05th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 13 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090026312 | Landing Gear Assembly - A landing gear assembly comprises a wheel support housing rotatably connected to a support member, the wheel support housing containing an electrically powered motor operable to adjust the angular position of the wheel support housing relative to the support member. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026313 | Aircraft landing gear load sensor - An aircraft landing gear comprising a fibre optic load sensor for monitoring load in a component of the landing gear, such as an axle. The fibre optic cable is mounted on an inner surface of the component of the landing gear. Typically the fibre optic load sensor comprises one or more Bragg Grating sensors. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026314 | CARGO AIRCRAFT - An aircraft for carrying at least one rigid cargo container includes a beam structure with a forward fuselage attached to the forward end of the beam structure and an empennage attached to the rearward end of the beam structure. Wings and engines are mounted relative to the beam structure and a fairing creates a cargo bay able to receive standard sized intermodal cargo containers. Intermodal cargo containers of light construction and rigid structure are positioned within the cargo bay and securely mounted therein. The beam structure is designed to support flight, takeoffs and landings when the aircraft is empty but requires the added strength of the containers securely mounted to the beam structure when the aircraft is loaded. The aircraft is contemplated to be a drone. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026315 | Reinforcement beam as well as method and fiber laminate for manufacturing the reinforcement beam - Disclosed is a reinforcement blank, in particular a curved ring frame segment for fuselage cells of aircraft, comprising a synthetic material that is reinforced by at least one fiber laminate. The fiber laminate includes at least one full-area layer with a first fiber direction and at least one full-area layer with a second fiber direction, wherein at least one further layer with a third fiber direction is arranged in a peripheral area of the fiber laminate. This results in an orientation of the fibers in the individual layers of the fiber laminate used to reinforce the reinforcement beam that is overall suitable for the applied load, so that the reinforcement beam withstands high mechanical loads at a minimum weight. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026316 | SOLAR POWERED AERIAL VEHICLE - A solar powered aerial vehicle includes an elongated airframe incorporating lifting and control surfaces, a mechanism for propelling the airframe through the air such that lift developed by the lifting surface is equal to or greater than the weight of the aerial vehicle, a planar solar sail coupled to the airframe and having at least one surface adapted to collect solar energy during the day and to power the propelling mechanism with a first portion of the energy collected, and an apparatus such as a fuel cell/electrolyzer for storing a second portion of the solar energy collected by the solar sail during the day and for powering the propelling mechanism with the second portion of energy during the night. The vehicle is capable of continuous operation at northern latitudes and during the winter months for extended periods without landing or refueling. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026317 | TRANSLATING FLAP DRIVE DOOR - In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided for covering and uncovering a flap opening in an aircraft. The apparatus comprises a door member, a torque tube roller member, at least one roller member, and a biasing member. The door member may be adapted to cover and uncover a flap opening. The torque tube roller member may be attached with the door member, and may be adapted to be pushed by a torque tube member attached with a flap of an aircraft. The door member may be adapted to be driven from a closed position covering a flap opening into an open position uncovering a flap opening. The roller member may be attached with the door member and may be adapted to follow at least one track member. The biasing member may be attached with the door member for biasing the door member towards a closed position covering a flap opening. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026318 | Installation system for an airplane - An exemplary embodiment of the present invention indicates an installation system for an airplane for securing interior equipment, which exhibits longitudinal and transverse rails. The transverse rails are designed as peripheral rails, and exhibit perforations to which the interior equipment can be secured. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026319 | Aerial delivery system - An aerial delivery system including a ram-air parachute, one or more recovery parachutes, a mantle removably attached to a cargo, and a controller operably connected to the mantle, the ram-air parachute, and the one or more recovery parachutes. The controller may be configured to receive location information associated with a target, receive information related to an ambient condition, determine a recovery parachute opening point based on the target information and the ambient condition, and cause a navigation of the aerial delivery system to the determined recovery parachute opening point. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026320 | Fighting Kite - A kite is particularly adapted for acrobatic flight maneuvers in preferred embodiments by a protruding nose section that extends outwards from a frame covered by a tensioned lightweight skin. In competitive combative flight with similar kites, a diving maneuver is used to drive the nose section downward to puncture the skin of the opposing players kite, thus downing it. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026321 | MORPHING AIRCRAFT WITH TELESCOPIC LIFTING AND CONTROL SURFACES - A morphing aircraft includes a lifting body and a telescopic lifting or control surface, such as a wing, coupled to the lifting body. The lifting surface is deployable between extended and retracted positions relative to the lifting body and configured such that, when disposed in the extended position, the flight characteristics of the aircraft correspond to those of a low-speed, high-lift aircraft, and when disposed in the retracted position, the flight characteristics of the air-craft correspond to those of a high-speed, low-lift aircraft, the lifting surface is disposed entirely within the lifting body, and an outboard end surface of the lifting surface blends continuously into an outer mold line surface of the lifting body. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026322 | Cable routing device - A cable routing device for installation on a post of a computing system board, includes a tube shaped main body having a hollow inner cavity. The main body includes a lower generally cylindrical portion having a first inner diameter sized to achieve a clearance fit over the post, and a flexible upper portion having a general shape of a truncated cone when in an unflexed condition, the flexible upper portion having slits arranged approximately opposite to each other thereby defining two sides to the flexible upper portion, the flexible upper portion having a second inner diameter proximate to a top of the flexible upper portion. When the flexible upper portion is in the unflexed condition, the second inner diameter is smaller than the first inner diameter and smaller than an effective diameter of the post, and when the two sides are flexed in an outward direction the device achieves a clearance fit over the post. The device further includes a cable clip molded to the main body, and configured to retain a plurality of cables. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026323 | Network Cable Bundling Tool - A network cable bundling tool is disclosed, comprising an inner fitting retained within an outer jacket assembly. The outer jacket assembly comprises a first outer jacket half coupled to a substantially identical second outer jacket half, securing the inner fitting therein. The outer jacket assembly comprises a cylindrical housing, an intake orifice defined within the intake housing, and a plurality of funneling projections coupled to the cylindrical housing wherein the plurality of funneling projections form an array assuming the general shape of a truncated faceted cone. In operation, network cable wires are inserted into the inner fitting, and the inner fitting is then secured within the outer jacket assembly. The network cable bundling tool is then displaced in the desired direction of combing, arranging the network cables into an organized and space-efficient shape. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026324 | BLOCK LINER - A block liner for enclosing hoses, wires, cables and the like of an HVAC system being run through masonry unit includes a hollow cylindrical tube having an interior surface and an exterior surface, a first open end a second open end, and a flange positioned proximate the second end of the tube for attaching to a wall structure. The tube is tapered beginning on the interior surface of the tube and terminating on the outer surface at the first end of the tube. The block liner can be made molded from plastic or other suitable material. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026325 | Temporary Support Structure for Use When Installing or Removing Components - A temporary load support intended in use to be supported from a fixed structure ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090026326 | CABLE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS FOR FANS - A cable management apparatus for managing a power cable ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090026327 | Line Holder In An Aircraft - The present invention relates to a retainer or holder for positioning a line on a structural component, a line guiding system for reducing sag in line guiding, and an aircraft having at least one line, which is equipped with a line guiding system according to the present invention. In addition, the present invention relates to the use of the line guiding system according to the present invention in an aircraft. The holder essentially comprises a main body, a bracing element and an engagement element. The bracing element projects from the bottom side of the main body and divides the main body globally into a cantilever section and a support section. The engagement element is adapted to be received frictionally locked by a reception opening in a structural component. A support for a line is located on the top side of the main body in the area of the cantilever section, through whose weight load the holder experiences a torque, which is transferred via the bracing element and the engagement element as a force couple into the structural component. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026328 | SHOWER BRACKET - A mounting bracket connects a water pipe fastened to an eared fitting to a support bar in a building. The bracket has an isolator made of a material selected to substantially reduce the transmission of noise and wrapped around the support bar. The bracket has a stiff shell wrapped around a periphery of the support bar and has two opposing ends. The shell is sized to clamp the isolator against the support bar during use as the ends are moved toward each other with sufficient force that there is a tight clamp resulting in little relative movement between the shell and the support during use. The shell has a mounting portion for the eared fitting. The bracket also has a fastening mechanism to hold the ends together and to fasten the eared fitting to the mounting portion during use of the bracket. The fastening mechanism clamps the ends together to restrain relative movement of the shell and support bar. For telescoping support bars an adaptor is interposed between the isolator and the smaller, inner telescoping member of the support bar to make the support bar a uniform size at the location of the bracket. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026329 | TRIPOD HEAD - There is disclosed a tripod head for mounting a device to be held (such as an illumination device) to a support base at an adjustable angle of depression or elevation. The tripod head is designed to avoid increase in size of a mounting member that supports the device to be held. Furthermore, hand fingers are prevented from entering an arc-shaped groove formed in a disk used to adjust the angle of the held device; otherwise, the fingers would be injured. The tripod head permits a mounting member | 2009-01-29 |
20090026330 | PORTABLE SUPPORTING APPARATUS - A portable supporting apparatus for a portable multimedia device includes a support housing and a mounting arrangement. The support housing includes a multimedia connector for detachably connecting with the portable multimedia device. The mounting arrangement is provided underneath the support housing, and includes a plurality of supporting legs, each having a predetermined shape, pivotally and downwardly extended from the support housing, wherein supporting legs are adapted to move between an idle position, and a mounting position where each of the supporting legs is pivotally moved to form a predetermined angle of inclination with respect to the support housing so as to bias against an external object for frictionally retaining a position of the support housing with respect to the external object, such that the portable multimedia device is capable of being securely supported by the external object through the portable supporting apparatus. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026331 | Portable Supporting Apparatus - A portable supporting apparatus for a portable multimedia device includes a support housing and a mounting arrangement. The support housing includes a multimedia connector for detachably connecting with the portable multimedia device. The mounting arrangement is provided underneath the support housing, and includes a plurality of supporting legs, each having a predetermined shape, pivotally and downwardly extended from the support housing, wherein supporting legs are adapted to move between an idle position, and a mounting position where each of the supporting legs is pivotally moved to form a predetermined angle of inclination with respect to the support housing so as to bias against an external object for frictionally retaining a position of the support housing with respect to the external object, such that the portable multimedia device is capable of being securely supported by the external object through the portable supporting apparatus. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026332 | TILT MECHANISM AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS WITH TILTABLE STAND - According to one embodiment, a tilt mechanism includes a stand with a bottom which is placed on a mounting surface and designed to pass cables therethrough, and a tilt leg supported by the stand. The tilt leg is rotatable between a first position in which the tilt leg is retracted in the stand, and a second position in which the tilt leg downwardly projects from the bottom of the stand. The tilt leg includes a pair of support portions rotatably supported by the bottom, and a bridge portion bridging the support portions and including an edge. The edge opposes the mounting surface when the tilt leg is in the second position. The edge of the bridge portion defines a single recess, through which the cables are led to an outside of the stand. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026333 | Leveling and Support Device - A leveling device comprising one or more bracket sections, an integrated structure coupling mechanism, a brace section, and a leveler. The one or more bracket sections may have a top member with a substantially flat top side and a generally perpendicularly aligned side member. The brace section may comprise a top surface substantially planar to the bracket section top side and extending one of away from and between the one or more bracket sections, a substantially flat bottom surface, and an angled bore. The leveler may comprise an angled nut and bolt. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026334 | MAGNETIC HOLDER FOR AN OBJECT - An object having a ferromagnetic part is supported by a holder having a stand and a permanent magnet carried on the stand. The magnet is set at such a height that by attraction of the ferromagnetic part by the magnet the object is held in a generally upright position underneath the magnet. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026335 | Sheeting goods installation support - The present invention relates to a sheeting goods installation support. The present invention includes a system and techniques using a sheeting goods installation support for both overhead ceiling and vertical wall applications. A solo worker can install sheeting goods using the inventive sheeting goods installation support system. The inventive sheeting goods installation support can be operated by attaching an end articulation bracket to a support member with the end articulation bracket connected to a first elongated beam and placing sheeting goods upon the first elongated beam. Next, a worker can position the sheeting goods proximate to the end articulation bracket and temporarily secure the sheeting goods with a second elongated beam. Next, a worker can adjust the sheeting goods in a final position proximate to the support member, secure the sheeting goods to the support member, and remove the sheeting goods installation support from the support member. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026336 | CORNER POTTED PLANT HOLDER - A corner potted plant holder ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090026337 | Device for extending the clamping width for a clamping tool and combination of clamping tool and device for extending the clamping width - Device for extending the clamping width for a clamping tool, comprising a first rail to which a first workpiece abutment element is fixed, a second rail to which a second workpiece abutment element is fixed, a first bracket on which the first rail and the second rail are mounted for sliding displacement, and a second bracket on which the first rail and the second rail are mounted for sliding displacement, wherein the first bracket and the second bracket serve for engagement of the clamping tool thereon. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026338 | STRUCTURAL MOUNTING FOR EQUIPMENT ON A ROOFTOP - A structural support for supporting equipment on a rooftop, which is connected to a frame and to equipment to be supported, comprises a mechanism connecting a base cap and a base connector of the structural support. One of the base cap and the base connector includes at least one plate and the other of the base cap and the base connector includes a pair of plates that receives the at least one plate allowing for pivoting adjustments of the base connector about the base cap when the at least one plate is received within an opening between the pair of plates to achieve desired positioning of the base connector. Once a desired position is achieved, a fastening assembly secures the position of the base connector. Field connectors and end connectors are used to connect frame elements to each other. The structural mounting may also include, for example, a base support, a base flashing, and a rubber base gasket. A base flashing adjustable in height is also disclosed. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026339 | ROTATABLE SUPPORT MECHANISM AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE USING THE SAME - A rotatable support mechanism is attached to a body of an electronic device for upholding the body on a plane and adjusting relative positions between the body and the plane. The rotatable support mechanism includes a base, a rotatable disk, and an elastic stopper. The base attached to the body of the electronic device has an axle. The rotatable disk has a holder and a groove. The axle passes a sidewall of the groove. The rotatable disk rotates around the axle as an axis. The sidewall of the groove has at least an opening. The elastic stopper mounted to the axle has an elastic shell fragment and does not rotate with the disk. As the disk is rotated, the elastic shell fragment enters and passes through the opening to exert a resistance force to the disk. Therefore, the electronic device is upheld vertically or horizontally by the rotatable support mechanism. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026340 | Tilting device - A tilting device is disclosed. A tilting device for tiltably supporting a mass may include: a bracket, which is attachable to and detachable from the mass, and which is configured to tilt about a rotation shaft; a nut, which is hinge-coupled to one side of the bracket about a hinge shaft; a leadscrew, which engages the nut; and a housing, which supports either side of the rotation shaft, and in which a guide indentation is formed that guides a movement of the hinge shaft. The tilting device utilizes a simple link structure to tilt a mass using a small-capacity driving unit. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026341 | Guide System Release Device for Vehicle Impact Testing - A guide release system for use in an impact test of a motor vehicle includes a first guide releasably coupled to a first portion of the motor vehicle to guide the first portion of the motor vehicle towards a test barrier. The system also includes a second guide releasably coupled to a second portion of the motor vehicle to guide the second portion of the motor vehicle towards the test barrier. The second guide is displaced a distance from the first guide. The system further includes an actuator that releases the first guide and the second guide substantially simultaneously to enable the motor vehicle to freely contact the test barrier. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026342 | PORTABLE FOLDING DESK - A portable folding desk includes a support member, which has an upper end, and a connector, which is attached to the support member and sized and shaped so as to be removably coupled to a rail mounted to a substantially vertical wall for supporting the desk therefrom. A cover panel extends substantially horizontally from the upper end of the support member in a first direction, while a desk panel is movably attached to the support member. The desk panel is movable between a first position, in which it is oriented substantially vertically, and a second position, in which it extends substantially horizontally from the upper end of the support member in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction. The cover panel and the desk panel cooperate to form a substantially continuous horizontal work surface when the desk panel is in its second position. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026343 | SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING FRAME - A system for mounting a frame (e.g., a mirror frame) allows the frame to be easily installed, securely mounted and readily replaced without damaging the mounting surface (e.g., the surrounding wall or mirror) or the frame. No tools are required to mount or unmount the frame. The mounting hardware is concealed within the frame. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026344 | ADJUSTABLE HEIGHT HANGERS - A picture hanger has an upper piece, a lower piece, and a screw that extends through apertures in shelves on bases of the pieces. The aperture on the lower piece has threads mating with the screw threads on the shaft so that when the upper piece is fixedly mounted on the vertical surface by an elongated fastener the lower piece is held in place only by the threads of the shaft engaging the threads in the aperture on the lower piece shelf. The base of the lower piece carries a picture wire receiving hook so that turning the screw enables the height of the picture to be changed. Strengthening ribs extend between the base and shelf of both pieces. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026345 | Electronic device shock-absorbing mounting system - An electronic device shock-absorbing mounting system comprising at least one elastomeric shock-absorbing mount assembly coupling the at least one component of an electronic device to a housing of the electronic device. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026346 | Support leg devices and cutting tools having the support leg devices - A cutting tool has a table for placing a workpiece thereon. A cutting unit is mounted to the table. A support leg device includes a support leg, an operation member and a motion conversion mechanism. The motion conversion mechanism is coupled between the support leg and the operation member, so that the movement of the operation member is converted into the movement of the support leg. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026347 | TAXIDERMY MOUNTING TOOL AND METHOD - A taxidermy mounting tool an apparatus for performing a taxidermy procedure is disclosed, wherein the taxidermy mounting tool includes a plug adapted to be disposed in an aperture formed in the mannikin and formed on an end of a means for posing. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026348 | Object Caddy - A method and apparatus for the hands-free holding and carrying of objects. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026349 | ICE-MAKING TRAY - An ice-making tray includes an attachment part; a metal tray part; a heater for heating the tray part; and at least one heater guide. The tray part is formed as a separate body from the attachment part. The heater guide is made of metal and comes into contact with the heater and the tray part. The heater guide is attached to the attachment part to hold the heater, and transmits heat of the heater to the tray part. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026350 | DETERMINATION OF LOW CURRENTS WITH HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE FOR OPTICAL IMAGING - In optical tomography, a wide dynamic range is necessary while measuring currents. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the currents are measured by counting the integration time and outputting a measurement result on the basis of the counted integration time, if the integrated current exceeds a threshold value before expiration of a maximum integration time. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026351 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PERFORMING OPTICAL NAVIGATION ON GLASS-LIKE NAVIGATION SURFACES - A system and method for performing optical navigation addresses M×N photosensitive elements of an image sensor array to capture first frames of image data of a navigation surface when set to a first operational mode such that each of the first frames of image data includes M×N sampled signals, and addresses at most the M×N photosensitive elements of the image sensor array to capture second frames of image data of the navigation surface when set to a second operational mode such that each of said second frames of image data includes less than M×N sampled signals. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026352 | PHYSICAL QUANTITY DETECTING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR DRIVING THE SAME - In a solid state imaging device to be included in an imaging device such as a digital camera, a ramp run-up AD conversion circuit for AD converting a pixel signal is provided corresponding to one or a plurality of pixel columns. A column counter provided in each ramp run-up AD conversion circuit holds an upper bit, and a clock signal is supplied to one or plural latches for holding a lower bit. Thus, fast and accurate AD conversion can be realized while suppressing increase of clock frequency. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026353 | Photomultiplier Tube and Radiation Detecting Device - A vacuum vessel is configured by hermetically joining a faceplate ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090026354 | SEPARATE-TYPE DETECTOR - [Object] An object is to provide a separated sensor capable of synchronizing a light transmitting unit with a light receiving unit, without using a control line. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026355 | OFFSET OPTICAL SECURITY SENSOR FOR A DOOR - A security sensor apparatus senses movement of an object. The sensor apparatus includes an electronics arrangement having an optical emitter and an optical receiver. The optical receiver has an axis of reception. The optical emitter emits a first beam along an axis of emission in an emission direction. The axis of emission diverges in the emission direction from the axis of reception at an angle of at least two degrees. The electronics arrangement is mounted in association a first surface of the object or a second surface of a structure disposed in opposition to the first surface. A reflector arrangement includes at least one reflective surface and is mounted in association with the other of the first surface and the second surface. The at least one reflective surface receives at least a portion of the first beam and produces a second beam directed at and received by the optical receiver. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026356 | Method for Operating an Optoelectronic Sensor - The invention relates to a method for operating an optoelectronic sensor, particularly a light barrier, during which a light emitter emits light signals having a time interval toward a monitoring area, at least some of the light signals being comprised of a number of successive individual pulses. A light receiver receives the emitted light signals. An evaluating unit processes received signals generated from the received light signals and outputs an object determination signal according to the evaluation result. According to the inventive method, a number of light signals are emitted in a regular sequence, the courses of the respective received signals being evaluated in a different manner. The invention also relates to an optoelectronic sensor that is suited for carrying out the aforementioned method. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026357 | IMAGE SENSOR AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME - Provided is an image sensor including an overcoating layer and at least two micro lenses formed on the overcoating layer. The image sensor is characterized in that the overcoating layer positioned below a clearance between the micro lenses is etched such that curved surfaces of the micro lenses extend to the etched overcoating layer, and a contamination in the bonding pad can be prevented. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026358 | Position Sensor - A hinge position sensor comprises first and second members connected together to provide a hinge, and an optical fibre or wave-guide connected between the first and second members to provide a communication link between the first and second members. A laser or LED is coupled to the optical fibre or wave-guide to transmit optical signals between the first and second members and the optical signal is received by a photo-detector. The optical fibre or wave-guide is physically distorted by actuation of the hinge such that light escapes from the optical fibre or wave-guide. The optical power level received by the photo-detector is used to determine the position of the hinge. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026359 | METHOD TO SIMULTANEOUSLY DETERMINE PORE HYDROCARBON DENSITY AND WATER SATURATION FROM PULSED NEUTRON MEASURMENTS - A method comprising using inelastic and capture gamma-ray count rates from two detectors in a borehole logging tool and determining formation water saturation. In this method the formation water saturation is determined without prior knowledge of the carbon density in the pore hydrocarbons. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026360 | MASS ANALYSIS DATA ANALYZING APPARATUS AND PROGRAM THEREOF - In a mass analysis data analyzing apparatus, centroid data is used as mass spectrum data to be analyzed. First, peaks on the centroid data are specified in order of intensity as a standard peak for identifying an isotopic cluster. The isotopic cluster is detected by comparing an emerging pattern of peaks near the standard peak and an emerging pattern of peaks of an expected isotopic cluster in the case where each valence is assumed. The valence of the determined isotopic cluster is set as the valence of the peaks belonging to the isotopic cluster, and the peak at the forefront of cluster is selected as a monoisotopic peak. With such a mass analysis data analyzing apparatus, it is possible to determine the valence of each peak and identify the monoisotopic peak in a mass spectrum. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026361 | Microengineered electrode assembly - Microengineered stacked ring electrode assemblies capable of acting as either RF or DC ion guides in an ion optical system, and method of fabricating same are described. The electrodes are fabricated using planar processing as sets of grooved, proud features formed in a layer of material lying on an insulating substrate. Two such structures are then stacked together to form a set of diaphragm electrodes with closed pupils. Arrangements for fabrication by patterning, etching and bonding are described, together with methods for tapering the electrode pupils or otherwise varying the ion path. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026362 | GAS ANALYZER - A plurality of molecule components included in a gas are to be ionized at the same time by PI method. For instance, a plurality of molecule components included in a gas generated at a certain instance are accurately analyzed in real time based on PI method. A gas analyzer is provided with a gas transfer apparatus for transferring a gas generated from a sample in a sample chamber to an analyzing chamber; an ionizer for ionizing the gas; a quadruple filter for separating ions by mass/charge ratio; and an ion detector for detecting the separated ions. The ionizer is provided with an ionizing region arranged in the vicinity of a gas exhaust of the gas transfer apparatus, and a lamp for applying light on the ionizing region. Since the lamp outputs light which has light directivity lower than that of a laser beam and travels by spreading, the gas entered the ionizing region in the ionizer receives light in a wide range, and the gas components inside are ionized at the same time. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026363 | PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT THROUGH USE OF HIGHER STABILITY REGIONS AND SIGNAL PROCESSING IN NON-IDEAL QUADRUPOLE MASS FILTERS - A quadrupole mass filter (QMF) is provided. The QMF includes a plurality of rectangular shaped electrodes aligned in a symmetric manner to generate a quadrupole field. An aperture region is positioned in a center region parallel to and adjacent to each of the rectangular shaped electrodes. An incoming ion stream enters the aperture region so as to be controlled by the quadrupole field. A plurality of voltage sources provide a r.f. and d.c. signal to the electrodes for generating the quadrupole field. An auxiliary voltage source applies an auxiliary drive signal to the r.f. and d.c. signal to create new stability boundaries within the standard Mathieu stability regions with high-resolution around operating conditions where there are approximately no higher-order resonances. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026364 | METHOD OF MEASURING TARGET OBJECT IN A SAMPLE USING MASS SPECTROMETRY - In-plane distribution of a target object contained in a sample is measured. The sample dispersedly placed on a substrate is treated to promote ionization of the target object. Then, the mass and flying amount of an ion containing the target object or a component thereof is determined by irradiating an ion beam to the sample and performing time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry of the ion that flies from a portion in the sample where the ion beam is irradiated, and the in-plane distribution of the target object is determined from the mass and flying amount data obtained at plural portions by scanning the beam on the sample plane. The step of treating the sample to promote ionization of the target object includes contacting an aqueous solution of an acid that does not crystallize at ordinary temperature with the sample. A high spatial resolution two-dimensional image can be obtained. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026365 | Instrument and Method for Tandem Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry - A novel instrument and method for TOF/TOF mass spectrometry is offered. A spiral trajectory time-of-flight mass spectrometer satisfies the spatial focusing conditions for the direction of flight and a direction orthogonal to the direction of flight whenever ions make a turn in the spiral trajectory. An ion gate for selecting precursor ions is placed in the spiral trajectory of the spiral trajectory time-of-flight mass spectrometer. Electric sectors are placed downstream of the ion gate. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026366 | MASS SPECTROMETER - In conventional mass spectrometers, if ions are converged by a radio-frequency electric field under the condition of relatively high gas pressure, the ions are decelerated and are delayed, or stagnated in an extreme case, to cause a decrease in the detection sensitivity or an appearance of a ghost peak. By contrast, in the mass spectrometer according to the present invention, lens electrodes | 2009-01-29 |
20090026367 | BATCH FABRICATED RECTANGULAR ROD, PLANAR MEMS QUADRUPOLE WITH ION OPTICS - A quadrupole mass filter (QMF) is provided. The QMF includes a plurality of rectangular shaped electrodes aligned in a symmetric manner to generate a quadrupole field. An aperture region is positioned in a center region parallel to and adjacent to each of the rectangular shaped electrodes. An incoming ion stream enters the aperture region so as to be controlled by the quadrupole field. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026368 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INSPECTING SAMPLE SURFACE - Provided is a defect inspection apparatus and an inspection (or evaluation) method with highly improved accuracy, which would not be provided by the prior art, in the defect inspection apparatus used in a manufacturing process of a semiconductor device. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026369 | Electron Beam Inspection System and an Image Generation Method for an Electron Beam Inspection System - An object of the present invention is to provide an inspection system using a scanning electron microscope that detects a high-precision electron beam image and at the same time, removes restrictions for a low sampling rate, which presents a problem at this point, of an AD converter element and an inspection method. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026370 | PIXEL ARCHITECTURE FOR THERMAL IMAGING SYSTEM - A thermal imaging device including: a substrate; and an array of thermally tunable pixel elements for generating a thermal image, each thermally tunable pixel element including: a plurality of thermally tunable filter islands, each of which has a thermally tunable optical filter, wherein each of the plurality of tunable filter islands within that pixel element is thermally isolated from the other tunable filter islands within that tunable pixel element; an absorption structure for absorbing incident optical thermal energy; and a mechanical structure supporting the plurality of tunable filter islands and the absorption structure on the substrate. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026371 | High-Energy Detector - The preferred embodiments are directed to a high-energy detector that is electrically shielded using an anode, a cathode, and a conducting shield to substantially reduce or eliminate electrically unshielded area. The anode and the cathode are disposed at opposite ends of the detector and the conducting shield substantially surrounds at least a portion of the longitudinal surface of the detector. The conducting shield extends longitudinally to the anode end of the detector and substantially surrounds at least a portion of the detector. Signals read from one or more of the anode, cathode, and conducting shield can be used to determine the number of electrons that are liberated as a result of high-energy particles impinge on the detector. A correction technique can be implemented to correct for liberated electron that become trapped to improve the energy resolution of the high-energy detectors disclosed herein. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026372 | INFRARED SENSOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING INFRARED SENSOR - An economical and highly reliable infrared sensor with a wide field of view and a method for economically manufacturing a highly reliable infrared sensor with a wide field of view includes a package having supporting portions that support an optical filter at a location below the upper surfaces of sidewalls of the package and recessed portions that communicate with gaps between side surfaces of the optical filter supported by the supporting portions and the sidewalls of the package. An adhesive is supplied to the recessed portions while the optical filter is supported by the supporting portions such that the adhesive flows into the gaps between the optical filter and the sidewalls of the package by capillary action and such that the optical filter is fixed to an opening of the package via the adhesive. The optical filter is fixed to the package via the adhesive by applying the adhesive such that the adhesive spreads over substantially the entire circumference of the optical filter. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026373 | System for Producing and Checking Tablets - A system for inspecting tablets includes an NIR measuring device for determining the concentration of at least one active ingredient in the tablets. The system also includes a sensor for determining the volume of the individual tablet, and a control unit which is able to calculate the actual active ingredient dose of the tablet under consideration of the data acquired by the NIR measuring device and the volume-determination sensor. A corresponding method of inspecting tablets is also described. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026374 | APPARATUS FOR GAS CONCENTRATION MEASUREMENT ACCORDING TO GAS CORRELATION METHOD - A gas concentration measuring apparatus utilizing a gas correlation method capable of measuring concentrations of a plurality of analyte gases simultaneously and at high sensitivity uses an infrared light source ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090026375 | Monolithic Scintillators With Optical Fiber Read-Out - A scintillation detector according to an embodiment of the invention features a monolithic scintillation crystal and a plurality of optical fibers coupled to the scintillation crystal. The optical fibers are arranged to convey scintillation light to an optical sensor that is located exterior to the scintillation crystal. Because the optical fibers are extremely small in diameter, a multiplicity of them can be coupled to the scintillation crystal to provide the extremely high resolution of a pixelated scintillation crystal while the comparative manufacturing simplicity of a monolithic scintillation crystal is maintained. In preferred embodiments, the optical fibers are further arranged so that depth of interaction information can be obtained. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026376 | Cassette device and cassette storage bag for cassette device - A cassette device includes a radiation detecting cassette having a radiation detector therein for detecting radiation having passed through a subject and converting the detected radiation into radiation image information, a transmission and reception controller connected to the radiation detector for transmitting the radiation image information to an image processor by way of wireless communications, and a cassette storage bag for storing the radiation detecting cassette therein. The cassette storage bag includes an antenna incorporated therein for transmitting the radiation image information from the transmission and reception controller to the image processor by way of wireless communications. The transmission and reception controller and the antenna are capable of being electrically connected to each other through detachable connectors. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026377 | Cassette - A radiation detecting cassette includes a casing having first through fourth display units mounted on respective side walls thereof for displaying ID information of a patient, etc. The casing also has first detectors on the respective side walls for detecting obstacles facing the first through fourth display units and second detectors on the respective side walls for detecting loads applied to the casing near the first through fourth display units. Based on detected results from the first and second detectors, at least one of the first through fourth display units which is not covered by the patient is selected to display the ID information of a patient, etc. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026378 | Radiation detecting cassette and radiation image capturing system - Power supply switches are disposed on respective side walls of a casing of a radiation detecting cassette, which are held out of contact with a patient when a radiation image of the patient is captured. When a surgeon or a radiological technician turns one of the power supply switches on or off, a battery starts or stops supplying electric power to a radiation detector, a cassette controller, and a transceiver. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026379 | RADIATION IMAGING DEVICE - A radiation imaging device | 2009-01-29 |
20090026380 | CASSETTE AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A radiation detecting cassette houses therein a detector for detecting a load applied to the radiation detecting cassette when a patient has moved. It is determined whether or not the patient has moved in an image capturing process based on the load detected by the detector. If it is judged that the patient has moved, then a warning is displayed, and a radiation image of the subject is inhibited from being captured. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026381 | Radiation detector - An extended electrode is electrically connected to a conductor in a portion outside of an inner wall of a protection member disposed on a photoconductive layer side, the pressure applied to the photoconductive layer is reduced and the deterioration of the photoconductive layer may be suppressed. Further, since the extended electrode is electrically connected to a high-voltage wire in a portion outside of the inner wall of the protection member, the extended electrode may be connected to the high-voltage wire in the state that the photoconductive layer is surrounded by the protection member. As a result, deterioration of the photoconductive layer may be suppressed even while a connection work is performed. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026382 | Radiation detector - A radiation detector includes a substrate, a lower electrode disposed on the substrate, a radiation detecting layer formed on the upper surface of the lower electrode, an upper electrode formed on the upper surface of the radiation detecting layer, a protection layer which is formed on the upper electrode, whose end portion extends to an end surface of the substrate and which covers the upper electrode, and a reinforcement member which is formed from the lower surface of the substrate to the surface of the protection layer and which covers the end portion of the protection layer. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026383 | X-Ray Detector and Method of Manufacturing the Same - Disclosed is an X-ray detector and a method of manufacturing the X-ray detector. A cushion layer is interposed between a scintillator panel for converting X-rays into visual light and a lower substrate formed with a thin film transistor, a photoelectric conversion device. Thus, the lower substrate and the scintillator panel can be bonded to each other such that no air layer can be introduced between the lower substrate and the scintillator panel. Therefore, no air layer is introduced, and thus, it is possible to prevent the efficiency of light incident to the photoelectric conversion device from being lowered. Further, the cushion layer is employed such that the lower substrate and the scintillator panel can be separated and reused. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026384 | ELECTROSTATIC LENS ASSEMBLY - A lens assembly having an electrostatic lens component for a charged particle beam system is provided. The assembly includes: a first electrode having a conically shaped portion, a second electrode having a conically shaped portion, and a first insulator having a conically shaped portion, wherein the first insulator comprises two extending portions towards each of its ends, and wherein the two extending portions are formed to generate a gap between the insulator and each of the adjacent electrodes. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026385 | Ultraviolet Radiation Light Emitting Diode Device - There is disclosed an ultraviolet radiation device. The device comprises a base portion, a plurality of semiconductor structures connected to the base portion and an ultraviolet radiation transparent element connected to the plurality of semiconductor structures. Preferably: (i) the at least one light emitting diode is in direct contact with the ultraviolet radiation transparent element, or (ii) there is a spacing between the at least one light emitting diode and the ultraviolet radiation transparent element, the spacing being substantially completely free of air. There is also disclosed a fluid treatment system incorporating the ultraviolet radiation device. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026386 | SYSTEM AND METHOD EMPLOYING PHOTOKINETIC TECHNIQUES IN CELL BIOLOGY IMAGING APPLICATIONS - A system and method employing photokinetic techniques in cell biology imaging applications are disclosed. Systems and methods of acquiring image data of an object may comprise: selectively inducing photoactivation of material at a site on the object; performing an optical axis integration scan; simultaneously executing a time delay integration scan sequence; and processing acquired image data in accordance with one or more desired analyses. Various methodologies and applications may include, inter alia, selective photobleaching of a site on the object, diffusion rate, velocity, and wave-front propagation analyses, multi-dimensional analyses of dispersion characteristics, biomolecular binding in cellular organelles, and photoactivation assisted systematic image segmentation for the study of cellular components. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026387 | OPTICAL-BASED CELL DEFORMABILITY - A system, method, and device for re-orienting and/or deforming cells and other objects is provided. The system, method, and device may include a high-throughput setup that facilitates the ability to orient, deform, analyze, measure, and/or tag objects at a substantially higher rate than was previously possible. A relatively large number of cells and other objects can be deformed, by optical forces for example, as the cells and other objects a flowed through the system. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026388 | Illumination Homogenizer - An illumination homogenizer is provided, including a fly eye-type lens array for receiving radiation from a source, the lens array being comprised of a twelve-lenslet subset of a 4×4 array of lenslets. The illumination homogenizer including a lens array comprised of a 4×4 array of lenslets, or a subset thereof, is also used in combination with a negative lens between a radiation source and the lens array. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026389 | MULTI-BEAM SOURCE - A multi-beam source for generating a plurality of beamlets of energetic electrically charged particles. The multi-beam source includes an illumination system generating an illuminating beam of charged particles and a beam-forming system being arranged after the illumination system as seen in the direction of the beam, adapted to form a plurality of telecentric or homocentric beamlets out of the illuminating beam. The beam forming system includes a beam-splitter and an electrical zone device, the electrical zone having a composite electrode composed of a plurality of substantially planar partial electrodes, adapted to be applied different electrostatic potentials and thus influencing the beamlets. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026390 | TECHNIQUES FOR PLASMA INJECTION - Techniques for plasma injection for space charge neutralization of an ion beam are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a plasma injection system for space charge neutralization of an ion beam. The plasma injection system may comprise a first array of magnets and a second array of magnets positioned along at least a portion of an ion beam path, the first array being on a first side of the ion beam path and the second array being on a second side of the ion beam path, the first side opposing the second side. At least two adjacent magnets in the first array of magnets may have opposite polarity. The plasma injection system may also comprise a plasma source configured to generate a plasma in a region associated with a portion of the ion beam path by colliding at least some electrons with a gas. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026391 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A radiation image capturing system detects the position of a radiation detecting cassette disposed below a patient and the position of a radiation source for emitting a radiation, based on the differences between the propagation times of radio waves emitted from an antenna device to an image capturing apparatus and the radiation detecting cassette. Based on the detected positions, the relative positions of the image capturing apparatus and the radiation detecting cassette are calculated, and then compared with each other by a position determining unit to judge how the image capturing apparatus is positioned with respect to the radiation detecting cassette. If the image capturing apparatus is not positioned in head-on facing relation to the radiation detecting cassette, then a warning is issued, and an actuating mechanism moves the image capturing apparatus to an appropriate position. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026392 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A transceiver of a radiation detecting cassette receives subject ID information from an RFID tag by way of wireless communications. An ID checker checks the subject ID information received by the transceiver against a plurality of subject ID information stored in an RFID memory. If the subject ID information received by the transceiver matches one of the subject ID information stored in the RFID memory, then the ID checker associates the matching subject ID information with a radiation dose that is stored in a dose storage unit and corresponds to the matching subject ID information. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026393 | Mechanism for a flow control device with buffer chamber - Described here is a mechanism for a flow control device comprising of a valve casing, a plurality of buffer chambers, an elongated stem, and an actuating mechanism. The valve casing includes an inlet flow passage, an outlet flow passage, a valve seat in between, and a barrel housing extended from the flow passage. The buffer chamber is partitioned from the barrel housing by a moveable valve member and is comprised of a first channel and a second channel. The second channel is defined as a pilot valve and functions to adjust the inside pressure of the chamber. The elongated stem comprises of a plug that couples together with a pilot valve port. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026394 | Volume flow regulating valve for a hydraulic system for controlling a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission - A volume flow regulating valve for a hydraulic system for controlling a belt-driven conical-pulley transmission. The valve includes a control piston with a pressure surface and an oppositely facing pressure return surface. A supply segment is associated with the pressure surface, and a cooler return segment is connectable with the supply segment by a control edge of the control piston. A pressure return segment is associated with the pressure return surface, and a pressurizing segment is situated between the cooler return segment and the pressure return segment. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026395 | Apparatus to increase fluid flow in a valve - Apparatus to increase the fluid flow in a valve are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a valve body having a fluid passageway, a valve cage located in the passageway and including a wall having an outer surface and an inner surface defining a cage bore with an axis. The wall has at least one flow zone comprising a plurality of through openings, each through opening extending between the inner and outer surfaces to define an opening axis extending through the wall. The opening axis is disposed at a non-orthogonal angle with respect to a reference plane disposed orthogonal to the axis of the cage bore. A valve plug is axially slidable in the cage bore. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026396 | Adjustable shutoff valve - A gas valve assembly includes a solenoid coil, a linearly actuated plunger, and a stop member. The plunger is disposed in the coil so that a gap exists between the plunger and the stop member at a deenergized condition of the solenoid. The assembly includes a valve having a port and a closing member. The closing member blocks the port in a closed position corresponding to the de-energized condition of the solenoid, and slidably unblocks the port in an open position corresponding to the energized condition of the solenoid. An adjustable length member is coupled to the closing member and the plunger and has a portion accessible external to the valve assembly. The externally-accessible portion of the adjustable length member is adjustable to vary the size of the gap between the plunger and the stop member when the closing member is in the closed position. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026397 | System, apparatus and method for controlling valves - Systems, apparatuses and methods for controlling valves through controlled power escalation towards the actuation threshold of the valve. A power signal is applied to a control input of a valve at a level less than a valve switch threshold at which the valve will be actuated. The power to the control input is then progressively increased. The valve is actuated when the power signal eventually reaches the valve switch threshold, thereby actuating the valve using a power signal commensurate with the actual valve switch threshold of the particular valve and its current operating conditions. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026398 | Valve assembly for modulating fuel flow to a gas turbine engine - A valve assembly for modulating fuel flow is disclosed which includes a valve housing having an inlet section and an outlet section, at least one valve rotor disposed between the inlet section and the outlet section for modulating fuel flow through the valve housing, wherein the at least one valve rotor is formed from a ferritic magnetic flux permeable material and is mounted for rotational movement within the valve housing, under the influence of a torsion spring, between first and second magnetically latched positions, and a pair of electromagnets means for alternately latching the at least one valve rotor in the first and second magnetically latched positions. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026399 | SOLENOID VALVE - A shaft is placed through an axial through hole of an opposing magnetic portion of a slidable core and applies a displacement force of a plunger to a spool. The plunger has a plunger breathing hole that axially extends through the plunger along a center axis of the plunger. The shaft has a small diameter pipe portion, which is received in the plunger breathing hole, and a large diameter pipe portion, which has an inner diameter and an outer diameter that are larger than an inner diameter of the plunger breathing hole. A plunger front chamber and a plunger rear chamber are respectively defined on a front side and a rear side of the plunger and are communicated with a solenoid front chamber through an interior of the shaft. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026400 | Modular Hose Coupler - A modular hose coupler for carrying air or other gas is described including in some embodiments a valve ( | 2009-01-29 |
20090026401 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR VACUUM SEALING - A valve assembly for vacuum sealing a collapsible storage bag including a first valve part and a second valve part. The first valve part being inserted into the second valve part with a wall of the bag in between, causing the wall of the bag to break and/or puncture. A valve sealing mechanism to control the air flow from within the bag through the first and second valve part and out the bag. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026402 | VALVE CARTRIDGE INSENSITIVE TO INSTALLATION LOAD - A one-handle valve cartridge includes an actuating mechanism, wherein an amount of force required to operate the actuating mechanism is insensitive to a load applied to the valve cartridge during installation of the valve cartridge in a valve body. Accordingly, the valve cartridge can operate over a wide range of installation loads and can be properly installed without using a specialized tool or mechanism. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026403 | Switch for kitchen & bath appliances - This present invention provides a switch for kitchen and bath appliances. The said switch comprises a sliding shaft and, fixed base, and there is a sliding through hole for the sliding shaft in the fixed base. The said switch is also provided with a retaining hook for holding the sliding shaft up and down direction. On the surface of the said sliding shaft, there are the first stop position and second stop position fitting with the hook part of the retaining hook. The said first stop position and second stop position are at different height on the surface of the sliding shaft, with the first stop position close to the head of the sliding shaft. On the surface of the said sliding shaft, there is the first unidirectional slide channel and second unidirectional slide channel for the hook part of the retaining hook. The said switch has a spring pushing the sliding shaft from head of the sliding shaft towards its tail. For this present invention, the switching on/off states can be changed over only by means of a pressing operation, so this present invention is easy to operate and better complies with ergonomic habit of applying a force, with good sealing effect, excellent durability, long service life, wide applications and good versatility. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026404 | Injection Molding Valve Gate System and Activating Mechanism - A valve gate system for an injection molding machine, having a valve gate unit configured to be in contact with a manifold of an injection molding machine for delivering a molten plastic flow from a hot runner system to an injection chamber. The valve gate unit has a valve pin for controlling the flow of the molten plastic from a hot runner system to an injection chamber and an activating unit coupled with the valve gate unit. The activating unit is configured to be mounted external to a mold unit that houses the injection chamber. In addition, the activating unit has an element that extends through the mold unit to engage the valve pin, so as to control the molten plastic flow from a runner system to an injection chamber. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026405 | LEAK RESISTANT BY-PASS VALVE - A by-pass valve that includes a housing defining a chamber therein, and a by-pass valve port and a first port communicating with the chamber. The by-pass valve port has a central axis and a peripheral valve seat. The by-pass valve also includes a valve assembly comprising a central shaft disposed along said central axis, and an annular ring slidably mounted on the central shaft for movement between a closed position in which the annular ring engages the valve seat and an open position in which the annular ring is spaced apart from the valve seat, the annular ring having a cylindrical inner surface surrounding the central shaft with a first circumferential rib extending inward from a portion of the inner surface and slidably engaging the central shaft. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026406 | CASING FOR A VENTILATING AND EVACUATING VALVE FOR PIPE LINES AND/OR FITTINGS - A casing for a ventilating and evacuating valve for pipe lines and/or fittings is provided. The casing comprises a hollow body, a connecting section and a ventilating and evacuating section. At least the hollow body of the casing is formed substantially of aluminium. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026407 | ADHESIVE MATERIALS - A reversibly adhesive combination comprising a first component having a first surface and a second component having a second surface, the respective components being adhesively attachable when said surfaces are in contact and the combination is subject to environmental conditions of a first type and the components being separable when the combination is subject to environmental conditions of a second type wherein the first and second components respectively comprise oppositely charged polyelectrolytes. Typically the polyelectrolytes are respectively a polyacid and a polybase. Typically the environmental conditions are represented by pH. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026408 | PIEZOELECTRIC MATERIAL - The present invention provides a piezoelectric material which can be applied even to the MEMS technique, exhibits satisfactory piezoelectricity even at high ambient temperatures and is environmentally clean, namely, a piezoelectric material including an oxide obtained by forming a solid solution composed of two perovskite oxides A(1)B(1)O | 2009-01-29 |
20090026409 | Rubber composition for magnetic encoder and magnetic encoder using the same - The invention provides a rubber composition for a magnetic encoder being excellent in durability such as heat resistance, oil resistance and chemical resistance, having high magnetic characteristics and being excellent in processability and a magnetic encoder using the rubber composition. The magnetic rubber composition for the magnetic encoder includes a fluorinated rubber with a Mooney viscosity (ML1+10, 121° C.) of 20 to 100 and a magnetic powder, and the magnetic powder is blended in a proportion of 230 to 1900 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the fluorinated rubber. The magnetic encoder is provided by vulcanizing and molding the rubber composition. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026410 | LOW TEMPERATURE HEAT TRANSFER FLUID COMPOSITION - A two component low temperature heat transfer composition comprising 18% to 76% by volume of an ether component and 82% to 24% by volume of an alkylbenzene component which composition transfers thermal energy to itself from a material which is to be cooled and maintains a prolonged liquid phase in the temperature range from room temperature of about 68° F. to a very cold −175° F.; said composition being continually rejuvenated by exposure in alternating cycles to cryogenic or refrigerant materials, such as liquid nitrogen which removes thermal energy from the ether alkylbenzene composition which is maintained in a prolonged liquid phase throughout said temperature range which makes it suitable for use in very cold applications. | 2009-01-29 |
20090026411 | DE-ICING METHOD - A method of reducing the build up of ice or snow on roads. The method comprising mixing a solid de-icing material such as rock salt with a non brine additive solution such as an aqueous solution of a refined molasses stream. The de-icing material and additive solution being carried on a lorry | 2009-01-29 |