| 48th week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 12 |
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| 20080290173 | Hand-supportable digital image capture and processing system employing automatic object presence detection to control automatic generation of a linear targeting illumination beam within the field of view (FOV), and manual trigger switching to initiate illumination of the detected object and capturing and processing of digital images thereof - A hand-supportable digital image capture and processing system including a hand-supportable housing having an imaging window, and an area-type image formation and detection subsystem having image formation optics for projecting a field of view (FOV) through the imaging window and upon an object within the FOV, and forming and detecting 2D digital images of the object on an area-type image detection array. The system includes an object presence detection subsystem for automatically detecting an object within the FOV, and generating a first trigger event indicative of automatic object detection within the FOV. The system also includes an object targeting illumination subsystem for generating and projecting a visible targeting illumination beam within the FOV, in response to the generation of the first trigger event signal. A manual trigger switch is integrated with the hand-supportable housing, for generating a second trigger event, indicating that a code symbol on the detected object is aligned with the visible targeting illumination beam and is ready for illumination and imaging. Also, the system includes an LED-based illumination subsystem, responsive to the second triggering event, for generating and projecting a field of illumination through the imaging window and within the FOV so that light transmitted through the imaging window and reflected/scattered off the object and detected by the area-type image detection array within the hand-supportable housing. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290174 | Label Having A Temperature-Monitoring Function, A Package For Goods Provided With A Label, As Well As A Method And Equipment For The Application Of Labels To Packages For Goods - In one aspect, a label ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290175 | Layer-built body having hidden barcode and figures thereof - A layer-built body having hidden barcodes and figures thereof is disclosed in the invention, so as to allow barcode scanning devices to read the barcodes, the layer-built body comprising: a lenticular lens sheet divided into a first surface and a second surface, and the first surface has a plurality of convex lens-shaped optical structures disposed thereon; a patterned layer printed with trademarks or figures, and divided into a plurality of striped images; and at least a barcode layer printed with information about barcodes and divided into a plurality of striped images. The striped images of the barcode layer are alternated with the striped images of the patterned layer to make a synthesized image layer, and are combined with the second surface of the lenticular lens sheet; wherein when a viewer looks at the layer-built body from an ordinary angle, the optical structures of the lenticular lens sheet allows the viewer to see contents of the patterned layer completely, and when the layer-built body is tilted at specific angles, the optical structures of the lenticular lens sheet allows barcode scanning devices to read contents of the barcode layer. Therefore, information about barcodes and figures may be provided on a fixed surface area simultaneously. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290176 | METHODS AND DEVICES WITH A CIRCUIT FOR CARRYING INFORMATION ON A HOST - A band, label or tagging device for carrying identifying information about a person or object. The device includes a circuit host and antenna disposed on different substrates such that the substrates must be bonded together during the manufacturing stage in order to form a workable identification circuit. The bonding medium between the first and second substrates is such that upon an attempt to tamper with or remove the device, the first and second substrates will separate thus separating the circuit host from the antenna and disabling the communication circuit. The communication circuit may also comprise a circuit host with transponder and an antenna placed within the communication range of the transponder. Alternatively, the circuit may comprise two circuit hosts and two transponders placed within communication range of each other thus forming an enhanced ranged communication circuit. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290177 | MECHANICALLY CONVERTIBLE TRANSACTION PRODUCT - A mechanically convertible transaction product includes a body, two or more appendages, and an account identifier. Each of the two or more appendages is rotatably coupled with the body and configured to selectively rotate relative to the body between a compact position and an expanded position. Each appendage extends further away from the body when in the expanded position such that an overall form of the transaction product is altered when any of the appendages are in the expanded position as compared to when all of the appendages are in the compact position. The account identifier links the transaction product to an account or record. Stored-value products, combinations, methods of providing a transaction card, and other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290178 | TRANSACTION CARD WITH THERMOCHROMIC FEATURE - A transaction card includes a substrate and a thermochromic feature. The substrate defines a first surface and includes an account identifier linking the transaction card to at least one of an account and a record. The account identifier is machine readable by a point-of-sale terminal. The thermochromic feature portrays a character on a portion of the first surface. The thermochromic feature is configured to change between a first state and a second state when an actual temperature of the thermochromic feature reaches an activation temperature of the thermochromic feature. In the first state, the thermochromic feature appears as a first color. In the second state, the thermochromic feature presents at least one of a second color and a graphic not otherwise visible when the thermochromic feature is in the first state. Stored-value cards, combinations, methods of providing a transaction card, and other embodiments are also disclosed. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290179 | Method Of Recording Machine-Readable Information - The invention relates to a method of recording machine-readable information on an article, including the steps of: providing a carrier having flakes dispersed therein onto the surface of the article, wherein all of the flakes have a beam-splitting grating pattern encoding the information thereon; aligning the flakes parallel to a sloped plane forming a slope angle with the surface of the article; and, solidifying the carrier. When the article is irradiated with an EM beam, a first portion of the EM beam is reflected from the surface of the article, forming a surface reflection, a second portion of the beam is reflected from the beam-splitting grating pattern, forming an arrangement of sub-beams, and the slope angle provides a spatial separation between the arrangement of sub-beams and the surface reflection, enabling machine-reading. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290180 | PERSONALIZED FINANCIAL TRANSACTION CARDS AND METHODS - A gift card assembly includes a backing, a gift card and a sticker group. The gift card is formed separately from and supported by the backing. The gift card defines an activation feature configured to facilitate loading the gift card with monetary value. The sticker group is formed separately from and supported by the backing. Other method and product embodiments are disclosed. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290181 | System and method for calculating a foreign exchange index - A method for calculating a foreign exchange index including the steps of: retrieving currency exchange rates corresponding to a plurality of currencies; adjusting long positions and short positions in the plurality of currencies based on an optimization algorithm; and generating the index based on the results of the adjusting step. The foreign exchange index may be calculated on a periodic basis using an optimization model implemented via a computer program, and may be used as a benchmark for a variety of financial products. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290182 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALCULATING WAIT-TIME FOR CHECKOUT - A system for using one or more criteria in order to calculate a wait-time in a business establishment, the system comprising: one or more checkout lanes located at the business establishment; a display screen positioned at each of the one or more checkout lanes; a bar code reading station; a light switch; a personal shopping assistant device utilized by each customer for receiving and transmitting first information; a central processing station for collecting second information from each display screen, bar code reading station, personal shopping assistant device, and light switch of each of the one or more checkout lanes; wherein the central processing station calculates an estimated wait time for each of the one or more checkout lanes based on the information collected and farther displays the estimated wait time of each of the one or more checkout lanes on the respective display screen. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290183 | SPECIAL PURPOSE CONTROLLER INTERFACE WITH INSTRUCTION AREA - A temperature controller for controlling the temperature of an inside space that is serviced by one or more pieces of HVAC equipment. The temperature controller may include a controller having a control algorithm for controlling one or more pieces of HVAC equipment as well as a user interface that may be configured to display a hierarchical menu structure and to permit a user to traverse the menu structure. The user interface may be configured to display breadcrumbs that provide an indication to the user of the current location within a hierarchical menu structure, and in some cases, provide instructional information in a designated or common display area that helps instruct the user in using a particular menu or menu option. These and other features may help make the special purpose controller more intuitive to set up, program and operate. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290184 | Heating Insert - The invention relates to a heating element for thawing a fluid comprising at least one heating element, which is arranged in a housing ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290185 | Method of dispensing fluid sprayed by a piezoelectric sprayer system, and sprayer system for implementing such a method - A method for dispensing fluid, including flowing fluid from at least one reservoir to a fluid feed chamber of a piezoelectric sprayer device during a spray cycle, and at an end portion of the spray cycle, reversing the direction of flow of the fluid such that the fluid is substantially removed from the fluid feed chamber. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290186 | Gravity driven fluid supply vessel for dispensing an aromatic odor neutralizer - An aromatic odor neutralizer includes a vaporization chamber containing a wick with an end part immersed in fluid in a storage cup that is gravity fed from an airtight vessel by the use of air pathways exposed when the liquid level in the cup is reduced. The vaporization chamber is located in a dispenser housing with an internal passage between end walls and communicating with vents in the sides for aerodynamic airflow to efficiently absorb vapors from a vaporizer chamber. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290187 | PNEUMATIC PAINTING APPARATUS WITH SPRAY GUN, HEATER DEVICE, AND DEHUMIDIFIER/DRIER DEVICE PROVIDED WITH A REGENERATING DEVICE FOR THE ADSORPTIVE AGENT FOR FLUIDIFYING THE PAINT - Pneumatic painting apparatus of the present invention includes a compressor, a de-humidifier device, a heater for compressed air, a regenerating device for an adsorptive agent, a spray gun with a temperature sensor, a delivery pipe, and a control unit. The control unit opens upstream from the de-humidifier device. The circuit, along which the flow of air from the container of compressed air travels, includes passing through at least the heater and going along the delivery pipe of the compressed air flow towards a spray gun or vice-versa, not supplying the spray gun. The upstream circuit of the de-humidifier device closes, activating the regenerating device for the adsorptive agent of the de-humidifier device. The circuit takes a regenerating path inverse to the previous one, the circuit, from the compressed air container first crossing the heater device and later the de-humidifier device. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290188 | FUEL INJECTOR NEEDLE HOUSING - A fuel injector for injecting fuel into a cylinder of an internal combustion engine includes an injector body and a needle valve. A feed passage ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290189 | ULTRASONIC FOG GENERATOR - An ultrasonic fog generator including a container including therein an ultrasonic nebulizer and a liquid, the ultrasonic nebulizer operative to vibrate at very high frequencies and thereby break down the liquid into a fog including tiny vapor particles, the container having an exit opening for the fog to pass therethrough, and a driver and a driving fluid, the driver being operative to cause the driving fluid to flow past the exit opening and draw out the fog through the exit opening without the driving fluid substantially entering the container. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290190 | SPEED LIMITING TURBINE FOR ROTARY DRIVEN SPRINKLER - A speed limiting mechanisms for turbine-driven fluid distribution apparatus usable with compressible fluid such as compressed air and incompressible fluid such as water. In one form, a flow restrictor is located in the turbine discharge flow path, with the turbine discharge port area selected in relation to the turbine inlet port area according to the desired turbine speed with compressed air. In another form, the incoming fluid flows downstream along the surface of the turbine stator, and is then diverted to enter the rotor chamber in the proper direction. A bleed area on the stator which permits a portion of a compressible fluid which has expanded as it flows along the stator surface to flow to bypass the turbine rotor. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290191 | Integral composite rocket motor dome/nozzle structure - An integral composite rocket motor nozzle. The novel nozzle includes a first layer of a first reinforcement material, a second layer of a second reinforcement material, and a common matrix material surrounding the first and second reinforcement materials such that the reinforcement materials and matrix material form a single integral composite structure. In an illustrative embodiment, the first reinforcement material includes graphite fibers for providing structural support, and the second reinforcement material includes glass or quartz fibers for providing thermal insulation on a first side of the first layer. The nozzle may also include a third layer of a third reinforcement material for providing thermal insulation on a second side of the first layer. In a preferred embodiment, the first layer is shaped to form an integrated dome and nozzle structure. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290192 | Sprayer - A sprayer includes a spraying body, a paint cup and an adaptor that interconnects the spraying body and the paint cup for fluid communication between the spraying body and the paint cup. The spraying body includes a hand grip, a nozzle, and a connecting region communicating with the nozzle. The adaptor includes a connecting member, a positioning device and a cap mounted to an end of the connecting region. The cap includes a slot defined thereof for receiving the connecting member. The connecting member is pivotable within the slot and can be fixed at a specific angle by the positioning device. The cap also includes a bore defined thereof for receiving the positioning device. The paint cup is adapted to mount on the connecting member. The paint cup can change its orientation through the adjustable adaptor. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290193 | AIR GUN SAFETY NOZZLE - A nozzle that produces an outlet velocity air, or other fluid jet, is provided with safety passages which achieve the safety requirement of automatically reducing the local exit pressure “dead end” limit to 30 psig or less when the nozzle outlet is partially or completely obstructed. The safety passages do not reduce the effectiveness of the normal function of the air, or other fluid, jet through the provision of a check valve to block undesirable reverse flow in the safety passage(s) thus avoiding ambient fluid flow to the nozzle exit that degrades the nozzle's normal operating air, or other fluid, jet. This is especially useful for supersonic air gun nozzles which have been adapted to digging in the ground, and other purposes, but it is also useful for sonic and subsonic nozzles that are used for other purposes such as cleaning, and other applications. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290194 | Outward opening fuel injector - A fuel injector provided with: an injection valve comprising an injection nozzle; a mobile needle for regulating the fuel flow through the injection valve and ending with a shutting head, which engages a valve seat of the injection valve, is arranged externally with respect to injection valve and presents a predetermined sealing diameter; an actuator for displacing the needle between a closing position and an opening position of the injection valve; a closing spring which tends to maintain the needle in the closing position of the injection valve pushing the shutting head against the valve seat itself in a sense contrary to the feeding sense of the fuel; and a supporting body having a tubular shape and presenting a feeding channel within which a needle is arranged; the needle, at an opposite end of the shutting head, is coupled to a balancing channel, which is at ambient pressure. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290195 | Injector seat that includes a coined seal band with radius - A fuel injector apparatus and method is provided for use in a fuel injection system of an internal combustion engine that includes a body, a valve seat, closure member, and an orifice plate. The valve seat comprises the intersection of two angled surfaces with a radius before assembly of the fuel injector. During assembly of the fuel injector, a member presses against the radius edge of the sealing surface of the valve seat to create an oblique third sealing surface or sealing band that is coined into the valve seat. The sealing band provides an improved seal between the valve closure member and the valve seat which operates to prevent leakages of fuel in the fuel injector. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290196 | Deformation-Optimized Armature Guide For Solenoid Valves - The invention relates to a fuel injector having a solenoid valve for actuating an armature assembly which is configured in one piece or a plurality of pieces. A closing element is actuated via this in order to relieve the pressure in a control chamber. The armature assembly is guided in an armature guide which is fastened in the injector body by means of a valve-clamping screw. In a fixing region in the injector body, the armature guide has at least one circumferential recess which allows for deformation of the fixing region during fastening by the valve-clamping screw. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290197 | Spray nozzle - The invention relates to a spray nozzle, particularly a high pressure nozzle, for descaling steel products, having a mouthpiece, which is provided with a discharge opening and a discharge chamber, which tapers towards the discharge opening. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290198 | Knife bank assembly of a counter knife assembly of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester - An improved knife bank assembly of a counter knife assembly of an integral chopper assembly of a combine harvester that includes an elongated bracket member that extends between opposed knife bank end plates and has a plurality of spaced retainment mounts securable therealong, with at least one, and preferably two, knife blades being removably connectable to each retainment mount in a side-by-side arrangement. The bracket member is preferably mounted to a shaft member that extends between concave pan side plates to be slidable along such shaft member to permit adjustable positioning of the knife bank assembly and the knife elements thereof relative to the slots of the grate portion, and the retainment mounts are preferably removably securable to the bracket member. The knife elements are removably connectable to the retainment mounts at first and second space mounting points, preferably in such a way that the knife elements are maintained in an extended position by application of a biasing force at the second mounting point but are rotatable about the first mounting point to a displaced or relaxed position if a sufficient force is applied to the leading edge of the knife element to overcome the biasing force. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290199 | Apparatus for automatically unloading agricultural material from a storage bag - An unloading mechanism capable of automatically unloading agricultural materials from a storage bag is disclosed. The unloading mechanism includes a collection mechanism, discharge mechanism and a sensor arrangement configured to engage the storage bag. The sensor arrangement controls the unloading mechanism so that it automatically advances in a direction towards the storage bag as material is unloaded therefrom. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290200 | Inner shell intended for a gyratory crusher, and method of attaching such a shell on a crushing head - An inner shell has a first part of a lug-notch arrangement, which first part is arranged to co-operate with a second part of the arrangement to prevent rotation of the inner shell relative to a crushing head. The inner shell has a contact surface in its upper portion and is arranged to be pressed towards the lower portion of the crushing head by a pressing force which is obtained by tightening at least two threaded bolts, which are arranged in the upper portion of the crushing head such that their longitudinal direction is substantially parallel to the symmetry axis of the crushing head. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290201 | Device for Storing Gift Wrapping Articles - Disclosed is a device for storing gift wrapping articles comprising: a hollow cylindrical body having open end portions and defining an inner surface and an outer surface between the open end portions; a pair of annular flanges extending radially outward from the outer surface at the open end portions; and a centerpiece disposed circumferentially along the inner surface of the hollow cylindrical body. The centerpiece comprises a central recess, and a plurality of cut out channels extending radially from the central recess to the inner surface of the hollow cylindrical body to form a plurality of truncated pie-shaped sections. The hollow cylindrical body is capable of holding multiple layers of a first gift wrapping article (multiple layers of ribbon) on the outer surface between the annular flanges. The truncated pie-shaped sections are flexible enough for removably receiving a second gift wrapping article (a wrapping paper roll) through the central recess. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290202 | SPOOL FOR SPINNING REEL - A spool of a spinning reel includes a support member, a spool body, a drag mechanism, a first sealing member, and a second sealing member. The support member is detachably connected to a spool shaft. The spool body includes a housing recess that is frontally open and rotatably attached to the support member. The drag mechanism decelerates the spool body and includes a front friction portion that has a press washer with an inner peripheral surface opposed to an outer peripheral surface of a front portion of the support member. The press washer contacts a drag regulation member. The housing recess accommodates the friction portion. The first sealing member seals a gap created between the inner peripheral surface of the press washer and the outer peripheral surface of the support member. The second sealing member seals the gap created between the outer peripheral surface of the press washer and the housing recess. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290203 | ELECTROMECHANICAL SEAT BELT RETRACTOR - An electromechanical seat belt retractor has a seat belt retractor assembly having a spool rotationally moveable about an axis of rotation for winding and unwinding a seat belt; a motor for selectively rotating the spool; a clutch including an over-clutch driven by the motor through one or more gears; the clutch being coaxially aligned with the axis of rotation of the spool and linearly spaced from the spool; and wherein upon a forward actuation of the motor a clutch plate of the clutch linearly moves to engage the spool coupling to the spool and thereafter rotating the spool about the axis to initiate a winding of the seat belt. After the clutch plate engages the spool a reversal of the motor linearly moves the clutch plate away from the spool disengaging the spool. Preferably the clutch means is a Bendix type clutch assembly. In a preferred embodiment, the clutch plate first engages an over-clutch is fixed in a locking engagement to the spool. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290204 | SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WITH A PRETENSIONER DEVICE - A seat belt retractor device has a gas generator for generating a high pressure gas when a vehicle is in emergency; a chamber cylinder for conducting the high pressure gas from the gas generator; a piston received movably within the chamber cylinder and pressed and moved by the high pressure gas, the piston having an O ring sealed end portion engaging walls of the chamber cylinder and a rack portion extending into the chamber cylinder; and a drive unit for rotating a winding shaft or spool of a seat belt retractor in a direction of removing a slack of a belt, using the movement of the piston and driven by said rack teeth portions; a pretensioner employed with an energy absorbing mechanism, for reversely rotating the winding spool when a tension acting on the belt exceeds a predetermined value after removing the slack of the belt; and a venting mechanism having a gas passageway for exhausting the high pressure gas from a space filled with the high pressure gas to the outside of the space, the gas passageway extending through the sealed end portion into said rack, characterized by the gas passageway having a first longitudinal extending passageway portion extending for a length in the direction of the rack portion to a closed end and a second transverse passageway portion intersecting the first portion at a distance of at least 10 mm from the end, and being open to the outside space. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290205 | Device for Maintaining a Yarn in a Spooler - A winder including a frame. The frame includes at least one spindle configured to support at least one package, the spindle rotating about a first axis approximately perpendicular to the diameter of the package so as to draw and wind at least one strand in the form of a package, and at least one positioning and guiding device configured to position and guide at least the strand on the rotating spindle. A keeper is configured to keep the strand in contact with the positioning and guiding device. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290206 | APPARATUS FOR BOBBIN REMOVAL - An apparatus for bobbin removal in a winding machine has a projectingly held winding spindle for winding at least one bobbin. The apparatus further has a plurality of pivoting arms which in each case have a free plug-on end and an opposite holding end. The holding ends of the pivoting arms are connected to a pivoting shaft. At least one of the pivoting arms is held, in a removal position, in alignment with the winding spindle of the winding machine for the removal of the bobbin. The pivoting shaft is oriented horizontally, and the pivoting arms are guidable in a vertically oriented guidance plane. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290207 | Method and Machine for the Production of Logs of Web Material - The rewinding machine comprises: a winding system ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290208 | CASSETTE APPARATUS AND PROCESS - In one embodiment, an apparatus is provided for preparing a cassette spool. The apparatus includes: a supply reel for supplying and unrolling tape material on original backing paper; at least one cutting member for cutting unrolled tape material while on original backing paper; a cutting surface defined in a plane; a pivoting path member adapted to move from a first position aligned in the plane to a second position aligned at least partially out of the plane; at least one removing member for removing uncut unrolled tape material from original backing paper; and a cassette spool for rolling up unrolled cut tape material on original backing paper. In further embodiments, methods are provided for preparing a cassette spool with cut tape material on original backing paper. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290209 | TAPE WINDER AND METHOD OF PROCESSING TAPE - A tape winder includes: a hub, around which a tape is wound overlappingly and which forms a tape roll on the hub; a first guide roller, defining the position of feeding of the tape into the tape roll being formed on the hub while pressing an outer peripheral surface of the tape roll; and a moving mechanism, moving the first guide roller away from the rotation axis of the hub as the tape roll increases in diameter. A rotation axis of the first guide roller is positioned along a normal to a reference surface and the rotation axis of the hub intersects the rotation axis of the first guide roller at an angle θ. The tape is processed to provide winding curl to the tape through winding the tape on a tapered hub with inclination and a heat treatment to fix the winding curl. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290210 | Dispenser For Sheet Material - A dispenser adapted to vertically dispense sheet material therefrom is provided. The dispenser includes a housing, configured to support a sheet material product therein, a platform with an opening, and an exit plate. The exit plate is adapted to reposition when the sheet material is dispensed by the user at a deflection angle relative to the vertical dispensing axis of the dispenser. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290211 | Towel roll holder and dispenser - A towel roll holder and dispenser has a housing for receiving a towel roll therewithin. The housing has a pair of sidewalls, a base connected to the sidewalls for mounting the housing on a support surface, and a pair of cover members pivotable between a closed position and an open position. One of the cover members has an opening through which towels may be dispensed from the towel roll. The cover members are releasably fastened to the sidewalls of the housing. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290212 | TAPE DISPENSER WITH REEL BRAKE - A tape dispenser includes a base, an axle on the base, a tape reel fitted to the axle and a brake device. The axle has a fixing portion. The brake device has a base member with a hole complementary to the fixing portion and a friction member. The brake device fitted to the axle with the hole engaged with the fixing portion for restriction the brake device from rotation and with the friction member pressing the tape reel to provide the tape reel a friction when the tape reel rotates to provide the tape a tension for cutting off. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290213 | Turbofan Engine for Stol Aircraft | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290214 | SHAPED COMPOSITE STRINGERS AND METHODS OF MAKING - A stiffened skin panel of an aircraft that includes an aircraft skin panel of composite material and a composite stringer consolidated with the aircraft skin panel. The stringer has a pair of stringer sides, each extending from a stringer top to a stringer leg. The stringer sides may each extend through a wide radius, smooth continuous curve to a stringer leg. The wide radius, smooth continuous curve may be proximate the base of the stringer side in a region where the stringer side transitions to the stringer leg. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290215 | Hollow aerofoil and a method of manufacturing a hollow aerofoil - A hollow aerofoil ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290216 | Method for Extinguishing Fire in Aircraft Compartment - The inventive method for extinguishing fire in an aircraft cargo compartment ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290217 | Vent Baffle - A vent baffle includes a vent panel having a vent panel opening; a blowout panel carried by the vent panel and covering the vent panel opening; a plurality of fastener openings provided in the blowout panel; a plurality of tear slits communicating with the plurality of fastener openings, respectively; and a plurality of panel fasteners extending through the plurality of fastener openings, respectively, and engaging the blowout panel. A vent baffle system for an aircraft and a method of venting an air flow path between a sidewall monument or structure and an aircraft sidewall in an aircraft fuselage of an aircraft are also disclosed. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290218 | PLASMA ACTUATOR SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR USE WITH A WEAPONS BAY ON A HIGH SPEED MOBILE PLATFORM - A system and method for controlling a freestream air flow over a surface of an airborne mobile platform, for example an aircraft. In one implementation the system includes a plurality of plasma actuators used on an undersurface of a fuselage of an aircraft upstream of a weapons bay of the aircraft. When the plasma actuators are energized an induced flow is created adjacent the actuators. The induced flow operates to deflect the shear layer created when the freestream air flow moves over the weapons bay (while the bay doors are open), away from the weapons bay. This significantly reduces the oscillating acoustic pressure waves that would normally be produced if the shear layer turns into the weapons bay. The system and method significantly reduces acoustic noise inside the weapons bay and improves separation of ordnance from the weapons bay. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290219 | Method and apparatus for treating fuel to temporarily reduce its combustibility - A method and apparatus are disclosed for treating fuel to temporarily reduce its combustibility, and thereafter restore its combustibility. As used in an aircraft, the method comprises the following steps:
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| 20080290220 | Unloading and loading of aircraft - An access platform ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290221 | Support Device For Elements on a Piece of Space Equipment With Flexible Deploying Arms - A device (D) is devoted to supporting a first (M1) and a second (M2) element of a piece of space equipment, such as a telescope for example. This device (D) comprises at least two deployable flexible arms (O | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290222 | SPACECRAFT LOW TUMBLE LINEAR RELEASE SYSTEM - Systems and methods for releasing a spacecraft payload at a substantially constant velocity are disclosed. A linear actuator is used that includes a spring loaded and fluid filled chamber. The spring drives against a piston within the chamber that includes a control orifice that restricts the fluid flowing from one side of the piston to the other and results in a substantially constant damped motion of the piston. The piston drives a rod from the chamber that is attached to a capture device that holds a flange of the spacecraft payload. The capture device moves along a linear guide toward an open end. Spring loaded latches are held in a closed position by the side walls of the guide as the capture device moves. The latches release the flange as exit the open end of the guide. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290223 | Railroad switch stand having flood protection structure - A flood protection structure for supporting a switch stand comprises a flood protection base, and at least one flood protection prop upstanding from the flood protection base. The flood protection prop is sufficient to extend above a level of expected standing water. The flood protection structure further comprises an interface mounted over the at least one flood protection prop for attachment to a base of the switch stand. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290224 | Apparatus for Carrying Cooling Water Away From the Narrow Sides of a Slab - The invention relates to an apparatus ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290225 | Infant Bottle Holder - A wearable infant bottle holder is provided comprising a neck strap, a base component, and a bottle-securing coupler. The neck strap allows supporting the bottle holder around a user's neck. The base component attaches to the neck strap. The bottle-securing coupler is adjustable to secure a bottle to the upper component while allowing adjustment of the angle of the bottle relative to the base component. The bottle-securing coupler may be removably coupled to the upper component or it may be rotatably coupled to the base component. The bottle-securing coupler may include an upper component and a band. The neck strap may include an adjuster that allows adjusting the length of the strap longer or shorter without removing the strap. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290226 | Keyboard/mouse hand pad with massage function - A keyboard/mouse hand pad with massage function, which includes a soft hand having outer peripheries completely covered with massage protuberances that provide a massage effect, and the entire interior is filled with massage pellets, which enable the hand pad to change in form when the wrist of a user is placed thereon, thereby providing both a comfortable and massage effect. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290227 | MUSICAL INSTRUMENT SUPPORT STAND - A stand for a musical instrument is sturdy, durable and easy to construct. The stand supports a musical instrument, such as a guitar, in a substantially upright, readily accessible manner, yet the stand is easy to disassemble for ready transport or store in a low volume configuration. One embodiment of a stand includes a base for supporting a lower section of a musical instrument and a detachable neck that engages an upper section of the musical instrument. The base includes a front support rod, a back support rod spaced apart and extending parallel to the front support rod and a pair of side support rods extending between and connecting the front support rod and the back support rod. A plurality of legs extend from the base to provide stability. The neck support can be magnetically secured to the base in a substantially upright position when the stand is in an assembled configuration. When in a storage configuration, the neck support can be secured to base in a horizontal position, thereby providing a low profile. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290228 | Mobile Antenna Support - An antenna support, including a top transit case stacked upon a bottom transit case and an antenna mounting surface stacked upon the top transit case. The bottom transit case, the top transit case and the antenna mounting surface retained by a plurality of turnbuckle(s), each of the turnbuckle(s) coupling between a respective attachment point of the bottom transit case and the antenna mounting surface. A length of the turnbuckle(s) adjustable to clamp the top transit case against the bottom transit case and the antenna mounting surface against the top transit case. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290229 | Circuit Board Mounting Backplate - Disclosed is a circuit board mounting backplate to mount a circuit board including a base unit, a tongue unit formed by bending a region enclosed by a notched groove formed at a portion of the base unit and a horizontal unit formed by bending the tongue unit at a predetermined height position so as to be horizontal to the base unit, and burring holes are provided at the horizontal unit and the base unit, respectively, so that center positions of the burring holes are arranged at a same position and that a diameter of the burring hole provided at the horizontal unit is larger than a diameter of the burring hole of the base unit, and the circuit board is mounted on the horizontal unit and/or the base unit. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290230 | Electrical component support assembly - An electrical component support assembly that includes an electrical component and a bracket removably attached to the electrical component. The bracket is configured to couple to the electrical component and includes a base member that has a first side with a substantially planar shape. The bracket also includes a pair of elbow members that are located proximate to a second side of the base member. The elbow members are configured to be mounted to a support frame. Each of the elbow members is shaped to include a spring portion and a tab joined thereto. The spring portions flex with respect to the base member. The tabs on the pair of elbow members are arranged adjacent to one another and oriented to extend in a substantially common direction to be received in a common hole in the support frame. The tabs extend outward from the spring portions and have recesses for gripping the support frame. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290231 | Locking wall hanger - The invention provides a locking wall hanger having a pointed end, which is designed to create a hole in the wall as the hanger is inserted therethrough. Whereas a self-boring tip penetrates the wall and embeds itself in the rear wall surface a mid-parabolic portion of the hanger is adjusted to provide a spring force for locking the hanger to the wall. In order to compensate for an undue tilt of the hanger in its final assembly position, the angle between a hook portion protruding from the wall's front side and shank portion penetrating the wall is smaller than 90°. Further the invention provides an adapter piece being adapted to be supported by the hanger. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290232 | DISPLAY AND RETAINING CLIP - A display and mounting clip, particularly adapted to mount flatware to a display board, has a shank supporting a closed loop through which the displayed item is inserted. Opposed support arms, coupled to the shank, support the item within the loop. The shank is adapted to extend through the mounting board. Flexible locking means extend from the shank and can be placed into a splayed orientation below the mounting board to retain the clip in position. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290233 | CLAMPING SYSTEM - A clamp for clamping boards to a suitable support in which one part of the clamp engages a recess in one board and another part of the clamp engages part of the surface of the support to retain the board in a fixed relationship with the support. The clamp includes a fastening element which has a spacer portion for use in spacing two adjacent boards apart from each other when the boards are being clamped to the support to provide a uniform spacing of the boards. The advantage of the clamp is that it can be used to assemble a relocatable structure, such as an outdoor decking with evenly spaced boards and then the clamp can be released to allow disassembly of the structure which can then be reassembled at a different location using the same clamps. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290234 | Structure for Mounting Temperature Sensor of Steam Generation Apparatus in Drum Type Washer - The present invention relates to a structure for mounting a temperature sensor on a steam generator, which enables easy and convenient mounting of a temperature sensor on a steam generator. For this, the present invention provides a structure for mounting a temperature sensor on a steam generator in a drum type washing machine including a case which is an exterior of the steam generator, the temperature sensor provided to the case for sensing a temperature of steam generated by a heater, a bracket for fixing the temperature sensor, a fastening portion provided to the case for fastening the bracket to the case with separate fastening members, and a bracket rotation preventive portion provided to the case for preventing the bracket from rotating at the time the temperature sensor is mounted. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290235 | Parallel four-bar mechanism - A parallel four-bar mechanism is disclosed, having the second and third bars being parallel to each other and having their opposite ends hinged to the first and fourth bars respectively. A stopping block is provided with a stopping slot, and a movable stopping pin is configured to be engageable with the stopping slot. When an actuating member drives the stopping pin to disengage from the stopping slot, the second and third bars are able to translation relative to each other; and when the actuating member drives the stopping pin into the stopping slot, the second and third bars are locked with each other, with the second and third bars being not able to translation relative to each other, and thus the whole parallel four-bar mechanism is locked in a preset angular position. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290236 | Fixing bracket, fixing method of fixing bracket and fixing structure of fixing bracket - A fixing bracket for fixing a housing on a board includes: a placing portion configured to be placed on the board; an attaching portion configured to be attached to the housing; and a retaining portion which retains the placing portion to the board. The placing portion may include a receiving portion which accommodates the retaining portion. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290237 | Fixing System For Hanging Bar For Kitchen Utensils - The invention relates to a mounting device for a bar from which to hang kitchen utensils, such as ladles, skimming ladles, film dispensers, etc. The mounting device includes a mounting bracket and a clip. The mounting bracket is formed of a flat plate extended at one of its edges by a 90° bend. The plate has, on the opposite face to the bend, an engaging device and a central hole. The clip has a U-shaped cross section with a front face connected by a bridge of material to a rear face that has a cutout opening into the bottom of the rear face. The cutout engaging device can engage and slide. The invention makes it possible, using a complementary accessory, either spacer piece or leg, to mount the bar on a flat vertical support or under a horizontal support, and to choose the locations of the mountings. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290238 | Auto-Expandable Base For Flat Panel Display Height Adjustable Stand - For stabilizing a stand to mount a display, the stand includes a base support member having a center portion with a circular recess formed about an axis perpendicular to the base support member. A swivel member removably coupled to the center portion is rotatably movable about the axis and within the circular recess. A linking member removably coupled to the center portion is frictionally coupled to the swivel member. The linking member is rotatably movable in response to a rotational motion of the swivel member. An extensible member removably coupled to the center portion is frictionally coupled to the linking member. The rotational motion of the swivel member is transferred by the linking member to cause a linear motion of the extensible member. The linear motion of the extensible member increases a virtual base boundary formed by the extensible member and the base support member thereby improving the stability of the stand. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290239 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device of the present invention includes a body unit; a display unit; and an arm unit, arranged upright from the body unit, for supporting the display unit; wherein the arm unit has a hollow structure formed with a pass-through opening and includes a first arm unit and a second arm unit arranged facing each other by way of the opening. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290240 | Device for Displaying a Range of Objects - The invention relates to a device for displaying a range of objects comprising a counter display ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290241 | Physical configuration of computer keyboard - A physical configuration of a keyboard is described. A keypad section is disposed on one surface of a main body. A first flat plate is pivotally connected with an opposite surface of the main body at one edge thereof. A second flat plate is pivotally connected with an edge side of the first flat plate at one edge thereof. Two engaging modules are disposed on the opposite surface of the main body and two sides of the first flat plate, wherein each engaging module includes a plurality of slots. A pair of sliding tracks are disposed on the opposite surface of the main body, wherein two end portions of each sliding track are a first pivot position and a second pivot position, and the first flat plate is selectively connected with the first pivot position and the second pivot position. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290242 | COMPOSITE LEG STRUCTURE FOR A LIGHTWEIGHT AIRCRAFT SEAT ASSEMBLY - An aircraft passenger seat configured in accordance with an embodiment of the invention utilizes composite materials to achieve significant weight savings relative to conventional seat designs. The seat includes one or more lightweight composite support legs, a lightweight composite seat pan, and a lightweight composite seat back structure. The support legs are coupled to the seat pan, which is in turn coupled to the seat back structure. The support legs utilize composite frame elements that are formed as continuous compression molded composite extrusions. The seat pan includes composite fore and aft cross beams that are also formed as continuous compression molded composite extrusions. The aft cross beam includes a rear flange that serves as a flexible “hinge” for the seat back structure. The seat can leverage producible and relatively inexpensive composite manufacturing techniques such that the seat can be economically produced for use as an economy class seat. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290243 | BIRD FEEDER - A bird feeder that includes a bird feed holder having open top and bottom ends, a plurality of feeding ports disposed in a sidewall defining the holder, a plurality of perches each associated with an inlet of an associated feeding port and a removable base for engaging with the bottom end of the holder, the removable base having a closed position for sealing the bottom end of the holder so as to retain the bird feed therein and an open position in which the base is removed from the holder to enable access to the bottom end of the holder. One embodiment has a manually operated latch member supported by the base and supported for radial engagement so as to enable releasable securing of the removable base to the holder. In another embodiment a manually operated latch couples to a main body portion, the latch being supported for rotation with respect to the main body portion to releasably secure the base assembly to the housing. Also disclosed is a feeder support apparatus. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290244 | Window Air Filter Apparatus and Method - A device and method for holding an air filter comprising a support frame adapted to fit an air filter; one or more anchor tabs operatively engaging the support frame and capable of being secured over a window; and one or more securing members on the support frame for securing the air filter on the support frame. The device may further comprise one or more anchor tabs are flexibly secured to the support frame; fasteners for securing the device over a window; flexibly securing the one or more securing members to the support frame; securing the securing members to the the support frame through one or more fasteners; and using an adhesive or Velcro-type attachment for securing the device over a window. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290245 | Support for Elevated Mass - A support ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290246 | Bearing device and motor mounted with the bearing device - A bearing device is composed of a shaft, a sleeve for supporting the shaft so as to be rotatable freely and a housing having a through hole into which the sleeve is inserted. A circumferential groove that extends in a circumferential direction is formed on either one surface of an outer circumferential surface of the sleeve and an inner circumferential surface of the housing. An axial groove that extends approximately in parallel to a central axis of the sleeve is formed on either one surface of the outer circumferential surface of the sleeve and the inner circumferential surface of the housing. The outer circumferential surface of the sleeve is glued to the inner circumferential surface of the housing by adhesive that intervenes in both the circumferential groove and the axial groove. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290247 | TEST STAND WITH JOINTED DRIVE SHAFT - A jointed flexible drive shaft assembly is provided. The drive shaft has at least one flexible joint comprising a yoke connecting two drive shaft components together in a flexible manner which permits angular offsetting of the axis of rotation of one shaft component relative to the axis of rotation of another shaft component while a pilot and pilot bore cooperate to maintain the axes of rotation fixed against relative lateral offset a predetermined amount. The drive shaft assembly may be used on a test stand to couple a driving element with a driven element thereby reducing the need for a precision alignment between the driving and driven elements. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290248 | Date code marking system - A mold coding device and method for providing identifying information on a molded part. The surface of the molded part having at least one multiple identifying information element formed in the molded part and a pointing means on the molded part for selecting the identifying information elements. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290249 | Forming Mold Or Electroforming Mother Die Having Release Layer And Method For Manufacturing The Same - The present invention provides a forming mold or electroforming mother die comprising a mold or mother die, and a release layer composed of an organic thin film on a mold surface or mother die surface which is formed by contacting the mold or mother die with an organic solvent solution comprising a silane surfactant represented by the formula [1] | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290250 | Color Lighting Device - The invention relates to a color lighting device comprising at least one light-emitting source ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290251 | Led Lighting System and Control Method - The present invention relates to a light emitting diode (LED) lighting system ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290252 | Power matching method - A method of matching the power of a photovoltaic system producing electric energy by which a working point at which the system produces maximum power is set by changing the working point in an MPP matching process and by comparing the system power, which changes as a result thereof, is intended to be suited both for stationary characteristic curves and for non stationary generator characteristic curves and to be easy to carry out so that the best working point is always set, even when the system is subjected to external interfering factors. This is achieved in that one or several additional control steps or control cycles are performed in order to track during the matching process a power point changing under external impact for a working point of even higher power to be set. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290253 | Image Sensor - An image sensor has a plurality of pixels, each pixel having a photodiode ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290254 | IMAGING APPARATUS HAVING ELECTRON SOURCE ARRAY - An imaging apparatus includes an electron emission array having electron sources arranged in matrix form and having a plurality of horizontal scan lines, a photoelectric conversion film opposed to the electron emission array, and a control and drive circuit configured to select one or more of the horizontal scan lines in a given video signal output period and to cause the electron sources included in the selected one or more horizontal scan lines to emit electrons toward the photoelectric conversion film to produce a video signal, wherein the control and drive circuit is configured to cause the electron sources included in unselected one or more horizontal scan lines not selected in the given video signal output period to emit electrons toward the photoelectric conversion film in a blanking period immediately preceding the given video signal output period. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290255 | True Color Image By Modified Microlens Array - An image sensor array includes a substrate having at least three image sensors located therein. The image sensor array also includes a blue filter positioned proximate to the first image sensor; a green filter proximate to the second image sensor; and a red filter proximate to the third image sensor. A first microlens is positionally arranged with the blue filter and the first image sensor; a second microlens is positionally arranged with the green filter and the second image sensor; and a third microlens is positionally arranged with the red filter and the third image sensor. The first microlens has a larger effective area than the second microlens, and the second microlens has a larger effective area than the third microlens. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290256 | Method and Device for Imaging an Interior of a Turbid Medium - The invention relates to a method and device ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290257 | Automatic Gain Control in Photodetectors - The amount of gain applied to a photodetector such as a photomultiplier tube (PMT) is limited to an amount that does not cause the applied PMT bias voltage to overdrive, hence damage, the PMT. Techniques for limiting the PMT gain are implemented in a way that does not interfere with the precision with which the PMT gain may be established (by selection of a reference level) below that limited level. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290258 | AUXILIARY INPUT METHOD FOR ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An auxiliary input method for an electronic device displays a virtual keyboard input interface optionally on a screen of the electronic device according to an external ambient brightness state of the electronic device, so as to assist the users to input data. The method includes sensing current ambient brightness to obtain an ambient brightness value; comparing the ambient brightness value with a preset brightness value; if the ambient brightness value is lower than the preset brightness value, calculating a duration in which the ambient brightness value is lower than the preset brightness value; comparing the duration with the preset time; if the duration reaches the preset time, displaying the virtual keyboard input interface on the screen of the electronic device, thereby improving the operation convenience of the electronic device. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290259 | Photon Counting Apparatus - An apparatus for photon counting is disclosed that comprises a sensor element ( | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290260 | Night-vision system including field replaceable image intensifier tube - A night vision system has an image intensifier tube that may be installed or replaced without requiring realignment of the optics. A first locating feature may be coupled to the image intensifier tube to align the first locating feature with an input optical axis of the image intensifier tube. A second locating feature may be coupled to the image intensifier tube to align the second locating feature with the output optical center of the image intensifier tube and form an image at a predetermined location along the output optical axis. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290261 | Optical Encoder - The present invention relates to an optical encoder for measuring movement. The optical encoder includes at least one light source for outputting light. Furthermore, the optical encoder includes a movable pattern. Furthermore, the optical encoder includes at least one photodetector for detecting the light reflected off the movable pattern, the movable pattern including regions of varying reflectivity for modulating the light from the at least one light source onto the at least one photodetector in response to movement of the pattern, wherein the at least one photodetector is configured to detect the light in detection instants in regular intervals. The light source may be a pulsed light source outputting light in pulses. Furthermore, user equipment including such an optical encoder and a method for measuring movement are disclosed. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290262 | SCALE FOR A POSITION-MEASURING DEVICE AND POSITION-MEASURING DEVICE - A scale and a position-measuring device include the shifting of reference markings in graduation tracks, offset transversely with respect to the measuring direction, by fractions of the interval of the reference markings within a graduation track. It is thus possible to eliminate, or at least to markedly reduce, negative effects of the disturbance of the periodicity of a graduation track by the reference markings. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290263 | CONFOCAL IMAGING METHODS AND APPARATUS - The invention provides imaging apparatus and methods useful for obtaining a high resolution image of a sample at rapid scan rates. A rectangular detector array having a horizontal dimension that is longer than the vertical dimension can be used along with imaging optics positioned to direct a rectangular image of a portion of a sample to the rectangular detector array. A scanning device can be configured to scan the sample in a scan-axis dimension, wherein the vertical dimension for the rectangular detector array and the shorter of the two rectangular dimensions for the image are in the scan-axis dimension, and wherein the vertical dimension for the rectangular detector array is short enough to achieve confocality in a single axis. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290264 | Corrector for the correction of chromatic aberrations in a particle-optical apparatus - The invention describes a corrector for the correction of chromatic aberrations in a particle lens, such as used in a SEM or a TEM. So as to reduce the stability demands on the power supplies of such a corrector, the energy with which the particle beam passes through the corrector is lower than the energy with which the beam passes through the lens to be corrected. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290265 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF CALIBRATING A MILLIMETER WAVE RADIOMETER USING AN OPTICAL CHOPPER - A system of calibrating a millimeter wave radiometer using an optical chopper is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the system includes a scanning mirror for reflecting millimeter wave energy from a scene and an optical chopper that is adapted to periodically interrupt the flow of the millimeter wave energy. The system further includes a synchronization processor for synchronizing oscillations of the scanning mirror with the movement of the optical chopper. In addition, a calibration processor calibrates the millimeter wave radiometer using a reference target of the optical chopper that has predetermined constant millimeter wave energy. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290266 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR EXTRACTING ION BEAMS COMPOSED OF MOLECULAR IONS (CLUSTER ION BEAM EXTRACTION SYSTEM) - A new type of triode extraction system, a Cluster Ion Beam Extraction System, is disclosed for broad energy range cluster ion beam extraction applications while still being applicable to atomic and molecular ion species as well. The extraction aperture plate contours are set to minimize the beam cross over and at the same time shield the source from excess extraction electric fields thus allowing smaller values of the extraction gap. In addition, a novel focusing feature is integrated into these new optics which allows the beam to be either focused or de-focused in the non-dispersive plane by using a bipolar bias voltage of only a few kV over a broad range of beam energy. This is a superior solution to a stand-alone electrostatic lens solution, for example an einzel lens, which would require tens of kV of bias voltage in order to be able to focus an energetic beam. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290267 | MCP unit, MCP detector and time of flight mass spectrometer - The present invention relates to an MCP unit or the like having a structure intended to achieve a desired time response characteristic, without depending on a limitation imposed by a channel diameter of MCP. The MCP unit comprises the MCP for releasing secondary electrons internally multiplied in response to incidence of charged particles, an anode arranged in a position where the secondary electrons reach, and an acceleration electrode arranged between the MCP and the anode. In particular, the acceleration electrode includes a plurality of openings which permit passing of the secondary electrons migrating from the MCP toward the anode. Further, the acceleration electrode is arranged such that the shortest distance B between the acceleration electrode and the anode is longer than the shortest distance A between the MCP and the acceleration electrode. Thus, an FWHM of a detected peak appearing in response to the incidence of the charged particles is remarkably shortened. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290268 | INFORMATION OBTAINING METHOD - An information obtaining method for obtaining information about a mass of a component of an analyte using a time of flight mass spectrometer and obtaining information about a distribution state of the component based on the obtained information about the mass includes the step of: (1) adding a self-reactive substance to the analyte on a base to facilitate ionization of the component; (2) irradiating the analyte with a primary beam in the presence of the self-reactive substance, thereby ionizing the components and allowing resulting ions to fly; (3) obtaining information about mass of the flying ions using the time of flight mass spectrometer; and (4) obtaining information about the distribution state of the component on the base based on the information about the mass. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290269 | Time-Of-Flight Mass Spectrometer - A time-of-flight mass spectrometer comprising an accelerating portion that includes a repeller electrode and an extractor electrode, in which an inner surface on the extractor electrode side of the repeller electrode has a curved shape, the extractor electrode is a flat plate with a hole in the center or a plate structure including a mesh structure, and the accelerating portion converges a distribution of times of flight accompanying deviations in the acceleration start position of ions and also performs trajectory control by correcting a distribution of the introduction energy of ions. In accordance with the above-described structure, it is possible to realize both functions of a conventional accelerating portion and ion lens system with only an accelerating portion and it is possible to simplify and reduce the size of the time-of-flight mass spectrometer. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290270 | STRUCTURED CARBON NANOTUBE TRAY FOR MALDI PLATES - An apparatus for producing analyte ions for detection by a mass spectrometer is described. The apparatus includes an ion source in which the surface of a target substrate for holding an analyte sample includes structured carbon nanotube material. The structured carbon nanotube material is structured in terms of being situated on a selected portion of the target support surface an/or in terms of being aligned in a selected orientation. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290271 | METHOD FOR LASER DESORPTION/IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY, SAMPLE SUPPORTING SUBSTRATE USED THEREIN, AND SUBSTRATE MATERIAL TESTING METHOD - There is disclosed a method of performing laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry based on ions generated by exposing a sample supported on a substrate to laser light, the sample being to be subjected to spectrum analysis. The method includes the steps of (a) causing a part of the ions to be generated through one of an interaction between the laser light and a surface of the substrate and an interaction between the laser light and an interface between the substrate and the sample; and (b) determining the generated part of the ions to be index ions and identifying a signal to become noise in the laser desorption/ionization mass spectrometry using a signal of the index ions, thereby performing the spectrum analysis without an effect of the noise. | 2008-11-27 |
| 20080290272 | MASS SPECTROSCOPY DEVICE AND MASS SPECTROSCOPY SYSTEM - A mass spectroscopy device constituted by a first reflector which is partially transparent and partially reflective, a transparent body, and a second reflector which is reflective. The first reflector and the second reflector are arranged on opposite sides of the transparent body so as to form an optical resonator in such a manner that when a specimen containing an analyte subject to mass spectroscopy is arranged in contact with a surface of the first reflector, and the surface is irradiated with measurement light, optical resonance occurs in the optical resonator, and intensifies an electric field on the surface, and the intensified electric field desorbs the analyte from the surface. | 2008-11-27 |
