34th week of 2009 patent applcation highlights part 12 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20090206197 | Actuator and flap arrangement with actuator interconnection - An actuator and flap arrangement includes a flap, movable relative to a support structure, and two actuators. Each actuator has a portion fixed relative to the support structure, a portion movable relative to the fixed portion and connected to the flap for transfer of motor force to flap upon movement of the movable portion, and a motor for moving the movable portion relative to the fixed portion. The arrangement also includes a device interconnecting the two actuators for transferring motive force between the two actuators. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206198 | AIRCRAFT ENGINE STRUCTURE-MOUNTED AIM-POINT BIASING INFRARED COUNTERMEASURE APPARATUS AND METHOD - A thermal radiation-generating decoy mounted adjacent an aircraft engine structure, such as an engine nacelle, includes a heat source inside of an aerodynamic enclosure with a mounting interface to attach the enclosure to the engine structure. The decoy can further be located at the lower extreme of and adjacent the forward-most portion of the engine nacelle in order to attract an infrared-seeking threat to the vicinity of the fan containment portion of the engine nacelle. The decoy can be designed to have a thermal signature that mimics a scaled overall aircraft thermal signature. In addition, the decoy can include a fuse shield adjacent the enclosure to detonate a threat in the case that the threat approach trajectory is imprecise and the threat bypasses the enclosure within an aspect of the fuse shield as viewed from the approach direction of the threat. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206199 | DEBRIS DEFLECTING DEVICE, SYSTEM, AND METHOD - A debris deflector includes a bracket and a horizontal blade assembly. The bracket is to secure the debris deflector to an aft side of a landing gear assembly. The horizontal blade assembly is secured to the bracket. The horizontal blade assembly includes a blade and flap. The blade has a forward blade edge, blade body, and trailing blade edge. The forward blade edge is configured for placement aft of a tire for the landing gear assembly. The blade body extends outward from the forward blade edge substantially parallel to a road surface. The flap is secured to the trailing blade edge and extends from the trailing blade edge generally rearward and downward from the trailing edge. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206200 | ASSEMBLY AND METHOD FOR STOWING AWAY AND REMOVING A SURVIVAL KIT IN A PASSENGER CABIN OF AN AIRCRAFT - An assembly and a method for stowing away and removing a survival kit in a passenger cabin of an aircraft, comprising a first stowage compartment that may be put in place in a floor of the passenger cabin, wherein the first stowage compartment is equipped for completely accommodating the survival kit and for leading out a hook that is connected to the survival kit by way of a strap, which hook is used for hooking the survival kit to an attachment means of a rescue device with the first stowage compartment remaining closed. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206201 | AIRPLANE WITH COLLAPSIBLE CREW REST COMPARTMENT MODULES - An improved crew rest area for a freighter airplane. The crew rest structure extends into the stay out zone between the crew or supernumerary accommodations and cargo areas and has one of more collapsible or crushable structures. The collapsible structures allow the areas in the stay out zones to collapse or be displaced when subjected to crash loads without impinging on the crew or supernumerary seating areas. The collapsible wall members or panels can be hinged, slidable, bendable in an accordion-type manner, or the like. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206202 | Energy absorbing structure for aircraft - Energy absorbing structure disposed beneath the cargo area of an aircraft provides maximum energy absorption and structural strength using carbon fiber reinforced epoxy composites. The energy absorbing structure uses laminated stanchions having ply drop-offs to produce stable, progressive crushing of the stanchions during a wheels-up crash landing. Integrally formed flanges on the stanchions allow direct mounting of the stanchions on the structural members of the aircraft, without the need for specialized fittings. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206203 | AIRCRAFT WING BOX AND MANUFACTURE THEREOF - An aircraft wing box comprises a pair of half ribs ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090206204 | SPIN-STABILIZED LANDER - The invention provides a novel, low-cost, spin-stabilized lander architecture capable (with appropriate system scaling tailored to the attributes of the target) of performing a soft-landing on a solar-system body such as Earth's Moon, Mars, Venus, the moons of Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune, selected near-Earth and main-belt asteroids, comets and Kuiper belt objects and even large human-made objects, and also moving about on the surface of the target solar-system body after the initial landing in movement akin to hopping. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206205 | AEROSPACE VEHICLE SYSTEM - In an aerospace vehicle in which a satellite is detachably adapted to the first step rocket and the second step rocket, an electronic device | 2009-08-20 |
20090206206 | Highly efficient supersonic laminar flow wing - Improved supersonic laminar flow wing structure, on a supersonic aircraft, having one or more of the following:
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20090206207 | Supersonic aircraft footprint spreading control system and method - A method and system to optimize the process a spreading the weight of supersonic aircraft downstream over a large area to reduce the pressure and intensity on the ground as function of air flow velocity, temperature, and/or pressure is provided. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206208 | Reaction drive rotor/wing variable area nozzle - In an exemplary variable area nozzle, a fixed duct section has an inlet and an outlet oriented approximately perpendicular to the inlet. A controllable nozzle member is disposed adjacent the outlet of the fixed duct section. The controllable nozzle member has an area that is adjustable to maintain a substantially constant nozzle pressure ratio. The controllable nozzle member may include first and second flap doors hinged and pivotable in opposite directions between an open position and a closed position and that also may be hinged and pivotable in a same direction so thrust from gas exiting the nozzle is vectorable. When disposed in rotor tips of an aircraft capable of rotary wing flight and fixed wing flight, the variable area nozzle may maintain a substantially constant nozzle pressure ratio near an optimized nozzle pressure ratio as the aircraft transitions from rotary wing flight to fixed wing flight. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206209 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROVIDING DIFFERENTIAL MOTION TO WING HIGH LIFT DEVICE - Systems and methods for providing differential motion to wing high lift devices are disclosed. A system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a wing having a leading edge, a trailing edge, a first deployable lift device with a first spanwise location, and a second deployable lift device with a second spanwise location different than the first. The wing system can further include a drive system having a drive link operatively coupleable to both the first and second deployable lift devices, and a control system operatively coupled to the drive system. The control system can have a first configuration for which the drive link is operatively coupled to the first and second deployable lift devices, and activation of at least a portion of the drive link moves the first and second deployable lift devices together. In a second configuration, the drive link is operatively coupled to at least the first deployable lift device and operatively decoupled from the second deployable lift device, so that actuation of at least a portion of the drive link moves the first deployable lift device relative to the second deployable lift device. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206210 | BALING BRACKET - The present utility model relates to the field of the baling equipment for tubular goods. Specifically it relates to a kind of baling bracket. The present utility model provides a baling bracket, including a keel, a stem with screw thread, a bracket, a washer, and skidproof veins. The bracket and washer are connected in series with the keel, whose two ends are nested on the stem with screw thread. One side of the bracket is wider and the other is narrower, and two narrower sides of the brackets are connected to form a groove, which has the skidproof veins. The present utility model is low-cost, convenient and will not part and disperse packages easily. It can be applied to tubular goods of various models. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206211 | COLLAPSIBLE STAND - A collapsible stand is disclosed. The stand includes a frame that moves between a closed state and an opened state. A jacket fits over at least a portion of the frame, and a plurality of receptacles are supported on the frame. Also disclosed is a method for using the frame by closing and opening the frame. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206212 | Supporting rack having compensating mechanism - A supporting rack having a compensating mechanism includes a rack body, an action force compensating assembly, a transmission element and a supporting plate. The rack body has a base and support arms. The action force compensating assembly is provided in the rack body. The elastic element is firmly connected to the base. One end of the dragging piece is connected to the hooking plate. The rotating piece is provided on a distal end of the support arm. The other end of the dragging piece is connected to the rotating piece. One end of the transmission element is firmly connected to the rotating piece and pivoted on the support arm. Via the above arrangement, an appropriate force can be applied to the supporting plate. When the user intends to adjust the supporting plate, the elastic element can generate an effect for compensating the action force, thereby providing a better operation feeling. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206213 | ADJUSTABLE HANGING DEVICE - The present invention provides, among other things, an adjustable hanging device for securing an object to a wall including a frame defining a number of substantially parallel slots and being securable to a wall, and a hook for supporting an object and being selectively moveable along each of the plurality of slots in a sliding direction to adjust an orientation of the object relative to the wall. Each of the slots can have a closed end to prevent the hook from disengaging the frame while moving in the sliding direction. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206214 | Wall bracket with integrated vertical lock - Improvements in a wall mount bracket are disclosed. The bracket works with flat panel televisions, monitors, signs and boards. An elongated back member is secured to a wall. The back member has a single vertical tang. One or more brackets have an angled slot that engages onto the tang. Once engaged the bracket is rotated to a vertical orientation. In the vertical orientation a ledge on the angled slot prevents the bracket from being lifted off the back member unless the bracket is rotated to align the angled slot with the tang. The back member further has bent tabs to prevent the bracket from being slid horizontally off the back member. The entire placement and locking of the bracket and the back member is performed from a top to bottom motion. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206215 | Structrure having a mounting means - In order to provide a structure for removable attachment to a substantially vertical surface for example of glass, glazed tiles or metal, the structure has a mounting means comprising: suction means ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090206216 | Suction Device and Suction Method Using Suction Device - To prevent a surface of a workpiece from being scratched and allow the workpiece to be reliably held even in sucking and holding a workpiece having a curved portion or an inclined portion. A support member | 2009-08-20 |
20090206217 | CABLE MANAGEMENT ASSEMBLY WITH VARIABLY SPACED PROJECTIONS - A variably spaced cable management assembly according to the present invention is used in conjunction with a conventional equipment rack to route cables between and otherwise to or from equipment stored in the conventional rack. Implementations of the variably spaced assembly include various elongated guide members projecting from a rear wall of the variably spaced assembly interspaced in juxtaposition with one another by a variable amount. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206218 | Apparatus for Isolating a Sensor from Vibration - A sensor bracket that isolates a sensor from mechanical vibrations of an associated component extends the operational lifetime, for example, of a wheel-mounted sensor on a vehicle. The bracket includes a multi-legged bracket to decrease the dynamic instability induced by using highly compliant isolating elements on a rotating wheel. Multiple isolating elements provide a reduction in the vibration impinging on a sensor while still maintaining rotational stability of the assembly on the wheel. In some aspects, an intrinsic, fail-safe feature is included in the sensor mounting bracket and isolating element design. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206219 | Carrier for Holding an Antenna Amplifier of a Vehicle - The invention relates to a carrier ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090206220 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ATTACHING GRAB BAR TO WALL FLANGE - A grab bar for attachment to a wall mount surface includes a mount assembly having a sleeve, a base flange, and a set screw. The sleeve is attached to a wall facing side of the grab bar. The base flange has a base portion to be associated with the wall mount surface and a wall portion extending outwardly from the base portion. Once the sleeve is attached to the grab bar and the base flange is attached to the wall mount surface, the sleeve is received over the wall portion in an overlapping relationship. The set screw is then used to secure the sleeve to the base flange. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206221 | HEIGHT AND TILT ADJUSTABLE KEYBOARD SUPPORT - The present invention concerns a keyboard support for movably supporting a keyboard with respect to a work surface of a workstation. The keyboard support includes a workstation engaging member adapted to be attached to an underside of the work surface, a keyboard engaging member for supporting a keyboard, and a linkage assembly mechanically coupling and providing relative movement between the workstation engaging member and the keyboard engaging member and thereby between the keyboard and the work surface. The keyboard support also includes a braking assembly adapted to allow relative movement of the keyboard engaging member with respect to the workstation engaging member in an unlocked position and to prevent relative movement of the keyboard engaging member with respect to the workstation engaging member in a locked position. The braking assembly comprises a roller assembly carried on a connector of the linkage assembly. The roller assembly is biased against a wedge affixed to a vertical side of the keyboard engaging member. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206222 | DISPLAY AND DETACHABLE BASE ASSEMBLY THEREOF - A display has a base, a pivot unit and a screen. The base has a hollow hole. The hollow hole is formed downwardly on the top of the base and has a top opening and at least one wedge hole. Each wedge hole is formed through and at the bottom edge of the bottom of the hollow hole. The pivot unit is mounted detachably in the hollow hole of the base and has at least one engaging element. Each engaging element is formed on the outer surface of the pivot unit and is mounted detachably through the wedge hole on the base. The screen has an indentation formed on the bottom of the screen for connecting the screen to the pivot unit. Therefore, the pivot unit can be detached conveniently from the base. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206223 | Building material separator with improved dynamic air flow - A separator for separating stacked sheets of lumber or other building materials. The separator comprises a substantially planar top and bottom surface; the top and bottom surfaces extending substantially parallel to one another. The separator further comprises two side surfaces, each with outwardly protruding side edges for preventing the separator from resting on either side surface; and a front side and a back side substantially parallel to the front surface. A plurality of channels extend into the top and bottom surfaces with the channels defining a plateau, coexistent with the top and bottom surfaces, between adjacent channels. Each channel has one or more apertures for creating a substantially vertical airflow passage between top and bottom surfaces of the separator. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206224 | Device-Positioning Pedestal and Handler Having the Device-Positioning Pedestal - A device-positioning pedestal capable of positioning devices of different sizes. The device-positioning pedestal comprises a plurality of guide members corresponding to the sides of the device and coming in contact with the sides of the device to position the device, at least one guide member includes a slide mechanism that supports the guide member so as to slide relative to the device-positioning pedestal member and a fixing mechanism that fixes the guide members at desired positions. The guide members are set to be adapted to the size of the device by the guide member-adjusting means separate from the device-positioning pedestal. The guide member-adjusting means adjust the position of the guide members based on the size of the device measured by device size-measuring means separate from the guide member-adjusting means or based on the data of data-recording means attached to the device-positioning pedestal. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206225 | MACHINE TOOL AND PALLET STANDBY STATION - A machine tool and pallet standby station using a crane for changing a pallet between a table or pallet mounting table ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090206226 | LATCH ASSEMBLY FOR ADJUSTABLE LEGS - An adjustable leg for a device includes first and second legs telescopically received relative to one another. The second leg has multiple adjustment holes. An externally located lever is supported relative to the first leg. The lever cooperates with a detent received in one of the adjustment holes in a latched position in which the first and second legs are fixed relative to one another. The lever includes an area spaced from the detent that is rotatable about a pivot from the latch position to an unlatched position in which the detent is disposed outside one of the adjustment holes. In the unlatched position, movement of the first and second legs in an axial direction relative to one another is permitted. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206227 | DELINEATOR EXTRACTION SYSTEM - A system and method for extracting broken delineators severed adjacent to a ground surface where the delineator was installed. A distal end of a delineator extractor may be positionable in a delineator conduit. At least a portion of the distal end of the delineator extractor may be configured to engage an interior surface of the delineator conduit when the delineator extractor is activated. Upon the delineator extractor engaging the delineator conduit, a user may activate a slide hammer of the delineator extractor to amplify a force applied by the user to assist in extracting the delineator conduit. A delineator extraction system may include an installer couplable to a distal end of an outer conduit of a delineator extractor. The installer may function to install or extract a delineator system. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206228 | Method and apparatus for installing an advertising sign - An apparatus for installing an advertising sign is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a support structure; a lifting system fixed to the support structure; a top rail supported on the lifting system such that the top rail can be raised and lowered between a lowered mounting position and a raised display position; and a bottom rail fixed to the support structure. The lifting system comprises a cord operable to raise the top rail to the upper display position. The top rail comprises a longitudinally extending channel adapted to engage a top periphery of an advertising sign, and the bottom rail comprises a longitudinally extending channel adapted to engage a bottom periphery of an advertising sign. A method for installing an advertising sign is also disclosed. A system and a method of retaining a flexible sheet are also disclosed. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206229 | DUAL VIBRATION ISOLATION APPARATUS - An apparatus and method for vibrationally isolating two or more interconnected or mechanically cooperating imaging subsystems. A first of the subsystems can be an optics subsystem that includes optical components and other structural or mounting hardware for the optical components. A second of the subsystems can include, for example, an x-ray source, the object to be studied, and/or a detector. The apparatus includes at least two interconnected or mechanically coupled vibration isolation platforms. A component of the first of the subsystems is placed or mounted on one of the vibration isolation platforms and a component of the second of the subsystems is placed or mounted on the other of the vibration isolation platforms. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206230 | Method and System for Repositioning a Pump Jack - A method and system for repositioning a pump jack installed atop a generally planar supporting surface to pump fluid from a wellbore uses at least three lift jacks arranged for movement along the supporting surface and for lifting upward relative thereto. The lift jacks are used to lift the pump jack upward from the supporting surface to be carried on the lift jacks and a force is applied to the pump jack in a predetermined direction along the supporting surface to move the lift jacks and the pump jack carried thereon along the supporting surface to a new position. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206231 | Adjustable equipment assembly and base therefor - An equipment assembly includes an equipment base, a equipment top adapted for use as equipment by a user, and a retaining means for retaining the equipment top and the equipment base connected to one another. Legs mounted in a support base of the equipment base provide for easy leveling of the equipment top and the position of the equipment top relative the equipment base. The assembly may be deployed in a variety of environments, including a liquid environment. Weighting elements disposed in the equipment base serve to anchor the equipment assembly. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206232 | MULTI-FUNCTIONAL BASE FOR MOUNTING A FLAT PANEL DISPLAY PRODUCT - A multi-functional base for mounting a flat panel display product, comprising: a bottom plate suitable for being placed on a work table, a mounting plate for holding the flat panel display product, and an upright post between the bottom plate and the mounting plate, wherein the upright post comprises a lower upright post connected to the bottom plate and an upper upright post connected to the mounting plate, and a slide lifting device is mounted between the lower upright post and the upper upright post. The base according to the present invention is ergonomic and convenient for use. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206233 | SOLIDIFICATION OF CRYSTALLINE SILICON FROM REUSABLE CRUCIBLE MOLDS - A process for making silicon ingots using a multi-part, reusable, graphite crucible of at least two mold pieces configured for assembly into an open top mold having an interior surface functional as a mold cavity for receiving molten silicon; removing or reducing a prior applied release coating from the interior surface until a uniformly smooth finish is achieved; coating the interior surface with a first layer of release coating comprising silicon nitride; coating the interior surface with a second layer of release coat comprising silica suspended in water; coating the interior surface with a third layer of release coat comprising silicon nitride; curing the release coat on said crucible; casting a silicon ingot in the crucible; and then repeating the prior steps multiple times. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206234 | ANALYZER AND USE THEREOF - This invention provides an analyzer for judging whether or not a tangible component is present in a sample in a preparation, and analyzing, if a tangible component is present, the tangible component with efficiency and high accuracy. For this purpose, an analyzer ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090206235 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR ADJUSTING FLASH INTENSITY - A flash intensity adjusting device includes an image capturing module, an image-displaying module, a main-image selecting module, an image partition module, a pre-flash brightness-value acquiring module, a flash-intensity calculating module, and a flash derive device. The main-image selecting module is configured for selecting a main image area from the image-displaying area. The image partition module is configured for partitioning the main image area into at least two regions. The pre-flash brightness-value acquiring module is configured for acquiring a brightness value of each region of the main image area when the flash pre-flashing. The flash-intensity calculating module is configured for calculation a mean value according to the brightness value of each region to obtain a flash intensity value of the flash. The flash drive device is configured for driving the flash unit to flash according to the flash intensity value. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206236 | Illumination device and display device - An illumination device includes: a light emitting element to be a light source; a light amount detecting means for detecting the amount of light emitted by the light emitting element; a light emitting element drive means for controlling drive current supplied to the light emitting element so that the difference between the light mount detected by the light amount detecting means and a light amount target value becomes small; a junction temperature detecting means for calculating junction temperature of the light emitting element; and a setting means for setting the light amount target value in accordance with the junction temperature detected by the junction temperature detecting means. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206237 | Phototransistor - A photo transistor has an active region ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090206238 | OPTICAL SUBSTRATE FOR REDUCED BACKGROUND FLUORESCENCE - A new optical substrate design allows a target to be illuminated with minimal illumination of undesired surfaces within the image collection ray path. The non rectangular substrate provide different surfaces through which a target is illuminated and imaged and thereby prevents illumination rays from crossing the substrate surface through which the target is imaged | 2009-08-20 |
20090206239 | INSPECTING METHOD FOR OBJECTIVE LENS DRIVING DEVICE AND INSPECTING APPARATUS FOR THE SAME - An inspecting method for an object lens driving device including a base, an objective lens, a holder for holding the objective lens on the base, and a drive mechanism for driving the holder so as to move the objective lens in the focus direction, the method comprising the steps of: emitting a laser beam through the objective lens; allowing the laser beam emitted through the objective lens to pass through an aperture having a predetermined diameter; applying to the drive mechanism a drive voltage for moving the holder between a first position closest to a surface of the base and a second position farther than the first position from the surface of the base; performing photoelectric conversion of the laser beam having passed through the aperture; and inspecting the objective lens driving device based on a signal obtained by the photoelectric conversion. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206240 | OPTICAL DEVICE AND OPTICAL SYSTEM - Provided is an optical device, comprising a plurality of polarizers that are arranged along a propagation direction of incident light; a first phase element that is disposed between the plurality of polarizers and that has a phase lag axis forming a prescribed angle relative to transmission axes of the polarizers arranged along the propagation direction; and a second phase element that is disposed between the first phase element and one of the polarizers arranged along the propagation direction, and that provides the incident light with a prescribed phase difference. An angle of the phase lag axis of the second phase element is adjusted such that the optical device transmits light in a prescribed wavelength region in the incident light. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206241 | IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor that includes a plurality of light detection units and a filter array including a plurality of filters, wherein each filter is disposed on a corresponding one of the light detection units. The filter array includes a first white filter that transmits light incident light on the filter array, a yellow filter that transmits a yellow component of the incident light, and a cyan filter that transmits a cyan component of the incident light. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206242 | Film Thin Waveguides, Methods of Fabrication Thereof, and Detection Systems - Briefly described, embodiments of this disclosure, among others, include solid state, thin film waveguides, detection systems including waveguides, and methods of detecting target compounds. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206243 | Image Capturing System and Method for the Analysis of Image Data - This application relates to image capturing systems and methods for the analysis of image data. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206244 | Single Track Optical Encoder - Disclosed are various embodiments of a reflective optical encoder having at least three channels—two data channels and one index channel—disposed along a common axis or single track. The single track configuration disclosed herein permits very high resolution reflective optical encoders in small packages to be provided. In addition, the single track configuration reduces problems with misalignment between code scales and light detectors, permits relatively simple electronic circuitry to be used to process outputs, and reduces manufacturing, assembly, integrated circuit and encoder costs. Methods of making and using such optical encoders are also disclosed. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206245 | Mass analysis method using fine metal particles - It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel mass spectrometry method which overcomes the conventional problems mentioned above, which can analyze at a high sensitivity and high accuracy a chemical reaction on a surface of a self-organized membrane bound to a metal, and which can be applied to analysis of structures of a sugar chain in future. According to the present invention, a method for performing mass spectrometry of sulfur atom-containing derivatives of an organic residue, characterized in that the method includes ionizing a metal-organic residue complex into the derivatives, wherein the complex has the organic residue bound through a sulfur atom to the metal is provided, thereby solving the above problems. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206246 | Detection Apparatus and Methods - Detection apparatus including an IMS detector ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090206247 | ADJUSTING THE DETECTOR AMPLIFICATION IN MASS SPECTROMETERS - The amplification of secondary-electron multipliers in mass spectrometers is automatically adjusted by generating mass spectra with single ion signals, determining the average value of the peak heights of these single ion signals, and setting the amplification so that the average peak height assumes a desired nominal value. The amplification may be set via the supply voltage of the secondary-electron multiplier and can be increased or decreased by a desired factor using the known characteristic of the secondary-electron multiplier. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206248 | ION ENERGY SPREAD REDUCTION FOR MASS SPECTROMETER - A method for reducing the energy spread of ions over a specific and limited mass to charge ratio range is disclosed, along with an ion deceleration arrangement for implementing such a method. An electric field, having an electric field strength E is generated by a deceleration electrode arrangement ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090206249 | Shutter and gate valve assemblies for vacuum systems - A shutter and gate valve assembly includes a valve housing that defines a passage therethrough, a valve member having a valve aperture, the valve member movable between a non-operating position that seals the passage and an operating position that aligns the valve aperture with the passage, and a shutter movable between a closed position that blocks the valve aperture and an open position that unblocks the valve aperture. The shutter member may be affixed to and movable with the valve member between the non-operating position and the operating position. The shutter may be provided with a shutter aperture that is aligned with the valve aperture in the open position. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206250 | PARALLEL PLATE ELECTRODE ARRANGEMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD - A system for guiding an ion beam along an axis (Z), comprises at least one section having upper flat plate strip electrodes (Iu, | 2009-08-20 |
20090206251 | OPTICAL MICROSCOPY WITH PHOTOTRANSFORMABLE OPTICAL LABELS - First activation radiation is provided to a sample that includes phototransformable optical labels (“PTOLs”) to activate a first subset of the PTOLs in the sample. First excitation radiation is provided to the first subset of PTOLs in the sample to excite at least some of the activated PTOLs, and radiation emitted from activated and excited PTOLs within the first subset of PTOLs is detecting with imaging optics. The first activation radiation is controlled such that the mean volume per activated PTOL in the first subset is greater than or approximately equal to a diffraction-limited resolution volume (“DLRV”) of the imaging optics. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206252 | Defect inspection method and its system - A method for enabling management of fatal defects of semiconductor integrated patterns easily, the method enables storing of design data of each pattern designed by a semiconductor integrated circuit designer, as well as storing of design intent data having pattern importance levels ranked according to their design intents respectively. The method also enables anticipating of defects to be generated systematically due to the characteristics of the subject exposure system, etc. while each designed circuit pattern is exposed and delineated onto a wafer in a simulation carried out beforehand and storing those defects as hot spot information. Furthermore, the method also enables combining of the design intent data with hot spot information to limit inspection spots that might include systematic defects at high possibility with respect to the characteristics of the object semiconductor integrated circuit and shorten the defect inspection time significantly. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206253 | SUBSTRATE INSPECTION METHOD, SUBSTRATE INSPECTION APPARATUS AND STORAGE MEDIUM - In a substrate inspection method, it is inspected whether the metal electrode is electrically connected to the conductive film by radiating electron beams onto a surface of the substrate to detect the number of secondary electrons emitted therefrom. The method includes placing the substrate onto a mounting table; inspecting the metal electrode by radiating electron beams onto an area of the substrate including the metal electrode at a first acceleration voltage and detecting secondary electrons emitted from the metal electrode; and radiating electron beams onto an area of the substrate not including the metal electrode at a second acceleration voltage. The second acceleration voltage is set such that a difference between the number of electrons entering the insulation film and the number of secondary electrons emitted from the insulation film is smaller at the second acceleration voltage than at the first acceleration voltage. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206254 | Composite charged particle beam apparatus, method of processing a sample and method of preparing a sample for a transmission electron microscope using the same - An apparatus is provided that precisely conduct ion beam etching to a sample having the properties of which easily change by electron beam irradiation with no loss of ease of operation and throughput. An apparatus includes an ion beam lens barrel and an electron beam lens barrel, which can observe or measure the conditions of a sample with an electron beam in the process of etching with an ion beam, wherein first, an observation image is obtained that includes the entire process area formed by secondary signals generated by an electron beam, secondly, an irradiation permit area and an irradiation inhibit area are defined in the observation image, and thirdly, electron beam irradiation is restricted only to the irradiation permit area. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206255 | SUBSTRATE INSPECTION DEVICE AND SUBSTRATE INSPECTION METHOD - Provided is a substrate inspection apparatus for inspecting defects of a pattern formed on a laminated structure on a substrate. The laminated structure includes a first and a second layer sequentially formed on the substrate, which have different compositions from each other. The substrate inspection apparatus includes: an electron emission unit for irradiating primary electrons onto the substrate; an electron detection unit for detecting secondary electrons generated by irradiating the primary electrons; a data processing unit for processing data of the secondary electrons detected by the electron detection unit; and a voltage control unit for controlling an acceleration voltage of the primary electrons. The voltage control unit controls the acceleration voltage such that the primary electrons irradiated to the exposed second layer arrive at the inside of the first layer or the second layer other than near an interface of the first layer and the second layer. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206256 | ELECTRON BEAM DEVICE - A multi-biprism electron interferometer is configured so as to arrange a plurality of biprisms in an imaging optical system of a specimen. This generally requires a plurality of ports for the electron biprisms in a magnifying optical system from an objective lens onward and also requires electromagnetic lenses, which are combined with the respective electron biprisms and operated in association therewith, to provide the interference optical system with a degree of freedom. As a result, not only the electron biprism ports but also electromagnetic lenses need to be additionally configured in the imaging optical system of a conventional electron microscope so as to display the performance as the multi-biprism electron interferometer. The present invention arranges an upper electron biprism upstream of the specimen in the traveling direction of the electron beam and forms an image of the electron biprism on the specimen (object plane) using an imaging action of a pre-field of the objective lens. A double-biprism interference optical system is constructed of a lower electron biprism disposed downstream of the objective lens up to the first image plane of the specimen. No new electromagnetic lens needs to be added in this optical system. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206257 | PATTERN INSPECTION METHOD AND INSPECTION APPARATUS - An object of the present invention is to provide an inspection apparatus and an inspection method excellent in that high-sensitivity defect detection performance is achieved without causing throughput degradation even if an adequate contrast of a defective region cannot be obtained due to characteristics of an inspected sample. To achieve the object, according to the present invention, an SEM pattern inspection apparatus for determining defective portions from an image generated based on secondary electrons or reflected electrons generated from the sample after causing an electron beam to repeatedly scan the inspected sample reciprocatingly on a line has a function to use a retrace of the electron beam for image acquisition, precharging, or discharging. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206258 | ELECTRON BEAM OBSERVATION DEVICE USING PRE-SPECIMEN MAGNETIC FIELD AS IMAGE-FORMING LENS AND SPECIMEN OBSERVATION METHOD - An electron beam observation device includes a mechanism which disposes a specimen at an upstream side in an electron beam traveling direction outside an objective lens, from which an image is transferred under a magnification of ⅕ to 1/30, in addition to an inside of the objective lens in which a specimen is disposed at a time of ordinary observation. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206259 | REVIEW METHOD AND REVIEW DEVICE - A defect review method and a defect review device using an electron microscope, reduce the number of user processes necessary to set automatic focal adjustment of an electron beam to provide easier sample observation. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206260 | Night vision technology: broad band imaging - The invention is directed to a night vision system that has an illuminator that transmits light towards a target using light outside the visible spectrum. A receive optics focuses an image on a charge coupled device. This system with an ultraviolet illuminator allows the night vision system to view images beyond 2500 meters, while present systems are limited to around 800 meters. The illuminator is generally a high peak power pulsed light source. A processor uses frame addition techniques to increase the captured light and may use binning techniques to increase the signal to noise ratio. The system may use multiple illuminators and capture images at a number of different wavelengths. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206261 | Apparatus and Method For Analyzing Relative Outward Flow Characterizations of Fabricated Features - An apparatus and method for characterizing gas flow through features fabricated in a hollow part. A pressure regulated cooled gas is applied to an interior of the part to the features fabricated in the part. At the same time, a pressure regulated heated gas is applied to an exterior part skin; and the heated gas has a controlled temperature differential from the pressure regulated cooled gas applied to the part interior. An infrared signature of escaping gas and the surrounding part skin is analyzed by a classification method to identify acceptable and unacceptable fabricated features. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206262 | TERAHERTZ DETECTOR - A detector for electromagnetic radiation in the range 80 GHz to 4 THz comprises a laser light source ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090206263 | Terahertz time domain and frequency domain spectroscopy - A terahertz spectrometer having a wider range of terahertz radiation source, high temporal resolution of scanning (<0.0.099 μm or ˜0.3 pico second) over a wider range of scanning (up to ˜100 pico seconds). Also disclosed are exemplary applications of the spectrometer in biomedical, biological, pharmaceutical, and security areas. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206264 | INFRA-RED TEMPERATURE SENSOR - An infra-red temperature sensor for sensing the temperature of a medium includes a housing; a thermal infra-red sensor element having a predetermined field of view and disposed in the housing; and a diaphragm closing the housing spaced along an axis from and in the field of view of the thermal sensor element for absorbing on its outer surface heat from the medium and emitting radiation from its inner surface to the thermal sensor element representative of the temperature of the medium. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206265 | Electron Bombarded Image Sensor Array Device and Its Manufacturing Method - The invention relates to an electron bombarded image sensor array device comprising a vacuum chamber having a photocathode capable of releasing electrons into said vacuum chamber when exposed to light impinging on said photocathode, a photocathode capable of releasing electrons into said vacuum chamber when exposed to light impinging on said photocathode, electric field means for accelerating said released electrons from said photocathode towards an anode spaced apart from said photocathode in a facing relationship to receive an electron image from said photocathode, said anode being constructed as a back-thinned image sensor array having electric connecting pads distributed according to a pattern along the surface area of said sensor facing away from said photocathode, a carrier on which said image sensor array is mounted, said carrier having electric connecting pads distributed according to a pattern to feed electric signals from said image sensor array outside said vacuum chamber and electric connecting means for electrically connecting at least one of said electric connecting pads of said image sensor array with at least one of said electric connecting pads of said carrier. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206266 | RADIATION TRANSDUCER AND METHOD TO PRODUCE A RADIATION TRANSDUCER - A radiation transducer has a luminophore layer applied on a substrate, and at least one anti-discoloration substance is applied on the luminophore layer. In a method to produce a radiation transducer a luminophore layer is applied on a substrate, and at least one anti-discoloration substance is applied on the luminophore layer after the application of the luminophore layer on the substrate. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206267 | PLASMA PANEL BASED IONIZING RADIATION DETECTOR - A radiation detector is formed from a plasma panel that includes a front substrate, and a back substrate that forms a generally parallel gap with the front substrate. X (column) and Y (row) electrodes are coupled by gas discharge events to define one or more pixels. Impedances are coupled to the X and Y electrodes, and a power supply is coupled to one or both types of electrodes. Discharge event detectors are coupled to the impedances. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206268 | METHOD OF INCREASING THE CONVERSION EFFICIENCY OF AN EUV AND/OR SOFT X-RAY LAMP AND A CORRESPONDING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a method of increasing the conversion efficiency of an EUV and/or soft X-ray lamp, in which a discharge plasma ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090206269 | METHOD FOR DETERMINING THE MATERIAL COMPOSITION OF A MATERIAL SAMPLE - A Method for determining the material composition of a material sample which emits radiation comprises the following method steps: recording a spectrum of the energy deposited in a detector material by the radiation; determining a first energy deposited in a first energy range, a second energy deposited in a second energy range, and a third energy deposited in a third energy range; assigning a first colour parameter to the first deposited energy, a second colour parameter to the second deposited energy, and a third colour parameter to the third deposited energy; and comparing the assigned colour parameters with predetermined values for the colour parameters, the predetermined values typically corresponding to colour parameters of a predetermined material composition. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206270 | ION BEAM APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ION IMPLANTATION - A multipurpose ion implanter beam line configuration constructed for enabling implantation of common monatomic dopant ion species and cluster ions, the beam line configuration having a mass analyzer magnet defining a pole gap of substantial width between ferromagnetic poles of the magnet and a mass selection aperture, the analyzer magnet sized to accept art ion beam from a slot-form ion source extraction aperture of at least about 80 mm height and at least about 7 mm width, and to produce dispersion at the mass selection aperture in a plane corresponding to the width of the beam, the mass selection aperture capable of being set to a mass-selection width sized to select a beam of the cluster ions of the same dopant species but incrementally differing molecular weights, the mass selection aperture also capable of being set to a substantially narrower mass-selection width and the analyzer magnet having a resolution at the mass selection aperture sufficient to enable selection of a beam of monatomic dopant ions of substantially a single atomic or molecular weight. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206271 | FOCUSSING MASK - A mask suitable for use with a particle beam source such as ion or electron source for forming features and structures and writing on surfaces of materials. The mask comprising an aperture plate, having a plurality of apertures, and focusing means disposed to underlie the aperture plate. The plurality of apertures forming an array whereby each plate aperture is adapted to receive a portion of a particle beam incident on the aperture plate. Each portion of particle beam then passes through focusing means through which the portion of beam is focused onto the surface. The mask thereby forming a plurality of high resolution simultaneously operable focused particle beams. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206272 | VARIABLE-RATIO DOUBLE-DEFLECTION BEAM BLANKER - The invention provides methods for conjugate blanking of a charged particle beam within a charged particle column using a beam blanker. The beam blanker comprises a first deflector, a second deflector and a blanking aperture, the first deflector being positioned between a gun lens and a main lens, the second deflector being positioned between the first deflector and the main lens, the blanking aperture being positioned between the second deflector and the main lens, and the first deflector, the second deflector and the blanking aperture being aligned on the optical axis of the column. A method according to the invention comprises the steps of: configuring electron optical elements of said charged particle column to form a beam in the column either with or without a crossover; configuring the main lens to focus the beam formed by the gun lens onto a substrate plane; deflecting the beam with a first deflector in a first direction; and deflecting the beam with a second deflector in a second direction onto the blanking aperture, wherein the first direction is parallel or anti-parallel to the second direction; and wherein the image at the substrate plane does not move during blanking. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206273 | APPARATUS FOR MEASURING BEAM CHARACTERISTICS AND A METHOD THEREOF - An apparatus and a method for detecting particle beam characteristics are disclosed. In one embodiment, the apparatus may have a body including a first end and second end and at least one detector between the first and second ends. The apparatus may have a transparent state where a portion of the particles entering the apparatus may pass through the apparatus. The apparatus may also have a minimum transparency state where substantially all of the particles entering the apparatus may be prevented from passing through the apparatus and detected. Different transparency state may be achieved by rotating the apparatus or the detector contained therein. With the apparatus, it is possible to detect the beam properties such as the beam intensity, angle, parallelism, and a distribution of the particles in a particle beam. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206274 | MULTI-ELECTRODE NEGATIVE ION GENERATOR - A negative ion generator includes a multi-electrode device with an emitter for generating a current. A first counter electrode includes an aperture therein with a distal end of said emitter being operatively positioned within said first counter electrode. A second cylindrical electrode includes an aperture therein with the second counter electrode being spaced a predetermined distance from the first counter electrode and being operatively positioned relative to the emitter for increasing the through-put of the negative ion generator by reducing the total emitted current while maintaining a fairly constant level of available negative ion current. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206275 | ACCELERATOR PARTICLE BEAM APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR LOW CONTAMINATE PROCESSING - A system of introducing a particle beam such as a linear accelerator particle beam for low contaminate processing. The system includes an accelerator apparatus configured to generate a first particle beam including at least a first ionic specie in an energy level of 1 MeV to 5 MeV or greater. Additionally, the system includes a beam filter coupled to the linear accelerator apparatus to receive the first particle beam. The beam filter is in a first chamber and configured to generate a second particle beam with substantially the first ionic specie only. The first chamber is associated with a first pressure. The system further includes an end-station including a second chamber coupled to the first chamber for extracting the second particle beam. The second particle beam is irradiated onto a planar surface of a bulk workpiece loaded in the second chamber for implanting the first ionic specie. The second chamber is associated with a second pressure that is higher than the first pressure. Optional beam scanning can also be added between the beam filter and the end-station. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206276 | Fuel Activation Apparatus for Methane Gas - There is provided a far infrared radiator capable of highly activating methane gas prior to combustion to thereby attain an enhancement of thermal efficiency at combustion. In a passage of methane gas prior to combustion, there is positioned absorbent material ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090206277 | Nanoparticles as agents for imaging finger prints - This invention relates to a novel analytical method for detecting prints, for example fingerprints, and to nanoparticles suitable for conducting such methods. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206278 | PHOTO-OPTICAL-ELECTRONIC GAS, PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE SENSOR - A sensor according to the invention includes a surface having a sensing material that is responsive to a change in an environmental condition when illuminated. An illumination source is positioned to illuminate the surface. A receiver is positioned to receive light emanating from the surface; and a detector detects a change in light received at the receiver. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206279 | Method and Device for Removing Particles Generated by Means of a Radiation Source During Generation of Short-Wave Radiation - A method for removing contaminant particles ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090206280 | CHARGED-BEAM EXPOSURE APPARATUS HAVING AN IMPROVED ALIGNMENT PRECISION AND EXPOSURE METHOD - The first charged-beam optical system, which is one of the charged-beam optical systems, detects first marks provided on the chips formed in the wafer. The positions of the chips made in the wafer are calculated from position data about the first marks detected. The charged-beam optical systems detect the second mark provided on a stage. The position of the beam generated by each charged-beam optical system is adjusted in accordance with position data about the second mark detected. The charged-beam optical systems are used in accordance with the positions of the chips, to thereby draw a pattern. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206281 | VAPOR DELIVERY SYSTEM USEFUL WITH ION SOURCES AND VAPORIZERS FOR USE IN SUCH SYSTEM - Vapor delivery systems and methods that control the heating and flow of vapors from solid feed material, especially material that comprises cluster molecules for semiconductor manufacture. The systems and methods safely and effectively conduct the vapor to a point of utilization, especially to an ion source for ion implantation. Ion beam implantation is shown employing ions from the cluster materials. The vapor delivery system includes reactive gas cleaning of the ion source, control systems and protocols, wide dynamic range flow-control systems and vaporizer selections that are efficient and safe. Borane, decarborane, carboranes, carbon clusters and other large molecules are vaporized for ion implantation. Such systems are shown cooperating with novel vaporizers, ion sources, and reactive cleaning systems. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206282 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE OR PHOTOMASK - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device or a photomask by exposing a pattern while scanning a plurality of deflection regions determined depending on a deflection width of an exposure device on an exposure target with electron beams, enables a computer to execute a step of extracting a first pattern that exists near the boundary of the deflection region and in a first deflection region, a step of searching a second pattern that is adjacent to the first pattern and in a second deflection region different from the first deflection region, and a step of performing data processing of exposure data in accordance with a width of the first pattern so as to minimize the change in distance between the extracted first pattern and the searched second pattern due to positional deviation of the deflection region. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206283 | ELECTRON EMISSION DEVICE OF HIGH CURRENT DENSITY AND HIGH OPERATIONAL FREQUENCY - An electric device operable with a THz-range frequency of the device output is presented. The device comprises a photocathode installed in either one of a diode, triode and tetrode configuration, and is exposed to illumination. In some embodiments of the invention, the device is configured as a diode and photomixing is used for illumination of the photocathode with light in the THz range, the diode converting this input light signal into an electrical output in the THz range, which operates a signal transmitter/receiver. In some other embodiments of the invention, the device is configured as a triode or tetrode, where the electrodes have small dimensions (about 1 micron or less) and are spaced from one another a distance not exceeding 1 micron. The photocathode is kept under certain illumination, and electrical signal applied to one of the electrodes results in the THz output at one of the other electrodes. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206284 | Systems and Methods for the Detection of Orientation Features on a Material Web - This application relates to systems and methods for the detection of orientation features on a material web. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206285 | DEVICE FOR ANALYSING COMPOSITION OF CONTENTS OF A CONTAINER BY MEASURING ABSORPTION - The invention relates to a device for analysing the composition of the contents of a container, characterised in that it comprises spectral analysis means of the contents of the container for measuring the absorption of waves by the container and its contents, and means ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090206286 | System and method for particle stream characterization - The invention relates to a system and method for characterization of a particle flow, for example, for characterization of material for milling, in particular for milled cereals, in a roller frame with a roller passage formed by a pair of rollers whereby the system comprises a withdrawal portion after the roller passage for removal of a milled material sample from the milled material flow exiting the roller passage, a presentation section for conveying and presenting the taken milled material sample, a recording device for recording the milled material passing through the presentation section and an analytical section for analysis of the recorded milled material sample. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206287 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TESTING INDIRECT BANDGAP SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES USING LUMINESCENCE IMAGING - Embodiments of methods and systems for identifying or determining spatially resolved properties in indirect bandgap semiconductor devices such as solar cells are described. In one embodiment, spatially resolved properties of an indirect bandgap semiconductor device are determined by externally exciting the indirect bandgap semiconductor device to cause the indirect bandgap semiconductor device to emit luminescence ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090206288 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONTROLLING A HYDRAULIC ACTUATOR - A method, device, and control unit for controlling an actuator in open loop, particularly for a valve, preferably for a gas-exchange valve of an internal combustion engine, having at least one control valve for opening the valve and one control valve for closing the valve, each of the control valves being capable of being driven by at least one drive pulse whose duration determines a position on the positioning travel of the valve. The valve is opened/closed in one lift and/or a plurality of partial lifts and at least one drive pulse is assigned to each lift and/or each partial lift, and the valve is assigned at least one transducer which generates a signal that discloses values of a discrete positioning travel of the valve and of an assigned time and/or of a discrete instant and of an assigned positioning travel. The method for controlling the actuator includes: a. Starting of a drive pulse having a setpoint duration of the drive pulse for opening and/or closing the valve, b. Generating at least one signal, and c. Correcting the setpoint duration of the drive pulse and/or of a following drive pulse assigned to the lift and/or to a partial lift, in accordance with the signal. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206289 | TORQUE BALANCE SERVO INCLUDING ELECTROMAGNETIC FORCE BIAS MECHANISM - A torque balance servo is provided for use in conjunction with a fluidly-controlled device. The torque balance servo includes a pivoting table assembly and an electromagnetic force bias mechanism. The pivoting table assembly includes: (i) a pivoting table configured to pivot about a rotational axis, and (ii) a roller assembly mechanically coupled to the fluidly-controlled device and contacting a surface of the pivoting table. The electromagnetic force bias mechanism is disposed proximate the pivoting table assembly and configured to exert a variable torsional force about the rotational axis of the pivoting table. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206290 | LOW POWER ACTUATOR AND VALVE-ACTUATOR COMBINATION - Actuators and valve-actuator combinations are disclosed which require low power for actuation, and which are particularly suitable for use to control a valve associated with a pipeline. Such an actuator ( | 2009-08-20 |
20090206291 | GAS FLOW RATE CONTROL VALVE - A gas flow rate control valve includes a lower valve block defining a gas flow passage, and an upper valve block having a tube disposed ill communication with the gas flow passage, and a solenoid coil assembly surrounding the tube for generating a magnetic field. A magnetic column has a magnetic portion inserted into the tube and axially movable by the magnetic field generated by the solenoid coil assembly, and a stopper movable with the magnetic portion to change the open cross-sectional area of the gas flow passage so as to control the flow rate of the fuel gas passing through the gas flow passage. A spring member is provided at one of the top and bottom sides of the magnetic column to keep the magnetic column in balance and to provide a return force to the magnetic column after displacement of the magnetic column. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206292 | METHOD OF OPERATING A TRANSMISSION SYSTEM VALVE CONFIGURATION - The invention describes a method for operating a transmission's valve system of a vehicle's drive train through a valve unit and said valve unit's electro-magnetic activator configuration. In a transmission's hydraulic system and being part of the vehicle's drive train, its hydraulic pressure value (p_EDS) can be employed and adjusted through a valve unit's configuration by applying to the electro-magnetic activator system a pulse-width-modulated current signal (i_EDS). The pulse-width modulated current signal (i_EDS) and its signal's amplitude (A) and/or its pulse duration (pw | 2009-08-20 |
20090206293 | Flow Controller with Channel Having Deformable Wall - An apparatus and method for controlling the flow of fluid though a channel. A first substrate defines features comprising a first channel. At least a portion of the first channel is bounded a deformable material having a first contour in which the first channel has a first cross-sectional area and a second contour in which the first channel has a second cross-sectional area. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206294 | VALVE STEM WITH A CONNECTING CAP FOR A TIRE PRESSURE DETECTOR - A valve stem with a connecting cap for a tire pressure detector has a body, a connecting cap and a fastener. The body is tubular, is a valve stem applied for truck and has an outer section, an inner section and a fixing nut. The inner section is integrally formed coaxially on the outer section and has an outlet hole being formed thereon. The fixing nut is movably mounted on the outer section. The connecting cap is cylinder, has an outer end and a hole and is detachably mounted on the inner section. The hole is coaxially and longitudinally formed on the connecting cap. The fastener corresponds to the hole and the outlet hole and holds a wireless pressure detector on the outer end of the connecting cap. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206295 | Universal attachable/detachable air extraction valve for re-sealable storage bags - The invention is directed toward a universal self-sealing air extraction valve mounted to a self-closing plastic bag through which a pilot hole has been made. Air is extracted from the bag through the valve and prevented from returning to the bag after extraction, at which time, the valve is sealed with a cap assembly. | 2009-08-20 |
20090206296 | METHODS AND COMPOSITIONS FOR IMPROVING THE SURFACE PROPERTIES OF FABRICS, GARMENTS, TEXTILES AND OTHER SUBSTRATES - The present invention discloses the use of organosilanes as a semi-permanent surface treatment for fabrics, textiles, and other materials. The present invention discloses a composition for this treatment comprising an organosilane, a catalyst, water, and a solvent. The present invention further discloses methods for improving water repellency and for providing other enhanced benefits to a substrate wherein the methods include contacting the substrate with a solution of water and a silane-based composition, removing excess solution from the substrate, and drying the substrate. | 2009-08-20 |