40th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 52 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120251894 | ELECTROLYTE WITH SOLID ELECTROLYTE INTERFACE PROMOTERS - The inventors of the subject matter of the present disclosure have developed an electrolyte solution usable in a lithium or lithium-ion battery, among other types of batteries that offers one or more of the following: improved stability (e.g., stable discharge capacities even after several cycles), elimination of the risk of unintentionally producing hydrochloric acid, improved thermal stability, and reduced production costs associated with manufacturing a battery. Indeed, the inventors have discovered an unexpected result that by including an additive to a dinnimitride salt (e.g., LiDN), the discharge capacity of the battery may improve beyond what is available in the prior art, including LiPF6. For example, production costs may be decreased since LiDN is not water-sensitive, so precautions to ensure that the compound is not exposed to water may be avoided. Further benefits include thermal stability since LiDN may be more thermally stable when compared to LiPF6. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251895 | ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - An electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery, the electrolyte including a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and an additive represented by Formula 1 below: | 2012-10-04 |
20120251896 | BATTERY STRUCTURES, SELF-ORGANIZING STRUCTURES, AND RELATED METHODS - An energy storage device includes a first electrode comprising a first material and a second electrode comprising a second material, at least a portion of the first and second materials forming an interpenetrating network when dispersed in an electrolyte, the electrolyte, the first material and the second material are selected so that the first and second materials exert a repelling force on each other when combined. An electrochemical device, includes a first electrode in electrical communication with a first current collector; a second electrode in electrical communication with a second current collector; and an ionicaily conductive medium in ionic contact with said first and second electrodes, wherein at least a portion of the first and second electrodes form an interpenetrating network and wherein at least one of the first and second electrodes comprises an electrode structure providing two or more pathways to its current collector. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251897 | Aluminum Air Battery Including a Composite Anode - A method to produce an aluminium air battery, comprising: forming a selectively reactive coating on a surface of an anode core to form a composite anode, the selectively reactive coating comprising a zinc alloy and the anode core comprising aluminium; and storing an electrolyte in contact with the composite anode, wherein the selectively reactive coating is capable of chemically reacting with the electrolyte during discharging of the aluminium air battery the reactive coating may also include an anode corrosion inhibitor material consisting of one or more of indium, gallium, lead, thallium or mercury | 2012-10-04 |
20120251898 | RECIRCULATION COMPLEX FOR INCREASING YIELD FROM FUEL CELL WITH CO2 CAPTURE - A system and method are provided for boosting overall performance of a fuel cell while simultaneously separating a nearly pure stream of CO | 2012-10-04 |
20120251899 | SOLID-OXIDE FUEL CELL HIGH-EFFICIENCY REFORM-AND-RECIRCULATE SYSTEM - A combined cycle fuel cell includes a fuel cell such as a solid-oxide fuel cell (SOFC) comprising an anode that generates a tail gas. A hydrocarbon fuel reforming system that mixes a hydrocarbon fuel with the fuel cell tail gas downstream of the fuel cell partly or fully converts the hydrocarbon fuel into hydrogen (H | 2012-10-04 |
20120251900 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system is equipped with an expander which is driven by an off-gas exhausted from an oxidant eject path, and which transmits motive power to a compressor, a bypass route in the oxidant eject path which bypasses a humidifier, a flow control valve which changes an opening degree of the bypass route, a voltage sensor which detects an output voltage of the fuel cell stack, a current sensor which detects an output current of the fuel cell stack, and a bypass controlling member which changes a bypass ratio which is a ratio of a magnitude of a flow rate of the off-gas circulating the bypass route with respect to an overall flow rate of the off-gas ejected from the fuel cell stack to the oxidant eject path by the flow control valve according to the output power of the fuel cell stack. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251901 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING OPERATING PROCESS - A fuel cell system ( | 2012-10-04 |
20120251902 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CORRESPONDING OPERATING PROCESS - A fuel cell system ( | 2012-10-04 |
20120251903 | SELF-HUMIDIFYING MEMBRANE AND SELF-HUMIDIFYING FUEL CELL - A self-humidifying fuel cell is made by preparing a porous substrate, coating the substrate with a zeolitic material and filling the pores with a proton-conducting material. The coating of the substrate includes selecting a zeolitic material, and applying coating on the pore walls and surface of the porous substrate, to form zeolitic material-coated pores. The resulting composite material is used as a self-humidifying proton-conducting membrane in a fuel cell. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251904 | FUEL CELL MODULE - A fuel cell module includes: in a casing, a fuel cell stack that is formed by stacking a plurality of unit cells; and an oxidant gas distributing member that is disposed at a side surface, that extends in a stack direction, of the fuel cell stack, that extends in a direction from one end to another end of each of the unit cells, and that supplies the oxidant gas along the oxidant gas distributing member from the one end to the another end to supply the oxidant gas to the another end of each unit cell. The oxidant gas distributing member includes a heat exchange restraint portion that restrains heat exchange between the unit cells and the oxidant gas in at least one of end portions of the fuel cell stack in the stack direction, in comparison with the heat exchange thereof in other portion in the fuel cell stack. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251905 | FUEL CELL MODULE - A fuel cell module includes in a casing: a fuel cell stack that is formed by stacking a plurality of unit cell; an oxidant gas distributing member that is disposed at a side surface, that extends in a stack direction of the unit cells, of the fuel cell stack that extends in a direction from one end to another end of each of the unit cells, and that supplies the oxidant gas to the another end of each unit cell after supplying the oxidant gas through the oxidant gas distributing member from the one end to the another end; a reformer disposed at the one end; and a combustion portion that is disposed between the one end and the reformer. The oxidant gas distributing member has a higher thermal conductivity at the one end side of the unit cells than at the another end side of the unit cells. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251906 | System for Adding Sulfur to a Fuel Cell Stack System for Improved Fuel Cell Stability - A system for adding sulfur to a reformate stream feeding a fuel cell stack, having a sulfur source for providing sulfur to the reformate stream and a metering device in fluid connection with the sulfur source and the reformate stream. The metering device injects sulfur from the sulfur source to the reformate stream at a predetermined rate, thereby providing a conditioned reformate stream to the fuel cell stack. The system provides a conditioned reformate stream having a predetermined sulfur concentration that gives an acceptable balance of minimal drop in initial power with the desired maximum stability of operation over prolonged periods for the fuel cell stack. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251907 | METHOD FOR MANAGING A FUEL CELL DURING SULFUR COMPOUND POLLUTION, AND POWER SUPPLY DEVICE - The method for managing a fuel cell having an active gas flowing in contact with an electrode includes a step of comparing the concentration of a sulfur compound in the active gas with a threshold indicative of a sulfur compound pollution phase and a step of temporary introducing an oxygenated and non-sulfur polluting gas into the active gas if the concentration is higher than the threshold. The polluting gas can be introduced during or after the pollution phase. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251908 | VOLTAGE RECOVERY AND CONTAMINANT REMOVAL BY EX-SITU WATER FLUSH - A system and method for removing contaminants from a fuel cell stack. The method includes exposing the cathode and anode of the stack to an air purge, then exposing the cathode and anode of the stack to a water flush and then again exposing the cathode and anode of the stack to an air purge to dry the stack. In one technique, the stack is removed from the vehicle at a maintenance facility to perform the air purge and water flush, and in another technique, the stack remains in the vehicle and appropriate hoses are connected to the stack for the air purges and water flush. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251909 | PRESSURE-BASED LIQUID LEVEL DETECTION AND CONTROL FOR A FUEL CELL STACK ASSEMBLY - A fluid detection system and method for a fuel cell power plant is disclosed having a pressure sensor ( | 2012-10-04 |
20120251910 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method includes an in-stop-mode power generating process and a first startup process. In the a first startup process, if an operation start instruction to start a fuel cell system is detected after the in-stop-mode power generating process, supply of a fuel gas from a fuel-gas supply apparatus is started, and supply of an oxide gas from an oxide-gas supply apparatus is started after a predetermined time has elapsed from the starting of supply of the fuel gas, when a pressure of an anode side is equal to or lower than a first threshold pressure. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251911 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A method includes: determining whether or not an elapsed time since stopping of power generation of a fuel cell till an operation start instruction to start a fuel cell system is detected is shorter than a specified time, if the operation start instruction to start the fuel cell system is detected after the power generation of the fuel cell is stopped; setting, as a first amount, an amount of replacement of a fuel gas on an anode side, if it is determined that the elapsed time is shorter than the specified time; and setting, as a second amount, an amount of replacement of the fuel gas on the anode side, if it is determined that the elapsed time is longer than the specified time. The first amount is larger than the second amount. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251912 | HIGH EFFICIENCY, REVERSIBLE FLOW BATTERY SYSTEM FOR ENERGY STORAGE - The present invention relates to a reversible solid oxide electrochemical cell that may operate in two modes: a discharge mode (power generation) and a charge mode (electrolytic fuel production). A thermal system that utilizes a SOFB and is inclusive of selection of operating conditions that may enable roundtrip efficiencies exceeding about 80% to be realized is disclosed. Based on leverage of existing solid oxide fuel cell technology, the system concept is applicable to energy storage applications on the kW to MW scale. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251913 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR REFUELING REVERSIBLE HYDROGEN-STORAGE SYSTEMS - A method for refilling a hydrogen reservoir comprising a first hydrogen-storing material comprises establishing a fluid connection between the hydrogen reservoir and a cartridge containing a second hydrogen-storing material. The second hydrogen-storing material releases hydrogen at a pressure sufficient to charge the first hydrogen-storing material. Some embodiments involve heating the second hydrogen-storing material and/or allowing heat to flow between the first and second hydrogen-storing materials. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251914 | Derivation of Control Parameters of Fuel Cell Systems for Flexible Fuel Operation - A method of operating a fuel cell system includes characterizing the fuel or fuels being provided into the fuel cell system, characterizing the oxidizing gas or gases being provided into the fuel cell system, and calculating at least one of the steam:carbon ratio, fuel utilization and oxidizing gas utilization based on the step of characterization. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251915 | CATALYST LAYER, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL - A catalyst layer includes a layered structure. The layered structure is laminated with sheet-like unit catalysts and pore layers. The sheet-like unit catalysts have mean thicknesses of 4 to 30 nm. The pore layers are sandwiched between the sheet-like unit catalysts. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251916 | FUEL CELL UNIT - A fuel cell unit including a membrane electrode assembly (MEA), a cathode collector plate, an anode collector plate, and a plurality of ribs is provided. The cathode collector plate is disposed at one side of the membrane electrode assembly. The anode collector plate is disposed at another side of the membrane electrode assembly. A material of the anode collector plate may be metal. The ribs are respectively disposed on the anode collector plate. A material of the ribs may be metal. The ribs and the anode collector slate form a plurality of gas channels for supplying a reaction gas to the membrane electrode assembly. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251917 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL COMPRISING NANOSTRUCTURE COMPOSITE CATHODE AND FABRICATION METHOD THEREOF - Disclosed are a solid oxide fuel cell including: a) an anode support; b) a solid electrolyte layer formed on the anode support; and c) a nanostructure composite cathode layer formed on the solid electrolyte layer, wherein the nanostructure composite cathode layer includes an electrode material and an electrolyte material mixed in molecular scale, which do not react with each other or dissolve each other to form a single material, and a method for fabricating the same. The fuel cell is operable at low temperature and has high performance and superior stability. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251918 | POLYMER FUEL CELL STACK AND POLYMER FUEL CELL SEPARATOR PAIR - A fuel cell separator pair has first and second separators having front and back surfaces, a corrugated plate portion shaped in a wave form at the central portion, and a flat plate portion formed in the peripheral portion and surrounding the corrugated plate portion, wherein the corrugated plate portion of the front surface constitutes a reaction gas channel and the corrugated plate portion of the back surface constitutes a coolant channel. The back surfaces of the first and second separators are facing each other. The flat plate portions of the first and second separators are arranged on top of each other so as to be in contact with each other. The flat plate portion of the second separator protrudes toward the outside beyond the flat plate portion of the first separator. The fuel cell separator pair has a seal member (A) disposed on the flat plate portion of the front surface of the first separator, a seal member (B) disposed on the flat plate portion of the front surface of the second separator, and a seal member (C) disposed on the region protruding beyond the flat plate portion of the first separator in the flat plate portion of the back surface of the second separator. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251919 | POLYARYLENE-BASED COPOLYMER AND USES THEREOF - The present invention provides a polyarylene-based copolymer including a plurality of segments having an ion exchange group and a plurality of segments having substantially no ion exchange group, wherein at least one of the segments having an ion exchange group includes a polyarylene structure, the polystyrene-equivalent weight-average molecular weight of the segments having an ion exchange group is from 10,000 to 250,000, and the ion exchange capacity of the polyarylene-based copolymer is 3.0 meq/g or more. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251920 | BENZOXAZINE-BASED MONOMER, POLYMER THEREOF, ELECTRODE FOR FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE POLYMER, ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FOR FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE POLYMER, AND FUEL CELL USING THE ELECTRODE - A benzoxazine-based monomer includes a halogen atom-containing functional group and a nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group. A polymer formed from the benzoxazine-based monomer may be used in an electrode for a fuel cell and electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251921 | PHOSPHORUS CONTAINING BENZOXAZINE-BASED MONOMER, POLYMER THEREOF, ELECTRODE FOR FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE POLYMER, ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE FOR FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE POLYMER, AND FUEL CELL USING THE ELECTRODE - A phosphorus containing monomer, a polymer thereof, an electrode for a fuel cell including the polymer, an electrolyte membrane for a fuel cell including the polymer, and a fuel cell including the electrode. The phosphorus containing monomer is represented by Formula 1: | 2012-10-04 |
20120251922 | ELECTRODE FOR A SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL AND METHOD FOR ITS MANUFACTURE - An electrode is provided containing spherical voids which improve its gas diffusion properties and improving thermal stability of materials with different properties including the coefficient of thermal expansion. The electrode is especially useful as a component, i.e., cathode and/or anode, of solid oxide fuel cells. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251923 | MATERIAL FOR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL, CATHODE INCLUDING THE MATERIAL, AND SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE SAME - A material for a solid oxide fuel cell including a compound of Chemical Formula 1: | 2012-10-04 |
20120251924 | ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTOR AND ACTIVE LAYER INTEGRATED INTO SAID REACTOR - The invention concerns an active layer for an electrochemical reactor comprising:—a carbon electronic conductor which is not a fullerene as a support; and —a catalytic system made up of one or more metals and a fullerene. It also concerns an electrochemical reactor integrating such an active layer. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251925 | FLEXIBLE CARBON FIBER NONWOVEN FABRIC - Provided is a flexible carbon fiber nonwoven fabric which has resistance to bending, is flexible, and exhibits excellent processability. Said flexible carbon fiber nonwoven fabric is obtained by carbonizing a nonwoven fabric obtained by electrospinning a composition containing: an electrospinnable polymer substance, such as polyacrylonitrile resins; an organic compound, which is different from said polymer substance, such as phenol resins; and a transition metal. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251926 | Thin Film Catalyst With Heat-Extendable Wires - A fuel cell catalyst layer includes first spaced apart strands extending longitudinally in a first direction, second spaced apart strands extending longitudinally in a second direction, the first and second spaced apart strands collectively defining openings bounded by an adjacent pair of the first spaced apart strands and an adjacent pair of the second spaced apart strands, a number of wires extending longitudinally in a third direction from one of the first and second spaced apart strands, the wires including an organic material, and a catalyst contacting at least a portion of the plurality of wires. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251927 | HOLOGRAM-RECORDING MEDIUM - A hologram-recording medium containing: a recording layer containing a polymerizable monomer containing a structural framework represented by the following general formula (1). | 2012-10-04 |
20120251928 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A TRANSFER MASK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - An internal defect or the like of a transfer mask is detected using transmitted light quantity distribution data of an inspection apparatus. Using a die-to-die comparison inspection method, inspection light is irradiated to a first region of a thin film to obtain a first transmitted light quantity distribution, the inspection light is also irradiated to a second region of the thin film to obtain a second transmitted light quantity distribution, a predetermined-range difference distribution is produced by plotting coordinates at which difference light quantity values calculated from a comparison between the first transmitted light quantity distribution and the second transmitted light quantity distribution are each not less than a first threshold value and less than a second threshold value, and a selection is made of a transfer mask in which a region with high density of plotting is not detected in the predetermined-range difference distribution. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251929 | PHASE SHIFT MASK BLANK, PHASE SHIFT MASK, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHASE SHIFT MASK BLANK - A phase shift mask blank having, on a transparent substrate, a phase shift film including, as main components, a metal, silicon (Si) and nitrogen (N), having optical characteristics of a transmittance of equal to or greater than 9% and equal to or less than 30% with respect to a wavelength of the ArF excimer laser beam and a phase difference of equal to or greater than 150° and less than 180°, and a light-shielding film formed on the phase shift film. A thickness of the phase shift film is equal to or less than 80 nrn, a refractive index (n) with respect to the wavelength of the ArF excimer laser beam is equal to or greater than 2.3, and an extinction coefficient (k) is equal to or greater than 0.28. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251930 | PHOTOMASK BLANK AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOMASK - According to one embodiment, a photomask blank wherein a second film is stacked on a first film, the first film containing chromium and which is not substantially etched by the dry etching using fluorine and which is etchable by the dry etching using oxygen-containing chlorine, and the second film containing no chromium and which is etchable by dry etching using fluorine and dry etching using oxygen-containing chlorine. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251931 | TRANSFER MASK, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A TRANSFER MASK, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Provided is a transfer mask which has a transfer pattern formed in a pattern-forming thin film provided on a transparent substrate and is adapted to be applied with exposure light having a wavelength of 200 nm or less. The pattern-forming thin film is made of a material containing silicon an a transition metal other than chromium and the chromium content in the film is less than 1.0×10 | 2012-10-04 |
20120251932 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - Provided is an electrophotographic photoreceptor having a conductive substrate and a photosensitive layer, such that the layer constituting the outermost surface of the photosensitive layer is formed by polymerizing a cross-linkable charge transporting material having a reactive hydroxyl group and a cross-linkable charge transporting material having a reactive alkoxy group, and the ionization potential of the outer surface of the layer constituting the outermost surface is higher by about 0.1 eV or more than the ionization potential of the inner surface of the layer constituting the outermost surface. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251933 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An electrophotographic photoreceptor containing fluororesin particles in which the cross-section obtained by cutting a surface layer along the thickness direction satisfies the following ( | 2012-10-04 |
20120251934 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOCONDUCTOR, ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC METHOD, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoconductor including: an electrically conductive substrate; and at least a photoconductive layer thereon, wherein the photoconductive layer contains a diazapentadiene derivative represented by general formula (1): | 2012-10-04 |
20120251935 | TONER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, DEVELOPER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY, TONER CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - There is provided a toner for electrophotography containing at least a binder resin, a colorant and a barium compound, and having a relaxation modulus G(t) of from about 2.0×10 | 2012-10-04 |
20120251936 | TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, METHOD OF PRODUCING TONER, CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner for developing an electrostatic image, includes: colored particles containing a colorant and a binder resin, and two or more kinds of inorganic particles that are externally added to a surface of the colored particles, in which the two or more kinds of inorganic particles contain titanium-containing particles and silica-containing particles, an exposure ratio of the surface of the colored particles is about 25% or less, and a ratio of the titanium-containing particles that are in contact with the colored particles is about 15% by number or less. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251937 | TONER FOR DEVELOPING ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE, METHOD OF PRODUCING TONER, CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner for developing an electrostatic image, includes: colored particles containing a colorant and a binder resin, and two or more kinds of inorganic particles that are externally added to a surface of the colored particles, in which the two or more kinds of inorganic particles contain titanium-containing particles and silica-containing particles, an exposure ratio of the surface of the colored particles is about 25% or less, and a ratio of the silica-containing particles that are in contact with the colored particles is about 10% by number or less. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251938 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING COLORED RESIN PARTICLES, COLORED RESIN PARTICLES, DEVELOPER, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - A method for producing colored resin particles including: dissolving or dispersing at least binder resin and colorant in organic solvent to prepare oil phase; dissolving resin A and basic compound in aqueous medium to prepare aqueous phase, the resin A having solubility <2.0 g/100 g water having temperature 25° C. and pH 3.0 and solubility ≧2.0 g/100 g water having temperature 25° C. and pH 10.0; dispersing the oil phase in the aqueous phase to prepare core particle dispersion liquid; dispersing resin particles in aqueous medium to prepare resin particle dispersion liquid, and adding the resin particle dispersion liquid to the core particle dispersion liquid so that the resin particles are attached onto the core particles, to prepare dispersion liquid containing particles each having the core particle and the resin particles attached thereonto; removing the organic solvent from the dispersion liquid; washing the particles; and drying the particles. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251939 | PIGMENT DISPERSION AND YELLOW TONER - To obtain a pigment dispersion and a yellow toner having high coloring power and high dispersibility of a pigment in a dispersion medium, a pigment dispersion containing a compound represented by general formula (1) and a yellow pigment represented by general formula (2) are provided in a dispersion medium. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251940 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A TONER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHY - The invention provides a process for producing a toner for electrophotography including the following (1) to (4): (1): adding an aggregating agent to a resin particle dispersion (a) so as to attain an aggregating agent concentration Ea (wt %), to thereby produce an aggregated particle dispersion (A); (2): adding a resin microparticle dispersion (b) to the dispersion (A), to thereby produce a dispersion (B) having an aggregating agent concentration Eb (wt %) satisfying 0.60≦Eb/Ea<1; (3): modifying the aggregating agent concentration of the dispersion (B), to thereby produce a dispersion (C) of resin microparticle-deposited aggregated particles, having an aggregating agent concentration Ec (wt %) satisfying 02012-10-04 | |
20120251941 | TONER RESINS FOR ELECTRONIC COPYING PURPOSES - The present invention relates to a polycarbonate of number average molecular weight from 500 to 10000, glass transition point from 30 to 80° C. and hydroxyl group value of 30 mg KOH/g or less and the use of said polycarbonate in a urethane modified resin used as an ingredient for the production of a toner or a developer for electronic copying purposes. The present invention also relates to a urethane modified resin obtainable by the reaction of a polymer mixture comprising a polycarbonate according to any of claims | 2012-10-04 |
20120251942 | RESIN-COATED CARRIER FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC DEVELOPER - There are provided a resin-coated carrier for an electrophotographic developer, in which a magnetic particle is coated with a resin on its surface, and the coating resin contains a carbon nanotube having a carbon content of 75% by weight or more, and an electrophotographic developer using the resin-coated carrier. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251943 | ANTIREFLECTIVE COATING COMPOSITION AND PROCESS THEREOF - The invention relates to an antireflective coating composition comprising a crosslinker and a crosslinkable polymer capable of being crosslinked by the crosslinker, where the crosslinkable polymer comprises a unit represented by structure (1): | 2012-10-04 |
20120251944 | PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY METHOD AND APPARATUS - Embodiments of the disclosed technology disclose a photolithography method and apparatus, and the method comprises: hydrophobicity-treating edge portions of a surface of a substrate to be applied with photoresist; and applying hydrophilic photoresist to the surface of the substrate subject to hydrophobic treatment. With the disclosed technology, the usage amount of thinner in the edge photoresist-removing procedure can be greatly reduced or even eliminated, thereby reducing production costs and increasing production efficiency. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251945 | PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a photoresist composition containing: a resin which contains a structural unit derived from a compound having an acid-labile group and which is insoluble or poorly soluble in an alkali aqueous solution but becomes soluble in an alkali aqueous solution by the action of an acid; an acid generator and a compound represented by the formula (I): | 2012-10-04 |
20120251946 | PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION - The present invention provides a photoresist composition comprising the following components (A), (B) and (X):
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20120251947 | CYCLIC COMPOUND, METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME, RADIATION SENSITIVE COMPOSITION, AND METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN - This invention addresses problems to provide a cyclic compound having a high solubility in safety solvents and a high sensitivity and being good in the shape of the resulting resist pattern, a method of producing the same, a radiation sensitive composition comprising the same, and a method of forming a resist pattern using the radiation sensitive composition. As means for solving the problem, there are provided a cyclic compound having a specific structure, a radiation sensitive composition comprising the compound, and a method of forming a resist pattern using the composition. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251948 | ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE FILM AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME COMPOSITION - The actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition of the present invention contains (A) a resin capable of increasing the solubility in an alkaline developer by the action of an acid, and (C) at least one selected from the group of compounds represented by the following formula (ZI-3), (ZI-4) or (ZI-5) and capable of generating an acid upon irradiation of actinic rays or radiation, wherein the resin (A) contains at least one repeating unit having a group capable of decomposing by the action of an acid to leave a leaving group having a ring structure, and the leaving group having a ring structure has at least one of a polar group as a substituent and a polar atom as a part of the ring structure, and a compound derived from the leaving group having a ring structure has a log P value of not less than 0 and less than 2.8. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251949 | POSITIVE TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION - Disclosed is a positive-type photosensitive resin composition which has excellent storage stability, particularly excellent sensitivity stability, and can be formed into a cured film having excellent adhesion onto a substrate when heated at 350° C. or higher or heated in the air. The positive-type photosensitive resin composition comprises (a) a polymer having, as the main component, at least one structure selected from the group consisting of a polyimide precursor structure, a polybenzoxazole precursor structure, and a polyimide structure, (b) a quinonediazide compound, (c) a silane coupling agent having a styryl group, (d) a silane coupling agent having an epoxy group, an oxetanyl group, a methacryloxy group, an acryloxy group, an amino group, an amide group or mercapto group and an alkoxysilyl group, and (e) a solvent. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251950 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM - A composition for forming a resist underlayer film to be used in a lithography process, that includes: a polymer containing unit structures of Formula (1), Formula (2), and Formula (3): | 2012-10-04 |
20120251951 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN - A resist composition including:
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20120251952 | COPOLYMER FOR RESIST COMPRISING NOVEL ACRYL BASED MONOMER AND RESIN COMPOSITION FOR RESIST COMPRISING THE SAME - A resist resin composition includes 100 parts by weight of a copolymer represented by Formula 3 below; 0.5 to 1.5 parts by weight of a photoacid generator and 700 to 1,500 parts by weight of a solvent: | 2012-10-04 |
20120251953 | PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION - Certain methanofullerene derivatives are described, having side chains with acid-labile protecting groups. The methanofullerene derivatives may find application as photoresist materials, and particularly as positive-tone photoresists. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251954 | LITHOGRAPHIC PRINTING PLATE PRECURSOR AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - A lithographic printing plate precursor in a positive-type with an infrared-sensitivity, having a support and an image recording layer provided on the support, the support having a hydrophilic surface, the recording layer having a particular resin, an amphoteric surfactant and/or an anionic surfactant, and an infrared absorbing agent, wherein the particular resin being at least one of resins selected from the group consisting of a polyurethane resin, a poly (vinyl acetal) resin, and maleimide resin A. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251955 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMATION OF RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM - There is provided a composition for forming a resist underlayer film for electron beam or EUV lithography that is used in a device manufacture process using EUV lithography, reduces the adverse effects caused by an electron beam or EUV, and is effective for the formation of a good resist pattern and a resist pattern formation method using the composition for forming a resist underlayer film for lithography. A composition for forming a resist underlayer film for electron beam or EUV lithography, comprising: a polymer having a repeating unit structure of Formula (1): | 2012-10-04 |
20120251956 | ANTIREFLECTIVE COATING COMPOSITION AND PROCESS THEREOF - The invention relates to an antireflective coating composition comprising a crosslinker and a crosslinkable polymer capable of being crosslinked by the crosslinker, where the crosslinkable polymer comprises a unit represented by structure (1): | 2012-10-04 |
20120251957 | SUBSTRATE TRANSFER METHOD FOR PERFORMING PROCESSES INCLUDING PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY SEQUENCE - A substrate transfer method for transferring target substrates proceeds in a substrate processing system for performing processes including a photolithography sequence on the target substrates. The system includes a first automated substrate transfer line configured to transfer the target substrates among a plurality of process sections for respectively performing processes on the target substrates, and a second automated substrate transfer line of a cyclical type dedicated to a plurality of process apparatuses of a photolithography process section, which are configured to perform a series of processes in the photolithography sequence, the second automated substrate transfer line being located relative to the first automated substrate transfer line so as for the target substrates to be transferred therebetween. The method includes, in order to proceed with the photolithography sequence, transferring the target substrates among the process apparatuses in the photolithography process section by use of the second automated substrate transfer line. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251958 | QUICK IGNITION SYSTEM - An ignition system with means for quick ignition is provided. The ignition system includes a hollow body having a first opening and a second opening; an ignition element for inducing combustion of a solid combustible material at the second opening; a current source electrically coupled to the ignition element; and a blower at the first opening, wherein the blower is configured to induce air flow from the first opening to the second opening. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251959 | Method of and Arrangement for Feeding Fuel Into a Circulating Fluidized Bed Boiler - A method of feeding at least one of light, fine and moist fuel into a furnace of a circulating fluidized bed boiler. Fuel is fed into the furnace through a fuel feed and the fuel is combusted in a turbulent, circulating fluidized bed. A fuel feed area is isolated from the turbulent circulating bed by arranging the fuel feed along at least one channel arranged in a wall of the furnace. Solids of the circulating bed material are introduced onto a first grid section at the bottom of the fuel feed area. The fuel and the solids are mixed and fluidized above the grid section to form a fuel-solids mixture that flows laterally onto a second grid section and a third grid section where the mixture is fluidized. The fluidized bed material is circulated both inside and outside of the furnace. The bed material is separated from the flue gases and returned to the furnace. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251960 | High Uniformity Heating - A method includes the steps of operating a regenerative burner in cycles, including a firing cycle in which fuel and combustion air are discharged from the burner into a process chamber, and a nonfiring cycle in which a quantity of gas is withdrawn from the process chamber through a regenerative bed associated with the burner. The method further includes steps of detecting and responding to a temperature that differs from a predetermined temperature at a location in the process chamber. In a first step of responding to the detected temperature, a flue damper system is operated to vary a flow of gas within the process chamber relative to the location of the detected temperature. A second step of responding to the detected temperature reduces the quantity of gas to be withdrawn from the process chamber through the regenerative bed in a subsequent nonfiring cycle. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251961 | GAS LIGHTER WITH ROLLER-ROTATION RESTRAINING PART - The present invention relates to a gas lighter with a roller-rotation restraining part, and more particularly, to a gas lighter with a roller-rotation restraining part, wherein the roller rotation restraining part extends toward a roller from one side of a top surface of a cap for surrounding a nozzle of the gas lighter so that the roller-rotation restraining part is caught to and brought in contact with the roller, and thus, a certain rotation-restraining force is added to the rotation of the roller by means of the roller-rotation restraining part which is caught to and brought in contact with the roller during the rotation of the roller for ignition to increase a finger grasp force required for the ignition of the gas lighter through the rotation of the roller, thereby being capable of preventing an accident of the gas lighter which could be resulted from children. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251962 | CANDLE HOLDER - A candle holder has a double walled container and a lid fitting the container and suspending a candle platform into the double walled container. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251963 | THERMOSTAT WITH INTEGRATED CARBON MONOXIDE (CO) SENSOR - A thermostat control device is disclosed. The thermostat control device includes a temperature sensor, a cartridge sensor and a controller in communication with the temperature sensor and the cartridge sensor. The controller further includes a processor, a memory in communication with the processor, the memory storing processor executable instructions configured to: generate a furnace control signal in response to a temperature sensor signal; analyze a cartridge sensor signal received from the cartridge sensor against a threshold; and generate, if the cartridge sensor signal exceeds the threshold, an emergency furnace shutdown signal. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251964 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR SELECTIVE SUBSTRATE SUPPORT AND ALIGNMENT IN A THERMAL TREATMENT CHAMBER - The present invention generally relates to methods and apparatus for handling of substrates in a thermal treatment chamber. In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a chamber body having sidewalls, a substrate support assembly disposed in the chamber body, the substrate support assembly movable in a first direction within the chamber body, and two or more support fingers coupled to the sidewalls, the two or more support fingers being movable in a second direction within the chamber body, the second direction being transverse to the first direction. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251965 | Heating Device - The invention relates to a heating device, in particular for mobile use, comprising a combustion chamber for reacting fuel with combustion air in order to release heat, a heat exchanger for transferring at least part of the released heat to a heating medium to be heated, a fuel conveying device for supplying fuel to the combustion chamber, a combustion air fan for supplying combustion air to the combustion chamber, a heating medium fan for supplying the heating medium to the heat exchanger, a common drive for the combustion air fan and the heating medium fan, at least one sensor for monitoring the mass flow of the heating medium, and a controller, which controls the fuel conveying device and the common drive. The controller is designed to change the ratio of the amount of the heating medium and the amount of the fuel supplied to the combustion chamber according to the mass flow of the heating medium. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251966 | HEAT TREATMENT CONTROL SYSTEM AND HEAT TREATMENT CONTROL METHOD - There is provided a heat treatment control system and method which can accurately estimate the temperatures of wafers upon loading of the wafers, enabling quick heat treatment of the wafers. The heat treatment control system includes: a processing container for processing wafers held in a boat; a lid for hermetically closing the processing container; heaters for heating the processing container; and a controller for controlling the heaters. A profile temperature sensor holding tool is installed on the lid. To the sensor holding tool are mounted profile temperature sensors which are connected to a temperature estimation section. The temperature estimation section estimates the temperature of a wafer by applying a first-order lag filter to a detection signal from a profile temperature sensor. The controller controls the heaters based on the temperatures of wafers thus determined by the temperature estimation section. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251967 | LOADING UNIT AND PROCESSING SYSTEM - A loading unit is provided under a processing unit for performing a thermal treatment process on a substrate, loads/unloads a substrate holding mechanism by which substrates are held to the processing unit, and transfers the substrates to the substrate holding mechanism. The loading unit includes a loading case provided to be connected to the processing unit and surrounds the entire processing unit; an elevator mechanism that has a holding arm for holding a lower portion of the substrate holding mechanism and moves up/down the substrate holding mechanism; a substrate transfer mechanism which transfers the substrates to the substrate holding mechanism; and a substrate holding mechanism accommodating recess portion provided in a lower portion of the loading case corresponding to the lower portion of the substrate holding mechanism and is provided to protrude downward to accommodate a lower end portion of the substrate holding mechanism. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251968 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR - A process for producing a semiconductor device, includes: first melting by heating only a superior portion of a bump formed on an electrode on one principle surface of a semiconductor substrate; and second melting the entire bump by also heating an inferior portion of the bump. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251969 | METHOD OF FORMING AN ORTHODONTIC TRANSFER TRAY - An orthodontic bracket having an opening for receiving a wire, but without a base to create a lever arm when the bracket is oriented in free space at a customized angle relative to a tooth surface. The bracket can be embedded into or encapsulated by an adhesive that is bonded to the tooth. A clip is provided for holding the bracket in position and occluding the opening while the adhesive is applied. And indirect methods of attaching the brackets to teeth are provided wherein the brackets can be attached to the lingual side of the teeth in a low-profile arrangement. A first method includes the step of positioning the brackets on a physical model of the teeth by using a positioning machine. A second method includes the step of positioning virtual brackets on a virtual model of the teeth using software, then generating a physical transfer try using rapid prototyping. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251970 | REMOVABLE BITE PLANE APPLIANCE - A convertible oral bite plate appliance has at least one removable occusal shim attached and conforming to the outer surface of a base. The removable occlusal shim is preferably attached by complementary ribs and grooves on the lingual and buccal/labial portions of the occlusal shim and the base. Elastic bands may optionally be used to connect the maxillary and mandibular occlusal shims to pull the lower jaw anteriorly. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251971 | SYSTEM FOR PROTECTION OF SOFT TISSUES AGAINST A TEETH WHITENING SUBSTANCE - The appliance includes a brushhead having conductive fiber bristles by which a potential is applied to electrochemically activate a teeth whitening substance, such as peroxide, in the vicinity of the teeth. An impedance appliance system ( | 2012-10-04 |
20120251972 | Laser Assisted Periodontium And Osseus Regeneration Protocol - A protocol of treating gum disease using a soft tissue diode laser which generates a beam of light having a wavelength in the infrared range at 0.5 to 1.2 watts, used with intermittent stops to control tissue temperature, to decontaminate the gum tissue and biostimulate the periodontium nonsurgically when used with a substrate such as but not limited to enamel matrix proteins, thus preventing the long junctional epithelium from migrating into the sulcus, preserving tissue height, and regenerating periodontium; placing the tip of the laser inside the sulcus; penetrating the entire sulcus by moving the laser light with intermittent stops to control tissue temperature vertically and horizontally throughout the sulcus; and placing a substrate such as but not limited to enamel matrix proteins in the sulcus prior to a blood clot forming nonsurgically when used with the soft tissue diode laser, thus regenerating periodontium in the sulcus. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251973 | LIGHT GUIDE FOR A DENTAL LIGHT DEVICE AND A METHOD OF MAKING THE LIGHT GUIDE - A light guide adapted for use with a dental light device has a reflector tube for receiving light from a light source of a light device and for guiding the light toward an end of the reflector tube. The light guide comprises further a reflector plate adjacent the end of the reflector tube. The reflector plate has a reflective face which is arranged inclined relative to the longitudinal axis. The light guide may facilitate handling of a light device in use, and may help minimizing costs. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251974 | METHOD AND KIT FOR DENTAL IMPLANT DRILLING GUIDES - Method and kit for producing implant drilling guides positioned at the proper orientation to avoid inadvertent damage to critical regions of the patient's jaw when drilling to place dental implant screws. The method works by placing a small post device with x-ray visible depth markers in the root socket of the patient's tooth immediately after tooth extraction. The post device may additionally be configured to guide the drill at a position and angle that is different from that of the original tooth socket. This post device is used to construct a removable guide that anchors to the patient's adjacent teeth, and preserves the location and orientation of the extracted tooth root. Once the root socket is filled in with new bone, the guide, in conjunction with the X-ray post depth information, can be used to direct drilling along the same route as the old tooth root, thus avoiding critical structures. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251975 | ORAL CARE APPARATUS - An oral care apparatus is an apparatus for performing care on an oral cavity using a care member, and includes an accelerometer, a driving unit for vibrating the care member, and a vibration frequency detection unit for detecting a vibration frequency of the care member. The vibration frequency detection unit detects the vibration frequency based on the waveform of a signal outputted by the accelerometer. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251976 | TWO-PART DENTAL IMPLANT - A two-part dental implant includes distal and proximal stem portions which in an interconnected condition at least indirectly adjoin each other at a connecting location and have mutually facing surfaces in the region of the connecting location. A sealing body is provided between the mutually facing surfaces of the distal and proximal stem portions. The sealing body has sealing surfaces which face towards the mutually facing surfaces and which in the interconnected condition of the two stem portions bear sealingly against the mutually facing surfaces thereof. In addition, mutually facing abutment surfaces are provided between the distal and proximal stem portions. These mutually facing abutment surfaces bear against each other in the final assembled dental implant and limit the degree of approach of the two mutually facing surfaces of the stem portions between which the sealing body is arranged. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251977 | Endosseous Dental Implant - Dental implant, comprising a central body ( | 2012-10-04 |
20120251978 | METHOD AND KIT FOR PRODUCING DENTAL IMPLANT DRILLING GUIDES - A method and kit for producing implant drilling guides positioned at the proper angle and orientation so as to avoid inadvertent damage to critical regions of the patient's jaw when drilling to place dental implant screws. The method works by placing a small post with x-ray visible depth markers in the root of the patient's tooth immediately after tooth extraction. This post, along with guideblocks, optional washers, reduction or expansion guides, and rapidly hardening guide materials (such as acrylics or thermosetting materials) is used to construct a removable guide that anchors to the patient's adjacent teeth, and preserves the location and orientation of the extracted tooth root. Once the root is filled in with new bone, the guide, in conjunction with the X-ray post depth information, can be used to direct drilling along the same route as the old tooth root, thus avoiding critical structures. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251979 | DENTAL IMPLANT MILL BLANK ARTICLES AND METHODS - Methods of fabricating a dental restoration from dental mill blanks that further comprise a dental implant abutment integrated therein are described. Also described are dental mill blanks and dental prosthesis articles and methods of making dental mill blanks. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251980 | Method of Forming Patient Specific Implants with Improved Osseointegration - A patient-specific bone implant has a porous body with a core material covered with tantalum. It is made with unique outer dimensions selected to match a specific patient. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251981 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ADMINISTERING TEETH WHITENING AND ANTIMICROBIAL COMPOSITIONS - The disclosure relates to a method for treating or preventing periodontal disease, such as gingivitis or periodontitis. The method may comprise the steps of a) providing a composition disposed within a reservoir, the reservoir being fluidly connected to an exterior surface of an applicator having a frictional stress value sufficient to cause mechanical displacement of a biofilm present on a surface of the tooth, or comprising pores having a diameter of 0.1-1000 μm, or both, b) dispensing the composition through the applicator onto the exterior surface of the applicator, and c) applying the composition to an oral cavity surface. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251982 | Training Aid for Devices Requiring Line-of-Sight Devices - The present invention is a novel apparatus for use as a training aid for devices that are aimed using line-of-sight methods, such as firearms and telescopes. A need exists for a removable aid that will improve the various aspects of targeting and device handling by the trainee. The present invention satisfies this need by placing a small, high-resolution electronic display within the line-of-sight of a device and adding other electronics to drive the display. The display and the additional electronics are used to provide many functions that are useful in training. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251983 | SYSTEM, KIT AND/OR METHOD OF DECORATING A PAPERBOARD SHEET - A display system or kit for displaying lights on a paper board product. In one embodiment, the invention can be a display system comprising: sheet of paperboard having a plurality of holes extending from a front surface to a rear surface of the paperboard; a light assembly comprising a string of lights and a controller comprising an internal power source, the string of lights comprising a plurality of light modules arranged in a spaced apart manner along a length of wire, each of the light modules comprising a light portion capable of being alternated between an illuminated state and a non-illuminated state via the controller; and the light portions of the string of lights extending through the holes of the paperboard so as to protrude from the front surface of the paperboard, the wire of the light assembly located adjacent the rear surface of the paperboard. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251984 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ADVANCEMENT OF VOCABULARY SKILLS IN A GAME ENVIRONMENT - A system and method for providing a word game for honing of vocabulary skills includes populating, by a computer processor, a tile grid with a plurality of words related by a predefined criterion, such that each of the words is adjacent to at least one other of the words to form a path beginning at a start grid tile and ending at an end grid tile, the start and end tiles being at least one edge of the tile grid; and transmitting and/or outputting the populated tile grid. The predefined criterion may be, for example, that all of the words are synonymous with respect to at least one word sense of a seed word. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251985 | LANGUAGE-TUTORING MACHINE AND METHOD - A language tutoring machine communicates with a user for teaching of a linguistic sub-system in a particular language. The language tutoring system comprises at least one computational module that functions to produce and comprehend utterances which employ the linguistic sub-system. The at least one computational module embodies two models which operationalizes the linguistic sub-system; a student model approximating a specified user's performance when producing and comprehending language involving the linguistic sub-system, and a teacher model which represents an archetypal configuration of the language-system. The teacher model and student model use the same formalisms, advantageously Incremental Recruitment Language (for conceptualising and interpreting) and Fluid Construction Grammar (for expression and parsing). This enables a single computational module to be operated, at different moments, to represent the teacher model and to represent the student model, and enables the same components to be used for language production and comprehension. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251986 | Abacus-type math teaching device and method - The device disclosed in the present application is a compact and convenient mathematical manipulative that can be used to assist students who have varied modalities or learning styles (auditory, visual, tactile, vocal). The device essentially comprises two parallel, co-planar U-shaped “storage” and “operational” rods, with one prong of each U-shape connected to a support handle, and the remaining prong of each rod joined to each other via a short-segmented undulated horizontal segment. Each “operational” rod supports an even-numbered quantity of through-drilled beads which may be slidably positioned along the lengths of the storage and operational rods. The beads may be of a first color on one pair of rods and a second color on the opposite pair of rods and further, each rod is designated as either a negative (−) or (+) calculator. By manipulating the beads, a learner can readily understand concepts and operations such as whole number calculations, algebraic concepts, equations, and organizing thought processes. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251987 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR VIRTUAL REALITY SIMULATION OF LOCAL DENTAL ANESTHESIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES AND SKILLS TRAINING - A method includes: (1) providing a system for virtual reality simulation of local dental anesthesiological techniques and skills training; (2) building an operator injecting process by using the system for virtual reality simulation of local dental anesthesiological techniques and skills training; (3) digitalizing the operator injecting process by using the system for virtual reality simulation of local dental anesthesiological techniques and skills training; (4) comparing the digitalized data and a standard needle-penetration process, and digitally displaying the difference between the digitalized data and standard needle-penetration process through the display unit; (5) calculating the digitalized data of the difference between the digitalized data and the standard needle-penetration process to obtain an analysis result by using the data processing unit of the system for virtual reality simulation of local dental anesthesiological techniques and skills training; and (6) outputting the analysis result and displaying the analysis result on the display unit. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251988 | REWARD DISPENSER - A reward dispenser is disclosed. An example reward dispenser includes a trap door to keep a reward from falling out of a dispenser compartment. The reward dispenser also includes a release mechanism to open the trap door so that all reward in the dispenser compartment falls outside of the reward dispenser. The reward dispenser also includes a closing mechanism to automatically close the trap door after the reward falls out of the reward dispenser, so that another reward can be loaded into the dispenser compartment. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251989 | APPARATUS, SYSTEM, AND METHOD FOR MODULATING CONSOLIDATION OF MEMORY DURING SLEEP - Devices, systems and methods to modify memory and/or cognitive function by delivering a sensory stimulus paired with learned material at opportune physiological periods during sleep. For example, described herein are systems, methods and devices to enhance a user's cognitive function in such areas as memorization and learning. A machine (e.g., a system or device) may be used to identify opportune periods of the sleep cycle and to deliver a stimulus during specific phases of the sleep cycle to facilitate or interrupt memory consolidation. In some variations the machine records ambient sensory inputs during awake acquisition or reinforcement/relearning and replays all or an extracted form of the ambient sensory stimuli a specified portion of the user's sleep. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251990 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF DELIVERING AN INTERACTIVE AND DYNAMIC MULTI-SPORT TRAINING PROGRAM - A system for creating a personalized, dynamic, multi-sport training plan for a user comprises a question generating module; a user input module which accepts user answers to questions generated by the question generating module and accepts other inputs relating to the user; and a processing module which collects and analyzes the answers to the questions and the inputs and thereafter, based at least in part on a calculation of an exponential moving average (“EMA”) of said answers, creates a training schedule for each sport, which is dynamically linked to all previous user inputs; wherein the question generating module, by way of an intelligent link to all previous user inputs and feedback direction from the processing module, creates a plurality of further questions for the user to enable modifications to be made to training schedule for each sport. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251991 | Peripheral Probe with Six Degrees of Freedom Plus Compressive Force Feedback - An enhanced six degree of freedom spatial inertial measuring device capable of measuring translational movement along three orthogonal axes and rotational movement about the same, and in addition, being capable of measuring compression along at least one orthogonal axis. The device serves to provide adequate control for software applications where inertial tracking and compressive force feedback along at least one axis is desired. A probe, which accurately simulates ultrasound imaging, and therefore functions as a teaching tool is one such application. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251992 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF TEACHING THROUGH ANALYSIS USING A VIRTUAL TEACHING DEVICE - A learning support method and system for a classroom includes a monitoring device configured to capture real-time participant events and stimuli in a learning environment. The participant events include classroom and collaboration-oriented input. A database is configured to store and organize a-priori skills of a typical student and a-priori knowledge a participating student. A set of cognitive model profiles are stored in system memory representing typical student behaviors and participant student behaviors with access to the captured participant events, the stimuli and the a-priori knowledge and skills. An interaction manager is configured to be responsive to the participant events and stimuli to perform interactive tasks during a class session. The interactive tasks may include posing a question, supplementing a lecture, tracking progress and rating teacher performance. | 2012-10-04 |
20120251993 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR PROMOTING HEALTH EDUCATION - Provided herein is a method and system for promoting health education. The system can comprise an integrated health education and support platform, such as personalized health education and information. The personalized health education system can comprise a custom tailored education video delivered to a subject conveniently; a self reminder system, such as a customized and personalized health maintenance reminder; a reward and patient medical education credit system, or any combination thereof. | 2012-10-04 |