04th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 13 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120018546 | LAWN SPREADER HOPPER FLOW CONTROL APPARATUS - A control mechanism for a lawn spreader controls output flow of granular material out of the spreader hopper by adjusting the position of a control cable anchor point. The control mechanism includes a clamping portion for clamping to a tubular handle of the spreader. A top surface of the clamp portion, adjacent to the handle, provides a slide for a slideable cable anchor shuttle, which internally provides the anchor point for a control cable. The shuttle may be made from a plastic material. A dial housed within a dial housing, adjacent to the slide portion of the clamp, may be rotated to various indicated positions which in turn controls the position of the shuttle on the metal slide portion of the clamp, thereby adjusting the position of the control cable anchor point. The control cable extends from the end of the shuttle anchor mechanism to a hopper spring-loaded aperture cover. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018547 | BALL MILLING PROCESS FOR PREPARING HARD ALLOY MIXTURE - A ball milling process for preparing hard alloy mixture, characterized by utilizing a process of stirring ball milling, in which balls of hard alloy with diameters of 4 to 6 mm are used, the positive and negative deviation of the diameters of the alloy balls is less than or equal to 0.1 mm; tungsten carbide powders with particle sizes of 0.3 to 0.8 μm and cobalt powders are used; ethyl alcohol is used as a grinding medium, while paraffin wax is used as a forming agent. This process of ball milling has advantages of high efficiency, low energy consumption, ease of mass production, etc. and can be widely used in the preparation of hard alloy mixture. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018548 | Production of clean glass particles from post-consumer waste - Clean glass particles are produced from post-consumer mixed glass and like waste streams by a series of pulverizing, size- and material-based separation, ozonation, drying, sizing, and paper fluff removal steps. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018549 | REFINER PLATES HAVING STEAM CHANNELS AND METHOD FOR EXTRACTING BACKFLOW STEAM FROM A DISK REFINER - A refining plate for refining lignocellulosic material including: a radially outer peripheral edge and a substrate surface; a refining zone having a plurality of substantially radially disposed bars and grooves between the bars, wherein the bars protrude upward from the substrate surface and the grooves each have a groove width, and a steam channel traversing the bars and grooves of the refining zone, wherein the steam channel has a radially outer end radially inward of the outer peripheral edge of the plate and the steam channel has a width substantially greater than the groove width. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018550 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REDUCING THE SIZE OF MATERIALS - A method of reducing the size of material, such as rocks of mined ore, is disclosed. The method comprises comminuting and electro-fracturing rocks of the material and thereby reducing the rock size. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018551 | Method of Producing Stable Oxygen Terminated Semiconducting Nanoparticles - A method is provided of producing inorganic semiconducting nanoparticles having a stable surface. The method comprises providing an inorganic bulk semiconductor material, such as silicon or germanium, and milling the bulk semiconductor material in the presence of a selected reducing agent. The reducing agent acts to chemically reduce oxides of one or more component elements of the semiconductor material, or prevent the formation of such oxides by being preferentially oxidised, thereby to provide semiconducting nanoparticles having a stable surface which allows electrical contact between the nanoparticles. The milling may take place in a mill in which the milling media and/or one or more components of the mill comprise the selected reducing agent. For example, the milling can be carried out in a high energy mill with a hammer action in which a pestle of the mill, a mortar of the mill, or both are composed of the selected reducing agent, or a low energy, stirred media mill, such as a ball mill, a rod mill or similar, in which the milling media, a lining of the mill, or both are composed of the reducing agent. The milling media or mill are typically composed of a metal selected from the group comprising iron, chromium, cobalt, nickel, tin, titanium, tungsten, vanadium, and aluminium, or an alloy containing one or more of said metals. In another embodiment of the method, the selected reducing agent comprises a liquid contained in the mill during milling of the bulk semiconductor material. The liquid is typically an acidic solution containing any of hydrochloric, sulphuric, nitric, acetic, formic, or carbonic acid, or a mixture thereof. The invention extends to a mill for carrying out the method. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018552 | BLENDER ARM AND FOOD PROCESSOR - A blender arm includes a body equipped at one end with a connection for a power unit. The blender arm further includes a rotary shaft having a tool at the end opposite to the connection end. A peripheral protection is provided around the tool. The rotary shaft with the tool is attached movably in axial direction to the body so that the tool may be positioned in a retracted position for operation or a protracted position for cleaning, without having to touch the tool with the hands. The blender arm may further include a resilient element, functionally connected to the tubular body and the rotary shaft, for moving the rotary shaft between the protracted and retracted positions. When the rotary shaft is releases, the tool automatically returns to the retracted position. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018553 | DELIVERY OF AGENTS TO THE CUTTING MECHANISM OF PAPER SHREDDERS - Devices for application of lubricant to the cutting mechanism of paper shredders. Maintenance and lubrication can be performed by applying lubrication agents to the cutting mechanism of a paper shredder without requiring disassembly of the paper shredder. The agents can also include scented agents and decomposing agents or a combination thereof. Lubrication sheets are configured to apply agents to the cutting mechanism of paper shredders. A holder can be positioned on a housing of a paper shredder for retaining one or more lubrication sheets within proximity of the shredding mechanism of the paper shredder. Paper shredders may include means for identifying when lubrication is needed and/or when the cutting mechanism of the paper shredder has been lubricated by a lubrication sheet. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018554 | SHREDDER AND METHOD OF SHREDDING PAPER - Provided is a paper shredder. The paper shredder includes a paper support part including a first paper support part having a first length, a second paper support part having a second length greater than the first length, and a paper feed slot between the first paper support part and the second paper support part, a first roller in which a portion thereof is exposed upward from the second paper support part through an opening defined in the second paper support part, a second roller in which a portion thereof is exposed upward from the first paper support part through an opening defined in the first paper support part, a cutter disposed below the paper feed slot to shred an introduced paper, and a motor operating the first roller, the second roller, and the cutter. The first paper support part and the second paper support part are reduced in height as being adjacent to the paper feed slot. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018555 | Shredding Device - The present invention relates to a shredding device for shredding material, comprising a material charging compartment in which the material to be shredded can be loaded; a rotor; and a pusher device having a pusher and a drive device for the pusher, wherein the pusher is pivotable about an axis such that it presses the material to be shredded towards the rotor, and wherein the pusher remains completely within the material charging compartment during operation. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018556 | Single Use Bead Mill - The present invention relates to a device that incorporates a single use bead mill that is at least partially sterilized prior to use in the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biotechnology or related industries and is used for the disruption of cells or for homogenization within one or more fluid streams and is connected to a bioreactor, fermentor, container or process by way of single use tubing, connectors and/or various fluid flow components. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018557 | MOBILE CRUSHER - A mobile crusher ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120018558 | Rock crusher attachment - The present invention relates to the field of rock crushers, in particular, rock crusher attachments for earth moving equipment or the like. The rock crusher attachment includes a front bucket portion configured for scooping rocks to be crushed and a rear crusher portion connected to and in communication with the rear of the bucket portion. The crusher portion includes a housing and a crushing assembly accommodated within the housing. The housing including a pair of spaced apart side panels. The crushing assembly has a lower jaw fixed between the side panels of the housing and an upper movable jaw mounted opposite and spaced apart from the lower jaw. The upper movable jaw assembly includes a support, an upper jaw plate attached to the underside of the support and a jaw-actuating drive assembly operable to urge the upper movable jaw assembly to move between an open jaw setting and a closed jaw setting. The support is pivotally connected between the side panels adjacent the front of the housing. The jaw-actuating drive assembly includes at least one motor carried by the support. The at least one motor is urged to move along with the upper movable jaw assembly relative to the lower jaw, when the crusher assembly is actuated. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018559 | FOOD PROCESSOR WITH CLEANING TOOL - A food processor having a dicing tool and a cleaning tool to clean out the dicing tool. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018560 | Brush cutter - A cutting tooth having a blade-like cutting section and a mounting section extending down from the bottom of the cutting section. The mounting section is narrower and shorter than the cutting section, and generally centered with respect to the cutting section. The mounting section has laterally extending flanges spaced from the cutting section. At least a quarter of the cutting section extends past the front of the mounting section and terminating in a cutting edge. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018561 | BLENDER BASE WITH FOOD PROCESSOR CAPABILITIES - A blender base that may be used with a food processor container, a blender container, and a single use beverage container. The blender container includes a novel blade unit having a food processor-style blade and blender type blades. Programs with preprogrammed motor commands for desired operations are stored in memory and may be selected by a user on a user interface. The user interface may include a liquid crystal display, or function switches and light emitting diodes. Upon selection of a particular pre-defined function, the microcontroller retrieves the appropriate program from the read only memory and specifies the preprogrammed motor commands to accomplish the selected function. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018562 | Dual-Bearing Reel Drag Sound Producing Device - The dual-bearing reel drag sound producing device includes a rotation member, a pivot shaft, a hitting member, a drive mechanism, and an urging member. The rotation member is disposed adjacent to the side cover to rotate unitarily with a main gear, and includes a plurality of sound producing convexes on an outer peripheral surface thereof. The hitting member is attached on the pivot shaft to move radially at a predetermined distance from the pivot shaft and configured to pivot between a silent position and a sound producing position. The drive mechanism is configured to cause the hitting member to pivot from the silent position to the sound producing position and further to a position being opposite to the silent position across the sound producing position, in conjunction with rotation of the main gear. The urging member is configured to urge the hitting member towards the sound producing position. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018563 | AUTOMATIC RING (YARN MACHINE) SPINDLE STOPPER - A spindle stopping mechanism for a yarn machine including a magnetic field assembly which when energized by a signal from a yarn breakage sensor causes a spindle gripping mechanism to grip and stop a spindle. A locking mechanism is also provided. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018564 | Device for Compensating Variations in Tension and/or for Adjusting the Tensile Stress on a Conveyed Flexible Material Strand - A device for compensating variations in tension and/or for adjusting the tensile stress on a conveyed flexible metal material strand, in particular a metal strip, having at least one movable dancer roll which can be wound around by the material strand. At least one dancer roll can be displaced along a path inclinable to the perpendicular, wherein the inclination angle of the path can be adjusted by means of an adjustment unit. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018565 | EXPANDABLE SHAFT - The present invention relates to an expandable shaft ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120018566 | TAPE REEL - A tape reel is disclosed, which includes a first reel disk and a second reel disk. The first reel disk includes plural first coupling structures. The second reel disk has plural third coupling structures. The third coupling structures would couple to the first coupling structures for positioning by rotating the first reel disk and the second reel disk. The first reel disk may include plural second coupling structures staggered to the first coupling structures. There is a height difference between the first and second coupling structure. The third coupling structures would selectively couple to the first coupling structures or the second coupling structures. A first gap is formed between the first and second reel disk when the third coupling structures couple to the first coupling structures. A second gap is formed between the first and second reel disk when the third coupling structures couple to the second coupling structures. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018567 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR GUIDANCE OF ORDNANCE DELIVERY DEVICE - A guidance system according to various aspects of the present invention operates in conjunction with a suite of different ordnance delivery devices. In one embodiment, the guidance system comprises an interface configured to attach to the ordnance delivery devices in the suite, such as via the fuze well. The guidance system may further include a control system adapted to attempt to establish communications with a subsystem of the ordnance delivery device and operate the guidance system as a standalone guidance system if the attempt fails. The guidance system may further include a control surface interchangeably attachable, for example via an interchangeable control surface module. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018568 | Ram Air Rigid Structure Glider - The present invention is a ram air rigid structure glider, which uses both ram air inflation and a rigid structure in order to produce the necessary aerodynamic lift to glide through the air. The frame uses two main structural beams, the spar and the keel, to form the general shape of the wings and the tail. The hubs and the network of lines expand the structure laid out by the spur and the keel. The hubs are evenly placed along the spur, and the network of lines are connected and crisscrossed in between the hubs. The sail is a piece fabric wrapped around the frame and has a plurality of cells, which are evenly spaces throughout the sail. The plurality of cells allows the sails to be inflated by ram air pressure. The pilot pod carries the user in the supine position and is attached to the frame. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018569 | EXTERNAL CARGO HOOK SYSTEM FOR ROTARY-WING AIRCRAFT - An external hook system for a rotary-wing aircraft includes a lower frame interface which accommodates longitudinal and lateral loads and an upper frame interface. A tension member is mountable between the lower frame interface and the upper frame interface to transfer tension loads between the lower frame interface and the upper frame interface. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018570 | METHOD OF MINIMIZING THE ATTITUDE HUMP PHENOMENON AND A ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT PROVIDED WITH STABILIZER MEANS THEREFOR - A method of minimizing the attitude hump phenomenon relating to a rotary wing aircraft ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120018571 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR SOLAR-POWERED AIRSHIP - A solar-powered airship with a hull configured to contain a gas and at least one propulsion assembly with a propulsion device and electric motors configured to drive the propulsion device. The airship may also include a power supply system including solar panels operatively coupled to the electric motors and configured to supply power to the electric motors. The power supply system may also include batteries operatively coupled to the solar panels and configured to receive and store electrical energy supplied by the solar panels, the batteries being further operatively coupled to the electric motors and configured to supply power to the electric motors. The batteries may each be located within an outer envelope of the airship defined by the hull of the airship in a position selected to provide ballast. The solar-powered airship may also include a cargo system configured to contain passengers or freight. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018572 | AIR VEHICLE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING AN AIR VEHICLE - An air vehicle is provided, including a body having a longitudinal axis, a wing arrangement rotatably mounted to the body with respect to the longitudinal axis, a direction control arrangement for controlling the direction of motion of the body, and an actuation mechanism operable for selectively and controllably rotating the wing arrangement with respect to the body through at least a desired first angular displacement about the longitudinal axis. Methods for operating air vehicles are also provided. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018573 | COMPACT SHIMMY DAMPER FOR AIRCRAFT LANDING GEAR - A shimmy damper for aircraft landing gear is provided. The shimmy damper comprises a housing, a rotor with a vane provided within the housing, and first and second fluid chambers, connected by a control orifice and separated from one another by the vane. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018574 | MOTOR CONTROLLER - This application describes the software invented to control an electric motor system. The electric motor system is mounted on one or more aircraft main wheels or nose wheels to drive an aircraft independently on the ground without aircraft engines or tow vehicles. The software uses closed-loop control together with several other control laws to operate the drive motor or motors. Knowledge of the current operating state of the drive motor, together with knowledge of the commands given to taxi forward, taxi in reverse, or brake in reverse, is used to configure the motors to optimal operating parameters. The software architecture is described along with the pilot interface and many details of software implementation. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018575 | AIRCRAFT ENGINE MOUNTING SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MOUNTING AIRCRAFT ENGINES - In an embodiment the invention includes an aircraft engine mounting system ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120018576 | LINKING DEVICE FOR LINKING A FIRST BODY TO A SECOND BODY, IN PARTICULAR FOR AN AIRCRAFT ENGINE ASSEMBLY | 2012-01-26 |
20120018577 | ENGINE MOUNTING WITH AN ADAPTED LOAD/DEFORMATION CURVE - The invention relates to a mounting for attaching an engine to an aircraft structure, said mounting including a metal spring and being adapted for fulfilling the following conditions: the stiffness of the mounting for load values falling within a predetermined range ([CA, CB]) is less than the stiffness of the mounting for load values that fall below or above the predetermined range; considering a first load value (CS | 2012-01-26 |
20120018578 | NEAR SYNCHRONOUS CONTROLLED INDUCTION MOTOR DRIVE ACTUATION SYSTEM - A distributed electromechanical actuation system including multiple electromechanical actuators intended to operate together in a synchronous (or near synchronous) manner. Each individual actuator is powered by one or more induction motors or other appropriate motor such as a stepper motor. The induction motors are designed to have a very high pullout torque with very low slippage to the pull out point. The group of actuators is controlled from a single controller (e.g., an induction motor controller) that utilizes a Volts per Hertz type of open loop control where the bus voltage and frequency are controlled to assure that the motors always operate on the low slip side of the pull out point performance curve. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018579 | SELF-RIGHTING FRAME AND AERONAUTICAL VEHICLE - An aeronautical vehicle that rights itself from an inverted state to an upright state has a self-righting frame assembly has a protrusion extending upwardly from a central vertical axis. The protrusion provides an initial instability to begin a self-righting process when the aeronautical vehicle is inverted on a surface. A propulsion system, such as rotor driven by a motor can be mounted in a central void of the self-righting frame assembly and oriented to provide a lifting force. A power supply is mounted in the central void of the self-righting frame assembly and operationally connected to the at least one rotor for rotatably powering the rotor. An electronics assembly is also mounted in the central void of the self-righting frame for receiving remote control commands and is communicatively interconnected to the power supply for remotely controlling the aeronautical vehicle to take off, to fly, and to land on a surface. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018580 | Insulating blanket for an aircraft and assembly integrating such a blanket - This invention proposes an insulation blanket for an aircraft, the said blanket coming in the form of a strip of insulation material of elongated shape having two more or less parallel longitudinal edges ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120018581 | ARRANGEMENT AT AN AIRCRAFT OF A DISPENSER UNIT FOR COUNTERMEASURES - An arrangement at an aircraft of a dispenser unit for countermeasures. The arrangement including a wall of an aircraft fuselage. A dispensing nozzle is arranged on the dispenser unit through which the countermeasures are dispensed. The dispenser unit is arranged within the aircraft fuselage. An aperture for dispensing the countermeasures is arranged in the wall of the aircraft fuselage. The aperture is arranged to substantially coincide with the dispensing nozzle. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018582 | Device and Method for Boarding an Aircraft | 2012-01-26 |
20120018583 | FOLDING KITE WITH A CENTRAL ASSEMBLY SHAFT - A folding kite with a central assembly shaft being of the type referred to as a “delta” kite has a generally isosceles triangular shaped cloth. The front-lateral sides of the cloth form respective tube-like formations for the insertion of rods coming together in a front vertex in an articulated manner. The front-lateral structure is complemented with a central rod dividing the kite into two symmetrical and identical parts on the central rod of which there are assembled in a sliding manner one or more intermediate connectors and a rear connector which form insertion coupling for respective ends of front and rear rods which at the opposite end thereof are linked with corresponding side connectors arranged for that purpose on the rods assembled on the tube-like formations arranged in the front-lateral edges of the cloth of the kite. The sliding of the connectors on the central rod allows quickly folding or extending the general structure of the kite | 2012-01-26 |
20120018584 | CONTROL BAR WITH OUTER STEERING LINE TRIM AND SHEETING SYSTEM FOR SPORT KITE - A kite control system having a control bar adapted with an internal sheeting system that provides trim/sheeting control by adjustment of outer steering lines which are attached at or near the rear corners of the kite. A tubular control bar is adapted such that the outer steering lines are routed through the interior of the control bar through openings at each opposing end. The outer steering lines are each joined to a sheeting control line which extends back out one of the opposing ends in either a left hand actuated or right hand actuated embodiment. A fixed pin located approximately mid-length within the control bar provides a fixed structure about which one of the outer lines and/or sheeting control line is routed in U-turn fashion. By pulling the sheeting control line from the end of the control bar, the rider can shorten the effective length of the outer steering lines thereby increasing the angle of attack so as to power up the kite. By releasing the sheeting control line such that it is drawn into the control bar, the ride can allow the outer steering lines to fully deploy thereby reducing the angle of attack so as to depower the kite. The control bar is equipped with means for selectively fixing the sheeting control line so as to achieve a desired angle of attack. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018585 | MEDIUM EARTH ORBIT CONSTELLATION WITH SIMPLE SATELLITE NETWORK TOPOLOGY - A method, a member satellite, and a tangible machine-readable medium are disclosed. An inter-satellite link subsystem | 2012-01-26 |
20120018586 | Method and Device for Optimization of the Mass of a Satellite - A method and a device is provided for the optimization of the mass of a satellite. The method includes: a step of calculation of an elliptical second orbit obtained by rotation of a first orbit about an axis connecting the periapsis and the apoapsis, the elliptical second orbit being associated with a second maximum eclipse duration less than a first maximum eclipse duration; a step of determination of a manoeuvre enabling the satellite to move to the second orbit; and a step of calculation of a second battery mass making it possible to maintain the satellite in operation during the second maximum eclipse duration and of calculation of a mass of fuel necessary to effect the manoeuvre. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018587 | Fabric Preform Insert for a Composite Tank Y-Joint - A method and apparatus for forming a joint. A composite insert may be placed into a joint region for a first structure. The composite insert may comprise a structure having a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion all extending from a junction; and a resin impregnated into the structure to form the composite insert. The second structure may be laid up. The composite insert may be bonded to the first structure and the second structure. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018588 | Aircraft Trailing Edge Devices, Including Devices Having Forwardly Positioned Hinge Lines, and Associated Methods - Aircraft trailing edge devices, including devices having forwardly positioned hinge lines, and associated methods are disclosed. An aircraft system in accordance with one embodiment of the invention includes a wing and a trailing edge device coupled to the wing. The trailing edge device can be movable relative to the wing between a stowed position and a deployed position, with the trailing edge device having a leading edge, a trailing edge, an upper surface, and a lower surface. The upper surface can have an intersection point with the wing when the trailing edge device is in the stowed position. The motion of the trailing edge device relative to the wing can include rotational motion about a hinge line positioned forward of the intersection point, and a gap can be positioned between the trailing edge of the wing and the leading edge of the trailing edge device when the trailing edge device is in the deployed position. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018589 | Method For Carrying Out An Aircraft And Aircraft So Obtained - A method to produce an aircraft ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120018590 | Bernoulli Micro Plane - A low cost method for motorized small indoor toy airplanes that significantly boosts the lifting forces resulting from Bernoulli Principle, and as such providing for a significantly reduced flying speed of that airplane, improved flight control, smaller turning radius and ability to fly in a much smaller room. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018591 | Method & apparatus for a hybrid train control device - A method and an apparatus for an on-board train control device are provided, and are based on converting speed codes received from wayside cab-signaling devices into movement authority limits. The device determines the train location independent of the wayside train detection system, and generates and enforces stopping profiles based on said movement authority limits. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018592 | HYDRAULIC OIL CONTROL UNIT FOR SUPPLYING HYDRAULIC OIL ACTUATORS IN SWITCH MACHINES OF RAILWAY POINTS - A hydraulic oil control unit for supplying hydraulic oil actuators in switch machines of railway points or the like is described. The control unit comprises a closed circulation circuit of a hydraulic oil fluid with delivery and return lines. These lines are connected to a hydraulic oil actuator translating point blades of the railway point for moving the point blades from a normal end position to a reverse end position or vice versa. The control unit also includes: electrical means for monitoring the movement of the point blades and/or reaching of the end position, timing means for stopping an actuating stroke of actuators moving the point blades, and means for switching the direction of the actuating stroke. The electrical means comprise switches reversing the power supply signal of an electric motor driving the pump for reversing the rotational direction of the motor and the pump. The switches are driven when the point blades reach a proper end position to reverse the circulation direction of the hydraulic oil fluid flow in the circulation circuit. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018593 | CABLE TRANSPORT CARRIER FACILITY AS WELL AS A SYSTEM WITH A MEDICAL IMAGING FACILITY AND A CABLE TRANSPORT CARRIER FACILITY - A cable transport carrier facility is proposed. The cable transport carrier facility is designed for transport of system cables installed on a medical imaging facility and is able to be installed on the medical imaging facility. The cable transport carrier facility has at least one component which is made at least partly of an organic material. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018594 | UNIVERSAL TUBE CLAMP - A universal tube clamp, having a head portion with an aperture formed therein with set screws to retain another object thereto, and a clamping portion. The clamping portion has an outer perimeter sidewall defining an opening with knurls formed on inside walls, a generally T-shaped slot with a vertical portion that extends from a bottom of the sidewall upwardly towards the head portion with ears formed on both sides of the slot, and a horizontal slot portion that extends horizontally through the sidewall above the two ears, and a bolt which forces the two ears together to reduce a diameter of the opening. The ear that the bolt head impinges on is narrower than the threaded ear, and the vertical portion of the T-shaped slot is wider at the bottom of the sidewall than at its top where it joins the horizontal slot portion. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018595 | HOLDING DEVICE FOR AN ELECTRONIC DEVICE - According to one aspect, the subject application involves a holding device for an electronic device. The holding device includes a first clip adapted to cooperate with a peripheral portion of the electronic device. A second clip opposes the first clip and is separated from the first clip by a first distance. The second clip is adapted to cooperate with a separate peripheral portion of the electronic device. A substantially-elastic band is provided to extend between the first clip and the second clip, and a back plate is at least partially disposed between the first clip and the second clip. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018596 | Vertical Columns of Dollies Used for Filming - The invention relates to improvements to the vertical columns of dollies used for filming, intended for dollies that include a vertical telescopic column having a filming head or camera positioned on the end thereof. The invention includes a movable tube ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120018597 | Tripod to support photographic equipment with tripod legs that quickly convert from a folded condition to an assembled condition - The present invention relates to the concept of a tripod having three separate legs which can placed on a surface such as the ground and which come together at a joint location at the top portion of the legs to retain a support member to which a piece of photographic equipment such as a camera can be attached. The present invention relates specifically to the field of photography tripod support equipment which contains tripod legs wherein each leg of the tripod is composed of a multiplicity of sections which can be folded up and retained in the folded condition for transport and thereafter, can be converted to legs which are immediately in the in-use condition after the mechanism which retains the legs in the folded condition is released to permit the three tripod legs to be quickly unfolded and automatically placed into the in-use condition. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018598 | MOUNTING COMPONENTS WITHIN AN ELEVATOR - A method and an adapter kit for fastening a first elevator component to a second elevator component. The kit comprises a first bracket having two opposing walls interconnected by a web configured for attachment to the first component wherein a slot extending parallel to the web is provided in each of the opposing walls. A second and a third bracket is provided each having two opposing walls interconnected by a web wherein a slot is provided in the web extending between the two opposing walls. The second and third brackets are mountable to the second component by their respective slots. The first bracket is mountable to the second and third brackets by the slots in its opposing walls when the first bracket is positioned such that its opposing walls lie adjacent to the opposing walls of the second and third brackets, respectively. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018599 | MULTI-VACUUM MOUNT TYPE SUPPORT DEVICE - A multi-vacuum mount type support device includes a multi-end connection bar, multiple supporting arms each having one end thereof horizontally pivotally connected to a respective end of the multi-end connection bar by a respective pivot lock, multiple vacuum mount assemblies vertically pivotally connected to the other ends of the supporting arms by respective pivot lock for securing to a flat surface by a vacuum suction force, and a mount connected to one front end of the multi-end connection to hold a holder member for holding an electronic apparatus. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018600 | Hangar Mounting Assembly With Adjustable Height Gages - A mounting assembly for supporting an electrical box between two supports. The mounting assembly includes two elongated members, each elongated member having an end mount. The elongated members are slidably coupled to each other, thereby allowing the mounting assembly to be telescopically extended. Each elongated member also includes an adjustable height gage located at the end of each end mount. A vertical position of the height gage is capable of being adjusted relative to the mounting assembly. Electrical boxes of various standard sizes may be accommodated by adjusting the height gages. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018601 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A device for displaying an article on a peg-board, including first and second housing portions securable to the front face of the peg-board, a recoil mechanism for a cable, and an adapter plate secured to the cable distal end and securable to an article to be displayed. The housing first portion has L-shaped prongs at its top with a distal end extending upwardly adjacent the peg-board back. The housing second portion has L-shaped prongs at its bottom with a distal end extending downwardly adjacent the peg-board back. The housing portions define a substantially enclosed space adjacent the peg-board front face, and the housing first portion defines a housing front face with an opening through the housing front face to the enclosed space. The recoil mechanism is biased toward retracting the cable into the recoil mechanism and disposed in the base housing enclosed space with the cable extending through the housing front face opening with the cable distal end outside the housing enclosed space. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018602 | Release preventing system for wall cupboards - A release-preventing system for wall cupboards wherein a cupboard ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120018603 | Temporary Attachment Device For a Mounting Assembly - A mounting assembly having a box. The box includes a plurality of walls and an interior. The mounting assembly also includes a temporary retaining device for temporarily retaining the box upon a support surface. The temporary retaining device includes at least two arms for engaging each side of the support surface for temporarily retaining the box upon the support surface. The mounting assembly also includes a fastener for permanently fastening the box to the support surface. In one embodiment, the fastener is a screw positioned within a fastener orifice. The fastener orifice includes a material for retaining the screw in the fastener orifice. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018604 | Bracket Having Overhanging Support Elements For Supporting An Electrical Box - A bracket for supporting a load from a mounting assembly. The bracket includes an upper portion having a support element and a lower portion having a mount for coupling the load to the bracket. The bracket also includes at least two side supports coupled to the support element and the mount located on sides of the mounting assembly. The upper portion, lower portion and side supports of the bracket are sized and shaped to fit over a perimeter of the support element. In one embodiment, the support arms are two support arms spaced across a length of the bracket to spread a load on the bracket. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018605 | ROTATABLE HOUSING ASSEMBLY - A rotatable housing assembly for use in mounting slides to equipment racks has components for different mounting options on different sides of the housing, and a retractable pin for use in positioning the housing. In some embodiments the housing is rotatably mounted to a bracket attached to a slide member, for example approximate a front of the side, and the retractable pin extends into a semicircular slot of the bracket for use in indexing position of the housing. The housing may include a button for use in retracting the retractable pin, and the assembly may provide for toolless mounting of the slide, and do so in a variety of rack configurations. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018606 | MOUNTING DEVICE FOR DATA STORAGE DEVICES - A mounting device for data storage devices includes a mounting bracket, a first tray mounted to the mounting bracket, a second tray mounted to the mounting bracket, a first cable, and a cable retainer. The first cable is located on the first tray. The first cable extends through the first tray and toward the second tray. The cable retainer is mounted to the first tray adjacent the second tray for retaining the first cable. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018607 | MOLDED LOAD BEARING SURFACE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURE - The present invention provides a load bearing surface assembly having an oriented, molded load bearing surface intersecured with a relatively rigid orienting member. The characteristics of the orienting member are selected such that the orienting member provides a rigid edge member for holding the load bearing surface during the orienting process and/or for mounting the load bearing surface to a support structure. In one embodiment, the load bearing surface includes a pair of orienting members mounted to opposed edges of the load bearing surface. The load bearing surface may be integrally molded into a unitary construction with the orienting member(s). The present invention also provides methods for manufacturing a load bearing surface having an orienting member and a load bearing surface assembly with a load bearing surface and an orienting member. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018608 | SEAT SLIDE POSITION DETECTION DEVICE FOR VEHICLE - A seat slide position detection device for a vehicle includes a lower rail attached to a vehicle floor. The lower rail has one side and another side opposite to the one side in the width direction. The one side includes a side surface and an upward wall portion extending upward along the side surface. An upper rail is supported by the lower rail and slidable with respect to the lower rail in the longitudinal direction of the lower rail. A detection target portion is provided in the upward wall portion of the lower rail in a predetermined range in the longitudinal direction of the lower rail. A position sensor is disposed at the upper rail between the upper rail and the upward wall portion to face the detection target portion. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018609 | SUPPORTING APPARATUS FOR THIN ELECTRONIC PRODUCT - A supporting apparatus for a thin electronic product is composed of a main body having a chamber, a plurality of fillers received in the chamber, an external lateral surface, and a locating portion located on the external lateral surface. The thin electronic product can be visibly fastened to the external lateral surface by the locating portion. Because the supporting apparatus can be firmly put on a surface and define a predetermined angle with respect to the surface, while the thin electronic product is fixed to the external lateral surface of the main body, the thin electronic product can define the predetermined angle with respect to the surface to allow the user to conveniently operate the thin electronic product. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018610 | Lightlock winch - Stage usable device, such as a moving light, is held on a platform that is raised and lowered by a winch connected to a truss. The winch can be connected inside the truss, outside the truss such as above or below the truss, or in corner blocks of the truss. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018611 | VIBRATION ISOLATION TARGET MOUNTING STRUCTURE AND METHOD - A bonding structure of a vibration isolation target is disclosed. The structure includes: a base; a vibration isolation target mounted to the base; and a vibration isolator bonds together the base and the vibration isolation target. A lift-up portion is formed on one of the base and the vibration isolation target, and is lift-upped from the one toward the other of the base and the vibration isolation target. The lift-up portion has an apex surface located at an apex of the lift-up portion. The vibration isolator is on the apex surface. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018612 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR A BWR JET PUMP MAIN WEDGE CLAMP - A method and apparatus for vertically lifting and supporting a main wedge of a Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) jet pump restrainer assembly, to ensure that the wedge is no longer contacting a restrainer bracket of the restrainer assembly. A main wedge clamp with an upper and lower clamp jaw is used to attach to the upper support of the restrainer assembly, the lower clamp jaw being fashioned with a prong or prongs that fit underneath the crown of the main wedge and provide the vertical lift for the main wedge. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018613 | DIE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING SAME - A mold of the present invention includes: a base | 2012-01-26 |
20120018614 | SOURCE-INDEPENDENT BEAM DIRECTOR AND CONTROL SYSTEM FOR A HIGH-ENERGY ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION SOURCE - A high-energy beam is precompensated by a process including receiving a high-energy beam from a source and energy from a target. The target energy includes wavefront aberrations related to atmospheric and other external disturbances encountered along a distance separating the target. A correction signal is determined responsive to the high-energy beam and the target energy. The correction signal is also configured to pre-compensate for wavefront aberrations related to the atmospheric and other external disturbances and to cancel aberrations introduced by the adaptive optics techniques. A wavefront of the outcoupled high-energy beam is adjusted responsive to the determined correction signal. A beam control system includes three adaptive optics servo loops and an aperture-sharing element. The arrangement is adapted to self-cancel internal optical-path-difference errors in the outcoupled beam and to pre-compensate the outcoupled beam according to a conjugate of the wavefront aberrations related to atmospheric and other external disturbances. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018615 | PHOTONIC SECOND-ORDER DELTA-SIGMA MODULATOR - The present disclosure relates to devices, systems and techniques for producing asynchronous delta-sigma modulated output signals from an optical input signal. In some examples, a modulator may include a first inverted integrator for producing a first integrated optical signal based on the optical input signal. Example modulators may also include a second inverted integrator for producing a second integrated optical signal based on the first integrated optical signal. Example modulators may also include an optical quantizer for producing an optical output signal based, at least in part, on the second integrated optical signal. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018616 | Optics for multi dimensional imaging - Optical systems and methods in accordance with some embodiments discussed herein can receive one or more beams of light from the system's field of view. Internal optical components can then direct the beam of light, including splitting the beam of light, rotating at least one of the split beams of light, and displacing one or more of the beams of light, such that the split beams of light are parallel to each other. Each beam of light may then be directed onto at least one linear detector array. The linear detector array can transform the light into electrical signals that can be processed and presented in a human-readable display. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018617 | Semiconductor device, solid-state imaging device, method for manufacturing semiconductor device, method for manufacturing solid-state imaging device, and electronic apparatus - Disclosed herein is a semiconductor device including an element isolation region configured to be formed on a semiconductor substrate, wherein the element isolation region is formed of a multistep trench in which trenches having different diameters are stacked and diameter of an opening part of the lower trench is smaller than diameter of a bottom of the upper trench. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018618 | Imaging Device Having Improved Performance and Method of Controlling It - Imaging device comprising at least one photosite comprising a charge storage semiconductor zone, a charge collection semiconductor zone and transfer means designed to permit charge transfer between the charge storage zone and the charge collection zone, characterized in that the charge storage semiconductor zone comprises a lower semiconductor zone and a conduction channel buried beneath the upper surface of the photosite and connecting said lower semiconductor zone to the charge collection zone. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018619 | Method of Resetting a Photosite, and Corresponding Photosite - A method of resetting a photosite is disclosed. Photogenerated charges accumulated in the photosite are reset by recombining the photogenerated charges with charges of opposite polarity. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018620 | BACKSIDE ILLUMINATED IMAGING SENSOR WITH VERTICAL PIXEL SENSOR - A backside illuminated imaging sensor includes a vertical stacked sensor that reduces cross talk by using different silicon layers to form photodiodes at separate levels within a stack (or separate stacks) to detect different colors. Blue light-, green light-, and red light-detection silicon layers are formed, with the blue light detection layer positioned closest to the backside of the sensor and the red light detection layer positioned farthest from the backside of the sensor. An anti-reflective coating (ARC) layer can be inserted in between the red and green light detection layers to reduce the optical cross talk captured by the red light detection layer. Amorphous polysilicon can be used to form the red light detection layer to boost the efficiency of detecting red light. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018621 | SIGNAL PROCESSING DEVICE AND PHOTODETECTION DEVICE - In a signal processing device of an embodiment, an integration circuit accumulates a charge from a photodiode in an integrating capacitor element, and outputs a voltage value according to the amount of charge. A comparator circuit, when the voltage value from the integration circuit has reached a reference value, outputs a saturation signal. A charge injection circuit, in response to the saturation signal, injects an opposite polarity of charge into the integrating capacitor element. A counter circuit performs counting based on the saturation signal. A holding circuit holds the voltage value from the integration circuit. An amplifier circuit outputs a voltage value that is K times (where K>1) larger than the voltage value held by the holding circuit. An A/D converter circuit sets a voltage value that is K times larger than the reference value as the maximum input voltage value, that is, a full-scale value, and outputs a digital value corresponding to the voltage value from the amplifier circuit. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018622 | DIFFERENTIAL AMPLIFIER WITH FUNCTION OF VARIABLE GAIN AND OPTICAL RECEIVER IMPLEMENTED WITH THE SAME - A differential circuit with a function of a variable gain without shifting the output cross point is disclosed. The differential circuit includes an amplifying stage and a control stage. The amplifying stage includes three units each having a pair of transistors, a pair of load resistors, and a pair of current sources. The second and third units each put between the first unit and the load resistor to bypass the current. The control stage includes two units and two current sources to compensate the current bypassed by the second or third unit to keep the DC output level substantially in constant. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018623 | ILLUMINATION UNIT - An illumination unit for illuminating large surfaces comprises a carrier device ( | 2012-01-26 |
20120018624 | Photoelectric conversion module - A photoelectric conversion module includes a housing including a first wall and a second wall parallel to each other, a first circuit board and a second circuit board arranged between the first wall and the second wall, a spacer disposed between the first circuit board and the second circuit board, a first dust proofing member for sealing a gap between the first wall and the first circuit board and a gap between the spacer and the first circuit board, and a second dust proofing member for sealing a gap between the second wall and the second circuit board and a gap between the spacer and the second circuit board. The first circuit board includes a first holding portion for holding the first dust proofing member. The second circuit board includes a second holding portion for holding the second dust proofing member. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018625 | DISPLAY WITH AN OPTICAL SENSOR - A display system can include a transparent layer. The transparent layer can include a front and a back. A bevel region can extend from the transparent layer. A panel can be on the back of the transparent layer. A three dimensional optical sensor can be on the back of the bevel region. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018626 | OPTICAL ENCODER - In order to reduce an error component of a detected waveform and enable high-accuracy position detection, there is provided an optical encoder, in which a transmittance distribution or a reflectance distribution provided in a scale track in a displacement scale has a first modulation period and a second modulation period in a scale displacement direction, the light receiving element array is arranged to detect a first signal group including two-phase signals, relative phases of which are reversed, in the first modulation period and a second signal group including two-phase signals, relative phases of which are reversed, in the second modulation period, first position information in the first modulation period is detected from the first signal group, and second position information in the second modulation period is detected from the second signal group, and the second modulation period is an odd multiple of the first modulation period. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018627 | DIGITAL RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGING ARRAYS WITH REDUCED NOISE - Exemplary embodiments provide a radiographic array, flat detector panel and/or X-ray imaging apparatus including the same and/or methods for using the same or calibrating the same. Exemplary embodiments can reduce or address noise occurring in the optically sensitive pixels that is temporally not related to image data detected by the optically sensitive pixels or dark reference frames detected by the optically sensitive pixels. Exemplary embodiments can include a capacitive element in a calibration pixel coupled between a row conductive line and a column conductive line in an imaging array. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018628 | MATRIX FOR REAL-TIME AEROSOL MASS SPECTROMETRY OF ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS AND REAL-TIME AEROSOL MALDI MS METHOD - Matrix for real-time aerosol mass spectrometry of atmospheric aerosols and real-time aerosol MALDI MS method Abstract The invention is directed to a matrix material for MALDI mass spectrometry, to a matrix composition for MALDI mass spectrometry, in particular for aerosol MALDI mass spectrometry, to a MALDI mass spectrometry method, in particular an aerosol MALDI mass spectrometry method, to the use of a specific compound as a MALDI matrix material, and to the use of a MALDI matrix composition in a gas phase coating method. The matrix material of the invention comprises a 2-mercapto-4,5-dialkylthiazole according to formula (I), wherein X is chosen from S, O or N, and wherein R | 2012-01-26 |
20120018629 | MECHANICAL HOLDER FOR SURFACE ANALYSIS - A mechanical holder that provides for a confined sampling region for extraction and removal of chemical substances contained in a dried blood spot or other spot of sample is described herein. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018630 | Nonoparticulate Assisted Nanoscale Molecular Imaging by Mass Spectrometery - Methods and devices for mass spectrometry are described, specifically the use of nanoparticulate implantation as a matrix for secondary ion and more generally secondary particles. A photon beam source or a nanoparticulate beam source can be used a desorption source or a primary ion/primary particle source. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018631 | ION-MOBILITY ANALYSER - An ion-mobility analyser is disclosed comprising a plurality of axially segmented upper electrodes | 2012-01-26 |
20120018632 | SINGLE AND MULTIPLE OPERATING MODE ION SOURCES WITH ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE CHEMICAL IONIZATION - An Atmospheric Pressure Chemical Ionization (APCI) source interfaced to a mass spectrometer is configured with a corona discharge needle positioned inside the APCI inlet probe assembly. Liquid sample flowing into the APCI inlet probe is nebulized and vaporized prior to passing through the corona discharge region all contained in the APCI inlet probe assembly Ions produced in the corona discharge region are focused toward the APCI probe centerline to maximize ion transmission through the APCI probe exit. External electric fields penetrating into the APCI probe exit end opening providing additional centerline focusing of sample ions exiting the APCI probe. The APCI probe is configured to shield the electric field from the corona discharge region while allowing penetration of an external electric field to focus APCI generated ions into an orifice into vacuum for mass to charge analysis. Ions that exit the APCI probe are directed only by external electric fields and gas flow maximizing ion transmission into a mass to charge analyzer. The new APCI probe can be configured to operate as a stand alone APCI source inlet probe, as a reagent ion gun for ionizing samples introduced on solids or liquid sample probes or through gas inlets in a multiple function ion source or as the APCI portion of a combination Electrospray and APCI multiple function ion source. Sample ions and gas phase reagent ions are generated in the APCI probe from liquid or gas inlet species or mixtures of both. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018633 | RADIATION IMAGE DETECTING CASSETTE - Disclosed is a radiation image detecting cassette, which makes it possible to continuously conduct operations for detecting appropriate radiation images without making the glass substrate fall into the breakage failure. The cassette includes: a detecting section to detects radiation being incident thereon; a glass base plate onto which the detecting section is installed; a substrate to support the glass base plate; a housing that incorporates the detecting section, the glass base plate and the substrate, therein; and a buffer member that is installed between an end portion of the substrate and an inner wall of the housing. A side wall is formed at the end portion of the substrate, and the glass base plate is supported by the substrate in such a state that the glass base plate is adhered onto the substrate. A gap is provided between an end portion of the glass base plate and the side wall. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018634 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING ORGANIC MATERIALS AND OBJECTS FROM MULTISPECTRAL REFLECTED LIGHT - The present invention is a method of determining the presence of keratin, particularly hard keratin, such as exists in mammalian hair and feathers, and objects comprising such materials. The method of the present invention also includes displaying information derived from such a determination, as well as a measurement method followed by transmission of data to a remote processing site for analysis or display. The invention also includes devices for carrying out the determination, display and/or transmission. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018635 | THERMAL DETECTOR, THERMAL DETECTION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC INSTRUMENT - A thermal detector has a thermal detection element in which a physical characteristic changes based on temperature, a light-absorbing member configured and arranged to collect heat and transmit collected heat to the thermal detection element, a support member mounting the thermal detection element on a first side with a second surface facing a cavity, and a support part supporting a portion of the support member. The light-absorbing member is a plate shaped member at least partially contacting a top part of the thermal detection element and having a portion overhanging to an outside from the top part of the thermal detection element in plan view. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018636 | INFRARED ARRAY SENSOR - An infrared array sensor includes: a base substrate; cavities which have array structure and are formed on a surface side of the base substrate; and pixel parts supported by the base substrate to cover the cavities, respectively. Each of the pixel parts includes a membrane structure that includes segmented membrane structures divided by slits. Each of the segmented membrane structures includes a thermosensor. Each membrane structure of the pixel parts includes a coupling piece for connecting its own segmented membrane structures to each other. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018637 | SWITCHING APPARATUS, SWITCHING METHOD, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - The present invention relates to a switching apparatus, a switching method, and an electronic device with which it is possible to detect whether or not a proximal object is a human skin. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018638 | DETECTION AND IDENTIFICATION OF SOLID MATTER - Detection and identification of minute quantities of condensed or solid state materials with significantly improved performance over the present state-of-the-art, comprises illuminating a small target particle with an appropriate laser radiation at a wavelength that is strongly absorbed by the target. The resulting temperature rise is observed by monitoring the increased blackbody radiation from the sample. An unambiguous determination of the target compound or the target material composition can be achieved through the use of a tunable laser that generates an absorption fingerprint of the target. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018639 | INFRARED SENSOR AND AIR CONDITIONER - In an infrared sensor | 2012-01-26 |
20120018640 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - A radiation image capturing device includes: an image capturing unit that captures a radiation image using irradiated radiation; a radiation detection unit that detects the radiation; a determination unit that determines whether image capturing preparation is completed; and a control unit that starts detection of the radiation by the radiation detection unit, in a case in which the determination unit determines that the image capturing preparation is completed, and controls the image capturing unit to capture a radiation image, in a case in which the radiation detection unit detects the radiation. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018641 | RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING DEVICE, RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING SYSTEM, AND RADIATION IMAGE CAPTURING METHOD - A radiation image capturing system includes: a radiation image capturing device that includes an irradiation detecting/image capturing mode in which a start of irradiation of radiation is detected and a radiation image is captured; a detection unit that detects whether a radiographer has completed positioning of a subject with respect to the radiation image capturing device or has completed image capturing preparation; and a control unit that controls the radiation image capturing device to transit to the irradiation detecting/image capturing mode, in a case in which it is detected by the detection unit that the radiographer has completed the positioning of the subject or has completed the image capturing preparation. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018642 | RADIOGRAPHIC IMAGE DETECTOR - [Problems to be Solved] It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel radiographic image detector which can detect radiation, such as hard X-rays or γ-rays, with high sensitivity and which is excellent in position resolution and count rate characteristic. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018643 | Dual Amplifier For MR-PET Hybrid Imaging System - PET signals are amplified in a hybrid PET/MR system. An amplifier structure is provided for operation in the magnetic field of the MR magnets. By filtering to remove signals at the MR frequency (e.g., about 123 MHz) as part of the amplification circuit, the amplification circuit may be positioned within the RF cabin, within the magnetic field, and even within a same housing as the MR magnets. MR interference may be reduced by staged amplification. The filtering may be bi-directional, such as using parallel and series traps. Digitization of the PET signals may be provided within the magnetic field with no or little interference with MR operation. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018644 | MR-PET Imaging System Integration - A data processing unit for an integrated magnetic resonance (MR) and positron emission tomography (PET) system includes an RF shield housing, a first input port in the RF shield housing configured to receive a PET detector signal, a first filter disposed in the RF shield housing, in communication with the first input port, and configured to remove MR noise from the PET detector signal, a second input port in the RF shield housing configured to receive DC power, a second filter disposed in the RF shield housing, in communication with the second input port, and configured to remove the MR noise from the DC power, and a signal processing circuit disposed in the RF shield housing and powered by the DC power, the signal processing circuit including an analog-to-digital converter to digitize the PET detector signal. | 2012-01-26 |
20120018645 | Method and Apparatus to Optimize Injected Dose and Scan Time in SPECT Imaging - An apparatus and method are provided for optimizing an amount of radiation dose and acquisition time in cardiac Single Photon Emission Computed Tomography (SPECT) imaging. The apparatus and method include providing an organ, acquiring images of the organ at projected views. Then a projected view that projects the organ as an annulus is selected; a region of interest (ROI) is also selected in the projected view, wherein the ROI is in a lateral wall of the organ. An average count in the ROI is determined; and an image quality of a reconstructed image based on the average count is predicted. | 2012-01-26 |