22nd week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 12 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130134220 | APPARATUS FOR AND METHOD OF UNIFORMLY ILLUMINATING FIELDS OF VIEW IN A POINT-OF-TRANSACTION WORKSTATION - Indicia are imaged at a workstation having windows arranged in intersecting planes. The workstation also has solid-state imagers with fields of view that are split into intersecting subfields that look out through the windows, as well as illumination assemblies each having multiple light sources that illuminate each subfield with illumination light over an illumination field that overlaps a respective subfield. Light-modifying elements, such as lenses or baffles that are radially offset from the multiple light sources, condition the illumination light from the multiple light sources to be generally uniform in light intensity over at least one illuminated subfield. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134221 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING CODE IMAGE IN A PORTABLE TERMINAL - An apparatus and method for acquiring a code image in a portable terminal includes an image recognizing unit for acquiring a picture including the code image and a code analyzing unit for verifying color information items for pixels with respect to the acquired picture, deleting a certain color information item according to a predetermined scheme when there are a plurality of color information items in order to recognize the code image having at least one of a QR code and a bar code. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134222 | METHOD FOR THE CONCRETIZING OF A SUBSTRATE - In a method for concretizing a substrate with a code ( | 2013-05-30 |
20130134223 | Check Processing Device - Swinging open the upstream-side cover part ( | 2013-05-30 |
20130134224 | RADIOFREQUENCY COMMUNICATION DEVICE, THE OPERATION OF WHICH IS CONTROLLED BY A VOLUNTARY GESTURE OF THE HOLDER - A contactless portable device including a support layer and a protective layer, the support layer having, on its first side, an antenna made up of a flat winding of turns and a protective layer glued to the first side of the support layer, the antenna having two cuts, two wires and four ends including two connection ends for connecting a chip, and two ends each connected to a contact separated from one another by a narrow space so as to render the antenna open, such that the antenna is closed by flow of a current between the two contacts through the protective layer when a user places a finger on the protective layer where the contacts are located, and enabling communication between the chip and a reader associated with the contactless portable device. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134225 | RFID ANTENNA MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - According to one embodiment, an RFID antenna module includes an insulating substrate, a loop coil antenna and a magnetic part. The antenna is provided on the insulating substrate. The magnetic part is provided on the insulating substrate to be positioned behind the antenna. The insulating substrate is bent such that the antenna is directed in a plurality of directions. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134226 | RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION LIBRARY SLANTED CAVITY DEVICE - A radio frequency identification apparatus for a book management operation is disclosed, which is an RFID library slanted cavity device configured with a non-metallic slanted cavity for users to place and pick items or books conveniently. The RFID library slanted cavity device is configured with RFID readers for accessing information from books or audio/video multimedia items that are operated by users, by that not only the efficiency of the RFID readers to access the RFID tags attached to the books or multimedia items can be enhanced, but also the output power of the RFID readers can be lower for reducing electromagnetic wave leakage to ambient environment, while still working with satisfactory access efficiency. With the aforesaid device, the accuracy of a self-service operation can be enhanced by its ergonomics design, and also a book management operation can be performed efficiently since the RFID tag attached to books can be accessed effectively. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134227 | Multi-Layered Flexible Printed Circuit and Method of Manufacture - A flexible printed circuit includes 2 insulating flexible layers, and 3 conductive layers each including electrical tracks, the conductive and the insulating layers are provided stacked in alternated fashion. Electrical tracks of 3 conductive layers are electrically connected together through respective layers of insulating substrate to form an RFID antenna. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134228 | ELECTROMAGNETIC-COUPLING-MODULE-ATTACHED ARTICLE - An electromagnetic-coupling module including a radio IC chip and a feeder circuit board on which the radio IC chip is mounted and a feeder circuit including a resonant circuit having a predetermined resonant frequency is attached to an article. The article has a radiation element that radiates a transmission signal supplied from the feeder circuit of the electromagnetic-coupling module via electromagnetic coupling and that supplies a received reception signal to the feeder circuit via the electromagnetic coupling. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134229 | AIR CONDITIONER AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING AN AIR CONDITIONER - An air conditioner and a method of controlling an air conditioner are provided. The air conditioner may include a temperature sensor, a humidity sensor, and a controller. The temperature sensor may sense a temperature of indoor air. The humidity sensor may sense a humidity of the indoor air. The controller may use the sensed temperature and humidity to calculate an indoor standard new effective temperature and an indoor relative humidity, and perform a comfort control operation on the basis of a result of the calculation. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134230 | QUICK WATER HEATER - A quick water heater includes a housing, a water tank, a heating device having an inlet and an outlet, a water pump, a water outlet, a NTC thermistor, and a control circuit board. The water pump is connected between the water tank and the inlet by two water pipes. The water outlet is connected with the outlet. The control circuit board is electrically connected with the heating device and the water pump. The control circuit board includes a first SCR cooperating with the NTC thermistor to control the water pump on or off and a second SCR cooperating with the NTC thermistor to control power of the heating device. When the water temperature of the water outlet reaches to a predetermined temperature, the NTC thermistor sends out a feedback signal to the control circuit board, and then the control circuit board cuts off a power supply of the heating device. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134231 | RAIL BRACE ASSEMBLY - A rail brace assembly is adapted to buttress the head of a stock rail selected from one of two different stock rail groups mounted on the top surface of a brace plate. The assembly includes a stop block assembly also is affixed to the brace plate top surface. A rail brace moveable between a first brace position in which it buttresses the head of a rail from a first stock rail group and a second brace position in which it buttresses the head of a rail from a second stock rail group, has a pair of spaced side walls, an upwardly facing top surface, first rail group head and base fishing surface contact areas, second rail group head and base fishing surface contact areas, a first rail group brace plate contact surface and a second rail group brace plate contact surface. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134232 | INJECTOR AND METHOD FOR CO-FEEDING SOLID AND LIQUID FUELS - An injector for co-feeding liquid and solid fuels into a gasifier is provided. The injector includes a body, a first member, and a second member. The body comprises a first channel for conveying a liquid fuel. The first member surrounds the body to define a second channel for pneumatically conveying a solid fuel. The second member surrounds the first member to define a third channel for conveying a fluid stream for dispersing the solid fuel. The liquid fuel is atomized before being mixed with the solid fuel. A method for co-feeding liquid and solid fuels is also presented. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134233 | METHODS, DEVICES, COMPOSITIONS AND SYSTEMS FOR IMPROVED SCENT DELIVERY - Systems, devices, methods, and compositions that improve the scent perception for a user. Improved scent perception is achieved by presenting alternating scents and by varying levels of output of scents, as well as by minimizing device clogging, thereby improving evaporation profiles. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134234 | SPILL-PROOF DISPERSION DEVICE FOR DISPERSING VOLATILE LIQUIDS - This invention provides a spill-proof dispersion device for dispersing volatile liquids, comprising a receptacle for containing volatile liquid therein and having an opening, at least one wick having an end placed in contact with the volatile liquid in the receptacle and for delivering the volatile liquid, and a diffuser in firm connection to the other end of the at least one wick and having a body with a surface from which the volatile liquid delivered from the wick is dispersed into an environment. The diffuser comprises a base located at its bottom and a sheath having a screwed outer surface and is sleeved tightly on an outer surface of the base; the base and the sheath are to be inserted into the opening of the receptacle such that the diffuser is engaged with the receptacle in an air-tight manner; and the wick runs through the base and the sheath. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134235 | SANITARY INSTALLATION PART - A sanitary fixture with a mounting housing which has a thread for fastening to a mating thread provided on the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting. The mounting housing has a downstream housing end side with flow-through holes, and wherein at least one insertion part can be inserted into the mounting housing as far as an insertion stop. The fixture has an aerated jet regulator or is configured as such, so a circumferential wall of the mounting housing borders at least one aeration duct at least in a subregion of at least a double-walled configuration, and the at least one aeration duct, which is open towards the downstream housing end side, opens out in at least one aeration opening leading into the housing interior of the mounting housing. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134236 | PAINTING ROBOT SYSTEM AND SPRAY GUN UNIT - A painting robot system includes a robot and a spray gun unit. The robot includes a plurality of robot arms and a drive shaft member disposed on a distal end robot arm of the multiple robot arms, the drive shaft member being rotatable about a distal end drive axis. The spray gun unit is mounted on the robot arm. The spray gun unit includes a support member fixed to the distal end robot arm, guide members disposed on the support member, a plurality of spray guns disposed on the support member, and a linkage mechanism connecting between the movable spray guns and the drive shaft member. A spacing between at least one pair of adjacent spray guns can be varied via the linkage mechanism by rotating the drive shaft member of the robot. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134237 | Module for a Device Generating at Least One Water Curtain and Corresponding Device - The present application concerns a module for a device generating at least one water curtain aimed at confining an area of space or for a cooling tower, including at least one water supply, at least one convergence zone mounted downstream of the holding zone, and at least one nozzle mounted downstream of the convergence zone and made of two parallel walls in equal length to the module and separated by a distance defining the thickness of the water curtain. The application also concerns a device generating at least one water curtain including a module previously defined. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134238 | CUTTING FLUID EJECTION APPARATUS - There is provided a cutting fluid ejection apparatus including a cutting fluid ejection nozzle configured to supply a cutting fluid to a tool of a processing machine or a workpiece during processing of the workpiece by the processing machine, a drive motor configured to adjust an ejection angle of the cutting fluid ejection nozzle; and a controller configured to control the drive motor. The controller is capable of performing control in a chip removal operation mode to remove a chip. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134239 | SANITARY FUNCTIONAL UNIT - A sanitary functional unit with a housing releasably fastened to the water outlet of a sanitary outlet fitting, the housing having an outflow-side housing end face with outflow openings. The outflow-side housing end face has at least one slot, opposing longitudinal sides of which form turning engagement surfaces or tool engagement surfaces for a turning tool that is releasably inserted into the slot, and the housing of the functional unit is rotatably held on the water outlet of the outlet fitting and/or the housing end face is mounted rotatably in the housing. Using the turning tool in the slot, a pivotably mounted housing end face in the housing can be easily aligned and/or the turning force required for fitting and removing a screw connection provided between the outer housing periphery and the inner fitting periphery can be conveniently transferred to the housing without requiring special turning tools. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134240 | WATER DISTRIBUTION ASSEMBLY FOR A SELF-PROPELLED MECHANIZED IRRIGATION SYSTEM - A variable pump assembly may be disposed or coupled to a water release point of an irrigation assembly. The variable pump assembly may be configured to control an output water pressure as a function of the irrigation assembly's location or position. As the irrigation assembly travels an irrigation path, the variable pump assembly may dynamically change the output water pressure of the water and/or applicants released from the water release point to provide sufficient irrigational coverage to the land. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134241 | Torque-customized shredder load calibration - Paper shredder thickness calibration using a Hall effect torque detector coupled to a paper shredder motor, producing a signal corresponding to the paper shredder motor rotation, a controller receives the signal and determines a paper shredder motor torque from the signal corresponding to the rotation of the paper shredder motor, with the torque corresponding to shreddant thickness. Signal is compared to predetermined maximum signal beyond which overload is signaled. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134242 | PLANETARY MILL AND METHOD OF MILLING - A planetary mill is disclosed. The planetary mill comprises a self-balancing milling assembly comprising a pair of elongate floating milling chambers arranged in parallel to and on opposite sides of a main axis wherein the milling chambers are free to move outwards in a direction radial to the main axis, a drive assembly for rotating the milling assembly in a first direction of rotation about the main axis, and at least one of belt surrounding the pair of floating milling chambers such that when the milling assembly rotates about the main axis, the at least one belt limits a radial travel outwards of each of the milling chambers. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134243 | SHREDDING MACHINE - The present invention discloses a machine for shredding plastic container. The machine comprises a pressing device, a fixed plate having slits arranged in matrix pattern, where said plate is positioned at one end within the housing and said slits face the interior space of the housing, a movable plate having plurality of blades connected to at least one arm, wherein said plate is arranged to move along a central axis within the housing and said blades edges facing the sharp edges of said fixed plate where the blades configuration correspond to slits matrix pattern. When operating the machine the containers are placed in-between said movable plate and said fixed plate, such that when the movable plates moves along the central axis of the housing toward the fixed plate, the blades crash and cut/shear the container into flakes of predefined size suitable for recycling. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134244 | Auto Paper-Combing Mechanism and an Auto Paper-Feeding Mechanism of a Paper Shredder - The present invention provides an auto paper-combing mechanism of a paper shredder, comprises a frame which is formed with a feeding channel and a fixing shaft, and a feeding salver; a plurality of combing needle beds are disposed on the fixing shaft along the axial direction in sequence, a combing needle is respectively inserted on the bottom of each combing needle bed, the needlepoint of each combing needle heads towards the outlet of the feeding channel, and the height of combing needles are in ladder-like distribution and along the axial direction of the fixing shaft in sequence, furthermore, the vertical distances between the needlepoint of each combing needle and the lower edge of the outlet of the feeding channel are equal. The present invention also provides an auto paper-feeding mechanism of a paper shredder. Compared with the prior art, the height of the combing needles are in ladder-like distribution and in sequence, which can realize auto paper-combing. The whole mechanism is relatively simple. Moreover, the paper can touch the needlepoint of each combing needles at the same time when the paper enters into the feeding channel and closes the combing needles, therefore, the synchronous paper-combing will be realized and the paper-combing efficiency will be increased. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134245 | FOOD PROCESSING DEVICE WITH LID MOUNTED ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM - A food processor includes a base and a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a cutting assembly driven by a motor. The cutting assembly is adjustable to vary the thickness of the cut food items. The food processor includes an adjustment assembly that is operable to adjust the cutting thickness of the cutting assembly while the cutting assembly is driven by the motor. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134246 | USER-CONTROLLED ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM FOR A FOOD PROCESSING DEVICE - A food processor includes a base and a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a cutting assembly driven by a motor. The cutting assembly is adjustable to vary the thickness of the cut food items. The food processor includes an adjustment assembly that is operable to adjust the cutting thickness of the cutting assembly while the cutting assembly is driven by the motor. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134247 | DEVICE FOR CUTTING UP FOODSTUFFS - An apparatus for a kitchen appliance for handling items to be processed includes a static housing part having an upper axial face, and a rotating ring element having a lower axial face which rests on the upper axial face of a static housing part in the presence of an annular gap there between. The upper axial face and/or the lower axial face and/or the rotating ring element is hereby constructed such as to effect a radial conveying of items being processed in the annular gap. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134248 | EXTERNALLY-OPERATED ADJUSTMENT MECHANISM FOR A FOOD PROCESSING DEVICE - A food processor includes a base and a bowl with a removable lid. Food items are advanced into the bowl through a feed tube formed in the lid where they are cut by a cutting assembly driven by a motor. The cutting assembly is adjustable to vary the thickness of the cut food items. The food processor includes an adjustment assembly that is operable to adjust the cutting thickness of the cutting assembly while the cutting assembly is driven by the motor. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134249 | APPARATUS FOR SHEARING AND BREAKING NONFERROUS CASTING - An apparatus for shearing and breaking nonferrous castings of the present invention comprises one cutter unit and the other cutter unit disposed in a frame. Each of the one cutter unit and the other cutter unit is comprised of at least an intermediate cutter unit located at the intermediate stage and a lower cutter unit located at the lower stage. Each of the intermediate cutter units is a multi-vertex cutter part formed into a multi-vertex shape by rhombic cutting edges and crucial cutting edges connected to the respective intersections of diagonals of the rhombic cutting edges. The lower cutter units respectively have a concave cutting edge and a convex cutting edge which are engaged with a gap being formed therebetween. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134250 | TOOL UNIT AND CUTTING OR PUNCHING TOOL FOR A COMMINUTION DEVICE, AND A DEVICE EQUIPPED THEREWITH - A tool unit for a comminution device with a rotor-stator system is provided, in which comminution tools are detachably fastened to tool holders on a rotor circumference and work together with comminution tools located on the stator. In order to shorten the tool replacement downtimes of a device equipped with such a tool unit and to increase its profitability, the tool holder includes a first carrier section and a second carrier section, the rear sides of which sections detachably contact one another in a common contact plane, and on each of the mutually averted front sides of which is located at least one bearing surface for accommodating a tool. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134251 | Reel Lock for Passenger Restraint Having Dual Locking Positions - Disclosed is an improved reel assembly for use in conjunction with an occupant restraint system. The assembly employs a dual locking arrangement whereby an occupant can be restrained during both major and minor incidents. After a major incident, the reel assembly remains locked until the occupant disengages the reel via a push button. After a minor incident, the reel assembly can be conveniently unlocked, without the need for accessing the push button, by applying counter tension to the webbing. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134252 | Earphone Cord Winder - The earphone cord winder in accordance with the present invention allows the cord of an earphone device to be wound thereto in order to prevent damage due to excessive bending. The earphone cord winder has a body, a first, a second, and a third protrusion formed around the body at intervals forming an upper cord groove and a lower cord groove, two receiving slots recessed on a first surface of the body, a plug groove recessed on a second surface of the body, a middle groove connecting the opposite sides of the first protrusion, a remote control groove communicating with the upper cord groove, two first recessions communicating with the two receiving slots respectively, at least one second recession recessed on a side of the second protrusion, and at least one third recession recessed on a side of the third protrusion and communicating with the plug groove. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134253 | Power Rotor Drive for Slowed Rotor Winged Aircraft - A rotor aircraft has an engine having an output shaft. At least one propeller is driven by the engine to provide forward thrust to the aircraft. Wings provide lift while in forward flight. A rotor is driven by rotor drive mechanism, which selectively provides torque to the rotor drive shaft from the engine while in a first mode. The rotor drive mechanism selectively provides torque to the rotor drive shaft to rotate at a speed independent of a speed of the output shaft of the engine while in a second mode. In one embodiment, the rotor drive mechanism is a variable speed transmission powered by the engine. In another embodiment, the rotor drive mechanism is an electric motor. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134254 | UAV Fire-fighting System - An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) designed to extinguish fires from the air while remaining tethered to the ground via a tether system fashioned to provide the UAV with power and extinguishant. The UAV is preferably electrically powered and is stabilized in the air via a system of gyroscopes fashioned to work in concert with a series of electric motors capable of moving to counteract the opposing recoil force exhibited as water escapes the nozzle of the tether. A command and control unit on the ground supplies the UAV with electricity and water via the tether. The UAV is preferably stored within and launched from the command and control unit. Controls and sensor readings are communicated to a controller—be it autonomous or human—on the ground, preferably within or proximal to the command and control unit. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134255 | PILOT CYCLIC CONTROL MARGIN DISPLAY - A system to control flight of an aircraft includes a rotor blade, an actuator operably associated with the rotor blade, a controller operably associated with the actuator, and a flight control system. The flight control system having a subsystem adapted to modify a flight control limit of the aircraft based upon detection of an impending hazardous flight condition and a display showing available flight control limits provided by modification of design control limits based upon the detection of the impending hazardous flight condition. The method includes generating the control limits, modifying the control limits based upon the impending hazardous flight condition, and displaying the displacement of actuator position relative to the displayed control limits thus cueing the pilot as to the cyclic stick or pedal inputs required to increase the control margin from the impending hazardous condition | 2013-05-30 |
20130134256 | ANTI-TORQUE DEVICE WITH LONGITUDINAL THRUST FOR A ROTORCRAFT - A tail assembly ( | 2013-05-30 |
20130134257 | RESILIENT AIRCRAFT ENGINE MOUNTS AND AIRCRAFT ENGINE MOUNTING SYSTEMS INCLUDING THE SAME - Resilient aircraft engine mounts and mounting systems including the same are provided. A resilient aircraft engine mount comprises a base and a pair of opposed spiral springs in parallel forming a clevis with the base. A first spiral spring of the pair of opposed spiral springs has a first center opening extending therethrough. A second spiral spring of the pair of opposed spiral springs has a second center opening extending therethrough that is concentric with the first center opening for accepting a clevis pin. First and second spiral springs are each comprised of a rectangular cross section beam. The resilient aircraft engine mount is tunable in three translational axes to support three degrees of freedom vibration isolation. Two or more resilient aircraft engine mounts provide six degrees of freedom vibration isolation. Resilient aircraft engine mounts attach the aircraft engine to a pylon structure and help isolate vibratory forces. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134258 | Aerodynamic wing load distribution control - An aerodynamic wing load distribution control apparatus for increasing flight performance of an aircraft. The apparatus may include an aileron uprigger connectable to left and right ailerons of an aircraft and configured to uprig the left and the right wing ailerons of such aircraft. An operator interface communicates operator command inputs to the aileron uprigger. The aileron uprigger includes left and right actuators actuable in response to command inputs received from an operator through the operator interface and are connectable into respective left and right aileron control linkages of an aileron actuator assembly. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134259 | FRONT STRUCTURE OF AN AIRCRAFT FUSELAGE COMPRISING LANDING GEAR - A front structure of an aircraft fuselage comprising landing gear pivoting about a main shaft and a stay shaft. The front structure also comprises a first reinforcing frame and a second reinforcing frame, the main shaft and the stay shaft being respectively connected to the first and second frames, and a device for the mechanical connection and transfer of forces connecting the stay shaft and the main shaft and transferring to the main shaft a portion of the forces induced by the wheels of the landing gear onto the stay shaft, the second frame and said device being perpendicular to one another. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134260 | REDUCED DIMENSIONS PLATFORM FOR THE LANDING OF AN AIRCRAFT ON AN ACCESS FACILITY - A reduced dimensions platform ( | 2013-05-30 |
20130134261 | AIRBORNE WIND ENERGY CONVERSION SYSTEM WITH FAST MOTION TRANSFER - Airborne wind energy conversion system a with flying wing, using a cable or belt to transmit motion to a rotor of a ground based electrical generator with high velocity, achieving high aerodynamic efficiency of the wings and high power for a given torque. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134262 | Jam Protection and Alleviation for Control Surface Linkage Mechanisms - A flaperon mechanism that provides jam protection while preventing the component departing from the airplane or causing unacceptable collateral damage. The jam protection feature comprises a controlled failure (fused) mechanism that is associated with the flaperon and flaperon hinge panel and maintains functional movement of the devices. Additional features can be added to the mechanism to block, shield, allow runout and shed other obstruction avenues. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134263 | WINGLESS HOVERING OF MICRO AIR VEHICLE - Embodiments of the subject invention relate to an air vehicle and a power source. Embodiments can operate at reasonable power levels for hovering and withstanding expected wind gusts. Embodiments can have a diameter less than 15 cm. Embodiments can have one or more smooth (continuous curvature) surface and can be operated using electromagnetic and electrohydrodynamic principles. The wingless design of specific embodiments can allow operation with no rotating or moving components. Additional embodiments can allow active response to the surrounding flow conditions. The issue of low lift to drag ratio and degradation of airfoil efficiency due to the inability of laminar boundary layers attachment can also be significantly reduced, or eliminated. The electromagnetic force can be generated by applying a pulsed (alternating/rf) voltage between a set of grounded and powered electrodes separated by a polymer insulator, dielectric, or other material with insulating properties. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134264 | Electric Motor Powered Rotor Drive for Slowed Rotor Winged Aircraft - A rotor aircraft has an engine, a propeller, wings, and a rotor. An electric motor is coupled to the rotor drive shaft for applying torque to the rotor drive shaft. The electric motor is sized to supply all of the torque to pre-rotate the rotor to a selected speed prior to liftoff of the aircraft. The wings are capable of providing substantially all of the lift required during forward flight at a cruise speed. The rotor being is capable of being trimmed to provide substantially zero lift and auto-rotate at cruise speed. Sensors sense flight conditions of the aircraft and provide signals to a controller that selectively causes the electric motor to cease applying torque to the rotor drive shaft during autorotation at cruise speed. The controller also causes the electric motor to apply torque to the rotor drive shaft if the sensors indicate additional rotor speed is needed. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134265 | AIRCRAFT - An aircraft ( | 2013-05-30 |
20130134266 | CUP HOLDER FASTENING STRUCTURE - A cup holder fastening structure includes a cup body, a fastening means hinged on the cup body and a pivotal unit. The cup body has a first coupling portion extended therefrom. The fastening means includes a strap containing a latch teeth section and a holder. The strap is fastened to an upper end of the holder. The holder has a slot to be threaded through by the strap and a second coupling portion extended from one side to mate the first coupling portion. The pivotal unit is hinged between the first and second coupling portions to adjust the angle of the cup body. Through the strap the invention can be strapped on any type of vehicle bars and installed and removed easily. Through the pivotal unit the cup body can be adjusted to a desired use angle to provide greater usability and practicality. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134267 | Apparatus for Supporting Tablet Personal Computers - An apparatus, for supporting tablet personal computers, comprises a main frame, a connection member, a support leg, and a base. The main frame is provided with a coupling means at a center thereof. The connection member, which is provided with a coupling means corresponding to the coupling means of the main frame and is attached with an auxiliary holding means at a back thereof, is coupled to a back of the main frame. The support leg has an upper portion at one end thereof for engaging with the connection member, and a lower portion at the other end thereof for detachably and pivotally coupled to the base. Thereby, a tablet personal computer can be accommodated to the main frame to allow the computer to have a feature of multiple directions and multiple angles and to be operated more easily and comfortably. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134268 | Multiuse Monopod Device Mounting System and Method - A multipoint reconfigurable system and method supporting a wide-variety of configurations that permit adaptation of the mounting system to the user's specific needs. The present invention includes embodiments directed towards multipoint connection bodies, monolegs, flexlegs, lanyard heads, secure connectors, snap connectors, and combinations thereof as well improved structures and methods for implementing these systems and methods. A reversible monopod includes a telescoping columnar monopod body including a proximal end and a distal end; and a coupler coupled to each the end, the coupler selected from the group consisting of a quick-connect type 1 coupler, a quick-connect type 2 coupler complementary to the quick-connect type 1 coupler, a threaded ¼″-20 stud connector, and combinations thereof. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134269 | SUPPORT FITTING FOR HEIGHT-ADJUSTABLE SUPPORT OF A SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTALLY EXTENDING BEARING AND GUIDING TRACK, AND TRACK SYSTEM THEREWITH - A support fitting is used for height-adjustable support of a substantially horizontally extending bearing and guiding track, for a camera trolley (dolly), and has a fitting body with an upper face, for directly or indirectly underpinning the track; and on a lower face lying opposite the upper face, receiving and/or fastening mechanism for fixing at least one support element, so the support fitting can be supported at a certain height with respect to a base. The fitting body can have at a stop member between the upper and lower face for connecting components that substantially extend below the contact surface (e.g. girders or sleepers). A number of variants are disclosed including one having a height-adjustable support for a substantially horizontally extending bearing and guiding track for supporting a camera trolley. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134270 | ELECTRICAL DEVICE SUPPORT - An electrical device support assembly that includes a bracket member that can be mounted on a building wall stud during new construction, and a frame, external to the wall substrate, that is engageable with the bracket member through an opening in the wall substrate. The bracket member may have a plurality of flange elements extending from the perimeter edge of the opening in an internal direction from the wall substrate. The flange elements define the periphery of an opening to be made in the wall substrate and thus act as a template for cutting the substrate opening after substrate is installed flush with the bracket member | 2013-05-30 |
20130134271 | ADJUSTING MECHANISM AND RELATED ANTENNA SYSTEM - An adjusting mechanism includes a supporter, a foundation and a clamper. The supporter includes a base, and a supporting component pivotably disposed on the base along a first axial direction. An open hole is formed on a bottom of the base, and the base includes a fixing portion. The foundation is pivotably disposed on the base. A conjunction portion is disposed on a surface of the foundation, and the fixing portion is connected to the conjunction portion for preventing the base from rotating relative to the foundation. The clamper is fixed on the foundation for piercing through the open hole and partly positioning between the base and the supporting component. The clamper includes a body for clamping a tube, and two connecting parts disposed on a lateral surface of the body. A direction of each connecting part is parallel to a second axial direction perpendicular to the first axial direction. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134272 | ATTACHMENT CLAMP - Various apparatuses to attach a first medical device to a second medical device are described that allow the physician to grasp only a single device while the other device remains securely attached to the one being grasped. The apparatuses, once they are attached to the first medical device, are designed to be easily and quickly attached and detached to a second medical device, normally only requiring the use of one hand. Furthermore, the apparatuses oftentimes include a base that can easily couple and decouple from the portion that is attached to the second medical device so that if the need arises to separately use the second medical device, it can be decoupled from the first medical device without completely removing the apparatus from the second medical device. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134273 | Microphone Mounting Apparatus - A microphone is mounted to apparatus in order to receive sound from a sound source. The apparatus has a microphone clamp to secure different microphones to a variety of musical instruments and other sound sources and may be used to directly mount a microphone to a variety of clamping surfaces. The mounting apparatus incorporates a dual jaw design to allow for easy, fast, and secure mounting to the clamping surface. The apparatus supports a quick release mechanism for easy and fast engagement and disengagement of the dual jaws, consequently reducing time needed to securely clamp and remove the mounting apparatus with the clamping surface. The release mechanism may include a dowel release having a hole through which the jaw stud is situated. The hole has two curved surfaces so that one of jaws may be moved without turning the jaw stud when the dowel release is depressed. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134274 | STRUCTURE OF SUPPORT FRAME FEATURING FAST WARPING AND CLOSING - A structure of support frame featuring fast warping up and closing is mountable to a back surface of an electronic device and includes a cover and at least one bendable mechanism. The cover is mounted to the back surface of the electronic device. The bendable mechanism is mounted to the back surface of the cover and includes at least one deformable plate that is curved and shows a circular arc form. The deformable plate is provided with a depression spot. As such, pressing down the depression spot causes the deformable plate that is of a circular arc form to undergo flattening deformation, making ends of the deformable plate fast warping up in an outward direction. With the warping portions of the deformable plate, a function of supporting or clamping can be realized to hold the electronic device on an object or be worn on a human body. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134275 | Universal Mounting Apparatus - A ball-and-socket joint assembly includes a stationary object, a movable object, and a mounting apparatus. The mounting apparatus has first and second rigid link sections, each link section having an upper socket section and a lower socket section, so that an upper receiving space is defined by the two upper socket sections and a lower receiving space is defined by the two lower socket sections. The assembly further includes an upper coupler having an upper ball that is received for rotation inside the upper receiving space, with the movable object secured to the upper coupler, and a lower coupler having a lower ball that is received for rotation inside the lower receiving space, with the stationary object secured to the lower coupler. A link member secures the link sections together with the upper ball retained inside the upper receiving space, and with the lower ball retained inside the lower receiving space. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134276 | POWER TOOL AND ACCESSORY STORAGE SYSTEM - A connection arrangement for releasably connecting a device receptacle and a support for attachment to a surface. The connection arrangement includes a first connection interface associated with the support including a pair of spaced apart supporting surfaces and a second connection interface associated with the device receptacle including a pair of spaced apart support surface engaging surfaces. Also provided is a storage system for storing devices adjacent a surface including a support for attachment to the surface, at least one device receptacle for receiving a device, wherein the device receptacle is releasably connectable to the support. Preferred forms of the invention include device receptacles for containing hand held power tools, hand tools and parts and accessories therefore. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134277 | SELF-BALANCING, STABLE BEVERAGE CONTAINER SUPPORT - A cup-holder includes a side-of-the-cup supporting element for supporting a cup. The side-of-the-cup supporting element has contact with the side(s) of the beverage container at at least three points distributed around the side(s) of the beverage container. The contact points may be continuous or discontinuous. The points of contact are provided by a side-contact element that that bridges at least the 200° of circumference and has a vertical support element that provides direct support to the side contact element. The three points of contact also must be at a height of the beverage container that is at least 25% upward along the height of the container, and preferably above the center of gravity of a liquid-filled beverage container to provide vertical rotational stability to the system described herein. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134278 | CARTON STACKING STABILIZER ("CSS") - A stabilizer is provided for stabilizing a plurality of stacked box columns, wherein the stabilizer comprises a flat piece of cardboard, which further comprises at least four connected panels including at least two panels contoured to cause said cardboard piece to become a contiguous loop upon folding. The cardboard piece may be made contiguous in many ways including, but not limited to, by the use of a tab lock, a flap lock, or glue. In some embodiments, the unfolded stabilizer may have a triangular cross-section. In other embodiments, the unfolded stabilizer may have a rectangular cross-section. The stabilizer may be used to effectively stabilize stacks of boxes during transit in many different settings including, for example, to prevent palletized stacks of boxes containing products from collapsing during transportation over long distances. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134279 | PARTITION MOUNT WITH INTEGRATED PLUNGER ASSEMBLY - A partition mount system includes an integrated plunger assembly. The integrated plunger assembly is constructed and arranged to be integrated into an interior of an end of an extension pole, for example a standard telescoping extension pole. Mounting of the plunger in an interior portion of the pole in this manner provides for a sleek design that is relatively lightweight. Assuming that the pole in which the anchor is mounted is part of a telescoping pole system, the anchor and plunger do not interfere with full travel of the interior pole with respect to other poles in the telescoping system. In this manner, operation of the telescoping pole system is not inhibited by the integrated plunger assembly. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134280 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device | 2013-05-30 |
20130134281 | SLIDE RAIL DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A slide rail device includes forward/rearward-movement restricting grooves formed on an upper rail; lock portions which are movable in the forward and/or rearward direction relative to the upper rail, wherein the lock portions are lock-engaged with the lock grooves and the forward/rearward-movement restricting grooves when the lock release lever is positioned at the locked position, and the lock portions are released from the lock grooves when the lock release lever is positioned at the unlocked position; and restricting lugs formed on an upper rail, wherein the restricting lugs restrict the lock portions from moving forward or rearward from the forward/rearward-movement restricting grooves, to which the lock portions correspond, by the lock portions coming in contact with the restricting lugs when the lock release lever is positioned at the unlocked position. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134282 | Holder for an electronic device and method of use - A holder allows an electronic device to be positioned on a support surface so that the electronic device is visible to a user. The holder includes a base which is placed on the support surface. At least one front support is connected to and outwardly projecting from the base, and at least one rear support is connected to and outwardly projecting from the base, the rear support being spaced apart from the front support defining a cavity therebetween. The cavity is shaped and dimensioned to receive the electronic device. The electronic device can either be installed in a vertical position or in a horizontal position in the holder. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134283 | COVER PANEL CAPABLE OF KEEPING DISPLAY PANEL DIAGONALLY - It is an object of the present invention to provide a cover panel for keeping a display panel diagonally. A cover panel is employed by an information-indicating means, for example a paper folder, a paper binder, a book with a hard cover and an electronic display. The cover panel is connected to a display panel with a main joint portion. The cover panel is divided into an upper portion and a lower portion by a sub joint portion. When cover panel is opened, the swung lower portion extends on a desk top. In another case, the lower portion and the sub joint portion is abbreviated. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134284 | GRASPING ASSEMBLY AND SUPPORT DEVICE USING THE SAME - A grasping assembly, for grasping an electronic device, includes a fixing seat, a first grasping member securely mounted on the fixing seat, a second grasping member, and at least one elastic member mounted on the second grasping member. A resisting portion is formed on the fixing seat toward the first grasping member. The second grasping member is slidably mounted between the fixing seat and the first grasping member. A grasping portion is formed on a free end of the second grasping member away from the fixing seat. When the second grasping member slides along the fixing seat away from the first grasping member, the at least one elastic member is resisted by the resisting portion and is deformed to generate an elastic force for moving the grasping portion toward the first grasping member for grasping the electronic device. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134285 | MOBILE BASE DEVICE - A mobile base device for a sun umbrella including a base cover. A bearing support is arranged inside the base cover and is hinged with a main lifting arm via a stiffened plate mounted thereon. An outer end of the main lifting arm is screwed to a lifting screw mounted on the bearing support via a lifting screw sleeve and an inner end of the main lifting arm is fixedly coupled to a set of secondary lifting arms through joints. A central portion of the set of secondary lifting arms is hinged with a set of stiffened plates mounted on the bearing support and a lower portion of the outer end of the set of secondary lifting arms is fixedly coupled to a set of casters. Such structure has the advantages of easy movement and fixation as well as practicality and convenience. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134286 | Support Apparatus, Mechanisms and Methods for Operating the Same - An apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes a base member and at least one support member. The base member includes an outer side surface and at least one support-member-receiving channel formed in the outer side surface. The at least one support member is pivotably-coupled to the base member for selective arrangement relative the base member in one of a stowed orientation and a deployed orientation. The at least one support member includes a surface geometry dimension that corresponds to a spatial dimension of the at least one support-member-receiving channel such that: upon arrangement of the at least one support member in the stowed orientation, an outer surface of the at least one support member is aligned with the outer side surface of the base member, and upon arrangement of the at least one support member in the deployed orientation, the base member in combination with the at least one support member forms a pod. A method is also disclosed. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134287 | VERSATILE SECURE DISPLAY SYSTEM - The versatile secure system includes at least one wire detection element for detecting a separation of an object from a display system, at least a base, a sliding column, a head, a cover or a monitoring unit, the head receiving a detector and the object attached thereto. The column has two opposite ends, the base, the column and the head being distinct elements assembled together, the head receiving a detector including one detection sensor for detecting a separation of the object, the sensor being connectable by an electric cable to a wire monitoring electronic unit, the head being removably attached to a first end of the column, the base including a hole through which the second end of the column may be inserted and the column be slid and immobilized at the desired height by an immobilization element, the column being hollow for accommodating a spool and the electric cable. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134288 | SPRING POST BOX HOLDER FOR RECEIVING A MAILBOX AND POST ARRANGEMENT FOR ABSORBING IMPACTS, E.G., FROM SNOW, SLUSH, ICE AND WATER THROWN FROM A PLOWBLADE - A spring post box holder features an elastic assembly (EA), a lower unit assembly (LUA) and an upper unit assembly (UUA). The EA expands and contracts in response to a force. The LUA mounts to the ground and has a square tube with four walls and a wall to couple to the EA. The UUA mounts to a mailbox post on one end and has a post pocket retainer (PPR) with a front, back and opposing side walls. The UUA mounts to the LUA via the elastic assembly member, and flexes vis-a-vis the LUA in response to the force. The front, back and opposing side walls sit within the four walls of the square tube allowing a flexing of the UUA vis-a-vis the LUA in side-to-side directions and a front-to-back direction and a returning and seating of the UUA back to an original return position vis-à-vis to the LUA in response to the force, and preventing flexing of the UUA vis-a-vis to the LUA in a back-to-front direction. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134289 | Engine Mount Assembly and Mounting System for a Vehicle - An engine mount assembly is provided for mounting an engine to a vehicle frame. The engine mount assembly includes an elastomeric material snubber element having a generally elongated configuration with axial end faces and a coaxial bolt passage defined therethrough. A tubular sleeve has an inner shape sized for sliding receipt of the snubber element therein. The tubular sleeve has a longitudinal cross-sectional profile such that a bottom longitudinal cross-sectional portion of the tubular sleeve extends axially beyond the end faces of the snubber element and defines an enlarged attachment footprint for the tubular sleeve to a vehicle frame flange. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134290 | VEHICLE CARRIER DISK - A vehicle carrier having a bottom frame which is composed of a left beam, a right beam and a bridging beam, characterized in that: the vehicle carrier further has an accessorial frame. A first vehicle plate is laid between the accessorial frame and the left beam, while a second vehicle plate is laid between the accessorial frame and the right beam. Compared with the prior art, in the present invention, the accessorial frame is disposed on the bottom frame, and the span length of the vehicle plate is smaller, so the material used for manufacturing the vehicle plate can be thin. Therefore, in the present invention, the materials can be significantly saved and the cost can be reduced, moreover, it can avoid the vehicles shifting on the direction when the vehicles enter into the vehicle carrier to ensure that the vehicles park in the right position. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134291 | Holder for Electronic Device with Support - A protective holder for the iPhone®, iPad®, iPod Touch™, electronic books, electronic tablet computers and other portable devices having a frontal LCD, OLED, touch screen, or other display that employs a form-fitting backplate with corner frames for cradling the device while leaving the entire frontal aspect unobstructed is disclosed. The holder may include a series of contoured side grippers on each side of the backplate for clamping the device in place without obstructing the LCD screen (or access to it for cleaning or otherwise). The holder may include a fully-adjustable kickstand for upright hands-free viewing of the device at several landscape and portrait angles and the holder may also include a built-in moveable directional sound reflector and noise shield improves audio performance, and a detachable belt clip allows belt wearing. The holder has an extreme slimline folded profile to facilitate pocket insertion, minimize bulk and create an eye-catching aesthetic. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134292 | APPARATUS TO APPLY A VARIABLE SURFACE TEXTURE ON AN AIRFOIL - A drum is provided having a peripheral surface with texture features thereon. The texture features may be a plurality of grooves for applying riblets to an airfoil surface. Methods of using the drum are also provided. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134293 | OPTICAL EXAMINATIONS WITH CONTROLLED INPUT LIGHT - The invention relates to a sensor device ( | 2013-05-30 |
20130134294 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTINUOUS, ASYNCHRONOUS AUTOFOCUS OF OPTICAL INSTRUMENTS - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to autofocus subsystems within optical instruments that continuously monitor the focus of the optical instruments and adjust distances within the optical instrument along the optical axis in order to maintain a precise and stable optical-instrument focus at a particular point or surface on, within, or near a sample. Certain embodiments of the present invention operate asynchronously with respect to operation of other components and subsystems of the optical instrument in which they are embedded. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134295 | IMAGING SYSTEMS WITH SELECTABLE COLUMN POWER CONTROL - Electronic devices may include image sensors having image pixel arrays with image pixels arranged in pixel rows and pixel columns. Each pixel column may be coupled to a column line having column readout circuitry. The column readout circuitry on each column line may include signal processing circuitry and a latch circuit. The latch circuit on each column line may be used to selectively enable and disable the signal processing circuitry on that column line. Each latch circuit may be coupled to first and second signal lines for globally enabling and disabling the signal processing circuitry on all of the column lines. Each latch circuit may be coupled to column decoder circuitry. The column decoder circuitry may provide a column-select signal to latch circuits on a chosen subset of column lines that enables the signal processing circuitry on those column lines by setting those latch circuits. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134296 | AD CONVERSION CIRCUIT AND IMAGING APPARATUS - An AD conversion circuit includes a reference signal generation unit, which generates a reference signal, a comparison unit, which ends a comparison process at a timing at which the reference signal has satisfied a predetermined condition with respect to the analog signal, a first path in which a signal is transferred through each of n delay units, a clock signal generation unit, which outputs a lower-order phase signal, a latch unit, which latches the lower-order phase signal, a higher-order count unit including a first counter circuit, which acquires a higher-order count value by performing a count operation using a signal output from any one of the delay units, a calculation unit, which generates a lower-order count signal, and a lower-order count unit, which acquires a lower-order count value by performing the count operation using the lower-order count signal. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134297 | SEMICONDUCTOR INTEGRATED CIRCUIT AND OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE USING THE SAME - A resistor array is provided in an element array. A mean value of a characteristic-value distribution is associated with a median of combined resistance values obtained by the element array. An array of trimming information pieces corresponding to combined resistance values larger than the median is set in a descending order of ‘15’ to ‘8’ in decimal number, and an array of trimming information pieces corresponding to combined resistance values less than the median is set in an ascending order of ‘0’ to ‘7’ in decimal number. A circuit converts trimming information derived from the trimming information generation circuit to generate element selection information for selecting turn-off resistors to obtain combined resistance values from the resistor array. Thus, the number of melted-and-cut fuses involved in generation of trimming information associated within the range of “mean value±2σ” in the distribution is reduced. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134298 | RADIATION DETECTION DEVICE WITH IMPROVED ILLUMINATION RANGE - A pixel comprises a photodetector and a control circuit. The pixel is provided with an output terminal designed to connect an analysis circuit. The photodetector is configured to have two different operating modes associated with different biasing conditions. A switch connecting the photodetector to the output terminal of the pixel and a circuit for a connecting/disconnecting the control circuit with the output terminal of the pixel and with the photodetector allow to switch between the two operating modes. A comparator compares the voltage across the capacitive load with respect to a threshold value and outputs first and second signals according to the comparison. The comparator is connected to the circuit for connecting/disconnecting the control circuit and to the switch. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134299 | DETECTOR FOR DETECTING ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION WITH TRANSFER GATE AND DRAINING GATE - An electromagnetic radiation detector includes a semiconductor substrate of a first doping type, a well in the semiconductor substrate of a second doping type, two or more detector terminal doping regions, two or more transfer gates, and a collection gate. The first and second doping type are different and the well includes a rising dopant concentration in a direction parallel to a surface of the semiconductor substrate. The two detector terminal doping regions are arranged at least partly in a terminal region of the well. The detection of the electromagnetic radiation is based on a generation of free charge carriers by the electromagnetic radiation in a detection region of the well. The transfer gates control a transfer of free charge carriers to be or not to be evaluated in a region of the well. The collection gate collects free charge carriers in the stated region of the well. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134300 | OPTICAL SENSOR DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a high-reliability, compact, and low-cost optical sensor device. The optical sensor device includes a glass lid substrate ( | 2013-05-30 |
20130134301 | PRISM OPTICAL SYSTEM, AND IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS AND IMAGING APPARATUS INCORPORATING THE PRISM OPTICAL SYSTEM - The invention provides a prism optical system comprising at least four optical surfaces, each having optical functions. At least two of the four optical surfaces are each a rotationally asymmetric surface, and one of two surfaces on which light is incident or from which light exits out is capable of one transmission and two internal reflections. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134302 | OPTICAL INTENSITY DETERMINATION UNIT, METHOD OF FORMING THE SAME, AND OPTICAL A/D CONVERTER - An optical intensity determination unit includes: an optical input port; an optical output port; an optical resonator provided between the optical input port and the optical output port; a first light receiving element for converting at least a part of an optical signal output from a first output port of the optical resonator into an electric signal; a second light receiving element for converting at least a part of an optical signal output from a second output port of the optical resonator into an electric signal; a comparing circuit for determining magnitudes of the electric signals output from the first light receiving element and the second light receiving element to output a digital signal; and an optical branching circuit for branching light output from the second output port of the optical resonator into the optical output port and the second light receiving element. An optical intensity phase conversion unit for modulating an optical phase according to intensity of input light is provided in a part of a waveguide in the optical resonator. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134303 | LIGHT SENSING DEVICE HAVING A LENS - Light sensing devices are described that have a lens to focus light. In one or more implementations, the light sensing devices include a substrate having a photodetector formed thereon. The photodetector is capable of detecting light and providing a signal in response thereto. The devices also include a display screen that allows light to at least substantially pass through the display screen. An optical baffle extends above a surface of the substrate to display screen and is configured to at least substantially prevent transmission of optical crosstalk to the photodetector. The devices also include a lens disposed proximate to the display screen. The lens is configured to focus light incident upon the lens and to pass the focused light to the photodetector. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134304 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR GAIN REGULATION IN A GAMMA DETECTOR - Methods and systems to determine and regulate the gain of gamma-ray detectors in tools equipped with neutron sources are provided. Gain regulation may be based on the gamma ray background generated in the tool by interaction of neutrons with the nuclei of some elements constituting the tool structure. Some chemical elements that are used in construction of the tool's mechanical parts and structure result in characteristic gamma ray lines in a measured energy spectrum. These lines can be used to calibrate the energy scale of the response of the detector, without any added calibration radio isotopic source. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134305 | POST-IONIZATION OF NEUTRALS FOR ION MOBILITY oTOFMS IDENTIFICATION OF MOLECULES AND ELEMENTS DESORBED FROM SURFACES - The present invention relates to a method and apparatus for ionizing a neutral MALDI desorption plume, and in particular, for efficiently measuring the ionized MALDI desorption plume when post-ionization techniques are combined with a medium pressure MALDI-IM-oTOFMS instrument. Additionally, the present disclosure provides a method and apparatus that simultaneously separates tissue-sample MALDI ions by IM-oTOFMS according to their chemical family. After separation, the MALDI ions are directly compared to the ions created by post-ionizing the co-desorbed neutral molecules with a second laser wherein the second laser is delayed by a few hundred microseconds. The present disclosure further provides novel approaches that enhance the analysis of ions, including the use of giant fullerene internal standards to enhance mass accuracy, and ultraviolet (UV) declustering lasers to generate intact peptides and proteins, either of which may be followed by VUV post-ionization which generates identifiable structural fragments. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134306 | VACUUM ANALYZER - A vacuum analyzer including a vacuum reaction chamber; a gas source; a flow rate-restricting resistance tube connected to the reaction chamber; a pressure detection device disposed upstream from the flow rate-restricting resistance tube; a flow rate adjustment for adjusting the amount of gas exiting the flow rate-restricting resistance tube so that the detected value from the pressure detection device reaches a prescribed value; a split flow path that is provided with a splitter resistance tube and divides the gas at a location between the flow rate adjustment and the pressure detection device; a passage open to the atmosphere which divides the gas flowing from upstream at a location between the flow rate adjustment and the pressure detection device and releases the divided gas to the atmosphere; and a valve provided in the passage open to the atmosphere. Therein, the split flow path is connected immediately downstream from the valve. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134307 | Inductively Coupled Plasma Source as an Electron Beam Source for Spectroscopic Analysis - A single column inductively coupled plasma source with user selectable configurations operates in ion-mode for FIB operations or electron mode for SEM operations. Equipped with an x-ray detector, energy dispersive x-ray spectroscopy analysis is possible. A user can selectively configure the ICP to prepare a sample in the ion-mode or FIB mode then essentially flip a switch selecting electron-mode or SEM mode and analyze the sample using EDS or other types of analysis. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134308 | SAMPLE OBSERVATION APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MARKING - If an indentation mark is put in the vicinity of a defect under constant conditions regardless of the film type of samples, surroundings of the mark become cracked or the mark may be too small to view, thus causing the problem of difficulty in viewing the mark or the defect. Another problem is that in a patterned wafer, an indentation mark is coincidentally put on a film not suited for marking. To solve such problems, an elemental analysis is conducted of a position to be marked and, on the basis of the analysis results, such indentation marking conditions as the pressing load, descending rate, and marking depth of an indenter are varied to perform marking suited for a film type. If the film type of the location to be marked cannot be concluded to be a registered film type, marking under wrong conditions is prevented by switching to manual setting. It is also possible to avoid putting marks on a material if the material is not suited for marking. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134309 | NONLINEAR OPTICAL AND ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICES AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF FOR AMPLIFICATION OF NON-LINEAR PROPERTIES - This invention provides devices and methods for broad-band amplification of non linear properties. This invention provides devices comprising optically non linear material that is in contact with a slit array. The slit array causes enhancement of the electromagnetic field within the non linear materials. The enhancement of the electromagnetic field within the optically non linear material results in an amplified non linear response exhibited by the optically non linear materials. This invention provides detectors and imaging systems based on devices and methods of this invention. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134310 | CHEMICAL MAPPING USING THERMAL MICROSCOPY AT THE MICRO AND NANO SCALES - A non-destructive method for chemical imaging with ˜1 nm to 10 μm spatial resolution (depending on the type of heat source) without sample preparation and in a non-contact manner. In one embodiment, a sample undergoes photo-thermal heating using an IR laser and the resulting increase in thermal emissions is measured with either an IR detector or a laser probe having a visible laser reflected from the sample. In another embodiment, the infrared laser is replaced with a focused electron or ion source while the thermal emission is collected in the same manner as with the infrared heating. The achievable spatial resolution of this embodiment is in the 1-50 nm range. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134311 | NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING APPARATUS AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING METHOD - In the nuclear medicine imaging apparatus according to the one embodiment, the ADC converts the output data of each of the photodetectors to digital data. The counting information collecting unit collects counting results from the digital data, and the counting information storage unit stores the counting result in association with the digital data. The coincidence counting information generating unit generates coincidence counting information. The image reconstructing unit reconstructs a PET image, based on the coincidence counting information. The time correction data stores a correction time for each of the photodetectors. The system controlling unit controls to correct the detection time of the gamma rays in the digital data associated with each piece of the counting information by use of the correction time, and to generate new coincidence counting information. The system controlling unit controls to reconstruct a new nuclear medicine image, based on the new coincidence counting information generated. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134312 | RADIATION DETECTION APPARATUS AND RADIOGRAPHIC SYSTEM - A radiation detection apparatus including a sensor unit having photoelectric conversion units two-dimensionally arranged and a scintillator layer which converts radiation into light, comprising a first member disposed on the sensor unit, and a second member disposed on the first member, wherein the scintillator layer is disposed on the second member, and letting n | 2013-05-30 |
20130134313 | DETECTOR ARRANGEMENT OF AN IMAGING SYSTEM DETECTOR DETECTING IONIZING RADIATION WITH AIR COOLING AND METHOD FOR COOLING THE DETECTOR ARRANGEMENT - A detector arrangement of an imaging system detector detecting ionizing radiation includes a detector carrier, a plurality of detector modules attached to the detector carrier, and a collimator disposed in the radiation direction in front of the detector modules which are disposed on the incident radiation measurement side. In at least one embodiment, at least one air gap is included for conveying cooling air is disposed between the collimator and the measurement sensors of the detector modules. A method is also disclosed for cooling a detector arrangement of a detector rotating around a system axis with a plurality of measurement sensors disposed next to one another and a collimator arranged in the radiation direction in front of the measurement sensors, wherein cooling air is conveyed in or against the system axis direction between the collimator and the measurement sensors which directly cools the surface of the measurement sensors. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134314 | POSITRON EMISSION COMPUTED TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS - A positron emission computed tomography apparatus according to an embodiment includes a detector, a coincidence counting information generating unit, and a body movement detecting unit. The detector detects annihilation radiation released from a subject. The coincidence counting information generating unit searches for sets of counting information, which counted a pair of annihilation radiations at substantially the same time, from a counting information list that is generated from output signals of the detector; generates a set of coincidence counting information for each retrieved set of counting information; and generates a time series list of coincidence counting information. Based on the time series list of coincidence counting information, the body movement detecting unit detects temporal changes in the body movement of the subject. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134315 | PARTICLE BASED NEUTRON DETECTOR - A method and device include a conductive base layer, a semiconducting layer supported by and electrically coupled to the base layer, the semiconductor layer have integrated gadolinium nanoparticles presenting a high cross section to neutron particles, and a conductive top layer electrically coupled to the semiconductor layer, wherein the base layer and top layer are disposed to collect current from electrons resulting from neutron interactions with the gadolinium nanoparticles. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134316 | RADIOGRAPHY DEVICE - In this radiography device, the radiation conversion panel side of a scintillator is formed in a convex shape towards the radiation conversion panel, the end portions of columnar crystals are formed at said side, and the end portions of the columnar crystals can contact the radiation conversion panel. | 2013-05-30 |
20130134317 | DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR DETECTING IONIZING RADIATION - A detector and a method for the detection of ionising radiation are proposed. The detector ( | 2013-05-30 |
20130134318 | BEAM LINE FOR A SOURCE OF EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET (EUV) RADIATION - The invention relates to a beam line ( | 2013-05-30 |
20130134319 | MECHANICAL SHOCK ISOLATION FOR A RADIOGRAPHIC DEVICE - A portable radiation detector is described having various shock isolation features. In one embodiment, shock isolation may be provided by providing a non-rigid mounting for a support layer within the portable detector to an enclosure of the portable detector. In other embodiments, an elastomeric strip is provided about all or part of an edge of the enclosure. In other embodiments, a removable elastomeric cover is provided for the portable detector. | 2013-05-30 |