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 Golf club head | 20130150180 | 20130613 |
 A head 4 includes a head body h1, a socket 10, and a weight body 12. The weight body 12 has an engaging part 32. The socket 10 has a first hole part 18 and a second hole part 20. The engaging part 32 can take an engaging position EP and a non-engaging position NP in the second hole part 20 by relative rotation of an angle θ. Hardness Hs of the second hole part 20 is D40 or greater and D58 or less. The second hole part 20 has a resistance surface 84 elastically deformed in the middle of the relative rotation. A longest sectional size of the engaging part 32 is defined as d1, and a distance between the resistance surfaces 84 opposed to... |
| Phase-shift detection device, motor drive device, brushless motor, and phase-shift detection method | 20130113400 | 20130509 |
 A phase-shift detection circuit detects a phase shift in motor driving, using pulse-shaped position detection signal Rd and measurement signal Ms. The position detection signal is based on sensor signal Hs from a position sensor disposed in a motor. The measurement signal is based on the induced voltage from windings. The phase-shift detection circuit includes a level difference calculator and a phase-shift calculator. The level difference calculator calculates a level difference between the level of measurement signal Ms at a rising timing of position detection signal Rd and the level of measurement signal Ms at a falling timing thereof. The phase-shift calculator calculates the amount of phase shifts based on the level difference.
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| Semiconductor package with high-side and low-side mosfets and manufacturing method | 20130075884 | 20130328 |
 A semiconductor package method for co-packaging high-side (HS) and low-side (LS) semiconductor chips is disclosed. The HS and LS semiconductor chips are attached to two opposite sides of a lead frame, with a bottom drain electrode of the LS chip connected to a top side of the lead frame and a top source electrode of the HS chip connected to a bottom side of the lead frame through a solder ball. The stacking configuration of HS chip, lead frame and LS chip reduces the package size. A bottom metal layer covering the bottom of HS chip exposed outside of the package body provides both electrical connection and thermal conduction.
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| Method and system for import and export trading | 20130060658 | 20130307 |
 A method and system of import and export trading is provided. The system and method includes a selection module, an import duty confirmation module, a database, and a displaying module. The selection module is configured for choosing basic information of commodity from lists of property choices provided by a website and submitting the choice to a server. The import duty confirmation module is configured for confirming HS code and duty rate corresponding to the commodity according to the choice. The database is configured for storing information of commodities, HS codes and rate of import duties. The displaying module is configured for displaying commodities provided by sellers to buyers for choosing. The sellers and buyers are in different countries or regions, when a buyer chooses one commodity,... |
| Radiation measurement apparatus and nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus | 20120326045 | 20121227 |
 The purpose of the present invention is to improve energy resolving power and prevent energy resolving power from deteriorating when a thick semiconductor detection element with a wide energy range is used, in a radiation measuring device using a semiconductor detector and a nuclear medicine diagnostic device. With the present invention, the purpose is achieved by pulsed wave value correction employing the difference of (Hs−Hf) between the pulsed wave height value Hs obtained from the slow speed shaping circuit, and the pulsed wave height value Hf obtained from the fast speed shaping circuit and normalized with respect to Hs. An even more desirable result may be obtained by employing either (Hs−Hf)/Hf or exp(k(Hs−Hf)/Hf), wherein k is a coefficient to be optimized, said optimization being dependent on... |
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| Method for identifying a short circuit to the positive terminal of a battery and circuit device for carrying out the method | 20120310476 | 20121206 |
| A method for identifying a short circuit to the positive terminal of a battery in a circuit of a motor vehicle. An electronic circuit breaker HS (123) is actuated by a control device (120) and has at least one electrical switch which switches on and off loads (110, 111, 112), the switching state of said switches being reported to the control device (120) and determines that operation is fault-free when the connected loads (110, 111, 112) are supplied with voltage when the electronic circuit breaker HS (123) is switched on and a “short circuit” or “load drop” message is produced at the circuit breaker when the electronic circuit breaker HS (123) is switched off, switching off the supply voltage by the electronic circuit breaker HS (123)... |
| Nanostructured silicon with useful thermoelectric properties | 20120282435 | 20121108 |
| The invention provides for a nanostructured silicon or holey silicon (HS) that has useful thermoelectric properties. The invention also provides for a device comprising the nanostructured silicon or HS. The HS can be placed between two electrodes and used for thermoelectric power generation or thermoelectric cooling.
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| High-strength bolt | 20120230800 | 20120913 |
| Provided is a high-strength bolt which has a tensile strength of 1,200 MPa or more while exhibiting excellent ductility and delayed facture resistance, and further has an excellent impact toughness which had not been obtained in the conventional high-strength bolt. The high-strength bolt has a tensile strength of 1.2 GPa or more and includes a threaded portion and cylindrical neck portion. The bolt has K of 0.8 or more and satisfies Ho<Hs, where K is defined by the equation: (Ao×Ho)/(As×Hs)=K, in which Ao is an effective cross-sectional area of the cylindrical neck portion with a diameter larger than that of the threaded portion, Ho is a Vickers hardness of a portion at which Ao is measured, As is an effective cross-sectional area of the threaded portion,... |
| Cyclic point-in-time-copy architecture with data deduplication | 20120233421 | 20120913 |
| A method for performing a write to a volume x in a cyclic point-in-time-copy architecture is described. In one embodiment, such a method includes determining whether the volume x has a child volume. The method then determines whether the target bit maps (TBMs) of both the volume x and the child volume are set. If the TBMs are set, the method finds a higher source (HS) volume from which to copy the desired data to the child volume. Once the HS volume is found, the method determines whether the HS volume and the child volume are the same volume. If the HS volume and the child volume are not the same volume, the method copies the data from the HS volume to the child volume. The... |
| Cascaded, point-in-time-copy architecture with data deduplication | 20120233429 | 20120913 |
| A method for performing a write to a volume x in a cascaded architecture is described. In one embodiment, such a method includes determining whether the volume x has a child volume, wherein each of the volume x and the child volume have a target bit map (TBM) associated therewith. The method then determines whether the TBMs of both the volume x and the child volume are set. If the TBMs are set, the method finds a higher source (HS) volume from which to copy the desired data to the child volume. Finding the HS volume includes travelling up the cascaded architecture until the source of the data is found. Once the HS volume is found, the method copies the data from the HS volume to... |
| Cyclic point-in-time-copy architecture with data deduplication | 20120233430 | 20120913 |
| A method for performing a write to a volume x in a cyclic point-in-time-copy architecture is described. In one embodiment, such a method includes determining whether the volume x has a child volume. The method then determines whether the target bit maps (TBMs) of both the volume x and the child volume are set. If the TBMs are set, the method finds a higher source (HS) volume from which to copy the desired data to the child volume. Once the HS volume is found, the method determines whether the HS volume and the child volume are the same volume. If the HS volume and the child volume are not the same volume, the method copies the data from the HS volume to the child volume. The... |
| Pearlescent pigments on the basis of fine and thin synthetic substrates | 20120219607 | 20120830 |
| The invention relates to pearlescent pigments comprising a largely transparent platelet-shaped synthetic substrate having a density ρS and at least one optically active coating having a density ρm, the substrate having an average size d50 from a range from 2.0 μm to 8.0 μm and an average height hS from a range from 40 nm to 110 nm and the total lead content of the pearlescent pigments is ≦10 ppm. The invention further relates to a method for producing the pearlescent pigments, and also to the use thereof.
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| Golf ball | 20120214613 | 20120823 |
| The present invention is directed to a golf ball having a center, an envelope layer, an intermediate layer and a cover, wherein the intermediate layer has a thickness less than 1.2 mm, the envelope layer has a hardness Hs of 60 or more, the intermediate layer has a hardness Hm from 40 to 60, and the cover has a hardness Hc less than 40 in Shore D hardness, and the hardness Hs, Hm and Hc satisfy a following mathematical expression: Hs>Hm>Hc, and the intermediate layer composition has a flexural modulus from 150 MPa to 450 MPa, a maximum loss factor (tan δ) between −20° C. and 0° C. of 0.08 or less, a rebound resilience of 55% or more.
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| Power management integrated circuit | 20120193750 | 20120802 |
| A Power Management Integrated Circuit (PMIC) that includes a substrate, a high-side (HS) region on the substrate, a low-side (LS) region spaced from the first region, a device isolation layer interposed between the HS region and the LS region, a metal interconnection connected to the HS region across the device isolation layer and configured to permit a high-voltage current to flow in the HS region, and at least one electric field shield between the metal interconnection and the device isolation layer. Since the electric field shield is disposed under the metal interconnection, a sufficient breakdown voltage can be ensured for the HS region and the LS region.
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| Dynamic enabling and disabling of cltd operation via hs scch orders | 20120188889 | 20120726 |
| Apparatus and methods of wireless communication include configuring a closed loop transmit diversity (CLTD) operation between a User Equipment (UE) and an access node, detecting a condition of an uplink from the UE to the access node, and disabling CLTD operation by the UE based upon the condition. Optionally, the apparatus and methods may further include detecting that the condition of the uplink has ended, and in response enabling the CLTD operation.
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| Golf ball | 20120172152 | 20120705 |
| A golf ball 2 includes a core 4, a mid layer 6, and a cover 8. The difference between: a hardness H(5.0) at a point located at a distance of 5 mm from the central point of the core 4; and a hardness Ho at the central point is 6.0 or greater. The difference between: a hardness H(12.5) at a point located at a distance of 12.5 mm from the central point; and the hardness H(5.0) is 4.0 or less. The difference between a hardness Hs at the surface of the core 4 and the hardness H(12.5) is 10.0 or greater. The difference between the hardness Hs and the hardness Ho is 22.0 or greater. In the core 4, there is no zone in which a... |
| Golf ball | 20120165123 | 20120628 |
| A golf ball 2 includes a core 4, a mid layer 6 positioned outside the core 4, a reinforcing layer 8 positioned outside the mid layer 6, and a cover 10 positioned outside the reinforcing layer 8. The difference between: a JIS-C hardness H(5.0) and a JIS-C hardness Ho at the central point is 6.0 or greater. The difference between: a JIS-C hardness H(12.5) and the hardness H(5.0) is 4.0 or less. The difference between a JIS-C hardness Hs at the surface of the core 4 and the hardness H(12.5) is 10.0 or greater. The difference between the hardness Hs and the hardness Ho is 22.0 or greater. In the golf ball 2, there is no zone in which a hardness decreases from the central point... |
| Cluster arm arrangement for the intermediate roll sets of 18 hs roll stands | 20120151982 | 20120621 |
| The invention relates to a cluster arm arrangement for the intermediate roll sets of 18 HS roll stands, wherein arranged between the chock at the operating side and the chock at the drive side are cluster arms which are pivotable laterally of the intermediate roll and in which the lateral backing rolls are integrated for support of the working rolls in the stand. In that case, arranged between the chock (1) and the cluster arm (2) is a pivot pin (3), which is fixedly connected with the cluster arm and about the axis of which the cluster arm (2) is pivotable, and a locking means for the cluster arm (2) as well as an abutment (6) with a restoring spring (6) are operatively arranged on the... |
| Apparatus and method of searching hs codes using ontology | 20120158691 | 20120621 |
| An apparatus of searching a HS code for a product includes a database (DB) for storing HS codes with respect to various products, an ontology editor for converting the HS codes into an ontology, and a search unit for searching the DB for a HS code corresponding to a search word for the product by using the ontology of the HS codes. The search unit is configured to create a HS code ontology and a domain ontology with respect to the product having the search word, extract a feature vector with respect to an individual class of the HS code ontology, extend the extracted feature vector by using the domain ontology, and search for the HS code of the product by using the extended feature vector.
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| System and method for hs code recommendation | 20120124050 | 20120517 |
| A system for harmonized commodity description and coding system (HS) code recommendation includes an ontology editor for creating an HS code ontology based on HS codes of export and import items, and a feature vector processor for extracting feature vectors of a product of a company requesting for an HS code of the product by with reference to the description of the product in response to the request. An HS code recommendation unit extracts one or more HS codes appropriate for the product by comparing the extracted feature vectors with feature vectors of the product searched from a feature vector database. The extracted HS codes are provided to the company requesting for an HS code of the product.
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| Method, device and system for determining resource locations | 20120106521 | 20120503 |
| A method, device and system for determining resource locations are disclosed in the invention, wherein the method includes the following steps: a user equipment (UE) receiving the High-speed Shared Control Channel (HS-SCCH) from a network side equipment; according to said HS-SCCH, the said UE obtaining the time slot on which the High-speed Downlink Shared Channel (HS-DSCH) is located; according to the time slot on which said HS-DSCH is located, said UE determining the sub-frame on which said HS-DSCH is located; the UE receiving the HS-DSCH from said network-side device in the time-slots, which said HS-DSCH is located on, in the subframe which said HS-DSCH is located on. In the invention, the UE is enabled to determine the sub-frame on which the UE is located, according to... |
| Wafer level buck converter | 20120100670 | 20120426 |
| A buck converter module includes a high side (HS) die having source, drain, and gate bonding pads on a front side of the HS die, a low side (LS) die having a first section thereof with a plurality of through silicon vias (TSVs) extending from a back side to a front side of the LS die, the LS die having source, drain, and gate bonding pads located on a front side of a second section separate from the first section, the drain bonding pad electrically connected to the back side of the LS die in the second section. The HS die and the LS die are bonded together such that the source bonding pad of the HS die is electrically connected to the back side of... |
| Extraction of oil sand bitumen with two solvents | 20120048781 | 20120301 |
| A process for extracting bitumen from oil sand using a combination of heavy solvent and light solvent is provided comprising contacting mined oil sand with a non-flammable heavy solvent (HS) to produce a dense oil sand slurry; mixing the dense slurry with a light solvent (LS) to give a heavy solvent to light solvent (HS/LS) mass ratio of about 70/30 to 50/50 and subjecting the diluted oil sand slurry to a first stage solid-liquid separation to produce a first liquids stream containing bitumen and a first solids stream; mixing the solids stream with a mixed solvent having a HS/LS mass ratio of about 75/25 to 55/45 and subjecting the diluted solids stream to a second stage solid-liquid separation to produce a second liquids stream and a... |
| Golf ball | 20120010024 | 20120112 |
| A golf ball 2 includes a spherical core 4 and a cover 6 positioned outside the core 4. The golf ball 2 further has dimples 8 on a surface thereof. The core 4 is obtained by crosslinking a rubber composition. The difference between a hardness H(5.0) at a point that is located at a distance of 5 mm from the central point of the core 4, and a hardness Ho at the central point is equal to or greater than 6.0. The difference between a hardness H (12.5) at a point that is located at a distance of 12.5 mm from the central point, and the hardness H(5.0) is equal to or less than 4.0. The difference between a hardness Hs at the surface of the... |
| Device and method for the distributed execution of digital data processing operations | 20110016293 | 20110120 |
| It includes means (12) for the identification, from a valued directed multi-graph made up of the union of several distinct processing graphs and divided into several valued directed sub-multi-graphs (54, 56, 58), called chunks, and whose input and output nodes are buffer memory nodes of the multi-graph, of a coordination module (16, 26, 34) for each chunk. Furthermore each identified coordination module is designed to synchronise portions of processing operations destined to be executed in the chunk with which it is associated, independently of the portions of processing operations destined to be executed in the other chunks.
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| Independent threading of memory devices disposed on memory modules | 20110016278 | 20110120 |
| A memory module includes a substrate having signal lines thereon that form a control path and a plurality of data paths. A plurality of memory devices are mounted on the substrate. Each memory device is coupled to the control path and to a distinct data path. The memory module includes control circuitry to enable each memory device to process a distinct respective memory access command in a succession of memory access commands and to output data on the distinct data path in response to the processed memory access command.
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| Digital spectrum of file based on contents | 20110016135 | 20110120 |
| A digital spectrum defines and communicates a file's informational characteristics. A file's informational position may be represented as a vector in an N-dimensional space, where each dimension is defined by a symbol. A position along the axis of any given dimension is described by the frequency of occurrence of that symbol. Relative to the origin of the space, the file's position can be computed. Comparing positions reveals similarity, or not, of the files. Another method uses the digital spectrum to define a line graph. Each symbol and its frequency define points on the line. A distance function between two spectra line graphs is computed. Comparing values from the distance functions reveals similarity, or not, of the files. Also, total numbers of bits in the files are... |
| Optimized partitions for grouping and differentiating files of data | 20110016124 | 20110120 |
| Methods and apparatus teach a digital spectrum of a data file. The digital spectrum is used to map a file's position in multi-dimensional space. This position relative to another file's position reveals closest neighbors. Certain of the closest neighbors are grouped together to define a set. Overlapping members in the groups may be further differentiated from one another by partitioning. An optimized partition of set S of N overlapping groups yields a maximum strength for groups and members in that partition. Among other things, the optimized partition includes relative strengths of every individual member in every possible partition and weighting functions applied to the relative strengths and to subgroups of files within the partitions.
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| Ranking search results based on word weight | 20110016111 | 20110120 |
| Ranking search results, comprises receiving a query string; retrieving a plurality of search results that include a corresponding plurality of target strings that relate to the query string; segmenting the query string and each of the plurality of target strings; pairing segments in the query string with respective segments in the target strings to form a plurality of combinations; retrieving a plurality of weights that correspond to the plurality of combinations based on a mapping of word combinations and their respective weights, wherein a weight measures semantic correlation between words in a word combination; and determining a weighted word length based on the weights corresponding to each of the plurality of target strings; and ranking the plurality of target strings based on their respective weighted word... |
| Simulation method, system and program | 20110015916 | 20110120 |
| A simulation system having multiple peripherals that communicate with each other. The system includes a weighted graph with weights set as communication times. The peripherals are represented as nodes and connection paths are represented as edges. Among the communication times in the loop, the minimum time is set as first synchronization timing. Timing with an acceptable delay added is set as second synchronization timing. Timing set by a user to be longer than the first and second timings is set as third synchronization timing. The third synchronization timing is used in a portion where the timing is usable, thus synchronizing the peripherals at the longest possible synchronization timing.
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| Configuring a simulator for testing wireless devices | 20110015915 | 20110120 |
| Configuration of a simulator for testing a wireless device in a network environment including multiple wireless devices is facilitated by receiving as input an indication of devices to be connected to a simulator for test and an indication of at least one channel model to be applied to an identified link, and using that input to calculate settings for function elements which modify signals to implement simulated effects defined by the channel model. The calculations are performed while a test is running, thereby avoiding delays associated with playback tests. Allocation of simulator paths and function elements are automated, and an indication of how the wireless devices are to be connected to the simulator is provided to the user. Further, an interface allows the user to select... |
| Method of routing the physical links of an avionics platform | 20110015900 | 20110120 |
| The invention relates to a method of routing the physical links of a avionics platform inside an aircraft. A physical link connects a plurality (N) of equipment units and is composed of one or more branches, where each branch of said link connects a sender equipment unit to a receiver equipment unit. The proposed method makes it possible to minimize the total cabling length of the platform and, where applicable, to choose among various positions of the equipment units inside the aircraft and/or various routing graphs.
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| Device for assisting in flexor tendon repair and rehabilitation | 20110015656 | 20110120 |
| A surgical device and method used to assist in the surgical repair and rehabilitation of damaged and/or severed tendons. In one embodiment of the present invention, the device is comprised of a hollow member, preferably shaped as a partial funnel and/or cone, having an inner and outer surface, a flared mouth, a shaft, and an apical end. In another embodiment, the device is comprised of a hollow member, preferably shaped as funnel or barrel cut in half along its longitudinal axis, having an inner and outer surface, two flared mouths, and a shaft. The device may further include a thin, elongated handle for ease of manipulation, and can be implantable or non-implantable. The present invention further discloses a method of passing a severed flexor tendon and/or... |
| Apparatus and method for joining similar or dissimilar suture products | 20110015653 | 20110120 |
| An apparatus, system and method for joining a first length of suture with a second length of suture are provided. The apparatus includes a substantially cylindrical body have a first end and a second end, a first cavity formed in the first end for receiving an end of the first length of suture, and a second cavity formed in the second end for receiving an end of the second length of suture, wherein the ends of the first and second lengths of sutures are welded within respective first and second cavities. The first and second lengths of suture may include the same or different diameters. The first and second cavities may be separated by a divider, or instead, may be continuous. The end of the first... |
| Amido-thiophene compounds and their use | 20110015178 | 20110120 |
| The present invention pertains generally to the field of therapeutic compounds. More specifically the present invention pertains to certain amido-thiophene compounds that, inter alia, inhibit 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 (11β-HSD1). The present invention also pertains to pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds, and the use of such compounds and compositions, both in vitro and in vivo, to inhibit 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1; to treat disorders that are ameliorated by the inhibition of 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1; to treat the metabolic syndrome, which includes disorders such as type 2 diabetes and obesity, and associated disorders including insulin resistance, hypertension, lipid disorders and cardiovascular disorders such as ischaemic (coronary) heart disease; to treat CNS disorders such as mild cognitive impairment and early dementia, including Alzheimer's disease; etc.
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| Cyclic inhibitors of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase 1 | 20110015157 | 20110120 |
| This invention relates to novel compounds of the Formula (I), (Ia), (Ib), (Ic), (Id), (Ie), (If), (Ig), (Ih); (Ii); (Ij), (Ik), (II) pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful for the therapeutic treatment of diseases associated with the modulation or inhibition of 11 β-HSD1 in mammals. The invention further relates to pharmaceutical compositions of the novel compounds and methods for their use in the reduction or control of the production of cortisol in a cell or the inhibition of the conversion of cortisone to cortisol in a cell.
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| Polypeptides selective for alphavbeta3 integrin conjugated with a variant of human serum albumin (hsa) and pharmaceutical uses thereof | 20110015130 | 20110120 |
| The invention generally relates to fusion proteins comprising a rhodostomin variant having an RGD motif variant 48ARLDDL53, wherein the rhodostomin variant is conjugated with a variant of Human Serum Albumin (HSA). The invention also relates to the use of these fusion proteins for treatment and prevention of αvβ3 integrin-associated diseases.
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| Cover for the shaft of a lacrosse stick | 20110015005 | 20110120 |
| A sheath for a lacrosse stick includes a cap and a rolled sheath. The cap is mounted on the free end of a lacrosse stick and the sheath is unrolled onto the stick to the desired length or the entire length of the stick. The cap and sheath are preferably made from injection molded rubber, neoprene of other polymers that permit production in various thickness, colors and lengths. The elasticity of the material preferably gives it memory and durability. The diameter of the sheath is preferably smaller than the diameter of the lacrosse stick so that it stretches to a tight fit. After the sheath is unrolled to the desired length, excess material may be cut off, if desired.
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| Configuration of hs-dsch serving cell change improvements | 20110014917 | 20110120 |
| The present solution relates to a method in a user equipment (300) for configuring a cell change procedure to be used for handover in a wireless communication network (300). The user equipment (310) is situated in a serving cell (306) and comprises an active set of cells. The active set of cells comprises a list of cells to which the user equipment (310) can move from the serving cell (306). The user equipment (310) sends (501) a request to a network controller (315) comprised in the wireless communication network (300) to add at least one further cell to the active set. The user equipment (310) then receives (502) the requested active set update from the network controller (315). The received active set update comprises the at... |
| Radio equipment controller, base transceiver station, and method for relaying data | 20110014908 | 20110120 |
| A Radio Equipment Controller connected, via a plurality of transmission paths, to a plurality of pieces of Radio Equipment for performing communication with a mobile station, and also connected to an upper-level device is provided. The Radio Equipment Controller includes a required time measurement portion that measures, for each piece of Radio Equipment, required time for the Radio Equipment and the Radio Equipment Controller to relay data that has a predetermined size and is transmitted and received between the upper-level device and the mobile station, and a relaying portion that relays target data that is data to be transmitted and received between the upper-level device and the mobile station by delaying a time to transmit the target data based on the required time for the Radio... |
| Methods for fabricating finfet structures having different channel lengths | 20110014791 | 20110120 |
| Methods for fabricating FinFET structures having gate structures of different gate widths are provided. The methods include the formation of sidewall spacers of different thicknesses to define gate structures of the FinFET structures with different gate widths. The width of a sidewall spacer is defined by the height of the structure about which the sidewall spacer is formed, the thickness of the sidewall spacer material layer from which the spacer is formed, and the etch parameters used to etch the sidewall spacer material layer. By forming structures of varying height, forming the sidewall spacer material layer of varying thickness, or a combination of these, sidewall spacers of varying width can be fabricated and subsequently used as an etch mask so that gate structures of varying widths... |
| Method for sealing a photonic device | 20110014731 | 20110120 |
| Methods for sealing a photonic device are disclosed. The photonic device may, for example, comprise a display device, a lighting device or a photovoltaic device. The device is sealed with a glass frit that is heated with a laser from both sides of the device (through both glass substrate plates), either sequentially or simultaneously. The methods can facilitate wider seal widths, and wider overall frit wall widths for increased device strength.
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| Optimized probes and primers and method of using same for the detection of herpes simplex virus | 20110014598 | 20110120 |
| Described herein are primers and probes useful for detecting and typing variant HSV strains, and methods of using the described primers and probes.
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| Novel fluorescent dyes and uses thereof | 20110014599 | 20110120 |
| The present invention provides fluorescent dyes that are based on firefly luciferin structure. These dyes are optimally excited at shorter wavelengths and have Stokes shift of at least 50 nm. The fluorescent dyes of the invention are useful for preparation of dye-conjugates, which can be used in detection of an analyte in a sample.
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| Method of manufacturing edge glued laminated panels and edge glued laminated panels manufactured according to said method | 20110014413 | 20110120 |
| An improved method and arrangement for increasing the yield in the production of edge glued laminations for the manufacture of edge glued laminated panels from thin timber. The edge glued laminations are manufactured from planed boards with residual waney edge by longitudinal sawing on an edging line including an upper and lower inlet feed conveyor, and edging machine and an upper and lower outlet feed conveyor, the edging machine preferably including a number of saw blades which are laterally adjustable, and the feed conveyors including endless belts of reinforced rubber 5-10 mm thick, having an underside provided with longitudinal channels with a width of 2-10 mm and a depth of 2-10 mm, the feed conveyors running on a number of tracked rollers adapted to the belts.... |
| Novel polymorphs of bosentan | 20110014291 | 20110120 |
| Disclosed herein are novel polymorphic forms of bosentan, processes for preparation, pharmaceutical compositions, and method of treating thereof.
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| Chimeric foot and mouth disease viruses | 20110014232 | 20110120 |
| Foot and mouth disease (FMD) viruses which are able to grow on BHK-21 cells in suspension are described herein. The new viruses are recombinant chimeric viruses formed by replacing the outer capsid coding region of a first FMDV strain, which has previously been shown to be an effective vaccine strain, with the outer capsid coding region of a second FMDV strain. The outer capsid coding region of the second FMDV strain is also modified to introduce a heparan sulphate proteoglycan (HSPG) binding site. The chimeric viruses are then used as seed viruses in the production of inactivated vaccine antigens which have been tailored for specific outbreak situations or locality. The invention also relates to the product of expression of the chimeric FMD viruses and to uses... |
| Adaptive hybrid optical control plane determination of lightpaths in a dwdm network | 20110013908 | 20110120 |
| Techniques and a control architecture (apparatus and logic) are provided for an adaptive hybrid DWDM-aware computation scheme. The architecture is one that is a hybrid of a centralized control scheme and a distributed control scheme that performs adaptive physical impairment computations for an optical network. A central control server is connected to multiple client control devices each of which resides in a node in a dense wavelength division multiplexed (DWDM) optical network, wherein each client control device is part of an optical control plane associated with the optical network. The control server obtains data for path route analysis from the client control devices. The control server then determines optical feasibility of at least one path route from a source node to a destination node from optical... |
| Hierarchical recursive image segmentation | 20110013837 | 20110120 |
| An image is segmented into image regions. Each of the image regions is represented by a respective vertex. A graph of the vertices interconnected by edges, each of which has a respective edge weight value, is built. The graph is partitioned into respective disjoint subgraphs based on the edge weight values. The partitioning of one or more of the subgraphs into respective subgraphs is repeated. A partition tree data structure that describes a partitioning hierarchy of parent-child relationships between the subgraphs is produced.
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| Entrance control system having a camera and control method thereof | 20110013812 | 20110120 |
| An entrance control system having a camera, and a method thereof of controlling entrance are provided. The entrance control system not only controls entrances through a use of an authentication tool based on biometric recognition, but also photographs a person attempting an entry through the camera, maps the information into authentication history and manages the history data. Accordingly, the entrance control system is capable of rejecting an unauthorized person who has forged biometric information such as a forged fingerprint. In order to ensure a reliability of image record of the person, the system processes a facial recognition algorithm to determine if a frontal face of the person is captured, and controls so that an error message is provided to the person if there is an error,... |
| High brightness x-ray generating device and method | 20110013749 | 20110120 |
| A high brightness X-ray generator and a high brightness X-ray generating method are provided which are able to promote an increase in X-ray brightness (i.e., an increase in an X-ray output) while suppressing an excessive increase in the cost of optical elements such as a laser unit, a mirror, and a lens. A high brightness X-ray generator generates an X-ray by inverse Compton scattering by colliding an electron beam with pulse laser light. There are provided a plurality of pulse laser units (32A, 32B) which emits a plurality of pulse laser lights (3a, 3b) in predetermined periods, an optical-path matching unit (34) which matches optical paths of the plurality of pulse laser lights, and a timing control unit (40) which controls timings of the optical-path matching... |
| Intraoral x-ray sensor with embedded standard computer interface | 20110013745 | 20110120 |
| An intraoral x-ray sensor with embedded standard computer interface. The sensor includes a data transfer cable with improved mechanical strength and heat transferring properties. The cable is quad-twisted USB cable and includes two data lines, a ground line, and fillers twisted within a metallic sheath, e.g., a metal braided shield. The cable is symmetrically organized about a centerline. The symmetric cable has an improved life due to the ability to withstand mechanical stress (e.g., rotational stress). The sensor includes a processor and a housing with an inner metallization layer. The sheath is coupled to the inner metallization layer to transfer heat generated by the processor from the inner metallization layer to the sheath.
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| Variable gain control for high speed receivers | 20110013733 | 20110120 |
| A high speed receiver is provided using two parallel processing paths to enable rapid variable gain control. The parallel processing paths include a first processing path using a high resolution Discrete Fourier Transform (DFT), and a second processing path using a reduced DFT requiring fewer samples than the high resolution DFT. An initial sample of the data is processed using the second processing path with the reduced DFT by comparing a Fourier transform of the initial sample with predetermined threshold values. As a result of the comparison of the Fourier transform of the initial sample with the predetermined threshold values, a gain determination block determines whether a requirement exists for gain ranging. If gain ranging is needed, the gain of the data signal is adjusted and... |
| Beamforming weight estimation using wideband multipath direction of arrival analysis | 20110013711 | 20110120 |
| Techniques are provided for computing downlink beamforming weights based on the received data at a base station from a mobile station in a MIMO communication system. An uplink transmission is received at a plurality of antennas at a first communication device from a second communication device, where the uplink transmission comprises a plurality of uplink subbands. The uplink spatial signature is estimated for each of the plurality of uplink subbands. The uplink spatial signature is decomposed into a plurality of direction of arrival (DOA) components for each uplink subband using a transform. Data representing multiple propagation paths between the first communication device and the second communication device is computed for each DOA component. A plurality of direction of departure (DOD) components for each of a plurality... |
| Pickup apparatus | 20090328084 | 20091231 |
| A pickup device (5) is provided with a pickup body (51) as a case; a heat source (61) thermally connected to the pickup body; and an optical component (13), which is fixed to the pickup body by a plurality of fixing sections including at least two fixing sections (131, 132) which are at different distances from the heat source and belong to the pickup body. The pickup body is provided with at least one of slits (100, 101) having prescribed widths, in a direction of reducing a binding force (F) which is a factor of preventing at last one fixing section (132) of the two fixing sections from being displaced due to thermal expansion in accordance with the distance from the heat source.
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| Memory leak diagnosis | 20090328007 | 20091231 |
| A method and an apparatus for diagnosing memory leak. The method includes: tracing the allocation of objects; recording allocation paths and allocation time of each object; giving to each object one unique identifier (ID) corresponding to an allocation path; determining the allocation path to which each object belongs; organizing the objects which are allocated but still not collected, and counting the age generations of the objects of the similar type according to the allocation time of each object; ranking the allocation paths according to the age generations of the surviving objects; and analyzing the ranking of the allocation paths, in which the allocation path with higher rank is more probable to introduce memory leaks. Thus, the suspicious allocation path possibly incurring memory leaks is selected and... |
| Generating responses to patterns stimulating an electronic circuit with timing exception paths | 20090327986 | 20091231 |
| Improved responses can be generated to scan patterns (e.g., test patterns) for an electronic circuit designs having timing exception paths by more accurately determining the unknown values that propagate to observation points in the circuit, where the response is captured. For instance, the responses are determined more accurately by analyzing the effect of sensitizing a timing exception path during each time frame associated with a scan pattern. Path sensitization can be determined based on observing whether values injected at starting points of the timing exception paths due to signal transitions and glitches propagate to their end points. The response can be updated by masking the affected end points and propagating unknown values further in the circuit to determine whether they are captured at observation points of... |
| Highly threaded static timer | 20090327985 | 20091231 |
| Various methods and apparatus for executing a multithreaded algorithm that performs a static timing analysis of an integrated circuit chip (chip) include logic for traversing the chip to identify a plurality of components (cells or nodes) within a chip circuit of the chip. A waveform graph is defined for the identified nodes. One or more virtual graphs are generated from the waveform graph. The plurality of nodes in the one or more virtual graphs are processed using multiple threads to obtain quadruplet of time domain dataset values representing the different modes of propagation for each node. A timing check is performed at an end node of the virtual graphs using the quadruplet of time domain dataset values to determine any timing violation within the chip design.
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| Providing multiple degrees of context for content consumed on computers and media players | 20090327941 | 20091231 |
| Multiple degrees of context for media content that is consumable on computing platforms including PCs and personal media players is provided by logically organizing context objects into halos that surround each piece of consumable content. The context objects represent information and experiences that are contextually associated with media content to enable users to easily discover content and experiences that they will find interesting in a rich and personal manner. As a user navigates from a content item to a context object in the halo, the context object itself morphs into content that is then surrounded by a new halo of context objects to which the user may navigate. The organization of media content and information into halos enables an effective contextual paradigm that cuts across strict... |
| Broadcast design for provisioning reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer circuits | 20090327901 | 20091231 |
| A method includes receiving an order for services to be provided by an optical network, the order identifying bandwidth requirements for the optical network and multiple broadcast locations; creating an optical network identifier, the optical network identifier including an aggregation of dense wavelength data multiplexers that may define one or more paths; prompting a user to select a path for a broadcast circuit through the dense wavelength data multiplexers using a graphical user interface; querying an operations support service for available bandwidth to support bandwidth requirements over the selected path; and assigning the circuit path based on the available bandwidth.
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| Disk array system, disk controller, and method for performing rebuild process | 20090327801 | 20091231 |
| In a disk array system, when a failure occurs in a disk unit under control, a disk controller performs a rebuild process for rebuilding data stored on the faulty disk unit on a spare disk unit (HS). When a rebuild control section accepts an I/O request from a host before completing the rebuild process in all target areas, the rebuild control section specifies a management unit area including a target area of the I/O request and determines whether the rebuild process is completed in the management unit area. If the rebuild process is not completed in the management unit area, the rebuild control section performs the rebuild process in the management unit area by a rebuild process section and rebuilds data on the HS. After that,... |
| Systems, methods and media for reducing power consumption in multiple controller information handling systems | 20090327780 | 20091231 |
| An information handling system (IHS) provides a method for conserving power. The method includes monitoring at least one performance characteristic of the IHS and determining if the at least one performance characteristic is below a low performance threshold. If the at least one performance characteristic is below the low performance threshold, a first controller is switched into a low power mode, wherein a first set of logical unit numbers (LUNs) are reassigned to a second controller.
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| Matching a watermark to a host sampling rate | 20090327734 | 20091231 |
| The invention deals with matching of a watermark to a host sampling rate of a multimedia signal. A watermark sampled at a first sampling rate is matched to multimedia host signal sampled at a second sampling rate, in a process where the watermark sampled at the first sampling rate is received, a scaling factor between the first sampling rate and the second sampling rate is determined, and re-scale widths of the watermark symbols are set. A modified watermark is generated wherein the watermark symbols of the modified watermark being of re-scale widths, so as to substantially match the modified watermark sequences to the second sampling rate.
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| Long-term secure digital signatures | 20090327732 | 20091231 |
| The present invention relates to digitally signing of electronic documents which are to be kept secure for a very long time, thereby taking into account future cryptographic developments which could render current cryptographic key-lengths insufficient. In accordance with the invention a double signature is issued for each document. A first digital signature (DTS) ensures the long time security, whilst a second digital signature (DUS) ensures the involvement of an individual user. Thereby, the second digital signature is less computationally intensive in its generation than the first digital signature.
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| Self test initialization | 20090327681 | 20091231 |
| A system to perform an information handling system (IHS) initialization includes one or more subsystems to receive a command to power on the IHS, initialize a processor cache memory to emulate a random access memory (RAM), determine whether a manufacturing self test is being performed on the IHS, and in response to the manufacturing self test being performed, complete the initialization without a complete memory initialization.
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| System and method for os boot image provisioning based on user identity to enable mobile users | 20090327675 | 20091231 |
| A method for provisioning a boot image includes receiving authentication information from an information handling system (IHS) over a network. The authentication information is associated with a user. The authentication information is sent to network services. Boot image information is received from the network services. The boot image information is associated with a boot image. The boot image is provisioned to the IHS over the network.
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| Methods and media for managing interruption of the out of box experience | 20090327551 | 20091231 |
| A method for managing interruption of an out of box experience for an information handling system (IHS) whereby the method includes writing a flag to storage device, wherein the storage device is coupled to a processor within the IHS and executing an interruption handling sequence at the processor within the IHS, wherein the processor is operable to read the flag in the storage device as an input to the interruption handling sequence.
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| Multi-layer hardware-based service acceleration (mhsa) | 20090327514 | 20091231 |
| Methods and apparatus for intelligent sharing and tighter integration between a service engine (SE) for network communication and a high-speed forwarding device, such that certain network flows may be offloaded from the SE to benefit from the high-speed forwarding capacity of such a device are provided. To accomplish the integration, an application binary interface (ABI) may be employed as an in-band high-priority communication protocol between the data planes of the SE and the high-speed forwarding device, and an application programming interface (API) may be utilized to leverage the ABI and any in-band or out-of-band channel to allow the master SE to control the high-speed slave device. Such integration techniques are not limited to a few specialized hardware components, but may also be applied to other types... |
| Computing apparatus | 20090327461 | 20091231 |
| A reconfigurable computing apparatus includes plural computing element networks respectively formed of computing elements of an identical bit width, the bit width of each of the computing element networks differing according to computing element network; a bit width converting element that converts bit widths between the computing element networks; a control signal-dedicated network that is formed of computing elements, is reconfigurable, and controls each of the computing element networks; and a sequencer that controls a timing at which circuit configurations are switched with respect to the computing element networks, the control signal-dedicated network, and the bit width converting element.
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| Copying entire subgraphs of objects without traversing individual objects | 20090327377 | 20091231 |
| Copying or compacting performance in garbage collection is improved by copying a first memory area (preferably comprising multiple objects) to a second memory area without traversing individual objects in the copied memory area and adjusting all copied memory locations identified as pointers in a metadata data structure. An entire linearized subgraph of the object graph can be copied at a time.
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| Providing multiple degrees of context for content consumed on computers and media players | 20090327341 | 20091231 |
| Multiple degrees of context for media content that is consumable on computing platforms including PCs and personal media players is provided by logically organizing context objects into halos that surround each piece of consumable content. The context objects represent information and experiences that are contextually associated with media content to enable users to easily discover content and experiences that they will find interesting in a rich and personal manner. As a user navigates from a content item to a context object in the halo, the context object itself morphs into content that is then surrounded by a new halo of context objects to which the user may navigate. The organization of media content and information into halos enables an effective contextual paradigm that cuts across strict... |
| System and method for managing data using a hierarchical metadata management system | 20090327340 | 20091231 |
| A system and associated method for managing data using a hierarchical metadata management system (HMMS). First, storing each pointer of at least one pointer in a metadata object wherein said pointer resides in a first repository, each unique file resides in a second repository, and said metadata object resides in third repository. Next, deleting each pointer from the first repository. Upon receipt from the first repository of an event indicating both a unique file and a pointer no longer resides in the first repository, searching for the pointer in each metadata object residing in the third repository pertaining to a HMMS. After searching and locating the pointer in a metadata object in the third repository, restoring the pointer to the first repository. Finally, notifying a hierarchical... |
| Information retrieval with unified search using multiple facets | 20090327271 | 20091231 |
| Information retrieval with unified search between heterogeneous objects is described. The method includes: indexing a first object as a document in a search index; referencing a second object related to the first object in a facet of the document; and storing a relationship strength between the first and second objects in the facet of the document in the search index. Multiple heterogeneous objects can be related to the first object and referenced in multiple facets of the document, each with its relationship strength to the first object. Scoring an indirect object by indirect relation to a query object can be carried out by aggregating the relationship strengths between the indirect object and the retrieved objects multiplied by the retrieved objects' direct scores of relationship strength to... |
| Indexing and querying xml documents stored in a relational database | 20090327253 | 20091231 |
| A method is disclosed for indexing and querying XML documents stored in a relational database. A user is allowed to choose columns of a database table for storing XML data of a known structure. The user has to input one or more XML paths for indexed data. Each path is stored in a static index table. In response to the input of the user defined paths, at least one dynamic index table is created for each static index table. The dynamic index table is updated upon data being entered into the database table. When a user's query is intercepted, any XML expression part of the query is processed and converted into one or more rows in the static index table. A new query is generated against... |
| Relationship serialization and reconstruction for entities | 20090327225 | 20091231 |
| Systems and methods that enable relationship information to be carried along with the entity when serializing/deserializing entities among application tiers. A tracking component tracks information on relationships associated with an entity, and further enables users to perform subsequent change processing on the entity's relationship information. Accordingly, relationship information can be carried along with the entity such that database operation can be performed without requirement of additional information from the database (e.g., foreign key information that is part of associated graphs).
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| Root cause analysis optimization | 20090327195 | 20091231 |
| Root cause analysis is augmented by providing optimized inputs to root cause analysis systems or the like. Such optimized inputs can be generated from causality graphs by creating sub-graphs, finding and removing cycles, and reducing the complexity of the input. Optimization of inputs enables a root cause analysis system to reduce the number of iterative cycles that are required to execute probable cause analysis, among other things. In one instance, cycle removal eliminates perpetuation of errors throughout a system being analyzed.
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| Playful incentive for labeling content | 20090327168 | 20091231 |
| Embodiments are directed towards employing a playful incentive to encourage users to provide feedback that is useable to train a classifier. The classifier being associated with any of a variety of different settings, including but not limited to classifying: messages as ham/spam, images, advertising, bookmarking, music, videos, photographs, shopping, or the like. An animated image, such as a pet, provides an interface to the classifier that encourages and responds to user feedback. Users may share their classifiers or aspects thereof with other users to enable a community of knowledge to be applied to a classification task, while preserving privacy of the user feedback. One form of sharing may be within the context of a competitive game. Various evaluations may be performed on a classifier to indicate... |
| Intelligent advertising display | 20090327073 | 20091231 |
| Computer-readable media, systems, and methods for intelligent advertisement display are provided. The intelligent advertisement display comprises a photography device configured to capture one or more images of one or more persons, and electronic display configured to display information to one or more users, a content module configured to store advertising data received from one or more advertisers, one or more location directories and one or more images of one or more persons taken by the photography device. The intelligent advertisement display further comprises a directory module configured to access and display the one or more location directories, receive user inputs and display advertising data from content module associated with the one or more user inputs. A photography module is configured to receive the one or more... |
| Revenue sharing system that incentivizes content providers and registered users and includes payment processing | 20090327057 | 20091231 |
| The computer-based method and system shares revenue with a content provider and registered users. A web page has supplied electronic content and ads with displays and hyperlinks to a corresponding advertiser designated web site. Associated sales referral fees are tracked based upon user click throughs. The content provider is incentivized because the system shares the associated sales referral fees with him based upon factors such as frequency of posting content, quality rankings by users, gross value referral fees, and page user-visitors. Registered user-visitors are incentivized by providing each with N quality ranking tokens and by sharing the referral fees with users who post tokens on content. The QA ranking formula accounts for the quantity of posted tokens, the sequential order of posting, the number of user-visitors,... |
| Online employee assessment and management performance system and method | 20090327051 | 20091231 |
| The present invention is a novel online enterprise management system. The system facilitates communication and teamwork within an organization using real-time techniques. The system allows employees to easily assess themselves and their organization, and provide ideas for improving business. The results are compiled into one or more databases and available for personal, managerial or team review. Thus, managers can more readily understand their employees' strengths and needs, and thereby, provide an optimal work environment. Also, employees can share perspectives, and make unique contributions to the business or across organizations. In addition, the system may be used by managers to input their ideas to upper-level management, executives, and so forth. Also, the present invention provides data indicating the difference, or “gap,” between employees' desired state and actual... |
| System and method for aircraft mission modeling | 20090326893 | 20091231 |
| An expert system and method for aircraft mission modeling using a matrix application, a preferred embodiment of which is incorporated into Mission Modeler software used in conjunction with Satellite Toolkit (STK) software. More generally, the invention is an expert system that draws on an extensive set of basic building blocks that represent standard aircraft maneuvers and concepts, and assembles those building blocks into complex and realistic sequences that represent aircraft motion with very high fidelity. One benefit of this invention is that it provides a simple system and method for users with no piloting experience to generate highly realistic flight paths.
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| System and method for collision-free cad design of pipe and tube paths | 20090326876 | 20091231 |
| A system, method, and computer program product for automated creation of collision-free paths for pipes and tubes in a CAD system. A method includes receiving inputs, in a data processing system, defining at least a start point and destination point for a pipe in a CAD environment, and a diameter for the pipe. The method includes determining sample points between the start point and destination point. The method also includes building a graph including the sample points and the start point and the destination points as nodes and a plurality of edges connecting the nodes. The method also includes computing a path through the graph between the start point and the destination point. The method also includes, for each node in the path, testing each edge... |
| Analytical map models | 20090326872 | 20091231 |
| Visual map items may each be constructed and placed in position using logic defined by a map view component corresponding to each visual item, where that logic may depend on one or more values populated into parameter(s) of the map view component. Some of those parameter values may correspond to known map model parameter values. Others, however, may have been solved for using a model that defines analytical relationships between the map model parameters. In one embodiment, which of the map model parameters are input variable, and which are output model variables, may not be predetermined. Accordingly, a solver might be prepared for multiple solve operation paths even using a single model. The map view composition process may be entirely data-driven, and may include a mechanism... |
| Data formats and usage for massive point to point route calculation | 20090326793 | 20091231 |
| The invention is directed to a method by which optimal paths are found between one or more start destinations and one or more end destinations. First destination and travel data is converted into a node and edge data format, wherein the nodes represent start points and the edges have a weight related to a travel weight. These nodes and edges are subdivided into subsets. The paths between the start nodes and each of the end nodes are determined using the node and edge representations stored in the subsets. A selected union of subsets is determined that contains the start end destinations. The optimal paths are determined by using the travel values associated with the edges connecting the nodes. The union of subsets, which may comprise less... |
| Inside belt | 20080313790 | 20081225 |
| An inner belt fits along the juncture of a person's stomach and thighs. The inner belt has first and second arches with a garment supported by the arch and the arch sized to offset the garment's waistline from the inner belt. Each arch has a front end a rear end fastened to the inner belt. The front end of each arch is located so it fastens to the inner belt adjacent the user's crotch during use. The rear end of each arch is located so it fastens to the inner belt at or before the hips of the user during use. A first loop extends from each arch, over the waistline and a normal, outer belt threads through the first loops and also through the normal... |
| Adjustable headboard frame | 20080313808 | 20081225 |
| An adjustable headboard frame is provided that includes a left frame element, a right frame element, and a plurality of spacers that are installed between the left frame element and the right frame element. The spacers are of different lengths and are sized so that the total width of the headboard including left and right frame elements and spacer is sized to correspond with one of the standardized mattress widths, such as twin, full, queen, and king. Further, the adjustable headboard frame may then be covered by a covering to provide an adjustable headboard.
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| Powered toothbrush | 20080313830 | 20081225 |
| The head of a powered toothbrush includes a first tuft block mounted for rotational oscillation about an axis generally perpendicular to the outer surface of the head, and a second tuft block having fixed bristles or bristles independently movable by being mounted on an elastomeric base. The second tuft block oscillates perpendicular to a longitudinal axis of the head and in an in and out direction perpendicular to the outer surface of the head. A third stationary block may also be mounted on the head of the powered toothbrush. The bristles on the first, second, and third tuft blocks may be of various lengths, colors and stiffness, and may be mounted perpendicularly to or at an angle to the outer surface of the head.
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| Brushes | 20080313836 | 20081225 |
| A paint brush (201) is provided. The brush comprises a bristle cluster (207) and a handle (202) for holding the cluster. The root end of the cluster is set into adhesive composition by a set depth X. The cluster comprises bristles of two or more different lengths. For a majority of the bristles the difference in length between a longest bristle and a shortest bristle is a range value Y. Y is less than X which means that one end of all bristles conforming to this rule must be embedded in adhesive composition but not all bristles will extend all the way to the tip end of the cluster. This ensures that bristles do not fall out of the handle whilst providing a tip end with... |
| Apparatus and method for feeding fibers | 20080313860 | 20081225 |
| A feeding device for fiber flocks or opened fibers for feeding a textile machine, especially a carding machine, has a first, upper vertical fiber chute which supplies the fibers or fiber flocks to rolls for opening of the fibers, and a lower fiber chute which accepts the fibers released by the rolls and discharges a fiber mat at the bottom end of the fiber chute by way of discharge rolls. The feeding device also has a segmented intake trough with several intake trough segments which cooperate with a segmented, clothing-covered first roll, which is divided into several roll segments, wherein the torque of the roll segments can be controlled individually and the widths of the gaps between the intake trough segments and the associated roll segments... |
| Belt clamp and carrier | 20080313861 | 20081225 |
| A belt clamp with a pivotal article carrier attached thereto includes a base and a cover hinged together at the top. The cover includes a passageway at the lower end to accept a barb-like fastener integral with lower end of base to lock clamp closed. A tongue projects inwardly from the cover to contact and inhibit movement of a duty belt inside the clamp. The base includes a pair of intersecting arcuate slots and a reversible insert having one arcuate slot to make the clamp usable by either right- or left-handed users. A movable belt width adjustment bar is mounted inside the clamp to accommodate belts of various widths. Bosses around the lower opening of the cover inhibit twisting of locked clamp to prevent inadvertent opening.... |
| Tool for connector assembly | 20080313891 | 20081225 |
| A multi-use tool for assembly of electrical connectors includes a main tool body having an electrical connector assembly holder. The holder includes first and second cavities. The first cavity includes spaced anvils and removably retains an electrical connector end cap between the anvils. A cutting ram is opposed to the first cavity and includes two cutting blades that are translatable between disengaged and engaged positions to trim and sever excess wire lengths from the electrical connector end cap. The second cavity removably retains the electrical connector end cap and a jack housing. A termination ram is opposed to the second cavity and movably mounted between disengaged and engaged positions to terminate the jack housing with the end cap. A trigger mechanism is operably connected to both... |
| Method for pre-forming a twisted-pair electrical cable | 20080313897 | 20081225 |
| A method of installing a plug on a cable having insulated wire pairs includes stripping insulation from a cable end to expose the wires and arranging the wires into a plug configuration. A wiring block having a back end leading to a cavity and a front end having pass through holes respectively leading to wire troughs extending between the cavity and front end is provided. The cable end is inserted through the back end such that the wires are inserted into the wire troughs corresponding with the plug configuration and such that the ends of the wires protrude out through the pass through holes. The protruding wire ends are cut off after being pulled until the cable insulation adjacent to the cable end seats itself inside... |
| Hunting knife | 20080313911 | 20081225 |
| The present invention relates to a hunting knife for assisting a hunter in field dressing an animal, particularly for assistance with breaking the pelvic bone of the animal. The knife includes a handle, a single blade and an extended element. The longitudinal axis of the knife and the longitudinal axis of the extended element are disposed generally parallel and co-planar, as defined herein. A forward-receiving slot is formed between the blade and the extended element for receiving a portion of the pelvic bone of the animal. The present invention includes sheaths for containing the knife of the present invention. A method for using the knife of the present invention includes the steps of contacting the knife to the portion of the pelvic bone desired to be... |
| Plant tie | 20080313957 | 20081225 |
| A plant tie and a chain of plant ties are disclosed. The plant tie can include an expandable portion, such as a length of tape, and two twistable portions, such as two lengths of wire. The expandable portion can span a gap between the twistable portions. The plant tie can be wrapped around a portion of a plant and secured in place by twisting the twistable portions. Once in place, the plant tie can expand to accommodate movement and/or growth of the plant to which it is attached. The disclosed chain of plant ties can include multiple individual plant ties linked in series for ease of manufacture and use.
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| Method for drying cane | 20080313958 | 20081225 |
| During or closely following harvesting of the cane plant, each plant is trimmed by removing the nodes and associated leaves, thereby forming raw tubes from each remaining internode segment. The raw tubes are artificially dried and then exposed to artificial light, to produce finished tubes. The improved process reduces the time between the harvesting of a plant to the completion of a finished tube, from a period that is typically measured in months to a period measured in weeks. Furthermore, it has been found that the artificial drying is so effective that harvesting and processing of the reed cane can continue throughout the year, thereby increasing productivity and responsiveness to fluctuations in demand.
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| Modular two-piece floor tile | 20080313984 | 20081225 |
| A two-piece modular floor tile includes a top member formed from wood or stone, and a support member formed from plastic and wood composite material. Each of the top and support members is of substantially rectangular. The support member is adapted to increase air circulation and decrease moisture accumulation, and does not tend to be damaged by rot and termites. In one embodiment, the support member includes a plurality of parallel longitudinal internal channels. In another embodiment, the support member includes a longitudinal projection at one side and a longitudinal mated groove at the other side. In yet another embodiment, the support member includes a plurality of parallel longitudinal bottom troughs. In a further embodiment, the top member includes a plurality of shaped elements secured together.
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| filter elements | 20080314012 | 20081225 |
| A ceramic filter element is formed from a flocculated slurry predominantly containing inorganic fibres, of 100-150 μm length and 1-5 μm thickness. The slurry also contains inorganic yarn in lengths of from 10 mm or greater, e.g. 10-150 mm and thickness 0.1-0.5 mm diameter. The slurry is formed in water with colloidal silica and starch added to flocculate the slurry. The flocculated slurry is then injected to a mould comprising an appropriately shaped mesh form, and water removed by vacuum, and the filter thus formed dried in an oven for 8-12 hours at 120° C. The addition of yarns, which may be glass or alumina mono or multifilament yarns, increases the shock resistance of the ceramic filter element produced.
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| Fluorescence calibrator for multiple band flat field correction | 20080314114 | 20081225 |
| A fluorescence reference plate for a fluorescence spectroscopic instrument is arranged with fluorescent layers having different excitation and emission characteristics. The fluorescent layers are ordered in the form of a stack for providing a flat-field calibration standard over multiple bands of wavelengths.
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| Optical wellbore fluid characteristic sensor | 20080314138 | 20081225 |
| Evanescent waveguide sensors for measuring and determining the composition of wellbore fluids in situ are provided. The waveguides are provided on substrates have a thickness and strength sufficient to withstand wellbore pressures and a sufficient surface area to allow for broad range measuring of the wellbore characteristics. The optical sensors facilitate determination of the wellbore fluid composition without requiring in-tool sampling of the wellbore fluid.
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| Roller transmission and gearing mechanism | 20080314179 | 20081225 |
| A roller transmission and gearing mechanism with a driving body, roller means and a driven body, wherein the driving body is coupled to the driven body by means of the roller means, the bodies are guided with a single degree of freedom, and define respective roller guide tracks thereon, the tracks contact the roller means and determine the movement of the roller means, which contact the roller guide tracks along rolling curves, the roller guide tracks start and terminate at respective pairs of limit surfaces, and the roles of the driving and driven bodies can be interchanged, furthermore the distances between points of the rolling curve on the driving body and on the driven body are different, the rolling means move with pure rolling motion, and... |
| Enhanced alloy recovery in molten steel baths utilizing cored wires doped with deoxidants | 20080314199 | 20081225 |
| The present invention provides increased recovery in additive-enhanced or alloy-enhanced molten steel. This is accomplished by deoxidizing powders blended with the additive alloys. The deoxidizing powder reacts with the oxygen, thereby depleting the oxygen in this region. The alloy or additive region is enriched, thereby improving the recovery in the molten steel.
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| Enhanced alloy recovery in molten steel baths utilizing cored wires doped with dispersants | 20080314201 | 20081225 |
| The present invention provides increased recovery in additive-enhanced or alloy-enhanced molten steel. This is accomplished by dispersing agents blended with the additive alloys. The dispersant powder reacts with the carbon in the steel forming carbon monoxide gas which provides kinetic energy to the additive alloy particle causing dispersion within the molten bath, resulting in greater dissolution of the particles in the molten bath. The alloy or additive region is enriched, thereby improving the recovery in the molten steel.
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| Method of representing rhythm in music notation and display therefor | 20080314229 | 20081225 |
| A music notation display system that adds distinguishable timing bars to standard music notation assists students learning to read music and assists musicians to correctly play rhythms in music. Each timing bar corresponds to an equally timed portion of a measure of written music, such as a certain number of beats or half-beats. The timing bars may be depicted as differently shaded, patterned, or otherwise differentiated background areas to the notes and rests of the music. Musical notes and rests that fall within a timed portion of the music that corresponds to a timing bar are displayed within a space defined by the timing bar. The widths of timing bars across a musical staff may be equal, or may vary, such as to accommodate printing associated... |
| Refractory material with stainless steel and organic fibers | 20080314293 | 20081225 |
| A refractory includes a cement, a binder and a matrix. The matrix comprises both stainless steel fibers and organic fibers. The refractory can be easily cast, without additional steel reinforcement, into large fire wall 16 panels 10 capable of meeting the requirements of testing conducted in accordance with ASTM E-119, Standard Test Methods for Fire Tests of Building Construction and Materials in support of IEEE Std. 979-1994, Guide for Substation Fire Protection. The fire wall 16 assembly withstood the fire endurance test without passage of flame and gases hot enough to ignite cotton waste during a four-hour fire exposure. The assembly also withstood a 45? water stream for five minutes immediately following the four-hour fire exposure period. This is a stringent mechanical requirement, as all fire... |
| Multi-function watercraft portage device | 20080314307 | 20081225 |
| An assembly for transporting a watercraft, wherein the assembly remains coupled to the watercraft during transport of the craft and during operation of the craft. The assembly is rotatably adjustable through a range of positions including a transport position, a plurality of stabilizing positions, a stowing position, and an emergency position wherein the watercraft may be used as a shelter, wherein each of these positions may be easily locked into place by the operator of the watercraft. The assembly is further adjustable to accommodate watercraft of various widths.
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| Premix combustion methods, devices and engines using the same | 20080314360 | 20081225 |
| This invention discloses a combustion method, which is for internal combustion engine, which utilizes a variable spray fuel injection wherein it has (i) a variable spray angle with smaller angles for earlier fuel injection and larger angles for later fuel injection, and (ii) variable spray patterns varying from hollow conical shapes for earlier injection to multi-jet shapes for later injection, wherein it has adaptive means to distribute fuel into combustion chamber space based on background pressure and injection timing. A combustion method, which utilizes a combustion chamber which has plural number of annular inner spaces resembling the space inside an automotive tire, which provides means to control propagation paths of combustion reaction radicals and control pressure rise rate, which also provides means to promote stratification of... |
| Dry powder inhalers | 20080314384 | 20081225 |
| A dry powder inhaler comprises a main airflow path including a cyclone chamber (16) having an air inlet and being so shaped that at least a part of the chamber decreases in cross-sectional area in a direction away from the air inlet, so as thereby in use to set up a reverse flow cyclone in the chamber. A bypass airflow path (8) bypasses the cyclone chamber and the main and bypass airflow paths communicate with a mouthpiece (6). The cyclone chamber may be provided by a part (22) which is removable from the rest of the inhaler for regular replacement thereof.
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| Cleaning system for a hopper | 20080314420 | 20081225 |
| A cleaning system for a hopper used to transport and convey salt and sand. The cleaning system includes a fluid supply system that creates a first fluid flow path that takes water from the inlet end of the fluid supply system to an interior chamber of the hopper. A second fluid flow path is created between the inlet end of the fluid supply system to a conveyor system of the hopper. Thus, two fluid flow paths are created to simultaneously clean the interior chamber of a hopper and a conveyor system of the hopper using a single water source.
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| Check valve for a compressor | 20080314459 | 20081225 |
| A compressed gas is introduced from a compressor into a inlet of a check valve. In a cylindrical casing of the check valve, a valve seat is provided and has a plurality of paths through which compressed gas flows from the inlet to an outlet of the check valve. The paths are opened and closed by a valve disc. A deformation limiting member is provided on the valve disc to limit a gap between the valve disc and the valve seat.
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| Edger with staggered saws | 20080314478 | 20081225 |
| Embodiments of the present invention provide a wood processing machine adapted to cut wood workpieces along multiple optimized cutting paths. In various embodiments, the wood processing machine includes a first saw assembly and a second saw assembly that is disposed down stream from the first saw assembly. The first saw assembly is adapted to cut the workpiece along the first optimized cutting path and the second saw assembly is adapted to cut the workpiece along the second optimized cutting path.
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| Device with self aligned gaps for capacitance reduction | 20080314521 | 20081225 |
| A method for reducing capacitances between semiconductor device wirings is provided. A sacrificial layer is formed over a dielectric layer. A plurality of features are etched into the sacrificial layer and dielectric layer. The features are filled with a filler material. The sacrificial layer is removed, so that parts of the filler material remain exposed above a surface of the dielectric layer, where spaces are between the exposed parts of the filler material, where the spaces are in an area formerly occupied by the sacrificial layer. Widths of the spaces between the parts of the filler material are shrunk with a shrink sidewall deposition. Gaps are etched into the dielectric layer through the shrink sidewall deposition. The filler material and shrink sidewall deposition are removed.
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| Venetian blind for irregularly shaped window | 20080314529 | 20081225 |
| A venetian blind for an irregularly shaped window, such as a palladian-style window with an arch shaped top, wherein the cord ladders supporting the blind slats are attached to pull-cords, suspended from attachment means fastened directly to the top of the window frame, and routed down through slat cord-slots to an operating mechanism in a base rail fastened to the bottom of the window frame. The blind slat lengths are trimmed to fit the window contour.
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| Retainer and thermal displacement apparatus for electronic components, methods of production and applications thereof | 20080314553 | 20081225 |
| Retainers are described that comprise at least one center body component comprising a plurality of center body troughs, and at least one compatible component comprising a plurality of compatible troughs, wherein at least part of the plurality of the compatible troughs couple with at least part of the plurality of center body troughs. In addition, thermal displacement devices are described that incorporate at least one retainers and at least one additional component, wherein the at least one retainer is coupled at least in part to the at least one additional component through a contact area or a substrate, surface or combination thereof, wherein the at least one retainer is coupled with the substrate, surface or combination thereof through a contact area.
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| Extruded lamella separator panel modules | 20080314823 | 20081225 |
| A lamella panel module is formed from extruded PVC side rails and a plastic plate member secured to the opposing side panels. Each side rail is formed with receiver mounts defining recesses for the mounting of the lamella plates. The plates are preferably affixed to the receiver mounts by adhesives to establish a structurally stable panel module. Each side rail has fore-and-aft opposing mating flanges that prevent horizontal movement of the modules, but allow generally vertical movement to enable any module to be removed from the assembly and replaced. The frame of the lamella separator assembly is formed with a support ledge on the opposing lateral sides of the frame to support a walking grid therebetween. The supported walking grid does not interfere with the flow... |
| Securing bath seats | 20070294820 | 20071227 |
| A child bath seat, adapted for use with a bathtub, includes a seat body that includes both a seat and a retaining structure extending above the seat for laterally retaining a child seated in the seat body. The seat also includes a bracing structure that holds the seat body in an upright position. The bracing structure has a first end attached to the seat body, and a second end, defining a recess, for receiving an upper edge of a side of the bathtub. The seat also includes a foot structure attached to the bracing structure and capable of being placed in contact with a predominantly horizontal surface outside the bathtub. The child bath seat can be adjustable to accommodate varying bathtub side widths and varying bathtub... |
| Dual berth invertible bunk | 20070294822 | 20071227 |
| A dual berth bunk (20) for a sleeper cab (10) or other confined space includes a bunk frame (22) mounted for pivoting or rotating inversion. Berths (25a, 25b), or sleeping surfaces, are provided on the opposite sides of the bunk frame and a berth may be selectively positioned for use by pivoting or rotation of the bunk frame. A latch (56) or other device may be used to secure the bunk frame in the selected position. Retaining devices (104, 106) retain bedding in the berths when the berth in a downward inverted orientation.
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| Process for tinting, dyeing or doping or moulded components made of transparent (co)polyamides in aqueous dye bath | 20070294841 | 20071227 |
| The present invention relates to a novel composition of dye baths or processing baths and a process for tinting, dyeing or doping of moulded components with functional additives in these aqueous dipping baths or processing baths. The moulded components contain transparent or translucent (co)polyamides. If the moulded components should be tinted or dyed according to an embodiment of the invention, the dyeing can be performed as homogeneous dyeing or as gradient dyeing. The process according to the present invention is particularly suitable for producing high-value objects like ophthalmic lenses, sun lenses for eyeglasses, magnifying glasses, all kinds of inspection glasses, polarization films and display films, particularly if changing depths of color (gradients) are desired. This generating of a dyeing gradient requires dyeing in a dipping process,... |
| Stinger cutting guide | 20070294884 | 20071227 |
| A cutting guide for trimming the center conductor of a stinger. The cutting guide may include a housing that is adapted to receive the stinger conductor and provide a reference plane for trimming the conductor to a desired length. The housing may include a receiving end for receiving a predetermined portion of the stinger and an exit end through which an excess portion of the conductor protrudes beyond the desired cutting plane. The housing may include a socket having a receiving space for receiving the threads of the conductor and a barrel having a bore through which the stinger extends. Alternative embodiments include a length-adjustable housing and a housing with multiple bore lengths.
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| Method for marking a material and resulting marked material | 20070295116 | 20071227 |
| The invention concerns a method for marking a material characterized in that it consists in incorporating into the material: either a phosphor capable of producing, following excitation, two light emissions whereof the respective wavelengths and the emission decay times are different, or several phosphors capable of producing, following excitation, a light emission whereof the wavelength and the emission decay time are different from the wavelength and emission decay time of the other or other phosphors. The material can in particular be of the paper, board, paint, textile, ink, glass or macromolecular material type.
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| Steering device | 20070295144 | 20071227 |
| A steering device which, having a movable wedge smoothly movable to clamp a column, is capable of a secure clamping operation is provided. A center axis of a column clamp shaft is disposed to pass through a middle position of a length of contact between a slope of a first wedge and a slope of a third wedge and a middle position of a length of contact between a slope of a second wedge and another slope of the third wedge. Pressing forces to which the first and second wedges are subjected when a column is clamped act on the middle positions of the lengths of contact, so that no rotational moment is applied to the first and second wedges. The first and second wedges can... |
| Self-supporting air tube for blasting | 20070295234 | 20071227 |
| A self-supporting air tube for blasting and method of blasting rock using the air tube. The air tube includes an air bladder, a plurality of support wings, an inlet, and a means for securing weight. The air bladder has a diameter smaller than that of a blasting hole and extends longitudinally. The support wings extend from the outside of the air bladder symmetrically with respect to the longitudinal axis of the air bladder so as to surround the air bladder and have certain widths. The inlet is attached to the a fusion-welded portion of the air bladder to inject air into the air bladder. The means for securing weight are integrated into the support wings, bladder, and/or lower portion of the bladder. The total diameter of... |
| Transportable flotation system | 20070295258 | 20071227 |
| A transportable modular flotation system with sections incorporating a decked supporting structure that is buoyed by heavy duty flotation tubes. The sections are coupled together with pre-tensioned ropes, straps or cables of High Modulus Fiber. The system is suitable for off-loading items from cargo ships in small harbors and onto remote beaches. One embodiment is a heavy-duty lightweight modular causeway system (LMCS™) that is rapidly deployable and recoverable from a Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV). Other embodiments of the present invention may be deployable floating piers or docks; modular commercial causeways, and expedient means to cross environmentally sensitive areas such as marshes or wetlands without employing major earthmoving equipment. Embodiments may also be used for wet-gap crossings, such as currently served by modular bridges, such as... |
| Method for synthesizing semiconductor quantom dots | 20070295266 | 20071227 |
| The present invention relates to a method for synthesizing high luminescence semiconductor quantum dots with a core-shell structure in a short time in large quantity. Using the method of synthesizing the quantum dots in accordance with the present invention, a large quantity of quantum dots can be economically synthesized in a rapid time without an explosion. And, the present invention can be applied to the fields employing various luminous materials since the luminous semiconductor quantum dots synthesized by the present invention has a high luminous efficiency and they can emit a light at various wavelengths in the whole range of a visible ray. And also, the present invention can be applied to a light emission device, a single electron transistor, a solar cell photo-sensitizer material and... |
| Common rail system with differently embodied supply lines to the injectors | 20070295308 | 20071227 |
| A common rail fuel system essentially comprising at least one rail, at least two injectors, and a respective supply line of a definite length between the rail and each injector. In order to prevent oscillation-generated movements of one supply line from being transmitted to the adjacent supply lines, the respective adjacent supply lines are embodied with different natural frequencies as a result of the supply lines of a rail being of different dimensions, for example different lengths.
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| Process for applying palladium salts to tobacco cut filler | 20070295344 | 20071227 |
| An apparatus and method for the process of applying palladium salts to tobacco cut filler and other smokable products so that polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) can be reduced in both mainstream (MS) and sidestream (SS) cigarette smoke. The reduction in PAHs is observed in the total particulate matter (TPM) of the mainstream (MS) and sidestream (SS) smoke. Additionally, substantial reductions in heavy metals and Ames biological activity can be achieved when the palladium salt solution is applied and processed in accordance with the present invention. The present invention provides these improvements by using a preferred ratio of palladium (Pd) salt to Chloride (Cl) that is specifically designed to allow for high palladium solubility. Further, the present invention provides an apparatus and method for applying the palladium... |
| Solar cell module and photovoltaic power generator using this | 20070295381 | 20071227 |
| A surface electrode (5) is installed on the light receiving surface of a solar cell element, the surface electrode (5) comprises three bus bar electrodes (5a) for extracting light-produced at the solar cell element to the outside and collecting finger electrodes (5b) connected to these bus bar electrodes (5a), and the bus bar electrodes (5a) are not less than 0.5 mm and not more than 2 mm in width and the finger electrodes (5b) are not less than 0.05 mm and not more than 0.1 mm in width. A high-efficient solar cell module can be obtained with substantially lowered resistance by increasing the number of bus bar electrode (5a) and thereby decreasing the lengths of the finger electrodes (5b).
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| Swelling element packer and installation method | 20070295498 | 20071227 |
| A sealing element that swells on exposure to well fluids present or added to the wellbore is assembled to the mandrel in a manner to induce circumferential stresses proximately to the inside diameter of the element so as to resist the tendency of the inside diameter of the element to grow during the swelling process. A vacuum and a pressure method are described. Leak paths between the mandrel and the sealing element are minimized or eliminated as a result.
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| Cascading oil flow bearing lubrication device | 20070295557 | 20071227 |
| A bearing lubrication system includes a stationary output shaft carrier housed within a gear housing wherein the output shaft resides partially within the carrier and upper and lower bearings support the shaft. The carrier includes first and second arcuately extending troughs for catching lubricating fluid slung by an oil slinger. The first trough is in fluid communication with the shaft and with the upper bearing which pumps fluid through the bearing and into an upper passageway which terminates in an opening which supplies fluid to a second trough which, in turn, supplies fluid to the second bearing which, in turn, supplies fluid to the annular pool formed on the upper portion of the gear affixed to the output shaft. The annular pool is formed by a... |
| Device for lubricating contra-sliding parts | 20070295558 | 20071227 |
| A device for lubricating contra-sliding parts of a tool device having a drive for effecting the sliding operation, wherein the device has a lubricant dispensing device for the moving parts, which lubricant dispensing device can be actuated by means of the same drive. A method for lubricating contra-sliding parts of a tool device having a drive for effecting the sliding operation, wherein a lubricating pulse is triggered by the following method steps: measuring of the path covered in the operating phase of the sliding parts, recording of the individual path lengths by means of a counter, comparison of the total actual path length with a total path length after which a lubricating pulse is intended to be triggered, and triggering of a lubricating pulse by the... |
| Particles with silver carried and producing method thereof | 20070295653 | 20071227 |
| Particles for water disinfection in which silver is coated on a garnet surface or a particle surface whose main ingredient is garnet are used. When said particles are used, preferable embodiment of silver is that the granular lumps of silver are carried continuously and discontinuously forming a group on a garnet surface as shown in SEM photographs of FIG. 4. Effective production method of such particles can be conducted by the electroless plating method in which garnet particles are immersed in a mixed solution composed of reducing solution in which at least any one of potassium sodium tartarate, glucose, or acetardehyde as a reducing agent is dissolved in water, silver nitrate solution, and ammonium solution.
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| Appliance using a water hardness sensor system and method of operating the same | 20070295665 | 20071227 |
| An appliance using water including an incoming water valve is provided. The appliance also includes a sensor disposed in-line to an incoming flow of water received from the incoming water valve and is configured to sense a degree of hardness in the incoming flow of water. The sensor includes a substrate and a sensing element disposed on the substrate. The sensing element includes a sensing matrix, an indicator for one or more chemical species in a flow of water, and a selectivity component that reacts reversibly with the one or more chemical species in the water. The sensor also includes a light source configured to direct light through the substrate and the sensing matrix. The sensor further includes a light detector configured to receive transmitted light... |
| Procedure and apparatus for the concentration of hydrophilic materials through flotation devices | 20070295668 | 20071227 |
| A procedure and apparatus for the concentration of hydrophilic materials through flotation which consists of two devices operating in series. The first device performs the function of feeding the gas and the pulp, generate bubbles and produce contact with the hydrophobic particles to be concentrated. The second device performs the functions of separating and evacuating the froth carrying the hydrophobic materials and the evacuation of the aqueous pulp with the materials with water affinity. The gas-pulp mixing device contains inside it solid mixing means, preferably bead shaped and of a density lower than that of the pulp to be processed. The generation of bubbles and their contact with hydrophobic materials happen when the gas and the pulp transit through the interstices between the mixing media which... |
| Cook top comprising a glass ceramic plate having an opaque coating and an improved window coating on a display window on an underside of the plate | 20070295711 | 20071227 |
| The cook top includes a colorless transparent glass ceramic plate, which is provided with an opaque coating extending over its underside, except that in at least one window area a window coating is provided on the underside of the glass ceramic plate area instead of the opaque coating. In order to optimize colored displays arranged under the at least one window area and to facilitate the use of capacitive touch sensors, the window coating is a burned-in noble metal preparation with an electrical surface resistance of 1 MΩ/□ and in the at least one window area the glass ceramic plate coated with the window coating has a transmission in a range from 1.0 to 21.0% and a light scattering in a range of from 0.0 to... |
| Lens frame and optical focus assembly for imager module | 20070295893 | 20071227 |
| An imager apparatus and methods are described. An embodiment of an imager module includes a plurality of groups of optical lenses, a lens frame, and at least one associated lens barrel configured to position and hold the plurality of groups of optical lenses. At least one of the groups of optical lenses is movable with respect to at least one other group of optical lenses for achieving optical focus. The imager module includes an integrated circuit (IC) imager die in proximity to the plurality of lenses, the imager die containing at least one image capture microelectronic device. The imager module includes a modular frame assembly that contains a first portion that holds a plurality of lens barrels, each containing one or more focusing lenses, and a... |
| Method and apparatus for minimizing the effect of baseline depression in ionizing radiation measuring equipment | 20070295898 | 20071227 |
| Methods and an apparatus for reducing the effect of background ionizing radiation depression in vehicle and container monitoring systems due to shielding effects from components of the vehicle or container or modifications thereof. The methods utilize measurements of background radiation in two spectral regions of interest to calculate a normalization constant, and then utilize the normalization constant to normalize measurements in the same regions of interest when a vehicle or container is tested for the presence of a relevant ionizing radiation source such as 137Cs and 76Ga. Subtracting the two measurements to calculate a net difference provides a substantially valid measure of radiation counts in one spectral region of interest. Preferably the regions of interest abut or overlap, and preferably the spectral widths of the regions... |
| Relief valve | 20070295923 | 20071227 |
| A relief valve includes a high-pressure port (14) communicating to a hydraulic circuit (41), a low-pressure port (15) communicating to a drain circuit (42), a valve (11) supported so as to be movable in back and forward in the axial direction thereof to open and close between these ports (14, 15), a piston (12) supported so as to be movable in the coaxial direction in relation to the valve (11), a spring (13) interveningly provided between the valve (11) and the piston (12) for biasing the valve (11) to a valve closing direction against the pressure of the high-pressure port (14), a damping chamber (20) defined at back side of the piston (12), pressure guiding paths (26, 27) for guiding the pressure in the upstream side... |
| Incoherent combination of laser beams | 20070295974 | 20071227 |
| A method of combining beams from a plurality of laser resonators includes frequency modulating the output of each of the lasers with one or more of the lasers frequency modulated out-of-phase with the others. The frequency modulated beams are directed along parallel spaced-apart paths and overlap in a plane along the paths to form a combined beam having a flat-topped intensity distribution.
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| Semiconductor memory device and manufacturing method therefor | 20070296014 | 20071227 |
| This disclosure concerns a semiconductor memory comprising Fin-type semiconductor layers (Fins) provided on the insulation layer provided on a substrate; first gate insulation films provided on first side surfaces of the Fins; second gate insulation films provided on second side surfaces of the Fins, the second side surfaces being opposite sides of the first side surfaces of the Fins; front gate electrodes provided on the first side surfaces via the first gate insulation films; and back gate electrodes provided between a second side surface of one of the Fins and a second side surface of the other Fin which is adjacent to the one of the Fins, the second side surface of the one of the Fins is opposed to the second side surface of the... |
| Semiconductor device and method of manufacture thereof | 20070296046 | 20071227 |
| In a high withstand voltage transistor of a LOCOS offset drain type having a buried layer, a plurality of stripe-shaped diffusion layers are formed below a diffusion layer ranging from an offset layer to a drain layer and a portion between the drain region and the buried layer is depleted completely; thus, a withstand voltage between the drain region and the buried layer is improved. By the formation of the stripe-shaped diffusion layers, the drain region becomes widened; thus, on-resistance is reduced. Further, the buried layer is made high in concentration so as to sufficiently suppress an operation of a parasitic bipolar transistor.
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| Novel propylene polymer compositions | 20070296120 | 20071227 |
| The invention relates to propylene polymer compositions comprising 50-70 wt % of a propylene homo- or copolymer, 5-20 wt % of a first elastomeric ethylene-propylene copolymer, 5-25 wt % of a second elastomeric ethylene-propylene copolymer and 5-30 wt % of an ethylene polymer. The propylene polymer compositions are suitable for moulding and they have low haze and a good impact strength/stiffness balance with good impact strengths at low temperatures.
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| Brittle fracture resistant spring | 20070296129 | 20071227 |
| A spring contact has a post-release outer upper surface in compression and a post-release outer lower surface in compression. A compressive lower layer of spring material may be formed at a thickness that is three-eighths or less of a tensile upper layer of spring material. A low modulus of elasticity cladding material may also be applied to the outer surface of the spring contact with a lower surface of the cladding material being formed with a compressive stress.
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| Rotational jam clearance apparatus | 20070296143 | 20071227 |
| A media path jam clearance apparatus installable in a supporting structure includes media drive mechanisms for moving flexible media through media paths and a rotatable, removable jam clearance element. Within the jam clearance element facing surfaces of guide elements define guide surfaces for media paths, with the guide elements having external surfaces capable of supporting the flexible media as it is wrapped around the external surfaces. A pivotal support element supports and enables rotational movement of the jam clearance element within the supporting structure. The jam clearance element may be partially or entirely extracted from the supporting structure.
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| Item carrying device | 20070296233 | 20071227 |
| A durable carrying device for transporting multiple items. The carrying device has a plurality of holding members that are capable of securely holding several heavy items, such as plastic bags filled with consumer goods, for easy carrying by a user of the device. The holding members specifically are arranged such as to hold the items closely to one another to minimize swinging of the items as they are being carried. Further, the carrying device includes a comfortable handle that allows the user to carry items with reduced discomfort to the hand. The durable construction of each of its elements and of its overall structure allows the carrying device to withstand the rigors associated with item carrying. The seamless design of the carrying device and the smooth... |
| Solenoid valve for controlling the flow of brake oil | 20070296270 | 20071227 |
| A solenoid valve includes a valve body defining a chamber that receives a plunger actuated by an armature, having flow path forming holes which are radially defined to serve as flow paths of a brake hydraulic line extending between a master cylinder and a brake mechanism, and fitted into a pump housing, a plunger seat accommodated in the valve body and applied with hydraulic pressure supplied from the master cylinder, a main check valve that opens and closes the flow paths through detachment and attachment between the contact end of the plunger and the plunger seat to switch flow of hydraulic pressure from the plunger seat through the valve body to the brake mechanism, and a return check valve to return oil in an axial direction,... |
| Garments composed of fabric panels incorporating edible cells | 20060288462 | 20061228 |
| A plurality of substantially flexible skeletal members disposed in the form of a portion of a garment fabric panel is disclosed. A plurality of connecting members secure the skeletal member in a configuration corresponding to the shape of the portion of the fabric panel. A plurality of candy members is disposed on the skeletal member. A plurality of knots may be employed in the skeletal members at least at some points between the candy members, whereby limited removal of the candy members may be implemented. A plurality of skeletal lengths may be implemented to provide limited removal of the candy members.
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| Reticulated material body support and method | 20060288490 | 20061228 |
| A body support comprising at least one layer of flexible material having a reticulated cellular structure is disclosed. In some embodiments, one or more of these layers comprises reticulated visco-elastic foam, and has at least one material property responsive to temperatures in the range of a user's body heat. In these and other embodiments, one or more of the layers of flexible material comprises non-visco-elastic foam, and can be combined in a body support with one or more layers of visco-elastic foam. The body support can include one or more additional layers of other material types, including one or more layers of high-resilience polyurethane foam. Also, in those embodiments having two or more layers of material, one or more of the layers can have a profiled... |
| Security door/window stop | 20060288527 | 20061228 |
| A door stop formed of a suction cup attached to body, typically formed of a block of material such as clear plastic, which may be used to lock sliding glass doors and windows in either a closed or in a partially open position. The suction cup will hold to the glass for up to 3 months and dual suction plugs may be used for added security. The body is designed to tip and press the suction cup down to prevent sliding and thereby hold the stop assembly in place even when a strong horizontal force is applied. The body contains an alarm to discourage intruders in the event that the stop is dislodged from the door.
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| Electronic circuit board assembly fixturing device and method of making electronic circuit board assemblies | 20060288569 | 20061228 |
| The invention includes an electronic circuit board assembly fixturing support device for supporting an electronic circuit board during an assembly process and a method of making an electronic circuit board assembly with the electronic circuit board assembly fixturing support device. The electronic circuit board support device includes a plurality of extendable support legs which have distal ends for engaging and supporting the electronic circuit board when extended to supporting leg extended lengths, with the device including a magnetic field generator for generating a magnetic field wherein the magnetic field generator magnetic field magnetically locks the supporting legs extended lengths in order to maintain the engagement and support of the electronic circuit bard during an electronic circuit bard assembly process to make electronic circuit bard assembly.
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| Containment and display device for visual objects | 20060288622 | 20061228 |
| A device for containing and displaying a visual object or objects, including a hard enclosure configurable in a containment mode for safely holding a visual object containment medium on which the visual object or objects are located, such as, but not limited to, one or more photographs, cards, medals, or compact discs, and which is configurable in a display mode for suspending the visual object or objects for easy viewing.
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| Finfish containment pens and polyhedral structures | 20060288950 | 20061228 |
| A finfish aquaculture containment pen having a plurality of panels that when joined together form the majority of the exterior surface of the containment pen. The panels each comprise tension-bearing mesh material forming the exterior surface of the containment pen, a plurality of compression-bearing struts extending along the boundaries between panels, wherein the mesh material is attached to the struts along the lengths of the struts, and a plurality of hubs at which a plurality of struts and the corners of a plurality of panels abut each other. The panels can form a polyhedral structure. The mesh can comprise coated wire mesh. The struts can be curved members with convex curvature.
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| Apparatus for conveying gases to and from a chamber | 20060289071 | 20061228 |
| Apparatus comprising: a chamber having a chamber inlet and a chamber outlet; a first inlet for receiving a first gas stream; a second inlet for receiving a second gas stream; a first outlet for outputting the first gas stream to a first vacuum pump; a second outlet for outputting the second gas stream to a second vacuum pump; a conduit network for connecting the first inlet to the first outlet and for connecting the second inlet to the second outlet such that, for each gas stream, first and second flow paths are defined between its respective inlet and outlet, the first flow path passing through the chamber inlet and the chamber outlet, and the second flow path by-passing the chamber, and means for routing the gas... |
| Modular drip pan system | 20060289104 | 20061228 |
| A linear semicircular trough is fabricated with intermittent vertical diaphragms placed crosswise. The diaphragms are fabricated with circular openings to permit secure placement of pipes within. The various lengths of drip pans are connected with semicircular sleeves of larger diameter bonded to the outside of the ends of the two drip pans being connected. Facility for conduction and drainage of leaked liquids is provided.
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| Flooring board with an embeded electrically influenced sheet | 20060289144 | 20061228 |
| The invention relates to a flooring board with groove (8) and tongue (10) and composed of a covering layer (2), a base plate (3), and between them an embedded foil (4) provided with electric connecting means located at the grooves and tongues for obtaining an effect upon the foil conditioned by a connected electric voltage. When joining a number of known flooring boards side by side it is necessary that the electric connection means are positioned exactly in line. According to the invention, an increased freedom is obtained with respect to the mutual position of the flooring boards. This is obtained due to the fact, that a first common connecting means (7) of the foil is positioned on the under side of the groove (8) and... |
| Heat exchange element and heat exchanger produced therewith | 20060289152 | 20061228 |
| A heat exchange element is described having adjacent, heat-transferring, smooth walls (1) which, between each other, delimit flow channels (4) with preselected channel widths (B) for at least one fluid and are provided with undulations (6) which protrude on both sides and transversely relative to imaginary central planes (7), said undulations having preselected wavelengths (λ) as well as apexes (9a, 9b) with radii of curvature (R) and apex spacings (W) measured transversely relative to the central planes (7). According to the invention inequalities 0.1≦B/W≦0.55 and R≧1.2 B apply at least partially to ratios of channel width (B)/apex spacing (W) and channel width (B)/radius of curvature (R) (FIG. 2).
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| Metering apparatus, combination metering apparatus with the metering apparatus, and metering method | 20060289206 | 20061228 |
| A weighing device includes a supply unit, a weighing unit, a stock unit, a discharge unit, a transfer unit, and a revolving mechanism. The supply unit supplies a target object to a container revolving in the weighing unit. The weighing unit weighs the container while revolving the same. The stock unit stocks a plurality of containers while holding the plurality of containers three-dimensionally and revolving them. The discharge unit discharges the target object from the container while revolving the container.
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| Nanostructures synthesized using anodic aluminum oxide | 20060289351 | 20061228 |
| This invention provides ways to fabricate nanotubes and nanobead arrays by utilizing nanopores in anodic aluminum oxide (AAO) membranes. Nanotubes of bismuth and other low melting point metals with controlled diameters and lengths can be fabricated by sintering AAO coated with appropriate metals at temperatures above their melting points. Carbon nanotubes may also be readily formed by carbonizing a polymer on the interior walls of the nanopores in AAO membranes. Palladium nanobead arrays which can be used as ultrafast hydrogen sensors are fabricated by coating the flat surface of AAO membranes with controlled pore-wall ratios.
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| Laser system with multiple operating modes and work station using same | 20060289411 | 20061228 |
| A method for manufacturing applied to workpieces, such as large flat-panel liquid crystal displays (LCDs) and the like, including identifying and classifying targets on the workpiece, mounting workpiece on a stage, and controlling a laser to generate pulse of light on a single beam line that are adapted to the classification of the target. The laser includes a short pulse mode and a long pulse mode, and provides selectable wavelengths, which are adapted to particular operations on the target. The pulses of light are delivered in both of the first and second modes on the single beam line through an optical system to the targets on the workpiece.
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| Infrared ray lamp, heating devices and electronic device | 20060289418 | 20061228 |
| The invention provides a heating apparatus which has a high heating efficiency, can locally heat a part to be heated, can achieve a rated temperature for an extremely short time after starting the heating, reduces a large rush current and flicker at a time of lighting, has a long service life, and can correspond to a plurality of modes having different heating widths, an infrared ray lamp suitable for the heating apparatus, and a high reliable electronic apparatus having the above-mentioned heating apparatus. The infrared ray lamp in accordance with the invention seals one or a plurality of heat generating elements in a glass tube, the heat generating elements having a shape extending in a longitudinal direction at a fixed width and an opening part extending... |
| Tissue paper dispenser | 20060289555 | 20061228 |
| A tissue paper dispenser includes a holding member for holding a stack of separated sheets of tissue paper and having an access opening and a dispensing slot, and an actuator including an actuating member terminating at an enlarged dragging portion contacting a leading sheet of the stack with a friction force, a shifted member operable to move the dragging portion between standby and ready-to-dispense positions, and a key confronting the access opening and interposed between the actuating member and the shifted member. A guiding member is disposed on the holding member, and has a keyway to guide the key to move between initial and end regions along forward and backward paths. The keyway is configured such that the friction force between the dragging portion and the... |
| Magnetically activated guiding device and method | 20060289624 | 20061228 |
| A guiding device and method to provide information about a path traveled by a user. The device features a cane having a magnet mounted on a distal end. The magnet is attracted to a magnetic pathway formed on a walking surface by a buried cable or applied surface. Nodes positioned at points or intersections along the magnetic path have magnetic switches triggering a broadcast of additional information to the user concerning the magnetic path at the triggered node and along any divergent magnetic paths extending from the node. The device and method can be used to aid visually impaired and even sighted people around areas of residence such as homes and hotels, and public places such as airports and zoos.
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| Railroad crossing safety device | 20060289700 | 20061228 |
| This system is a special device known as the hybrid sound detector (HSD) composed of electronic components attached to two separate printed circuit boards mounted in a hand held plastic box that can be installed in any motor vehicle, train, car and airplanes near the operator. The first part of the HSD schematic board is a sound level meter that measure the sound level in noise range 110 to 114 decibel. The sound circuit board of the HSD schematic board is a driver circuit with low-level signal. A small red light and mini buzzer are visible and connected to the two electronic circuit boards.
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| Magnetic knife stand | 20060289701 | 20061228 |
| The present invention relates to a magnetic knife stand which comprises one or more slits for inserting knives. On the upper inner side of each inserting slit, one or more magnets are disposed. A hole or a hollow is disposed on the upper inner side of each inserting holes, and the magnet is placed inside the hole or hollow on the upper inner side of the inserting slit. During and after the process of inserting the knives into the knife stand, the magnets will keep the cutting edges of the knives away from the bottom inner sides of the inserting slits, thereby effectively preventing the edges from becoming blunt, which is caused by their rubbing against the inserting slits. The frequency of sharpening the blades can... |
| Layered microlens structures and devices | 20060289723 | 20061228 |
| A microlens structure includes lower lens layers on a substrate. A sputtered layer of glass, such as silicon oxide, is applied over the lower lens layers at an angle away from normal to form upper lens layers that increase the effective focal length of the microlens structure. The upper lens layers can be deposited in an aspherical shape with radii of curvature longer than the lower lens layers. As a result, small microlenses can be provided with longer focal lengths. The microlenses are arranged in arrays for use in imaging devices.
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| Implanting a substrate using an ion beam | 20060289800 | 20061228 |
| This invention relates to a method of implanting a substrate comprising scanning an ion beam relative to a substrate along a series of scan lines extending in a first direction, causing relative rotation between the substrate and the ion beam, scanning the ion beam along a second series of scan lines in a different direction. The implant recipe is changed during scanning in each direction such that different regions are produced during each scanning step. The regions so formed during the two scanning steps overlap such that different parts of the substrate receive different doses according to different recipes during the implantation process. The different recipes may result in different dopant concentrations, doping depths or even different dopant species.
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| Insulated gate type semiconductor device and manufacturing method thereof | 20060289928 | 20061228 |
| The invention is intended to present an insulated gate type semiconductor device that can be manufactured easily and its manufacturing method while realizing both higher withstand voltage design and lower on-resistance design. The semiconductor device comprises N+ source region 31, N+ drain region 11, P− body region 41, and N− drift region 12. By excavating part of the upper side of the semiconductor device, a gate trench 21 is formed. The gate trench 21 floating region 51 is provided beneath the gate trench 21. A further trench 35 differing in depth from the gate trench 21 may be formed, a P floating region 54 being provided beneath the trench 25.
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| Germanium/silicon avalanche photodetector with separate absorption and multiplication regions | 20060289957 | 20061228 |
| A semiconductor waveguide based optical receiver is disclosed. An apparatus according to aspects of the present invention includes an absorption region including a first type of semiconductor region proximate to a second type of semiconductor region. The first type of semiconductor is to absorb light in a first range of wavelengths and the second type of semiconductor to absorb light in a second range of wavelengths. A multiplication region is defined proximate to and separate from the absorption region. The multiplication region includes an intrinsic semiconductor region in which there is an electric field to multiply the electrons created in the absorption region.
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| Multiple mask process with etch mask stack | 20060290012 | 20061228 |
| A method for forming etch features in an etch layer over a substrate is provided. An etch mask stack is formed over the etch layer. A first mask is formed over the etch mask stack. A sidewall layer is formed over the first mask, which reduces the widths of the spaces defined by the first mask. A first set of features is etched into the etch mask stack through the sidewall layer. The mask and sidewall layer are removed. An additional feature step is performed, comprising forming an additional mask over the etch mask stack, forming a sidewall layer over the additional mask, etching a second set of features at least partially into the etch mask stack. A plurality of features is etched into the etch... |
| Relay switch including an energy detection circuit | 20060290208 | 20061228 |
| A semiconductor relay switch having two data ports receiving incoming signals and a power supply terminal receiving a power supply voltage is responsive to a power supply voltage level and an energy level of the incoming signals to open and close its conduction paths. The relay switch is open when a valid power supply level is detected and when there is no supply power on the power supply terminal but a high energy level is detected in the incoming signals. The relay switch is closed to allow conduction between the two data ports only when there is no power supply voltage on the power supply terminal and an energy level below a predetermined threshold is detected in the incoming signals. In one embodiment, the semiconductor relay... |
| Electrostrictive compound actuator | 20060290237 | 20061228 |
| The present invention presents a system for a compound actuator. The system includes first and second electrode layers each including two electrode sections, an intermediate electrode layer between the first and second electrode layers, and first and second electrostrictive materials that change length in an applied electrical field. The first electrostrictive material is positioned between the first and intermediate electrode layers. The second electrostrictive material is positioned between the intermediate and second electrode layers. The first electrostrictive material has a first length adjoining the first electrode section and a second length adjoining the second electrode section. The second electrostrictive material has a third length adjoining the fourth electrode section and a fourth length adjoining the fifth electrode section. The first and second electrostrictive materials are attached... |
| Wiring substrate and display device | 20060290274 | 20061228 |
| A display device includes a first insulation layer which is disposed on a support substrate with a first refractive index and has a second refractive index which differs from the first refractive index, a second insulation layer which is disposed on the first insulation layer and has a third refractive index which differs from the second refractive index, and a plurality of kinds of color pixels generate lights of different wavelengths, and have a refractive index which is substantially equal to the second refractive index. At least one kind of color pixel is put in contact with the first insulation layer via an opening portion that penetrates the second insulation layer.
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| Light emitting device and phosphor for the same | 20060290275 | 20061228 |
| Provided is a light emitting device including a light emititng chip, and a phosphor through which a light emitting from the light emitting chip at least partially passes such that the light is converted into lights having at least two different wavelengths and emitted. The phosphor includes a silicate phosphor having a chemical formula of Sr3-xSiO5:Eu2+x(0<x<1) to excite a second light having a first centered emission peak using the first light and a sulfide phosphor having a chemical formula of Sr1-xGa2S4:Eu2+x(0.001<x<1) to excite a third light having a second centered emission peak using the first light.
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| Wideband active-passive differential signal probe | 20060290357 | 20061228 |
| A wideband differential signal probe includes separate paths to respectively convert lower and higher frequency components of a differential signal to lower and higher frequency single ended signals that are combined for the probe's output.
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| Power amplifier utilizing quadrature hybrid for power dividing, combining and impedance matching | 20060290444 | 20061228 |
| A balanced power amplifier that includes two or more power amplifiers with equal but phase-shifted signal paths. Balanced power amplifiers need to achieve phase delay and also need to perform power combining. A power amplifier includes at least one quadrature hybrid (also referred to as a branch-line coupler). The quadrature hybrid is utilized for multiple functions, such as power dividing, power combining, impedance matching or a combination thereof. This implementation with the quadrature hybrid reduces the amount of area needed to implement the balanced power amplifier.
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| Intermediate frequency transformer | 20060290456 | 20061228 |
| Disclosed is an intermediate frequency transformer (IFT) with improved reliability, including a bobbin around which a coil is wound and a plurality of pins are arranged on the lower portion, and a ferrite core inserted into the center of the bobbin, wherein, the bobbin is made of a material that can withstand heat up to 245±40° C. for 20 seconds (reflow condition) and has an outer diameter of 3.5-7.5 mm; and wherein, an outer diameter of the ferrite core is in a range of 2.0 mm to 3.0 mm and has a screw formed on the outer peripheral surface thereof.
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