25th week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100155492 | BADGE WITH RFID DEVICE - An identification or security badge has a radio frequency identification (RFID) device that is on a flexible substrate of the badge. A first part of the flexible substrate, including a first part of an antenna of the RFID device, overlaps a second part of the substrate that contains a second part of the antenna, with the parts physically separated from one another. A holder of the badge may be mechanically coupled to the flexible substrate to provide the separation between the substrate parts. The holder may hold ends of the flexible substrate with clips, so that at least one part of the substrate has a curved or bowed (arcuate) shape that separates it from another part of the substrate. The separation of different antenna parts from each other means that at least part of the antenna is spaced away from a wearer of the badge. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155493 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING DATA TRANSMISSION - An interface for controlling the transmission of data between integrated circuit (IC) chips. The interface comprises a data bus for transmitting data from a first integrated circuit chip to a second integrated circuit chip, and a control bus for transmitting control signals between the first and second integrated circuits. The first IC has a memory for receiving data for transmission to the second IC, and the second IC has a scheduler and a data output port, the scheduler being arranged to control the transfer of data from the memory of the first IC to the data output port of the second IC via the data bus. The interface is capable of stopping and reinitiating data transmission on detection of errors in transmitted data, and the interface may include a code transfer bus for transferring error detection code separately from associated data. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155494 | PRINT CONTAINMENT OF PIXELS TO IMPROVE READABILITY - A method to improve the image of a printed barcode by causing controlled “bleeding” of the print pixels within solid printed areas surrounded by a barrier to improve the print contrast ratio within the barcode data element by homogenizing the printed data without causing image bleed into unintended areas. Hence, the printed material will contain more clearly defined printed and non printed areas to enable the printed material to be accurately read. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155495 | HEATING DEVICE USING AN EXHAUSTED ENGINE HEAT - Disclosed herein is a heating device using waste engine heat. When an engine is stopped for a driver to rest in a vehicle or leave the vehicle for a meal, a manipulation switch in the vehicle is turned on to forcibly circulate coolant heated by engine heat, thus heating the interior of the vehicle. The device includes a main body which generates rotating force by current supplied from a vehicle battery, when an engine is stopped. A receiving part is received in the main body, and prevents coolant from flowing into the main body. A rotor is inserted into the receiving part, receives the coolant, and is rotated depending on a varying polarity, thus discharging the coolant. A lid introduces the coolant from the engine through one side, supplies the coolant to the rotor, and discharges the coolant to a heater coupled to the other side. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155496 | ELECTROSTATIC SPRAYING DEVICE AND A METHOD OF ELECTROSTATIC SPRAYING - An electrostatic spraying device ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155497 | Laminar Deck Jet - Methods and apparatuses are disclosed for fluid handling devices with enhanced functionality. In some embodiments, the fluid handling device may include a plurality of filters coupled to the fluid handling device, where passing a first stream of fluid through the plurality of filters may improve the laminarity of the first stream of fluid, an orifice situated about the fluid handling device, where the first stream of fluid may exit the fluid handling device through the orifice in a substantially laminar state, and a surface disruptor coupled to the fluid handling device, where the surface disruptor may provide a second stream of fluid and where the disruptor may be positioned such that the second stream of fluid interferes with the first stream of fluid exiting the fluid handling device. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155498 | SURFACE DISRUPTOR FOR LAMINAR JET FOUNTAIN - A fluid handling device, for example, a laminar jet fountain, includes a jet emanating a first stream of substantially laminar fluid. The jet fountain also includes a surface disrupter that includes a body, a water inlet, a valve, a fluid outlet, and a trajectory adjuster emanating a second stream of fluid from the fluid outlet. The second stream of fluid may be positioned to intersect the first stream of fluid and perturb its laminarity. By adjusting a valve controlling the force and volume of flow of the second stream and/or by adjusting the trajectory adjuster, the intersection of the first and second streams may be modified and, therefore, the laminarity of the first stream may be modified. By disrupting the laminar surface of the first stream, light introduced into the first stream may be caused to refract outward from the first stream and thus enhance illumination of the first stream. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155499 | OCEAN WIND WATER PUMP FOR DE-ENERGIZING A STORM - An engine for reducing the temperature at the surface of a body of water during a storm includes at least one floatation member for supporting the engine, an elongate tube mounted on the floatation member configured to receive a stream of air therethrough, the elongate tube having first and second ends, a constricted center section therebetween and means for distributing water into the tube adjacent the constricted center section, a wind turbine having at least one rotor, a differential and a shaft connecting the rotor to the differential, a pump operatively connected to the wind turbine and extending into the body of water to a depth where the temperature of the water is less the water temperature at the surface and wherein water from beneath the surface of the body of water is pumped into the manifold and distributed into the elongate tube to cool the stream of air. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155500 | Safety drinking straw - A drinking straw is sealed at one end and a foraminous filter member is formed in the tubular body of the straw adjacent the sealed end. Upon immersion of the tube in a liquid and suction applied to the opposite end of the tube, liquid is drawn into the tube through the foraminous member, but solid material such as pits or other debris in the liquid are not, being blocked from ingestion by the otherwise sealed second end of the tube. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155501 | Self-controllable device for sprinkle arrangement - A self-controllable device for a sprinkle arrangement of a water sprinkle system includes a pipe joint and a water regulator. The pipe joint has a water channel adapted for operatively coupling with the water sprinkle system to guide a water flow passing from the water pipe line to the water channel. The water regulator, which is coupled with the pipe joint, includes a regulator body having a water detouring passage operatively communicating with the water channel for guiding the water flow passing to one of the sprinkle heads, and a flow adjuster operatively extended within the water detouring passage for selectively controlling the water flow passing from the water channel to the water detouring passage. Therefore, when the flow adjustor is actuated for blocking the water flow passing to the water detouring passage, the respective sprinkle head is shut off while other sprinkle heads are remained operated. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155502 | METHOD OF GENERATION OF PRESSURE PULSATIONS AND APPARATUS FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF THIS METHOD - An acoustic generator of pressure pulsations includes a cylindrical waveguide which is caused to vibrate at a low amplitude by an electromechanical transducer. The vibration of the cylindrical waveguide creates low amplitude pressure pulsations in an acoustic chamber containing stationary pressure fluid. A mechanical amplifier, which is part of the acoustic chamber, amplifies the low amplitude pressure pulsations generated by the cylindrical waveguide. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155503 | EMITTER WITH POTENTIAL OF SELF-CLEANING - The emitter with potential of self cleaning of the water inlet filter, has incorporated filter in the inlet of water that consists of openings ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155504 | ROTARY ATOMIZING HEAD, ROTARY ATOMIZATION COATING APPARATUS, AND ROTARY ATOMIZATION COATING METHOD - A rotary atomizing head | 2010-06-24 |
20100155505 | FAUCET - A faucet includes a spout body formed by joining an upper body and a lower body to one another. A one-piece spout tube is secured to the upper body. For example, only a cartridge seat and an aerator of the faucet are used to hold the spout tube in the upper body. Water supply hoses connected to the cartridge seat bring hot and/or cold water from a water supply source to a valve cartridge interfaced with the cartridge seat. The water flows from the water supply source, through the water supply hoses, the cartridge seat, the valve cartridge, and the spout tube, and out the spout body through the aerator. The valve cartridge allows a user to control a flow rate and/or temperature of the water delivered through the spout tube and out the spout body. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155506 | SPRAY NOZZLE - A spray nozzle includes an orifice disposed on a substantially planar discharge surface. An impingement surface is disposed opposite the orifice, the impingement surface forming an angle with a centerline of the orifice. The angle between the orifice centerline and the surface is less than 90 degrees. A deflection ridge bridges a gap between the impingement surface and the discharge surface. The deflection ridge encompasses a partial circumference of the nozzle. The nozzle includes a fluid fitting adapted for providing a pressurized fluid to the orifice. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155507 | Fuel Injection Valve - A fuel injection valve includes a valve seat ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155508 | Drip Irrigation Emitter - A drip irrigation emitter has first and second inlets through which liquid enters the emitter from an irrigation pipe, an outlet through which liquid exits the emitter, and a first flexible diaphragm portion seated on the second inlet and serving as a valve. Liquid at a pressure in the pipe that is below a predetermined level enters the emitter via the first inlet and travels along a first flow restricting path before exiting via the outlet and liquid at a pressure in the pipe that is above the predetermined level biases the first flexible diaphragm portion so that liquid can enter the emitter via the second inlet and travels along a second flow restricting path before exiting via the outlet. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155509 | SPRAYING TOOL WITH A SWITCH-OFF VALVE - The invention relates to a spraying tool, in particular as part of a mold-spraying device for spraying at least one section of a wall of a mold with working medium. In at least one embodiment, the spraying tool comprises a plurality of spraying elements for dispensing working medium, and at least one working-medium supply line which supplies working medium to the plurality of spraying elements. In accordance with at least one embodiment, at least some of the spraying elements, the spraying nozzles of which point downwards during operation, are equipped with a separate valve unit which is adjacent to the spraying nozzle and the valve element of which is prestressed elastically into a closed position in which it prevents the dispensing of working medium, but can be transferred under the action of a hydraulic and/or pneumatic pressure into an open position in which it permits the dispensing of working medium. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155510 | NOZZLE TRUMPET - A nozzle extending along an axis is provided, including an orifice portion, an exit and a trumpet portion. The orifice portion includes an orifice dimension that is generally perpendicular to the axis. The exit allows for a fluid to exit the nozzle. The trumpet portion is located between the orifice portion and the exit, where an outer surface of the trumpet portion is angled outwardly towards the exit. The trumpet portion includes a trumpet angle. The trumpet angle is measured at the outer surface of the trumpet portion, where the trumpet angle is less than ninety degrees. A trumpet height is also included, where the trumpet height is measured at the trumpet portion, and the trumpet height is greater than the orifice dimension. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155511 | INDUSTRIAL APPARATUS - The invention provides a method of improving an existing pulveriser mill by provision of an improved port ring ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155512 | THRUST BEARING FOR A GYRATORY CRUSHER AND METHOD OF SUPPORTING A VERTICAL SHAFT IN SUCH A CRUSHER - A gyratory crusher includes a crushing head on which a first crushing shell is mounted, and a frame on which a second crushing shell is mounted. The crusher has a thrust bearing which is made up of horizontal bearing plates and which is located between a vertical shaft and a piston arranged vertically below the vertical shaft. The crusher further has a first space, which is adapted to receive a variable amount of pressurized liquid, the first space being defined by the piston and a piston housing formed in the frame, and a second space which is adapted to receive, by way of a duct, pressurized liquid from the first space, the second space being located between the vertical shaft and the piston and at least partly accommodated in an opening in at least one of the bearing plates. The first space and the second space are adapted, by the liquid, to transmit forces from the crushing head to the piston housing, in order that the load on the thrust bearing is relieved. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155513 | BALE BREAKER APPARATUS AND METHOD - An auxiliary powerfeed is disclosed, which is designed to work in conjunction with other feeding devices found on a horizontal grinder, which typically include a horizontal feed conveyor and a powerfeed drum. The auxiliary powerfeed features a rotating drum on which are mounted rigid tines (or teeth) arranged in a staggered pattern. The drum is rotationally mounted within a pivotally mounted lift arm. The lift arm holds the axial shaft of the drum at each end. A set of hydraulic cylinders is mounted to the lift arm, one on each end of the drum. During operation, as a bale or other object comes into contact with the auxiliary powerfeed, the drum automatically lifts until it reaches the top of the object, the limit of its lift path, or a predetermined height that optimizes efficacy for a particular application. In some cases, the auxiliary powerfeed automatically operates differently with different feedstock consistencies. In other cases, the auxiliary powerfeed is set to operate on a predetermined sequence based on feedstock consistency. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155514 | DEVICE FOR REDUCING FIBROUS PRODUCTS - A macerator has a housing ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155515 | Safety accessory for coffee grinders-dispensers - A safety accessory for coffee grinders-dispensers includes a substantially cylindrical sleeve having a lower annular portion removably insertable into the base of a grinder-dispenser, an upper annular portion engagable with the neck of a container that contains coffee beans, and an intermediate annular portion provided internally with at least one interceptor member that allows the coffee beans to move into the grinding chamber but also prevents the insertion into the grinding chamber of an element in accordance with grinder-dispenser safety regulations. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155516 | Powder Processing Apparatus - In order to manufacture the compound powder or the porous granulated substance in an efficient manner, a powder processing apparatus has an accumulating face on which the processing target powder is to be accumulated and a processing face disposed in opposition to the accumulating face and convexly curved, and a moving means for moving the accumulating face and the processing face along the accumulating face relative to each other. The apparatus comprises an excitement treatment means capable of applying an excitation energy to the processing target powder accumulated on the accumulating face from an excitation energy supplying portion disposed in opposition to the accumulating face or an oscillation means for oscillating the accumulating face or the processing face in a direction intersecting the accumulating face. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155517 | MULTIPLE CHAMBER CONDIMENT GRINDER - A condiment grinder comprises a housing with at least two separate chambers, each configured to hold one of the condiments. A separate grinder is mounted on a side of the housing adjacent each chamber for grinding and dispensing the condiment from the respective chamber. The grinders each have a rotational axis which intersects the axis of the other grinders at the approximate center of the housing. A separate hand crank, operative to rotate each grinder about its axis, is disposed on the opposite side of the housing from the respective grinder to which it is connected. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155518 | Central shaft for a gyratory crusher - A central shaft for a gyratory crusher, which includes a crushing head on which a first crushing shell is mounted; a frame on which a second crushing shell is mounted, which second crushing shell defines, together with the first crushing shell, a crushing gap; and a driving device, which is arranged to rotate an eccentric about said central shaft and thereby to cause the crushing head to execute a gyratory movement for crushing of material that is introduced in the crushing gap. The central shaft has a cavity in which are accommodated an anti-reverse and a torque limiter, the anti-reverse and the torque limiter being adapted for connection to said crushing head for restricting spinning. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155519 | BELT RETRACTOR INCLUDING A SWITCHABLE BELT FORCE LIMITER - A belt retractor ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155520 | Hose Reel Cart With Multi-Position Crank Handle - The present invention relates to hose reel carts for handling and storage of flexible hoses, such as garden or air hoses. The hose reel cart is primarily constructed of plastic components having a centrally rotatable spool for winding of the flexible hose, a frame for supporting the spool and a multi-position crank arm assembly allowing the consumer to place the crank handle in a lowered position or a raised position. The crank remotely drives the spool, for winding the hose, through a series of gears located within the crank arm assembly. The device may further include a reciprocating guide assembly that operates during rotation of the spool to rewind the hose into a compact configuration. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155521 | WEBBING ROLLER - A webbing roller suitable for being coupled to a portion of a webbing, drooping after an effective length of the webbing is adjusted. The webbing roller includes a pair of webbing roller bodies; an opening defined at first ends of the webbing roller bodies and having a retainer band which is connected to the first ends of the webbing roller bodies around the opening; and a fastening projection formed on second ends of the webbing roller bodies to allow the retainer band to be fastened thereto. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155522 | AUTOMATIC FILM WINDING DEVICE, SLITING AND WINDING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING ROLLED FILM - To provide an automatic film winding apparatus, a slit winding system and a method for producing a rolled film which can improve winding quality, is reduced in size and enables winding mechanisms to be arranged in multiple stages. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155523 | WELDING WIRE GUIDE RING - A wire guiding device includes a base and a guide portion for streamlining the flow of coiled wire from a storage container. Side walls may be included to bridge the distance between the device and the storage container to prevent wire from rising upward around the outside of the wire guiding device. As the amount of wire in the bin decreases, the wire guiding device will float downward maintaining constant downward pressure on the coil of wire. Wire in the storage container will therefore be drawn out in a smooth manner limiting or substantially preventing tangles. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155524 | MONOMOLECULAR CARBON-BASED FILM FOR FORMING LUBRICIOUS SURFACE ON AIRCRAFT PARTS - A monomolecular carbon-based film can be placed on an aircraft part, such as the leading edge designed to directly impinge against air during flight, ascent or descent, in order to form a smooth surface having increased lubricity and reduced air friction. The aircraft part may be in the form of a helicopter rotor, wing, propeller, fin, aileron, nose cone, and the like. The monomolecular carbon-based film can be deposited on the aircraft part, for example, using a reactor that includes a bed of silica and through which emissions from a diesel engine are passed. The monomolecular carbon-based film decreases air friction and increased lift of a modified aircraft that includes an aircraft part treated with the film. It also provides a structured shock absorber. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155525 | MONOLITHIC STRUCTURE FOR MOUNTING AIRCRAFT ENGINE - Assembly includes an integral monolithic structure for mounting an engine to an aircraft. The monolithic structure includes a nacelle portion and a support structure. The nacelle portion includes an inlet region and a fan case region defining an annular wall about an axial channel. A ring member disposed in the axial channel is connected through a plurality of radial elements to the annular wall. The support structure portion includes a forward section integral with the nacelle portion and an aft section including at least one aircraft mount region for mounting the monolithic structure to an aircraft. The forward section includes an inlet stiffening region radially outward of the annular wall. When mounted on the aircraft, the nacelle portion and the support structure portion cooperate to form a first load path operable to transmit an applied nacelle maneuvering force directly to the aircraft instead of through the engine core. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155526 | AIRCRAFT WITH TAIL PROPELLER-ENGINE LAYOUT - An aircraft propeller-engine layout includes at least one engine ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155527 | MONOMOLECULAR CARBON-BASED FILM FOR FORMING LUBRICIOUS SURFACE ON AIRCRAFT PARTS - A monomolecular carbon-based film can be placed on an aircraft part, such as the leading edge designed to directly impinge against air during flight, ascent or descent, in order to form a smooth surface having increased lubricity and reduced air friction. The aircraft part may be in the form of a helicopter rotor, wing, propeller, fin, aileron, nose cone, and the like. The monomolecular carbon-based film can be deposited on the aircraft part, for example, using a reactor that includes a bed of silica and through which emissions from a diesel engine are passed. The monomolecular carbon-based film decreases air friction and increased lift of a modified aircraft that includes an aircraft part treated with the film. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155528 | AIRCRAFT STABILIZER SURFACE TRAILING EDGE - Trailing edge ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155529 | Landing gear with noise reduction fairing - An aircraft noise reduction apparatus is provided which includes an aircraft landing gear assembly and a noise reduction fairing | 2010-06-24 |
20100155530 | FLEXIBLE POWER RACEWAY - A connection system for cables comprises a raceway adapted to cover the cable and a raceway outlet element connectable to the raceway. The raceway outlet element includes a first connection element for connecting the cable to second connection element. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155531 | AIRCRAFT TOILET FACILITY - The invention relates to an aircraft toilet facility, particularly an aircraft toilet facility on a single passenger-deck aircraft. The invention provides a first toilet unit ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155532 | STRUCTURE OF THE LOAD INTRODUCTION ZONE IN THE REAR END OF AN AIRCRAFT - Load introduction zone in the rear end of an aircraft comprising receiving elements ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155533 | COMPOSITE FORWARD PRESSURE BULKHEAD - A forward pressure bulkhead for aircraft includes an energy dissipating material layer, a metallic or nonmetallic inboard skin with a porous filler material positioned within said layers. The energy and load distribution layer redistributes and disperses energy of impacts and penetrations. The porous filler material is a material having ligaments that collapse resulting in a densification of the porous filler material in response to impact loading or a compression force sufficient to cause failure of the combined assembly. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155534 | Aircraft Baffle Seal - Aircraft systems having baffle seals with low coefficients of friction and methods of assembling aircraft systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, an aircraft system includes: (a) an aircraft baffle; (b) an aircraft cowl separated from the aircraft baffle by a gap, the aircraft cowl having a contact surface; and (c) a flexible aircraft baffle seal extending from the aircraft baffle to the aircraft cowl to seal the gap, the aircraft baffle seal having a contact side for contacting the contact surface of the aircraft cowl, the contact side having a kinetic coefficient of friction that is not more than 0.4, the aircraft baffle seal comprising an elastomer sheet and a laminate, the laminate being the contact side. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155535 | AIRCRAFT EJECTION SEAT WITH MOVEABLE HEADREST - An ejection seat includes a headrest that, upon initiation of the ejection seat, moves forward to support the pilot's head in a tilted-forward position. By holding the crewmember's head in a tilted-forward position, windblast forces are controlled to prevent the helmet from pulling upward and backward on the crewmember's head. The headrest may include a pair of struts that extend forward around the sides of the crewmember's helmet to support the crewmember's head against flailing from the windblast. A flexible panel extending between the struts and the headrest panel may also be included to further support the crewmember's head against windblast flailing. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155536 | Aircraft Seat - An aircraft seat which can receive the load of a sitting person with only a back plate member, using no seat back frame, thus eliminating the need for sacrificing the sitting space, which results from the existence of the seat back frame, and at the same time, allowing the weight of the seat to be reduced, is provided. The aircraft seat ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155537 | ENERGY-ABSORBING STRUCTURAL COMPOSITE ELEMENT - A structural, energy absorbing composite element for aircraft structures includes a metallic or nonmetallic skin shell with a porous filler material insert positioned within the skin shell. The porous filler material is a material having ligaments that collapse resulting in a densification of the porous filler material in response to impact loading or a compression force sufficient to cause failure of the combined assembly. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155538 | ANTI-ICING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PREVENTING ICE ACCUMULATION - An anti-icing system includes a component surface having a composite structure including a composite layer, and at least one heating element formed within the composite layer, wherein the heating element is configured to provide a transfer of heat to the component surface. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155539 | IMPROVEMENTS RELATING TO TEMPERATURE MONITORING - A temperature monitoring arrangement for an electro-thermal ice protection system is provided for a slat of an aircraft wing, incorporating heater mats of composite material, wherein, in order to avoid or at least substantially reduce some of the problems associated with use of discrete temperature sensing elements, one or more optical fibre temperature sensors are embedded within the heater mats for sensing an overheating condition of each mat. Advantageously, a control system is used to monitor the temperature of the mats, and adjusts power supplied, or switches off power, in response to detection of an overheating condition. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155540 | SLING RELEASE MECHANISM - A sling release mechanism for releasing the sling of a drogue parachute from a descending aerially delivered cargo pallet. The sling release mechanism has a body, with which a pivot arm, an inner and outer hinge plate articulate. The inner and outer hinge plates articulate in opposite directions when in use. The inner hinge plate has a cavity or receiver into which the end tip of the pivot arm may engage. The end of a parachute sling is placed over the pivot arm, and the pivot arm and inner hinge plate are articulated to engage the pivot pin end with the receiver of the inner hinge plate. The outer hinge plate is then articulated to engage the inner hinge plate, and is held in place with a releasable retainer. The parachute sling is released by releasing the retainer, allowing the outer and then the inner hinge plates to articulate, thereby releasing the pivot arm to articulate, after which the end of the parachute sling slides off the pivot pin. Other embodiments include multiple mechanisms for releasing a plurality of slings. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155541 | WINGLET - A winglet comprising a root connected to a distal end of a wing; an upwardly angled section; a tip; and a transition between the upwardly angled section and the tip at which an outboard cant angle of the winglet decreases relative to a reference plane of the wing. In one embodiment the winglet is continuously curved and includes a point of inflection at which the span-wise curvature of the winglet changes sign. In another embodiment the upwardly angled section is planar. The winglet generates a tip vortex when in flight. The tip vortex is displaced outboard from the winglet due to the decrease in outboard cant angle at the transition. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155542 | High Lift System on the Airfoil of an Aircraft - A high-lift system on the airfoil of an aircraft, comprising a main wing (H) which has a curved main wing nose (N) and comprising a leading-edge flap (V) is disposed retractably on the main wing (H) by means of an arrangement of several levers (a, b, c) so that said leading-edge flap can be moved from a retracted position (I) whilst increasing the expansion of the airfoil profile in the chord direction and whilst increasing its curvature and whilst exposing a gap (g) which guides energetic air from the underside of the leading-edge flap (V) to the upper side of the main wing (H), as far as a fully extended position (III). According to the invention, the lever arrangement (a, b, c) is configured in the form of a four-bar mechanism and comprises a first lever (a) and a second lever (b), of which the first lever (a) is connected at one end to a first point (A) on the main wing (H) in an articulated manner and the second lever (B) is connected at one end to a second point (B) at a distance therefrom on the main wing (H) in an articulated manner, and which are each connected at the respectively other end in an articulated manner to the opposite ends of a third lever (c) which is part of the leading-edge flap (V) and defines its extending movements, wherein the length and the mutual position of the levers (a, b, c) and the curvature of the main wing nose (N) are matched to one another such that during a first part of the extending movement from the retracted position (I) to an intermediate position (II) the trailing edge (K) of the leading-edge flap (V) substantially blocks the gap (g) between the leading-edge flap (V) and the main wing (H) and that during a further part of the extension movement following the intermediate position (II), the trailing edge (K) of the leading-edge flap increasingly exposed the gap (g). | 2010-06-24 |
20100155543 | Train Wheel Bearing Temperature Detection | 2010-06-24 |
20100155544 | Chain With Follow-Up Rolling Assemblies - A chain with follow-up rolling assemblies comprises at least one follow-up rolling assembly which can provide a rolling contact between a suspended portion and an unsuspended portion of the chain to reduce the friction resistance and reduce the resultant dust which will contaminate the working environment. In addition, the follow-up rolling assemblies can turn freely with the chain to avoid stopping the movement of chain. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155545 | MODULAR ROOFTOP PIPE SUPPORT - An extruded or molded elastomeric (e.g., rubber) or polymeric multi-piece (e.g., two-piece) modular pipe support system utilizes a wide base with protrusions and/or recesses, and a separate top with recesses and/or protrusions that engage the protrusions and/or recesses of the top. The tops are configured to securely capture a pipe/conduit without any additional parts, straps, etc. The top may have one or more pipe-receiving recesses for receiving the pipes (conduits). | 2010-06-24 |
20100155546 | SUPPORT STAND WITH INTERMEDIATE CONNECTING ASSEMBLY - An exemplary support stand includes a base, a connecting assembly, a support bracket, two first hinge assemblies, and two second hinge assemblies. The connecting assembly is arranged between the base and the support bracket. The first hinge assemblies rotatably connect the connecting assembly to the base. The second hinge assemblies rotatably connect the connecting assembly to the support bracket. The connecting assembly comprises a connecting bracket and a connecting plate partially received in the connecting bracket. The connecting plate, the connecting bracket, one first hinge assembly, and one second hinge assembly form a quadrangle. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155547 | FIXING MEMBER OF SOLAR BATTERY MODULES - A fixing member of solar battery modules for fixing edges of module glass to a roofboard by solar battery modules supporting a first frame body, including: a to-be connected portion to restrict the first frame body from moving upward; a pedestal to restrict the first frame body from moving downward; a portion connecting the pedestal and to-be connected portion to restrict solar battery modules from moving in a direction perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the first frame body and outwardly along a surface of solar battery modules; and a plate-like portion extending outward farther than one side of the pedestal, the fixing member being fixed to the roofboard through the plate-like portion, supported on both sides of the portion connecting the pedestal and to-be connected portion such that upper surfaces of adjacent solar battery modules are substantially flush with each other, and slidable along the first frame body. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155548 | Base Assembly for Supporting and Transporting a Free Standing Structure - Embodiments of the invention provide a base assembly for supporting a free standing structure such as a tent. The base assembly is configurable such that a base can be positioned in a generally horizontal orientation to support and stabilize a stationary structure. In some cases the base can be positioned in a generally vertical orientation to allow the base assembly to roll along a support surface, thus providing a ready and easily configurable manner of transporting the base assembly and any structure attached thereto. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155549 | Portable sports pod camera mount - Disclosed is a portable, segmented pole support system used to elevate a camera for recording or photographing action in the area above a volleyball net during game play. The device is capable of supporting an attached camera, video apparatus, monitor, or similar equipment from a secure fitting on a weighted base. Once secured to the pole, the equipment may then be incrementally elevated by extending different sections of the segmented pole to a height exceeding the reach of the device operator. As the court sites change during a multiple-court volleyball tournament, the device may be readily unlocked and compacted into an assembly with an attached carrying handle. The device, being easily portable, may be rapidly set up at each succeeding court location. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155550 | Portable Device Accessory - A portable device accessory is used to hold, grip or manipulate a portable device such as and not limited to mobile phones, MP3 players, portable entertainment/computing devices, and/or gaming devices. The accessory possesses two suctions cups connected by a neck and having an aperture for receiving a jack on earphone. Certain embodiments of the accessory will have tabs, ridges, groove and/or a space to receive earphones. The accessory permits a jack of earphones to be threaded through an aperture and the cord of the earphones to be wrapped around the accessory. The suction cups may be inverted to conceal the cord wrapped around a neck of the accessory and tabs may be used to hold inverted suction cups together. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155551 | Ceiling Mounted Hanging Device - It is a principal object of the invention to provide a hanging device with sufficient support, functionality and simplicity to fulfill many designer closet and/or commercial functions. The hanging device of the invention is compact and has a reinforced structure, thereby taking into account both esthetic and practical aspects. Additionally the hanging device also provides designer uses. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155552 | SUPPORT AND SLIDING SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTABLE OVEN SHELVES - A support and sliding system for extractable shelves that are installable in a cooking oven that allows improved sizing of the usable surface of the shelves and the better utilization of oven volume. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155553 | Multi-Level Product Display Device - A display device for presenting product in a hanging orientation includes a plurality of hanging locations spaced apart from each other both laterally and longitudinally. The longitudinal spacing of the hanging locations provides for a layered display of product, while the lateral spacing of the hanging locations provides for the arrangement of products of varying sizes. In some embodiments, the hanging locations are also spaced apart from each other vertically. The vertical spacing of the hanging locations provides for a cascading display of product. The display device is designed to be coupled to and supported by a display fixture. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155554 | DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING OBJECTS SUCH AS PHOTOS AND SHEETS ON LAPTOP AND VIDEO MONITOR SURFACES - A display device and method for displaying objects in association with a front or rear face of a screen display or screen display frame of a computer or video monitor or laptop or other framed structure is in one embodiment a flexible, lengthwise deformable band with at least two, usually four, spaced-apart corner-engaging loops. In a second embodiment, the device has at least first, second and third flexible lengthwise deformable bands that each wrap around a screen display or screen display frame. The at least three bands optionally are joined together at portions that overlap one another, or an integral band assembly is formed that has corner-engaging loops between points of overlap or cross-over of said bands. In another embodiment, one or more flexible bands are joined at each end to the screen display frame of a computer or video monitor or laptop, leaving a central portion of each flexible band movably deformable with relation to the front surface or rear surface of the frame. In yet another embodiment, deformable resilient material is embedded within a slot behind the front surface of the screen display frame. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155555 | Apparatus for Attaching an External Object to a Portable Computer - An attachment device for attaching an external object to a portable computer, comprising: a first clip for coupling the portable computer to the attachment device; a second clip for coupling the external object to the attachment device; and a member for connecting the first clip and the second clip. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155556 | Speaker mounting system - A system for mounting a component in an aperture of a supporting surface has a mounting flange surrounding the component to be mounted, and at least two clamp dogs attached to the mounting flange and located adjacent a rear surface of the mounting flange. The component is inserted into a mounting hole cut in a sheet rock surface or ceiling tile, so that the flange abuts the front face of the surface. The clamping assemblies are located on the rear face of the surface. There is a pivoting system for pivoting the clamp dog around an axis. The pivoting system is operable from both the front surface and the rear surface of the mounting flange so that the clamp dogs can be actuated from either side of the sheet rock or ceiling tile. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155557 | Wall Article Support - A mounting apparatus for clamping to a wall so that articles may be supported on the wall by the mounting apparatus is described. Walls suited for use with the invention include wall with a plurality of niches or projecting opposed faces which include rake cavities of a brick wall, each of which include niche or cavity sides, the mounting apparatus including: at least two jaw bodies for engaging with respective niche sides; and a drive apparatus operatively connected to the jaw bodies which includes an expansion drive apparatus for providing at least an expansion drive force to drive the at least two jaw bodies away from one another so as in use to mount the jaw bodies on niche sides which generally face one another, whether or not the niche sides are in the same niche. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155558 | PARALLEL FOUR-BAR MECHANISM - A parallel four-bar mechanism is disclosed, having the second and third bars being parallel to each other and having their opposite ends hinged to the first and fourth bars respectively. A stopping block is provided with a stopping slot, and a movable stopping pin is configured to be engageable with the stopping slot. When an actuating member drives the stopping pin to disengage from the stopping slot, the second and third bars are able to translation relative to each other; and when the actuating member drives the stopping pin into the stopping slot, the second and third bars are locked with each other, with the second and third bars being not able to translation relative to each other, and thus the whole parallel four-bar mechanism is locked in a preset angular position. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155559 | LOCKING DEVICE, COLLAPSIBLE SUPPORT FRAME ASSEMBLY USING THE LOCKING DEVICE - A collapsible support frame assembly includes a support frame having two parallel sliding rails, a slide holder coupled to and movable along the sliding rails of the support frame, a constant force spring mounted between the support frame and the slide holder, and a locking device having a casing affixed to the support frame and a stop member pivotally mounted in an accommodation chamber inside the casing. When the support frame is turned from a vertical position to a horizontal position, the stop member is forced by the gravity thereof to bias out of the accommodation chamber relative to the casing and to stop against the slide holder, thereby locking the slide holder, facilitating packing and delivery. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155560 | Stage apparatus - The present invention reduces the footprint of a stage apparatus to achieve a more compact apparatus. Using a Y-axis shaft having a magnet on the inside and a Y-axis mover constituted by a coil that surrounds the Y-axis shaft as a Y-axis drive part for moving a Y-axis movable body makes the drive part smaller than a linear motor. Consequently, a lateral part that faces a side gliding surface is arranged downwardly of the one Y-axis mover, to thereby eliminate the footprint occupied by the lateral part when lined up side-by-side with the Y-axis drive part. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155561 | Tool Moving Module for a Positioning Platform - A tool moving module for a positioning platform comprises: a base on which is disposed a support table, and on the top of the support table is a pivoting portion; a support frame having a pivoting portion to be pivotally connected with the pivoting portion of the base to enable the support frame to be pivoted about the base to change its tilt angle, on a top of the support frame being formed a carrying surface around a periphery of which being arranged plural clamping members; at least one tilted control assembly disposed between the base and the support frame and located at the same side. After being fixed on the support frame, the positioning platform can be adjusted to a tilted position to substantially reduce its horizontal width, thus facilitating the transportation work. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155562 | ADJUSTABLE DEVICE STAND - An adjustable device stand includes a suction base, an adjusting module, and a load-supporting module. The adjusting module includes a rotatable structure rotatably mounted on the suction base and a rack and pinion assembly. The rack and pinion assembly includes a gear box, a gear, a rack, a knob, and a locking piece. The gear box is rotatably mounted on the rotatable structure, a rotation direction of the rotatable structure is perpendicular to a rotation direction of the gear box. The gear is received in the gear box. The rack meshes with the gear. The knob is configured for driving the gear to rotate. The locking piece is configured for locking or unlocking the rack. The load-supporting module is mounted on the rack. A device carried by the stand can be adjusted to a variety of angular pose, and the height of the device is adjustable. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155563 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL RACK FOR A WHITEBOARD - A multi-functional rack for a whiteboard includes a lower adjuster. The lower adjuster has two lower telescopic tubes respectively disposed two lateral sides thereof. The lower adjuster has a driving mechanism mounted thereon. A frame is fixed on lower adjuster. The driving mechanism is connected to the frame for lifting the frame. An upper adjuster is mounted on a top of the lower adjuster. The upper adjuster has two upper telescopic tubes respectively disposed on two lateral sides thereof. An upper cross beam has two ends simultaneously fixed on an upper part of the both two lower telescopic tubes. An upper sleeve is rotatably mounted on the cross beam. A telescopic arm is connected to the upper sleeve. An adjusting mechanism is mounted on the upper adjuster. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155564 | PORTABLE STAND - A portable stand includes a shelf having a back plate with a front surface and a rear surface, wherein the back plate includes at least two attachment locations and at least one securing locations, a bottom flange forming an angle with the back plate, extending toward the front surface at a first angle from the plate, and a mounting element. The portable stand includes a shelf extension including two elongated flanges formed at an angle equal to the first angle configured to selectively couple to the shelf, and an arm pivotably attachable to the shelf extension. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155565 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR AFFIXING OBJECTS TO A WALL - An apparatus for facilitating the affixing of an object to a wall is disclosed. The apparatus includes a vertical first planar element and having front and back sides. The apparatus further includes a horizontal level for horizontally leveling the apparatus and adhesive disposed on the back side of the first planar element for removably affixing the apparatus to the wall horizontally level. The apparatus further includes a second planar element coupled perpendicularly with the first planar element for supporting the object when placed on top of the apparatus and a horizontal lip on an edge of the second planar element, the lip for arresting movement of the object when resting on top of the apparatus. The apparatus further includes a ruler horizontally embedded in the apparatus, the ruler for measuring placement of the object on the apparatus. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155566 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MOUNTING AND DISMOUNTING AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE - Apparatus and method for removing an aircraft engine. A method includes mounting a frame assembly in supported connection with a support member of an associated aircraft. The frame assembly includes a frame member, a movable assembly mounted in movable relationship to the frame member, and a plurality of engine winches mounted in supported connection with the movable member. Each engine winch has an associated engine cable operably connected thereto. The movable assembly is movable between forward and rearward positions. The method further includes supporting the weight of at least a portion of an aircraft engine with the engine cables and moving the movable member relative to the frame member to displace the portion of the aircraft engine. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155567 | Preloading and Flex Resistant Support Column - A preloading and flex resistant support column comprises a support column and preloading member, wherein the support column is provided on one side thereof with a plurality of support portions arranged in straight lines along an axial direction of the support column, the preloading member is provided on one side thereof with a plurality of positioning portions arranged in curve lines along an axial direction of the preloading member. A plurality of screws is screwed through the positioning portions of the preload member into the support portions of the support column. The preloading member is such that its height is larger than its width, so it can produce a moment of inertia which is strong enough to support the support column from deformation. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155568 | DEVICE FOR DISPLAYING OBJECTS SUCH AS PHOTOS AND SHEETS ON LAPTOP AND VIDEO MONITOR SURFACES - A display device and method for displaying objects in association with a front or rear face of a screen display or screen display frame of a computer or video monitor or laptop or other framed structure is in one embodiment a flexible, lengthwise deformable band with at least two, usually four, spaced-apart corner-engaging loops. In a second embodiment, the device has at least first, second and third flexible lengthwise deformable bands that each wrap around a screen display or screen display frame. The at least three bands optionally are joined together at portions that overlap one another, or an integral band assembly is formed that has corner-engaging loops between points of overlap or cross-over of said bands. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155569 | VARIABLE ANGLE FORMLINER - A formliner is disclosed. The formliner includes a plurality of courses, each course having a plurality of pockets, each pocket sized and configured to receive a decorative brick. The formliner is modular in nature and includes a joining portion for overlapping or being overlapped by a second formliner. At least one ridge of the formliner is at least partially within the joining portion. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155570 | Casting Die for Continuous Casting of Blooms, Slabs, and Billets - A mould for the continuous casting of blooms, slabs or billets is provided with a mould tube ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155571 | A Sideform End Seal or Cap - A sideform moulding accessory ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155572 | Obtaining Sensing Results and/or Data in Response to Object Detection - An encoder/sensor can obtain sensing results from objects in an encoding/sensing region; a trigger detector can respond to objects in a trigger detection region, providing respective trigger signals; and a relative motion component can cause relative motion of objects into the trigger detection region, from it into the encoding/sensing region, and within the encoding/sensing region. In response to an object's trigger signal, control circuitry can cause the encoder/sensor and/or the relative motion component to operate so that the encoder/sensor obtains sensing results indicating a time-varying waveform and processing circuitry can obtain data from the sensing results indicating a time-varying waveform. The time-varying waveform can include information resulting from the relative motion within the encoding/sensing region. The encoder/sensor and trigger detector can be implemented, for example, with discrete components or as sets of cells in a photosensing array on an integrated circuit. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155573 | OPTICAL SENSOR - An optical sensor comprises: a light source located on one side of a transport path; a variable current drive, an optical receiver in communication with the variable current drive, and located on an opposite side of the transport path to the light source and aligned therewith to detect light output therefrom; and a memory coupled to the variable current drive. The variable current drive is suitable for energising the light source so that the light intensity from the light source increases with increasing current. The variable current drive includes (i) a drive circuit for applying a pulse of current to the light source, during which pulse the light source is energised; and (ii) a counter for increasing the amount of current applied by the drive circuit during a pulse of current. The memory may be arranged to store a value from the counter indicative of a number of media items present in the transport path. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155574 | PROBE INSPECTION APPARATUS - This document relates to a probe inspection apparatus for testing a flat panel display. The probe inspection apparatus comprises a base plate, a stage placed over the base plate and configured to comprise a plurality of back light modules for supplying a rear surface of a substrate with light or heat or both, the substrate being seated in the stage, a probe pin configured to electrically come into contact with circuit patterns formed in the substrate and measure electrical properties of the circuit patterns, a probe head configured to support the probe pin and move in an X or Y axis, and an upper light source unit mounted on one side of the probe head and configured to irradiate light to the circuit patterns. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155575 | ARRANGEMENT AND METHOD IN AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR DETECTING A USER INPUT TO A KEY - A method in an electronic device for detecting a user input to a key of the electronic device associated with a solar cell that may include an input and an output is provided. The key may be transparent and admit input electromagnetic radiation to the solar cell. A change of input radiation into the solar cell may result in a corresponding change of an output signal of the solar cell. The method may include the step of detecting a change of the output signal corresponding to a change in input radiation as a result of light being blocked from being incident on the key (e.g., shadowed), and the step of indicating an input (i.e., activation) of the key associated with the solar cell with the detected output signal change. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155576 | MULTI-COLOR CMOS PIXEL SENSOR WITH SHARED ROW WIRING AND DUAL OUTPUT LINES - An array of multicolor CMOS pixel sensors has a plurality of photosensors per pixel, each photosensor coupled to a single sense node through a select transistor having a select input, each pixel sensor including a reset transistor coupled to the sense node and having a reset input, an amplifier coupled to the sense node and a row-select transistor coupled to the amplifier. The select inputs and the reset inputs for pixel sensors in a pair of adjacent rows are coupled to select signal lines and reset signal lines associated with the pair of rows. The amplifier transistors in individual columns of each row are coupled to a column output line through a row-select transistor having a row-select input. The row-select inputs for pixel sensors in each row of the array are coupled to a row-select line associated with the row. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155577 | Obtaining Sensing Results Indicating Time Variation - In response to objects having relative motion within an encoding/sensing region relative to an encoder/sensor that, e.g., photosenses emanating light or performs impedance-based sensing, sensing results can indicate sensed time-varying waveforms with information about the objects, about their relative motion, about excitation characteristics, about environmental characteristics, and so forth. An encoder/sensor can include, for example, a non-periodic arrangement of sensing elements; a longitudinal sequence of sensing elements with a combined sensing pattern that approximates a superposition or scaled superposition of simpler sensing patterns; and/or IC-implemented sensing elements that include photosensing arrays on ICs and readout/combine circuitry that reads out photosensed quantities from cells in groups in accordance with cell-group sensing patterns and combines the readout photosensed quantities to obtain the sensing results. Objects can move fluidically as in flow cytometry, through scanning movement as in document scanning, or in other ways. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155578 | LIGHT SOURCE INTEGRATED PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION APPARATUS - A light source integrated photoelectric conversion apparatus is provided, which includes: a light-emitting element that includes a light-emitting layer, and emits light in a predetermined emission direction through one surface of the light-emitting layer; and a plurality of photoelectric conversion elements that includes a photoelectric conversion layer formed on a region which is not overlapped with the light-emitting layer, and converts light having passed through one surface of the photoelectric conversion layer into an electrical signal. In the light source integrated photoelectric conversion apparatus, the light-emitting element is formed on the same substrate as that of the plurality of photoelectric conversion element, one surface of the photoelectric conversion layer is disposed on the side opposite to the emission direction further away from the other surface of the light-emitting layer, and one surface of the light-emitting layer and the substrate face each other. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155579 | COMPLIANT TACTILE SENSOR - Tactile sensor. The sensor includes a compliant convex surface disposed above a sensor array, the sensor array adapted to respond to deformation of the convex surface to generate a signal related to an applied force vector. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155580 | Bottle Inspection Apparatus with Image-Corrected Mirror Cabinet - An inspection apparatus for optically examining bottles, having a mirror cabinet for imaging different circumferential side views of a bottle to be examined. The deflection mirrors for beam paths associated with lateral image areas are tilted such that an in distortion caused by central projection will be compensated for in the lateral image areas. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155581 | LASER SCANNING UNIT AND IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS HAVING THE SAME - A laser scanning unit and an image-forming apparatus employing the laser scanning unit. The laser scanning unit includes an optical source to irradiate a light beam, a deflector to deflect the irradiated light beam to a photosensitive body, an optical imaging device on which the light beam deflected from the deflector is incident and which forms an image on the photosensitive body, and an optical reflective device to deflect the light beam transmitted through the optical imaging device toward the optical imaging device, wherein the light beam incident on the optical imaging device includes P polarized light and S polarized light, such that the proportion of P polarized light is greater than the proportion of S polarized light. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155582 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF THE SAME, ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A solid-state imaging device includes: a photodiode formed to be segmented with respect to each pixel in a pixel area in which plural pixels are integrated on a light receiving surface of a semiconductor substrate; an insulator film formed on the semiconductor substrate to cover the photodiode; a recessed part formed with respect to each of the pixels in the insulator film in an upper part of the photodiode; a first light transmission layer of a siloxane resin formed to fill the recessed part and configure an optical waveguide in the pixel area; a second light transmission layer formed to configure an on-chip lens with respect to each of the pixels in the pixel area; and a guard ring formed to surround an outer circumference of the pixel area to partition an inner area containing the pixel area and an outer dicing area. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155583 | WAVELENGTH MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - A fiber optic interrogator includes a broadband optical source, at least one beam splitter directing output of the optical source to an array of fiber optic gratings, at least one linear transmission or reflection filter, at least one optical receiver and at least one amplifier associated with each receiver. In one aspect of the invention, a linear transmission filter is used to convert the change in center wavelength of a grating reflectivity spectrum to a change in intensity, which is proportional to the change in the grating central wavelength. In another aspect of the invention, a pair of opposite-sloped linear transmission filters are utilized to normalize the received and filtered reflections with respect to total optical power. In another aspect of the invention, the optical source is pulsed, and return pulses from each fiber optic grating to be measured are sampled by the interrogator at different times. In another aspect of the invention, the source driver randomizes ripple phase versus wavelength to reduce wavelength measurement error. In another aspect of the invention, active closed-loop circuits are added to the receiver amplifiers to stabilize the amplifier output. In yet another aspect of the invention, a temperature-controlled compensating array of fiber optic gratings is interrogated each time the measurement array of gratings is interrogated. In still another aspect of the invention, a fast reset analog integrator is added to the amplifier stage(s) to improve the signal detection threshold. In another aspect of the invention, the wavelength measurement is compensated for the effects of one grating shading another. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155584 | SENSOR FOR DETECTING DIRT AND/OR RAIN AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A SENSOR - A sensor detects dirt and/or rain having a transmitter unit ( | 2010-06-24 |
20100155585 | Method and system for detecting single-shot pulse contrast based on fiber array - A system for detecting single-shot pulse contrast includes a correlator generating a correlation signal, a spectral filter filtering light signals having wavelengths different from the correlation signal, a fiber array comprising a plurality of fibers with different lengths for transmitting the correlation signal in parallel forming parallel correlation signals, and a fiber bundle bounding the fibers at the end thereof for converging the parallel correlation signals, wherein due to different lengths of the fibers, the parallel correlation signals are converted into serial correlation signals at end of the fibers, a plurality of fiber attenuators spliced into at least one of the fibers respectively for attenuating the parallel correlation signals, a detector for detecting the serial correlation signals to produce analog signals, an A/D convertor converting the analog signals to digital signals, and a computer for processing the digital signals for retrieving the single-shot pulse contrast. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155586 | Optical Encoder Systems, Devices and Methods - Disclosed are various embodiments of high-speed, high-performance, low-noise optical encoders having various means for preventing undesired stray light from reaching light detectors incorporated therein. Structures employed to block stray light in the optical encoders include light barriers, air gap trenches, and coatings disposed between first and second sides of a substrate of the encoder. Also disclosed are compact single track optical encoders having a single dome lens disposed thereover, and dual track triple dome lens optical encoders. Methods of making such optical encoders are also disclosed. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155587 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING THE QUALITY OF THERMAL IMAGES - An image improvement system and method are disclosed that compensates for effects of optical scattering and pixel cross-talk on image quality in an imager employing a focal plane array. The method characterizes these effects on a test image, presents them as a set of stored numerical coefficients, and applies the coefficients during image processing. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155588 | RECOMBINANT VON WILLEBRAND FACTOR AS MOLECULAR WEIGHT MARKER FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY ANALYSES - Methods for determining molecular mass of at least 150 kDa of an analyte of interest using MALDI mass spectrometry in combination with a recombinant von Willebrand factor (rVWF) molecular weight marker are disclosed. More specifically, monomeric and multimeric rVWF are used for external and internal calibration of mass spectra applied for analytes having high molecular weights above 150 kDa. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155589 | Downhole Nuclear Tool - In one aspect of the invention, a downhole tool string component comprises a tubular body with a first and a second tool joint adapted to connect to adjacent tool string components, and a central bore adapted to pass drilling mud between the joints. A sleeve circumferentially disposed about an outer surface of the tubular body. The sleeve is rigidly attached to the outer surface at first and second sleeve ends and forming at least three stabilizer blades. A nuclear source and at least one nuclear detector are disposed within a gap formed between the inner surface of the sleeve and the outer surface of the tubular body. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155590 | LABELED TRANSITION METAL COMPLEXES - The invention relates to a labeled transition metal complex comprising a transition metal atom, a reactive moiety for allowing a chemical or biological entity to become attached to the transition metal atom, an inert tridentate moiety as a stabilizing bridge, and a marker. The invention also relates to a labeled chemical or biological entity comprising a chemical or biological entity which is attached to said labeled transition metal complex, to the use of said complex for creating a defined shift in the molecular mass of said entity in order to facilitate mass spectrometric analysis of said entity, to methods for rendering chemical or biological entities distinguishable by mass spectrometry as well as to methods for mass spectrometric analysis of the chemical or biological entities. In addition, the present invention also relates to a set of at least two of said transition metal complexes of different molecular mass, to transition metal complexes comprising different stable isotopes, to chemical or biological entities obtained by a method of the invention and to a kit of parts supporting the use and/or methods of the invention. | 2010-06-24 |
20100155591 | Second ion mass spectrometry method and imaging method - The provision of a new method for analyzing organic molecules such as protein and endocrine disrupting chemicals with excellent sensitivity. A secondary ion mass spectrometry method using a heavy ion beam as a primary ion beam enables the detection of, for example, an organism-related material at the sub-amol level with high sensitivity. As a result, favorable imaging of an organism-related sample can be performed. | 2010-06-24 |