17th week of 2012 patent applcation highlights part 39 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20120100415 | CABLE-TYPE SECONDARY BATTERY AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A cable-type secondary battery includes an electrode assembly, which has a first polarity current collector having a long and thin shape, at least two first polarity electrode active material layers formed on the first polarity current collector to be spaced apart in the longitudinal direction, an electrolyte layer filled to surround at least two first polarity electrode active material layers, and at least two second polarity electrode active material layers formed on the electrolyte layer to be spaced apart at positions corresponding to the first polarity electrode active material layers, the electrode assembly being continuously bent into a substantially “S” shape by a space between the first polarity electrode active material layers; and a second polarity current collector configured to surround at least one side of the electrode assembly bent into a substantially “S” shape. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100416 | MOLTEN SALT BATTERY CASE, AND MOLTEN SALT BATTERY - The case for a molten salt battery is used for a molten salt battery containing as an electrolyte a molten salt containing sodium ions. The case is formed of aluminum or an aluminum alloy containing 90% by mass or more of aluminum. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100417 | ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITIONS AND METHODS OF MAKING AND USING THE SAME - Electrolyte compositions suitable for use in batteries, such as a lithium ion battery, are disclosed The electrolyte compositions include functionalized metal oxide particles In several embodiments the compositions utilize the presence of solvent or a scavenger Methods of making and using electrolyte compositions are also disclosed Articles of manufacture containing an electrolyte composition are also disclosed | 2012-04-26 |
20120100418 | Battery Fuse Terminal Cover with Latch - Disclosed herein are embodiments of a battery assembly and a cover for a battery fuse terminal. One embodiment of a battery fuse terminal cover comprises a base portion having a first end and a first hinge end opposite the first end, a movable portion having a second end and a second hinge end opposite the second end and a first hinge located between the first hinge end of the base portion and the second hinge end of the movable portion. The movable portion is configured to rotate relative to the base portion via the first hinge between a concealing position and an exposing position. A cover securing member is located on the base portion and configured to secure the cover to the battery fuse terminal. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100419 | Rechargeable battery - A battery including an electrode assembly including a positive electrode, a negative electrode, and a separator therebetween; a case housing the electrode assembly; a cap plate coupled to the case; a collector plate coupled to the electrode assembly; and a terminal coupled to the collector plate and passing through the cap plate, wherein the terminal includes a terminal protrusion and a bottom protrusion, the collector plate includes an electrode region coupled to the electrode assembly and a terminal region coupled to the terminal, the terminal region including a combining hole passing therethrough, the combining hole having a noncircular shape, and the bottom protrusion of the terminal has an interengaging, matching shape relative to the combining hole, passes through the combining hole of the collector plate, and is welded to a lower surface of the collector plate. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100420 | Secondary battery - A secondary battery including an electrode assembly; a terminal electrically connected to the electrode assembly; and a case accommodating the electrode assembly and the terminal, wherein the terminal includes a collecting plate connected to the electrode assembly; a collecting terminal connected to the collecting plate and protruding out of the case; a terminal plate outside of the case, the terminal plate including a terminal through hole at one side thereof and a reinforcement member recess at another side thereof, the collecting terminal passing through the terminal through hole, and a female screw thread being provided to the reinforcement member recess; and a reinforcement member in the reinforcement member recess. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100421 | SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed is a battery | 2012-04-26 |
20120100422 | COMPOSITE NANO POROUS ELECTRODE MATERIAL, PROCESS FOR PRODUCTION THEREOF, AND LITHIUM ION SECONDARY BATTERY - This invention provides a nano composite porous electrode material that has high charge-discharge behavior and charge or discharge capacity and a manufacturing method thereof. It also provides a lithium-ion secondary battery using this nano composite porous electrode material. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100423 | Removal Of Impurities From Lithium-Iron Disulfide Electrochemical Cells - A lithium electrochemical cell, and a process for making the same, are disclosed. The cell includes a chelating agent that is specifically selected to remove impurities introduced to the cell by other component. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100424 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, AND CATHODE AND MAGNESIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Cathode active materials, and cathodes and magnesium batteries including the cathode active materials. The cathode active materials, and cathodes and magnesium batteries include a metal sulfide-based nanosheet. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100425 | LEAD ALKALINE BATTERY - A rechargeable battery is provided such that the positive electrode comprises lead dioxide, the negative electrode comprises a metal selected from the group consisting of iron, zinc, cadmium, lanthanum/nickel alloys and titanium/zirconium alloys, and the electrolyte is an aqueous alkali-metal acetate. Upon discharge, the lead dioxide is reduced to lead oxide, and the electrolyte remains unchanged. The reactions are reversed when the battery is charged. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100426 | LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY OF IMPROVED LOW-TEMPERATURE POWER PROPERTY - Provided is a lithium secondary battery which has excellent low-temperature power output characteristics by the inclusion of a given amount of a lithium metal oxide and/or a lithium metal sulfide in an anode mix for a lithium secondary battery containing a carbon-based anode active material and is thereby capable of being used as a power source for electric vehicles (EVs) and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) that must provide high-power output at low temperatures as well as at room temperature. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100427 | METHOD OF FABRICATING FIBRES COMPOSED OF SILICON OR A SILICON-BASED MATERIAL AND THEIR USE IN LITHIUM RECHARGEABLE BATTERIES - An electrically interconnected mass includes elongated structures. The elongated structures are electrochemically active and at least some of the elongated structures cross over each other to provide intersections and a porous structure. The elongated structures include doped silicon. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100428 | Particles Coated with an Organically Modified (Hetero)Silicic Acid Polycondensate and Containing a Metal Core Suited for Storing Hydrogen, Batteries Produced Therewith, and Method for the Production Thereof Using the Particles - The present invention relates to particles, which are suited as electrode material for the negative electrode of a battery functioning according to the principle of nickel-metal hydride batteries. In order to increase the power density of such batteries, it is desirable to use relatively small particles for the electrode material. However, said particles are sensitive to air and frequently highly flammable. The invention therefore proposes to provide said particles with a coating made of an organically modified (hetero) silicic acid polycondensate. In the presence of the KOH electrolyte solution, said coating converts during operation into a gel electrolyte, which not only does not impede the passage of the ions necessary for the activity of the battery, but even facilitates it. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100429 | POSITIVE ELECTRODE ACTIVE MATERIAL, PRODUCTION METHOD THEREOF AND ITS USE - A method of producing a positive electrode active material, comprising the steps of:
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20120100430 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND SECONDARY BATTERY COMPRISING THE SAME - Disclosed are a cathode active material and a secondary battery including the same, wherein the cathode active material includes (a) a first lithium-containing metal composite oxide and (b) a second lithium-containing metal composite oxide coated on an entire particle surface of the first lithium-containing metal composite oxide particle, the second lithium-containing metal composite oxide having a higher resistance and a lower potential vs. lithium potential (Li/Li+) than the first lithium-containing metal composite oxide. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100431 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND NONAQUEOUS SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING CATHODE HAVING THE CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL - A cathode active material of the present invention for use in a nonaqueous secondary battery, the cathode active material includes: a main crystalline phase including a lithium-containing transition metal oxide containing manganese and having a spinel structure; and a sub crystalline phase contained in the main crystalline phase, the sub crystalline phase being identical in oxygen arrangement to the lithium-containing transition metal oxide and different in elementary composition from the lithium-containing transition metal oxide, a main crystalline phase part around the sub crystalline phase and the sub crystalline phase having a same crystal orientation. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100432 | Method for Manufacturing Metal-Made Three-Dimensional Substrate for Electrodes, Metal-Made Three-Dimensional Substrate for Electrodes and Electrochemical Applied Products Using the Same - In a method for manufacturing a metal-made three-dimensional substrate, a metal foil is passed between a pair of rollers | 2012-04-26 |
20120100433 | SOLID ELECTROLYTE, SOLID ELECTROLYTE SHEET, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SOLID ELECTROLYTE - The main object of the present invention is to provide a solid electrolyte with intergranular resistance decreased. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100434 | LIQUID ELECTROLYTE FOR LITHIUM ACCUMULATOR, COMPRISING A MIXTURE OF NON-AQUEOUS ORGANIC SOLVENTS - The invention related to a liquid electrolyte for a lithium battery comprising a lithium salt dissolved in a mixture of three non-aqueous organic solvents. This mixture consists of: | 2012-04-26 |
20120100435 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIFLUOROPHOSPHATE, NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE FOR SECONDARY CELL AND NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SECONDARY CELL - A difluorophosphate effective as an additive for a nonaqueous electrolyte for secondary battery is produced by a simple method from inexpensive common materials. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100436 | LITHIUM-ION SECONDARY BATTERY - Disclosed is a lithium-ion secondary battery which includes a carbonaceous material in an anodic active material mix, and a cyclic carbonate and a chain carbonate both in an electrolytic solution. The solvent contains an additive which is a substance having a LUMO energy determined through molecular orbital calculation of lower than the LUMO energy of ethylene carbonate determined through molecular orbital calculation and having a HOMO energy lower than the HOMO energy of vinylene carbonate determined through molecular orbital calculation, the electrolytic solution contains LiPF | 2012-04-26 |
20120100437 | ELECTRICITY STORAGE DEVICE - There can be provided an energy storage device comprising a positive electrode comprising a nitroxyl compound having a nitroxyl cation partial structure in an oxidized state and having a nitroxyl radical partial structure in a reduced state; a negative electrode comprising a carbon material which lithium ions can be reversibly intercalated into and deintercalated from; and an electrolytic solution comprising a lithium salt and an aprotic organic solvent, wherein the negative electrode is a negative electrode comprising the carbon material which lithium ions are previously intercalated into, apart from lithium ions associated with a capacity A of lithium capable of being intercalated and deintercalated in charge and discharge, thereby allowing the energy storage device to simultaneously achieve high energy density, high output characteristics, low environmental load, and high stability in charge and discharge cycles. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100438 | COMPOSITE STRUCTURES CONTAINING HIGH CAPACITY POROUS ACTIVE MATERIALS CONSTRAINED IN SHELLS - Provided are novel electrode material composite structures containing high capacity active materials formed into porous base structures. The structures also include shells that encapsulate these porous base structures. During lithiation of the active material, the shell mechanically constrains the porous base structure. The shell allows lithium ions to pass through but prevents electrolyte solvents from interacting with the encapsulated active material. In certain embodiments, the shell contains carbon, while the porous base structure contains silicon. Although silicon tends to swell during lithiation, the porosity of the base structure and/or void spaces inside the shell helps to accommodate this additional volume within the shell without breaking it or substantially increasing the overall size of the composite structure. This allows integration of the composite structures into various types of battery electrodes and cycling high capacity active materials without damaging the electrodes' internal structures and deteriorating cycling characteristics of batteries. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100439 | ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION FOR SECONDARY LITHIUM BATTERY AND SECONDARY LITHIUM BATTERY INCLUDING THE ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION - An electrolyte solution for a secondary lithium battery, the electrolyte solution including: a lithium salt, a non-aqueous organic solvent, and a phenanthroline-based compound having a polar substituent. The electrolyte solution enables production of a secondary lithium battery having good high-temperature lifetime characteristics and good high-temperature preservation characteristics. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100440 | MULTI-LAYERED, CHEMICALLY BONDED LITHIUM-ION AND LITHIUM/AIR BATTERIES - Disclosed are multilayer, porous, thin-layered lithium-ion batteries that include an inorganic separator as a thin layer that is chemically bonded to surfaces of positive and negative electrode layers. Thus, in such disclosed lithium-ion batteries, the electrodes and separator are made to form non-discrete (i.e., integral) thin layers. Also disclosed are methods of fabricating integrally connected, thin, multilayer lithium batteries including lithium-ion and lithium/air batteries. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100441 | OXYGEN-CONSUMING ELECTRODE - The present invention relates to an oxygen-consuming electrode comprising a support in the form of a sheet-like structure and a coating comprising a gas diffusion layer and a catalytically active component, wherein the support is based on a material which can be at least partly removed by dissolution, decomposition, melting and/or vaporization. Furthermore, the use of this oxygen-consuming electrode in chloralkali electrolysis or fuel cell technology is described. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100442 | OXYGEN-CONSUMING ELECTRODE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING IT - An oxygen-consuming electrode includes a support in the form of a sheet-like structure and a coating including a gas diffusion layer and a catalytically active component, wherein the support is based on a material having a conductivity of less than 1000 S/cm, measured at 20° C. The supports are simple to produce and have a low weight and good processability in the production of the oxygen-consuming electrodes. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100443 | FUEL SUPPLY FOR A FUEL CELL - The present invention discloses a fuel supply for a fuel cell, the fuel cell including a liquid storage area that includes a liquid reactant, a reaction area that includes a solid reactant, wherein the liquid reactant is pumped into the reaction area such that the liquid reactant reacts with the solid reactant to produce reaction components, a product collection area that receives the reaction components, a barrier, and a container with an interior volume that substantially encloses the reaction area, liquid storage area, product collection area. The barrier separates and defines several of the aforementioned areas, and moves to simultaneously increase the product collector area and decrease the liquid storage area as the liquid reactant is pumped from the liquid storage area and the reaction components are transferred into the product collection area. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100444 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM USING HYDROGEN FROM ELECTROLYZER OF SEA WATER - Provided is a fuel cell system using waste hydrogen generated from a sea water electrolyzing apparatus, the fuel cell system including: a sea water electrolyzing apparatus carrying out electrolysis of sea water used as cooling water in a nuclear power generation system to produce a chlorine-containing material; a hydrogen conveying line linked to one side of the sea water electrolyzing apparatus to convey waste hydrogen generated during the electrolysis; and a fuel cell linked to the hydrogen conveying line to generate electricity by using the waste hydrogen supplied from the hydrogen conveying line as fuel. The fuel cell system generates electricity by using waste hydrogen, which, otherwise, is totally discarded after being generated secondarily from the sea water electrolyzing apparatus, as fuel for the fuel cell. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100445 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND METHOD OF OPERATING FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The invention is provided to reliably restore generated voltage that has declined due to clogging of water in a fuel cell stack. A method of operating a fuel cell system having a fuel cell stack that generates electricity through an electrochemical reaction between a fuel gas including hydrogen gas and an oxidation gas, wherein when a generated voltage of the fuel cell stack declines, the water-in-cell content of the fuel cell stack is adjusted so that a variation in cell pressure loss in the fuel cell stack decreases based on a characteristic curve of the water-in-cell content of the fuel cell stack and the cell pressure loss of the fuel cell stack. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100446 | Hydrogen Storage Using Hydrocarbon Nanostructures and Sonication - Hydrogen storage materials and methods of reversibly storing and generating hydrogen using sonication and hydrocarbon nanostructures are described. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100447 | Method for Operating a High-Temperature Fuel Cell - In a method for operating a high-temperature fuel cell, which in normal mode of generating electrical power is supplied with liquid fuel, preferably diesel oil, and is preceded on the anode side by a reformer for liquid fuel, where at least part of the hot anode exhaust gas is recirculated into the anode circuit via a recirculation line. Upstream of a compressor preceding the reformer the liquid fuel is sprayed or injected into the hot anode exhaust gas, the quantity of air needed for reforming the liquid fuel being added to the mixture of anode exhaust gas and fuel. On change-over from normal operational mode to standby mode without power generation, the supply of liquid fuel and air is stopped and the gas mixture present in the anode circuit be permanently circulated. A defined amount of air being introduced into the anode circuit in order to remove deposits and contaminations in the high-temperature fuel cell following standby operation. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100448 | METHOD FOR LOAD FOLLOWING OPERATION OF FUEL CELL SYSTEM - Provided is a method for load following operation of a fuel cell system in which reliable reforming and the prevention of flow blockage and anode degradation are possible. Functions F=f(P) and P=f | 2012-04-26 |
20120100449 | FUEL CELL SYSTEM AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR - A fuel cell system includes: a fuel cell activation portion that starts electricity generation of a fuel cell; a cooling medium passage that is provided with a pump and that is provided for passing a cooling medium through a cell-side passage for the cooling medium; and a pump control portion that stops the pump for a first predetermined period after a start of the electricity generation caused by the fuel cell activation portion at a time when a temperature of the fuel cell is a low temperature lower than or equal to a predetermined value, and that starts operating the pump after the first predetermined period elapses. The pump control portion includes a cooling medium reverse portion that alternately reverses a direction of flow of the cooling medium in the cell-side passage according to elapsed time by controlling operation of the pump after the first predetermined period elapses. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100450 | HEATING DEVICE FOR END PLATE OF FUEL CELL STACK - The present invention provides a heating device for an end plate of a fuel cell stack, which can prevent a decrease in temperature of unit cells around the ends of the fuel cell stack by providing a structure for circulating high temperature coolant discharged from the fuel cell stack in the end plate. Non-uniform temperature distribution in the fuel cell stack can thereby be prevented. In particular, a heating device for an end plate of a fuel cell stack is provided wherein high temperature coolant flowing from the upstream of a coolant outlet manifold to the downstream is allowed to circulate through the inside of the end plate and to be discharged to the outside such that the thermal energy of the coolant is supplied to the end plate and, at the same time, transferred to unit cells adjacent to the end plate. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100451 | METAL CO-CATALYST ENHANCER OF ELECTRO-OXIDATION OF ETHANOL - A process for the highly efficient oxidation of ethanol in fuel cells involves the addition of a metal co-catalyst oxidation enhancer to the fuel cell electrolyte in soluble form. The enhancer vastly improves the rate of ethanol ethanol oxidation and promotes oxidation of the C—C bond to CO | 2012-04-26 |
20120100452 | FUEL CELL STACK - The present invention provides a fuel cell stack that has a separator arranged between fuel cells, the separator including: a sandwiching section which sandwiches an electrolyte electrode assembly and includes a fuel gas channel and a separately provided oxygen-containing gas channel; a bridge which is connected to the sandwiching section and includes a reactant gas supply channel; a reactant gas supply section which is connected to the bridge and includes a reactant gas supply passage; and a connecting section that connects the sandwiching section to the bridge. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100453 | Planar SOFC Stack - A solid oxide fuel cell (“SOFC”) stack device is disclosed. The SOFC stack includes SOFC units that can easily be stacked and electrically connected to one another. Furthermore, each of the SOFC units can easily be removed from the others and replaced with a new one. The fuel cell stack includes a supporting mechanism and two conducting and pressing units. The supporting mechanism includes three parts. Each part of the supporting mechanism includes slots defined therein for receiving the SOFC units. Each of the conducting and pressing units is located between two adjacent ones of the parts of the supporting mechanism. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100454 | METHOD TO PROVIDE ELECTRICAL INSULATION BETWEEN CONDUCTIVE PLATES OF A HYDROGEN FUEL CELL - A subassembly for a fuel cell includes a fuel cell plate having a first side and a second side. Each of the first side and the second side has a flow field disposed between a pair of headers. An insulating spacer abuts the first side of the fuel cell plate and is disposed adjacent a perimeter of the fuel cell plate. A unitized electrode assembly includes a subgasket, a membrane electrode assembly, and a pair of diffusion medium layers. The membrane electrode assembly has an electrolyte membrane sandwiched between a pair of electrodes. The membrane electrode assembly is sandwiched between the pair of diffusion medium layers. The subgasket surrounds, and is coupled to, the membrane electrode assembly. The subgasket abuts the insulating spacer. An elastomeric seal abuts the second side of the fuel cell plate. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100455 | CATALYST SUPPORT MATERIAL COMPRISING POLYAZOLE SALT, ELECTROCHEMICAL CATALYST, AND THE PREPARATION OF A GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODE AND A MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY THEREFROM - A catalyst material comprising an electrically conducting support material, a proton-conducting, acid-doped polymer based on a polyazole salt, and a catalytically active material. A process for preparing the catalyst material. A catalyst material prepared by the process of the invention. A catalyst ink comprising the catalyst material of the invention and a solvent. A catalyst-coated membrane (CCM) comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane and also catalytically active layers comprising a catalyst material of the present invention. A gas diffusion electrode (GDE) comprising a gas diffusion layer and a catalytically active layer comprising a catalyst material of the invention. A membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane, catalytically active layers comprising a catalyst material of the invention, and gas diffusion layers. And a fuel cell comprising a membrane-electrode assembly of the present invention. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100456 | POROUS ELECTRODE SUBSTRATE AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention provides a porous electrode substrate that has low production cost, high mechanical strength, thickness precision, and surface smoothness, and sufficient gas permeability and electrical conductivity, and a method for producing the same. In the present invention, for example, a porous electrode substrate that includes short carbon fibers (A) joined together via three-dimensional mesh-like carbon fibers (B) is produced by a method including a step (1) of dispersing short carbon fibers (A), and short carbon fiber precursors (b) to be fibrillated by beating, to produce a precursor sheet; and a step (2) of subjecting the precursor sheet to carbonization treatment at a temperature of 1000° C. or higher. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100457 | CATALYST SUPPORT MATERIAL COMPRISING POLYAZOLE, ELECTROCHEMICAL CATALYST, AND THE PREPARATION OF A GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODE AND A MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY THEREFROM - A process for preparing a catalyst material comprising an electrically conducting support material, a proton-conducting, polyazole-based polymer and a catalytically active material. A catalyst material prepared by the process of the invention. A catalyst ink comprising a catalyst material of the invention and a solvent. A catalyst-coated membrane (CCM) comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane and also catalytically active layers comprising a catalyst material of the present invention. A gas diffusion electrode (GDE) comprising a gas diffusion layer and a catalytically active layer comprising a catalyst material of the invention. A membrane-electrode assembly (MEA) comprising a polymer electrolyte membrane, catalytically active layers comprising a catalyst material of the invention, and gas diffusion layers. And a fuel cell comprising a membrane-electrode assembly of the present invention. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100458 | ION-CONDUCTING MICROPARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, ION-CONDUCTING COMPOSITE, MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY (MEA), AND ELECTROCHEMICAL DEVICE - There are provided an ion-conducting microparticle including an ion-dissociative group and exhibiting an affinity for a fluorine-containing resin, and a method of manufacturing the same, an ion-conducting composite including the ion-conducting microparticle, a membrane electrode assembly (MEA) including the ion-conducting composite as an electrolyte, and an electrochemical device such as a fuel cell. A reacting molecule | 2012-04-26 |
20120100459 | EXTREME TEMPERATURE GASKET AND METHOD OF MAKING THE SAME - An extreme temperature gasket material capable of withstanding temperatures in excess of 850° F. is provided. The extreme temperature gasket generally includes an inorganic filler, an inorganic fiber, and an organic binder. In some embodiments, the inorganic filler is from 75 to 90 wt % of the gasket material and can include submicron-sized talc particles. The inorganic fiber can be from 5 to 20 wt % of the gasket material and can include silicic acid fiber. The binder can be a latex emulsion and can be present in the gasket material in the range of from 1 to 5 wt % of the gasket material. The gasket material also can include additives, such as flocculant and defoamer. In some embodiments, the amount of organic material present in the gasket material is limited to less than 5 wt % of the gasket material. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100460 | CALCIUM HEXABORIDE ANODES FOR ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS - An electrochemical cell includes an anode containing calcium hexaboride, where the electrochemical device is an alkaline cell or an air cathode cell. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100461 | HYDROPHILIC POROUS LAYER FOR FUEL CELLS, GAS DIFFUSION ELECTRODE AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF, AND MEMBRANE ELECTRODE ASSEMBLY | 2012-04-26 |
20120100462 | ELECTRODE CATALYST FOR FUEL CELL AND USE THEREOF - To provide an economical fuel cell electrode catalyst which can be used in place of platinum as a simple substance or a platinum alloy and has easy-to-control catalytic power, a molecular metal complex is used as a fuel cell electrode catalyst which molecular metal complex is a mononuclear or multinuclear coordination compound that has a particular structure, that is not a polymer compound, and that does not have a layered structure. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100463 | FUEL CELL PRODUCTION METHOD - A method of producing a fuel cell includes: preparing a plurality of carbon nanotubes that are aligned substantially vertically to a plane of a substrate; supporting an electrode catalyst on the carbon nanotubes; forming an electrode layer by disposing an ionomer formed of a first solid polymer electrolyte on a surface of the carbon nanotubes on which the electrode catalyst is supported; and placing the electrode layer to face an electrolyte membrane formed of a second solid polymer electrolyte, which has a glass-transition temperature lower than that of the first solid polymer electrolyte, and bonding the electrolyte membrane to the electrode layer by applying a pressure higher than 5 MPa between the electrolyte membrane and electrode layer at a temperature that is higher than the glass-transition temperature of the second solid polymer electrolyte and that is lower than the glass-transition temperature of the first solid polymer electrolyte. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100464 | GLASS SUBSTRATE-HOLDING TOOL - To provide a glass substrate-holding tool which is capable of avoiding scratching to the deposition surface of a glass substrate and dusting thereby caused as well as scratching and deposition of foreign substances at a center portion of the rear surface of the substrate and which is capable of suppressing dusting from the holding tool itself at the time of forming a multi-layered reflection film and an absorptive layer. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100465 | PHOTOMASKS AND METHODS OF FABRICATING THE SAME - A photomask includes a pattern area and a blind area, a first opaque pattern disposed on the blind area and having a first thickness, and a second opaque pattern disposed on the pattern area and having a second thickness smaller than the first thickness. The first and second opaque patterns are formed of the same material. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100466 | MASK BLANK AND TRANSFER MASK - A mask blank and transfer mask that overcomes problems caused by an electromagnetic field (EMF) effect when the DRAM half pitch (hp) specified in semiconductor device design specifications is 32 nm or less. The mask blank is used in manufacturing a transfer mask to which ArF exposure light is applied, and includes a light shielding film | 2012-04-26 |
20120100467 | SPUTTERING TARGET MATERIAL, SILICON-CONTAINING FILM FORMING METHOD, AND PHOTOMASK BLANK - Provided is a silicon target material in which particles are not easily generated during a sputtering process and to form a low-defect (high quality) silicon-containing film. A silicon target material having a specific resistance of 20 Ω·cm or more at room temperature is used for forming a silicon-containing film. The silicon target material may be polycrystalline or noncrystalline. However, when the silicon target material is single-crystalline, a more stable discharge state can be obtained. Also, a single-crystal silicon in which crystals are grown by an FZ method is a preferable material as a highly-pure silicon target material because its content of oxygen is low. Further, a target material having n-type conductivity and containing donor impurities is preferable to obtain stable discharge characteristics. Only a single or a plurality of silicon target materials according to the present invention may be used for sputtering film formation of the silicon-containing film. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100468 | METHODS OF FABRICATING A PHOTOMASK AND USE THEREOF - A method of correcting patterns includes attaining a correcting amount distribution map using a photo mask, the photo mask including a transparent substrate having first and second surfaces opposite to each other and a mask pattern on the first surface, attaining a plurality of shadowing maps based on the correction amount distribution map, each of the shadowing maps including a unit section having a different plane area, and forming a plurality of shadowing regions with shadowing elements in the transparent substrate of the photo mask using respective shadowing maps. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100469 | EXPOSURE MASK AND METHOD FOR FORMING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE BY USING THE SAME - The present invention is the thing about exposure mask and manufacturing method of semiconductor device using the same | 2012-04-26 |
20120100470 | MASK BLANK, TRANSFER MASK, AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A TRANSFER MASK - Provided is a mask blank which enables EB defect correction to be suitably applied and which further enables a reduction in the thickness of a light-shielding film. A mask blank | 2012-04-26 |
20120100471 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COLOR FILTER SUBSTRATE - An embodiment of the present invention provides a method of manufacturing a color filter substrate, comprising: forming a black matrix on a base substrate; and forming color filter patterns having at least two colors on the base substrate on which the black matrix is formed, wherein forming a color filter pattern having one color of the at least two colors, comprising: forming a color filter resin layer having the one color on the base substrate on which the black matrix is formed; radiating the color filter resin layer from a side of the base substrate which is opposite to a side on which the black matrix is formed by using a mask to expose the color filter resin layer so as to form the color filter pattern, wherein light transmitting regions of the mask at least correspond to the color filter pattern to be formed. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100472 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - To provide an electrophotographic photoreceptor including the outermost surface layer formed from a cured film of a composition containing a compound having a chain polymerizable functional group and a charge transportable skeleton in a molecule and a chain transfer agent having a sulfur atom in a molecule, in which the reaction rate of the compound having a chain polymerizable functional group and a charge transportable skeleton in a molecule is about 90% to about 100% and the charge mobility of the cured film at an electric field intensity of 1.0×10 | 2012-04-26 |
20120100473 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTORECEPTOR, IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE FOR IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS - An electrophotographic photoreceptor including an electroconductive substrate, a photosensitive layer, and a cured protection layer, wherein the cured protection layer comprises a cured material of a tri- or more functional radical polymerizable compound and a filler exposed from the surface of the cured protection layer which comprises a bump along the surface of the filler, and wherein the cured protection layer has a thickness (T) larger than a diameter (2r) of the filler therein and the following relationships (a) is satisfied: | 2012-04-26 |
20120100474 | POLYCARBONATE COPOLYMER, COATING LIQUID USING SAME, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC PHOTOSENSITIVE BODY - A polycarbonate copolymer includes a repeating unit represented by a formula (1) below and a molar copolymer composition represented by Ar | 2012-04-26 |
20120100475 | Spirodilactam-doped charge transport layer for imaging device - A photoreceptor charge transport layer containing a spirodilactam and/or a lubricant has superior wear resistance. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100476 | PRESSURE FIXING TONER AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates to a pressure fixing toner which can be fixed at a lower temperature to enable energy-efficient high-speed printing, and a preparation method thereof. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100477 | LARGE PARTICLE TONER - Toners are provided. In one aspect a toner comprises, particles of at least one toner resin having particle diameters greater than about 20 microns, a first particulate addenda on the toner particles having a BET surface area of less than 60 m2/g of the toner particle; and a second particulate addenda on the toner particles having a BET surface of more than 120 m2/g. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100478 | ELECTROSTATIC IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER AND PRODUCING METHOD OF THE SAME - A method of producing an electrostatic image developing toner comprising toner particles comprising a binder resin containing at least a non-crystalline polyester resin having a crosslinking structure and a crystalline polyester resin, the method comprising the steps of (a-1) preparing a crystalline polyester resin particle aqueous dispersion liquid; (a-2) preparing a polymerizable unsaturated non-crystalline polyester resin aqueous dispersion liquid; (b) preparing crosslinking non-crystalline polyester resin particles by adding a radical polymerization initiator to the aqueous dispersion liquid of particles containing the non-crystalline polyester resin having a polymerizable unsaturated bond; (c) preparing core particles by aggregating at least the particles containing the crystalline polyester resin in an aqueous medium; and (d) preparing a shell layer containing the non-crystalline polyester resin having a crosslinking structure by fusing the particles containing the non-crystalline polyester resin having a crosslinking structure on surfaces of the core particles in an aqueous medium. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100479 | LARGE PARTICLE TONER PRINTING METHOD - Printing methods are provided. In accordance with one aspect, a first toner image is formed with a first toner particles having a median volume weighted diameter between about 3 um and 9 um and having a first charge-to-mass ratio and, a second toner image is formed with second toner particles having a median volume weighted diameter greater than about 20 um and having a charge-to-mass ratio that is between ⅓ to ½ of the first charge-to-mass ratio times the ratio of the volume weighted average diameter of the first toner to the volume weighted average diameter of the second toner. The first toner image is transferred to a receiver using a first electrostatic field and the second toner image is transferred the receiver using a second electrostatic field. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100480 | COMPOUND, FLUORINE-CONTAINING POLYMER, RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING COMPOUND - A compound has a following general formula (1). | 2012-04-26 |
20120100481 | ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE COMPOSITION AND PATTERN FORMING METHOD USING THE SAME - An actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive composition, including: (1) a low molecular compound having a molecular weight of 500 to 5,000 and containing (G) an acid-decomposable group; and (2) a compound capable of generating an acid of 305 Å | 2012-04-26 |
20120100482 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN - A resist composition contains a resin having a structural unit represented by the formula (aa) and a structural unit represented by the formula (ab); and an acid generator, | 2012-04-26 |
20120100483 | RESIST COMPOSITION AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING RESIST PATTERN - A resist composition contains; a resin having a structural unit represented by the formula (aa) and a structural unit represented by the formula (ab); and an acid generator, | 2012-04-26 |
20120100484 | POSITIVE PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, CURED FILM, PROTECTIVE FILM, INTERLAYER INSULATING FILM, AND SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DISPLAY ELEMENT USING THE SAME - A positive photosensitive resin composition includes (A) a polybenzoxazole precursor resin, (B) a photosensitive diazoquinone compound, (C) a hindered phenol antioxidant shown by the following general formula (1), and (D) a phenol compound shown by the following general formula (2). Formula (1) is: | 2012-04-26 |
20120100485 | COLOR MOTION PICTURE PRINT FILMS - A multi-color photographic silver halide element has a total gelatin level on the imaging side of the support is less than 9000 mg/m | 2012-04-26 |
20120100486 | SULFONIUM SALT, RESIST COMPOSITION, AND PATTERNING PROCESS - A sulfonium salt of a naphthyltetrahydrothiophenium cation having a fluoroalkoxy chain with a specific anion is provided. The sulfonium salt is used as a photoacid generator to form a resist composition which when processed by immersion lithography, offers advantages of restrained dissolution in the immersion water and less pattern dependence or dark/bright bias. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100487 | RESIST COMPOSITION, METHOD OF FORMING RESIST PATTERN, AND POLYMERIC COMPOUND - A resist composition including a base component that generates acid upon exposure and also exhibits increased polarity by action of acid, the base component including a polymeric compound having a structural unit that generates acid upon exposure; a structural unit derived from an acrylate ester, in which a hydrogen atom bonded to a carbon atom on the α-position may be substituted with a substituent, and also includes an acid decomposable group that exhibits increased polarity by action of acid; and a structural unit represented by a particular general formula. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100488 | RESIST PATTERN IMPROVING MATERIAL, METHOD FOR FORMING RESIST PATTERN, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - To provide a resist matter improving material containing C4-11 linear alkanediol, and water. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100489 | METHOD FOR REBALANCING A MULTICOMPONENT SOLVENT SOLUTION - The invention pertains to a method for rebalancing a solvent solution useful for treating photosensitive printing elements having a photopolymerizable layer. The solvent solution becomes contaminated with unpolymerized material and other materials that release from the photosensitive printing elements during washout treating, and separation of contaminates also removes some of one or more components in the used solvent solution. The method rebalances the proportion of the components in a solvent solution having 3 or more components. The method includes measuring a reclaimant, which has been separated from the contaminates, for two or more properties, calculating a mass of the components to be added to the reclaimant based on an equation generated for each measured property, and adding the mass of the component or components to the reclaimant to adjust the proportion of the components in the reclaimant to targeted proportions. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100490 | SORBENTS FOR COAL COMBUSTION - Sorbent compositions containing halogen and calcium are added to coal to mitigate the release of sulfur and/or other harmful elements, including mercury, into the environment during combustion of coal containing natural levels of mercury. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100491 | Semiconductor Production Equipment Including Fluorine Gas Generator - A semiconductor production equipment includes a fluorine gas generator, and a detoxification device for combusting a waste gas containing a fluorine-based gas. The fluorine gas generator is configured to electrolyze hydrogen fluoride in an electrolytic bath of a molten salt containing hydrogen fluoride to generate a main product gas whose major component is fluorine gas at an anode side and generate a by-product gas whose major component is hydrogen at a cathode side. The semiconductor production equipment further includes a lead-out line for introducing the by-product gas generated from the fluorine gas generator to the detoxification device. The detoxification device includes a mechanism for using the by-product gas sent to the detoxification device as a combustion agent. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100492 | LOCKOUT SYSTEM FOR SURFACE BURNERS OF A COOKING APPLIANCE - A lockout control system for a cooktop appliance having a surface heating unit includes a controller coupled to the cooktop, a lockout device coupled to the controller, a surface burner state switch coupled between the controller and the lockout device, the surface burner state switch configured to prevent operation of the lockout device when the surface heating unit is enabled. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100493 | ASSURED COMPLIANCE MODE OF OPERATING A COMBUSTION SYSTEM - A combustion system is operated with reference to compliant values of a governmentally regulated exhaust emission parameter. If an alarm condition is detected during an ordinary mode of operation, the combustion system is shifted into an assured compliance mode of operation. The shift to the assured compliance mode is made while continuing to operate the combustion system without a shut-down interruption. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100494 | Burner Assembly - A burner assembly comprising a burner element ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120100495 | COMBUSTOR CONFIGURATIONS - The present specification generally relates to improvements to combustors such as burners and engines. In one aspect, the specification presents an acoustically enhanced ejector system which can be used as part of an intake system for a combustor. In another aspect, the specification teaches the use of a combustor combustion chamber as an oscillator to magnify a harmonic frequency of a pulsating frequency of the combustor. In still other aspects, the specification presents a combustion chamber having an inlet with a plurality of tangentially spaced apertures, and an in-line intake system connected to the apertures. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100496 | BURNER - The invention relates to a burner, particularly for the gasification of solid carbonaceous materials by partial combustion. The burner comprises a central channel ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120100497 | BURNER USING PLASMA - The present invention relates to a burner using plasma, which uses a mixture fuel in which water and industrial waste oil are mixed at an appropriate ratio. A combustion tank has a positive electrode (+), a rod installed at one side of the combustion tank has a negative electrode (−), and direct current electricity is supplied to the combustion tank and to the rod from a direct current electricity supply unit. A steam supply pipe of a steam generator is installed together with a plasma torch unit which is coupled to the combustion tank, such that high-temperature steam is discharged from the steam supply pipe together with the plasma torch generated by the plasma torch unit. Thus, the high-temperature plasma torch generates a high-temperature plasma flame of 800° C. or higher to heat a combustion chamber at the inner wall of the combustion tank. A mixture fuel supply pipe is wound into a coil on the outer surface of the combustion chamber, such that the mixture fuel supply pipe is preheated by high-temperature heat. The mixture fuel in the mixture fuel supply pipe is supplied at an air pressure of 50 through a high pressure pump, and water in the mixture fuel is decomposed into hydrogen and oxygen and waste oil in the mixture fuel is decomposed into carbons. The mixture fuel is injected or sprayed through a nozzle at a high temperature to effectively and completely burn the mixture fuel. The plasma torch unit operates by means of the direct current electricity supplied by the direct current electricity supply unit if needed, to adjust the temperature of the combustion chamber of the combustion tank, thereby enabling the smooth use of the burner. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100498 | ORTHODONTIC ANCHORING SCREW AND PROCESS FOR MAKING IT - An orthodontic anchoring screw including a threaded shank, extending prevalently along a longitudinal axis, and a head provided with a seat extending substantially along a housing direction perpendicular to the axis and intended to house a metallic wire for imposing a correction action on a tooth. The head has engagement mechanism for holding the wire in the seat, which includes two shaped appendages, each with a shaped shank having a widened head fixed on top. The heads define between them a slit for inserting the wire, extending prevalently along a transversal direction, perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and inclined with respect to the housing direction of the seat. The shanks and the heads define together the seat, communicating with the slit to receive the wire. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100499 | OUTIE TOOL FOR REMOVAL OF A PLASTIC TOOTH POSITIONING APPLIANCE OR ALIGNER (INVISIBLE BRACES) FROM TEETH OF A PATIENT - An apparatus and method for the efficient, safe, and hygienic removing of removable tooth positioning appliances such as aligners or other dental appliances from the teeth of a patient. A straight rigid barrel has a lever appendage on the proximal end for fully engaging and removing a lower aligner and a hook appendage on the distal end for fully engaging and removing an upper aligner. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100500 | METHOD AND SYSTEM OF ANATOMY MODELING FOR DENTAL IMPLANT TREATMENT PLANNING - This invention introduces an oral-dental anatomy modeling method and an implant treatment planning system based on a full anatomy model (FAM). Dental Implant Treatment Planning systems place implants on 2D slices of DICOM files, and sometimes on 3D models of bones and remaining teeth. Because the final look and feel of implants and restorations depend on how well they go along with the remaining teeth and soft tissues, treatment planning without tissue model presents safety and aesthetics risks. A FAM consists of models for bones, teeth, soft tissues and nerves. They are created from CT and optical scans, and assembled together with model registration techniques. The tissue model is the real differentiator. A treatment planning system uses FAM as a unique reference throughout the workflow. Its implant placement, restoration preview and surgical guide design are all based on FAM. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100501 | PREFORMED PROVISIONAL CROWNS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING TEMPORARY DENTAL CROWNS AND BRIDGES - Apparatuses and methods for providing crowns and bridges is disclosed. The apparatuses include provisional preforms which can have cavities, windows and slits that enable material and linear members to extend through for engagement with adjacent teeth or other preforms. The methods also include ways in which to create crowns and bridges using the preforms. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100502 | FLATBED DENTAL IMPLANT - The present invention is a flatbed dental implant to be utilized by a patient that includes a horizontal plate with a planar base with a thickness that has an elongated oval shape with a centered aperture and a perimeter with a thickness and a generally cylindrical body that is extended through the centered aperture of the horizontal plate forming a top portion and a bottom portion above the horizontal plate. The flatbed dental implant is a subcortical flatbed implant relevant to the patient's inferior alveolar nerve or the flatbed dental implant is a subcortical flatbed implant relevant to said patient's sinuses. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100503 | DENTAL IMPLANT ASSEMBLY AND COMPONENT - The invention concerns a dental implant assembly including an implant component ( | 2012-04-26 |
20120100504 | PREFORMED PROVISIONAL CROWNS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING TEMPORARY DENTAL CROWNS AND BRIDGES - Apparatuses and methods for providing crowns and bridges is disclosed. The apparatuses include provisional preforms which can have cavities, windows and slits that enable material and linear members to extend through for engagement with adjacent teeth or other preforms. The methods also include ways in which to create crowns and bridges using the preforms. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100505 | PREFORMED PROVISIONAL CROWNS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING TEMPORARY DENTAL CROWNS AND BRIDGES - Apparatuses and methods for providing crowns and bridges is disclosed. The apparatuses include provisional preforms which can have cavities, windows and slits that enable material and linear members to extend through for engagement with adjacent teeth or other preforms. The methods also include ways in which to create crowns and bridges using the preforms. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100506 | PREFORMED PROVISIONAL CROWNS AND METHODS FOR CONSTRUCTING TEMPORARY DENTAL CROWNS AND BRIDGES - Apparatuses and methods for providing crowns and bridges is disclosed. The apparatuses include provisional preforms which can have cavities, windows and slits that enable material and linear members to extend through for engagement with adjacent teeth or other preforms. The methods also include ways in which to create crowns and bridges using the preforms. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100507 | METHOD OF FORMING A DENTAL MATRIX - A method of forming a dental matrix includes providing a strip of PTFE tape of a length sufficient to cover a portion of a patient's mouth during a dental procedure, drying the portion of the patient's mouth to which the strip of PTFE tape is to be applied, applying the strip of PTFE tape by stretching the PTFE tape over the portion of the patient's mouth to be protected from exposure to substances used in the at least one dental procedure thus causing the strip of PTFE tape to adhere to the patient's mouth over the portion to be protected, performing the dental procedure, and removing the strip of PTFE tape from the patient's mouth. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100508 | INTERACTIVE DENTAL RESTORATIVE NETWORK - The invention relates to a computer readable medium that includes one or more programs for carrying out a method for restoration of a patient's tooth. The method includes the steps of generating an electronic image of a patient's tooth; providing a preliminary treatment plan for addressing the dental needs of the patient; and forwarding the electronic image and preliminary treatment plan to a dental laboratory so that technician can evaluate the image and treatment plan and in a manner such that the technician and dentist can review and discuss the preliminary treatment plan. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100509 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR REDUCING DRIVING RISK WITH FORESIGHT - A system for creating a coaching session comprises one or more processors and one or more memories. The one or more processors are in communication with the event detector and configured to: receive data of a driving event from an event detector associated with a vehicle; analyze the driving event data to identify risky driving behavior; and create a coaching session in order to reduce the identified risky driving behavior. The coaching session incorporates at least a portion of the data of the driving event. The one or more memories are coupled to the one or more processors and configured to provide the one or more processors instructions. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100510 | METHOD FOR COMPUTER EVALUATION OF CONTAINERS AND FOOD TO OBTAIN OPTIMUM STORAGE AND/OR USE - An evaluation method for containers and food to improve storage and use includes determining particular portions of food correlated with size of storage containers for providing portions of specific calorie content; and/or evaluating types of containers and/or settings for containers to accomplish improved storage time. The method includes an electronic device having a database and the capability of modifying and entering information. Typical information is a food product, and type and size of a particular storage container. The method calculates and provides an appropriate setting for the particular container for the particular food, which enhances storage. The method may enable a consumer to identify a portion of a particular food for placement in a pre-set sized container to create a desired calorie content. The consumer can then easily identify the total amount of calories for a particular combination of portions in a meal. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100511 | DRAWING CARTOONS TO LEARN CURSIVE WRITING - The present invention comprises a method for the instruction of handwriting through the use of cartoon items. Certain cartoons and other drawings may be introduced and students asked to reproduce the cartoon items a number of times; until a desired proficiency is reached. Subsequently, the student may be made aware that a portion or all of the cartoon item also includes a handwriting element. The student may then be instructed in the reproduction of the handwriting element alone. Through this method the student may acquire the necessary skills to reproduce the handwriting element alone, or in combination with other handwriting elements, to achieve proficiency at reproducing the handwriting element. The end result being that handwriting may be learned efficiently in a manner that retains the students' interest. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100512 | INSPECTION APPARATUS AND INSPECTION METHOD - An inspection apparatus includes: a display, a display control section which displays, on a first surface area of the display, instructions for carrying out a plurality of inspection steps with the inspection apparatus, and which displays, on a second surface area of the display that is greater than the first surface area, instructions for carrying one of the inspection steps, and a controller which controls the display control section to display instructions for carrying a first one of the inspection steps on the second surface area before the first one of the inspection steps is performed, and to display instructions for carrying a second one of the inspection steps on the second surface area after the first one of the inspection steps is performed and before the second one of the inspection steps is performed. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100513 | SIMULATED BODY PANEL SYSTEM - A simulated body panel system is provided for aiding a person to learn how to paint a vehicle and for testing new paints and their spray application. The simulated body panel system includes a frame and a relatively thin and flexible body panel incapable of self support. The frame includes a front end, a rear end, a first side, a second side, and a panel support member mounted to the frame. The flexible body panel incapable of self support includes a top face and a bottom face. The body panel can be selectively mounted to and supported by the frame, wherein the body panel bottom face contacts and is supported by the panel support member. | 2012-04-26 |
20120100514 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRAINING OF PERCEPTUAL SKILLS USING NEUROFEEDBACK - Method for training of a perceptual skill, e.g. using a brain computer interface, which method comprises measuring electrophysiological activity in reaction to a sequence of perceptual stimuli. Furthermore, matching the measured electrophysiological activity signal with a predefined electrophysiological signature signal is performed, in which the predefined electrophysiological signature signal corresponds to an early electrophysiological component. Feedback is provided when a match is detected. | 2012-04-26 |