35th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 15 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140239097 | VENTURI FLUID PUMP WITH OUTLET FLOW CONTROLLER - A fuel pump for a fuel system includes a nozzle, a venturi, a pump inlet and a flow controller. The nozzle has an orifice through which fuel is ejected and the venturi is downstream of the nozzle and has an inlet through which fuel discharged from the orifice flows, a passage downstream of the venturi inlet through which fuel flows to create a drop in pressure in the area of the venturi, and an outlet through which fuel is discharged from the venturi. Fuel is drawn through the pump inlet fuel by the drop in the pressure created in the area of the venturi and the flow controller is downstream of the outlet and has a chamber in which fuel from the venturi outlet is received. The flow controller causes fuel to fill the venturi to ensure performance of the fuel pump. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239098 | RECYCLE METHOD AND RECYCLE APPARATUS FOR POWDER FOR RARE EARTH SINTERED MAGNET - Provided are a recycle method and apparatus for effectively obtaining a recycled alloy powder which is hardly oxidized and which has substantially the same particle diameter as that of alloy powder used for forming a molded body, by using the molded body formed by press molding in manufacturing a rare earth sintered magnet. A method for recycling a powder containing a rare earth element, comprising the steps of: i) placing in an oil a molded body for a rare earth sintered magnet, the molded body comprising a powder containing a rare earth element; ii) arranging the oil and at least a part of the molded body in between a plurality of plate-like first crushing teeth opposed to each other and a plate-like second crushing tooth having at least its part positioned between the adjacent first crushing teeth; iii) rotating at least either one of the plurality of first crushing teeth and the second crushing tooth without contacting to each other such that the first crushing teeth and the second crushing tooth serve to change a part of the second crushing tooth positioned between the adjacent first crushing teeth. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239099 | MACERATOR HAVING AUTOMATED ROLLER SPACING CONTROL - The present invention is a processing device, such as a macerator for use in processing various types of food products, that includes an automatic adjustment mechanism for adjusting the position of a roller disposed within the macerator. The mechanism includes a controller operably connected to a motor that can move the roller within the macerator to vary the position of the roller with respect to another roller located in the macerator. Inputs to the controller are used to control the operation of the motor to move the roll into a desired configuration associated in a storage medium in the controller with a particular food product to be processed. The input to the controller can also be used to simultaneously adjust the position of other components of other processing devices in a food processing system, such as an injector to remove the need for individually adjust each device in the system. Also, the controller can utilize other devices on the macerator to dynamically adjust the position of the rollers in response to the individual food products being treated in the macerator. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239100 | ROLLER MILL AND METHOD FOR MILLING BRITTLE MILLING MATERIAL - A roller mill for crushing brittle material has two grinding rollers forming a grinding gap, and provides a delivery chute for feeding the material to the grinding gap. In the delivery chute at least one distributor device is arranged above a middle region of the grinding gap and extends above the grinding gap transversely to the longitudinal extent of the grinding gap and covers from 5 to 70% of the cross-section of the delivery chute. The material is delivered to the delivery chute and is crushed in the grinding gap, wherein the material is introduced into the delivery chute or is deflected in the delivery chute in such a manner that, based on the longitudinal extent of the grinding gap, coarser material accumulates in a middle region of the grinding gap than in the edge regions. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239101 | JAW CRUSHER - A jaw crusher includes s a toggle beam having a piston rod arrangement seat, a toggle plate, a first toggle plate seat arranged between the toggle plate and a movable jaw, a second toggle plate seat arranged between the toggle plate and the toggle beam, and a positioning device having a movable piston rod arrangement received by the piston rod arrangement seat of the toggle beam. The jaw crusher further has a toggle plate squeezing device including a contraction member. The squeezing device has a first mounting member connected to the movable jaw, and a second mounting member connected to the piston rod arrangement, to exert a pressing force on the first toggle plate seat, the second toggle plate seat and the piston rod arrangement seat. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239102 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR AN ANTI-SPIN SYSTEM - An anti-spin system adapted for use on a rock crusher having stationary frame, a crushing head, a crushing head pivot point, a shaft, bearings, a crushing chamber, crushing chamber liners and working fluid The preferred anti-spin system comprises a flow source which is adapted to provide working fluid How, a working fluid source which is adapted to supply working fluid, a control valve which is in fluid communication with the working fluid source and being adapted to allow the working fluid to flow to the flow source, and a torque transmittal assembly which is adapted to connect the crushing head and the flow source and transmit torque from the crushing head to the stationary frame. The preferred anti-spin system is adapted to control rotation of the crushing head. A method comprising providing such an anti-spin system and controlling the rotation of the crushing head. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239103 | RAW SILICON CRUSHER - A raw silicon crusher is provided which can mechanically crush raw silicon without reducing the purity thereof, and can suppress loss by pulverization. A first bed | 2014-08-28 |
20140239104 | APPARATUS FOR PROCESSING PLASTIC MATERIAL - Disclosed is an apparatus for the processing of plastics, having a container with a rotatable mixing implement, where a conveyor is provided, with a screw rotating in a housing, wherein the imaginary continuation of the longitudinal axis of the conveyor in a direction opposite to the direction of conveying passes the axis of rotation, where, on the outflow side, there is an offset distance between the longitudinal axis and the radial that is parallel to the longitudinal axis, wherein on the internal wall area of the container, there is at least one bar-shaped deflector which is directed into the interior of the container, and the height profile of which decreases in the direction of rotation of the mixing implement, seen from above, and the angle included thereby, over its length, with a plane (E) perpendicular to the axis of rotation of the mixing implements is an acute angle (α). | 2014-08-28 |
20140239105 | PADDLE ASSEMBLY - A radially projecting member (e.g., a paddle assembly) including a pin having a head; a paddle pivotally engaged to the head; and a shear member engaged to the head and to the paddle, the shear member being constructed and arranged to fracture to permit pivotal rotation of the paddle relative to the head. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239106 | Method and Apparatus for Preventing Buildup of Twine and Netwrap on the Rotor of a Bale Processor - A bale processor of a type having flail rotor providing an outer support surface with a plurality of flails mounted thereon are mounted for movement therewith around a flail rotor axis for engaging the bale and removing material from the outside of the bale. A plurality of depth control bars are disposed between adjacent flails for controlling the distance that the outer end of the flails extend into the outer surface of the bale. In one embodiment the depth control bars are positioned close to the outer support surface of the flail rotor whereby the depth control bars prevent a buildup of twine or netwrap on the outer support surface of the flail rotor. In another embodiment engagement members rigidly attached to the frame, separate from the depth control bars, are disposed between flails for preventing a buildup of netwrap/twine on the flail rotor. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239107 | Blade and Bearing Assembly - A blade and bearing assembly for a jug having a lower aperture defined by a throat. The assembly comprising: a head element and a base element; a shaft being rotatable mounted within the assembly, the shaft passing though the head element for receiving a blade element; wherein, in use, the head element and the base element are brought into clamping engagement with respect to the jug for retaining the assembly in the throat of the jug. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239108 | WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - In a webbing take-up device, configuration is made such that in a state in which a restriction wall of a cam gear is positioned at a lateral the side of a pin of a link configuring a switching section, the restriction wall abuts the pin when the link attempts to move. The restriction wall does not actively move the link regardless of the number of revolutions made by the cam gear. Operation noise of the link, a stopper pawl and a slide stopper accordingly does not occur during pull-out and take-up of webbing during normal usage, and a desirable user sensation is achieved in pull-out and take-up of the webbing during normal usage. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239109 | CABLE MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A cable management device includes a base, a locking member, a winding member, a driving member, a pressing member, and a spring. The base comprises a bottom board and a guide member. The locking member includes a pedestal and a sleeve. The winding member includes a winding portion sandwiched between a first end and a second end. The winding member defines a first receiving hole for receiving the sleeve. A number of first sawteeth formed on the pedestal mesh with a number of second sawteeth formed on the first end. The driving member includes a plate and a second receiving hole passing through the plate for receiving the sleeve. A number of third sawteeth formed on the second end mesh with a number of fourth sawteeth formed on the plate. The pressing member is connected to the sleeve. The spring is compressed between the pressing member and the driving member. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239110 | WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - In a webbing take-up device, a cut-out portion is formed in a close-off portion that closes off a pawl housing groove from a side opposite a spool body side. For this reason, the close-off portion is not formed in a position facing ratchet teeth which is at from a second ratchet tooth from a take-up direction side to the other side. Due to this, even if a head portion of a lock pawl, particularly a take-up direction side portion of the head portion, is displaced in such a way as to move away from the spool body, the head portion does not come into contact with the close-off portion or, even if the head portion comes into contact with the close-off portion, a force with which the head portion presses the close-off portion becomes smaller. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239111 | NET WINDER AND METHOD OF USING SAME - A net winder for winding up netting. A frame is mounted to a platform. A rotatable shaft is mounted to the top of the frame and an elongated cylindrical member is releasable connected thereto. A drive system causes the shaft to rotate which in turn causes the cylindrical member to rotate. Netting to be wound up is affixed to the cylindrical member and the net winder is operated to spool the netting onto the member. Once sufficient netting has been spooled onto the cylindrical member it can be removed from the shaft and a new one put on in its place. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239112 | COMPRESSIBLE CORD REEL - A compressible reel that includes two flanges, a flange connector, and two core wraps, where the flange connector and core wraps include scoring such that the compressible reel may be compressed substantially flat. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239113 | ROLL SHEET CONVEYING APPARATUS AND SHEET CONVEYING CONTROL METHOD - There are provided a roll sheet conveying apparatus and a sheet conveying control method wherein it is possible to control motor driving for conveying a roll sheet at appropriate timing to keep constant the tension of the sheet to be conveyed without performing a special identifying operation. For this feature, a relationship between friction load torque on the roll sheet and the mass of the roll sheet is previously stored in a storing unit, whereby the moment of inertia of the roll sheet can be detected at appropriate timing during printing. As a result, the optimum tension of the sheet to be conveyed can be maintained by appropriately adjusting the driving control of a sheet feeding motor and a conveying motor without performing a special identifying operation. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239114 | Drive for a Bobbin-Winding Machine - The invention relates to a drive unit for powering a turret winding head for winding roving onto bobbin tubes. The drive unit comprises a closed housing, a first and a second spindle disposed in a turret base plate, wherein the turret base plate is formed as part of the housing and the spindles are disposed outside of the housing, and a first drive for the first spindle and a second drive for the second spindle, wherein the drive means are disposed inside the housing, and the first and second drives are each provided with a fan wheel. An intake duct, through which air is drawn in by the fan wheel from outside of the housing, is in each case provided on the intake side of the fan wheel of the first and second drives. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239115 | AUTO-ADJUSTABLE WIRE PRECAST SYSTEM - A system for adjusting a path of a wire comprises a precast pulley assembly comprising at least one precast pulley having at least first and second positions. The at least one precast pulley may be adjustable from the first position to the second position without a user touching the at least one precast pulley. A path of a wire is adjusted when disposed around the at least one precast pulley when it is in the second position instead of in the first position. In one embodiment, the precast pulley assembly comprises first and second precast pulleys disposed in an adjacent relationship with respect to one another, wherein a wire can selectively pass over one or both of the first and second precast pulleys. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239116 | TWIN-FUSELAGE ROTORCRAFT - A rotorcraft ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140239117 | CANARD-LOCKED OBLIQUE WING AIRCRAFT - An aircraft includes a fuselage, a main wing pivotally coupled to an aft portion of the fuselage, and a canard coupled to a forward portion of fuselage, wherein the main wing and the canard are configured to be connected together for supersonic flight and disconnected from each other for subsonic flight. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239118 | Method and Apparatus for Foldable Wing UAV - A device for releaseably retaining a wing of an aerial vehicle in a folded orientation in a bore of a tube is disclosed. A retaining element is bound around the folded wing elements of a foldable-winged UAV so that the maximum diameter of the folded and bound UAV is less than the diameter of the bore. A releasable retaining fastener is provided and configured whereby the fastener releases when the UAV is propelled through and exits the bore, releasing the retaining element after which the wings of the UAV unfold and return to a flight orientation. The retaining element may include a tether for the retention and reuse of the device after a launch. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239119 | MAIN LANDING GEAR COMPACT AXLE STEERING - A landing gear system comprises a bogie beam, a landing gear axle pivotally mounted to the bogie beam, a steering rack, a linear actuator assembly, and a steering control link. The steering rack is secured transversely to the bogie beam and is longitudinally spaced apart from the landing gear axle. The linear actuator assembly is operable to laterally translate the steering rack. The steering control link is longitudinally extendable and has an actuator end secured to the steering rack, and an axle end of the steering control link engaged with the landing gear axle. The steering control link and the landing gear axle are pivotable relative to the bogie beam about a common axis. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239120 | MAIN LANDING GEAR BIAS AXLE STEERING - A bias steered landing gear system comprises a bogie beam, a first landing gear axle pivotally mounted to the bogie beam, and a steering actuator assembly. The first landing gear axle is pivotable through an axle steering range which includes a maximum inboard steering angle and a maximum outboard steering angle. The steering actuator assembly is operable to apply a steering force to steer the first landing gear axle through the axle steering range between the maximum inboard steering angle and the maximum outboard steering angle. The maximum inboard steering angle is substantially larger than the maximum outboard steering angle. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239121 | AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR COOLING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, an apparatus for cooling at least one landing gear brake of an aircraft in flight is described. The apparatus includes an air handling assembly that is coupled to the aircraft. The air handling assembly includes at least one air inlet port. The apparatus also includes an air delivery assembly that is in air receiving communication with the air handling assembly. The air delivery assembly includes at least one nozzle that is configured to direct air into a first space adjacent a first side of the landing gear brake to create an air pressure differential across the landing gear brake. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239122 | METHOD FOR SEALING A FUEL TANK - A method for making a structural element comprising a panel in composite material with fiber reinforcement in an organic matrix obtained by laying up and curing. The panel comprises a side likely to be exposed to contact with hydrocarbons. The required layer structure is obtained by laying up the plies of fibers pre-impregnated with resin having a curing temperature T1. A ply made of a thin film of polymer that can withstand hydrocarbons and the curing temperature T1, referred to as the protective film, is applied on the side exposed to hydrocarbons. The entire layered structure is cured under pressure at the temperature T1. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239123 | PRECISION AERIAL DELIVERY SYSTEM - A system and methods for deployment operations from an airborne vehicle are presented. A designated location of a target is received at a flight control system coupled to a location tracking guided container comprising an agent. The location tracking guided container is ejected at an ejection point from the airborne vehicle approximately above the designated location of the target to descend at a descent rate and a descent angle. A calculated path to the designated location is calculated based on the designated location and a current location of the location tracking guided container. The location tracking guided container is aerodynamically guided by a glide control structure to fly along the calculated path from the ejection point to a load release altitude near the designated location of the target. The agent is delivered to the designated location of the target by releasing the agent at the load release altitude near the designated location. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239124 | SPACECRAFT WITH OPEN SIDES - A spacecraft may include a module structure having a plurality of module sides. The spacecraft may include a central cylinder extending through a center of the spacecraft. The central cylinder may be the only closed cross-section extending along a longitudinal axis of the spacecraft. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239125 | MODULAR CORE STRUCTURE FOR DUAL-MANIFEST SPACECRAFT LAUNCH - A spacecraft may include an upper core structure or a lower core structure. The upper core structure may include an upper cylinder for supporting an upper spacecraft of a dual-manifest launch configuration. The lower core structure may include a lower cylinder for supporting a lower spacecraft with the upper cylinder mounted on top of the lower cylinder. The upper cylinder may have an upper cylinder inner diameter that may be substantially similar to the lower cylinder inner diameter. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239126 | DRIVE SYSTEM FOR GROUND SPOILER, AND AIRCRAFT - The present invention provides a drive system which can automatically deploy a ground spoiler even when a wheel is locked. A drive system for a ground spoiler deploys closed ground spoilers | 2014-08-28 |
20140239127 | EMERGENCY OVERRIDE SYSTEM - An emergency override system for a machine is disclosed. The emergency override system may have an input device configured to generate a stop signal. The emergency override system may also have a receiver configured to receive the stop signal. The emergency override system may further have a controller in communication with the receiver and connectable to a signal pin, which is configured to indicate a travel direction of the machine. The controller may be configured to stop a travel of the machine by applying a threshold voltage to the signal pin, when the receiver has received the stop signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239128 | RAILWAY SNOW MELTER DUCT ASSEMBLY - The present disclosure relates to a component for a railway snow melter. The component includes a mounting plate adapted for connection to a tie duct. The mounting plate defines a point nozzle opening and/or a track duct nozzle. A point nozzle is mounted to the mounting plate at a location above the point nozzle opening. A track duct nozzle is mounted to the mounting plate at a location above the track duct nozzle opening. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239129 | DISCONNECT DEVICE FOR SUSPENDED LINES - A disconnect device for suspended lines has: (1) a ground member that provides a supporting structure for mechanically grounding and/or tying the device to a supporting pole and (2) a disconnect member to which a suspended line or cable is attached that is movable or rotatable for detachment from the ground member. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239130 | FLUID CONTROL DEVICE - Provided is a fluid control device which can shorten an assembling time by facilitating positioning of a line support member and can suppress the increase of a height of a portion which supports fluid control equipment. A base member is formed in a rectangular frame shape by an upper lateral frame member, a lower lateral frame member, and left and right longitudinal frame members which are orthogonal to the upper and lower lateral frame members. A positioning portion for positioning each line support member is provided to the respective lateral frame members. Upper and lower end portions of each line support member are clamped between the respective lateral frame members and upper and lower cover members detachably mounted on the base member in a state where the upper and lower end portions of each line support member are positioned by the positioning portions provided to the respective lateral frame members. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239131 | Ladder Rung Bracket Assembly - A bracket assembly is disclosed to secure a cable bundle to a ladder rung. The bracket assembly includes a metal bracket and protective grommets. The metal bracket has a first member, side walls and second members. The first member of the metal bracket is parallel to the second members of the metal bracket. The protective grommets are secured to the metal bracket. The protective grommets have a base member, sleeves extending from the base member, a side member and a bottom member. The assembled metal bracket and protective grommets receive the ladder rung and the sleeves of the protective grommets wrap around the cable bundle positioned on the ladder rung to secure the cable bundle. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239132 | MUSIC STAND MICROPHONE MOUNT - A microphone mount for a music stand is provided. The microphone mount may include a clamping portion. The clamping portion may be used to releasably secure to a music stand shelf. A gooseneck may releasably connect with the microphone mount. The gooseneck may include a microphone clip which releasably secures a microphone. Therefore, a user may sing into a microphone and read music at the same time using the present invention. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239133 | Universal Stand for Monitors - A universal flat screen TV stand, comprising a foot, a leg connected to the foot, and a bracket connected to the leg and configured to attach to almost any monitor. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239134 | Modular Beverage Holder - A beverage container holder adapted to hold a wide variety of containers including cups, bottles, mugs, and tumblers. The device preferably includes a base, an upright extending upward from the base, and a receiver near the top of the upright. The receiver preferably includes a cup holder which is preferably made detachable so that it may be washed in a dishwasher. The height of the receiver with respect to the base is adjustable in the present invention. The rotation of the receiver with respect to the base is preferably also made adjustable. The adjustment mechanism may preferably be activated using only one hand. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239135 | Draining Soap Dish - A soap dish is disclosed, the soap dish comprising a tray having a drain, a floor surface, and at least one rib projecting upward from the floor surface, the floor surface being angled in a direction extending towards the drain, the drain defining an opening in the tray so that a liquid can travel along the floor surface and exit the tray by way of the drain. The tray is removably secured to a base, and the base has at least one leg that is movable relative to the base from a first position to a second, different position, the first position arranging the base at a first height, and the second position arranging the base a second, different height. The soap dish is usable in a variety of settings, and is effective to drain water from the dish to increase the life cycle of the soap and the dish. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239136 | MODULAR PORTABLE STAND - A modular portable stand that can be quickly and easily assembles and disassembles by one person without using any tools or hardware. Unassembled, the stand includes two base members, two side members, and four legs. Interlocking the components at each corner provides a stiff and sturdy perimeter frame when assembled, that becomes more rigid when loaded with plant propagation trays, fish tanks, or other heavy items. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239137 | SYSTEM FOR MOUNTING A PHOTOVOLTAIC MODULE TO A SURFACE - A system for removably and adjustably mounting a device on an object is provided. The system for removably and adjustably mounting a device on an object, according to the present invention, includes an apparatus and method useful for removably and adjustably mounting one or more photovoltaic modules on an object such as a pole or roof, and includes one or more triple track rails. Also included are one or more connector brackets that are demountably attachable to the one or more triple track rails and to the object. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239138 | Adjustable Mounting Shoe and Related Methods Thereof - An adjustable mounting shoe and related methods is disclosed. The adjustable mounting shoe includes a shoe body. A middle portion of the shoe body has a pocket formed therein. A pocket insert is positioned at least partially within the pocket. The pocket insert has a raised edge, wherein the pocket insert is movable relative to the shoe body. At least one fastener is engageable with the pocket insert to secure the pocket insert in a stationary position at least partially within the pocket. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239139 | VIDEO DISPLAY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSEMBLING - A video display system having a plurality of portable video support structures. Each of the portable video support structures includes at least one base support assembly and at least one lift support assembly having a lifting device configured to lift a plurality of video display subcomponents and a retention device receiving and supporting the plurality of video display subcomponents. One or both of the lifting device and the retention device is capable of movement to position the plurality of video display subcomponents and the video display subcomponents detachably engaged with one another to form a substantially continuous display surface. A method of assembling a video display system and a video support structure are also disclosed. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239140 | VEHICLE SEAT SLIDING APPARATUS - A vehicle seat sliding apparatus includes: an upper rail configured to freely support a seat thereabove; a lower rail supporting the upper rail in a relatively movable manner, a locking mechanism capable of switching between a lock state where the relative movement of the upper rail with respect to the lower rail is regulated and an unlock state where the relative movement is allowed; and an unlock operation prevention mechanism regulating an unlock operation of the locking mechanism based on a deployment pressure of an airbag which is disposed in a seat cushion. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239141 | SEAT SLIDE APPARATUS FOR VEHICLE - A seat slide apparatus for a vehicle includes: a lower rail freely fixed to a vehicle floor and having a pair of first vertical wall portions, a bottom wall portion, and a pair of first flanges; an upper rail fixed to a seat having a seat cushion and a seatback, and having a pair of second vertical wall portions, a lid wall portion, and a pair of second flanges; a locking member connected to the upper rail; a memory piece placed on the bottom wall portion, engages with the upper rail due to an upward urging force by a memory piece urging member; a memory link connected to the upper rail; a lever member connected to an upper portion of the upper rail; and a stopper member fixed to the inside of the upper rail. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239142 | MULTIPLE FOOTPRINT STAND FOR A TABLET COMPUTER - In a tablet computer stand for supporting a computer shaped as a tablet on a support surface, at least first and second footprints joined at an angle are provided. At a front end of the first footprint, a receiving surface is provided receiving an end of the tablet to support the tablet on the stand. The footprints are dimensioned and positioned relative to the tablet end receiving surface such that the stand with the tablet thereon is stable when either the first or the second footprint is resting on said support surface. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239143 | Mounting Bracket for a Mirror - A mounting bracket is disclosed for mounting a mirror on the passenger side of a vehicle in a manner such that the driver of the vehicle will be able to directly view the mirror through the front windshield of the vehicle as opposed to the passenger window of the vehicle and accordingly view the space on the side of the vehicle. The mounting bracket supports the mirror and is secured to the right front fascia of the vehicle. An additional side connector connects the bracket portion near the mirror to the pillar of the right side of the vehicle. The pillar is intermediate the front windshield and the passenger side window. Additionally, the mounting bracket may be adapted to vehicles which have their steering wheel on the right side and the mounting bracket may be used on the driver side for the driver to view the side view mirror through the windshield. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239144 | ANTITHEFT DEVICE - An antitheft device includes a cover, a base plate, and an adhesive element. The base plate is located in a receiving space of the cover and is adapted for a controlling element to connect thereto to release or lock the cover and the base plate. The base plate is able to be adhered onto an object to be secured by the adhesive element. The adhesive element is also located in the receiving space of the cover so that the adhesive element is prevented from being removed or broken easily. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239145 | RETAINING STRUCTURE FOR INFORMATION RECORDING DEVICE AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS INCLUDING RETAINING STRUCTURE - A HDD retaining mechanism includes a frame and a vibration isolator. The frame includes a through hole in a prescribed position. The vibration isolator includes a smaller cylindrical portion formed so as to be fitted in the through hole. The smaller cylindrical portion includes projecting portions formed by splitting one end portion of the smaller cylindrical portion into a plurality of portions in a circumferential direction. The projecting portions project into the accommodation space and abut against a HDD when the smaller cylindrical portion is fitted in the through hole. Each of the projecting portions includes a notch part recessed toward a center position of the smaller cylindrical portion from an outer circumferential surface of the cylindrical portion and extending across each of the projecting portions in the smaller circumferential direction of the cylindrical portion. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239146 | Optical Device Mounting Apparatus and Related Methods Thereof - An optical device mounting apparatus and related methods are disclosed. The apparatus includes a base plate with a first fastener positioned through a hole in the base plate, wherein the first fastener is removably engageable with the optical device. A first wall is connected to the base plate and extends in a substantially perpendicular direction from the base plate. A second wall is connected to the base plate and extends in a substantially perpendicular direction from the base plate, wherein the second wall is different from the first wall. A stabilizing fastener is movably engaged within a hole formed within the second wall, wherein a space between the stabilizing fastener and the first wall removably receives a mounting structure of the optical device, wherein the mounting structure of the optical device is contactable by the stabilizing fastener and the first wall when it is received within the space. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239147 | RECYCLABLE FORMWORK - A recyclable formwork can suitably detect temperature of concrete cast contacting with the formwork in a field without spoiling the other functions of the formwork. The recyclable formwork is provided with: a main unit ( | 2014-08-28 |
20140239148 | PRODUCTION TOOL TO MAKE ABRASIVE PARTICLES WITH GROOVES - Abrasive particles comprising shaped abrasive particles each having a sidewall, each of the shaped abrasive particles comprising alpha alumina and having a first face and a second face separated by a sidewall and having a maximum thickness, T; and the shaped abrasive particles further comprising a plurality of grooves on the second face. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239149 | CONTROLLING LIGHT TRANSMISSION THROUGH A MEDIUM - Methods for controlling light transmission through a medium by transmitting light from a single spatial portion of an input optical field through the medium creating an output optical field, superposing the output optical field with a reference optical field creating an optical interference field, detecting an intensity of a spatial portion of a polarization component of the optical interference field and using the detected intensity to determine a value of an optical field amplitude and of an optical field phase for each of a plurality of spatial portions of the input optical field and for each of first and second orthogonal input polarization states of transmitted light entering the medium. The method may be used in the control of the transmission of light 1) through a medium, which is randomizing in amplitude, phase and/or polarization or 2) through a multi-mode fiber or for beam shaping, optical trapping and/or optical manipulation. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239150 | METHOD OF EVALUATING LUMINANCE OF LIGHT SOURCE AND LIGHTING APPARATUS - Embodiments provide a method of evaluating luminance of a light source, including acquiring first data including a plurality of luminance values by measuring luminance of the light source, converting the first data into second data corresponding to a plurality of unit cells, acquiring a moving average of the second data, and acquiring a ripple factor. The ripple factor is represented by (D | 2014-08-28 |
20140239151 | SELF-POWERED OPTICAL DETECTOR FOR MECHANICAL GAUGE INSTRUMENTS - An embodiment of the present invention includes a display device including a mechanical indicator, a reference photodetector, a measurement photodetector, and an opaque shroud. The opaque shroud is connected to the mechanical indicator to variably cover the measurement photodetector based on a position of the mechanical indicator. The opaque shroud does not cover the reference photodetector. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239152 | IMAGE SENSOR WITH PIXEL UNITS HAVING MIRRORED TRANSISTOR LAYOUT - An image sensor includes a first pixel unit horizontally adjacent to a second pixel unit. Each pixel unit includes plurality of photodiodes and a shared floating diffusion region. A first pixel transistor region of the first pixel unit has a plurality of pixel transistors. A second pixel transistor region of the second pixel unit is horizontally adjacent to the first pixel transistor region and also has a plurality of pixel transistors. A transistor layout of the second pixel transistor region is a minor image of a transistor layout of the first pixel transistor region. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239153 | CORRELATED DOUBLE SAMPLING DEVICE AND IMAGE SENSOR - A CDS device of an image sensor having a pixel array includes first comparators, second comparators and third comparators. The first comparators are coupled to columns of the pixel array, and generate a positive amplified signal and a negative amplified signal by comparing the analog signal and a ramp signal. The second comparators are coupled to a first set of the first comparators coupled to first columns of the pixel array, and generate a first comparison signal enabled to a first logic level by comparing the positive amplified signal and the negative amplified signal. The third comparators are coupled to a second set of the first comparators coupled to second columns of the pixel array, and generate a second comparison signal enabled to a second logic level by comparing the positive amplified signal and the negative amplified signal. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239154 | HIGH DYNAMIC RANGE PIXEL HAVING A PLURALITY OF AMPLIFIER TRANSISTORS - A pixel cell for use in a high dynamic range image sensor includes a photodiode disposed in semiconductor material to accumulate charge in response to light incident upon the photodiode. A transfer transistor is disposed in the semiconductor material and is coupled between a floating diffusion and the photodiode. A first amplifier transistor is disposed in the semiconductor material having a gate terminal coupled to the floating diffusion and a source terminal coupled to generate a first output signal of the pixel cell. A second amplifier transistor is disposed in the semiconductor material having a gate terminal coupled to the floating diffusion and a source terminal coupled to generate a second output signal of the pixel cell. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239155 | IMAGE SENSOR AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An image sensor includes a plurality of unit pixels formed as a semiconductor chip, each of which has a photoelectric converting unit, a charge holding unit that holds charges stored in the photoelectric converting unit, a charge-voltage converting unit that converts a charge transferred from the charge holding unit to a voltage, and light shielding films between which an opening is formed above the photoelectric converting unit. The plurality of unit pixels are placed in a matrix in a pixel array. The shapes of the light shielding films are varied depending on the position of the unit pixel in the pixel array. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239156 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT AND SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE - A photoelectric conversion element comprises a photoelectric conversion section that includes: a pair of electrodes; and a photoelectric conversion layer disposed between the pair of electrodes, wherein the photoelectric conversion section further comprises between one of the pair of electrodes and the photoelectric conversion layer a first charge-blocking layer that restrains injection of charges from the one of the electrodes into the photoelectric conversion layer when a voltage is applied to the pair of electrodes, and the first charge-blocking layer comprises a plurality of layers. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239157 | BRIGHT SOURCE PROTECTION FOR LOW LIGHT IMAGING SENSORS - This invention relates to a low light imaging sensors and particularly image intensification and CMOS sensors. To overcome issues of dazzle and halo when operating in areas where the scene encompasses bright light sources, the invention provides material layers in contact with the detector material to spatially limit the generation or subsequent diffusion of electrons in said detector material. This allows the imaging sensor to perform as normal under bright conditions, maintaining the operator's scene awareness and spatial acuity. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239158 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER, PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERTER ARRAY AND IMAGING DEVICE - A photoelectric converter includes a first pn junction comprised of at least two semiconductor regions of different conductivity types, and a first field-effect transistor including a first source connected with one of the semiconductor regions, a first drain, a first insulated gate and a same conductivity type channel as that of the one of the semiconductor regions. The first drain is supplied with a second potential at which the first pn junction becomes zero-biased or reverse-biased relative to a potential of the other of the semiconductor regions. When the first source turns to a first potential and the one of the semiconductor regions becomes zero-biased or reverse-biased relative to the other semiconductor regions, the first pn junction is controlled not to be biased by a deep forward voltage by supplying a first gate potential to the first insulated gate, even when either of the semiconductor regions is exposed to light. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239159 | OPTICAL SENSING DEVICE - An optical sensing device includes a plurality of scanning lines having a plurality of first scanning lines and a plurality of second scanning lines, a plurality of sensing lines, a plurality of reading lines, and a plurality of optical sensing modules electrically connected to the scanning lines. Each optical sensing module includes a first optical sensing unit and a second optical sensing unit, each of which includes a sensing unit, a charge storage unit, and a reading unit. The optical sensing module further includes a plurality of differential amplifiers electrically connected to the corresponding reading lines, for determining the difference between the reading lines, wherein the difference indicates the ambient light variation. A first transistor of the sensing unit of the first optical sensing unit is different to a first transistor of the sensing unit of the second sensing unit in channel width. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239160 | HIGH-SPEED OPTICAL RECEIVER MODULE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided is a photoreceiver module. The module includes: a ceramic substrate formed by stacking a plurality of metallic layers and a plurality of ceramic layers; a high frequency transmission line formed on the ceramic substrate and configured to transmit a high frequency electrical signal; a photodetector mounted on the ceramic substrate and configured to convert the high frequency electronic signal; a power supply line supplying DC power to the photodetector; and a high frequency connector connected to the high frequency transmission line and configured to deliver the high frequency electrical signal to an outside. The photodetector is mounted on a stepped hole manufactured in the ceramic substrate, and a height of each contact point of the photodetector and the high frequency transmission line is corrected by the stepped hole. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239161 | Pixel Array With Global Shutter - A pixel comprises a pinned photodiode for generating charges in response to incident radiation and a sense node. A transfer gate is positioned between the pinned photodiode and the sense node for controlling transfer of charges to the sense node. A reset switch is connected to the sense node for resetting the sense node to a predetermined voltage. A first buffer amplifier has an input connected to the sense node. A sample stage is connected to the output of the first buffer amplifier and is operable to sample a value of the sense node. A second buffer amplifier has an input connected to the sample stage. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239162 | SWITCH - A switch is disclosed. In some examples, a switch includes a generally cylindrical housing; one or more sets of contact points enclosed by the housing; an indicator module, such as a multi-color LED illuminator, also enclosed by the housing; and a pushbutton actuator disposed to operate the contact points. The housing includes a display section spanning substantially the entire circumference of the housing such that the indication made by the indicator module is visible from all radial directions. When the pushbutton actuator is pressed, some of the contact points open to cut off power from hazards, while others are reconfigured to change the state of the indicator module to indicate the changed status of the switch. Multiple switches can be interfaced with each other, such as by serial connection, to facilitate multi-switch safety environment. Modular cables can be used to conveniently establish the interface. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239163 | MULTIDIRECTIONAL INPUT DEVICE - A multidirectional input device includes a case; a slider slidable in a first direction and mounted to the case; a movable member mounted on an upper surface of the slider so as to be slidable in a second direction; a first reflection portion provided on any one of the movable member, the case, and the slider; a first light-emitting device arranged to be opposite to the first reflection portion; and a first light-receiving device arranged to be opposite to the first reflection portion, wherein the first reflection portion has a plurality of steps confronting the side facing the first light-emitting device, and a distance between the first reflection portion and the first light-emitting device in a third direction varies according to an area. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239164 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MONITORING MATERIALS - The present disclosure provides sensing systems and methods that are useful for monitoring materials (e.g., cement) via light diffusion to identify characteristics thereof and changes therein. The systems can utilize a light source, a light sensor, and light transmitting members combined with the material to be monitored. In use, light from the light source can be allowed to scatter through the material via the light transmitting members for detection by the light sensor. The data regarding the light transfer can be transmitted utilizing a communication interface and can be analyzed using data processing equipment. The systems and methods may particularly be utilized in monitoring the reinforcing cement positioned between the casing and the formation in an oil well. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239165 | OPTICAL SYSTEM FOR DETECTING THE STATE OF WINDING OF A CABLE ON A WINCH - A system allowing automatic detection of the end of winding of a cable on a winch comprises an optical detector which emits, in the direction of the cable, a light beam which illuminates a given zone through which the cable travels in the course of its winding. The detector is associated with a specific marking, strongly reflecting, positioned on a section of the cable close to its end, such that, when this section enters into the zone illuminated by the detector, it reflects the beam in the direction of the detector which detects this reflected beam and which then signals that the cable is almost at the end of winding. The detector, placed in a fixed position at a given distance from the cable, is also associated with a light waveguide interposed between the cable and the optical detector. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239166 | OPTICAL FIBRE GRATING SENSOR SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to an optical fibre for a fibre optic sensor, comprising a first optical grating adapted to operate over a first range of wavelengths; and at least one set of further gratings adapted to operate over a second range of wavelengths, each grating being adapted to operate over a portion of the second range; wherein, each grating within said set has an operating range that partially overlaps with at least one other such grating operating range. The invention also extends to a sensor system, and method, using such an optical fibre. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239167 | SUBMOUNT FOR OPTOELECTRONIC, OPTICAL, OR PHOTONIC COMPONENTS - An optical submount has a circumscribed 4-faced depression on its bottom surface and a 3-faced depression at an edge of its bottom surface. An optical signal is transmitted through a face of the 3-faced depression and internally reflected from a face of the 4-faced depression. A set of additional depressions and intervening areas on the submount bottom surface act as an alignment mark. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239168 | Optical Window Assembly for An Optical Sensor of A Downhole Tool and Method of Using Same - An optical window assembly of an optical sensor of a downhole tool positionable in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation. The downhole tool has a housing with a flowline therethrough to receive downhole fluid therein. The optical sensor is positionable about the flowline to measure light passing therethrough. The optical window assembly includes a tubular sensor body positionable in the housing (the sensor body having a sensor end and a flanged signal end with a passage therethrough), an optical window positionable in the passage of the sensor body to pass the light from the flowline to the optical sensors, a seal disposable about the sensor body, and a backup ring disposable about the sensor body between the flanged signal end and the seal to support the seal about the sensor body whereby the downhole fluid is prevented from leaking between the seal and the sensor body. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239169 | DETECTION OF MEMBRANE PROTEIN-THERAPEUTIC AGENT COMPLEXES BY MASS SPECTROMETRY - According to the present invention, there is provided a method of detecting a complex comprising a membrane protein bound to a therapeutic agent by mass spectrometry. The method comprises: (a) providing a solution comprising a detergent micelle in which said complex is contained; (b) providing a mass spectrometer comprising a nanoelectrospray ionisation source, a mass analyser and a detector; (c) vaporising the solution using the nanoelectrospray ionisation source under conditions such that the complex is released from the micelle; (d) ionising the complex; (e) resolving the ionised complex using the mass analyser; and (f) detecting the resolved complex using the detector. Also provided is a solution comprising a detergent micelle in which a complex is contained, wherein the complex comprises a membrane protein bound to a therapeutic agent. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239170 | TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETER AND MASS SPECTROMETRIC METHOD - An ion trap is provided between a collision cell and a time-of-flight mass separator. During a time period in which precursor ions derived from the same compound are selected with a quadrupole mass filter, a collision energy is changed from one to another. Various product ions that are produced by dissociation respectively under collision energies of the plurality of stages and precursor ions that are not dissociated are temporarily trapped in the ion trap, and are ejected in a packet form in the state where these ions are mixed, and are introduced into the time-of-flight mass separator 6 to be subjected to a mass spectrometry. Thereby, in a data processing unit, one MS/MS spectrum in which product ions produced in various dissociation modes under various CID conditions appear is created. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239171 | TECHNIQUES FOR AUTOMATED PERFORMANCE MAINTENANCE TESTING AND REPORTING FOR ANALYTICAL INSTRUMENTS - Techniques are described for performing performance maintenance on a mass spectrometer. Pre-maintenance testing is performed that automating execution of a test sequence in response to a first user interface selection. The maintenance activity performed upon completion of said pre-maintenance testing. Post-maintenance testing is preformed upon completion of said maintenance activity. The post-maintenance testing includes automating execution of the test sequence in response to a second user interface selection. A benchmark comparison is performed to determine whether performance of the mass spectrometer has degraded as a result of performing the maintenance activity, wherein said benchmark comparison is performed automatically in response to completing said post-maintenance testing. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239172 | Method and Apparatus for Mass Spectrometry - A method for analysing ions according to their mass-to-charge ratio and mass spectrometer for performing the method, comprising directing a collimated ion beam along an ion path from an ion source to an ion detector, causing a portion of the ion beam to contact one or more surfaces prior to reaching the ion detector, wherein the method comprises providing a coating on and/or heating the one or more surfaces to reduce variation in their surface patch potentials. The method is applicable to multi-reflection time-of-flight (MR TOF) mass spectrometry. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239173 | MASS SPECTROMETER - In order to solve a problem in a mass spectrometry that a distribution of an emitted ion and a substance distribution on the measurement object surface are different from each other, which is due to a shaded portion of a irregular surface which falls under a shadow of primary beam, a primary ion optical system of the present apparatus includes a deflection unit configured to deflect the primary ion in such a manner that the primary ion intersects a flight space of the secondary ion in the course of flight. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239174 | MINIATURE SENSOR STRUCTURES FOR ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETERS - For ion mobility spectrometry applications, a desired shape of a sensor structure may be created by forming a desired shape from a ceramic material, such as aluminum nitride. In various embodiments, the sensor structure may be formed using discrete individual ceramic sheets and/or from a preformed ceramic tube. Via holes are formed into the sensor structure to provide for efficient circuitry configurations of the IMS drift tube and/or providing electrical connections between the interior and exterior of the drift tube. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239175 | Focused Ion Beam Low kV Enhancement - The invention provides a charged particle beam system wherein the middle section of the focused ion beam column is biased to a high negative voltage allowing the beam to move at higher potential than the final beam energy inside that section of the column. At low kV potential, the aberrations and coulomb interactions are reduced, which results in significant improvements in spot size. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239176 | METHOD OF ELECTRON BEAM IMAGING OF A SPECIMEN BY COMBINING IMAGES OF AN IMAGE SEQUENCE - A method of imaging of a specimen exposed to an electron beam signal includes acquiring an image sequence of sequential images of the specimen. Each subsequent image in the image sequence represents increased cumulative electron beam signal exposure on the specimen. The method includes collecting cumulative exposure data for each image of the image sequence. The method includes applying a low-pass image processing filter to the images of the image sequence using the cumulative exposure data corresponding to each image to which the filter is being applied to produce processed images. The method includes combining the processed images to produce a final image. A method of imaging is also provided that includes selectively discarding images in the image sequence. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239177 | Discrete Dynode Detector with Dynamic Gain Control - A novel electron multiplier that regulates in real time the gain of downstream dynodes as the instrument receives input signals is introduced. In particular, the methods, electron multiplier structures, and coupled control circuits of the present invention enable a resultant on the fly control signal to be generated upon receiving a predetermined threshold detection signal so as to enable the voltage regulation of one or more downstream dynodes near the output of the device. Accordingly, such a novel design, as presented herein, prevents the dynodes near the output of the instrument from being exposed to deleterious current pulses that can accelerate the aging process of the dynode structures that are essential to the device. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239178 | OBJECT DETECTION DEVICE - To provide an object detection device that requires neither the optical adjustment nor the detection area adjustment after the replacement of the battery, the object detection device includes a sensor body, inclusive of a detection element, and a storage enclosure positioned in part or in its entirety in a rear surface of the sensor body, and has a transmitter accommodation portion for accommodating therein a transmitter for wirelessly transmitting an output signal from the sensor body, a battery holding portion for holding a battery for providing the sensor body and the transmitter with an electric power, in which the battery holding portion includes a holding portion opening unit to open the battery holding portion to thereby enable a replacement of the battery, then retained in the battery holding portion, in a condition in which the sensor body is not separated from the storage enclosure. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239179 | Sealed Infrared Imagers - The architecture, design and fabrication of array of suspended micro-elements with individual seals are described. Read out integrated circuit is integrated monolithically with the suspended elements for low parasitics and high signal to noise ratio detection of changes of their electrical resistance. Array of individually sealed, suspended micro-elements is combined with signal processing chip that contains nonvolatile memory with sensitivity calibration of all elements and interpolation between non-functional elements. When the micro-elements are infrared light absorbers, image analysis and recognition is embedded in the processing chip to form the infrared imaging solution for infrared cameras. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239180 | Bolometric Detector With A Temperature-Adaptive Biasing - An infrared detector including an array of detection bolometers each having a bolometric membrane suspended above a substrate, and associated with each bolometer: a detection branch, including the bolometer and a circuit performing a biasing according to a voltage set point, a compensation branch, including a compensation bolometer thermalized to the substrate, a circuit performing a biasing according to a voltage set point, an integrator for generating a voltage by integrating a difference between the currents flowing through said branches, a circuit generating a quantity depending on substrate temperature, including: a bolometer thermalized to the substrate, and a circuit for biasing the bolometer, and a circuit for generating the voltage set points according to said quantity. When the array is exposed to a uniform reference scene, the average of the differences between currents flowing through said branches is within the integrator dynamic range for a substrate temperature range from −30° C.-90° C. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239181 | FILM THICKNESS MEASUREMENT METHOD - A measurement target including a semiconductor substrate, and a first epitaxial layer and a second epitaxial layer stacked in this order on the semiconductor substrate and having no difference in refractive index of a real part from the semiconductor substrate is subjected to reflection interference analysis using a Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The thickness of the first epitaxial layer is used as a fitting parameter so as to prevent shift between an interference waveform of a resultant reflection interference pattern containing distortion appearing in a wave number range near an abnormal dispersion range of a refractive index caused by phonon absorption and an interference waveform of a numerically calculated reflection interference pattern in the same wave number range. The thickness of the first epitaxial layer determined during the fitting of the numerically calculated reflection interference pattern is defined as a measured value of the thickness of the first epitaxial layer. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239182 | INSPECTING DEVICE AND INSPECTING METHOD - An inspecting device inspects an inspecting target that is a semiconductor device or a photo device. The inspecting device includes: a stage for holding an inspecting target; a femtosecond laser for emitting pulsed light; a galvano mirror for obliquely irradiating the inspecting target with the pulsed light, while changing an optical path of the pulsed light, to scan the inspecting target with the pulsed light; and a detection part for detecting an electromagnetic wave emitted non-coaxially with the pulsed light from the inspecting target in accordance with the illumination with the pulsed light. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239183 | IMAGING DEVICE - An imaging device which is highly stable to irradiation with radiations such as X-rays and can inhibit a decrease in electrical characteristics is provided. The imaging device obtains an image using radiations such as X-rays and includes pixel circuits which are arranged in a matrix and which a scintillator overlaps. Each of the pixel circuits includes a switching transistor whose off-state current is extremely low and a light-receiving element. A shielding layer formed using a metal material and the like overlaps the transistor and the light-receiving element. With the structure, an imaging device which is highly stable to irradiation with radiations such as X-rays and can inhibit a decrease in electrical characteristics can be provided. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239184 | RADIATION TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS - The disclosure has one object to provide a radiation tomography apparatus of a low price that facilitates a design change of a detector ring to suppress costs of development. The radiation tomography apparatus according to the disclosure includes a plurality of modules configured to receive detected data from different radiation detectors. Then, the modules each send and receive the detected data to and from one another, thereby sharing the detected data and counting the number of coincidence events. That is, when manufacturing radiation tomography apparatus, merely wiring the coincidence modules achieves implementation of the coincidence unit. This allows manufacturing the radiation tomography apparatus without new development of a substrate for performing coincidence. Consequently, the radiation tomography apparatus of a low price can be provided with suppressed costs of the development. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239185 | DETECTOR-READOUT INTERFACE FOR AN AVALANCHE PARTICLE DETECTOR - A detector-readout interface for an avalanche particle detector comprises a resistive layer formed at a bottom side of a gas chamber and a dielectric layer formed under said resistive layer and is adapted for capacitive coupling to an external readout board. This provides a modular detector configuration in which the readout card and detector core can be combined freely and interchangeably. The readout board can even be removed or replaced without switching off the detector. At the same time, the configuration provides an effective protection against sparks and discharges, and in particular obliviates the need for additional protecting circuits. The configuration may be employed in any avalanche particle detector, such as the MicroMegas or GEM detectors. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239186 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIATION INSPECTION APPARATUS, METHOD FOR CORRECTING SIGNAL, AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - A radiation imaging apparatus, comprising a pixel array on which a plurality of pixels are arrayed, a readout unit configured to read out a signal from the pixel array, a first unit configured to specify a portion of the signal read out by the readout unit, at which a saturated signal whose value has reached a saturation level of an output by the readout unit and a non-saturated signal whose value has not reached the saturation level are mixed, and a second unit configured to correct, based on the non-saturated signal, the saturated signal at the portion specified by the first unit. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239187 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS AND RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM - A radiation imaging apparatus includes a pixel array in which a plurality of pixels which detects radiation are arrayed to form a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns, a detection circuit which detects information having correlation to a radiation dose to the pixel array and output a detection signal corresponding to the information, and a control unit which detects radiation irradiation to the pixel array based on a plurality of integrated values obtained by integrating one of the detection signal and a result of processing applied to the detection signal in a plurality of integral intervals and control the pixel array in accordance with the detection. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239188 | RADIATION IMAGING APPARATUS, RADIATION IMAGING SYSTEM, METHOD FOR RADIATION IMAGING, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - A radiation imaging apparatus includes a reset control unit configured to perform reset scanning to sequentially discharge charges accumulated in pixels; an irradiation detection unit configured to detect a start of radiation irradiation based on charges discharged by the reset scanning; an imaging control unit configured to perform control to stop the reset scanning in accordance with detection of the start of irradiation and obtain an image signal by reading out charges accumulated in the pixels; a generation unit configured to generate image data based on the image signal except for an image signal from a pixel on which the reset scanning is performed during the radiation irradiation; and an output unit configured to output the image data to an external apparatus. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239189 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURING APPARATUS AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A radiographic image capturing apparatus and a radiographic image capturing system are shown. According to one aspect, the radiographic image capturing apparatus includes the following. A scanning driving unit applies voltage to scanning lines. A switching element releases electric charge upon application of the ON-state voltage. A readout circuit converts the electric charge into image data and reads the data. A controller reads the image data. The detecting unit detects start and end of irradiation based on a change in a signal. The controller determines whether a standby time from end of readout to start of readout in next capturing is changed with reference to a first period and a second period. The first period ranges from end of readout to detection of start of irradiation. The second period ranges from detection of end of irradiation to start of readout. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239190 | MICRO-COLUMN WITH DOUBLE ALIGNER - Disclosed herein is a microcolumn with a double aligner. The microcolumn is configured such that when an axis of an aperture of a limiting aperture is spaced apart from an original path of a particle beam, the path of the particle beam can be effectively compensated for in such a way that the path of the particle beam is aligned with the axis of the aperture of the limiting aperture by the double aligner. The microcolumn includes a source lens. The source lens includes at least two aligner layers which compensate for the path of the particle beam. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239191 | Method for Uninterrupted Production of a Polyatomic Boron Molecular Ion Beam with Self-Cleaning - The uninterrupted production of an ion beam with self-cleaning of a discharge chamber and extractor system, including extraction aperture(s), of an ion implantation device. The method increases the time of continuous operation of the ion implantation device, and therefore, increases total implantation time without reducing intensity. As a result, the time integrated output of the ion implantation device is increased. The method includes feeding a working molecule comprising at least two boron atoms and a strong oxidizer into an ion implantation device and removing gaseous compounds from the ion implantation device, wherein said working molecule provides upon fragmentation a polyatomic boron-containing ion, and the strong oxidizer which reacts with solid products of decomposition of the working molecule to form said gaseous compounds. A working molecule including at least two boron atoms and at least one strong oxidizer is also disclosed. Examples of the working molecule include C | 2014-08-28 |
20140239192 | ILLUMINATION AND DISPLACEMENT DEVICE FOR A PROJECTION EXPOSURE APPARATUS - An illumination and displacement device for a projection exposure apparatus comprises an illumination optical unit for illuminating an illumination field. An object holder serves for mounting an object in such a way that at least one part of the object can be arranged in the illumination field. An object holder drive serves for displacing the object during illumination in an object displacement direction. A correction device serves for the spatially resolved influencing of an intensity of the illumination at least of sections of the illumination field, wherein there is a spatial resolution of the influencing of the intensity of the illumination of the illumination field at least along the object displacement direction. This results in an illumination and displacement device in which field-dependent imaging aberrations which are present during the projection exposure do not undesirably affect a projection result. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239193 | FLUORESCENT LIGHT DETECTION DEVICE - A fluorescent light detection device includes: an excitation light source; an excitation light fiber; a fluorescent light fiber; a detector configured to receive the fluorescent light emitted from the fluorescent light fiber; a retention member configured to retain the fibers so that an emitting end face of the excitation light fiber and an incident end face of the fluorescent light fiber are located at close proximity; an excitation light selection filter provided in contact with the emitting end face; and a fluorescent light selection filter provided in contact with the incident end face. The excitation light emitted from the emitting end face irradiates a test object via the excitation light selection filter and the fluorescent light produced by the test object is incident on the incident end face via the fluorescent light selection filter. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239194 | METHOD FOR INSPECTING CONTACT BETWEEN MATING GEARS - A method for inspecting contact between mating gears that includes applying a mixture to teeth of a first gear, teeth of a second gear, or the teeth of both the first and second gears. The mixture includes a lubricating oil and a fluorescing dye. The first gear is rotated to drive the second gear. While the second gear is being driven by the first gear, electromagnetic radiation, such as ultra-violet radiation, is applied to the teeth of at least one of the first and second gears to cause the teeth to fluoresce. The fluorescing teeth of the second gear are inspected to identify a tooth inspection zone that approximates a zone of contact between the teeth of the first and second gears. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239195 | DEPOSITION SUBSTRATE AND SCINTILLATOR PANEL - An object of the invention is to provide a scintillator panel which exhibits excellent cuttability and can be cut without the occurrence of problems such as the separation of a scintillator layer and which can give radiographic images such as X-ray images with excellent sensitivity and sharpness. The scintillator panel of the invention includes a reflective layer and a scintillator layer formed by deposition on a support, and the reflective layer includes light-scattering particles and a specific binder resin and has a specific thickness. | 2014-08-28 |
20140239196 | DEPOSITION SUBSTRATE AND SCINTILLATOR PANEL - An object of the invention is to provide scintillator panels which can give radiographic images such as X-ray images with excellent sharpness and excellent uniformity of sharpness, which realize devices such as flat panel detectors having uniform image quality characteristics in the light-receiving plane, and which exhibit excellent cuttability, excellent sharpness and excellent in-plane uniformity of sharpness. A scintillator panel of the invention includes a support, a reflective layer on the support, and a scintillator layer formed on the reflective layer by deposition. The reflective layer includes light-scattering particles and a binder resin. A specific region of the reflective layer is defined by a resin or includes light-scattering particles having a specific area average particle diameter, or the reflective layer has a specific arithmetic average roughness. | 2014-08-28 |