41st week of 2019 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20190311772 | ADJUSTING VOLTAGE ON ADJACENT WORD LINE DURING VERIFY OF MEMORY CELLS ON SELECTED WORD LINE IN MULTI-PASS PROGRAMMING - Apparatuses and techniques are described for programming memory cells with a narrow threshold voltage (Vth) distribution in a memory device. In one approach, the final pass of a multi-pass program operation on a word line WLn includes applying a variable voltage to WLn+1 during verify tests on WLn. The variable voltage (Vread) can be an increasing function of the verify voltage on WLn, and thus a function of the data state for which the verify test is performed. In one approach, Vread on WLn+1 is stepped up with each increase in the verify voltage on WLn. The step size in Vread can be the same as, or different than, the step size in the verify voltage. Vread can be different for each different verify voltage, or multiple verify voltages can be grouped for use with a common Vread. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311773 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR SELF-TRIMMING OF A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - Methods and apparatuses are provided for self-trimming of a semiconductor device. An example apparatus includes a semiconductor device including a self-trimming circuit configured to receive a reference voltage and a test command signal. The self-trimming circuit is configured to convert the reference voltage to a target voltage based on the test command signal and further configured to adjust a voltage trim code until an internal voltage matches the target voltage to determine a trim level associated with the internal voltage. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311774 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND SEMICONDUCTOR SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A semiconductor system includes a first semiconductor device and a second semiconductor device. The first semiconductor device controls a test mode. The first semiconductor device outputs a chip identification and receives external data. The second semiconductor device includes a plurality of memory chips. At least one of the plurality of memory chips are activated based on the chip identification to store input data into each of the plurality of memory chips that have been activated while a write operation is performed in the test mode. At least two of the plurality of memory chips are activated based on the chip identification to output the stored input data as the external data while a read operation is performed in the test mode. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311775 | CONTROLLER, OPERATING METHOD THEREOF AND MEMORY SYSTEM INCLUDING THE CONTROLLER - A controller includes a processor suitable for performing a first erase operation on a target memory block; a tester suitable for performing a test operation to apply test voltages to selected points of word lines included in the target memory block; a counter suitable for counting the numbers of error memory cells sensed through the test voltages at the selected points; and a skipper suitable for setting test skip information based on the numbers of error memory cells. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311776 | SEMICONDUCTOR-PRODUCT TESTING DEVICE, METHOD FOR TESTING SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCT, AND SEMICONDUCTOR PRODUCT - A semiconductor-product testing device that supplies a test pattern for testing a semiconductor product to the semiconductor product includes a pattern memory that stores a part of the test pattern. The pattern memory is rewritten during a time when the semiconductor product is tested by a part of the test pattern stored in the pattern memory included in the semiconductor-product testing device. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311777 | MEMORY INTERFACE LATCH WITH INTEGRATED WRITE-THROUGH AND FENCE FUNCTIONS - A memory interface latch including a data NAND gate and a feedback gate can be created within an integrated circuit (IC). When a feedback node is driven low, the data NAND gate can drive an inverted value of a memory array bitline input to a data output of the memory interface latch within a time of one gate delay. A feedback gate can, in a functional mode, during one phase of a clock signal, drive the feedback node high and during the other phase of the clock signal, drive the feedback node to a complement the data output. The feedback gate can be also, in an LBIST write-through mode, drive the feedback node to the value of a WRITE_DATA input. The feedback gate can be also, in a fence mode, drive the feedback node to fixed logic value. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311778 | FUSE RUPTURE METHOD AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE RELATED TO A RUPTURE OPERATION - A semiconductor device includes a fuse array circuit including a plurality of fuse cell arrays, and configured to output fuse data based on one or more fuses that have been ruptured or not within a fuse cell array; and a fuse control circuit configured to compare the fuse data and one or more failure addresses, and re-perform a rupture operation for the fuse cell array when the fuse data and the failure addresses indicate a difference between the fuse data and the failure addresses. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311779 | METHODS FOR DETECTING VARIANTS IN NEXT-GENERATION SEQUENCING GENOMIC DATA - A genomic data analyzer may be configured to detect and characterize, with a variant calling module, genomic variant scenarios in sequencing reads from an enriched patient genomic sample comprising a combination of a first repeat pattern and a second repeat pattern, such as repeats of homopolymer (single nucleotide) and/or heteropolymer (multiple nucleotide) basic motifs. The variant calling module may estimate the probability distribution of the length of the first repeat pattern and the probability distribution of the length of the second repeat pattern by comparing the distribution of the repeat pattern length measurements in patient data to the distribution of the repeat pattern length measurements in control data, in order to remove biases possibly induced by the next generation sequencing laboratory setup both in control and patient data. The variant calling module may further measure, read by read, the joint probability distribution for the first and the second repeat patterns lengths, and compare it with the expected joint probability distribution for various genomic variant scenarios for the patient, each variant scenario being characterized by a first length of the first repeat pattern and a second length of the second repeat pattern, to select the most likely patient genomic variant scenario as the scenario for which the measured joint probability distribution best matches the expected joint probability distribution. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311780 | METHODS AND COMPUTER SOFTWARE FOR DETECTING SPLICE VARIANTS - Methods and software products for analysis of alternative splicing are disclosed. In general the methods involve normalizing probe set or exon intensity to an expression level measurement of the gene. The methods may be used to identify tissue-specific alternative splicing events. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311781 | Machine Learning Algorithm for Identifying Peptides that Contain Features Positively Associated with Natural Endogenous or Exogenous Cellular Processing, Transportation and Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) Presentation - The present invention provides a method for identifying peptides that contain features positively associated with natural endogenous or exogenous cellular processing, transportation and major histocompatibility complex (MHC) presentation. In particular, the invention/method controls for the influence of protein abundance, stability and HLA/MHC binding on processing and presentation, enabling a machine-learning algorithm or statistical inference model trained using the method to be applied to any test peptide regardless of its HLA/MHC restriction i.e. the algorithm operates in a HLA/MHC-agnostic manner. This is attained through the building of positive and negative data sets of peptide sequences (peptides identified or inferred from surface bound or secreted MHC/peptide complexes in the literature, and those which are not). Specifically, the positive and negative data sets comprise a multiplicity of pairings between individual entries, in which both sequences of a pair are of equal or similar length, and are derived from the same source protein, and/or have similar binding affinities, with respect to the HLA/MHC molecule from which the peptide of the positive peptide is restricted. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311782 | METHOD FOR BIOLOGICALLY STORING AND RESTORING DATA - The present invention relates to a method, device and software product for converting data into a data DNA sequence and restoring the DNA sequence library into raw data, and a storage medium for storing the software product. The method for converting data into a data DNA sequence comprises: dividing data into one or more data conversion units, providing a binary sequence for each data conversion unit, and converting each data conversion unit into a data DNA sequence according to a dataDNA sequence conversion rule, thus acquiring a data DNA sequence library, which makes biological storage of data in vivo possible by constructing a data DNA library. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311783 | METHOD FOR DESIGNING RNA BINDING PROTEIN UTILIZING PPR MOTIF, AND USE THEREOF - A method for designing a protein capable of binding in an RNA base selective manner or RNA base sequence specific manner is provided. The protein of the present invention is a protein containing one or more of PPR motifs (preferably 2 to 14 PPR motifs) each consisting of a polypeptide of 30- to 38-amino acid length represented by the formula 1 (wherein Helix A is a moiety of 12-amino acid length capable of forming an α-helix structure, and is represented by the formula 2, wherein, in the formula 2, A | 2019-10-10 |
20190311784 | GENOME EXPLORER SYSTEM TO PROCESS AND PRESENT NUCLEOTIDE VARIATIONS IN GENOME SEQUENCE DATA - This disclosure provides a technology for users to gain first-hand knowledge and experience with interpreting whole genomes. The technology graphically depicts variations in genome sequences in an expandable display, and provides a platform whereby the user may find and research the biological significance of such variants. The technology also provides a unique collaborative environment designed to capture and improve the collective knowledge of the participating community. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311785 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR GENOMIC ANNOTATION AND DISTRIBUTED VARIANT INTERPRETATION - A computer-based genomic annotation system, including a database configured to store genomic data, non-transitory memory configured to store instructions, and at least one processor coupled with the memory, the processor configured to implement the instructions in order to implement an annotation pipeline and at least one module filtering or analysis of the genomic data | 2019-10-10 |
20190311786 | SIMULATION METHOD, SIMULATION PROGRAM, AND SIMULATION DEVICE - A simulation method includes: a process of performing a renormalization transformation process with respect to a granular system S that is a simulation target that includes a plurality of polymers that are respectively formed of a plurality of monomer grains that are connected to each other in one dimension, on the basis of a renormalization factor λ depending on the number of times of renormalization; and a process of calculating a position vector and a momentum vector of a monomer grain in a renormalized granular system S′ by executing molecular dynamics calculation with respect to the renormalized granular system S′. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311787 | USER INTERFACE WITH DYNAMIC DISPLAY OF MATCHING CLINICAL TRIALS AS A PATIENT ANSWERS MORE QUESTIONS - The invention relates to systems for structuring clinical trials protocols into machine interpretable form. A hybrid human and natural language processing system is used to generate a structured computer parseable representation of a clinical trial protocol and its eligibility criteria. Furthermore, a web-based search engine to allow patients to find relevant clinical trials is developed. It works by asking a series of questions, which are generated dynamically such that previous answers will decide which question is generated next. Using a probabilistic model of trial suitability, questions are prioritized so as to minimize the total question burden. Furthermore, data collected across multiple trials is used to optimize the model and to optimize the design of future clinical trials. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311788 | MONITORING CLINICAL RESEARCH PERFORMANCE - A computer-implemented method, system, and computer program product monitors clinical research performance. One or more metrics of clinical research performance for investigator/provider/research sites across research studies are collected. The metrics include performance area, characteristic of the performance area with one or more attributes, point values for each attribute, and weight value for the characteristic. A performance score is produced for each of the entities based on the one or more metrics. A machine learning model is trained to determine performance scores based on the produced performance score for each of the entities. A request for entities is processed by applying performance scores from the machine learning model and appropriate corresponding data to a predictive model to determine resulting performance scores, rank and/or match for each of the one or more entities for a given protocol and/or assessment trigger. Actions are performed based on the resulting performance scores, rank and/or match. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311789 | COMPUTER IMPLEMENTED DISCOVERY OF BIOMARKERS FOR BLOOD BRAIN BARRIER DISRUPTION - Provided herein are computer implemented methods of evaluating, detecting, and identifying biomarkers of blood brain barrier disruption. Also provided herein are kits and methods for detecting blood brain barrier disruption in a subject. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311790 | Patient Care System - A caregiving system and method used in caring for a patient is provided. The design includes receiving information regarding the patient, recording the information received, and based on the information received, determining a query applicable to the patient, wherein the query includes actionable data with respect to the patient. Determining the query applicable to the patient includes employing artificial intelligence to determine possible care actions based on attributes of the patient and available care solutions, employing artificial intelligence training based on prior received applicable data to improve potential query related outcomes, and establishing the query based on query selection data, datapoint value metrics, and response rate data. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311791 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PATIENT-CENTRIC UNIVERSAL HEALTH RECORDING AND PAYMENT - A patient-centric universal health recording and payment system can include a synchronized server having synchronized patient information accessible and controllable by a patient, a plurality of electronic medical record databases selectively synchronized with the synchronized server, and a universal user interface for presenting the synchronized patient information including information from all accessed providers. The system can further include a plurality of third party inputs to the synchronized server selectively providing information regarding the patient, a plurality of patient sourced inputs to the synchronized server selectively providing information about the patient, and a patient input defining accessibility among and between the plurality of electronic medical record databases, a source of the plurality of third party inputs, and a source of the plurality of patient sourced inputs. The system can further include a patient health card providing patient authentication or patient identification, and funding for payments of health care services. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311792 | MOBILE SYSTEM FOR THE ASSESSMENT OF CONSUMER MEDICATION COMPLIANCE AND PROVISION OF MOBILE CAREGIVING - An application system capable of providing a continuation of care for a user. This is achieved through the assessing of medication compliance, assessing medical testing compliance and providing appropriate care suggestions. The system incorporates medication reminder, medication compliance analytics and the capacity to provide responses to user specific medication inquiries. The system also incorporates medical test assessment capabilities and the capacity to provide basic medical testing protocols. Additionally, as medication and medical testing data are collected, processed and analyzed, they are stored in a zero-click fashion with results being rapidly presented back to the user via an interactive avatar. These data can also be provided in standard of care summaries to users, HIPPA compliant third parties and/or medical care providers. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311793 | DETERMINING USE OF MEDICATION THROUGH CONSEQUENTIAL CHARACTERISTIC ACOUSTIC EMISSIONS - Arrangements are provided for “smart” functionality with “dumb” containers, such as for tracking medication use to determine adherence. An acoustic emitter such as a whistle is engaged with a container such as an eye drop bottle. An event such as dispensing medication or opening the container causes a characteristic acoustic emission, such as an ultrasonic pitch of specific frequency. The emitter may be purposefully configured to produce the emission, may operate so that the emission is a natural consequence of dispensing medication (or other event), and may operate transparently to the user. The emitter may be part of a larger remote, such as a squeezable air-filled shell with an aperture to accept the container. A cell phone or other station receives the acoustic emission, and if a processor thereof determines that the emission is characteristic of the emitter the event is recorded, transmitted, displayed, or otherwise registered. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311794 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, RADIOGRAPHING APPARATUS, RADIOGRAPHING SYSTEM, INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus includes a purpose setting unit configured to set an examination purpose of radiography, a selection setting unit configured to select processing of a radiation image corresponding to the examination purpose and set the processing in an editing area of a display unit, and a generation unit configured to generate a processing procedure corresponding to the examination purpose based on the set processing. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311795 | MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD AND MEDICAL IMAGE PROCESSING SYSTEM - A medical image processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit and a processing unit. The acquisition unit acquires first and second medical images in time series. The processing unit calculates a first parameter indicating a transition of luminance at a first point based on the luminance at the first point on the first medical image and luminance at a second point on the second medical image, calculates a second parameter indicating a transition of luminance at a third point based on the luminance at the third point on the first medical image and luminance at a fourth point on the second medical image, visualizes the first medical image by superimposing the first parameter on the first point and superimposing the second parameter on the third point; and visualizes the second medical image by superimposing the first parameter on the second point and superimposing the second parameter on the fourth point. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311796 | COLOR ANALYSIS AND CONTROL USING AN ELECTRONIC MOBILE DEVICE TRANSPARENT DISPLAY SCREEN INTEGRAL WITH THE USE OF AUGMENTED REALITY GLASSES - The present disclosure relates to mobile electronic devices including at least one transparent display screen for color analysis and control relating to medical conditions using an electronic mobile device have a transparent display screen and a non-transparent display screen, bendable display screen and multiple screen device with 3D sensor used as telemedicine device. Color data for a perceived color stores in a memory and displays images as perceived through the transparent display screen. Image difference values are determined between a first set of optical processing data and a second set of optical processing data. The transparent display screen indicates image difference values from including differences in color, texture, transparency, lighting, etc., especially for augmented reality applications. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311797 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANAGING BOOKINGS OF APPOINTMENTS - A device for managing bookings of appointments for a service, which device comprises a data processing unit having a memory for storing therein data comprising per person a parameter indicating a rate that the concerned person did not shown up at the appointments, which data processing unit comprises a generator provided for determining per person and on the basis of his parameter a probability that the person will not show up at the appointment, which data processing unit comprises a coupling member provided for coupling an action to said appointments on the basis of the parameter which has been allotted to the person, which coupling member comprises a memory provided for storing therein for each couple each time formed by one of the actions and one of the parameters a value indicating the reduction of the probability that the concerned person following the concerned action will not show up at a next appointment. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311798 | Computing Devices with Improved User Interfaces for Applications - Exemplary embodiments include a computing device configured to display on a screen a menu listing one or more applications, and additionally being configured to display on the screen an application summary that can be reached directly from the menu, wherein the application summary displays a limited list of data offered within the one or more applications. Further, the application summary may be displayed while one or more other applications are not displayed. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311799 | PATIENT TRANSPORT AND TRIAGE - Provided are patient transport and triage methods for use with a mission control computing device configured to execute and implement one or more application modules, and in operative communication over a network with a sender computing device and a dispatch computing device each operable to display one or more dashboards and/or input screens, and with one or more static or dynamic mission control datasets. The networked methods provide a technical solution for improving patient transport and triage by providing, confirming and sharing patient acuity and transport information among multiple relevant parties at the same time to provide better patient outcomes. Also provided are systems for implementing the methods, and computer readable media having stored thereon computer-executable instructions for performing the methods. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311800 | PHYSICAL MEASUREMENT OF EMPIRICAL INDICATORS OF PATIENT-RELATED OUTCOME VALUE USING TIME AND MOTION SENSOR RESULTS - A system, a method and non-transitory computer readable medium are provided. The method includes receiving a message from a gateway. The message includes an identification parameter associated with the gateway that received a ping from a beacon. The message also includes a beacon identifier of the beacon that transmitted the ping, the ping included the beacon identifier. The message further includes a derived signal strength parameter that indicates a proximity of the beacon to the gateway when the beacon transmitted the ping. The method also includes acquiring an outcome associated with medical-care that is provided by a medical provider to a patient. The method further includes identifying a cost associated with the medical-care provided by the medical provider based in part on the received message. The method additionally includes generating a value score that relates the identified cost of providing the medical-care to the patient, to the acquired outcome. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311801 | DATA COLLECTION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING DATA FROM A MEDICAL DEVICE - A system for tracking the performance of a medical device including a memory, a display device; a medical device connector connected to the medical device, a processor operable to receive operational data from the medical device connector, determine a plurality of device metadata from the operational data, receive a plurality of environmental data from the medical device, determine a plurality of performance criteria based on the environmental data from the medical device, and display the performance criteria on the display device. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311802 | SURGICAL INSTRUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - A surgical instrument management system includes a reader that reads an identification mark, and a management terminal that manages predetermined information associated with the identification mark, the predetermined information including a state of use of a surgical instrument. The management terminal includes a storage that stores the predetermined information and a predetermined discard condition under which the surgical instrument is to be discarded, an updater that updates the state of use of the surgical instrument, a first determiner that determines whether or not the state of use of the surgical instrument meets the discard condition, and a first notifier that, in the case where the first determiner determines that the state of use of the surgical instrument meets the discard condition, notifies that the surgical instrument needs to be discarded. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311803 | MEDICAL DEVICE SYSTEM PERFORMANCE INDEX - A distributed network system and method includes a processing unit configured to manage safety data for a plurality of medical devices, a database software component in communication with the processing unit, and a monitoring software component in communication with the processing unit. The monitoring software component is configured to monitor a number of messages between a number of medical devices and the processing unit, to process performance parameters to generate an overall performance index, and to generate an output that is viewable by a user. The output includes relative contributions of each of the performance parameters to the overall performance index, where the overall performance index is generated using a weighting factor associated with each of the performance parameters. The performance parameters include the number of messages waiting to be processed, which has the largest weighting factor, and a disk queue length, which has the smallest weighting factor. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311804 | MANAGING MEDICAL DATA - Methods, systems, and devices for patient monitoring are described. The method may include receiving medical data associated with a measurement by a medical device. The method may also include parsing, from the medical data, a physiological parameter associated with the measurement, a measurement value associated with the physiological parameter, and metadata that indicates how the measurement was performed. The method may further include storing the physiological parameter, the measurement value, and the metadata separately in a table and transmitting, to a display, the measurement value and an indication of the physiological parameter. In some cases, the display may be configured based on the metadata. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311805 | MEDICAL ANATOMY QUANTIFICATION: COMPUTER-AIDED DIAGNOSIS TOOL - Described is a method for segmenting an anatomical part, including identifying a landmark on a contour/surface of a 2D/3D model of the anatomical part in an ultrasound image, assigning a weight to the landmark, identifying different appearance patterns of a region around the landmark based on a previously stored training set; and applying a filter to the different appearance patterns of the region around the landmark in order to identify contours of the anatomical part. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311806 | MEDICAL IMAGE DIAGNOSIS SUPPORT DEVICE AND MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING APPARATUS - Two or more learning images generated for a first subject or a second subject and one or more correct answer images generated for the second subject or a third subject are received. In a case where pixel values of corresponding pixels of the two or more learning images are synthesized by using a synthesis parameter value, the parameter value at which the synthesized pixel values are close to a pixel value of a corresponding pixel of the correct answer image is obtained. An image generated for the first subject and having the same type as the two or more learning images is received as an examination target image. A synthesized image desired by a user is generated by synthesizing pixel values of corresponding pixels of the two or more examination target images by using the synthesis parameter value. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311807 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESPONDING TO HEALTHCARE INQUIRIES - Techniques for responding to a healthcare inquiry from a user are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for responding to a healthcare inquiry from a user, according to a set of instructions stored on a memory of a computing device and executed by a processor of the computing device, the method comprising the steps of: classifying an intent of the user based on the healthcare inquiry; instantiating a conversational engine based on the intent; eliciting, by the conversational engine, information from the user; and presenting one or more medical recommendations to the user based at least in part on the information. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311808 | Methods and Compositions for Determining Smoking Status - Peripheral blood markers are provided whose expression levels correlate with smoking status. Predictive models developed using highly informative markers are disclosed, along with systems, kits, and methods for using the markers to provide a biochemical surrogate for a subject's smoking status. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311809 | PATIENT STATUS MONITOR AND METHOD OF MONITORING PATIENT STATUS - A patient status monitor for providing an estimate of the risk of an adverse health event such as death or intensive care readmission based on a first risk estimate using patient data collected over a first time period, such as a stay in an intensive care unit, and a second risk estimate based on current vitals signs measurements. The first and second risk estimates are based on different models, the first being a static logistic regression on data selected from electronic patient records, and the second being a novelty detection algorithm based on a a training data set of vital signs measurements representing normality. The two risk estimates are combined in a weighted combination, with the first risk estimate having a weight which decreases with time from the end of the first time period. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311810 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR FACILITATING COMPUTATIONAL ANALYSIS OF A HEALTH CONDITION - The present disclosure pertains to a system configured to facilitate computational analysis of a health condition. In some embodiments, the system is configured to: obtain a graph comprising nodes and edges, the nodes comprising nodes of a first node type that correspond to risk parameters and nodes of a second node type that correspond to risk models; process the graph to generate a resulting graph for a first individual by: determining a value of a risk parameter of a first-type node (that has an edge linking the first-type node to a second-type node in the graph) with respect to the first individual; and removing edges linking the second-type node to first-type nodes from the graph based on the value of the risk parameter of the first-type node; and select, based on the resulting graph, risk models to be used to perform analysis of the first individual's health condition. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311811 | GRAPH CONVOLUTION BASED GENE PRIORITIZATION ON HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS - This disclosure relates generally to method and system for graph convolution based gene prioritization on heterogeneous networks. The method includes obtaining a set of entities for human rare diseases from one or more sources containing rare diseases, genes, phenotypes for rare diseases and biological pathways and constructing an initial heterogeneous network using each of an entity from the set of entities. the initial heterogeneous network applying Graph Convolution-based Association Scoring (GCAS) to the initial heterogeneous network to derive inferred associations and creating a Heterogeneous Association Network for Rare Diseases (HANRD) by adding the inferred associations to the initial heterogeneous network and generating a prioritized set of genes for an input query being received in the HANRD. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311812 | ADVANCED HEALTH MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A health monitoring (HM) computing device for monitoring patient vitals in real time is provided. The HM computing device includes at least one processor in communication with at least one memory device. The at least one processor is programmed to receive patient data from a plurality of patient computer devices associated with a plurality of patients. The at least one processor is also programmed to, for each patient of the plurality of patients, compare the received patient data corresponding to the patient to a reference model tailored to the corresponding patient. The at least one processor is also programmed to determine, based upon the comparisons, at least one status category for each of the plurality of patients. Moreover, the at least one processor is further programmed to generate and transmit instructions for displaying a first graphical user interface to a healthcare provider computer device associated with the healthcare provider. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311813 | Realizing private and practical pharmacological collaboration - Computationally-efficient techniques facilitate secure pharmacological collaboration with respect to private drug target interaction (DTI) data. In one embodiment, a method begins by receiving, via a secret sharing protocol, observed DTI data from individual participating entities. A secure computation then is executed against the secretly-shared data to generate a pooled DTI dataset. For increased computational efficiency, at least a part of the computation is executed over dimensionality-reduced data. The resulting pooled DTI dataset is then used to train a neural network model. The model is then used to provide one or more DTI predictions that are then returned to the participating entities (or other interested parties). | 2019-10-10 |
20190311814 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR RESPONDING TO HEALTHCARE INQUIRIES - Techniques for responding to a healthcare inquiry from a user are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for responding to a healthcare inquiry from a user, according to a set of instructions stored on a memory of a computing device and executed by a processor of the computing device, the method comprising the steps of: classifying an intent of the user based on the healthcare inquiry; identifying the intent as a need to obtain a dermatological diagnosis or treatment; soliciting, from the user and via the computing device, an image of the user's skin area to be diagnosed or treated; instantiating an image classification system to identify a dermatological disease from the image; and presenting one or more medical recommendations to the user based on the identified dermatological disease. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311815 | MEDICAL ASSESSMENT BASED ON VOICE - Apparatuses, systems, methods, and computer program products are disclosed for medical assessment based on voice. A query module is configured to audibly question a user from a speaker of a mobile computing device with one or more open ended questions. A response module is configured to receive a conversational verbal response of a user from a microphone of a mobile computing device in response to one or more open ended questions. A detection module is configured to provide a machine learning assessment for a user of a medical condition based on a machine learning analysis of a received conversational verbal response of the user. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311816 | LOAD-FOLLOWING SMALL NUCLEAR REACTOR SYSTEM USING LIQUID METAL PRIMARY COOLANT - Engineering safety systems always have insufficiencies in terms of safety, and construction of a complete safety system causes installation costs for the safety system to become very high. Provided is a small nuclear reactor HAVING a load following control system in which a nuclear reaction in the nuclear reactor is naturally controlled by the generated heat, the small nuclear reactor being provided with: a reactor core provided with a plurality of fuel assemblies of metallic fuels containing uranium (U) 235, 238 and/or plutonium (Pu) 239; a primary coolant comprising a liquid metal; a neutron reflector which serves to control the nuclear reaction in the reactor core and is disposed to enclose the periphery of the reactor core; and a mechanism which contains a liquid or a gas having an expansion coefficient greater than that of the neutron reflector, converts the coefficient of volumetric expansion into an amount of linear thermal expansion, and, by using same, moves the neutron reflector or adjusts the spacing between the plurality of fuel assemblies. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311817 | Containment Building Separation System at a Nuclear Power Plant - The invention is related to safety systems for nuclear power plants (NPP) which can be used in various operational modes, including emergency mode, and is aimed at controlling air flows inside NPP containment buildings. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311818 | 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. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311819 | METHOD OF PRODUCING RADIONUCLIDES AND APPARATUS THEREFORE - The present disclosure provides a method and an apparatus for producing astatine-211 from alpha-particle bombardment of bismuth-209. The disclosure also relates to a method and apparatus of producing other radionuclides from target nuclides. The apparatus includes a plate having a recessed portion. The recessed portion has a generally inert surface of ceramic or metal, preferably aluminium oxide that does not react with molten bismuth. A bismuth target is placed in the recessed portion and held therein by a foil cover. The foil has a melting temperature greater than target nuclide (i.e., for bismuth, >271° C.). The foil and target nuclide are held in the recessed portion by a cover that is fastened over the foil. The cover has an aperture to allow a beam of radiation, such as alpha particles, from a cyclotron or other accelerator to pass through the cover to the foil and target nuclide. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311820 | HIGH DENSITY SHIELDED ELECTRICAL CABLE AND OTHER SHIELDED CABLES, SYSTEMS, AND METHODS - A shielded electrical ribbon cable includes adjacent first and second longitudinal conductor sets where each conductor set includes two or more insulated conductors. The first conductor set also includes a ground conductor that generally lies in the plane of the insulated conductors of the first conductor set. At least 90% of the periphery of each conductor set is encompassed by a shielding film. First and second non-conductive polymeric films are disposed on opposite sides of the cable and form cover portions substantially surrounding each conductor set, and pinched portions on each side of each conductor set. When the cable is laid flat, the distance between the center of the ground conductor of the first conductor set and the center of the nearest insulated conductor of the second conductor set is σ1, the center-to-center spacing of the insulated conductors of the second conductor set is σ2, and σ1/σ2 is greater than 0.7. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311821 | QUAD-SHIELD COAXIAL CABLE - A quad-shield coaxial cable includes an insulator portion configured to encircle an inner conductor portion, an inner conductive foil portion configured to encircle the insulator portion, an inner braided shield portion configured to encircle the inner conductive foil layer portion, an outer braided shield portion configured to encircle the inner braided shield portion, an outer conductive foil portion configured to encircle the outer braided shield portion, and a jacket portion configured to encircle the outer conductive foil portion. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311822 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING AN ARTICLE - A method for forming an article of manufacture using additive manufacturing, includes: a processor executing program instructions to: (a) rotate an object continuously about a horizontal axis using a first rotational stage, wherein the object is partially submerged in a bath of energy curable liquid formulation during the rotation; (b) control a rate of rotation of the object to achieve a desired radial thickness of a sub layer of uncured liquid formulation at a desired rotational location on the object; (c) direct an energy source to provide an energy dose onto the object at a desired rotational location, wherein the energy dose is configured to cure and solidify the sub layer; and repeat (a), (b) and (c) until a desired radial thickness of a cured liquid formulation layer is a achieved. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311823 | PTC THERMISTOR MODULE - A PTC thermistor module may include at least two PTC thermistor elements. The at least two PTC thermistor elements may be spaced apart from one another by separation sections. The at least two PTC thermistor elements may include two electric lines, spaced apart from one another, for the electrical supply of the PTC thermistor elements. An increased efficiency and operational reliability of the PTC thermistor module are achieved with an electrically insulating receiving body, in which the PTC thermistor elements are received, and which encompasses the PTC thermistor elements in a circumferential direction. A method for producing such a PTC thermistor module and a temperature control device may utilize at least one such PTC thermistor module. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311824 | PTC THERMISTOR MODULE - A PTC thermistor module for a temperature control device may include at least one PTC thermistor element. The PTC thermistor element may include an upper side and an underside facing away from the upper side. The upper side and on the underside may be respectively applied in a heat-exchanging manner with a heat-conducting plate. An edge side, connecting the upper side and the underside with one another in an edge-side manner, of at least one of the PTC thermistor elements, may be applied to a heat-conducting element, which has a thermal conductivity of at least 5 W/mK. A temperature control device may include at least one such PTC thermistor module. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311825 | PTC THERMISTOR ELEMENT - A PTC thermistor element for a tempering device may include a main body, which may have a positive temperature coefficient. The main body may have PTC thermistor components, a core, and ceramics components at least in the core. The PTC thermistor components may have a positive temperature coefficient, and the ceramics components may have a thermal conductivity of at least 2.5 W/mK. The ceramics components may be disposed in a distributed manner. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311826 | PRODUCTION METHOD OF RARE EARTH MAGNET AND PRODUCTION APPARATUS USED THEREFOR - To provide a production method capable of enhancing the magnetic properties, particularly, the coercive force, of a Sm—Fe—N-based rare earth magnet and a production apparatus used therefor. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311827 | SINTERED MAGNET, ELECTRICAL MACHINE, USE OF THE SINTERED MAGNET FOR AN ELECTRICAL MACHINE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF A SINTERED MAGNET - A sintered magnet, the sintered magnet including a core portion, a shell portion arranged at an outer part of the sintered magnet, and a diffusion portion arranged at least partially between the core portion and the shell portion. The shell portion has a coercivity, which is at least 30 kA/m larger than the coercivity of the core portion. In the diffusion portion, the coercivity is not less than the coercivity of the core portion and not larger than the coercivity of the shell portion and the value of the coercivity gradually increases from the core portion towards the shell portion. The thickness of the core portion is not less than 1 mm and the total thickness of the shell portion and the diffusion portion is at least 5 mm. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311828 | Laser Pin Welded Electrical Lamination Core and Method - Metal laminate cores can be assembled with laser pin welding through a thickness of a first laminate into a second laminate and successively laser pin welding a plurality of second laminates, ending with a third laminate to form the core stack. The laser pin welds are located within an outer perimeter of one or more of the laminates. Such laminated cores are often utilized in electrical motors, generators, transformers, lighting and other applications. The laser pin welds can be selectively provided under the control of a processor to index about the parts and/or change in intensity or even skip certain parts so as to be able to begin and end cores for some embodiments while also facilitating manual and/or automated stacking/welding embodiments and/or relative rotation of the cores. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311829 | COIL COMPONENT - A coil component includes a body, a coil part embedded in the body, and an insulating layer covering the body. First and second plating electrodes are disposed between the body and the insulating layer, are connected to the coil part, and are disposed to be spaced apart from each other on one surface of the body. First and second through electrodes penetrate through the insulating layer to thereby be connected to the first and second plating electrodes, respectively. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311830 | COIL COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A coil component includes a magnetic body including a magnetic material; and a coil part disposed in the magnetic body. The coil part may include a first plating layer and a second plating layer disposed on a surface of the first plating layer, and a surface roughness of the second plating layer may be within a range from 1 nm to 600 nm. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311831 | COIL COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A manufacturing method of a coil component includes: forming a plating resist on an internal insulating layer; forming a coil pattern and a lead pattern connected to the coil pattern and at least partially having a thickness smaller than that of the coil pattern by plating; removing the plating resist; and stacking a magnetic sheet on the internal insulating layer to form a body. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311832 | ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - An electronic component includes a body having a side surface, coil conductor layers wound along main surfaces parallel to the side surface, and capacitor conductor layers each having a substantially plate-like shape parallel to the side surface. The coil conductor layers and the capacitor conductor layers are arranged in a widthwise direction perpendicular to the side surface. The capacitor conductor layers include first and second capacitor conductor layers adjacent to each other in the widthwise direction. The coil conductor layers include a first coil conductor layer that is in the same layer as the first capacitor conductor layer and a second coil conductor layer that is in the same layer as the second capacitor conductor layer. The shortest distance between the first coil conductor layer and the first capacitor conductor layer is larger than the shortest distance between the second coil conductor layer and the second capacitor conductor layer. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311833 | TRANSFORMER - A transformer includes: two coils, each coil having a core and a plurality of windings; and a support device in which the coils are held, the support device having feet for setting up the support device on a base. Longitudinal axes of the coils can be oriented horizontally by setting up the support device on the base. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311834 | Transformer Station, Method and Apparatus for a Transformer Station - A transformer station, in particular, an offshore transformer station including at least one transformer and at least one transformer cooling unit arranged on at least one side wall of the transformer station or a roof of the transformer station and configured to cool the at least one transformer. The transformer station also includes at least one air deflecting unit arranged on at least one roof edge of the transformer station and/or at least one air deflecting unit arranged on at least one side edge of the transformer station. The air deflecting unit is arranged such that an air movement is deflectable in the direction of the transformer cooling unit. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311835 | ROGOWSKI COIL WITH LOW PERMEABILITY CORE - A Rogowski coil includes a magnetic core and a winding. The magnetic core includes an encircling body. The winding includes a conductive wire. The winding is disposed in a generally helical coil about the core body. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311836 | Choke Having a Core with a Pillar Having a Non-Circular and Non-Rectangular Cross Section - A choke includes a single-piece core entirely made of a same material, the single-piece core having two boards and a pillar located between the two boards, a winding space being located among the two boards and the pillar, wherein the pillar has a non-circular and non-rectangular cross section along a direction substantially perpendicular to an axial direction of the pillar, the cross section of the pillar has a first axis and a second axis intersecting with each other at a center of the cross section of the pillar and are substantially perpendicular with each other, the first axis is longer than the second axis, and the cross section of the pillar is substantially symmetrical to both of the first axis and the second axis. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311837 | Electronic Device and Manufacturing Method Thereof - A method for manufacturing an electronic device, the method comprising: providing a conducting wire; forming a mixture with the conducting wire buried therein, wherein the mixture comprises: a first magnetic powder and a second magnetic powder, wherein the mean particle diameter of the first magnetic powder is greater than the mean particle diameter of the second magnetic powder, and the Vicker's Hardness of the first magnetic powder is greater than the Vicker's Hardness of the second magnetic powder by a first hardness difference; and performing a molding process on the conducting wire and the mixture, wherein the mixture and the conducting wire buried therein are combined to form an integral magnetic body at a temperature lower than the melting point of the conducting wire. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311838 | MULTIPHASE TRANSFORMER - A multiphase transformer according to the present disclosure includes a peripheral iron core, at least six leg iron cores arranged on an inner surface of the peripheral iron core at established intervals in a circumferential direction, and coils each wound on each of the at least six leg iron cores. Each of the at least six leg iron cores is arranged such that one end in the direction of a winding axis of the coil is magnetically connected to the peripheral iron core, and the other end in the direction of the winding axis is magnetically connected to the other end of another leg iron core of the at least six leg iron cores. The at least six coils are assigned to individual phases of the multiphase transformer in twos or more. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311839 | COIL CORE IN THE FORM OF A FERROMAGNETIC RIVET FOR SPIRAL INDUCTORS ON PRINTED CIRCUIT BOARDS - An assembly includes an electromagnetic coil with a conductor, and a substrate on which the conductor is arranged. The coil has a core and the conductor extends around the core. The core is formed by a ferromagnetic rivet that is fastened to the substrate. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311840 | FOIL WOUND MAGNETIC ASSEMBLIES WITH THERMALLY CONDUCTIVE TAPE AND METHODS OF ASSEMBLING SAME - A magnetic assembly includes a magnetic core including at least one winding leg and at least one winding. The at least one winding inductively coupled to the magnetic core and wound around the at least one winding leg. The at least one winding includes a foil conductive material and a tape. The tape includes a thermally conductive adhesive layer and an electrically insulating layer. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311841 | SURFACE MOUNT INDUCTOR - A surface mount inductor includes a coil including a conducting wire winding portion with both ends on the outer circumference and a pair of extension portions that extend from the outer circumference, a molded body containing a metal magnetic powder and the coil embedded, and a pair of outer terminals disposed on the molded body and connected to the extension portions. The molded body has principal surfaces, end surfaces, and side surfaces. One principal surface serves as a mounting surface including a recessed portion with an elevated region and a lowered region. The coil is embedded in the molded body with the winding axis of the winding portion parallel to the recessed portion, and the pair of extension portions extend from the outer circumference toward the mounting surface to be exposed at the lowered region and connected to the pair of outer terminals in the lowered region. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311842 | COIL COMPONENT - A coil component including an element assembly that contains a filler and a resin material, a coil portion composed of a coil conductor that is embedded in the element assembly, and a pair of outer electrodes electrically connected to the coil conductor. Also, the coil conductor is covered with a glass layer. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311843 | Antenna Coil and Antenna Device - Copper covered steel is used for metal terminals | 2019-10-10 |
20190311844 | INDUCTOR - An inductor includes: a body in which a plurality of insulating layers having a plurality of coil patterns each disposed on each of the plurality of insulating layers are stacked; and first and second external electrodes disposed on an exterior surface of the body, wherein the body further includes a through-hole, and at least one portion of an inner surface of the plurality of coil patterns is exposed through the through-hole. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311845 | COMMON MODE CHOKE COIL - The present invention provides a bobbin-shaped air-cooled common mode choke coil that can suppress heat generation. The air-cooled common mode choke coil | 2019-10-10 |
20190311846 | TRANSFORMER - A transformer is disclosed, including a magnetic core, a bobbin, a primary winding wound around the bobbin, at least a first secondary winding and a second secondary winding and at least one turn of coil of the first secondary winding is adjacent to at least one turn of coil of the second secondary winding, and the first secondary winding and the second secondary winding are applied in a full-wave rectifier circuit. A leakage inductance groove is provided between a primary winding groove for winding the primary winding and a secondary winding groove for winding the secondary winding for isolating the primary winding and the secondary winding. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311847 | COIL COMPONENT - A coil component including an element assembly that contains a filler and a resin material, a coil portion composed of a coil conductor that is embedded in the element assembly, and a pair of outer electrodes electrically connected to the coil conductor. The outer electrodes are disposed on a lower surface, and the coil axis of the coil portion is parallel to a mounting surface. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311848 | INDUCTIVE POWER TRANSFER ASSEMBLY - An inductive power transfer assembly comprising a magnetic core having a base portion, a first limb, and a second limb, wherein the first limb and the second limb extend, in a direction, from a surface of the base portion a first power transfer coil and a second power transfer coil, wherein the first power transfer coil is wound about the first limb, and wherein the second power transfer coil is wound about the second limb; and inverter circuitry connected to the first power transfer coil and the second power transfer coil, wherein the inverter circuitry, during operation, causes the first power transfer coil and the second power transfer coil to generate flux having opposing polarity. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311849 | IGNITION APPARATUS - A current flowing in a sub-primary coil can be limited in an ignition apparatus in which a voltage, generated in a secondary coil at a timing when a current in a main primary coil is cut off, generates a secondary current, and then the sub-primary coil is energized so that a superimposition current is generated in the secondary coil and in which a sub-IC connected in series with the sub-primary coil is pulse-controlled so that a current flowing in the sub-primary coil is controlled and hence the superimposition current is controlled. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311850 | INTRAVASCULAR BLOOD PUMP COMPRISING CORROSION RESISTANT PERMANENT MAGNET - This invention is directed to a corrosion resistant permanent magnet, to a method for producing a corrosion resistant permanent magnet, and to an intravascular blood pump comprising the magnet. The magnet is corrosion resistant due to a composite coating comprising a metal layer, optionally a metal oxide layer, a layer formed from poly(2-chloro-p-xylylene), and a linker layer between the metal oxide layer and the poly(2-chloro-p-xylylene) layer. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311851 | METHOD OF PRODUCING ND-FE-B MAGNET - The present disclosure provides a technology of further improving magnetic properties (such as residual magnetic flux density) of Nd—Fe—B magnets. The method of producing an Nd—Fe—B magnet of the present disclosure comprises: producing a sintered body having a structure comprising a main phase and a grain boundary phase and having an Nd—Fe—B magnet composition in which Tw/(Rw×Bw) is 2.26 to 2.50, wherein Rw represents a total percent (%) by weight of rare-earth elements and elements other than Fe, Ni, Co, B, N, and C, Tw represents a total percent (%) by weight of Fe, Ni, and Co, and Bw represents a total percent (%) by weight of B, N, and C; and heat treating the sintered body in a low temperature range of 580° C. to 640° C. and a high temperature range of 660° C. or more. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311852 | METHOD OF HEAT-TREATING ADDITIVELY-MANUFACTURED FERROMAGNETIC COMPONENTS - A method of heat-treating an additively-manufactured ferromagnetic component is presented and a related ferromagnetic component is presented. A saturation flux density of a heat-treated ferromagnetic component is greater than a saturation flux density of an as-formed ferromagnetic component. The heat-treated ferromagnetic component is further characterized by a plurality of grains such that at least 25% of the plurality of grains have a median grain size less than 10 microns and 25% of the plurality of grains have a median grain size greater than 25 microns. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311853 | MULTILAYER CERAMIC CAPACITOR - A multilayer capacitor includes a body including a plurality of dielectric layers and a plurality of first and second internal electrodes alternately exposed to opposing surfaces of the body in a length direction with respective dielectric layers interposed therebetween, and first and second external electrodes disposed at opposing ends of the body in the length direction and connected to the first and second internal electrodes, respectively. The plurality of first and second internal electrodes include nickel (Ni) and antimony (Sb) or germanium (Ge). | 2019-10-10 |
20190311854 | CAPACITOR - A capacitor that includes a substrate, a lower electrode on the substrate, a dielectric film on the lower electrode, an upper electrode on a part of the dielectric film, a protective layer that covers the lower electrode and the upper electrode, and an external electrode that penetrates the protective layer. The external electrode is formed only in a region defined by a periphery of the upper electrode in a plan view of the capacitor viewed from an upper surface thereof towards the substrate. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311855 | INSULATION SYSTEM AND CAPACITOR - A capacitor insulation system is disclosed in the present application. The insulation system includes a dielectric fluid containing a first voltage stabilizing additive of a first concentration. The insulation system further includes a dielectric film containing the first voltage stabilizing additive of a second concentration and impregnated in the dielectric fluid. The first concentration is greater than the second concentration. The insulation system prepared according to the present disclosure can provide an increased and quite stable dielectric strength. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311856 | FERROELECTRIC OPENING SWITCH - A ferroelectric opening switch is enabled by controlled polarization switching via nucleation in a ferroelectric material, such as BaTiO | 2019-10-10 |
20190311857 | Conductive Polymer Dispersion for Improved Reliability - An improved capacitor is provided wherein the capacitor comprises a conductive polymer layer. The conductive polymer comprises first particles comprising conductive polymer and polyanion and second particles comprising the conductive polymer and said polyanion wherein the first particles have an average particle diameter of at least 1 micron to no more than 10 microns and the second particles have an average particle diameter of at least 1 nm to no more than 600 nm. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311858 | Hybrid Polymer Aluminum Electrolytic Capacitor and Method of Manufacturing a Capacitor - A hybrid polymer aluminum electrolytic capacitor and a method for manufacturing a capacitor are disclosed. In an embodiment a hybrid polymer aluminum electrolytic capacitor includes a winding element having a diameter of more than 10 mm, at least two tabs electrically contacted with an anode foil and at least two tabs electrically contacted with a cathode foil. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311859 | FABRICATION OF PLATINUM COUNTER ELECTRODES FOR BIFACIAL DYE-SENSITIZED SOLAR CELLS - A fabrication method for a flexible bifacial dye-sensitized solar cell is described. The method involves forming a flexible counter electrode of crystalline Pt nanoparticles on a first conductive layer by irradiating a precursor solution with a UV lamp. A flexible photoanode is formed by applying metal oxide particles to a second conductive layer, and then the solar cell is constructed by sandwiching an electrolyte between the counter electrode and photoanode. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311860 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION ELEMENT - A photoelectric conversion element includes: a transparent substrate; and a photoelectric conversion cell disposed on one surface of the transparent substrate, the photoelectric conversion cell includes: an electrode disposed on the one surface of the transparent substrate; a counter substrate facing the electrode and including a metal substrate; and a sealing portion disposed between the transparent substrate and the counter substrate, and the photoelectric conversion element further includes: a connecting terminal that faces the one surface of the transparent substrate and is disposed an outside of the sealing portion; and a conductive member that includes a wiring part connecting the metal substrate of the photoelectric conversion cell and the connecting terminal. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311861 | TiO2-GRAPHENE-SILVER HYBRID NANOCOMPOSITE AND A METHOD OF PREPARATION THEREOF | 2019-10-10 |
20190311862 | A SUPERCAPACITOR AND A METHOD FOR EXPANDING THE VOLTAGE RANGE OF AN AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SUPRCAPACITOR - The present invention relates to a supercapacitor and a method for expanding the voltage range of an aqueous electrolyte supercapacitor. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311863 | KEY STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A key structure includes two key bodies and two elastic pieces. The two key bodies are disposed face to face. Each of the two key bodies has a base portion. Two opposite ends of the base portion extend sideward towards a same direction to form two extending portions spaced from each other. The two extending portions of one of the two key bodies face to the two extending portions of the other key body, respectively. Two opposite ends of each of the two elastic pieces are fastened in the two extending portions of the two key bodies respectively. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311864 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR DC ARC DETECTION/SUPPRESSION - Some embodiments are directed to an apparatus for detecting and suppressing DC electric arcs at a component, and are particularly adapted for vehicle wiring harnesses. The apparatus can include a detector circuit electrically connected to input and output terminals so as to be electrically connected in parallel to the component, the detector circuit being configured to detect a significant voltage spike across the component upon the component actuating between open and closed positions. The detector circuit can also be configured to transmit a control signal upon detecting the significant voltage spike. The detector circuit can include multiple circuit elements, enabling both the detection of the significant voltage spike and the transmission of the control signal, that are directly electrically connected to each other. A switching circuit conducts electricity from the power source side of the component to the load side of the component upon receipt of the control signal. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311865 | SWITCH DEVICE - A switch device includes a substrate provided with at least one first contact and including at least one through hole, and a contact rubber, being an elastic sheet covering the substrate, provided with a dome-shaped cavity configured to make a second contact portion including a second contact corresponding to the first contact elastically deformable to be capable of contacting to and separating from the first contact, a vent cavity portion provided corresponding to the through hole, and an air groove communicating with the cavity and the vent cavity portion between the substrate and the elastic sheet. The air groove includes a non-linear path. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311866 | SWITCH DEVICE - A switch device includes a substrate provided with at least one first contact and including at least one through hole, and a contact rubber, being an elastic sheet covering the substrate, provided with a dome-shaped cavity configured to make a second contact portion including a second contact corresponding to the first contact elastically deformable to be capable of contacting to and separating from the first contact, a vent cavity portion provided corresponding to the through hole, and an air groove communicating with the cavity and the vent cavity portion between the substrate and the elastic sheet. The through hole is an independent through hole being not electrically connected to a circuit of the substrate. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311867 | PUSH BUTTON DEVICE, KEYBOARD DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A push button device can stabilize an operation of a guide mechanism and can enhance product quality. A keyboard device includes the push button device and electronic apparatus includes the keyboard device. A key switch that is a push button device includes a key cap as a push button, a base plate, and a guide mechanism. The guide mechanism includes an outer frame member and an inner member. An outer frame member has a pair of inner surfaces opposed to each other with interposition of an opening in which the inner member is disposed, and each of the pair of inner surfaces is provided with a bearing hole to serve as a first engagement part. The inner member has a pair of outer surfaces opposed to the pair of inner surfaces of the outer frame member, and each of the pair of outer surfaces is provided with a rotation shaft to be a second engagement part. An outer peripheral surface of the rotation shaft has a tapered portion whose outer diameter gradually decreases in an insertion direction of the bearing hole. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311868 | MODULAR ENTERTAINMENT CONTROL SYSTEM - Multi-functional audio and lighting devices are enclosed in snap-in modules adapted to fit in industry standard rocker switch panels. Each module has at least two functional parts. Included are auxiliary audio jacks, with USB charging ports and with or without a voltmeter; a Bluetooth transceiver with pairing and volume controls; an FM radio receiver with channel scan and a channel display; a single (dual-function) knob audio controller; a push-button audio controller; and an RGB LED controller with color, flash, and speed controls. A modular rocker switch panel that can be configured for two or more switches is presented. Various numbers and types of multi-function modules can be configured in a panel to customize an entertainment system. The modules are preferably marine grade and may have optional tethered water resistant covers. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311869 | BATTERY DISCONNECT DEVICE - Various implementations include a battery disconnect device that includes a breaker, a housing, and a bus bar. The breaker has a pivot portion and an actuation portion, and the actuation portion has an actuation face. The pivot portion has an axis of rotation about which the breaker is pivotable. The housing defines a chamber, and the chamber is in fluid communication with a gas generator via an inlet defined by an inlet wall of the housing. The breaker is disposed within the chamber in a first position in which the actuation face is adjacent the inlet and inlet wall and combustion gas from the gas generator pushes on the actuation face to cause the breaker to pivot about the axis of rotation of the pivot portion to a second position, which causes the breaker to break the bus bar. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311870 | INTEGRATED MOUNTING POST AND HEAT SINK FOR CONTACTOR ARRANGEMENT IN POWER DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM - A contactor post for an electrical contactor may comprise a body comprising an electrically and thermally conductive material, and a heat sink shunt extending from the body and comprising the electrically and thermally conductive material, wherein the body and the heat sink shunt are comprised of a single piece of the electrically and thermally conductive material. | 2019-10-10 |
20190311871 | ELECTROMAGNETIC RELAY - An electromagnetic relay includes a box-shaped insulating housing in which a closed space is formed, a pair of fixed terminals fixed to the housing electrically independently of each other and each having a fixed contact placement surface in the closed space, a plate-shaped conductive movable contactor that is provided in the closed space, has a first surface facing the fixed contact placement surfaces of the pair of fixed terminals, and is movably disposed such that the first surface approaches and separates from the fixed contact placement surfaces of the pair of fixed terminals, a pair of fixed contacts respectively provided on the fixed contact placement surfaces of the pair of fixed terminals, and a pair of movable contacts that is respectively provided on the first surface of the movable contactor and respectively face the pair of fixed contacts. | 2019-10-10 |