| 06th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 13 |
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| 20090032665 | Overhead mounting apparatus - A novel overhead mounting bracket for mounting portable computers and other electronic computing devices in a vehicle above the dashboard thereof. The overhead mounting bracket includes at least an integrated receiver bracket having a substantially rigid integral base plate portion adapted for attachment to a roof portion of a vehicle adjacent to an interior surface thereof, a substantially rigid integral mounting plate portion spaced away from the base plate portion and having a mounting face angularly inclined relative thereto and being adapted for attachment thereto of a cradle structured for holding a portable computer or other electronic computing device, and a substantially rigid integral spacing plate portion coupled between the mounting plate portion and the base plate portion and spacing the mounting plate portion away therefrom. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032666 | Mouse pad - A mouse pad includes an intermediate layer attached to a base layer, and a coating layer attached to the intermediate layer and arranged for allowing an image or pattern to be applied onto the coating layer with an image output facility by the users themselves. The mouse pad includes a release layer detachable from the base layer for protecting the base layer. A punch line is formed in an outer peripheral portion of the mouse pad for being detached or released from the base layer. The punch line of the mouse pad is preferably not formed in the release layer. The mouse pad includes a thickness for no more than 1 mm for allowing the mouse pad to be applied with the image with the image output facility. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032667 | Cushtop Laptop Stands And Methods Of Manufacture Thereof - Embodiments of cushtop laptop stands and methods of manufacture thereof are generally described herein. An article to support a device comprises a first portion having a first interior surface and a first exterior surface, a second portion having a second interior surface and a second exterior surface, and a third portion configured to couple together the first portion and the second portion. At least one of the first, second, and third portions comprises a cushioning material. In a first configuration, the article comprises a first end of the first interior surface spaced apart from a first end of the second interior surface by a first distance, and a second end of the first interior surface spaced apart from a second end of the second interior surface by a second distance greater than the first distance. In a second configuration, the article comprises the first end of the first interior surface spaced apart from the first end of the second interior surface by a third distance substantially equal to a thickness of the device. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032668 | ADJUSTABLY-TILTABLE SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND DISPLAY WITH THE SAME - The invention provides an adjustably-tiltable supporting apparatus which is capable of supporting an object, and it includes a shelf member, a supporting member, a friction device, and a resilient member. When the tilt of the object is adjusted, the supporting member rotates relative to the shelf member so that the outer side of supporting member slides relative to a friction member of the friction device to generate a friction which balances a difference between a torque generated by the weight of the object and an elastic force generated by the resilient member so as to fix the tilt. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032669 | CABLE OPERATED SEAT MOUNT LOCKS FOR ROTATABLE VEHICLE SEATS - Apparatus for operation of a vehicle seat swivel or rotation mechanism are disclosed. A disclosed apparatus includes a cable assembly having a first end and a second end. The first end of the cable assembly is configured to be operatively coupled to a rotation mechanism of a vehicle seat. A release member is operatively coupled to the second end of the cable assembly so that the rotation mechanism is urged toward a locked condition in the absence of a force being applied to the release member by a person. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032670 | Sliding-Type Automobile Seat - A sliding-type automobile seat comprising a seat cushion frame, a slide rail mechanism for allowing the seat to be slidingly moved, slide lock mechanisms for causing the seat to be releasably locked at predetermined positions, a substantially U-shaped operating lever for causing the seat to be released from a locked state, and connection mechanisms for causing both end portions of the substantially U-shaped operating lever to the slide lock mechanisms, the slide rail mechanism comprising a pair of parallel lower rails mounted on a floor surface of an automobile, and a pair of parallel upper rails attached to a lower portion of the seat cushion frame and slidably engaged with the pair of parallel lower rails, each of the slide rock mechanisms comprising a lock member swingably mounted to a corresponding upper rail and urged upward at one end portion thereof by a spring, the lock member including a first engaging member, and a second engaging member provided at a corresponding lower rail, the first engaging member and the second engaging member being adapted to be releasably engaged with each other, to thereby cause the seat to be locked at the predetermined positions, each of the connection mechanisms comprising a connection member having a member for stoppingly engaging the lock member, and the member for stoppingly engaging the lock member being engaged with the lock member, whereby the operating lever is connected, via the connection mechanisms, to the slide rock mechanism by one-touch operation. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032671 | VEHICLE ANCHORING SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR THEIR USE - An anchoring system for a vehicle, and vehicle based shelter systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, the vehicle based shelter system comprising a vehicle and an anchoring system. The anchoring system can comprise a tether that can extend from the securement device and attach to the vehicle. The anchoring system is capable of restraining or limiting movement of the vehicle to prevent it from moving from its point of origin in any direction greater than or equal to about 3 feet. The anchoring system is capable of securing the vehicle to the ground, directly or indirectly. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032672 | Suspension system for product mounted racing computer - A suspension system for a measuring instrument maintains contact with an object to be imaged or measured under circumstances that include a high degree of vibration by providing damping in only one direction. The system includes a rotating shaft with a friction damper that engages the outer surface of the shaft, but relative rotation with respect to the shaft occurs only for rotational motion in one direction. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032673 | FLEXIBLE SUSPENSION FOR TURBINE ENGINE - The present invention relates to a suspension for suspending a turbine engine from the structure of an aircraft, comprising a beam with a first element accepting means of attachment to said structure and a second element accepting means of attachment to the turbine engine. It is one wherein the beam comprises at least a first plate and a second plate, which plates are intended to be positioned transversely with respect to the axis of the engine and joined together by a layer of elastomer, the first plate being secured to the first element and the other plate to the second element. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032674 | DAMPED PRODUCT WITH INSERT AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - One embodiment includes a method including providing a first portion of a product, the first portion of the product having a body and a flange extending therefrom; and casting a material around at least a portion of the flange to enclose the same and to provide a second portion of the product and wherein the at least the portion of the flange is constructed and arranged to provide frictional damping of the product. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032675 | Viscous fluid-sealed damper - Provided is a viscous fluid-sealed damper which helps to achieve an increase in degree of freedom in terms of the selection of the material of a sealing container, which can be produced with high production efficiency, and which helps to avoid leakage of the viscous fluid. A lid member is fixed to a container main body while compressing and holding a flange portion between a sealing member and the lid member, so an opening end of the container main body can be sealed with the lid member without having to effect fixation through fusion-bonding as in the prior art, and the degree of freedom in terms of material selection can be increased. Further, if the container main body is formed of a butyl rubber, the container main body can be fixed to the lid member without using any adhesive, so it is possible to achieve a reduction in production time and in cost. Further, it is possible to avoid leakage of the viscous fluid due to defective adhesion. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032676 | MOUNTING APPARATUS FOR AIR FRESHENER - A mounting apparatus for securely fixing an air freshener such as a fragrance bag includes a panel of a computer and a fixing box accommodating the fragrance bag. One end of the box is pivotably mounted to the panel, and the other end is detachably fixed to the panel. Because of the mounting apparatus, the fragrance bag can't drop from the fixing box even when the computer is moved. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032677 | Method and Device for Manufacturing a Mould, and Method and Device for Manufacturing a Product Using the Mould - In one embodiment of the present invention, a method and device are disclosed for manufacturing a mould for the manufacture of at least one product. The product can be a concrete body. The method includes: adjusting a rough shape which roughly approximates, with clearance, the shape of a side of the product; arranging a layer of processible material over the rough shape, and processing the layer of material in accordance with almost exactly the shape of the product. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032678 | IMAGE-PICKUP APPARATUS - The image-pickup apparatus includes a focus detector generating focus detection information using light from an image-pickup optical system, a photometer generating photometry information using the light from the image-pickup optical system, a focus controller performing focus control, and an exposure controller performing exposure control. The photometer includes first and second photoelectric conversion part having different spectral sensitivity characteristics and formed to at least partially overlap each other in a light entrance direction from the image-pickup optical system. The photometer generates the photometry information based on the output from the first photoelectric conversion part. The focus controller performs the focus control using the focus detection information and focus correction information obtained based on the outputs from the first and second photoelectric conversion parts. The exposure controller performs the exposure control using the photometry information and exposure correction information obtained based on the outputs from the first and second photoelectric conversion part. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032679 | MULTI-FOCAL INTRAOCULAR LENS SYSTEM AND METHODS - The invention pertains to methods, components, and operations of multi-focal intraocular lens systems, including range finding for driving same and for discriminating between multiple objects and varying brightness conditions. The invention also pertains to intraocular photosensors and range-finding methods to be used with intra-ocular lens systems, and components, that provide multi-focal IOL capabilities in dynamic visual environments. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032680 | RADIATION DETECTING APPARATUS AND RADIATION DETECTING SYSTEM - A radiation detecting apparatus includes plural pixels each provided with a switching element disposed on an insulating substrate and a conversion element disposed on the switching element, and plural signal wirings arranged in one direction and connected with the plural switching elements, wherein the conversion elements have electrodes separated respectively for the pixels, the switching element is connected with the electrode for each pixel, and both ends of the signal wiring, opposed to each other in a width direction, and both ends of the control wiring, opposed to each other in a width direction are disposed inside of an area of the electrode when seen from above the conversion element. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032681 | Detector and detecting method - A detector for detecting an image sensor is provided. The image sensor is electrically connected to a wafer via a contacting pad. The detector includes a parallel light source, a pin and a diffuser. The parallel light source radiates a parallel light. The pin is electrically connected to the contacting pad. The diffuser is disposed between the parallel light source and the pin. The parallel light from the parallel light source passes through the diffuser and then reaches the image sensor on the wafer. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032682 | Semiconductor Device, Module, and Electronic Device - The breakdown voltage between the potential of a terminal and the ground potential (or power supply potential) is improved by increasing the gate width of an MOS transistor included in a switch. Accordingly, another switch and the like are protected even when surge is applied to the terminal. By increasing the gate width of the MOS transistor included in the switch, the size of the other switch does not have to be increased. Therefore, variation in the potential at a node occurring when the other switch attains a non-conductive state from a conductive state can be suppressed. Therefore, a semiconductor device having the electrostatic breakdown voltage improved without influence on processing carried out based on an input potential from an external source, a module including a plurality of such semiconductor devices, and an electronic device including such a module can be provided. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032683 | Flexible bioelectronic photodetector and imaging arrays based on bacteriorhodopsin (BR) thin films - The direct deposit of photoelectric materials onto low-cost prefabricated patterned flexible electrodes provided by the present invention introduces a new design approach that permits the development of innovative lightweight, durable and non-planar sensing systems. By extending single and multi-spectral bioelectronic sensing technology to flexible plastic substrates, the invention offers a number of potential advantages over structurally rigid silicon-based microelectronics (e.g. CMOS) including a reduction in spatial requirements, weight, electrical power consumption, heat loss, system complexity, and fabrication cost. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032684 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF - An optical device includes a base and an optical element chip and translucent member attached to the base. A wiring is buried in the base. One end of the wiring is an internal terminal portion. The other end of the wiring is an external terminal portion. A semiconductor chip incorporating peripheral circuits, etc., and a metal wire for connecting a pad electrode of the semiconductor chip and the wiring are buried in the base. The semiconductor chip incorporating peripheral circuits, etc., and the metal wire are buried together with the wiring in the base by molding, whereby the optical device and the semiconductor chip incorporating peripheral circuits, etc., are integrated into a single package. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032685 | Trench photosensor for a CMOS imager - A trench photosensor for use in a CMOS imager having an improved charge capacity. The trench photosensor may be either a photogate or photodiode structure. The trench shape of the photosensor provides the photosensitive element with an increased surface area compared to a flat photosensor occupying a comparable area on a substrate. The trench photosensor also exhibits a higher charge capacity, improved dynamic range, and a better signal-to-noise ratio. Also disclosed are processes for forming the trench photosensor. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032686 | SUBSTANTIALLY TRANSPARENT OBJECT DETECTION SYSTEM AND METHOD - A system for detecting the presence of a substantially transparent object includes a radiation source producing radiation at a predetermined bandwidth, and a radiation receiver is positioned to receive radiation from the radiation source. An opening is formed between the radiation receiver and the radiation source sized to allow a substantially transparent object such as a sample or reagent tip to slide between the radiation receiver and the radiation source. At least one polarizing filter is positioned between the radiation receiver and the opening, whereby a change in intensity of radiation received by the radiation receiver due to the presence or absence of the transparent object can be detected. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032687 | TWO DIMENSIONAL CONTACT IMAGE SENSOR WITH FRONTLIGHTING - A two-dimensional image sensor is disclosed. The image sensor includes an array of photodetectors directed towards a first side. Emitters directed towards the first side are also provided, with the emitters emitting infrared light when illuminated by ultraviolet light. An ultraviolet light source is provided for illuminating the emitters, and a filter prevents ultraviolet light from illuminating the photodetectors. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032688 | TWO DIMENSIONAL CONTACT IMAGE SENSOR WITH BACKLIGHTING - A two-dimensional image sensor is disclosed. The image sensor includes an array of photodetectors formed within a silicon substrate. The array of photodetectors is arranged to detect reflections of light from a surface. Channels are etched through the silicon substrate, allowing light to pass from a light source through the substrate to the surface. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032689 | Optical sensor device - An optical sensor device has a sensor unit, which includes a light transmitter, a light receiver and a lens plate, with which a beam of light emitted by the light transmitter is coupled into the window pane, coupled out of the window pane and directed onto the light receiver. On its surface facing the light transmitter and the light receiver, the lens plate includes Fresnel lens structures, and on the opposite surface facing the window pane it includes Fresnel reflector structures. This embodiment is particularly useful as rain sensor. Without light transmitter, the sensor device can be used as a light sensor. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032690 | Optical interrogation system and method for using same - An optical interrogation system and a method are described herein that enable the interrogation of one or more biosensors which can be located within the wells of a microplate. In one embodiment, the optical interrogation system has a tunable laser, N-fiber launches, N-lenses and N-detectors that are set-up to interrogate N-biosensors. In another embodiment, the optical interrogation system has a tunable laser, N-fiber launches, N+1 lenses and N-detectors that are set-up to interrogate N-biosensors. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032691 | PHOTOELECTRIC ENCODER AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT USING THE SAME - In a photoelectric encoder, each of light receiving elements ( | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032692 | Apparatus of generating an optical tweezers with momentum and method thereof and photo-image for guiding particles - An apparatus of generating an optical tweezers with momentum and method thereof and an optical tweezers photo-image for guiding particles are provided. The apparatus generates at least one optical tweezers on an examined object that carries at least one particle. The apparatus includes a laser source, a diffractive optical element and a convergent lens. The laser beam from the laser source passes through the diffractive optical element to produce a diffractive pattern. The laser beam is then received by the convergent lens and then to be focused on a plane of the examined object. The optic axis of the convergent lens is substantially not perpendicular to the plane of the examined object, so that the laser beam is projected onto the plane of the examined object in a skewed manner for providing a lateral momentum to move the particle. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032693 | Scanning Electron Microscope Alignment Method and Scanning Electron Microscope - The present invention aims to provide an axis alignment method, astigmatism correction method and SEM for implementing these methods, which can prevent an alignment or correction error attributable to conditions of a specimen. A first aspect is to obtain the difference between the optimal values acquired from an automatic axis alignment result on a standard sample and from each of automatic axis alignment results on a observation target sample, and to correct an optimal value adjusted using the standard sample by use of the difference thus obtained. A second aspect is to acquire an optimal stigmator value (astigmatism correction signal) by using the standard sample, to store the optimal stigmator value as a default value, to add the optimal stigmator value and the default value depending on the height of an observation target sample pattern, and to perform an astigmatism correction on the basis of the resultant stigmator value. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032694 | Radon test kit - A radon test kit includes a housing, a plurality of canisters stored within the housing, a quantity of activated charcoal stored within each of the canisters, a gauge for measuring and indicating humidity mounted within the housing, and a sensor for measuring and indicating ambient temperature mounted within the housing. The ambient temperature sensor also includes indicia to show the temperature. The humidity gauge also includes indicia to indicate the moisture level. The temperature sensor and the humidity gauge measure the temperature and moisture level, respectively, of the test area during the test period so that an accurate calculation of the concentration of radon gas being emitted in the test area may be made. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032695 | Miniaturized Ion Mobility Spectrometer - By utilizing the combination of a unique electronic ion injection control circuit in conjunction with a particularly designed drift cell construction, the instantly disclosed ion mobility spectrometer achieves increased levels of sensitivity, while achieving significant reductions in size and weight. The instant IMS is of a much simpler and easy to manufacture design, rugged and hermetically sealed, capable of operation at high temperatures to at least 250° C., and is uniquely sensitive, particularly to explosive chemicals. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032696 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ION CYCLOTRON SPECTROMETRY - An ion cyclotron spectrometer may include a vacuum chamber that extends at least along a z-axis and means for producing a magnetic field within the vacuum chamber so that a magnetic field vector is generally parallel to the z-axis. The spectrometer may also include means for producing a trapping electric field within the vacuum chamber that includes at least a first section that induces a first magnetron effect that increases a cyclotron frequency of an ion and at least a second section that induces a second magnetron effect that decreases the cyclotron frequency of an ion. The cyclotron frequency changes induced by the first and second magnetron effects substantially cancel one another so that an ion traversing the first and second sections will experience no net change in cyclotron frequency. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032697 | MASS ANALYZER AND MASS ANALYZING METHOD - There has been a problem that both detection sensitivity and throughput cannot be improved simultaneously by a conventional MS/MS analysis method. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032698 | MASS-ANALYSIS METHOD AND MASS-ANALYSIS APPARATUS - Among various ions introduced into an ion trap | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032699 | ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING AN ANALYTE SUBSTANCE OR AN ANALYTE SUBSTANCE MIXTURE IN THE PRESENCE OF A DOPANT MIXTURE BY MEANS OF AN ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETER - The present invention pertains to a method for determining an analyte substance or analyte substance mixture of ammonia and/or N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone as a component of a gas in the presence of a dopant mixture by means of an ion mobility spectrometer and to a corresponding ion mobility spectrometer. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032700 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL RF ION TRAPS WITH HIGH ION CAPTURE EFFICIENCY - In a three-dimensional Paul RF ion trap at least one of the ring electrode and end cap electrodes is structured to produce a high capture efficiency for analyte ions introduced into the trap. The electrode structuring may be produced by an electrode surface profile having edges or protrusions, resulting in a scattering reflection of the introduced ions. Alternatively, at least one electrode may be formed by physically separate electrode components. In one embodiment, the trap can be switched between operating as a linear ion trap with good capture efficiency and operating as a three-dimensional ion trap with good ion reaction conditions. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032701 | DETECTION OF ANALYTES USING ION MOBILITY SPECTROMETRY - Methods and systems are provided for detecting analytes in a gas phase sample. An ion mobility spectrometer is provided for detecting analytes having an excess amount of dopant in its separation region. In an embodiment, the dopant is added directly to the separation region, such as with a drift gas or by diffusion, thereby providing excess dopant that dominates subsequent cluster formation and maintenance. Excess dopant in the separation region minimizes or reduces interfering signals associated with unwanted substances, such as water vapor, that are introduced to the IMS. In an aspect, the invention provides IMS systems and methods having increased sensitivity and reliability for analyte detection. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032702 | Method and Apparatus for Selectively Providing Electrons in an Ion Source - An electron source can selectively provide a first stream of electrons that travels in a direction along an imaginary line to a location remote from the electron source, or a second stream of electrons that travels in the direction along the line to the location. The electron source includes a first electron emitter for selectively emitting electrons for the first stream, and a second electron emitter for selectively emitting electrons for the second stream. A different aspect relates to a method for operating an apparatus having an electron source that includes first and second electron emitters. The method includes selectively producing a first stream of electrons that travels from the first electron emitter in a direction along an imaginary line to a location remote from the electron source, or a second stream of electrons that travels from the second electron emitter in the direction along the line to the location. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032703 | HIGH-BANDWIDTH ACTUATOR DRIVE FOR SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY - An actuator subsystem for use in a scanning probe microscope (SPM) system having a probe for measuring a sample comprises and actuator and an actuator driving circuit. The actuator operates in the SPM system to generate relative motion between the probe and the sample while the SPM system collects data indicative of a property of the sample. The relative motion includes a range of motion of at least 1 micron. The actuator driving circuit applies a drive signal to the actuator to cause the relative motion, and has a small signal bandwidth of at least 200 kHz with a phase lag of not more than 100 degrees within the small signal bandwidth. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032704 | Method of measuring thin layers using sims - A method for measuring the thickness of a layer is provided, comprising (a) providing a structure ( | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032705 | Fast Tip Scanning For Scanning Probe Microscope - An atomic force microscope apparatus scans a sample disposed in an X-Y plane, the sample having a surface, the surface having features in a Z direction perpendicular to the X-Y plane. The apparatus comprises an elongated arm having a pivot point and being rotatable about the pivot point in the X-Y plane; and a probe tip substructure that includes (i) a probe tip and (ii) a tip actuator. The probe tip substructure is disposed on the elongated arm a predetermined distance from the pivot point, wherein the arm disposes the probe tip at a location extended outward from the remainder of the AFM apparatus. The atomic force microscope apparatus moves the probe tip (i) by rotating the elongated arm about the pivot point, and (ii) by moving the tip actuator. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032706 | Fast-Scanning SPM and Method of Operating Same - A method and apparatus are provided that have the capability of rapidly scanning a large sample of arbitrary characteristics under force control feedback so has to obtain a high resolution image. The method includes generating relative scanning movement between a probe of the SPM and a sample to scan the probe through a scan range of at least 4 microns at a rate of at least 30 lines/sec and controlling probe-sample interaction with a force control slew rate of at least 1 mm/sec. A preferred SPM capable of achieving these results has a force controller having a force control bandwidth of at least closed loop bandwidth of at least 10 kHz. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032707 | PATTERN MEASUREMENT METHOD AND PATTERN MEASUREMENT SYSTEM - Easily and correctly measuring a dimension of a pattern of a photomask or of an OPC pattern of the photomask. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032708 | Inspection system by charged particle beam and method of manufacturing devices using the system - An inspection apparatus by an electron beam comprises: an electron-optical device | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032709 | Aberration Correction System - An aberration correction system for use in an electron microscope and which produces a negative spherical aberration and corrects a higher-order aberration. The aberration correction system has three stages of multipole elements which, respectively, produce fields of 3-fold symmetry with respect to the optical axis. Any two stages of multipole elements are disposed in directions not to cancel out the 3-fold fields. However, the three stages of multipole elements are so disposed as to cancel out 3-fold astigmatisms. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032710 | SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - Disclosed herein is a scanning electron microscope capable of determining quality of a semiconductor pattern, deformation of contact-holes, and inclination of the sidewall of the contact-holes, respectively. To that end, the scanning electron microscope includes image pickup means for picking up images of a circuit pattern formed on a semiconductor wafer on a preset condition, calculation means for comparing each of the images picked up by the image pickup means with a prestored reference image to thereby calculate a feature of the images picked up, and a computer for executing evaluation on quality of the circuit pattern on the basis of the feature calculated by the calculation means, and calculation of the feature is executed independently with reference to a secondary electron image, and each of back-scattering electron images. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032711 | Method Of Illumination For In-Flight Refueling - An illuminating system, device, and method are provided to illuminate an in-flight refueling operation involving a first aircraft, serving as a tanker aircraft and carrying the illuminating system of the present invention, and a second aircraft, entering an in-flight refueling position relative to the first aircraft. The system, device, and method of the present invention provide eye-safe, covert illumination suitable for illuminating the in-flight refueling position such that the second aircraft is illuminated upon entering the in-flight refueling position. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032712 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A SPRAY OF WATER AT THE REAR OF A VEHICLE - A method for detecting a phenomenon affecting visibility generated by an automotive vehicle, comprising the steps of emitting a first beam of light, which beam of light can be reflected by an obstacle; emitting a second reference beam of light using a second emitting source; receiving on a receiver the reflected beam of light resulting from the first beam of light being reflected by an obstacle, and the second beam of light sent directly to the input of the receiver; generating one or more detection signals as a function of a combination of the reflected beam of light in the event of an obstacle and a reference beam; and comparing the modulation of one or more detection signals generated using reference data. According to the invention, the first and second beams of light are infra-red beams, and they are directed towards the rear of the vehicle. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032713 | Controlled misalignment in wavelength-converted laser sources - Methods of controlling semiconductor lasers are provided where the semiconductor laser generates an output beam that is directed towards the input face of a wavelength conversion device. Particular aspects of the present invention relate to alignment and/or intentional misalignment of a beam spot of an output beam on an input face of a wavelength conversion device. Additional embodiments are disclosed and claimed. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032714 | Optical imaging detector - The invention relates to an optical imaging detector for fluorescence and bioluminescence imaging of an imaged object that can be used for tomographic imaging. The optical imaging detector comprises at least one micro-lens array with a plurality of micro-lenses. A photo detector can be located either in the focal plane of the micro-lens array or can be connected to the micro-lens array by a network of optical fibres and be located externally. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032715 | PILEUP REJECTION IN AN ENERGY-DISPERSIVE RADIATION SPECTROMETRY SYSTEM - A method of detecting edges of a preamplifier signal including identifying a first portion of the signal wherein each part thereof has an instantaneous slope having a first polarity, identifying a second portion immediately following the first portion wherein each part thereof has an instantaneous slope having a second opposite polarity, and identifying a third portion immediately following the second portion wherein each part thereof has an instantaneous slope having the first polarity. The method further includes determining a first difference between the magnitudes associated with an end point and a beginning point of the second segment, determining a second difference between the magnitude associated with an end point of the third segment and the magnitude associated with a beginning point of the first segment, and detecting an edge if. (i) the first difference exceeds a threshold, and (ii) the second difference exceeds a fraction of the threshold. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032716 | NUCLEAR MEDICINE IMAGING SYSTEM WITH HIGH EFFICIENCY TRANSMISSION MEASUREMENT - A nuclear medicine imaging system that includes a plurality of detectors arranged about an imaging region. A transmission source can be provided opposite the detectors and rotating about the imaging region to obtain different imaging angles. The nuclear imaging system provides for the ability to acquire high sensitivity transmission data with high emission data spatial resolution. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032717 | High-Resolution Depth-of-Interaction PET Detector - A depth of interaction-sensitive crystal scintillation detector features crystal types that alternate in three-dimensional checkerboard fashion, each type having a different crystal decay time. One or more photosensors are disposed on each of at least two orthogonal surfaces. The scintillation detector provides improved depth of interaction resolution. The different crystal types are identified by pulse shape discrimination processing. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032718 | COLOR SCINTILLATOR AND IMAGE SENSOR - A color scintillator | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032719 | Image detection device - An image detection device includes a sensor panel and a light. The sensor panel includes a semiconductor layer, which is formed on a substrate formed of a member having a light transmitting property and generates charges in response to X-rays radiated thereto, two pairs of electrodes each pair disposed in confrontation with each other, and a plurality of accumulating portions formed between the semiconductor layer and the substrate to accumulate the charges generated to the semiconductor layer as the information of the pixels constituting an image. The light radiates light to the surface of the sensor panel on the substrate side thereof. The respective electrodes of the accumulating portions are formed so that light having at least a predetermined intensity is radiated from the light to the regions of the semiconductor layer where the accumulating portions are formed. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032720 | SYSTEM WITH OPTICAL ENERGY PRODUCING STRUCTURE AND ELECTRICAL DEVICE COMPRISING SOLAR CELL - A system comprises an optical energy producing structure that produces non-visible light and an electrical device comprising a solar cell that faces the structure when the electrical device rests on the structure. The solar cell converts non-visible light from the structure to electrical energy for use by the electrical device. The structure comprises a cover that is substantially transparent to the non-visible light, but is substantially opaque to visible light. The electrical device receives the non-visible light through the cover. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032721 | PARTICLE-BEAM EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND PARTICLE-BEAM THERAPEUTIC APPARATUS - A particle-beam exposure apparatus and a particle-beam therapeutic apparatus are obtained, in which, by reducing diameter increase, due to scattering in a range shifter, of a charged particle beam, the charged particle beam whose diameter is so narrow that spatially accurate exposure into the target is possible can be supplied, as well as, by placing the range shifter at a position apart from a patient, intimidation caused by a movement noise, etc. can be prevented. A particle-beam exposure apparatus and a particle-beam therapeutic apparatus include a range shifter | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032722 | CORRECTOR FOR CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM ABERRATION AND CHARGED-PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS - In a charged-particle beam apparatus having a high-accuracy and high-resolution focusing optical system for charged-particle beam, a group of coils are arranged along a beam emission axis to extend through the contour of radial planes each radiating from the beam emission axis representing a rotary axis and each having a circular arc which subtends a divisional angle resulting from division of a circumferential plane by a natural number larger than 2 so that a superposed magnetic field may be generated on the incident axis of the charged-particle beam and the trajectory of the charged-particle beam may be controlled by the superposed magnetic field. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032723 | Charged Particle Beam Irradiation System - It is to prevent an image drift from occurring caused by a specimen being charged when observing the specimen including an insulating material. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032724 | FOCUSED NEGATIVE ION BEAM FIELD SOURCE - An apparatus for producing negative ions including an emitter coated with an ionic liquid room-temperature molten salt, an electrode positioned downstream relative to the emitter, a power supply that applies a voltage to the emitter with respect to the electrode. The power supply is sufficient to generate a stable high brightness beam of negative ions having minimal chromatic and spherical aberrations in the beam. An electrostatic lens and deflector is used to focus and direct the beam to a target. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032725 | APPARATUS AND METHODS FOR TREATING A WORKPIECE USING A GAS CLUSTER ION BEAM - Embodiments of an apparatus and methods of forming isolated islands of modified material with a gas cluster ion beam are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032726 | ION IMPLANTER HAVING COMBINED HYBRID AND DOUBLE MECHANICAL SCAN ARCHITECTURE - A system and method are provided for implanting ions into a workpiece in a plurality of operating ranges. A desired dosage of ions is provided, and a spot ion beam is formed from an ion source and mass analyzed by a mass analyzer. Ions are implanted into the workpiece in one of a first mode and a second mode based on the desired dosage of ions, where in the first mode, the ion beam is scanned by a beam scanning system positioned downstream of the mass analyzer and parallelized by a parallelizer positioned downstream of the beam scanning system. In the first mode, the workpiece is scanned through the scanned ion beam in at least one dimension by a workpiece scanning system. In the second mode, the ion beam is passed through the beam scanning system and parallelizer un-scanned, and the workpiece is two-dimensionally scanned through the spot ion beam. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032727 | ELEVATED TEMPERATURE RF ION SOURCE - An elevated temperature RF ion source system, comprising an ion source body, an RF antenna coil external to the ion source body, a vacuum enclosure surrounding both the outside surface of the ion source body and the RF antenna coil, at least one power supply, a gas delivery system operatively coupled to the ion source body, a vacuum condition between the outside surface of the ion source body and the RF antenna coil, the RF antenna coil operatively coupled to the at least one power supply, and a water cooling system operatively coupled to the RF antenna coil and the vacuum enclosure. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032728 | HYBRID ION SOURCE/MULTIMODE ION SOURCE - A hybrid ion source, comprising a source body configured to create plasma therein, from a first material, wherein the first material comprises one of monatomic gases, small molecule gases, large molecule gases, reactive gases, and solids, a low power plasma generation component operably associated with the source body, a high power plasma generation component operably associated with the source body and an extraction aperture configured to extract ions of the ion plasma from the source body. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032729 | DOSING MACHINE FOR RADIOACTIVE LIQUID - A dosing machine ( | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032730 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY DRIVEN SEPARATIONS USING FLUID FILLED CORE OPTICAL FIBERS - An optical chromatography system employs fluid filled hollow core fibers, such as photonic crystal fibers (PCFs), which confine an incident optical beam from a laser, for example, in the core and cause separation of particles in the fluid along the length of the PCF. The incident optical beam is confined in the fluid filled core of the PCF by a periodic lattice of air capillaries surrounding the core. The lattice either creates a lower refractive index in the cladding than in the fluid filled core or creates a ID photonic bandgap structure where the guiding is accomplished by surrounding the fluid filled core with a periodically changing array of dielectric constant which prohibits radial dilution of the optical energy over a range of wavelengths through photonic bandgap effects. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032731 | PHOTODETECTOR AND MEASUREMENT OBJECT READER - Provided is a photodetector | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032732 | MICROSCOPE OBJECTIVE AND FLUORESCENT OBSERVATION APPARATUS THEREWITH - An immersion type microscope objective is configured by, in order from the object side to an image side, a positive lens group Ga including a cemented lens obtained by cementing a plano-convex lens whose plane surface faces the object side to a meniscus lens whose concave surface faces the object side, and a positive single lens, a positive lens group Gb including a cemented lens, a lens group Gc including at least one cemented lens, a lens group Gd having a meniscus lens having a strongly concave surface that faces the image side, and a lens group Ge having a negative lens having a strongly concave surface that faces the object side. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032733 | Apparatus for Measuring Fluorescent Material In A Liquid - An apparatus ( | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032734 | Detection of microorganisms with a fluorescence-based device - A device and method for detecting by fluorescence microbial growth from sample substances are disclosed. For example, a method for the detection of visible-band fluorescence signals generated by at least one fluorescing compound excited by ultraviolet energy, comprising exciting said at least one fluorescing compound with ultraviolet energy emitted from a light-emitting diode comprising wavelengths below 400 nanometers, and detecting a visible-band fluorescence signal generated by said at least one excited fluorescing compound with at least one light detector sensitive to electromagnetic energy comprising wavelengths greater than or equal to 400 nanometers wavelength. For example, a device for detecting visible-band fluorescence signals generated by at least one fluorescing compound excited by ultraviolet energy, comprising at least one ultraviolet light-emitting diode generating electromagnetic radiation comprising wavelengths below 400 nanometers and capable of exciting the at least one fluorescing compound, at least one light detector sensitive to electromagnetic energy comprising wavelengths greater than or equal to 400 nanometers wavelength for the detection of visible-band fluorescence signals generated by the at least one fluorescing compound. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032735 | Sensing Device, Sensing Apparatus, and Sensing Method - There are provided a sensing device, a sensing apparatus, and a sensing method capable of realizing effective multi-photon absorption and local plasmon enhancement function. The sensing device can realize a high multi-photon excitation efficiency and selectivity by accurately controlling the material, shape, size, interval, and direction of metal particles arranged on a substrate. By employing the sensing device in various sensing apparatuses such as a fluorescent sensing apparatus, it is possible to realize sensing of detection object material with a high sensibility. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032736 | Biochip reader and fluorometric imaging apparatus - The present invention provides a biochip reader for reading the image information of samples using a photodetector device, by irradiating a corresponding beam of excitation light at each site of a biochip on which a plurality of the samples are arranged at equal pitches, the biochip reader comprising: a microlens substrate provided with a plurality of microlenses to transform excitation light to be irradiated at the biochip into a multibeam; and a zoom lens located between the microlens substrate and the biochip and capable of projecting the multibeam while adjusting the pitch between sites of the biochip to the pitch of the multibeam. The present invention further provides a fluorometric imaging apparatus for detecting the image of a specimen by irradiating excitation light at samples on the specimen arranged in a two-dimensional manner and measuring fluorescent light produced from a fluorescent substance attached to the specimen, the fluorometric imaging apparatus comprising: a two-dimensional photodetector device for detecting excitation light passing through the specimen or reflecting off the surface thereof; and movement means for repositioning the specimen according to images observed on the photoreceptor device. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032737 | Radiation detecting cassette and medical system - An image capturing system includes a cassette having a radiation detector, an image memory, and a cassette controller, an image capturing apparatus, a display device, and a host computer. The cassette controller comprises a capacity value transmitter for transmitting a capacity value of the radiation image information to the host computer before transmission process, and an image transmitter for transmitting the radiation image information. The host computer comprises an indicator controller for controlling the display device to display an indicator representing the capacity value received from the cassette as the upper limit, and a bar controller for controlling the display device to display a bar moving toward the indicator and having a length corresponding to the received capacity value of the radiation image information while the radiation image information is being received. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032738 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a dividing unit configured to virtually divide a writing region of a target workpiece into a plurality of small regions along a writing direction, a calculating unit configured to calculate a writing speed of each of the plurality of small regions by using a linear programming and a writing unit configured to write a desired pattern in each of the plurality of small regions at the writing speed calculated for each of the plurality of small regions by using a charged particle beam. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032739 | Method and System for Charged-Particle Beam Lithography - Charged-particle beam lithography method and system. The lithography system has a map creation unit and a lithographic data creation unit. The map creation unit creates a proximity effect correction amount map from pattern data supplied from a pattern data file, pattern layout information, a foggy error correction amount map, loading effect correction amount maps, a process error correction amount map, a transfer error correction amount map, proximity effect correction parameters, and a proximity effect correction map. The lithographic data creation unit creates lithographic data based on the pattern data from the pattern data file, creates shot time data based on the proximity effect correction amount map from the map creation unit, and attaches the created shot time data to the lithographic data. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032740 | LASER-DRIVEN LIGHT SOURCE - An apparatus for producing light includes a chamber and an ignition source that ionizes a gas within the chamber. The apparatus also includes at least one laser that provides energy to the ionized gas within the chamber to produce a high brightness light. The laser can provide a substantially continuous amount of energy to the ionized gas to generate a substantially continuous high brightness light. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032741 | Systems and Methods for Controlling Chirality of Nanotubes - A system is provided that can be utilized to generate nanotubes with substantially similar chirality. The system provides a resonant frequency, keyed to a desired radial breathing mode linked to the desired chirality, that causes a template of catalysts particles or nanotubes to oscillate at the provided resonant frequency, so as to stimulate growing nanotubes to oscillate at a corresponding resonant frequency. This resonant frequency can be a result of a high frequency field or the natural heat radiation generated by the system. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032742 | CONTROL DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING AN IRRADIATION PROCEDURE, PARTICLE THERAPY UNIT, AND METHOD FOR IRRADIATING A TARGET VOLUME - The present embodiments relate to a control device for controlling an irradiation procedure, which is designed in such a way that a target volume is irradiated by at least two irradiation procedures. In each irradiation procedure, an energy of a particle beam is varied in such a way that the target volume is irradiated layer-wise in layers that are spatially arranged one behind another. A sequence in which the layers of the target volume are irradiated in one of the irradiation procedures is varied from irradiation procedure to irradiation procedure, in terms of a direction of incidence of the particle beam. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032743 | LABORATORY APPARATUS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY CARRYING OUT REACTIONS IN A PLURALITY OF SAMPLES - The invention relates to a laboratory apparatus for simultaneously carrying out reactions in a plurality of samples which are arranged in an array. The apparatus includes an illumination device, which emits illumination light onto the samples, a detection device, which generates a signal dependent on the light intensity of the light coming from the samples and which forwards the signal to an evaluation device, and a monitoring device for checking the functioning of the illumination device. The illumination device has a plurality of light-emitting diodes assigned in each case to one of the samples, and the monitoring device has electrical devices which can be used to perform an electrical functional check of the light-emitting diodes. The monitoring device is adapted to generate a signal when a functional disturbance of a light-emitting diode is ascertained. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032744 | Radiation image capturing system - A signal detector detects signals transmitted from signal generators disposed in a radiation detecting cassette, and a distance calculator calculates the distance between a radiation source and a radiation detector based on the signals detected by the signal detector. A determining unit determines whether the detected distance matches a predetermined distance from the radiation source to the radiation detector when a radiation image is captured. If the detected distance does not match the predetermined distance, the determining unit outputs, to a warning unit, a warning signal indicating that the detected distance does not match the predetermined distance, and also outputs a control signal for equalizing the detected distance with the predetermined distance, to a radiation source movement controller. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032745 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM - A transceiver of a radiation detecting cassette sends cassette ID information stored in a cassette ID memory to a transceiver of a console via a transceiver of an image capturing apparatus by way of wireless communications. An ID determining unit determines whether cassette ID information which matches the cassette ID information received by the transceiver is stored in a cassette ID memory or not. If the ID determining unit judges that both cassette ID information match each other, the transceiver sends the cassette ID information and an activation instruction signal to the transceiver by way of wireless communications. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032746 | Piezo-electric actuated valve - A piezo-electric actuated valve having an inlet chamber, an outlet chamber, and an end chamber is disclosed. The valve also includes a main poppet disposed within the valve body. The main poppet is configured to be selectively movable between a flow blocking position substantially blocking a flow of pressurized fluid and a plurality of flow passing positions allowing fluid communication between the inlet and the outlet chambers. The valve also includes a pilot valve configured to be selectively movable between a first position substantially blocking a flow of pressurized fluid and a plurality of second positions allowing fluid communication between the end chamber and the one of the inlet and outlet chamber exposed to a pressurized fluid having a lower pressure. The valve further includes a piezo-electric actuator configured to be selectively movable between a de-energized position and an energized position to affect the pilot valve to selectively move to at least one the plurality of second positions. Movement of the pilot valve to one of the plurality of second positions affects the main poppet to selectively move to at least one of the plurality of flow passing positions. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032747 | VALVE FOR FLUIDS | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032748 | Overfill protection device (OPD) - An overfill protection device includes a piston ( | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032749 | Regulating Valve and Fuel Cell System - A regulating valve includes a cylinder, a piston provided inside the cylinder and displaced in a predetermined direction when a pressure of a hydrogen gas existing on a downstream side of a fuel supply path is smaller than a predetermined pressure, and a valve body which is provided inside the cylinder and which abuts on the piston and is pushed and displaced by the piston to open the fuel supply path at a time when the piston is displaced in the predetermined direction, wherein an abutment portion between the piston and the valve body is provided with a rubber member as an impact absorbing member. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032750 | Control valve for variable capacity compressors - A control valve for a variable capacity compressor, which makes it possible to increase the full open flow rate so as to make it applicable to even a compressor of large capacity without inviting any substantial increase in size and weight, and to minimize the quantity of leakage of cooling medium from the valve chamber into the suction pressure cooling medium-introducing chamber to thereby make it possible to enhance the accuracy of control and to suppress the occurrence of operational failure including the clogging due to foreign substances, the locking of valve rod, etc. The valve rod is provided, at a lower portion thereof, with a lower valve body portion ( | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032751 | FLUID CONTROL VALVE - An object of the present invention is to obtain a quick-response fluid control valve. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032752 | Linear solenoid - In a linear solenoid, a plunger and a shaft axially contact with each other to transmit a drive force of the plunger to the shaft through a contact portion between the plunger and the shaft. The contact portion between the plunger and the shaft is placed between a magnetically attracting side end of the plunger and the other end of the plunger along a center axis of the plunger. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032753 | LINEAR SOLENOID - A plunger is axially intersectable with a tubular recessed portion formed in a magnetically attracting core of a stator core upon slide movement of the plunger, which places a predetermined portion of the plunger into the tubular recessed portion. A magnetic material in the predetermined portion of the plunger may have a predetermined outer diameter that is smaller than an outer diameter of the magnetic material in a slidably contacting portion of the plunger, which slidably contacts a slidable core of the stator core. Alternatively, a magnetic material in the tubular recessed portion may have a predetermined inner diameter that is larger than an inner diameter of the magnetic material in a slidably contacting portion of the slidable core, which slidably contacts the plunger. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032754 | SHUT-OFF VALVE HAVING TWO VALVE SEATS PROVIDING PRESSURE EQUALIZATION - A shut-off valve that has particular application for opening and closing a compressed hydrogen storage tank. In one embodiment, the valve includes two valve sealing members where one side of one valve sealing member is on the high pressure side of the valve and an opposing side of the other valve sealing member is on the high pressure side of the valve. Therefore, the pressure applied to the two valve sealing members offset each other so that less force is required to open the valve against the high pressure. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032755 | PTM self-bleed/failsafe open system for FWD and RWD - A hydraulic system having a solenoid bleed valve for bleeding air out of the system is provided. The present invention is a hydraulic system having an actuator, a coupling operably associated with the actuator, and a first solenoid valve operably associated with the actuator and the coupling, where the first solenoid is operable to control pressure applied to the coupling. The present invention also includes a second solenoid valve operably associated with the actuator and the first solenoid, where the second solenoid is operable to relieve pressure. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032756 | Integrated pressure control actuator assembly of hydrogen sypply system - An integrated pressure control actuator assembly of a hydrogen supply system includes: a start/stop solenoid valve, a bypass valve, and a pressure control actuator, which are integrally formed in a single body; a normal flow path formed on the body, through which hydrogen gas is transferred from the start/stop solenoid valve to the pressure control actuator; an auxiliary flow path formed on the body, through which hydrogen gas is transferred according to opening and closing of the bypass valve connected to the normal flow path; and a control means for controlling the opening and closing of the bypass valve by detecting a failure of the pressure control actuator. The assembly enables the fuel cell vehicle to be driven in a limp home mode in the event of an emergency by adjustment of the pressure of hydrogen. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032757 | Valve Having Diameter-Reducible Joint Part, Joint for Diameter Reduction, and Plumbing System Using These - A valve is provided without processing junction sites thereof, in which pipes can infallibly be joined with ease only through the reduction in diameter of a housing to be fastened and, at the same time, the valve has appropriate flexibility relative to the joined pipes and is capable of absorb vibration etc., thereby exhibiting excellent durability. Furthermore, the valve has a diameter-reducible joint part, enables joining the pipes to the opposite sides thereof separately individually and can always maintain high sealability even when the pipes are joined thereto or detached therefrom, thus excelling in cost. The valve having a diameter-reducible joint | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032758 | VALVE DRIVING MECHANISM FOR AN HVAC SYSTEM - An air conditioning system of the present invention for an automotive vehicle includes a housing having at least two sections connected by two side by side air passage. A blower device of the air conditioning system discharges air into the housing. An evaporator is disposed in one of the sections for taking heat from the air discharged from the blower device to produce cool air. A heater is disposed in the other section positioned downstream of the evaporator for adding heat to the cool air to produce warm air. First and second sliding valve plates mechanically communicating with a driving mechanism of the present invention are supported by the housing for selectively closing the two side by side air passages thereby regulating air flow of cool and warm air. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032759 | Shut-off organ with anchored ceiling element - A shut-off organ for a fluid line, particularly for the turbine feed line of a hydroelectric power plant, has a housing and a clack valve in the housing that can be pivoted between an open position and a shut position. The clack valve has at least one swallowtail-shaped groove, into which an elastic sealing element having an essentially wedge-shaped cross-section that narrows towards the outside is laid. The sealing element rests against a conical sealing seat of the housing with its narrowed outer edge, forming a seal, in the shut position, thereby shutting off the shut-off organ. The possibility of the sealing element being sucked out is precluded even if the clack valve is opened while it stands under high hydraulic pressure, due to a rigid pin that extends through the sealing element essentially crosswise to the longitudinal expanse of the groove. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032760 | ROTATIONAL MULTI VANE POSITIVE DISPLACEMENT VALVE FOR USE WITH A SOLAR AIR CONDITIONING SYSTEM - Rotational multi-vane positive displacement valves, preferably for use with a solar air-conditioning system. Each valve has an outer cylindrical valve body housing having an inlet port and an outlet port and an inner rotational cylinder disposed within the outer cylindrical valve body housing. The inner rotational cylinder can be supported by a longitudinal shaft offset from a center position of the outer housing. The inner rotational cylinder has a plurality of spring loaded vanes along a substantial portion of its longitudinal axis equally spaced around a circumference of the inner rotational cylinder. The outlet port is preferably located at least 100 degrees in direction of rotation from the inlet port, when the inner cylinder has four vanes. The shaft can extend beyond the outer valve housing and is adapted for attachment to external appliances. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032761 | SPHERICAL VALVE - This invention has an objective of offering a spherical valve, which has a valve chamber with a space enough for receiving a valve therein, and letting the valve move smoothly therein. A connecting member respectively formed at two sides of the valve chamber is for connecting with exterior tubes, having an annular projecting portion with a comparatively large thickness so that shrinking occurring during inject-forming process of the body may be offset by the annular projecting portions so that the valve chamber may not be deformed so that the valve may move smoothly in the valve chamber. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032762 | Flow Control Ball Valve - A ball valve ( | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032763 | Fixed Cone Sleeve Valve Having Ribs Downstream of the Gate for Supporting the Cone and Other Components of the Valve - A valve comprises a housing, a conduit, and a shut-off member, and a plurality of ribs. The conduit is fixed in position relative to the housing. The ribs are spaced from the conduit. The shut-off member is fixed in position within a cavity of the housing via the ribs. The gate has a fluid passageway extending therethrough and is movable relative to the shut-off member between opened and closed positions. The gate is able to linearly reciprocate between opened and closed positions along the center axis of the conduit. The gate is engaged with the shut-off member when the gate is in the closed position in a manner preventing fluid from flowing through the fluid passageway of the gate. The opened position of the gate allows fluid to flow through the fluid passageway of the gate. | 2009-02-05 |
| 20090032764 | INTEGRATED PLUG/CHOKE VALVE - An adjustable valve is disclosed which includes a plug body having at least one flow path defined therein and a choke cage positioned proximate the plug body, the choke cage comprising a plurality of openings to permit a flow of a fluid therethrough, the choke cage adapted to be used to regulate the flow of fluid through the flow path in the plug body. | 2009-02-05 |
