| 14th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
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| 20100087214 | ASYNCHRONOUS URL NOTIFICATION - A method for sending a URL from a computing device to a recipient's mobile device, the method includes: generating a URL notification during an Internet session on a computing device; sending the URL notification to an Asynchronous URL Notification daemon; composing a Control SMS that comprises the URL; locating compatible communication devices; wherein the locating is performed with the daemon interacting with a local Bluetooth stack to identify the communication devices; wherein the communication devices are Bluetooth enabled devices that support an Asynchronous URL Notification profile; generating a list of communication devices; receiving the user's selection of a communication device; pairing the selected communication device with the computing device; retrieving an address book from the selected communication device; and displaying a list of recipients from the address book; sending the Control SMS to a recipient's mobile device in response to the user selection from the list of recipients. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087215 | METHOD, SYSTEM, AND MESSAGE SERVICE INTERWORKING MODULE FOR IMPLEMENTING MESSAGE SERVICE INTERWORKING - A method for implementing message service interworking is provided. The method includes: receiving, by a message service interworking module serving a receiver, an instant message sent by a sender; selecting, by the message service interworking module, a circuit switched domain (CS domain) or packet switched domain (PS domain) as a routing network; selecting, by the message service interworking module, a routing entity in the conventional CS domain or PS domain; and converting, by the message service interworking module, the instant message into a short message, and sending the short message to the receiver through the selected routing entity. A system and a message service interworking module for implementing message service interworking are also provided. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087216 | RELAY STATION FOR CELL INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN ADJACENT BSs OVER AIR LINKS IN CELLULAR SYSTEMS - The present invention relates to relay customer premises equipment (RCPE) for exchanging operational information and coexistence information of each cell between adjacent cells in a cellular system. The present invention enables effective control between multiple cells by directly transmitting operational information and coexistence information between cells over air links. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087217 | Initialization Method and Operating Method for a Wireless Network - An initialization method for a wireless network is disclosed with at least one receiver node and/or switching node and transmitter node in which one transmitter node is allocated to at least one receiver node. An operating method is also disclosed for a wireless network with at least one receiver node and/or switching node and transmitter node. At least one allocation is made between a transmitter node and a receiver node after such an initialization method with the steps of: transmission of a wireless message at the transmitter node, reception of the wireless message at one or more switching nodes, and if the switching node is not the receiver node, transmission of the wireless message at the switching node and reception of the message at the preset receiver node. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087218 | VEHICLE COMMUNICAITONS SYSTEM - The improved vehicle crew communication system provides an increase in the number of wireless headsets that can be used with one base station, an increase range from the vehicle for operation of said headsets, full duplex operation communication over digitally encrypted DECT protocol links from one base station to a plurality of headsets, pairing of each headset to a particular base station, use of wireless technology inside and outside of the vehicle, automatic channel and link selection to transparently avoid interfered-with channels and links, removal of the need to manually select a channel on the headset, and the combination of the noise-cancelling microphone with noise threshold, noise attenuation, and line echo cancellation tuned to intercom parameters. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087219 | Method and Device for Power Control - A method for generating a filtered signal quality value used in a power control system of a wireless communication apparatus. An estimated signal quality value of a received signal is generated. A filtered signal quality value is generated based on the estimated signal quality value. The filtered signal quality value is generated in dependence of at least one of registering a difference between a first and a second reference signal quality value, and a change in transmitted power of said received signal. A power control device comprising a signal quality estimator, a BLER estimator, a regulator, and an inner loop is configured to implement the method. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087220 | MULTI-HOP WIRELESS SYSTEMS HAVING NOISE REDUCTION AND BANDWIDTH EXPANSION CAPABILITIES AND THE METHODS OF THE SAME - The present invention provides methods for noise reduction and bandwidth expansion in wireless communication and the devices thereof. The method in accordance with the present invention may include identifying a plurality of neighbor nodes with respect to a central node; sending a first communication signal to the plurality of neighbor nodes, wherein the first communication signal is only sent to the nodes that are considered as the plurality of neighbor nodes by the central nodes; and based on the first communication signal, when the central node is transmitting data to one of the plurality of neighbor nodes, the other nodes of the plurality of neighbor nodes do not send data in the same channel, thereby reducing the noise in the wireless network. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087221 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING, REPORTING AND USING INTERFERENCE CANCELLATION INFORMATION - Apparatus and methods for power control for mitigation or control of interference in a wireless communications environment. Power control techniques can consider the effectiveness of interference cancellation before making power control determinations. For example, where interference with a base station from an interfering wireless terminal is being canceled such that the effects of that interference are not adversely affecting operations of the base station, the offending terminal can be left unchanged, or its transmit power can be increased. On the other hand, where the interference cancellation operation is not able to cancel the effects of the interfering signal sufficiently, the operation can lower the uplink transmit power of the offending signal so as to not cause interference to the other base station. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087222 | Modulation Circuit and Semiconductor Device Including the Same - An object of the present invention is to reduce the power consumption of a modulation circuit. The modulation circuit includes a load, a diode, and a transistor. An anode of the diode is electrically connected to one terminal of an antenna via the load; a cathode of the diode is electrically connected to one of a source and a drain of the transistor; the other of the source and the drain of the transistor is electrically connected to the other terminal of the antenna; and the transistor is controlled to be turned on or off in accordance with a signal input to a gate of the transistor. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087223 | SIGNAL PROCESSING APPARATUS - A signal processing apparatus is provided. The signal processing apparatus comprises a plurality of ports which are grouped according to types of signals, in which the signals are grouped according to at least one standard of a communication mode, a frequency use area, a signal band, and a type of a transmission/reception signal. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087224 | MULTI-STANDBY PORTABLE TERMINAL - A multi-standby portable terminal reduces interference of the transmitting antenna by skewing electromagnetic waves of others antennas. The terminal includes: a plurality of communication modules for transmitting and receiving RF signals of different frequency bands to and from the plurality of RF communication networks; and a controller for controlling the plurality of communication modules so as to be coupled to an RF communication network selected by a user, via a communication module corresponding to the selected RF communication network. The controller performs a control operation such that the communication module corresponding to the selected RF communication network radiates electromagnetic waves corresponding to a frequency band of the selected RF communication network, and remaining communication modules radiate electromagnetic waves of frequency bands that differ from those of respective corresponding RF communication networks. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087225 | Method and System for Mapping Provisioning Information of Different Communications Networks - A wireless communications device is configurable to communicate with either one of two networks over a wireless medium, each of the two networks having a different air interface protocol. Additionally, the wireless device includes stored provisioning information for a set of networks of a first type and can map this first provisioning information into a second format for use with networks of a second type. The device also includes a non-volatile memory for storing default provisioning information so that some information remains available regardless of what is erased from the memory. The default provisioning information is enough to establish a connection over one of the available networks and allow reconstruction of a provisioning list. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087226 | Electronic apparatus with photographing functions - An electronic apparatus with photographing function is disclosed. The electronic apparatus comprises a main body and a sliding structure. The main body comprises a lens module and a controlling module. The sliding structure is movably connected to the main body and comprises an optical module. The optical module comprises two light-incidence openings, and the distance between the two light-incidence openings is substantially equal to the average distance between a human's eyes. The lens module is capable of obtaining two images via the optical module through movement of the sliding structure. The two images may be processed via the controlling module to form a 3D image. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087227 | WIRELESS BASE STATION DESIGN - A multi-transmitter base station for wireless digital communication, having beam forming and digital pre-distortion capabilities, including a shared feedback unit for providing feedback of outgoing Radio Frequency (RF) signals for calibrating a plurality of antennas and for adapting the digital pre-distortion. Related apparatus and methods are also described. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087228 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING SAME - A method of controlling a portable electronic device that has a touch screen display includes providing a graphical user interface including an area defined by a boundary, detecting a touch event at a touch location within the area defined by the boundary on the touch screen display, determining if the touch location has moved to a new location outside of the area defined by the boundary; and performing an action in response to detecting the touch event at the touch location within the area defined by the boundary and determining that the touch location has moved from the area defined by the boundary to the new location outside of the area defined by the boundary. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087229 | MECHANICAL DESIGN OF DISPLAY - A mobile phone is provided with a symmetric display package that maximizes the available display active area for a given display footprint, and permits placement of the active area of the display in the horizontal and/or vertical center lines of the device. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087230 | MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE USER INTERFACE - Techniques are described to provide a user interface for a display of a mobile communication device. In an implementation, a user interface comprises a main menu having a fixed portion and a movable portion. The fixed portion includes icons associated with primary functions of the mobile communication device (“primary icons”), while the movable portion includes icons associated with secondary functions of the mobile communication device (“secondary icons”). The secondary icons may be scrolled within the movable portion in response to receipt of a touch input via a touch screen overlaying the display while the primary icons within the fixed portion remain stationary with respect to the display. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087231 | BI-STABLE SLIDING ASSEMBLY - Sliding assembly for mobile or portable terminals, comprising: a plane first main part; a plane second main part slidably connected to the first main part, the second main part being spring-loaded by a first elastic module adapted to urge the first and second main parts apart from each other, the second main part further comprising a protrusion extending towards the first main part, the sliding assembly further comprising a locking element in the first main part with a recess arranged to cooperate with a first elastic module, such that the locking element is urged against the protrusion, the second main part being arranged to cooperate with the first elastic module, such that the protrusion is urged against the locking element, the second main part of the sliding assembly thereby being held in a center position, wherein the sliding assembly further comprises an actuator arranged to overcome an elastic force exerted by the elastic element onto the locking element when being subject to an outside force, thus releasing the engagement between the locking element and the protrusion and bringing the second main part into a first end-position due to the elastic force of the first elastic module. According to a second embodiment, the sliding assembly may comprise a guide track cooperating with a stop pin included in the second elastic module. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087232 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A portable electronic device having a first body, a second body, and a moving mechanism is provided. The moving mechanism is disposed between the first body and the second body such that the second body is moveable between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the second body is stacked on the first body. In the second position, top surfaces of the first body and second body are substantially coplanar. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087233 | EXTENDABLE SLIDING MODULE AND MOBILE TERMINAL HAVING THE SAME - An extendable sliding module is disclosed, including a main body, a plurality of plates disposed at an upper part thereof and movable in a longitudinal direction thereof, a guide groove formed in at least one of opposite side surfaces of the main body and extending in the longitudinal direction thereof, and a hinge having one side slidably housed in the guide groove and the other side attached to the plurality of plates, and being extendable and retractable by a sliding movement between a first retracted state in which the plurality of plates are disposed to contact each other in the longitudinal direction of the main body and a second extended state in which the plurality of plates are disposed at a predetermined separation from each other. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087234 | SLIDE MECHANISM FOR SLIDE-TYPE PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A slide mechanism comprises a main plate forming two guiding groove portions, and a slide plate forming two guiding flanges engaging with the guiding groove portions respectively. The slide mechanism includes a plurality of rollers received in the guiding groove portions to guide the guiding flanges to slide relative to the guiding groove portions. The invention also discloses a portable electronic device applying the slide mechanism. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087235 | Loop antenna for cell phone having a metallic or non-metallic casing - A loop antenna used in a cell phone having a circuit board and a casing housing the circuit board is disclosed to include a loop extending around the border of the circuit board, a ground end extending from one end of the loop and electrically connected to a ground plane of the circuit board, a feed end extending from the opposite end of the loop and electrically connected to the circuit board for signal input, and two cut-off ends formed in a middle part of the loop to cut off the loop. The two cut-off ends are electrically connected to the casing of the cell phone if the casing is a metallic casing, or short-circuited if the casing of the cell phone is a non-metallic casing. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087236 | CASE ASSEMBLY FOR ANTENNA AMPLIFYING SYSTEM, ANTENNA AMPLIFYING SYSTEM AND MAST ANTENNA INTEGRATING SUCH A SYSTEM - The invention relates to a case assembly for antenna amplifying system, an antenna amplifying system and a mast antenna incorporating such a system. According to the invention, the case assembly for antenna amplifying system having a general shape elongated along a longitudinal axis ( | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087237 | SYSTEM FOR USING ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention refers to a system for using the electronic device comprising a billing server, a data storage server and a delivery platform (hardware and software) for delivering games, applications and value added services (Internet navigation, news, virtual communities, movies, music, etc) upon the requests of the electronic device user. The electronic device uses the architecture of a mobile handset for running the games and services. The purchase and downloading of games may be carried out with the same technology used by mobile carriers, but not only necessarily through them. Other wireless and wired transmission mechanisms and methods may be used. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087238 | Sports Officiating Simulator - A method for simulating the experience of a sports official is disclosed. The method includes the steps of (a) displaying game content over a medium and (b) receiving a first input signal while the game content is being displayed which stops the content from being displayed. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087239 | SYSTEM FOR SIMULATING RIVER RAFTING AND METHOD THEREOF - One embodiment of the present disclosure is a method for simulating river rafting. The method includes disposing a first person within an open receptacle. The method further includes displaying at least one river rafting video file stored in a storage medium on a display screen. The storage medium is adapted to be accessed by a media player to display at least one river rafting video file on the display screen coupled to the media player. Further, the method includes rocking the open receptacle by a second person in front of the display screen for enabling the first person to simulate the river rafting based upon watching the at least one river rafting video file and the open receptacle being rocked. A system for simulating river rafting is also disclosed. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087240 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PROVIDING A SIMULATED BAND EXPERIENCE INCLUDING ONLINE INTERACTION - A method for facilitating real-time interaction between a first and second player of a music-based video game via a network having unpredictable delivery latency, the first player located remotely from the second player, includes displaying to a first player target musical data associated with a musical composition, receiving music performance input from the first player via a controller resembling a first musical instrument, displaying to a second player, the second player located remotely from the first player, target musical data associated with the musical composition, and receiving music performance input from the second player. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087241 | Gaming System with Mobile User Input Device - One aspect is directed to a system whereby a live gaming table system is provided with one or more handheld user input devices which, for example, may allow multiple different players to simultaneously or concurrently provide wager input data and/or other data to the gaming table system. In at least one embodiment, the handheld user input devices may form part of a multi-player touch input interface system which is operable to identify or determine where, who, and what transactions are taking place at a multi-player gaming table and/or multi-player gaming system. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087242 | GAMING MACHINE WITH SOUND OUTPUT FOR SPECIFIC SYMBOL AND CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A slot machine has a display on which symbols are rearranged in partitioned regions arranged in a matrix pattern consisting of multiple columns and rows. The display has multiple display windows corresponding to the respective columns for each unit game. In each of the display windows, symbols arranged in the partitioned regions are rearranged by executing video display in which a symbol column having multiple symbols arranged therein is scrolled in an arrangement direction of the symbols. When a symbol rearranged in at least one partitioned region in at least one of the symbol columns already stopped from scrolling forms a pattern just before winning combination establishment in which the rearranged symbol requires a specific symbol in at least one other symbol column in scrolling to be newly rearranged to establish a winning combination, a passing sound of the specific symbol is outputted from a speaker in synchronization with a timing at which the specific symbol in the symbol column in scrolling passes through the display window. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087243 | SLOT MACHINE EXECUTING FREE GAME AND SLOT MACHINE THAT INCREASES THE NUMBER OF DISPLAYED SPECIAL SYMBOLS - According to a slot machine of the present invention, a first specific number of free games are executed when a first predetermined condition is established in a normal game. Further, a second specific number of free games are executed, when a second predetermined condition is established. Furthermore, when the first predetermined condition is established in the free game executed triggered by the establishment of the second predetermined condition, a third specific number of free games are further executed after the second specific number of free games are executed. Here, the third specific number is larger than the first specific number. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087244 | Gaming Machine - While one video reel is being scrolled and the remaining video reels stop scrolling, a map of Japan or a map of America is displayed on a liquid crystal panel. A territory corresponding to a player is distinguished by color on the map. There is a correlation in terms of probability between the territory corresponding to the player distinguished by color and a payout amount corresponding to a symbol combination to be realized upon stop of scroll of all the video reels. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087245 | Randomly awarded progressive jackpots - The invention is a method and a device for adding a bonus prize component to wagering games such as those played in gambling casinos. A player obtaining a predetermined combination in the underlying game wins the bonus prize. This might be a predetermined combination of playing cards in a card game or a predetermined combination on the reels of a slot machine. The bonus prize may require a separate side wager to qualify. The bonus prize is randomly chosen from a group of bonus prizes that includes an incrementing jackpot. The device for practicing the method includes a prize wheel that is spun to randomly choose the bonus prize, and an incrementing device with attached jackpot display for generating and showing the current amount of the incrementing jackpot. Upon winning the incrementing jackpot, the incrementing stops and the player wins the current amount shown on the display. The incrementing jackpot is subsequently reset and the incrementing resumed. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087246 | Gaming System Having Progressive Jackpots Flexibly Linked With Common Progressive Pool - A linked progressive wagering system, comprises a first progressive wagering subsystem comprising X jackpots, each of the X jackpots displayed on a first meter. The system further comprises a second progressive wagering subsystem having Y jackpots, each of the Y jackpots displayed on a second meter. The system further comprises at least one wager input device, a progressive pool, and at least one controller. The at least one controller is operative to (i) receive a signal from the at least one wager input device of receipt of a first wager on the first progressive wagering subsystem, (ii) generate an increment, the increment comprising a portion of the first wager, (iii) transfer the increment into the progressive pool, (iv) add a first increase equal to the increment to the X jackpots, and (v) add a second increase equal to the increment to the Y jackpots. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087247 | USING PLAYER INFORMATION IN WAGERING GAME ENVIRONMENTS - Systems and methods for using player information in wagering game environments are described herein. In one embodiment a method includes receiving a first set of player information, where the first set of player information indicates casino activities of a player. The method can also include analyzing the first set of player information and a second set of player information to determine preferences and tendencies associated with the player. The method can also include providing an indication of the preferences and tendencies to wagering game network devices. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087248 | METHOD, STORAGE MEDIUM, AND APPARATUS FOR GENERATING IMAGE OF VIRTUAL SPACE - A method for executing a game having a motif of rolling an object combined with another object with which the object is contacted, on a surface of the object, and growing large like a snowball. The method has: controlling a rotation and a movement of a first object as an operated object, in a virtual space; combining one of a plurality of second objects, with which the operated object is contacted, around a contact position of the operated object, at which the operated object is contacted with the one of the second objects, when the operated object is contacted with the one of the second objects; and determining the operated object with which the one of the second objects is combined, and the one of the second objects, when the one of the second objects is combined with the operated object, as an operated object, newly. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087249 | Ancillary display component for a gaming machine - The present invention discloses gaming machines with ancillary display monitors that operate independently of the gaming machine and methods of using the monitors to interact and engage with players. A gaming machine may have one or more monitor components that are physically attached to the gaming machine and can be adjustable to accommodate player ergonomics. In one embodiment, there are no data connections between a monitor component and the gaming machine. The monitors obtain data from non-gaming or secondary gaming data networks rather than a primary gaming network (e.g., a server-based gaming network) that the gaming machine may be connected to for wager game play. The display components may have RFID capabilities that allow them to interact with a player and which enable the player to obtain a wealth of non-gaming data and secondary gaming information, such as information on tournaments, progressive slots, and so on that is not directly related or dependent on the primary game play. Processors in the ancillary display components are not subject to gaming regulations of the local jurisdiction since they do not affect game play on the machine and they do not communicate with the master gaming controller of the gaming machine. The only non-mechanical connection with the gaming machine may be an A/C power connection if the machine has an external outlet and provides electrical power to the display monitor component. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087250 | GPS-Based Method and Apparatus for Playing an Electronic Game, and a Computer Program of the GPS-Based Method - A global positioning system (GPS)-based method for playing an electronic game is disclosed. The method is implemented using a game apparatus that includes a portable electronic device having a GPS receiver. The method includes obtaining location information of the portable electronic device from a satellite signal received through the GPS receiver, and generating a virtual item on the basis of the location information. The virtual item is used by a user to enhance play of the electronic game using the portable electronic device. A GPS-based game apparatus, and a computer program product including a computer-readable storage medium that stores a game program for causing the GPS-based game apparatus to execute steps of the GPS-based method are also disclosed. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087251 | SEAMLESS USER NAVIGATION BETWEEN HIGH-DEFINITION MOVIE AND VIDEO GAME IN DIGITAL MEDIUM - Seamless navigation is provided between high-definition audio-video content configured for use with a media player application, and an executable video game packaged with the audio-video content on a digital medium. An API module is distributed to player/consoles. An application provided with the high-definition audio-video content detects the presence of the API module on the player device. In response to detecting the API module, the application provides an interactive feature that uses the API module to load and execute the executable video game in response to user input. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087252 | Ergonomically Configurable Game Controller - An improved user input device is disclosed having ergonomically-configurable features to custom fit individual users. The arms of the gamepad may be extended from the body of the gamepad, and may be rotated. This may be at user determined angles, or may be set to a predetermined limit. The rotation may be on one or more axes depending on the specific implementation. Similarly, the thumb grooves may be extensible and/or rotatable. Further customization may be provided by modular user input systems. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087253 | Computer Peripheral Overlay - An overlay for a video game controller including a plurality of acuatable input modules configured to communicate with and transfer information between one or more corresponding input modules incorporated into the video game controller. A user controls the actions of an element in a video gaming environment via manipulation of respective overlay input modules. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087254 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR A DIGITAL STRINGED INSTRUMENT - Systems and methods for a digital instrument are described, for example to simulate or be used in conjunction with a stringed instrument. A sensor system detects the location of one or more fingers or objects at selected locations on a playing surface of the instrument, and the detected locations are combined with information indicative of one or more strings being played to generate a digital signal containing information as to the notes being played. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087255 | GAMING SYSTEM - A method and a system for operating a gaming application in a computer based gaming system having a client gaming machine connected to a gaming server, wherein: a client module of a game application program is executed in the client gaming machine; game parameters are determined in response to player input signals and dependent on logical rules for the game defined in said client module; a server module of said game application program is executed in the gaming server in response to said game parameters being communicated to said server module; outcome parameters are determined depended on conditions for the game defined in said server module, dependent on said communicated game parameters and dependent on a random number generated in the gaming server. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087256 | Gaming Network with Associated Community/Progressive Features - A system and method are disclosed for operating a gaming machine on a gaming network is disclosed. The gaming machine allows playing a wagering game and includes a storage device to store an instruction set for the wagering game. The wagering game includes a randomly selected outcome selected from a plurality of outcomes in response to receiving a wager input from a player. An interface is coupled to the storage device and is capable of communication with the network to receive at least a part of the instruction set for the wagering game from the network. The wagering game provides access to a community event over the network. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087257 | ASSISTED NAVIGATION IN VIRTUAL ENVIRONMENTS - Navigational data may be collected from experienced users and paths may be extracted from the navigational data. One or more points of interest may be identified in the navigational data and the points of interests may be merged into an interest region. The navigational data may be reviewed for interest paths between the interest regions. The collection of possible interest paths may be reviewed interest paths in view of statistical procedures and criteria to determine if the interest path is a preferred interest path. If the preferred interest path does not satisfy the predefined constraints, additional interest paths may be reviewed by substituting an additional interest path for the interest path and repeating the review the interest path analysis. If the preferred interest path satisfies predefined criteria, a walkthrough of the virtual world may be generated based on the preferred interest path. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087258 | INFORMATION STORAGE MEDIUM, GAME SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING GAME SYSTEM - A game system includes: a music reproduction section that reproduces music data stored in a storage section; a character display control section that displays a character disposed on a map; a timing mark display control section that displays a timing mark in relation to the character, the timing mark indicating an evaluation timing that is set according to the music data; an input timing acquisition section that acquires an input timing of an input through an operation section; and an evaluation section that evaluates an operation of a player based on the acquired input timing and the evaluation timing, and the character display control section changes a motion of the character based on an evaluation result of the evaluation section. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087259 | Gaming machine cabinet - A gaming machine, including a first cabinet including a first display for displaying a first game or information for the gaming machine, a second cabinet including a second display for displaying a second game, and a third cabinet including an input device for playing the game, wherein an area of a top surface of the third cabinet is wider than an area of a bottom surface of the second cabinet or a bottom surface of the first cabinet. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087260 | ZERO-LASH OLDHAM COUPLING - An Oldham-style coupling assembly wherein a driving shaft ( | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087261 | FIXED TYPE CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT - To increase a torque transmission efficiency without involving significant modification of a structure of a joint. A fixed type constant velocity universal joint includes: an outer joint member ( | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087262 | PLUNGING TYPE CONSTANT VELOCITY UNIVERSAL JOINT - To easily achieve reduction in weight and size and increase in durability even when contact force at contact portions with respect to balls increases. A plunging type constant velocity universal joint includes: an inner joint member ( | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087263 | Splined couplings - Apparatus is provided comprising first and second coaxial shafts, the first and second shafts extending along, and being rotatable about, a central axis. The first and second shafts are coupled together by a splined major coupling at a coupling region of the apparatus, which major coupling enables the shafts to co-rotate about the central axis. A torque element is connected to the first and second shafts, the torque element being operable to force the first and second shafts to relatively rotate about the central axis in order to apply a preload to the major coupling. The apparatus may be comprised in a gas turbine engine, whereupon the first shaft may be a fan shaft and the second shaft may be a LP turbine shaft. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087264 | BOWLING PIN AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - To provide a bowling pin which exhibits a pin action of the bowling pin which is generated due to strong hitting of the ball with the bowling pin close to a pin action of a conventional bowling pin. An upper core | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087265 | BALL COLLECTOR - The ball collector has a form similar to a golf club head and is used for collecting golf balls and positioning them on the tee. The ball collector comprises a body having a concavity in its base leading to a pair of arms at one end. The pathway between the concavity and the arms includes a summit onto or over which the ball passes to hold the ball in the arms. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087266 | Golf putting practice device and methods of practicing putting thereof - A golf putting practice device/simulator and ball return with no moving parts, and method for a golfer to practice putting a golf ball in which the device is located in close proximity to the golfer and the intended target can be of any normal putting distance allowing one to practice golf putts indoors of greater length than indoor spaces normally allow. The device accomplishes this by detecting the speed and the position of the golf ball as it approaches the device. The device is programmed and configured in such a way to accurately approximate the distance and to display the direction the golf ball would have traveled had the path of the ball not be interrupted by device. The practice device can be configured to account for a coefficient of resistance commonly know as the Stimp of the green in its calculations. The device receives and returns the ball to the user then evaluates the putt data. The results are then displayed on the digital display. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087267 | GOLF TRAINING AID - A golf training aid and methods of performing golf drills therewith are provided. The golf training aid comprises a thin, rigid, card-like member having structures configured to retain one or more golf balls in place until struck. The training aid further includes a plurality of directional indicia for assisting a user to line up golf shots with a target or intended line of travel and identify the proper trajectory for contacting a golf club with a golf ball. The golf training aid may be used to perform golf drills directed toward improving nearly all aspects of the user's game, particularly putting, wedge and iron shots, and driving, and proper alignment of the club face and user's feet during the practice of drills. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087268 | INFLATABLE TYPE GOLF SWING TRAINING APPARATUS - An inflatable type golf swing training apparatus, which comprises an inflatable track guide and adjustable struts. The inflatable track guide had a radian of an swing track and is made by an enclosed capsule which is hollow and inflatable and is made of elastic material. The adjustable struts includes two front adjustable struts which are provided at the lower part of the inflatable track guide and used for adjusting the height and angle thereof, and two rear adjustable struts which are provided at the middle part of the inflatable track guide and used for adjusting the angle of the track guide plane with respect to the horizontal plane | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087269 | Putter Heads And Putters Including Polymeric Material As Part Of The Ball Striking Face - Golf clubs and golf club heads, such as putter heads, may include a putter body and an insert forming a ball striking face and engaged with the putter body. Portions of the insert may be formed of a metal material, while portions of the insert may be formed of a polymer material. The insert may include a base portion having grooves formed therein. This base may be joined with another material to form the insert. In some arrangements, the insert may be a two-sided, reversible construction and may have different performance characteristics associated with each side of the insert. Methods for making such putter devices are also described. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087270 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - This invention provides a golf club head including a plurality of score lines on the face. The golf club head includes a plurality of striations formed on the face and extending from a toe side to a heel side. A depth Dp of each striation satisfies 10 μm≦Dp≦40 μm. A cross-sectional shape of each striation is an isosceles trapezoid having an upper base at the face side and a lower base at the back side of the golf club head. The upper base and lower base satisfy the upper base>the lower base. A width Pb of the bottom portion of each protrusion formed between the striations and a width Wb of the lower base satisfy Pb| 2010-04-08 | |
| 20100087271 | GOLF CLUB HEAD - A golf club head of this invention is a hollow golf club head which includes a face portion, a crown portion, a sole portion, and a side portion. The wall thickness of a face/crown bending portion, which is molded by casting and forms the boundary between the face portion and the crown portion, is smaller on the toe side than on the heel side. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087272 | Golf club head having a displaced crown portion - A hollow wood-type golf club head having an increased weight budget and improved mass characteristics at minimum structural mass is disclosed. The club head has a striking face portion, a sole portion, a skirt portion, and a crown portion having a total surface area. A hosel portion joins the club head for connecting a shaft to the club head. The crown portion has a major crown portion and a minor crown portion, the major portion having greater surface area than the minor portion, and the major portion being displaced vertically lower relative to the minor crown portion. The major crown portion may have a generally concave curvature and the minor crown portion may have a generally convex curvature such that the major crown portion is in effect inverted with respect to the minor crown portion. The major crown portion may be upwardly inclined from the heel to the toe of the head. The head may exhibit a parabolic top view silhouette. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087273 | Dual Identification Layered Golf Balls - A dual sensory golf ball having two identification layers comprising a first exterior surface identification layer having at least one first identifier and a second clear coat identification layer comprising a polymer and a second identifier wherein the second identifier is an additive comprising an odorant and wherein the second clear coat identification layer is substantially transparent to allow recognition of the first identifier. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087274 | GOLF BALL WITH VERY LOW COMPRESSION AND HIGH COR - A golf ball having a very low compression and a high COR is disclosed herein. The core preferably comprises a single neodymium-catalyzed polybutadiene, and has a diameter ranging from 1.575 inch to 1.62 inch with a compression ranging from 20 to 45. The cover preferably has a thickness ranging from 0.038 inch to 0.045 inch, and a Shore D hardness ranging from 50 to 58. The golf ball preferably has a coefficient of restitution of at least 0.780, and a compression ranging from 35 to 50. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087275 | GOLF BALL - An object of the invention is to provide a golf ball excellent in the durability at the normal and low temperatures, flight distance, and shot feeling on the shots. Another object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball excellent in a direction stability on the shots. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising: a core consisting of at least one layer; and a cover covering the core and having a thickness ranging from 0.3 mm to 1.0 mm, wherein the cover is formed from a cover composition that contains as a resin component, (A) a highly elastic polyamide resin (B) a metal-neutralized product of binary copolymer and/or ternary copolymer, and (C) a resin having a polar functional group in a specific amount, and wherein the cover composition has a slab hardness ranging from 65 to 75 in Shore D hardness. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087276 | MULTILAYER CORE GOLF BALL HAVING HARDNESS GRADIENT WITHIN AND BETWEEN EACH CORE LAYER - The present invention is directed to an improved multi-layered core golf ball wherein each core layer comprises its own specific hardness gradient (positive, negative or a combination) in addition to an overall specific hardness gradient from one core layer to the next. In a first embodiment, the golf ball comprises a two layer core and a cover disposed about the two layer core. The two layer core comprises an inner core layer and an outer core layer disposed about the inner core layer. The inner core layer comprises a geometric center and a first outer surface. The inner core layer is formed from a substantially homogenous formulation, comprises a diameter of about 30 mm or lower, and has a plurality of hardnesses of from about 50 Shore C to about 80 Shore C. The geometric center comprises a first hardness and the first outer surface comprises a second hardness, wherein the first hardness is greater than the second hardness to define a negative hardness gradient about 23 Shore C or less. The outer core layer comprises an inner surface and a second outer surface. The outer core layer is formed from a substantially homogenous formulation, comprises a thickness of about 10 mm or lower, and has a plurality of hardnesses of from about 40 Shore C to about 75 Shore C. The inner surface comprises a third hardness and the second outer surface comprises a fourth hardness, wherein the fourth hardness is greater than the third hardness. The outer core layer further comprises a fifth hardness disposed between the inner surface and the second outer surface in a region extending between about 10% and about 90% of the distance from the inner surface to the second outer surface, wherein the fifth hardness is less than third hardness and the fourth hardness. Finally, the fourth hardness is less than the first hardness to define a two layer core having a negative hardness gradient of no greater than 15 Shore C. The a region may alternatively extend radially from the geometric center about 13 mm to about 20 mm and the diameter of the inner core layer may be about 26 mm or less. The present invention is also directed to a golf ball having certain Shore D hardnesses as disclosed herein. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087277 | GOLF BALL WITH VERY LOW COMPRESSION AND HIGH COR - A golf ball having a very low compression and a high COR is disclosed herein. The core preferably comprises a single neodymium-catalyzed polybutadiene, and has a diameter ranging from 1.575 inch to 1.62 inch with a PGA compression ranging from 20 to 45. The cover preferably has a thickness ranging from 0.038 inch to 0.045 inch, and a Shore D hardness ranging from 50 to 58. The golf ball preferably has a coefficient of restitution of at least 0.780, and a PGA compression ranging from 35 to 50. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087278 | Off Court Tennis - The present invention is an apparatus to provide a virtual tennis net that can be placed on any convenient surface having two movable poles each having a light source dependent thereon; at least two scanning mirrors; at least two retroflectors; at least two beam splitters; at least two photo-detectors; and an audible or visible signal device that is actuated in response to interruptions of light falling on said photo-detectors such that when a the light beam is interrupted by a tennis ball, the beam is momentarily blocked and the signal to the photo-detector is interrupted, providing a signal that is used to trigger a light or sound signal that indicates the ball did not pass over the virtual net. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087279 | Baseball bat handguard - The handguard is an improved protection device to be attached to the knob and grip portion of a bat. A molded substratum provides a means to insure maximum protection for a batter's hands during impact by a baseball or softball. The impact absorbing substratum is partially covered by a thin, formed skin utilized to enhance the marketability and individuality of the protection device by providing an obvious location for display of visual designs or team logos. The handguard is provided with flexible attachment straps to promote a quick on/off process while ensuring the device will not rotate during impact by a ball. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087280 | Tennis ball retriever - A spring wire loop is affixed to a tennis racquet to enable a player to conveniently scoop a tennis ball off the playing surface and retrieve it. In one add-on embodiment, the loop can be affixed by mounts secured to the strings of an existing racquet; in another it is held in place by the racquet's bumper guard; in a further alternative, the loop can be secured to mounts built into the racquet at manufacture. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087281 | Adjustable weighted field hockey stick - A weighting system for a sports stick, particularly a field hockey stick, comprising a surface, recess, channel, hole or plurality of pockets formed along the length of the sports stick, and one or more weights moveably or selectively attachable along the surface and/or within the channel/pockets to allow a player to freely adjust the weight and balance point of the stick by slideably moving to or selectively adding or eliminating weight and points along the stick. A variety of embodiments are herein described, all providing an adjustable field hockey stick that allows players to adapt to play on different surfaces or in different conditions. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087282 | Baseball bat with multiple reinforcing beams - A bat for limiting the maximum barrel response at high impact speeds while minimizing the dampening performance at low impact speeds includes a plurality of separate longitudinal beams extending from the end of the bat to the tapered portion of the bat. These beams, as well as the tapered portion and a handle, are constructed from a composite material, such as fiber reinforced plastic. An external sleeve is then provided around the barrel portion of the bat. The external sleeve is secured around the barrel of the bat using a snap-fit end cap. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087283 | REAR MOUNTABLE CUTTER DEVICE FOR A HUNTING ARROW - A rear mountable cutter device for a hunting arrow is mountable to an arrow shaft. The device includes a plurality of elongated cutting members that are positioned along the rear end of the arrow shaft following mounting of the cutter device to the shaft. The cutting members are configured such that when the forward end of the cutting members engage a target animal, the cutting members deflect outward of the shaft to produce an enlarged wound in the target animal. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087284 | AUTO-TENSIONER - An auto-tensioner includes a cylinder, and a sleeve having a bottom and fitted in the cylinder. Hydraulic oil is stored in the cylinder. A plunger is slidably inserted in the sleeve, thereby partitioning the interior of the housing into a pressure chamber and a reservoir chamber. The pressure chamber communicates with the reservoir chamber through an oil passage. A check valve is provided at the oil passage that permits only the flow of hydraulic oil from the reservoir chamber into the pressure chamber through the oil passage. The check valve includes a ceramic ball configured to move into contact with and separate from a seating surface formed on the end of the oil passage facing the pressure chamber, and a retainer for restricting the moving range of the ceramic material. The ceramic ball has a surface roughness Ra of not more than 0.01. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087285 | CHAIN TENSIONER - A chain tensioner includes a cylinder inserted in a tensioner mounting hole of an engine cover and having a flange fixed to the outer surface of the engine cover. A plunger is axially slidably mounted in the cylinder. The cylinder is formed with an oil supply passage through which hydraulic oil is introduced into a pressure chamber defined by the cylinder and the plunger. The oil supply passage includes a first hole portion extending inwardly from a mating surface of the flange facing the engine cover, and a second hole portion extending from the outer periphery of the flange to the pressure chamber and intersecting the first hole portion. An externally threaded portion of an externally threaded member is in threaded engagement with an internal thread formed on the second hole portion, thereby closing its outer open end. The externally threaded member is fixed in position with an adhesive applied to its externally threaded portion. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087286 | PNEUMATIC BASE FOR FACILITATING THE INSTALLATION AND TENSIONING OF A DRIVE BELT - A belt tensioner comprises a belt trained on a drive pulley driven by a drive unit mounted on a base supported on an air-spring bellows linearly extendable under fluid pressure from a collapsed position to an extended position to cause joint movement of the base, the drive unit and the drive pulley and thereby change the tension in the belt. A pressure regulator is operatively connected to the air-spring bellows for regulating the fluid pressure in the air-spring bellows such as to maintain the tension substantially constant in the belt during use. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087287 | Control device for vehicular drive apparatus - The present invention provides a control device for a vehicular drive apparatus with a structure of enabling the suppression of gearshift shock occurring during concurrent shifting executed of a first shifting portion and a second shifting portion. When the concurrent shifting are executed around the same time in which a down shift in one of a differential portion (first shifting portion) and an automatic shifting portion (second shifting portion) and an upshift in the other of them are executed, a first electric motor is caused to control a rotation speed of a second rotary element (sun gear). Thus, a shifting progress state upon the concurrent shifting is controlled. This causes shifting directions i.e., variation of the engine rotation speed in shifting of a shifting mechanism to be set in a unidirectional, enabling the suppression of gearshift shock. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087288 | VEHICLE AND CONTROL METHOD OF VEHICLE - The intermittence prohibition vehicle speed Vpr is set to the smallest of the standard intermittence prohibition vehicle speed Vpr | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087289 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE COUPLING AND THE DECOUPLING OF TWO MOTORS OF A PARALLEL HYBRID MOTIVE POWER GROUP - The invention relates to a method for controlling the coupling and the decoupling of the first motor and of the second motor of a parallel hybrid motive power group comprising a first motor ( | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087290 | Hybrid Transmission with Disconnect Clutch and Method of Starting an Engine Using Same - A hybrid transmission is provided with a motor and a torque-transfer device is operable to transfer torque from the motor to a transmission input member upstream in power flow from the transmission gearing arrangement. The torque transfer device may be a fluid coupling, such as a torque converter, including a torque converter lock-up clutch. In other embodiments, the torque transfer device is a launch clutch that may be either a wet clutch engagable via pressurized transmission fluid, or a dry clutch, such as used in a manual transmission. A disconnect clutch is selectively engagable to operatively connect an engine connection member with the motor to permit the motor to start the engine, such as after a stop. Many embodiments of the transmission include a one-way clutch arranged in parallel with the disconnect clutch. A method of starting the engine using such a transmission is also provided. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087291 | TRANSMISSION CLUTCH CONTROL DEVICE - A transmission clutch control device that can perform adequate connection-disconnection control of a transmission clutch, regardless of disturbances such as variations in battery voltage and temperature variations. There are included a linear solenoid valve | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087292 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CONTROLLING AND/OR REGULATING A MULTI-STEP AUTOMATIC GEARBOX OF A VEHICLE - A method for controlling and/or regulating a multi-step automatic transmission of a vehicle in which an upshift is prevented if a power limit, of the motor of the vehicle, is reached such that, when a driving situation in which the power limit of the motor is reached and recognized, the motor speed (n) is set at a predetermined limit value (n | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087293 | CONTROL OF SEQUENTIAL DOWNSHIFTS IN A TRANSMISSION - A method for executing a downshift in a transmission includes starting disengagement of a second control element after starting disengagement of a first element. Disengagement of the second element starts before starting engagement of a fourth element. A third element is forced to synchronous speed by beginning engagement of the fourth element before engaging the third element. Engagement of the third and fourth elements is completed at the end of the downshift. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087294 | CLUTCH CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is a clutch control device capable of highly precisely controlling an engaging force of a clutch even when a rotation of a motor stops or a rotation speed of the motor rapidly decreases. The clutch control device includes: a unit for determining rapid deceleration state for, based on one of the rotation speed of the motor and a rotation angle of the motor, determining a rapid deceleration state of the motor; and a motor current selection unit for, when presence of the rapid deceleration state of the motor is determined, selecting the second motor current detected in each predetermined period as a motor current used for generating the drive signal even when the rotation speed of the motor is equal to or more than the predetermined rotation speed. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087295 | Exercise Framework Apparatus - The present invention comprises a substantially rigid framework that may substantially surround and being used in conjunction with a stair-stepping machine for the lower body. An individual may then exercise the upper body using exercise accessories connected to the substantially rigid framework. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087296 | MULTIPLE TARGETS, PHYSICAL ABILITY ENHANCER APPARATUS - Disclosed is an exercise apparatus and method for using the exercise apparatus to improve hand-eye coordination, body coordination, and peripheral vision. The exercise apparatus has a horizontal member placed parallel to a floor and above a user. There are a plurality of target objects tethered to said horizontal member via a tether from each target object to the horizontal member. The plurality of target objects hang down from the horizontal member and are spaced along the horizontal member with enough space between tethers to permit each of said plurality of target objects to swing independently from rest of the target objects. To enhance a user's physical abilities, the user sets at least two of the target objects in motion and keeps the target objects in motion by hitting the target objects appropriately. The user may also avoid the moving target objects by moving the user's body appropriately. The user may remain standing/sitting in one place while keeping the target objects moving and avoiding being hit by the target objects, and/or the user may move around the target objects while performing the exercises. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087297 | DUMBBELL - A dumbbell of the present invention includes: a handle portion having a flattened cross section; and at least two weight portions provided at opposite ends of the handle portion. The handle portion is connected to an off-center position deviating from a center-of-gravity portion of each of the weight portions. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087298 | DEVICE FOR AN EXERCISE MACHINE - A device for an exercise machine comprising a base ( | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087299 | INFLATABLE EXERCISE APPARATUS - An inflatable exercise apparatus having inflatable bladder segments in fluid communication with each other. The inflatable exercise apparatus includes a valve control mechanism that may control the flow of a fluid between the bladder segments, thereby allowing for the adjustment of the pressure in each bladder segment. Adjusting the pressure in each bladder segment may allow the user to vary the levels of resistance during exercise. The bladder segments may be operably connected to bases. The bladder segments may have a plateau that is configured to accommodate each user's stance dimension, along with ridges to assist in securing the feet of the user in a neutral position. The apparatus may also include band brackets for the attachment of other exercise devices, for example exercise bands or balancing devices. The bases may be pivotably connected so as to allow the apparatus to fold to accommodate a storage state. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087300 | Proprioception Training and Exercise Device - An exercise apparatus includes a substantially flat, rigid platform for supporting a person's weight. A first inflatable tubular support includes a fastener for clamping the platform to a top surface of the first tubular support. A second inflatable tubular support includes a fastener for fastening a top surface of the second inflatable tubular support to a bottom surface of the first inflatable tubular support. The first inflatable tubular support is inflatable to a first inflation pressure and the second inflatable tubular support is inflatable to a second inflation pressure separately and independently from the first inflation pressure to effect a vertical instability and a horizontal instability of the rigid platform relative to a support surface under the second tubular support. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087301 | BALANCING DEVICE - The invention relates to a balancing device ( | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087302 | SPINAL CORRECTION DEVICE - A spinal correction device that corrects the spinal column of a user comprising a lower limb exercising part that swings the lumber region to impart a symmetrical motion to positions symmetrical with respect to the spinal column of a user facing forward with his or her trunk erect, a pair of gripping parts provided in a position in front of the lower limb exercising part and gripped by both hands of the user, and a control unit that relatively moves the gripping parts with respect to the lower limb exercising part between the position in front of the lower limb exercising part and a lateral position, with the lower limb exercising part in a driven state. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087303 | PAPERBOARD WINDING CORE FOR INORGANIC MATERIALS, HAVING REMOVABLE OUTER PLY - A wound paperboard core for inorganic material comprises a plurality of paperboard plies wound one upon another about an axis and adhered together with adhesive to form a tube. An outer paperboard ply is helically wound about the tube and secured thereto. All of the plies except for the outer paperboard ply are adhered together with substantially full-coverage adhesive as in conventional cores. However, the outer paperboard ply is arranged to be readily peelable from the tube so that it (along with the inorganic material thereon) can be removed from the tube. The tube can be recycled (e.g., repulped and made into recycled paperboard or the like). The outer paperboard ply and inorganic waste can be disposed of in a landfill, and even though an increased fee may apply, the total weight is greatly reduced such that the fee is substantially reduced relative to the fee for disposing of the entire core. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087304 | MATERIALS FOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CONTAINER WITH END SUPPORTS AND RESULTING CONTAINER - In accordance with the invention, a method of manufacturing containers such as shipping, display and display ready packaging, for example, and resulting containers and associated preassemblies and blanks are provided, which, when utilized, result in preassemblies that include end supports that provide increased stacking strength and are easily and quickly assembled into fully assembled containers. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087305 | Method and Apparatus For Making A Wave Top Bag - A method and apparatus for making rolls of wave cut bags, and a roll of bags is disclosed. A film is weakened along a generally straight line in a generally cross machine direction. The film is also weakened a wave shape, and the wave shape weakenings are alternated with the straight line weakenings. The film is folded in a cross machine direction, and the straight line weakenings are separated to form bottoms of adjacent bags. The bottoms of adjacent bags are preferably overlapped, although they need not be. The wave shaped weakenings are preferably separated (although they need not be) to form wave shaped tops of a adjacent bags. If separated, the wave shaped tops have a longer portion and a shorter portion, and the longer portion is between, in the machine direction, the longer and shorter portion of the adjacent wave shaped top. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087306 | Centrifuging device with a detachable cover and a safeguard structure for prevention of the departure of rotor from it - Disclosed is a centrifuging device with a detachable cover and a safeguard structure in which the cover of the centrifuging device can be completely separated from the housing; and the safeguard structure can prevent a rotor from becoming separated from a drive shaft during operation due to flange defection and prevent the fractured pieces of the rotor from springing out of the housing when the rotor breaks or cracks. The centrifuging device according to the invention offers ease of cleaning and improved safety. Furthermore, there is no need to worry about the fracture of a coupling portion between the cover and the housing attributable to the repeated opening and closing. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087307 | STRENGTHENED GLASS SUBSTRATE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - An object of the invention is to obtain a glass substrate having high mechanical strength by reconciling suitability for ion exchange and devitrification proof in a glass. The strengthened glass substrate of the invention is a strengthened glass substrate having a compression stress layer in the surface thereof, the glass substrate having a glass composition including, in terms of % by mass, 40-70% of SiO | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087308 | METHODS FOR CONVERSION OF METHANE TO USEFUL HYDROCARBONS, CATALYSTS FOR USE THEREIN, AND REGENERATION OF THE CATALYSTS - Methods are provided for regenerating catalyst compositions useful in processes for converting methane to useful hydrocarbons. The methods comprise applying voltage across the catalyst compositions. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087309 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PREPARING CATALYST SLURRY FOR FUEL CELLS - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for preparing a catalyst slurry for fuel cells, in which nano-sized catalyst particles are dispersed uniformly at a high concentration and the adsorption force between the catalyst and ionomer is maximized. The resulting catalyst slurry is suitable for the manufacture of a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) of a polymer electrolyte (or proton exchange) membrane fuel cell (PEMFC). | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087310 | Heptazine Modified Titanium Dioxide Photocatalyst and Method for Its Manufacture - The invention is a heptazine modified photocatalyst based on titanium dioxide that is photoactive in the visible range, also referred to as TiO | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087311 | SILICA BASE COMPOSITE PHOTOCATALYST AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A silica base composite photocatalyst that has appropriate water purification capability, inhibiting precipitation of metal oxides; and a process for producing the same. The silica base composite photocatalyst is one composed mainly of a composite oxide phase consisting of an oxide phase (first phase) composed mainly of silica component and a titania phase (second phase) wherein the ratio of presence of the second phase increases aslope toward the surface layer, characterized in that at least one metal oxide selected from among strontium titanate and barium titanate is contained in the second phase. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087312 | CHROMIUM-FREE CATALYSTS OF METALLIC CU AND AT LEAST ONE SECOND METAL - Described is a method for the preparation of a chromium-free catalyst comprising Cu and at least one second metal in metallic or oxidic form, comprising the steps of a) preparing a final solution comprising ions of Cu and of at least one second metal, said final solution additionally comprising ions of a complexing agent and having a pH of above 5; b) contacting said final solution with inert carrier to form a final solution/carrier combination; c) optionally, drying the final solution/carrier combination; d) calcining the final solution/carrier combination obtained in step c) or d) to yield Cu and the at least one second metal in oxidic form; and e) reducing at least part of the thus obtained oxidic Cu on the carrier. Further, a catalyst obtainable by the said method as well as uses thereof are described. | 2010-04-08 |
| 20100087313 | MAGNESIUM ALUMINOSILICATE CLAYS-SYNTHESIS AND CATALYSIS - This invention is directed to a synthesis process for preparing magnesium aluminosilicate clays and to the products of said process. Briefly, a silicon component, an aluminum component, and a magnesium component are combined, under aqueous conditions and at an acidic pH, to form a first reaction mixture and subsequently the pH of the first reaction mixture is adjusted to greater than 7.5 to form a second reaction mixture. The second reaction mixture is allowed to react under conditions sufficient to form the magnesium aluminosilicate clay of the present invention. The invention is also directed to catalyst compositions comprising the magnesium aluminosilicate clays synthesized according to the process of the invention. The resulting magnesium aluminosilicate clay can be used as a catalyst or as a component in catalyst compositions. The invention is further directed to a magnesium aluminosilicate clay with a characteristic | 2010-04-08 |
