16th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 45 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140106214 | LAYERED MATERIALS WITH IMPROVED MAGNESIUM INTERCALATION FOR RECHARGEABLE MAGNESIUM ION CELLS - Electrochemical devices which incorporate cathode materials that include layered crystalline compounds for which a structural modification has been achieved which increases the diffusion rate of multi-valent ions into and out of the cathode materials. Examples in which the layer spacing of the layered electrode materials is modified to have a specific spacing range such that the spacing is optimal for diffusion of magnesium ions are presented. An electrochemical cell comprised of a positive intercalation electrode, a negative metal electrode, and a separator impregnated with a nonaqueous electrolyte solution containing multi-valent ions and arranged between the positive electrode and the negative electrode active material is described. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106215 | HIGH ENERGY DENSITY SECONDARY LITHIUM BATTERIES - A lithium ion battery includes a positive electrode comprising carbon fibers, a binder composition with conductive carbon, and a lithium rich composition. The lithium rich composition comprises at least one selected from the group consisting of Li | 2014-04-17 |
20140106216 | THIN FILM BATTERY AND LOCALIZED HEAT TREATMENT - A lithium battery comprises a battery support and a cathode current collector directly on and in contact with the battery support. The cathode current collector is composed of molybdenum and comprises a thickness of at least about 0.01 microns. A cathode is on the cathode current collector, an electrolyte on the cathode, and at least one of an anode or anode current collector on the electrolyte. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106217 | BINDER FOR ELECTRODE OF LITHIUM BATTERY, BINDER COMPOSITION INCLUDING THE BINDER, AND LITHIUM BATTERY CONTAINING THE BINDER - In an aspect, a binder for a lithium battery electrode, a binder composition including the binder, and a lithium battery including the binder are provided. The binder may include a water-soluble electroconductive polymer having a carboxylate functional group | 2014-04-17 |
20140106218 | POLYMER ELECTRODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE POLYMER AND LITHIUM SECOND BATTERY EMPLOYING THE ELECTRODE - A polymer includes a first repeating unit having a cationic group and a second repeating unit having an anionic group. The polymer may further include a third repeating unit having a non-ionic group. The polymer may include first and second polymers, each of which includes a first repeating having a cationic group and a second repeating unit having an anionic group. The cationic group of the first polymer may form an intermolecular bond with the anionic group of the second polymer, and the anionic group of the first polymer may form an intermolecular bond with the cationic group of the second polymer. An electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes the polymer, and a lithium secondary battery employs the electrode. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106219 | Synthesis of Micro-Sized Interconnected Si-C Composites - Embodiments provide a method of producing micro-sized Si—C composites or doped Si—C and Si alloy-C with interconnected nanoscle Si and C building blocks through converting commercially available SiO | 2014-04-17 |
20140106220 | PHASE SEPARATED SILICON-TIN COMPOSITE AS NEGATIVE ELECTRODE MATERIAL FOR LITHIUM-ION AND LITHIUM SULFUR BATTERIES - A composite of silicon and tin is prepared as a negative electrode composition with increased lithium insertion capacity and durability for use with a metal current collector in cells of a lithium-ion battery or a lithium-sulfur battery. This negative electrode material is formed such that the silicon is present as a distinct amorphous phase in a matrix phase of crystalline tin. While the tin phase provides electron conductivity, both phases accommodate the insertion and extraction of lithium in the operation of the cell and both phases interact in minimizing mechanical damage to the material as the cell experiences repeated charge and discharge cycles. In general, roughly equal atomic proportions of the tin and silicon are used in forming the phase separated composite electrode material. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106221 | SILICON OXIDE FOR ANODE ACTIVE MATERIAL OF SECONDARY BATTERY - Provided is silicon oxide for an anode active material of a secondary battery. More particularly, the present invention provides silicon oxide included in an anode active material of a secondary battery, wherein a ratio of a maximum height (h | 2014-04-17 |
20140106222 | POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE POSITIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL - A positive active material including: a lithium-containing oxide, and a lithium-intercalatable phosphate compound disposed on the lithium-containing oxide. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106223 | METHODS FOR SURFACE COATING OF CATHODE MATERIAL LiNi0.5-XMn1.5MXO4 FOR LITHIUM-ION BATTERIES - A high-voltage lithium-ion battery cathode material includes LiNi | 2014-04-17 |
20140106224 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME, ELECTRODE AND BATTERY - An electrode material containing an electrode active material, and a carbonaceous coating film which covers the electrode active material and contains sulfur; and an electrode material including a secondary particle including a plurality of primary particles as the electrode active material, wherein the primary particles are covered with a carbonaceous coating film so that the carbonaceous coating film is interposed between the primary particles and the carbonaceous coating film contains sulfur. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106225 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY - A non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery includes a positive electrode containing active material particles composed of a core section formed of olivine type LiFePO | 2014-04-17 |
20140106226 | LITHIUM ION SECONDARY CELL - Provided is a negative-electrode active material, which is capable of constituting a lithium ion secondary cell exhibiting excellent cell characteristics. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106227 | Coated Nickel Hydroxide Powder As Cathode Active Material for Alkaline Secondary Battery and Method for Producing Same - A coated nickel hydroxide powder suitable as a cathode active material for alkaline secondary battery includes nickel hydroxide powder particles which have a coating layer thereon of preferably cobalt hydroxide or cobalt oxyhydroxide. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106228 | TRANSITION METAL COMPOSITE HYDROXIDE CAPABLE OF SERVING AS PRECURSOR OF POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERIES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME, POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERIES, METHOD FOR PRODUCING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY BATTERY USING POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - A transition metal composite hydroxide can be used as a precursor to allow a lithium transition metal composite oxide having a small and highly uniform particle diameter to be obtained. A method also is provided for producing a transition metal composite hydroxide represented by a general formula (1) M | 2014-04-17 |
20140106229 | BATTERY ELECTRODE, BATTERY, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A BATTERY ELECTRODE - A battery electrode in accordance with various embodiments may include: a substrate including a surface configured to face an ion-carrying electrolyte; and a first diffusivity changing region at a first portion of the surface, wherein the first diffusivity changing region is configured to change diffusion of ions carried by the electrolyte into the substrate, and wherein a second portion of the surface is free from the first diffusivity changing region. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106230 | NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE NEGATIVE ACTIVE MATERIAL - In an aspect, a negative active material, a method of preparing the negative active material, and a lithium battery including the negative active material are provided. The method of preparing the negative active material may increase pulverizing efficiency in pulverizing a silicon-based bulky particle into a nano-size silicon-based primary particle and decrease a capacity loss of the obtained negative active material. The nano-size negative active material has excellent crystalline characteristics, high capacity, and high initial efficiency, due to a decrease in surface oxidation and surface damage. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106231 | SILICON OXIDE-CARBON COMPOSITE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - Provided are a silicon oxide-carbon composite and a method of manufacturing the same. More particularly, the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a silicon oxide-carbon composite including mixing silicon and silicon dioxide to be included in a reaction chamber, depressurizing a pressure of the reaction chamber to obtain a high degree of vacuum while increasing a temperature in the reaction chamber to a reaction temperature, reacting the mixture of silicon and silicon dioxide in a reducing atmosphere, and coating a surface of silicon oxide manufactured by the reaction with carbon, and a silicon oxide-carbon composite manufactured thereby. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106232 | NANOSCALE THREE-DIMENSIONAL BATTERY ARCHITECTURE - A three-dimensional nanobattery formed by individually wiring nanostructured electrodes and combining them with an electrolyte. Short, capped nanotubes termed ‘nanobaskets’ are formed by sputtering coating onto nanoporous templates. Metallic nanowires are grown by electrochemical deposition from the nanobaskets and through the template, making electrical contact with each nanobasket electrode. The same procedure can be used to fabricate both a battery anode and a battery cathode. A thin layer of electrolyte is placed between the two nanobasket electrodes, and electrical contact is made through the nanowires. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106233 | LEAD ACID STORAGE BATTERY - A lead acid storage battery composed of plates, the lead acid storage battery being obtained by packing an active material into a grid plate provided with a frame section having a quadrangular profile shape, and lateral grid strands and longitudinal grid strands that form a grid inside the frame section. The lateral grid strands are composed of thick lateral strands having a thickness equal to the thickness of the frame section, and thin lateral strands of smaller width and thickness than the thick strands, the longitudinal grid strands being composed of thick longitudinal strands that have a thickness that is less than thickness of the frame section, one end in the thickness direction being arranged in the same plane as one end of the frame section in the thickness direction, and thin longitudinal strands of smaller width and thickness than the thick longitudinal strands. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106234 | MOLTEN-SALT BATTERY - There is provided with a molten-salt battery which can prevent relative positional displacement between a positive electrode or a negative electrode and a separator. Both faces of the negative electrodes are covered with the separators which are formed to bend along a lower end part of the respective positive electrodes. The separators respectively have a V-shaped or U-shaped cross section, a bent part is formed to have a valley-like (groove-like) shape, and the respective bent parts are disposed along a lower side of the positive electrodes. The positive electrodes having both faces covered with the respective separators as described above and the negative electrodes are laminated alternately. The dimension of the separators after being bent is made larger than that of the positive electrodes and the negative electrodes by 1 to 10%. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106235 | SEPARATOR FOR NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICES AND NONAQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE - Provided is a separator for nonaqueous electrolyte electricity storage devices that includes an improved porous epoxy resin membrane. In the separator for nonaqueous electrolyte electricity storage devices, a ratio I/Io between a peak intensity Io of an absorption peak present at 1240 cm | 2014-04-17 |
20140106236 | NOVEL POLYMER ELECTROLYTE AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed is a polymer electrolyte having a multilayer structure including a first polymer layer providing mechanical strength against external force and a second polymer layer to secure a conduction path for lithium ions, wherein the first polymer layer includes an organic electrolyte containing an ionic salt in an amount of 0 wt % to 60 wt % based on a weight of a polymer matrix of the first polymer layer and the second polymer layer includes an organic electrolyte containing an ionic salt in an amount of 60 wt % to 400 wt % based on a weight of a polymer matrix of the second polymer layer, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106237 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING WATER-DISPERSIBLE BINDER, CONDUCTION AGENT, AND FLUOROETHYLENECARBONATE - The present invention relates to a lithium secondary battery. The present invention provides the lithium secondary battery including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a non-aqueous electrolyte solution. The negative electrode includes a water-dispersible binder and a conduction agent. The non-aqueous electrolyte solution includes fluoroethylenecarbonate (FEC). The batteries of the present invention are advantageous in that they have a high efficiency charging lifespan characteristic and enable high capacity charging in a short time. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106238 | LIQUID ELECTROLYTE FOR A LITHIUM BATTERY, CONTAINING A QUATERNARY MIXTURE OF NON-AQUEOUS ORGANIC SOLVENTS - A liquid electrolyte for a lithium battery including lithium perchlorate (LiClO | 2014-04-17 |
20140106239 | LITHIUM/SULPHUR ACCUMULATOR - The invention relates to a lithium/sulphur accumulator including at least one unit cell including: a negative electrode; an electrode separator comprising a material soaked with electrolyte, said material comprising at least one nonwoven and having a porosity in the range from 50 to 96%, and a thickness in the range from 50 to 200 micrometers; a positive electrode; and wherein said electrolyte is introduced by an excess quantity, and comprises at least one lithium salt, and the excess quantity of electrolyte amounting to from 20 to 200% of the quantity of electrolyte ensuring the wetting of the electrodes and of the separator. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106240 | AIR CATHODE FOR AIR BATTERIES AND AIR BATTERY - The present invention is to provide an air cathode for air batteries, having excellent high-rate discharge performance, and an air battery comprising the air cathode. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106241 | ELECTROCHEMICAL CELL WITH A ZINC-INDIUM ELECTRODE - An electrochemical cell has an electrode which includes a zinc-indium alloy as electrochemically active material, wherein the alloy is present in the form of particles and the entirety of the particles is composed of at least two particle fractions differing in indium concentration. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106242 | OXYGEN PLENUM CONFIGURATIONS OF COMPONENTS IN LOW COST PLANAR RECHARGEABLE OXIDE-ION BATTERY (ROB) CELLS AND STACKS - An ROB stack ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140106243 | FUEL CELL - A fuel cell including a unit cell having an anode, an electrolyte membrane, and a cathode in this order, a liquid fuel accommodation portion composed of a space opening on an anode side and arranged on the anode side, for accommodating or allowing flow of liquid fuel, and a first moisture retention layer arranged between the unit cell and the liquid fuel accommodation portion is provided. This fuel cell may further include a second moisture retention layer arranged on the cathode. This fuel cell can be a direct alcohol fuel cell. For example, pure methanol or a methanol aqueous solution is adopted as the liquid fuel. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106244 | PLATE-STYLE WATER VAPOR TRANSFER UNIT WITH INTEGRAL HEADERS - A water vapor transfer unit having fluid flow conduits which distribute wet or dry fluid throughout the water vapor transfer unit, which are created by forming apertures in each wet and dry plate so that when the plates are stacked, fluid flow inlet and outlet headers are integrated into the flow stack. These integrated headers negate the need for traditional wet and dry fluid inlet and outlet manifolds external to the water vapor transfer unit stack. Because the plates are stacked and sealed so that the fluid flows cannot co-mingle, the fluids are introduced directly into the stack, flow across the flow fields, and exit the stack without leakage or flow contamination. The integrated header design allows for sealing the stack on no more than a single plane defined by the stack or on no more than two parallel opposing planes and allows for accommodation of stack expansion and contraction. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106245 | METHODS FOR THE OPERATION OF A HUMIDIFICATION DEVICE FOR A FUEL CELL - In a method for operating a humidifier for a fuel cell wherein the humidifier comprises a moisture exchanger with at least one water-permeable or water vapor-permeable membrane and a moisture reservoir, the moisture exchanger is flushed with flushing air and the flushing air is subsequently passed through the moisture reservoir. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106246 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL SYSTEMS WITH HOT ZONES HAVING IMPROVED REACTANT DISTRIBUTION - A Solid Oxide Fuel Cell (SOFC) system having a hot zone with a center cathode air feed tube for improved reactant distribution, a CPOX reactor attached at the anode feed end of the hot zone with a tail gas combustor at the opposing end for more uniform heat distribution, and a counter-flow heat exchanger for efficient heat retention. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106247 | Energy Load Management System - A system and method for controlling a fuel cell system. An anode tail gas oxidizer (ATO) receives air and fuel exhaust streams from one or more fuel cell stacks of the fuel cell system. The one or more fuel cell stacks provide current to one or more loads. An ATO temperature signal is used to control at least one of a fuel inlet flow to the one or more fuel cell stacks or the current provided to the one or more loads. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106248 | Fuel Cell with Low Water Consumption - A technique to provide fuel to a solid oxide fuel cell with low water consumption is described that includes providing an initial fuel mixture with air and hydrocarbon, and partially oxidizing the fuel mixture with a catalyst to provide a reformed fuel mixture. Also included is adding an amount of water to the reformed fuel mixture to reduce formation of elemental carbon from carbon monoxide in the reformed fuel mixture and supplying a portion of the reformed fuel mixture combined with water to an electrochemical device that produces electrical power from hydrogen in the reformed fuel mixture. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106249 | POWER GENERATOR WITH ADDITIONAL HYDROGEN STORAGE - A power generator includes a hydrogen producing fuel and a hydrogen storage element. A fuel cell having a proton exchange membrane separates the hydrogen producing fuel from ambient. A valve is positioned between the hydrogen storage element and the hydrogen producing fuel and the fuel cell. Hydrogen is provided to the fuel cell from the hydrogen storage element if demand for electricity exceeds the hydrogen producing capacity of the hydrogen producing fuel. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106250 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR STARTING UP THE SAME - A fuel cell system may include a reformer having a reforming catalyst layer; a high temperature fuel cell for generating electric power; a reforming catalyst layer temperature measuring means; a reforming catalyst layer temperature increasing means; and a control means for calculating a flow rate of the hydrocarbon-based fuel that can be reformed in the reforming catalyst layer, based on the measured temperature of the reforming catalyst layer, and for controlling the hydrocarbon-based fuel supplied to the reforming catalyst layer to flow at the calculated flow rate, and being able to increase a feed rate of the hydrocarbon-based fuel to the reforming catalyst layer, while repeatedly operating the fuel flow rate calculating function and the fuel flow rate controlling function, until the feed rate of the hydrocarbon-based fuel to the reforming catalyst layer becomes a flow rate at completion of start-up. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106251 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND VEHICLE FUEL CELL SYSTEM DISCHARGING METHOD - A fuel cell system mounted in a vehicle includes a fuel cell, a collision prediction device, a discharge device, and a controller. The fuel cell includes a gas channel to which a reactant gas is to be supplied to generate electricity. The collision prediction device is configured to predict probability of collision of the vehicle. The discharge device is configured to discharge the electricity from the fuel cell. The controller is configured to control the discharge device to discharge the electricity from the fuel cell in a case where the collision prediction device predicts that the probability of collision of the vehicle is higher than a predetermined probability. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106252 | FUEL CELL DEVICE AND SYSTEM - Fuel cell devices and fuel cell systems are provided. The fuel cell devices may include one or more active layers containing active cells that are connected electrically in series. The active cells include anodes and cathodes spaced apart along the length, with each including a porous portion and a non-porous conductor portion. The active cells reside between opposing porous anode and cathode portions. The electrical series connections between active cells are made between the non-porous conductor portions. In certain embodiments, the electrical series connections are made by direct contact between the non-porous conductor portions. In certain embodiments, the electrical series connections are made by non-porous conductive vias or elements that extend through an intervening support structure that separates the non-porous anode conductor portions from the non-porous cathode conductor portions. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106253 | FUEL CELL WITH IMPROVED THERMAL MANAGEMENT - A fuel cell including at least two stacks of electrochemical cells, a heat management system including a circuit for flowing a coolant into each of the stacks fed in parallel, and an outside circuit for flowing the coolant outside the stacks. The outside circuit includes a first subcircuit including a heat exchanger and a second subcircuit directly connected to an inlet of the inside circuit, and controlling valves for controlling flow of the coolant toward either or both subcircuits as a function of temperature of the coolant at an output of each of the stacks. The second outside subcircuit includes a mechanism increasing its head loss such that it is close or equal to that of the first outside subcircuit. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106254 | FUEL CELL STACK - A unit cell of a fuel cell stack includes separators. Load receivers provided in the separators include projections, for example. The proximal ends of the projections are depressed to form inner curves. In the structure, sufficient flexibility of the projection is achieved. That is, when a force in a direction perpendicular to a stacking direction of fuel cell stack is applied to the projection, the projection is deformed in the direction perpendicular to the stacking direction. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106255 | Membrane-Electrode Structures for Molecular Catalysts for use in Fuel Cells and otherElectrochemical Devices - Water soluble catalysts, (M)meso-tetra(N-Methyl-4-Pyridyl)Porphinepentachloride (M=Fe, Co, Mn & Cu), have been incorporated into the polymer binder of oxygen reduction cathodes in membrane electrode assemblies used in PEM fuel cells and found to support encouragingly high current densities. The voltages achieved are low compared to commercial platinum catalysts but entirely consistent with the behavior observed in electroanalytical measurements of the homogeneous catalysts. A model of the dynamics of the electrode action has been developed and validated and this allows the MEA electrodes to be optimized for any chemistry that has been demonstrated in solution. It has been shown that improvements to the performance will come from modifications to the structure of the catalyst combined with optimization of the electrode structure and a well-founded pathway to practical non-platinum group metal catalysts exists. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106256 | Electrode Catalyst For Fuel Cell - Disclosed is an electrode catalyst comprising: (a) a support with a specific surface area of at least 1200 m | 2014-04-17 |
20140106257 | COHESIVE ASSEMBLY OF CARBON AND ITS APPLICATION - Cohesive carbon assemblies are prepared by obtaining a carbon starting material in the form of powder, particles, flakes, or loose agglomerates, dispersing the carbon in a selected organic solvent by mechanical mixing and/or sonication, and substantially removing the organic solvent, typically by evaporation, whereby the cohesive assembly of carbon is formed. The method is suitable for preparing free-standing, monolithic assemblies of carbon nanotubes in the form of films, wafers, or discs, having high carbon packing density and low electrical resistivity. The method is suitable for preparing adherent cohesive carbon assemblies on substrates comprising various materials. The assemblies have various potential applications, such as electrodes or current collectors in electrochemical capacitors, fuel cells, and batteries, or as electromagnetic interference shielding materials. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106258 | Truncated Ditetragonal Gold Prisms - Truncated ditetragonal gold prisms (Au TDPs) are synthesized by adding a dilute solution of gold seeds to a growth solution, and allowing the growth to proceed to completion. The Au TDPs exhibit the face-centered cubic crystal structure and are bounded by 12 high-index {310} facets. The Au TDPs may be used as heterogeneous catalysts as prepared, or may be used as substrates for subsequent deposition of an atomically thin layer of a platinum group metal catalyst. When the Au TDPs are used as substrates, the atomically thin layer of metal reproduces the high-index facets of the Au TDPs. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106259 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE COMPOSITE FOR SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL, METHOD OF PREPARING THE SAME AND SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL INCLUDING THE SAME - A positive electrode composite for a solid oxide fuel cell, on the positive electrode composite including: a porous reaction prevention layer; and a mixed-conductivity material disposed in the porous reaction prevention layer. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106260 | CORE-SHELL NANOPARTICULATE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS - Core-shell nanoparticulate compositions and methods for making the same are disclosed. In some embodiments core-shell nanoparticulate compositions comprise transition metal core encapsulated by metal oxide shell. Methods of catalysis comprising core-shell nanoparticulate compositions of the invention are disclosed. Compositions comprising core-shell nanoparticles displayed on a metal-oxide support and methods for preparing the same are also disclosed. In some embodiments compositions comprise core-shell nanoparticles displayed as a substantially single layer superposed on a metal oxide support. Methods of catalysis employing the supported core-shell nanoparticles are disclosed. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106261 | Preparation of Hollow PT and PT-Alloy Catalysts - A method for preparing hollow platinum or platinum-alloy catalysts includes a step of forming a plurality of low-melting-point metal nanoparticles. A platinum or platinum-alloy coating is then deposited onto the low-melting-point metal nanoparticles to form platinum or platinum-alloy coated particles. The low-melting-point metal nanoparticles are then removed to form a plurality of hollow platinum or platinum-alloy particles. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106262 | Image Mask Film Scheme and Method - A system and method for repairing a photolithographic mask is provided. An embodiment comprises forming a shielding layer over an absorbance layer on a substrate. Once the shielding layer is in place, the absorbance layer may be repaired using, e.g., an e-beam process to initiate a reaction to repair a defect in the absorbance layer, with the shielding layer being used to shield the remainder of the absorbance layer from undesirable etching during the repair process. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106263 | EUV MASK SET AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING EUV MASKS AND INTEGRATED CIRCUITS - An EUV mask set and method of manufacturing is disclosed. In one embodiment, a set of EUV mask blanks is inspected to obtain information about defects in each of the EUV mask blanks. From the obtained information, a set of complementary functional portions is determined, wherein each functional portion is assigned to one of the EUV mask blanks and does not contain any of the defects. The functional portions of the EUV mask blanks of the EUV mask blank set complement one another to form a virtual image area corresponding in size to image areas of the EUV mask blanks. A predefined mask pattern is provided on the EUV mask blanks. Information identifying position and shape of the functional portions is used to control an illumination process for imaging the predefined mask pattern onto a target. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106264 | PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY MASK, PHOTOLITHOGRAPHY MASK ARRANGEMENT, AND METHOD FOR EXPOSING A WAFER - A photolithography mask according to an embodiment may include: a mask substrate, the mask substrate having a three-dimensional pattern located and dimensioned to at least partially receive an inverse three-dimensional pattern of a wafer to be exposed using the photolithography mask. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106265 | PELLICLE - A pellicle is proposed in which the frame is composed of a detachable double structure of an inner frame and an outer frame, and the pellicle membrane is adhered only to the inner frame and the photomask-agglutination layer is laid only to the inner frame, and the outer frame is removed from the inner frame after the pellicle is agglutinated to the photomask. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106266 | MASK BLANK AND PHOTOMASK - The present invention is to provide a mask blank enabling fabrication of a photomask having a structure where electrostatic breakdown is effectively prevented. To accomplish the object, the invention discloses a mask blank comprising a mask substrate, an electrostatic breakdown prevention film fully covering one side of the mask substrate, and a shading film formed on the electrostatic breakdown prevention film. The electrostatic breakdown prevention film is made of titanium, tantalum, titanium compound or tantalum compound. The transparent rate of the electrostatic breakdown prevention film is not less than 75%, for the wavelength of light in an exposure. The sheet resistance of the electrostatic discharge prevention film is not more than 100KΩ/□. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106267 | METHOD OF FORMING AN IMAGE HAVING MULTIPLE PHASES - A method of forming an image having multiple phases is disclosed herein. The method includes forming exposed and unexposed areas, the exposed areas comprising a first polymer network exhibiting first and second phases that are chemically connected and have different refractive indices, the first phase being continuous, and the second phase comprising a plurality of structures dispersed within the first phase, and the unexposed areas comprising a second polymer network comprising third and fourth phases that are chemically connected and have different refractive indices, the third phase being continuous, and the fourth phase comprising a plurality of structures dispersed within the third phase. The first and second polymer networks are chemically connected, and morphology formed by the first and second phases is different than that formed by the third and fourth phases. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106268 | IRRADIATION APPARATUS, DRAWING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides an irradiation apparatus which irradiates an object with a charged particle beam, the apparatus including a first charged particle optical system including a charged particle source, a second charged particle optical system into which a charged particle beam is incident from the first charged particle optical system, a detector configured to be moved and to detect a charged particle beam from the first charged particle optical system, and a regulator configured to regulate relative positions between the first charged particle optical system and the second charged particle optical system based on an output from the detector disposed between the first charged particle optical system and the second charged particle optical system. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106269 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PRODUCTION METHOD FOR ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS, AND PARTICLE HAVING COMPOUND ADSORBED THERETO - Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including a surface layer containing particles which include: silica particles; and a compound-A adsorbed to each of the silica particles, in which the silica particles have a volume average particle diameter of 0.1 μm or more and 4 μm or less, and a specific surface area of 400 m | 2014-04-17 |
20140106270 | TRANSPARENT ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - A transparent electrostatic charge image developing toner includes a binder resin and a compound represented by the following Formula (1): | 2014-04-17 |
20140106271 | POLYESTER FOR TONER, ELECTROSTATIC-IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC-IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE-FORMING METHOD - Provided is a polyester being a polymer including a dicarboxylic acid, a rosin diol, and an epoxy compound, the rosin diol being represented by general formula (1): | 2014-04-17 |
20140106272 | TONER - Provided is a toner having high charging rapidity to reach a sufficient charging amount in a short time, high stability of charging from the initial stage to a time when a large amount of sheets is printed out, and high stability of charging under a high temperature and high humidity. In a toner including toner particles, each of which contains at least a binder resin, a colorant, and a charge controlling resin, the charge controlling resin is a copolymer of a structure A having at least a specific salicylic acid derivative structure and a structure B having sulfonic acid or sulfonic acid ester as a substituent. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106273 | POSITIVELY CHARGEABLE TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, IMAGE FORMING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - There is provided a positively chargeable toner including toner mother particles containing a binder resin having an ethylenically unsaturated bond, wherein the amine value of a component extracted with a water phase by the addition of ion exchanged water after mixing the toner with methyl ethyl ketone is from 600 to 1,250 and the weight average molecular weight of the component extracted with the water phase is from 1,000 to 200,000. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106274 | Polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane toner resins - The present disclosure provides a toner resin comprising a polyhedral oligomeric silsesquioxane moiety that may be used in manufacturing an emulsion aggregation (EA) toner for imaging devices. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106275 | ELECTROSTATIC-IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER, ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPER, TONER CARTRIDGE, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, IMAGE-FORMING APPARATUS, AND METHOD FOR FORMING IMAGE - An electrostatic-image developing toner contains an amorphous polyester resin that has repeating units having a backbone derived from dehydroabietic acid in a main chain thereof and that has a weight average molecular weight of about 30,000 to about 80,000; and at least one of a crystalline polyester resin containing a dicarboxylic acid (C10) and a diol (C9) as polymerization components and a crystalline polyester resin containing a dicarboxylic acid (C9) and a diol (C10) as polymerization components. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106276 | DISPENSING TONER ADDITIVES VIA CARRIER DISPENSE - The present disclosure provides a process for the preparation of developer compositions comprising: a first developer comprised of carrier and toner comprised of resin, pigment, polyolefin, compatibilizer, charge control agent, and metal oxide surface additive, and adding thereto a second developer comprised of carrier, and second compatibilizer, charge control agent, and metal oxide surface additive. The second developer can be directly dispensed into a developer housing. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106277 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC TONER - Disclosed is an decolorizable electrophotographic toner, containing a binder resin, an electron-donating color-developable agent, and a wax having a color-developing action and having an acid value of 60 mgKOH/g or more. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106278 | DRY FILM RESIST SHEET AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - There is provided a dry film resist sheet, including: a base film; a first dry film resist layer formed on the base film, the first dry film resist layer containing a binder polymer, a multi-functional monomer, and a photoinitiator; and a second dry film resist layer formed on the first dry film resist layer, the second dry film resist layer containing a binder polymer, a multi-functional monomer, a photoinitiator, and a thermal initiator. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106279 | DRAWING APPARATUS, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ARTICLE - The present invention provides a drawing apparatus for performing drawing on a substrate with a plurality of charged particle beams, comprising a blanker array including first and second groups, each of which includes at least one blanker, a deflector configured to deflect the plurality of charged particle beams to scan the plurality of charged particle beams on the substrate, and a controller configured to respectively supply first and second control signals to the first and second groups at first and second timings, wherein the first and second groups are respectively arranged at such relative positions that a positional difference between respective drawing regions thereof, due to a difference between the first and second timings, in a scanning direction of the deflector is compensated for. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106280 | LITHOGRAPHY METHODS, METHODS FOR FORMING PATTERNING TOOLS AND PATTERNING TOOLS - Methods of lithography, methods for forming patterning tools, and patterning tools are described. One such patterning tool include an active region that forms a first diffraction image on a lens when in use, and an inactive region that forms a second diffraction image on a lens when in use. The inactive region includes a pattern of phase shifting features formed in a substantially transparent material of the patterning tool. Patterning tools and methods, as described, can be used to compensate for lens distortion from effects such as localized heating. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106281 | SUBSTRATE PROCESSING METHOD - A method for processing a plurality of substrates after forming a photosensitive film on each substrate includes carrying each substrate into a placement buffer including a plurality of supporters by a first transport mechanism; taking out each substrate from the placement buffer to an interface by a second transport mechanism; carrying each substrate into the exposure device; carrying each substrate out of the exposure device into the placement buffer by the second transport mechanism; taking out each substrate from the placement buffer to the processing section by the first transport mechanism; performing development processing on each substrate; making each substrate stand by at the placement buffer based on timing at which the exposure device can accept each substrate; and making each substrate stand by at the placement buffer based on timing at which the developing device can accept each substrate. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106282 | LOW-POLLUTION BURNING METHOD USING SYSTEM FOR INDIVIDUALLY CONTROLLING CO AND NOx - The disclosure relates to a waste gas purification method, and more particularly, to a waste gas burning method of reducing CO and NOx by burning waste gases using a system for individually controlling CO and NOx. In accordance with the disclosure, there is provided a low-pollution burning method using a system for individually controlling CO and NOx including a waste gas introduction and flame injection step; a first waste gas burning step; and a second waste gas burning step. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106283 | Ignition Method for Controlled Burning - A method for igniting plant materials over an area of land, using one or more indeterminate lengths of a rapidly igniting, prolonged burning incendiary strand. The strand may be comprised of means for rapid ignition along the longitudinal axis of the strand, in co-linear arrangement with a solid or semi-solid combustible fuel composition. The strand, or strands, are placed upon the surface of an area of land to be burned, and then ignited either manually or remotely in a manner that provides for the burning of plant materials according to desired fire behavior aspects. The present invention is particularly well suited for the prescribed burning of forest and rangeland vegetation, and may also be suitably employed in the setting of backfires or burn-outs for wildland fire control activities. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106284 | OXY FUEL BOILER SYSTEM AND A METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - The present disclosure relates to a boiler system that includes an oxyfuel boiler in which a stream of oxygen and a fuel are combusted to generate a stream of flue gas. A flue gas condenser condenses the cleaned flue gas. A flue gas compression unit produces a stream of pressurized carbon dioxide rich flue gas. A pressure control system measures and controls the pressure after the flue gas conditioning system to a predetermined set value. A flow control system measures and controls the flow after the flue gas compression unit to a predetermined set value. The present disclosure further relates to a method of operating such a boiler system for an oxy-fuel process as well as to a power plant comprising such a system. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106285 | Laminar Burner System - A high efficiency laminar flow burner system for proving a stream of heat energy including a supply input module for providing fuel and laminar streams of air to a combustion manifold. The combustion manifold includes an air-fuel mixing system, a stoichiometric unit, and a refractory unit each coupled to one another. A first combustion stream is established at the air-fuel mixing chamber system as fuel exits an injector device at direction perpendicular to the laminar air intake stream. A laminar air intake stream traveling from the supply input module and along the staging passageway passes through a stoichiometric unit body at a plurality of air intakes to meet with the first combustion stream within to define a second combustion stream for introduction from the stoichiometric unit to the refractory unit. The refractory unit thus defines a third combustion stream as the second combustion stream travels across a refractory passageway. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106286 | BURNER FOR SCRUBBER - The present invention discloses a burner for a scrubber comprising a housing including a combustion zone to which waste gas is entered, the combustion zone having an internal central region and an opened lower portion, the housing including a mixing zone for mixing an oxidizer and fuel entered thereinto, the mixing zone being disposed along an outer side of the combustion zone and formed into a ring shape; and a metal cartridge disposed between the combustion zone and the mixing zone and provided with apertures for supplying the oxidizer and fuel mixed in the mixing zone to the combustion zone. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106287 | Industrial Heat Treating Furnace That Uses a Protective Gas - An industrial furnace ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140106288 | HERMETICALLY SEALED GAS HEATER AND CONTINUOUS HEATING FURNACE USING HERMETICALLY SEALED GAS HEATER - A hermetically sealed gas heater ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140106289 | Sequential Modules for Computer Aided Bracketing Systems and Associated Methods and Devices - A system providing transitional bracket and transfer jig modules that have been custom designed to address a rotated or partially erupted tooth in advance of applying a computer aided bracketing system to the tooth. The transfer jigs and brackets are used until the problem tooth is moved into a position that will allow positioning of the “ideal” bracket. Once the ideal brackets are position, the treatment plan can proceed as it would with existing systems to reach the final ideal position. The transitional modules are integrated into the customized treatment plan such that the orthodontist just follows the digitized plan, including correction of misaligned teeth. The computer system that assists with defining the treatment plan takes into account the starting position of the teeth and can adjust the plan, as well as use of transitional brackets, to accommodate many more patients that have one or more problem teeth needing correction. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106290 | CARRIER FOR A FASTENING ELEMENT TO BE FABRICATED AND A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREFOR, PARTICULARLY AS AN ORTHODONTIC BRACKET - A carrier for at least one fastening element ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140106291 | BRACKET FOR CORRECTING DENTOGNATHIC DEFORMITY - This invention discloses a bracket for correcting dentognathic deformity including a substrate plate, a bracket body, and two working wings. The bracket body has an arch wire groove, and the two working wings are located at two sides of the arch wire groove. Each of the working wings has a ligature wire locating groove, groove bottom central lines of the ligature wire locating grooves are located on a same straight line. The bracket body has a ligature hole vertical to the arch wire groove and penetrating through the bracket body, and a vertical distance from a bottom surface of the arch wire groove to an upper surface of the substrate plate is larger than a height of the ligature hole. The bracket further has a C-shaped movable lock accessory. The placement and removement of the movable lock is convenient, greatly reducing the operation time. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106292 | BRACKET FOR CORRECTING DENTOGNATHIC DEFORMITY - This invention discloses a bracket for correcting dentognathic deformity including a substrate plate, a bracket body, and two working wings. The bracket body has an arch wire groove, and the working wings are located at two sides of the arch wire groove. The working wings have a ligature wire locating trench, and each wing has a ligature wire locating groove, groove bottom central lines of the ligature wire locating grooves are located on a same straight line. The bracket body has a ligature hole vertical to the arch wire groove and penetrating through the bracket body, and a vertical distance from a bottom surface of the arch wire groove to an upper surface of the substrate plate is larger than a height of the ligature hole. The bracket further has a C-shaped movable lock accessory. The placement and removement of the movable lock is convenient, greatly reducing the operation time. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106293 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SECONDARY DENTAL CARIES DIAGNOSIS - A device for secondary caries detection characterized in that it contains a current generating block in its casing ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140106294 | MANDIBLE POSITION INDICATOR FOR ANALYZING BITE FUNCTION - A system and method for modeling bite function. A top pantograph is fixed to a patient via clutches to the top teeth of the patient, a bottom pantograph is fixed to a patient via clutches to the bottom teeth of the patient and the actual bite of the patient is optically monitored by monitoring the relation of the top pantograph to the bottom pantograph during a bite cycle and storing a hinge axis. Data is stored relating to the actual bite and the top teeth are scanned to create a top teeth model while the bottom teeth are scanned to create a bottom teeth model. A digital representation of the top pantograph is digitally fitted to the top teeth, a digital representation of the bottom pantograph bottom pantograph is digitally fitted to the bottom teeth, and the relationship of the top teeth model and the bottom teeth model to the hinge axis is recorded. A bite model is digitally created by recording the position of the top teeth model in relation to the bottom teeth model while digitally moving the bottom teeth model with respect to the top teeth model around the hinge axis. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106295 | Systems and Methods for Reconditioning Implants in Situ - A system for reconditioning a dental implant in situ comprising a buffer member, a drive member, abrasive material, and a sleeve member. The sleeve member moves between first and second positions relative to the buffer member. The buffer member is in an open configuration when the sleeve member is in the first position. The sleeve member holds the buffer member in a closed configuration when the sleeve member is in the second position. The buffer member is rotated such that the plurality of fingers of the buffer member cause the abrasive material to remove at least a portion of the texture layer on the textured portion of implant outer surface of the second implant portion. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106296 | INTERDENTAL CLEANER USING WATER SUPPLY - The present disclosure is related to an interdental cleaner for operably connecting to an external water supply. The interdental cleaner includes a mounting bracket having a bracket inlet fluidly connected to the external water supply and a pressure regulation assembly operably connected to the mounting bracket. The pressure regulation assembly includes a regulation outlet fluidly connected to the bracket inlet. The interdental cleaner further includes a water flosser operably connected to the mounting bracket and fluidly connected to the regulation outlet. During use, water pressure of water at the regulation outlet is lower than a water pressure of water at the bracket inlet. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106297 | DENTAL BUR AND METHOD FOR REMOVING A SOFT DEPOSIT - A dental bur and method for removing a soft deposit from a tooth or an implant, the bur having a shank adapted to be connected to a rotary device. A head extends from the shank. The head has a material hardness adapted to remove soft deposits attached to the tooth but deflect against the tooth. Furthermore, the head is sized for insertion into a periodontal pocket adjacent to the tooth without surgery. Thus, the dental bur may be rotated against the tooth for removing the soft deposits but deflect and/or wear against the tooth for preventing damage to the tooth. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106298 | Clinical Dispenser and Applicator - The present invention relates to a clinical dispenser and applicator and, more particularly, to a clinical dispenser and applicator that is structured to hold and dispense a micro amount (one to several drops) of liquids/solvents in a clinical setting. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106299 | DISPENSING DEVICE FOR A DENTAL MATERIAL - A dispensing device for a dental material comprises a cartridge having an outlet nozzle which forms a passageway for the dental material. The dispensing device further comprises a closure which is placeable on the outlet nozzle for sealing the cartridge. The closure comprises a pin for extending into the passageway, and is further adapted to seal with an outer surface of the outlet nozzle. The dispensing device is further adapted such that the pin is displaceable from the passageway by dental material dispensed from the cartridge, wherein the displacement causes the closure to release from the outlet nozzle. The invention may provide for relatively easy operation of the dental dispensing device. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106300 | REFLECTIVE DENTAL APPARATUS - A tissue retractor, for use by dental practitioners, in order to provide clear viewage of a large sector of the oral cavity. The retractor includes a unibody construction in one embodiment, which is intended for attachment to any of the numerous standard dental instrument handles, with two oblong mirrors connected by a bridge, which is static in some embodiments and retractably dynamic in some embodiments. The retractor pulls oral tissue away from the field of work and allows a dental practitioner without the assistance of a Dental assistant to have easy access to the oral workspace and eliminates the need to continually maneuver mirrored tools during procedures. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106301 | APPLICATOR INSTRUMENT FOR DENTAL COMPOUNDS - The invention relates to an applicator instrument for applying dental compounds. The applicator instrument comprises an instrument head ( | 2014-04-17 |
20140106302 | Abutment for Implant - An abutment connecting a crown that forms an external form of an artificial tooth to a fixture embedded in a gum of a human, and comprising a body, a combination portion formed at an end of the body and combined with the fixture, a threaded portion formed at the body and penetrating through the body, a fixing screw being inserted into the threaded portion to couple the body to a processing device or a jig, a coupling hole formed at the body and penetrating through the body, a coupling unit being inserted into the coupling hole to connect the body and the fixture, and a sectional surface formed at an opposite portion to the combination portion and connected to the processing device or the jig, to position the body in the processing device or in the jig when the body is coupled to the processing device or the jig. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106303 | DENTAL BAR - An overdenture bar includes a U-shaped support beam configured to being coupled to a plurality of dental implants and extending generally above the mucus membrane of the gums. The U-shaped support beam has an anterior region and a pair of posterior extensions. At least one portion of the U-shaped support beam includes a plurality of retention elements extending generally normal to an outer surface of the U-shaped support beam in a plurality of directions. A method for producing a dental bar model on a CAD/CAM program to be fitted on a patient's upper or lower gingival surface includes the steps of selecting a longitudinal portion of the bar, adding protrusions to an upper portion of the bar and/or positioning a buccal finish line and a lingual finish between two boundary lines. The boundary lines illustrate the highest and lowest position of the finish lines. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106304 | COMPRESSIVE DENTAL IMPLANT - The disclosure relates to dental implants. Specifically, the disclosure relates to a normal compressive, passive dental implant capable of reducing the negative impact of occlusal forces on the bone and the implant once a dental prosthesis is coupled onto the implant following osseointegration. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106305 | DENTAL IMPLANT - A dental implant including an implant body having a top surface, and at least one non-annular cutaway portion longitudinally extending downwardly from the top surface along one side of the body and outwardly to the periphery, and a method for making the implant. The implant body preferably includes a body portion and a head portion integrally formed with the body portion, the body portion has a periphery and the head portion has a non-circular periphery, and the periphery of the head portion is smaller than the periphery of the body portion. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106306 | Method for enlarging a jaw bone using a hollow dental implant having a side perforation - A method for inserting a flowable material adjacent the alveolar ridge bone through an elongated tube having an a side perforation. The elongated tube can be a dental implant. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106307 | Method, Transfer Device and Template Body for Producing a Dental and/or Bone Prosthesis for a Dentition - Disclosed herein is a method for producing a dental and/or bone prosthesis for a dentition having a defect, comprising: determining the left and right direction point and an induction point of the upper jaw as three cranial reference points of the upper jaw and determining the left and right direction point and an induction point of the lower jaw as three cranial reference points of the lower jaw; creating a model of the defective dentition, one model half produced for the upper jaw and one model half produced for the lower jaw; identifying the three cranial reference points of the upper jaw on the upper jaw model half and identifying the three cranial reference points of the lower jaw on the lower jaw model half; arranging and fixing the upper jaw model half and the lower jaw model half relative to one another; forming the dental and/or bone prosthesis. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106308 | MOLDED MEMBER MADE OF FORM-STABILIZED MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE THEREOF - Molded member made of form-stabilized material, comprising at least one first component and one second component, characterized in that the second component has a different pigmentation than the first component and the second component is disposed inside the first element, forming a boundary surface, in such a way that the boundary surface represents a spatially curved surface. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106309 | GENERATING A CHEMICAL AGENT IN SITU - A method of cleaning teeth by providing a device for generating a chemical agent in situ on an as-needed basis via the application of an electrical potential across a pair of conductors in communication with an electrolyte. The chemical agents may include ozone, hydrogen peroxide, peroxide, chlorine and/or hypochlorite. The device may include a voltage source and a first set of electrodes for applying an electrical potential to the electrolyte. The device may also include a second set of electrodes disposed about an anode of the first set of electrodes. The first and second sets of anodes cooperate to produce ions, peroxides, ozone and/or other chemical agents via the application of electrical potential to the electrolyte. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106310 | Immersive training scenario systems and related structures - Immersive training scenario systems and related methods are provided. The immersive training scenario systems can provide at least one simulated structure. The at least one simulated structure can include a base structure having at least one surface thereon. One or more substrates with one or more photographic images printed thereon are applied to the surface of the base structure so that the simulated structure has realistic visual characteristics representative of a mission site or mission scenario. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106311 | System, Method, and Device for electronically displaying one shot at a time from multiple target shots using one physical target - The present invention contemplates a system for improving shooting skill that includes a computer having an executable software program, a camera in electrical communication with a power source and being in data communication with the computer, a laser mounted to the camera, a tripod supporting the camera, a physical target arranged at a predetermined and selectable distance from the camera, a router for providing data communication means between the camera and the computer, a first antenna in data communication with the computer by means of the router, and a light source coupled to the camera. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106312 | WELLNESS AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND METHOD - A wellness and weight management system, method, program and software application configured to provide feedback for healthy and unhealthy lifestyle decisions that accommodates a wide variety of wellness goals, behaviors, dietary preferences, activity preferences, exercise preferences and body weight objectives. | 2014-04-17 |
20140106313 | METHOD AND ARTICLE OF MANUFACTURE FOR CUSTOMIZED DIETARY MENU - The invention relates, generally, to a customized household dietary menu system and provides a method for creation of said system, as well as an article of said system. | 2014-04-17 |