46th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 13 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080277543 | Fence post bracket - The invention described herein is a fence post bracket for inserting into a retaining wall or other structure capable of securely holding a fence post. The fence post bracket offsets the placement of the fence post from the center of the retaining wall so that the fence post placement is on the actual perimeter of the wall and not in the center. This results in a significant increase in usable land for large fenced area. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277544 | Sucker that is Removed Easily and Quickly - A sucker includes a fixing seat, a sucker body, a control handle and a control valve. The sucker body has a first side provided with a recess and a second side provided with a connecting hole connected to the recess. The control valve includes a valve stem movably mounted on the fixing seat and movable to stop the recess. Thus, the valve stem can be pulled outwardly to detach from the recess of the sucker body so as to connect the connecting hole and the recess of the sucker body and to connect the connecting hole of the sucker body to the ambient air so as to break the vacuum state of the sucker body so that the sucker body can be removed from a surface easily and quickly. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277545 | Medical device clamp - A medical instrument device interconnection system decreases the vibrational effects on a hospital pole. The medical device is contained in a case and the case has a first clamping member, a first biasing apparatus, a second clamping member, a second biasing apparatus, and a pole receiving trench. Each clamping member has a preferred position, an attachment position and a maximum tension position. In the preferred position the respective biasing members position the respective clamping member's distal end as close to each other as possible which inhibits a conventional hospital pole from entering the pole receiving trench. To obtain the maximum tension position, the person positioning the medical instrument device on the hospital pole aligns the pole receiving trench with the hospital pole so the hospital pole contacts the clamping members' exterior surface in the preferred position. The person raises the device in relation to the pole which causes the clamping members to rotate and expose the pole receiving trench. Once the hospital pole enters the pole receiving trench the respective biasing apparatus on each clamping member has the respective clamping members revert toward the preferred position. The preferred position cannot be obtained because the hospital pole in the pole receiving trench inhibits the clamping members from reverting to that position. Instead the clamping members are in the attachment position after the medical instrument device is lowered a little in relation to the hospital pole to obtain the maximum force in the attachment position. Collectively the biasing apparatuses through the clamping members in the attachment position provide more force to the hospital pole than the weight of the medical instrument device. That way the medical instrument device remains attached to the hospital pole and due to the flexible biasing apparatuses the device's vibration is suppressed while attached to the hospital pole. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277546 | COUPLING SYSTEM - A physical coupling system for power tools may comprise an extension member protruding outwardly from a base of a power tool. The extension member may include a first end and a second end flexibly coupled to a base of a power tool. The system may also include a knob coupled to the first end of the extension member, wherein the knob has a greater profile than the extension member. The system may further include a slotted cup member configured to receive and secure the knob. The extension member may further include a flexible elastic member coupled thereto and extending from the second end. The system may further comprise an elongated member having a radius smaller than that of a hole through the base of the power tool, wherein the flexible elastic member is coupled thereto at a portion that is not an end of the elongated member. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277547 | FASTENING STRUCTURE - A fastening structure for fastening at least a storage component in a computer chassis includes a fixed support frame and at least a fastening apparatus. Additionally, the fastening structure can be utilized to perform a fastening or un-fastening operation with high speed on the storage components in the computer chassis without using any screws. Thus, the disclosed fastening structure can reduce cost of assembly and repair of the computer, and also can reduce time for assembly and repair of the computer. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277548 | WALL HANGER - A wall hanger for hanging a display device on a wall includes a latching member, an outer hanger member, an inner hanger member and a screw. The inner hanger member includes a threaded portion with a threaded hole and a lock portion with a lock hole. The lock portion is integrally formed with the threaded portion and bent to face the threaded portion with a predetermined space therebetween so that the threaded hole and the lock hole are concentrically positioned. The screw has a predetermined length so that the inner and outer hanger members sandwich a rear cover of the display device when the rear cover of the display device is disposed therebetween. The lock hole prevents a long screw from being threaded into the display device by mating an inner peripheral face of the lock hole with a distal end of the long screw. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277549 | Beam Flange Clamp - There is a clamp for a universal beam ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080277550 | SYSTEM FOR CLAMPING AN OBJECT TO A RAILING AND A TABLE USING THE SYSTEM - Provided are a system for clamping an object to a railing and a table and apparatus using the system. In one aspect, the system for clamping an object to a railing includes: a threaded bolt, a knob secured to a first end of the bolt, a first wing with an elongated body that is carried on the bolt, and a second wing with an elongated body that is threadedly engaged on the bolt. The first wing is positioned on the bolt between the knob and the second wing. In addition, the first and second wings are movable toward and away from the knob between a clamping and a non-clamping position. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277551 | Rotating bracket assembly for collapsible and permanent building-frame construction - A rotating bracket assembly comprises first and second members, each of which defines a channel having opposing sides coupled to a common base. The first member is nested within the second member with adjacent opposing sides being hingedly coupled to one another so that the first member can freely rotate 360° relative to the second member to achieve a plurality of rotational positions. A first plurality of holes formed in the opposing sides of the first member at least partially align with a second plurality of holes formed in the opposing sides of the second member for each of the rotational positions. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277552 | MECHANICAL ARM INCLUDING A COUNTER-BALANCE - A mechanical arm comprises a forearm, a spring, and an upper arm disposed between the forearm and the spring, wherein the forearm applies a moment to the upper arm. A copying device associated with the upper arm copies a force associated with the moment to the spring. The spring is adapted to apply a counter-force resisting at least a portion of the moment to reduce a torque for urging the forearm. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277553 | DEVICE WITH A RECEPTACLE FOR A LEVER | 2008-11-13 |
20080277554 | Universal fixture for belt sander - A universal fixture is provided for securing a portable power tool, such as a belt sander. The fixture has a housing with a plurality of sidewalls, and a plurality of retainers extending from the sidewalls for securing the power tool, wherein the sidewalls and retainers are adjustable to accommodate power tools of differing shapes and sizes. Further, the universal fixture is adjustable to mount the power tool in differing positions for optimal use. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277555 | Vertically adjustable supporting structure - A vertically adjustable supporting structure that comprises a link member whose bottom and top portions disposed with a lower end and a top end; a lower hinge having at least one shaft pivoted on the lower end of the link member so as to render the link member rotatably pivoted between the two lower frames of the lower hinge; an upper hinge having at least one shaft pivotally connected on the upper end of the link member so as to render the link member rotatably pivoted between the two upper frames of the upper hinge; at least a coupling assembly having one lower axle wheel and one upper axle wheel disposed between the lower end and the upper end of one side of the link member and between the lower frame and upper frame, respectively, and pivoted on the lower hinge and upper hinge, respectively, with a flexible cord engagingly secured between the lower and upper axle wheels; and at least an idle wheel pivoted on one side of the link member and between the lower and upper axle wheels to be interlacing engaged with the flexible cord and to form a coupling movement, such that the coupling assembly transforms the circular movement of the link member into a rotation for compensating displacement difference of two upper frames without affecting their original angle. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277556 | Apparatus for mounting image-tilting device of projection system - Disclosed herein is an image-titling apparatus for reflecting light being projected from a light-scanning device through a fine tilting motion to improve quality of displayed images. The image-tilting apparatus includes a bracket capable of being installed in a support structure so as to be inclined with respect to the support structure. The bracket includes a flange formed so as to be inclined with respect to the bracket such that the flange can be attached to the support structure in parallel thereto. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277557 | Anchor assembly - An anchor assembly includes a base to which at least one connector and three legs are operatively connected. The connector provides an anchorage point for connection to a lifeline. The legs are secured to a support structure. The legs are reinforced proximate the base and when a force is exerted on the at least one connector by the lifeline, the legs bend proximate the support structure thus placing a shear load on the legs proximate the support structure. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277558 | Adjustable Support Device - An adjustable support device is disclosed generally comprising a support post having an internal channel an arm slidable within the internal channel. The arm is generally shaped such that, gravitational bias of the arm under the influence of its own weight will cause the arm to lock within the internal channel. In certain embodiments, the arm is pivotable within the internal channel. The arm is freely slidable within the internal channel when the arm is pivoted so that it is substantially perpendicular to the support post, and locks within the internal channel when it is pivoted so that it is not substantially perpendicular to the support post. In further embodiments, the support device is used in connection with a conventional turkey deep-fryer. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277559 | Form For Casting Concrete Blocks And Other Objects - A form for casting concrete blocks and other products having a resilient insert defining a cavity in which the block is cast and a rigid support or frame for the resilient insert. After the block has cured, the block is removed from the insert either by inverting the form to allow the block to fall from the insert or by lifting the block from the insert. One or more areas of the insert are tethered to the support with at least one generally flat flexible strap so that at least a portion of the insert is allowed to move a limited distance relative to the support and to deform to release the block. One end of each tether strap is embedded in the insert. After the cast block is separated from the insert, the insert is returned to a position wherein it is supported for casting another block. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277560 | Tie Rod for Formwork - A tie rod ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080277561 | MOLD BOX AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING MULTIPLE BLOCKS - A mold box with an angled division plate and methods for making blocks of various shapes and sizes and columns and walls constructed with the blocks. Multiple embodiments of the mold box are disclosed for enabling different numbers of blocks and sizes of blocks to be formed in a single mold box. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277562 | Information Processing Device - Light emitted from alight source ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080277563 | TRACKING A MOVING OBJECT FROM A CAMERA ON A MOVING PLATFORM - A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method. The method includes determining the transformation of an origin of an imaging device positioned in a vehicle and implementing exponentially stabilizing control laws based on the determined transformation and a distance to an imaged target. The method also includes generating a rotation output from the exponentially stabilizing control laws, generating a zoom output from the exponentially stabilizing control laws, determining a system latency in redirecting an optical axis and modifying a lens system along the optical axis, and determining the transformation of the origin of the imaging device with respect to global coordinates. A centroid of the target image is maintained within a selected distance from the origin of the imaging device. The apparent distance between the imaged target and the imaging device is also maintained. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277564 | System and Method of Controlling the Power of a Radiation Source - A system for controlling the power of a radiation source comprises a sensor FS, a feedback network FN and a radiation source power control circuit LPCC. The sensor receives a portion of a radiation beam LBP generated by a radiation source LS and provides an analogue signal AFS representative of a radiation source power. The feedback network FN is connected to the sensor FS. The radiation source power control circuit LPCC is connected to the feedback network FN and to the radiation source LS. The feedback network FN comprises a runlength compensating module RCM comprising:—a sampling module SM providing a digital signal DFS based on the analogue signal AFS,—at least one error controlling signal generator ECSG performing an amplitude compensation and providing at least one digital error controlling signal ECS to the radiation source power control circuit LPCC in order to control the power of the radiation source LS. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277565 | Optical fiber for optical power transmission - An optical fiber adapted to carry optical power for powering an electrical device and also optionally adapted to carry optical data for signal processing. The optical fiber capable of carrying both optical data and optical power includes a central data waveguide region that carries data light and an annular power waveguide region concentrically surrounding the data waveguide region and adapted to carry relatively large amounts of optical power. A first annular isolation region between the data and power waveguide regions and that includes microstructures serves to optically isolate the waveguide regions. An outer annular isolation region serves to confine power light to the power waveguide region and contributes to the bend-resistance of the optical fiber. An optical power and optical data distribution system that utilizes the optical fiber is also described. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277566 | Image Forming State Detection Device - An image forming state detection device comprises a micro-lens array that is disposed at a position set apart from a predetermined focal plane of an image forming optical system by a specific distance and includes a plurality of micro-lenses arrayed with a predetermined pitch, a light-receiving portion array that includes a plurality of light-receiving portions each corresponding to one of the micro-lenses in the micro-lens array and receives an image on the predetermined focal plane via the individual micro-lenses, a signal string extracting means that extracts a pair of signal strings corresponding to images, formed with light fluxes having passed through different pupil areas of the image forming optical system, based upon light reception outputs obtained from the plurality of light-receiving portions, and an image forming state calculating means that calculates an image forming state at the image forming optical system by detecting an offset with regard to the phases of the pair of signal strings extracted by the signal string extracting means. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277567 | Fast laser scanning optical CT apparatus - Disclosed are scanning devices which measure and quantify optical properties within an object such as the absorption of light, refractive index, light scattering, fluorescence, and phosphorescence. Through the use of two rotating plane mirrors and two paraboloid mirrors, a laser light beam is made to traverse the object to be scanned wherein the beam is always parallel to the optical axis. The invention provides an improvement over previously reported scanning devices by virtue of increased speed and resolution. Two-dimensional projections gleaned by each scan of the object are reconstructed into a three-dimensional image through the use of various computer techniques. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277568 | Traffic Sensing and Monitoring Apparatus - Traffic sensing and monitoring apparatus ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080277569 | OPTICAL ENCODER - In an optical encoder comprising an optical scale in which a light transmission portion and a light non-transparent portion are arranged and an output pattern obtained by emitting an incident light functions as an optical code, a light source portion and a light detecting portion, the light non-transparent portion is constituted of at least one pair of inclined surfaces which are opposed in such a manner as to become farther away from each other towards the side where the incident light enters and set so that an incident angle of the optical axis of the incident light from the light source should not be smaller than a critical angle of incidence, and the light non-transparent portion is constructed so that the incident light which enters one inclined surface should be totally reflected thereon to enter the other inclined surface and then at least part of the incident light should be reflected on the other inclined surface, and a reflected light which is reflected on the other inclined surface should not enter a light emitting portion of the light source and a reflecting portion around the light emitting portion. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277570 | HIGH PRECISION COMPACT ROTATION ANGLE ABSOLUTE ENCODER - An angle absolute encoder comprises a code rod encoded with code marks configured in segments, such that each successive segment has an increasing number of code marks, arranged at an angle to the rotation axis depending on the number of code marks in each segment. The angle of the code mark is determined by the number of code marks in the respective segment, the width of the segment parallel to the rotation axis of the code rod and the radius of the code rod. The angular resolution increases according to the number of code marks in each segment. Light is reflected from or transmitted through the code marks and detected by a light detector to determine absolute angle position. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277571 | Optoelectronic component - Provided are optoelectronic components which include an optoelectronic device and a structure for self-aligning the optoelectronic device. Also provided are optoelectronic modules and methods of forming optoelectronic components. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277572 | Ionizing radiations - An anthropometric phantom that can be subjected to ionizing radiations comprises a simulation of a part at least of a human body and which includes a number of cavities that contain a liquid that changes in colour when exposed to radiation. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277573 | SENSING TOOL - A sensor system includes a carrier configured for a specific application; an electronics module mountable in a number of individual carriers; a feedthrough mountable in a number of individual carriers and in operable communication with the interface; a sensor mounting mountable in a number of individual carriers and in operable communication with the feedthrough; and a sensor array articulated to the sensor mounting. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277574 | Apparatus and Method For Positioning a Discharge Tube With Respect to an Orifice - Embodiments of the present invention facilitate servicing or changing a discharge tube or modifying the position of a discharge tube with respect to a orifice of a detector and/or a nebulizing gas conduit. The apparatus features a discharge tube housing that slidably receives a discharge tube. A union coupling the discharge tube to a source of fluid is slidably mounted to a mounting assembly holding the tube housing. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277575 | Ion mobility spectrometer and ion-mobility-spectrometry/mass-spectrometry hybrid spectrometer - A low-cost and high-ion-transmission-ratio ion-mobility spectrometry filter, including an ion source, a first drift region in which a gas flow direction and a DC electric-field direction are opposite to each other, a second drift region in which a gas flow direction is provided, the gas flow direction being different from the gas flow direction in the first drift region, and being opposite to a DC electric-field application direction in the second drift region, an intermediate region having an electric field for causing ions to travel between the first drift region and the second drift region, and a detector for detecting ions which have passed through the first drift region and the second drift region. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277576 | TIME-OF-FLIGHT SECONDARY ION MASS SPECTROMETER - A time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometer comprises an ion source which generates cluster ions each comprised of two or more atoms, a pulsing mechanism which pulses the cluster ions, a selecting mechanism which selects ions having a specific mass number from the pulsed cluster ions and passes the selected ions in an ON state of the selecting mechanism, and, passes the pulsed cluster ions without the selecting in an OFF state of the selecting mechanism, and a time-of-flight mass spectrometric unit which measures a mass spectrum of secondary ions generated from a sample using a difference in time of flight when the sample is irradiated with the ions passed through the selecting mechanism. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277577 | Linear electronic field time-of-flight ion mass spectrometers - Time-of-flight mass spectrometer comprising a first drift region and a second drift region enclosed within an evacuation chamber; a means of introducing an analyte of interest into the first drift region; a pulsed ionization source which produces molecular ions from said analyte of interest; a first foil positioned between the first drift region and the second drift region, which dissociates said molecular ions into constituent atomic ions and emits secondary electrons; an electrode which produces secondary electrons upon contact with a constituent atomic ion in second drift region; a stop detector comprising a first ion detection region and a second ion detection region; and a timing means connected to the pulsed ionization source, to the first ion detection region, and to the second ion detection region. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277578 | Nanoporous substrates for the analytical methods - Nanoporous materials can be used to enrich samples for subsequent analysis of substances contained in the sample. The method is shown to enrich the yield of species in the low molecular weight proteome, allowing detection of small peptides in the low nanomolar range. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277579 | MASS ANALYZING APPARATUS - The present invention relates to a mass analyzing apparatus, comprising a first metal electrode plate, a second metal electrode plate, an RF power supply, a reactant gas and a mass spectrometry. The second metal electrode plate is grounded. There is a gap between the first metal electrode plate and the second metal electrode plate. The RF power supply is electrically connected to the first metal electrode plate. Electric discharge is caused between the first metal electrode plate and the second metal electrode plate, so that the reactant gas becomes dissociation plasma. The dissociation plasma reacts with a gas analyte from a sample and then enters the mass spectrometry for a mass analysis. In addition, since the dissociation plasma is generated under low temperature and atmospheric pressure, the mass analyzing apparatus of the present invention is applicable for biological samples that need to be analyzed at a low temperature. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277580 | ION TRAP MASS SPECTROMETER - The number of times of repetition of mass spectrometry analysis for integrating mass profiles is reduced to facilitate reduction in measurement time-period and increase a signal intensity. In a state when ions are trapped by a high-frequency electric field formed within an ion trap, a rectangular-wave high-frequency voltage to be applied from a main voltage generation section to a ring electrode is temporarily stopped, and next ions are introduced from an ion entrance port into the ion trap in a state when only a static electric field exists within the ion trap. The high-frequency voltage application is re-started while at least a part of previously-trapped ions remain within the ion trap, to trap the newly-introduced ions in addition to the previous ions so as to increase an amount of ions to be accumulated, and the accumulated ions are subjected to the mass spectrometry analysis. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277581 | In-situ BWR and PWR CRUD flake analysis method and tool - The invention provides a method and tool to perform an analysis of CRUD on a nuclear fuel rod. The method recites providing a nuclear fuel rod with a layer of CRUD on an exterior of the fuel rod, scraping the CRUD from the fuel rod with a CRUD scraping tool and collecting CRUD flakes from the CRUD scraping tool. The method also provides for sorting the CRUD flakes into particle fractions, and analyzing the CRUD with a scanning electron microscope, wherein the scraping tool has a blade with a rigidity that is matched to an anticipated CRUD deposit shear strength. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277582 | Closed loop controller and method for fast scanning probe microscopy - A method of operating a metrology instrument includes generating relative motion between a probe and a sample at a scan frequency using an actuator. The method also includes detecting motion of the actuator using a position sensor that exhibits noise in the detected motion, and controlling the position of the actuator using a feedback loop and a feed forward algorithm. In this embodiment, the controlling step attenuates noise in the actuator position compared to noise exhibited by the position sensor over the scan bandwidth. Scan frequencies up to a third of the first scanner resonance frequency or greater than 300 Hz are possible. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277583 | Charged particle beam apparatus - Electrification affected on a surface of a sample which is caused by irradiation of a primary charged particle beam is prevented when plural frames are integrated to obtain an image of a predetermined area of the sample in a charged particle beam apparatus. The predetermined area of the sample is scanned with a primary electron beam from an electron gun, and plural frames are generated and integrated while detecting generated secondary electrons with a detector to obtain the image of the predetermined area. If it is determined by a detection signal of the detector that an electrification amount at the predetermined area becomes a specified value when generating plural frames, an electricity removal voltage is applied to a boosting electrode to remove or reduce the electrification, prior to generation of the next frame. Accordingly, the signal-to-noise ratio of the image obtained by integrating plural frames can be improved. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277584 | Method for Changing Energy of Electron Beam in Electron Column - The present invention relates to a method of effectively changing the energy of an electron beam in an electron column for generating an electron beam. This includes the step of additionally applying voltage to an electrode such that the electron beam finally has the desired energy so as to freely control the energy when the electron beam reaches a sample. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277585 | MONITORING APPARATUS - An imaging apparatus includes a camera unit, a panorama-image generating section generating a panorama image of the entire area by combining a plurality of unit images obtained by the camera unit, a panorama-image storage/management section storing and managing the panorama image generated by the panorama-image generating section, an infrared camera photographing an object that has a temperature falling within a preset temperature range as an infrared image, a direction controller sequentially shifting the photographing direction of the infrared camera within the area being photographed, an infrared-image generating section combining a plurality of infrared images provided by the infrared camera, an image-synthesizing section synthesizing the panorama image generated by the panorama-image generating section, with the panorama infrared image generated by the infrared-image generating section, and a display displaying the synthesized image generated by the image-synthesizing section. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277586 | Low-Power Fast Infrared Gas Sensor, Hand Held Gas Leak Detector, and Gas Monitor Utilizing Absorptive-Photo-Acoustic Detection - A gas sensor for sensing the presence of a gas includes an IR source, a microphone, a reference gas substantially similar to the gas to be detected, a reference body defining a reference chamber therein, the reference chamber having a pressure port coupled to the microphone, and a broad-band optical window through which at least IR wavelengths corresponding to absorption peaks of the predetermined gas may pass. The window is disposed between the IR source and reference chamber. The reference gas is contained within the reference chamber between the optical window and the microphone. The sensor can be included in a hand-held gas detection instrument having power supply, an outer shell, a circuit board assembly including sensor circuitry, a suction pump, actuation controls and status indicators. A probe defining a lumen therethrough supplies the sample gas. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277587 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CORRECTING SCATTERING IN SPECT IMAGING - A method and apparatus for correcting scattering in SPECT I-123 imaging. The method generally includes: accessing list mode data for a plurality of pixels corresponding to a first SPECT I-123 image generated using a gamma camera; generating a raw energy spectrum for at least some of the pixels utilizing the acquired list mode data; acquiring a gamma camera model corresponding to the gamma camera; utilizing the gamma camera model and an iterative algorithm to apply a first scattering correction to the raw energy spectrum; utilizing a Compton window to apply a second scattering correction to the raw energy spectrum; and generating a correction table with the corrected raw energy spectrum. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277588 | X-Ray Detector with In-Pixel Processing Circuits - The invention relates to an X-ray detector with an array of pixels ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080277589 | SEMICONDUCTOR RADIOACTIVE RAY DETECTOR, RADIOACTIVE RAY DETECTION MODULE, AND NUCLEAR MEDICINE DIAGNOSIS APPARATUS - The present invention provides a semiconductor radioactive ray detector having the excellent energy resolution or time precision, a radioactive detection module, and a nuclear medicine diagnosis apparatus. The semiconductor radioactive ray detector has a structure in which plate-like elements made of cadmium telluride and conductive members are alternately laminated and the plate-like element made of cadmium telluride and the conductive member are adhered to each other with a conductive adhesive agent, and the Young's modulus of the conductive adhesive agent is in the range from 350 MPa to 1000 MPa, while the conductive members are made from a material with the linear expansion coefficient of the conductive members in the range from 5×10 | 2008-11-13 |
20080277590 | Photoelectric chemical sensor and sensing method utilizing interfacial photo-voltages - A device and method which comprises a sensing surface on a membrane, solid surface or electrode, where the sensing surface contains a photo-voltage active material chosen in relation to a particular target substance to be detected and quantified. The photo-voltage active material is of a type which produces an interfacial photo-voltage electrical signal upon illumination. The particular photo-voltage active material chosen for a particular target substance is one in which the presence of the target substance causes a change in the electrical signal produced. The presence of the target substance modifies the expected photo-voltage produced by the sensing surface upon illumination. The photo-voltage produces signals which are detected by electronic circuits, and the presence and concentration of the target substance is determined by analyzing the difference between the photo-voltage of the target sample versus the photo-voltage of a control sample lacking the target substance. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277591 | Directional radiation detector - A method for imaging a body, including scanning the body so as to generate a tomographic image thereof, and analyzing the tomographic image to determine a location of a region of interest (ROI) within the body. The method includes providing single photon counting detector modules, each of the modules being configured to receive photons from a respective direction and to generate a signal in response thereto. The method further includes coupling each of the modules to a respective adjustable mount, adjusting each of the adjustable mounts so that the direction of the module coupled thereto is aligned with respect to the location so as to receive radiation from the ROI, operating each of the modules to receive the photons from the ROI, and, in response to the signal generated by each of the modules, generating a single photon counting image of the ROI. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277592 | COLD-CATHODE-BASED ION SOURCE ELEMENT - An ion source element includes a cold cathode, a grid electrode, and an ion accelerator. The cold cathode, the grid electrode, and the ion accelerator are arranged in that order and are electrically separated from one another. A space between the cold cathode and the grid electrode is essentially smaller than a mean free path of electrons at an operating pressure. The ion source element is thus stable and suitable for various applications. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277593 | Ion source - A cathode holder of a tubular shape is inserted into an opening for a cathode of a plasma generating chamber, the cathode holder positioned such that a surface thereof opposes or surrounds a side surface of a cathode. The cathode is held in the cathode holder so that a front surface of the cathode will be positioned on the same plane as, outward from, or inward from the inner wall surface. In the cathode holder is provided a tubular first heat shield surrounding the cathode with a space provided between the first heat shield and the cathode, a surface of the first heat shield positioned to oppose or surround the side surface of the cathode. At a rear end of the cathode is provided a filament. The gap between the cathode holder and the plasma generating chamber is filled with an electrical insulating material. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277594 | Radiopharmaceutical System and Method Utilizing Radio-Frequency Identification Tags - The invention, in one characterization, may be said to be directed to a radiopharmaceutical system. In some embodiments, the system may include a radioisotope elution component and a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag coupled to the radioisotope elution component. Other embodiments may include a radiation shielded enclosure having an interior, an exterior, and a radio-frequency identification (RFID) communication transmission passage extending between the interior and the exterior. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277595 | Highly multiplexed confocal detection systems and methods of using same - Systems and methods for analyzing highly multiplexed sample arrays using highly multiplexed, high density optical systems to illuminate high density sample arrays and/or provide detection and preferably confocal detection off signals emanating from such high density arrays. Systems and methods are applied in a variety of different analytical operations, including analysis of biological and biochemical reactions, including nucleic acid synthesis and derivation of sequence information from such synthesis. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277596 | Impact Indicating Microcapsules - The present disclosure is directed at an impact indictor that may be coated on a structure to detect impacts thereon. The indicator may be provided within microcapsules. Upon rupture of the microcapsules, the indicator may be exposed to a pH activator, wherein the indicator may then exhibit fluorescence upon exposure to electromagnetic energy. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277597 | REMOVABLE LINERS FOR CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEMS - An apparatus. The apparatus including: a chamber having an interior surface; a pump port for evacuating the chamber; a substrate holder within the chamber; a charged particle beam within the chamber, the charged beam generated by a source and the charged particle beam striking the substrate; and one or more liners in contact with one or more different regions of the interior surface of the chamber, the liners preventing material generated by interaction of the charged beam and the substrate from coating the one or more different regions of the interior surface of the chamber. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277598 | Electron beam exposure apparatus - An electron beam exposure apparatus includes: an electron gun for generating an electron beam; a deflector for deflecting the electron beam; a wafer stage; a stage position detector for detecting a position of the wafer stage; and a stage position computing unit for calculating a movement velocity of the wafer stage. On a basis of the movement velocity, the stage position computing unit calculates an amount of positional change of the wafer stage with respect to an interpolation time, and subsequently calculates an amount of positional movement of the wafer stage by sequentially adding the amount of positional change to the position of the wafer stage in synchronism with the interpolation time. Thus, the stage position computing unit calculates an amount of deflection of the electron beam corresponding to the amount of the positional movement of the wafer stage. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277599 | Radiation generating device, lithographic apparatus, device manufacturing method and device manufactured thereby - A device constructed to generate radiation includes a liquid bath, and a pair of electrodes. At least a part of one of the electrodes is formed by a cable part moveable with respect to the liquid bath. The device also includes an actuator arranged to move the cable part from a liquid-adhering position to an ignition position, and an ignition source configured to trigger a discharge produced radiating plasma from the liquid adherent to the cable part, when the cable part is in the ignition position, by a discharge between the electrodes. The liquid-adhering position is a position for adhering a liquid from the bath to the part of the electrode. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277600 | Irradiation Unit - The invention relates to an irradiation unit for the UV irradiation of particularly web-shaped substrates, comprising a housing ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080277601 | Eye-safe near infra-red imaging illumination method and system - A method and system for eye-safe near infra-red (NIR) optical imaging illumination. An eye of an intended subject are imaged with visible light or NIR light at an unconditionally eye-safe illumination level and the maximum permissible eye-safe NIR illumination that can be applied to the eye is determined from the captured images. The eye of the intended subject can then be illuminated with at least one substantially maximal NIR light pulse having a pulse intensity and duration selected to provide the substantially maximum permissible eye-safe NIR illumination intensity at the eye. NIR light pulse illumination can be inhibited in response to detection of other subjects either within the vicinity of a volume extending between an NIR illuminator illuminating the eye and the intended subject. The likelihood that an intended subject has been recently illuminated can also be determined and statistical measures can be used to avoid re-illuminating subject unnecessarily. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277602 | Container for Long-Term Storage of Radioactive Material, and Method and Apparatus for Manufacturing the Container - A long-term storage container ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080277603 | Shielded Containment System and Method of Operating the Same - A radiation containment system includes a vessel for storing a radioactive package, the vessel including an outer wall defining an interior area, and a shield formed of radiation shielding material. The shield is positioned adjacent the vessel for minimizing dispersal of radioactive material from the interior area of the vessel. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277604 | BIOSENSOR USING MULTIPLE LIGHT SOURCES - Provided is a biosensor that uses multiple organic light emitting diodes (OLEDs) as light sources. The biosensor includes a transparent substrate, a plurality of OLEDs which are disposed on a first surface of the transparent substrate and are electrically separated from each other, and a photo detector above the transparent substrate that receives light emitted from a specimen disposed on the transparent substrate, wherein the specimen is disposed on a region of a second surface which is a surface opposite to the first surface of the transparent substrate. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277605 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING CONTROL APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME - A radiographic imaging control apparatus includes an input unit configured to input a radiographic image from a sensor that detects radiant ray, and a control unit configured to cause a radiant ray generation apparatus to decrease the flux of radiant ray from a predetermined maximum value to a predetermined minimum value as time passes when the radiant ray generation apparatus irradiates the sensor with radiant ray. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277606 | Microfluidic Device - The invention relates to a microfluidic device comprising a zone for receiving a sample, an excitation source and a detector, wherein a portion of the zone allows transmission of energy at a required wavelength range and prevents transmission of energy at all other wavelengths and uses of the device in disposable on-chip fluorescent detection. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277607 | WATER STOPPING CONFIGURATION OF LINEAR MEMBERS AND METHOD OF WATER STOPPING THE LINEAR MEMBERS - A water stopping configuration of linear members, includes a liquid water stopping material which is cured after the liquid water stopping material is penetrated into interstices between the linear members bundled together. The water stopping material is a magnetic fluid. The water stopping material is cured in a condition that a magnetic field is applied to the water stopping material from the outside of a covering member which covers an outer periphery of bundled portions of the linear members having the water stopping material penetrated therein so as to gather the water stopping material at a predetermined portion within the covering member. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277608 | Method for operation of an actuating drive - An exemplary method is disclosed for operation of an actuating drive for control of an actuating element, which has an associated position detection device for detection of an actual position of the actuating element, which detection device is operatively connected to a regulator unit for comparison of the actual position with a predeterminable set position and for production of an actuating signal for driving the actuating drive, with the position detection device having a stationary optical scanning device whose optical axis is directed at an endless pattern which can be scanned optically and has associated numerical equivalents. The method includes: while setting up the actuating drive, moving the actuating element to a first limit position, and associating an instantaneous pattern at a focus of a scanning device with an actual position of the first limit position; moving the actuating element to a second limit position, and associating the instantaneous pattern at the focus of the scanning device with an actual position of the second limit position; and comparing numerical equivalents of the instantaneous patterns identified at the first and second limit positions with one another | 2008-11-13 |
20080277609 | Non-contact torque sensing for valve actuators - Non-contact torque, thrust, strain, and other data sensing of a valve actuator or valve is disclosed. A sensor may include a surface acoustic wave device. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277610 | PUSH FIT COUPLING AND PIPE CONNECTION FOR A PUSH FIT COUPLING - Push fit coupling and method for connecting two fluid lines. The coupling includes a first element having a plug-in opening, a second element insertable into the plug-in opening, a retaining device for detachably holding the first and second elements together, and a valve, insertable into the plug-in opening, located on a front face of the second element. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277611 | COUPLING ASSEMBLY FOR PLUMBING FITTING - A control handle assembly for a plumbing fitting has a first control member having a bore and a ledge within the bore extending radially inward to an inner dimension, and a second control member having a mounting post with a ledge extending radially outward to an outer dimension. A deformable clip is captured by the control members between the ledges and has a radial outer dimension greater than the inner and outer dimensions of the ledges so as to rotatably couple the control members. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277612 | Pressure compensating flush valve with self-cleaning piston - A flush valve according to the present disclosure includes a pressure compensating device for toilet and urinals to ensure consistent flush and bowl refill volumes. Certain flush volume limits may required for compliance with federal, state and local regulations regarding water usage. The flush valve can adjust water flow rates within the prescribed water usage limits and does not sacrifice the toilet's bowl washing and waste removal capabilities. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277613 | Valve - A valve for use as a fluid flow regulator having an inner part ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080277614 | Quantum fluid transfer system - A miniature quantum fluid transfer system configured to regulate the flow rate of a fluid by allowing passage of very small, discrete increments of fluid through the valve including a valve body having at least one inlet to receive fluid and at least one outlet to release fluid. The quantum fluid transfer system includes a valve rod movably disposed in a first chamber in the valve body. The valve rod has a plurality of fluid passages spaced longitudinally along the valve rod, and the valve rod is movable to align each fluid passage with an inlet or outlet port in the first chamber to allow fluid to flow through selected inlet or outlet ports corresponding to selected fluid passages. The quantum fluid transfer system has a plug movably disposed in a second chamber in the valve body. The plug is movable between a first end and a second end of the second chamber, and moves toward the first or second end when a volume of fluid enters the second chamber from the first chamber at the other of the first or second end. The plug pushes a corresponding volume of fluid out of the second chamber at the end opposite the end the fluid entered. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277615 | ON CHIP DILUTION SYSTEM - An on-chip chemical compound dilution system for providing dilution of a chemical compound in a microfluidic application includes at least one sample well for providing a selected chemical compound to be diluted, a dilution well for providing a diluent for diluting the chemical compound, a network of channels for carrying the chemical compound and diluent, a first syringe pump for effecting dilution, a second syringe pump, a detector and a plurality of valves for selectively controlling the flow of liquid through the channels. The dilution system may be a multiple-stage dilution system for precisely mixing a plurality of chemical compounds in a diluent. The dilution system allows for accurate calibration to compensate for variations due to manufacturing, thereby providing precise dilution ratios. The dilution system further enables flushing to allow re-use of the system with another chemical compound. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277616 | EROSION RESISTANT POWER GENERATION COMPONENTS - A power generation system valve stem comprising a nickel-based substrate and a WC-based coating thereon, wherein the WC based coating comprises WC particles in a matrix of Ni and/or Co wherein the average interfacial spacing between the WC particles is between 5 microns and about 20 microns on average. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277617 | Granular Fibre-Free Microporous Thermal Insulation Material and Method - A granular fibre-free microporous thermal insulation material, having a thermal conductivity less than 0.05 W/mK and a shrinkage of not more than 10%, which is free flowing and consists of granules of an intimate mixture of: 30-95% dry weight microporous insulating material; 5-70% dry weight infrared opacifier material; 0-50% particulate insulating filler material; and 0-5% binder material. The material is made by mixing together the microporous insulating material and the infrared opacifier material to form an intimate aerated mixture with a first density; conveying the intimate mixture at a first volumetric flow rate to an extrusion means ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080277618 | Heat-Insulating Material, Production Method and Use Thereof - The invention relates to a heat-insulating material, which is phase-stable particularly for high temperatures above 1150° C., especially above 1200° C., and which has a very good long-time stability. The heat-insulating material can exist in a number of phases of which at least one has the magnetoplumbite structure and stoichiometrically contains 0.1 to 10 mol % M1 | 2008-11-13 |
20080277619 | Thermoplastic Resin Composition with High Thermal Conductivity - There are provided an inorganic compound-containing thermoplastic resin composition that practically retains various properties of a general-purpose resin such as mechanical properties and moldability and has excellent thermal conductivity, and a highly thermally conductive molded article molded using the resin composition. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277620 | Polysaccharide based scale inhibitor - A depolymerized-carboxyalkyl polysaccharide formed by de polymerizing a polysaccharide having from 0.5 to 3.0 degrees of substitution and reducing the molecular weight of said polysaccharide before or after said depolymerizing provides a biodegradable scale inhibitor useful to prevent deposition of scale comprising, for example, calcium, barium, sulfate and salts thereof. The depolymerized carboxyalkyl polysaccharide is particularly useful in off shore oil production squeeze treatments and in the treatment of scale formed in industrial water treatment. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277621 | Colorant neutralizer - A composition for a medium that can discharges organic unsaturated colorant molecules that may stain is described. The composition can quickly and effectively neutralize a discoloration that results from, in particular, blood or blood-based, ink, or grease stains. The composition can remove the stain within, typically about 20-30 minutes, and can achieve color contrast of a ΔE value of about 15-20 or greater. The composition can be adapted for different uses and embodied in various cleaning, stain-fighting, cosmetic, personal hygiene, or medical products. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277622 | Oxygen Scavenging Molecules, Articles Containing Same, And Methods Of Their Use - The invention relates to compounds of the structure of formula I and II: | 2008-11-13 |
20080277623 | Liquid Crystalline Medium - The invention relates to liquid-crystalline compounds of the formula I and to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds, characterised in that it comprises one or more compounds of the formula I | 2008-11-13 |
20080277624 | Photoluminescent Material - A photoluminescent material comprising a composition of halogen-substituted alkaline earth metal aluminate doped with at least one rare-earth element activator. The alkaline earth metal is selected from one or more of Sr, Ca, Mg and Ba. The halogens can be F, Cl, Br and I. The invention includes a method of manufacturing the photoluminescent material and use of the photoluminescent material in long after-glow products such as water based and/or solvent based paints and extruded from plastics, ceramic glazes and the like. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277625 | Phosphor And Production Process Of Same - The present invention provides a lowly toxic phosphor and a production process thereof, and more particularly, the synthesis of nanoparticles having a chalcopyrite structure, a phosphor by compounding with a metal chalcogenite, and a production process thereof. The phosphor is a first compound composed of elements of groups I, III and VI having a chalcopyrite structure, or composite particles or composite compound containing the first compound, and the particle diameter of the first compound, or the composite particles or composite compound, is 0.5 to 20.0 nm. The phosphor is produced by mixing a first solution (Solution A), in which one or more of copper (I), copper (II), silver (I), indium (III), gallium (III) and aluminum (III) are respectively dissolved and mixed in a solution to which has been added a complexing agent, and a second solution (Solution C), in which a chalcogenite compound has been dissolved, followed by heat-treating under pre-determined synthesis conditions. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277626 | QUANTUM DOT FLUORESCENT INKS - The present invention relates to inks and more particularly, to fluorescent ink formulations including quantum dots for various printing processes such as inkjet, flexographic, screen printing, thermal transfer, and pens. The inks include one or more populations of fluorescent quantum dots dispersed in polymeric material, having fluorescence emissions between about 450 nm and about 2500 nm; and a liquid or solid vehicle. The vehicle is present in a ratio to achieve an ink viscosity, surface tension effective, drying time and other printing parameters used for printing processes. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277627 | Single-Wall Carbon Nanotube Film Having High Modulus and Conductivity and Process for Making the Same - The invention relates to a film comprising greater than 80 wt % single-wall carbon nanotubes wherein the tensile modulus is at least about 6 GPa at 0.2% strain and the conductivity of the film is at least about 70,000 S/m. The tensile modulus is typically about 8 GPa at 0.2% strain. The method for making the film comprises preparing a solution of single-wall carbon nanotubes in a superacid, such as oleum containing approximately 20 to 30% sulfur trioxide, under a dry, oxygen-free atmosphere. The solution is placed on a surface in a moisture-containing atmosphere, wherein the solution absorbs moisture and acid leaches out. The film is washed to further remove acid, dried, and, optionally, subjected to a heat treatment. Besides free-standing films, coatings of single-wall carbon nanotubes can be made on a variety of surfaces including polymers, glass, metals, and ceramics. The surfaces can be flat planes, fibers or contour shapes. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277628 | Exfoliated graphite composite compositions for fuel cell flow field plates - This invention provides an electrically conductive, less anisotropic, and structurally sound composite composition for fuel cell flow field plate or bipolar plate applications. The composition comprises: (a) expanded or exfoliated graphite; (b) particles of non-expandable graphite or carbon, wherein the particles are between 3% and 60% by weight based on the total weight of the particles and the expanded graphite; and (c) a binder or matrix material to bond the expanded graphite and the particles of non-expanded graphite or carbon for forming a highly conductive composite, wherein the binder or matrix material is between 3% and 60% by weight based on the total composite composition weight. The composite plate exhibits a thickness-direction conductivity typically greater than 35 S/cm, more typically greater than 50 S/cm, most typically greater than 100 S/cm, and a thickness-direction specific areal conductivity greater than 200 S/cm | 2008-11-13 |
20080277629 | Fine Metal Particle Colloidal Solution, Conductive Paste Material, Conductive Ink Material, and Process for Producing the Same - A colloidal solution of fine particles of metal or alloy having an average grain size of 10 nm or more is provided which is heat treated to cause coloration, or a metal colloidal pigment having inherent color, a conductive paste material or a conductive ink for printed substrate electronic parts or the like based on a colloid prepared by dispersing fine metal particles at high concentration in a liquid is provided. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277630 | Metal Colloidal Particles, Metal Colloid and Use of Metal Colloid - With respect to the metal colloid of the present invention, metal colloidal particles capable of forming a metal colloid by dispersing in either or both of an aqueous dispersion medium and a nonaqueous dispersion medium in a predetermined proportion while mixing, comprise metal particles and a protective agent coordination-modified on the surface of the particles, the protective agent having a carbon skeleton containing either or both of sulfur and oxygen in the molecule, and having a structure of being coordination-modified on the surface of the metal particles using an atom or an atomic group of either or both of sulfur and oxygen as an anchor, wherein the protective agent has one, or two or more functional groups selected from the group consisting of alkoxysilyl group, silanol group and hydroxyalkyl group in a molecular structure. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277631 | Electrically Conductive Metal Impregnated Elastomer Materials and Methods of Forming Electrically Conductive Metal Impregnated Elastomer Materials - An electrically conductive, compliant elastomer material that is impregnated with a metal is formed by combining a metal salt with an elastomer precursor material to form a metal salt/precursor mixture, curing the metal salt/precursor mixture to form an elastomer impregnated with metal salt, and treating the elastomer impregnated with metal salt with a chemical reducing composition so as to convert at least a portion of the metal salt impregnated within the elastomer to a metal. The elastomer can be subjected to a suitable solvent that swells the elastomer during the chemical reduction of the metal salt to metal, which enhances the mechanical and electrical properties of the resultant metal impregnated elastomer material. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277632 | Method of Preparing a Thin Ceramic Composition with Two Materials, the Composition thus Obtained and the Constituent Electrochemical Cell and Membrane - A method to prepare a thin ceramic or metallic solid-state composition comprising three phases: a material (A), a material (B), and pores, wherein the porous matrix of material (A) has a porosity gradient in the range of about 0% to about 80%, and wherein the pores are partially or completely filled with material (B). Various compositions and methods of use for the prepared composition are also disclosed. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277633 | Fire-Retardant/Intumescent Compositions - Fire-retardant and intumescent compositions, especially for fireproofing such plastics as polyolefins, e.g., polypropylenes and polyethylenes, and such copolymers as polyethylene vinyl acetate (EVA), contain at least one organophosphorus compound that has at least one carbon-phosphorus covalent bond and at least one carboxyl functional group, at least one swelling agent selected from among organic compounds containing at least one nitrogen atom and at least one silicon mineral structuring agent that is not decomposed during the combustion thereof, e.g., a silicate and/or a silicon oxide. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277634 | Suspension strut removal device - A device for compressing a coiled spring comprised of multiple coils used in combination with a motor vehicle suspension strut under tension including a first hollow tube and a second smaller tube adapted to fit slidably into the first hollow tube. First and second compressor plates are provided to engage spaced coils. A rotatable drive shaft compresses the coiled spring to reduce tension against the strut's retention end plates to enable the safe, quick and easy removal and replacement of the strut. Each compressor plate consists of an open ended slotted central portion and two side sections defining an upper slotted section and a narrower bottom slotted section with an annular interior edge. The upper slotted section is provided to seat coils with a large diameter. The bottom slotted section is provided to seat coils with a small diameter. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277635 | TENSIONING TOOL AND METHOD FOR USING SAME - A tensioning tool for applying tension to string-like material includes a first member having a first handle section and a first engaging section opposite the handle section facing a first direction for receiving and engaging a first strand. A second member is pivotally connected to the first member and has a second handle section and a second engaging section opposite the second handle section. The second engaging section faces a second direction opposite the first direction for receiving and engaging a second strand, and moving the handle sections of the first and second members towards each other urges the first and second engaging sections apart. The first strand can be attached to the second strand so that when the first and second handle sections are moved toward each other the first and second engaging sections move away from each other thereby tensioning the first strand. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277636 | Hand Tool With An Extendable Plunger - A hand tool having an elongated plunger assembly that is rotatably and movably disposed in a socket. The plunger assembly can be rotated between a first orientation and a second orientation as well as being moved between a first, withdrawn position and a second, extended position. The plunger assembly also has an upper notch and a lower notch on a front side and at least one generally flat lateral side. A fixed latch member extends across a portion of the socket and defines a narrow passage within the socket. The hand tool, preferably, includes a compression spring biasing the plunger assembly toward the extended position. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277637 | Lifting Mechanism - The invention relates to a lifting mechanism comprising a rotatably mounted drum ( | 2008-11-13 |
20080277638 | CAT CONFINEMENT FENCE - A cat confinement fence for limiting a cat from escaping from a confinement area includes a plurality of posts spaced apart and mounted in the ground to define the confinement area. Each of the posts includes a main section and a pivoting section. A first end of each main section is mounted in a ground surface and a second end of each main section is secured to the pivoting section. The pivoting section is pivotable between an upright position and an extended position. Upper fencing is mounted to and between the plurality of posts and extends across at least a portion of the main section and at least a portion of the pivoting section of each of the plurality of posts. A resilient member is mounted proximate to the second end of the main section of each post and biases the pivoting section of the respective post toward the upright position. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277639 | Fence structure - An improved fence structure includes two bases, two assembling rods, two positioning fitting heads and one fence plate. Several screwing members may pass through the base. The base has a center formed with a connection portion through which the assembling rod may be inserted. The assembling rod has several rabbet slots. The fence plate has two lateral sides formed with connection portions, which may be correspondingly embedded into the rabbet slots of the assembling rod for positioning. The center of the positioning fitting head is formed with a fitting hole to fit with an end portion of the assembling rod. Thus, many fence plates may be used to define various angular areas. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277640 | RAIL AND RAMP SYSTEMS WITH ADJUSTABLE FITTINGS - Modular railing and ramp systems having adjustable fittings to allow a multitude of rail configurations utilizing a series of mechanical connections. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277641 | Inverted variable resistance memory cell and method of making the same - An inverted variable resistance memory cell and a method of fabricating the same. The memory cell is fabricated by forming an opening in an insulating layer deposited over a semiconductor substrate, etching the top portion of the opening to have a substantially hemispherical-shape, forming a metal layer in the opening, and overlying a variable resistance material over the metal layer. | 2008-11-13 |
20080277642 | Fabrication of Phase-Change Resistor Using a Backend Process - A phase change resistor device has a phase change material (PCM) for which the phase transition occurs inside the PCM and not at the interface with a contact electrode. For ease of manufacturing the PCM is an elongate line structure ( | 2008-11-13 |