02nd week of 2015 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20150008273 | SPRING-DRIVEN REEL - A spring-driven reel is adapted to include a gear assembly, and a reel assembly operatively coupled to at least one gear of the gear assembly. The spring-driven reel can also include at least one spring assembly. The spring assembly can include a screw member and a non-rotatable nut moveably mounted to the screw member. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008274 | CHARGING-CABLE STORAGE DEVICE - Provided is a charging-cable storage device that includes a holder-side socket to be electrically connected to a side of a charging power supply, a holder provided with the holder-side socket, a reel that is attachably and detachably attached to the holder and that includes a rotating drum to wind up the charging cable, and a reel-side socket that is provided to the reel and fitted to the holder-side socket to thereby electrically connect the side of the charging power supply and the charging cable to each other. At least either the holder-side socket or the reel-side socket is rotatable, and the holder and the reel are provided with respective identification marks. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008275 | OPTICAL FIBER TERMINAL FIXING TOOL FOR WINDING OPTICAL FIBER AND OPTICAL FIBER WINDING METHOD - An optical fiber terminal fixing tool includes: a disc-shaped substrate having a plate surface; a holding surface which is provided on the plate surface and interposes the terminal portion of the optical fiber between the holding surface and the first flange portion; and a protrusion which continues in a circumferential direction with a larger diameter than an outer diameter of the first flange portion in an outer circumferential portion on the plate surface while protruding toward the bobbin in a state where the fixing tool is mounted on the rotating shaft of the optical fiber winding machine. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008276 | METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WINDING A MATERIAL WEB - Device for winding a material web, particularly a metal strip, wherein a coil ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150008277 | TAPE SPLICING SYSTEMS AND METHODS - Disclosed herein are embodiments of a tape splicing system for coupling a leading end of a staged tape to a trailing end of a running tape to form a continuous tape. The splicing system can comprise a connector having an opening for allowing the running tape to pass through, a leading end element having an opening for engaging the connector, and a trailing end element. The leading end element can be secured to the leading end of the staged tape and the trailing end element can be secured to the trailing end of the running tape. The connector can couple the leading end element to the trailing end element to splice the staged tape to the running tape. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008278 | Apparatus and Method for Transport of Balancing Weights - Apparatus and a method for transporting and positioning of balancing weights connected together to form a chain of balancing weights is disclosed. A drive means comprises at least a transport wheel and/or a transport belt. The drive means has at least one cam to interface with a gap between two adjacent balancing weights of the chain of balancing weights. Furthermore a cutter may be provided for cutting of balancing weights from the chain. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008279 | Air Vehicle Flight Mechanism and Control Method - Heavier-than-air, aircraft having flapping wings, e.g., ornithopters, where angular orientation control is effected by variable differential sweep angles of deflection of the flappable wings in the course of sweep angles of travel and/or the control of variable wing membrane tension. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008280 | LAUNCHED AIR VEHICLE SYSTEM - A launch canister for ejection from a submerged launch platform, the launch canister being adapted for ejection in a direction substantially along a first axis of the launch canister and comprising: an enclosure for carrying a UAV; a nose cap releasably located in a launch opening at a forward end of the launch canister; a launch mechanism for driving a UAV carried in the enclosure out of the launch canister through the launch opening in a direction substantially along said first axis; and a water surface sensor for detecting when the nose cap of the canister broaches the surface of the water; wherein the launch canister is configured to, on the water surface sensor detecting that the nose cap of the canister has broached the surface of the water, immediately release the nose cap and initiate the launch mechanism to drive a UAV carried in the enclosure out of the launch canister through the launch opening. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008281 | AIRCRAFT INTERIOR TRIM PANEL, AND AIRCRAFT FITTED WITH SUCH PANELS - A trim panel for the interior of an aircraft, the panel having a multilayer structure and including an outer layer made of material impervious to air, and which is positioned in use facing the fuselage of the aircraft; an inner layer made of trim material, and which in use defines the interior; a structural layer interposed between the inner and outer layer; and acoustic energy dissipating material, also interposed between the inner and outer layer; the inner layer being made of porous material allowing airflow towards the acoustic energy dissipating material. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008282 | VIRTUAL STAR ILLUMINATION IN A CABIN OF AN AIRCRAFT AND CABIN ATTENDANT SIGNAL IN SUCH CABIN - The invention relates to a display device for an aircraft cabin, comprising a display adapted to display a plurality of stars. A further aspect of the invention is an aircraft cabin comprising such a display device and an aircraft cabin wall compartment comprising a plurality of wall sections and a plurality of light emitting means for individually illuminating each wall section, wherein said wall sections and said light emitting means form such a display device. According to the invention, said display is adapted to display a plurality of stars. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008283 | AIRCRAFT SEATING UNIT WITH FIXTURE MEMBER - The invention relates to an aircraft passenger service arrangement comprising one or more passenger service units for arrangement above a passenger seat, and a fixture member. The passenger service arrangement is characterized in that the fixture member is adapted for directly fixing the passenger service unit to a passenger seat in a defined relationship to each other. Further the invention relates to a seating device comprising an aircraft passenger service arrangement. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008284 | PRESSURE PANELS - Anisotropic pressure panels are disclosed. The pressure panels include at least two distinct regions, with one region yielding to lateral deformation more than at least one other region. The regions each independently may include a plurality of beads, such beads optionally integrally formed in the body of the pressure panel. In aerospace applications, the pressure panel may be coupled to load-bearing structures, such as wings, and may at least partially define a wheel well. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008285 | PRESSURE FUSELAGE OF AN AIRCRAFT WITH A FUSELAGE SHELL AND A PRESSURE BULKHEAD DISPOSED THEREIN - A pressure bulkhead of an aircraft with a fuselage shell and a pressure bulkhead disposed therein preferably in the rear region for forming a fuselage-internal pressure region, which pressure bulkhead is attached on the edge in the interior of the fuselage shell, wherein the pressure bulkhead has a lenticular cross-section and a sandwich construction that comprises a foam core sandwiched between two opposing exterior shells. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008286 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR IMPROVING EFFICIENCY OF AIRCRAFT GATE SERVICES AND TURNAROUND - A system and method is provided for improving efficiency of aircraft gate services and reducing time spent by an aircraft parked parallel to an airport terminal wherein aircraft utilities and gate services provided during turnaround are supported by an arrangement of flexibly movable, service and utility-carrying extendable passenger boarding bridges that enable passenger and baggage exchange concurrently with connection of utilities and provision of gate services to the aircraft. Aircraft are maneuvered by a pilot into and out of a parallel parking location in a forward direction by an engines-off electric taxi system that does not rely on the use of aircraft main engines to drive the aircraft, enabling loading bridge, utility, and service connections to be made to multiple aircraft doors as soon as the aircraft arrives at a parking space and then quickly disconnected upon departure. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008287 | Spacecraft's parachutes with straps for compensating the oscillations - Spacecraft's ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150008288 | Standard Transit Tug - A standard transit tug is disclosed. The tug can dock with spacecraft to provide propulsion for the spacecraft. Further, the tug may dock with other specialty tugs to form a custom transport system. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008289 | Solar generator tug - A solar generator tug is disclosed. The tug can dock with spacecraft to provide power for the spacecraft. Further, the tug may dock with other specialty tugs to form a custom transport system. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008290 | Docking node transporter tug - A docking node transporter tug is disclosed. The tug can dock with various spacecraft to allow access by people between the spacecraft. Further, the tug may dock with other specialty tugs to form a custom system. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008291 | Active Winglet - An active winglet includes a body portion substantially parallel to a wing of an aircraft, as if it were an extension of the wing. The body portion is attachable to an aircraft wing and includes a controllable airflow modification device coupled thereto. By virtue of having a controllable airflow modification device, the winglet is capable of adjusting a control surface of the controllable airflow modification device in response to in-flight conditions, to reduce wing loads, increase range, and/or increase efficiency. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008292 | FLOW CONTROL STRUCTURE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD FOR CONTROLLING ATTACHMENT WITH A CONTROL SURFACE - A wing assembly, a wing applique and an associated method for controlling the flow of air over a wing are provided. A wing assembly may include a wing having leading and trailing edges. The wing assembly also includes a flow control structure, such as an applique, carried by the surface of the wing so as to extend from a first end to a second end. The flow control structure defines an inlet proximate to the first end, an outlet proximate to the second end and the internal passage extending from the inlet to the outlet. The wing assembly may also include a control surface, such as a wedge, positioned downstream of the outlet. The flow control structure is configured to control the flow of air exiting from the outlet in order to correspondingly control attachment of the air with the control surface. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008293 | TRAIN CONTROL APPARATUS - A train control apparatus includes: a first ground device | 2015-01-08 |
20150008294 | DEVICE FOR MEASURING SPEED AND POSITION OF A VEHICLE MOVING ALONG A GUIDANCE TRACK, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT CORRESPONDING THERETO - A device is provided for measuring speed and/or position of a vehicle moving along a guidance track, by day and by night, and doing so whatever the climatic conditions. Such a device includes at least one image capture apparatus delivering a sequence of digital images of an environment of the vehicle; an apparatus that determines the apparent motion of at least one visual index, called a primitive, between two images delivered by the image capture apparatus, so as to determine the apparent motion of said at least one visual index; and an apparatus that estimates speed and/or the position of the vehicle on the basis of the apparent motion of the at least one visual index. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008295 | Assembly Cable Tray Using Retardant Plastics and Joint Device Thereof - A knockdown cable tray made of a fire-retardant plastic and a coupling device therefor are capable of being used to easily and efficiently install an incombustible knockdown cable tray to suspend a plurality of cables from a ceiling. The knockdown cable tray includes: a pair of side panels, each of which includes a frame having a plurality of coupling holes formed in opposite ends thereof in a lengthwise direction and a coupler protruding outwardly from the frame, the side panels being located opposite each other; a plurality of rung members, each of which is detachably coupled to the couplers and firmly supports the side panels; and coupling devices, each of which is detachably coupled to the coupling holes of each frame and firmly couples a plurality of side panels disposed in a lengthwise direction. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008296 | STAND FOR MACHINE COMPONENTS - A stand is disclosed for supporting a moldboard and a drawbar of a grading machine. The stand may comprise a base frame and a component support unit. The said stand may be configured to support the moldboard, and the component support unit may be configured to support at least a portion of the drawbar. The base frame and the component support unit may be configured to: (a) support a substantial portion of the moldboard above the base frame; and (b) support a substantial portion of the drawbar above the base frame and the moldboard when the moldboard is supported on the stand. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008297 | Tripod Soap Holder - A soap holder is provided having a tripod projection suitable to receive a cake of soap that has a central hole (described in prior art as “Spindle Soap”). This invention simultaneously provides balanced support and multiple openings for improved drainage of the cake of soap between uses. The soap holder may be made of stainless steel, brass, plastics, resins, and porcelain, among other materials, and may be a single formed piece. The device may be easily cast or formed by injection mold technique. The soap holder may also be fabricated from wire, rod or plate stock. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008298 | QUICK CONNECT ROOF CLIP AND COMPATIBLE ROOFTOP EQUIPMENT - A device to which a compatible a roof jack, safety rail, or other rooftop equipment may be attached, which device reduces or eliminates damage to roof components, to which lanyards may be attached, which allows the roof jack, safety rail, or other equipment to be removed, and which may be permanently affixed to the roof for future use. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008299 | APPARATUS FOR OPERATING AVN MONITOR - An apparatus for operating an AVN (Audio, Video and Navigation) monitor for a vehicle may include a belt guider which is installed in an accommodation space of a dashboard and around which a belt, moving in a longitudinal direction of the belt guider, is wound, a guide rail fixed to the belt guider and extending in the longitudinal direction of the belt guider, a monitor hinge connected to the belt and engaged to the guide rail and an end of a connection bracket so as to move along the guide rail, wherein the connection bracket is connected to the AVN monitor, and a driving force transmission gear engaged with the belt to move the belt in the longitudinal direction. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008300 | VEHICLE CAMERA-SECURING ASSEMBLY - A video monitoring system is configured to be secured to a portion of a vehicle. The system may include a vehicle camera-securing assembly that includes a securing bracket including a plurality of walls defining a camera chamber, and at least one camera-securing member. The system may also include a camera positioned within the camera chamber. The camera is securely retained within the camera chamber by the at least one camera-securing member. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008301 | CLAMPING FIXTURE - A clamping fixture includes a tray, a handle received into the tray, a first clamping element, a second clamping element, a transmission mechanism, and a connection handle. The first clamping element is slidably received into the first sliding groove and is connected to the handle. The tray defines a receiving chamber for placing a workpiece. The receiving chamber includes a first side end and a second side end substantially perpendicular to the first side end. The first side end defines a first sliding groove, and the second side end defines a second sliding groove. One end of the connection handle is fixedly connected to the first clamping element, and another end of the connection handle is connected to the second clamping element through the transmission mechanism. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008302 | FLEXIBLE SUPPORT APPARATUS - A flexible support apparatus is provided, including a flexible plate and a wrapping layer, wherein the flexible plate is made of flexible tin plate, and the wrapping layer wraps around the circumference of the flexible plate. The wrapping layer is made of a soft material with high friction coefficient. The flexible plate having a thickness of 3-7 mm and the wrapping layer having a thickness of 1-4 mm. As such, the user can bend the flexible plate into various shape for placing an electronic device to be held standing at a specific angle. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008303 | MOUNTS FOR AN OPTICAL STRUCTURE HAVING A GROOVED PROTRUDING MEMBER WITH A DAMPING RING DISPOSED IN OR ON THE GROOVE AND METHODS OF MOUNTING AN OPTICAL STRUCTURE USING SUCH MOUNTS - An improved mount for, and method of mounting, an optical structure having a grooved/relieved protruding member with a damping ring therein or on is provided. The grooved/relieved protruding member may extend from the optical structure, and an upper element having a first opening extending therethrough may receive at least a portion of the grooved/relieved member in the first opening. The upper element may include second and third openings therein that operate along with the first opening and a tightening mechanism. Tightening of the tightening mechanism into at least one of the third opening and the second opening causes the ends of the head portions to draw toward each other so that the first opening of the upper element tightens around the at least a portion of the grooved/relieved protruding member. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008304 | MOUNTS FOR AN OPTICAL STRUCTURE HAVING A GROOVED PROTRUDING MEMBER WITH A DAMPING RING DISPOSED IN OR ON THE GROOVE AND METHODS OF MOUNTING AN OPTICAL STRUCTURE USING SUCH MOUNTS - An improved mount for, and method of mounting, an optical structure having a grooved/relieved protruding member with a damping ring therein or on is provided. The grooved/relieved protruding member may extend from the optical structure, and an upper element having a first opening extending therethrough may receive at least a portion of the grooved/relieved member in the first opening. The upper element may include second and third openings therein that operate along with the first opening and a tightening mechanism. Tightening of the tightening mechanism into at least one of the third opening and the second opening causes the ends of the head portions to draw toward each other so that the first opening of the upper element tightens around the at least a portion of the grooved/relieved protruding member. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008305 | SYSTEM FOR REDUCING ENGINE ROLL - A system for an engine torque support is described comprising a support member connected to a vehicle structure at a first end via a bearing comprising a bearing core surrounded by a bearing bush. The bearing bush has a recess, and the bearing core includes a receiving channel for a connector, a notch extending transversely relative to the receiving channel, and a connection web formed in a plane of the notch creating a first core portion, and a second core portion of the bearing core. The second core portion is spaced apart from the first core portion by the notch, and the second core portion is displaced relative to the first core portion via resilient deformation of the connection web and/or via breaking of the connection web. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008306 | SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR A CONSTANT FOOTPRINT, CONSTANT GSD, CONSTANT SPATIAL RESOLUTION LINESCANNER - A line scanner scans in a cross track direction and moves forward on a platform in an along track direction. The line scanner includes a plurality of detectors forming a left array and a plurality of detectors forming a right array. The left array and the right array are tilted away from a line formed in the along track direction. The left array is configured to detect scene radiance from a surface of an object when the line scanner is scanning the surface on the right side of the line formed in the along track direction. The right array is configured to detect scene radiance from the surface of the object when the line scanner is scanning the surface to the left side of the line formed in the along track direction. The detectors in each respective array are configured to simultaneously detect the scene radiance. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008307 | Imaging Array with Improved Dynamic Range Utilizing Parasitic Photodiodes - A pixel sensor having a main photodetector and a parasitic photodiode and a method for reading out that pixel sensor are disclosed. The pixel sensor is read by reading a first potential on a floating diffusion node in the pixel sensor while the floating diffusion node is isolated from the main photodiode. The pixel sensor is then exposed to light such that the floating diffusion node and the photodetector are both exposed to the light. A second potential on the floating diffusion node is then readout while the floating diffusion node is isolated from the main photodiode. After the first and second potentials are readout, a third potential on the floating diffusion node is readout. The main photodiode is then connected to the floating diffusion node, and a fourth potential on the floating diffusion node is readout. First and second light intensities are determined from the readout potentials. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008308 | Analog-to-Digital Converter with Redundancy for Image Sensor Readout - Methods and systems for analog-to-digital conversion applicable to an image sensor, such as a CMOS image sensor, in which an ADC comprises built-in redundancy such that the ADC can start its conversion cycle before the ADC input settles to a desired resolution and the ADC can yet accurately convert the ADC input to a digital value with the desired resolution. In a CMOS image sensor, such an ADC configuration enables the pixel readout time to overlap with the ADC conversion time, reducing the total time needed to convert the pixel signal value to a digital value with the desired resolution. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008309 | HIGH-RESOLUTION SCANNING MICROSCOPY - In a microscope for high resolution scanning microscopy of a sample, said microscope comprising—an illumination device for illuminating the sample,—an imaging device for scanning at least one point spot or line spot across the sample and for imaging the point spot or line spot into a diffraction-limited, stationary single image with magnification into a detection plane ,—a detector device for detecting the single image in the detection plane for different scanning positions with a spatial resolution, which, taking into consideration the magnification, is at least twice as high as a full width at half maximum of the diffraction-limited single image,—an evaluation device for evaluating a diffraction pattern of the single image for the scanning positions from data of the detector device and for generating an image of the sample, said image having a resolution that is increased beyond the diffraction limit, provision is made for—the detector device to have a detector array, which has pixels and is larger than the single image, and—a non-imaging redistribution element, which is disposed upstream of the detector array and distributes the radiation from the detection plane in a non-imaging manner among the pixels of the detector array. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008310 | Pulsed Mass Calibration in Time-of-Flight Mass Spectrometry - A method is provided for calibrating mass-to-charge ratio measurements obtained from a time-of-flight mass spectrometer used as a detector for a chromatographic system. The method can include introducing a calibrant material into the time-of-flight mass spectrometer after a sample is introduced to the chromatographic system, but before the analysis of the sample is complete, such that calibrant material and sample material are not present at the ion source of the mass spectrometer, contemporaneously, and back-flushing residual or leaking calibrant through a back-flush line and away from the mass spectrometer. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008311 | REDUCTION OF CROSS-TALK BETWEEN RF COMPONENTS IN A MASS SPECTROMETER - The invention generally relates to an assembly of a first RF component and a second RF component in a mass spectrometer, the first RF component comprising a first set of electrodes and the second RF component comprising a second set of electrodes, wherein the RF components are located and aligned end-to-end to one another, and wherein a transverse dimension of the electrodes of the first set is smaller than that of the electrodes of the second set. The assembly further comprises a conductive electric field screen located at an outer periphery of the first set of electrodes and facing the electrodes of the second set as to reduce RF electric field cross-talk between the electrodes of the first set and those of the second set. The invention affords for technically simple and economic means to reduce cross-talk or capacitive coupling between adjacent RF components in a mass spectrometer. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008312 | GENERATION OF REAGENT IONS FOR ION-ION REACTIONS - An apparatus, system and method of providing that allow for the generation of reagent ions within an inner region of a mass spectrometer for use in ion-ion reactions such as PTRs and ETD using a reagent ion generator. The location where these reagent ions are generated can be as close as possible to the point of action, or the reaction zone where the reagent ion and analyte ions will interact via ion-ion reactions to cause, e.g., PTRs and/or ETD. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008313 | IONIZATION WITH FEMTOSECOND LASERS AT ELEVATED PRESSURE - The present disclosure generally provides ionization methods and devices for use in mass spectrometry. In some embodiments, the ionization methods and devices employ short laser pulses (e.g., pulses having pulsewidths in a range of about 2 fs to about 1 ps) at a high intensity (e.g., an intensity in a range of about 1 TW/cm | 2015-01-08 |
20150008314 | DIAGNOSTIC AND PROGNOSTIC BIOMARKERS FOR CANCER - A method for detecting cancer from a biological sample previously withdrawn from the subject, in a subject includes determining in vitro the level of at least one biomarker in the biological sample. The at least one biomarker includes a phospholipid or a free fatty acid. A level of the at least one biomarker that is 2-fold greater than the level of at least one biomarker in a control is indicative of cancer in the subject. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008315 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING OF CONFINED SPACES - In various embodiments of the invention, a cargo container can be monitored at appropriate time intervals to determine that no controlled substances have been shipped with the cargo in the container. The monitoring utilizes reactive species produced from an atmospheric analyzer to ionize analyte molecules present in the container which are then analyzed by an appropriate spectroscopy system. In an embodiment of the invention, a sorbent surface can be used to absorb, adsorb or condense analyte molecules within the container whereafter the sorbent surface can be interrogated with the reactive species to generate analyte species characteristic of the contents of the container. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008316 | DYNAMIC MULTIPOLE KINGDON ION TRAP - An ion trap is disclosed comprising a plurality of elongate electrodes aligned with one another and with a central longitudinal axis along respective longitudinal axes and that are spaced apart from one another and disposed about a central longitudinal axis to form a quadrupole. The ion trap further comprises an elongate electrode that is aligned with and disposed along the central longitudinal axis, and circuitry coupled to the outer electrodes is suitable for driving the central and outer electrodes to selectively trap of ions within a region defined between the central electrode and the outer. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008317 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR QUANTITATION IN MASS SPECTROMETRY - A method of operating a tandem mass spectrometer system is disclosed including accumulating ions in an ion trap, transmitting a plurality of ions out of the ion trap into a timed-ion selector, applying a pulsed DC voltage to the timed-ion selector, the pulsed DC voltage being modulated to match an ejection time for selecting a first portion of ions from the plurality of ions, corresponding to a specific m/z window, transmitting the first portion of selected ions out of the timed-ion selector into a reaction cell, transmitting dissociation product ions and the remaining ions of the first portion of selected ions out of the reaction cell into a mass analyzer, and mass-selectively transmitting at least some of the fragment ions and the remaining ions of the first portion of selected ions out of the mass analyzer into a detector. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008318 | Apparatus and Methods for Ion Mobility Spectrometry - A method of ion mobility spectrometry comprising: (i) introducing a packet of ions into a drift space; (ii) passing the ions through the drift space wherein the ions separate according to their ion mobility; and (iii) reflecting or deflecting the ions that have passed through the drift space back into the drift space wherein the ions can further separate according to their ion mobility. The reflecting or deflecting takes place in a region at lower pressure than the drift space. The drift space may be re-used multiple times to extend the separation path length. The regions of low pressure preferably allow inertial ion motion wherein the mean free path between ion collisions with gas is significantly longer than in the stages of ion mobility separation. The low pressure reflecting or deflecting region enables a time of flight focusing of ions to be provided without ion mobility separation occurring therein. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008319 | Mass Spectrometry - A method of searching for potentially unknown metabolites of pharmaceutical compounds is disclosed. The accurate mass of a pharmaceutical compound will generally be known and can be rendered in the form of an integer nominal mass or mass to charge ratio component and a decimal mass or mass to charge ratio component. Possible metabolites are searched for on the basis of having a decimal mass or mass to charge ratio component which is substantially very similar to the decimal mass or mass to charge ratio of the parent pharmaceutical compound. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008320 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR IMPROVED SENSITIIVITY IN A MASS SPECTROMETER - An ion source and an ion guide chamber are provided. The ion guide chamber having a gas flow, the gas flow having a longitudinal velocity and a transverse velocity. The ion guide chamber having an exit aperture and at least one ion guide. The at least one ion guide having an entrance end and an exit end with an exit cross-section wherein the exit cross-section is sized to be smaller in area than the entrance cross-section. The at least one ion guide having a plurality of elongated electrodes wherein a gap between the elongated electrodes and the shape of the elongated electrodes in the vicinity of the gap are essentially the same along the length of the at least one ion guide for confining the ions in the vicinity of the gap by a combination of the transverse velocity of the gas and the RF voltage. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008321 | TRANSMISSION ELECTRON DIFFRACTION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MEASURING TRANSMISSION ELECTRON DIFFRACTION PATTERN - Provided is a transmission electron diffraction measurement apparatus including an electron gun; a first optical system under the electron gun; a sample chamber under the first optical system; a second optical system under the sample chamber; an observation chamber under the second optical system; a region that emits light by receiving energy from an electron in the observation chamber; and a camera facing the region. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008322 | SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE - An object of the invention is to provide a scanning electron microscope which forms an electric field to lift up, highly efficiently, electrons discharged from a hole bottom or the like even if a sample surface is an electrically conductive material. To achieve the above object, according to the invention, a scanning electron microscope including a deflector which deflects a scanning position of an electron beam, and a sample stage for loading a sample thereon, is proposed. The scanning electron microscope includes a control device which controls the deflector or the sample stage in such a way that before scanning a beam on a measurement target pattern, a lower layer pattern situated in a lower layer of the measurement target pattern undergoes beam irradiation on another pattern situated in the lower layer. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008323 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR EMITTING ELECTRONS AND DEVICE COMPRISING SUCH A SYSTEM FOR EMITTING ELECTRONS - A device and method for emitting electrons by a field effect. The device ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150008324 | MEASUREMENT APPARATUS AND METHOD, TOMOGRAPHY APPARATUS AND METHOD - An apparatus configured to obtain a physical property of an object by time-domain spectroscopy includes: a detection unit; a delay unit configured to adjust a time difference between generation and detection; a shaping unit configured to collect the electromagnetic wave pulses; a waveform obtaining unit configured to construct a time waveform of the electromagnetic wave pulses; and a collecting position adjusting unit configured to adjust a collecting position. When the collecting position is moved, an amount of adjustment when the collecting position matches first and second reflection portions, respectively, of the object, and a difference by the delay unit required for detecting first and second pulses of the time waveform are obtained, and from an amount of change of the amount of adjustment and the difference, a thickness and a refractive index of a region between the first and second reflection portions of the object are calculated. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008325 | DETECTOR - Embodiments of the present invention relate to a detector ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150008326 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE PULSE MEASURING DEVICE AND METHOD, AND APPLICATION DEVICE USING THE SAME - An electromagnetic wave pulse measuring device, includes an elastic vibration wave generating section which irradiates a predetermined area of a sample with an elastic vibration wave, an electromagnetic wave pulse generating section which irradiates the predetermined area, which is irradiated with the elastic vibration wave, with an electromagnetic wave pulse, and an electromagnetic wave pulse detecting section which measures a waveform of the electromagnetic wave pulse modulated in the predetermined area by the elastic vibration wave. The timing at which the electromagnetic wave pulse detecting section measures the waveform of the electromagnetic wave pulse is a timing at which a phase angle of the elastic vibration wave has a predetermined value when the elastic vibration wave generating section generates the elastic vibration wave. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008327 | MID-IR MULTIWAVELENGTH CONCATENATED DISTRIBUTED-FEEDBACK LASER WITH AN ACTIVE CORE MADE OF CASCADED STAGES - Concatenated distributed feedback lasers having multiple laser sections laid out in series are disclosed. The concatenated distributed feedback lasers utilize quantum cascade core designs to produce optical gain in the mid- infrared region and may generate several wavelengths simultaneously or sequentially. Methods of making along with methods of using such devices are also disclosed. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008328 | RADIATION MEASUREMENT APPARATUS - A radiation measurement apparatus for measuring radiation includes a first and second Geiger-Muller counter tubes and a radiation-direction calculating unit. The first Geiger-Muller counter tube seals an electrode within a circular pipe-shaped enclosing tube that extends in a straight line. The first Geiger-Muller counter tube is arranged along a first direction. The second Geiger-Muller counter tube seals an electrode within a circular pipe-shaped enclosing tube that extends in a straight line. The second Geiger-Muller counter tube is arranged in a second direction intersecting with the first direction. The radiation-direction calculating unit is configured to compare a first detection signal and a second detection signal with one another to calculate a direction of radiation to be emitted from the sample. The first detection signal is output from the electrode of the first Geiger-Muller counter tube. The second detection signal is output from the electrode of the second Geiger-Muller counter tube. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008329 | OPTICAL SENSING MODULE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - An optical sensing module including a lens and a sensing device is provided. The lens has an optical axis. The sensing device is disposed under the lens, wherein the sensing device is to receive an object beam passing the lens. The optical axis of the lens deviates from a geometric center of the sensing device. An optical sensing module including a prism film, a sensing device and a lens is further provided. The prism film has a plurality of prisms. The sensing device is disposed under the prism film, wherein the sensing device is to receive an object beam sequentially passing the prism film and the lens. The lens is disposed between the prism film and the sensing device. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008330 | LIQUID RESISTANT DIGITAL DETECTOR - A radiographic imaging detector has photoimaging pixels disposed in an array, control electronics for controlling operation of the array to capture radiographic images, and a voltage source for powering the array of photoimaging pixels and the control electronics. A housing with multiple parts encloses at least the array and the control electronics and provides a seating for the voltage source. A first part has a first mating surface, a second part has a second mating surface. The first and second mating surfaces are disposed adjacent to each other and define a gap therebetween with a hydrophobic material deposited along at least one of the first and second mating surfaces. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008331 | CHARGED PARTICLE INSPECTION METHOD AND CHARGED PARTICLE SYSTEM - The present invention relates to a charged particle system comprising: a charged particle source; a first multi aperture plate; a second multi aperture plate disposed downstream of the first multi aperture plate, the second multi aperture plate; a controller configured to selectively apply at least first and second voltage differences between the first and second multi aperture plates; wherein the charged particle source and the first and second multi aperture plates are arranged such that each of a plurality of charged particle beamlets traverses an aperture pair, said aperture pair comprising one aperture of the first multi aperture plate and one aperture of the second multi aperture plate, wherein plural aperture pairs are arranged such that a center of the aperture of the first multi aperture plate is, when seen in a direction of incidence of the charged particle beamlet traversing the aperture of the first multi aperture plate, displaced relative to a center of the aperture of the second multi aperture plate. The invention further pertains to a particle-optical component configured to change a divergence of a set of charged particle beamlets and a charged particle inspection method comprising inspection of an object using different numbers of charged particle beamlets. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008332 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a gas field ion source having a gun housing, an electrically conductive gun can base attached to the gun housing, an inner tube mounted to the gun can base, the inner tube being made of an electrically isolating ceramic, an electrically conductive tip attached to the inner tube, an outer tube mounted to the gun can base, the outer tube being made of an electrically isolating ceramic, and an extractor electrode attached to the outer tube. The extractor electrode can have an opening for the passage of ions generated in proximity to the electrically conductive tip. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008333 | Charged Particle Beam System and Method of Operating a Charged Particle Beam System - The disclosure relates to a method of operating a gas field ion beam system in which the gas field ion beam system comprises an external housing, an internal housing, arranged within the external housing, an electrically conductive tip arranged within the internal housing, a gas supply for supplying one or more gases to the internal housing, the gas supply having a tube terminating within the internal housing, and an extractor electrode having a hole to permit ions generated in the neighborhood of the tip to pass through the hole into the external housing. The method comprises the step of regularly heating the external housing, the internal housing, the electrically conductive tip, the tube and the extractor electrode to a temperature of above 100° C. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008334 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a gas field ion source comprising a housing, an electrically conductive tip arranged within the housing, a gas supply for supplying one or more gases to the housing, wherein the one or more gases comprise neon or a noble gas with atoms having a mass larger than neon, and an extractor electrode having a hole to permit ions generated in the neighborhood of the tip to pass through the hole. A surface of the extractor electrode facing the tip can be made of a material having a negative secondary ion sputter rate of less than 10 | 2015-01-08 |
20150008335 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN EXCLUSIONARY BUFFER GAS FLOW IN AN EUV LIGHT SOURCE - A system for producing an exclusionary buffer gas flow in an EUV light source, comprising a vacuum chamber, a light path, a plasma generation region, at least one shield, at least one through-bore arranged in the at least one shield, at least one buffer gas injector arranged within the at least one through-bore to inject a buffer gas into the light path substantially towards the plasma generation region to prevent a flow of a target material into the light path, and a vacuum pump arranged to remove the buffer gas and the target material from the vacuum chamber. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008336 | SHOE DEODARIZER AND SANITIZER - The present invention is directed, in part, to an apparatus that effectively kills odor-causing bacteria within the interior of a shoe. The device doing so by employing use of a UV light source, housed within a rigid or semi-rigid framework, designed to fit snugly within the interior of a typical shoe. The framework of the device is designed to allow a maximum amount of UV light to illuminate and irradiate the interior of the shoe when the device is placed within the shoe. The device of the invention can be powered by means of an electrical adaptor, power supply or by battery power. In employing the device on a routine basis, a user can eliminate odor-causing bacteria and significantly increase the life of the shoes and effectively eliminate the embarrassment of odor from one's shoes. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008337 | FLUORESCENCE DETECTION DEVICE AND FLUORESCENCE DETECTION METHOD - Provided is a fluorescence detection device that is capable of accurately detecting the intensity of fluorescence from a sample, even when using a microarray in which a sample having a certain degree of thickness in a direction of irradiating the sample with excitation light is disposed. The fluorescence detection device ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150008338 | FLUORESCENCE INFORMATION READING DEVICE AND FLUORESCENCE INFORMATION READING METHOD - Sensitivity is increased by enhancing the fluorescence collection efficiency while suppressing the increase in size of an objective lens. An objective lens | 2015-01-08 |
20150008339 | ANGULAR MULTIPLEXED OPTICAL PROJECTION TOMOGRAPHY - An optical projection tomography system comprises a support arranged to support an object ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150008340 | FLUORESCENCE OBSERVATION METHOD AND FLUORESCENCE OBSERVATION APPARATUS - A fluorescence observation method of the present invention for detecting plural types of fluorescence emitted from two or more kinds of fluorescent molecules includes: subjecting each of the two or more kinds of fluorescent molecules to multi-photon excitation by exciting light having an exciting wavelength equal to or shorter than 700 nm in a visible region, to generate fluorescence upon making use of an absorption wavelength band in a deep ultraviolet region of each of the two or more kinds of fluorescent molecules; and simultaneously detecting plural types of fluorescence generated on a shorter-wavelength side or on both of the shorter-wavelength side and a longer-wavelength side of the exciting wavelength of the exciting light. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008341 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a charged particle beam system, comprising a noble gas field ion beam source, a charged particle beam column, and a housing defining a first vacuum region and a second vacuum region. A noble gas field ion beam source is arranged within the first vacuum region. A first mechanical vacuum pump is functionally attached to the first vacuum region, an ion getter pump is attached to the charged particle beam column, and a gas supply is attached to the first vacuum region configured to supply a noble gas to the noble gas field ion beam source. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008342 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING A CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM - The present disclosure relates to a charged particle beam system comprising a charged particle beam source, a charged particle column, a sample chamber, a plurality of electrically powered devices arranged within or at either one of the charged particle column, the charged particle beam source and the sample chamber, and at least one first converter to convert an electrical AC voltage power into an electrical DC voltage. The first converter is positioned at a distance from either of the charged particle beam source, the charged particle column and the charged particle chamber, and all elements of the plurality of electrically powered devices, when operated during operation of the charged particle beam source, are configured to be exclusively powered by the DC voltage provided by the converter. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008343 | Electron Beam Data Storage System and Method for High Volume Manufacturing - The present disclosure provides for many different embodiments of a charged particle beam data storage system and method. In an example, a method includes dividing a design layout into a plurality of units; creating a lookup table that maps each of the plurality of units to its position within the design layout and a data set, wherein the lookup table associates any repeating units in the plurality of units to a same data set; and exposing an energy sensitive layer to a charged particle beam based on the lookup table. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008344 | BROADBAND OR MID-INFRARED FIBER LIGHT SOURCES - An optical system for use in material processing includes a plurality of semiconductor diodes coupled to a beam combiner to generate a multiplexed optical beam. A cladding pumped fiber amplifier or laser receives the multiplexed optical beam and forms an intermediate beam having at least a first wavelength. An optical element receives the intermediate beam and forms an output beam with an output beam wavelength, wherein the output beam wavelength is at least in part longer than the first wavelength. A subsystem includes lenses or mirrors to deliver a delivered portion of the output beam to a sample. The delivered output beam has a temporal duration greater than about 30 picoseconds, a repetition rate between continuous wave and Megahertz or higher, and a time averaged intensity of less than approximately 50 MW/cm | 2015-01-08 |
20150008345 | EXTREME ULTRAVIOLET LIGHT GENERATION APPARATUS - An apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light used with a laser apparatus and connected to an external device so as to supply the extreme ultraviolet light thereto includes a chamber provided with at least one inlet through which a laser beam is introduced into the chamber; a target supply unit provided on the chamber configured to supply a target material to a predetermined region inside the chamber; a discharge pump connected to the chamber; at least one optical element provided inside the chamber; an etching gas introduction unit provided on the chamber through which an etching gas passes; and at least one temperature control mechanism for controlling a temperature of the at least one optical element. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008346 | MEASUREMENT OF OBJECT TO BE MEASURED - A measuring device includes a first optical sensor row and a second optical sensor row between which a planar object to be measured is placed. The direction of the first sensor row and the direction of the second sensor row differ from one another. Each sensor of the first sensor row forms data representing a distance between the object to be measured and the sensor. Each sensor of the second sensor row forms data representing a distance between the object to be measured and the sensor in order to determine at least one property of the object to be measured on the basis of the data. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008347 | SCANNING OPTICAL SYSTEM, OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE AND RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE READING APPARATUS - A scanning optical system that can be made compact and can provide a sufficiently small beam diameter on a surface to be scanned is provided. In a scanning optical system including a galvanometer mirror that reflects and deflects a light beam emitted from a light source and a fθ lens that focuses the deflected light beam on a surface to be scanned, the fθ lens includes, in order from the galvanometer mirror side, a first lens which is a spherical lens having a positive refractive power, a second lens which is a spherical lens having a negative refractive power, and a third lens which is a spherical lens having a positive refractive power. The fθ lens satisfies conditional expression (1) below: | 2015-01-08 |
20150008348 | BULLET VALVE FOR CONTROLLED FLUID FLOWS | 2015-01-08 |
20150008349 | APPARATUS TO PROVIDE MOTOR BACKDRIVE RESISTANCE - Apparatus to provide motor backdrive resistance are described. An example apparatus described herein includes a brake to engage an output shaft of a motor. The example apparatus also includes a brake release arm operably coupled to the brake. A reaction arm is fixed relative to the brake release arm and operatively coupled to the motor. The reaction arm causes the brake to disengage the output shaft of the motor in response to a reaction torque of the motor. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008350 | Double-Acting Shift Cylinder Actuating Assembly - An assembly for actuating a double-acting shift cylinder of a shift assembly of an automatic transmission of a motor vehicle includes a hydraulic fluid reservoir having a motor-driven hydraulic pump and two control valves that are each connected to a pressure supply line of the hydraulic pump and to a return line to the hydraulic fluid reservoir. The shift cylinder has two pressure chambers that are each connected to one of the control valves. The control valves each connect one pressure chamber of the shift cylinder to the pressure supply line of the hydraulic pump or to the return line to the hydraulic fluid reservoir. The actuating assembly includes at least one pressure-limiting valve that connects the pressure supply line to the return line if a hydraulic over-pressure is present. The control valves can be 3/2-directional valves having integrated pressure-limiting valves. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008351 | BALL VALVE AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A ball valve has trunnions that comprise shaft portions and larger diameter bearing portions. The larger bearing portions ensure that bearing pressures will be low. Smaller shaft portions reduce material costs and minimize the overall size of the valves. Preferably the bearing portions are formed out of a different material than are the shaft portions. This allows the bearing portions to be formed out of a lower strength (and therefore lower cost) material. Conversely, it also allows the shaft portions to be formed out of a higher strength material to thereby minimize the size of the trunnion shafts without impacting the bearing size and cost. Additionally, each bearing portion is preferably a cylindrical sleeve and is preferably heat-shrunk around part of the shaft portion. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008352 | VALVE WITH TRUNNIONS AND METHOD OF ASSEMBLING THE SAME - A valve has trunnions that comprise shaft portions and larger diameter bearing portions. The larger bearing portions ensure that bearing pressures will be low. Smaller shaft portions reduce material costs and minimize the overall size of the valves. Preferably the bearing portions are formed out of a different material than are the shaft portions. This allows the bearing portions to be formed out of a lower strength (and therefore lower cost) material. Conversely, it also allows the shaft portions to be formed out of a higher strength material to thereby minimize the size of the trunnion shafts without impacting the bearing size and cost. Additionally, each bearing portion is preferably a cylindrical sleeve and is preferably heat-shrunk around part of the shaft portion. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008353 | FLUID CONTROL VALVE - A fluid control valve includes: a valve housing in which a flow path having gas inlet and outlet is formed; a drive device attached to the valve housing; a valve shaft connected to an output shaft of the drive device and moving in an axial direction; and a valve body attached so as to radially extend to an axis of the valve shaft, and opening and closing the flow path by being moved with the valve shaft so that one side surface moves away from or comes into contact with a valve seat formed in the flow path, wherein the valve housing is attached to an attachment target member so that the valve shaft is tilted, and the valve body includes a wall portion corresponding to a portion where a liquid inside the flow path collects due to its weight, within a portion having the valve seat, and formed along an edge portion on the other side surface opposite to one side surface of the valve body. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008354 | Control Cone for Control Valves, in Particular Angle Control Valves, for Critical Operating States - The invention relates to a control cone for control valves, in particular angle control valves, for critical operating states resulting from cavitation or flashing of abruptly vaporising and erosive media, the control valve comprising a valve seat ( | 2015-01-08 |
20150008355 | MIXTURE COMPOSITION CONTAINING AMINO-FUNCTIONAL SILOXANES, HYDROPHOBIC PARTICLES AND HIGH MOLECULAR WEIGHT SILICONES AND ITS USE FOR LEATHER TREATMENT - The invention relates to mixture compositions containing amino-functional siloxanes, hydrophobic particles and high molecular weight silicones and their use for leather treatment. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008356 | PROCESS FOR PREPARING A MAGNETIC TALCOUS COMPOSITION, AND MAGNETIC TALCOUS COMPOSITION - A process for preparing a magnetic talcous composition including mineral particles, referred to as magnetic talcous particles, having a non-zero magnetic susceptibility, in which, during an oxidative contacting step, talcous particles chosen from the group formed from 2:1 lamellar silicates having a zero electric charge are brought into contact with particles including at least one magnetic iron oxide chosen from the group formed from magnetite and maghemite, the magnetic particles having a mean equivalent diameter of between 1 nm and 50 nm. A magnetic talcous composition including mineral particles, referred to as magnetic talcous particles, having a non-zero magnetic susceptibility, at least 20% by weight of talcous particles and at least 0.5% by weight of magnetic particles is also described. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008357 | AZEOTROPIC OR AZEOTROPE-LIKE COMPOSITION, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING 2,3,3,3-TETRAFLUOROPROPENE OR CHLOROMETHANE - To provide a method for efficiently separating 2,3,3,3-tetrafluoropropene (HFO-1234yf) and chloromethane (R40) from a composition comprising HFO-1234yf and R40. An azeotrope-like composition comprising from 58 to 78 mol % of HFO-1234yf and from 22 to 42 mol % of R40, and a method for producing HFO-1234yf, which comprises steps of distilling an initial mixture containing HFO-1234yf in a content exceeding 63 mol % in the total amount of HFO-1234yf and R40, thereby to separate the initial mixture into a first fraction in which the content of HFO-1234yf in the total amount of HFO-1234yf and R40 is lower than the content of HFO-1234yf in the total amount of HFO-1234yf and R40 in the initial mixture, and a second fraction in which the content of HFO-1234yf in the total amount of HFO-1234yf and R40 is higher than the content of HFO-1234yf in the total amount of HFO-1234yf and R40 in the initial mixture, and then obtaining HFO-1234yf having a reduced R40 concentration, from the second fraction. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008358 | REFRIGERATING MACHINE WORKING FLUID COMPOSITION AND REFRIGERANT OIL - A working fluid composition for a refrigerating machine of the invention comprises a refrigerant comprising difluoromethane and an unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon wherein a mass of the difluoromethane/the unsaturated fluorinated hydrocarbon is 95/5 to 10/90, and a refrigerating machine oil comprising at least one base oil selected from among polyol esters with a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of 3.2 to 5.8 and polyvinyl ethers with a carbon/oxygen molar ratio of 3.2 to 5.8. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008359 | REFRIGERANT COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR SUPPRESSING DECOMPOSITION OF FLUOROHYDROCARBON - A refrigerant composition contains: hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) with a GWP of 1000 or less; and pentafluoroethane. When the refrigerant composition is used in a refrigerating equipment such as an open-type automobile air-conditioner, an electric automobile air-conditioning equipment, a gas heat pump, an air conditioner, a refrigerator, a vending machine, a showcase, a water-heating system and a refrigerating/heating system, the amount of a fluorine compound generated as a result of decomposition of the refrigerant can be suppressed and thus the refrigerators can stably work for a long time. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008360 | HEAT RADIATING MATERIAL - A heat radiating material contains components which comprise 10-45 wt % of titanium dioxide, 5-25 wt % of zirconium dioxide, 2-30 wt % of magnesium oxide, and 0.01-0.5 wt % of an oxide of rare earth metal. The heat radiating material has a heat conductivity of 0.34-1.35 W/m-K, and a radiation efficiency equal to or larger than 88% which is measured in infrared spectroscopy wavelength range 4-14 μm and at a temperature of 40° C.. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008361 | PUTTY-LIKE HEAT TRANSFER MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A putty-like heat transfer material of the present invention includes heat conductive particles dispersed in an organopolysiloxane. The organopolysiloxane is a silicone sol produced by partially crosslinking a base polymer (a) with a crosslinking component (b). The base polymer (a) includes an organopolysiloxane that contains an average of two or more alkenyl groups each bound to a silicon atom located at a terminal of a molecular chain in a molecule. The crosslinking component (b) includes an organopolysiloxane that contains an average of two or more hydrogen atoms each bound to a silicon atom in a molecule, and the partial crosslinking is carried out at such a ratio that the amount of the crosslinking component (b) is less than 1 mol with respect to 1 mol of the alkenyl groups bound to silicon atoms contained in the component (a). Thus, the present invention provides a putty-like heat transfer material that can exhibit favorable fluidity even when a large amount of inorganic particulate filler is added, that can be extruded readily through a tube or a syringe, and that can have a self shape retention when being allowed to stand. The present invention provides also a method for producing the putty-like heat transfer material. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008362 | COMPOSITION FOR CHEMICAL IMPROVEMENT OF SOIL AND ROAD BASE MATERIALS - A treatment for soils and road base materials including applying to the soil or road base materials an organosilicon waterproofing agent, and applying to the soil or road base material a soil stabilizer binder including an acrylate ester polymer emulsion. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008363 | SOLID SOLUTION LITHIUM-CONTAINING TRANSITION METAL OXIDE AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A solid solution lithium-containing transition metal oxide includes a compound represented by chemical formula (1): Li | 2015-01-08 |
20150008364 | ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ACTIVE MATERIAL, ELECTRODE FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - An active material for a nonaqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a lithium transition metal composite oxide which has an α-NaFeO | 2015-01-08 |
20150008365 | INITIATOR COMPOSITION FOR CURING RESIN - An initiator composition, including at least two compounds represented by the chemical formula R—CO—O—O—CO—R and a compound represented by R | 2015-01-08 |
20150008366 | COMPOSITIONS FOR CARBON DIOXIDE SEPARATION USING STEAM REGENERATION, AND METHOD FOR PREPARING SAME - Compositions and methods of preparing the compositions are disclosed for sorbents and other surfaces that can adsorb and desorb carbon dioxide. A sorbent or surface can include a metal compound such as an alkali or alkaline earth compound and a support. The sorbent can be prepared by several methods, including an incipient wetness technique. The sorbents have a CO | 2015-01-08 |
20150008367 | METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR PRODUCING CLATHRATE HYDRATES - Clathrate hydrates and methods of their production and separation are described herein. Methods of using the clathrate hydrates for energy storage are also described herein. Further described herein are hydrogen storage devices. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008368 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBTAINING SWEET GAS, SYNTHETIC GAS AND SULPHUR FROM NATURAL GAS - A method for obtaining sweet gas, synthetic gas, and sulphur from natural gas. The method includes the steps of removing impurities from the natural gas for obtaining pre-treated natural gas; sweetening the pre-treated natural gas through a separation using a plurality of membranes for obtaining sweet gas and acid gases; ionizing the acid gases to dissociate them into sulphur and synthetic gas with remnants of acid gases; and neutralizing the synthetic gas with remnants of acid gases for generating sweet gas. Likewise, a system is presented on how to implement the method. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008369 | NON-CAKING ROCK DUST FOR USE IN UNDERGROUND COAL MINES - A heterogeneous composition for use as rock dust is disclosed. The heterogeneous composition includes a fine, wet ground inorganic particulate material treated with at least one fatty acid, a salt thereof, or an ester thereof, and a coarse, untreated, dry ground inorganic particulate material. Also disclosed is a heterogeneous composition including coal dust and mine rock dust including a fine, wet ground inorganic particulate material treated with at least one fatty acid, a salt thereof, or an ester thereof, and a coarse, untreated, dry ground inorganic particulate material. The amount of mine rock dust may be sufficient to render the coal dust explosively inert. The fine, treated, wet ground inorganic particulate material may be calcium carbonate. The coarse, untreated inorganic particulate material may be calcium carbonate. The fatty acid may be stearic acid. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008370 | EPOXY SILOXANE COATING COMPOSITIONS - Epoxy-polysiloxane based coating and flooring compositions exhibiting improved flexibility, and excellent weatherability and corrosion resistance after curing are described. The epoxy-polysiloxane polymer coating composition may be prepared by combining a polysiloxane, an epoxide resin material and a cure system including a blend of compounds selected from a dialkoxy functional aminosilane, a trialkoxy functional aminosilane, and an amino functional polysiloxane resin, where the blend has an average alkoxy functionality value of 2.0 to 2.8 | 2015-01-08 |
20150008371 | CORROSION INHIBITOR COMPRISING CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS AND CELLULOSE NANOCRYSTALS IN COMBINATION WITH A CORROSION INHIBITOR - The present invention relates to a corrosion inhibitor comprising cellulose nanocrystals. According to another aspect, there is provided a corrosion-inhibiting agent essentially consisting of a plurality of cellulose nanocrystals. The above set out cellulose nanocrystals may be in free form, such as acid-form cellulose nanocrystals, in one embodiment and added to a carrier. The cellulose nanocrystals may be effective in inhibiting ferrous and non-ferrous metals. According to a further aspect, the invention relates to a corrosion-inhibiting composition comprising a corrosion inhibitor and the above set out corrosion-inhibiting agent in an effective combination to inhibit corrosion of metals. The composition may be effective in inhibiting ferrous metals when the cellulose nanocrystals are in either salt or free form. The composition may be effective in inhibiting corrosion of both ferrous and non-ferrous metals when the cellulose nanocrystals are in free form. | 2015-01-08 |
20150008372 | COMPOSITION FOR FORMING ANTISTATIC FILM AND OLIGOMER COMPOUND - A composition for forming an antistatic film, includes: an oligomer compound of Formula (1A): | 2015-01-08 |