| 38th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 6 |
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| 20090230278 | SENSOR MOUNT ASSEMBLY - A shock resistant sensor assembly comprises a base plate, a clamp lid, a hinge assembly secured to the base plate and the clamp lid and forming a hinge connection, and a releasable clamp assembly secured to either the base plate or the clamp lid opposite the hinge assembly and having a latch member for releasably engaging and clamping the other end of the base plate or the clamp lid. A sensor housing with a sensor is clamped between the base plate and the clamp lid. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230279 | Leverage Device and System Using Same - The present invention relates to a leverage device for leveraging a first member into a final position relative to a second member. Also disclosed is a leverage system that uses the leverage device. The leverage device of the present invention at least includes a mounting bracket, an actuating lever, a first linkage member, a second linkage member, and a cam. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230280 | Carrier and Method for Manufacturing Flexible Display Panel - A carrier applicable to a laser releasing process and for carrying at least a flexible display panel is provided. The flexible display panel is formed on a transparent substrate and includes a display main body and a driving circuit module connected to an edge of the display main body. The carrier includes a carrying plate having at least a carrying area for carrying the flexible display panel and a protecting cover disposed on the carrying plate and located at an edge of the carrying area. A receiving space is formed between the protecting cover and the carrying plate for receiving the driving circuit module. The protecting cover is for shielding the driving circuit module to prevent the driving circuit module from being irradiated by a laser beam in the laser releasing process. A method for manufacturing flexible display panel also is provided. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230281 | MOLD WITH UNLOADING MECHANISM - A mold with unloading mechanism includes an upper insert embedded in an upper plate, a lower insert embedded in a lower plate and matching the upper insert to define a cavity therebetween for molding the product, a bottom clamping plate located under the lower plate via a padding plate, a pusher penetrating through the bottom clamping plate to push an ejector plate assembly movably received in the padding plate, two unloading pins, a stroke pin and an elastic element. The bottom of the unloading pin is fixed in the ejector plate assembly and the bottom of the stroke pin is movably configured in the ejector plate assembly. The top of the unloading pin and the stroke pin movably penetrates through the lower plate and the lower insert to push the product. The elastic element is against the bottom clamping plate and the bottom of the stroke pin. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230282 | POSITIONING MECHANISM FOR USE IN MOLD STRUCTURE - A positioning mechanism ( | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230283 | FORM CLAMP - A form clamp particularly useful in construction environments for clamping two side-by-side forming panels is provided. The form clamp includes a frame having a first jaw and a slider having a second jaw opposed to the first jaw. The slider is shiftable along the frame, and at least one includes a locating pin configured for receipt in holes in forming panels. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230284 | LUMINOUS INTENSITY MEASURING DEVICE - A luminous intensity measuring device includes a photoresistor, a number of voltage-dividing resistors, a plurality of comparators, a micro control unit (MCU), and an indicator. The photoresistor is connected to a current-limiting resistor in series between a direct current (DC) power supply and ground. The voltage-dividing resistors are connected in series, and together are connected parallel to the photoresistor and the current-limiting resistor located between the DC power supply and ground. A non-inverting node between the photoresistor and the current-limiting resistor is connected to the non-inverting input terminals of the comparators. The inverting terminals of the comparators are respectively connected to inverting nodes between every two adjacent voltage-dividing resistors. The output terminals of the comparators are connected to the input terminals of the MCU. The indicator is connected to the output terminals of the MCU. The MCU controls the indicator to indicate luminous intensity. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230285 | Drive and measurement circuit for a photomultiplier - A method of measuring an anode current in an electron-multiplier device having an anode, a cathode, dynodes and a voltage divider network for applying voltages to the dynodes, which method includes applying an HV positive voltage to the anode and intermediate voltages to the dynodes, the cathode being at or near circuit ground potential, conducting dynode currents through or in parallel to the voltage divider to a point substantially at cathode potential, and deriving from those currents a current representative of the anode current. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230286 | MICRO CHANNEL PLATE ASSEMBLY - In an MCP assembly | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230287 | STACKED IMAGE SENSOR WITH SHARED DIFFUSION REGIONS IN RESPECTIVE DROPPED PIXEL POSITIONS OF A PIXEL ARRAY - A CMOS image sensor or other type of image sensor comprises a sensor wafer and an underlying circuit wafer. The sensor wafer comprises a plurality of photosensitive elements arranged in respective positions of a two-dimensional array of positions in which a subset of the array positions do not include photosensitive elements but instead include diffusion regions each of which is shared by two or more of the photosensitive elements. The sensor wafer is interconnected with the circuit wafer utilizing a plurality of inter-wafer interconnects coupled to respective ones of the shared diffusion regions in respective ones of the array positions that do not include photosensitive elements. The image sensor may be implemented in a digital camera or other type of image capture device. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230288 | METHOD FOR THE OPERATION OF A PHOTOELECTRIC SENSOR ARRAY - A method for operating a sensor array of pixels which each generate a content corresponding to light incident thereon over an exposure period includes the following operations. The pixels are arranged into first and second regions and are reset such that the contents are cleared. The pixels are then exposed to receive light for a first exposure period. The exposure is then interrupted during which the content of each pixel in the first region is read. The pixels are then exposed to receive light for a second exposure period. The exposure is then interrupted during which the content of each pixel in the second region is read. The exposing and interrupting are performed without resetting the pixels such that the read content of each first region pixel depends on the first exposure period and the read content of each second region pixel depends on the first and second exposure periods. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230289 | Pixel Structure Having Shielded Storage Node - A pixel structure having a shielded storage node. A pixel comprises a sample transistor coupled to a light detecting stage. The sample transistor comprises an inner junction region surrounding and coupled to a storage node and a gate disposed around at least three sides of the inner junction region that operates as a charge barrier to shield the storage node. A memory capacitor is coupled to the storage node. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230290 | IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGE-SENSING APPARATUS USING THE IMAGE SENSOR, AND IMAGE-SENSING SYSTEM - An image sensor has a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric converter and a pixel circuit for processing signals from the photoelectric converter and outputting processed signals and a scanning circuit, disposed between the photoelectric converters, included in each of at least two adjacent pixels among a plurality of pixels aligned in a single direction. An edge pixel accommodates, in order from an edge of the image sensor toward an interior, a predetermined empty region, a photoelectric converter and a pixel circuit. There is at least one position at which two adjacent pixels, the first of the two pixels accommodating, in order, a pixel circuit, a photoelectric converter and predetermined empty region, the second accommodating, in order, a predetermined empty region, a photoelectric converter and a pixel circuit. The scanning circuit is disposed in the predetermined empty region between the two adjacent pixels. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230291 | AUTOMATIC ANALYZER AND ANALYSIS SYSTEM USING PHOTOMULTIPLIER TUBE - A photomultiplier tube is susceptible to noise at a low concentration and to saturation at a high concentration. It is necessary to make a measurement with an appropriate intensity of light to provide good reproducibility and linearity. Only adjustment of reagent concentration and constituents are not sufficient to apply the photomultiplier tube to a wide range of concentration. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230292 | PROTECTION CIRCUIT AND PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE - A protection circuit and a photoelectric conversion device are provided, each of which includes a first wiring, a second wiring, a first switch, a second switch, a capacitor, and a comparing circuit configured to generate a signal corresponding to a potential of the first wiring and a potential of the second wiring, and supply the signal to the first switch and the second switch. The first wiring is electrically connected to a first terminal of the first switch, and the second wiring is electrically connected to a first terminal of the second switch. A second terminal of the first switch is electrically connected to a first electrode of the capacitor, and a second terminal of the second switch is electrically connected to a second electrode of the capacitor. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230293 | METHOD FOR CORRECTION OF NON-UNIFORMITY IN DETECTOR ELEMENTS COMPRISED IN AN IR-DETECTOR - A method for correction of non-uniformity in signal level in different image points in an IR-camera, based on a scene being observed during movement in time of detector elements, of a camera in which the detector elements are arranged and/or of the scene, with deviating output signals for the same energy in the scene measured by different detector elements being corrected for image interference so that they provide essentially the same output signal. Micro-mechanical gyros are introduced that measure the angular velocity parallel to and perpendicular to the optical axis of the scene. The measured movement is used as an estimate for calculating the movement with a movement estimation method based on scene data. The estimated movement is coordinated with an associated image. The difference between the most recent image and the immediately preceding image or the average value of a plurality of preceding images is calculated as offset parameters. The offset parameters are updated by correction of previous offset parameters with the most recent offset parameters. The most recent image is corrected for static noise by applying the most recently produced offset parameters to the most recent image. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230294 | Methods and Systems for In Situ Calibration of Imaging in Biological Analysis - Software, methods, and systems for calibrating photometric devices are provided. These involve using a non-uniform test illumination field to approximate a photon transfer curve by calculating stable pixel values and statistical dispersions on a pixel-by-pixel basis. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230295 | MEASUREMENT OF HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY USING A RADIOACTIVE OR ACTIVATABLE TRACER - A method of determining the distance, from a reference point, of a tracer emitting radiation comprising a first component emitted at a first known energy level and a second component emitted at a second known energy level, the intensity of a penetrating portion of the first component that penetrates a substance between the tracer and the reference point and the intensity of a penetrating portion of the second component of the radiation that penetrates the substance being a function of the rate of gamma radiation emission of the tracer as well as of the distance of the tracer from the reference point, the method comprising: a) measuring the intensity of the first penetrating portion and the intensity of the second penetrating portion; b) determining the ratio of the intensity of the first penetrating portion to the intensity of the second penetrating portion; and c) determining the distance of the tracer from the reference point. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230296 | RADIAL ARRAYS OF NANO-ELECTROSPRAY IONIZATION EMITTERS AND METHODS OF FORMING ELECTROSPRAYS - Electrospray ionization emitter arrays, as well as methods for forming electrosprays, are described. The arrays are characterized by a radial configuration of three or more nano-electrospray ionization emitters without an extractor electrode. The methods are characterized by distributing fluid flow of the liquid sample among three or more nano-electrospray ionization emitters, forming an electrospray at outlets of the emitters without utilizing an extractor electrode, and directing the electrosprays into an entrance to a mass spectrometry device. Each of the nano-electrospray ionization emitters can have a discrete channel for fluid flow. The nano-electrospray ionization emitters are circularly arranged such that each is shielded substantially equally from an electrospray-inducing electric field. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230297 | HIGH-VOLTAGE POWER UNIT AND MASS SPECTROMETER USING THE POWER UNIT - The output terminal P | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230298 | DATA PROCESSOR FOR MASS SPECTROMETER - A main peak list is created with the data obtained by an MS | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230299 | ION SOURCE, ION BEAM PROCESSING/OBSERVATION APPARATUS, CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR OBSERVING CROSS SECTION OF SAMPLE - An ion beam machining and observation method relevant to a technique of cross sectional observation of an electronic component, through which a sample is machined by using an ion beam and a charged particle beam processor capable of reducing the time it takes to fill up a processed hole with a high degree of flatness at the filled area. The observation device is capable of switching the kind of gas ion beam used for machining a sample with the kind of a gas ion beam used for observing the sample. To implement the switch between the kind of a gas ion beam used for sample machining and the kind of a gas ion beam used for sample observation, at least two gas introduction systems are used, each system having a gas cylinder a gas tube, a gas volume control valve, and a stop valve. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230300 | RAPID DETECTION OF VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS FOR IDENTIFICATION OF BACTERIA IN A SAMPLE - In various embodiments, the invention relates to a method for identifying the presence of particular bacteria in a sample. The method includes collecting a sample that includes or has been exposed to the particular bacteria and detecting, in the sample, at least one volatile organic compound indicative of the presence of the bacteria. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230301 | MASS SPECTROMETRY APPARATUS AND METHOD - Disclosed is a mass spectrometry apparatus and method capable of providing enhanced analysis sensitivity in a mass spectrometric analysis for a small amount of ions. A quadrupole rod-type ion guide is employed to temporarily accumulate ions to be introduced into an ion trap, and ions are introduced into the ion guide in an amount less than a saturated ion amount in the ion guide, and accumulated in an exit end of the ion guide. As compared with an octopole rod-type ion guide, the quadrupole rod-type ion guide has a higher ion-converging capability, and therefore can confine and hold a small amount of ions around an ion optical axis, although it is inferior in ion-accumulating capability. This makes it possible to efficiently introduce the ions into the ion trap through two openings of an electric field-correcting electrode and an entrance endcap electrode, so as to perform a high-sensitive analysis. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230302 | Electron Transfer Dissociation for Biopolymer Sequence Analysis - The present invention relates to a new method for fragmenting ions in a mass spectrometer through the use of electron transfer dissociation, and for performing sequence analysis of peptides and proteins by mass spectrometry. In the case of peptides, the invention promotes fragmentation along the peptide backbone and makes it possible to deduce the amino acid sequence of the sample, including modified amino acid residues, through the use of an RF field device. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230303 | DEFECT ANALYZER - The present invention provides methods, devices, and systems for analyzing defects in an object such as a semiconductor wafer. In one embodiment, it provides a method of characterizing defects in semiconductor wafers during fabrication in a semiconductor fabrication facility. This method comprises the following actions. The semiconductor wafers are inspected to locate defects. Locations corresponding to the located defects are then stored in a defect file. A dual charged-particle beam system is automatically navigated to the vicinity defect location using information from the defect file. The defect is automatically identified and a charged particle beam image of the defect is then obtained. The charged particle beam image is then analyzed to characterize the defect. A recipe is then determined for further analysis of the defect. The recipe is then automatically executed to cut a portion of the defect using a charged particle beam. The position of the cut is based upon the analysis of the charged particle beam image. Ultimately, a surface exposed by the charged particle beam cut is imaged to obtain additional information about the defect. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230304 | SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - In a VP-SEM that uses gas multiplication induced within a low-vacuum sample chamber and uses a method of detecting a positive displacement current, a secondary electron detector for the VP-SEM that responds at high speed, which can acquire a TV-Scan rate image at a low cost while saving a space is provided. A secondary electron detector is formed by forming the electron supplying electrode and the detection electrode on the flexible thin film type substrate such as a polyimide film, etc., by an etching method. Thereby, the space can be saved while realizing low cost due to mass production. Further, the ion horizontally moving with respect to the surface of the secondary electron detector is detected and the ion moving in a vertical direction returned to the sample holder is not detected, making it possible to realize a high-speed response. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230305 | RADON MONITOR - A radon monitor includes a housing defining a housing cavity and having an opening in an exterior wall that is in fluid communication with the housing cavity to allow air to diffuse into and out of the housing cavity. The monitor also includes input and output units and a circuit board that is positioned in the housing cavity and supported by the housing. A passive, non-electrically powered sampling chamber defines a chamber cavity and is coupled to the circuit board. The circuit board defines a plurality of apertures that allow air to diffuse between the housing cavity and the chamber cavity. A detector for detecting radon is supported by the circuit board and positioned in the chamber cavity. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230306 | Spectroscopic Prediction of Formaldehyde Emission and Thickness Swell of Wood Panels - A process for spectroscopic measurement of the emission of formaldehyde from refined wood products destined to be used in the manufacture of composite wood products such as medium density fiberboard (MDF), particleboard, and plywood. The process employs near-infrared (NIR) spectroscopy to measure the absorption of light by the wood furnish; the level of absorption is then related to the formaldehyde emission and thickness swell of the finished wood panel. This process allows for real-time quantitative prediction of future formaldehyde emissions and thickness swell of a composite wood panel. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230307 | Device to detect heat source, home appliance having the same and method of detecting heat source - A device to detect a heat source, which can detect position of a heat source faster and more efficiently using a sensor capable of detecting a heat source, a home appliance having such a detecting device and a method of detecting a heat source are disclosed. The heat source detecting method includes performing a first mode to scan an overall area to be searched, performing a second mode to scan at least one specific region included in the area to be searched, and detecting a heat source in the area to be searched by selectively controlling a sensor the first mode and the second mode. Accordingly, a period of renewing position information of a heat source is shortened, and unnecessary detecting operation is eliminated. As a result, the heat source detecting device can more efficiently detect a heat source, using a sensor having limited performance. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230308 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTING METHOD AND FLUORESCENCE DETECTING APPARATUS - Fluorescence detection utilizes surface plasmon. The intensity of scattered light, which is substantially proportionate to the intensity of an electric field enhancing field generated on a metal film, is employed, to normalize and correct the intensity of fluorescence emitted by fluorescent labels with respect to the intensity of the electric field enhancing field. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230309 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SOLID STATE RADIATION DETECTOR, AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - A method for manufacturing a solid state radiation detector having an active matrix layer, in which a great number of reading elements are arranged, and a radiation photoconductive layer that generates electric charges when irradiated by electromagnetic waves that bear image information, provided such that the electric charges are read out by the active matrix layer, is characterized by: the active matrix layer being formed directly on the radiation photoconductive layer. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230310 | IMAGE SENSING APPARATUS - An image sensing apparatus provided with a plurality of image sensing elements each including a plurality of photoelectric conversion sections and an adding circuit adapted to add signals from the plurality of photoelectric conversion sections to obtain a one-pixel signal, wherein the adding circuit adds the signals such that the one-pixel signals obtained by the addition are arranged at equal intervals in an area extending over the plurality of image sensing elements. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230311 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND RADIATIOIN IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - To improve a sensor resetting method and thereby implement a high rate at which a moving image is read, the invention provides an image pickup apparatus and a radiation image pickup apparatus including: a plurality of pixels arranged on a substrate in row and column directions, each pixel having a conversion element and a transfer switching element; a drive wiring connected to a plurality of the transfer switching elements in the row direction; and a conversion element wiring connected to a plurality of the conversion elements in the row direction, wherein a reset switching element is disposed between the conversion element wiring and a reset wiring for supplying a reset voltage for resetting the conversion element, and a bias switching element is disposed between the conversion element wiring and a bias wiring for supplying a bias voltage for operating the conversion element. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230312 | IMAGE SENSOR, IMAGE-SENSING APPARATUS USING THE IMAGE SENSOR, AND IMAGE-SENSING SYSTEM - An image sensor has a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a photoelectric converter and a pixel circuit for processing signals from the photoelectric converter and outputting processed signals and a scanning circuit, disposed between the photoelectric converters, included in each of at least two adjacent pixels among a plurality of pixels aligned in a single direction. An edge pixel accommodates, in order from an edge of the image sensor toward an interior, a predetermined empty region, a photoelectric converter and a pixel circuit. There is at least one position at which two adjacent pixels, the first of the two pixels accommodating, in order, a pixel circuit, a photoelectric converter and predetermined empty region, the second accommodating, in order, a predetermined empty region, a photoelectric converter and a pixel circuit. The scanning circuit is disposed in the predetermined empty region between the two adjacent pixels. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230313 | LIGHT QUANTITY MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MEASURING LIGHT QUANTITY - A light quantity measuring device includes a first light reception element, a second light, reception element, an identification circuit, and a selection circuit. The first light reception element receives a predetermined incident light at a first light reception surface. The second light reception element receives the incident light at a second light reception surface, which is oriented in the same direction as the first light reception surface. The identification circuit identifies an incident angle of the incident light with respect to the first light reception surface. The selection circuit, when the incident angle differs from a desired incident angle, selectively electrically connects an output portion of the second light reception element to an output portion of the first light reception element. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230314 | GAMMA SOURCE FOR ACTIVE INTERROGATION - A cylindrical gamma generator includes a coaxial RF-driven plasma ion source and target. A hydrogen plasma is produced by RF excitation in a cylindrical plasma ion generator using an RF antenna. A cylindrical gamma generating target is coaxial with the ion generator, separated by plasma and extraction electrodes which has many openings. The plasma generator emanates ions radially over 360° and the cylindrical target is thus irradiated by ions over its entire circumference. The plasma generator and target may be as long as desired. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230315 | Neutron Imaging Camera, Process and Apparatus for Detection of Special Materials - Systems, processes, and apparatus are described through which fast neutrons are detected, their momenta are measured and a position of a source of the fast neutrons is determined from the measured momenta. For example, a multiple-cell neutron-sensitive camera is described. Each cell includes a neutron detection cell that also functions as a time expansion chamber and a micro-well detector coupled to the time expansion chamber. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230316 | Method of Suppressing Beam Position Drift, Method of Suppressing Beam Dimension Drift, and Charged-Particle Beam Lithography System - A lithography method and system have means for determining a convergence value d | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230317 | Aberration correction apparatus that corrects spherical aberration of charged particle apparatus - To provide an aberration correction configuration that can realize both an aberration correction function for a long focus and an aberration correction function for a short focus. While having a conventional aberration correction apparatus configuration that has two rotationally symmetric lenses arranged between two multiple lenses, three rotationally symmetric lenses are disposed between an objective lens and a multiple lens instead of the conventional arrangement in which two rotationally symmetric lenses are disposed therebetween. When using the objective lens with a long focal length, aberrations are corrected using two rotationally symmetric lenses among three rotationally symmetric lenses disposed between the objective lens and the multiple lens. When using the objective lens with a short focal length, e.g. for high resolution observation, aberrations are corrected using two rotationally symmetric lenses of a different combination to those used for a long focus, among the three rotationally symmetric lenses disposed between the objective lens and the multiple lens. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230318 | TARGET DESIGN FOR HIGH-POWER LASER ACCELERATED IONS - Methods for designing a laser-accelerated ion beam are disclosed. The methods include modeling a system including a heavy ion layer, an electric field, and high energy light positive ions having a maximum light positive ion energy, correlating physical parameters of the heavy ion layer, the electric field, and the maximum light positive ion energy using the model, and varying the parameters of the heavy ion layer to optimize the energy distribution of the high energy light positive ions. One method includes analyzing the acceleration of light positive ions, for example protons, through interaction of a high-power laser pulse with a double-layer target using two-dimensional particle-in-cell (PIC) simulations and a one-dimensional analytical model. The maximum energy acquired by the accelerated light positive ions, e.g., protons, in this model depends on the physical characteristics of the heavy-ion layer—the electron-ion mass ratio and effective charge state of the ions. The hydrodynamic equations for both electron and heavy ion species solved and the test-particle approximation for the protons is applied. It was found that the heavy ion motion modifies the longitudinal electric field distribution, thus changing the acceleration conditions for the light positive ions. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230319 | Specimen Stage-Moving Device for Charged-Particle Beam System - A charged-particle beam system is offered which is equipped with a Z-motion mechanism to enable tomography. The Z-motion mechanism includes a rotary disk having three tapering surfaces on which balls are nested. The rotary disk is rotated via a worm gear to cause the balls to go upward along the tapering surfaces. This pushes an overlying elevatable disk upward, i.e., in the Z-direction. Consequently, the specimen stage is pushed up in the Z-direction. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230320 | SCANNING PROBE APPARATUS - In a scanning probe apparatus capable of always effectively canceling an inertial force to suppress vibration even in repetitive use while replacing a sample holding table or a probe, a stage for a sample or the probe includes a drive element for moving the sample holding table and movable portions movable in a direction in which an inertial force generated during movement of the sample holding table. The stage is configured so that the drive element, the movable portions, and the sample holding table or the probe are integrally detachably mountable to a main assembly of the scanning probe apparatus. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230321 | Ultraviolet ray sterilization device - A sterilization device includes a shell, an ultraviolet ray lamp tube fixed with a lamp support on an upper end of the shell, an inner quartz tube around the lamp tube, an outer quartz tube around the inner quartz tube, a stainless steel tube around the outer quartz tube, an inner passage between the inner and the outer quartz tubes, an outer passage between the outer quartz tube and the stainless steel tube, and a guiding member on the lower end of the shell; the guiding member has guiding holes to guide water along a spiral path, and a water inlet on a lower portion thereof, which communicates with the guiding holes; a covering member is threadedly engaged with an outer side of the lower end of the shell; the water inlet of the guiding member extends through the covering member; the covering member has a water outlet hole. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230322 | FLUORESCENCE BASED DETECTION OF SUBSTANCES - A method for the fluorescent detection of a substance, the method comprising providing particles comprising a metal or a metal oxide core, wherein one or more optionally fluorescently tagged antibodies or human specific peptide nucleic acid (PNA) oligomers for binding to a substance is/are bound, directly or indirectly, to the surface of the metal or metal oxide; contacting a substrate, which may or may not have the substance on its surface, with the particles for a time sufficient to allow the antibody/PNA oligomer to bind with the substance; removing those particles which have not bound to the substrate; if the antibodies or PNA oligomers are not fluorescently tagged, contacting the substrate with one or more fluorophores that selectively bind with the antibody and/or substance, then optionally washing the substrate to remove unbound fluorophores; and illuminating the substrate with appropriate radiation to show the fluorophores on the substrate. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230323 | Fluorometer with low heat-generating light source - This invention concerns a fluorometer preferably combined with a thermal cycler useful in biochemical protocols such as polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and DNA melting curve analysis. The present fluorometer features a low heat-generating light source such as a light emitting diode (LED), having a one-to-one correspondence to each of a plurality of sample containers, such as capped PCR tubes in a standard titer tray. The fluorometer of the present invention further comprises an optical path between each LED and its correspondingly positioned container, and another optical path between each fluorescing sample within the positioned container and an optical signal sensing means. The instrument can be computer controlled. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230324 | Methods and Devices for Characterizing Particles in Clear and Turbid Media - The invention provides methods and devices for detecting, identifying, classifying and characterizing particles in a fluid sample. Optical analyzers are provided having a rotating and/or translating sample container for measuring the concentrations of fluorescent particles present in very low concentrations and for characterizing fluorescent particles on the basis of size, shape, diffusion constant and/or composition. Scanning optical analyzers are provided using pattern recognitions data analysis techniques and multichannel detection. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230325 | Method For Measuring Activity of a Specific Fraction of Albumin - Methods of measuring the SFA and sPLA | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230326 | Systems and methods for target material delivery in a laser produced plasma EUV light source - Devices are disclosed herein which may comprise an EUV reflective optic having a surface of revolution that defines a rotation axis and a circular periphery. The optic may be positioned to incline the axis at a nonzero angle relative to a horizontal plane, and to establish a vertical projection of the periphery in the horizontal plane with the periphery projection bounding a region in the horizontal plane. The device may further comprise a system delivering target material, the system having a target material release point that is located in the horizontal plane and outside the region, bounded by the periphery projection and a system generating a laser beam for irradiating the target material to generate an EUV emission. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230327 | Particle therapy apparatus and method for modulating a particle beam generated in an accelerator - The invention relates to a particle therapy apparatus having an accelerator for generating a particle beam, a passive energy modulator comprising an absorber element, and a control entity. The control entity is designed to switch between an active adjustment of the energy in the accelerator and a passive energy modulation by the energy modulator, for the purpose of changing the energy of the particle beam from a high energy level to a low energy level in a step-by-step manner. In particular, this has the effect of shortening the dead times when changing between the energy levels. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230328 | ELECTRON BEAM WRITING METHOD, FINE PATTERN WRITING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING UNEVEN PATTERN CARRYING SUBSTRATE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MAGNETIC DISK MEDIUM - When writing element shapes of a fine pattern on a substrate applied with a resist by scanning an electron beam thereon, ON/OFF control is performed for emitting the electron beam at a predetermined rotational position of the substrate by a blanking-OFF signal, performing writing in a rotational direction of the substrate along with the rotation of the substrate, and terminating the writing by a blanking-ON signal based on write data to perform writing for one round, and repeating the writing based on the ON/OFF control by moving the electron beam or substrate in a radial direction of the substrate and rotation control is performed for controlling the rotation speed of the rotation stage so as to be increased for inner track writing and decreased for outer track writing inversely proportional to the radius of the writing position. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230329 | ION IMPLANTATION METHOD - An ion implantation method is provided. The method, before ion implanting, is to rotate the substrate by an angle and shift the scan path of the ion beam with an interlace pitch in the direction perpendicular to the scan direction and on the plane of the substrate. Therefore a plurality of interlaced and not overlapped ion implantation scan lines are formed on the surface of the substrate, so the method can enhance the uniformity of the dose of the ion implantation in the substrate. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230330 | METHOD OF REPAIRING A SPECIMEN INTENDED TO BE ANALYSED BY ELECTRON MICROSCOPY - The invention relates to a method of repairing crystal defects buried within a specimen ( | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230331 | DEVICE HAVING ACTIVE REGION WITH LOWER ELECTRON CONCENTRATION - A device comprising a two-dimensional electron gas that includes an active region located in a portion of the electron gas is disclosed. The active region comprises an electron concentration less than an electron concentration of a set of non-active regions of the electron gas. The device includes a controlling terminal located on a first side of the active region. The device can comprise, for example, a field effect transistor (FET) in which the gate is located and used to control the carrier injection into the active region and define the boundary condition for the electric field distribution within the active region. The device can be used to generate, amplify, filter, and/or detect electromagnetic radiation of radio frequency (RF) and/or terahertz (THz) frequencies. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230332 | Depressed Anode With Plasmon-Enabled Devices Such As Ultra-Small Resonant Structures - Plasmon-enable devices such as ultra-small resonant devices produce electromagnetic radiation at frequencies in excess of microwave frequencies when induced to resonate by a passing electron beam. The resonant devices are surrounded by one or more depressed anodes to recover energy from the passing electron beam as/after the beam couples its energy into the ultra-small resonant devices. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230333 | Metallic Screens for Sub-Wavelength Focusing of Electromagnetic Waves - A method and apparatus for near-field focusing of an incident wave, over a range of frequencies from microwaves to optical frequencies, into a sub-wavelength spot having a peak-to-null beamwidth of λ/10. The screen may be made out of closely spaced, unequal slots cut on a metallic sheet. Nano-scale focusing capability may be achieved with a simple structure of three slots on a metallic sheet, which can be readily implemented using current nanofabrication technologies. Unlike negative-refractive-index focusing implementations, this “meta-screen” does not suffer from image degradation when losses are introduced and is easily scalable from microwave to Terahertz frequencies and beyond. The slotted geometry is designed using a theory of shifted beams to determine the necessary weighting factors for each slot clement, which are then converted to appropriate slot dimensions. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230334 | Lightweight Radiation Protection Material for a Large Energy Application Range - The invention relates to a lead substitute material for radiation protection purposes, wherein the lead substitute material comprises from 12 to 22 wt. % matrix material, from 0 to 75 wt. % Sn or Sn compounds, from 0 to 73 wt. % W or W compounds, from 0 to 80 wt. % Bi or Bi compounds, and wherein not more than one of the constituents is 0 wt. %, for nominal overall lead equivalents of from 0.25 to 2.00 mm. The invention relates further to a lead substitute material that additionally comprises one or more of the elements Er, Ho, Dy, Tb, Gd, Eu, Sm, La, Ce, Nd, Cs, Ba, I, Ta, Hf, Lu, Yb, Tm, Th, U and/or their compounds and/or CsI. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230335 | TEMPERATURE TRIGGERED ACTUATOR - An actuator is disclosed which operates on the principle of the variable magnetic properties of materials with respect to temperature. As temperature is raised past Curie temperature, magnetic permeability of certain materials drops significantly to a value close to free space permeability. However, depending on the material selection, magnetic permeability may be significantly higher below Curie temperature. This principle is used to cause magnetic attractive force to move an actuator at one temperature, while permitting a return spring force to move the actuator at another temperature by changing the pathway traversed by most magnetic lines of flux from a magnetic source. The actuator may be employed to provide a temperature activated electrical switch or fluid valve. The temperature activated valves are suited to use in high temperature environments, such as SAGD wells. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230336 | Liquid flow controller and precision dispense apparatus and system - Apparatus and a control system for monitoring (preferably digitally) and/or controlling pressure to a pneumatic load such as a proportional fluid control valve and using a measurement input from a fluid measurement device that responds to a flow rate, the liquid measurement input being used to control the pressure to the pneumatic load so that pneumatic load may be increased or decreased (to proportionally open or close the pneumatic valve) to change the flow rate of the fluid to a desired rate. The pneumatic load can also be adjusted (to proportionally open or close the pneumatic valve) to accommodate changes in temperature and viscosity of a fluid. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230337 | HYDRAULIC CONTROL VALVE - A hydraulic control valve ( | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230338 | VALVE ACTUATORS - A valve actuator having an electric drive motor with a motor shaft and having an output shaft linked to the motor shaft to drive movement of a valve, the actuator further having a control system arranged to provide a first closed loop control of the actuator output shaft and including a controller coupled to a first position sensor to sense the position of the actuator output shaft, and to a second position sensor to sense the position of the motor shaft and to enable determination of the speed of the motor shaft, the control system being configured to respond to sensed signals from the first and second sensors and adjust the motor speed/position accordingly. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230339 | Valve Control Apparatus and Flow Rate Controller - A valve control apparatus including a stepping motor coupled to a valve and a motor control unit for controlling the stepping motor is provided. The motor control unit includes a motor control section for applying drive pulses to the pulse motor, a counting section for counting the number of drive pulses applied to the pulse motor, a voltage-drop detecting section for detecting a voltage drop of a drive power supply for the motor control section, and a writing section for writing a count from the counting section in a nonvolatile memory if the voltage-drop detecting section detects the voltage drop. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230340 | Bi-Directional Flapper Valve - The invention provides a valve assembly comprising a conduit with a bore | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230341 | PIVOTABLE CONTROL VALVE ASSEMBLY FOR WATER TREATMENT DEVICE - A pivotable control valve assembly may be used with a water treatment device in a water treatment system. A pivotable control valve assembly may be pivotable relative to the water treatment device to allow user controls on the pivotable control valve assembly to be oriented in a desired user access position. In a water treatment system including a plurality of water treatment devices, for example, one or more pivotable control valve assemblies may be pivoted such that user controls for each of the water treatment devices are in desired user access positions. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230342 | GATE VALVE AND SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A gate valve of a semiconductor manufacturing apparatus, which is formed between a processing chamber in which processing is performed and a transfer chamber which carries a substrate on which the processing is performed, includes a gate valve at a side of the processing chamber; a sealing member which is formed in the gate valve at the side of the processing chamber; a gate valve at the side of the transfer chamber; a sealing member which is formed in the gate valve at the side of the transfer chamber; and a thermal insulator which is formed between the gate valve at the side of the processing chamber and the gate valve at the side of the transfer chamber. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230343 | Valve device and testing method - Our valve device, which is used to purge air from a plumbing system, includes a unitary, elastomeric body comprising top wall, a circumferential wall connected to the top wall, and a housing with a cavity that is accessed through a pair of ports. A closure element is moveably disposed within the cavity and responds to fluid entering one port to close the other port. An adjustable strap detachably wrapped around an exterior of the circumferential wall holds our device securely to an open end of a riser conduit of the plumbing system during testing for leaks. The circumferential wall has at least two wall sections of different diameters to accommodate different sized conduits. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230344 | TWO-WAY VALVE - The invention concerns a valve for distributing two fluids contained in a rigid flask by propulsion means, the first fluid having to be contained in a first flexible pouch, and the second fluid in the flask so as to be isolated from the first fluid before the fluid leaves through the valve, the valve comprising an internal part that, when the valve is placed on the flask, is situated inside said flask, and an external part that, when the valve is placed on said flask, is situated outside the latter, a first passage connecting the inside of the first pouch and the space surrounding the external part of the valve, said first passage being provided with first closure means, a second passage connecting the space intended to receive the second fluid and the space surrounding the external part of the valve, said second passage being provided with second closure means. The valve of the invention is distinguished from those known from the prior art by a second flexible pouch for receiving the second fluid that is fixed to the valve, said second flexible pouch being placed around the first. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230345 | Aqueous Polymer Dispersion Useful for Preparing Base-Coat Composition for Embossed Leather - The invention relates to an aqueous polymeric dispersion comprising polymeric particles bearing silane and carboxylic groups, the said carboxylic groups being possible to be either in the form of acid or of its salt with monovalent cation, the said polymer particles being crosslinked by the presence of at least one multivalent metal compound selected from: oxides, hydroxides or its salts or complexes, with the Tg of the said polymer being not higher than | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230346 | PIEZOELECTRICS, PIEZOELECTRIC ELEMENT, AND PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR - A piezoelectric body includes a perovskite type compound that is expressed by a compositional formula being Pb (Zr | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230347 | FORMULATION COMPRISING A POLYMERIZABLE MONOMER AND/OR A POLYMER AND, DISPERSED THEREIN, A SUPERPARAMAGNETIC POWDER - Formulation comprising a polymerizable monomer and/or a polymer and, dispersed therein, a superparamagnetic powder, which comprises aggregated primary particles, the primary particles being built up from magnetic metal oxide domains having a diameter of from 2 to 100 nm in a nonmagnetic metal oxide or metalloid oxide matrix. Process for heating the formulation in a magnetic or electromagnetic alternating field. Use of the formulation as an adhesive composition. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230348 | Thermally Conductive Silicone Rubber Composition - A thermally conductive silicone rubber composition comprising: (A) an organopolysiloxane with the exception of below-given components (C) and (E); (B) a thermally conductive filler; (C) a specific organopolysiloxane; (D) a curing agent; (E) a resin-like organopolysiloxane; and (F) a silane compound showing no affinity to aforementioned component (A), wherein component (E) is contained in an amount of 2 to 10 mass % per sum of components (A) and (E), and wherein said component (F) is contained in an amount sufficient for coating 1 to 70% of the entire surface of component (B) determined from the contents of component (B) and the BET specific surface area of aforementioned component (B), demonstrates good handleability and possesses appropriate thixotropicity even when it contains a large amount of thermally conductive filler and when cured is capable of forming a thermally conductive silicone rubber characterized by good adhesive properties and elongation characteristics even without the use of a reinforcing filler. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230349 | METHOD OF PRODUCING LITHIUM ION CATHODE MATERIALS - A method of producing Li | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230350 | Cyclopropene complex compositions - There is provided a composition comprising
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| 20090230351 | Particulate silica - There is provided particulate silica which can be suitably used as a viscoelasticity modifier such as a thickener which is added to liquid such as water, a liquid resin or paint to adjust its viscoelastic properties such as viscosity and thixotropic nature, a reinforcer or filler for silicone rubber or sealants, a polishing agent for CMP (Chemical Mechanical Polishing) or a surface coating agent for ink-jet printing paper. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230352 | Composition with high temperature resistance, high chemical resistance and high abrasion resistance - A composition that when cured possesses high temperature, chemical and abrasion resistance, and which can be formed into shapes, used as binder for aggregate fibers, sand or the like, or used to repair hard surfaces. The composition has a first part that is a slurry of an alkali metal silicate solution, such as lithium silicate, sodium silicate or potassium silicate, alone or in combination, combined with a non-reactive alkali metal, such as a silica flour or powder. The second part of the composition is a mixture of sodium silicofluoride, silica fume and sodium borate. A small amount of boric acid may be added to the second part to slow the curing reaction. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230353 | FIBER AGGREGATE AND FABRICATING METHOD OF THE SAME - A fiber aggregate contains fine carbon fibers and fine boron nitride fibers. Desirably the boron nitride fibers form an outer layer portion of the fiber aggregate and the fine carbon fibers form a core portion of the fiber aggregate. Desirably the fine carbon fibers and the fine boron nitride fibers are twisted with each other. Desirably the fine carbon fibers are carbon nanotubes and the fine boron nitride fibers are boron nitride nanotubes. Desirably the fiber aggregate further contains boron-containing fine carbon fibers. The fine boron nitride fibers are formed by substituting carbon atoms of fine carbon fibers by boron atoms and nitrogen atoms. The fiber aggregate is fabricated by mixing a fiber aggregate that contains fine carbon fibers with boron and heating the fiber aggregate mixed with the boron in a nitrogen atmosphere to transform some of the fine carbon fibers into fine boron nitride fibers. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230354 | Liquid Crystalline Medium - The invention relates to a liquid crystalline medium containing one or more compounds of formula I, wherein R | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230355 | LIQUID-CRYSTALLINE MEDIUM AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY - Disclosed are dielectrically positive liquid-crystalline media comprising in each case one or more compounds of formulae IA, IB and IC: | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230356 | COMPOUND HAVING ALKYL ON BENZENE RING, LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION HAVING THE COMPOUND, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE HAVING THE LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITION - A compound represented by the following formula (1), a liquid crystal composition containing the compound and a liquid crystal display device containing the composition: | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230357 | ELECTROLUMINESCENT ZnS:Mn PHOSPHOR AND METHOD OF MAKING - An electroluminescent phosphor comprising ZnS:Mn is disclosed. Also disclosed are ZnS:Mn electroluminescent phosphors that are free of or substantially free of copper, and/or wherein the phosphor has a D50 size of less than about 5 μm. In addition, a method for preparing a ZnS:Mn phosphor is disclosed, comprising the steps of contacting at least a portion of each of a first solution comprising a Zn | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230358 | Light phosphor with zeolitic structure - The present invention is related to a phosphor that can be excited by UV light between 375 to 400 nm to emit white light, which is intrinsically produced by emitting blue light with yellow light simultaneously. This compound is synthesized from organic amine, metal oxide and phosphate under hydrothermal conditions, and gives rise to a zeolitic structure with the chemical formula of (A) | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230359 | Steam-Hydrocarbon Reforming Method with Limited Steam Export - A method for generating hydrogen and/or syngas in a production facility where little or no export steam is produced. Most or all of the steam produced from the waste heat from the process is used in the steam-hydrocarbon reformer. Reformed gas is passed to a pressure swing adsorption system for H | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230360 | Latent Curing Agent - An aluminum chelate-based latent curing agent, which can cure a thermosetting epoxy resin at a relatively low temperature in a short time, is made latent by reacting a silsesquioxane-type oxetane derivative with an aluminum chelating agent in the presence of an alicyclic epoxy compound, and then further reacting the resultant mixture with a liquid epoxy resin and an imidazole compound or with an aromatic vinyl compound and a radical polymerization initiator. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230361 | MODIFIED PLANARIZNG AGENTS AND DEVICES - A composition comprising: at least one conjugated polymer, at least one second polymer comprising repeat units represented by: (I) optionally, —[CH | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230362 | CONJUGATED OLIGOELECTROLYTE ELECTRON TRANSPORTING LAYERS - An organic electronic or an optoelectronic device containing a conjugated oligoelectrolyte. In more particularized embodiments, the conjugated oligoelectrolyte is the charge injection or transport layer. The conjugated oligoelectrolyte can be positively or negatively charged, and used in conjunction in a device with either or high or low work function metal. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230363 | POLYMER COMPOSITE - A polymer composite having a high dielectric constant is disclosed herein. The polymer composite includes a conductive material impregnated with oxidizable metal nanoparticles or metal oxide nanoparticles to decrease dielectric loss, and an anion surfactant containing an acidic functional group to form a passivation layer that surrounds the conductive material, resulting in increased dielectric constant. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230364 | CRYSTALLINE METALLIC NANOPARTICLES AND COLLOIDS THEREOF - Apparatus for forming metallic crystalline nanoparticles includes a dispersion medium, first and second electrodes separated from each other by a predetermined span and being inserted into the dispersion medium. The electrodes are connected to a supply of electrical current at a preselected voltage. A filament is in contact with the two electrodes and is also inserted into the dispersion medium. Upon a first switch connecting the supply of electrical current to the electrodes, a pulsed current passes through the electrodes and the filament at a voltage preselected to disintegrate the filament into fragments, but does not create plasma from the filament. The fragments include a plurality of crystalline nanoparticles | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230365 | Method of synthesis of proton conducting materials - A method of producing a proton conducting material, comprising adding a pyrophosphate salt to a solvent to produce a dissolved pyrophosphate salt; adding an inorganic acid salt to a solvent to produce a dissolved inorganic acid salt; adding the dissolved inorganic acid salt to the dissolved pyrophosphate salt to produce a mixture; substantially evaporating the solvent from the mixture to produce a precipitate; and calcining the precipitate at a temperature of from about 400° C. to about 1200° C. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230366 | Flame retardant composition, flame-retardant resin composition and molded product and fiber made of flame-retardant resin composition - To provide a halogen-free flame retardant composition containing no antimony, phosphorus and phosphorus compounds at all, a non-halogen flame-retardant resin composition of environmental type ideal for disaster prevention made of the flame retardant composition, which causes little carbon monoxide (CO) during combustion while having high flame retardance, and molded products, electric wires, cables, fiber or fiber post-processed products made of the resin composition. The flame retardant composition comprises a mixture of (A) a resin having an average particle diameter of not more than 1000 μm selected from wholly aromatic polyamide, polyimide, polyamideimide, a copolymer of the wholly aromatic polyamide, the polyimide or the polyamideimide or a mixture of the above mentioned polymers and (B) a metal hydrate. The flame-retardant resin composition contains 50 to 200 parts by mass of the flame retardant composition to 100 parts by mass of a thermoplastic resin or a thermosetting resin. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230367 | BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANT - A process for preparing a polybromoaryl ether, the polybromoaryl ether prepared by this process comprising adding to a solvent for the polybromoaryl ether a mixture of (1) at least one compound of the structure HO—Ar—X | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230368 | ADAPTABLE BEAM LIFTER ELEMENT (ABLE) SYSTEM - The present invention is an Adaptable Beam Lifter Element (ABLE) system for use in lifting and moving an assortment of military vehicles and containers in transit and storage. An ABLE device is generally a structure having a low-profile frame that contains hydraulic lift, maneuvering, and drive features that may readily be placed beneath or around vehicles or containers for desired movement in a confined space. By using ABLE devices, transported vehicles placed on ships or in other confined locations can be stowed very close together, while allowing vehicles to be retrieved easily and efficiently, without dedicating a vast amount of space for maneuvering. In some embodiments, multiple ABLEs may be ganged and slaved logically together to form a system to cooperatively lift and transport a variety of vehicles and containers including many types of military equipment. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230369 | TOOL FOR REMOVAL OF CENTER COVER OF A WHEEL RIM - A tool for removal of a center cover of a wheel rim includes a first and second opposite hook ends connected by a cylindrical rod center section. Each of the hook ends is differently sized, although the ends are generally mirror image configurations of one another and each includes first and second curved sections joined to an extended flat, planar section with an end prong. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230370 | Quick connect coupler - The invention comprises a first and a second assembly and a screw designed for tight mating of a hose coupler of a specified diameter. Each assembly has an open-ended slot that releasably accommodates one member of the hose coupler. The screw is rotationally joined to the first and second assemblies. The first assembly and second assembly are slidingly constrained to traverse in-line along a single axial direction coinciding with the major axis of the comprising: When the coupler components are inserted, one in each open-ended slot of each assembly, and the comprising: is rotated in a first rotational direction, the coupler components are urged towards each other. When the comprising: is rotated in a second rotational direction, the open-ended slots of the assemblies are urged apart, releasing the coupler components. An auxiliary component pair allows the invention to be used with smaller couplers. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230371 | PLASTIC FENCE - A molded plastic fence having a unitary front fence section and a unitary rear fence section is provided. The unitary front fence section and the unitary rear fence section are coupled together to form a fence without visible molding artifacts. To emulate a traditional wooden fence, the fence sections preferably include various fence elements such as posts, slats and rails. The fence elements on each fence section typically have a planar member with an inner side and a raised edge extending from the inner side. The molding artifacts are disposed on the inner sides of the fence elements. The unitary front fence section and a unitary rear fence section are coupled with the raised edges engaging each other. In this configuration the molding artifacts are hidden from view and the fence elements appear as solid. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230372 | TAPER LOCK SYSTEM - A glass locking system of locking a glass panel within a base shoe having side walls, comprising a first tapered plate having a first end and a second end. The first plate is tapered such that the first end is thinner than the second end. A second tapered plate has a first end and a second end, the second plate being tapered such that the first end is thinner than the second end. The first and second plate are insertable between a side wall of the base shoe and a glass panel in overlapping relation. Moving the second tapered plate laterally towards the first plate serves to generate a compressive force on the glass panel, and moving the plates laterally apart serves to reduce the compressive force on the panel. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230373 | SECURITY BARRIER - The present invention relates to a security barrier ( | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230374 | Fence post cap assembly - A fence post cap assembly is provided, the assembly comprises a cap member having cylindrical side walls and a generally circular topside surface, the cap member is adapted to be attach onto a fence post; a loop member having a generally rounded portion leading to two opposing arms; and a device for securing the loop member to the cap member during an installed position. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230375 | Phase Change Memory Device - A semiconductor device is provided which includes a substrate having a dielectric layer formed thereon, a heating element formed in the dielectric layer, a phase change element formed on the heating element, and a conductive element formed on the phase change element. The phase change element includes a substantially amorphous background and an active region, the active region capable of changing phase between amorphous and crystalline. | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230376 | RESISTIVE MEMORY DEVICES - Provided is a resistive memory device that can be integrated with a high integration density and method of forming the same. In an embodiment, a bit line is formed of copper using a damascene technique, and when the copper bit line, a copper stud may be formed around the copper bit line | 2009-09-17 |
| 20090230377 | Phase Change Materials for Applications that Require Fast Switching and High Endurance - A memory device utilizing a phase change material as the storage medium, the phase change material based on antimony as the solvent in a solid solution; wherein the memory device further includes a means for heating the phase change material. | 2009-09-17 |
