06th week of 2011 patent applcation highlights part 13 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20110031318 | INFRARED BLOCKING ARTICLE - The present invention relates to a process for producing an opaque, transparent or translucent transaction card having multiple features, such as a holographic foil, integrated circuit chip, silver magnetic stripe with text on the magnetic stripe, opacity gradient, an invisible optically recognizable compound, a translucent signature field such that the signature on back of the card is visible from the front of the card and an active thru date on the front of the card. The invisible optically recognizable compound is an infrared ink and/or film, which can be detected by a sensor found in an ATM or card assembly line. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031319 | RF Proximity Financial Transaction Card Having Metallic Foil Layer(s) - A contactless financial transaction card includes a plastic inlay having first and second substantially planar surfaces bounded by a continuous peripheral edge. An integrated circuit carried by the inlay stores card-specific data. An antenna carried by the inlay is operatively connected to the integrated circuit. The foil layer provides the financial transaction card with a decorative metallic reflective appearance and is constructed to permit the antenna to inductively couple with the card reader within the maximum coupling distance. Printed graphics or text may be disposed on or above the metallic foil layer. The card is constructed to inductively couple with a card reader that is spaced from the card in order to support limited-range wireless communication between the card and the card reader up to a maximum coupling distance, beyond which it will not couple. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031320 | WIRELESS IC DEVICE - A wireless IC device includes a wireless IC chip arranged to process a radio signal, a power-supply circuit board that is connected to the wireless IC chip and that includes a power supply circuit including at least one coil pattern, and a radiation plate arranged to radiate a transmission signal supplied from the power-supply circuit board and/or receiving a reception signal to supply the reception signal to the power-supply circuit board. The radiation plate includes an opening provided in a portion thereof and a slit connected to the opening. When viewed in plan from the direction of the winding axis of the coil pattern, the opening in the radiation plate overlaps with an inner area of the coil pattern and the area of the inner area is approximately the same as that of opening. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031321 | Webs and Methods of Making Same - There are disclosed methods of making RFID transponder webs and intermediate webs such as RFID strap webs and antenna webs, as well as such webs per se. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031322 | Novel air regulation device and air conditioning system - A multiple zone HVAC system comprises powered flow rate adjustable registers. It can further comprise zone controllers that can wirelessly control the registers, and a central controller that controls the HVAC unit and coordinates zone controllers. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031323 | Water heating control system and method - The water heating control system and method tracks, monitors and controls energy consumed by systems and/or equipment including, but not limited to, hot water, HVAC, pools, and spas. The system and method controls a given device by utilizing historical and real-time information collected from a system of similar devices at the same and similar locations, as inputs to control processes which, utilizing the blended real-time and historical data, improve device management, including energy savings and maintenance of the entire system of devices over time. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031324 | HUMIDITY CONTROL SYSTEM - A humidity control system includes three dehumidifiers. Each of the dehumidifiers alternately switches between first batch operation in which air whose moisture has been adsorbed in a first adsorption component is supplied to a room and air heated in a heat exchanger is exhausted to outside the room through a second adsorption component, and second batch operation in which air whose moisture has been adsorbed in the second adsorption component is supplied to the room and air heated in the heat exchanger is exhausted to outside the room through the first adsorption component. The system further includes: a controller allowing the switchings of the dehumidifiers to be performed at different timings; and a chamber collecting air to be supplied from the dehumidifiers to the room. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031325 | DRIPLESS ROTARY SPRINKLER AND RELATED METHOD - A rotary sprinkler includes a housing supporting a nozzle and a nozzle tube, the nozzle tube located axially adjacent an orifice of the nozzle with an axial gap therebetween. A water-deflection plate assembly is carried by the nozzle tube for rotation relative to the nozzle tube. The housing is formed with an exterior substantially annular funnel surrounding the nozzle and forming a collection trough for collection of excess water, and the housing formed with one or more apertures directing excess water in the collection trough to an internal area surrounding the orifice to be aspirated through the gap into a stream of water emitted from the nozzle orifice and through the nozzle tube such that the excess water is distributed by the water-deflection plate along with water emitted from the nozzle orifice. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031326 | SUBSTRATE CLEANING METHOD AND SUBSTRATE CLEANING APPARATUS - A valve is closed while a cleaning liquid is fed into a tubular body of a cleaning nozzle, and a piezoelectric element applies vibrations to the cleaning liquid. This causes droplets of the cleaning liquid to be produced and discharged from a plurality of discharge holes. The droplet diameter of the discharged droplets is in the range from 15 to 200 μm, and the distribution of the droplet diameter is such that the value of where a value of 3σ does not exceed 10% of the average droplet diameter. The droplet speed is in the range from 20 to 100 meters per second, and the distribution of the droplet speed is such that the value of where a value of 3σ does not exceed 10% of the average droplet speed. The droplet flow rate is not less than 10 milliliters per minute. Discharging the droplets of the cleaning liquid from the cleaning nozzle toward a substrate while satisfying these discharge conditions improves cleaning efficiency without damages to the substrate. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031327 | DEVICE FOR STORING AND RELEASING A FRAGRANCE, AND SET OF SUCH DEVICES - The device for presenting a given fragrance comprises a presenting rod ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110031328 | NOZZLE APPARATUS FOR DISPERSING DROPLETS OF FLOWABLE MATERIAL - The present invention provides a nozzle apparatus for dispersing droplets of flowable material. The apparatus has a body with a vortex chamber, an inlet for feeding the flowable material thereto, and a passageway for supplying pressurized gas to the vortex chamber such that the flow of the pressurized gas is tangential to the flow of the flowable material. An outlet for dispersing droplets of flowable material out of the apparatus is in communication with the vortex chamber. The inlet and the outlet have cross-sectional areas which are equal to within ±15%. The passageway directs the pressurized gas to move in a vortex within the vortex chamber and envelope the flowable material. The cross-sectional area of the flowable material is thereby reduced and caused to accelerate through the outlet. Upon exiting the outlet, the flowable material spirals outwards and breaks into droplets of material thereby. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031329 | VAPOR TRANSFER HAND PIECE - Vapor transfer devices are generally discussed herein with particular discussions extended to a vapor transfer hand piece configured to work with a thermal vaporizer. The vapor transfer hand piece provided according to aspects of the present invention comprises a tip made from a first material, which is connected with a handle made from a second material through a coupling made from a third material, wherein the thermal conductivity of the third material is lower than that of the first material such that the heat transfer from the tip to the handle is insulated by the coupling. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031330 | Product dispenser and carrier - A product dispenser ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110031331 | Apparatus for Displaying, Monitoring and/or Controlling Shower, Bath or Sink Faucet Water Parameters with an Audio or Verbal Annunciations or Control Means - The present invention is a display apparatus for affixation to shower head, bath or sink faucet water supply piping or incorporated within a shower, or bath or faucet head. The display apparatus includes a power generation, CPU or microprocessor, temperature sensor and/or water flow sensors, timing circuits, and audio or verbal communication means and a display means. The present invention can position some components remotely from other components that communicate by wired or wireless means. The communication means is designed 1) to detect and respond to audio signals or verbal instructions or commands and/or 2) annunciate audio signals or verbal messages. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031332 | ROTARY STRUT SPRINKLER - A rotary sprinkler includes a sprinkler body including a nozzle, a water-deflection plate supported for rotational movement relative to the sprinkler body, the water-deflection plate having one or more grooves configured to cause the water-deflection plate to rotate when impinged upon by a stream emitted from the nozzle; a first brake arranged to slow rotation of the water-deflection plate at all times; and a second brake arranged to further slow rotation of the water-deflection plate as a function of water pressure exerted on the water-deflection plate. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031333 | MULTI-POINT INJECTOR RING - A multi-point injector includes an annular body defining an interior annular flow passage. The annular body includes a fluid inlet and a plurality of circumferentially spaced apart fluid outlets in fluid communication with the interior flow passage. Each of the outlets has a swirl chamber formed within the annular body associated therewith for imparting swirl to fluid delivered thereto. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031334 | HIGH PRESSURE HOSE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF USE - The present invention is directed to lighting and safety switch systems for use with high pressure hoses. One embodiment comprises a multipoint light source disposed around the high pressure hose and located proximate the discharge port for uniformly illuminating the application surface without casting a shadow. Another embodiment comprises at least one low profile, elongated switching element for activating and deactivating dispensing of pressurized medium through the high pressure hose. The at least one switching element is substantially equally responsive to touch along its length and runs parallel to the high pressure hose. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031335 | ELECTROSTATICALLY ATOMIZING DEVICE - An electrostatically atomizing device in this invention comprises an emitter electrode, cooling means, and a high voltage source. The emitter electrode has a rode and a discharge head which is formed at one axial end of the rod. The cooling means is coupled in a heat transfer relation to one axial end of the rod away from the discharge head in order to cool the emitter electrode for condensation of water thereon from within a surrounding air. The high voltage source is configured to apply a high voltage to the emitter electrode for electrostatically atomizing the water on the discharge head. The emitter electrode includes a flange which is provided at a juncture between the discharge head and the rod to extend radially outwardly of the discharge head and the rod over an entire circumference of the discharge head. The discharge head is tapered to have an outwardly bulged side contour. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031336 | Battery recycling - In a method of recycling sealed batteries, the batteries are shredded to form a shredded feedstock. The shredded feedstock is heated above ambient temperature and rolled to form a dried material. The dried material is screen separated into a coarse fraction and a powder fraction and the powder fraction is output. A system for recycling sealed cell batteries comprises an oven with a first conveyor extending into the oven. A rotatable tunnel extends within the oven from an output of the first conveyor. The tunnel has a spiral vane depending from its inner surface which extends along a length of the tunnel. A second conveyor is positioned below an output of the rotatable tunnel. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031337 | METHOD FOR ALIGNING A CUTTER SPINDLE OF A GRANULATOR AND A GRANULATOR FOR PRODUCING PLASTIC GRANULATE - The present invention relates to a method for aligning a cutter spindle of a granulator, particularly an underwater granulator, relative to a cutting plate ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110031338 | Blade Set For Jaws Used In Rail Breaking Demolition Equipment - A blade set associated with jaws for demolition equipment used to break raiload rails includes a bottom blade associated with a bottom jaw and a top blade associated with a top jaw, wherein the bottom jaw and the top jaw are rotatable relative to one another. The bottom blade includes two spaced-apart support rails separated by a cavity, while the top blade includes a single raised knife rail positioned and central to the cavity and rotatable toward the cavity. The raised support rails associated with the bottom blade and the raised knife rail associated with the top blade have spaced recesses across their width which enhance the ability of the jaw sets to grab and retain work pieces. Additionally, the top blade has an outwardly tapering shape, such that upon completing a cutting operation a remaining portion of the severed railroad rail may be held and clamped by the jaw set for transportation or further processing. The top blade additionally may be marked with indicia, such as red paint, such that the machine operator may properly orient the top blade during a cutting operation to maximize safety. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031339 | BLOWING WOOL MACHINE OUTLET PLATE ASSEMBLY - A machine for distributing blowing wool from a bag of compressed blowing wool is provided. The machine includes a chute configured to receive the compressed blowing wool and a shredding chamber connected to the chute. The shredding chamber includes a plurality of shredders configured to shred the blowing wool. A discharge mechanism is mounted to receive the shredded and picked apart blowing wool and configured to distribute the blowing wool into an airstream. An outlet plate assembly is mounted to the discharge mechanism and includes an outlet pipe configured to connect a distribution hose to the discharge mechanism. The outlet pipe has a plurality of inner diameters each having an inner surface. A blower is configured to provide the airstream flowing through the discharge mechanism. In an installed position, an outer surface of the distribution hose contacts the inner surface of one of the inner diameters of the outlet pipe. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031340 | WEBBING TAKE-UP DEVICE - Assembling performance of a torsion bar to a spool is improved. When a webbing take-up device is assembled, the torsion bar is inserted into the spool while catch projections of a serration pillar of the torsion bar are corresponded to insertion grooves of an insertion hole of the spool. Subsequently, in a state where the serration pillar of the torsion bar arrives at an catch hole of the spool, the torsion bar is rotated in a winding direction with respect to the spool, so that the catch projections are caught by catch surfaces of catch grooves of the catch hole, whereby the torsion bar is made non-removable from the spool. Therefore, a direction in which the torsion bar is assembled to the spool is made to be only an axial direction of the spool, and assembling performance of the torsion bar to the spool can be improved. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031341 | AUTOMATIC POSITIONING WINDER - An automatic positioning winder comprises a lower cover ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110031342 | Pawl Assembly - A pawl assembly comprising a pawl held in a floating engagement with a support structure and being operable to engage a ratchet, the support structure having an abutment portion, wherein in a first phase, on initial contact with the ratchet, the pawl remains in the floating engagement and is operable to move into a second phase, in which the pawl is operable to contact the abutment portion, to rotate the pawl towards full engagement with the ratchet. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031343 | SINGLE CORD DRIVE FOR COVERINGS FOR ARCHITECTURAL OPENINGS - A shade for architectural openings incorporating a single cord drive featuring automatic braking of the shade when the user releases the drive cord. In a preferred embodiment, an automatic tilt-open mechanism is provided to tilt the shade open when the shade is in the fully extended down position. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031344 | HIGH VOLTAGE FLYING APPARATUS EMPLOYING MULTIPLE MOTORS - A flying apparatus having a frame configured to couple to a high voltage tether system, and at least one motor module mounted to the frame, the module including a holding structure attached to the frame, a rotating structure, including a rotor shaft, configured to rotate relative to the holding structure, a rotor attached to the rotor shaft and a plurality of motors attached to the holding structure, each including a drive shaft configured to engage with the rotor shaft, wherein the motors are configured to receive electrical energy from the tether system and drive the drive shafts to create a torque on the rotor shaft to thereby rotate the rotor and create lift to fly the apparatus from the ground to a desired position aloft while remaining coupled to the tether system. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031345 | Human interface rotor system helicopter (HIR) - A single place helicopter comprising a lower airframe and an upper airframe, having a rotor shaft attached thereto, rotor blades, and a hub on said rotor shaft with means to change blade pitch for vertical flight. The upper airframe comprising a rotor system, engine, tail boom and tail rotor tilt as one unit with the pilot forward, rearward and in a lateral attitude for directional flight control by means of a hinged gimbal joint or block fastened between the vertical tubes on the lower airframe that connect the upper and lower airframes. By allowing the pilot to move with the rotor system, this configuration combines weight and CG manipulation in a tilt rotor design that eliminates the angular differences between advancing and retreating rotor blades during lateral flight and allows for a simplified human interface flight control system in a single-main-tilt rotor helicopter. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031346 | METHOD OF ASSISTING PILOTING, PILOTING ASSISTANCE MEANS, AND A PILOTING ASSISTANCE DEVICE FOR A ROTORCRAFT USING SAID PILOTING ASSISTANCE MEANS TO IMPLEMENT SAID PILOTING ASSISTANCE METHOD - The present invention relates to a device and method of assisting the piloting of a rotorcraft, the rotorcraft having a flight control ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110031347 | SPOILER DEPLOYMENT MECHANISM - An aircraft wing assembly comprising: a wing; a spoiler pivotally attached to the wing; and a spoiler deployment mechanism. The deployment mechanism comprises a scissor linkage mechanism comprising an upper link pivotally attached to the spoiler at an upper pivot, and a lower link pivotally attached to the wing at a lower pivot and to the upper link at a central pivot. An actuator is pivotally attached to the wing at a proximal pivot and to the scissor linkage mechanism at a distal pivot. The actuator is adjustable between expanded and contracted configurations so as to vary the distance between the proximal and distal pivots. This opens up the angle between the upper and lower links of the scissor linkage mechanism and pushes the spoiler up into the air-stream above the wing. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031348 | LANDING GEAR WITH COMPOSITE LEAF SPRING - An aircraft landing gear comprising: an arm mounted to a pivot and carrying one or more wheel assemblies; and a composite leaf spring which is coupled to the arm and arranged to provide a resilient biasing force which opposes rotation of the arm about the pivot. The arm can be made relatively stiff in comparison with the leaf spring, so that load is transferred directly into the pivot without a large amount of bending of the leg. The leaf spring shock absorber typically has a reduced part count compared with a conventional oleo-pneumatic shock absorber. By forming the leaf spring from a composite material, its weight is significantly reduced in comparison with a conventional metal spring, making it suitable for use on a relatively large aircraft. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031349 | Pinned lug joint - A pinned lug joint comprising: a first part comprising two first lugs projecting from a bridge which extends between them; a second part pivotally coupled to the first part, the second part comprising a second lug positioned between the first lugs; and a sealing member, the sealing member being mounted to the first lugs and extending between them to seal an air gap between the second lug and the bridge at least when the second part is in a first position. The pinned lug joint may be used to attach a panel assembly to part of an aircraft. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031350 | COMPONET, IN PARTICULAR A SHELL COMPONENT, WHICH CAN BE JOINED THERMALLY AND/OR MECHANICALLY, FOR BUILDING A FUSELAGE SECTION OF AN AIRCRAFT - A component for building a fuselage section of an aircraft includes a border area connectable to a corresponding further border area of a further component so as to form an electrically conductive joint, wherein the component includes a composite structure | 2011-02-10 |
20110031351 | Support assembly - A support assembly for guiding a flap on an aircraft wing during deployment of the flap is disclosed. The assembly comprises an arcuate guide track mountable to an aircraft wing and defining a two-dimensional path, a carriage mounted on the guide track so as to slide along the track during flap deployment, a part-spherical bearing, and a shaft having one end attachable to a flap and the opposite end coupled to the carriage via said part-spherical bearing. The shaft is free to pivot relative to the carriage about a centre of the part-spherical bearing in all directions, as the carriage slides along the track. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031352 | Two Part Spacecraft Servicing Vehicle System with Adaptors, Tools, and Attachment Mechanisms - An in-space spacecraft servicing system ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110031353 | DE-ICING SYSTEM FOR AN AIRCRAFT - The invention pertains to a de-icing system for an aircraft with at least one heat source and at least one air delivery means for delivering air into regions of the aircraft to be de-iced. In comparison with the prior art, the invention is characterized in that the air delivery means is connected to an air-conditioning system of the aircraft for discharging air from the cabin of the aircraft via an air heating device, wherein the air heating device is connected to at least one heat source in order to heat the air from the cabin of the aircraft. The de-icing system according to the invention is able to realize a wing de-icing that not only fulfills an anti-icing function, but also a de-icing function on the ground without additional expenditure of energy. The function of the de-icing system according to the invention could also be advantageously supplemented by utilizing the cabin waste air for increasing the flow energy on the upper side of the wing in order to delay a change-over or separation of the boundary layer and to generally increase the lift or lower the resistance. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031354 | Aircraft - An aircraft, particularly a solar powered, high altitude, long endurance, unmanned aerial vehicle, is equipped with a combination of canted down, raked back wing tips and trailing “tip tails” carried on booms from the tip regions of the mainplane. Each tip tail is positioned to be subject to the upwash field of the respective wing tip vortex, at least in the cruise condition of the aircraft. The wing tip form can achieve a reduction in induced drag and help to relieve wing root bending moment while the tip tails can act through their connections to the mainplane to provide torsional relief to the latter, particularly under lower incidence/higher speed conditions. In the higher incidence/lower speed cruise condition, however, the presence of the tip tails in the upwash fields of the wing tip vortices means that they can generate lift with a component in the forward direction of flight and hence contribute to the thrust requirements of the aircraft. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031355 | Aircraft with dual flight regimes - The aircraft is capable of two distinct fuel-efficient flight regimes: one is a vertical flight regime supported by two large two-bladed rotors with low disc loading located on right and left longitudinal booms. The booms extend between outboard regions of a front wing and inboard regions of a rear wing that has a larger span an area. The other flight regime is high speed up to high subsonic Mach number with the aircraft supported by wing lift with high wing loading, and with the rotors stopped and faired with minimal local drag contiguous to the booms. The longitudinal location of the aircrafts center of gravity, aerodynamic center and the center of the rotors are in close proximity. The front wing is preferably swept back, and the rear wing is preferably of W planform. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031356 | FASTENER - A fastener is provided for attaching elongated members such as wire, conduit, tubing and the like to a supporting surface such as a post. The fastener includes a body having a bottom or engagement surface, the body including a head with a greater length and a toe with a relatively small length, and a neck on the body connecting the head and the toe. A holding area, which may be arcuate in configuration, is positioned between the head and the toe, is much smaller than the length of the head and positioned and configured to receive the elongated member. A hole, which may be a single hole, may extend through the height of the body and receive therethrough an attachment member such as a screw, for holding the fastener with the heel and toe against the supporting surface and retaining the elongated member in the holding area between the toe and the head. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031357 | Articulating Mount - An articulating mount has a hollow support arm with a compression spring inside of it. The spring is on a threaded rod and held at one end by a nut. At the other end, the spring rests against a washer. The washer rests against an indentation in the tube. One end of the threaded rod is connected via rotation links to an adjustment cross inside a housing. The housing has a threaded captive adjustment screw that is attached to both the housing by way of an adjustment pin and to the adjustment cross by its external threading. The housing is secured to a steel support body. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031358 | TRIPOD - A tripod configured with three tripod legs pivotally attached to a tripod plate comprises as components a coupling device, a connecting arrangement for the non-latching engagement of two tripod legs and a locking arrangement, which has a locking piece with a latching action and which has detent elements. In this way, in a closed position the tripod legs can be connected to and detached from each other very easily. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031359 | WINDING TRIPOD - The present invention discloses a winding tripod, which includes a cradle head and three legs. Each of the legs is connected at one end with the cradle head via a universal joint, and used at the other end for supporting. At least one of the legs therein includes multiple first movable joints and multiple second movable joints, which are connected together alternately and hinged via a locking coupling device. The first and the second movable joints are provided with a hoverball hole. Between the first and the second movable joints are positioned a spring and a hoverball. The hoverball is clipped into the hoverball hole when the first and the second movable joints are pivotally turned to a predetermined angle. The winding tripod of the present invention can overcome shortcomings of the prior art technology; a universal joint structure without a security function is improved to become the three dimensional structure with the security function, which thus enables the windable leg to be wound firmly around any surface and winding and unwinding of the leg to be more flexible. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031360 | Adjustment Assembly for a Satellite Antenna - An adjustment assembly for a satellite antenna has a first bracket, a second bracket, a pivotal bolt and an adjustment device. The second bracket is mounted pivotally on the first bracket. The pivotal bolt is mounted through the first bracket and the second bracket and serves as a fulcrum when the brackets pivot relatively. The adjustment device is mounted between the first bracket and the second bracket and has a positioning fastener, a driving fastener and an adjustment shaft. The positioning fastener is mounted on the first bracket. The driving fastener is mounted on the second bracket. The adjustment shaft is mounted rotatably through the driving fastener and into positioning fastener and has a threaded section and a positioning section. The threaded section allows the driving fastener to move along the adjustment shaft when the adjustment shaft is rotated. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031361 | UTENSIL HOLDER - A utensil holder for holding a utensil proximal a cooking container is provided. The utensil holder includes an integrally formed structure that defines a longitudinal, container engaging recess. The holder further defines a first lateral, utensil engaging recess that has a first pair of longitudinally spaced-apart engaging surfaces configured to securely engage a first utensil having a first predetermined size and a second pair of longitudinally spaced-apart engaging surfaces configured to securely engage a second utensil having a second predetermined size different from the first predetermined size of the first utensil. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031362 | HARDWARE FASTENING STRUCTURE FOR COMPUTER - A hardware fastening structure for fastening hardware for computer includes a housing, a bracket, and a fixed frame. The housing includes a bottom plate. The bracket includes a first side-board. A first bolt is extended outward from and substantially perpendicular to the first side-board. The fixed frame includes a bottom board is positioned onto the bottom plate of the housing, and a back board substantially perpendicular to and adjacent to the bottom board. The back board defines a cambered guiding slot. The cambered guiding slot includes an arced sliding portion and a locating portion communicating with the sliding portion. The locating portion is above the sliding portion. The first bolt is inserted through the sliding portion, and is capable of sliding along the sliding portion until the first bolt is locked in locating portion to lift the bracket relative to the housing. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031363 | Trophy mount - A trophy mount for displaying the skull and horn or antler of game animals comprising; a base with one or more holes in the base for attaching the base to a vertical surface, a wing that attaches to the base by means of an upper and lower hinge socket on the base that are able to receive an upper and lower wing joint from the wing with the sockets and joints sized to allow the wing to pivot with respect to the base which is secured to the vertical surface, a bracket that has one or more adjustment holes and a pivot hole, means for securing the bracket to the wing such that the bracket can be positioned at various angles with respect to the base, a center prong on the bracket that is sized to fit within a Foramen magnum of a vertebrate game animal, and a right and left side arm that are spaced, sized and positioned below and slightly in front of the center prong such that the right and left side arms fit into the condyloid fossa of a game animal's skull. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031364 | HINGED CLAMP BRACKET - A clam-shell bracket for defining a mounting flange on a structural member, such as a hydroformed vehicle cross-member or frame rail, includes a lower body featuring an integrated locating feature with which to preposition the bracket on the structural member, and permanently-attached male threaded fasteners with which to thereafter secure the bracket to the structural member. The bracket further includes a hinged upper body having slotted bolt holes through which the lower body's fasteners may freely pass as the upper body is pivoted into the assembled position, thereby reducing the time required for bracket installation. The use of fasteners on the both the hinged end and opposite end of the lower clamp body provides an improved clamping force about the structural member, while the improved clamping force cooperates with the mating locating features of the bracket and the structural member to improve the lateral applied load transfer therebetween. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031365 | Methods and apparatus for mounting devices - A device mounting apparatus includes a mounting base portion having a plurality of opposing pairs of rails. The mounting base portion is adapted for mounting on a support structure. The apparatus further includes a mounting tab affixed to a device for snap in mounting between a pair of rails, whereby the device is captively retained on the mounting base portion, and can be disengaged therefrom by snapping the mounting tabs out of the associated pairs of rails. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031366 | Apparatus to keep toilet seat at upright position - An apparatus to keep toilet seat at upright position consists of a toilet seat griper, a lever which is fastened onto toilet seat griper at right angle and a heavy weight which can turn forward or backward on lever. An apparatus to keep toilet seat at upright position can be installed onto a toilet seat to keep it at upright position by the mechanism of seesaw and the toilet seat can be pushed to horizontal position by hand. This apparatus to keep toilet seat at upright position can prevent toilet seat from getting wet by urine when man urinates. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031367 | HANGER ASSEMBLY FOR CEILING FAN - A hanger assembly for depending a ceiling fan from an overhead includes a hanger bracket securable to an overhead support. A down rod suspended from the hanger bracket has a lower end adapted for engagement with the ceiling fan. A canopy has a central opening through which the down rod is received and an upper rim which receives the hanger bracket. The upper rim of the canopy is secured to the hanger bracket by a plurality of screws having heads exposed on the outside of the upper rim of the canopy. A rim cover which fits over and encapsulates the screw heads is engagable with the heads of the screws. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031368 | Hanger assembly for ceiling fan - A hanger assembly for depending a ceiling fan from an overhead includes a hanger bracket securable to an overhead support. A down rod suspended from the hanger bracket has a lower end adapted for engagement with the ceiling fan. A canopy has a central opening through which the down rod is received and an upper rim which receives the hanger bracket. The upper rim of the canopy is secured to the hanger bracket by a plurality of screws having heads exposed on the outside of the upper rim of the canopy. A rim cover which fits over and encapsulates the screw heads is engagable with upper rim of the canopy. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031369 | Ornamental hanger for items - An ornamental hanger constructed with a soft ornamental figure having a bottom portion weighted with a deformable weight so that if the ornamental hanger is pulled of a mantle, or the like, it will not injure a person. The top portion of the figure is filled with a light weight filler to maintain the shape of the figure. The ornamental hanger includes an adjustable strap so that items can be suspended therefrom at different distances. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031370 | Handlebar mounting device - A novel handlebar mounting device structured to mount to a mirror mount receiver on a handlebar where a mirror mounting stem supporting a mirror normally resides. The novel handlebar mounting device includes a pivot arm having a pivot base and a coupler interface with therebetween a pivot joint having an adjustable rotational stiffness. The pivot joint is formed of an arm and a hub relatively rotatably suspended therefrom, an elastomeric interface between the arm and the hub, and a means for compressing the elastomeric interface between the arm and the hub. A coupler component is formed on the coupler interface. A connector is adapted for securing the pivot base to a mirror mount receiver on a handlebar where a mirror mounting stem supporting a mirror normally resides. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031371 | LOAD TAKE-UP DEVICE FOR INTRODUCING LOAD FORCES SUCH AS CABLE FORCES OR TENSION FORCES OF FLAT STRUCTURES - A load take-up device for introducing load forces such as cable forces or tension forces of flat structures onto support structures ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110031372 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM - It is an object of the invention to provide a fuel cell system which can reduce vibrations and noises generated upon driving of devices which are the cause of vibration. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031373 | ELECTRONIC DISPLAY MOUNT - The invention is a mount for an electronic display device. The mount comprises a mount member that has a top face and a bottom face. Portions of the mount member are configured to engage portions of a mounting surface within the cockpit of an airplane. The mount also comprises a containment member spaced therefrom the mount member. A joint member is disposed in frictional contact with portions of the respective mount member and containment member. A base member, which can be configured for engagement with a portion of the electronic display device, can be connected to the joint member. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031374 | MOUNTING PLATE, MOUNTING SYSTEM, AND MOUNTING METHOD FOR DOOR ACTUATOR ARRANGEMENTS - A mounting plate for a door actuator, adapted to move a door leaf in at least one direction. The mounting plate is configured to be attached to a body and has fastening devices for affixing the door actuator to the mounting plate. At least at one end, the mounting plate has a fastening portion that serves to affix a connecting member to a first section of the mounting plate. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031375 | Laminated baking mold - A laminated baking mold material includes a food contact layer and an exterior layer. The food contact layer serves as a functional layer, and may include an aluminum foil. The exterior layer may include a paper layer, and may be printed. The laminated baking mold may be formed into self-supporting baking molds or pan-supported baking liners. The functional barrier prevents migration of ink from an exterior surface of the baking mold or liner into a baked product or the permeation of grease or moisture from the baked product to the exterior layer preventing a degradation of a printing thereon and allowing for deep, opaque, and vibrant colors and patterns. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031376 | SOLID-STATE IMAGE PICKUP ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS INCLUDING THE SAME - A solid-state image pickup element | 2011-02-10 |
20110031377 | SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A multi-port solid-state imaging device of one embodiment includes an imaging region and a plurality of units. The imaging region contains a plurality of pixel columns. The units are arrayed in a direction in which the pixel columns are arrayed, and generate signals based on charges from the imaging region. Each unit has an output register, a multiplication register, and an amplifier. The output register transfers a charge from one or more corresponding pixel columns. The multiplication register receives the charge from the output register to generate a multiplied charge. The amplifier generates a signal based on the multiplied charge from the multiplication register. The solid-state imaging device contains a region where the units are provided, and a first dummy region and a second dummy region located on both sides in the above-mentioned direction of the region. In each of the first dummy region and the second dummy region, a multiplication register and an amplifier are provided. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031378 | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE RECEPTION DEVICE, IMAGING DEVICE, AND ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVE RECEPTION METHOD - Provided is an electromagnetic wave reception device capable of being downsized and directly and simply (at least at a room temperature) detecting electromagnetic waves in a wider bandwidth including the terahertz range. The electromagnetic wave reception device that obtains charges according to an electric field of the electromagnetic waves incident on a semiconductor substrate includes: a high charge-density region provided on the semiconductor substrate and having a first charge density; a conductive region covering the high charge-density region via an insulation region; and a low charge-density region provided adjacent to the high charge-density region on the semiconductor substrate and having a second charge density lower than the first charge density, wherein the low charge-density region is connected to a charge detecting circuit that is not illustrated. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031379 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE - A photoelectric conversion module includes a transmission side photoelectric conversion part for converting an electrical signal into an optical signal, a transmission side circuit board on which the transmission side photoelectric conversion part is mounted off-center to one side of the transmission side circuit board at one end of the transmission side circuit board, a reception side photoelectric conversion part for converting an optical signal into an electrical signal, and a reception side circuit board on which the reception side photoelectric conversion part is mounted off-center to one side of the reception side circuit board at one end of the reception side circuit board. A surface of the transmission side circuit board on which the transmission side photoelectric conversion part is mounted is opposite to a surface of the reception side circuit board on which the reception side photoelectric conversion part is mounted. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031380 | OPTICAL POINTING DEVICE - The optical pointing device of the present invention comprises a base and an actuator movable connected to the base, wherein the actuator comprises a reflective portion on a side facing the base, and wherein the base comprises a light source for emitting light towards the reflective portion of the actuator, a detector comprising one of more detection units for detecting at least a part of the light reflected by the reflective portion of the actuator, and a transparent element arranged between the actuator and at least one of the light source and the detection units, for providing a closed transparent housing for the light source and/or the detection units. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031381 | LIGHT GUIDE ARRAY FOR AN IMAGE SENSOR - An image sensor pixel that includes a photoelectric conversion unit supported by a substrate and an insulator adjacent to the substrate. The pixel includes a cascaded light guide that is located within an opening of the insulator and extends above the insulator such that a portion of the cascaded light guide has an air interface. The air interface improves the internal reflection of the cascaded light guide. The cascaded light guide may include a self-aligned color filter having air-gaps between adjacent color filters. Air-gaps may be sealed from above by a transparent sealing film. The transparent sealing film may have a concave surface over the air-gap to diverge light that cross the concave surface into the air-gap away from the air-gap into adjacent color filters. These characteristics of the light guide eliminate the need for a microlens. Additionally, a portion of a support wall between a pair of color filters may have a larger width above than below to form a necking to hold down the color filters for better retention. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031382 | PHOTOELECTRIC ENCODER - A photoelectric encoder includes: a scale; a detection head; fibers through which light that is to be irradiated on the scale and light reflected by the scale propagates; first and second cables each having a space in which the fibers are partially disposed; and a case that encloses a light source that supplies light to one of the fibers and a light-sensitive element that receives the reflected light propagating through the others of the fibers and converts the received light into an electric signal. The first cable, the second cable, and the case are disposed in this order in the direction of propagation of the reflected light. The positions of the fibers are fixed relative to one another inside the first cable in the direction orthogonal to the direction of length of the fibers and variable relative to one another inside the second cable in the orthogonal direction. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031383 | LENS ABERRATION CORRECTION IN A DOUBLY TELECENTRIC DISPLACEMENT SENSOR - A method and apparatus for suppressing loss of scale image contrast due to interference effects from optical path length differences, including lens profile aberrations, are provided in a displacement sensing optical encoder that uses a telecentric imaging configuration. According to the invention, the encoder is configured such that the image light that reaches the detector comprises symmetric ray bundles concentrated symmetrically on opposite sides of the optical axis center at the limiting aperture of the telecentric imaging configuration. Central ray bundles, and/or other ray bundles that have an optical path lengths significantly different than the operational symmetric ray bundles are prevented or blocked. As a result destructive interference is prevented and image contrast is improved. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031384 | SPECKLE REDUCTION METHOD AND APPARATUS - An apparatus adapted for confocal imaging of a non-flat specimen comprising a coherent light source for producing a light beam, imaging optics adapted to focus the light beam into at least one spot on a surface of a specimen, and a detector adapted to receive and detect light reflected from the specimen surface. The imaging optics comprise at least one optical component located so that the light reflected from the specimen surface passes therethrough on its way to the detector. The optical component is movable so as to move the at least one spot, within a range of movement, to a number of distinct locations in a plane perpendicular to the apparatus' optical axis, within the detector's integration time. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031385 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION MODULE - A photoelectric conversion module includes a transmission side photoelectric conversion part for converting an electrical signal into an optical signal, a transmission side circuit board on which the transmission side photoelectric conversion part is mounted on a top surface side of the transmission side circuit board, a reception side photoelectric conversion part for converting an optical signal into an electrical signal, a reception side circuit board on which the reception side photoelectric conversion part is mounted on a top surface side of the reception side circuit board, and a housing. The transmission side circuit board and the reception side circuit board are placed such that a back surface of the transmission side circuit board is opposite to the housing and a back surface of the reception side circuit board is opposite to the housing. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031386 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING A SENSOR SYSTEM - The invention relates to an apparatus and a method for the calibration of a sensor system. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031387 | CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM WRITING APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - A charged particle beam writing apparatus includes a charge amount distribution calculation unit configured to calculate a charge amount distribution which is charged by irradiation of a charged particle beam onto a writing region of a target workpiece, by using a charge decay amount and a charge decay time constant both of which depend on a pattern area density, a position displacement amount distribution calculation unit configured to calculate a position displacement amount of each writing position due to charge amounts of the charge amount distribution by performing convolution of each charge amount of the charge amount distribution with a response function, and a writing unit configured to write a pattern on the each writing position where the position displacement amount has been corrected, using a charged particle beam. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031388 | FARADAY CUP ARRAY INTEGRATED WITH A READOUT IC AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURE THEREOF - A detector array and method for making the detector array. The array includes a substrate including a plurality of trenches formed therein, and includes a plurality of collectors electrically isolated from each other, formed on the walls of the trenches, and configured to collect charge particles incident on respective ones of the collectors and to output from said collectors signals indicative of charged particle collection. The array includes a plurality of readout circuits disposed on a side of the substrate opposite openings to the collectors. The readout circuits are configured to read charge collection signals from respective ones of the plurality of collectors. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031389 | System and Method for Trapping and Measuring a Charged Particle in a Liquid - A system and method for trapping a charged particle is disclosed. A time-varying periodic multipole electric potential is generated in a trapping volume. A charged particle under the influence of the multipole electric field is confined to the trapping volume. A three electrode configuration giving rise to a 3D Paul trap and a four planar electrode configuration giving rise to a 2D Paul trap are disclosed. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031390 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING AN ANALYTICAL SAMPLE AND METHOD OF ANALYZING AN ANALYTICAL SAMPLE - A method of manufacturing an analytical sample by a secondary ion mass spectrometry method is provided, which comprises a step of forming a separation layer over a substrate, a step of forming one of a thin film and a thin-film stack body to be analyzed over the separation layer, a step of forming an opening portion in one of the thin film and the thin-film stack body, a step of attaching a supporting body to one of a surface of the thin film and a surface of a top layer of the thin-film stack body, and a step of separating one of the thin film and the thin-film stack body from the substrate. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031391 | METHOD FOR GENERATION AND USE OF ISOTOPIC PATTERNS IN MASS SPECTRAL DATA OF SIMPLE ORGANISMS - A method for identifying a biological analyte that is affected by a stressor is disclosed in which two substantially identical biological samples are provided, with a first sample being a control sample and a second sample being an experimental sample. The control sample is grown with a nutrient having an isotope of a first atom, whereas the experimental sample is grown with a nutrient having a second isotope of the first atom. The experimental sample is grown with a stressing agent and regimen. The samples are admixed, and the formed composite is mass spectroscopically assayed for analyte peaks. The ratio of first isotope to second isotope is determined for the peaks, as is a sample median isotopic ratio. The ratio for assayed analyte peaks is compared with the median ratio. An analyte whose isotopic ratio significantly deviates from the median ratio is an analyte affected by the stressing agent. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031392 | Atmospheric pressure ion source probe for a mass spectrometer - An ion source able to ionize both liquid and gaseous vapors from interfaced liquid separation techniques and a solids/liquid atmospheric pressure (AP) probe. The liquid effluents are ionized by electrospray ionization, photoionization or atmospheric pressure chemical ionization and the vapors released from a probe device placed in a heated gas stream in the AP source are ionized by a corona or Townsend electrical discharge or photoionization. The source has the ability to ionize compounds from both liquid and solid sources, which facilitates ionization of volatile and semivolatile compounds by applying heat from a gas stream as well as highly non-volatile compounds infused by electrospray or separated by liquid chromatography or capillary electrophoresis. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031393 | Laser Multi-Sensor System for the Selective Trace Analysis of Organic Materials - The invention relates to a multi-sensor laser system for the selective trace analysis of organic material, the multi-sensor system having at least one laser ion mobility spectrometer, an absorption spectrometer and a fluorescent measuring device. The system is characterized in that it is equipped with a device for the simultaneous generation of a common laser beam with different wavelengths and pulses for the simultaneous operation of the laser ion mobility spectrometer, the absorption spectrometer and the fluorescent measuring device. This avoids the disadvantages of the known solutions in prior art and provides an improved solution for the highly sensitive and highly selective trace analysis of organic material, in particular hazardous substances such as explosives and warfare agents in the air. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031394 | HIGH PRESSURE CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM SYSTEM - The current invention includes methods and apparatuses for processing, that is, altering and imaging, a sample in a high pressure charged particle beam system. Embodiments of the invention include a cell in which the sample is positioned during high pressure charged particle beam processing. The cell reduces the amount of gas required for processing, thereby allowing rapid introduction, exhaustion, and switching between gases and between processing and imaging modes. Maintaining the processes gases within the cell protects the sample chamber and column from contact with the gases. In some embodiments, the temperature of the cell walls and the sample can be controlled. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031395 | TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPE AND METHOD FOR OBSERVING SPECIMEN IMAGE WITH THE SAME - A first electron biprism is disposed in a condenser optical system and an observation region of a specimen is irradiated simultaneously with two electron beams of different angles. The two electron beams that have simultaneously transmitted the specimen are spatially separated and focused with a second electron biprism disposed in an imaging optical system and two electron microscopic images of different irradiation angles are obtained. The two picture images are obtained by a detecting unit. Based on the two picture images, a stereoscopic image or two images having different kinds of information of the specimen is/are produced and displayed on a display device. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031396 | METHOD FOR STEM SAMPLE INSPECTION IN A CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM INSTRUMENT - A method for sample examination in a dual-beam FIB calculates a first angle as a function of second, third and fourth angles defined by the geometry of the FIB and the tilt of the specimen stage. A fifth angle is calculated as a function of the stated angles, where the fifth angle is the angle between the long axis of an excised sample and the projection of the axis of the probe shaft onto the X-Y plane. The specimen stage is rotated by the calculated fifth angle, followed by attachment to the probe tip and lift-out. The sample may then be positioned perpendicular to the axis of the FIB electron beam for STEM analysis by rotation of the probe shaft through the first angle. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031397 | METHOD FOR STEM SAMPLE INSPECTION IN A CHARGED PARTICLE BEAM INSTRUMENT - A method for sample examination in a dual-beam FIB calculates a first angle as a function of second, third and fourth angles defined by the geometry of the FIB and the tilt of the specimen stage. A fifth angle is calculated as a function of the stated angles, where the fifth angle is the angle between the long axis of an excised sample and the projection of the axis of the probe shaft onto the X-Y plane. The specimen stage is rotated by the calculated fifth angle, followed by attachment to the probe tip and lift-out. The sample may then be positioned perpendicular to the axis of the FIB electron beam for STEM analysis by rotation of the probe shaft through the first angle. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031398 | Imaging Apparatus and Method - The imaging apparatus comprises a micro-pipette ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110031399 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFRARED DETECTION AND DISPLAY - Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a method and apparatus for infrared (IR) detection. Organic layers can be utilized to produce a phototransistor for the detection of IR radiation. The wavelength range of the IR detector can be modified by incorporating materials sensitive to photons of different wavelengths. Quantum dots of materials sensitive to photons of different wavelengths than the host organic material of the absorbing layer of the phototransistor can be incorporated into the absorbing layer so as to enhance the absorption of photons having wavelengths associated with the material of the quantum dots. A photoconductor structure can be used instead of a phototransistor. The photoconductor can incorporate PbSe or PbS quantum dots. The photoconductor can incorporate organic materials and part of an OLED structure. A detected IR image can be displayed to a user. Organic materials can be used to create an organic light-emitting device. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031400 | METHOD FOR CREATING AND COHERENTLY DETECTING TERAHERTZ RADIATION - The present invention relates to a device for creating and coherently detecting terahertz radiation, comprising a laser light source ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110031401 | RADIATION DETECTOR HAVING A BANDGAP ENGINEERED ABSORBER - A radiation detector is provided that includes a photodiode having a radiation absorber with a graded multilayer structure. Each layer of the absorber is formed from a semiconductor material, such as HgCdTe. A first of the layers is formed to have a first predetermined wavelength cutoff. A second of the layers is disposed over the first layer and beneath the first surface of the absorber through which radiation is received. The second layer has a graded composition structure of the semiconductor material such that the wavelength cutoff of the second layer varies from a second predetermined wavelength cutoff to the first predetermined wavelength cutoff such that the second layer has a progressively smaller bandgap than the first bandgap of the first layer. The graded multilayer radiation absorber structure enables carriers to flow toward a conductor that is used for measuring the radiation being sensed by the radiation absorber. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031402 | INFRARED OPTICAL GAS-MEASURING DEVICE - A first, upper slotted disk ( | 2011-02-10 |
20110031403 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INFRARED DETECTION AND DISPLAY - Embodiments of the subject invention relate to a method and apparatus for infrared (IR) detection. Organic layers can be utilized to produce a phototransistor for the detection of IR radiation. The wavelength range of the IR detector can be modified by incorporating materials sensitive to photons of different wavelengths. Quantum dots of materials sensitive to photons of different wavelengths than the host organic material of the absorbing layer of the phototransistor can be incorporated into the absorbing layer so as to enhance the absorption of photons having wavelengths associated with the material of the quantum dots. A photoconductor structure can be used instead of a phototransistor. The photoconductor can incorporate PbSe or PbS quantum dots. The photoconductor can incorporate organic materials and part of an OLED structure. A detected IR image can be displayed to a user. Organic materials can be used to create an organic light-emitting device. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031404 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY GENERATING TERAHERTZ WAVE AND SUPERCONTINUUM, AND SPECTROSCOPY METHOD USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for simultaneously generating terahertz wave and supercontinuum, and a spectroscopy method using the apparatus and method, in which terahertz wave and supercontinuum can be efficiently and simultaneously generated by a single device after taking into consideration the problems of conventional methods in which terahertz wave and supercontinuum were generated by separate devices. The apparatus for simultaneously generating terahertz wave and supercontinuum, includes a terahertz wave generation unit for generating a terahertz wave, and a supercontinuum generation unit for generating a supercontinuum based on nonlinear effect, wherein the terahertz wave and the supercontinuum are simultaneously generated using a single input light signal. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031405 | SCINTILLATION DETECTOR GAIN CONTROL SYSTEM USING REFERENCE RADIATION - A method for controlling gain of a scintillation detector includes using a reference radiation source and a photomultiplier tube and controlling the gain of the scintillation detector based on the reference radiation source. The controlling includes detecting change in the gain of the scintillation detector, determining an amount of the change in the gain, outputting a control signal to compensate the amount of the change in the gain, and stabilizing the gain against the reference radiation source based on the control signal. A gain control system for controlling gain of a scintillation detector includes computer-readable instructions stored in the memory for causing the processor to detect change in the gain of the scintillation detector determine an amount of the change in the gain, output a control signal to compensate the amount of the change in the gain, and stabilize the gain against the reference radiation source based on the control signal. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031406 | X-RAY DETECTOR AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN X-RAY DETECTOR - An X-ray detector for a tomography device is disclosed, including a plurality of detector elements, each including a photodiode and a scintillator fixed to the optically active surface of the photodiode by a connecting medium. In at least one embodiment, the optically active surface of the photodiode has a nanostructure, which forms a transition region having gradually progressing refractive indices between a refractive index of the connecting medium and a refractive index of the photodiode. Reflections at the optical transition of connecting medium/photodiode and also optical crosstalk to adjacent detector elements are greatly reduced in this way. Such an X-ray detector therefore has a higher luminous efficiency, with which a signal-to-noise ratio and a spatial resolution of the X-ray detector are improved. At least one embodiment of the invention additionally relates to a method for producing an X-ray detector having the properties mentioned. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031407 | OPEN-TYPE PET SCANNER - In an open-type PET scanner including a plurality of detector rings having multiple rings arrayed in the body axis direction, radiation measurement is performed while at least one detector ring is relatively moved with respect to a subject in the body axis direction, thereby dispersing simultaneous radiation in an open region to suppress a local reduction in sensitivity. The detector rings are optimized in constitution, moving direction and/or moving speed, thus making it possible to reduce the variation of distribution of sensitivity and expand a clearance in the open region and a field-of-view in the body axis direction. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031408 | MASK HEALTH MONITOR USING A FARADAY PROBE - In an ion implanter, an ion current measurement device is disposed behind a mask co-planarly with respect to a surface of a target substrate as if said target substrate was positioned on a platen. The ion current measurement device is translated across the ion beam. The current of the ion beam directed through a plurality of apertures of the mask is measured using the ion current measurement device. In this manner, the position of the mask with respect to the ion beam as well as the condition of the mask may be determined based on the ion current profile measured by the ion current measurement device. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031409 | Fluorescence detection enhancement using photonic crystal extraction - Enhancement of fluorescence emission from fluorophores bound to a sample and present on the surface of two-dimensional photonic crystals is described. The enhancement of fluorescence is achieved by the combination of high intensity near-fields and strong coherent scattering effects, attributed to leaky photonic crystal eigenmodes (resonance modes). The photonic crystal simultaneously exhibits resonance modes which overlap both the absorption and emission wavelengths of the fluorophore. A significant enhancement in fluorescence intensity from the fluorophores on the photonic crystal surface is demonstrated. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031410 | METHOD FOR MEASURING FLUORESCENT LIGHT AMOUNT OR LIGHT ABSORPTION AMOUNT AND DEVICE FOR MEASURING THE SAME - An amount of fluorescent light generated from the specimen is quantitatively measured as “a light-amount value per unit area traceable to the national standard” instead of in terms of a ratio (a ratio value) as in the past. A method for measuring a fluorescent light amount, whereby a specimen is irradiated with excitation light, and fluorescent light generated from the specimen is measured by a light-receiving element via a receiving optical system, said method comprising the steps of irradiating the specimen with excitation light having a light-amount value per specified unit area traceable to the national standard, and designated on the surface of the specimen beforehand, causing the light-receiving element to measure the fluorescent light generated from the specimen via the receiving optical system, and computing a fluorescent light-amount as measured by the light-receiving element via the receiving optical system on the basis of an excitation light-amount per the specified unit area, optical coefficients of the receiving optical system, and the acceptance coefficient of the light-receiving element, thereby working out a light amount value per the unit area traceable to the national standard. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031411 | Superresolution in devices with single wavelength illumination - In apparatus for superresolution microscopy or microlithography, wherein a spot in the specimen to be examined or in the microlithographic medium is raised to an excited state by a first pulse of light, and a second pulse of light reduces the excitation in the peripheral parts of the spot to increase the resolution of the instrument, a method whereby the wavelength of the second pulse in the specimen or medium is the same as the wavelength of the first pulse, thereby allowing the cost and complexity of the apparatus to be lowered. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031412 | METHOD OF LUMINESCENT SOLID STATE DOSIMETRY OF MIXED RADIATIONS - A method of determining the doses of neutrons, gamma and X-ray photons, beta, alpha and other ionizing radiations using a method of image processing in spatial and frequency domain that produces parameters that are related to the radiation dose absorbed in a luminescent material. Portions of the luminescent material may be covered by different converters to allow for doses of different radiations to be discriminated. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031413 | METHOD OF LUMINESCENT SOLID STATE DOSIMETRY OF MIXED RADIATIONS - A method of determining the doses of neutrons, gamma and X-ray photons, beta, alpha and other ionizing radiations using a method of image processing in spatial and frequency domain that produces parameters that are related to the radiation dose absorbed in a luminescent material. Portions of the luminescent material may be covered by different converters to allow for doses of different radiations to be discriminated. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031414 | DEVICE FOR MICROSCOPY HAVING SELECTIVE ILLUMINATION OF A PLANE - A microscopy device, particularly for use in an imaging fluorescence lifetime microscopy method is provided. The microscopy device comprises an illumination means for generating an illumination beam, an imaging detector for spatially resolved acquisition of an emission radiation emitted by an object to be examined, an illumination beam path between the illumination means and the object to be examined, and a detection beam path between the object to be examined and the detector. The illumination beam path comprises illumination optics which are designed to generate a light sheet of illumination radiation extending transverse to the axis of the illumination beam path, wherein the axis of the detection beam path is oriented substantially perpendicular to a section plane of the light sheet and of the object to be examined. The illumination means comprise a pulsed laser. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031415 | RADIATION IMAGE CONVERTING PANEL - The present invention relates a radiation image converting panel with a structure capable of arbitrarily controlling a change in luminance distribution of an entire panel surface after formation of a moisture-resistant protective film. The radiation image converting panel comprises a radiation converting film doped with Eu and covered with a moisture-resistant protective film. The Eu concentration in the radiation converting film is preliminarily adjusted such that the Eu concentration at a central portion or peripheral portion of the film falls within an optimal range, and the other film portion is provided with a positive or negative concentration gradient such that the Eu concentration thereof gradually become higher or lower than the optimal range. The luminance distribution of the entire panel in which the moisture-resistant protective film has been formed can be controlled by providing the Eu concentration to be added with a concentration gradient. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031416 | Liquid jet and recovery system for immersion lithography - A photolithography tool for use in manufacturing semiconductor devices, includes a wafer stage, a lens, and a liquid dispensing assembly by which liquid is introduced between a surface of a semiconductor wafer disposed on the wafer stage and the lens, along a direction away from the semiconductor wafer at its edge. | 2011-02-10 |
20110031417 | TERAHERTZ WAVE GENERATOR AND METHOD OF GENERATING HIGH-POWER TERAHERTZ WAVES USING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a terahertz wave generator and a method of generating high-power terahertz waves using the terahertz wave generator. The terahertz wave generator includes a hollow spherical body, and a focusing lens installed in a cutout portion of the spherical body or an opening formed in the cutout portion, wherein an inner surface of the spherical body is coated with metal. In the method, frequencies having different levels are incident through the focusing lens or the opening to generate a plurality of air plasmas, and the air plasmas cause continuous focusing the metal-coated inner surface and hollow space of the spherical body, thus generating high-power terahertz waves. | 2011-02-10 |