21st week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 13 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100127128 | DEVICE FOR MOUNTING NON-DIMENSIONING EQUIPMENT ON THE STRUCTURAL FRAME OF A VEHICLE, VEHICLE FITTED WITH SUCH DEVICE AND MOUNTING METHOD - A device for mounting non-dimensioning equipment ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100127129 | High performance airfoil with co-flow jet flow control - An aerodynamic system providing an airfoil having a chord length, a leading edge, and a trailing edge. The airfoil further includes a first airfoil surface extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, a second airfoil surface opposite the first airfoil surface, extending from the leading edge to the trailing edge, an injection opening in the first airfoil surface, and a recovery opening in the first airfoil surface located between the injection opening and the trailing edge. A pressurized fluid source is in fluid communication with the injection opening and a vacuum source is in fluid communication with the recovery opening. An exemplary use of the aerodynamic system of the present invention provides the ejection of a mass of fluid out of the injection opening along a surface of the airfoil and drawing a mass of fluid into the recovery opening. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127130 | RECONFIGURABLE WING AND METHOD OF USE - A reconfigurable air vehicle wing may be selectively reconfigured to increase its chord. The wing has a leading edge portion and a trailing edge portion that are moved relative to one another to change the chord of the wing. The wing may be reconfigured from a compact configuration with a smaller chord, to and expanded configuration with a larger chord. The wing may include a foam material that forms part of the outer surface of the wing when the wing is in the expanded configuration. The foam may be a shape memory foam. Alternatively the leading edge section and the trailing edge section may be composed substantially fully of rigid materials. In either case the trailing edge section may be hingedly coupled to the leading edge section. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127131 | System and Method For a Fuel Bladder Assembly With Embossed Film - Systems and methods provide for a flexible fuel bladder assembly disposed to store fuel and supply the fuel to a vehicle. The flexible fuel bladder assembly may include: a fuel bladder including a fuel-resistant film disposed to store the fuel and supply the fuel therefrom at a manifold assembly connected thereto. The fuel bladder may include an embossed pattern disposed to prevent a vacuum being formed by the collapsing of any two or more sides of the fuel bladder upon each other and permit a substantial portion of the fuel to be supplied from the fuel bladder to the manifold assembly in an uninterrupted fashion until the substantial portion of fuel is removed from the fuel bladder. The flexible fuel bladder may be used in an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV), which may be any one of: an organic air vehicle (OAV), a micro air vehicle (MAV), an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) or an unmanned combat air vehicle (UCAV). | 2010-05-27 |
20100127132 | ACTUATOR FORCE EQUALIZATION CONTROLLER - An actuation system including a plurality of actuators; a plurality of position sensors coupled to the actuators, the plurality of position sensors providing rate feedback signals proportional to an actuator rate; a plurality of force sensors coupled to the actuators, the plurality of force sensors providing delta pressure signals; and a feedback control loop configured to receive the rate feedback signals and delta pressure signals and compute a difference in actual actuator rates and sum the difference with a computed difference in actuator forces to generate actuator positioning commands that equalize the actuator forces on a control surface. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127133 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING IMPACTS ON AREAS TO BE MONITORED ON A RUNNING VEHICLE - The invention relates to a method for detecting impacts on areas to be monitored on a running vehicle ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100127134 | Railway dark territory switch automation - The invention provides a railroad switch for use in un-signaled (dark) territory. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b). | 2010-05-27 |
20100127135 | FIXING SYSTEM - A fixing system for fixing a cord-like material to a support comprises a base piece for application to the support and a housing plate for the cord-like material. A spacer for connecting the housing plate to the base piece is provided. In the first connected state, the spacer and the housing plate are connected to each other such as to be displaceable relative to each other in the direction of the cord-like material and, in a second connected state, the spacer is connected to the housing plate and the base piece and the housing plate is fixed relative to the spacer. The fixing system is very user-friendly. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127136 | LUG-MOUNT SYSTEM FOR FREE STANDING DISPLAY STAND ARM - A lug mount system in which a generally U-shaped lug engaging member is secured to a display panel member so that information presented by the display panel member is easily viewed. The system is mounted to the proximal end of an arm of a conventional free standing display stand by engagement with a lug on the proximal end of the arm. The lug engaging member and the display panel member may be releasably or permanently secured to one another. The display panel member may include provisions for lighting, animation, electronic displays, and print media. When the display panel member and the lug engaging member are releasably secured together the connection therebetween may be configured so that compound motion is required to release them. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127137 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SUPPORT LEG - An electronic device includes a main body, a cover, and two support legs. The main body defines two receiving portions. The cover is rotatably connected to the main body. Two resisting portions are formed on the cover. The support legs are rotatably received in the receiving portions of the main body respectively. When the cover rotates relative to the main body, the resisting portions resist the support legs to rotate, thus driving the support legs protruding out from the main body. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127138 | Extender for a seatbelt receiver - A height adjusting seat belt anchorage receiver consisting of a metal bar which could be coated or painted to match car color or finish, consisting of holes of differing sizes to anchor to factory seat belt mounting stud bolt with factory hardware at floor level under seat. Factory seat belt buckle attached to bar with various pieces of hardware fasteners through mounting holes. Completing installation and ready for safe use of seat belts in all motor vehicles. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127139 | INTERIOR CORNER MOUNTING MODULE FOR ROPE LIGHT SYSTEM - A mounting module for a rope light system which easily attaches to the surfaces of an interior corner of a structure that can retain and support a rope light without the need of a junction or brake in the rope light by holding the rope light in a flexure curve that does not stress the LEDS or electrical conductors of the rope light. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127140 | Suspension for a pressure sensitive touch display or panel - A mechanical suspension platform for sensor-based touch screen products that uses a suspension bracket with one or more suspension line channels that allow for a suspension line or cable to be inserted and wrapped around. The suspension brackets allow the suspension line to be strung so that one end pulls the touch plate towards the bottom plate and the other pulls along a diagonal. With one suspension bracket in each corner of the touch plate, the plate can be strung with the suspension line to create an optimal suspension for a force-based touch screen system. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127141 | Slotted Toolless Bracket for PDU - The present invention includes a bracket for more flexibly deploying a zero unit PDU on a rack. More specifically a 90° bend and a number of slots allow the manipulation of the PDU to avoid blocking cabling at the rear of a server rack. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127142 | DEVICE FOR MOUNTING SOLAR MODULES - The invention relates to a device for mounting solar modules/solar panels on props that are introduced into the ground of the mounting location, wherein supports that can be connected on top of or on the props are arranged by means of fastening means that allow vertical compensation and/or lateral compensation for deviations of the introduced props from the perpendicular, wherein the fastening means comprise a rail ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100127143 | KEYBOARD SUPPORT - There is provided A keyboard-keyboard support combination comprising: a keyboard including a keyboard housing; a keyboard support including a support surface, wherein the support surface is configured for supporting the keyboard; an engagement tab projecting from one of the keyboard and the keyboard support; and an engagement surface provided on the other one of the keyboard and the keyboard support; wherein the engagement tab is configured to co-operate with the engagement surface so that the engagement surface opposes movement of the engagement tab relative to the keyboard support when the keyboard is supported on the keyboard support. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127144 | Vertical Motion Pendant Arm - Embodiments of the invention provide a vertical motion pendant arm for supporting an enclosure at a desired height. The vertical motion pendant arm can include an enclosure mounting assembly, a support mounting assembly, and one or more connectors. The vertical motion pendant arm can also include a drawbridge mechanism having a rotatable worm, a rotatable gear that engages the rotatable worm, one or more drawbridge arms coupled to the rotatable gear, and one or more gas springs coupled to the drawbridge arms and the connectors. The gas springs can provide a counterforce to the enclosure. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127145 | RETAINING ASSEMBLY FOR LOCKING DISK DRIVE - A retaining apparatus in an electronic device includes a bracket, a disk drive, a pair of latch members and a securing member. The bracket includes two side panels. The disk drive is received between the two side panels. The pair of latch members is capable of locking the disk drive in the bracket. Each latch member is rotatably attached to each side panel. The latch member includes a locking portion capable of locking the disk drive in the bracket. The securing member connects with the latch members. The securing member will drive the other latch member when either one is actuated. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127146 | Repositionable Receptacles - A system for adjustably positioning an accessory may include a track and an accessory removably coupled to the track. The track may include an upper portion and a lower portion defining a channel therebetween. The upper portion may include an upper flexible segment extending along a length of the channel wherein the upper flexible segment is outwardly and inwardly deformable with respect to the channel. The accessory may include at least one connector extending from the accessory, the connector being removably insertable into the channel of the track by deforming the upper flexible segment with respect to the channel, the at least one connector including a substantially horizontal portion and a substantially vertical portion wherein, when the connector is inserted in the track, the substantially vertical portion of the connector secures the accessory to the track. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127147 | SUPPORTING MECHANISM OF SCANNING APPARATUS - A supporting mechanism of a scanning apparatus includes a cam rail, a stopping plate, a support frame and a spring. The scanning apparatus has a base and an upper cover. The support frame is arranged between the upper cover and the base. The support frame slides along the cam rail in a specified direction in order to open or close the upper cover. When the upper cover is opened, the support frame is used for supporting the upper cover. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127148 | VIBRATION REDUCING SAMPLE MOUNT WITH THERMAL COUPLING - A sample mounting apparatus for a cryo-cooler is provided having a housing with an outer wall surface for connecting to the cryo-cooler, and an inner wall surface. An inert gas is sealed inside the housing for thermal transfer, and a delicate mount is attached to the inner wall surface of the housing for supporting the sample and substantially preventing vibrations from being transferred to the sample from the cryo-cooler. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127149 | Support becket for rig operations - A support member or becket for supporting an item in wellbore operations including a body with a support area, and a wear insert removably emplaced over the support area. This abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract which will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure and is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims, 37 C.F.R. 1.72(b). | 2010-05-27 |
20100127150 | Outboard Motor Mount - The object of this invention is to alter speed and handling characteristics of an outboard motor boat. This Improved Outboard Motor Mount achieves this with the ability to adjust the distance between the outboard motor and the stern of the boat. Consequently, this movement uses the weight of the outboard motor as leverage to adjust the centre of gravity of the vessel to suit water conditions. Setting the outboard motor close to the stern of the boat will make the bow of the boat more difficult to lift, thus improving its handling performance in rough water. Setting the outboard away from the stern of the boat will make the bow of the boat easy to lift, improving boat speed. This Improved Outboard Motor Mount allows the consumer to optimize their outboard motor boats performance in a variety of water conditions. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127151 | Machine Foot - The invention includes a method for manufacturing a machine foot ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100127152 | Remote control carrier - A carrier for use in removably attaching a remote control unit to a person's hand comprises a support section having a portion adapted to overlie and be secured to the user's hand and wrist in position to receive a sleeve within which the remote control unit is accommodated. The support section of the carrier and a portion of the sleeve are provided with cooperable hook and loop fasteners which securely, but separably, fasten the sleeve and support section to one another. The sleeve has along one side thereof a window formed of transparent material which is sufficiently deformable and resilient as to enable an externally applied force to be transmitted to keys or switches underlying the window. The remote control body has a projection which extends through an opening in the retaining sleeve for releasably retaining the remote control body within the sleeve. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127153 | PHOTOSENSITIVE DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A PHOTOSENSITIVE DEVICE - A photosensitive device ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100127154 | NITRIDE-BASED SEMICONDUCTOR LASER DEVICE AND OPTICAL PICKUP - A nitride-based semiconductor laser device includes a facet coating film including an alteration preventing layer formed on a light reflecting side facet of a nitride-based semiconductor element layer and a reflectance control layer formed on the alteration preventing layer. The reflectance control layer is formed by a high refractive index layer and a low refractive index layer which are alternately stacked, the alteration preventing layer is constituted by stacking at least two layers, each of which is formed by a dielectric layer made of a nitride, an oxide or an oxynitride. The alteration preventing layer has a first layer made of a nitride in contact with the light reflecting side facet, and a thickness of each of the layers constituting the alteration preventing layer is smaller than that of the high refractive index layer and is smaller than that of the low refractive index layer. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127155 | SOLAR-POWERED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION MODULE WITH DAYLIGHT INTENSITY MEASUREMENT - The present invention relates to a solar-powered wireless communication module with daylight intensity measurement, which comprises: a solar cell module, capable of converting solar energy into electricity; a Microcontroller Unit (MCU), coupled to the solar cell module for detecting and outputting values regarding the voltage and the current of the electricity converted from the solar cell module; and a wireless communication unit, powered by the electricity from the solar cell module and coupled to the MCU for transmitting values outputted from the MCU to a control end. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127156 | Two dimensional solid-state image pickup device - A two-dimensional solid-state image pickup device includes a plurality of pixel regions arranged in a two-dimensional matrix in X and Y directions. Each of the pixel regions includes at least a light-receiving element, and a light-condensing element. The light-condensing element is a sub-wavelength lens including protrusions each having a size equivalent to or smaller than a wavelength of an electromagnetic wave incident on the light-receiving element. Each of the protrusions has a rounded edge. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127157 | COMPOUND EYE CAMERA MODULE - A compound eye camera module according to the present invention includes a lens array including at least two lenses; an imaging element having two imaging areas corresponding to the two lenses; a light shielding block having a light shielding wall for separating optical paths of light transmitted through the two lenses; an optical filter for transmitting light of a specific wavelength range among the light transmitted through the two lenses; and a substrate having an opening larger than the optical filter. The imaging areas and the optical filter are located at a position corresponding to the opening. The imaging element is fixed to a face of the substrate opposite to the side of the lens array. The imaging element is in contact with a face of the optical filter which faces the imaging element. The light shielding block is fixed to a face of the optical filter which faces the light shielding block. The optical filter has portions protruding outside both of ends of the imaging element in a direction connecting the two optical axes of the two lenses. The light shielding block is fixed to the protruding portions of the optical filter. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127158 | OPTOELECTRONIC SENSOR FOR SAFEGUARDING A HAZARDOUS AREA - An optoelectronic sensor for safeguarding a hazardous area, such as a light grid, has a first and a second sensor part. The two sensor parts are arranged at a spatial distance from one another. Each sensor part has a plurality of transmitting elements for generating transmitted beams and a plurality of receiving elements for receiving the transmitted beams. In this way, a plurality of transmitted beams in opposite directions are formed between the sensor parts. Each sensor part has at least one evaluation circuit, which is coupled to the receiving elements of the respective sensor part. Each evaluation circuit is designed to generate a switch-off signal in a manner dependent on the respectively coupled receiving elements. In a preferred configuration, each sensor part has a plurality of evaluation circuits which are coupled to one another to form a series arrangement of evaluation circuits, and which are additionally coupled to a common data bus connection. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127159 | PHOTODETECTING SEMICONDUCTOR APPARATUS AND MOBILE DEVICE - One embodiment of a photodetecting semiconductor apparatus is provided with a sensor chip, a resin-sealed package in which the sensor chip is resin-sealed with a transparent resin, and a color filter disposed on the surface of the sensor chip, with a sensor circuit unit and a light-sensitive element group being formed in the sensor chip. The light-sensitive element group is configured with a color light-sensitive element having a sensitivity peak for color and an infrared light-sensitive element having a sensitivity peak for infrared light. The color light-sensitive element includes a red light-sensitive element having a sensitivity peak for red, a green light-sensitive element having a sensitivity peak for green, and a blue light-sensitive element having a sensitivity peak for blue. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127160 | INTEGRATED CIRCUIT COMPRISING AN ARRAY OF SINGLE PHOTON AVALANCHE DIODES - Integrated circuit ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100127161 | MULTI-FREQUENCY MILLIMETER-WAVE VLBI RECEIVING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF DESIGNING QUASI OPTICAL CIRCUIT FOR THE SAME - Provided are a multi-frequency millimeter-wave very long baseline interferometry (VLBI) receiving system and a method of designing a quasi optical circuit for the multi-frequency millimeter-wave VLBI receiving system. The multi-frequency millimeter-wave VLBI receiving system includes a plurality of low pass filters, offset ellipsoidal mirrors, and flat mirrors for dividing a cosmic radio wave signal incident through the troposphere. A beam propagated from a celestial point is introduced into a receiver room via a 45-degree flat mirror and is divided into a plurality of beams by using a plurality of low pass filters having different bandwidths and mirrors, and the divided beams are transmitted to corresponding quasi-optical receivers having different bandwidths via a plurality of mirrors. Therefore, radio astronomic observations can be simultaneously performed in 22 GHz, 43 GHz, 86 GHz, and 129 GHz bands, and phase variations of electromagnetic waves in the bands can be compensated for. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127162 | OPTICAL JOG WHEEL WITH SPIRAL CODING ELEMENT - A user navigational apparatus. The user navigational apparatus includes a dial, a coding element, and an encoder. The coding element is coupled to a dial. The coding element includes a track of alternating reflective and non-reflective sections, each having a substantially oblique leading edge relative to a direction of movement of the coding element. The encoder includes an emitter and a detector. The emitter generates a light signal incident on the track of the coding element. The detector detects a reflected light signal which corresponds to a portion of the incident light signal that is reflected off of the reflective sections of the track. The detector also generates a channel signal corresponding to the reflected light signal. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127163 | ION MOBILITY MEASUREMENTS FOR FORMATION FLUID CHARACTERIZATION - Methods and related apparatuses for chemically analyzing at least one sample of fluid, such that a gas flow of at least one fluid sample is directed into a mixing region of an ion mobility device, wherein the mixing region is in communication with at least one container having at least one other fluid. Further, creating an ion flow of gaseous ions, a mixture of gaseous ions or a gaseous neutral species from the at least one sample and the at least one other fluid. Further still, injecting the ion flow from the mixing region into at least one ion mobility assembly of the ion mobility device, the at least one ion mobility assembly comprising at least one mobility tube; and, detecting the ions from the ion flow exiting the ion mobility assembly. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127164 | Ion Mobility Spectrometer Comprising Two Drift Chambers - An ion mobility spectrometer has two drift chambers and a common, doped reaction region. Each drift chamber includes an ion modifier, such as one that fragments the doped ions by a high electrical field. One of the drift chambers is doped and the other is undoped. In this way, the dopant adducts are removed by the modification process but then recombine with dopant only in the doped chamber so that different outputs are produced by the two drift chambers. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127165 | MASS SPECTROMETY WITH SELECTIVE ION FILTRATION BY DIGITAL THRESHOLDING - The methods described herein generally relate to characterization of large analytes, such as biomolecules, by molecular mass analysis. Specifically, the methods are directed to molecular mass analysis of singly- or multiply-charged ions by selective ion filtering carried out by a digital thresholding process. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127166 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE SEPARATION - The present invention involves a series of shifting reagents that selectively interact with a targeted functional group of biological molecules, pharmaceutical drugs, small molecules, chemicals, chemical agents, or explosives resulting in a structure selective based drift time shift in the IMS. The invention allows detecting and confirming samples using one or more ion mobility based spectrometers. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127167 | ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE ION TRAP - An ion trap instrument working at atmospheric pressure, which alleviates requirements of bulky, power consuming vacuum pumps. Traps can accumulate selected ion species, effectively concentrating the analyte of interest and allowing laser spectroscopy to be performed. This lowers the detection threshold of this instrument compared to others and increases the selectivity. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127168 | ELECTROSTATIC ELECTRON SPECTROMETRY APPARATUS - An apparatus for spectrometry that includes a spectrometer configured for second order focusing and capable of 2π azimuthal collection. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127169 | Compact, interleaved radiation sources - Compact, dual energy radiation scanning systems are described comprising two particle beam accelerators, each configured to accelerate charged particles to different energies, positioned parallel to a direction of movement of an object to be inspected. The accelerator may be positioned perpendicular to a plane of the conveying system, instead. Bend magnet systems bend each charged particle beam toward a respective target. Alternatively, a single dual energy accelerator capable of accelerating charged particles to at least two different energies is positioned parallel to the direction of movement of the object, or perpendicular to a plane of the conveying system. A single bend magnet system is provided to bend each accelerated charged particle beam toward the same target. The particle beams may be bent through an orbit chamber. Two separate passages may be defined through at least part of the orbit chamber, one for charged particles having each energy. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127170 | ELECTRON BEAM CONTROL METHOD, ELECTRON BEAM GENERATING APPARATUS, APPARATUS USING THE SAME, AND EMITTER - Provided is a Schottky emitter having the conical end with a radius of curvature of 2.0 μm on the emission side of an electron beam. Since a radius of curvature is 1 μm or more, a focal length of an electron gun can be longer than in a conventional practice wherein a radius of curvature is in the range of from 0.5 μm to not more than 0.6 μm. The focal length was found to be roughly proportional to the radius of the curvature. Since the angular current intensity (the beam current per unit solid angle) is proportional to square of the electron gun focal length, the former can be improved by an order of magnitude within a practicable increase in the emitter radius. A higher angular current intensity means a larger beam current available from the electron gun and the invention enables the Schottky emitters to be used in applications which require relatively high beam current of microampere regime such as microfocus X-ray tube, electron probe micro-analyzer, and electron beam lithography system. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127171 | IR CAMERA WITH ADJUSTABLE VIEW PARAMETER SETTINGS - The invention relates to an IR camera for capturing thermal images of an imaged view, the IR camera comprising an IR camera display arranged to display the captured thermal images to a user of the IR camera according to a view parameter setting. The IR camera is characterized in that it further comprises a display control unit arranged to automatically adjust the view parameter setting in the IR camera display based on a temperature reference area in the captured thermal images, wherein the temperature reference area is obtained using an indication means when a manual indication is performed by the user of the IR camera. The invention further relates to a method for adjusting view parameter settings in an IR camera and a computer program product. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127172 | USE OF NOBLE METAL NANOPARTICLES AS LIGHT ABSORBERS AND HEAT GENERATORS IN THERMAL PHOTODETECTORS, SENSORS AND MICROELECROMECHANICAL DEVICES - This disclosure provides methods to integrate heat generating nanoparticles to microelectromechanical (MEMs) and photonic devices such as microbolometers and thermopiles for better photodetection and electrical energy generation. Nanoparticles include noble metal and semiconductor nanocrystals of different shapes, as light sensing and heat generating materials. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127173 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DETECTING GAS LEAKS - A gas detection system is disclosed that uses an infrared illumination source and an infrared imaging detector. The infrared source is selected to emit at wavelengths corresponding to an absorption band of a gas to be detected. The region to be analyzed for the gas is illuminated, and the infrared radiation reflects off of local surfaces back to the imaging detector. At locations where the gas is present, the infrared radiation is absorbed which reduces the back reflection to the detector. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127174 | FPA COMBINING SAL AND IMAGING - A multi-mode detector and detection method that utilize shared optical components to detect multiple different incoming wavelengths of energy. Partial de-focusing of incoming light enables imaging and non-imaging outputs from the same detector. Analog and digital pixels enable mixed-mode output. Selective filtering at the detector enables the simultaneous detection of two or more wavelengths of light. Signal processing hardware and algorithms enable the system to simultaneously provide integrated and multi-channel analog outputs to guidance and display systems. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127175 | MICROMECHANICAL INFRARED SENSOR AND EVALUATION CONCEPT - A sensor for detecting electromagnetic radiation, having a detection element; and at least one electrode; the detection element and the at least one electrode forming a variable capacitor, and a change in the capacitance of the capacitor being caused by the detected electromagnetic radiation. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127176 | SCINTILLATOR MATERIALS WHICH ABSORB HIGH-ENERGY, AND RELATED METHODS AND DEVICES - A scintillator composition is described, including a lutetium silicate or lutetium phosphate matrix; along with selected amounts of cerium, praseodymium, and gadolinium. A radiation detector for detecting high-energy radiation is also described. The radiation detector incorporates a crystal scintillator having the composition mentioned above. Related methods for detecting high-energy radiation with a scintillation detector are also disclosed herein. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127177 | DISCRIMINATION-ENHANCED FIBER-OPTIC SCINTILLATOR RADIATION DETECTOR - A fiber-optic scintillator radiation detector includes a multitude of optical fibers that each include an optical core. The optical cores are spaced apart from one another by an interposer material. In various embodiments, the interposer material has an average atomic number less than 13 and a density greater than 1.3 g/cm | 2010-05-27 |
20100127178 | PIXELATED DETECTORS WITH DEPTH OF INTERACTION SENSITIVITY - A radiation detector ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100127179 | NUCLEAR MEDICAL DIAGNOSTIC DEVICE - Parameters T | 2010-05-27 |
20100127180 | SCINTILLATOR ARRAY AND A METHOD OF CONSTRUCTING THE SAME - A pixilated scintillator, scintillator array and methods of fabricating the same are provided. The scintillator array comprises a grid having walls, a scintillator crystal packed between the walls, and a reflective coating provided between the walls and the scintillator crystal. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127181 | Radiation sensor arrays for use with brachytherapy - A radiation sensor array is carried on a flexible sheet of film, for placement on the skin of a patient adjacent to a brachytherapy location beneath the skin. With the array approximately centered on a position where radiation source to skin distance is estimated to be minimum, the array of sensors is used to monitor radiation dose received at the skin. With a controller connected to the array and preferably also to the radiation source in the applicator, the radiation dose received at all skin points of interest can be monitored, a point of maximum dose and a projected approach to limit dose can be calculated, and in response the system can warn the operator or control a brachytherapy procedure so as to discontinue radiation or control the radiation level or source position in real time. The system can also include percutaneous sensors. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127182 | X-ray radiation detector for use in a CT system - At least one embodiment of the invention relates to an X-ray radiation detector, in particular for use in a CT system. In at least one embodiment, the X-ray radiation detector includes a semiconductor material used for detection, at least two ohmic contacts between the semiconductor material and a contact material, the semiconductor material and contact material each having a specific excitation energy of the charge carriers, with the excitation energy of the contact material corresponding to the excitation energy of the semiconductor material. At least one embodiment of the invention furthermore relates to a CT system in which an X-ray radiation detector is used, the X-ray radiation detector advantageously having at least two ideal ohmic contacts according to at least one embodiment of the invention. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127183 | LASER-DRIVEN PARTICLE BEAM IRRADIATION APPARATUS AND METHOD - A laser-driven particle beam irradiation apparatus includes: a particle beam generator irradiating a target with pulsed laser light to emit a laser-driven particle ray; a beam converging unit forming a transportation path which guides the emitted laser-driven particle ray to an object and spatially converging the laser-driven particle ray; an energy selector selecting an energy and an energy width of the laser-driven particle ray; an irradiation port causing the laser-driven particle ray to scan the object to adjust an irradiation position in the object; and an irradiation controller controlling operation of the particle beam generator, the beam converging unit, the energy selector and the irradiation port. The beam converging unit generates a magnetic field on a trajectory of the laser-driven particle ray and converging the laser-driven particle ray by the magnetic field, the magnetic field forcing divergence components of the laser-driven particle ray that go away from a center of the trajectory back to the center of the trajectory. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127184 | CHARGED PARTICLE CANCER THERAPY DOSE DISTRIBUTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - The invention relates generally to treatment of solid cancers. More particularly, a method and apparatus for efficient radiation dose delivery to a tumor is described. Preferably, radiation is delivered through an entry point into the tumor and Bragg peak energy is targeted to a distal or far side of the tumor from an ingress point. Delivering Bragg peak energy to the distal side of the tumor from the ingress point is repeated from multiple rotational directions. Beam intensity is proportional to radiation dose delivery efficiency. The multi-field irradiation process with energy levels targeting the far side of the tumor from each irradiation direction provides even and efficient charged particle radiation dose delivery to the tumor. Preferably, the charged particle therapy is timed to patient respiration via control of charged particle beam injection, acceleration, extraction, and/or targeting methods and apparatus. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127185 | METHOD FOR MASKLESS PARTICLE-BEAM EXPOSURE - In a maskless particle multibeam processing apparatus, a particle beam is projected through a pattern definition system producing a regular array of beamlets according to a desired pattern, which is projected onto a target which moves at continuous speed along a scanning direction with respect to the pattern definition system. During a sequence of uniformly timed exposure steps the beam image is moved along with the target along the scanning direction, and between exposure steps the location of the beam image is changed with respect to the target. During each exposure step the target covers a distance greater than the mutual distance of neighboring image elements on the target. The location of the beam image at consecutive exposure steps corresponds to a sequence of interlacing placement grids, and after each exposure step the beam image is shifted to a position associated with a different placement grid, with a change of location generally including a component across the scanning direction, thus cycling through the set of placement grids. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127186 | Laser produced plasma EUV light source - A device is disclosed which may comprise a system generating a plasma at a plasma site, the plasma producing EUV radiation and ions exiting the plasma. The device may also include an optic, e.g., a multi-layer mirror, distanced from the site by a distance, d, and a flowing gas disposed between the plasma and optic, the gas establishing a gas pressure sufficient to operate over the distance, d, to reduce ion energy below a pre-selected value before the ions reach the optic. In one embodiment, the gas may comprise hydrogen and in a particular embodiment, the gas may comprise greater than 50 percent hydrogen by volume. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127187 | Memory Unit for Producing Radiographic Images, and Method for Reading such a Memory Unit - An X-ray image memory unit includes a plurality of memory film pieces which can be moved between a recording configuration, in which they are situated one behind the other, and a scan configuration, in which they are individually accessible to reading light. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127188 | Biomarker Generator - An improved biomarker generator and a method suitable for efficiently producing short lived radiopharmaceuticals in quantities on the order of a unit dose. The improved biomarker generator includes a particle accelerator and a radiopharmaceutical micro-synthesis system. The micro-accelerator of the improved biomarker generator is optimized for producing radioisotopes useful in synthesizing radiopharmaceuticals in quantities on the order of one unit dose allowing for significant reductions in size, power requirements, and weight when compared to conventional radiopharmaceutical cyclotrons. The radiopharmaceutical micro-synthesis system of the improved biomarker generator is a small volume chemical synthesis system comprising a microreactor and/or a microfluidic chip and optimized for synthesizing the radiopharmaceutical in quantities on the order of one unit dose allowing for significant reductions in the quantity of radioisotope required and the processing time when compared to conventional radiopharmaceutical processing systems. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127189 | COMPUTER PERIPHERALS STERILIZATION SYSTEM - A system and method including a wand-type ultraviolet (UV) light assembly positioned above a keyboard and other computer peripheral device(s) to be sanitized. The UV light assembly is preferably moved across the peripheral device surface to eliminate nearly all germs, bacteria, viruses, pathogens and other microorganisms that have accumulated on the surfaces of the keyboard and other peripherals. Desirably, the system operation is managed by a controller device which is in communication with a host computer. In addition, the system allows for the collection and analysis of system performance data. The invention provides an extremely effective, compact, virtually cost-free and environmentally-friendly solution to disinfecting surfaces of keyboards and other peripheral devices. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127190 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM MASKING FOR LASER ABLATION MICROMACHINING - An improved method for substrate micromachining. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide improved methods for the utilization of charged particle beam masking and laser ablation. A combination of the advantages of charged particle beam mask fabrication and ultra short pulse laser ablation are used to significantly reduce substrate processing time and improve lateral resolution and aspect ratio of features machined by laser ablation to preferably smaller than the diffraction limit of the machining laser. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127191 | Systems and methods for drive laser beam delivery in an euv light source - An EUV light source device is described herein which may comprise a laser beam travelling along a beam path, at least a portion of the beam path aligned along a linear axis; a material for interaction with the laser beam at an irradiation site to create an EUV light emitting plasma; a first reflector having a focal point, the first reflector positioned with the focal point on the linear axis, the first reflector receiving laser light along the beam path; and a second reflector receiving laser light reflected by the first reflector and directing the laser light toward the irradiation site. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127192 | ATTENUATOR SYSTEM FOR BEAM MODULATION - An attenuator system for attenuating a radiation beam, including a first attenuating element placed in a path of a radiation beam for attenuation thereof, a second attenuating element placed distal to the first attenuating element for further attenuation of the radiation beam, a first positioner operatively connected to the first attenuating element, which moves the first attenuating element along a first direction, a first processor operatively connected to the first positioner for controlling motion of the first attenuating element, a second positioner operatively connected to the second attenuating element, which moves the second attenuating element along a second direction, and a second processor operatively connected to the second positioner for controlling motion of the second attenuating element, wherein a two-dimensional attenuation distribution of the first attenuating element varies linearly with respect to at least one coordinate. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127193 | ISOLATED HIGH-SPEED DIGITAL INTERFACE FOR VEHICLES - An apparatus and method for providing an isolated high-speed digital interface for communicating high-speed digital data within a vehicle. In architecture, the interface includes one or more input terminals and one or more output terminals. Each output terminal being associated with one of the one or more input terminals without any electrically conductive path existing between the output terminal and the input terminal, and instead the input terminal and the output terminal are coupled to one another by an optical coupling. The present invention can also be viewed as a method that can be broadly summarized by the following steps, providing at least one input terminal for receiving data and providing at least one output terminal. Wherein the output terminal is associated with the one input terminal without any electrically conductive path existing between the output terminal and the input terminal, are coupled to one another by an optical coupling. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127194 | CINCH VALVE - A cinch valve includes an upper plate having a first aperture; an orbital plate rotatable relative to the upper plate and having a second aperture substantially aligned with the first aperture; an actuator coupled to the orbital plate arranged to rotate the orbital plate between a first position and a second position; and a plurality of cables each having a flexible portion and each having a first end and a second end, wherein each first end is coupled to the upper plate and each second end is coupled to the orbital plate. Rotation of the orbital plate from the first position to the second position causes the plurality of cables to converge and form a woven closure in approximately the center of the second aperture. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127195 | IMPULSE ACTUATED VALVE - A valve for controlling flow of pressurized fluid from a confined area that is operable to relieve an overpressure condition as well as to allow flow of fluid in response to a pressure relief command. The valve including a valve body with a fluid passage therethrough, a reverse buckling rupture disc in the valve body in normally blocking relationship to the flow of fluid through the passage, and a selectively actuatable device carried by the valve body adjacent the convex surface. The actuatable device is operable to disrupt, without puncturing, the disc so as to initiate reversal and rupture of the disc and to permit flow of the pressurized fluid through the passage. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127196 | PIEZOELECTRIC DRIVEN CONTROL VALVE - Stable flow control is made possible even under high-temperature environments by relieving tensional force applied to a piezoelectric element when a piezoelectric actuator is retracted. Thus, a piezoelectric driven control valve includes: a body having a valve seat; a metal diaphragm to contact with and separate from the valve seat; an actuator box supported ascendably and descendably on the body; a split base fixed to the body; a disc spring pressing and urging the actuator box downward to bring the metal diaphragm into contact with the valve seat; and a piezoelectric actuator housed inside the actuator box and that extends upward with application of voltage to press the actuator box upward against the elastic force of the disc spring, and a precompression mechanism, for applying a compression force constantly to piezoelectric elements in the piezoelectric actuator, provided between the split base and the piezoelectric actuator. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127197 | PRESSURE-REGULATING VALVE - A pressure-regulating valve includes a magnetic actuator and a housing. Accommodated in the housing is an armature, which is movable in a pole tube. The pole tube is encompassed by a magnetic coil. The armature is supported in the pole tube in a film structure. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127198 | QUICK-COUPLING VALVE, PARTICULARLY FOR PRESSURIZED FLUIDS - A quick-coupling valve, particularly for pressurized fluids, of the type which comprises, at a first end, a threaded coupling for reversible fixing to a supply hose and, at the second opposite end, the access to quick-coupling elements for a corresponding tubular male element, the valve having internally a first intake chamber for the pressurized fluid and a contiguous second discharge chamber, the two chambers being separated by reversible flow control elements intended to block the fluid, preventing it from passing through the valve when the male element is not inserted, the valve comprising elements which are intended to prevent the uncoupling of the male element when the valve is open and also comprising venting elements for safe uncoupling of the male element when the valve is closed. The valve comprises elements, associated with the flow control elements, for throttling the flow that passes from the first chamber to the second chamber. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127199 | Valve - A valve having a housing with at least one entry and at least one exit provided on the outer casing of the housing for a flow medium. The housing has a flow space, in which a drive element is centrally and rotatably supported, the rotational axis thereof running perpendicular to the at least one entry and the at least one exit. Between the drive element and the housing, at least one endless strip is provided parallel to the rotational axis of the drive element, the length thereof extending over the at least one entry and the at least one exit. The drive element is connected to a drive and can guide the at least one endless strip in the flow space along the housing during operation. The valve is used as a throttle element for motor vehicles having diesel engines. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127200 | RANDOM ACCESS ROTARY VALVE - A rotary valve for selectively connecting at least one component ( | 2010-05-27 |
20100127201 | INTERLOCKING VALVE CHAMBER AND LID - An apparatus for isolating two regions at different pressures is provided, comprising a chamber having a floor, an open top face, and side walls having at least two apertures opposite one another. The chamber further comprises a dividing plate disposed within the chamber, wherein the dividing plate is attached with the floor and the side walls of the chamber, and wherein the dividing plate has at least one opening opposite each aperture and the dividing plate forms a first region and a second region within the chamber. The chamber also includes a lid comprising a plate, wherein a bottom surface of the plate is configured to couple with the dividing plate when the lid is placed on the top face of the chamber so as to prevent deflection of the dividing plate, and wherein the lid closes the top face of the chamber when placed thereon. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127202 | VALVE BODY - A hybrid valve body is a multi-piece valve body formed of a brass component and a first non-brass component. The brass component and the first non-brass component are held together by a second non-brass component, such that the brass component and the first and second non-brass components need not be screwed together or otherwise fastened or moved against one another in a manner which could contribute to corrosion. The hybrid valve body realizes a substantial reduction in the amount of brass that would otherwise be used to form the valve body. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127203 | INORGANIC FOAMS - A process for producing a silicate foam having a low density, which comprises the following steps:
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20100127204 | Use of Nanoporous Polymer Foams as Thermal Insulation Materials - By reaction of one or more epoxy resins with an amphiphilic epoxy resin hardener in water in a phase inversion polymerization, nanoporous polymer foams are obtained. These foams are suitable as thermal insulation materials. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127205 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SOLID ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - Provided is a method of manufacturing a solid electrolytic capacitor having a solid electrolyte. The solid electrolyte having a conductive polymer is formed by an oxidative polymerization reaction, using a polymerization liquid containing a monomer and a dopant. The dopant contains alkylammonium ions as a cationic component. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127206 | Method for Forming a Nanostructure, a Nanostructure, and a Device Using the Same - A method for forming a nanostructure, a nanostructure and a device using the nanostructure, wherein hydroxide ions are provided to a surface of a nanostructure including a piezoelectric material in order to etch an outer surface of the nanostructure. In an exemplary embodiment, the nanostructure may be etched by contacting the nanostructure with a basic solution. In other exemplary embodiments the etching of the nanostructure may be performed while controlling at least one of the concentration of the basic solution, the temperature of the basic solution and the etching time. The resultant nanostructure includes a piezoelectric material and has an etched outer surface. The nanostructure may be applied to various devices. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127207 | Magnetic receptive extruded films - The practical application of incorporating magnetic receptive particles embodied in the formulation of an extruded film will produce a magnetic receptive film with properties that will adhere to magnets. Furthermore, incorporating the technique of co-extrusion, one can produce a print media with a magnetic receptive core while maintaining an un-altered first and third layers. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127208 | COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING FLUOROOLEFINS AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to fluoroolefin compositions. The fluoroolefin compositions of the present invention are useful as refrigerants or heat transfer fluids and in processes for producing cooling or heat. Additionally, the fluoroolefin compositions of the present invention may be used to replace currently used refrigerant or heat transfer fluid compositions that have higher global warming potential. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127209 | Compositions Comprising Tetrafluoropropene And Carbon Dioxide - Disclosed are compositions useful in a wide variety of applications, including heat transfer fluids which possess a highly desirable and unexpectedly superior combination of properties, and heat transfer systems and methods based on these fluids. The preferred heat transfer fluid comprises from about 1 to about 40 percent, on a weight basis, of carbon dioxide (CO | 2010-05-27 |
20100127210 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUNDS AND LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITIONS COMPRISING THE SAME - A liquid crystal compound of Formula (I) is provided. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127211 | FIVE-RING LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOUND HAVING CF20 BONDING GROUP, LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - The invention provides a five-ring liquid crystal compound having a CF | 2010-05-27 |
20100127212 | PYRIDINE COMPOUNDS FOR LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MIXTURES - The invention relates to liquid-crystalline compounds of the formula I | 2010-05-27 |
20100127213 | LIQUID CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to dielectrically positive liquid-crystalline media comprising a dielectrically positive component, component A, comprising a dielectrically positive compound of the formula I | 2010-05-27 |
20100127214 | METHOD OF PREPARING OXIDE-BASED NANOPHOSPHOR - A method of preparing oxide-based nanophosphor includes preparing a reaction mixture by dissolving reaction mixture components including a metal halide, an oleate, and a precipitation auxiliary compound in a solvent; irradiating the reaction mixture with microwave radiation to precipitate an oxide-based nanophosphor precursor; and sintering the oxide-based nanophosphor precursor. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127215 | NOVEL ORGANOMETALLIC COMPLEXES WHICH EMIT IN THE RED TO GREEN SPECTRAL REGION AND THEIR USE IN OLEDS - Organometallic complexes which bear at least one ligand which has a unit having a triplet energy of at least 22 000 cm | 2010-05-27 |
20100127216 | COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A composite material includes a body and a plurality of nano-scale probes. The body is made of a polymer. The plurality of nano-scale probes is embedded in the body. The nano-scale probes are substantially uniformly distributed in the polymer matrix. A method for making the composite material is further provided. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127217 | METHOD FOR THE ONLINE ANALYSIS OF A VAPOUR PHASE PROCESS STREAM - A method for the on-line analysis of a process stream, which process stream is a feedstream to or an exit stream from a steam reformer, which process stream has a temperature of at least 200° C., the components of which process stream are in the vapour phase, which method comprises: (a) taking a slipstream from the process stream; (b) cooling the slipstream to a temperature above its dew point; (c) analysing the cooled slipstream by near infra-red (NIR) spectroscopy to obtain a spectrum characterising NIR-absorbing components of the process stream; and (d) correlating the spectrum obtained to established calibration models from NIR spectroscopy using chemometric techniques to determine the concentration of, and/or to determine the partial pressure of one or more of the NIR-absorbing components of the process stream. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127218 | AROMATIC SULFONIC ACIDS, AMINES AND NITROPHENOLS IN COMBINATION WITH NITROXYL RADICAL-CONTAINING COMPOUNDS OR C-NITROSOANILINES AS POLYMERIZATION INHIBITORS - Disclosed herein is a method for inhibiting and retarding the premature polymerization and the polymer growth of vinyl aromatic monomers wherein the method comprises adding to said monomers an effective amount of an inhibitor and retarder blend comprising:
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20100127219 | Silicone-Containing Composition - A silicone-containing composition comprises the reaction product of a first component and an excess of an isocyanate component relative to the first component to form an isocyanated intermediary. The first component is selected from one of a polysiloxane and a silicone resin. The first component includes a carbon-bonded functional group selected from one of a hydroxyl group and an amine group. The isocyanate component is reactive with the carbon-bonded functional group of the first component. The isocyanated intermediary includes a plurality of isocyanate functional groups. The silicone-containing composition comprises the further reaction product of a second component, which is selected from the other of the polysiloxane and the silicone resin. The second component includes a plurality of carbon-bonded functional groups reactive with the isocyanate functional groups of the isocyanated intermediary for preparing the silicone-containing composition. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127220 | Process for Preparing Substituted Pentacenes - The invention relates to a process of preparing substituted pentacenes, to novel pentacenes prepared by this process, to the use of the novel pentacenes as semiconductors or charge transport materials in optical, electrooptical or electronic devices including field effect transistors (FETs), electroluminescent, photovoltaic and sensor devices, and to FETs and other semiconducting components or materials comprising the novel pentacenes. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127221 | DEVICE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING POLY-CRYSTALLINE OR MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON; INGOT AS WELL AS WAFER OF POLY-CRYSTALLINE OR MULTI-CRYSTALLINE SILICON PRODUCED THEREBY, AND USE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SOLAR CELLS - A process and a device for producing crystalline silicon, particularly poly- or multi-crystalline silicon are described, wherein a melt of a silicon starting material is formed and the silicon melt is subsequently solidified in a directed orientation. A phase or a material is provided in gaseous, fluid or solid form above the melt in such a manner, that a concentration of a foreign atom selected from oxygen, carbon and nitrogen in the silicon melt and thus in the solidified crystalline silicon is controllable, and/or that a partial pressure of a gaseous component in a gas phase above the silicon melt is adjustable and/or controllable, the gaseous component being selected from oxygen gas, carbon gas and nitrogen gas and gaseous species containing at least one element selected from oxygen, carbon and nitrogen. The formation of impurity compound precipitations or inclusions, in particular of silicon carbide affecting electric properties of solar cells, can be effectively inhibited and prevented according to the present invention. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127222 | HIGH WORK FUNCTION TRANSPARENT CONDUCTORS - There is provided a transparent conductor including conductive nanoparticles and at least one of (a) a fluorinated acid polymer and (b) a semiconductive polymer doped with a fluorinated acid polymer. The nanoparticles are carbon nanoparticles, metal nanoparticles, or combinations thereof. The carbon and metal nanoparticles are selected from nanotubes, fullerenes, and nanofibers. The acid polymers are fluorinated or highly fluorinated and have acidic groups including carboxylic acid groups, sulfonic acid groups, sulfonimide groups, phosphoric acid groups, phosphonic acid groups, and combinations thereof. The semiconductive polymers comprise homopolymers and copolymers derived from monomers selected from substituted and unsubstituted thiophenes, pyrroles, anilines, and cyclic heteroaromatics, and combinations of those. The compositions may be used in organic electronic devices (OLEDs). | 2010-05-27 |
20100127223 | HIGH CONDUCTIVITY POLYMER THICK FILM SILVER CONDUCTOR COMPOSITION FOR USE IN RFID AND OTHER APPLICATIONS - Disclosed are thick film silver compositions comprised of silver flake and organic medium useful in radio frequency identification devices (RFID). The invention is further directed to method(s) of antenna formation using RFID circuits or other circuits using polymer thick film (PTF). | 2010-05-27 |
20100127224 | Atmospheric injection of reflective aerosol for mitigating global warming - A method is provided for mitigating global warming. In such method, fine particles can be injected or dispersed into the stratosphere. The particles can be characterized by relatively low emissivity in the visible spectrum and relatively high emissivity at thermal infrared wavelengths. In a particular embodiment, the fine particles can consist predominantly of silica. In a particular embodiment, the fine silica particles can include diatomaceous earth (DE), which may or may not be heat treated before injection and dispersal within the stratosphere. In one embodiment, the fine silica particles can include at least one of silica fume, fumed silica, or powdered quartz. The fine silica particles may have an average diameter ranging between 5 nanometers and 100 microns. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127225 | Card Puller - A card puller is usable for retrieving a card from a card pocket. The card puller has an elongated handle and a gripping surface. The gripping surface is disposed near one end of the elongated handle. The gripping surface against the card has a sufficient coefficient of friction to pull the card from the card pocket as the elongated handle is withdrawn from the card pocket. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127226 | Pry bar with adjustable and lockable arms - This invention relates to hand tools and more specifically to tools designed for removing deck boards or the like from floor joists to which they are attached. The embodiment is more particularly a pry bar, having a long handle, a center block coupled to the long handle and having a transverse bore therethrough, two pry arms, one attached on each side of the center block, a bore through each of the pry arms, and a shaft rotatably coupling each of the pry arms to the tool through the center block bore. | 2010-05-27 |
20100127227 | Air conditioner compressor removal and installation apparatus - The air conditioner compressor removal and installation apparatus includes an upper plate having multiple sets of leg sockets depending therefrom. The distal ends of legs installed within any given set of sockets subtend a circle corresponding to the diameter of the inner rim of an air conditioner, heat pump, or HVAC coil housing. The distal end of each leg includes an inverted, L-shaped shoe that rests upon the inner rim of the coil housing when the apparatus is placed thereon. The upper plate includes a winch having a winch cable extending through a hole in the plate. The compressor within the coil housing is disconnected from its attachment and electrical and refrigerant lines. The apparatus is placed atop the coil housing. The winch cable is connected to the compressor, and the winch is operated to lift the compressor from within the coil housing. The process is reversed for reinstallation. | 2010-05-27 |