| 49th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 14 |
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| 20100308199 | Holder for two-dimensional articles - The holder for two-dimensional articles includes at least two opposed, parallel slots or grooves adapted to grip the opposite edges of a thin, flexible display article (e.g., photo, business or other sign, artwork, etc.). The slots or grooves have a span therebetween slightly less than the span of the article to be held therebetween, and the bottom portions of the slots or grooves may be more widely spaced from one another than their upper edges. Thus, one edge of the article may be inserted into one slot and the article flexed to tuck the opposite edge in the opposite slot, with the resulting curvature of the article producing a spring-like effect that urges the opposed edges into the slots of the holder. A number of embodiments may be provided, e.g., multiple slots to hold multiple articles in a horizontal and/or vertical array, different slot configurations, easel and wall mounts, etc. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308200 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL PORTABLE ANCHORING SYSTEM - A portable anchoring apparatus and kit is provided which allows large animals to be safely hitched a safe distance from an anchoring object (e.g., a motor vehicle). Other embodiments of the portable anchoring apparatus and kit include a portable anchored table, a portable anchored large sign, and a portable anchored combination table and large sign. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308201 | Seismic Damper - A seismic damper includes upper and lower brackets, and a link mechanism. The upper bracket is formed with an upper hole. The lower bracket is formed with lower and intermediate holes. The link mechanism includes a support link, and first, second, and third pivot joints. The support link has first and second ends, each of which is formed with a through-hole, and an intermediate portion, which is formed with a through-hole. The first pivot joint extends through the upper hole in the upper bracket and the through-hole in the first end of the support link. The second pivot joint extends through the lower hole in the lower bracket and the through-hole in the second end of the support link. The third pivot joint extends through the intermediate hole in the lower bracket and the through-hole in the intermediate portion of the support link. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308202 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE WITH SUPPORT - An electronic device, comprising: a back cover, a first support, and a second support; wherein, the back cover forms a receiving groove; the first support comprises a support portion and a connection portion rotationally connected to the back cover; the second support comprises a support portion, at least one hook portion, and a connection portion rotationally connected to the back cover; when in a folded position, the first support and the second support are received in the receiving groove of the back cover; and when in an unfolded position, the support portion of the first support is engaged with the at least one hook portion of the second support; the second support cooperates with an edge of the electronic device to form a stable structure to support the electronic device. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308203 | CONSTRUCTION - There are provided components, assemblies and formulations for use in forming building structures and methods of construction. A moulding component ( | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308204 | Process for Producing Structure with Metal Film, Mother Die for Use in the Process, and Structure Produced by the Process - The invention provides is a process for producing a structure ( | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308205 | METHOD FOR AUTO FOCUS SEARCHING OF OPTICAL MICROSCOPE - A method for auto focus searching of optical microscopes is revealed. At first, sample a plurality of image signals according to a plurality of sampling positions. Then process the plurality of image signals to get a plurality of energy values. Next calculate a plurality of sharpness values of adjacent energy values and also calculate an absolute value corresponding to the sharpness value. Later check and find out a maximum value of the absolute values to get a sampling position corresponding to the image with the maximum value and use that position as the optimal focus position of the optical microscopes. By the sampling way, the energy values of the image signals are captured so as to save calculation time. Moreover, a sharpness value of adjacent energy value is also calculated so as to check the image captured at the best focus position quickly and reduce focus searching time of the optical microscope. Therefore, the focusing efficiency of the optical microscope is improved. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308206 | LIGHT TRACKING DEVICE - A light tracking device comprising first and second support members and at least one light receiving element supported on each support member by one or more resilient flexible beams which deform upon relative translational displacement of the first and second support members. The first and second support members are arranged such that relative translational displacement of the members generates rotational displacement of the element. One or more resilient flexible beams may comprise spiral arms extending from the first to the second support members. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308207 | Application independent operational controls of a suspended particle device - A scalable apparatus and a network environment dynamically changes the light transparency of a single SPD device, a small number of SPD devices or thousands of such SPD devices installed in windows in automobiles, aircraft, trains, marine vehicles, residential homes, commercial buildings and skyscrapers. A scalable apparatus and a network environment dynamically changes the light transparency of a single SPD device or thousands of such SPD devices in the presentation of a multi-media special effects display. Textual messages, graphical images and simulated motion effects are driven. Such scalable apparatus being capable of driving and using several operational parameters of SPD materials such as frequency range, AC voltage and temperature so as to provide fine control of SPD characteristics such as switching speed and power consumption. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308208 | DETECTING DEVICE AND SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes a light receiving section having a plurality of threshold voltage modulation pixel circuits each configured including a MOS transistor having a gate electrode connected to a supply terminal of a gate voltage of a vertical scanning circuit, and a source electrode connected to one end of each capacitor of a line memory group via a switching element, and a photodiode having an anode connected to a back-gate electrode of the MOS transistor and a cathode connected to a drain electrode thereof, and a buffer circuit having an input terminal connected to a supply line of a control voltage of the control voltage supply means adapted to supply the vertical scanning circuit with the control voltage, and an output terminal connected to the other end of each capacitor, and having a signal transfer characteristic the same as that of the pixel circuit. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308209 | System for Charge-Domain Electron Subtraction in Demodulation Pixels and Method Therefor - A method and system enable the subtraction of charge carrier packages in the low-noise charge domain, which is particularly interesting for the operation of demodulation pixels when high background light signals are present. The method comprises the following steps: demodulation of an optical signal and integration of the photo-generated charge carriers; charge transfer to an external capacitance. The second step means a recombination of electrons and holes in the charge domain and an influencing of the opposite charge carriers on the second plate of the capacitance. This approach allows for low-noise subtraction of charge packages in the charge domain and, at the same time, for creating pixels with much higher fill factors because the capacitances can be optimized for storing just the differential parts, without the DC component. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308210 | PHOTOELECTRONIC SENSOR SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a photoelectronic sensor which collectively adjusts light emission intensity of plural light emitting elements and light reception sensitivity of plural light receiving elements automatically or manually. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308211 | OPTOELECTRONIC SHUTTER, METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME AND OPTICAL APPARATUS INCLUDING THE OPTOELECTRONIC SHUTTER - An optoelectronic shutter, a method of operating the same, and an optical apparatus including the optoelectronic shutter are provided. The optoelectronic shutter includes a phototransistor which generates an output signal from incident input light and a light emitting diode serially connected to the phototransistor. The light emitting diode outputs output light according to the output signal, and the output signal is gain-modulated according to a modulation of a current gain of the phototransistor. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308212 | DIODE, PHOTODETECTOR CIRCUIT INCLUDING SAME, AND DISPLAY DEVICE - Each of even-numbered photodiodes | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308213 | Detector - A detector for detecting electromagnetic radiation includes a semiconductor substrate of a first doping type, and a well in the semiconductor substrate, the well being of a second doping type. The first doping type and the second doping type are different and the well has an increasing dopant concentration in a direction parallel to a surface of the semiconductor substrate. In addition, the detector includes a detector terminal doping region which is arranged at least partly in the well in a terminal region of the well. The detection of electromagnetic radiation is based on a generation of free charge carriers by the electromagnetic radiation in a detection region of the well. The detection region has a maximum dopant concentration which is lower than a maximum dopant concentration of the terminal region of the well. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308214 | ARRAY OF NANOWIRES IN A SINGLE CAVITY WITH ANTI-REFLECTIVE COATING ON SUBSTRATE - An embodiment relates to image sensor comprising one or more nanowires on a substrate of a cavity, the nanowire being configured to transmit a first portion of an electromagnetic radiation beam incident on the sensor, and the substrate that absorbs a second portion of the electromagnetic radiation beam incident on the sensor, wherein the first portion is substantially different from the second portion. The substrate could have a anti-reflective material. The ratio of a diameter of the cavity to a diameter of the nanowire could be at less than about 10. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308215 | System and Method for Ion Implantation with Improved Productivity and Uniformity - A method comprising introducing an injected gas (e.g., Argon, Xenon) into a beam line region comprising a magnetic scanner is provided herein. The injected gas improves beam current by enhancing (e.g., increasing, decreasing) charge neutralization of the magnetic ion beam (e.g., the ion beam at regions where the scanning magnetic field is non-zero) thereby reducing the current loss due to the zero field effect (ZFE). By reducing the current loss in regions having a magnetic field, the magnetic beam current is increased (e.g., the beam current is increased in regions where the magnetic field is non-zero) raising the overall beam current in a uniform manner over an entire scan path and thereby reducing the effect of the ZFE. In other words, the ZFE is removed by effectively minimizing it through an increase in the magnetized beam current. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308216 | FAIMS Ion Mobility Spectrometer With Multiple Doping - A FAIMS ion mobility spectrometer is arranged so that the analyte is subject to different ion chemistries at different locations along the spectrometer. Different dopants, or different concentrations of dopants or water vapor are admitted at various locations, such as at the inlet, between the inlet and the ionizer between the ionizer and the gate, between the gate and the FAIMS parallel plates, through an opening in one of the plates, or between the end of the plates and the detector. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308217 | Method and system for internal chemical ionization with water in ion mass spectrometry - Method and system that allows the use of water as reactant gas for internal chemical ionization in mass spectrometry. The system provides a stable water vapor pressure in the ion trap by condensation-free water vapor flow between water reservoir and ion trap. The system can be implemented by modification of any type of ion-trap mass spectrometer designed for internal chemical ionization. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308218 | MULTIPOLE ION TRANSPORT APPARATUS AND RELATED METHODS - An ion transport apparatus includes an ion entrance end, an ion exit end, and electrodes arranged along a longitudinal axis from the ion entrance end toward the ion exit end. The electrodes are configured for applying an RF electrical field that varies along the longitudinal axis such that at the ion entrance end, the RF electrical field comprises a major first multipole component of 2n | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308219 | METHOD FOR CREATING S/TEM SAMPLE AND SAMPLE STRUCTURE - An improved method and apparatus for S/TEM sample preparation and analysis. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide improved methods for TEM sample creation, especially for small geometry (<100 nm thick) TEM lamellae. A novel sample structure and a novel use of a milling pattern allow the creation of S/TEM samples as thin as 50 nm without significant bowing or warping. Preferred embodiments of the present invention provide methods to partially or fully automate TEM sample creation, to make the process of creating and analyzing TEM samples less labor intensive, and to increase throughput and reproducibility of TEM analysis. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308220 | INSPECTION STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR IN-LINE MONITORING WAFER - The method for in-line monitoring a wafer is described as follows. A wafer is provided, and at least one inspection structure is then formed on the wafer in the following steps. An N-well region and a P-well region are formed in the wafer, wherein the N-well region and the P-well region are separated from each other. A gate on each of the N-well region and the P-well region is formed. A P-type doped region is respectively formed in the N-well region and in the P-well region at both sides of the gates. A first contact plug is formed on each P-type doped region, and second contact plug is formed on each gate. Afterwards, a defect inspection is conducted utilizing an electron beam inspection (EBI) system, such that a short between each first contact plug and each gate is determined. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308221 | CALIBRATION STANDARDS FOR ELECTRON MICROSCOPES AND ELECTRON COLUMN TOOLS - A calibration standard structured to obtain both morphology and chemistry information with respect to particles analyzed simultaneously. The standard is structured to verify the accuracy of the data obtained in the particle analysis. Related methods of manufacture and use are provided. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308222 | Multifunction Edge Device for Powered Doors - An edge device for an elevator door includes an elongate array of infrared transmitters and/or receivers and a proximate elongate array of illuminable elements, both arrays extending for a substantial part of the length of the door. The illuminable elements are adapted to be illuminated when the door is in motion. The two arrays are disposed in a common carrier structure, being either vertically interleaved or extending vertically in parallel with each other. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308223 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACQUIRING TIME WAVEFORM OF TERAHERTZ WAVES - A method for acquiring an accurate time waveform of terahertz waves includes: acquiring a first time waveform by using a first delay portion with a first difference in length of the optical paths in the second delay portion, using a second delay portion to change the first difference in length of the optical paths to a second difference in length of the optical paths that is different from the first difference in length of the optical paths, acquiring a second time waveform by using the first delay portion with the second difference in length of the optical paths, adjusting the acquired first and second time waveforms in accordance with a predetermined differences in length of the optical paths based on the first and second differences in length of the optical paths, and averaging the first and second time waveforms according to the predetermined difference in length of the optical paths. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308224 | INFRARED SENSING DEVICE - The present invention relates to a kind of infrared sensing device mounted in the faucet at the basin, it comprises an infrared emitting tube for emitting the infrared light, an infrared receiving tube for receiving the infrared light, a circuit board on which the infrared emitting and receiving tubes are mounted, a housing for accommodating the infrared emitting and receiving tubes, an emitting lens for focusing the emitted infrared light, an receiving lens for focusing the reflected infrared light. The optical center of the emitting lens is biased to left or right, which enables the emitted light to deviate from the water column from the faucet, meanwhile, the optical center of the emitting lens is also biased up, which enables the emitted light to deviate from the basin. Compared with the prior arts, this infrared sensing device in the present invention has better sensing effects, which is economical, practical and costs lower. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308225 | BETA RAY DETECTOR AND BETA RAY RECONSTRUCTION METHOD - Provided are a beta ray detector and a beta ray reconstruction method capable of achieving consistently high detection efficiency of beta rays in a wider energy region compared to that of a conventional beta ray detector while enhancing energy resolution. The beta ray detector comprises an absorber scintillator | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308226 | COLLIMATOR AND RELATED METHODS - A collimator and related methods are shown and described. The collimator can be a multi-divergent-beam collimator having a plurality of inverted, ordered sections of a cone-beam collimator reassembled in a substantially reversed order relative to the ordering of the cone-beam collimator. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308227 | RADIATION DETECTOR AND TOMOGRAPHY EQUIPMENT PROVIDED WITH THE SAME - In a scintillator of a radiation detector according to this invention, first reflectors provided in first scintillation counter crystal layer adjacent to one another have gaps wider than first reflectors provided in second scintillation counter crystal layer such that an overall width of the first reflectors in the first scintillation counter crystal layer in an arranging direction is identical to an overall width of the first reflectors in the second scintillation counter crystal layer in an arranging direction. Such construction improves spatial resolution at a side end of the scintillator. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308228 | Limiting viewing angles in nuclear imaging - Methods of nuclear imaging can include, in a pre-scan, detecting radiation emitted from a patient in a first plurality of viewing angles including at least a first viewing angle and a second viewing angle, generating nuclear data from the detected radiation, reconstructing a first nuclear event distribution from the nuclear data, selecting a region of interest, determining a first signal-to-noise ratio of the first nuclear event distribution within the region of interest, selecting a second plurality of viewing angles not including the first viewing angle, reconstructing a second nuclear event distribution from the nuclear data associated with the second plurality of viewing angles, determining a second signal-to-noise ratio of the second nuclear event distribution within the region of interest, determining that the second signal-to-noise ratio is greater than or equal to the first signal-to-noise ratio, and nuclear imaging the patient by detecting nuclear data based on a nuclear imaging process that is based on the second plurality of viewing angles. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308229 | MOVABLE WEDGE FOR IMPROVED IMAGE QUALITY IN 3D X-RAY IMAGING - When generating a 3D image of a subject or patient, a cone beam X-ray source ( | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308230 | DETECTOR ARRAY SUBSTRATE AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE DIAGNOSIS DEVICE USING SAME - Provided are a detector array substrate and a nuclear medicine diagnosis device using the same. The detector array substrate is provided with a flat detection module stacked in plural detection elements, which is connected to said detectors each other, and have signal electrodes for reading out signals of respective detectors, and bias electrodes for applying bias voltage to respective detectors, in order to form plural detectors for detecting radiation; and stacked with the detectors by arranging the detection modules having the plural detectors, in an X direction, as well as by arranging the detection modules in a flat structure on both planes or one plane of a wiring board in a Z direction as for an XZ plane for detecting the radiation, and provided with the plural detection modules in a Y direction. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308231 | method and system for discrimination pulse shape - This ZCPSD Module can be used to separate neutron and gamma particles, alphas and protons, electrons and alphas etc depending on the detector used. ZCPSD provides optimum pulse shape separation for liquid scintillation counters. However the applications are not limited to n/γ separation. The ZCPSD can also be used for particle separation with inorganic scintillators, phoswitches, thick SBdetectors and proportional counters. The dc coupling allows high statistical count rate without affecting resolution, a major problem of conventional designs. The Single width NIM conforming to International Standards is easy to use, since only the anode signal is required from PM tubes. The ZCPSD can be used to generate identification spectra with a TAC and MCA or an identification signal for one species of particle. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308232 | STERILIZATION DEVICE AND LAMP HOLDER THEREFOR - A device for subjecting air to UV(C) radiation comprises a UV(C) treatment chamber comprising a UV(C) source, a measuring device comprising one or more of a temperature sensor which measures the temperature on the wall of the UV(C) source; two temperature sensors downstream and upstream of the UV(C) source; and a UV(C) sensor for determining the intensity of the UV(C) radiation. The UV(C) source comprises at least one UV(C) lamp which is held by a lamp holder. The lamp holder comprises positioning elements for holding the measuring device and the lamp(s) in a fixed position. Electrical supply wires and signal wires are arranged such that they are shielded from the radiation from the UV(C) lamp(s). | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308233 | Optoelectronic Sensor System - The underlying objective of the invention is to create an optoelectronic sensor system which illuminates the specimen homogenously and only allows produced fluorescent light to reach the photoactive layer. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308234 | Improved Measurement System and Method - The invention concerns a measurement system and method for optical spectroscopic measurement of samples. The system comprises an illumination source for forming a primary light beam, a first tunable monochromator for spectrally filtering the primary light beam, a sample-receiving zone to which the spectrally filtered primary beam is directed for producing a secondary light beam affected by a sample in the sample receiving zone, and a second tunable monochromator for spectrally filtering the secondary light beam, and a detector for measuring the intensity of the spectrally filtered secondary beam. In particular, the system is adapted to scan a predefined wavelength range using one of the monochromators and to tune the other monochromator sequentially to one of at least two predefined separate wavelengths in order to eliminate the effect of undesired diffraction orders of the second monochromator on the measurement. The invention allows for eliminating the use of optical diffraction order filters on the emission side of a fluorescence measurement system. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308235 | Programmable Particle Scatterer for Radiation Therapy Beam Formation - Interposing a programmable path length of one or more materials into a particle beam modulates scattering angle and beam range in a predetermined manner to create a predetermined spread out Bragg peak at a predetermined range. Materials can be “low Z” and “high Z” materials that include fluids. A charged particle beam scatterer/range modulator can comprise a fluid reservoir having opposing walls in a particle beam path and a drive to adjust the distance between the walls of the fluid reservoir under control by a programmable controller. A “high Z” and, independently, a “low Z” reservoir, arranged in series, can be used. When used for radiation treatment, the beam can be monitored by measuring beam intensity, and the programmable controller can adjust the distance between the opposing walls of the “high Z” reservoir and, independently, the distance between the opposing walls of the “low Z” reservoir according to a predetermined relationship to integral beam intensity. Beam scattering and modulation can be done continuously and dynamically during a treatment in order to deposit dose in a target volume in a predetermined three dimensional distribution. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308236 | MASKING APPARATUS FOR AN ION IMPLANTER - A masking apparatus includes a mask positioned upstream of a target positioned for treatment with ions. The mask is sized relative to the target to cause a first half of the target to be treated with a selective treatment of ions through the mask and a second half of the target to be treated with a blanket treatment of ions unimpeded by the mask during a first time interval. The masking apparatus also includes a positioning mechanism to change a relative position of the mask and the target so that the second half of the target is treated with the selective treatment of ions and the first half of the target is treated with the blanket implant during a second time interval. An ion implanter having the masking apparatus is also provided. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308237 | OPTICAL ELEMENT PROCESSING METHOD - The entire processing apparatus is prevented from growing in size due to the size of an optical effective region of an optical element to be processed. The optical effective region of the optical element is divided into a plurality of divided regions by the dividing line and each divided region is sequentially aligned to the processable region of the ion beam. The entire optical effective region is processed by repeating the process of a raster scan with the ion beam for each divided region in all divided regions. The entire processing apparatus can be made to be small by reducing the scanning range of the ion beam. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308238 | RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION DEVICE - A radiation protection device, wherein it includes functional areas where anthropometric and adhesive material are located in the same or other discreet area. It also includes a use recording and/or control system. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308239 | VALVE DEVICE - The invention relates to a valve device for a hydraulic circuit ( | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308240 | ELECTRIC FAIL SAFE VALVE ACTUATOR - A method and assembly are disclosed having a motor assembly, gear box assembly, clutch assembly, drive assembly and shaft operable to move between an extended and retracted positions. The shaft may be connected to operate a separate valve assembly. The gear box assembly is operably connected to and driven by the motor assembly. The gear box assembly drives the electromagnetically operated clutch assembly. The clutch assembly contains a fail-safe mechanism, thus providing a fail-safe mechanism downstream of the motor and gear box assemblies. Electric power is supplied to the clutch assembly to maintain the fail-safe mechanism in an engaged position. When electric power fails to be supplied to the clutch assembly, the fail-safe mechanism moves to the disengaged position. A compressible mechanism drives the shaft to its other position when the fail-safe mechanism disengages. The shaft is moved to its other position without driving the motor and gear box assemblies and irrespective of whether those assemblies are operable. The drive assembly may be reversible, powering the shaft to both positions. The drive assembly is a ball screw assembly in an exemplary embodiment. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308241 | ELECTRONICALLY CONTROLLED VALVE ACTUATOR IN A POOL OR SPA WATER LINE SYSTEM - An electronically controlled pool or spa actuator plumbed in a water line within a water system, having an at least one valve with a valve stem in the plumbed water line within the water system, an at least one actuator, an at least one actuator housing, an at least one electronic controller in communication with the actuator, an at least one shaft coupled to the actuator and said valve; an at least one shaft encoding device; and an at least one user interface with multiple indicator elements indicating the position of valve. A controller controlling the actuator and allowing for the programming of a custom set point. The custom set point being used to define a safe area, the valve operating within the safe area and requiring that an override input be depressed to operate the valve outside of the safe area. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308242 | Actuator for Actuating a Valve Flap in a Valve Seat - In an actuator, an electric motor having a pinion is disposed, which engages directly in the teeth of a gear wheel having spline teeth, which is fixedly connected directly to the drive shaft, on which the valve flap is disposed. A use of the actuator for actuating an exhaust gas recirculation valve of a motor vehicle. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308243 | SOLENOID PINCH VALVE APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEDICAL FLUID APPLICATIONS HAVING REDUCED NOISE PRODUCTION - A low noise solenoid valve system includes a solenoid valve; and a controller configured to perform a power actuation sequence in which power to the solenoid valve undergoes a plurality of cycles that switch from an actuation level power to a hold level power, wherein the actuation level power is increased at each subsequent cycle, and wherein the actuation power level of one of the plurality of cycles is sufficient to fully actuate the solenoid valve. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308244 | LINEAR SOLENOID AND VALVE DEVICE USING THE SAME - A liner solenoid comprising: liner solenoid portion, comprising: a coil; a cylindrical movable core which is attracted toward a fixed core when the coil is energized; and a cylindrical yoke which surrounds an outer circumference surface of the movable core, wherein the movable core has a shaft-less structure, a first plain bearing and a second plain bearing for slidably supporting both ends of the movable core are provided respectively at both ends of a cylindrical yoke along its axis, and the first plain bearing and the second plain bearing are provided to be projected from the inner circumference surface of the cylindrical yoke by a predetermined length T toward the movable core. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308245 | VALVE CARTRIDGE FOR A SOLENOID VALVE, AND ASSOCIATED SOLENOID VALVE - The invention relates to a valve cartridge for a solenoid valve, having a capsule, a valve insert that is inserted by a first end into the capsule and on its other end receives a valve body with a main valve seat. A lower valve part is axially braced on the valve insert, and a flat filter for filtering out dirt particles is connected via a retaining element to the lower valve part. According to the invention, the retaining element includes at least one component on the flat filter side and at least one corresponding component on the lower valve part side, which makes at least one partial clamping connection between the flat filter and the lower valve part. The invention further relates to a solenoid valve having such a valve cartridge. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308246 | Plug Valve Indicator - A valve has a body having a rotatable valve element. A drive mechanism has a drive input member and a drive output member that are coupled to the valve element for rotating the valve element. A shear member is operatively located within the drive mechanism between the drive input member and the drive output member for shearing in the event the force to rotate the valve element is excessive. The valve has indicia indicating open and closed positions for the valve element. An indicator is mounted to output drive member to properly align with the indicia regardless whether the shear member has sheared or not. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308247 | Hemi-Wedge Verifiable Shutoff Valve - An improved hemi-wedge type valve is disclosed that has upstream and downstream sealing surfaces that cooperate with opposed surfaces on the hemi-wedge valve member. This results in improved sealing and less leakage, at both high and low pressures. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308248 | BUTTERFLY VALVE WITH A RIGID SEAL - A valve is disclosed and can include a valve body having a central bore for passage of fluid there through and a longitudinal axis. The valve can also include a seal installed within the valve body along the central bore. The seal can include a first seal member having an annular ring portion and a hub portion extending from the annular ring portion. The seal can also include a second seal member including an annular ring configured to engage a distal end of the hub portion and create a sealing engagement between the hub portion and the annular ring when a compressive force is applied to the first and the second seal members. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308249 | Kettle Valve - A valve assembly uses an O ring contained within a void such that the outer edges of the valve assembly reach the outer mid section of the O ring. A kettle for brewing beer or heating other fluid is drilled so as to accommodate the disclosed valve. The O ring is pressed and held against the outside surface of the kettle wall. A retaining nut placed within the kettle further secures the valve to the kettle. As the surface of the kettle heats during use, the contained O ring retains sufficient contact with the valve and kettle so as to prevent leakage. | 2010-12-09 |
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| 20100308251 | NEEDLELESS ACCESS PORT VALVES - Needleless access port valves are generally discussed herein with particular discussions extended to needleless access port valves having a pliant valve piston and/or plug that exudes silicone oil when stressed or squeezed while providing antimicrobial agents within and on the surface of the piston and/or plug. The pliant valve piston may have an integrally formed plug and one or more ports or a separately formed plug located inside a plastic housing. The plug cooperates with a nozzle on the inlet connector assembly to form a slip port or a Luer inlet, which can open when exerted by force to permit flow or closes when the force is removed. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308252 | GATE VALVE - A gate valve is disclosed for mounting in a pipeline, the gate valve comprising a valve body and a gate mounted in the valve body so as to be movable between an open position, and a closed position where a valve opening formed in the valve body is closed by the gate. The gate comprises two opposed faces spaced from the transverse plane of the gate, at least one face being provided with at least two seals that each extend around the face one seal being located within the periphery of the other such that both seals, when the gate is in the closed position, seal against a seat of the valve body to seal against the pressure of fluid acting on the gate in use. A gate is disclosed having four seals in total, two on the upstream gate face and two on the downstream gate face. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308253 | THERMAL BATTERY CATHODE MATERIALS AND BATTERIES INCLUDING SAME - Cathode materials for use in thermal batteries are disclosed. The cathode material includes a primary active material and an amount of a bi-metal sulfide such as CuFeS | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308254 | ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION - The invention relates to an electrolyte composition, comprising a polyether polymer, a polyethylene oxide, and a redox pair and optionally nano-particles. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308255 | DEICER SALT SHAPED FORMS - A deicer salt having a predetermined geometric shape such as a cube, a pyramid, a parallelepiped, etc. melts ice and/or snow accumulations on surfaces. The deicer salt has a solid shaped form with a volume of about 25-225 mm | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308256 | BORON SUBOXIDE COMPOSITE MATERIAL - The invention provides a boron suboxide composite material comprising boron suboxide and a secondary phase, wherein the secondary phase contains a rare earth metal oxide. The rare earth metal oxide may be selected from the oxides of scandium, yttrium, which is preferred, and elements of the lanthanide series, and may be a mixture of rare earth metal oxides. The secondary phase may also include, in addition to the rare earth metal oxide(s), a further oxide or mixture of oxides of an element of the Groups IA, MA, MIA, and IVA of the periodic table. Moreover, the secondary phase may also contain a boride, and particularly a boride selected from the borides of transition metals of the fourth to eighth groups of the periodic table. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308257 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AND DETERMINING COOLING CAPACITY OF TWO-PHASE COOLANTS - The invention provides systems and devices for producing two-phase coolants such as an ice slurry. Also provided are methods for producing two-phase coolants, and methods for using the two-phase coolants to lower the temperature or maintain a low temperature in any subject, system, object, device, or application where particular low temperatures are desired. Also provided are systems for determining the cooling capacity of two-phase coolants. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308258 | DISPERSION COMPRISING CERIUM OXIDE AND SHEET SILICATE - A dispersion comprising particles of cerium oxide and sheet silicate, where—the zeta potential of the sheet silicate particles is negative and that of the cerium oxide particles is positive or equal to zero, and the zeta potential of the dispersion is negative overall, —the mean diameter of the cerium oxide particles is not more than 200 nm sheet silicate particles is less than 100 nm, —the proportion, based in each case on the total amount of the dispersion, of cerium oxide particles is from 0.1 to 5% by weight sheet silicate particles is from 0.01 to 10% by weight and—the pH of the dispersion is from 3.5 to <7.5. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308259 | PROCESS FOR SEPARATING A FLUOROOLEFIN FROM HF BY LIQUID-LIQUID EXTRACTION - Disclosed is a process for separating fluoroolefin from a composition comprising HF and fluoroolefin, said process comprising extracting said composition with an extractant. Also disclosed is a composition comprising HF, at least one fluoroolefin, and at least one extractant. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308260 | LIQUID BLEACHING AGENT COMPOSITION - The present invention relates to a liquid bleaching agent composition containing (a) hydrogen peroxide, (b1) a nonionic surfactant, (b2) an anionic surfactant, (c) a bleaching activator, (d) at least one compound selected from boric acid, borax and a borate, and (e) a compound having one or more groups in which a hydroxyl group is present on each of the adjacent carbon atoms to each other, wherein the respective contents of component (b1), component (b2) and the mass ratio of component (b2) to component (b1) are all within a specific range and the composition has pH 2.5-4.5 at 20° C. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308261 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IODINE COMPOUND | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308262 | COMPOSITE GETTER FOR MANUFACTURING PHOTOVOLTAIC PANELS - The present invention refers to a composite getter for thin-film photovoltaic panels which is made with a polymer having low H | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308263 | WATER ABSORBENT AND PRODUCING METHOD OF SAME - An object of the present invention is to provide a water absorbent having excellent gel properties and showing excellent properties when used in a water-absorbing material of a sanitary/hygienic material such as paper diaper. Moreover, another object of the present invention is to provide a water absorbent which is safe and excellent in liquid permeability, and in which an amount of liquid permeability improver for improving the liquid permeability is reduced. The water absorbent is made from a water-absorbing resin prepared by a specific polymerization method and having a high degree of cross-linking, a high liquid holding property and a high gel strength (its swelling pressure of gel layer of is 35 kdyne/cm2 or more). This water absorbent is further processed to have a particular particle size distribution (95 wt % or more of its particles are less than 850ƒÊm but not less than 106ƒÊm, and logarithmic standard deviation (ƒĐƒÄ) is in a range of 0.25 to 0.45) and then surface cross-linked. After that, a liquid permeability improver is added therein. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308264 | CELLULOSE ESTER FILM, OPTICALLY COMPENSATORY FILM, POLARIZING PLATE, AND LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE - A cellulose ester film is provided and includes a polycondensate obtained from a diol and a dicarboxylic acid, and the polycondensate contains the following (1) and (2). | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308265 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITIONS - This invention relates to liquid crystal compositions, and polymer networks and articles comprising the compositions. The compositions comprise at least one compound of the group of compounds represented by the structures of each of the following Formulas (IV), (V) and (VI), | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308266 | Liquid Crystal Composition and Liquid Crystal Display Device - Subject The subject is to provide a liquid crystal composition that satisfies at least one of characteristics such as a high maximum temperature of the nematic phase, a low minimum temperature of the nematic phase, a small viscosity, a large optical anisotropy, a large dielectric anisotropy, a large specific resistance, a high stability to ultraviolet light, a high stability to heat and a short helical pitch, or that is suitably balanced regarding at least two of the characteristics. The subject is also to provide an AM device that has a short response time, a large voltage holding ratio, a large contrast ratio, a long service life, a little light-leak and so forth. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308267 | LIQUID-CRYSTLLINE MEDIUM AND LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY - The present invention relates to dielectrically positive liquid-crystalline media comprising a dielectrically neutral or slightly positive component, component A, comprising one or more dielectrically neutral or slightly positive compounds of the formula I | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308268 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITIONS - This invention relates to a liquid crystal composition and articles comprising the composition. The composition comprises at least one compound of each of the Formulas (I), (II) and (III), | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308269 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSITIONS - This invention relates to liquid crystal compositions, and polymer networks and articles comprising the compositions. The compositions comprise at least one compound of the group of compounds represented by the structures of each of the following Formulas (IV), (V) and (VI), | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308270 | LIQUID CRYSTAL COMPOSTIONS - This invention relates to a liquid crystal composition and articles comprising the composition. The composition comprises at least one compound of each of the Formulas (I), (II) and (III), | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308271 | MAGNESIUM-BASED COATINGS FOR NANOCRYSTALS - Semiconductor nanocrystal compositions comprising magnesium containing shells and methods of preparing them are described. The compositions provide strong emission in the blue and green wavelengths as well as chemical and photostability that have not been achieved with conventional shell materials. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308272 | Monodisperse Core/Shell and Other Complex Structured Nanocrystals and Methods of Preparing the Same - The present invention provides new compositions containing nearly monodisperse colloidal core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals with high photoluminescence quantum yields (PL QY), as well as other complex structured semiconductor nanocrystals. This invention also provides new synthetic methods for preparing these nanocrystals, and new devices comprising these compositions. In addition to core/shell semiconductor nanocrystals, this patent application also provides complex semiconductor nanostructures, quantum shells, quantum wells, doped nanocrystals, and other multiple-shelled semiconductor nanocrystals. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308273 | TERMINALLY MODIFIED ACRYLIC POLYMER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TERMINALLLY MODIFIED ACRYLIC POLYMER - The present invention provides a terminally modified acrylic polymer having excellent thermal decomposition properties at low temperatures, an inorganic fine particle dispersed paste composition obtained by using the terminally modified acrylic polymer and a method of producing of the terminally modified acrylic polymer. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308274 | Pulsed Driven Light Emissive Device and Composition Therefor - A pulsed-driven device, such as a display, comprises an organic light-emitting composition comprising a host material and a blended or bound phosphorescent emitter. The phosphorescent emitter is present in the host material at a concentration of greater than 10 wt. %, and the host material has a higher triplet energy level than the phosphorescent emitter. The concentration at which the phosphorescent emitter is at peak efficiency in the host material is greater than 10 wt. %, and the composition does not include a fluorescent emitter, so that emission from the composition in use is substantially all phosphorescence. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308275 | Inorganic particle conjugates - The ionic conjugates include an inorganic particle electrostatically associated with a macromolecule which can interact specifically with predetermined chemical species or biological targets. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308276 | MULTIPLE FUNCTION, SELF-REPAIRING COMPOSITES WITH SPECIAL ADHESIVES - A system for self-repairing matrices such as concrete or cementitous matrices, polymeric matrices, and/or fibrous matrices, including laminates thereof. The system includes repair agents retained in and/or on vessels, such as hollow fibers, within the matrix. Upon impact, the vessel rupture, releasing the chemicals. For multi-layer laminates, the systems provides a total dynamic energetic circulation system that functions as an in situ fluidic system in at least one layer or area. The energy from the impact ruptures the vessels to release the chemical(s), and mixes the chemical(s) and pushes the chemical(s) and/or resulting compound through the matrix. The repair agents can withstand high temperatures, such as the heat of processing of many laminates, e.g., 250-350° F. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308277 | ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE NANOCOMPOSITE MATERIAL COMPRISING SACRIFICIAL NANOPARTICLES AND OPEN POROUS NANOCOMPOSITES PRODUCED THEREOF - Nanocomposites of conductive, nanoparticulate polymer and electronically active material, in particular PEDOT and LiFePO | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308278 | COMPOSITE FOR LI-ION CELLS AND THE PREPARATION PROCESS THEREOF - Disclosed herein is a composite for Li-ion cells, comprising an active material particle for Li-ion cells and an electronically conductive elastic material bound or attached to the active material particle. According to the present invention, the electronically conductive elastic material bound or attached to the active material particle allows the particle to maintain electronic contact with the electrode laminate matrix despite ongoing movement or expansion and contraction of the active material particles, such that the cycling efficiency and reversible capacity of the Li-ion cells prepared from the composite of the present invention is improved. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308279 | Conductive Silicone and Methods for Preparing Same - Methods of preparing conductive silicones containing carbon nanotubes is provided. The carbon nanotubes may be in individual form or in the form of aggregates having a macromorpology resembling the shape of a cotton candy, bird nest, combed yarn or open net. Preferred multiwalled carbon nanotubes have diameters no greater than 1 micron and preferred single walled carbon nanotubes have diameters less than 5 nm. Carbon nanotubes may be adequately dispersed in a silicone base resin by known conventional equipments and processes to prepare conductive silicone base resins. The conductive silicone base resin is then mixed with a curing agent to form conductive silicone elastomers. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308280 | Reinforced Resin-Derived Carbon Foam - A reinforced carbon foam material is formed from carbon fibers incorporated within a carbon foam's structure. First, carbon fiber bundles are combined with a liquid resol resin. The carbon fiber bundles separate into individual carbon fiber filaments and disperse throughout the liquid resol resin. Second, the carbon fiber resin mixture is foamed thus fixing the carbon fibers in a permanent spatial arrangement within the phenolic foam. The foam is then carbonized to create a carbon fiber reinforced foam with improved graphitic characteristics as well as increased strength. Optionally, various additives can be introduced simultaneously with the addition of the carbon fiber bundles into the liquid resol, which can improve the graphitic nature of the final carbon foam material and/or increase the foam's resistance to oxidation. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308281 | Electrically Conductive Films Formed From Dispersions Comprising Conductive Polymers and Hyperbranched Polymers - An aqueous dispersion and a method for making an aqueous dispersion. The dispersion including at least one conductive polymer, such as a polythienothiophene, at least one hyperbranched polymer and optionally at least one colloid-forming polymeric acid and one non-fluorinated polymeric acid. Devices utilizing layers formed of the aqueous dispersions are also disclosed. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308282 | Medical Electrode Containing a Hydrophilic Polymer - Conductive compositions whose electrical properties do not change significantly due when stored open to the atmosphere, methods for preparing the compositions, and medical electrodes that comprise the compositions are disclosed. The compositions are hydrogels that comprise about 33 wt % to about 68 wt % of a humectant or a mixture of humectants; about 1 wt % to about 8 wt % of an electrolyte or mixture of electrolytes; about 6 wt % to about 20 wt % of water; about 18 wt % to about 45 wt % of a copolymer. The copolymer comprises, in polymerized form, about 80 mol % to about 95 mol % of a first monomer, which is a mixture of acrylic acid and a salt thereof, about 5 mol % to 20 mol % of a second monomer, preferably a salt of 2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid, and, optionally a crosslinking agent. The conductive composition has a pH of about 7.0 or less. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308283 | ELECTRICAL INSULATION FLUIDS FOR USE IN ELECTRICAL APPARATUS - Insulation fluids comprising polytrimethylene ether glycol esters are provided. The insulation fluids can be used in electrical apparatuses. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308284 | PIGMENT DISPERSING COMPOSITION COLOR FILTER - Provided is a pigment dispersing composition for a color filter including a color material, a resin, and an organic solvent which may dissolve the resin, wherein a modified pigment (D) is contained as the color material which includes, on the surface of a pigment (A), a polymer (P) obtained by polymerizing a polymer (B) containing a polymerizable unsaturated group soluble in a non-aqueous solvent and at least one type of polymerizable unsaturated monomer (C) which is soluble in the non-aqueous solvent and becomes either insoluble or poorly soluble following polymerization. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308285 | NOVEL COLORANT COMPOUND AND BLUE RESIST COMPOSITION FOR USE IN COLOR FILTER CONTAINING THE SAME - The present invention provides (I) a method of manufacturing a triphenylmethane colorant that can suppress the sub-reactions in conversion to a sulfonamide and is industrially advantageous, (II) a colorant compound that has both excellent spectral characteristics and a high solubility relative to organic solvents or polymers as a coloring agent to be used in color filters and (III) a blue resist composition for use in a color filter that shows a high lightness and an excellent hue particularly for blue color and can be used to display an image that is excellent in terms of spectral characteristics and contrast. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308286 | METHOD FOR THE SYNTHESIS OF TICON, TION AND TIO NANOPARTICLES BY LASER PYROLYSIS - The invention relates to the synthesis of a material including nanoparticles containing oxygen, titanium and nitrogen. According to the invention the method comprises the combustion by a temperature rise of at least 500° C. of a precursor containing at least titanium, oxygen and nitrogen. Advantageously, the combustion can be a laser pyrolysis and ammonia can be used both as a reagent supplying the nitrogen element for sensitising the pyrolysis reaction and as a fluid for carrying another reagent supplying the titanium element. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308287 | SILICON DIOXIDE DISPERSION COMPRISING POLYOL - Stable, pourable silicon dioxide dispersion, in which the average, number-related aggregate diameter of the silicon dioxide particles in dispersion is less than 200 nm, and which comprises at least 35 wt. % of a silicon dioxide powder, 3 to 35 wt. % of at least one polyol, 20 to 60 wt. % of water, 0 to 10 wt. % of an additive and a substance having an alkaline action in an amount such that a pH of 10| 2010-12-09 | |
| 20100308288 | EXTRACTION DEVICE - An extraction device is provided for use when extracting a ceramic foam filter, as used for example in the production and processing of aluminium. The extraction device includes an anchor device ( | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308289 | Method for Lift Compensation - A method for lift compensation of an item ( | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308290 | Multi-Reeve Handling and Hoisting System - An integrated hoisting system includes a base structural component (BSC) assembled on a structural aperture and containing an opening compatible with a structural aperture. The integrated hoisting system further includes a plurality of primary hoisting components affixed to the BSC, wherein each primary hoisting component is disposed in an opposite diagonal corner on said BSC, and further includes a winch drum and at least one lead sheave and a plurality of load path assemblies, each containing a plurality of sheaves. The system further includes a plurality of hoisting lines, a plurality of termination components affixed to said BSC, each termination component including a monitoring unit and a load cell assembly for terminating the hoisting line, and a device configured to control the operation of the integrated hoisting system. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308291 | Automated RV Support Leg Adjustment System - A computerized control system for automating the process of connecting, disconnecting and leveling a fifth wheel RV. This system replaces the manually operated up/down pushbutton switches that control the movement of the motorized supports legs at the front of the RV. It is connected to the RV's battery and support legs motor. When it is time to disconnect the fifth wheel tow vehicle from the RV, the user presses the “Disconnect” button. The system automatically moves the RV's support legs down until it detects that the RV is at the disconnect position and then stops. The user can then disconnect the fifth wheel normally. When it is time to level the RV, the user presses the “Auto Level” button and the system automatically lowers the RV to a level position. When it is time to reconnect the RV to the truck, the user presses the “Connect” button and the system automatically raises the RV back to the exact same height as before it was disconnected. After the RV and the truck have been connected, the final step is to fully retract the RV legs to travel height. The user presses the “Retract” button which causes the system to raise the RV legs and then automatically stops when they have reached travel height. If the user needs to manually adjust the up/down position of the RV for any reason, the system has “Up” and “Down” buttons that provide the same functionality as the RV's up/down switches it replaced. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308292 | FENCEPOST SLEEVE AND RETAINER CLIP FOR PROVIDING ELECTRICAL CONDUIT SUPPORT - The present invention provides a post cover for engaging with a fence post and supporting at least one strand. The post cover may include an extrusion portion supporting a strand-carrying portion, the strand-carrying portion formed of an electrically resistant material. In addition, the post cover may include a top portion supported by the strand-carrying portion, wherein the extrusion portion and strand-carrying portion each have a longitudinal cavity configured to admit the fence post; the top portion formed contiguous to the strand-carrying portion and comprising an extension to close the cavity from above. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308293 | RAILING SYSTEM - A railing system, and more specifically a modular, stainless steel railing system, includes posts that secure to a mounting surface, rails that extend between the posts, coupling members for attaching the rails to the posts, and optionally a rail cap. In one embodiment, the coupling members may take the form of a dowel or pin having an externally threaded portion that is threadably connected to the posts and another portion, either threaded or non-threaded, that is slidably received into the rails. In another embodiment, the coupling members may take the form of sleeves inserted into the rails and mechanically attached thereto. Once attached to the rails, the sleeves are engaged by fasteners that extend through the post and operate to urge the rail and the post into close contact. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308294 | Open and close railgate - This is an invention that relates to a movable fence that raises and lowers on any platform adjacent to a swimming pool, metro and or any train. The fence is controlled by a control system operated by user, and is electric and hydraulic powered. This apparatus is a defense against and prevents entry into any area in the up position. With the fence around any swimming pool itself there is no danger of any child or person falling in the swimming pool. When in the up position person standing on a metro or train platform will be prevented from falling on to the train tracks below. The fence in the down position one would have full entry to any area. All fences have safe guards to stop fence movement in case emergency stop is needed. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308295 | Deletable nanotube circuit - Carbon nanotube template arrays may be edited to form connections between proximate nanotubes and/or to delete undesired nanotubes or nanotube junctions. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308296 | PHASE CHANGE MEMORY CELL WITH SELF-ALIGNED VERTICAL HEATER - A self-aligned vertical heater element is deposited directly on the silicide of a selection device, and a phase change chalcogenide material is deposited directly on the vertical heater element. The fabrication process allows for self-alignment between the chalcogenide line and vertical heater element. In an embodiment, the vertical heater element is L-shaped, having a vertical wall along the wordline direction and a horizontal base. The vertical wall and the horizontal base may have the same thickness. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308297 | Heterojunction diode, method of manufacturing the same, and electronic device including the heterojunction diode - Example embodiments relate to a heterojunction diode, a method of manufacturing the heterojunction diode, and an electronic device including the heterojunction diode. The heterojunction diode may include a first conductive type non-oxide layer and a second conductive type oxide layer bonded to the non-oxide layer. The non-oxide layer may be a Si layer. The Si layer may be a p++ Si layer or an n++ Si layer. A difference in work functions of the non-oxide layer and the oxide layer may be about 0.8-1.2 eV. Accordingly, when a forward voltage is applied to the heterojunction diode, rectification may occur. The heterojunction diode may be applied to an electronic device, e.g., a memory device. | 2010-12-09 |
| 20100308298 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY ELEMENT AND NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICE INCORPORATING NONVOLATILE MEMORY ELEMENT - A nonvolatile memory element includes a first electrode ( | 2010-12-09 |
