41st week of 2020 patent applcation highlights part 61 |
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20200321102 | COMPUTATIONAL PATHOLOGY APPROACH FOR RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF TISSUE-BASED COMPANION DIAGNOSTIC DRIVEN CLINICAL TRIAL STUDIES - Automated systems and methods are presented for retrospectively analyzing clinical trial data. A plurality of image derived from biological samples of patients in a cohort population are accessed. Image features are computed based on the plurality of images. A diagnostic feature metric is derived based on the computed image features. A cut point value is determined by applying a statistical minimization method using the derived diagnostic feature metric and patient outcome data from the cohort population, in which the cut point value identifies a patient in the cohort population as positive or negative for a diagnostic test. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321103 | COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM STORING INSTRUCTIONS FOR HEALTH MANAGEMENT SUPPORT, METHOD FOR HEALTH MANAGEMENT SUPPORT, AND SYSTEM FOR HEALTH MANAGEMENT SUPPORT - A non-transitory computer readable medium stores executable instructions that cause a computer to execute: transmitting, to a server, an image of an absorbent article containing vaginal discharge of a user; receiving, from the server, health information that is obtained from the image and indicates a health condition of the user; and displaying, on a display, a health information screen based on the health information. The health information screen displays a first message that indicates the health condition and a second message for improving the health condition. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321104 | COMPLIANCE METRIC FOR THE USAGE OF HYGIENE EQUIPMENT - A system for estimating a compliance metric indicating the usage of hygiene equipment by one or more operators, the system including a receiving section configured to receive activity data from a sensor arrangement, said activity data indicating activities by the one or more operators including usage of said hygiene equipment, and a calculation section configured to estimate, based on said activity data and a trained function, said compliance metric. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321105 | SYSTEM AND METHODOLOGIES FOR IMPROVED PATIENT TREATMENT MANAGEMENT AND PROCESSING - A system and various methodologies provide the ability to perform various patient related functionality implemented in a cloud computing environment, for example, patient onboarding, case management, task management and next best action evaluation of health benefits and prior authorization, treatment planning, patient adherence metric analysis and other associated reporting and analytics functionality. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321106 | TRACKING AND QUALITY ASSURANCE OF PATHOLOGY, RADIOLOGY AND OTHER MEDICAL OR SURGICAL PROCEDURES - Medical event tracking and quality assurance systems and techniques described provide a quality assurance module that interfaces between patient information systems (e.g. Electronic Health Record systems) and lab information systems. The systems and techniques provide for tracking respective medical events such as a patient's pathology specimen etc., based on a unique medical event tracking number throughout the diagnosis and treatment associated with that specimen. The system and technique enable medical event based tracking in a manner that substantially improves medical care by facilitating “closing-the-loop” between the many medical service providers and the laboratories that may be involved in a particular diagnosis and treatment. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321107 | INTEGRATED MULTI-FACILITY ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORD SYSTEM - To achieve smoothly coordinated activities among medical facilities, care facilities, and welfare facilities by enabling creating and referencing of consistent records and work instruction documents among the facilities even in a case where a patient is transferred from a hospital to a care facility to a home care service. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321108 | CUSTOMER- OR PATIENT-BASED SELECTIVE DATA ENCRYPTION IN MEDICAL DEVICE MANAGEMENT - A system for remotely managing a medical device includes a selective shielding component, configured to (a) shield with an electronic key any portion of device information that identifies the medical device individually while maintaining unshielded with the electronic key an association between such any portion and a rest of the device information and/or (b) shield with an electronic key any portion of device information that identifies the patient individually while maintaining unshielded with the electronic key an association between such any portion and a rest of the device information, and record the selectively shielded device information; a first communication component configured to facilitate transmitting the selectively shielded device information through a network; and a server device communicatively coupled to the network and configured to use the selectively shielded device information to generate reports about the device information, and the clinical event information, but wherein the server device lacks access to the electronic key. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321109 | METHODS, SYSTEMS, APPARATUS AND SOFTWARE FOR USE IN ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY - Various embodiments of the present disclosure comprise methods, apparatus, systems and software for use in implementing acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT). The methods include notifying or reminding users to track completion of exercises, and to track and/or monitor awareness of urges and the number of times the user allows urges to pass. Also, physical sensors can be employed to help monitor the user's detrimental behaviors and to send notifications or reminders to the user to perform exercises or track urges. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321110 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING ALIMENTARY INSTRUCTION SETS BASED ON VIBRANT CONSTITUTIONAL GUIDANCE - A method for generating an alimentary instruction set identifying a list of supplements, comprising receiving information related to a biological extraction and physiological state of a user and generating a diagnostic output based upon the information related to the biological extraction and physiological state of the user. The generating comprises identifying a condition of the user as a function of the information related to the biological extraction and physiological state of the user and a first training set. Further, the generating includes identifying a supplement related to the identified condition of the user as a function of the identified condition of the user and a second training set. Further, the method includes generating, by an alimentary instruction set generator operating on a computing device, a supplement plan as a function of the diagnostic output, said supplement plan including the supplement related to the identified condition of the user. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321111 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING ALIMENTARY INSTRUCTION SETS BASED ON VIBRANT CONSTITUTIONAL GUIDANCE - A method for generating an alimentary instruction set identifying a list of supplements, comprising receiving information related to a biological extraction and physiological state of a user and generating a diagnostic output based upon the information related to the biological extraction and physiological state of the user. The generating comprises identifying a condition of the user as a function of the information related to the biological extraction and physiological state of the user and a first training set. Further, the generating includes identifying a supplement related to the identified condition of the user as a function of the identified condition of the user and a second training set. Further, the method includes generating, by an alimentary instruction set generator operating on a computing device, a supplement plan as a function of the diagnostic output, said supplement plan including the supplement related to the identified condition of the user. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321112 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING ALIMENTARY INSTRUCTION SETS BASED ON VIBRANT CONSTITUTIONAL GUIDANCE - A method for generating an alimentary instruction set identifying a list of supplements, comprising receiving information related to a biological extraction and physiological state of a user and generating a diagnostic output based upon the information related to the biological extraction and physiological state of the user. The generating comprises identifying a condition of the user as a function of the information related to the biological extraction and physiological state of the user and a first training set. Further, the generating includes identifying a supplement related to the identified condition of the user as a function of the identified condition of the user and a second training set. Further, the method includes generating, by an alimentary instruction set generator operating on a computing device, a supplement plan as a function of the diagnostic output, said supplement plan including the supplement related to the identified condition of the user. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321113 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING ALIMENTARY INSTRUCTION SETS BASED ON VIBRANT CONSTITUTIONAL GUIDANCE - A method for delivery based on an alimentary instruction set includes receiving information related to a biological extraction of a user and generating a diagnostic output. The method also includes identifying, by a machine learning module, a condition of the user and an alimentary element related to the identified condition of the user. The method can also include generating an alimentary instruction set identifying the alimentary element to be delivered to the user and generating a delivery instruction set, said delivery instruction set indicating a delivery performance for the alimentary element. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321114 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR SELF-FULFILLMENT OF AN ALIMENTARY INSTRUCTION SET BASED ON VIBRANT CONSTITUTIONAL GUIDANCE - A system for self-fulfillment of an alimentary instruction set based on vibrant constitutional guidance using artificial intelligence. The system includes a computing device designed and configured to receive training data. The computing device is further configured to record at least a biological extraction from a user and generate a diagnostic output. The computing device is further configured to generate a self-fulfillment instruction set utilizing the diagnostic output. The computing device is further configured to receive a user entry containing a completed alimentary self-fulfillment action. The computing device is further configured to update the self-fulfillment instruction set as a function of an alimentary self-fulfillment action. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321115 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENERATING ALIMENTARY INSTRUCTION SETS BASED ON VIBRANT CONSTITUTIONAL GUIDANCE - A method for generating an alimentary instruction set identifying a nutrition plan, comprising receiving information related to a biological extraction and physiological state of a user and generating a diagnostic output based upon the information related to the biological extraction and physiological state of the user. The generating comprises identifying a condition of the user as a function of the information related to the biological extraction and physiological state of the user and a first training set. Further, the generating includes identifying nutrition related to the identified condition of the user as a function of the identified condition of the user and a second training set. Further, the method includes generating, by an alimentary instruction set generator operating on a computing device, a nutrition plan as a function of the diagnostic output, said nutrition plan including the nutrition related to the identified condition of the user. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321116 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING AN ALIMENTARY INSTRUCTION SET IDENTIFYING AN INDIVIDUAL PROGNOSTIC MITIGATION PLAN - A system for generating an alimentary instruction set identifying an individual prognostic mitigation plan, the system comprising a computing device; a diagnostic engine operating on the computing device, wherein the diagnostic engine is configured to receive information related to a biological extraction of a user, wherein the biological extraction contains an element of user physiological state data; generate a diagnostic output based upon the information related to the biological extraction, and an alimentary instruction set generator module operating on the computing device, wherein the alimentary instruction set is configured to identify an element of user wellness behavior data; generate a nutrition instruction set utilizing the diagnostic output, the element of user wellness behavior data and a first machine-learning process; and customize the ameliorative output to identify a prognostic mitigation plan utilizing the element of user wellness data, and the nutrition instruction set. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321117 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSING SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS IN CONGESTIVE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS - A system and associated method provides an assessment of patient's heart health status based on past medical data. The system has a collection system, a processing system, a profiling system, and a user tools system. The collection system collects data from at least one data source having the past medical data of a plurality of patients. The processing system processes unstructured data to extract information related to patient health at different points in time. The profiling system develops a classifier based on the extracted information and other collected data. The profiling system further categorizes the extracted information into one of a plurality of health statuses at the different points in time. The user tools system generates a user interface comprising the plurality of health statuses at the different points in time. The health statuses relate to a compensated or decompensated status of the patient's heart. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321118 | METHOD FOR DOMAIN ADAPTATION BASED ON ADVERSARIAL LEARNING AND APPARATUS THEREOF - A domain adaptation method and apparatus based on adversarial learning are provided. The method may include extracting feature data from multiple data sets, training a first discriminator discriminating a domain for a first class using first feature data extracted from a first data set corresponding to a first class of a first domain among the multiple data sets and training the first discriminator using second feature data extracted from a second data set corresponding to the first class of a second domain among the multiple data sets. The method may also include training a second discriminator discriminating a domain for a second class using third feature data extracted from a third data set that corresponds to a second class of the first domain, and training the second discriminator using fourth feature data extracted from a fourth data set that corresponds to the second class of the second domain. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321119 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT NETWORK FOR VIBRANT CONSTITUTIONAL GUIDANCE - A system for an artificial intelligence support network for informed advisor guidance includes a diagnostic engine operating on a computing device and configured to receive a biological extraction related to a user, said biological extraction comprising a self-assessment of the user, and generate a diagnostic output as a function of the self-assessment of the user The system includes an advisor module. The advisor module is configured to select an informed advisor as a function of the diagnostic output, generate an advisory output as a function of the diagnostic output, said advisory output identifying the current condition of the user, and transmit the advisory output to a client device associated with the selected informed advisor. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321120 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE FITNESS PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT NETWORK FOR VIBRANT CONSTITUTIONAL GUIDANCE - A system for an artificial intelligence fitness professional support network for vibrant constitutional guidance includes a diagnostic engine operating on at least a computing device and configured to receive training data and at least a biological extraction from a user and generate a diagnostic output. The system includes an advisory module configured to receive a request for an advisory input and generate at least an advisory output. The system includes a fitness module configured to select at least an informed advisor client device and transmit the at least an advisory output to at least an informed advisor client device. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321121 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE SUPPORT NETWORK FOR VIBRANT CONSTITUTIONAL GUIDANCE - A system for an artificial intelligence support network for informed advisor guidance includes a diagnostic engine operating on a computing device and configured to receive a biological extraction related to a user, said biological extraction comprising a self-assessment of the user, and generate a diagnostic output as a function of the self-assessment of the user The system includes an advisor module. The advisor module is configured to select an informed advisor as a function of the diagnostic output, generate an advisory output as a function of the diagnostic output, said advisory output identifying the current condition of the user, and transmit the advisory output to a client device associated with the selected informed advisor. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321122 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ALIMENTARY PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT NETWORK FOR VIBRANT CONSTITUTIONAL GUIDANCE - A system for an artificial intelligence alimentary professional support network for vibrant constitutional guidance includes a computing device. The system includes a diagnostic engine designed and configured to receive a biological extraction from a user and generate a diagnostic output based on the biological extraction. The system includes an advisor module designed and configured to receive a request for an advisory input, generate an advisory output using the request for an advisory input and the diagnostic output, and transmit the advisory output. The system includes an alimentary input module designed and configured to receive the advisory output, select an informed advisor alimentary professional client device as a function of the request for an advisory input, and transmit the at least an advisory output to the informed advisor alimentary professional client device. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321123 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR AN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ALIMENTARY PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT NETWORK FOR VIBRANT CONSTITUTIONAL GUIDANCE - A system for an artificial intelligence alimentary professional support network for vibrant constitutional guidance includes a computing device. The system includes a diagnostic engine designed and configured to receive a biological extraction from a user and generate a diagnostic output based on the biological extraction. The system includes an advisor module designed and configured to receive a request for an advisory input, generate an advisory output using the request for an advisory input and the diagnostic output, and transmit the advisory output. The system includes an alimentary input module designed and configured to receive the advisory output, select an informed advisor alimentary professional client device as a function of the request for an advisory input, and transmit the at least an advisory output to the informed advisor alimentary professional client device. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321124 | METHODS AND MAGNETIC IMAGING DEVICES TO INVENTORY HUMAN BRAIN CORTICAL FUNCTION - Techniques are described for determining cognitive impairment, an example of which includes accessing a set of epochs of magnetoencephalography (MEG) data of responses of a brain of a test patient to a plurality of auditory stimulus events; processing the set of epochs to identify parameter values one or more of which is based on information from the individual epochs without averaging or otherwise collapsing the epoch data. The parameter values are input into a model that is trained based on the parameters to determine whether the test patient is cognitively impaired. Graphical user interfaces are described for presenting MEG epoch data and a score that correlates to a likelihood of the test individual being cognitively impaired. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321125 | PATIENT CONTROLLED INTEGRATED AND COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH RECORD MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Apparatus and associated methods relate to a health record management system having a processing engine configured to collect one or more health records associated with a patient from one or more healthcare providers and collect one or more personal observations identified by the patient, and integrate those collected information to form a comprehensively integrated health record associated with the patient. In an illustrative example, the patient may selectively share all or part of the comprehensively integrated health record with one or more persons or assigned healthcare providers. Various embodiments may enable, for example, the patient and the assigned healthcare providers to have a better understanding on the health condition of the patient and/or predict probable outcomes of various courses of treatment based on collective data of other similar cases such that the patient and the assigned healthcare providers may observe more accurate and comprehensive information on the individual patient and/or predicted outcomes to prescribe a more effective treatment plan and/or diagnose a condition at an earlier stage. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321126 | PATIENT PROGRESS SYSTEM AND METHOD OF USE - A patient progress system allows for all those involved in the treatment, diagnoses, remedy and suffering of a disease to collect information related to it. The patient or caregiver login to a software platform and contribute data. The data could be observations, measurements, test results, treatment plans and the like. The data is made available to those participating in the treatment of the disease. Other tools are included to improve the use of the data to identified trends or plan treatments. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321127 | PREDICTIVE MODELING OF RESPIRATORY DISEASE RISK AND EVENTS - An application server predicts respiratory disease risk, rescue medication usage, exacerbation, and healthcare utilization using trained predictive models. The application server includes model modules and submodel modules, which communicate with a database server, data sources, and client devices. The submodel modules train submodels by determining submodel coefficients based on training data from the database server. The submodel modules further determine statistical analysis data and estimates for medication usage events, healthcare utilization, and other related events. The model modules combine submodels to predict respiratory disease risk, exacerbation, rescue medication usage, healthcare utilization, and other related information. Model outputs are provided to users, including patients, providers, healthcare companies, electronic health record systems, real estate companies and other interested parties. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321128 | DATA PROCESSING DEVICE, DATA PROCESSING METHOD AND NON-TRANSITORY STORAGE MEDIUM STORING DATA PROCESSING PROGRAM - A data processing device includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire first biometric data related to a first subject, a retrieval unit configured to retrieve second biometric data that is related to a second subject and has a degree of similarity to temporal change of the first biometric data that satisfies a first condition, and a prediction unit configured to predict onset of a particular disease in the first subject based on information indicating onset of the particular disease in the second subject associated with the second biometric data. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321129 | HEALTH CONDITION PREDICTION APPARATUS, HEALTH CONDITION PREDICTION METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM - The health condition prediction apparatus | 2020-10-08 |
20200321130 | SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER-ACCESSIBLE MEDIUM FOR DETERMINING BREAST CANCER RISK - An exemplary system, method and computer-accessible medium for determining a risk of developing breast cancer for a patient(s) can include, for example receiving an image(s) of an internal portion(s) of a breast of the patient(s), and determining the risk by applying a neural network(s) to the image(s). The neural network can be a convolutional neural network (CNN). The CNN can include a plurality of layers. Each of the layers can have a different number of feature channels. The CNN can include at least four layers. A first layer of the at least four layers can have 256×256×16 feature channels, a second layer of the at least four layers can have 128×128×32 feature channels, a third layer of the at least four layers can have 64×64×64 feature channels, and a fourth layer of the at least four layers can have 32×32×128 feature channels. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321131 | Method of Minimizing Patient Risk - A method of data stratification is provided for management of a patient group according to individual risk factors. The method comprises the step of: a) receiving a patient data, wherein the patient data comprising: i. a unique identifier; ii. a first medication list comprising currently prescribed medications. The method further comprises the steps of: b) producing a drug data by comparing the first medication list with a drug risk classification database; c) determining a new risk value using the drug data and the patient data; d) inserting the patient data into a memory; and e) accessing the memory and ordering the unique identifiers into ordered unique identifiers, wherein the ordered unique identifiers being ordered according to the corresponding new risk values. The invention may in some embodiments generate new risk values according to a supervised machine learning model, which may include a neural network, and implemented using a machine learning module. The present method preferably provides improved management of a patient group wherein a number of potentially interacting risk factors are accommodated. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321132 | Method for Capturing, Determining, and Reporting Non-Medical Discharge Delays Using Standardized Patient Medical Information - A hardware processor-based patient system and method having an indexing and referential storage that collects, converts and consolidates patient information from various physicians and health-care providers and hospital facilities into a standardized format, including converting input medical information, files and treatment information provided by different sources and different formats into that standardized format, as well as specialized subprograms to detect avoidable days, which are delays in the discharge of a patient for non-medical reasons, as well as to collect information about avoidable days, which are delays in the discharge of a patient for non-medical reasons, and to transmit electronic communications to a hospital facility about any avoidable days, which are delays in the discharge of a patient for non-medical reasons so the hospital facility can take appropriate actions. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321133 | System that Determines and Reports Non-Medical Discharge Delays Using Standardized Patient Medical Information - A hardware processor-based patient system and method having an indexing and referential storage that collects, converts and consolidates patient information from various physicians and health-care providers and hospital facilities into a standardized format, including converting input medical information, files and treatment information provided by different sources and different formats into that standardized format, as well as specialized subprograms to detect avoidable days, which are delays in the discharge of a patient for non-medical reasons, as well as to collect information about avoidable days, which are delays in the discharge of a patient for non-medical reasons, and to transmit electronic communications to a hospital facility about any avoidable days, which are delays in the discharge of a patient for non-medical reasons so the hospital facility can take appropriate actions. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321134 | FUEL PELLETS HAVING A HETEROGENEOUS COMPOSITION AND RELATED METHODS - A nuclear fuel element for a nuclear reactor comprises a body having a first region and a second region surrounded by the first region. The first segment comprises a poison material, and the second region comprises a nuclear fuel material and is substantially free of the poison material. A nuclear fuel element for use in a nuclear reactor comprises the body and a cladding material at least partially surrounding the body. Related methods of forming the nuclear fuel pellet include additive manufacturing processes to form first and second segments. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321135 | ELIMINATION OF NEUTRONS FROM NUCLEAR REACTIONS IN A REACTOR, IN PARTICULAR CLEAN LASER BORON-11 FUSION WITHOUT SECONDARY CONTAMINATION - The invention relates to a method for eliminating neutrons from fission, fusion or aneutronic nuclear reactions in a reactor ( | 2020-10-08 |
20200321136 | VERY SIMPLIFIED BOILING WATER REACTORS FOR COMMERCIAL ELECTRICITY GENERATION - Nuclear reactors have very few systems for significantly reduced failure possibilities. Nuclear reactors may be boiling water reactors with natural circulation-enabling heights and smaller, flexible energy outputs in the 0-350 megawatt-electric range. Reactors are fully surrounded by an impermeable, high-pressure containment. No coolant pools, heat sinks, active pumps, or other emergency fluid sources may be present inside containment; emergency cooling, like isolation condenser systems, are outside containment. Isolation valves integral with the reactor pressure vessel provide working and emergency fluid through containment to the reactor. Isolation valves are one-piece, welded, or otherwise integral with reactors and fluid conduits having ASME-compliance to eliminate risk of shear failure. Containment may be completely underground and seismically insulated to minimize footprint and above-ground target area. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321137 | Radiation Attenuating Protective Garments - A radiation-attenuation garment system having a plurality of radiation-attenuating material panels adapted to conform to the contours of a body. The radiation-attenuation garment system includes a shirt and underwear shorts formed by compression material. A plurality of radiation-attenuating material panels are removably disposed within the shirt and underwear shorts to protect the wearer from radiation exposure in the areas having the radiation attenuation panels. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321138 | PRODUCING METHOD OF RADIOISOTOPE AND RADIOISOTOPE PRODUCING APPARATUS - There is provided a method of producing a radioisotope with a production time shortened. There is provided a producing method of a radioisotope, the method including: irradiating a radiation beam on a target substance; and extracting the radioisotope which is generated by irradiating the radiation beam and transferred to gas from the gas. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321139 | FINE SILVER PARTICLE DISPERSION - This disclosure relates to a fine silver particle dispersion including: (1) 65 to 95.4% by weight of fine silver particles which have an average primary particle diameter of 10 to 190 nm and which comprise 25% by number or less of silver particles having a primary particle diameter of 100 nm or larger, (2) 4.5 to 34.5% by weight of a solvent, and (3) 0.1 to 1.0% by weight of ethyl cellulose having a weight average molecular weight of 10,000 to 120,000. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321140 | COMPOSITE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING COMPOSITE - Entrance of liquid is sufficiently prevented while electrical conductivity of a carbon material is maintained. A composite | 2020-10-08 |
20200321141 | Electrical Cable And Arrangement Comprising An Electrical Cable - An electrical cable includes a plurality of electrical lines extending from a first section to a third section through a second section. Each electrical line is enveloped by an insulating sheath. The electrical lines are arranged side-by-side in the first section in a first plane and in the third section in a third plane. The insulating sheath is integrally formed as a first insulating section in the first section and as a third insulating section in the third section. The insulating sheath is divided into a first further insulating section and a second further insulating section in the second section that are separated from each other by a gap. The first further insulating section is guided from the first insulating section to the third insulating section in a first arcuate path and the second further insulating section is guided from the first insulating section to the third insulating section in a second arcuate path. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321142 | TWINAXIAL PARALLEL CABLE - A twinaxial parallel cable includes two conductors arranged parallel to each other, an insulating layer formed around the two conductors by extrusion coating, a shield tape wound around the insulating layer while extending longitudinally, a drain wire arranged inside the shield tape, and an outer coating formed to cover the shield tape. A cross section of the insulating layer perpendicular to a longitudinal direction of the twinaxial parallel cable is formed into an oval shape having a long axis that is 1.7 to 2.2 times a length of a short axis. The insulating layer has a groove in a portion including an intersection of an outline of the insulating layer and a perpendicular bisector of the long axis. The groove is formed to be more than 0.5 times to 0.9 times an outer diameter or a thickness of the drain wire. The drain wire is retained in the groove so that a part of the drain wire protrudes toward the shield tape beyond the insulating layer. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321143 | STRETCHABLE WIRE MEMBER - A stretchable wire member includes a base body in which a fixed wire is formed on a hard base material, and a stretching body in which a flexible wire is formed at a flexible base material. In the stretchable wire member in which the base body and the stretching body are fixed and connected to each other, the hard base material includes a projecting part that reduces concentration of stress that is generated at a boundary between the base body and the stretching body, and an upper surface and a lower surface of the projecting part and an upper surface and a lower surface of a recessed part surrounded by the projecting part are covered by a base-body-side flexible base material extending from the stretching body. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321144 | ELECTRIC CONNECTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An electric connector is disposed between a connection terminal of a first device and a connection terminal of a second device, and electrically connects these connection terminals. The electric connector includes a resin layer, and a plurality of metal wires extending through the resin layer in a thickness direction, and having a rectangular shape on surfaces to be connected to the connection terminals. At least first sides of the rectangular shapes of the metal wires are arranged at equal intervals along the same direction. The length of short sides of the rectangular shapes are less than 5 μm. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321145 | ELECTRICAL ISOLATOR - An isolator includes a first fluid-carrying member and a second fluid-carrying member spaced apart from the first fluid-carrying member; and a resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component located between the first and the second fluid-carrying member. The component is adapted to convey fluid flowing from the first fluid-carrying member to the second fluid-carrying member. The isolator further comprises a reinforcing composite encircling the first fluid-carrying member, the second fluid-carrying member and the component. The reinforcing composite comprises: first fibres extending at an angle of between −30 degrees and +30 degrees to a longitudinal axis (A-A) of the resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component; second fibres interwoven with the first fibres and extending around the first fluid-carrying member, the second fluid-carrying member and the component at an angle of between +60 degrees and +90 degrees and/or between −60 degrees and −90 degrees to the longitudinal axis (A-A); and a resin. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321146 | ELECTRICAL ISOLATOR - An electrical isolator includes comprising: a first fluid-carrying member a second fluid-carrying member spaced apart from the first fluid-carrying member to form a gap; a resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component extending across the gap and bonded to the first and second fluid-carrying members so as to provide a fluid tight seal between the first fluid-carrying member and the resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component and between the second fluid-carrying member and the resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component. The isolator also includes a reinforcing composite encircling the first fluid-carrying member, the second fluid-carrying member and the resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321147 | ELECTRICAL ISOLATOR - An electrical isolator includes a first fluid-carrying member and a second fluid-carrying member spaced apart from the first fluid-carrying member in an axial direction and a resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component located between the first and second fluid-carrying members. The component is adapted to convey fluid flowing from the first fluid-carrying member to the second fluid-carrying member. The isolator also include a first fluid sealing member provided between the first fluid-carrying member and the component, a second fluid sealing member provided between the second fluid-carrying member and the component, and a reinforcing composite encircling the first fluid-carrying member, the second fluid-carrying member and the resistive, semi-conductive or non-conductive component. A a radially inner portion of the component separates the first fluid-carrying member and the second fluid-carrying member by an axial distance. The first and second sealing members are located within the axial distance between the first and second fluid-carrying members. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321148 | ELECTRICAL ISOLATOR - An electrical isolator comprising: a first fluid-carrying member and a second fluid-carrying member spaced apart from said first fluid-carrying member; wherein said first fluid-carrying member has a first toothed surface and said second fluid-carrying member has a second toothed surface; wherein the electrical isolator further comprises: a fibre-reinforced polymer tube that overlaps both the first fluid-carrying member and the second fluid-carrying member and which contacts the first toothed surface in a first interface region of the fibre-reinforced polymer tube and which contacts the second toothed surface in a second interface region of the fibre-reinforced polymer tube; and a compression fitting arranged to bias the first interface region and the first toothed surface together. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321149 | RESISTOR REPLICATOR - In an example, a device comprises a first resistor coupled to a second resistor and to a trim resistor, the second resistor and the trim resistor coupled to a port configured to couple to a third resistor. The device also comprises a comparator having an inverting input coupled to a first node between the second resistor and the port and a non-inverting input coupled to a second node between the first resistor and the trim resistor. The device further includes a trim control circuit coupled to an output of the comparator and having an output coupled to the trim resistor, the trim control circuit configured to couple to multiple integrated trim resistors external to the device. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321150 | PROCESS FOR PRODUCING A MAGNETOCALORIC COMPOSITE MATERIAL AND A CORRESPONDING HEAT EXCHANGER - A process is disclosed for producing a magnetocaloric composite material for a heat exchanger. The process comprises the following steps: Providing (S | 2020-10-08 |
20200321151 | R-T-B BASED SINTERED MAGNET - An R-T-B based sintered magnet containing a first heavy rare earth element, in which R includes Nd, T includes Co and Fe, the first heavy rare earth element includes Tb or Dy, the R-T-B based sintered magnet has a region in which a concentration of the first heavy rare earth element decreases from the surface toward the inside, a first grain boundary phase which contains the first heavy rare earth element and Nd but does not contain Co is present in one cross section including the region, and an area occupied by the first grain boundary phase in one cross section including the region is 1.8% or less. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321152 | System for Quench Protection of Superconducting Machines, Such as a Superconducting Wind Turbine Generator - A quench protection system for a superconducting machine, such as a superconducting generator having a plurality of series-arranged superconducting coils, includes at least one switch heater electrically coupled to each of the superconducting coils. A quench protection switch is provided in series with the coils, wherein each switch heater is in thermal contact with the quench protection switch. A heater network is configured in parallel with the quench protection switch and is in thermal contact with each of the coils. A quench of any one of the coils triggers a quench of the quench protection switch, wherein the heater network then triggers a quench of all of the remaining coils. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321153 | STATE-OF-CHARGE INDICATION METHOD, DEVICE AND TERMINAL - The present disclosure discloses a charging indication method. The method includes: acquiring a current ratio of a remaining battery capacity to a total battery capacity; determining a target curvature angle of a flexible display screen associated with a terminal based at least on the current ratio; and controlling the flexible display screen to present the target curvature angle. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321154 | REACTOR, MOTOR DRIVER, POWER CONDITIONER AND MACHINE - A reactor includes an outer peripheral iron core and at least three iron-core coils that contact or are connected to an inner surface of the outer peripheral iron core. Each of the iron-core coils includes iron cores and coils wound onto the iron cores. The reactor further includes an external cooling unit disposed outside the outer peripheral iron core, to cool the outer peripheral iron core. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321155 | COIL COMPONENT - A coil component includes a body having a first surface and a second surface facing each other, and having a plurality of wall surfaces connecting the first surface to the second surface; an insulating substrate; a coil portion comprising a first lead-out pattern and a second lead-out pattern each covered with the body and disposed on the insulating substrate; a first external electrode and a second external electrode disposed on the first surface of the body and spaced apart from each other; a first connection electrode and a second connection electrode respectively extending from the first and second lead-out patterns to the first and second external electrodes; and a first support portion and a second support portion respectively extending from the coil portion to be exposed to one of the plurality of wall surfaces, and respectively disposed to be spaced apart from the first and second lead-out patterns. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321156 | INDUCTOR - An inductor includes a coil having a winding portion of a conductor wound in a two-stage spiral shape and an extended portion extended from the winding portion, an element body containing the coil, and an outer electrode. The winding portion is arranged such that a winding axis intersects a first pair of surfaces, is substantially orthogonal to the first pair of surfaces as viewed from a second pair of surface side, and intersects a normal line on the first pair of surfaces as viewed from a third pair of surfaces side. Respective pairs of surfaces are opposed to one another, and the winding axis is inclined in a direction where an exposed portion exposed on a surface of the element body is positioned closer to an intermediate surface at an equal distance from respective first pair of surfaces relative to the normal line on the first pair of surfaces. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321157 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT, ELECTRONIC-COMPONENT MOUNTING BOARD, AND ELECTRONIC-COMPONENT MANUFACTURING METHOD - An electronic component includes a single-layer glass plate, an outer-surface conductor that is disposed above an outer surface of the single-layer glass plate and that is at least a part of an electrical element, and a terminal electrode that is a terminal of the electrical element. The terminal electrode is disposed above the outer surface of the single-layer glass plate and being electrically connected to the outer-surface conductor. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321158 | INTEGRATED INDUCTOR AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - An integrated inductor is disclosed herein. The integrated inductor includes a substrate, an insulation layer, and an inductor. The substrate includes a trench. At least a portion of the insulation layer is formed in the trench. The inductor is disposed in the trench, and the inductor is disposed on the insulation layer. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321159 | METHOD AND A MECHANISM CAPABLE OF ANNEALING A GMR SENSOR - A MR structure that comprises ferromagnetic layers separated by a spacer layer is formed on a substrate. One of the ferromagnetic layer is a pinned layer whose magnetic orientation is substantially fixed during operation. An insulating layer is deposited on the MR structure followed by deposition of a metallic layer. The metallic layer is patterned in to heat resistor. The MR structure is annealed by use of the heat resistor and an exte4rnal magnetic field. After annealing, the insulating layer and the heat resistor are removed. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321160 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A multilayer ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic body including a dielectric layer and a plurality of internal electrodes disposed to face each other with the dielectric layer interposed therebetween and external electrodes disposed on external surfaces of the ceramic body and electrically connected to the internal electrodes, respectively. The external electrode includes electrode layers electrically connected to the internal electrodes, and plating layers disposed on the electrode layers. At least one point, at which slopes of tangent lines of one of the electrode layers and the plating layers are opposite to each other, is disposed in a region within a range of ±0.2 BW around a point (0.5 BW) that is a halfway point of an overall width BW of the electrode layers disposed on the first surface or the second surface of the ceramic body. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321161 | SEPARATOR FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENTS, AND ELECTROCHEMICAL ELEMENT - A thin separator for electrochemical elements, which has achieved chemical stability, while maintaining a good balance among short-circuit resistance, resistivity, electrolyte solution impregnatability and electrolyte solution retainability of the separator. A separator for electrochemical elements, which is interposed between a pair of electrodes so as to separate the electrodes from each other, and which holds an electrolyte solution. This separator for electrochemical elements is composed of beaten cellulose fibers and thermoplastic synthetic fibers, and has a thickness of 5.0-30.0 μm and a density of 0.50-0.75 g/cm | 2020-10-08 |
20200321162 | ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element and a liquid. The capacitor element includes an anode foil, a cathode foil disposed to face the anode foil, and a conductive polymer layer that is disposed between the anode foil and the cathode foil. A first layer including at least one selected from the group consisting of carbon, nickel, a nickel compound, titanium, and a titanium compound is disposed on the cathode foil. The conductive polymer layer includes a conductive polymer. A proportion of water in the liquid ranges from 0.1% by mass to 6.0% by mass, inclusive. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321163 | Lateral Photovoltaic Window for a Public Transportation Vehicle, Associated Photovoltaic Power Generation System and Public Transportation Vehicle - A lateral window for a public transportation vehicle has a first transparent panel, a second transparent panel spaced apart from the first transparent panel, and a window frame for supporting the first transparent panel and the second transparent panel. An inner space filled a transparent photovoltaic gel is defined between the first and second transparent panels and the window frame. A filling arrangement is provided for filling the inner space between the first transparent panel and second transparent panel with the photovoltaic gel. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321164 | ELECTRICAL ENERGY STORAGE APPARATUS AND A METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - An electrical energy storage apparatus and a method of preparing the same. The electrical energy storage apparatus includes a first energy storage device arranged to supply electrical energy to an external electrical load; a second energy storage device arranged to recharge the first energy storage when at least a portion of the second energy storage device is exposed to air. The second energy storage device includes an encapsulation arranged to selectively block an air exposure to the second energy storage device, so as to maintain the second energy storage device in an idle state. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321165 | Systems And Methods For Improved Supercapacitors With Ionic Liquid Electrolytes - Disclosed are systems and methods for a supercapacitor. One form of the supercapacitor has a first electrode comprising a first active material, a second electrode comprising a second active material, and an electrolyte comprising a protic ionic liquid. The protic ionic liquid may be capable of undergoing a faradaic charge transfer with an electrode of a supercapacitor. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321166 | VARIABLE RADIO FREQUENCY MICRO-ELECTROMECHANICAL SWITCH - A radio frequency micro-electromechanical switch (generally referred to using the acronyms RF MEMS) is described. Also described is a method of producing such an RF MEMS switch. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321167 | Electrical Contact Geometry for Switchgear - Systems, devices, and methods disclosed herein can generally include electrical contacts for high voltage, high current, and/or fast acting electromechanical switches and methods for manufacturing the same. The electrical contacts can be optimized for high voltage blocking capabilities with minimal gap spacing in the open state and low electrical resistance when in contact in the closed state. Electrical contacts can have a geometry to produce a low peak electric field between the contacts when in the open state, have a high contact surface area when in the closed state, and a low mass. The geometry of the contacts can be based on geometries traditionally utilized for uniform field electrodes. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321168 | Integrated Electromechanical Device - An integrated electromechanical device is described, including a support body, a first and a second fixed contact, a first, second, third, and fourth variable position contact, a first and a second control circuit, and a first, second, third, and fourth signal conductive terminal. A first control conductive terminal is connected to the first control circuit, and a second control conductive terminal is connected to the second control circuit. The first, second, third, and fourth variable position contacts and the first and second fixed contacts are arranged such that, in any positioning configuration of the first and second and third and fourth variable position contacts, the first and second fixed contacts are in a condition of electrical isolation therebetween. Connection end regions of the first and second control conductive terminal are on a first connection plane, and connection end regions of each signal conductive terminal are on a second connection plane. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321169 | Keycap for a Luminous Keyboard and the Method for Manufacturing the Same - A keycap for a luminous keyboard comprises a base and a cap made of a transparent material. The base is provided with a first stage, and the top surface thereof is transparent. The cap covers the first stage, and is fixedly connected with the base. The cap is provided with a light-shielding layer, and the surface of which and opposite to the first stage is engraved with a light-transmitting area by laser. A manufacturing method for the same is described. Using the disclosed keycap and the manufacturing method thereof, the operator can accurately and quickly operate the keyboard in a dark environment, making the usage more convenient. As the light-transmitting area in the shape of characters or patterns is not likely to be rubbed or erased, the lifetime of the keycap is prolonged. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321170 | SWITCH DEVICE - A switch device includes a first rubber dome, a second rubber dome, and a slider disposed on the first rubber dome and the second rubber dome. The slider presses the upper surface of the first rubber dome, causing deformation of the first rubber dome when the slider is moved toward the first and second rubber domes, and presses the upper surface of the second rubber dome, causing deformation of the second rubber dome when the slider is further moved toward the first and second rubber domes in a state in which the first rubber dome is subjected to the deformation. A thick portion is formed on each side of the second rubber dome so as to increase the thickness on the each side of the second rubber dome. Each side of the second rubber dome is in a direction in which the first and second rubber domes are aligned. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321171 | Luminous Keycap and the Manufacturing Method Thereof - A luminous keycap includes a base made of a light-transmitting material and a transparent cover, wherein the base is provided with a first light-shielding layer and the top surface thereof is provided with a first light-transmitting area, and the inner surface of the cover is provided with a second light-shielding layer. The surface of the second light-shielding layer directly opposite to the first light-transmitting area is engraved with a second light-transmitting area. The cover is correspondingly fixed onto the base. The method of manufacturing the same is also described. The keycap and the manufacturing method thereof achieve the goal that its user can accurately and swiftly use the keyboard in a dark environment. It solves the problem that the user often touches characters and/or patterns so often that they are worn away. It has a better touch, and the keycaps have a longer lifetime. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321172 | DISCONNECTOR - A disconnector that includes at least two modular contact boxes, each one having a box-like body coupled to a contiguous box-like body of a contiguous modular contact box. Each box-like body defines a seat that accommodates a moving contact and two peripheral seats, each of which accommodates a corresponding fixed contact that can be accessed from outside the modular contact box. The at least two box-like bodies include at least one first box-like body, in which at least the outward-facing surface has a first finish, and at least one second box-like body, in which at least the outward-facing surface has a second finish, the contacts of the first box-like body or bodies having one polarity and the fixed contacts of the second box-like body or bodies having an opposite polarity. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321173 | Circuit Breaker Inerlock for ARC Quenching Device - An arc quenching device creates a fault on a bus. A lockout mechanism of a circuit breaker feeding the bus is responsively actuated. Actuating the lockout mechanism may include releasing a spring-loaded mechanism mounted on a cassette that holds the circuit breaker to cause the mechanism to engage a lockout member of the circuit breaker. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321174 | METHOD FOR OPERATING THE DRIVE OF A VACUUM INTERRUPTER, AND VACUUM INTERRUPTER ITSELF - A method for operating a drive of a vacuum interrupter in opening modus includes: dividing an opening movement of at least one movable contact into serial phases, an opening phase, and an isolating phase, driven in at least two different velocities. In the opening phase a velocity of the opening movement is lower than in the isolating phase. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321175 | SWITCH DEVICE AND PROTECTIVE DEVICE - A switch device capable of safely opening or short-circuiting an electrical circuit in response to an abnormality such as wetting with water or liquid leaking from a battery is provided. The device includes a conductor connected to an external circuit, and a reaction part including a liquid-soluble material which opens the conductor and the external circuit and which dissolves on contacting a liquid entering the device interior to electrically connect the conductor and the external circuit. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321176 | BREAKER AND SAFETY CIRCUIT EQUIPPED WITH THE SAME | 2020-10-08 |
20200321177 | RELAY CONTROL DEVICE - A relay control device includes a coil, a movable iron armature that is switched from an open state to a closed state when the coil is excited, a switching current output circuit that applies first current for switching the movable iron armature from the open state to the closed state to the coil, and a holding current output circuit that applies second current for holding the movable iron armature in the closed state to the coil. The switching current output circuit applies the first current to the coil when a first time has elapsed from when the second current is started to be applied to the coil, and the value of the second current is lower than the value of the first current. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321178 | RELAY - A relay includes: a housing, a base plate, and a driving device, connected to the base. At least one stationary contact group is provided on the housing. The stationary contact group includes two stationary contacts insulated from each other. At least one stationary contact in the stationary contact group includes an upper terminal and a lower contact are included. The upper terminal and the lower contact are isolated from each other and electrically connected by a fuse. The base plate is provided in the housing and can switch between on and off positions. The base plate, when being in the on position, contacts the stationary contact group for the electrical conduction of the two stationary contacts in the stationary contact group, and, when being in the off position, is isolated from the stationary contact group for disconnecting the electrical conduction of the two stationary contacts in the stationary contact group. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321179 | AUXILIARY/CONTROL SWITCHES KIT BOX FOR A MEDIUM VOLTAGE SWITCHING DEVICE - An auxiliary/control switches kit box for a Medium Voltage switching device including one or more movable contacts operated between a contact open position and a contact closed position by a kinematic chain connected to a contact actuator. The auxiliary/control switches kit box includes: a shaped enclosure adapted to be inserted into and removed from a dedicated volume inside the Medium Voltage switching device; the shaped enclosure housing one or more auxiliary/control switches electrically connected to corresponding one or more terminal boards; the one or more terminal boards facing toward the outside of the shaped enclosure from a first face of the shaped enclosure; the one or more auxiliary/control switches each including a pair of auxiliary/control switch contacts that can be linearly operated by an auxiliary/control switch actuator between a normally open (NO) position and a normally closed (NC) position; a mechanical coupling system mechanically connected to the auxiliary/control switch actuator to linearly displace it between the NO position and the NC position; the mechanically coupling system having one or more operating levers protruding outside the shaped enclosure from a second face thereof and being adapted to cooperate with the kinematic chain of the Medium Voltage switching device and follow it during the movement from the contact open position and the contact closed position. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321180 | HYBRID SWITCH ASSEMBLY AND CIRCUIT INTERRUPTER INCLUDING THE SAME - A hybrid switch assembly for use in a circuit interrupter, the hybrid switch assembly including an input, an output, separable contacts electrically connected between the input and the output, a solid state switching circuit electrically connected between the input and the output and in parallel with the separable contacts, and a fuse electrically connected in series with the solid state switching circuit. The solid state switching circuit is structured to turn on and allow current to flow through it between the input and the output for a predetermined amount of time after the separable contacts separate. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321181 | PYROTECHNIC SWITCHING DEVICE - A pyrotechnic cut-off device to be connected to an electrical circuit to cut-off, includes a pyrotechnic initiator, a first and a second conductive portion each intended to be connected to the electrical circuit, the second portion being connected in parallel with the first portion and including two conductive elements separated by an insulating segment, at least one of the conductive elements provided with a first fuse element connected in series which is configured to trip when the intensity of the current passing therethrough exceeds a first predetermined value, and a first and a second insulating protrusion, each protruding from a lower face of a movable piston and the first and the second protrusions being located respectively in front of the first portion and the insulating segment. The pyrotechnic initiator is configured to switch the cut-off device from a first current passage configuration to a second current cut-off configuration. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321182 | Regulated Charged Particle Beam Emitter Systems and Methods - A beam injector may include a cathode emitter to emit electrons and an electrode to bias at least a portion of the electrons to remain on the cathode emitter and focus the emitted electrons into an electron beam. The beam injector may also include a resistor coupled between the cathode emitter and the electrode and configured to allow self-regulation of a voltage potential on the electrode based at least in part on a current of the electron beam. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321183 | ARC-SHAPED MULTI-FOCAL POINT FIXED ANODE GATE CONTROLLED RAY SOURCE - Provided is an arc-shaped multi-focal point fixed anode gate controlled ray source, comprising an arc-shaped ray source housing, a ray tube bracket, a plurality of fixed anode reflected ray tubes and a plurality of gate controlled switches, wherein the plurality of fixed anode reflected ray tubes are fixed on the arc-shaped ray source housing by means of the ray tube bracket, and the focal points of the plurality of fixed anode reflected ray tubes are distributed on the same distribution circle; and the plurality of gate controlled switches are correspondingly connected to the plurality of fixed anode reflected ray tubes. By splicing the plurality of arc-shaped multi-focal point fixed anode gate controlled ray sources into an integral ring stricture, the focal points of all the fixed anode reflected ray tubes therein can be distributed on, the same distribution circle. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321184 | X-Ray Tube Single Anode Bore - An x-ray source can include an x-ray tube, and a heat sink for removal of heat from the x-ray tube. The heat sink can be thermally coupled to the anode and can extend away from the anode along a heat sink longitudinal axis. The heat sink can have a base and a fin extending from the base. The base can have a greater thickness nearer the anode, and a reduced thickness along the heat sink longitudinal axis to a smaller thickness farther from the anode. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321185 | Energy Filter and Charged Particle Beam Apparatus - An energy filter has a plurality of sector magnets which are configured symmetrically with respect to a symmetry plane, and forms a real image on the symmetry plane. The energy filter include: an entrance aperture provided with a slit having a longitudinal direction in a direction perpendicular to an energy dispersion direction; and a hexapole and a quadrupole disposed on the symmetry plane. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321186 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ANGLED ETCHING - Embodiments described herein relate to apparatus and methods for performing electron beam reactive plasma etching. In one embodiment, an apparatus for performing EBRPE processes includes an electrode formed from a material having a high secondary electron emission coefficient. The electrode has an electron emitting surface disposed at a nonparallel angle relative to a major axis of a substrate assembly. The EBRPE apparatus may further comprise a capacitive or inductive coupled plasma generator. In another embodiment, methods for etching a substrate include generating a plasma and bombarding an electrode with ions from the plasma to cause the electrode to emit electrons. The electrons are accelerated toward a substrate to induce directional etching of the substrate. During the EBPRE process, the substrate or electrode is actuated through a process volume during the etching. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321187 | INSPECTION TOOL AND METHOD OF DETERMINING A DISTORTION OF AN INSPECTION TOOL - A method of determining a distortion of a field of view of a scanning electron microscope is described. The method may include: providing a sample including substantially parallel lines extending in a first direction; performing scans across the field of view of the sample along respective scan-trajectories extending in a scan direction; the scan direction being substantially perpendicular to the first direction; detecting a response signal of the sample caused by the scanning of the sample; determining a distance between a first line segment of a line and a second line segment of the line, whereby each of the first line segment and the second line segment are crossed by scan trajectories, based on the response signal; performing the previous step for multiple locations within the field of view; and determining the distortion across the field of view, based on the determined distances at the multiple locations. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321188 | HIGH SPEED/LOW DOSE MULTI-OBJECTIVE AUTONOMOUS SCANNING MATERIALS IMAGING - Aspects of the present disclosure involve applying a Multi-Objective Autonomous Dynamic Sampling algorithm in an electron or other radiation/charged-particle microscope for the characterization of elemental, chemical, and crystallographic information with over an order of magnitude improvement in time and exposure. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321189 | PATTERN CROSS-SECTIONAL SHAPE ESTIMATION SYSTEM AND PROGRAM - The present disclosure provides a pattern cross-sectional shape estimation system which includes a charged particle ray device which includes a scanning deflector that scans a charged particle beam, a detector that detects charged particles, and an angle discriminator that is disposed in a front stage of the detector and discriminates charged particles to be detected, and an arithmetic device that generates a luminance of an image, and calculates a signal waveform of a designated region on the image using the luminance. The arithmetic device generates angle discrimination images using signal electrons at different detection angles, and estimates a side wall shape of a measurement target pattern. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321190 | ION FOCUSING DEVICE - Apparatus include a plurality of electrode arrangements spaced apart from each other opposite an ion propagation axis and defining an ion transfer channel that extends along the ion propagation axis that tapers between an input end that is situated to receive ions and an output end that is situated to couple the received ions to an input end of an ion guide. Methods include positioning a plurality of electrode arrangements at oblique angles opposite an ion propagation axis so as to form a ion transfer channel that tapers between an input end and an output end, and coupling the output end of the ion transfer channel to an input end of an ion optical element so as to direct ions in the ion transfer channel into the ion optical element. Related systems are also disclosed. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321191 | MULTI-BEAM INSPECTION APPARATUS WITH SINGLE-BEAM MODE - A multi-beam inspection apparatus supporting a plurality of operation modes is disclosed. The charged particle beam apparatus for inspecting a sample supporting a plurality of operation modes comprises a charged particle beam source configured to emit a charged particle beam along a primary optical axis, a movable aperture plate, movable between a first position and a second position, and a controller having circuitry and configured to change the configuration of the apparatus to switch between a first mode and a second mode. In the first mode, the movable aperture plate is positioned in the first position and is configured to allow a first charged particle beamlet derived from the charged particle beam to pass through. In the second mode, the movable aperture plate is positioned in the second position and is configured to allow the first charged particle beamlet and a second charged particle beamlet to pass through. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321192 | SURFACE PROCESSING APPARATUS - This disclosure relates to a surface processing apparatus for use in the surface processing of a substrate. The surface processing apparatus comprises a plasma source including a wall defining a plasma chamber and an excitation source adjacent the wall and a processing chamber in which a substrate having a predetermined maximum lateral dimension is mounted in use, the processing chamber being operatively connected to the plasma source. A transmission plate for the transmission of plasma in use is arranged between the plasma source and processing chamber, the transmission plate comprising a plurality of apertures. The apertures follow a non-rectilinear path through the transmission plate such that there is no line of sight in use between a substrate with the predetermined maximum lateral dimension mounted in the processing chamber and the most intense region of the plasma in the plasma chamber. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321193 | GAS SHOWERHEAD, MANUFACTURING METHOD, AND PLASMA APPARATUS INCLUDING THE GAS SHOWERHEAD - Disclosed are a gas showerhead, a method of manufacturing the same, and a plasma apparatus provided with the gas showerhead. The gas showerhead comprises a back plate and a gas distribution plate, the gas distribution plate including a plurality of annular gas distribution regions with the center of the gas distribution plate as their center; on each annular gas distribution region are provided a plurality of gas through-holes penetrating through the gas inlet face and the gas outlet face, the gas through-holes at least including a plurality of first gas through-holes inclined at a certain angle, and the gas through-holes further include a plurality of second gas through-holes, the second gas through-holes being parallel to the central axis or having a radial inclination direction different from the first gas through-holes; and in the same annular gas distribution region, gas flowing out of the first gas through-holes and gas flowing out of the second gas through-holes are kept away from each other | 2020-10-08 |
20200321194 | ADJUSTABLE CAPACITOR, IMPEDANCE MATCHING DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR PROCESSING APPARATUS - The present disclosure provides an adjustable capacitor comprising a ferroelectric dielectric layer, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on opposite sides of the ferroelectric dielectric layer. The adjustable capacitor further comprises a first control electrode and a second control electrode insulated from the first electrode and the second electrode. The first control electrode and the second control electrode are configured to provide an electric field to the ferroelectric dielectric layer, to adjust a dielectric constant of the ferroelectric dielectric layer by controlling an electric field strength, thereby adjusting the capacitance between the first and the second electrodes. The present disclosure also provides an impedance matching device and a semiconductor processing apparatus. The adjustable capacitor, the impedance matching device and the semiconductor processing apparatus can adjust the capacitance of the adjustable capacitor in milliseconds, thereby accelerating the matching speed, shortening the matching time, and improving the processed result. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321195 | Substrate Processing Apparatus - A substrate processing apparatus, for generating a plasma from a gas by a high frequency energy and etching a substrate in a processing chamber by radicals in the plasma, includes a high frequency power supply configured to supply the high frequency energy into the processing chamber, a gas supply source configured to introduce the gas into the processing chamber, a mounting table configured to mount the substrate thereon, and a partition plate provided in the processing chamber and configured to divide an inner space of the processing chamber into a plasma generation space and a substrate processing space and suppress passage of ions therethrough. The partition plate and a portion of an inner wall surface of the processing chamber which is positioned at least above the mounting table are covered by a dielectric material having a recombination coefficient of 0.002 or less. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321196 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A dry etching apparatus includes a process chamber, a stage, a gas supply device and a plasma generating device. The stage is in the process chamber and is configured to support a wafer, wherein the wafer has a center region and a periphery region surrounding the center region. The gas supply device is configured to supply a first flow of an etching gas to the center region and supply a second flow of the etching gas to the periphery region. The plasma generating device is configured to generate plasma from the etching gas. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321197 | PROCESSING EQUIPMENT COMPONENT PLATING - A method of forming a radio frequency (RF) strap for use in a process chamber is provided. The method includes positioning a core strap including a first material that is electrically and thermally conductive in a first electrochemical bath. The first electrochemical bath includes a first solvent and a first plating precursor. The method further includes forming a first protective coating on an outer surface of the core strap, removing the first solvent and the first plating precursor from the core strap having the first protective coating formed thereon, post-treating the core strap having the first protective coating formed thereon, positioning the core strap having the first protective coating formed thereon in a second electrochemical bath, and forming a second protective coating on an outer surface of the first protective coating. The first protective coating includes nickel, the second electrochemical bath includes a second solvent and a second plating precursor, and the second protective coating includes gold. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321198 | LOWER ELECTRODE MECHANISM AND REACTION CHAMBER - The present disclosure provides a lower electrode mechanism and a reaction chamber, the lower electrode mechanism includes a base for carrying a workpiece to be processed and a lower electrode chamber disposed under the base, the lower electrode chamber includes an electromagnetic shielding space and a non-electromagnetic shielding space isolated from each other, the chamber of the lower electrode chamber includes a first through hole and a second through hole, and the electromagnetic shielding space and the non-electromagnetic shielding space are respectively connected to outside through the first through hole and the second through hole to prevent a plurality of first components disposed in the electromagnetic shielding space from being interfered by a second component disposed in the non-electromagnetic shielding space. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321199 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR GENERATING PLASMA ACTIVATED LIQUID - Exemplary systems and methods associated with activating fluids using indirect plasma. In particular, liquid can be activated to high concentrations and at high volumes by thinning and mixing the liquid as it is exposed to the plasma, resulting more efficient activation. Further increases in activation can be reached by re-circulating fluid for additional exposure to the plasma. High flow rates can be achieved with integrated systems that utilize multiple activation systems with coordinated control. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321200 | PLASMA PROCESSING METHOD INCLUDING CLEANING OF INSIDE OF CHAMBER MAIN BODY OF PLASMA PROCESSING APPARATUS - A time period for cleaning performed to remove a deposit formed within a chamber main body can be reduced. A plasma processing method including the cleaning of an inside of the chamber main body of a plasma processing apparatus is provided. The method includes etching including a main etching of etching an etching target film of a processing target object placed on a stage in a low temperature by generating plasma of a processing gas containing a fluorocarbon gas and/or a hydrofluorocarbon gas; carrying-out the processing target object from a chamber; and cleaning the inside of the chamber main body by generating plasma of a cleaning gas in a state that a temperature of an electrostatic chuck is set to be high. | 2020-10-08 |
20200321201 | IN-SITU OPTICAL CHAMBER SURFACE AND PROCESS SENSOR - Embodiments disclosed herein include optical sensor systems and methods of using such systems. In an embodiment, the optical sensor system comprises a housing and an optical path through the housing. In an embodiment, the optical path comprises a first end and a second end. In an embodiment a reflector is at the first end of the optical path, and a lens is between the reflector and the second end of the optical path. In an embodiment, the optical sensor further comprises an opening through the housing between the lens and the reflector. | 2020-10-08 |