42nd week of 2010 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20100266904 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium secondary battery has an anode, a cathode, a separator between the anode and the cathode and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes a lithium salt; and a non-linear carbonate-based mixed organic solvent in which (a) a cyclic carbonate compound, and (b) a propionate-based compound are mixed at a volume ratio (a:b) in the range from about 10:90 to about 70:30. The cathode has a current density in the range from about 3.5 to about 5.5 mAh/cm2 and a porosity in the range from about 18 to about 35%. This battery may be manufactured as a high-loading lithium secondary battery. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266905 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium secondary battery has a cathode made of carbon material capable of occluding or emitting a lithium ion, a cathode made of lithium-contained oxide, and a non-aqueous electrolyte. The non-aqueous electrolyte includes a lithium salt containing LiPF | 2010-10-21 |
20100266906 | BIOFUEL BATTERY AND PROCESS OF PREPARING THE SAME - The various embodiments herein provide a biofuel battery having a fuel, electrode and water and its manufacturing method. The biofuel battery comprises a bio fuel as a negative electrode, dissolved oxygen in water as a positive electrode and water as an electrolyte. The carbohydrate is used as bio mass for generating electron in the bio cell. The biofuel battery produces maximum amount of 1 volt electricity under the optimal conditions. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266907 | METAL AIR BATTERY SYSTEM - Described herein are electrodes comprising a fluorinated or metalloprotein oxygen dissolution enhancer provided in a solvent for enhancing dissolution of oxygen in the solvent. In related embodiments, a metal oxide dissolution enhancer is provided in the solvent for enhancing dissolution of metal oxide formed via reaction of oxygen with metal ions in the solvent. The oxygen and metal oxide dissolution enhancers of electrodes and electrochemical generators described herein enable an increased oxidation and/or reduction rate and enhance the stability and efficiency of the electrochemical generators described herein. Positive electrodes described herein, for example, are highly versatile and compatible with a wide range of solid state and liquid anode and electrolyte systems, including anodes comprising readily available and inexpensive materials such as solvated electron solutions as well as a range of solid state anodes. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266908 | Synthetic Hydrogen-Based Gas Manufacture and Use - Apparatus, methods, processes and designs are disclosed here for (i) the thorough drying of moist feed materials, (ii) the manufacture of a unique high-hydrogen, low-carbon synthetic gas mixture (“H-Syngas”) from dry feed materials, and (iii) the specialized uses of H-Syngas. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266909 | APPARATUS FOR TREATING FUEL AND METHOD OF STARTING THE SAME - A fuel processing apparatus according to the present invention is a fuel processing apparatus | 2010-10-21 |
20100266910 | HYDROGEN SUPPLY DEVICE - Disclosed is super water absorbent polymers applied to contain water, and the polymers may further collocate with water absorbent cotton materials to accelerate water absorbent rates. The described water absorbent materials are combined with solid hydrogen fuel to complete a stable hydrogen supply device. Performance of the hydrogen supply device is not effected by inverting or tilting thereof. Even if inverting or tilting the device, the water contained in the water absorbent materials does not flow out from the device. As such, the MEA film in the fuel cell connected to the hydrogen supply device will not blocked by the water, thereby avoiding the fuel cell performance degradation even breakdown. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266911 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Even in a fuel cell system which performs scavenging processing after the power generation of a fuel cell is stopped, the operation time for when a battery is being operated can be increased. When determining that the condition of running out of gas occurs based on a sensor value of a pressure sensor, a control unit stops the power generation of the fuel cell. The control unit, for example, shortens the time required for scavenging processing and then performs the scavenging processing. On the other hand, when determining that the condition of running out of gas does not occur and when the power generation of the fuel cell should be stopped, the control unit stops the power generation and then performs normal scavenging processing. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266912 | Implementation of an Engine Controller Unit's Non-Volatile Memory for Measuring the Time of a Fuel Cell System in a Shut-Off or Standby State - A method for providing an accurate time that a fuel cell system has been shut-down so that the gas constituents in the anode and cathode side of the fuel cell stack can be known for an efficient next system start-up sequence. The method uses two timers, a stand-by timer that provides a time count for how long the fuel cell system has been off, but the vehicle ignition is still on, and a shut-off timer that provides a time count of how long the vehicle ignition has been off. The two time counts are added to give a complete time count of how long the fuel cell stack has been shut-down. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266913 | Fuel Cell System with Improved Cold Start Properties and Method of Operating Same - A fuel cell system includes at least one fuel cell stack designed to react reactants for current generation, a cold start detection apparatus for detecting a cold start state of a fuel cell stack and a load which may be connected to the fuel cell stack 2. A control device is designed to connect the load when the fuel cell stack 2 is in the cold start state. The supply of the reactants for the fuel cell stack is conformed to connection of the load, and the control device is designed with software and/or circuitry so as to vary the connected load in one or more step load changes in response to detection of the cold start state of the fuel cell stack. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266914 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system is turned off without using up the electric power of a secondary battery in the case where a fuel cell fails to start up, while reducing the startup time of the fuel cell system. When an ignition key is turned on, a controller calculates allowable waiting time for a fuel cell to start up on the basis of the electric power stored in a secondary battery. If the fuel cell fails to start up during the period of time from the instant the ignition key was turned on until the allowable waiting time elapses, then the controller turns on an alarm lamp which indicates the startup failure of the fuel cell. Meanwhile, in the case where the fuel cell starts up, the controller begins a normal operation in which a traction motor and the like are actuated by using the electric power generated by the fuel cell and the electric power stored in the secondary battery. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266915 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system includes a fuel cell, anode gas pressure adjusting means that adjusts the pressure of an anode gas supplied to the fuel cell, and cathode gas pressure adjusting means that adjusts the pressure of a cathode gas supplied to the fuel cell. The system further includes pressure control means that sets the pressure of the anode gas that is supplied when starting the fuel cell higher than the pressure of the anode gas that is supplied during power generation in the fuel cell, and controls the anode gas pressure adjusting means and the cathode gas pressure adjusting means so that a cathode gas pressure increase is started in accordance with the start of an anode gas pressure increase when the pressure of the anode gas is increased to the set pressure. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266916 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Provided is a fuel cell system capable of making a shift of an operation state while optically controlling an output voltage and an output voltage of a fuel cell. When an ECU judges that the time when an operation should be shifted from a low-efficiency operation to a normal operation has come, the ECU performs, as preprocessing prior to a shift to a ΔV control, processing of increasing an oxidant gas supplied to a fuel cell stack by a predetermined amount. After this processing, the ECU detects output power, calculates an output power deviation, and then compares the output power deviation with a set deviation threshold. When the output power deviation exceeds the deviation threshold, the ECU carries out the ΔV control, and then carries out an I-V control. Meanwhile, when the output power deviation does not exceed the deviation threshold, the ECU judges that the time when the ΔV control is carried out has not come yet, and automatically starts the I-V control without carrying out the ΔV control. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266917 | FUEL CELL SYSTEMS WITH MAINTENANCE HYDRATION BY DISPLACEMENT OF PRIMARY POWER - Fuel cell systems and methods that perform maintenance hydration by supplying power to satisfy at least part of an applied load from an energy-consuming assembly while a primary power source is in electrical communication with and available to supply power to the energy-consuming assembly to satisfy the portion of the applied load. In some embodiments, the systems or methods may determine a start time, or start condition, for hydration of the fuel cell system. Power may be supplied from the activated fuel cell system at an output voltage that is higher than a voltage at which power from the primary power source is being supplied, such that the applied load is satisfied, at least in part, by power from the fuel cell system instead of from the primary power source. Upon operation for a period sufficient to rehydrate the fuel cell stack, operation of the fuel cell system may be discontinued. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266918 | FUEL CELL STACK AND FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH PLURALITY OF GENERATION MODULES - A fuel cell has a structure in which generation modules are stacked. In each of the generation modules, there are cells are stacked. Each of the cells generates unitary power from fuel energy. A fuel cell system including the fuel stack operates either all or some of the generation modules in consideration of the quantity of power consumed by a load. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266919 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A fuel cell system according to the invention comprises a fuel cell stack, a fuel feeder that supplies the fuel cell stack with fuel, a rechargeable battery that is an electric storage device, a bidirectional DC/DC converter that selectively performs an operation of converting the output voltage of the rechargeable battery into a predetermined voltage and then outputting it (a discharge operation), or an operation of charging the rechargeable battery using the electric power outputted from the fuel cell stack (a charge operation), and a mode control circuit. The mode control circuit detects the output voltage of the fuel cell stack so that, when it is higher than the set value, the mode control circuit makes the bidirectional DC/DC converter perform the charge operation; when it is not higher than the set value, the mode control circuit makes the bidirectional DC/DC converter perform the discharge operation. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266920 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Even if a failure occurs in a bypass valve during low-efficiency power generation, the occurrence of an excessive stoichiometry ratio in a fuel cell can be prevented. An output from a pressure sensor or a current sensor is monitored by a control device, and when a failure associated with a closed-valve malfunction of the bypass valve occurs, the degree of opening of the pressure regulating valve is increased to increase an amount of cathode-off gas exhaust, and a revolution speed of an air compressor is reduced to an amount of air discharged by the air compressor, thereby preventing an excessive stoichiometry ratio in the fuel cell. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266921 | POWER CONTROL FOR HYBRID FUEL CELL SYSTEMS - A hybrid fuel cell system that includes a fuel cell stack and a high voltage battery. The fuel cell system also includes a cell voltage controller that controls the average cell voltage of the cells in the fuel cell stack, a damped driver request module that damps a driver power request signal, and a power balancing module. The power balancing module maintains the cell voltage of the cells in the stack within a predetermined range, and uses excess power from the stack beyond what is requested to charge the battery. The power balancing module includes a base load limiter that prevents the cell voltage from going above a predetermined value, unless the battery is at is maximum state of charge. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266922 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND MOBILE OBJECT - A fuel cell system capable of improving the voltage controllability of a converter provided in the system is provided. A controller judges whether or not a passing power of a DC/DC converter falls within a reduced response performance area for the number of active phases as of the present moment. When the controller determines that the passing power of the DC/DC converter falls within the reduced response performance area, the controller determines the number of phases which avoids the driving within the reduced response performance area, and outputs a command for switching to the determined number of phases (phase switching command) to the DC/DC converter. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266923 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH ELECTROCHEMICAL HYDROGEN PUMP AND METHOD OF OPERATING SAME - A fuel cell system includes a plurality of fuel cells, a plurality of interconnects, and a hydrogen separation device, wherein the hydrogen separation device separates hydrogen from the fuel cell stack anode exhaust. The separated hydrogen is then reintroduced into the fuel cell stack to optimize overall system efficiency. Monitoring of the performance of the hydrogen separation device gives an indication as to the fuel cell system performance. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266924 | FUEL CELL MODULE - A fuel cell module ( | 2010-10-21 |
20100266925 | Fuel Cell, Fuel Cell Stack, and Fuel Cell Apparatus - The invention relates to a fuel cell having superior durability by suppressing a reaction between a component contained in a solid electrolyte and an oxygen-side electrode during a long-period operation, a fuel cell stack and a fuel cell apparatus using thereof. A fuel cell ( | 2010-10-21 |
20100266926 | FUEL CELL ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, AND FUEL CELL - A proton-conductive composite electrolyte membrane, for a fuel cell, comprises a metal-oxide hydrate with proton conductivity and organic macromolecules in which an intermediate layer is formed between the metal-oxide hydrate and the first organic macromolecular electrolyte. The intermediate layer can enhance the adhesion at an interface between the metal-oxide hydrate and the organic macromolecule, and thereby the amount of methanol that penetrates along the interface can be reduced. Accordingly, the composite electrolyte membrane has both high proton conductivity and low methanol permeability, and a membrane electrode assembly that comprises the composite electrolyte membrane can produce a high output. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266927 | COMPOSITE ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE, MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, FUEL CELL, AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A method for manufacturing a composite electrolyte membrane including: a first folding process of folding a laminate ( | 2010-10-21 |
20100266928 | SOLID POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL MEMBRANE - Disclosed is a solid polymer electrolyte fuel cell membrane comprising an anion exchange membrane that contains a hydrocarbon-based anion exchange resin, wherein the water permeability at 25° C. is 1400 g m | 2010-10-21 |
20100266929 | CATALYST HAVING A DEHYDROGENATION FUNCTION OR HYDROGENATION FUNCTION, FUEL CELL USING THE CATALYST AND HYDROGEN STORAGE/SUPPLY DEVICE - An object of the invention is to provide a catalyst of high activity having a dehydrogenation function or hydrogenation function, to provide a fuel cell with a high output density, and further to provide a hydrogen storage/supply device, with which hydrogen is stored or supplied in a high efficient manner. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266930 | POWDER FOR ELECTROLYTE IN FUEL CELLS - An agglomerated powder is formed comprising a metal oxide agglomerated with at least one alkaline carbonate to be used as an electrolyte in fuel cells. The obtained agglomerates exhibit good flow properties which facilitates the handling of the powder and improved homogeneity and stability compared to a plain mixture of the ingredients. In a preferred embodiment the technology is directed to agglomerating fine and irregular particulate ceria powder with lithium and sodium or potassium carbonates to be used for compaction of thin plates used as electrolytes for solid oxide fuel cells. A powder to be used as electrolyte in fuel cells, comprising a metal oxide and at least one alkali carbonate is provided. A bonding is formed between the metal oxide and the at least one alkali carbonate during mixing thereby providing an agglomerated powder and avoiding segregation. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266931 | SEALED FLEXIBLE LINK BETWEEN A METAL SUBSTRATE AND A CERAMIC SUBSTRATE, METHOD FOR MAKING SUCH A LINK, APPLICATION OF THE METHOD TO SEALING HIGH TEMPERATURE ELECTROLYZERS AND FUEL CELLS - A device including a metal substrate and a ceramic substrate including a back-tapered groove separated from each other by a sealed flexible link. The link includes: a metal element including an end connected to the metal substrate and at another end housed in the groove of the ceramic substrate, the metal element being elastically deformable both in the groove along a direction radial to the groove and, in the separation space between the metal substrate and the ceramic substrate along the separation direction, and a joint-forming mass with a greater thermal expansion coefficient than that of the ceramic substrate and adhesively bonded to the end of the metal element housed in the back-tapered groove, the joint fitting with direct contact a portion of the height of convergent sidewalls of the groove. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266932 | FUEL CELL WITH ELECTRICAL SHORT CIRCUIT PREVENTION MEANS - A fuel cell including an electrolyte matrix having a cathode side with a cathode disposed thereon and an anode side with an anode receiving portion and a sealing portion positioned peripherally to the anode receiving portion. The anode receiving portion has an anode disposed thereon. A fuel conduit has one or more one sealing platforms and having an opening extending through the fuel conduit. The anode is positioned in the opening. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266933 | COUPLER FOR FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL - A coupler for a fuel cell according to the embodiment has a socket and a nozzle. The socket is provided on the fuel cell and has a valve body and an urging component for urging the valve body in the direction of closing it. The nozzle is provided on a fuel cartridge for storing a liquid fuel for the fuel cell and has a valve body and an urging component for urging the valve body in the direction of closing it. The valve bodies are opened to supply the liquid fuel in the fuel cartridge to the fuel cell when the nozzle is connected to the socket. The coupler for a fuel cell has a lubricity providing portion for applying lubricating properties. The lubricity providing portion is disposed on the sliding contact surfaces of the socket and the nozzle and makes sliding contact with each other when the socket and the nozzle are connected to each other or separated from each other. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266934 | COUPLER FOR FUEL CELL AND FUEL CELL - A coupler ( | 2010-10-21 |
20100266935 | LOW-COST TOUGH DECORATIVE PRINTABLE FILM PRODUCTS HAVING HOLOGRAPHIC-TYPE IMAGES - Tough decorative printable film products having holographic-type images are provided that are low in cost. These film products include a relatively high temperature film that is made by continuous extrusion of the film resin onto a master film having pre-etched holographic-type imaging in order to provide a high-temperature primary film with conforming holographic imaging. This primary film provides a tough holographic-type image that is readily secured to any number of products to impart a holographic character to them. For example, this primary film is suitable for use on the surface of recreational sportsboards. When desired, sublimation printing can be used to impart indicia, text, images and colors, alone or in combination, to the primary film. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266936 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION FOR VOLUME HOLOGRAM RECORDING, PHOTOSENSITIVE MEDIUM FOR VOLUME HOLOGRAM RECORDING AND VOLUME HOLOGRAM - The volume hologram recording photosensitive composition provided by the present invention contains at least a fluorine-contained photoreactive compound represented by the following formula (1): R | 2010-10-21 |
20100266937 | METHOD FOR REPAIRING PHASE SHIFT MASKS - The invention relates to a method for repairing phase shift masks for photolithography in which a phase shift mask is checked for the presence of defects and, if defects are present, (i) an analysis is conducted as to which of the defects negatively affect imaging properties of the phase shift mask, (ii) said defects are improved, (iii) the imaging properties of the improved phase shift mask are analyzed and the maintenance of a predetermined tolerance criterion is checked, and (iv) the two preceding steps (ii) and (iii) are optionally repeated multiple times if the imaging properties do not meet the predetermined tolerance criterion. In such a method, the imaging properties are analyzed in that, for each defect to be improved, a test variable is determined for the defect as a function of focus and illumination, and at least one additional non-defective point on the phase shift mask in the immediate vicinity of the defect is determined, and a minimum allowable deviation between the test variable for the defect and the non-defective point is predetermined as the tolerance criterion. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266938 | REFLECTIVE MASK BLANK AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A REFLECTIVE MASK - Provided are a reflective mask blank and a reflective mask that can improve the contrast for EUV exposure light in use of the mask and further can improve the pattern resolution at a pattern edge portion of the mask, thereby enabling high-resolution pattern transfer. A reflective mask blank of this invention has a substrate and, further, a multilayer reflective film adapted to reflect the EUV exposure light and an absorber film adapted to absorb the EUV exposure light, which are formed in this order over the substrate. The absorber film is made of a material containing Ta and has a film density of 6.0 to 16.0 g/cm | 2010-10-21 |
20100266939 | Lithographic Mask and Method of Forming a Lithographic Mask - A lithographic mask comprises a first layer including grooves, a second layer including regions, sections and a groove-like structure that encloses the sections. The first and second layers are formed so as to reduce electrical potential differences within the second layer. A method of forming a lithographic mask includes forming first and second layers to dispose the second layer over the first layer, patterning the second layer to comprise sections, a region, and a groove-like structure enclosing the sections, and forming grooves in the first layer at portions not covered by the second layer. The first and second layers are formed to reduce potential differences within the second layers during the step of forming the grooves in the first layer. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266940 | CHARGE TRANSPORT LAYER COMPRISING ANTI-OXIDANTS - The presently disclosed embodiments are directed generally to an improved electrostatographic imaging member incorporating specific anti-oxidants into the charge transport layer to achieve substantially reduced lateral charge migration. The imaging members having such an charge transport layer can include charge transport molecules such as N,N,N,′N′-tetra(4-methylphenyl)-(1,1′-biphenyl)-4,4′-diamine without increased sensitivity to corona-induced lateral charge migration. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266941 | CONDUCTIVE ROLLER - A conductive roller including a plurality of protrusion and a plurality of recessed grooves is manufactured by cylindrically extrusion-molding a thermoplastic elastomer composition that includes an elastomer composition a salt of an anion having a fluoro group and a sulfonyl group and lithium; an ethylene oxide-propylene oxide-allyl glycidyl ether copolymer; at least one material selected from the group consisting of an ethylene-acrylic ester-maleic anhydride copolymer and an ethylene-acrylic ester-glycidyl methacrylate copolymer; and not less than 1.5 parts by mass and not more than 16 parts by mass of acrylic-modified polytetrafluoroethylene with respect to 100 parts by mass of the rubber content. The difference in elevation between the highest points of the protrusions and the lowest points of the recessed grooves is not less than 100 μm, and the pitch between the highest points of the protrusions adjacent to one another in the peripheral direction is not more than 800 μm. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266942 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER - A manufacturing method of an electrophotographic toner is disclosed. The method includes steps of dispersing the minute colored particles having a volume average particle diameter of D1 in the toner binder resin, the toner particle satisfies formula of 3=D2/D1>1, wherein D2 is an average diameter of dye cloud formed by the colored particles in the toner particle. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266943 | MAGNETIC TONER - To provide a toner excellent in low-temperature fixability, releasing performance, and development stability in long-term use under a high-temperature and high-humidity environment, provided is a magnetic toner including: magnetic toner particles each containing at least a binder resin and a magnetic particles; and an inorganic fine powder, in which: the magnetic particles is a treated magnetic particles treated with a silane compound; the treated magnetic particles has a water adsorption per unit area based on a BET specific surface area of 0.300 mg/m | 2010-10-21 |
20100266944 | PIGMENT, METHOD OF PRODUCING PIGMENT, PIGMENT DISPERSION, AND YELLOW TONER - A pigment represented by the following formula has a CuKα characteristic X-ray diffraction spectrum having, when θ represents a Bragg angle, a peak at 2θ±0.20 degrees equal to 10.0 degrees and a peak at 2θ±0.20 degrees equal to 11.1 degrees, the intensity ratio of the 11.1 degree peak to the 10.0 degree peak being 0.7 or more: | 2010-10-21 |
20100266945 | PIGMENT, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, PIGMENT DISPERSION, AND YELLOW TONER - A pigment has a compound expressed by Formula (1). The pigment has a number average primary particle size of 30 to 70 nm and has a CuKα characteristic X-ray diffraction spectrum having, when θ represents a Bragg angle, a peak at 2θ±0.20° equal to 10.0° and a peak at 2θ±0.20° equal to 11.1°, the intensity ratio of the 11.1° peak to the 10.0° peak being 0.1 to 0.6. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266946 | IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A color particle is disclosed, comprising a color-exhibitive piece which comprises microparticles for structural color and a matrix and is dispersed in a binder resin, wherein the color particle meets the following requirement: | 2010-10-21 |
20100266947 | CAPSULE TONER AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING CAPSULE TONER - A capsule toner in which fine solid particles constituting a shell layer are less likely to become detached from the surfaces of toner particles in spite of a long-term use within an image forming apparatus and which is capable of prevention of occurrence of filming on a photoreceptor drum, and a method of manufacturing the capsule toner are provided. The capsule toner includes core particle and shell layers for covering the surface of the core particle. The shell layer is formed of a plurality of fine polyester resin particles. The polyester resins contained in the fine polyester resin particles, respectively, are cross-linked to each other by a cross-linking agent. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266948 | SOLVENT-FREE EMULSION PROCESS - A process for making a resin emulsion suitable for use in forming toner particles is provided. In embodiments, a suitable process includes melt mixing a resin in the absence of an organic solvent, optionally adding a surfactant to the resin, adding to the resin a basic agent and water, and subjecting the resin, basic agent and water to acoustic mixing at a suitable frequency to form an emulsion of resin particles. In embodiments, the resin emulsion thus produced may be utilized to form a toner. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266949 | SOLVENT-FREE EMULSION PROCESS USING ACOUSTIC MIXING - A process for making toner particles is provided. In embodiments, a suitable process includes melt mixing a resin in the absence of an organic solvent, optionally adding a surfactant to the resin, adding to the resin at least one colorant and other optional toner additives, adding to the resin a basic agent and water to form a mixture, and subjecting the mixture to acoustic mixing at a suitable frequency to form to form an emulsion. A phase inversion may then be performed to create a phase inversed emulsion including a disperse phase comprising molten resin and the optional ingredients of the toner composition, at which time toner-sized droplets may be solidified from the disperse phase into toner particles, which can be recovered for use. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266950 | TONER - The toner of the present invention, comprising a colored resin particle and an external additive, wherein said external additive contains a silica fine particle (A) having a Dv50/Dv10 of 1.8 or more, in which Dv10 represents a particle diameter at which a volume cumulative total from small particle diameter side is 10% and Dv50 represents a particle diameter at which the mentioned volume cumulative total is 50%, a volume average particle diameter in the range from 0.1 to 1.0μ, and a sphericity in the range from 1 to 1.3. The toner of the present invention cause less fog, and excellent resolution on the printed image, excellent in cleaning property, and cause less filming. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266951 | RESIST UNDERLAYER FILM FORMING COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR FORMING RESIST PATTERN - There is provided a composition for forming a resist underlayer film having a large selection ratio of dry etching rate, exhibiting desired values of the k value and the refractive index n at a short wavelength, for example, in an ArF excimer laser, and further, exhibiting solvent resistance. A resist underlayer film forming composition for lithography comprises a linear polymer having, in a main chain thereof, at least one of an aromatic ring-containing structure and a nitrogen atom-containing structure; and a solvent, wherein to the aromatic ring or the nitrogen atom, at least one alkoxyalkyl group or hydroxyalkyl group is directly bonded. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266952 | CYCLIC COMPOUND, PHOTORESIST BASE, PHOTORESIST COMPOSITION, MICROFABRICATION PROCESS, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A cyclic compound shown by the following formula (I): | 2010-10-21 |
20100266953 | COPOLYMER AND TOP COATING COMPOSITION - A resin composition for forming a top coat which can be formed on a photoresist film without causing intermixing with the photoresist film, can maintain a stable film coating which is not eluted into a medium during immersion lithography, does not impair pattern profiles during dry exposure (which is not immersion lithography), and can be easily dissolved in an alkaline developer. The resin is a copolymer which has a recurring unit (I) having a carboxyl group, a recurring unit (II) having a sulfo group and a recurring unit obtained by copolymerizing fluoroalkyl(meth)acrylates having 1 to 20 carbon atoms in a fluoroalkyl group thereof other than a recurring unit having a side chain that includes an alcoholic hydroxyl group having a fluoroalkyl group at least in an α-position thereof, the copolymer having a weight average molecular weight determined by gel permeation chromatography of 2,000 to 100,000. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266954 | ADAMANTANE DERIVATIVE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND CURING COMPOSITION CONTAINING ADAMANTANE DERIVATIVE - An adamantane derivative capable of affording a cured product which is excellent in optical characteristics such as transparency and light resistance, durability such as long-term heat resistance, and electrical characteristics such as dielectric constant, a process for producing such an adamantane derivative, and a curable composition containing such an adamantane derivative, the adamantane derivative being represented by the general formula (I) shown below and having a group selected from an acrylate group, a methacrylate group and a trifluoromethacrylate group, | 2010-10-21 |
20100266955 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN - A positive resist composition including a base component (A) which exhibits increased solubility in an alkali developing solution under action of acid and an acid-generator component (B) which generates acid upon exposure, the component (A) including a polymeric compound (A1) having a structural unit (a0) represented by general formula (a0-1) (wherein R represents a hydrogen atom, an alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms or a halogenated alkyl group of 1 to 5 carbon atoms; R | 2010-10-21 |
20100266956 | POSITIVE-TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION, TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE FILM, DISPLAY ELEMENT AND INTEGRATED SOLAR BATTERY - A positive-type photosensitive composition including an alkali-soluble polymer formed through copolymerization of monomer (A) represented by the following General Formula (I) and other radical polymerizable monomer (B), a 1,2-quinonediazide compound, and a nanowire structure: | 2010-10-21 |
20100266957 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS - An additive polymer comprising recurring units of formula (1) is added to a resist composition comprising a base resin, a photoacid generator, and an organic solvent. R | 2010-10-21 |
20100266958 | RESIST MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR FORMING PATTERN USING THE SAME - Initially, on a substrate, a resist film is formed from a resist material including a monomer containing a halogen atom (fluorine) and stable to acid, a polymer containing fluorine and stable to acid, a polymer containing an acid-labile group, and a photo acid generator. Next, while liquid is provided on the resist film, pattern exposure is performed by selectively irradiating the resist film with exposing light. Next, the resist film after the pattern exposure is developed to form a resist pattern from the resist film. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266959 | Pattern forming method - A pattern forming method includes providing a resist, irradiating a first electron beam to a first region of the resist, and irradiating a second electron beam to a second region which is defined along a boundary of the first region of the resist, wherein the first electron beam has a first cross section having a polygonal shape, and the second electron beam has a second cross section having a polygonal shape. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266960 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND EXPOSURE DEVICE - A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment includes determining a second exposure parameter including exposure parameters except for an exposure amount from a dimension distribution information so that a resist pattern of a first resist pattern formed based on a second pattern has a desired dimension in a plurality of regions to be shot within a surface of a wafer. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266961 | MOVABLE BODY APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS, EXPOSURE METHOD, AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - In a substrate stage device, when an X coarse movement stage moves in an X-axis direction, a Y coarse movement stage, an empty-weight cancelling device and a Y beam move integrally with the X coarse movement stage, and when the Y coarse movement stage moves in a Y-axis direction on the X-coarse movement stage, the empty-weight cancelling device moves integrally with the Y coarse movement stage in the Y-axis direction on the Y beam. Since the Y beam is arranged extending in the Y-axis direction in a state of covering a movement range of the empty-weight cancelling device in the Y-axis direction, the empty-weight cancelling device is constantly supported by the Y beam regardless of the position of the empty-weight cancelling device. Accordingly, a substrate can be guided along an XY plane with high accuracy, without providing a member (e.g. a surface plate or the like) having a guide surface that is large enough to cover the entire movement range of the empty-weight cancelling device. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266962 | Methods Of Forming A Plurality Of Capacitors - A method of forming a plurality of capacitors includes forming a plurality of individual capacitor electrodes using two masking steps. An earlier of the two masking steps is used to form an array of first openings over a plurality of storage node contacts. A later of the two masking steps is used to form an array of second openings received partially over and partially offset from the array of first openings. Overlapping portions of the first and second openings are received over the storage node contacts. After both of the two masking steps, conductive material of the individual capacitor electrodes is deposited into the overlapping portions of each of the first and second openings. The individual capacitor electrodes are incorporated into a plurality of capacitors. Other aspects and implementations are contemplated. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266963 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MECHANICAL SHUTTER BLADES USING BERYLLIUM-COPPER ALLOY SUBSTRATE - An exemplary method for manufacturing mechanical shutter blades using a beryllium-copper substrate is provided. The method includes providing a beryllium-copper alloy substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; respectively applying a first and second photoresist layers onto the first and second surfaces; exposing and developing the first and second photoresist layers, thereby first portions of the first photoresist layer and second portions of the second photoresist layer are left on the first and second surfaces while an unwanted portion of the substrate is exposed to an exterior, the first portions are aligned with the second portions; removing the unwanted portion of the substrate using a wet etching process; and removing the first and second portions from the remaining portion of the substrate. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266964 | Graphene oxide deoxygenation - A graphene oxide (GO) target is exposed to light having power sufficient to initiate a deoxygenation reaction of the GO target. The deoxygenation reaction of the GO target transforms the GO target to graphene. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266965 | Etch-Enhanced Technique for Lift-Off Patterning - An enhanced process forming a material pattern on a substrate deposits the material anisotropically on resist material patterned to correspond to an image of the material pattern. The material is etched isotropically to remove a thickness of the material on sidewalls of the resist pattern while leaving the material on a top surface of the resist pattern and portions of the surface of the substrate. The resist pattern is removed by dissolution thereby lifting-off the material on the top surface of the resist pattern while leaving the material on the substrate surface as the material pattern. Alternately, a first material layer is deposited on the resist pattern and a second material layer is deposited and planarized. The second material layer is etched exposing the first material while leaving the second material in features of the resist pattern. The first material and the resist are removed leaving the first material pattern. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266966 | Methods of forming a pattern using photoresist compositions - A method of forming a pattern and a photoresist composition, the method including forming a photoresist film on a substrate by coating a photoresist composition thereon, the photoresist composition including a polymerized photoresist additive, a polymer including an acid-labile protective group at a side chain, a photoacid generator, and a solvent; exposing the photoresist film; and forming a photoresist pattern by developing the photoresist film using an aqueous alkali developer, wherein the polymerized photoresist additive includes a hydrophilic repeating unit having an aliphatic hydrocarbon backbone and a side chain containing an oxygen heteroatom in a heterocyclic ring substituted with at least three hydroxyl groups, and a hydrophobic repeating unit having an aliphatic hydrocarbon backbone and a side chain containing a fluorinated aliphatic hydrocarbon group. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266967 | POLYMER FOR FORMING ORGANIC ANTI-REFLECTIVE COATING LAYER - A polymer for forming an organic anti-reflective coating layer, which is soluble in alkali solutions so that an additional etching process of anti-reflective coating layer is not required, and a composition including the same are disclosed. The polymer for forming an organic anti-reflective coating layer has the following formula. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266968 | EXPOSURE APPARATUS, DEVICE MANUFACTURING SYSTEM, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - An exposure apparatus comprises an exposure device configured to perform an exposure process for a substrate, and a controller configured to control an operation of the exposure device in accordance with control software and perform an update process for the control software. The controller is configured to queue an exposure job corresponding to the exposure process and an update job corresponding to the update process; and cause the exposure device to perform an exposure process corresponding to the queued exposure job if the queued exposure job is output, and perform an update process corresponding to the queued update job if the queued update job is output. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266969 | RESIST APPLYING AND DEVELOPING METHOD, RESIST FILM PROCESSING UNIT, AND RESIST APPLYING AND DEVELOPING APPARATUS COMPRISING - A resist film processing unit is disclosed that can improve an etching resistance of a resist film formed on a substrate. The resist film processing unit includes a light source to irradiate an ultraviolet light on a resist film patterned by a development process, a heating part configured to heat the resist film irradiated with the ultraviolet light by the light source, and a solvent processing unit configured to expose the resist film to a solvent gas including a solvent that contains a benzene ring, during or after heating of the resist film by the heating part. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266970 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR COMBUSTING HYDROGEN IN A PREMIX BURNER - A device for combusting fuel which contains or consists of hydrogen, is described, with a burner provided with a swirl generator and also a feeder for feeding fuel and a feeder for feeding combustion air into the swirl generator. A first feeder, for feeding liquid fuel along a burner axis, and a second feeder for feeding liquid fuel or gaseous fuel along air inlet slots which are tangentially delimited by the swirl generator, with a transition section connected downstream to the swirl generator, and with a mixer tube connected downstream to the transition section and with a changeable flow cross-sectional transition leads into a combustion chamber are provided. Along the transition section, a third feeder for feeding fuel which contains or consists of hydrogen, and also a fourth feeder for the selective feed of fuel which contains or consists of hydrogen, or of the gaseous fuel are also provided. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266971 | FIRE GENERATOR HAVING A CONTROLLABLE VENTING MECHANISM - A combustion device has a controllable venting mechanism, within a piston/plunger or a chamber/housing, to allow the flow of air out of the chamber to enable the piston/plunger to be freely inserted for the purpose of storage or to maintain the air within the chamber to enable the piston/plunger to create a pressure necessary for combustion. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266972 | High Temperature Fiber Composite Burner Surface - A burner surface and creation method are provided. The burner surface includes a frame with a compact layer of unsintered metal and ceramic fibers that have been vacuum cast to a surface of the frame. The layer of unsintered metal and ceramic fibers is not greater than 0.5 inches, and is created without using substantial amounts of polymer pore forming or binding agents. The frame and compact layer additionally include a plurality of apertures that form holes through the burner surface plate. The burner surface plate may be formed by attaching a perforated screen to a fixture, inserting pins through apertures in the screen, introducing a suspension of metal and ceramic fibers into a space above the screen, vacuum casting the metal and ceramic fibers onto the screen to form a layer of metal and ceramic fibers, removing the plurality of pins from the apertures to form a corresponding set of apertures through the layer of metal and ceramic fibers, drying the layer of metal and ceramic fibers to remove moisture, applying colloidal silica to the layer of metal and ceramic fibers, and drying the burner surface. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266973 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING NANO-PARTICLES - Nano-scale particles of materials can be produced by vaporizing the material and allowing the material to flow in a non-violently turbulent manner into thermal communication with a cooling fluid, thereby forming small particles of the material that can be in the nano-scale size range. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266974 | Apparatus for preheating particulate material - A preheating apparatus for particulate material comprises a containment vessel, a floor ending in a central material discharge section, and a vertically oriented outer annular preheating section which circles the center section, with said annular preheating section having an outer wall and an inner wall having a lower side that is spaced above the floor to form an arch. A ram-type plunger feeder moves reciprocally from a first retracted position located closer to the outer wall to a second extended position located between the first retracted position and the material outlet of the chamber for contacting particulate material with said pusher face and moving particulate material under the arch and toward the material outlet. It has been discovered that in preheaters of this design the relative locations of the first retracted position of the feeder, the arch and the end of the sloped floor adjacent to the central discharge will have an influence on the movement of the particulate material toward the central discharge. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266975 | DENTAL APPLIANCE - A dental appliance for correcting tooth alignment. The appliance includes a body for seating on an arch of teeth. The body is at least partially elastically deformable and has a seated condition into which it is elastically deformable to be seated on an arch of teeth. The body is constructed, when seated on an arch of teeth, for applying, by virtue of said elastic deformation, a correction force on one or more misaligned teeth, at or adjacent a base of the crown of each misaligned tooth, in a direction in which each misaligned tooth is to be moved to correct its alignment. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266976 | ORTHODONTIC FUNCTIONAL APPLIANCE - An oral functional appliance for adjusting functions of oral muscle organs includes a base and a body. The base is connected to a tooth surface, and the body is provided with at least one protrusion at a surface thereof. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266977 | ADJUSTABLE DENTAL WHIP ARM - A dental whip arm assembly that includes a whip arm base with a whip arm pivot point, a whip arm insert with a locking pin, and a whip arm that is pivotally connected to the whip arm base and includes a slot that receives the whip arm insert in a plurality of insert positions. The whip arm rotates about the whip arm pivot point through a range of motion defined at one end by a fully retracted position, at the other end by a fully extended position, and at least one operating position between the fully retracted and the fully extended position. Further included is a locking mechanism connected to the whip arm base that engages the locking pin, thereby locking the whip arm in the operating position with respect to the whip arm base. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266978 | Plastic capsule for the storage and delivery of flowable dental materials and applicator to contain them - The invention relates to a plastic capsule for the storage and delivery of dental material, the capsule exhibiting a cylindrical cavity in a first capsule section and connecting the first and a third capsule section in a second capsule section and the third capsule section being a dispensing nipple angled with respect to the first capsule section characterised in that the first capsule section exhibits a reinforced longitudinal side and a longitudinal formed in a round manner and the reinforced longitudinal side is an edge on a round tube, the edge forming the reinforcement, and to similar capsules with two reinforcement edges. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266979 | EXPANDABLE DEVICES AND METHODS FOR TISSUE EXPANSION, REGENERATION AND FIXATION - A device which allows the insertion of a flowable filling material through at least part of a dental implant inside the body to touch the bone. The implant can be hollow and to have a side perforation connecting the space inside the implant with the surrounding of the implant. This perforation can be placed initially outside the alveolar ridge. The device can allow immediate direct contact between the filling material and the tissue and for the displacement of the soft tissues covering the bone. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266980 | ADJUSTABLE FLOW REGULATOR FOR DENTAL WATER JET - A dental water jet apparatus for adjusting a pressurized water stream from a pump to a tip moves pressurized water from a reservoir to a tip in fluid communication with the pump. A flow control knob may be turned to selectively adjust the water pressure supplied by the tip between a minimum and a maximum value. When the flow control knob is turned in a first direction, the volume of fluid directed towards the tip decreases and the volume of fluid returned to an inlet of the pump increases. Fluid may flow from the reservoir and ultimately into the tip to provide oral irrigation and/or cleaning of the teeth, gums, and tongue. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266981 | VIAL FOR DELIVERING CONTENTS ONTO A SUBSTRATE - Dispenser that dispenses a substance onto a substrate, such as a tooth treatment compound onto teeth, includes a vial including a cavity containing the substance and a projecting portion extending outward from the base. An applicator tip is engaged with the conduit and includes an internal passage communicating with the cavity, and an applicator portion situated forward of the conduit and that includes a plurality of spaced-apart projections at a distal application surface, preferably crenellated fingers. A cap is removably attachable to the vial and when attached, the applicator portion of the applicator tip is accommodated in a cavity of the cap and a sealing stopper extends into the internal passage to thereby seal it. When the cap is removed from the vial and the base is squeezed, the substance is urged out of the cavity through the passage of the applicator tip and onto the projections. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266982 | DENTAL SYRINGE - A dental syringe may include a replaceable valve cartridge containing one or more valves. The valves may include air and water valves using a seating surface and an opposing seating surface with a relative angle formed between the two surfaces. The relative angle allows for regulation of the flow of fluid traveling through the valves. The replaceable valve cartridge may also include a system to remove a residual liquid from a tip of a dental syringe. Additionally, the replaceable valve cartridge may include a seal that prevents bleed-over of fluids within a dental syringe through use of first and second rings of elastic portions of the seal with a low pressure zone defined in between. Further, the dental syringe may comprise a tip retention insert which may be replaceable and may use either a pair of plates or a plurality of ball bearings to retain the dental syringe tips. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266983 | DEVICE FOR LOOSENING OR EXTRACTING A WISDOM TOOTH - A screw tap type device for loosening or extracting a wisdom tooth is provided. The device comprises a screw tap with a plurality of longitudinal cavities in the external screw thread, creating cutting teeth which create a strong frictional grip with a rough dentine wall of a previously drilled tapered tunnel of a wisdom tooth. A user can then twist the device to exert axial bodily dislocating force for easy loosening or extraction of the wisdom tooth. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266984 | BUR FOR MAXILLARY SINUS AUGMENTATION - A bur for maxillary sinus augmentation is disclosed. The bur uses a drill for rapid and easy perforation and expansion of maxilla as a preliminary surgery such that easy and convenient placement of dental implants is carried out without injuring subantral membrane. The bur includes a head, a body, a tool mount, and a perforation bur for a crestal approach technique including a head having a round top coated with irregular coarse diamond particles. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266985 | ABUTMENT ASSEMBLY FOR DENTAL IMPLANT - An abutment assembly for use with a dental implant unit includes a metal pedestal unit which has a fitting bushing adapted to fittingly engage a tubular fitted wall of an implant member, a ceramic abutment body which has an annular cut-out in a bottom wall thereof to be mounted on the pedestal unit, and a tubular packing member which has a bearing ledge on an inner peripheral surface to be pressed by a bolt member when the bolt member is threadedly engaged with the implant member, and a pressing region on an outer peripheral surface to be brought to intimately abut against a pressed region of an inner tubular wall surface of the abutment wall so as to place the abutment body in a tightened position. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266986 | One piece angled abutment - The present invention refers to a one-piece angled abutment ( | 2010-10-21 |
20100266987 | DENTAL IMPLANT ASSEMBLY - A dental implant assembly ( | 2010-10-21 |
20100266988 | ARTIFICIAL TEETH EASILY ENABLING BILATERAL BALANCED OCCLUSION - It is intended to provide artificial teeth designed to easily enable bilateral balanced occlusion with less grinding adjustment. According to the present invention, angles formed by occlusal facets of the artificial teeth with an occlusal plane are suitably set. An artificial tooth for maxillary central incisor, for example, has a protrusive facet and a retrusive facet on an incisal edge thereof. Of angles formed by the protrusive facet with the occlusal plane, the angle in cross section along a sagittal plane is 22.0° to 25.5°, and the angle in cross section along a coronal plane is 1.5° to 6.5°. Of angles formed by the retrusive facet with the occlusal plane, the angle in cross section along the sagittal plane is 20.5° to 23.0°, and the angle in cross section along the coronal plane is 1.5° to 6.5°. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266989 | TEETH WHITENING COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS - Disclosed herein are teeth whitening compositions generally including an oxidizing agent (e.g., a peroxide), and an activating agent that has an emission wavelength between about 400 nm and about 570 nm (e.g., Eosin B, Eosin Y, or Erythrosine B). Methods of employing these compositions to whiten teeth, methods of making these compositions and kits that include some or part of the composition ingredients, are also described. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266990 | DENTAL ANTIMICROBIAL FORMULATIONS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - An antimicrobial formulation for dental applications includes colloidal silver, from between about 0.01 to 2 percent by weight and colloidal copper, from between about 0.05 to about 10 percent by weight. The antimicrobial formulations are used to treat microorganisms on a tooth to prevent tooth decay by administering an effective amount of the antimicrobial formulation alone or in combination with a dental varnish, stannous fluoride, or sodium fluoride. The antimicrobial formulation may be part of a kit or used in a biocompatible time release chip. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266991 | FLIGHT SIMULATION SYSTEM - A flight simulation system capable of simulating multiple aircraft through interchangeable instrument panels, throttle quadrants, and control devices (stick and/or yoke). The system has multiple visual displays capable of displaying simulated outside views and instrument displays (e.g. multiple aircraft, avionics suites, gauges, etc.). The instrument panels simulating a particular type of aircraft and containing switches, knobs, and/or buttons of approximately the same type and approximately the same location as in the simulated aircraft. The system containing a communications system compatible with standard pilot headsets and a pilot key for logging, storage, and permissions. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266992 | INTERCHANGEABLE INSTRUMENT PANEL OVERLAY SYSTEM FOR A FLIGHT SIMULATOR - An interchangeable instrument panel overlay system for a flight simulator interchangeable with another simulating a different aircraft. Each instrument panel simulating a particular type of aircraft and containing switches, knobs, and/or buttons of approximately the same type and approximately the same location as in the simulated aircraft. The instrument panels capable of simulating a variety of avionics suites, gauges, and/or other equipment. The instrument panels capable of being affixed over a visual display displaying avionics suites, gauges, and/or other equipment. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266993 | INTERCHANGEABLE INSTRUMENT PANEL, THROTTLE QUADRANT, AND CONTROL DEVICE SYSTEM - An interchangeable instrument panel, throttle quadrant, and control device (stick and/or yoke) for a flight simulation system each independently interchangeable with another simulating a different aircraft. Each instrument panel simulating a particular type of aircraft and containing switches, knobs, and/or buttons of approximately the same type and approximately the same location as in the simulated aircraft. The instrument panels capable of simulating a variety of avionics suites, gauges, and other equipment. Each throttle quadrant simulating a particular type of aircraft (e.g. single engine; multi-engine; knob/pull style; lever style). | 2010-10-21 |
20100266994 | MOTION PLATFORM FOR A FLIGHT SIMULATION SYSTEM - A motion platform providing motion for roll, pitch, heave, surge, yaw, and sway from only three electric motors. Each motor moving one of three frames in a particular direction (roll, pitch, or yaw) via either a pulley style system or a direct system. The motion platform having a control system to precisely move the motion platform in response to received commands. The motion platform capable of operating in a room with at least eight foot ceilings and one standard power outlet. The motion platform utilizing pneumatic cylinders and infrared beams as safety devices. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266995 | PERSONAL NUTRITION CONTROL DEVICES - The present invention provides portioning and weighing devices, as well as other compositions, that make it much easier for individuals to monitor and control their caloric intake. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266996 | Method for teaching a second language using an infant situational approach (D-Blok) - D-BLOK is the name for an oral language teaching method that creates an environment to facilitate oral communication for:
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20100266997 | AURAL, NEURAL MUSCLE MEMORY RESPONSE TOOL AND METHOD - An aural, neural muscle memory response tool includes an acoustic resonator in the form of a two-pronged fork with parallel tines formed from a U-shaped bar of elastic metal. The U-shaped bar is attached to a deflector at a curved vertex. The tines are configured to resonate at a determined frequency up to about 20 Hz. A housing houses and stably supports the deflector and also houses a portion of the tines without contacting the tines. Optionally, the tool may include a manually actuatable trigger configured to cause the tines to vibrate when actuated. Use of the tool for training entails performing a task; determining to either associate a sound generated by the tool with the performed task, and if the sound generated by the tool will be associated with the performed task, generating the sound. These steps may be repeated until the training session is complete. Use of the tool for recollection entails determining whether to produce a sound generated by the tool and associated with a task as a muscle memory cue, and if the sound will be produced, producing the sound before the task is performed; and then performing the task. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266998 | METHOD FOR COMPETENCY ASSESSMENT OF HEALTHCARE STUDENTS AND PRACTITIONERS - A method to assess the competency of a healthcare practitioner, wherein the method provides a learning object repository comprising a plurality of previously-created virtual objects, creates a first template and a second template by the second module, wherein the first template comprises one or more previously-defined learning objectives, and wherein the second template comprises one or more previously-defined competency assessments related to the one or more selected learning objectives. The method provides the first template and the second template to the learning object repository. The method displays on a visual display device a virtual clinical world comprising a plurality of virtual objects retrieved from the learning object repository. Further according to the method, a practitioner selects a virtual patient from the virtual clinical world, selects a series of interactions with the patient, and selects patient data. The method tracks the selected patient interactions, and the selected patient data. | 2010-10-21 |
20100266999 | USER-DIRECTED, CONTEXT-BASED LEARNING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - A user-directed, machine-implemented learning system may include at least one processor, a memory including instructions for the processor, and a bus for providing communication between the processor and the memory. The memory may further include instructions for the processor, including instructions for presenting a plurality of selectable categories to a user, receiving an input from a user selecting one of the plurality of categories, and retrieving at least one data item with a learning target used in context in the data item. The data item corresponds to the selected category, and the use context explains the learning target, but the learning target is independent of the category. | 2010-10-21 |
20100267000 | Computer systems and method for educational use - The present disclosure provides a computer system and associated usage method solely for educational purposes. The computer system is a computer appliance focused solely for educational use operating only educationally approved programs and loading only educationally approved content. Advantageously, such appliance provides a secure and focused platform for learning that can be used at home by parents and students and in class by teachers, parents, and students. | 2010-10-21 |
20100267001 | PORTABLE WRITING BOARD SYSTEM - A portable writing system comprising an assembly of panels, at least one of which has a writing surface thereon, connected by joints which may be repeatedly rearranged from an open or use configuration to a closed or transport configuration, providing exceptional convenience and portability. | 2010-10-21 |
20100267002 | PEPTIDE HAVING LIFE-LENGTHENING EFFECT ON CELLS - This invention provides a substance that exhibits excellent life-lengthening effects on cells, that is excellent in terms of productivity, and that has low immunological toxicity. The present invention relates to a preservative for a biomaterial comprising (a) a peptide consisting of the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 6 or (b) a peptide consisting of an amino acid sequence derived from the amino acid sequence as shown in SEQ ID NO: 6 by deletion, substitution, insertion, or addition of 1 or several amino acids and having life-lengthening effects on cells and a method for preserving a biomaterial utilizing such peptide. | 2010-10-21 |
20100267003 | METHODS AND KIT FOR ENDOMETRIOSIS SCREENING - Methods of screening a bodily sample for endometriosis are provided. The bodily sample is preferably saliva. According to one embodied method, the bodily sample is subjected to a denaturing procedure, and a property of the bodily sample observed after the denaturing procedure is evaluated for the presence or absence of a factor correlating to endometriosis as part of an endometriosis screening procedure. The methods embodied herein are preferably conducted in combinations which permit for the evaluation of at least two different physiological factors correlating to endometriosis, because women with endometriosis do not always share the same factors. Also provided are screening kits, assay methods, and systems for endometriosis screening. | 2010-10-21 |