05th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100025492 | SELF REGULATING FLUID BEARING HIGH PRESSURE ROTARY NOZZLE WITH BALANCED THRUST FORCE - A high pressure rotary nozzle having a rotating shaft operating within a fixed housing wherein the of axial force which acts upon the shaft due to the fluid pressure at the shaft inlet is balanced by allowing passage of a small amount of the pressurized fluid to be bled to an area or chamber between the outside of the opposite end of the shaft and the inside of the housing where the fluid pressure can act axially in an opposing direction upon the shaft to balance the axial inlet force. The balance of axial forces is self-regulating by controlling escape of the fluid through a tapered or frusto-conical region between the shaft and housing. This further provides a fluid bearing between the two surfaces and allows use of interchangeable rotating jet heads having jet orifices which can be oriented in virtually any desirable configuration including axially forward of the nozzle. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025493 | Actuator arrangement - An actuator arrangement for moving a first component relative to a second component, the arrangement comprising: an actuator chamber for receiving a fluid under pressure, a side wall of the chamber being fixed relative to the first component; an actuating element fixed relative to the second component and located inside the chamber for sliding movement along the chamber, relative to the side-wall; and a sealing element which provides a corresponding sliding seal between the actuating element and the sidewall for maintaining an actuating fluid pressure differential across the actuating element thereby to drive the actuating element relative to said side-wall, under said fluid pressure differential, for driving said relative movement of the first and second components; wherein the arrangement further comprises an external side-wall brace connected to the second component for corresponding movement with the actuating element along the outside of the sidewall, the brace being slidably or rollably braced against the outside of the side-wall close to the sealing element thereby to provide respective local reinforcement of the side-wall at or near the sliding seal, in accordance with the position of the actuating element. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025494 | PESTICIDE APPLICATION SYSTEM - A pesticide application system comprising a dual channeled hose ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100025495 | SPRAY DEVICE HAVING AT LEAST TWO VECTOR GAS OUTLET ORIFICES - A device for spraying at least one substance onto a medium, the device comprising a supply of vector gas and at least one substance feed member suitable for communicating with a supply of said substance, the substance being sucked from the supply by suction established in the vicinity of the substance feed member by means of the vector gas being emitted, wherein the vector gas is emitted through at least two gas outlet orifices whose respective positions are selected in such a manner that the vector gas jets emitted by said orifices meet one another. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025496 | Apparatus for Watering or Treating Plants - Apparatus ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100025497 | Fluid flush device with optional telescopic wand - One embodiment of a universal fitting or fittings connected to a handle which can be made up of various materials with a flow control trigger and trigger lock or hold. The wand and insulator with optional grip can also be made up of many and different materials, which leads to an optional telescopic wand and a longitudinally pitched end having a plurality of nozzles and other nozzle assemblies. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025498 | Tap device for connection to a sprinkler system - A sprinkler tap connects to a fitting of an in-ground sprinkler system and includes an elongate tubular body having a fluid flow passage extending between an open bottom end and a first output port at a top end. A second output port communicates with the fluid flow passage between the bottom end and the first output port. The first output port is adapted for receiving either a male or female sprinkler head or, alternatively, a plug. A quick connect fitting on the second output port allows for easy connection and disconnection of a hose. The opposite end of the hose may be attached to a portable sprinkler device, a hand held spray nozzle or other water dispensing device. The quick connect fitting has an internal stop valve that closes when the hose is disconnected from the device, thereby preventing wasteful discharge of water from the second output port. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025499 | SANITARY INSTALLATION ELEMENT - The invention relates to a sanitary installation element ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100025500 | Materials for fuel injector components - A fuel injector is disclosed. The fuel injector has an injector body and an injector needle located inside the injector body. At least one of the injector body and injector needle has a portion configured to be exposed to a combustion chamber, the portion including maraging or carburizing steel and having a nitrided outer layer. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025501 | FUEL INJECTOR - A fuel injector has a housing with a central longitudinal axis having a first cavity and may be coupled to a fuel rail having a fluid inlet portion and outlet portion. The fuel injector has a valve needle arranged at least partly within the housing axially movable in the first cavity facing the fluid outlet portion, the valve needle preventing a fluid flow through the fluid outlet portion in a closing position and releasing it through the fluid outlet portion in further positions. The fuel injector has a spring arranged within the first cavity for exerting a spring force on the valve needle along the central longitudinal axis for preventing the fluid flow through the fluid outlet portion. Additionally, the fuel injector has an adjusting element for adjusting an axial position regarding the central longitudinal axis of a spring rest depending on a pressure acting on the adjusting element. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025502 | Jet for Use in a Jet Mill Micronizer - The current invention provides an improved jet nozzle suitable for use in a micronizing jet mill or retrofitting to an existing jet mill. The improved jet nozzle incorporates a coanda effect inducing element to enhance entrainment of particles to be ground within the vortex created by the micronizing jet mill. When the jet mill uses steam to generate the jet, use of the improved nozzle will reduce energy costs by increasing the efficiency of the jet mill. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025503 | NEEDLE-FREE INJECTION DEVICE WITH NOZZLE AUTO-DISABLE - A nozzle assembly for a needle-free injection device. The nozzle assembly includes a nozzle body including an injectate chamber and one or more outlet orifices and a plunger configured to move through the injectate chamber toward the one or more outlet orifices. In some embodiments, the plunger includes a first portion and a second portion removably joined by a frangible region. In some embodiments, the plunger includes extensions configured to couple the plunger to a drive assembly of a needle-free injection device. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025504 | Drum seed spreader - The invention comprises a seed spreader having a cylindrical drum mounted upon a pair of wheels for traviling the drum along the wheels for distributing seed along path upon the ground. The drum rotates with the wheels as the wheels rotate along the ground as an operator pushes the wheels forward by a handle mounted to the drum. The drum is hollow and has a door which can be opened to enable seed to be deposited into the interior of the drum. The drum has a plurality of holes about its exterior so that seed can travel out the the holes onto the ground as the drum is rotated as the wheels travel along the ground | 2010-02-04 |
20100025505 | ELECTROSTATIC ATOMIZER - Disclosed is an electrostatic atomizer, which comprises a high-voltage applying section adapted to apply a high voltage between an atomizing electrode and a counter electrode so as to electrostatically atomize water supplied onto the atomizing electrode, wherein the high-voltage applying section is operable to set an absolute value of a voltage to be applied to the atomizing electrode smaller than an absolute value of a voltage to be applied to the counter electrode. This allows a physical object, such as an article stored in a mist-receiving space or an inner wall of a structural member defining the mist-receiving space to become less likely to be electrostatically charged, and makes it possible to avoid causing a problem about discomfort due to discharge of static charges when a user touches the physical object. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025506 | RING JET NOZZLE AND PROCESS OF USING THE SAME - The embodiments of the present invention relate to a ring jet for use in fluid energy mills. In particular, the embodiments relate to a spiked nozzle containing a nozzle plug forming a fluid compression orifice in form of a partial annulus, to accelerate a grinding fluid used in reducing the particle size of particulate matter. Such ring jets are placed in a circular ring configuration about the outer wall of the fluid energy mill. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025507 | METHOD FOR DRY GRINDING OF ONE OR MORE MINERAL MATERIALS CONSISTING OF AT LEAST ONE CALCIUM CARBONATE - A first object of the present invention is a process for dry grinding of one or more mineral materials which include at least one calcium carbonate, characterised in that the said process includes the stages of:
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20100025508 | Rotary tumbler and metal reclaimer - A rotary tumbler metal reclaimer includes an inner cylinder and a concentric outer cylinder that rotate simultaneously. The inner cylinder includes a first compartment that intakes material for breaking by teeth, a second compartment that receives broken material from the first compartment and crushes the material into smaller particles, and a third compartment wherein particulate material enters the space between the inner cylinder and the outer cylinder by attrition through perforated screens. The second compartment includes a crusher having various features for crushing lump material as it rotates. The third compartment provides further breakage and conveyance of particulate material. Particulate material then returns proximate the intake for screening into fine and coarse sizes and then collecting for reuse. Metallics and metallic oxides exit the tumbler through apertures in the rear of the third compartment for collection. The tumbler reclaims metals, metallic oxides, sands, and other materials for reuse. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025509 | BIN FULL DETECTION WITH LIGHT INTENSITY SENSING - An assembly has a bin level detection system having at least one sensor positioned to receive radiation reflected off any material deposited in a bin and to determine an intensity of the reflected radiation. The intensity corresponds to an amount or level of shredded material deposited in the bin. The system may detect radiation from one or more emitters, or, alternatively, detect ambient light entering the bin via a window. A level indicator system may also be provided to indicate the amount of material deposited in the bin, including if the bin is full. The assembly may comprise a shredder and a shredder housing. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025510 | Method and System for Stucco Conditioning - A process and system for manufacturing gypsum wallboard that aerates and cools a portion of the stucco used in the manufacturing process. This conditioning of the stucco reduces the amount of water needed to manufacture the gypsum wallboard which in turn reduces the amount of energy and cost needed to manufacture the wallboard. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025511 | Hammermill Hammer - An improved free swinging hammer mill hammer design is disclosed and described for comminution of materials such as grain and refuse. The hammer design of the present art is adaptable to most hammer mill or grinders having free swinging systems. The improved hammermill hammer may incorporate multiple comminution edges for increased comminuting efficiencies. The design as disclosed and claimed may be forged to increase the strength of the hammer. A rod hole shoulder surrounding a portion of the rod hole adjacent the neck may be reduced in the radial dimension. The shape of the hammer body may be varied, as disclosed and claimed, to further improve hammer strength, or reduce or maintain the weight of the hammer while increasing the amount of force delivered to the material to be comminuted. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025512 | MULTIMATERIAL WEAR PART OF A VERTICAL SHAFT IMPACTOR - A wear part of a vertical shaft impactor consisting of at least two or a plurality of materials, whereby the wear part comprises a base part composed of a polymer material, having wear resistant inserts attached to the base part. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025513 | FLY REEL - A fly reel is disclosed, which comprises an improved drag apparatus which includes a drag knob which is rotatably engaged to an outer side of the center shaft; a drag spindle which is spaced apart from the drag knob and is rotatably inserted into an outer side of the center shaft; a braking member which is limits a rotation of the drag spindle on the center shaft depending on a movement that the drag knob moves in an axial direction of the center shaft; an one-way bearing which is inserted into an outer side of the drag spindle and in which one direction rotation of the same is permitted, and the other direction rotation of the same is not permitted; and a drag cover which is rotatably inserted into an outer side of the center shaft and rotates by a rotation operation of the spool and allows the one-way bearing to rotate when the spool rotates, wherein the center shaft includes a flange provided on an outer side of the same for limiting an axial direction movement of the drag spindle. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025514 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR WINDING UP METAL STRIPS ONTO A WINDING MANDREL - The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for winding up metal strips ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100025515 | Method and device for gluing the free edge of a log of web material in a rewinding machine - A rewinding machine for producing logs of web material is described which includes a winding unit; a feed path of the web material towards the winding unit; a severing device to sever the web material upon completion of winding each log; and a glue dispenser to apply a glue to the web material. The machine also includes a diverter member disposed and controlled to temporarily divert the web material towards the glue dispenser. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025516 | AUTOMATED SYSTEM FOR PRODUCING AND MANAGING ROLLS OF WEB MATERIAL AND ROBOT INTENDED PARTICULARLY FOR SAID SYSTEM - The system comprises in. combination at least the following V components: a machine ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100025517 | APPARATUS FOR CHANGING FILM REELS - An apparatus comprises a reel-holding unit for a wrapping machine for wrapping a product with a film unwound by a plurality of rollers from the reel and a reel-changing unit for replacing a finished reel with a new reel, the reel-holding unit and the reel-changing unit being mutually positionable in a reel-change configuration in such a manner that the new reel can be positioned instead of the finished reel, the reel-changing unit being provided with elements that define a curvilinear path for an initial portion of the film of the new reel, the elements being positionable in the reel-change configuration such that when a roller of the plurality of rollers is positioned at a curve, at least one of the elements is completely interposed between the film and the roller. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025518 | DISPENSER FOR DISPENSING A WOUND SHEET OF PAPER BASED ON TISSUE PAPER - A dispenser, for dispensing a wound dry sheet of paper (F) made of tissue paper, comprising: a cylindrical body; support elements, lying approximately in the same plane P, for resting the dispenser on a horizontal plane; a slot in the cylindrical body for the sheet of paper (F) to exit; a guiding element for guiding the sheet of paper (F) outside the cylinder, associated with said slot, comprising two mutually parallel planes. According to the invention, the two planes are curved, in that the distance E between them is greater than twice the thickness E | 2010-02-04 |
20100025519 | ROLLER ASSEMBLY FOR WEB MATERIAL DISPENSER - A roller assembly in a wipe material dispenser has at least one pair of cooperating rollers arranged to feed the wipe material. The roller assembly comprises a first and a second roller, wherein each roller comprises a central longitudinal core on which is mounted a number of parallel and axially spaced discs. Each roller has regions of reduced diameter between adjacent discs, and the first and the second roller are located so that the axial location of the spaced discs on the first roller coincides with the regions of reduced diameter between adjacent discs on the second roller. A roller suitable for use in the roller assembly and a dispenser including such an assembly are also provided. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025520 | WINDING SUPPORT AND USE OF A WINDING CARRIER - The proposed winding support makes it possible, for the first time, to protect the thread reserve and final thread reserve on a winding support during the attachment of the spools, while still leaving them easily accessible after disassembly. At the same time, the revolving bobbins of two spooled winding supports come to practically abut each other directly. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025521 | REUSABLE TAKE-APART SPOOL AND METHODS - A reusable take-apart washable spool includes a first flange having a first flange wall with inner and outer opposite sides. The inner side of the first flange wall is convex. The spool has a second flange having a second flange wall. The second flange wall has inner and outer opposite sides. The second flange wall inner side is convex. A barrel having a loading surface connects the first flange and the second flange so that the first flange inner side faces the second flange inner side. The barrel is removably connected to each of the first flange and second flange. A kit for assembling a reusable take-apart spool includes a pair of flanges and a barrel. The barrel has a first end that is constructed and arranged to be removably connected to a hub on one of the flanges. The barrel has a second end that is constructed and arranged to be removably connected to a hub on the other of the flanges. A method of using a spool includes orienting a projection arrangement of a first end of a barrel into a recess arrangement of a hub of a first flange; orienting a first cord through the projection arrangement and recess arrangement to lock the first flange to the barrel; orienting a projection arrangement of a second end of the barrel into a recess arrangement of a hub of a second flange; orienting a second cord through the projection arrangement of the second end of the barrel and recess arrangement of the second flange to lock the second flange to the barrel; and winding material onto the barrel. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025522 | CORE FOR RECEIVING-SHEET MATERIAL - A core for receiving sheet material, which core comprises a tube ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100025523 | RECONFIGURABLE AIRCRAFT AND ASSOCIATED METHODS - A reconfigurable aircraft and associated methods. In one embodiment the reconfigurable aircraft comprises a plurality of payload retainers. The payload retainers are configured to receive and retain payloads, including fuel, armaments and sensors. The aircraft is configured to cooperate in flight with an airborne supply vehicle to receive the payloads from the supply vehicle. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025524 | FORCE GRADIENT USING A NON-CONTACT PROXIMITY SENSOR - An improved design for a force gradient using a proximity sensor is disclosed. A force gradient comprises a shaft having a first end and a second end. The switch includes a spring contained between the first end and the second end and a non-contact proximity sensor mounted on the second end. The spring has a first position and is compressed to a second position so that the non-contact proximity sensor signals an AFCS to change state. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025525 | TOY HELICOPTER - A toy helicopter, in accordance with the present disclosure, includes a body having a longitudinal length and a main rotor. There is an element movable along the longitudinal length. The element allows a user to selectively adjust the location of the center of gravity of a toy helicopter by moving the element along the longitudinal length, thereby changing the velocity of the helicopter. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025526 | Dual Rotor Vertical Takeoff and Landing Rotorcraft - A rotorcraft having two coaxial, counter-rotating rotors, one proximate to the forward end of the fuselage and one proximate to the aft end of the fuselage, that generate the forces necessary to lift the craft and maneuver it in the air by adjusting the pitch of the rotor blades throughout their rotation, and a method of flying a dual rotor rotorcraft involving taking off in a vertical orientation, climbing vertically, transitioning to generally horizontal flight, flying horizontally, and subsequently repeating the sequence in reverse to land again in a vertical orientation. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025527 | SURGICALLY IMPLANTED MICRO-PLATFORMS AND MICROSYSTEMS IN ARTHROPODS AND METHODS BASED THEREON - A method is provided for producing an arthropod comprising introducing a microsystem such as a MEMS device into an immature arthropod under conditions that result in producing an adult arthropod with a functional microsystem permanently attached to its body. A method is also provided for producing a robotic apparatus. The method can comprise introducing a microsystem such as a MEMS device into an immature arthropod under conditions that result in producing a robotic apparatus with the microsystem permanently attached to the body of the adult arthropod. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025528 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CAPTURING AND CONTROLLING POST-RECOVERY MOTION OF UNMANNED AIRCRAFT - Systems and methods for capturing and controlling post-recovery motion of an unmanned aircraft are disclosed herein. An aircraft system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention, for example, can include a line capture assembly carried by an unmanned aircraft having a fuselage and a lifting surface. The line capture assembly can include a flexible support line having a first portion attached to an attachment point on the fuselage and a second portion extending from the attachment point spanwise along the lifting surface of the aircraft. The line capture assembly can also include an engagement device coupled to the second portion of the support line. The engagement device is releasably secured to the lifting surface. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025529 | Rib Post - A rib post ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100025530 | SEATING SYSTEM AND A PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION UNIT FOR A VEHICLE - A recliner seat assembly for a passenger vehicle is disclosed. The recliner seat assembly includes a fixed supporting portion for supporting the assembly off a floor of the vehicle, a reclinable seat portion comprising a seat-pan and a back-rest, and a seat connecting device adapted for connecting the seat portion to the supporting portion. The connecting device includes a seat reclining mechanism adapted for allowing and controlling translational movement of the seat portion relative to the supporting portion between a first upright position and a second fully reclined position. The connecting device further includes a selectively operable, bi-directional motor adapted for driving the seat portion between the first and second positions. The seat reclining mechanism includes a guiding device for reclining the back-rest progressively rearwardly relative to the supporting portion as the seat portion is moved from the first upright position to the second fully reclined position. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025531 | Aircraft-fuselage assembly concept - An aircraft fuselage section includes a first interior tube as well as a second interior tube that are produced in an upstream production step, which interior tubes are subsequently enclosed by an exterior tube. For spacing and in order to provide more stability to the tubes the interior tubes are enclosed by straps that are arranged between the interior tubes and the exterior tube. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025532 | SHELL ELEMENT AS PART OF AN AIRCRFAFT FUSELAGE - The present invention provides a shell element as part of an aircraft fuselage, wherein the shell element is formed as a curved sheet-like element and is at least partially or completely of CRP construction. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025533 | Electrically conductive protective liner and method of manufacture - A protective liner includes a base layer that can be affixed to an aircraft canopy or other substrate, a conductive polymeric interlayer positioned over the base layer, and a conductive top layer containing a reactive organic salt, or a hygroscopic salt, positioned over the conductive polymeric interlayer. The substrate can also be treated with a multilayer stack (including a substrate base coat layer, a metal layer positioned over the substrate base layer, a metal oxide layer positioned over the metal layer, and a tie layer positioned over the metal oxide layer). The protective liner can be affixed to a pretreated substrate by lamination or other means to form an enhanced, multilayer stack having beneficial properties. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025534 | Envelope For Lighter-Than-Air Aircraft - An envelope is disclosed for holding gas in a lighter-than-air aircraft. The envelope includes a shell having a leading edge, a trailing edge, an upper surface and a lower surface. The upper surface and the lower surface each extend between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The shell has an airfoil-shaped cross-section having a reflex camber quality. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025535 | Protection of elements in composite material - Protection of elements ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100025536 | Boom Force Absorber Systems and Methods for Aerial Refueling - Systems and methods for aerial refueling are disclosed. In one embodiment, an aerial refueling system includes a first conduit portion moveably coupled to a second conduit portion and moveable relative to the second conduit portion along a longitudinal axis, and a force absorbing assembly operatively coupled to the first and second conduit portions. The force absorbing assembly includes a first absorber portion and a second absorber portion engaged with the first absorber portion. The first absorber portion is configured to compress when subject to a compression force having a longitudinal component at least approximately aligned with the longitudinal axis, the longitudinal component tending to urge the first conduit portion toward the second conduit portion and causing absorption of at least a portion of the longitudinal component by the first absorber portion until the longitudinal component reaches a first limit. The second absorber portion is configured to compress when the longitudinal component exceeds the first limit. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025537 | Leading Edge Flap Apparatuses and Associated Methods - The present invention is directed generally toward leading edge flap apparatuses and corresponding methods. One aspect of the invention is directed toward an aircraft system having an airfoil, an actuator driver, and a leading edge device with two flow surfaces and six links. In a further aspect of the invention, the flow surfaces of the leading edge device are at least approximately located in the same position when the actuator driver is in two different positions. Another aspect of the invention is directed toward an aircraft system having an airfoil and a leading edge device movable between at least a retracted position and an extended position along a motion path having two segments. The second flow surface can be positioned generally behind and/or generally above the first flow surface when the first and second flow surfaces are located in the first segment of the motion path. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025538 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL FOR GEOMETRIC MORPHING WING - An airfoil member and an airfoil member altering system are provided for significantly modifying the shape and size of the airfoil member while simultaneously providing an airfoil member with increased adaptability to various flight conditions throughout a flight envelope. The airfoil member comprises at least one motor or actuator, a system controller, a plurality of vehicle performance sensors, at least one temperature controller and airfoil member comprising at least one geometric morphing device that is adjustable in both size and shape and one or more rigid members. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025539 | ACTIVE CONTROL STICK ASSEMBLY INCLUDING TRACTION DRIVE - An active control stick assembly is provided. In one embodiment, the active control stick assembly includes a housing assembly, a control stick coupled to the assembly housing for rotation about at least a first rotational axis, a first artificial force feel (AFF) motor disposed in the housing assembly, and a first traction drive mechanically coupling the first AFF motor to the control stick. A controller is operatively coupled to the first AFF motor. The controller is configured to selectively activate the first AFF motor to supply a torque through the first traction drive and acting on the control stick about the first rotational axis. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025540 | Compact ultralight aircraft reduced dimensions, with vertical take-off and landing - A compact ultralight aircraft ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100025541 | LIFTING FOIL - A lifting foil having a lower trailing course having a margins and an upper leading course margins connected in a manner to enhance lift of the foil. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025542 | MULTI-PATH INLET FOR AIRCRAFT ENGINE - An inlet for an aircraft, missile or other high speed airborne mobile platform, to receive intake air and compress the intake air for delivery to an engine of the mobile platform. The inlet has an array of inlet elements placed in side-by-side arrangement. Each inlet element has a passage for delivery of intake air. The array provides for compact volume and effective aerodynamic performance. The inlet may be mounted for rotation to start the inlet when at a supersonic speed. The inlet is shorter in length than traditional inlets and can be integrated into a wider variety of airframes, or at locations on existing airframes that would be difficult or impossible to integrate a traditional inlet on. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025543 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSFORMING UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLE - Methods and apparatus for a transforming aerial vehicle according to various aspects of the present invention may operate in conjunction with a launch system configured to rotate the aerial vehicle about its longitudinal axis. A lifting surface pivotally connected to the aerial vehicle may be positioned such that the rotation of the aerial vehicle causes the lifting surface to generate a lifting force on the aerial vehicle. This lift causes the aerial vehicle to rise gyroscopically before the lifting surface is rotated to a second position such that the aerial vehicle transforms from a gyroscopic mode to a fixed-wing aerial vehicle. The lifting surface may then be rotated again to allow the aerial vehicle to land as an auto gyro. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025544 | Aircraft backup control - A method is disclosed for controlling an aircraft when the hydraulic system of the aircraft has been compromised. The method may include resealing at least one gain vector of a digital fly-by-wire, lower-order, full-state feedback control in at least one axis. The gain(s) may then used by a digital control to modulate engine thrust. In this manner, engine thrust modulation may be used for stabilization and control of control-configured aircraft without requiring a substantial change in piloting technique. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025545 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR DETERMINING WHETHER A TRANSPORTATION TRACK IS OCCUPIED - A method for determining whether a defined section of a transportation track is occupied is described. The method includes inducing an audio frequency (AF) signal at a first position on the transportation track and receiving the AF signal at a second position on the transportation track. The defined section of the transportation track is located between the first position and the second position on the transportation track. The method further includes measuring a strength of the AF signal received as a function of time at the second position, and identifying an inflection point of the recorded AF signal strength. The inflection point indicates at least one of a rail vehicle entering the defined section of the transportation track and the rail vehicle exiting the defined section of the transportation track. The method further includes determining an occupancy of the defined section of the transportation track, based on the inflection point. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025546 | Modular Railroad Switch Stand - A switch stand for a railroad switch permits the switch to be locked against unauthorized movement of the switch. The switch stand permits trailing operation, even if locked. Passage of the rolling stock through the locked switch is permitted by allowing temporary movement of switch points of the switch when contacted by wheels of the rolling stock. The switch stand can also be unlocked and the position of the switch points changed manually to an alternate position from the normal or set position and then locked against unauthorized movement of the switch. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025547 | Clip for fastening an article to a panel having a self-expanding clip head - A clip for fastening an article to a panel having a hole has a base and a self expanding head attached to the base. The self-expanding head has at least one column extending from the base to a platform that is spaced from the base. First and second flexible beams are attached to the platform at one end and to the base at an opposite end. The first flexible beam has a first plurality of retention shoulders and the second flexible beam has a second plurality of retention shoulders. Each plurality of retention shoulders includes at least one retention shoulder that is spaced from every other retention shoulder in a vertical direction. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025548 | Pipe Support Assembly - A pipe support assembly for supporting one or more pipes. According to an embodiment, the pipe support assembly comprises a main member having a saddle for holding a first pipe, a pipe holder attached to the main member and configured for holding a second pipe, and the main member includes an exterior surface for receiving a support strap for affixing to the structure. According to an embodiment, the first pipe comprises an insulated pipe with an outer insulation layer and the second pipe comprises an uninsulated pipe. According to another embodiment, the pipe support assembly includes a bottom mount for mounting the pipe support assembly to a structure. According to an embodiment, the mount comprises a bracket. According to another aspect, the mount comprises a base that is fastened to a structure. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025549 | Structure for fixing reducer for sprinkler in side wall - The present invention relates to a structure for fixing a reducer for a sprinkler in a side wall, and more particularly, to a structure for fixing a reducer for a sprinkler for side wall construction, in which since the reducer can easily adjust a distance from the side wall in the horizontal direction, a connection work between the reducer and the sprinkler head for the side wall construction connected to the reducer can be conveniently performed. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025550 | Structure for fixing reducer for sprinkler in side wall - The present invention relates to a structure for fixing a reducer for a sprinkler in a side wall, and more particularly, to a structure for fixing a reducer for a sprinkler for side wall construction, in which since the reducer can easily adjust a distance from the side wall in the horizontal direction, a connection work between the reducer and the sprinkler head for the side wall construction connected to the reducer can be conveniently performed. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025551 | Membranous organizer - An item organizer including a base having a first membrane, the first membrane being substantially planar, an item holder having a second membrane, the second membrane being substantially planar and having at least one aperture, and at least one support arm extending between the base and the item holder, wherein the first membrane and the second membrane are substantially parallel, and the at least one support arm is operatively arranged to suspend the holder over the base. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025552 | WALL-MOUNTED Z RAIL WITH QUICK ATTACH ACCESSORIES - A system and method for hanging an object on a supporting structure, the system comprising: a rail for affixing to a supporting structure, the rail comprising a vertical bend extending outward from the supporting structure and forming a projection; and a bracket accessory slidably mounted in a z-direction on the rail, wherein the bracket accessory has a hook for slidably engaging the projection on the rail, the bracket accessory moveable in the z-direction along the rail, or a positive y-direction up from the rail only. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025553 | MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR COMESTIBLE FLUID DISPENSING COMPONENTS AND ACCESSORIES - A system for mounting accessories attached to a bracket has a vertical mounting panel with downwardly extending upper tabs and upwardly extending lower tabs, where the bracket is fitted to the tabs by a mounting motion where the bracket is placed at entry of the upper tabs, with the bracket overlying the lower tabs, and with a vertical motion the bracket is moved under the upper tabs, and with a reverse motion the bracket is moved under the lower tabs. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025554 | Apparatus for mounting a surveillance camera - An apparatus for mounting a recessed electric fixture in a hole in a support surface having a front side and a back side, the electric fixture having a housing and a flange perpendicular to the housing with apertures adapted to receive a tightening member, the apparatus comprising a flexible member having first and second ends, a first spring clip attached to the first end of the flexible member, and a second spring clip attached to the second end of the flexible member, the first and second spring clips having a tightening section for receiving a tightening member, a surface-bearing section for bearing against the back side of the support surface, and a connecting section connecting the tightening section and the surface-bearing section, whereby when tightening members are inserted through the apertures in the flange and received in the threaded section of the first and second spring clips, pressure applied to the tightening members causes the flexible member to bend so that the first and second spring clips are moved inwardly towards the center of the housing so that the first and second spring clips and the flexible member can pass through the hole and whereby the flexible member unbends when the pressure on the tightening members is removed causing the first and spring clips to move outwardly away from the center of the housing so the surface-bearing section bears against the back side of the support surface to retain the electric fixture in the support surface hole. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025555 | Personal accessory hanger - A cantilever, gravity hanger for holding by hanging a personal accessory, operatively attachable to, or integrated with, such an accessory. The hanger, in an operative condition poised for holding such an accessory, includes (a) an elongate central body, (b) a pair of spaced, elongate arms joined to opposite ends of the body, and extending laterally outwardly from a common side of the body in diverging relation to one another, and (c) accessory-connection traveler structure including a traveler carried captively on, and shiftable freely and reversibly along the length of, one of the arms. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025556 | Twist Lock Coupling Spigot - A coupling spigot for connecting two scaffold legs one atop the other is designed to use a twist lock for securing the upper scaffold leg to the coupling spigot. A locking collar is fixed to a stop collar of the spigot. The locking collar includes receiving slots for receiving locking projections provided adjacent a bottom edge of the scaffold leg. Locking slots are connected to the receiving slots whereby an upper scaffold leg may be inserted on a coupling spigot of a lower scaffold leg and retained thereon by a twist lock. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025557 | ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS FOR SECURING AN ELEMENT TO AN AIRCRAFT SEAT TRACK BREAK - Adapter devices are provided that, when installed on an aircraft seat track break area, allow for the installation and/or positioning of passenger seats thereat. The devices include a main body having two portions. One end of the portion is integrated to a fork-shaped part | 2010-02-04 |
20100025558 | POLE UNIT FOLDING MECHANISM FOR WHEELED DISTANCE MEASURING DEVICE - A pole unit for a wheeled distance measuring device includes a first tube having a first pivotable portion and a first engaging portion extending radially outward therefrom respectively. A second tube has a second pivotable portion and a second engaging portion extending radially outward therefrom in two opposite directions. The second pivotable portion is pivotably connected to the first pivotable portion. A third tube and a fourth tube respectively connected to the first and second tubes respectively. A first connection member is connected to the second tube and has a second hook which is hooked with the first engaging portion. A connection mechanism has a second connection member pivotably connected to the first tube, and a third connection member which is removably connected with the first connection member so as to allow the first and second tubes to be pivotable. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025559 | Universal Antenna Mount - A universal antenna mount featuring a first bracket with a concave face between right and left tangs, a reversible second bracket with a concave face and a generally convex opposite face between right and left tangs, and at least one fastener extending through the right tangs of the first and second brackets and at least one fastener extending through the left tangs of the first and second brackets. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025560 | Platform for accessories being instantly detachable from clothing - An apparatus comprising, in one embodiment, a first surface for attachment to an article of clothing, the first surface having at least one strap attached thereto operable to attach the first surface to the article of clothing; a second surface for attachment to an accessory, the second surface comprising at least one guide loop attached to the second surface, at least one cable operable to pass through said at least one guide loop and a portion of said accessory to attach said accessory to said second surface, and a handle attached to the at least one cable, wherein removal of the at least one cable detaches the accessory from the article of clothing. disclosed herein is a method for detaching an accessory from an article of clothing. In another embodiment, a method includes attaching a first surface of a platform to an article of clothing; attaching an accessory to a second surface of the platform by passing at least one cable through a portion of the accessory and by passing the at least one cable through a portion of the second surface; and removing the at least one cable from the portion of the second surface and from the portion of the accessory. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025561 | MOUNTING SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE ON A VEHICLE - A mounting system for mounting an electronic device on a vehicle is disclosed herein. The mounting system includes a mounting bracket that can be attached to a vehicle. The mounting bracket has a first member defining an engaging member and a second member defining a keeper. The mounting system also includes a retainer attached to the electronic device and capable of engaging and rotating around the engaging member. Additionally, the mounting system includes a latch associated with the electronic device. The latch comprises a rotor capable of engaging the keeper and securing the electronic device to the mounting bracket after the retainer has engaged the engaging member. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025562 | Tool storage device - A tool storage device is adapted for retaining a hand tool thereon, and includes a seat engaging component and a storage unit. The seat engaging component includes a web wall, and top and bottom walls cooperating with the web wall to define a receiving space. Each of the top and bottom walls has a distal edge. The distal edges cooperatively define an opening in spatial communication with the receiving space. The storage unit includes a slidable seat that has a connecting portion extending into the receiving space through the opening, a positioning plate connected to an outer end of the connecting portion and mounted with a positioning seat, and upper and lower engaging components disposed in the receiving space, each extending from an inner end of the connecting portion and abutting resiliently against the web wall of the seat engaging component. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025563 | FORMWORK SYSTEM - A formwork system is provided for constructing a structural concrete floor, said formwork systems constitutes a main frame ( | 2010-02-04 |
20100025564 | Insert Fastening Apparatus - An insert fastening apparatus adapted to fix an insert in an insert molding mold includes an upper module and a lower module. The upper module has an upper mating surface. The lower module has a lower mating surface defining at least one fastening groove thereon. The insert is arranged between the upper module and the lower module in the fastening groove. For the upper mating surface smoothly contacts the lower mating surface in a sealing engagement with the insert fixed in the fastening groove, the upper module and the lower module are not easy to be abraded or to form a gap and further prevent burrs formed on a finished product. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025565 | RETAINING SYSTEM - A retaining system includes a retaining section, a coupler for releasably coupling to the retaining section, and means for fixing couplers coupled to adjacent retaining sections to each other to thereby maintain adjacent retaining sections in fixed relationship to each other. The retaining system has a number of possible applications such as garden or footpath edging, or earth retaining walls, but a preferred embodiment relates to the use of the retaining system as concrete formwork. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025566 | Single spot focus control - The present invention discloses methods and systems for improved focusing of imaging systems for the acquisition of high-quality focused tissue image data. A light emitter (L) aims a focusing light beam (FLB) towards an object of interest (O) so that the focusing light beam (FLB) is at an angle relative to the optical axis (OA) of the imager (I). If the object of interest (O) is out of focus, the focusing light spot (FLS) will appear above or below the focal point in the image (I). The pixel difference between the center of the focusing light spot (FLS) and the focal point indicates the range adjustment value. The range between the imager (I) and the object of interest (O) can then be adjusted according to the range adjustment value using a lookup table or calculations. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025567 | Apparatus for imaging single molecules - The present invention relates to apparatus for the imaging of single molecules. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025568 | IMAGE SENSING DEVICE - A device includes an electron emission source array including a plurality of electron emission sources, a photoelectric conversion film disposed to face the electron emission source array, and an intermediate electrode provided between the electron emission source array and the photoelectric conversion film, and an intermediate electrode current detector that applies a positive potential, relative to a potential of the electron emission source array, to the intermediate electrode and detects a current flowing in the intermediate electrode. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025569 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, AND IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a semiconductor substrate including a pixel portion having a photoelectric conversion portion and a peripheral circuit portion; a first sidewall composed of a sidewall film and disposed on each sidewall of gate electrodes of MOS transistors in the pixel portion; a second sidewall composed of the sidewall film and disposed on each sidewall of gate electrodes of MOS transistors in the peripheral circuit portion; a first silicide blocking film composed of the sidewall film and disposed on the photoelectric conversion portion and a part of the MOS transistors in the pixel portion; and a second silicide blocking film disposed on the MOS transistors in the pixel portion so as to overlap with a part of the first silicide blocking film, wherein the MOS transistors in the pixel portion are covered with the first and second silicide blocking films. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025570 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM USING THE APPARATUS - A photoelectric conversion apparatus includes a first block line through which an optical signal is output and a second block line through which a noise signal superimposed on the optical signal is output. The photoelectric conversion apparatus also includes a switch used to control a connection between the first block line and the second block line. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025571 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND CAMERA - A solid-state image pickup device includes a plurality of pixels on a light-receiving surface, photodiodes disposed on the light-receiving surface of a semiconductor substrate while being partitioned on the pixel basis, signal transferring portions which are disposed on the semiconductor substrate and which read signal charges generated and stored in the photodiodes or voltages corresponding to the signal charges, insulating films disposed on the semiconductor substrate while covering the photodiodes, concave portions disposed in the insulating films, pad electrodes disposed on the insulating films, a passivation film which covers inner walls of the concave portions, which is disposed on the pad electrodes, and which has a refractive index higher than that of silicon oxide, and a core layer which is disposed on the passivation film while being filled in the concave portions and which has a refractive index higher than that of silicon oxide. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025572 | Touch Sensitive Momentary Contact Switch - A touch-sensitive momentary-contact switch has an optical sensor, particularly an infrared sensor, and an evaluation circuit. The evaluation circuit is able to identify a malfunction in the optical sensor, so that the momentary-contact switch can be switched off, for example, for safety reasons. Therefore, it is possible to identify a malfunction in the optical sensor. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025573 | 5 NS OR LESS NEUTRON AND GAMMA PULSE GENERATOR - A fast nuclear particle generator is described, useful for highly penetrating particle beam inspection equipment, that is capable of generating pulses of 5 ns or less, which pulses may comprise neutrons of various energies, gammas of various energies, or a mixture of neutron and gammas of various energies. The nuclear particle generator includes means for decelerating an incident swept beam so that nuclear particles are generated only during that small time interval that a beam strikes a target. This eliminates spurious background nuclear particle generation, and decreases beam dump cooling requirements. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025574 | COMPENSATED MINERALOGY TOOL AND PROCESSING - A method for estimating information about a formation, the method including obtaining a first set of radiation data substantially influenced by the formation and non-formation materials; obtaining a second set of radiation data substantially influenced by the non-formation materials; and correcting the first set of radiation data with the second set of radiation data to provide corrected formation radiation data. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025575 | Electrospray device - An electrospray device includes an electrospray emitter adapted to receive electrospray fluid; an extractor plate spaced from the electrospray emitter and having at least one aperature; and a power supply for applying a first voltage between the extractor plate and emitter for generating at least one Taylor cone emission through the aperature to create an electrospray plume from the electrospray fluid, the extractor plate as well as accelerator and shaping plates may include a porous, conductive medium for transporting and storing excess, accumulated electrospray fluid away from the aperature. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025576 | VAPOR DELIVERY SYSTEM USEFUL WITH ION SOURCES AND VAPORIZER FOR USE IN SUCH SYSTEM - Vapor delivery systems and methods that control the heating and flow of vapors from solid feed material, especially material that comprises cluster molecules for semiconductor manufacture. The systems and methods safely and effectively conduct the vapor to a point of utilization, especially to an ion source for ion implantation. Ion beam implantation is shown employing ions from the cluster materials. The vapor delivery system includes reactive gas cleaning of the ion source, control systems and protocols, wide dynamic range flow-control systems and vaporizer selections that are efficient and safe. Borane, decarborane, carboranes, carbon clusters and other large molecules are vaporized for ion implantation. Such systems are shown cooperating with novel vaporizers, ion sources, and reactive cleaning systems. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025577 | METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A SAMPLE FOR ELECTRON MICROSCOPY | 2010-02-04 |
20100025578 | Dual Beam System - A dual beam system includes an ion beam system and a scanning electron microscope with a magnetic objective lens. The ion beam system is adapted to operate optimally in the presence of the magnetic field from the SEM objective lens, so that the objective lens is not turned off during operation of the ion beam. An optional secondary particle detector and an optional charge neutralization flood gun are adapted to operate in the presence of the magnetic field. The magnetic objective lens is designed to have a constant heat signature, regardless of the strength of magnetic field being produced, so that the system does not need time to stabilize when the magnetic field is changed. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025579 | APPARATUS AND METHOD INCLUDING A DIRECT BOMBARDMENT DETECTOR AND A SECONDARY DETECTOR FOR USE IN ELECTRON MICROSCOPY - An apparatus for use with an electron beam for imaging a sample. The apparatus has a down-conversion detector configured to detect an electron microscopy signal generated by the electron beam incident on the sample, a direct bombardment detector adjacent to the down-conversion detector and configured to detect the electron microscopy signal, and a mechanism selectively exposing the down-conversion detector and the direct bombardment detector to the electron microscopy signal. A method using the apparatus is also provided. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025580 | GRID HOLDER FOR STEM ANALYSIS IN A CHARGED PARTICLE INSTRUMENT - A grid holder for STEM analysis in a charged-particle instrument has a base jaw and a pivoting jaw. Both jaws have a substantially congruent inclined portion. The base jaw has a flat portion for mounting the holder on the sample carousel of a charged-particle instrument, such as a dual beam FIB. The inclined portion of the jaws is inclined to the flat portion of the holder at an angle A approximately equal to the difference between 90 degrees and the angle between the electron beam and the ion beam in the charged-particle instrument. The inclined portion of the jaws has a pocket for receiving and holding a sample grid. When a sample is mounted on the grid and the grid is held by the grid holder, the sample will be correctly oriented for ion-beam thinning when the sample carousel is horizontal. The thinned sample may then be placed perpendicular to the electron beam for STEM analysis by tilting the sample carousel by the same angle A. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025581 | INFRARED IMAGING APPARATUS - A representative embodiment of the invention provides an infrared (IR) imaging system adapted to (i) convert an IR image of an object into mechanical displacements of a plurality of movable plates, (ii) use the mechanical displacements to impart a corresponding spatial phase modulation pattern onto a beam of visible light, and (iii) apply spatial filtering to convert the spatial phase modulation pattern into a visible image of the object. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025582 | REMOTE SENSING OF SUBSURFACE ARTIFACTS BY USE OF VISUAL AND THERMAL IMAGERY - Methodology, systems, and apparatus for remote sensing as by detection and mapping of subsurface artifacts including clandestine tunnels and other subterranean facilities that may carry enemy soldiers, terrorists, weapons, munitions and explosives and other material of war or terrorism by use of visual and thermal imagery, specifically including the use of infrared (IR) thermography and related analysis, including visual imagery and its analysis including correlation between IR thermography data, visual data and other information which can be taken into consideration in relation to IR thermography data and visual data. Various types of data enhancements may be used to assist in target detection. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025583 | Multiband infrared imaging device - A multiband infrared imaging intensifier device which includes an infrared radiation transmitting lens, for transmitting infrared radiation from an object scene onto a quantum ferroelectric copolymer detector with a chopper between them, with the detector responsive to the infrared detection to generate signal electrons which are pulled off and accelerated by an electric field onto a phosphor surface which produces photons to provide an image. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025584 | IMAGE SENSOR AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - An image sensor includes a semiconductor substrate; first pixels laid out above cavities provided within the semiconductor substrate, the first pixels converting thermal energy generated by incident light into an electric signal; supporting parts connected between the first pixels and the semiconductor substrate, the supporting parts supporting the first pixels above the cavities; and second pixels fixedly provided on the semiconductor substrate without via the cavities, wherein a plurality of the first pixels and a plurality of the second pixels are laid out two-dimensionally to form a pixel region, and each of the second pixels is adjacent to the first pixels. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025585 | GAS DETECTING METHOD AND GAS DETECTING APPARATUS - A concentration of ethanol is detected without using any light source such as a lamp by utilizing a face of a human being as a light source. The gas detecting apparatus has an optical filter for ethanol which allows to transmit an infrared light having a predetermined wavelength band including an absorption spectrum derived from a C—O stretching vibration of ethanol contained in breath in an absorption spectrum generated by interaction with infrared light emitted from the face of a person, an optical filter for reference that allows to transmit an infrared light having a wavelength band emitted from the face of the person, a converting component for ethanol that converts the infrared light transmitted through the optical filter for ethanol to electric signals, a converting component for reference that converts an infrared light transmitted through the optical filter for reference to electric signals, and a detection component that detects the concentration of ethanol gas based on the electric signals converted by the converting component for ethanol and the electric signals converted by the converting component for reference. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025586 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND MEASUREMENT METHOD - There is provided a measuring apparatus including a space arrangement structure that includes space regions surrounded by conductors in a plane, an electromagnetic wave emitter that emits electromagnetic waves towards an object held by the space arrangement structure, and an electromagnetic wave detector that measures the electromagnetic waves that have passed through the space arrangement structure. Here, characteristics of the object are measured by measuring the electromagnetic waves that have passed through the space arrangement structure. The electromagnetic waves emitted from the electromagnetic wave emitter towards the space arrangement structure are incident on the plane containing the space regions at an angle, and the electromagnetic waves that have passed through the space arrangement structure are measured. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025587 | STAND-ALONE MINI GAMMA CAMERA INCLUDING A LOCALISATION SYSTEM FOR INTRASURGICAL USE - The invention relates to a portable mini gamma camera for intrasurgical use. The inventive camera is based on scintillation crystals and comprises a stand-alone device, i.e. all of the necessary systems have been integrated next to the sensor head and no other system is required. The camera can be hot-swapped to any computer using different types of interface, such as to meet medical grade specifications. The camera can be self-powered, can save energy and enables software and firmware to be updated from the Internet and images to be formed in real time. Any gamma ray detector based on continuous scintillation crystals can be provided with a system for focusing the scintillation light emitted by the gamma ray in order to improve spatial resolution. The invention also relates to novel methods for locating radiation-emitting objects and for measuring physical variables, based on radioactive and laser emission pointers. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025588 | DETERMINING DIFFUSION LENGTH OF MINORITY CARRIERS USING LUMINESCENCE | 2010-02-04 |
20100025589 | High energy photon detection using pulse width modulation - Methods and systems for processing an analog signal that is generated by a high energy photon detector in response to a high energy photon interaction. A digital edge is generated representing the time of the interaction along a first path, and the energy of the interaction is encoded as a delay from the digital edge along a second path. The generated digital edge and the delay encode the time and energy of the analog signal using pulse width modulation. | 2010-02-04 |
20100025590 | COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY GANTRY ROTOR - A rotor of a gantry of a computed tomography apparatus is produced at least in sections in a differential style from bar-shaped basic elements. Due to the differential style of the rotor, the rotation mass is reduced to a significant degree given a simultaneously maintained rigidity and stability of the rotor | 2010-02-04 |
20100025591 | COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY ROTOR, AND GANTRY EMBODYING SAME - A rotor, and a gantry and a computed tomography apparatus with such a rotor, has recess to accommodate at least one component of an image data acquisition device, and the recess is dimensioned such that the component can be inserted therein in a radial direction proceeding away from a rotation center of the rotor and is positively connected with the rotor by an abutment structure provided on the component, as well as by spot connections. This positive fit thus acts in the direction of the centrifugal forces arising upon rotation of the rotor, such that an ejection of the component from the rotor is effectively prevented even given a failure of the spot connections (for example bolt connections) between the rotor | 2010-02-04 |