08th week of 2013 patent applcation highlights part 31 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20130045379 | ADHESIVE LAMINATE AND SURFACE PROTECTIVE SHEET - To provide an adhesive laminate of which the change with time of high speed peel property is small. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045380 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PROCESSING AND DESPENSING FILLED MULTI-COMPONENT MATERIAL - A filled multi-component material applied by a dispensing system is disclosed. The material can be produced by mixing a first reactive component comprising a resin and a filler with a second reactive component comprising a curing agent. The filler can comprise a hard filler and/or an elastic filler such as ground recycled tire material. The first reactive component and the second reactive component can be fed to a dispensing apparatus and mixed by a static mixer, each of which can be disposable. The mixture can then be dispensed onto a surface using air spray, airless spray or extrusion, for example. When applied to a surface, the mixture typically polymerizes and entrains the filler materials to provide a protective layer having improved properties. In certain embodiments, the filler materials can include recycled tires that have been ground into fine particles, providing environmentally friendly new products from old tires that typically end up as landfill. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045381 | MULTILAYER FILM FOR SUPPORTING OPTICAL FUNCTIONAL MEMBER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, AND PRISM SHEET - A prism sheet is provided with a prism member, being an optical functional member, and a multilayer film for supporting the prism member. The multilayer film is provided with a base layer and an adhesive layer. One of surfaces of the adhesive layer is adhered to a surface of the base layer. The other surface of the adhesive layer is adhered to the prism member. Thus, the prism member is adhered to the base layer through the adhesive layer. Polyester contained in the adhesive layer has a glass transition temperature Tg of less than 60° C. At least 30 mol % of dicarboxylic acid units in the polyester contained in the adhesive layer have naphthalene rings. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045382 | LIGHTWEIGHT X-RAY AND GAMMA RADIATION SHIELDING FIBERS AND COMPOSITIONS - Described are improved x-ray and gamma ray radiation protective compositions, fibers, and clothing. Also described are methods for producing lightweight, radiation-shielding, protective textiles for protecting the human body and/or methods of producing radiation-shielding coating materials that can be used for coating textiles. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045383 | ARRAY OF TITANIUM DIOXIDE NANOSTRUCTURES FOR SOLAR ENERGY UTILIZATION - An array of titanium dioxide nanostructures for solar energy utilization includes a plurality of nanotubes, each nanotube including an outer layer coaxial with an inner layer, where the inner layer comprises p-type titanium dioxide and the outer layer comprises n-type titanium dioxide. An interface between the inner layer and the outer layer defines a p-n junction. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045384 | New Generation Kaolin Based Paint Pigment Extender - A fully calcined kaolin pigment extender is provided which has a product Mullite Index (M.I.) of 25.0 or higher. The calcined kaolin pigment extender can be advantageously used in paints to improve scrub and burnish resistance. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045385 | METAL POWDER, METHOD FOR PREPARING THE SAME, AND MULTILAYERED CERAMIC CAPACITOR INCLUDING INNER ELECTRODE MADE OF METAL POWDER - A metal powder including a graphene layer irregularly formed on a surface of the metal powder, a method for preparing the same, and a multilayered ceramic capacitor including an inner electrode using the metal powder. By using the metal powder having the graphene irregularly formed on the surface thereof as the inner electrode material of the multilayered ceramic capacitor, and allowing the necking phenomenon to occur on only the surface where the graphene is not formed, the necking of the metal powder is delayed and the shrinkage of the inner electrode is controlled, so that reduction of the thickness of the inner electrode and disconnection/crack can be prevented. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045386 | TEMPERED GLASS AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A tempered glass of the present invention having a compression stress layer is characterized in that a β-OH value is 0.01 to 0.5/mm. Here, the “β-OH value” is a value obtained from the following equation by measuring the transmittance of glass by FT-IR. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045387 | Articles, Coating Compositions, and Methods - There is provided a coating composition comprising nonspherical nanoparticles; spherical nanoparticles; optionally hydrophilic groups and optional an surfactant; and a liquid medium comprising water and no greater than 30 wt % organic solvent, if present, based on the total weight of liquid medium, where at least a portion of the nonspherical nanoparticles or at least a portion of the spherical nanoparticles comprises functional groups attached to their surface through chemical bonds, wherein the functional groups comprise at least one group selected from the group consisting of epoxy group, amine group, hydroxyl, olefin, alkyne, (meth) acrylato, mercapto group, or combinations thereof. There is also provided a method for modifying a substrate surface using the coating composition and articles made therefrom. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045388 | MATERIALS AND METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING POLYCULTURE EQUIPMENT - A method of manufacturing polyculture equipment includes providing a building material to build the polyculture equipment; applying a waterproof coating of polyurea or polyaspartic to an interior surface of the building material; affixing an acrylic or glass window to an aperture in the building material; and applying polyurea or polyaspartic around edges of the window to provide a waterproof seal | 2013-02-21 |
20130045389 | Dark Colored Easy-To-Clean Enamel - A composition that upon firing, forms a low-temperature clean enamel layer is disclosed. The composition can be applied to a metal substrate to provide a low-temperature cleaning, durable coating for cooking surfaces. Also disclosed are methods of forming enamel layers and corresponding coated substrates. Various ground coats and related methods are also described. Furthermore, various multilayer coatings and structures are disclosed that include an enamel layer and a ground coat layer. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045390 | Base Film of Modified Polyvinyl Alcohol and Its Preparation Method and Polarizer - The present invention provides a base film of modified polyvinyl alcohol as well as a method for preparing the base film of modified polyvinyl alcohol and a polarizer made from the base film. The method includes steps of: (1) executing surface graft modification of nano-silicon dioxides with fluorinated silane to obtain modified nano-silicon dioxide powders; (2) adding the modified nano-silicon dioxide powders obtained from the step (1) to an aqueous solution of polyvinyl alcohol polymers, in order to prepare a composite solution of polyvinyl alcohol polymers; and (3) pouring the composite solution of polyvinyl alcohol polymers prepared from the step (2) onto a surface of a casting substrate to obtain a base film of modified polyvinyl alcohol (PVA). The present invention enhances the heat and humidity resistances and the stability of the PVA base film, and improves its mechanical performance and sticking-resistance. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045391 | Tarnish Inhibiting Composition for Metal Leadframes - An aqueous tarnish inhibiting solution comprising a mercapto carboxylic acid and a corrosion inhibitor to produce an anti-tarnish layer on metal surfaces, such as silver plated copper leadframes and a method of using the same is provided. The composition provides an improved anti-tarnish layer that does not affect wirebondability or the adhesion of a mold compound to a leadframe. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045392 | METHOD FOR PREPARING HYDROPHOBIZED BIOMATERIALS, HYDROPHOBIZED BIOMATERIALS AS OBTAINED AND USES THEREOF - The present invention relates to a method for preparing a hydrophobized biomaterial consisting of a hydrophilic material, notably selected from vegetable fibers having hydroxyl functions, on which are grafted chains of polymers having ester functions, said method comprising a step for putting said hydrophilic material in contact with said polymers and for a transesterification reaction between said ester functions and said hydroxyl functions. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045393 | ORGANIC NANO-PARTICLES AND PROCESS FOR THEIR PREPARATION - There is disclosed a process for preparing organic nano-particles comprising the steps of: (a) preparing a solution comprising an unsaturated polyester and/or a vinyl ester resin and a hydrophobic monomer; (b) dispersing the solution obtained in step (a) in an aqueous phase to form a stable emulsion where the aqueous phase is the continuous phase; and (c) using an initiator to cure the emulsion obtained in step (b) in the presence of a water soluble inhibitor to form a dispersion of nano-particles. The invention further provides organic nano-particles obtainable by the process according to the invention; various uses of said nano-particles; such as in paper, dye, toner and personal care compositions and topical medicaments comprising said nano-particles. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045394 | Low-Coupling Oxide Media (LCOM) - A low-coupling perpendicular magnetic recording media comprising a magnetic storage layer and at least one low saturation magnetization layer. The magnetic storage layer has a saturation magnetization between about 400-900 emu/cm3 and the at least one low saturation magnetization layer has a saturation magnetization below that of the magnetic storage layer. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045395 | PERPENDICULAR MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIUM - A perpendicular magnetic recording medium according to which both the thermal stability of the magnetization is good and writing with a magnetic head is easy, and moreover the SNR is improved. In the case of a perpendicular magnetic recording medium comprising a nonmagnetic substrate ( | 2013-02-21 |
20130045396 | FERROMAGNETICALLY COUPLED MAGNETIC RECORDING MEDIA - A ferromagnetically coupled magnetic recording medium having a first ferromagnetic layer, a second ferromagnetic layer, and a ferromagnetic coupling layer to ferromagnetically couple the first ferromagnetic layer to the second ferromagnetic layer is used as stable magnetic media with high MrT in high density recording hard drives. The first ferromagnetic layer is the stabilization layer and the second ferromagnetic layer is the main recording layer. The ferromagnetic coupling layer comprises a conductive material having a thickness which produces ferromagnetic coupling between said first ferromagnetic layer and said second ferromagnetic layer via the RKKY interaction. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045397 | BATTERY PACK AND MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE SAME - A battery pack having a case where connection tabs can be accurately positioned within the case and where welding holes in the case are formed to provide access to a welding rod and to allow heat to escape. Connection tabs are fixed into a lower case, batteries are arranged in the case, and then a welding process is performed to attach electrode tabs of the battery to the connection tabs so that the batteries can be connected together, to an external terminal and to a protection circuit module. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045398 | FUEL CELL VEHICLE - A fuel cell vehicle includes under a floor of the vehicle: a fuel cell generating electric power through an electrochemical reaction between reaction gases; a fluid supply/discharge unit for the fuel cell; and a converter converting electric power from the fuel cell, the converter being contained in a center tunnel provided, at a center in a vehicle width direction, so as to be curved toward a cabin along a vehicle axis in a front-back direction, the fuel cell and the unit being arranged on a rear side of the vehicle relative to the converter and arranged in the vehicle width direction, wherein the converter is provided to be offset toward the fuel cell with respect to a centerline of the center tunnel along the vehicle axis and to be offset toward the unit with respect to a centerline of the fuel cell along the vehicle axis. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045399 | Flow Battery with Reactant Separation - An embodiment relates an electrochemical system. The system includes (a) at least one cell that comprises a first electrode, a second electrode and a reaction zone between the first and second electrode. The system also includes (b) a liquefied halogen reactant (c) at least one metal halide electrolyte and (d) a flow circuit configured to deliver the halogen reactant and the at least one metal-halide electrolyte to the at least one cell. The flow circuit includes an electrolyte reservoir and a halogen reactant/electrolyte separation device comprising a halophilic material. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045400 | REDOX FLOW BATTERY - Provided are a redox flow battery (RF battery) in which a positive electrode electrolyte and a negative electrode electrolyte are supplied to a battery cell including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a membrane, to charge and discharge the battery, and a method of operating the RF battery. The positive electrode electrolyte contains a manganese ion, or both of a manganese ion and a titanium ion. The negative electrode electrolyte contains at least one type of metal ion selected from a titanium ion, a vanadium ion, a chromium ion, a zinc ion, and a tin ion. The RF battery can have a high electromotive force and can suppress generation of a precipitation of MnO | 2013-02-21 |
20130045401 | BATTERY PACK AND BATTERY MODULE COMPRISING THE SAME - A battery pack having a battery cell and a case accommodating the battery cell and including a terminal portion that is electrically connected to the battery cell. The terminal portion includes a first groove portion for attaching a temperature sensor for obtaining temperature information of the battery cell. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045402 | FLAT-TYPE BATTERY - Disclosed is a flat battery which includes power generating element | 2013-02-21 |
20130045403 | BATTERY MODULE HAVING NOVEL STRUCTURE - Disclosed herein is a battery module including (a) a battery cell stack including two or more battery cells or unit modules electrically connected to each other in a state in which the battery cells or unit modules are vertically stacked, (b) a first housing to cover the entirety of the end of one side of the battery cell stack and portions of the top and bottom of the battery cell stack and (c) a second housing to cover the entirety of the end of the other side of the battery cell stack and the remainder of the top and bottom of the battery cell stack, wherein the first housing and the second housing are provided with coupling holes formed to couple the first housing and the second housing to each other, the coupling holes being horizontal coupling holes, through which coupling members can be inserted in the lateral direction. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045404 | Battery Fuel Gauge Apparatus - A battery fuel gauge apparatus comprises a current amplifier formed by a first transistor and a second transistor. Both transistors operate in the same operation conditions except that the second transistor has a smaller channel width in comparison with that of the first transistor. The first transistor is connected in series with a battery pack. The second transistor is connected in series with a sensing device. The sensing device comprises a first resistor and a second resistor connected in series. The first resistor has a positive temperature coefficient and the second resistor has a negative temperature coefficient. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045405 | SECONDARY BATTERY - The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly including a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate whereon first and second electrode active materials, and first and second electrode tabs are formed, respectively, and including a separator disposed between the first and second electrode plates while overlapping with the first and second electrode plates; and a planarizing member disposed on at least one of first and second ends that are opposite to each other in a longitudinal direction of the electrode assembly, wherein the planarizing member covers a stepped surface exposed on the at least one of the first and second ends so as to planarize the stepped surface. In the secondary battery, the stepped surface of an end of the electrode assembly is planarized. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045406 | SECONDARY BATTERY - A secondary battery is disclosed. The secondary battery includes an electrode assembly comprising a first electrode plate and a second electrode plate that are rolled while having a separator interposed therebetween; and a finishing or protective conductive member formed on a periphery of the electrode assembly so as to surround a roll end of the electrode assembly, wherein the finishing member comprises a conductive layer that forms a conductive contact with a roll end of the first electrode plate and that is disposed to face a roll end of the second electrode plate. The secondary battery forms a short circuit path between positive and negative electrodes when the secondary battery is penetrated, and thus the secondary battery provides an improved degree of safety against a penetration shock caused by an external shock or a penetration test. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045407 | STRUCTURE INTENDED TO HOLD AN ELECTRIC BATTERY FOR POWERING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR DRIVING A MOTOR VEHICLE - A structure configured to hold an electric battery for powering an electric motor, or to hold an electric battery for powering an electric motor for driving a motor vehicle, the structure including a rigid element, above and/or below which the battery is configured to be located, and, laterally on either side of the rigid element, energy absorbing elements, the energy absorbing elements including deformable members that extend at least approximately in a lateral direction. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045408 | High-Amperage Energy Storage Device and Method - An electrochemical method and apparatus for high-amperage electrical energy storage features a high-temperature, all-liquid chemistry. The reaction products created during charging remain part of the electrodes during storage for discharge on demand. In a simultaneous ambipolar electrodeposition cell, a reaction compound is electrolyzed to effect transfer from an external power source; the electrode elements are electrodissolved during discharge. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045409 | Battery Having a Plurality of Single Cells - A battery is provided with a plurality of individual cells connected in series and/or in parallel to one another, and at least one cooling plate arranged on the pole side on the individual cells, with current drain tabs of electric poles of the individual cells being thermally coupled with the cooling plate and being angled such that they extend parallel to the cooling plate. Current drain tabs of adjacent individual cells are electrically interconnected in non-positive and/or in positive manner and pressed with the cooling plate in non-positive and/or in positive manner by clamping elements. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045410 | COOLING MEMBER OF COMPACT STRUCTURE AND EXCELLENT STABILITY AND BATTERY MODULE EMPLOYED WITH THE SAME - Disclosed herein is a cooling member mounted between battery cells to remove heat generated from the battery cells during charge and discharge of the battery cells, wherein the cooling member includes a plate-shaped heat dissipation fin disposed between the battery cells in a state in which opposite main surfaces of the heat dissipation fin are in tight contact with the battery cells and a coolant conduit configured to have a hollow structure through which a coolant flows, the coolant conduit thermally contacting the heat dissipation fin, the coolant conduit being located at an outside of an electrode assembly receiving part of each of the battery cells when the heat dissipation fin is disposed between the battery cells. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045411 | COOLING DEVICE - A battery cooling device for the cooling of battery cell components may include at least one cooling fin extending sinuously and configured to be permeated by at least one of air and coolant. The cooling fin may have at least one of wavelike and steplike shape along its course and may be constructed to be elastic. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045412 | MICROPOROUS MEMBRANES AND METHODS FOR PRODUCING AND USING SUCH MEMBRANES - The invention relates to microporous polymeric membranes suitable for use as battery separator film. The invention also relates to a method for producing such a membrane, batteries containing such membranes as battery separators, methods for making such batteries, and methods for using such batteries. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045413 | CURRENT COLLECTOR AND LITHIUM ION BATTERY - A current collector includes a support and at least one carbon nanotube layer. The support includes two surfaces. The at least one carbon nanotube layer is located on one of the two surfaces of the support. The at least one carbon nanotube layer includes a number of uniformly distributed carbon nanotubes. A lithium ion battery includes a cathode electrode and an anode electrode. At least one of the cathode electrode and the anode electrode includes the current collector. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045414 | BATTERY, BATTERY ELEMENT, BATTERY CASE, BATTERY PRODUCTION METHOD, AND VEHICLE HAVING BATTERY MOUNTED THEREON - A battery includes a battery element having positive and negative electrode plates and separators for insulating these electrode plates, and a battery case provided with a plurality of storing cavities divided by partitions for accommodating battery elements, each of the storing cavities of the battery case accommodating a battery element. The battery element has a positive current collector plate connected to the positive electrode plates and a negative current collector plate connected to the negative electrode plates on side faces on opposite sides from each other. Part of the positive and negative current collector plates respectively form a protruded portion protruding from an area along the side face of the battery element in an opposite direction from a bottom side of the storing cavities of the battery case. The partitions of the battery case are formed with a respective hole within an area facing the protruded portions of the positive and negative current collector plates, with the current collector plates of adjacent battery elements being connected to each other through the hole. A projection maintaining a distance between the partition and the current collector plate is formed at a position within an area between the hole and a connecting portion between the current collector plate and the electrode plates, at least on one of the partition and the current collector plate. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045415 | LEAD-ZINC BATTERY - A rechargeable battery is provided such that the positive electrode comprises lead, the negative electrode zinc, and the electrolyte is an aqueous solution of an alkali metal bisulfate. Upon discharge, lead dioxide is reduced to lead sulfate and zinc is oxidized to zinc oxide. The reactions are reversed when the battery is charged. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045416 | GOLD MICRO- AND NANOTUBES, THEIR SYNTHESIS AND USE - Synthesis of gold microtubes and nanotubes suspendable in solution is presented. The synthesis is accomplished using an AAO template route, wherein a polymer tube is used as a sacrificial core. The synthesis produces hollow structures that consist of only gold. These nanostructures exhibit two SPR modes, which correspond to both the transverse and longitudinal modes. The mode assignment was confirmed by measuring SPR behavior as both aligned arrays and in solution. The performance of gold nanotubes as refractive index detectors was quantified and determined to be more sensitive than analogous solid nanorods prepared under identical conditions, and are among the most sensitive nanostructured plasmon sensors to date. Due to their intense and sensitive resonances in the NIR spectrum, these solution-suspendable nanoparticles have potential to be used as in vitro or in vivo sensors. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045417 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - A lithium ion secondary battery provided by the present invention has a positive electrode having a current collector and a positive electrode composite layer provided on the current collector. The current collector contains a metal element A as a main component thereof. The positive electrode composite layer contains a two-phase compound containing lithium as a positive electrode active material. The positive electrode composite layer also contains as an additive a compound having a metal element B, in a composition thereof, that has a higher ionization tendency than the metal element A. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045418 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING GRAPHENE-COATED OBJECT, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE OF SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING GRAPHENE-COATED OBJECT, AND SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE NEGATIVE ELECTRODE - To form graphene to a practically even thickness on an object having an uneven surface or a complex surface, in particular, an object having a surface with a three-dimensional structure due to complex unevenness, or an object having a curved surface. The object and an electrode are immersed in a graphene oxide solution, and voltage is applied between the object and the electrode. At this time, the object serves as an anode. Graphene oxide is attracted to the anode because of being negatively charged, and deposited on the surface of the object to have a practically even thickness. A portion where graphene oxide is deposited is unlikely coated with another graphene oxide. Thus, deposited graphene oxide is reduced to graphene, whereby graphene can be formed to have a practically even thickness on an object having surface with complex unevenness. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045419 | NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY, NEGATIVE ELECTRODE INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND RECHARGEABLE LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Provided are a negative active material for a rechargeable lithium battery, which includes a first silicon oxide (SiO | 2013-02-21 |
20130045420 | ANODE BATTERY MATERIALS AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME - In some embodiments, the present invention provides novel methods of preparing porous silicon films and particles for lithium ion batteries. In some embodiments, such methods generally include: (1) etching a silicon material by exposure of the silicon material to a constant current density in a solution to produce a porous silicon film over a substrate; and (2) separating the porous silicon film from the substrate by gradually increasing the electric current density in sequential increments. In some embodiments, the methods of the present invention may also include a step of associating the porous silicon film with a binding material. In some embodiments, the methods of the present invention may also include a step of splitting the porous silicon film to form porous silicon particles. Additional embodiments of the present invention pertain to anode materials derived from the porous silicon films and porous silicon particles. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045421 | NICKEL-COBALT-MAGANESE-BASED COMPOUND PARTICLES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE NICKEL-COBALT-MANGANESE-BASED COMPOUND PARTICLES, LITHIUM COMPOSITE OXIDE PARTICLES AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE LITHIUM COMPOSITE OXIDE PARTICLES, AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - The present invention relates to nickel-cobalt-manganese-based compound particles which have a volume-based average secondary particle diameter (D50) of 3.0 to 25.0 μm, wherein the volume-based average secondary particle diameter (D50) and a half value width (W) of the peak in volume-based particle size distribution of secondary particles thereof satisfy the relational formula: W≦0.4×D50, and can be produced by dropping a metal salt-containing solution and an alkali solution to an alkali solution at the same time, followed by subjecting the obtained reaction solution to neutralization and precipitation reaction. The nickel-cobalt-manganese-based compound particles according to the present invention have a uniform particle size, a less content of very fine particles, a high crystallinity and a large primary particle diameter, and therefore are useful as a precursor of a positive electrode active substance used in a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045422 | NOVEL LITHIUM TITANATE, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL CONTAINING THE LITHIUM TITANATE, AND ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE USING THE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - Disclosed are: a novel lithium titanate; and a method for producing the novel lithium titanate. Specifically disclosed is a compound that has a chemical composition represented by the general formula (1): Li | 2013-02-21 |
20130045423 | POROUS CONDUCTIVE ACTIVE COMPOSITE ELECTRODE FOR LITIHIUM ION BATTERIES - A composite lithium ion battery electrode is formed from an active composite material dispersed in a conductive porous matrix formed over a current collector. The active composite material includes nano-clusters of an active material dispersed on a conductive skeleton structure. The active material is a metal-based material including one or more of Sn, Al, Si, Ti or a carbon-based material including one or more of graphite, carbon fibers, carbon nanotubes (CNT) or combinations thereof, having a particle size ranging from approximately 1 nanometers to approximately 10 microns. The conductive skeleton includes a conductive polymer or a conductive filament. The active material is dispersed on the conductive skeleton through an in situ polymerization process or a chemical grafting process. The conductive porous matrix includes a conductive polymeric binder and lithium ion diffusion channels created by a pore-forming agent. Conductive particles are further included in the conductive porous matrix. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045424 | PLATE-LIKE PARTICLE FOR CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FILM FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, METHODS FOR MANUFACTURING THE PARTICLE AND FILM, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY - An object of the present invention is to provide a lithium secondary battery which has improved capacity, durability, and rate characteristic as compared with conventional lithium secondary batteries. A plate-like particle or a film for a lithium secondary battery cathode active material has a layered rock salt structure. The (003) plane is oriented in a direction intersecting the direction of the plate surface of the particle or film. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045425 | THREE-DIMENSIONAL NETWORK ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, CURRENT COLLECTOR AND ELECTRODE EACH USING THE ALUMINUM POROUS BODY, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, CAPACITOR AND LITHIUM-ION CAPACITOR WITH NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTIC SOLUTION, EACH USING THE ELECTRODE - It is an object of the present invention to provide a three-dimensional network aluminum porous body which can be used for a process continuously producing an electrode and enables to produce a current collector having small electric resistance in the current collecting direction, and an electrode using the aluminum porous body, and a production method thereof. In a sheet-shaped three-dimensional network aluminum porous body for a current collector, when one of two directions orthogonal to each other is taken as an X-direction and the other is taken as a Y-direction, a cell diameter in the X-direction of the three-dimensional network aluminum porous body differs from a cell diameter in the Y-direction thereof. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045426 | ION CONDUCTOR AND SOLID STATE BATTERY - A main object of the present invention is to provide an ion conductor which has excellent ion conductivity and high electrochemical stability. The present invention resolves the problem by providing an ion conductor represented by a general formula: (A | 2013-02-21 |
20130045427 | Prelithiated current collector and secondary lithium cells containing same - The present invention provides a battery or supercapacitor current collector which is prelithiated. The prelithiated current collector comprises: (a) an electrically conductive substrate having two opposed primary surfaces, and (b) a mixture layer of carbon (and/or other stabilizing element, such as B, Al, Ga, In, C, Si, Ge, Sn, Pb, As, Sb, Bi, Te, or a combination thereof) and lithium or lithium alloy coated on at least one of the primary surfaces, wherein lithium element is present in an amount of 1% to 99% by weight of the mixture layer. This current collector serves as an effective and safe lithium source for a wide variety of electrochemical energy storage cells, including the rechargeable lithium cell (e.g. lithium-metal, lithium-ion, lithium-sulfur, lithium-air, lithium-graphene, lithium-carbon, and lithium-carbon nanotube cell) and the lithium ion based supercapacitor cell (e.g, symmetric ultracapacitor, asymmetric ultracapacitor, hybrid supercapacitor-battery, or lithium-ion capacitor). | 2013-02-21 |
20130045428 | AQUEOUS LITHIUM AIR BATTERIES - Aqueous Li/Air secondary battery cells are configurable to achieve high energy density and prolonged cycle life. The cells include a protected a lithium metal or alloy anode and an aqueous catholyte in a cathode compartment. The aqueous catholyte comprises an evaporative-loss resistant and/or polyprotic active compound or active agent that partakes in the discharge reaction and effectuates cathode capacity for discharge in the acidic region. This leads to improved performance including one or more of increased specific energy, improved stability on open circuit, and prolonged cycle life, as well as various methods, including a method of operating an aqueous Li/Air cell to simultaneously achieve improved energy density and prolonged cycle life. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045429 | Solid Oxide Fuel Cell System - A solid oxide fuel cell system includes a fuel cell provided with a reforming part, a gas-water supply system for supplying a plurality of kinds of gases and water to the reforming part, and a water tank for storing water. The gas-water supply system includes a reforming gas supply part for supplying a reforming gas, an oxygen-containing has supply part for supplying an oxygen-containing gas, and a water supply part for supplying water from the water tank. A control unit is provided for controlling whether, based on a signal from a stored water volume sensor which detects the volume of water in the water tank for carrying out a reforming reaction in the reforming part, switching between an oxygen-containing gas supply part and the water supply part is carried out, or both the supply parts are used in combination. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045430 | PROCESS TO RECOVER PERFORMANCE OF FUEL CELL CATALYSTS - Disclosed herein are processes for recovering performance of fuel cells by recovering fuel cell catalyst activity and methods of testing the durability and activity performance of fuel cells. One catalyst recovery process disclosed herein for a fuel cell having a membrane electrode assembly comprises operating the fuel cell for a first recovery cycle with fuel gas supplied to an anode of the fuel cell and an oxidant supplied to a cathode of the fuel cell while drawing a current from the fuel cell at steady state throughout the first recovery cycle, the first recovery cycle having a predetermined time period. The fuel cell has reached end of life due in part to intermittent use prior to operating the fuel cell for the first recovery cycle. A life of the fuel cell improves when the first recovery cycle is complete. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045431 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR THE RECOVERY OF FUEL CELL CATALYST PERFORMANCE - Disclosed herein are systems and methods for recovering performance of fuel cells by recovering fuel cell catalyst activity. One system for recovering catalyst performance of a fuel cell stack made of one or more fuel cells in a vehicle comprises a sensor for detecting an EOL state of the fuel cell. A notification device notifies a user when the sensor detects the EOL state of the fuel cell. Means for drawing a steady-state load from the fuel cell stack is used to operate the fuel cell stack until the catalyst performance is recovered. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045432 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND MOBILE OBJECT - A fuel cell system capable of improving the voltage controllability of a converter provided in the system is provided. A controller judges whether or not a passing power of a DC/DC converter falls within a reduced response performance area for the number of active phases as of the present moment. When the controller determines that the passing power of the DC/DC converter falls within the reduced response performance area, the controller determines the number of phases which avoids the driving within the reduced response performance area, and outputs a command for switching to the determined number of phases (phase switching command) to the DC/DC converter. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045433 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL DEVICE - A fuel cell device including an elongate ceramic substrate having an exterior surface defining an interior ceramic support structure and having a length that is at least 5 times greater than the width and the thickness so as to exhibit thermal expansion along a dominant axis coextensive with the length. The substrate has an active zone and at least one non-active end region. The active zone has an anode and a cathode in opposing relation with an electrolyte therebetween and the non-active end region lacks the anode and cathode in opposing relation and extends away from the active zone to dissipate heat. The electrolyte, anode and cathode extend within the interior ceramic support structure, the anode and cathode each have an electrical pathway extending from within the interior ceramic support structure to the exterior surface in the non-active end region, and the electrolyte is a ceramic co-fired with the interior ceramic support structure. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045434 | FORM AND FILL SUBGASKET - A method for manufacturing a subgasket for a fuel cell stack having a pair of plates disposed in a stack includes the step of positioning a membrane between the plates. The membrane includes an inboard portion and a tortuous form portion. The inboard portion abuts a proton exchange membrane of the fuel cell, and the tortuous form portion abuts each of the plates. The tortuous form portion defines at least one cavity between one of the plates and the membrane. A viscous sealant is injected into the cavity. The sealant is cured to form a compliant bead seal on the membrane. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045435 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL STACK - A solid oxide fuel cell stack includes a cell array in which M interconnector unit solid oxide fuel cells are connected in parallel to form a bundle, and N bundles are connected in series; a first plate-shaped current collecting member connected to a first bundle of the N bundles, the first current collecting member including a first terminal, and a second plate-shaped current collecting member connected to an N | 2013-02-21 |
20130045436 | POROUS MEMBRANE, ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE INCLUDING SAME, METHODS OF MANUFACTURING BOTH, AND FUEL CELL INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE OF THE MEMBRANES - A porous membrane with pores that includes a polymerization product of a polyazole-based material, an electrolyte membrane including the porous membrane with a proton-conductive polymer provided in pores of the porous membrane, methods of manufacturing the porous membrane and the electrolyte membrane, and a fuel cell employing at least one of the porous membrane and the electrolyte membrane. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045437 | Sulfur-Tolerant Anode Material for Direct Hydrocarbon Solid Oxide Fuel Cells - In one aspect, the present subject matter is directed to a composite anode for a hydrocarbon solid oxide fuel cell, the anode comprising a layered perovskite ceramic and a bi-metallic alloy. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045438 | PRODUCING METHOD OF FUEL CELL MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY AND PRODUCING APPARATUS OF THE SAME - The present invention provides a producing method of a fuel cell membrane electrode assembly and a producing apparatus of the same, without generating wrinkles on a solid polymer electrolyte membrane or misalignment of electrode catalyst layers opposite to each other. A producing method of a fuel cell membrane electrode assembly, the producing method comprising the steps of: arranging a pair of base materials | 2013-02-21 |
20130045439 | TITANIA-DOPED QUARTZ GLASS AND MAKING METHOD - Titania-doped quartz glass is manufactured by mixing a silicon-providing reactant gas and a titanium-providing reactant gas, preheating the reactant gas mixture at 200-400° C., and subjecting the mixture to oxidation or flame hydrolysis. A substrate of the glass is free of concave defects having a volume of at least 30,000 nm | 2013-02-21 |
20130045440 | RESIST PATTERN FORMING METHOD, RESIST PATTERN, CROSSLINKING NEGATIVE CHEMICAL-AMPLIFICATION RESIST COMPOSITION FOR ORGANIC SOLVENT DEVELOPMENT, NANOIMPRINT MOLD, AND PHOTOMASK - A resist pattern forming method contains, in order: (1) a step of forming a resist film by using a negative chemical-amplification resist composition containing: (A) polymer compound having a repeating unit represented by the specific formula, (B) a phenolic compound being capable of crosslinking the polymer compound (A) by the action of an acid and having two or more benzene rings and four or more alkoxymethyl groups, and (C) a compound capable of generating an acid upon irradiation with an actinic ray or radiation, (2) a step of exposing the film, and (4) a step of, after exposure, developing the film by using a developer containing an ester-based solvent having a carbon number of 7 or 8. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045441 | INK TONER PARTICLES WITH CONTROLLED SURFACE MORPHOLOGY - The present invention provides a process for producing a colored toner having a textured surface, the process includes forming a polymer composition of at least one polymer and a colorant, where the at least one polymer has a softening temperature from about 60° C. to about 160° C.; forming an aqueous mineral suspension of at least one multivalent metal phosphate; forming a dispersion by combining the polymer composition and the aqueous mineral suspension under agitation to form a solid portion comprising dispersed particles of the polymer composition; heating the dispersion to a temperature above a glass transition temperature (Tg) of the polymer composition and increasing the pH to above 7.0; cooling the dispersion including the dispersed particles of the polymer composition to a temperature of from about 1° C. to about 89° C.; and recovering the particles. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045442 | TONER, DEVELOPER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A toner including a resin particle (C) is provided. The resin particle (C) includes a resin particle (B) and a resin particle (A). The resin particle (B) includes a resin (b). The resin particle (A) or covering layer (P) includes a resin (a). The resin particle (A) or covering layer (P) is adhered to a surface of the resin particle (B). The resin (a) is a polyester resin. The resin (a) has a total acid value of 15 to 36 mgKOH/g. The resin particle (A) or covering layer (P) has a surface acid value of 10 to 27 mgKOH/g. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045443 | POLYMER, RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN - A polymer comprising: an anion part which generates acid upon exposure on at least one terminal of the main chain; and a structural unit (a1) containing an acid decomposable group that exhibits increased polarity by the action of acid, wherein the structural unit (a1) comprises two types of structural units, and a difference in an activation energy of the acid decomposable groups within the two types of structural units is at least 3.0 kJ/mol. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045444 | POSITIVE RESIST COMPOSITION AND PATTERNING PROCESS - There is disclosed a positive resist composition comprising (A) a resin having repeating units shown by the following general formulae (1) and (2) as repeating units that contain acid labile groups and being capable of increasing its alkaline solubility by an acid, (B) a photoacid generator, (C) a compound shown by the following general formula (3), and (D) a solvent. There can be a positive resist composition having high resolution, and at the same time giving an excellent pattern profile; and a patterning process in which an immersion lithography is carried out using a formed top coat. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045445 | ACTINIC-RAY- OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, ACTINIC-RAY- OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN FILM THEREFROM AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN USING THE COMPOSITION - Provided is an actinic-ray- or radiation-sensitive resin composition including a resin (P) comprising a repeating unit (A) containing a group that when exposed to actinic rays or radiation, is decomposed to thereby generate an acid and a repeating unit (B) containing a group that when acted on by an acid, is decomposed to thereby increase its solubility in an alkali developer, and any of compounds (Q) of general formula (1) below. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045446 | RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR FORMING A RESIST PATTERN AND SULFONIUM COMPOUND - A radiation-sensitive resin composition includes a sulfonium compound represented by a general formula (1), and a first polymer that serves as a base resin. R represents a group represented by a general formula (2). n | 2013-02-21 |
20130045447 | LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, SUPPORT TABLE FOR A LITHOGRAPHIC APPARATUS AND DEVICE MANUFACTURING METHOD - A support table configured to support a substrate, the support table having a support section to support a substrate and a conditioning system to supply heat energy to and/or remove heat energy from the support section, wherein the conditioning system comprises a plurality of conditioning units that are independently controllable. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045448 | POSITIONING APPARATUS, EXPOSURE APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DEVICE - A positioning apparatus for a moving object includes: a driving unit including a stator and a movable element connected to the moving object via a connecting member; a chassis which includes an opening which allows movement of the connecting member upon driving of the movable element, and an exhaust outlet which includes end exhaust outlets arranged at first and second ends of the driving range of the movable element; an exhaust unit which exhausts a gas in the chassis; and a controller which controls the exhaust unit so that an amount of exhaust from the end exhaust outlet arranged at the first end becomes larger when the movable element is driven toward the first end on a side of the first end of the driving range than when the movable element is positioned at the center of the driving range. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045449 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR OPERATING A COMBUSTOR - A system for operating a combustor includes a sensor that measures an operating parameter associated with the combustor and generates a signal reflective of the operating parameter. The operating parameter is reflective of an ash deposition rate or an accumulated ash buildup. A controller receives the signal, compares the signal to a predetermined limit, and generates a control signal. A method for operating a combustor includes operating the combustor at a first power level that produces a first temperature that is less than or equal to a first predetermined temperature and creating a layer of ash. The method further includes measuring an operating parameter reflective of an ash deposition rate or an accumulated ash buildup, comparing the operating parameter to a limit, and operating the combustor at a second power level that produces a second temperature that is greater than or equal to the first predetermined temperature. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045450 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING COMBUSTION DYNAMICS IN A COMBUSTOR - A system for reducing combustion dynamics in a combustor includes an end cap that extends radially across the combustor and includes an upstream surface axially separated from a downstream surface. A combustion chamber is downstream of the end cap, and tubes extend from the upstream surface through the downstream surface. Each tube provides fluid communication through the end cap to the combustion chamber. The system further includes means for reducing combustion dynamics in the combustor. A method for reducing combustion dynamics in a combustor includes flowing a working fluid through tubes that extend axially through an end cap that extends radially across the combustor and obstructing at least a portion of the working fluid flowing through a first set of the tubes. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045451 | Compensating for Gas Applicance De-Rate at High Altitudes - Apparatus and methods are provided for compensating for high altitude reduction in the heating capacity of a gas heating appliance, illustratively a gas-fired heating furnace. In a representative embodiment of such apparatus and methods the regulated pressure of the furnace gas valve, and the speeds of its combustion and indoor blowers, are coordinatingly increased to provide the furnace with a substantially unchanged maximum heating output despite its new higher altitude location. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045452 | IGNITION SYSTEM FOR A COMBUSTOR - A combustor ignition system includes an igniter assembly adapted for installation at least partially inside a combustor. A first ignition lead is electrically connected to the igniter assembly and includes a terminal end remote from the igniter assembly. A second ignition lead is electrically connected to the first ignition lead. The combustor ignition system further includes means for releasably connecting the first and second ignition leads. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045453 | FUEL FOR WICK TYPE CANDLE - A heat source including a novel fuel blend disposed within a fuel canister and a wick for transporting the fuel from the interior of the canister to the exterior. The fuel may be a blend of monoethylene glycol and at least one additional glycol or glycol ether, or a blend of monoethylene glycol and at least one alcohol. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045454 | GRATE COOLER FOR A CEMENT CLINKER KILN - A cooling grate, for cooling and transporting of cement clinker having at least one grate element with at least one support for cement clinker, having at least one cooling air channel discharging into the support which is inclined in conveying direction at least in a section adjacent to its outlet used to inject cooling air into the clinker has improved cooling characteristics if the cooling air channel is curved in conveying direction in at least a section adjacent to the outlet. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045455 | SELF-LIGATING ORTHODONTIC BRACKET WITH FLEXIBLE LIGATING SLIDE - A self-ligating bracket with flexible ligating slide includes an archwire slot, a first anterior portion at a first side of the slot, and a second anterior portion at a second side of the slot, the second anterior portion including a primary anterior surface. The bracket includes a first guide and a second guide, with each of the guides extending anteriorly from the primary anterior surface. The slide is movably enclosed between the primary anterior surface, the first guide, and the second guide. At least one of the primary anterior surface, first guide, and second guide includes a curvature in an occlusal-gingival direction. The curvature includes a radius and a center, with the center located to one side of a plane that bisects the slot longitudinally. The plane is perpendicular to a slot bottom wall; and the one side of the plane is the side that includes the second anterior portion. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045456 | TIP-BASED COMPUTER CONTROLLED SYSTEM FOR A HAND-HELD DENTAL DELIVERY DEVICE - A tip-based computer controlled system for a dental delivery device is disclosed. The system automatically controls an operating characteristic such as power control or fluid flow based on tip identification and history. The operating characteristic may also be controlled in response to particular conditions throughout the dental procedure, such as (but not limited to) temperature, dental hygiene material, fluid type, etc. The system may provide an alert or shut off if unsafe conditions occur and/or error circumstances are detected. An operator interface is provided to configure the system and augment/override an executing control algorithm during a procedure. A method and a computer-readable storage medium are also disclosed. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045457 | Lighting Device for Teeth Whitening - A safe, quick, efficient and easy to use lighting device for teeth whitening is disclosed. The lighting device has a plurality of LEDs that emit lights of a wavelength ranging between 490 nm to 505 nm. The color of the light may be blue, blue green, green, aqua or cyan. A mouth tray may be prefilled with a predetermined quantity of whitening gel and is attached firmly to the lighting device and placed inside the mouth of the patient. The lighting device switches ON only when new mouth tray is attached to it and it switches OFF after using it for 30 minutes. Teeth are cleaned from the front and inner side since the gel spreads throughout the jaw of the patient. The same procedure may be repeated after 24 hours since the procedure doesn't cause tooth sensitivity or tissue burning and is safe even if used frequently and gives instant results. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045458 | OCCLUSION EVALUATION APPARATUS AND OCCLUSION EVALUATION METHOD - An occlusion evaluation apparatus capable of evaluating a masticatory ability depending on an occlusal geometry of teeth without actually used by a human subject, reads three dimensional data of geometries of maxillary molar teeth | 2013-02-21 |
20130045459 | ERGONOMIC TOOL FOR ATRAUMATIC TOOTH EXTRACTION - An ergonomic tool for atraumatic tooth extraction consists in an innovative tool that solves all problems related to tooth extraction which, by its own nature, is a traumatic and lengthy process that requires the prolonged application of strong physical forces and involves high risks of iatrogenic effects. An ingenious combination of two components—holding pliers that firmly keep the tooth to be extracted fixed between the active tips thereof before, during and after avulsion, and an extractor device which, by means of a lever and millimetric screw system, slowly applies strong forces for extracting the tooth without physical effort—makes the following contributions over the prior art: 1. The tool eliminates the numerous iatrogenic effects inherent to traditional tooth extraction, protecting the alveolar edges from injury, avoiding bleeding and any possibility of causing lockjaw in the patient; 2. It has near-zero risk of iatrogenic effects, such as crown breakage and the consequences thereof, as well as temporo-mandibular accidents; 3. It reduces the duration of tooth extraction procedures from about 40 to 4 minutes and the duration of cicatrisation to about 3 days; 4. It does not require physical effort of the dental surgeon; 5. It is the only tool that allows delicate interventions that are practically impossible using a forceps, making it possible to extract teeth with the cementoblast intact, for treatment outside the body, and to re-implant the teeth with absolute safety and very high rates of success; 6. It makes it possible to lift the teeth a few millimetres, with absolute safety, for orthodontic procedures of great value for health and aesthetic appearance; 7. Due to the small size of the tool, it makes tooth extraction possible even when the maximum mouth opening of the patient is reduced, as a result of lockjaw, angular cheilitis or small size of the mouth, for example in children, requiring only 23 mm between the incisal edges of the maxillary central incisors and the incisal edges of the mandibular central incisors; 8. It has a small size, allowing the extraction of the third and fourth molars; 9. It does not require the use of electric or pneumatic drills for drilling crowns, shortening surgery time and reducing patient discomfort; 10. It reduces the cost of dental treatment, increasing the number of people that can benefit from dental care; 11. It has a low cost, since a single tool carries out all tooth extraction or prosthesis and pin withdrawal operations, unlike the present tooling, which requires a collection of more than ten tools; 12. It can be used in scientific veterinary research and medicine, for extracting teeth of small, medium and large size animals that are difficult to handle; 13. It is very easy to use, dispensing with long training periods; 14. Due to the system of universal adjustable pliers with active tips, it allows tooth extraction without support on any of the proximal teeth. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045460 | STAINLESS STEEL BUR - A stainless steel bur is provided which can cut minute depressions and even healthy dentin when necessary, allowing a technician to detect when cutting the healthy dentin. A handle connected to a hand piece on the base side, a working section to which a cutting blade for cutting teeth is attached to the tip, and the working section and the handle are connected to a tapered intermediate section. This steel bur is formed into a fiber structure by hardening austenitic stainless steel. Since the tapered part bends and generates vibrations when the working section is rotated to cut healthy dentin, it can be understood that the healthy dentin is being cut, and excessive cutting may be prevented. Alternatively, excessive cutting may be prevented by processing from the maximum diameter of the working section to the tip thereof through etching to round cutting blade edge and make a blunt edge. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045461 | METHOD FOR PREPARING AN IMPLANT SITE AND LATERALLY INSERTING A DENTAL IMPLANT - A method of positioning a dental implant in a jaw bone using a piezoelectric cutting tool is provided. Ultrasonic vibration is generated with the piezoelectric cutting tool. The piezoelectric cutting tool is translated in a lateral direction to form a first cut into the jaw bone and to form a second cut into the jaw bone. The second cut intersects the first cut to define a multi-slotted aperture in the jaw bone for receiving at least one dental implant. The dental implant is inserted in the multi-slotted aperture from the lateral direction. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045462 | DENTAL IMPLANT FIXING SYSTEM - A dental implant fixing system including an implant having a cylindrical main body with a thread division outside; characterized in that the end part of said thread division has a conical shape, narrowing from top to bottom, a recessed conical screw set on the center of the end front and wherein the wall of said conical screw and the outer side of said end part approach each other inclined at bottom. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045463 | ATTACHMENT MEMBER AND A DENTAL RESTORATION - A combination of a dental restoration and a plurality of attachment members is disclosed. The dental restoration includes a plurality of support members configured to be releasably attached to an attachment member. Each attachment member includes a first support surface facing in the coronal direction of the attachment member for supporting a corresponding support member, and a second support surface facing in the apical direction of the attachment member and towards the longitudinal axis of the support member and being configured for engagement with a support surface of a dental fixture. Each attachment member includes an attachment portion at a coronal portion for receiving a fastening member for releasably attaching one of the support members. The first support surface has an angle relative the longitudinal axis of the attachment member measured from its apical towards its coronal end that is larger than a corresponding angle of the second support surface. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045464 | DENTAL IMPLANT HAVING DIFFERENT SURFACE STRUCTURE REGIONS - The invention relates to a dental implant comprising a shaft region ( | 2013-02-21 |
20130045465 | DENTAL ADHESIVE AND METHOD OF USE - A dental adhesive composition comprising (i) at least one non-acidic polymerizable monomer having at least one ethylenically unsaturated group, (ii) optionally one or more acidic compounds, (iii) at least one photoinitiator, (iv) at least one solvent, and (v) about 0-40% by weight of one or more fillers; wherein the weight ratio of non-acidic polymerizable monomers/acidic compounds in the adhesive composition is more than about 4.5; the viscosity of the adhesive composition is less than about 350 centipoise (cP) at 25° C.; and the adhesive composition excluding solvent and filler has an acid number of less than about 0.75 mmol NaOH/g. The dental adhesive composition is used with a dental primer composition, which may be provided together in a kit. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045466 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONSTRUCTION MODELING - A wall forming system for modeling office space having a plurality of panels having a first sheet and a second sheet in parallel spaced alignment separated by a support sheet. The system also includes a plurality of support members having a first sidewall and a second sidewall in parallel spaced relation separated by a transverse wall. The system also includes a plurality of connecting members having a first sidewall and a second sidewall in parallel spaced relation separated by a transverse wall. The support members connect to and provide support to the panels. The connecting members also connect to the panels as well as connect to adjacent support members and connecting members thereby providing a wall forming system that is convenient and easy to use. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045467 | Device and Method for Food Management - A medical device is disclosed. The medical device includes an RFID reader for receiving information from at least one RFID transponder. The medical device also includes a memory for storing a database and at least one processor for processing information. Also, a remote controller for a medical device is disclosed. The remote controller includes an information receiver for receiving information related to food. The infusion device also includes a memory for storing a database and at least one processor for processing information. A method for use in a medical device is also disclosed. The method includes receiving information from an RFID transponder related to food. Also, the processing the information by comparing the information to a database is included in the method. The method also includes determining the acceptability of the food and providing information related to acceptability to the user. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045468 | Personal Hygiene System for Developmentally Disabled Individuals - A method and system for training and teaching developmentally disabled individual's proper and effective basic personal hygiene techniques. The method is comprised of developmentally level appropriate pre-recorded audible messages leading specifically challenged participants through comprehensive step-by-step instructions that require no retention or anticipated advancement. It also includes predetermined, measured pauses that optimally facilitate the individual's | 2013-02-21 |
20130045469 | MRI TRAINING DEVICE - MRI training and adjustment device for positioning the tip of a medical implement in living tissue, comprising a dummy which contains in the space inside it target pieces that show up in the MRI and the other component parts of which are invisible in the MRI, wherein a further component part of the training device is a base plate, which can be fastened under an MRI coil for the living tissue to be examined and carries at least one fastening block, which can be moved linearly with respect to the tissue and to which there can be detachably fastened either the dummy and/or a tissue pressing frame, which has an opening that is crossed by at least one elongated pressing rail, wherein the base plate, the fastening block, the tissue pressing frame and the pressing rail are invisible in the MRI. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045470 | DEVICE FOR FIXING A TURKEY TAIL FAN - Apparatuses and methods for fixing a turkey tail fan are provided. The apparatuses can include a top and bottom sheet, an angled member, and a plurality of fasteners for fixing a turkey tail fan in a natural spread configuration. A kit for fixing and displaying a turkey tail fan is further provided. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045471 | TRAINING SYSTEM FOR INVESTIGATIONS OF BIOENGINEERED PROTEINS - Education and training in the procedures and materials for cell growth and protein expression are provided by an integrated system of modules, each fully equipped with reagents, for the entire span of procedures beginning with cell plating and inoculation and extending through protein expression, growth, purification, and assay, plus an instruction manual that sets forth all of the procedures, and in certain cases an assessment module. The system is supplied with bacterial cells already transformed for expression of proteins that are selected for their known expression procedures and properties, and is adaptable to any known protein. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045472 | VIRTUAL WORLD APTITUDE AND INTEREST ASSESSMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - An aptitude and interest assessment tool identifies one or more sectors for which a user may have a special interest, talent or aptitude. An interactive session is presented to a user. The interactive session provides a virtual world. A user interacts with the virtual world. Some or all of the user's interactions in the virtual world is stored in a storage device. The user's aptitude or interest in a profession or activity is assessed by an assessment module that receives data from the storage device and processes the received data to make a user assessment. A report providing the user assessment is created by a report creator. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045473 | Laboratory Apparatus and Method for Handling Laboratory Samples - The invention relates to a laboratory apparatus for handling laboratory samples, in particular for adjusting the temperature of a biochemical sample arranged in a sample vessel element, having a carrier device for carrying the sample vessel element, an electrical control device set up for controlling an operating parameter of the laboratory apparatus that controls this handling, and a sensor device for recording a measured value, by which a geometrical property of the a sample vessel element can be determined, the a sensor device being signal-connected to the electrical control device, the electrical control device being set up for controlling the handling of the laboratory sample in dependence on the measured value and the set operating parameter by the control step; and a method for handling at least one laboratory sample by means of a laboratory apparatus and to a computer program product for performing the method. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045474 | DEVICES AND METHODS FOR DETECTING AND MONITORING HIV AND OTHER INFECTIONS AND DISEASES - Disclosed herein are bio-nanosensor devices and methods suitable for blood assays. The bio-nanosensors are based on thickness shear mode transducer capable of transmitting a shear wave into a biofluid adjacent to a bio-functionalized sensing interface of a piezoelectric crystal. The bio-functionalized sensing interface includes one or more antibodies and/or biomarker-specific ligands capable of sensing HIV. The disclosed bio-nanosensors are capable of defecting the presence of HIV virus at picogram sensitivities using no more than 10 μl of blood in less than 15 minutes. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045475 | 2-Nitrobenzyl-Modified Ribonucleotides - This disclosure provides novel reversibly terminated ribonucleotides which can be used as a reagent for DNA sequencing reactions. Methods of sequencing nucleic acids using the disclosed nucleotides are also provided. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045476 | METHOD FOR COMBINED MONITORING OF DETECTION OF AT LEAST TWO MOLECULAR TARGETS AND TO A KIT THEREFOR - The invention relates to methods for combined monitoring of detection of at least two molecular targets. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045477 | DIRECT NUCLEIC ACID ANALYSIS - Methods and apparatus are described for nucleic acid analysis of swab samples without the need for purification. | 2013-02-21 |
20130045478 | NOVEL METHOD FOR ANALYZING DNA METHYLATION - This invention provides a method for efficiently detecting DNA methylation. The method for detecting DNA methylation comprises subjecting DNA to bisulfite treatment, subjecting DNA after bisulfite treatment to a first PCR, subjecting the resultant to nested PCR, and subjecting amplified DNA to denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis. | 2013-02-21 |