15th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 10 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120085798 | AUXILIARY CARRYING DEVICE - An auxiliary carrying device for carrying an object includes a strap, a handle, and a lacing assembly. The strap surrounds the object and includes a fixing end and a free end. The free end defines a number of through holes along the length thereof. Two ends of the handle are connected to the strap. The lacing assembly includes a connecting element and an adjusting element. The connecting element is fixed to the fixing end. The adjusting element is connected to the connecting element and comprises a post. The post is capable of inserting one of the through holes to connect the free end with the connecting element. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085799 | CLOTHING HANGER DEVICE FOR VEHICLE DECK LID - A hanger device stores clothes on the inside of the deck lid that closes the vehicle trunk. A peg projects from an inner surface of the deck lid for engagement by the hook portion of a clothes hanger when the deck lid is open, so that the clothes hanging on the clothes hanger hang downwardly. An elastic strap has first and second ends, one end attached to the deck lid on one side of the hanging clothes and the other end attached to the deck lid on the other side of the hanging clothes so that the elastic strap holds the clothes against the deck lid during movement of the deck lid between open and closed positions. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085800 | FOLDING PICK-UP TRUCK TOOL BOX - A tool box can be unfolded for use in holding tools or other items, and then folded up, to avoid taking up space in a pick-up truck cargo box when the tool box is not in use. The toolbox may have a folding panel assembly including a first panel, a second panel pivotally attached to the first panel, and a third panel pivotally attached to the second panel. The folding panel assembly is foldable into an open position and into a closed position. In the open position, one or more of the panels may be supported on left and right side end frames attached to the inner sidewalls of the pick-up truck cargo box. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085801 | Notepad and Pencil on a Wristband - The present invention is a useful tool for anyone that works with their hands but is also required to record information simultaneously. The present invention comprises essentially of a wristband, a writing plate, a writing utensil, a writing utensil holder, and a note pad, and two different attachment mechanisms. It is equipped to fit on the user's wrist for quick and effortless access to a writing pad and utensil. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085802 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR AN OVER THE SHOULDER HOLSTER BELT - An over the shoulder support system for concealed carry is disclosed. The system allows comfortable and discreet concealed carry of holstered weapons and associated materials, distributing load across one or both shoulders while allowing the entire system and supported weapon to remain concealed beneath clothing. The system can attach to a belt with j-hooks, and can attach directly to a wearer's clothing and/or to a holster. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085803 | BACKPACK WITH SHOULDER STRAP HEIGHT ADJUSTMENT UNIT - Disclosed is a backpack with a shoulder strap height adjustment unit, in which a rail frame is installed on a back surface of the backpack and shoulder straps are vertically guided by the rail frame, thereby allowing the height of the shoulder straps to be adjusted according to the physical characteristics of a user. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085804 | BACKPACK - A backpack for relieving stress, weight and pressure from a user's back comprises: a carrying pack for storing items, with top, forward panel to face the user's back with an upper and lower portion, sides, and, bottom; adjustable shoulder straps connected to the carrying pack, for placement of the straps over a user's shoulders and positioning the backpack behind the user's back; a pleated pouch pocket covering the lower portion of the forward panel and extending beneath the bottom of the carrying pack and having a forward surface facing the user's back; an inflatable bladder enclosed within the pouch pocket having a lower part extending across and beneath the bottom of the pack and an upper part extending part-way upwardly along the forward panel; a board enclosed and secured within the pouch pocket for preventing, expansion of the bladder into the carrying pack and puncturing of the bladder; valve means for the bladder accessible through the pouch pocket for permitting inflating and deflating the bladder; a cushion composite on the pouch pocket and allowing access to the valve means, the composite comprising an inner layer of expandable material, and outer layer of expandable material and sandwiched therebetween a compressed, apertured foam frame, and an array of cushioning bubbles located within the frame apertures, the frame having cut outs to allow for expansion. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085805 | FEEDER APPARATUS FOR METAL STRIP - A feeder apparatus for a metal strip includes: a reciprocating block reciprocally moved by a driving means of a press apparatus when conveying the metal strip in which through-holes are formed in a predetermined direction; a moving block disposed above the reciprocating block and connected to a connecting member that moves in the direction of movement of the reciprocating block; a pin block that moves with the moving block and is provided with conveying pins whose front ends are inserted inside the through-holes; and an upper-lower cam portion that raises and lowers the pin block. The moving block is not pulled by the reciprocating block, and the feeder apparatus further includes a moving block driving means for reciprocally moving the moving block separately to movement of the reciprocating block. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085806 | DRY FIRE LOCKOUT WITH BYPASS FOR FASTENER DRIVING DEVICE - A dry fire lockout assembly for a fastener driving device includes a bypass feature. A link is movably mounted to an upper contact arm and interconnected with a lower contact arm when the link is in a first orientation. The link includes a dry fire lockout portion. A dry fire lockout portion of a lifter is configured to engage the dry fire lockout portion of the link, when a supply of fasteners in the fastener driving device is less than a predetermined number of fasteners, and move the link against the bias of the biasing member to a second orientation in which the link is not interconnected with the lower contact arm. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085807 | Apparatus and Method for Surgical Fastening - Apparatus and methods for applying fasteners during endoscopic surgery are provided. The apparatus generally comprises a handle portion, a triggering mechanism and a fastener applicator. One embodiment of the invention forms the fastener around a single focal point on an anvil. Another embodiment vertically stacks the fasteners in a fastener applicator which is readily detachable from the handle portion by virtue of a rotational locking system and which may be replaced with a new fastener applicator having a fresh load of vertically stacked fasteners. The various embodiments may be variously combined together in a single device. The methods generally include the following steps: forming a fastener by placing it over a single focal point anvil and pressing the fastener against the single focal point anvil using a slide. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085808 | Surgical Fastener Applying Apparatus - The present disclosure relates to surgical fastener applying apparatus for sequentially applying a plurality of surgical fasteners to body tissue. The surgical fastener applying apparatus includes a replaceable cartridge assembly receivable in a distal end portion of a cartridge receiving half-section, the cartridge assembly including a safety lockout pivotably disposed along the upper surface of the cartridge assembly and movable from an unlocked orientation permitting assembly of an anvil half-section to the cartridge receiving half-section, to a locked orientation preventing assembly of the anvil half-section to the cartridge receiving-half section. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085809 | SURGICAL STAPLER AND METHOD OF SURGICAL STAPLING - Surgical stapling methods and tools which allow a surgeon to create several different predetermined amounts of tissue constriction using the same staple ( | 2012-04-12 |
20120085810 | JIG FOR ROUND SOLDER BALL ATTACHMENT - Disclosed herein is a jig for solder ball attachment capable of sensing whether missing balls occur by electrical sensing using an electrical sensor structure in which a conductive thin film is embedded in the jig and electrically sensing whether abnormal solder balls, for example, large ball/small ball/ball size are attached, without confirming whether abnormal solder balls, for example, large ball/small ball/ball size are attached by vision one by one, thereby shortening operating time and improving workability. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085811 | Methods for Manufacture and Use of Composite Preform Having a Controlled Fraction of Porosity in at Least One Layer - The invention provides clad billet for hot working plastic deformation processes for the production of clad products, including, but not limited to, clad pipe and tubing by extrusion of a hollow, bicomponent composite billet having a fully dense structural component and a partially dense component of a specialty alloy at a fraction of porosity predetermined to provide a flow stress compatible with that of the structural component. The components are diffusion bonded to the predetermined fraction of porosity in the specialty component by application of heat and pressure over time, including by hot isostatically pressing the billet components. Computer modeling techniques can be used to determine processing conditions for obtaining flow stress compatibility. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085812 | SOLAR SUBSTRATE RIBBON BONDING SYSTEM - An ultrasonic solar substrate bonding system is provided. The system includes a first ribbon bonder including a first bonding tool, and a first ribbon feeding system configured to continuously supply a first ribbon material to the first bonding tool during bonding of the first ribbon material to a backside of each of a plurality of solar substrates. The system also includes a mechanism configured to manipulate each of the plurality of solar substrates after bonding by the first ribbon bonder to expose an opposite, frontside of each of the plurality of solar substrates for bonding. The system also includes a second ribbon bonder including a second bonding tool, and a second ribbon feeding system configured to continuously supply a second ribbon material to the second bonding tool during bonding of the second ribbon material to the frontside of each of the plurality of solar substrates. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085813 | RETAIL BOXES AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING RETAIL BOXES - The present disclosure is directed to a retail box and a method of making a retail box. Retail boxes in accordance with the present disclosure can be manufactured beginning with a moisture impermeable paper or substrate, which is rolled on a core. Two halves of the box, or “half-boxes,” are first produced, and then brought together to form a complete box. The corners of the complete box can be sealed with a caulk or other sealing material to form a moisture impermeable container. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085814 | CARRYING HANDLE FOR A CARTON | 2012-04-12 |
20120085815 | PARTITIONED CONTAINER AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A partitioned container includes an outer case member erectable from a substantially flat condition to an expanded condition, and at least one partition formed from a unitary blank separate from the outer case member and configured to couple to at least one interior surface of the outer case member in the flat condition, the unitary blank including at least one divider panel and a plurality of cross members configured to automatically divide an interior of the outer case member into a plurality of cells when the outer case member is erected to the expanded condition. A partition blank for forming the partition member and a method of manufacturing a partitioned container are also provided. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085816 | DISPLAY CARTON - The carton is comprised of an attached arrangement an outer front panel, a top panel, a rear panel, a bottom panel and an inner front panel; the outer front panel overlaying the inner front panel and having an attachment strip at a lower edge for attachment to the inner front panel. The attachment strip has an outer front panel weakened area whereby upon the outer front panel being separated from the inner front panel this weakened area is severed leaving the attachment strip attached to the inner front panel. The outer front panel will have a grip tab to open the carton by severing the outer front panel weakened area of the attachment strip, with the attachment strip remaining with the carton. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085817 | SHIPPING AND DISPLAY CARTON AND BLANKS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A shipping and display carton convertible into a cover portion and display tray is described comprised of a cover portion formed from a cover blank and a tray portion formed from a tray blank. The blanks are preferably glued together at only three glue points when the tray blank is laid flat on top of the cover blank in order to form a two-layered blank that may be erected into the present carton. The fully erected carton may be easily broken apart into an attractive display tray and a disposable/recyclable cover by gripping the cover within a grasping aperture and lifting the cover portion up to break the carton apart at the two side tabs and along the rear of the carton. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085818 | EXECUTABLE MACHINE READABLE SYMBOLOGY - A method of operating an indicia reader includes reading at least one indicia, the indicia having an encoded executable software program; storing the encoded executable software program into memory of the indicia reader; and running the encoded executable software program. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085819 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DISPLAYING USING IMAGE CODE - A display method using an image code is provided, which can provide various types of information related to a moving image content. The display method includes perceiving the image code inserted in image forms in moving image information of a moving image content, analyzing the information included in the image code related to the moving image content, by decoding the image code, and displaying the information contained in the image code. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085820 | NAVIGATION OF MOBILE DEVICES - A method is provided for navigation of a mobile device. Spatial information of at least one beacon detected in an image relative to the image is determined. The image includes an image of the at least one beacon within at least part of an environment surrounding the mobile device. A position of the mobile device based on said spatial information is determined using encoded visual information of the at least one beacon. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085821 | BARCODE EVALUATION METHOD AND BARCODE EVALUATION APPARATUS - A barcode evaluation method for receiving an input image, performing an evaluation along a scanning direction upon the input image, and generating a barcode evaluation data includes: deriving at least one first luminance group in the input image according to a luminance threshold; documenting a plurality of characteristic values corresponding to the at least one luminance group, respectively; referring to a plurality of characteristic values of at least one specific first luminance group within the first luminance group to determine a distribution direction, and determining whether the specific first luminance group belongs to a barcode; and utilizing a processing element to generate the barcode evaluation data according to the input image, the distribution direction and the scanning direction. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085822 | FINGER SENSING DEVICE INCLUDING DIFFERENTIAL MEASUREMENT CIRCUITRY AND RELATED METHODS - A finger sensing device may include an array of finger sensing pixels to receive a user's finger adjacent thereto. Each finger sensing pixel may include a finger sensing electrode. The finger sensing device may include a finger drive electrode configured to couple a drive signal through the user's finger to the array of finger sensing pixels. The finger sensing device may also include differential pixel measurement circuitry coupled to the array of finger sensing pixels and configured to generate a plurality of interpixel difference measurements for adjacent pairs of the finger sensing pixels. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085823 | STACKED BARCODE READER AND STACKED BARCODE READING METHOD - In a decoding section of a stacked barcode reader, the brightness values of multiple pixels configuring image data are used to calculate multiple line widths of the bars and the spaces of the stacked barcode. Based on the evaluation value of the frequency distribution of multiple line widths, a priority order of T-sequence is determined. According to this priority order, the T-sequence is measured and the code word corresponding to the T-sequence is obtained. With this, the priority order of the T-sequence is determined based on the evaluation value (such as the maximum value, variance, etc.) of the frequency distribution of the line widths of the bars and the spaces that configure the stacked barcode increasing reading performance of the barcode reader on a stacked barcode while reducing the number of errors in all the decoded code words, despite the level of the resolution of the image pickup optical system. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085824 | OBJECT PROXIMITY SENSOR RECESSED INTO IMAGING READER - An electro-optical imaging reader includes a chassis mounted in a housing, a window spaced from a rear wall of the chassis, an imaging module for capturing return light from a target through the window over an imaging field of view, a controller for operating the reader in a standby state in which no target is read, and for processing the captured return light to read the target during a reading state, and an object sensing assembly supported by the rear chassis wall and spaced from the window. The object sensing assembly senses the presence of an object bearing the target in front of the window by detecting return sensing light from the object through the window over a sensing field of view that at least partially overlaps the imaging field of view, and triggers the controller to change from the standby state to the reading state upon such detection. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085825 | LASER SCANNING ASSEMBLY HAVING AN IMPROVED SCAN ANGLE-MULTIPLICATION FACTOR - A laser scanning system for generating a laser scanning pattern in a scanning field, while amplifying the scan-angle multiplication factor of rotating mirrors employed therein. The laser scanning system employs rotatable laser scanning assembly having an axis of rotation and first and second rotating mirrors with normal vectors that are coplanar with each other and said rotational axis, and which form an acute angle substantially less than 90 degrees so as to provide a laser scanning assembly with a scan angle multiplication factor that is greater than 2.0. A cluster of stationary mirrors mounted about the first and second rotating mirrors, for sweeping a laser beam off the cluster of stationary mirrors after a laser beam has been reflected off the first rotating mirror, then reflected off the second rotating mirror, and then directed outwardly towards an array of pattern mirrors, so as to generate a resultant laser scanning pattern within the scanning field. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085826 | Data Storage Card - A data storage card having magnetic recording material and printed bar-codes spaced apart on its surface and optional embedded Integrated Circuit and or RFID device imbedded in body of the card. The card is wallet-size and preferably the strips run parallel to the lengthwise dimension of the card and the barcodes printed on the free space not occupied by the magnetic recording material. The back side of the data storage card includes means to attach or imbed additional data storage means including magnetic recording strips, attachable printed bar-code, Integrated Circuits, electronic memory and RFID devices. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085827 | MULTI-TOOL PROTECTION DEVICE - An apparatus and method for protecting merchandise items is presented. In the preferred embodiment, a merchandise protection device includes first and second portions. An EAS tag is contained in the first or second portion. The first and second portions are connected together to form a head at a first end of the merchandise protection device and a base at the other end of the merchandise protection device. An opening is formed between the head and the base. The head is placed in a first recess of a merchandise item to be protected and the base is placed in a second recess of the merchandise item to be protected. The opening is configured to receive a portion of the merchandise item between the first recess and second recess. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085828 | PROMOTIONAL HANG TAG, TAG, OR LABEL COMBINED WITH PROMOTIONAL PRODUCT SAMPLE, WITH INTERACTIVE QUICK RESPONSE (QR CODE, MS TAG) OR OTHER SCAN-ABLE INTERACTIVE CODE LINKED TO ONE OR MORE INTERNET UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATORS (URLs) FOR INSTANTLY DELIVERING WIDE BAND DIGITAL CONTENT, PROMOTIONS AND INFOTAINMENT BRAND ENGAGEMENT FEATURES BETWEEN CONSUMERS AND MARKETERS - The present invention relates to and provides methods and promotional hang tags, tags or labels with associated product samples combined with interactive quick response or scan-able codes linked to internet Uniform (or Universal) Resource Locator (URL) for providing contact information, promotional or cross promotional product samples or products and related marketing information regarding product promotional or cross-promotional features, where the hang tag, tag or label carries any scan-able quick response internet URL code or QR code and an integral product sample, such as, but not limited to, a fragrance, a personal care product, a healthcare product, a food or beverage product, an entertainment product, a toy, a gift card, a book, an e-book, software, a website access code, an office supply product, school supply product, a travel size product, a consumer electronics product, a health and wellness product, a health and beauty product, a medical product, an educational product. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085829 | STAND ALONE PRODUCT, PROMOTIONAL PRODUCT SAMPLE, CONTAINER, OR PACKAGING COMPRISED OF INTERACTIVE QUICK RESPONSE (QR CODE, MS TAG) OR OTHER SCAN-ABLE INTERACTIVE CODE LINKED TO ONE OR MORE INTERNET UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATORS (URLs) FOR INSTANTLY DELIVERING WIDE BAND DIGITAL CONTENT, PROMOTIONS AND INFOTAINMENT BRAND ENGAGEMENT FEATURES BETWEEN CONSUMERS AND MARKETERS - The present invention relates to and provides methods and product, product samples, containers, or packaging comprised of interactive quick response or scan-able codes linked to Internet Uniform (or Universal) Resource Locator (URL) for providing contact information, promotional or cross promotional product samples or products, containers, or and packaging, where the product, product sample, container, or packaging, has any type of associated scan-able internet quick response URL code, quick response MS TAG or quick response QR Code that delivers an interactive “infotainment” brand experience to consumers or retailers when the product or package is scanned with a smart phone, internet tablet, computer, netbook, or other device. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085830 | TEMPERATURE CONTROL SYSTEM - A temperature regulation system for air inside of a vehicle regardless of the on/off state of the vehicle's ignition or engine includes a rechargeable battery for supplying power to an air moving system and a heat exchanger in accordance with demand signals from a thermostat. A motor-generator has a motor mode wherein electrical energy from the battery is converted into rotational kinetic energy and coupled to an AC compressor, and a generator mode wherein rotational kinetic energy from the engine is converted into electrical energy to recharge the battery. A control circuit is electrically connected with the motor-generator and adapted to activate the motor mode when the engine is off and the air temperature inside the vehicle exceeds the desired temperature range, the motor-generator otherwise being in the generator mode. Alternate embodiments includes a motor-compressor that replaces the stock compressor of the vehicle. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085831 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR CONTROLLING THE TEMPERATURE OF A ROOM BASED ON OCCUPANCY - An environment control system for controlling the temperature in a room, the system comprises a heating and cooling system; a thermostat for monitoring the temperature within a room and controlling the heating and cooling system; a motion sensor for detecting whether a door or window to the room has been opened; a presence detector for detecting whether the room is currently occupied; and a control system in communication with the thermostat, the motion sensor, and the presence detector, the control system being configured to control the room's temperature via the thermostat based at least in part on signals received from the thermostat, the motion detector and the presence detector, the control system being configured to cause the heating and cooling system to operate in a power savings mode when the room is unoccupied based on a series of time cycles during which the heating and cooling system is turned on or off as dictated by a plurality of temperature thresholds. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085832 | Method And System For Controlling A Blower Motor - A method of controlling a blower motor including: receiving a requested airflow from a thermostat; accessing an airflow table and determining an airflow closest to the requested airflow; using a location of the airflow closest to the requested airflow in the airflow table to access a control signal value in a control signal table; and using the control signal value to control the blower motor. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085833 | CONNECTION STRUCTURE OF LINEAR MOTOR TYPE TRANSPORT DEVICE - A connection structure of first and second linear motor type transport devices each having a base part, and a rail part set on the top surface of the base part is provided, including: a notch concave part formed in the top surfaces of the base parts with both devices connected; a reference positioning part serving as a reference position of lower edges on one side in the width direction of the rail parts; a bottom surface support part disposed in the notch concave part, and set between the bottom surface of the notch concave part and the bottom surfaces of the rail parts; and a pressing member interposed between the wall part of the notch concave part and lower edges on the other side of the rail parts, and urging the lower edges on the other side of the rail parts toward the reference positioning part, thereby linearly fixing the first and second linear motor type transport devices to be connected. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085834 | Flame Tolerant Primary Nozzle Design - A fuel nozzle includes a nozzle cavity with a side wall defining an annular cavity, and swirler vanes arranged circumferentially around an outer surface of the nozzle cavity. A plurality of ports are formed in the side wall and are circumferentially spaced around the nozzle cavity. The ports provide fluid communication through the side wall. The plurality of ports are positioned and/or oriented such that fuel jets communicated through the side wall are communicated downstream of the swirler vanes. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085835 | Needle Valve Member With Frustoconical Guide Segment And Fuel Injector Using Same - A fuel injector includes an injector body with a tip component that defines at least one nozzle outlet. A needle valve member is positioned in the injector body and includes a frustoconical segment positioned in a frustoconical bore to separate a needle control chamber from a nozzle chamber. The needle valve member includes an opening hydraulic surface exposed to fluid pressure in the nozzle chamber, and a closing hydraulic surface exposed to fluid pressure in the needle control chamber. The frustoconical bore and the frustoconical segment have a narrowing taper in the direction of an injector tip. The frustoconical features tend to slow the initial opening of the nozzle outlets, and hasten their closure relative to a counterpart injector with cylindrical needle guide features. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085836 | Drive System For A Mobile Sprayer And/Or For A Mobile Blower - The present invention provides a drive system for a mobile blower or a mobile sprayer. The drive system includes at least one flexible cable drive which connects a fan unit of the mobile blower or the mobile sprayer to a rotary power source to drive the fan. The present invention also provides mobile blowers and mobile sprayers including the drive system. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085837 | Soot preventing type tail trim - A soot preventing type tail trim may include a tail pipe discharging exhaust gas, and a body enclosing an outer circumference of the tail pipe with a predetermined space therebetween, such that wind may be allowed to flow into the predetermined space and to be discharged therefrom to generate a separation layer in the exhaust gas passing the tail pipe by the wind. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085838 | SPRAY DEVICE FOR CATALYST ATOMIZATION - This invention is directed to a method for producing a coating layer of a coating composition by introducing a catalyst as a second component into an atomized stream of a first component of the coating composition. This invention is also directed to a spray gun for producing such coating layer. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085839 | HANDHELD SHOWERHEAD WITH FLUID PASSAGEWAYS - A handheld showerhead includes a showerhead portion and a handle portion. The showerhead portion includes a plurality of nozzles. At least two fluid channels are defined in part by at least two walls that are adjacent and parallel to each other and a curved wall that extends between edges of the at least two walls. A base wall is operably associated with the at least two walls and defines two or more fluid channel inlets each in fluid communication with a respective one of the two more fluid channels. The handle portion is operatively associated with the showerhead portion, and includes at least one of a fluid inlet and a fluid passage, and including a rotatable mode selector. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085840 | Adjustable Smooth Bore Nozzle - An adjustable nozzle comprising a nozzle body with an inlet, an outlet and a flow chamber having a smooth bore extending between the inlet and the outlet. An elastic water impervious material is in fluid communication with the inlet and is tapered and is able to expand due to its elasticity. An adjustable non-rusting member connected to the nozzle body expands or constricts to either increase or decrease the inner diameter of the nozzle body to adjust the flow rate through the nozzle. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085841 | DIRECT INJECTION INJECTOR FOR ENGINE - A direct injection injector for an engine includes a body forming the outer structure and having a space therein, a needle inserted to slide linearly in the body and having a hole therein forming a fuel channel, and a cylinder nozzle fitted on needle to communicate with hole and having a nozzle hole for injecting fuel, such that it is possible to prevent caulking in which the nozzle of the injector is clogged with soot while injecting fuel at relatively low pressure, change the spray type of the injected engine in various shapes, and sufficiently decrease the size of droplet of the fuel. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085842 | VISCOUS NON-CONTACT JETTING METHOD AND APPARATUS - This invention concerns a method and apparatus for dispensing minute quantities of highly viscous material from a jetting needle when an expelling mechanism is activated using a nozzle plate with a jetting chamber having a top formed by a diaphragm and a bottom in fluid communication with a jetting needle. Fluid enters the chamber from an inlet channel and is jetted from the chamber by deforming the diaphragm to block the channel and expel a drop of fluid from the needle. A diaphragm driven metering chamber and/or reservoir chamber can optionally be used provide fluid to the jetting chamber. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085843 | System to Apply Mainly Phytosanitary Products that use the Principle of Electrostatic Attraction - A system to apply mainly phytosanitary products that use the principle of electrostatic attraction. A high static charge is imprinted on the microdrops in the nozzle with high flows of water using a simple industrial design and very low probabilities of failure. The system is very stable and reliable. An active water provider capillary tube is optionally used in the nozzles (as opposed to a fixed one), which results in a more efficient use of the air to micronize drops. The nozzles can be fixed or dirigible nozzles. A chemical product doser system is optionally used with injection in the nozzle itself. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085844 | ELECTROSTATIC SPRAYING DEVICE - An electrostatic spraying device ( | 2012-04-12 |
20120085845 | Apparatus and Method for Processing Recyclable Asphalt Materials - Apparatus and method are disclosed in which recyclable asphalt material received from the field in relatively large pieces is processed within a drum for delivery in a heated mass containing desired smaller aggregate-sized pieces for reuse. The drum is provided with a drum wall having an inner surface with a polygonal cross-sectional configuration establishing an inner chamber bounded by a plurality of substantially flat wall sides. A cage-like array of tubular breaker members is placed within the inner chamber so that tubular breaker members are juxtaposed with corresponding flat wall sides. Recyclable asphalt material is fed into the array of breaker members, and heated gases are passed serially along a path of travel through a heat conduit and then through the breaker members. The relative location of the array of breaker members and the flat wall sides effects a cascading of the recyclable asphalt material over the breaker members and between the breaker members and the flat wall sides as the drum is rotated about a longitudinal axis and the large pieces of recyclable asphalt material are tumbled within the drum, thereby simultaneously reducing the size of the relatively large pieces to the desired aggregate-sized pieces and heating the mass containing the desired aggregate-sized pieces for delivery of the heated mass from the drum. A mounting arrangement mounts the drum for rotation about the longitudinal axis and is responsive to thermal expansion and contraction of the drum during operating cycles of the apparatus to compensates for such thermal expansion and contraction while effecting the desired rotation of the drum. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085846 | UNDER-SINK WASTE PROCESSING APPLIANCE - An under-sink waste processing appliance includes a waste separator which extracts liquid from organic waste and passes such extracted liquid to a residential drain line. The remaining solid, in the form of organic pulp, is dried in a dryer and deposited in a removable collection receptacle. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085847 | Feeding tube for a food processor and food processor provided with a feeding tube - A feeding tube ( | 2012-04-12 |
20120085848 | THE COMMINUTION OF WASTE & OTHER MATERIALS - Comminution apparatus is described which is tailored for the processing of green, soft, and fibrous waste. Inner and outer comminution drums bear projecting macerating features which can progressively interact to provide a shearing action on material on waste within the outer comminution drum. Screening apertures on the outer comminution drum allow for the exit of comminuted material. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085849 | BOWL MILL DEFLECTOR - A deflector ( | 2012-04-12 |
20120085850 | FOOD-GRATING SYSTEM - A food-grating system including a food container and a food grater. The food container includes a vessel and a lid, and the food grater includes a handle/frame assembly and a grater insert-panel. The handle/frame assembly of the grater mounts, by a coupling system including mating interlocking elements, to the vessel of the container for grating use. The lid of the container mounts, by a closure system including mating interlocking elements, to the vessel of the container for storage, whether or not the grater is also mounted to the vessel. And the grater insert-panel removably mounts, by a coupling system including mating interlocking elements, to the handle/frame assembly of the grater so that interchangeable insert-panels can be used for differing grating functions. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085851 | FOOD PROCESSOR WITH MULTIPLE PROCESSING CONTAINERS - A food processor includes a housing, a motor disposed within the housing, an output shaft extending outwardly from the housing, a first processing container, a second processing container, and a lid removably and independently attachable to either one of the first and second processing containers. The first and second processing container are each independently and removably attachable to the housing. The first processing container is configured to be at least partially removably disposed within the interior of the second processing container. The lid is attached to the first processing container and the first processing container is attached to the housing in a first operating position. The lid is attached to the second processing container and the second processing container is attached to the housing in a second operating position. A portion of the first processing container is disposed within the interior of the second processing container in a storage position. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085852 | LINE TIGHTENING DEVICE - A line tightening device with a detachable handle, a hook and a coupler for securing the handle and the hook together while the tightener is being used. After the line tightener is used to achieve the desired tension in the line tightened, the handle and coupler can be quickly and easily disengaged and removed from the hook, thereby leaving only the hook attached to the tightened line. The hook is adapted for tightening the line by forming and fixing convolutions about its shank. A tether secures the hook to adjacent portions of the line to prevent accidental separation of the hook from the tensioned line. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085853 | MULTIPLE ENDLESS BELT TYPE BAND SHEET COILING TENSION APPLYING APPARATUS - In a multiple endless belt type band sheet coiling tension applying apparatus in which a coiling tension is applied to slit band sheets a by a frictional force generated by slippage between belt pressing surfaces | 2012-04-12 |
20120085854 | Powered Serving Jig and Winder Device for Bowstring - A powered serving jig and winder device for bowstring comprises a right angle gear train having a drive shaft and a first beveled gear fixed thereon and a hollow transmission shaft with a second beveled gear fixed thereon, the first beveled gear configured to drive the second beveled gear at a right angle. A gear train collar comprises a first drive shaft bearing and left and right transmission shaft bearings. A first and a second serving cam are fixed to the transmission shaft at either end and have at least two openings for attaching a serving jig therein. A modified serving jig comprises a bowstring groove and a serving cord guide recessed therein and at least two pins extending away from the jig in a parallel direction to the bowstring groove, the pins configured to allow the serving jig to attach to one of the first and second serving adapters. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085855 | Compact Weed Trimmer Mounted Line Spooling Device - In describing what is new art in reference to this invention we are claiming that this invention is different from prior art in the following ways. The device comprises a compact and lightweight design, uses level-winding technology and a self enclosed tensioner for uniform line re-spooling, the device is trimmer mounted for convenience and the device has storage capability of a spare reel for ease in usage. The purpose of this device is for line re-spooling of weed trimmer spools. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085856 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EXCHANGE OF CORES IN A WINDING MACHINE - A method and an apparatus for exchange of cores in a machine for winding a continuous layer of paper ( | 2012-04-12 |
20120085857 | PAPER ROLL HOLDER AND TICKET BEZEL FOR A TICKET PRINTER - The present invention discloses a spindle assembly for a ticket printer which permits the paper roll to be changed without removing the spindle assembly from the ticket printer. The spindle assembly consists of two arms mounted on the printer, on the upper portion of each respective arm is mounted a backing plate from which a spindle protrudes. The spindle may be retracted for loading paper by rotating a spindle actuator which is elevated by two ramps mounted thereon. The elevation of the actuator, which is connected to the spindle, retracts the spindle from the backing plate. An anti-theft ticket bezel is also disclosed, which has teeth incorporated into the ceiling within the opening of the bezel, so that if a ticket is pulled from outside the teeth tear the ticket or cuts it into strips, rendering the ticket useless. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085858 | Aircraft Having a Variable Geometry - An aircraft having a variable geometry for adapting the flight characteristics to different flight situations includes a fuselage with a pair of wings projecting on both sides of the fuselage in the transverse direction (y), each of which wings has an inner wing section arranged stationarily with respect to the fuselage and an outer wing section adjacent thereto and pivotable about a pivot axis. The pivot axis is oriented in a direction deviating from the longitudinal direction (x) of the aircraft by a maximum of 40°. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085859 | SUSPENSION FOR AN ENGINE ON AN AIRCRAFT STRUT INCLUDING A SUSPENSION ARCH - A suspension for an engine on an aircraft strut, the suspension comprising a beam with a plate provided with fixing means for fixing to said strut and a suspension arch linked to the beam by at least one pivot link whose axis is intended to be parallel to the axis of the engine, the suspension arch having, at each of its ends, fixing means for fixing to a case of the engine. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085860 | AIRCRAFT ACTUATOR HYDRAULIC APPARATUS - A hydraulic pump is installed inside a wing at which a control surface is provided, and supplies pressure oil to an actuator when a loss or degradation occurs in the function of aircraft central hydraulic power sources. An electric motor is installed inside the wing and drives the backup hydraulic pump. A driver is installed inside the wing and drives the electric motor. A cooling device is installed inside the wing and simultaneously cools the backup hydraulic pump, the electric motor, and the driver. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085861 | DEVICE FOR ACOUSTIC TREATMENT OF THE NOISE EMITTED BY A TURBOJET - The invention provides a device for acoustical treatment of the noise emitted by a bypass turbojet comprising a primary cowl having in an outer surface an inner annular acoustic treatment panel and a secondary cowl including in an inner surface an outer annular acoustic treatment panel arranged facing the inner panel. The inner and outer panels include respective central panel portions facing each other and extending axially over a common predetermined length, the length of the central panel portions lying in the range one-fifth to four-fifths of the total length of the panels, and the ratio between the acoustic resistances of the central panel portions being not less than 2. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085862 | AIRCRAFT GALLEY HAVING A PARTITION PANEL SYSTEM - An aircraft galley partition panel system has first and second partition panels. An assembly slot extends from an edge of the first panel and receives an assembly section of the second panel such that main surfaces of the first and second panels are substantially perpendicular. A first guide device carried by the assembly slot interacts with a complementary second guide device arranged in a region of the assembly section of the second panel. An assembly section of the first partition panel carries a third guide device which interacts with a complementary fourth guide device arranged in a region of a lateral surface of the second panel facing the assembly section of the first panel. Projections of the first and second connecting devices are received in complementary recesses in a base body of the aircraft galley to connect the first and second panels respectively to the base body. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085863 | AIRCRAFT SEAT - An aircraft seat for use in an aircraft having a floor is disclosed. The aircraft seat includes a support assembly having first and second support plates adapted to be secured to the floor, a seat formed of a suspension material provided in association with a frame carried by the support assembly, and a seat back pivotably coupled to the support assembly and having first and second back support plates supporting a back support formed of a flexible material provided in association with a frame. The first and second support plates and the first and second back support plates are each made of a composite material, wherein the composite material is the same composite material and has the same thickness for facilitating manufacture of the seat. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085864 | WIND TURBINE GENERATOR INSTALLATION BY AIRSHIP - The invention relates to a method for positioning an airship | 2012-04-12 |
20120085865 | Door Assembly, in Particular for a Helicopter, Provided with an Emergency Release Device - A door assembly, in particular for a helicopter, has a post; a door fitted to the post by a first and second hinge arranged on an outer wall of the post, so as to rotate about a hinge axis to open and close a door opening; and an emergency release device having a release handle, and a stem which extends through the post along a release axis substantially perpendicular to the hinge axis, rotates axially, in response to operation of the release handle, from a first to a second angular position to detach the door from the post, and is fixed at one axial end to the first hinge; the release handle being connected to the stem to rotate together with the stem about its release axis. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085866 | INTERCHANGEABLE JOINT CONCEPT FOR AN AIRCRAFT REAR FUSELAGE CONE - Rear fuselage of an aircraft comprising a tail cone end and a rest of the real fuselage whereby the tail cone end is attached to the rest of the rear fuselage by means of an attachment system comprising a balancer fitting, three lugs and a waiting link. When there is a failure in one of the lugs, the balancer fitting acts supporting loads in the transversal direction of the aircraft. The waiting link only acts if a failure in other link occurs. This waiting link is able to support loads in the longitudinal direction of the aircraft. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085867 | HEATING SYSTEM - A heating system for heating at least a portion of a leading edge ( | 2012-04-12 |
20120085868 | AIRCRAFT ICING DETECTOR - A method for aircraft surface contamination detection and measurement includes: mounting a laser probe on an airfoil; positioning the laser probe to emit laser energy at multiple pre-determined surface points along the leading edge of the airfoil; and using a processor device for activating the laser probe and obtaining measurement data for generating a surface contour of the shape and accurate measurement of the depth of airfoil icing in the surface target area. The icing data is presented to the pilot in a display that alerts him to the icing and accurately shows the depth and shape of the airfoil icing. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085869 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR REMOVING ORBITAL DEBRIS - Apparatus for a space platform comprises a magnetic field generator and/or an electric field generator respectively configured to generate fields for influencing the trajectory of one or more items of space debris passing within a region of the apparatus. A system comprising a plurality of such space platforms may be placed in an orbit proximal to an orbit containing space debris. An individual space platform or system thereof may be used in a method for displacing earth orbital space debris out of the orbit and either towards the Earth's atmosphere where it is likely to be destroyed by the burning on re-entry into the atmosphere, or into a safer orbit from which it may be collected or in which it may be left. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085870 | VEHICLE ARMREST - An armrest for use by a pilot whilst operating a side stick inceptor has on its underside a number of secondary controls which can be operated when the side stick is not being used, the armrest then acting as a handgrip enabling the pilot to operate the secondary controls with a steady hand. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085871 | Synchronized Express And Local Trains For Urban Commuter Rail Systems - A computerized system and method of managing subway trains along a two-track subway line to allow express travel in combination with local service. Express trains catch up to local trains at express stations along the line, and provision is made to allow the express trains to physically or “virtually” pass the local train at those stations. Embodiments in which the express trains physically pass the local train include direct train-to-train transfer facilitated by side-by-side tracks at the express station occupying reduced foot-print. In other embodiments, virtual passing is accomplished by changing the type of service provided by trains at express intervals: a local train “transforms” into an express train and vice versa. Embodiments enable passengers to transfer between trains at express stations so that these “relay” passengers can travel faster than any specific train. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085872 | ATTACHMENT APPARATUS FOR AN EXTERNAL POWER SUPPLY - An attachment apparatus is described herein. The attachment apparatus includes a band and a mounting member that extends from the band. The mounting member is adapted to couple an external power supply to the attachment apparatus. The attachment apparatus further includes a fastener member that extends from the band. The fastener member is adapted to couple the attachment apparatus to an exterior panel of an electronic device that is powered by the external power supply. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085873 | SELF-STABILIZING SUPPORT ASSEMBLY FOR AN ITEM OF FURNITURE - A support assembly for an item of furniture has an elongated support structure with a first pair of feet fast with the support structure at its lower end; a passage defining arrangement defining a guide passage fast with the support structure and extending lengthwise; a support member displaceable with respect to the support structure which has a second pair of feet at its lower end; an elongated a guided pin fast with the displaceable support member that is complementary to and longitudinally slidably engaged with the passage defining arrangement, so that the displaceable support member is slidably displaceable along a rectilinear guide path which is transverse to lines drawn between both the pairs of feet, the passage defining arrangement comprising a hollow carrier with a pair of longitudinally spaced precision washers which engage the guided pin, the dimensions of the washers and the guided pin being such that automatic frictional engagement of the guided pin occurs, in use, with inner walls of the washers in response to pivoting of the displaceable support member about a pivot axis which is transverse to the displaceable support member's guide path, automatically to anchor the displaceable support member frictionally against sliding displacement relative to the support structure | 2012-04-12 |
20120085874 | DEVICE FOR FASTENING A CONNECTOR PIECE TO A CARRIER PIECE AND FASTENING ARRANGEMENT HAVING SUCH A DEVICE - To connect an add-on part ( | 2012-04-12 |
20120085875 | MOUNTING SYSTEM - A mounting system including a plunger system wherein the sides of the plunger are utilized to engage a stud and the side of the plunger has a plunger cam that can have virtually any desired cam angle and/or configuration to produce a desired pull down and/or locking action. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085876 | REMOVABLE DEVICE CONFIGURED TO SECURE AN INSTRUMENT AND TO BE MOUNTED ON A PLATFORM - The present teachings relate to a device configured to secure an instrument and to be removably mounted to a platform. The device can comprise a mounting base platform, a guide rod plate, and a securing means. The guide rod plate can be slidably secured to the mounting base platform, and the securing means can be configured to slidably move the guide rod plate with respect to the mounting base platform. The device can secure an instrument within, for example a firearm or a scope. The device can be mounted to a platform, for example, a camera tripod. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085877 | LOOP PIN - The present invention can provide a loop pin which is made of Polypropylene resin with low production costs as well as with highly production efficiency and which is friendly to environment. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085878 | DEVICE FOR SUPPORTING AT LEAST ONE COSMETIC ARTICLE AND ASSOCIATED METHOD OF USE - A device for supporting at least one cosmetic article, and its method of use, including a base, and a body mounted to be movable in rotation about an axis of rotation relative to the base between a retracted position and a deployed position. An articulation assembly including a pivot is fixedly joined to the body and a sleeve for receiving the pivot is fixedly joined to the base. The pivot is mounted to rotate about the axis of rotation in the sleeve. The articulation assembly includes at least one resilient lug fixedly joined to a first of the sleeve or the pivot. The resilient lug is arranged in the intermediate space and has a free end which is pressed against the pivot and is resiliently deformed over at least a portion of the path of the body between the retracted position and the deployed position thereof. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085879 | DUAL-LAYER SUCKING DISC - A dual-layer sucking disc includes a sucking body capable of adhering to a smooth surface. The sucking body has an annular closing surface which is a plane and disposed around the periphery of the sucking body. The sucking body has a concave bottom to form a sucking chamber. An inner soft layer is provided in the sucking chamber of the sucking body, which is capable of adhering to a rough surface. The inner soft layer is attached to the sucking chamber except the annular closing surface. The present invention can adhere to a smooth airtight surface with the annular closing surface or a rough airtight surface with the inner soft layer. The present invention is simply in configuration and can be manufactured with ease and used widely. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085880 | FOOTING FOR BOAT COVER SUPPORT - A footing for a support, such as a pole. The footing includes a generally flat and flexible base, a support receiver formed on the base, and a slit through the base and extending inwardly toward the support receiver from an outer edge of the base. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085881 | ASSEMBLY FOR AN AIRCRAFT, THE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE VIBRATION DAMPER - The assembly for an aircraft comprises:
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20120085882 | LIFTING MACHINE BASE ASSEMBLY FOR A MACHINE TOOL - A lifting machine base assembly for use in a machine tool includes a machine base and a lateral wheel set. The lateral wheel set includes two lateral wheel frames respectively pivotally connected to two opposite sidewalls of the machine base, and a wheel shaft rotatably inserted through the machine base and eccentrically connected between the lateral wheel frames. A driving member is fastened to one end of the wheel shaft and operable to raise and lower the lateral wheel frames relative to the machine base and to further force the lateral wheels into contact with the floor to lift the machine base partially or wholly from the floor, allowing the operator to conveniently move the machine tool to a desired position by rotation of the lateral wheels. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085883 | FAN HOLDER AND FAN HOLDER MODULE - A fan holder and a fan holder module are provided. The fan holder module includes a first fan holder and a second fan holder, wherein the first fan holder has a first body, a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion. The first connecting portion and the second connecting portion are disposed at opposite sides of the first body and are parallel to each other. The second fan holder has a second body, a third connecting portion and a fourth connecting portion. The third connecting portion and the fourth connecting portion are disposed at opposite sides of the second body and are parallel to each other. The first connecting portion is fixed with the third connecting portion, and the second connecting portion is fixed with the fourth connecting portion. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085884 | Adjustable Pintle Mount Adapter Bracket - The Adjustable Pintle Mount Adapter Bracket is a device capable of attaching a pintle and a weight distribution shank at varying heights. The pintle and weight distribution shank are attached on opposite sides of the bracket. The unique adjustability of the design is accomplished through a series of holes and easily removable pins which thread through the holes in the bracket and the weight distribution shank. The invention comprises of a series of components which are combined through welding. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085885 | TILT FOOT MECHANISM AND PROJECTION DISPLAY INCLUDING THE MECHANISM - A tilt foot mechanism adjusts a tilt angle of a case by adjusting a length of a protruding portion of a foot protruding from the case, and the tilt foot mechanism includes: a base into which the foot is inserted, wherein the base guides a protruding direction of the inserted foot; and a lever that is assembled with the base and that fixes the foot to the base by being biased to the foot, wherein the lever is rotatable, and the lever is maintained in astute of fixing the foot by a biasing force in a first direction, and the lever releases fixing of the foot by being rotated in a second direction different from the first direction, wherein a first guiding portion and a second guiding portion are provided at the base, wherein the first guiding portion and the second guiding portion define a rotation center of the lever when the first guiding portion and the second guiding portion are assembled with the base, and wherein a first guided portion, a second guided portion, and an engaging portion are provided at the lever, wherein the first guided portion and the second guided portion slide along the first guiding portion and the second guiding portion, and wherein the engaging portion remains in a state of being assembled with the base. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085886 | FLOOR THROUGH-PASSAGE MOLDING APPARATUS AND CONSTRICTING MODULE THEREOF - The present invention provides a floor through-passage molding apparatus adapted for a floor construction having steel bars, includes: a forming sleeve and a constricting module. Said forming sleeve has a sleeve wall forming an outer circumference surface. Said constricting module has an elongated curved body disposed on said sleeve wall, and a first connection terminal and a second connection terminal are respectively located on two opposite ends of said elongated curved body. By connection of said first connection terminal with the second connection, said elongated curved body can radially support outer the circumference surface of the sleeve wall to reinforce the entire structure of the forming sleeve and thereby prevent the floor through-passage molding apparatus from deforming or slanting, and simultaneously reinforce a firm connectivity between the floor through-passage molding apparatus and the concrete floor. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085887 | FORMING MOLD - A forming mold having a base member, a resin layer bonded to the base member and serving as a forming surface, and a bonding layer between the base member and the resin layer, which bonds the base member to the resin layer. The base member has a rigidity higher than that of the resin layer. The forming mold is produced through bonding the resin layer to the base member by use of an adhesive, and the surface of the bonded resin layer is worked, to form the “forming surface” of the resin layer. Alternatively, the forming mold is produced through forming the resin layer having a “forming surface” and bonding the formed resin layer to the base member by use of an adhesive. The present invention enables provision of a forming mold having enhanced dimensional precision of the resin layer actually serving as a forming surface. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085888 | BACK-SIDE ILLUMINATED SOLID-STATE IMAGING DEVICE - A back-side illuminated solid-state imaging device includes a photodiode and MOS transistors at a semiconductor substrate. The MOS transistors are formed over the front surface of the semiconductor substrate. The photodiode responds to an incident light applied to the back surface opposite to the front surface of the semiconductor substrate. A charge storing portion, and a first and second transfer gates are formed over the main part of the photodiode and the front surface of the semiconductor substrate located above the vicinity of the main part so as to achieve the global shutter function. Since the irradiation light is incident on the photodiode from the back surface of the semiconductor substrate in back-side illuminated solid-state imaging device, the sensitivity of the photodiode is not reduced even when the first and second transfer gates, and the charge storing portion are formed to achieve the global shutter function. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085889 | IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS - An apparatus includes pixels each having a transistor that transfers a charge of a photoelectric conversion unit, an amplification unit that receives the transferred charge, a scanning unit that supplies, to the transistor, a conductive pulse, a non-conductive pulse, and an intermediate-level pulse having a peak value between the conductive pulse and the non-conductive pulse, a generating unit that generates an image signal using a signal based on a charge transferred in response to the conductive and intermediate-level pulses, and a control unit that changes at least one of a pulse width of the intermediate-level pulse and the peak value in accordance with information on the detected temperature. The conductive and intermediate-level pulses are supplied to the transistor during a light shielding period of the photoelectric conversion unit. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085890 | Photodetector - An object is to reduce the size and manufacturing cost of a photodetector. In order to reduce the area where a visible light sensor and an infrared light sensor are provided, a first photodiode that detects visible light and a second photodiode that detects infrared light are arranged to overlap with each other so that visible light is absorbed first by the first photodiode, whereby significantly little visible light enters the second photodiode. Further, the first photodiode overlapping with the second photodiode is used as an optical filter for the second photodiode. Therefore, a semiconductor layer included in the first photodiode absorbs visible light and transmits infrared light, and a semiconductor layer included in the second photodiode absorbs infrared light. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085891 | SINGLE PHOTON DETECTOR AND PHOTON NUMBER RESOLVING DETECTOR - Provided is a single photon detector and a photon number detector which use an APD and include an auxiliary signal generator, a light receiving element, a mixer, and a determiner The auxiliary signal generator generates an auxiliary signal. The light receiving element receives a photon to output an electric signal. The mixer receives and mixes an output signal of the light receiving element and the auxiliary signal. The determiner determines whether the photon is received or the number of received photons. The single photon detector and photon number resolving detector detect an avalanche of an amplitude less than the amplitude of a capacitive response. A probability that an after pulse is generated can be reduced. A photon count rate is enhanced. The influence on the waveform of the gate signal can be decreased. The frequency of the gate signal can be continuously changed. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085892 | PHOTOELECTRIC CONVERSION DEVICE AND METHOD FOR OPERATING THE SAME - In a photoelectric conversion device including a photodiode and a current mirror circuit, a diode-connected transistor is provided in parallel with the photodiode. The transistor serves as a leakage path for rapidly discharging charge stored in the gate capacitance in the current mirror circuit. Thus, the response speed of the photoelectric conversion device is increased, and output of an abnormal value is reduced. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085893 | TOOL LENGTH MEASURING METHOD AND TOOL LENGTH MEASURING DEVICE - In a tool length measuring method measuring a length of a tool based on a movement amount of the tool from a predetermined position when the tool is moved from the predetermined position in a predetermined direction and interrupts a laser beam, the movement of the tool in a direction in which the tool approaches a main body of a laser device is stopped when a static signal indicating that the tool is interrupting the laser beam is detected. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085894 | SUBSTRATES AND OPTICAL SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE THEREOF - This invention provides substrates for use in various applications, including single-molecule analytical reactions. Methods for propagating optical energy within a substrate are provided. Devices comprising waveguide substrates and dielectric omnidirectional reflectors are provided. Waveguide substrates with improved uniformity of optical energy intensity across one or more waveguides and enhanced waveguide illumination efficiency within an analytic detection region of the arrays are provided. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085895 | STRAY LIGHT BAFFLES FOR A CONFORMAL DOME WITH ARCH CORRECTOR OPTICS - Asymmetric rotating stray light baffles are provided for conformal dome two-axis seekers having arch corrector optics mounted on the outer gimbal. A pair of side skirt baffles are mounted on opposite sides of the arch corrector optics on the outer gimbal extending forward beyond the transparent arch adjacent but not touching the inner surface of the dome and extending aft beyond the forward most receiver optic for all fields of regard (FOR). The optical system may also include: (a) an annular objective baffle mounted on and around the receiver optics on the inner gimbal and between the pair of side skirt baffles, the objective baffle extending forward of the receiver optics without interfering with the receiver optics' FOV and without interfering with the transparent arch as the inner gimbal rotates, (b) a plurality of fin baffles mounted between the side skirt baffles on the outer gimbal that extend forward adjacent but not touching the inner surface of the dome and aft of the transparent arch, each fin baffle positioned to reduce the cross-section seen by the receiver optic when rotated in the direction of that fin baffle and (c) central baffles (short or long) along the axis of symmetry that obscure a portion of the receiver optics' FOV at a zero degree angle of rotation about the second axis. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085896 | ORIGIN LOCATION DETECTION CIRCUIT - An origin location detection circuit in an encoder. The encoder includes a scale on which an origin pattern indicating an origin is provided and a detection head relatively displaceable with respect to the scale. The origin location detection circuit includes a comparator for generating an origin signal indicating a location of the origin from an output voltage signal, which is output from a detector of the detection head and has been affected by involvement of the origin pattern; a DC voltage detection circuit smoothing the output voltage signal; and a differential amplifier circuit performing differential amplification of the output voltage signal and a DC voltage signal output from the DC voltage detection circuit. A differential amplifier signal of the differential amplifier circuit is input to the comparator. | 2012-04-12 |
20120085897 | ENCODER - A detection head includes a plurality of detection array portions that are arranged in a direction along which the head is relatively displaceable. Position signals indicating a position of the detection head are calculated from output signals output from the detection array portions. In order to combine the position signals with one another and determine the position of the detection head with respect to the scale, weighting according to a level of the output signal is performed on the position signal of each of the detection array portions, and the weighted position signals are averaged. | 2012-04-12 |