounds, solely using ambient air extracted in proximity to the apparatus. The nitrogen compounds are brought into contact with a water processing system, forming nitrate on-site. Hydrogen sulfide present in the water processing system is removed, and the production of hydrogen sulfide by sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) is eliminated by introducing nitrate into the system, whereby denitrifying microorganisms, using the nitrate, outcompete the sulfate-reducing bacteria for the available carbon nutrients, thus preventing the SRB from producing hydrogen sulfide. Nitrate ions generated in the water processing system which contains the denitrifying microorganisms can enhance oil recovery by means of microbial enhanced oil recovery mechanisms. Further, the electric plasma arc apparatus and methodology eliminate major costs of conventional treatment techniques,... |
| Inductively heated carbon nanotube fuser | 20110013954 | 20110120 |
| Systems and methods of inductively heating a fuser member in an electrophotographic device are disclosed. The systems and methods can include a heating component with a susceptor layer comprising carbon nanotubes (CNTs). An excitation unit with an electrical coil can be positioned a proximate distance from the heating component Current through the electrical coil can inductively heat the susceptor layer and the heating component. The heat from the susceptor layer and the heating component can be used to fuse toner onto an image-receiving substrate. The CNTs can reduce electronic hardware costs in the electrophotographic device in relation to the costs associated with conventional materials.
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| Transmitting device | 20110013705 | 20110120 |
| The invention discloses a transmitting apparatus. The transmitting apparatus uses the same transmission medium to transmit two signals that are within different frequency ranges at the same time. The transmitting apparatus increases the transmitting paths of the transmission medium so as to enhance the use of the transmission medium and save the production costs.
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| Methods and systems for processing print jobs | 20110013221 | 20110120 |
| Disclosed is a method for processing print jobs, comprising: determining whether a second print job being processed by an RIP is needed to pause and whether a third print job being processed by a print device is needed to pause according to a priority of a first print job requesting to be printed; storing, where the second print job is needed to pause, a processing state of the second print job and processing the first print job by the RIP; storing, where the third print job is needed to pause, a processing state of the third print job, and printing the first print job by the print device; resuming the processing for the second print job according to the stored processing state of the second print... |
| Display apparatus and display method | 20110012890 | 20110120 |
| An apparatus and method for partially driving a plasma display panel (PDP) includes a PDP with a plurality of bus electrodes, and a plurality of addressing electrodes intersecting the plurality of bus electrodes to create a display area for displaying an image frame. A panel driver selectively drives the plurality of bus and addressing electrodes, and a controller controls the panel driver to exclude from driving at least one among the plurality of bus electrodes and addressing electrodes with respect to a partial area of the PDP. By only partially driving a portion of the PDP, the loads to be driven, costs of the driving, and power consumption can be reduced. Further, the quality and the brightness of an image can be improved by increasing the... |
| Wireless tracking and monitoring electronic seal | 20110012731 | 20110120 |
| An electronic security seal (e-Seal) is disclosed. The e-Seal monitors security of shipments including intermodal containers, reports tampers in real-time, monitors environmental status of goods and reports exceptions in real-time, and reports the location of the shipment with high frequency. The security monitoring complies with the ISO 17712 standard, adding electronic real-time reporting of tamper time and location and LED tamper indication. The e-Seal can be manufactured and operated at low cost due to diagnostic and logistic features. The e-Seal supports low cost upgrades due to a modular architecture allowing a plug-in update of separate functions. The e-Seal allows flexible usage across supply chain tradelanes, due to highly programmable operation including over-the-air remote programming via wireless communications. The e-Seal provides low power operation to save battery... |
| Stator and dc brushless motors including the stator | 20110012444 | 20110120 |
| A stator for a DC brushless motor includes an annular insulating ring integrally formed from an insulating material. The annular insulating ring includes an outer peripheral face and an inner peripheral face. A plurality of winding portions extends from at least one of the outer and inner peripheral faces. A coil unit is wound around each of the plurality of winding portions. The stator can be utilized in various DC brushless motors. Since the stator does not include conventional silicon steel plates and is comprised of an annular insulating ring and a coil unit, advantages including low manufacturing costs, assembling convenience, possible reduction in the axial height, and high rotational stability are obtained.
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| 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... |
| Heat exchanges for dispensing sub-zero beer | 20110011569 | 20110120 |
| A heat exchanger (10) comprises a coolant line (11) and a beverage line (13), embedded in a solid block of Aluminium (15). The coolant line (11) is in the form of a first helical coil defining a plurality of turns typically located in the centre of the block. The beverage line (13) is in the form of a second helical coil defining a plurality of turns extending around the first coil. The coolant line defines a cold zone (12), typically in the centre of the block, with the volume outside the central zone carrying the beverage line ratio defining an designated beverage cooling zone (14). The volume ratio of the designated zone to the cold zone is about 150:100. The heat exchanger allows for cooling of... |
| Method for functional diagnosis of a separator | 20110011380 | 20110120 |
| A method for functional diagnosis of a separator for separating oil present in a blow-by has from a crankcase in a combustion engine is provided. The crankcase includes a crankcase pressure sensor, and is in fluid communication with the separator. The method includes the steps of detecting a first output signal of the crankcase pressure sensor at a first operational point or interval, and comparing the first output signal of the crankcase pressure sensor with at least one reference value or signal, wherein the comparison between said first output signal of the crankcase pressure sensor and the at least one reference value or signal provides the functional diagnosis of the separator. A method can perform a functional diagnosis without the use of additional sensors or complex... |
| Charge circuit systems and methods of using the same | 20110011113 | 20110120 |
| The present invention relates to electrical circuit systems and methods of using the same. In particular, the present invention provides a system comprising an independent hybrid battery circuit (e.g., powered by a single, multi-output alternator), vehicles comprising the same and systems (e.g., air conditioning systems, heating systems, and fuel line heat systems) powered by the same. In particular, the present invention provides systems comprising a hybrid battery circuit containing one or a plurality of rechargeable batteries (e.g., that power circuit specific component devices) and vehicles comprising the same wherein the hybrid battery circuit is independent from (e.g., not limited by) a vehicle's starter battery circuit. Systems and methods of the present invention find use in reducing vehicle emissions (e.g., carbon dioxide, nitrogen oxide and/or particulate emissions),... |
| System and method for achieving higher data rates in physical layer devices | 20110010609 | 20110113 |
| A system and method for achieving higher data rates in physical layer devices. Costs imposed by large data rate increases represented by generational increases in Ethernet standards activities are avoided through physical layer device modifications that enable marginal increases in data bandwidth. Building-block reuse can be promoted through the selective use of clocking rate increase, increase in coding efficiency, and bit reuse.
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| Communications network | 20110010312 | 20110113 |
| A multi-use service charging protocol is disclosed. A data structure (303, 308) which includes chargeable elements relating generally to the multi-site service, and chargeable elements relating to the provision of network resources for each site involved in the multi-site service is transferred between a customer terminal (44) and an online charging system (30) in the network. In this way a customer who provides a description of a multi-site service is able to instantaneously receive advice of the charge for the multi-site service, and the network operator is able to instantaneously charge the customer for the multi-site service. Furthermore, the customer is later able to analyse his communications costs broken down by multi-site service and/or by site.
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| Optimized component selection for project completion | 20110010207 | 20110113 |
| A method is provided for determining the best combination of components/supplies/goods matched to a price provided by a supplier of those components/supplies/goods, such that costs are minimizing subject to a given supply function, fixed costs and various considerations that can be factored into a selection criteria. More specifically, a Lagrangian function is minimized subject to the supply function and an ensemble of costing formulations are considered subject to weighting factors as applied to a variety of criteria to arrive at an optimized selection of components/supplies/goods.
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| Electronic textiles with electronic devices on ribbons | 20110008919 | 20110113 |
| Ribbons containing e.g. inorganic NMOS devices are assembled in electrical contact with ribbons containing e.g. PMOS devices (preferably organic) to enable flexible electronic textile circuits to be inexpensive and practical for a wide variety of functions. The use of ribbons provides flexibility, reduces costs, and allows testing during assembly and different processes to be efficiently used for different components. This is apparently the first time that ribbons (especially inorganic-device-containing ribbons) have been interconnected to form a flexible CMOS electronic textile.
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| Optical sheet | 20110008551 | 20110113 |
| The present invention relates to an optical sheet for use in a liquid crystal display. The optical sheet of the present invention allows for ease of handling, reduces defective proportions and manufacturing costs, improves throughput, and prevents the deterioration of luminance attributable to the damage of the optical sheet.
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| Method and apparatus for on-site nitrate production for a water processing system | 20110008217 | 20110113 |
| An electric plasma arc apparatus and method produces nitrogen compounds, solely using ambient air extracted in proximity to the apparatus. The nitrogen compounds are brought into contact with a water processing system, forming nitrate on-site. Hydrogen sulfide present in the water processing system is removed, and the production of hydrogen sulfide by sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) is eliminated by introducing nitrate into the system, whereby denitrifying microorganisms, using the nitrate, outcompete the sulfate-reducing bacteria for the available carbon nutrients, thus preventing the SRB from producing hydrogen sulfide. Nitrate ions generated in the water processing system which contains the denitrifying microorganisms can enhance oil recovery by means of microbial enhanced oil recovery mechanisms. Further, the electric plasma arc apparatus and methodology eliminate major costs of conventional treatment techniques,... |
| Call setup penalty cost categorization | 20110007880 | 20110113 |
| Embodiments of systems and methods presently disclosed generally relate to categorizing penalty costs associated with calls. More specifically, embodiments relate to identifying penalty costs generated in response to setting up calls in a network and determining one or more reasons for the penalty costs. Further still, embodiments relate to generating one or more reports of penalty costs. Further yet, embodiments relate to notifying specified personnel of the penalty cost report(s).
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| X-ray tube target and method of repairing a damaged x-ray tube target | 20110007872 | 20110113 |
| An x-ray tube target and method of repairing a damaged x-ray tube target. The x-ray tube target includes an original substrate and a portion of the original substrate that includes a new portion of a substrate and a new target track that is attached to a void in the original substrate. The method includes removal and replacement of damaged materials on used anode targets of x-ray tubes, thereby enabling recovery of used anode targets without the use of expensive and time consuming layer deposition methods. The method also avoids the high costs and long development cycles associated with known repair and refabrication methods for anode targets of x-ray tubes.
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| Hierarchical communication system providing intelligent data, program and processing migration | 20110007724 | 20110113 |
| A hierarchical communication system, arranged in a spanning tree configuration, is described in which wired and wireless communication networks exhibiting substantially different characteristics are employed in an overall scheme to link portable or mobile computing devices. Copies of data, program code and processing resources are migrated from their source toward requesting destinations based on request frequency, communication link costs and available local storage and/or processing resources. Each appropriately configured network device acts as an active participant in network migration. In addition, portable two-dimensional (2-D) code reading terminals are configured to wirelessly communicate compressed 2-D images toward stationary access servers that identify the code image through decoding and through comparison with a database of images that have previously been decoded and stored.
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| Methods, apparatus and systems for generating searchable electronic records of underground facility locate and/or marking operations | 20110007076 | 20110113 |
| Manual, semi-automated or automated image-based electronic manifests of locate operations. Multiple image layers may be selectively enabled or disabled for display to facilitate comparative viewing of different base images and/or categories of information overlaid on the base image(s) relating to the locate operation. Accuracy indicators and/or calibration factors may be employed to ensure geographic integrity and appropriate registration of displayed information. In one example, revision layers are employed so that “raw” data, modified data, and/or annotated images may be maintained and locked to prevent unauthorized modifications. Limited access files also may be employed to prevent unauthorized edits to or use of manifests. If a digital base image is not available or of poor quality, base images may be sketched manually (e.g., on a displayed grid) with... |
| Light emitting diode illumination device and method for controlling electric current | 20110006703 | 20110113 |
| A light emitting diode (LED) illumination device utilizes a power transmission line to electrically connect a driving module and at least one LED lamp body. The driving module outputs a high frequency alternating power having above 30 voltages and above 72 Hz frequencies through frequency modulation. Each LED lamp body has at least one LED element and a rectification module. The high frequency alternating power generated from the driving module is modulated by the rectification module into a direct power to drive the LED element. Accordingly, the flicker phenomenon on the light source can be effectively improved, and the filter component installed inside each LED lamp body can be omitted. A simple circuit is used to reliably drive the LED element to achieve goals of rapidly... |
| Led lamp device | 20110006688 | 20110113 |
| This invention relates to an LED lamp device which can be applicable to a socket of a general fluorescent lamp, a halogen lamp, an incandescent lamp or the like by embodying an LED illuminating lamp powered by an alternating current (AC) through a simplified rectifier circuit and control of the number of LEDs without a dedicated circuit such as SMPS or the like when constructing the illuminating lamp using the LEDs, and which can reduce manufacturing costs and miniaturize the size of a product.
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| Horizontal axis wind turbine with rotatable tower | 20110006536 | 20110113 |
| A horizontal axis wind turbine with rotatable tower including nacelle and blades. The tower, the blades, and the nacelle are rotatable by following the shift of wind direction so as to align the blades to be facing with the wind direction for enhancing performances thereof. Also can eliminate the gearbox, as compared to the conventional horizontal axis wind turbine that the nacelle is not completely fixed with tower, the present invention is easy to manufacture with reduced costs.
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| Combined axial piston liquid pump and energy recovery pressure exchanger | 20110006006 | 20110113 |
| A pumping machine, that can serve a system as the sole main pump for pressurizing a primary liquid flow, incorporates, in a single machine, a rotor-drum type AP (axial piston) pump and a PX (pressure exchanger) that recovers energy from a secondary liquid flow such as the brine discharge from an RO seawater desalination system, with benefits including fewer moving parts and small machine size along with lower capital and operating costs. A single rotor-drum containing the cylinders and pistons is located between two end blocks, one or both configured with manifold passageways, ports and sliding valves. A swash-plate at one end reciprocates the pistons axially when the rotor-drum is rotated. Two working chambers, primary and secondary, are formed at opposite ends of a single piston... |
| Software appliances not requiring virtual machines | 20090328077 | 20091231 |
| Basing software appliances on a virtualization technique known as “Containers” enables the deployment of the software appliance on any host running a relevant containerized operating system. Basing virtual appliances on containers avoids incurring the additional overhead normally associated with virtual machines. For example, basing virtual appliances on containers avoids the installation, configuration and maintenance costs associated with running complex stacks of software, as well as the need for on-site support, while simultaneously avoiding the performance overhead and scaling limitations associated with running virtual machines.
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| Timing operations in an ic with configurable circuits | 20090327987 | 20091231 |
| Some embodiments provide a method that identifies a first physical design solution for positioning several configurable operations on several reconfigurable circuits of an integrated circuit (IC). The method identifies a second physical design solution for positioning the configurable operations on the configurable circuits. One of the identified physical design solutions has one reconfigurable circuit perform a particular configurable operation in at least two reconfiguration cycles while the other identified solution does not have one reconfigurable circuit perform the particular configurable operation in two reconfiguration cycles. The method costs the first and second physical design solutions. The method selects one of the two physical design solutions based on the costs.
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| Balancing the costs of sharing private data with the utility of enhanced personalization of online services | 20090327228 | 20091231 |
| Described herein is a method that includes determining a utility to a user of sharing a set of attributes for use in connection with personalized searching or other online services. The method further includes determining a cost to the user of sharing the set of attributes. The method also includes outputting an indication of a net benefit to the user of sharing the set of attributes based at least in part upon the determined utility and the determined cost.
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| Combining predictive models of forgetting, relevance, and cost of interruption to guide automated reminding | 20090327169 | 20091231 |
| The claimed matter provides systems and/or techniques that develop or use predictive models of human forgetting to effectuate automated reminding. The system includes the use of predictive models that infer the probability that aspects of items will be forgotten, models that evaluate the relevance of recalling aspects of items in different settings, based on contextual information related to user attributes associated with the items, and models of the context-sensitive cost of interrupting users with reminders. The system can combine the probability of users forgetting aspects of an item with an assessed cost of forgetting those aspects to ascertain expected costs for not being reminded about events, compare expected costs for not being reminded with expected costs for interrupting users, and based on comparisons between expected costs... |
| Choice engine | 20090327163 | 20091231 |
| Disclosed are arrangements (700) that construct (803) attributes used by a consumer (703) to purchase an item, determine (803) how much of each attribute is contained in each candidate item, estimate (806) marginal costs for the attributes, establish (303) the preferences of the consumer for the various attributes, determine (803) utility scores for the candidate items that reflect the extent to which the candidate items provide the consumer with preferred attributes, and rank the candidate items, in an ordered list, in terms of their respective utility scores.
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| Optimizing advertisement campaign servicing | 20090327075 | 20091231 |
| Methods, system and computer readable media for distributing advertisements include minimizing storage costs for frequency capping, dividing a set of campaigns into slices and predetermining campaign-target matches. Frequency storage costs may be minimized by storing frequency data for those users or groups of users that have a high probability of exceeding a frequency limit. Additionally or alternatively, a set of campaigns may be divided into slices. Less than all of the slices may then be evaluated (i.e., instead of the entire set) against a user requesting an advertisement. Still further, all campaign-target matches may be evaluated prior to receiving advertisement requests. Re-evaluations may be performed when changes occur to the set of campaigns. The match data may be stored in bitset, hash map and bitmap storage... |
| Forecasting discovery costs based on complex and incomplete facts | 20090327049 | 20091231 |
| The discovery cost forecasting system uses incomplete information to generate forecasts of discovery expenses. Models are generated with different levels of granularity depending upon the available facts and user preferences. An expert provides real-time information to improve the accuracy of the predictions. A scenario analysis is generated that evaluates how changes to the parameters of the matter could affect the forecasted cost. An estimate is generated of the degree of advancement of the matter in its lifecycle as part of the cost forecast. The cost associated with each data source and custodian is tracked and reported. A configurable and extensible cost equation is defined. A dashboard user interface is generated to monitor the entire portfolio to extract easy to understand facts, trends, and early warning signs... |
| Forecasting discovery costs based on complex and incomplete facts | 20090327048 | 20091231 |
| The discovery cost forecasting system uses incomplete information to generate forecasts of discovery expenses. Models are generated with different levels of granularity depending upon the available facts and user preferences. An expert provides real-time information to improve the accuracy of the predictions. A scenario analysis is generated that evaluates how changes to the parameters of the matter could affect the forecasted cost. An estimate is generated of the degree of advancement of the matter in its lifecycle as part of the cost forecast. The cost associated with each data source and custodian is tracked and reported. A configurable and extensible cost equation is defined. A dashboard user interface is generated to monitor the entire portfolio to extract easy to understand facts, trends, and early warning signs... |
| Fuel offering and purchase management system | 20090327025 | 20091231 |
| The present disclosure is directed towards apparatuses, systems and methods to facilitate the pricing, sales and delivery of a commodity fuel to a Customer. In one embodiment, the disclosure teaches a Fuel Offer Generator that facilitates the purchase and management of fuel offerings. The Fuel Offer Generator allows Customers interested in securing fuel to obtain an offer for fuel at lock-in prices for various tenors. Fuel Customers can buy these fuel offers such that they may later exercise the fuel offers so their fuel costs are locked-in at desired levels (e.g., they may be set to strike prices). The Fuel Offer Generator also can establish a Premium Price that will be part of the fuel offer. The Fuel Offer Generator may generate hedges to counteract fuel... |
| Personnel cost planning | 20090327004 | 20091231 |
| Computer-implemented prospective planning of personnel costs for an enterprise includes conducting planning preparation to plan the personnel costs, electronically collecting data relating to personnel costs, electronically performing a cost planning run, electronically conducting a detailed analysis of the results to revise and modify the collected data to produce updated results, and reporting the results of the cost planning run.
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| Managing a company's compliance with multiple standards and performing cost/benefit analysis of the same | 20090326997 | 20091231 |
| A set of internal processes of a business entity can be identified. At least one compliance standard can be selected. Each compliance standard can include a set of required processes for compliance. The internal processes can be programmatically compared against the set of required processes for the compliance standard. Differences between the internal processes and the required processes can be determined. A compliance cost can be estimated based at least in part upon the determined differences. An expected benefit of satisfying the compliance standard can be determined as can an expected return on investment. When compliance standards change, new compliance standards emerge, and/or business factors of the entity change, data used in previous runs can be re-used. Data concerning internal processes of the entity can be... |
| Local decision policies about the sharing of sensed data that enhance privacy and lower communication costs for services that aggregate data from personal devices | 20090326791 | 20091231 |
| Velocity information can be beneficial to various entities including other vehicles and a central traffic monitoring and routing system. Vehicles with sensors can serve as velocity probes to update speeds that are shared via a more global service. However, individuals may be reluctant to provide location and velocity information given privacy preferences. Local policies about sharing personal data are described that can be harnessed to enhance privacy while minimizing communication costs. The local data-sharing policies allow devices to monitor their own speeds and locations and to employ models and analyses that determine the value of sharing flow information with a larger service in accordance with privacy preferences, and to make local decisions as to when to respond to broadcasted queries for specific information, while minimizing the... |
| Method and apparatus for optimizing, monitoring, or analyzing a process | 20090326680 | 20091231 |
| The invention presents a method and an apparatus for optimizing or monitoring or analyzing process sequences of an automated device, such that a visualization of the data sets is implemented by means of a display means 12a, b, c, with the use of at least one first and one second data set, in such a way that a visual cross-reference 15, 16 is created between data-set segments that are relevant to the process sequence. This allows the machine operator to recognize quickly those points in the process sequence where a need exists for intervention. Manufacturing costs can thereby be lowered, and product quality improved.
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| Process for preparing aromatic polycarboxylic acid by liquid phase oxidation | 20090326265 | 20091231 |
| The process of the invention is especially suited for production of terephthalic acid from p-xylene.
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| System for adapting device standars after manufacture | 20090325555 | 20091231 |
| A system for efficient sale of devices that comply with licensed standards. A preferred embodiment of the invention uses a generic, or highly adaptable, hardware device. The device can be adapted to adhere to a specific standard, e.g., code-division multiple access, time-division multiple access, etc., after manufacture such as at the point-of-sale to an end user, prior to distribution, or at some other point in a distribution and sales network. This allows manufacturers, retailers and end users to benefit from more competitive selection of standardized communication, data and other formats. Reduction of manufacturing costs and elimination of shipping, or other transfer and storage costs, is also realized.
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| Method for producing clad material, and clad material | 20090324984 | 20091231 |
| A powder press-fixing machine 12 is used to press-fix metal powder to surfaces of a base material 1 uncoiled from a coil 2 by an uncoiler 3. In order to provide a required composition of brazing filler metal, at least two kinds of metal powder is mixed, the mixed powder being press-fixed to the base material 1 to form the brazing filler metal layer 11, the brazing filler metal constituting the layer 11 having the composition such that copper is added with at least phosphor to lower a melting point of the same relative to that of copper, thus producing the clad material 8.
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| Method for designing computational optical imaging system | 20090324101 | 20091231 |
| A method for designing computational optical imaging system, including a step for setting a target; a step for designing an optical module; and a step for designing an image restoration module; wherein by using the similarity and blur minimization of the optical module and the image restoration module to gather the optimization judgment standard, the step for designing an optical module and the step for designing an image restoration module operate individually synchronously or in sequence, and by a software product to design an optical imaging system so as to reduce the quantity and time of calculation and save repairing costs.
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| System and method of updating key based on communication cost and security damage cost | 20090323964 | 20091231 |
| A system and method of updating a key based on communication and security damage costs are provided. The key updating system for group communication between a plurality of group members, includes a key update cycle determining unit to determine a key update cycle based on a communication cost and a security damage cost, and a key updating unit to perform a key updating with respect to one or more group members of the group communication based on the determined key update cycle.
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| Exponentiation method using multibase number representation | 20090323933 | 20091231 |
| A method of scalar multiplication for use in elliptic curve-based cryptosystems (ECC) is provided. Scalars are represented using a generic multibase form combined with the non-adjacency property, which greatly reduces the nonzero density in the representation. The method allows for flexibly selecting an unrestricted number of bases and their weight in the representation according to the particular characteristics of a setting, in such a way that computing costs are minimized. A simple, memory-friendly conversion process from binary to multibase representation and an inexpensive methodology to protect the multibase scalar multiplication against simple-side channel attacks are also provided.
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| Semiconductor device, integrated circuit including the semiconductor device, control ic for switching power supply and the switching power supply | 20090323376 | 20091231 |
| A semiconductor device incorporates a resistor on a structure that uses diffusion layers for sustaining the breakdown voltage thereof to realizes a very resistive element that exhibits a high breakdown voltage and high electrical resistance, includes a spiral very resistive element buried in an interlayer insulator film. A first end of the very resistive element is connected to a drain electrode wiring and the second end of the very resistive element is grounded. An intermediate point of the very resistive element is connected to ae voltage comparator of a control IC. The semiconductor device according to the invention facilitates reducing the components parts costs, assembly costs and size of a switching power supply that includes a very resistive element.
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| Electronic apparatus | 20090323280 | 20091231 |
| An electronic apparatus includes a housing and an airflow regulating device. The housing defines an accommodating space therein, and an air inlet that places the accommodating space in fluid communication with the external environment. The airflow regulating device includes a cover panel for covering and uncovering the air inlet, and an actuating mechanism coupled to the cover panel and driving movement of the cover panel to adjust the degree of opening of the air inlet in response to a change in temperature in the accommodating space so as to enhance the heat-dissipating efficiency of a cooling fan, minimize crashing and other problems due to poor heat dissipation, avoid the use of a heat-dissipating module that is high in cost and complicated in structure, and reduce manufacturing... |
| Foil winding pulse transformer | 20090322462 | 20091231 |
| A pulse transformer arrangement (100) is built from an uncut pulse transformer core (110) and at least one foil winding (120-A, 120-B) (each) comprising multiple insulated conducting strips arranged around the core and ending in foil winding terminals to form multiple independent primary windings. This new design principle has several advantages. Making the winding(s) of foil eliminates the need to cut the core, because of the ease of insertion of the foil winding(s) onto the core. The work to set up a plurality of primary windings is significantly reduced. In addition to the elimination of the costs for cutting the core, this also brings the further advantages of reduced DC reset current, reduced risk for electrical shorts and avoidance of excessive losses due to potential high... |
| High-frequency switching-type direct-current rectifier | 20090322460 | 20091231 |
| The present invention relates to a novel structure of a transformer for a high-frequency switching-type direct-current (DC) rectifier, and particularly to an improved structure of a transformer applicable to a large-current low-voltage high-frequency switching-type rectifier, wherein the transformer is comprised of a ring-shaped iron core (made of materials such as dust core or nanometer crystalline silicon or amorphous silicone), which is provided with a primary side formed with winding(s) of copper wire(s), coupling with a secondary side that is formed with a newly-developed module or block, which replaces the secondary side that was constructed to provide output with copper wires or copper plate with wire wound thereon. A cooling water tube is arranged in the secondary-side module to remove heat with the water so as to... |
| Stowage bin with shear fittings | 20090321566 | 20091231 |
| An aircraft stowage bin assembly includes shear fittings configured to route a content load from the bucket of the bin assembly to the airframe in the event of a forward load condition, such as a crash or severe turbulence. When the forward inertial load factor on the stowage bin is greater than about 1 g, the shear fittings create an efficient load path from the bucket to the airframe which bypasses the large metallic or composite endframes required by the designs of many conventional overhead stowage bins. As a result, significant reductions in overall bulk and weight, as well as lower manufacturing costs, can be realized.
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| Filter for fluids in conduits | 20090321345 | 20091231 |
| The invention relates to a filter for fluids in conduits, consisting of: a tubular filter housing (1); a filtering basket (9) that is coaxial with the filter housing (1) and that is positioned to rotate; a stationary flushing connection (16) for removing substances that have been retained by the filtering basket (9), said connection covering successive parts of the filtering basket (9) and being connected to means for removing the substances. To achieve a simple construction for the filter, increased operational safety for the drive components and the rotational mounting of the filtering basket (9), in conjunction with reduced production and maintenance costs, a fluid-proof drum motor (3) is coaxial with the filter housing (1) and the filtering basket (9) is fixed to the drum (4)... |
| Respiration system | 20090320850 | 20091231 |
| A respiration system (1) is provided with a breathing mask (2), a connection device (3) embodied on the breathing mask (2) for connecting the breathing mask (2) to a flexible air tube (15), a forehead support (4), and a band system (5) for attaching the breathing mask (2) to a head of a patient. An attaching device (9a, 9b, 9c, 9d) is arranged on the breathing mask (2) and on the forehead support (4) for the band system (5). The respiration system (1) is able to be adapted to the greatest variety of anatomies and requirements of a patient's head. Further, the respiration system (1) is simple and reliable to use and has low manufacturing costs. The forehead support (4) can be detachably connected to the... |
| Dual fuel system | 20090320786 | 20091231 |
| The present invention is directed to a dual fuel system and a dual fuel system assembly where liquid LPG and diesel are mixed and then distributed via the common rail to the combustion chambers. The liquid fuel mixture remains in a liquid state and under pressure for introduction to the combustion chambers. With the preferred embodiment of the dual fuel system, only minor changes are required to the diesel engine without altering the manufactures specifications and voiding the manufacturer's warranties. The resultant combustion of the liquid fuel mixture provides a cleaner emission and relatively cheaper vehicle operational costs.
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| Dust shield for refractory hanger | 20090320727 | 20091231 |
| A shield for a refractory structure that houses refractory bricks. The refractory bricks are assembled with respect to each other to form a refractory wall, roof or another refractory structure. A hanger can be used to suspend or mount at least one refractory brick. In order to extend the service life of the hanger, a shield can cover at least a portion of the hanger, such as a hanger rod, to prevent dust particles from accumulating on the rod or another hanger element. Reducing or eliminating dust particles, particularly metal dust particles, can extend the service life of hanger components and can also reduce costs associated with maintenance and repair of refractory structures, particularly within industrial furnaces.
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| People & cargo transit systems & vehicles | 20090320713 | 20091231 |
| The Application discloses People & Cargo Transit Systems & Vehicles (PCTSV), using Narrow Vehicles (NV), which can have the form of a Bus, Train, Tram, Maglev, Mono-Rail or even Car or Truck. A preferred version of which is Single Seat Wide or below 70 cm wide, preferably a Bus type to need no Rail, using Dedicated Narrow Lanes adjacent to Curbside of existing intra-city streets or limits of inter-city roads. Said NV and Lane have Anti-Roll Over Means to stabilize such a narrow vehicle, which also eliminate NV Swaying even when NV is a Bus or Car with has no inherent Sway Limiting. Being Ultra Narrow with No Sway and Running at Curbside results in Negligible or No Blocking of other vehicles by NV.Said Lane/Tack, Anti-Sway... |
| Stockpiling methanol and/or dimethyl ether for fuel and energy reserves | 20090320356 | 20091231 |
| The present invention relates to a method of stockpiling a fuel source by storing methanol or dimethyl ether in appropriate storage facilities to provide an alternative fuel source that can be used to avoid shortages due to unavailability, limited availability or excessive costs of oil.
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| Manufacturing method of electronic component | 20080313895 | 20081225 |
| A method of manufacturing an electronic component minimizes the occurrence of voids and degradation of characteristics in a resin-sealed portion, while reducing the costs thereof. A sealing step for sealing surface acoustic wave elements by a sealing resin member formed from a resin film is performed by mounting the surface acoustic wave elements on a collective mounting substrate and the resin film in a bag with a gas-barrier property, and causing the resin film to infiltrate between the surface acoustic wave elements mounted on the reduce-pressured-packed collective mounting substrate to be hermetically sealed by the pressure difference between the inside and the outside of the bag.
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| Hair removing device | 20080313909 | 20081225 |
| A hair removal apparatus with a housing and an actuator head movable in the housing. The actuator head accommodates an actuator system that removes the hairs and is adapted to be driven by an electric drive mechanism arranged in the hair removal apparatus. The actuator system is movable into at least one active position for hair treatment. According to the invention, the actuator head is freely rotatable in the housing about an axis of rotation for adjustment of an active position. Using a single hair removal apparatus it is thus possible to employ various hair treatment systems such as long-hair cutter, short-hair cutter, or epilator, requiring only the actuator head to be turned about its bearing axis until the cutting unit provided for the respective hair... |
| Ink supply amount adjustment method and system for relief printing press | 20080314270 | 20081225 |
| Provided are an ink supply amount adjustment method and system for a relief printing press which enable a reduction in a burden of the operator by enabling automatic adjustment of an ink fountain key opening degree and an ink fountain roller rotation speed on the basis of the width or the area of a line portion measured in advance, and a reduction in costs by reducing the amount of waste paper to be produced, the relief printing press including: an ink fountain for storing ink; and ink fountain keys and an ink fountain roller for adjusting the amount of ink supplied from the ink fountain. The width of a line portion printed on paper by the relief printing press is measured by a width measuring camera,... |
| Steering and driving system for an industrial truck | 20080314655 | 20081225 |
| A steering and driving system (1, 53, 54) for an industrial truck with a driving engine (2), a driving transmission (21), a steering engine (4) and a steering transmission (5, 32, 32′), through that one rotor (23) arranged on a wheel hub (22) could be driven and is swivelable at a vertical axis (V). For the realization of the compact design form as well as lesser manufacturing costs for this steering and driving system is considered, that the driving engine (2), the steering engine (4) and the steering transmission (5, 32, 32′) are arranged co-axially to each other.
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| Mounting substrate and manufacturing method thereof | 20080315431 | 20081225 |
| A mounting substrate and a method of manufacturing the mounting substrate. The mounting substrate can include an insulation layer, a bonding pad buried in one side of the insulation layer in correspondence with a mounting position of a chip, and a circuit pattern electrically connected to the bonding pad. By utilizing certain embodiments of the invention, the process for stacking a solder resist layer can be omitted, as the bonding pads can be implemented in a form recessed from the surface of the insulation layer. In this way, the manufacturing process can be simplified and manufacturing costs can be reduced. Since the surface of the mounting-substrate on which to mount a chip can be kept flat without any protuberances, the occurrence of voids in the underfill... |
| Video retrieval system, method and computer program for surveillance of moving objects | 20080316311 | 20081225 |
| Video surveillance systems are used to monitor public places, streets, buildings, cities and other premises or surroundings and comprise a multitude of cameras which are monitoring relevant points in the surroundings. One of the problems of surveillance systems is, that the multitude of cameras produce a large amount of video data to be monitored, which requires a lot of human observers resulting in high personnel costs. A video retrieval system (1) connectable to a plurality of surveillance cameras (2) for monitoring a surroundings is proposed, the video retrieval system (1) comprising: displaying means (12) realized to display a graphical overall description (100, 130, 140) of the surroundings under surveillance, whereby the graphical overall description (100, 130, 140) comprises a plurality of monitored areas (110), whereby the... |
| System and methods for image segmentation in n-dimensional space | 20080317308 | 20081225 |
| A system and methods for the efficient segmentation of globally optimal surfaces representing object boundaries in volumetric datasets is provided. An optical surface detection system and methods are provided that are capable of simultaneously detecting multiple interacting surfaces in which the optimality is controlled by the cost functions designed for individual surfaces and by several geometric constraints defining the surface smoothness and interrelations. The graph search applications use objective functions that incorporate non-uniform cost terms such as “on-surface” costs as well as “in-region” costs.
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| System and method for decomposing a digital image | 20080317337 | 20081225 |
| A system and method for decomposing a digital image is provided. A digital image is represented as a word-graph, which includes words and visualized features, and zone hypotheses that group one or more of the words. Causal dependencies of the zone hypotheses are expressed through a learned generative zone model to which costs and constraints are assigned. An optimal set of the zone hypotheses are inferred, which are non-overlapping, through a heuristic search of the costs and constraints.
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| Image forming apparatus with first and second motors | 20080317491 | 20081225 |
| The image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member, a first motor for driving said image bearing member, a fixing unit which fixes an image transferred from said image bearing member to a recording material onto the recording material and a second motor for driving said fixing unit, wherein said fixing unit is started up by said first motor and then driven by said second motor. Thereby, costs on the second motor for driving the fixing apparatus, which is disposed separately from the first motor for driving the image forming apparatus, can be restrained.
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| Electrical connector provided with terminals constructed to simplify the assembly thereof | 20080318451 | 20081225 |
| An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative housing (2) defining a mating face (200) thereof. First and second terminals (3, 4) have the same-length received section (30, 40) in the respective passageways, and a leg section (31, 41), wherein the received section (40) of the second terminal (4) extends much closer to the mating face (200) than that of the first terminal (3). The leg section (41) of the second terminal (4) has a transition section (411), and a tailing section (410) located with a same distance away from the mating face (200) with that of the first terminal (3). This configuration of the first terminals (3) and the second terminals (4) can be set on a same carrier tape (6) to be assembled onto the... |
| Process for synthesizing remifentanil | 20080319196 | 20081225 |
| An improved process for synthesizing opiate or opioid analgesics and anesthetics, and intermediates thereof is provided. In particular, processes of synthesizing intermediates for use in the preparation of synthetic opiate or opioid compounds such as, for example, remifentanil, carfentanil, sufentanil, fentanyl, and alfentanil are disclosed. The preparation process requires fewer steps, and results in reduced costs and higher efficiency than processes known in the art for producing remifentanil and carfentanil.
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| Method and system for analyzing costs to a plan member under medicare | 20080319788 | 20081225 |
| A method for facilitating an easy and practical detailed analysis of Medicare Part D plans that saves the user time in calculating what a single plan costs by analyzing and presenting data regarding actual and estimated drug costs under various healthcare plans and features. A list of prescription drugs likely to be used in the coming year is prepared, including dosage and frequency of use on a personalized template. Information is added to the forms generated from the template, including plan name, prices for initial coverage, and yearly fee and deductible, for each plan. The spreadsheets are analyzed to compare plans. The effect on yearly cost of options such as home delivery, non-formulary drug suppliers domestic and foreign, which local drugstores, and other health decisions may... |
| Warranted retail transaction | 20080319801 | 20081225 |
| A method of providing a warranty coupled with an identity verification system having the steps of verifying the identity of a party, and, if the identity is fraudulent despite the verification, reimbursing the user of the identity verification system for losses due to the fraud. The warranty may also cover other costs and fees associated with the fraud. The warranty may be provided as part of an identity verification system, or identity verification may be a prerequisite for coverage under the warranty. The warranty may be insured to help distribute costs. There may be exceptions, limitations, and deductibles associated with coverage under the warranty.
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| System for matching borrowers and lenders | 20080319895 | 20081225 |
| A system and method are disclosed for a borrower to obtain and/or evaluate desired financial services. Personal information from the borrower is obtained and recorded. A credit grading for the borrower is determined based on the personal information, and based on pre-established and objective criteria used by at least one established financial institution that provides financing of the type sought by the borrower. The credit grading is determined by an independent entity (or its computer system) that will not provide the financing to the borrower. The financing may be a loan, such as a mortgage loan or an auto loan or the financing may be the issuance of a credit card or a line of credit. The independent entity may also compile a comparison of closing... |
| Method for dynamic usage billing | 20080319926 | 20081225 |
| A computer-implemented method of calculating a bill for resource usage in an application hosting environment. Resource information is gathered on each computer system resource from a set of resources which are memory resources, SAN resources, CPU resources, hard disk resources, network resources, and middleware resources. A cost per unit of resource is determined for each resource. Usage information is gathered on all resources utilized by at least one computer application during a billing period. A usage sum is determined for each resource utilized which includes a sum of all resource units utilized for each resource. A total usage cost is determined for each resource utilized. The total usage cost is a product of the cost per unit and the usage sum. A dynamic usage bill is... |
| Affiliate bandwidth management | 20080320141 | 20081225 |
| Methods, systems, and machine readable media are disclosed for managing bandwidth usage of a content provider. According to one embodiment, a system for managing bandwidth usage of a content provider can comprise a content provider system adapted to maintain and provide content and a first affiliate system comprising an affiliate network, an affiliate server communicatively coupled with the affiliate network, and a client. The client can be adapted to selectively request the content from either the content provider system or the affiliate server of the first affiliate system based on bandwidth costs for the content provider system.
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| Hardware-based virtualization of bios, disks, network-interfaces, & consoles using a direct interconnect fabric | 20080320181 | 20081225 |
| A multi-computer system has many processors that share peripherals. The peripherals are virtualized by hardware without software drivers. Remote peripherals appear to the operating system to be located on the local processor's own peripheral bus. A processor, DRAM, and north bridge connect to a south bridge interconnect fabric chip that has a virtual Ethernet controller and a virtual generic peripheral that act as virtual endpoints for the local processor's peripheral bus. Requests received by the virtual endpoints are encapsulated in interconnect packets and sent over an interconnect fabric to a device manager that accesses remote peripherals on a shared remote peripheral bus so that data can be returned. Ethernet Network Interface Cards (NIC), hard disks, consoles, and BIOS are remote peripherals that can be virtualized. Processors... |
| Management of grid computing resources based on service level requirements | 20080320482 | 20081225 |
| Generally speaking, systems, methods and media for management of grid computing resources based on service level requirements are disclosed. Embodiments of a method for scheduling a task on a grid computing system may include updating a job model by determining currently requested tasks and projecting future task submissions and updating a resource model by determining currently available resources and projecting future resource availability. The method may also include updating a financial model based on the job model, resource model, and one or more service level requirements of an SLA associated with the task, where the financial model includes an indication of costs of a task based on the service level requirements. The method may also include scheduling performance of the task based on the updated financial... |
| Portable composting toilet system | 20080307574 | 20081218 |
| A portable composting toilet system has a compartmentalized receptacle for receiving human waste, a gray-water circulation subsystem for circulating gray water formed by mixing water with waste through the compartmentalized receptacle to promote mixing of the waste to thereby accelerate digestion of the waste, and an air-circulation subsystem for emitting air bubbles into a sludge formed at a bottom of the compartmentalized receptacle to break up the sludge to thereby accelerate digestion of the waste. The air circulation subsystem can include an air-driven pump that causes the gray water to circulate while allowing feeding pressurized air to diffuser loops in each compartment to create sludge-breaking bubbles. This portable composting toilet system so efficiently decomposes waste that the maintenance costs of hauling residual sludge to the surface... |
| Air separation method and apparatus | 20080307828 | 20081218 |
| A compressed air stream is cooled to a temperature suitable for its rectification within a lower pressure heat exchanger and a boosted pressure air stream is liquefied or converted to a dense phase fluid within a higher pressure heat exchanger in order to vaporize pumped liquid products. Thermal balancing within the plant is effectuated with the use of waste nitrogen streams that are introduced into the higher and lower pressure heat exchangers. The heat exchangers are configured such that the flow area for the subsidiary waste nitrogen stream within the higher pressure heat exchanger is less than that would otherwise be required so that the subsidiary waste nitrogen streams were subjected to equal pressure drops in the higher and lower pressure heat exchangers. This allows the... |
| Variable depth router and base | 20080308188 | 20081218 |
| A variable depth router and base assembly can include a ring-type, depth-adjustment mechanism. The base assembly can be a two-piece base wherein one piece is disposed inside the other. One of the pieces can include an annular lip or recess that can cooperate with levers on the adjustment ring to secure the router to the base assembly. The two-piece base assembly can facilitate the manufacture of the base assembly, can allow the use of different materials for different portions of the base assembly, and can provide a more economical base assembly. The use of differing materials can facilitate the using of more wear-resistant materials where needed while avoiding the costs of such materials in locations where it is not needed. The two-piece base assembly may allow... |
| Apparatus for manufacturing single faced corrugated pasteboard | 20080308233 | 20081218 |
| The present invention relates to a single faced corrugated pasteboard manufacturing apparatus. To considerably reduce running costs and insufficient bonding of a single faced corrugated pasteboard sheet and occurrence of wrinkles due to an enlargement in machine width, there is provided a single faced corrugated pasteboard manufacturing apparatus for corrugating a medium 1 between a pair of corrugated rolls 4 and 5, supporting the corrugated medium 1 on a surface of the corrugated roll 4, and bonding a liner board 2 on the medium 1 being supported to manufacture a single faced corrugated pasteboard sheet 3. The apparatus includes a pair of facing rolls 21 and 22 provided to face the corrugated roll 4 and rotatable in the same direction as the corrugated roll 4; and... |
| Devices and methods for utilizing pressure variations as an energy source | 20080308270 | 20081218 |
| The present disclosure relates to a pump mechanism driven by differential pressure conditions and method for delivery of materials. In one embodiment, the pump mechanism may be used to deliver treatment chemical to a plunger apparatus or directly to a wellbore by exploiting pressure conditions found at a well. In certain embodiments, the pump mechanism is able to balance high pressure conditions available within a petroleum formation against low pressure conditions present in a common flow line serving the well. In so balancing these pressures, the pump mechanism is able to automatically tune itself to the needs of the well, ensuring continued operation over a wider range of operating conditions. The pump mechanism has the further advantages of lower operation costs and less environmental impact as... |
| Structure of packaging substrate having capacitor embedded therein and method for fabricating the same | 20080308309 | 20081218 |
| A structure of a packaging substrate having capacitors embedded therein is disclosed. The structure comprises a core substrate, a dielectric layer, and an outer circuit layer. The core substrate comprises an inner circuit layer. The dielectric layer is disposed at both sides of the core substrate, having first conductive vias each connecting to the inner circuit layer through a piece of outer electrode plate, a piece of high dielectric material layer, a piece of inner electrode plate, and a piece of adhesive layer, in sequence. The outer circuit layer is disposed on the surface of each of the dielectric layers. Herein, the capacitor is composed of a piece of the outer electrode plate, the high dielectric material layer and the inner electrode plate. The invention further... |
| Demineralizer | 20080308475 | 20081218 |
| The present invention provides a demineralizer capable of leveling out product water quantity and product water quality through the year regardless of raw water temperature, cutting down running costs, and improving the rate of operation. The demineralizer includes: a second reverse osmosis membrane module for separating primary concentrated water into secondary product water and secondary concentrated water; a product water supply pipe for guiding primary product water to a product water tank located downstream thereof; a secondary product water supply pipe for guiding the secondary product water downstream; a return pipe whose one end is connected to one end of the secondary product water supply pipe, and whose other end is connected to a raw water supply pipe; a by-pass pipe whose one end is connected... |
| Mounting process for a joint arrangement as well as joint arrangement for a motor vehicle axle | 20080309042 | 20081218 |
| A process is provided for mounting a joint arrangement, especially for a driven axle of a motor vehicle, as well as, furthermore, to a joint arrangement, especially for a motor vehicle axle. The joint arrangement has a joint fork (1), which can be arranged in the area of a vehicle axle, and a steering knuckle (2), which carries the wheel bearing (3) and is pivotable in relation to the joint fork (1) by two mounting points (4, 5). One of the mounting points is designed as a fixed bearing (4) and the other mounting point is designed as a movable bearing (5) with an outer ring element (8) and an inner ring element (9), wherein the movable bearing (5) has an axial degree of freedom as... |
| Voltage regulator and method of manufacturing the same | 20080309314 | 20081218 |
| A voltage regulator and a method of manufacturing the voltage regulator, which can provide a desired output voltage of the voltage regulator using a plurality of metal wires, arranged in regular patterns, and conductive metal wiring patterns, configured to activate the metal wires by selectively connecting them to each other when a voltage regulator having various output voltage patterns is produced through a single chip, thus reducing the costs of manufacturing the voltage regulator by simplifying the manufacturing process while reducing the size of the chip of the voltage regulator.
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| Combined scaling, filtering, and scan conversion | 20080309817 | 20081218 |
| Techniques for performing combined scaling, filtering, and/or scan conversion are disclosed that reduce the amount of line buffer space required in the overall design of a video processing system. In particular, coefficients from all or a sub-set of the scaling, filtering (smoothing/sharpening), and scan conversion filters are combined into one representative coefficient that can be applied in a single generic algorithm. Thus, implementation costs are reduced, particularly in a system-on-chip implementations.
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| Voltage detecting apparatus | 20080310063 | 20081218 |
| The present invention is to provide a voltage detecting apparatus, which can downsize a circuit, reduce costs and detect a voltage with high accuracy, the voltage detecting apparatus to detect a voltage by using a flying capacitor. Furthermore, the voltage detecting apparatus does not halt whole functions. The first zener diode is connected to the first resistor R1, which divides a voltage stored with the capacitor as a flying capacitor into a detectable voltage at a microcomputer, in parallel. Furthermore, the voltage detecting apparatus prevents more than a zener voltage of the first zener diode from applying to the input of the microcomputer.
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| Device for coupling light into a fiber-optic optical waveguide | 20080310182 | 20081218 |
| A fiber-optic device includes at least one LED light source having at least one light-emitting semiconductor surface, a fiber-optic optical waveguide having a multiplicity of individual optical fibers combined at one end to form a light-receiving entrance surface, and a lens configuration having optical lenses associated directly with one another, for imaging the light from the LED light source onto the entrance surface. In order to optimize the coupling of LED light into an optical waveguide with regard to technical complexity, efficiency and economic costs, to make the light from different types of LED light sources usable in an identical manner and to avoid undesirable optical effects during the transmission of light, the lens configuration includes at least two aspherical lenses, with at least one input... |
| Device for the support and oscillation of a continuous casting mould for casting liquid metal, particularly liquid steel | 20070295474 | 20071227 |
| A device for the support and oscillation of a continuous casting mould (1) for casting liquid metal, particularly liquid steel, comprising guide elements (4) which are mounted on fixed carrier components (5) and which is actually by means of oscillation devices (6). In order to shorten time required for mounting and dismounting and therefor to lower the down times and costs of said continuous casting device, a first module (7) is made of guide elements (4) and carrier components (5) and a second module (8) consists of the oscillation device (6). The second module (8) can be dismantled via an outlet (9) which extends laterally, perpendicular to the plane of symmetry (2) below the guide elements (4) or in between guide elements (4). Each of the... |
| Financial presentation instruments with integrated holder and methods for use | 20070295821 | 20071227 |
| The present invention provides improved apparatus, methods, and systems for displaying and packaging financial presentation instruments, particularly stored value, gift, or other pre-paid debit cards. In one embodiment of the present invention, a method for displaying a financial presentation instrument with an integrated holder is provided. The method comprises providing a data card having an information storage medium and an aperture therethrough. The data card is then suspended from a display hook through the at least one aperture. Hence, the present invention advantageously allows for convenient displaying and easy access to the data card for activation at the time the card is purchased by a consumer. Further, the integrated holder on the data card decreases the operating costs and increases the efficiency for selling such debit... |
| Method of and system for detecting and correcting mode switching in diffractive-based laser scanning systems | 20070295921 | 20071227 |
| The improved diffractive-based laser scanning system of the present invention monitors portions of the laser light beams generated by a laser light source (e.g., VLD) employed therein to generate a mode switching signal indicative of a shift in the characteristic wavelength of the laser light beams emitted from the laser light source. In response thereto, a temperature controller selectively heats (or cool) the laser light source to minimize and avoid such wavelength changes, thereby mitigating any potential problems caused by such wavelength changes (for example, unwanted beam distortion and signal processing errors as described above). Preferably, mode switching (e.g., change in characteristic wavelength of light emitted from the laser light source) is detected by monitoring a zeroth diffractive order beam produced by a diffractive element of... |
| Impact damper | 20070296131 | 20071227 |
| An impact damper (7) with at least one damper unit (8, 9, 10, 11). The damper unit (8, 9, 10, 11) includes at least one elastomer spring element (15), at least one fluid-filled primary chamber (24), and at least one fluid-filled secondary chamber (27), as well as one nozzle opening (26) connecting the two chambers (24, 27), wherein the fluid can be displaced during spring deflection of the elastomer spring element (15) from the primary chamber (24) into the secondary chamber (27). The impact damper (7) includes a damper unit (8, 9, 10, 11) has the shape of a rotational toroidal or an annular body. The impact damper of the invention is suitable, in particular, for high-end damping applications, for example the wheel suspension of automobiles,... |
| Sisal target block of dartboard and its fabrication process | 20070296152 | 20071227 |
| The present invention relates to a sisal target block of dartboards and its fabrication process, especially to a product and a fabrication process which can lower costs and improve quality of the dartboards. The sisal target block is made mainly through such steps as raw material forming, mold forming, cutting, coating container with colloid, container forming, trimming and surface treatment. In this way, not only a mass production but also a simple fabrication process of the dartboard blocks can be realized, with an improved dartboard quality and an increased economic value.
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| Emi filter for controlling cutoff frequency | 20070296277 | 20071227 |
| Disclosed relates to an electromagnetic interference (EMI) filter. Capacitance and resistance or inductance of an EMI filter, which includes a resistor and a capacitor or an inductor and a capacitor, can be controlled, such that a cutoff frequency can be freely controlled without manufacturing a separate EMI filter according to a characteristic of a desired cutoff frequency. Further, an intelligent EMI filter that can be applied to a surge protection device, which includes an ESD protection function as well as the EMI filter, is provided, such that a process can be simplified and costs can be reduced.
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| Front-to-back stacked device | 20070297158 | 20071227 |
| A front-to-back stack device is applied to two or more modularized circuit boards, such as two servo module circuit boards in a blade server. Through the use of the stack device, the two servo module circuit boards can be therefore stacked to each other in a front-to-back stacked manner. Compared with prior art, these two servo module circuit boards are capable of having an expanding process function and an output/input capacity. Therefore, the present invention enables the blade server having optimized expansion ability, and evenly forming each slide of servo module circuit board to have an optimized economic costs and benefits
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| Comb sense microphone | 20070297631 | 20071227 |
| There is provided a rigid hinged substrate, which forms a diaphragm for miniature microphones. A series of fingers disposed radially around the perimeter of the diaphragm interacts with mating fingers disposed adjacent the diaphragm with a small gap in between. The fingers are interdigitated. The movement of the diaphragm fingers relative to the fixed fingers varies the capacitance, thereby allowing creation of an electrical signal responsive to varying sound pressure at the diaphragm. Because the fingers may be formed with great stiffness, the classic problem in typical capacitive microphones of attraction of the diaphragm to the back plate is effectively overcome. The multiple fingers allow the creation of a microphone having a high output voltage relative to conventional microphones. This yields a very low noise microphone.... |
| Interface for recording and editing high definition audio/visual material | 20070297768 | 20071227 |
| The invention relates to a compact and mobile recording and editing interface for image and sound material in preferably uncompressed form with a suitable camera with a resolution standard 3K/800 Mb/s; 50 p/fps or 4:4:4, in which the necessary components of the interface are accommodated in a suitable box with swiveling castors and handgrips, so that on location quickly and efficiently image and sound material can be recorded and, if necessary, edited directly, which considerably decreases the production costs for image and sound material.
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| Cosmetic stick | 20070297844 | 20071227 |
| A cosmetic stick has a stick housing, a refill extendable therefrom out of a refill opening as well as a feed device for extending the refill. The refill is in push connection with a piston guided in the housing. The feed device has a piston push rod and an actuating push rod. Said actuating push rod is in push connection with an actuating element. The actuating push rod is in push connection with the piston push rod via a pair of stops. A stop alternating device allows alternation between the first stop and one of a plurality of second stops. The stop alternating device has a driver body fixed to the actuating push rod. A ramp cooperates with the driver body. The ramp incline is such... |
| Cosmetic product replacement unit for a base stick module of cosmetic stick as well as a set consisting of a cosmetic product replacement unit of this type and a plurality of base stick modules | 20070297845 | 20071227 |
| A cosmetic product replacement unit for a base stick module of a cosmetic stick has a replacement housing in which the cosmetic product is present in the form of a refill. A cap or sealing an extension opening for the refill is attached onto the replacement housing. The refill is in push connection with a piston guided in the replacement housing. A piston connecting component, connected to the piston, may be used with a complementary push rod connecting component of a piston push rod as part of a feed device of the base stick module to withdraw the refill. It is possible to bring the piston push rod into push connection with the piston and to position it on the side of the piston remote from... |
| Material for lithium secondary battery of high performance | 20070298512 | 20071227 |
| Provided is a cathode active material containing a Ni-based lithium mixed transition metal oxide. More specifically, the cathode active material comprises the lithium mixed transition metal oxide having a composition represented by Formula I of LixMyO2 wherein M, x and y are as defined in the specification, which is prepared by a solid-state reaction of Li2CO3 with a mixed transition metal precursor under an oxygen-deficient atmosphere, and has a Li2CO3 content of less than 0.07% by weight of the cathode active material as determined by pH titration. The cathode active material in accordance with the present invention and substantially free of water-soluble bases such as lithium carbonates and lithium sulfates and therefore has excellent high-temperature and storage stabilities and a stable crystal structure. A secondary battery... |
| Segmented cdma searching | 20070298739 | 20071227 |
| Techniques for segmented CDMA searching are disclosed. In one aspect, a searcher comprises a plurality of storage elements selectable for performing a plurality of segmentable search tasks, each storage element operable for storage of and access to state information for one of the plurality of search tasks. In another aspect, a first search task is interrupted in progress, the state information for the first task is stored, a second search task is performed, and the first search task is continued using the stored state information. In yet another aspect, a search task is segmented into smaller search segments, sized to fit within contiguous available time in the searcher. Various other aspects of the invention are also presented. These aspects have the benefit of circuit area and... |
| Energy-efficient process for para-xylene production | 20070299289 | 20071227 |
| This invention is drawn to a process for producing and recovering one or more high-purity xylene isomers from a feed stream having a substantial content of C9 and heavier hydrocarbons. The feed stream is processed to de-ethylate heavy aromatics, fractionated and passed to a circuit comprising C8-aromatic isomer recovery and isomerization to recover the high-purity xylene isomer with lowered energy costs.
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| Robot system and method for scrap bundling in metal smelting and refining processes | 20070299556 | 20071227 |
| The scrap, which is the residual left from the anodes used, is obtained as waste material from the electrorefining process. The scrap should be bundled for commercialization purposes, and the current bundling process is performed manually, which implies high operating costs and a high physical demand from operators. Due to the above, a robot system and method have been developed for carrying out automatic scrap bundling processes through the use of robotic manipulators. The robotic system is composed mainly of an anthropomorphous robotic manipulator of at least 6 degrees of freedom, and a gripping mechanism which allows to take the scraps and assemble the bundles.
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| Electronic commerce system utilizing custom merchant calculations | 20070299732 | 20071227 |
| A customer interacts with merchants to identify items to purchase, and the merchants provide virtual shopping carts identifying the items to a broker. The cart requests that the broker utilize custom merchant calculations for the transaction, such as for determining shipping costs. The customer interacts with the broker to identify customer information, such as a shipping address, and to purchase the items. The broker sends the customer information to the merchant and requests that the merchant perform the custom calculations. If the merchant provides a valid response to the request, the broker uses the merchant calculations to calculate the total price for the transaction. If the merchant provides an invalid response, the broker utilizes backup calculations specified in the cart to calculate the price.
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| Refrigerating apparatus for cooling refrigerating spaces | 20070289327 | 20071220 |
| Disclosed is a cooling device, especially for chilling cooling chambers, comprising two alternately activatable heat exchangers, particularly evaporators or coolers of a cooling circuit, and at least one fan for blowing gas, above all air, through the heat exchangers. In order to reduce production costs and space requirements, the two heat exchangers are disposed so as to be respectively penetrable by the entire gas flow of the fan at least when activated.
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| Workpiece conveyance device for pressing machine | 20070289352 | 20071220 |
| A work conveyance device for a pressing machine, consuming less energy and enabling reduction in production costs. The workpiece conveyance device has a pair of transfer bars provided in parallel to a feed direction; support members for moving each of the transfer bars freely in the feed direction while restricting the transfer bars in a lift direction; linear motors interposed between the support members and the transfer bars, for moving the transfer bars in the feed direction relative to the support members; lift devices for moving the support members in the lift direction; and workpiece holding jigs detachably mounted to the transfer bars, for holding a workpiece.
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| Launch vehicle | 20070289585 | 20071220 |
| A launch vehicle includes an air pump, an injection valve, a connecting member, a trigger, and a projectile. Thus, the launch vehicle is operated on the ground and is also operated in a hand-held manner, thereby enhancing the amusement effect of the launch vehicle. In addition, the user only needs to hold the air pump and the trigger so as to launch the projectile easily and conveniently in an energy-saving manner, thereby facilitating the user operating the launch vehicle. Further, the launch vehicle has a simplified construction to perform the hand-held launching function, thereby decreasing the costs of fabrication. Further, the launch vehicle is further provided with a safety device to prevent the trigger from being triggered unintentionally to protect the user's safety.
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| Large area sputtering target | 20070289864 | 20071220 |
| A sputtering target forming method, a sputtering target, and a method of using a sputtering target are herein disclosed. Large area sputtering targets are necessary for producing films on large area substrates. To save on material costs, the large area sputtering target can be formed of multiple target tiles that can be placed adjacent each other on a backing plate. The gaps that are present between the target tiles may to be filled to ensure that the backing plate does not sputter and contaminate the sputtering process. The material filling the gaps may be of the same composition as the sputtering target tiles. Alternatively, the entire sputtering target can be plasma sprayed onto the backing plate to ensure that the sputtering target has a unitary sputtering... |
| Large area sputtering target | 20070289869 | 20071220 |
| A sputtering target forming method, a sputtering target, and a method of using a sputtering target are herein disclosed. Large area sputtering targets are necessary for producing films on large area substrates. To save on material costs, the large area sputtering target can be formed of multiple target tiles that can be placed adjacent each other on a backing plate. The gaps that are present between the target tiles may to be filled to ensure that the backing plate does not sputter and contaminate the sputtering process. The material filling the gaps may be of the same composition as the sputtering target tiles. Alternatively, the entire sputtering target can be plasma sprayed onto the backing plate to ensure that the sputtering target has a unitary sputtering... |
| System and method for implementing scanable coupons in document processing devices | 20070290031 | 20071220 |
| A system and method for scanning coupons for document processing devices is provided. Visible scanning indicia on a coupon, such as a barcode, includes encoded data representing a pre-selected value associated with the use of a document processing device. The indicia is retrieved by the document processing device, whereupon a value associated with the coupon is determined. A user then initiates a document processing request, following the receipt of which the document processing device calculates any costs associated with performing the request. The calculated costs are then compared to the value of the coupon to determine whether the selected document processing operation is capable of being performed. When enough value is associated with the coupon, the operation is performed and a backend server maintaining the value... |
| Display apparatus | 20070290102 | 20071220 |
| A display apparatus is provided. The display apparatus includes a stand body arranging cables connected to a main body and reducing costs and time in manufacturing the display apparatus. The display apparatus includes a stand base, the stand body, the main body, and a cable holder. The stand body is supported by the stand base. The main body displaying images is supported by the stand body. The cable holder collecting cables is connected to the main body, the cable holder being attachable to a mounting portion of the stand body and detachable from the mounting portion of the stand body.
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| Organic light emitting display device and method for manufacturing the organic light emitting display device | 20070290196 | 20071220 |
| An organic light emitting display device has thin film transistors. An organic thin film transistor (OTFT) is manufactured in one substrate and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) is manufactured on the other substrate, and the first substrate and second substrate are then positioned to face each other. The first substrate and the second substrate are electrically coupled together by contacts positioned on the first substrate, the second substrate, or both. OTFT is manufactured using a dispenser or ink jet printing method, reducing manufacturing time and costs.
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| Semiconductor device and method for manufacturing the same | 20070290310 | 20071220 |
| The heat dissipation characteristics of a semiconductor device having a flip-chip mounted semiconductor chip are improved at low costs. The semiconductor device includes: a substrate; the semiconductor chip which is flip-chip mounted on the substrate with the front surface of the chip facing downward; a sealing resin layer which is molded around the semiconductor chip; a phase change portion which is provided on the rear surface of the semiconductor chip so as to be capable of being thermally connected to a heat dissipation member such as a heat sink or a heat pipe. The phase change portion is melted by the operating heat of the semiconductor chip. Therefore, the intimate characteristics between the semiconductor chip and the heat dissipation member are improved, and the heat dissipation... |
| Impedance transformation and filter using bulk acoustic wave technology | 20070290767 | 20071220 |
| A system, apparatus and method for providing filtering functionality and impedance transformation within a BAW resonator network are disclosed. In particular, a BAW resonator network is designed to provide band pass capability and a transformation between its input impedance and output impedance. By effectively integrating impedance matching functionality within the BAW resonator network, discrete impedance matching elements previously required within a system may be removed or reduced in size. As a result, matching networks and their associated component costs, insertion losses, and board size contributions may be reduced.
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| Harmonic termination of power amplifiers using baw filter output matching circuits | 20070290769 | 20071220 |
| A system, apparatus and method for providing filtering functionality and impedance transformation within a BAW resonator network are disclosed. In particular, a BAW resonator network is designed to provide bandpass capability and a transformation between its input impedance and output impedance. By effectively integrating impedance matching functionality within the BAW resonator network, discrete impedance matching elements previously required within a system may be removed or reduced in size. As a result, matching networks and their associated component costs, insertion losses, and board size contributions may be reduced. Harmonic termination may be provided within the BAW resonator network or a prematch stage to improve efficiency of a power amplifier.
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| Intenna-type dipole antenna for receiving broadcast signals in vhf band | 20070290933 | 20071220 |
| An intenna-type dipole antenna of a mobile terminal, for receiving a broadcast signal in a very high frequency (VHF) band, includes: a conducting plate which functions as one of a radiator and a ground; and a pole which functions as the other of the radiator and the ground. Accordingly, the dipole antenna can be implemented as an intenna with facilitated installation and low costs.
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| Multi-band antenna | 20070290938 | 20071220 |
| A multi-band antenna for use in a wireless communications network provides frequency support for different wireless technologies in a single structure. This substantially reduces installation costs and can be the only solution in limited space installation sites. In one instance, the multi-band antenna has two serial feedlines carrying respective anode and cathode components of RF signals. Each, comprising serial feedline is coupled to two or more different length dipole elements. Each dipole element of a given length attached to the first serial feedline has a corresponding dipole element of approximately equal length attached to the second serial feedline and oriented, with respect to the first dipole element so as to form a dipole. Thus, at least two dipoles of differing lengths are formed, enabling performance in... |
| Color calibration method and device used for displaying device | 20070291046 | 20071220 |
| A color calibration method and device used for a displaying device, which is used to first calculate the RGB signal level value of the RGB colors of the first color signal, and next obtain the color area corresponding to the RGB signal level value through calculation and search, and then obtain the corresponding gamma value by utilizing the color area, and subsequently, calibrate the first color signal by making use of the gamma value to generate a second color signal, thus realizing the process of calibrating the first color signal. Through the application of the method and device, the automatic calibration of the displaying device color signal can be achieved at low costs, hereby realizing the optimal image quality.
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| Method and apparatus for maintaining a system at cryogenic temperatures over an extended period without active refrigeration | 20060288731 | 20061228 |
| The present provides a cryogenic thermal battery arrangement for maintaining a superconducting magnet coil or similar apparatus at cryogenic temperature for a required shipping period, such as thirty days, without consuming a significant amount of costly cryogen. According to another aspect, the invention allows extended shipping periods without incurring excessive costs.
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| Cold rolling process for metal tubes | 20060288750 | 20061228 |
| In the cold rolling process by pilger rolling that holds a mandrel between each of paired roll-dies, by optimizing the side relief rate SR and the pass schedule factors such as the Area Rd, ID Rd and the feed rate F of the workpiece material, and further by properly selecting the taper θ1 in the primary deformation zone of mandrel and the taper θ2 in the final size reduction zone thereof, the dimension-related shape characteristics (near-perfect round shape) of the tube inside surface after the final finishing rolling process by pilger rolling can be ascertained to thereby ensure excellent surface property without requiring a new apparatus, and further without causing the decrease of the product yield and/or the increase of the manufacturing costs. Thus, this can... |
| Cold rolling process for metal tubes | 20060288751 | 20061228 |
| In the cold rolling process by pilger rolling that holds a mandrel between each of paired roll-dies, by optimizing the side relief rate SR and the mandrel factors like the taper θ1 in the primary deformation zone of the mandrel and the taper θ2 in the final size reduction zone thereof, and the feed rate F of the workpiece material, and at the same time by properly adjusting the relationship between the side relief rate SR and the feed rate F, the dimension-related shape characteristics (near-perfect round shape) of the tube inside surface after the final finishing rolling process by pilger rolling can be ascertained to thereby ensure excellent surface property without requiring a new apparatus, and further without causing the decrease of the product yield... |
| Methods for determining potential characteristics of a specimen based on stress wave velocity measurements | 20060288784 | 20061228 |
| Methods are provided for using stress wave velocity measurements taken of a specimen at an early age to determine potential characteristics at a later age. The data may be used to, for example, evaluate specimens and/or families and/or clones at early ages to cut costs and/or to increase a rate of genetic gains. The specimens may be, for example, seedlings and/or explants of forestry and/or agricultural and/or horticultural species. The stress wave measurements may be obtained using conventional devices and/or systems and/or methods.
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| Method of manufacturing rapid prototyping workpiece by using laser transfer printing technology | 20060290772 | 20061228 |
| The invention discloses a method of manufacturing rapid prototyping workpiece by projecting a laser beam or other light onto the photo-conductive drum to attach powder materials to form a thin layer, and then coat the thin-layer material on a working platform. A point, line or plane light source of stronger intensity is used to go with the DMD (Digital Micromirror Device) or LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) to produce a physical change or a chemical change in the selected projecting region and combine the materials to become an acceptable property. The method comprises three stages of a process and repeats the process to complete a physical workpiece. The first stage refers to evenly spreading electric charges on a photo-conductive drum, and then projects a laser beam or... |
| Multi-screen synthesis apparatus, method of controlling the apparatus, and program for controlling the apparatus | 20060290817 | 20061228 |
| There is provided a multi-screen synthesis apparatus that can execute display of video data and update of an OSD image without causing a user to feel a visual sense of incongruity, and reduce system costs. Periodic video source data and aperiodic OSD image data are written into a unified memory reserved for planes. The video source data and the OSD image data are read from the unified memory, based on a synthesis layout, for simultaneous display on a single display in a synthesized state. Video data to be written into the unified memory is decimated in units of a frame on an input video source-by-input video source basis. The decimation of the data is controlled based on display priority of the video data determined based on... |
| 2d and 3d image display apparatus | 20060290888 | 20061228 |
| A 2D and 3D image display apparatus including: a display panel forming an image by spatially modulating an input image signal; a polarization conversion device converting a polarization direction of a beam incident into the polarization conversion device according to a voltage applied in synchronization with the image signal; and a switching barrier unit including first polarization units having a first polarization direction and second polarization units having a second polarization direction in an alternate manner, and transmitting the beam passing the polarization conversion device through at least one of the first polarization unit and the second polarization unit. Therefore, a 3D image can be displayed without degrading a horizontal resolution thereof by using a combination of polarization devices with low fabrication costs, which may utilize... |
| Embedding thin film resistors in substrates in power delivery networks | 20060291174 | 20061228 |
| Using die side capacitors and embedded resistors, an advantageous power delivery network may be achieved. In some embodiments, the embedded resistors may be more precisely controllable. The number of die side capacitors may be reduced by combining embedded resistors with these capacitors to reduce costs. The embedded resistors may be provided within the metallization layers either at an upper layer or a lower layer, as two examples.
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| Multiple return link | 20060291409 | 20061228 |
| A system and method for improving efficiency of satellite communications is described. In one embodiment, multiple return links are associated with a single forward link to reduce communications costs.
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| Routing method in wireless network and communication device using the same | 20060291496 | 20061228 |
| A routing method in a wireless network and a communication device using the same is provided. The routing method in the tree-based wireless network includes acquiring an optimal route using a table which is recorded based on received information on neighbor nodes and received information on lower nodes of the neighbor nodes, and transmitting a packet through the optimal route. Accordingly, tree-based mesh routing which performs route discovery block by block is used in order to increase the efficiency of route discovery, and a packet is transmitted through an optimal route so that communication costs can be reduced.
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| Control apparatus system | 20060291886 | 20061228 |
| A control apparatus system which enables reduction of costs and time for development. An image forming apparatus implementing the control apparatus system has an image output section including a plurality of functional units having different functions. The image output section has an ASIC that is provided in each of the functional units, for performing signal processing on an input signal thereto, a communication IC provided in each of the functional units, and a relay board that performs interface matching between each of the functional units and at least one driver circuit board.
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| Compressor | 20060292023 | 20061228 |
| A compressor having a structure for reducing vibration and noise from an internal structure is disposed. The compressor includes a sealed case, an internal structure having a driving part disposed in the sealed case for generating a driving force to compress a fluid, and a compressing part disposed in the sealed case for compressing the fluid, and a weight attached to the sealed case having a predetermined mass to reduce vibration and noise generated by the internal structure. Since there is no need to newly manufacture the sealed case or to add an absorber for the purpose of reducing vibration and noise from an already assembled compressor, time and costs are also saved.
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| Fabricating method for flat display device | 20060292721 | 20061228 |
| A fabricating method of a flat panel display device can reduce manufacturing costs of the flat panel display device. A fabricating method of a flat panel display device includes providing a conductive nanopowder thin film material having a first conductive nanopowder and a second conductive nanopowder, spreading the conductive nanopowder thin film material over a substrate, forming a conductive thin film pattern by patterning the conductive nanopowder thin film material, and forming a conductive thin film by baking the conductive thin film pattern, wherein the first conductive nanopowder is located in a middle of the conductive thin film and the second conductive nanopowder is located in an outer part of the conductive thin film.
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| Monitoring the reduction in thickness as material is removed from a wafer composite and test structure for monitoring removal of material | 20060292825 | 20061228 |
| The aim of the invention is to create a simple monitoring or testing method for monitoring a reduction in thickness as material is removed from a bonded semiconductor wafer pair, which prevents failure effects as material is removed from wafers (polishing, grinding or lapping). In addition, the costs of the material removal process should be reduced by minimizing the complexity of monitoring, as well as by reducing the amount of resulting refuse. To this end, the invention provides a test structure (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9) comprised of a systematic tow of a number of different depth trenches that are made in the (active) wafer (2). A thickness (h6; h7) of the active wafer (2) desired during material removal, particularly during a polishing, corresponds to... |
| Systems, methods and apparatus for cost analysis of medical devices | 20060293918 | 20061228 |
| Systems, methods and apparatus are provided through in some embodiments, the true cost of a medical device is determined by including in the cost a variety of costs such as maintenance and administrative costs associated with the medical device. In some embodiments, the true cost is included in a six-sigma improvement methodology to change the design of the medical device in order to reduce the cost of later manufactured medical devices.
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| Method and apparatus for technology resource management | 20060293942 | 20061228 |
| Apparatus, and associated methods, manage technology resources in hosted applications including: demand, service level agreements, assets both hardware and software, projects, labor, knowledge and provisioning. The apparatus includes an asset manager configured to couple to host servers and a network, to manage the host servers and software deployed thereon. In embodiments of the invention the asset manager: determines demand for new assets and allocates available assets to meet the demand; determines assets not in compliance with existing software licenses; determines which host servers have actual service level metrics which are not compliant with the target service level metrics; and determines availability of a patch or upgrade for selected software and instances of the selected software among the assets. In an embodiment of the invention the asset... |
| Method and apparatus for generating targeted advertisements | 20060293949 | 20061228 |
| Methods and systems for generating personalized advertisements or greetings to specified users are disclosed. Existing advertisement methods do not allow advertisers to adequately target specific recipients, and the costs associated with typical Internet advertising, such as developing the advertisement content and purchasing advertisement space, can be prohibitive to smaller businesses and users. The methods and systems described herein solve these problems by allowing advertisers to customize advertisement templates and specify individual recipients for the customized advertisement, and deliver the customized advertisement to the specified recipients.
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| Multiplex assay pricing system | 20060294027 | 20061228 |
| The invention provides a system for pricing multiplex assay products that have a manufacturing cost that is substantially the same over a wide range of multiplex levels. Typically, manufacturing costs of such a product increase only linearly with exponential increases in multiplex levels. The pricing system and method of the invention permits a vendor to access a larger market by charging lower prices to customers requiring only low amounts of data from a multiplex assay product or data delivered over time or conditioned on results or interpretation of earlier purchased data points.
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| Methodology for determining the volume and market value of void space properties for the purpose of a sale, transfer or donation | 20060294028 | 20061228 |
| A method for determining a volume and market value of void space properties comprises: determining a correct amount of void space to be utilized in an appraisal; performing a three-dimension volumetric calculation to determining the amount of void space to be appraised; determining reproduction cost for the void space; providing detailed information as to how various costs are allocated as part of the appraisal process; adjusting the reproduction cost derived market value by comparing the reproduction cost derived market value with other market comparables derived from actual sales of void space properties which have been sold based on the amount of void space in question; and adjusting the market comparables to match the void space property being appraised.
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| Rack server having a rack case having two opposite surfaces installed with a plurality of slots | 20060294280 | 20061228 |
| A rack server is proposed that includes a rack case, at least a server, and at least an extended interface card. The rack case includes a front surface having a plurality of server slots for insertion of a plurality of servers, and a rear surface having a plurality of card slots corresponding to the server slots for insertion of a plurality of extended interface cards. The server is inserted into one of the server slots and has a rear end connected to a server connector. The extended interface card is inserted into one of the card slots and has a card connector for electrically connecting to the server connector of the server. Therefore, by interconnecting the card connector of extended interface card with the server connector... |
| Method, system, administration unit and terminal for the detection, representation and modification of parameters and parameter values, e.g. bandwidth or costs, of at least one section of a connection between a server and a terminal | 20060294549 | 20061228 |
| The invention relates to a method for the transfer of information between a terminal of at least one communication network and an administration unit in the communication network, in addition to a communication system, an administration unit and a communication terminal in order to carry out said method. According to the invention, parameters and parameter values of a connection between a server and the terminal are detected by the administration unit and are stored in a data base of the administration unit. The administration unit produces one or more messages (DOWNSTREAM-MS-iD-Info) which contain at least one of the following pieces of information:—the sequence or part of the sequence of the data transfer section currently used in the connection between the server and the terminal,—at least one... |
| Protected clock management based upon a non-trusted persistent time source | 20060294593 | 20061228 |
| Methods and arrangements to persist a trusted time for a protected clock based upon a non-trusted but persistent time source are disclosed. Embodiments may comprise an embedded device, which may be hardware, software, firmware, and/or other logic, to maintain a trusted time in a protected clock. The embedded device may initialize the protected clock by obtaining a trusted time from a trusted time source such as a network server. The embedded device then maintains the trusted time in the event of a power loss to the protected clock by monitoring a time differential between the protected clock and a non-trusted system clock. Many embodiments also employ the protected clock without a battery backup to advantageously save manufacturing costs and space, while maintaining the trusted time in... |
| Control apparatus for internal combustion engine | 20060283414 | 20061221 |
| A control apparatus for an internal combustion engine for controlling the engine while compensating for a deviation of an intake air amount from the proper value, caused by the thermal expansion and contraction of a variable intake mechanism thereof, which makes it possible to improve the control accuracy, make the engine compact in size, increase the degree of freedom of design, and reduce manufacturing costs. An ECU of an control apparatus of the engine calculates an FF correction value based on a thermodynamic model of a variable valve lift mechanism, calculates an FB correction value according to an air-fuel ratio correction coefficient and an actual air-fuel ratio, calculates a lift correction value as the difference between the FF correction value and the FB correction value or... |
| Air-intake duct system for a combustion engine | 20060283429 | 20061221 |
| The invention relates to an air-intake duct system (1) in which a throttle valve (40), an exhaust gas recirculating valve (29), a bypass valve (19), an exhaust gas cooler (11), against which exhaust gas flows via the bypass valve (19), and, optionally, an air mass sensor are integrated. A complete intake unit for modern engines is hereby created, with which both a charging optimization and thus a reduction in fuel consumption as well as a reduction in pollutants are achieved by a corresponding thermal management in the engine by the exhaust gas cooler (11) that, together with a shell (3, 4) of the housing (2), is manufactured as a single piece. The individual add-on pieces (12, 19, 29, 40, 59) are optimally matched to one another... |
| Method for manufacturing a composite trim part for the interior of an automotive vehicle | 20060284330 | 20061221 |
| For manufacturing the composite automotive trim part a flowable skin material is applied onto a first mould surface (4), a flowable substrate material is applied onto a second mould surface (7), the mould (5, 8) is closed and a foamable material (3) is applied in the gap between the flexible skin layer (1) and the rigid substrate layer (2). Both the flexible skin layer and the rigid substrate layer can be manufactured by spraying a polyurethane reaction mixture. Advantages are that no positioning of the rigid substrate layer nor of the flexible skin layer is required and that especially the rigid substrate layer doesn't have to be manufactured separately, so that the production costs are reduced and the quality of the trim part is increased. The... |
| Vehicle sunroof assembly | 20060284450 | 20061221 |
| A sunroof assembly has a frame, including two tracks, that mount to a vehicle roof. An arm is slidably mounted in each track, with each arm including attachment points for mounting a panel or a bracket holding a panel thereto. A trolley is slidably mounted in each track and engages the arm. Each trolley has a threaded bore in meshing engagement with a power screw rotatably mounted in the track. A single motor is coupled via a transmission to two flexible drive cables, each of which is connected to one of the power screws. This basic structure minimizes the component count of the sunroof, and hence its manufacturing costs.
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| Miniaturized optical mouse core | 20060284845 | 20061221 |
| An optical mouse system with a high-angle optical path features small size and low power consumption. The illumination source and optical sensor are mounted in the same plane, directly on the PCB. The higher angle of the optical path causes more light to be reflected to the optical sensor, increasing optical efficiency and allowing a smaller, lower powered LED to be used. This also results in increased sensitivity of the optical sensor, allowing use of the mouse on surfaces on which conventional optical mice cannot function adequately. Sensitivity can be further increased by optional isolation of the optical sensor and illumination source. Lower power usage increases battery life for mobile or wireless-mouse use, while reducing thermal waste considerations. This allows the creation of a significantly smaller... |
| Display panel, display device equipped with the same, and display device manufacturing method | 20060285054 | 20061221 |
| In the manufacture of a display device, an object of the invention is to make it possible to easily and precisely measure the amount of beveling of the display panel without an increase in manufacturing costs. In the process of manufacturing a display device, a shorting interconnection (10) is provided near edges of the display panel in order to short-circuit signal interconnections and scanning interconnections (interconnections 3). In a final stage, the shorting interconnection (10) is removed together with a beveled area (A2) by the beveling of the edges of the display panel. The interconnections (3) have marks (11) that are formed near the edges of the substrate and used as reference for the amount of beveling. Each mark (11) is located in a position shifted... |
| Mtp storage medium and access algorithm method with traditional otp | 20060285385 | 20061221 |
| A method for performing multi-programmable function with one-time programmable (OTP) memories includes: generating a newest word in a OTP memory array; receive a word-to-be-record; comparing the newest word and the word-to-be-record; and according to a result, recording bit information between the newest word and the word-to-be-record into the OTP memory array. Therefore the method and apparatus can simplify hardware circuit and reduce production costs of additional memory units, furthermore the memory count is not limited to only OTP memory block count.
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| Ready-to-eat dry fruit products and process | 20060286270 | 20061221 |
| The present disclosure provides ready-to-eat (RTE), shelf-stable processed foods composed of up to 100% fruit and the system and process for their manufacture. The product, system, and process uses dried fruit in some form as an in-feed material, having a higher moisture content than heretofore has been suitable for extruder in-feed ingredients, thus retaining at least a portion of the natural volatile materials that contribute to taste and aromas. Further, the dried fruit is extruded and can be dried into crispy, crunchy, chewy, or hard particles or pieces high in fruit content that heretofore have been unavailable, and the products and process can be independent of starch and grain based prior technology. The products of the present disclosure can be eaten as healthy snacks or used... |
