49th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 48 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140356725 | Li4Ti5O12, Li(4-a)ZaTi5O12 OR Li4Z Ti(5- )O12, PARTICLES, PROCESSES FOR OBTAINING SAME AND USE AS ELECTROCHEMICAL GENERATORS - Synthesis process for new particles of Li | 2014-12-04 |
20140356726 | HOLLOW SILICON-BASED PARTICLE, PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF AND ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - A hollow silicon-based particle including silicon (Si) or silicon oxide (SiO | 2014-12-04 |
20140356727 | STORAGE BATTERY GRID, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING STORAGE BATTERY GRID, AND STORAGE BATTERY USING STORAGE BATTERY GRID - A storage battery grid includes: a frame bone that includes a substantially rectangular shape; a lug portion that is connected to a first side portion of the frame bone and projects outwardly from the frame bone; a main bone that extends from the first side portion to a second side portion which is opposed to the first side portion; and a plurality of first sub-bones that extend obliquely toward the second side portion, at least part of the plurality of first sub-bones branching from the main bone toward both sides, wherein at least part of the plurality of first sub-bones is bent. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356728 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THIN FILM, ELECTRO-CHEMICAL DEVICE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRO-CHEMICAL DEVICE - A thin film production apparatus of the present invention includes: a substrate feeding mechanism configured to continuously feed a substrate; a substrate receiving mechanism configured to receive the substrate; a substrate conveying mechanism; a film formation roller; a first film formation source configured to form a first thin film on a film formation surface of the substrate traveling on an upstream side of the film formation roller in a substrate conveyance direction along the substrate conveying mechanism; and a second film formation source configured to form a second thin film on a roller circumferential surface of the film formation roller. The film formation roller is placed so that a surface of the second thin film is joined in a face-to-face manner to a surface of the first thin film formed on the substrate. The substrate receiving mechanism winds thereon or stores therein the substrate, the first thin film, and the second thin film which have been integrated together. The second thin film is formed to a greater thickness and/or at a higher deposition rate than the first thin film. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356729 | Metal Accumulation Inhibiting And Performance Enhancing Supplement And A System For Delivering The Supplement - The invention relates to a metal accumulation inhibiting and performance enhancing isolated or synthesized supplement for use in or in association with rechargeable electrochemical energy storage cells, and a system for delivering the supplement including articles of plastic, articles containing plastic, articles similar to plastic, plastic containers, apparatus, porous electrodes, liquids and electrolytes, in particular, articles, apparatus, electrodes, insolating sheets, liquids and electrolytes associated with rechargeable electrochemical energy storage cells incorporating one or more supplements. An effective amount of the supplement typically exhibits foaming of an electrolyte, providing a visual indicator of activity in attenuating metal deposition on, and thereby reducing metal accumulation on, various surfaces in the rechargeable electrochemical storage cell. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356730 | PROPYLENE-BASED RESIN MICROPOROUS FILM, SEPARATOR FOR BATTERY, BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING PROPYLENE-BASED RESIN MICROPOROUS FILM - The present invention provides a propylene-based resin microporous film which has excellent lithium ion permeability, can constitute a high-performance lithium ion battery, and can prevent a short circuit between a positive electrode and a negative electrode due to dendrites. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356731 | SECONDARY BATTERY - In a secondary battery, a negative electrode, an electrolytic solution for negative electrode, a diaphragm, an electrolytic solution for positive electrode, and a positive electrode are disposed in order. The negative electrode includes a negative-electrode active material that has an element whose oxidation-reduction potential is more “base” by 1.5 V or more than an oxidation-reduction potential of hydrogen, and whose volume density is larger than that of lithium metal. The diaphragm includes a solid electrolyte transmitting ions of said element alone. A secondary battery with high volumetric density is provided. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356732 | SOLID STATE ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITES BASED ON COMPLEX HYDRIDES AND METAL DOPED FULLERENES/FULLERANES FOR BATTERIES AND ELECTROCHEMICAL APPLICATIONS | 2014-12-04 |
20140356733 | ADDITIVE FOR LITHIUM BATTERY ELECTROLYTE, ORGANIC ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION INCLUDING THE SAME AND LITHIUM BATTERY USING THE ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION - Provided are an additive for a lithium battery electrolyte, wherein the additive is an ethylene carbonate based compound represented by the following Formula 1 or 2, an organic electrolyte solution including the additive, and a lithium battery including the organic electrolyte solution: | 2014-12-04 |
20140356734 | ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME - An electrolyte for a lithium ion secondary battery and a lithium ion secondary battery including the same are provide. The electrolyte includes a non-aqueous organic solvent, a lithium salt which is dissolved in the non-aqueous solvent and a additive shown as general formula I. Wherein R | 2014-12-04 |
20140356735 | NITRILE-SUBSTITUTED SILANES AND ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICES CONTAINING THEM - Described herein are liquid, organosilicon compounds that including a substituent that is a cyano (—CN), cyanate (—OCN), isocyanate (—NCO), thiocyanate (—SCN) or isothiocyanate (—NCS). The organosilicon compounds are useful in electrolyte compositions and can be used in any electrochemical device where electrolytes are conventionally used. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356736 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM BATTERIES, LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE POSITIVE ELECTRODE, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A positive electrode for a lithium battery including a protected negative electrode containing a lithium metal or a lithium alloy, wherein the positive electrode contains a positive electrode active material, a polyoxometalate compound, and a conductive material. Also provided is a lithium battery including the positive electrode. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356737 | Lithium-Air Battery and Preparation Method Thereof - A lithium-air battery includes a positive electrode layer, a negative electrode layer, and an electrolyte layer, where the positive electrode layer, the negative electrode layer and the electrolyte layer are accommodated in a receiving space formed by a housing; a side of the housing adjacent to the positive electrode layer and away from the negative electrode layer is provided with a pore absorbing air from outside the housing; the positive electrode layer includes a positive electrode current collector and a reaction layer that is coated or hot-pressed on the positive electrode current collector; the negative electrode layer includes a lithium storage layer having lithium ion intercalation and deintercalation capabilities and a lithium source negative electrode active material layer coated or hot-pressed on a surface of the lithium storage layer, and the electrolyte layer is sandwiched between the reaction layer in the positive electrode layer and the negative electrode layer. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356738 | AMMONIA BASED SYSTEM TO PREPARE AND UTILIZE HYDROGEN TO PRODUCE ELECTRICITY - A unique process for producing electricity from ammonia by utilizing its hydrogen content as a fuel source. The system may be referred to herein for descriptive purposes as Ammonia/Hydrogen/Electricity Production, or AHEP. The novelty of the system disclosed herein as compared to other hydrogen based fuel systems is the unique assembly of the components outlined below to create a novel process and ability to produce electricity that can be utilized for both mobile and stationary purposes. Further, the system is capable of producing hydrogen on demand to be converted into electricity, thereby obviating the need for storing large amounts of explosive hydrogen. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356739 | POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - A polymer electrolyte fuel cell according to the present invention includes: a unit cell including a membrane-electrode assembly and a pair of separators; a manifold; a gas introducing member; and a first member. A recess is formed at a gas lead-out port side of the gas introducing member so as to be connected to the gas lead-out port. The first member is provided such that a communication portion thereof communicates with the manifold. The gas introducing member is provided such that: the recess communicates with the communication portion; and when viewed from a thickness direction of the polymer electrolyte membrane, the gas lead-out port and a main surface of the first member overlap each other. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356740 | COMBINED GENERATION SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR COLLECTING CARBON DIOXIDE FOR COMBINED GENERATION SYSTEM - A combined generation system according to one embodiment of the present invention comprises: a natural gas synthesizing apparatus for receiving coal and oxygen, generating synthetic gas by a gasifier, and permitting the synthetic gas to pass through a methanation reactor so as to synthesize methane; a fuel cell apparatus for receiving fuel that contains methane from the natural gas synthesizing apparatus and generating electrical energy; and a generating apparatus for producing electrical energy using the fluid discharged from the fuel cell apparatus | 2014-12-04 |
20140356741 | HYDROGEN GAS GENERATOR WITH FLEXIBLE FEED MEMBER - A hydrogen generator ( | 2014-12-04 |
20140356742 | HYDROGEN GAS GENERATOR - A hydrogen generator includes a cartridge including a plurality of thermal conductors each having an outer wall assembled together to form a housing. A plurality of fuel pellets provided on the plurality of thermal conductors. Each fuel pellet has a hydrogen-containing reactant that will react to release hydrogen gas when heated. The hydrogen generator also includes a compartment configured to removably contain the cartridge. The hydrogen generator further includes a plurality of heating elements disposed in the compartment such that each heating element is in thermal communication with one of the thermal conductors when the cartridge is disposed within the compartment to generate heat to selectively heat one or more fuel pellets to initiate a reaction to produce hydrogen gas. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356743 | Method of separating and recombining the water molecule - An energy generating apparatus including water molecule separating device, water molecule recombining device, and water molecule recycling device, which generates various energy outputs by various means. The water separating device can be a type of machine of several designs which operates chemically and produces H2 and O2 from the water molecule. It is attached to a water recombining device of several designs which operates chemically and produces several forms of energy when recombining H2 and O2 into the water molecule. There is also a recycling device which is used to return the water molecule and its atoms to the beginning of the cycle which may or may not be used depending upon application. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356744 | ENERGY STORAGE AND CONVERSION WITH HOT CARBON DEPOSITION - In one aspect, a method to convert a fuel into energy and specialized fuel includes, in a reactor, dissociating a fuel to produce hot carbon and hydrogen, the hot carbon having a temperature state in a range of 700 to 1500° C., in which the dissociating includes providing heat and/or electric energy to produce the hot carbon and the hydrogen; and removing the hot carbon and the hydrogen from the reactor, the removing including depositing the hot carbon to a chamber, in which the hot carbon includes an increased chemical potential energy and is capable of storing energy from an external source. In some implementations, the method can further include supplying an oxygen- and hydrogen-containing reactant to contact the hot carbon to produce carbon monoxide (CO) and hydrogen (H | 2014-12-04 |
20140356745 | ENERGY SYSTEM HAVING A FUEL CELL ARRANGEMENT - An energy system having a fuel cell arrangement, wherein the fuel cell arrangement has at least one fuel cell and the fuel cell arrangement has at least one first electrical contact and at least one second electrical contact for tapping off electrically generated energy of the fuel cell arrangement. An electrical component for warming up the fuel cell arrangement is electrically connectable between the first electrical contact and the second electrical contact. At least some of the electrical energy flow which is necessary to release the thermal energy can be fed back to the energy system by the electrical component. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356746 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM MOUNTED ON A VEHICLE - A fuel cell system mounted on a vehicle is provided. During intermittent operation of the fuel cell system, if a cell voltage Vc of a fuel cell stack becomes lower than a predetermined threshold voltage V′, an air compressor is operated to supply air to the fuel cell stack at a first predetermined flow rate, and when the cell voltage Vc reaches and stabilizes at a predetermined target voltage V″, air is supplied to the fuel cell stack at a second predetermined flow rate that is higher than the first predetermined flow rate for a certain period of time. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356747 | Spliced Bipolar Plates For Fuel Cells And Fuel Cell Stacks Comprising The Same - Spliced bipolar plates for fuel cells are provided. The spliced bipolar plate includes a supporting plate and a splice plate. The supporting plate has thee inlet openings and three outlet openings formed on both ends. A plurality of coolant flow channels are provided on one side of the supporting plate, while a recess of a uniform thickness is provided on the opposite side of the supporting plate. One side of the recess is opened to a transverse or a longitudinal side of the supporting plate. The splice plate is divided into a reaction zone part and an extended part by the supporting plate. The size of the reaction zone part is substantially the same as the volume of the recess such that the reaction zone part is received in the recess, thus connecting the splice plate to the supporting plate. The extended part of the splice plate is projected beyond the supporting plate. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356748 | WASTE HEAT RECOVERY SYSTEM - A waste heat recovery system includes a fuel cell, a coolant circulation flow passage, a first heat exchanger, a waste heat recovery flow passage, a second heat exchanger, an upstream end of the waste heat recovery flow passage, and a downstream end of the waste heat recovery flow passage. The coolant circulation flow passage includes a first coolant supply flow passage, a first coolant exhaust flow passage, and a first bypass flow passage. The upstream end is connected to at least one of an inlet coolant reservoir and the first coolant exhaust flow passage at a position downstream of a connection point between the first coolant exhaust flow passage and the first bypass flow passage. The downstream end is connected to at least one of the inlet coolant reservoir, an outlet coolant reservoir, and the first coolant supply flow passage. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356749 | APPARATUS FOR PREVENTING OVER-COOLING OF FUEL CELL - An apparatus preventing over-cooling of a fuel cell is provided that includes a cooling fluid manifold which is mounted to a stack of the fuel cell and through which cooling fluid flows therethrough. End plates are arranged on both ends of the stack of a fuel cell, and at least one protrusion is provided on one surface of each of the end plates. The at least one protrusion is disposed inside a cooling fluid manifold to reduce the flow amount of the cooling fluid which flows in and out between the separating plates through the cooling fluid manifold. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356750 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS TO DETERMINE CATHODE INLET PRESSURE LIMITS IN A FUEL CELL SYSTEM - System and methods for setting pressure limits for an air supply of a fuel cell (“FC”) system are presented. Certain embodiments disclosed herein may allow a FC system to calculate a minimum and a maximum FC stack cathode inlet pressure based on different operating conditions while ensuring that the FC stack receives a desired air flow. Further embodiments disclosed herein may allow a FC system to maintain a cathode inlet air pressure within a range that protects an associated compressor from entering surge and/or overheating conditions. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356751 | Method sensor and regulation apparatus for regulating gas operated energy converter plants - A method for the combined controlled regulation of fuel gas-oxygen carriers of a gas operated energy converter plant ( | 2014-12-04 |
20140356752 | FUEL CELL ASSEMBLY AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A method of fabricating a fuel cell component for use with or as part of a fuel cell in a fuel cell stack, the method comprising: providing a fuel cell component, providing a deposition assembly for depositing loading material particles onto the fuel cell component, and actuating the deposition assembly to cause the deposition assembly to deposit said loading material particles onto said fuel cell component. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356753 | Fuel Cell Stack - A fuel cell stack includes a plurality of stacked fuel cell units and at least one stack end element that are clamped a clamping device. The clamped fuel cell units are surrounded by a housing. A circumferential seal, in particular a lip seal, which has recesses for accommodating the clamping device is situated between the housing and the at least one stack end element. The clamping device is electrically insulated at least in the area of the recesses. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356754 | MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY, DIRECT CARBON FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE SAME, AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a direct carbon fuel cell in which a coal fuel is oxidized electrochemically so as to create electrons to cause the electrons to generate electricity by a voltage difference between two electrodes. Specifically, a membrane-electrode assembly for operating a low rank coal fuel, a direct carbon fuel cell including the same, and a method of preparing the same are provided. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356755 | Catalyst Polymer Inks - A method of forming a catalyst ink is disclosed. The method can include: polymerising an ionic monomer and at least one non-ionic monomer to form a hydrophilic polymer; dissolving the hydrophilic polymer in a suitable solvent to form a polymer solution; and mixing a catalyst with the polymer solution to make a catalyst ink. Also disclosed are catalyst inks formed from this method, as well as membranes including the catalyst inks and methods for forming the same. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356756 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell has a membrane electrode assembly forming a catalytic reaction plane region, a gas diffusion layer disposed on a main surface of the membrane electrode assembly, a separator disposed on a main surface of the gas diffusion layer, an electroconductive member, which is disposed between the gas diffusion layer and the separator and outside the catalytic reaction plane region, and which electrically connects the gas diffusion layer and the separator, and a penetration resistance reduction member that makes a penetration resistance between the gas diffusion layer and the separator, passing through the electroconductive member, smaller than a penetration resistance between the gas diffusion layer and the separator in the catalytic reaction plane region. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356757 | FUEL CELL ELECTRODE WITH GRADIENT CATALYST STRUCTURE - An example of a stable electrode structure is to use a gradient electrode that employs large platinum particle catalyst in the close proximity to the membrane supported on conventional carbon and small platinum particles in the section of the electrode closer to a GDL supported on a stabilized carbon. Some electrode parameters that contribute to electrode performance stability and reduced change in ECA are platinum-to-carbon ratio, size of platinum particles in various parts of the electrode, use of other stable catalysts instead of large particle size platinum (alloy, etc), depth of each gradient sublayer. Another example of a stable electrode structure is to use a mixture of platinum particle sizes on a carbon support, such as using platinum particles that may be 6 nanometers and 3 nanometers. A conductive support is typically one or more of the carbon blacks. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356758 | PRODUCTION METHOD FOR A TUBULAR FUEL CELL HAVING A TWO-LAYER CAP REGION OF THE SUPPORT BODY - The invention relates to a method for producing a tubular fuel cell by means of a pulling-core tool ( | 2014-12-04 |
20140356759 | FUEL CELL - A unit cell of a fuel cell includes a membrane electrode assembly and a cathode side separator and an anode side separator sandwiching the membrane electrode assembly. An oxygen-containing gas supply passage connected to an oxygen-containing gas flow field is formed in the cathode side separator. The oxygen-containing gas supply passage has a rectangular shape extending in a flow field width direction of the oxygen-containing gas flow field. The width of the opening of the oxygen-containing gas supply passage on the short side is increased from the end side to the central side in the flow field width direction. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356760 | NITROGEN-CONTAINING CARBON ALLOY, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, CARBON ALLOY CATALYST, AND FUEL CELL - A problem to be solved by the invention is to provide a production method of a nitrogen-containing carbon alloy that has sufficiently high redox activity or has a large number of reaction electrons of redox reaction. A method for producing a nitrogen-containing carbon alloy comprising baking a precursor containing a nitrogen-containing organic compound and an inorganic metal salt containing one or more kinds of Fe, Co, Ni, Mn and Cr, wherein: the precursor satisfies one of the requirements (a) and (b) below, and, the nitrogen-containing organic compound is one of a compound represented by the formula (1) below, a tautomer of the compound, and a salt and hydrate thereof: (a) the precursor contains the inorganic metal salt in an amount exceeding 45% by mass based on the total amount of the nitrogen-containing organic compound and the inorganic metal salt of the precursor, in which the total amount includes the mass of hydrated water in the nitrogen-containing organic compound and the inorganic metal salt, and the amount of the inorganic metal salt includes the mass of hydrated water in the inorganic metal, (b) the precursor further contains a β-diketone metal complex: | 2014-12-04 |
20140356761 | Catalysts - An electrocatalyst suitable for use in a fuel cell, the electrocatalyst comprising: palladium, iridium and an anionic polymer. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356762 | Integrated Gas Diffusion Layer With Sealing Function And Method Of Making The Same - The present invention relates to the field of fuel cell technology and, more particularly, relates to an integrated gas diffusion layer with a sealing function and a method of making the same. The integrated gas diffusion layer includes a gas diffusion member and a sealing member having fuel inlet and outlet openings, oxidant inlet and outlet openings, and coolant inlet and outlet openings. The sealing member is sized to substantially cover the peripheral portion of the gas diffusion member. The sealing member and the gas diffusion member are integrally injection molded or adhered together by adhesive bonding. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356763 | REPEATING UNIT FOR A FUEL CELL STACK - A repeating unit ( | 2014-12-04 |
20140356764 | AMORPHOUS CARBON FILM, PROCESS FOR FORMING AMORPHOUS CARBON FILM, ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE MEMBER AND FUEL CELL BIPOLAR PLATE HAVING AMORPHOUS CARBON FILM - An amorphous carbon film contains carbon as a main component, not more than 30 at. % of hydrogen, not more than 20 at. % of nitrogen and not more than 3 at. % of oxygen (all excluding 0 at. %), and when the total amount of the carbon is taken as 100 at. %, the amount of carbon having an sp | 2014-12-04 |
20140356765 | ULTRATHIN PLATINUM FILMS - In at least one embodiment, a method of forming a platinum thin film is provided, including performing a first atomic layer deposition (ALD) process on a substrate using a first platinum organometallic precursor in a first step and an oxidizing precursor in a second step to form an at least partially coated substrate. A second ALD process is then performed on the at least partially coated substrate using a second platinum organometallic precursor in a first step and a reducing precursor in a second step to form a thin film of platinum on the substrate. The first ALD process may be performed for 5 to 150 cycles to nucleate platinum on the substrate surface and the second ALD process may be performed thereafter to grow the thin film and remove surface oxides. A conformal platinum thin film having a thickness of 1 to 10 monolayers may be deposited. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356766 | FUEL CELL ELECTRODE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY USING THE SAME - The present invention provides a fuel cell electrode, which has increased physical and chemical durability, and a method for manufacturing a membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) using the same. According to the present invention, the fuel cell electrode is manufactured by controlling the amount of platinum supported on a first carbon support used in an anode to be smaller than that used in a cathode to increase the mechanical strength of a catalyst layer and maintain the thickness of the catalyst layer after prolonged operation and by adding carbon nanofibers containing a radical scavenger to a catalyst slurry to decrease deterioration of chemical durability. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356767 | CARBON FIBER COMPOSITE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, CATALYST SUPPORT AND POLYMER ELECTROLYTE FUEL CELL - An improved catalyst support can be provided by a process for producing a carbon fiber composite which comprises: a step of subjecting metal fine particles of either at least one metal or a compound containing the metal to reductive deposition on fine cellulose having carboxyl groups on the crystal surface to make a composite composed of both the fine cellulose and the metal fine particles; and a step of carbonizing the fine cellulose of the composite to prepare a carbon fiber composite. The invention also relates to a carbon fiber composite made by the process, a catalyst support, and a polymer electrolyte fuel cell. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356768 | CHARGED BEAM PLASMA APPARATUS FOR PHOTOMASK MANUFACTURE APPLICATIONS - Embodiments of the present invention generally provide an apparatus and methods for etching photomasks using charged beam plasma. In one embodiment, an apparatus for performing a charged beam plasma process on a photomask includes a processing chamber having a chamber bottom, a chamber ceiling and chamber sidewalls defining an interior volume, a substrate support pedestal disposed in the interior volume, a charged beam generation system disposed adjacent to the chamber sidewall, and a RF bias electrode disposed in the substrate support. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356769 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A MASK - A method of manufacturing a mask, the method including forming initial ribs such that forming the initial ribs includes forming at least two photoresist patterns such that the at least two photoresist patterns have different widths, are formed on at least one side of a mask substrate, and overlap each other, and performing an etching process at least two times; and forming final ribs such that the final ribs have curved sides having a different curvature radius than a curvature radius of initial curved sides of the initial ribs and have defined slit patterns, forming the final ribs including removing all but one of the at least two photoresist patterns, and performing an etching process. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356770 | REFLECTIVE MASK BLANK FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY - To provide an EUV mask blank which has an absorber layer having such a structure that the phase difference between a reflective layer and the absorber layer is in the vicinity of 180°, and the change of the phase difference between the reflective layer and the absorber layer is small to the film thick change of the absorber layer, and of which the absorber layer can be expected to be further thinner than a conventional absorber layer. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356771 | ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, RESIST FILM USING THE SAME, PATTERN FORMING METHOD, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - There is provided an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition, having: (A) a resin having a repeating unit represented by formula (I); (B) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation; and (C) a resin having at least one repeating unit (x) out of a repeating unit represented by formula (II) and a repeating unit represented by formula (III) and containing substantially neither fluorine atom nor silicon atom, wherein the content of the repeating unit (x) is 90% or more by mole based on all repeating units in the resin (C). | 2014-12-04 |
20140356772 | TERPENE POLYCARBONATE CONTAINING PHOTOCONDUCTORS - A photoconductor that includes, for example, a supporting substrate, an optional ground plane layer, an optional hole blocking layer, an optional adhesive layer, a photogenerating layer, and a charge transport layer, and where the charge transport layer contains a mixture of a charge transport component and a bio-based polycarbonate. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356773 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photosensitive member includes a photosensitive layer. The photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material, a hole transport material, and a binder resin. The hole transport material contains an amine stilbene derivative represented by a general formula (1), and the binder resin contains a polycarbonate resin represented by a general formula (2). | 2014-12-04 |
20140356774 | LATENT ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER - A toner including: a core particle containing at least a binder resin, a colorant and a releasing agent; and a shell on a surface of the core particle, wherein the toner gives a supernatant having a transmittance of 50% to 95% with respect to light having a wavelength of 800 nm, where the supernatant is formed after 3 g of the toner is added to 40 g of ion-exchange water containing 0.5% by mass of sodium dodecyl sulfate, followed by stirring for 90 min and by irradiating with ultrasonic waves of 20 kHz and 80 W for 5 min, and a liquid containing the toner dispersed therein is centrifugated at 3,000 rpm for 5 min. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356775 | ALUMINA NANOTUBES AS A TONER ADDITIVE TO REDUCE IMPACTION - The disclosure relates generally to toner additives, and in particular, toner additives that provide reduced impaction within a toner particle and improved adhesion to the toner particle. The toner additives include alumina nanotubes, and may be used with other non-conventional additives such as silica nanotubes and titania nanotubes. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356776 | CORE/SHELL CHARGE CONTROL LATEX FOR EA PARTICLES - A toner particle includes a core including at least one resin, optionally a wax, and a colorant, and a shell comprising at least one charge control agent. The core is substantially free of the charge control agent. The toner particle has improved charging performance compared with core-shell toner particles having the charge control agent in the core of the toner particle. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356777 | TONER - A toner having good low-temperature fixability, charge stability, environmental stability, and durability and capable of stably producing high-quality images for a long time is provided. The toner includes a toner particle having a core-shell structure constituted of a core and a shell phase. The core contains a binder resin, a colorant, and wax, and the shell phase contains a resin A. The resin A is a comb polymer including a main chain portion (X), a side chain portion (Y), and a side chain portion (Z). The main chain portion (X) is a vinyl polymer, the side chain portion (Y) has an aliphatic polyester structure and has an ester group concentration of a polyester segment of 6.5 mmol/g or less, and the side chain portion (Z) has an organic polysiloxane structure and has an average number of Si—O bond repeating units of a siloxane segment of 2 or more and 100 or less. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356778 | Toner Comprising Surface Modified Colorant - A toner including a resin; an optional wax; and a colorant; wherein the colorant has disposed thereon a reactive component having at least one cross-linkable carbon-carbon double bond and wherein the tribo electric charge of the toner is adjusted through surface treatment of the colorant with the reactive component. Also a colorant having disposed thereon a reactive component having at least one cross-linkable carbon-carbon double bond, wherein the reactive component disposed on the colorant is selected from the group consisting of methyl acrylate, ethyl acrylate, butyl acrylate, 2-ethylhexyl acrylate, methyl methacrylate, ethyl methacrylate, butyl methacrylate, cyclohexyl methacrylate, stearyl methacrylate, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, hydroxyethyl methacrylate, hydroxypropyl acrylate, glycidyl acrylate, alkoxymethylol acrylamide, styrene, vinyl toluene, methylstyrene, acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, bisphenol A glycerolate diacrylate, and mixtures and combinations thereof. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356779 | BLACK TONER CONTAINING COMPOUND HAVING AZO SKELETON - Provided is a black toner which has improved dispersibility of carbon black in a binding resin and has a high coloring power. Also provided is a black toner which suppresses fogging and has high transfer efficiency. The toner includes a toner particle containing a binding resin, a compound in which a polymer moiety is bound to an azo skeleton, and carbon black as a coloring agent. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356780 | TONER FOR ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPMENT AND PRODUCTION PROCESS OF THE SAME - Provided is a toner for electrostatic image development that has low-temperature fixability and long-term stable electrification performance, also has heat-resistant storage stability, and can suppress the occurrence of unevenness in gloss. Also provided is a production process of the toner. The toner for electrostatic image development includes toner particles having a domain-matrix structure. In the toner particles, a crystalline polyester resin and an amorphous resin including an amorphous polyester segment and a polymerized vinyl segment that are chemically bonded are dispersed as domain phases in a matrix phase formed of a vinyl resin. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356781 | MAGNETIC CARRIER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, REPLENISHING DEVELOPER, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A magnetic carrier includes resin-filled magnetic core particles including porous magnetic particles whose pores are filled with a resin, and resin coating layers on the surfaces of the resin-filled magnetic core particles. The porous magnetic particles have specific electrical properties. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356782 | MAGNETIC CARRIER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, DEVELOPER FOR REPLENISHMENT, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - A magnetic carrier contains a resin-filled magnetic core particle and a resin covering layer provided on a surface of the resin-filled magnetic core particle. The resin-filled magnetic core particle is a porous magnetic particle containing a resin in pores thereof. The magnetic carrier has a 50% particle diameter (D50) of 30.0 μm or more and 80.0 μm or less on a volume basis. An electric current flowing through the magnetic carrier at a voltage of 500 V ranges from 8.0 to 50.0 μA. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356783 | MAGNETIC CARRIER, TWO-COMPONENT DEVELOPER, DEVELOPER FOR REPLENISHMENT, AND IMAGE FORMING METHOD - There is provided a magnetic carrier having a resin coating layer formed on the surface of each of particles prepared by putting resin in the pores of porous magnetic particles, wherein | 2014-12-04 |
20140356784 | METHOD FOR CREATING A SCRATCH-OFF DOCUMENT WITH LOW ENERGY COMPONENTS - A method of creating a scratch-off document, the method includes the steps of providing a substrate; applying an image toner on the substrate; heating the image toner which causes the image toner to fix to the substrate and causes low surface energy component in the image toner to migrate to a surface of a formed image; applying a non-image toner on the surface of the formed image and the substrate; fusing the non-image toner which fuses the non-image toner to the surface of the formed image and the substrate, which causes the fused non-image toner to fuse to a level that permits scratch-off of a scratch-off portion of the fused non-image toner. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356785 | PHOTORESISTS COMPRISING CARBAMATE COMPONENT - New photoresist compositions are provided that comprise a carbamate compound that comprises 1) a carbamate group and 2) an ester group. Preferred photoresists of the invention may comprise a resin with acid-labile groups; an acid generator compound; and a carbamate compound that can function to decrease undesired photogenerated-acid diffusion out of unexposed regions of a photoresist coating layer. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356786 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND USES THEREOF - The invention relates to a photosensitive resin composition, and an overcoat and/or spacer for a liquid crystal display component. The photosensitive resin composition comprises an alkali-soluble resin (A), a compound having an ethylenically unsaturated group (B); a photoinitiator (C); a solvent (D); and an organic acid (E). The alkali-soluble resin (A) comprises a resin having an unsaturated group (A-1) synthesized by polymerizing a mixture, and the mixture comprises an epoxy compound having at least two epoxy groups (i) and a compound having at least one carboxyl group and at least one vinyl unsaturated group (ii). A molecular weight of said organic acid (E) is below 1000. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356787 | RESIST COMPOSITION, COMPOUND, POLYMERIC COMPOUND AND METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN - A resist composition comprising a compound (m0) (wherein Rb | 2014-12-04 |
20140356788 | FLUORINATED PHOTORESIST WITH INTEGRATED SENSITIZER - A method of patterning a device comprises providing on a device substrate a layer of a fluorinated photopolymer comprising at least three distinct repeating units including a first repeating unit having a fluorine-containing group, a second repeating unit having an acid- or alcohol-forming precursor group, and a third repeating unit having a sensitizing dye. The photopolymer has a total fluorine content in a range of 15 to 60% by weight. The photopolymer layer is exposed to patterned light and contacted with a developing agent to remove a portion of exposed photopolymer layer in accordance with the patterned light, thereby forming a developed structure having a first pattern of photopolymer covering the substrate and a complementary second pattern of uncovered substrate corresponding to the removed portion of photopolymer. The developing agent comprises at least 50% by volume of a fluorinated solvent. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356789 | FLUORINATED PHOTOPOLYMER WITH INTEGRATED ANTHRACENE SENSITIZER - A method of patterning a device comprises providing on a device substrate a layer of a fluorinated photopolymer comprising at least three distinct repeating units including a first repeating unit having a fluorine-containing group, a second repeating unit having an acid- or alcohol-forming precursor group, and a third repeating unit having an anthracene-based sensitizing dye. The photopolymer has a total fluorine content in a range of 15 to 60% by weight. The photopolymer layer is exposed to patterned light and contacted with a developing agent to remove a portion of exposed photopolymer layer in accordance with the patterned light, thereby forming a developed structure having a first pattern of photopolymer covering the substrate and a complementary second pattern of uncovered substrate corresponding to the removed portion of photopolymer. The developing agent comprises at least 50% by volume of a fluorinated solvent. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356790 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING MICRO-STRUCTURE AND OPTICALLY PATTERNABLE SACRIFICIAL FILM-FORMING COMPOSITION - A micro-structure is manufactured by patterning a sacrificial film, forming an inorganic material film on the pattern, and etching away the sacrificial film pattern through an aperture to define a space having the contour of the pattern. The patterning stage includes the steps of (A) coating a substrate with a composition comprising a cresol novolac resin, a crosslinker, and a photoacid generator, (B) heating to form a sacrificial film, (C) patternwise exposure, (D) development to form a sacrificial film pattern, and (E) forming crosslinks within the cresol novolac resin. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356791 | METHOD OF MAKING NANOSTRUCTURE - A method for making nanostructure is provided. The method includes following steps. A conductive layer including a graphene film is applied on an insulating substrate. A resist layer is placed on the conductive layer. A number of openings are formed by patterning the resist layer via electron beam lithography. A part of the conductive layer is exposed to form a first exposed portion through the plurality of openings. The first exposed portion of the conductive layer is removed to expose a part of the insulting substrate to form a second exposed portion. A preform layer is introduced on the second exposed portion of the insulating substrate. Remaining resist layer and remaining conductive layer are eliminated. A number of nanostructures are formed. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356792 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING TUNGSTEN OXIDE FILM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING TUNGSTEN OXIDE FILM USING SAME | 2014-12-04 |
20140356793 | OXY-FUEL COMBUSTION OXIDANT HEATER INTERNAL ARRANGEMENT - A regenerative oxidant preheater internal arrangement, including a system and method for use thereof, utilizing a unique recycle oxy-combustion methodology which includes at least two primary combustion oxidant sectors placed adjacent to both the flue gas side as well as a secondary oxidant sector positioned between the two primary sectors. A tri-sector regenerative oxidant preheater apparatus, method and arrangement for utilization with oxy-fired pulverized coal combustion power plants. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356794 | Combustion Chamber Supply Device and Method Thereof - A supply tube assembly has a central longitudinal axis, a first end and a second end and includes a supply pipe extending in parallel with the central longitudinal axis from the second end of the supply tube assembly to the first end of the supply tube assembly. The supply pipe is open to form a pipe outlet at the first end. The supply pipe is configured for transporting solid particles carried by a fluid from the second end to the pipe outlet. A ramp arranged inside the supply pipe at the pipe outlet and pivotably arranged such that the inclination of the ramp in relation to the longitudinal axis is adjustable by pivoting the ramp about a pivot axis which is perpendicular to the central longitudinal axis, with the ramp extending from said pivot axis towards the pipe outlet. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356795 | OIL-FIRED BURNER, SOLID FUEL-FIRED BURNER UNIT, AND SOLID FUEL-FIRED BOILER - An oil-fired burner ( | 2014-12-04 |
20140356796 | HEATING VAPORIZATION SYSTEM AND HEATING VAPORIZATION METHOD - A heating vaporization system provided with: a container that heats and vaporizes a source to produce source gas; a pipe for leading out the source gas; a sensor flow path that is provided in the pipe; a flow rate detecting part that is provided with a thermal type flow rate sensor provided in the sensor flow path, and measures a flow rate of the source gas flowing through the pipe; a flow rate regulating part that regulates the flow rate of the source gas flowing through the pipe located upstream of the flow rate detecting part; and a control part that uses a result of the detection by the flow rate detecting part to control the flow rate regulating part. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356797 | DENTAL IMPLANT AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a dental implant which enables the formation of a functional periodontal tissue around the implant after the implantation of the implant. The dental implant according to the present invention is characterized in that a cell mass originated from a tooth germ tissue or a periodontal ligament tissue is placed on the surface of the implant and the surface of the implant on which the cell mass is to be placed is the whole or a part of a surface that is surrounded by an alveolar bone of a recipient during the implantation of the implant. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356798 | Milling Block with Orthodontic Auxiliary - A milling block fitted with, or directly milled into said block at least one orthodontic auxiliary. These auxiliaries include but are not limited to orthodontic fasteners, buttons, cleats, tubes, brackets, springs, tad fastening clamps flex fit modules (FFM) or flex fit wafers (FFW) to be placed within the mouth and attached to teeth after custom milling of the block to conform to the anatomy of a tooth/teeth and/or TADS or other orthodontic appliances such as RPE screw and/or other orthodontic hardware. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356799 | LINGUAL ORTHODONTIC APPLIANCE WITH REMOVABLE SECTION - An aesthetic, partially removable orthodontic appliance is described, including a polymeric body that conforms to the lingual soft tissue and at least one wire member extending from the polymeric body. Each wire member releasably engages with a respective anchor that is, in turn, connected to the lingual surface of a respective tooth when the polymeric body is moved in a generally gingival direction into abutting relationship with the lingual soft tissue. Other features of the appliance include self-guiding magnetic couplings and couplings based on interlocking mechanical structures that provide releasable engagement between the removable section and the anchors, as well as related methods for making and using the same. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356800 | SYSTEM OF TUBE AND RESIN FOR ORTHODONTICS - A system of tube and resin for orthodontics includes a tube that serves as a conduit for a wire; and a resin, wherein the resin surrounds the tube, wherein the resin can attach to a tooth, and wherein both ends of the tube have perimeters larger than a perimeter at a middle section of the tube. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356801 | Reduced-Friction Buccal Tube and Method of Use - An orthodontic appliance includes features for reducing friction between an interior of an archwire slot portion of the appliance and an archwire to be placed within the archwire slot. Other embodiments include a rounded exterior occlusal surface. Embodiments further include one or more receptacles for receiving an installation tool. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356802 | Intraoral Light Emitting Appliance - An intraoral light emitting appliance having an external surface including opposed bite surfaces adapted for removable engagement by the upper and lower teeth to prop open the mouth of a patient. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356803 | Light for Oral Anesthesia Injection Syringe - A light for use with an oral anesthesia syringe that is received into a passageway of a barrel of the light. When the syringe is received into a first opening in a proximal end of the barrel's passageway, the needle of the syringe extends through a second opening at the proximal end of the barrel. At least one lamp and preferably a plurality of lamps at the distal end of the barrel illuminate the needle and the interior of a patient's mouth. A battery is included in the light for powering the lamps. The insertion of the syringe into the barrel may a pair of contacts to cause the battery to power the lamps, or the battery may be removed to remove power from the lamps. A disposable integrated syringe and light combination is also described. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356804 | LIGHT MIXTURE - The invention relates to a light mixing device for a medical or dental-medical lighting device, in particular for a light curing device for the polymerisation of dental masses, which device comprises a housing with a light generation device, as well as a light conductor. The light mixing device ( | 2014-12-04 |
20140356805 | RADIOGRAPHIC GUIDE WITH RADIO-OPAQUE FEATURES - A blank for forming a radiographic guide is formed from a material substantially translucent to x-rays and has external surfaces. The blank encases portions of one or more radio-opaque features, wherein the one or more radio-opaque features are embedded within the blank and extend at least between the external surfaces of the blank. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356806 | Components, System & Method for Making Dentures in a Single Visit - Creating a denture by using the patient's mouth as an intra-oral articulator by use of an upper and/or lower dental impression tray for creating the impression of the edentulous mouth, the trays having platforms or support surfaces which magnetically hold a main frame therebetween. The orientation of the main frame is adjustable and lockable with respect to the lower tray all while within the mouth. Once the main frame is located and locked in place, artificial teeth formed with holding wax and a rearwardly extending fork are slid into a slot of the main frame and also locked. The wax holding the artificial teeth is then melted to integrate the teeth with formed respective upper and lower custom trays. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356807 | APPLICATOR AND METHOD FOR APPLYING A TOOTH WHITENING COMPOSITION - The method of the present invention is directed to the storage and dispensing of a peroxide containing tooth whitening composition. During storage and subsequent use the composition in the storage chamber must be maintained segregated from the applicator surface. This is accomplished by delivering the peroxide containing tooth whitening composition from the storage chamber through a delivery channel having a length and a cross-sectional diameter sufficient to preclude the migration of moisture and the enzyme catalase from the application surface to the storage chamber. The composition is applied to teeth by means of bristles, a sponge surface or fibrillated surface. This applicator can be used with both aqueous and non-aqueous peroxide containing tooth whitening compositions. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356808 | Irrigation tip adaptor for ultrasonic handpiece - An adaptor for coupling a dental irrigation tip to an ultrasonic dental handpiece is disclosed. The dental handpiece is connected to a fluid source. The adaptor comprises an elongated body having a distal end for connection to the irrigation tip and a proximal end for connection to the dental handpiece. The elongated body has a through bore in fluid communication with the dental handpiece and the irrigation tip. In an alternate embodiment, the adaptor may replace the ultrascaling dental handpiece. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356809 | Reamer with an improved blade for root canal preparation - The invention relates to a reamer with an improved blade for use in root canal preparation, the blade being spiral-shaped with a pitch increasing towards the tip, and with a cutting or non-cutting tip. At given points along the length of the spiral of the blade, there is a plurality of gaps, the spiral starting again beyond the gaps, wherein the portion where the spiral is interrupted has either a constant or decreasing cross section linking the two diameters before and after the gap. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356810 | POSITIVE DRIVE CHUCK AND BUR ARRANGEMENT FOR A DENTAL HANDPIECE - A chuck assembly for a dental handpiece includes a hollow cylindrical tube portion having a first internal bore, and a chuck portion having a second bore. The chuck portion is supported within the first bore co-rotational with the tube portion about a common axis. The chuck portion has an annular body portion defining the second bore for supporting a cylindrical tool therein. A drive element comprising a drive pin inserted in a first end of the tube portion traverses the first internal bore at a first end of the tube portion. The drive pin cooperates with a distal end of a rotary tool insertable into the second bore to transfer torque to the tool. The tool has an elongated body portion having a driven portion and a working portion. The driven portion includes a shank portion with channels for receiving the drive pin. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356811 | DENTAL WEDGE - A dental wedge ( | 2014-12-04 |
20140356812 | ANCHOR AND TOOTHSCREW SYSTEMS - An anchoring receiver is implanted into a jaw bone region of a user and a novel screw and false tooth may be threadably inserted into the anchoring receiver. As the screw and false tooth member is screwed into the anchoring receiver, a biasible slit that bifurcates a bottom portion of the anchoring receiver may expand outwardly and against the jaw bone region of the user, thus providing a cost effective artificial tooth assembly having improved stability and firmness. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356813 | Endosseous Single Tooth Implant - The invention concerns a single tooth implant for a fixed tooth replacement having a substantially cylindrical base body which can be inserted into a bore made in a jaw bone, an abutment which can be inserted into the annular recess of the base body and having a bore for receiving a holding screw and a fixing head for the tooth replacement, and a holding screw which can be inserted into the blind bore in the base body and which passes through the abutment. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356814 | DENTAL IMPLANT HAVING ENHANCED EARLY STABILITY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - The present invention relates to a dental implant having an enhanced early stability and a method for manufacturing same, and more specifically to a dental implant and a method for manufacturing same which assure early stability and fixation power of an implant by suppressing early osteolysis after an implant procedure, and allowing better bone coherence of the implant surface during an osteogenic period by controlling the speed of bone remodeling. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356815 | BLANK AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A DENTAL PROSTHESIS - Embodiments relate to a dental prosthesis molding block for producing a dental prosthesis part, to a corresponding method for producing a dental prosthesis part, and to such a dental prosthesis part. The dental prosthesis molding block has a dentin zone, which is embedded into an enamel region, a boundary surface thus being formed. The boundary surface of the dentin zone has a first dentin surface, which is directed toward the labial surface of a first potential dental prosthesis part, and a second boundary surface for forming a second dentin surface, which is directed toward the labial surface of a second potential dental prosthesis part. The first and second dentin surfaces preferably have respective convex shapes, wherein the sizes and/or shapes of the two dentin surfaces preferably differ from each other. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356816 | Training Rifle and Magazine - The present invention is directed to a polymer training rifle which may include a modular receiver portion, a simulated barrel nut, one or more interchangeable modular barrels, and a receiver extension tube. Selected parts and tactical accessories may be connected to the rifle training system to provide a customized training rifle. The modular receiver may include a magazine well that receives an actual magazine or an inert replica magazine. The receiver portion also may include a functional magazine catch assembly which allows a trainee to selectively secure and release a magazine from the magazine well. The one or more modular barrels, modular receiver portion, and inert replica magazine may each include a metal core to allow for detection by security screening equipment. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356817 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ARRANGING FIREARMS TRAINING SCENARIOS - Systems and methods of arranging a firearms training scenario utilising at least one robotic mobile target in a training area are disclosed, the method including the steps of: sending commands to at least one robotic target in a training area to cause the target to operate in the training area; recording operations data representative of the operations carried out by the at least one robotic target; and subsequently conducting a training scenario in the training area wherein the at least one robotic target bases its actions at least partially on the previously recorded operations data. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356818 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TEACHING CHILDREN FINANCIAL LITERACY - In an embodiment of the present invention, a system is provided for teaching children financial literacy. The system comprises four educational games: (1) a method for learning about money (“Money Game”); (2) a method for learning about budgeting (“Budget Game”); (3) a method for learning about investing (“Investing Game”); and (4) a method for learning about building a business (“Building a Business Game”). | 2014-12-04 |
20140356819 | PORTABLE ELECTRONIC BRAILLE READER - A portable electronic Braille reader which includes a capacitive screen to which information is input via an input port or any other suitable means, which information is decoded and coded by a microprocessor in order to convert the information into Braille characters; a thimble which includes elements capable of generating a stimulus in the reader's finger so that the reader recognizes the characters represented on the screen, and guide lines for ensuring that the thimble slides in the correct direction and on the correct trajectories during reading. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356820 | LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIAL CUSTOMIZING SYSTEM, LANGUAGE TEACHING MATERIAL CUSTOMIZING METHOD AND RECORDING MEDIUM - A language teaching material customizing system is provided in which a user can customize a language teaching material content freely. Specifically, the language teaching material customizing system of the present invention includes a client apparatus which produces customization data and a server apparatus which produces language teaching material content data. The server apparatus includes a storage section which stores an original sentence text, a translation sentence text, an original sentence sound source, a translation sentence sound source and a segment sound, and a control section which produces the language teaching material content data based on the customization data. The client apparatus includes a display section which displays a customization screen, an input section which receives an input from the user, and a control section which produces the customization data based on the input of the user. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356821 | VOCABULARY LEARNING TOOLS - A facility for vocabulary learning is described. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356822 | Methods and apparatus for conversation coach - In exemplary implementations of this invention, a display screen and speakers present an audiovisual display of an animated character to a human user during a conversational period of a coaching session. The virtual character asks questions, listens to the user, and engages in mirroring and backchanneling. A camera and microphone gather audiovisual data regarding behavior of the user. After the conversational period, the display screen and speakers display feedback to the user regarding the user's behavior. For example, the feedback may include a plot of the user's smiles over time, or information regarding prosody of the user's speech. The feedback may also include playing a video of the user that was recorded during the conversational period. The feedback may also include a timeline of the human user's behavior. The virtual coaching may be provided over the Internet. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356823 | Meditation device - A meditation and prayer device including a body portion, electronics, integrated user interface, and data port. The device includes a user interface that allows the user to set the practice session duration, color of light, and choice of sound. The electronics enables the device to emit visual and auditory cues for when the practice session begins and ends. Data are stored in the device and available for transfer to other electronics products and online services through a data port. The device is portable and easy to manufacture. | 2014-12-04 |
20140356824 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TREATMENT OF STIMULI INDUCED PSYCHOLOGICAL DISORDERS - A patient may be treated for a psychological disorder, such as misophonia or a phobia, through the use of a system and method. The method may store a trigger media set in a data store; the trigger media set may include one or more trigger media files that encode audio, visual, and/or audiovisual trigger stimuli known to trigger the psychological disorder. A treatment plan may also be stored in the data store; the treatment plan may include at least a first trigger selection of a first trigger media file from the trigger media set. A processor may execute the treatment plan by intermittently initiating playback of the first trigger selection for the patient, through a first output device. This playback may be mixed with exposure of the patient to positive stimuli, which may also be included in the treatment plan and provided through the first output device. | 2014-12-04 |