34th week of 2014 patent applcation highlights part 47 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20140234717 | HIGH CAPACITY POSITIVE ELECTRODES FOR USE IN LITHIUM-ION ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - Positive electrode for lithium-ion electrochemical cells are provided that have capacity retentions of greater than about 95% after 50 charge-discharge cycles when comparing the capacity after cycle 52 with the capacity after cycle 2 when cycled between 2.5 V and 4.7 V vs. Li/Li | 2014-08-21 |
20140234718 | CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY FOR CONTROLLING IMPURITY OR SWELLING INCLUDING THE SAME AND METHOD OF PREPARING CATHODE ACTIVE MATERIAL WITH ENHANCED PRODUCTIVITY - Disclosed are a cathode active material represented by Formula 1 below and including a metal cation having a greater ionic radius than a Ni cation and represented by M of Formula 1 at a Li cation site or in an empty space within a crystal lattice so as to prevent mixing of Ni cations into a Li layer, a lithium secondary battery including the same, and a method of preparing the cathode active material which has improved productivity. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234719 | HIGH CAPACITY LITHIUM-ION ELECTROCHEMICAL CELLS AND METHODS OF MAKING SAME - High capacity lithium-ion electrochemical cells and methods of making the same are provided that include a positive electrode that includes a lithium mixed metal oxide having a first irreversible capacity and a negative electrode that includes an alloy anode material having a first irreversible capacity when the anode is delithiated to 0.9 V vs. Li/Li | 2014-08-21 |
20140234720 | ELECTRODE MATERIAL; AND BATTERY, NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE BATTERY, AND CAPACITOR ALL INCORPORATING THE MATERIAL - The invention offers an electrode material that can accomplish both high capacity and high output and a battery, a nonaqueous-electrolyte battery, and a capacitor all incorporating the electrode material. The electrode material has a sheet-shaped aluminum porous body carrying an active material. The above-described aluminum porous body has a skeleton structure that is formed of an aluminum layer and that has a vacant space at the interior. When observed by performing cutting in a direction parallel to the direction of thickness of the sheet, the above-described vacant space in the skeleton structure has an average area of 500 μm | 2014-08-21 |
20140234721 | Mesoporous Silicon Compound used as Lithium-Ion Cell Negative Electrode Material and Preparation Method Thereof - A mesoporous silicon compound includes a mesoporous silicon phase, a metal silicide phase, and a carbon phase. The metal silicide is embedded in mesoporous silicon particles, the surfaces of which are coated with a carbon layer. A weight ratio of elemental silicon to the metal element is from 2:3 to 900:1. The pores of the mesoporous silicon particles have a size distribution from two nanometers to eighty nanometers. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234722 | Si/C COMPOSITE MATERIAL, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND ELECTRODE - The present invention provides composite material in which Si and carbon are combined so as to form an unprecedented structure; method for fabricating the same; and negative electrode material for lithium-ion batteries ensuring high charge-discharge capacity and high cycle performance. By heating an aggregate of Si nanoparticles and using a source gas containing carbon, a carbon layer is formed on each of the Si particles. Walls | 2014-08-21 |
20140234723 | CATHODE UNIT FOR AN ALKALINE METAL/SULFUR BATTERY HAVING AN OPTIMISED ARRESTER STRUCTURE - The invention relates to a cathode unit for an alkaline metal/sulphur battery, containing a cathode arrester, which comprises a carbon substrate, and an electrochemically active component, which is selected from sulphur or an alkaline metal sulphide and is in electrically conductive contact with the carbon substrate. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234724 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING BATTERY ELECTRODE - A battery electrode is obtained by a method comprising: mixing active material (A), carbon fibers (B) having a fiber diameter of not less than 50 nm and not more than 300 nm, carbon fibers (C) having a fiber diameter of not less than 5 nm and not more than 40 nm, carbon black (D) and a binder (E) by dry process to obtain a mixture; to the mixture, adding not less than 5/95 and not more than 20/80 of a liquid medium by mass relative to the total mass of the active material (A), the carbon fibers (B), the carbon fibers (C), carbon black (D) and the binder (E); performing kneading while applying shear stress; and shaping the kneaded material into a sheet form. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234725 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE BATTERY AND NONAQUEOUS-ELECTROLYTE BATTERY - Provided is a method for producing a nonaqueous-electrolyte battery. A positive-electrode body | 2014-08-21 |
20140234726 | Lithium Battery with Composite Solid Electrolyte - An electrochemical cell in one embodiment includes a negative electrode including a form of lithium, a positive electrode spaced apart from the negative electrode, a separator positioned between the negative electrode and the positive electrode, and a first lithium ion conducting and ionically insulating composite solid electrolyte layer positioned between the negative electrode and the positive electrode. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234727 | NON-AQUEOUS ELECTROLYTE SOLUTION AND ELECTRICITY-STORAGE DEVICE USING SAME - A nonaqueous electrolytic solution that is capable of improving the electrochemical characteristics in a broad temperature range, and an energy storage device using the same are provided, and the nonaqueous electrolytic solution contains a nonaqueous solvent having dissolved therein an electrolyte salt, in which the nonaqueous solvent contains two or more kinds of cyclic carbonates selected from ethylene carbonate, propylene carbonate, 1,2-butylene carbonate, 2,3-butylene carbonate, 4-fluoro-1,3-dioxolan-2-one, trans- or cis-4,5-difluoro-1,3-dioxolan-2-one, vinylene carbonate, vinyl ethylene carbonate and 4-ethynyl-1,3-dioxolan-2-one, and the nonaqueous electrolytic solution further contains a cyclic acid anhydride represented by the following general formula (I) having bonded thereto a side chain that has 3 or more carbon atoms and has a double bond or a triple bond at an end thereof in an amount of from 0.01 to 10% by mass: | 2014-08-21 |
20140234728 | ELECTROLYTE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY INCLUDING THE SAME - Disclosed are an electrolyte for a lithium secondary battery which includes a non-aqueous solvent and a lithium salt, wherein the non-aqueous solvent includes an anion receptor, a cyclic carbonate, and a linear solvent, wherein an amount of the cyclic carbonate is in a range of 1 wt % to 30 wt % based on a total weight of the non-aqueous solvent, and a lithium secondary battery including the same. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234729 | NON-AQUEOUS LIQUID ELECTROLYTE FOR SECONDARY BATTERY AND SECONDARY BATTERY - A non-aqueous liquid electrolyte for a secondary battery, containing an electrolyte, and at least one or more cyclopropane compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the following formula (I-1), a compound represented by the following formula (II-1), and a compound represented by the following formula (III-1) in an organic solvent, | 2014-08-21 |
20140234730 | Metal/Oxygen Battery with Oxygen Pressure Management - A vehicular battery system includes an oxygen reservoir supported by a vehicle, a vehicular battery system stack operably connected to the oxygen reservoir and a multistage compressor, the vehicular battery system stack including an active material which consumes oxygen from the oxygen reservoir during discharge, at least one sensor configured to generate a pressure signal associated with a pressure in the oxygen reservoir, a memory, and a processor operably connected to the memory and the at least one sensor, the processor configured to execute program instructions stored within the memory to obtain the pressure signal, and control the state of charge of the vehicular battery system stack based upon the obtained pressure signal. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234731 | Metal/Air Battery with Gas Separation Nanostructure - A metal/air electrochemical cell in one embodiment includes a negative electrode, a positive electrode, an oxygen supply, and a closed oxygen conducting membrane less than about 50 microns thick located between the oxygen supply and the positive electrode. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234732 | ANODE FOR LITHIUM SECONDARY BATTERY, FABRICATING METHOD THEREOF AND LITHIUM AIR BATTERY HAVING THE SAME - Provided is an anode for a lithium secondary battery capable of improving the performance and the life of a lithium air battery by forming the anode so that lithium metal is sealed, but migration of lithium ions is possible, and thus, preventing corrosion of a lithium metal and the generation of hydrogen gas caused by permeation of moisture and oxygen gas into the anode, a manufacturing method thereof, and a lithium air battery containing the same. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234733 | CATHODE, LITHIUM AIR BATTERY INCLUDING SAME, AND PREPARATION METHOD THEREOF - An air battery cathode including an organic-inorganic composite material including lyophobic nanopores, the organic-inorganic composite material including a porous metal oxide, and a lyophobic layer on a surface of a pore of the porous metal oxide and having a contact angle of greater than about 90°; and a binder. Also a lithium air battery including the cathode, and a method of manufacture the cathode. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234734 | REVERSIBLE FUEL CELL AND REVERSIBLE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - A reversible fuel cell includes a positive electrode containing manganese dioxide, a negative electrode containing a hydrogen storage material, a separator disposed between the positive electrode and the negative electrode, and an electrolyte. Each of the negative electrode and the positive electrode is an electrode for power generation and is also an electrode that applies electrolysis to the electrolyte using electric current to be fed from the outside. This cell is capable of storing electric energy to be supplied at the time of overcharge by converting the electric energy into gas, and is also capable of reconverting the gas into electric energy in order to utilize the electric energy. Accordingly, there are provided a reversible fuel cell and a reversible fuel cell system each of which is excellent in energy utilization efficiency, energy density and load following capability. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234735 | HIGH TEMPERATURE FUEL CELL/ELECTROLYZER SYSTEM WITH ENERGY STORAGE MEDIA AND AUXILIARIES OUTSIDE THE FUEL CELL POWER GENERATOR - A fuel cell system ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140234736 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL DEVICE - The present invention is a solid oxide fuel cell device with a load following function for changing a fuel supply rate in response to a load defined as a required power determined by demand power. The solid oxide fuel cell device comprises a fuel cell module having a fuel cell stack composed of a plurality of solid oxide fuel cells and a reformer for reforming fuel and supplying the fuel to the fuel cells; an inverter for receiving electrical power generated by the fuel cell module and converting the power to alternating power; a command power value setting device for setting a command power value to be generated by the fuel cell module based on the amount of load; a fuel control device for determining an fuel supply rate and supplying the fuel by the fuel supply rate to the fuel cells so as to generate the command power value; an inverter permitted power value instruction device for instructing to the inverter an inverter permitted power value corresponding to the command power value, which is the permitted amount of power to be extracted from the fuel cell module, after the fuel has been supplied by the fuel supply rate to the fuel cells by the fuel control device; and an inverter permitted power value change device for changing an amount of change per unit time in a next inverter permitted power value based on a temperature inside the fuel cell module and outputting the amount of change per unit time to the inverter permitted power value instruction device; wherein the inverter permitted power value change device changes the amount of change per unit time in the inverter permitted power value to be larger, the higher the temperature is, in a temperature region equal to or lower than a first predetermined temperature, and to be smaller, the higher the temperature is, in a temperature region equal to or higher than a second predetermined temperature. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234737 | ENERGY SOURCE FOR OPERATING WATERCRAFT - An arrangement for charging a substrate reservoir for boats or underwater boats when traveling at the surface, comprising an energy source which is either a propulsion system driven with fossil fuels or a nuclear-powered propulsion system, and a DC current generator operated therewith; a reservoir tank for distilled or deionized water; an electrolyzer for conversion of the water from the reservoir tank with the DC current from the energy source to hydrogen and oxygen; a chemical reactor for production of a high-energy form of the substrate having an extensive π-conjugated system by chemical reaction by means of hydrogen; and a storage means for the high-energy form of the substrate produced in the reactor. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234738 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL SYSTEM - The invention is a solid oxide fuel cell system including: a fuel cell module, a fuel flow regulator unit, a first power demand detection device, a control section for controlling a fuel supply amount and setting the current value extractable from the fuel cell module, an inverter for extracting current in a range not exceeding the extractable current value, and a power state detecting sensor for detecting actual extracted current value; whereby if actual extracted current value declines, then under circumstances where power demand begins to rise in a state of extra margin in the fuel supply amount after the controller suddenly decreases the extractable current value and suddenly reduces the electrical collector, the controller increases the extractable current value at a high current rise rate of change. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234739 | PASSIVE TEMPERATURE SUPERVISION DEVICE FOR A COMPRESSED GAS FUEL TANK - Passive temperature supervision devices for detecting temperature changes in compressed gaseous fuel storage systems of fuel cell systems. More specifically, systems and methods for detecting temperature changes in compressed gaseous fuel storage systems such as compressed gaseous fuel tanks of motor vehicles, where increases and decreases in temperature can be detected without the need for electric supervision systems. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234740 | DIRECT OXIDATION FUEL CELL SYSTEM WITH UNIFORM VAPOR DELIVERY OF FUEL - In one embodiment, a membrane electrode assembly of a fuel cell has an anode aspect and a cathode aspect. A fuel distribution structure is disposed adjacent to the anode aspect. The fuel distribution structure has a fuel feed port configured to receive and inject liquid fuel to a flow field plate. The flow field plate has flow channels formed therein that split and spread from the fuel feed port to exit ports. The flow channels are configured to convey heat to fuel passing there through to substantially convert the liquid fuel to vaporous fuel within the flow channels. The exit ports are configured to deliver the resulting vaporous fuel to the anode aspect to substantially uniformly distribute fuel across the anode aspect. Further, an enthalpy exchanger and heat spreader assembly is in thermal contact with the fuel distribution structure and configured to provide to it heat from fuel cell operation. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234741 | FUEL CELL APPARATUS - A fuel cell apparatus includes a fuel cell generating electric power, and including a fuel electrode which includes an anode catalyst, which is disposed in one side of an electrolyte membrane, which is supplied with liquid fuel, and which discharges gas generated by a chemical reaction accelerated by the anode catalyst, and an oxidizing agent electrode which includes a cathode catalyst, which is disposed in the other side of the electrolyte membrane, and which is supplied with air, and a control unit controlling a load applied to the fuel cell. The control unit increases the load in at least one of two cases, one case being when electric power generated by the fuel cell lowers below a predetermined reference value and another case being at predetermined time intervals, and stops the increase of the load after elapsing a predetermined time period from the start of the increase of the load. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234742 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack includes a plurality of power generation units, a reactant gas channel, and a coolant channel. The plurality of power generation units are stacked in a stacking direction to provide a stacked body and each includes a first separator, a first electrolyte electrode assembly, a second separator, a second electrolyte electrode assembly, and a third separator. The first electrolyte electrode assembly is provided on the first separator. The second separator is provided on the first electrolyte electrode assembly. The second electrolyte electrode assembly is provided on the second separator. The first electrolyte electrode assembly and the second electrolyte electrode assembly each include an electrolyte and a pair of electrodes sandwiching the electrolyte therebetween. The third separator is provided on the second electrolyte electrode assembly. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234743 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack is formed by stacking a plurality of fuel cells in a stacking direction, and at both ends in the stacking direction of the fuel cells, a first end plate and a second plate are provided. An oxygen-containing gas supply connection pipe connected to an oxygen-containing gas supply passage is attached to the first end plate. In the oxygen-containing gas supply connection pipe, the opening cross sectional area of an intermediate pipe portion is larger than the opening cross sectional area of an oxygen-containing gas inlet and the opening cross sectional area of an oxygen-containing gas outlet. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234744 | STACK ASSEMBLY - A solid oxide fuel or solid oxide electrolysis cell Stack assembly ( | 2014-08-21 |
20140234745 | ENHANCED BONDING IN FUEL CELLS - Methods, systems, and articles relating to enhanced bonding of layers in a planar fuel cell. A planar fuel cell having a composite layer is bonded to an outer layer (e.g., a fuel or fluid manifold) using intrusions that extend through an electrolyte layer and into an underlying layer (e.g., a substrate component or a current-collector component). | 2014-08-21 |
20140234746 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack includes a stacked body, a first terminal plate, a first insulator, a first end plate, a second terminal plate, a second insulator, a second end plate, a fluid manifold, a fluid channel, a fluid hole, a first connection passage, and a second connection passage. The stacked body includes a plurality of separators and a membrane electrode assembly. The plurality of separators and the membrane electrode assembly are stacked in a stacking direction. The membrane electrode assembly includes an electrolyte membrane and a pair of electrodes sandwiching the electrolyte membrane therebetween. The stacked body has a first end and a second end opposite to the first end in the stacking direction. The first terminal plate, the first insulator, and the first end plate are disposed at the first end of the stacked body. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234747 | FUEL CELL STACK - A fuel cell stack includes a stacked body which includes separators and a membrane electrode assembly. A first terminal plate, a first insulator, and a first end plate are disposed at a first end of the stacked body. A second terminal plate, a second insulator, and a second end plate are disposed at a second end of the stacked body. Each of the first terminal plate and the second terminal plate is provided in a first recessed portion formed in each of the first insulator and the second insulator. Each of the first and second insulators includes an outer peripheral part and a protrusion and recess portion in the outer peripheral part which is in contact with each of the separators that is disposed at the first and second ends. The protrusion and recess portion has a shape corresponding to a protrusion and recess shape of the separator. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234748 | METALLIC BIPOLAR PLATE FOR A PROTON-EXCHANGE MEMBRANCE FUEL CELL - A metallic plate for a proton-exchange membrane fuel cell (PEMFC) having, on at least one of its surfaces, a coating including: conductive material fillers; a polymer used as a binder; and a metal cation absorbing compound. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234749 | ELECTROLYTE MEMBRANE-ELECTRODE STRUCTURE WITH RESIN FRAME FOR FUEL CELLS - An electrolyte membrane-electrode structure with a resin frame is provided with: an electrolyte membrane-electrode structure that is provided with an anode-side electrode and a cathode-side electrode, with a solid polymer electrolyte membrane being held therebetween; and a resin frame member that is arranged around the outer periphery of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane. An intermediate layer is continuously arranged: between an outer peripheral end portion of the cathode-side electrode and a first inner peripheral end portion of the resin frame member; on an outer peripheral end portion of the solid polymer electrolyte membrane, said outer peripheral end portion being exposed outside the outer peripheral end portion of the cathode-side electrode; and between an outer peripheral end portion of the anode-side electrode and a second inner peripheral end portion of the resin frame member. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234750 | IMMOBILIZED HETEROPOLY ACIDS AND THE USE OF THE SAME FOR ELECTRODE STABILIZATION AND ENHANCEMENT - The use of fuel cells to produce electricity are known as an environmentally clean and reliable source of energy, and show promise as an automotive power source if the polymer electrolyte membrane fuel cell can be made less expensive, more durable, reduce or eliminate humidification of the reactive gases, and operate at temperatures encountered during automotive operating conditions. The use of an electro-catalyst formed from heteropoly acids immobilized by a conductive material, such as carbon or platinum black, and stabilizing a metallic black with the immobilized conductive material addressed these automotive fuel cell needs. Coating the fuel cell electrode, polymer electrolyte assembly with a nano-particle catalyst derived from a heteropoly acid provided anodic carbon monoxide tolerance at anodic overpotentials and an active cathodic oxygen reduction. The heteropoly acids can also function as supercapacitor electrode films. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234751 | SOLID OXIDE FUEL CELL AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF - There are provided a solid oxide fuel cell capable of firmly sealing an anode while simultaneously securing rigidity of an anode support structure, and a manufacturing method thereof. The solid oxide fuel cell includes an electrolyte layer, a cathode provided on one surface of the electrolyte layer, an anode provided on the other surface of the electrolyte layer, and at least one reinforcing member disposed within the anode to reinforce rigidity thereof. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234752 | Scheelite-Structured Composite Metal Oxide with Oxygen Ionic Conductivity - A composite metal oxide represented by the formula | 2014-08-21 |
20140234753 | REDOX FLOW BATTERIES BASED ON SUPPORTING SOLUTIONS CONTAINING CHLORIDE - Redox flow battery systems having a supporting solution that contains Cl | 2014-08-21 |
20140234754 | FUEL CELL SEPARATOR SEALING MATERIAL - In a fuel cell separator comprising a separator substrate, a first primer layer, a second primer layer, and an elastomeric seal layer, the first primer layer is formed by firing an organometallic compound, the second primer layer is formed by firing an organosilicon compound having a Si—H group, and the elastomeric seal layer is formed by curing a liquid addition-curable silicone rubber composition comprising an alkenyl-containing base polymer and an Si—H group-containing crosslinker. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234755 | MASK BLANK SUBSTRATE, MASK BLANK, REFLECTIVE MASK BLANK, TRANSFER MASK, REFLECTIVE MASK, AND METHODS OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A mask blank substrate is provided with a substrate mark comprising an oblique section. The inclination angle of the substrate mark with respect to a main surface is greater than 45° and less than 90° and the distance from the boundary between the main surface and the substrate mark to the outer periphery of the mask blank substrate is less than 1.5 mm. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234756 | REFLECTIVE MASK BLANK FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY, AND REFLECTIVE LAYER-COATED SUBSTRATE FOR EUV LITHOGRAPHY - To provide a mask blank for EUVL wherein the incident angle dependence of EUV reflectivity and the film stress in a Mo/Si multilayer reflective film are improved, and a reflective layer-equipped substrate for such a mask blank. The reflective layer-equipped substrate for EUV lithography (EUVL), comprises a substrate, and a reflective layer for reflecting EUV light, formed on the substrate, wherein the reflective layer comprises a second multilayer reflective film having a Mo layer and a Si layer alternately stacked plural times on the substrate, an adjustment layer stacked on the second multilayer reflective film, and a first multilayer reflective film having a Mo layer and a Si layer alternately stacked plural times on the adjustment layer. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234757 | TEST PAD STRUCTURE FOR REUSE OF INTERCONNECT LEVEL MASKS - A test pad structure in a back-end-of-line metal interconnect structure is formed by repeated use of the same mask set, which includes a first line level mask, a first via level mask, a second line level mask, and a second via level mask. The test pad structure includes a two-dimensional array of test pads such that a first row is connected to a device macro structure in the same level, and test pads in another row are electrically connected to another device macro structure of the same design at an underlying level. The lateral shifting of electrical connection among pads located at different levels is enabled by lateral extension portions that protrude from pads and via structures that contact the lateral extension portions. This test pad structure includes more levels of testable metal interconnect structure than the number of used lithographic masks. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234758 | Photosensitive Resin Composition for Color Filter and Color Filter Using the Same - Disclosed are a photosensitive resin composition for a color filter and a color filter using the same. The photosensitive resin composition for a color filter includes (A) a dye represented by the following Chemical Formula 1, (B) an alkali soluble resin, (C) a photopolymerizable monomer, (D) a photopolymerization initiator, and (E) a solvent. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234759 | ACTINIC RAY- OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, ACTINIC RAY- OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE FILM AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN - According to one embodiment, there is provided an actinic ray- or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing
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20140234760 | TRANSLUCENT ELECTROMAGNETIC SHIELD FILM, PRODUCING METHOD THEREFOR AND EMULSIFIER - A producing method for a translucent electromagnetic shield film comprising exposing a photosensitive material having an emulsion layer containing a silver salt and a dye on a substrate, then executing a development process to form a metallic silver portion and a light transmitting portion respectively in an exposed area and an unexposed area, and applying a physical development and/or a plating process to the metallic silver portion thereby causing the metallic silver portion to carry a conductive metal. The producing method allows to inexpensively mass produce a translucent electromagnetic shield film without a moiré pattern, having a high EMI shield property and a high transparency at the same time. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234761 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD, MULTI-LAYERED RESIST PATTERN, MULTI-LAYERED FILM FOR ORGANIC SOLVENT DEVELOPMENT, RESIST COMPOSITION, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A pattern forming method contains: (i) a step of forming a first film on a substrate by using a first resin composition (I), (ii) a step of forming a second film on the first film by using a second resin composition (II) different from the resin composition (I), (iii) a step of exposing a multi-layered film having the first film and the second film, and (iv) a step of developing the first film and the second film in the exposed multi-layered film by using an organic solvent-containing developer to form a negative pattern. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234762 | PATTERN FORMING METHOD, ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, ACTINIC RAY-SENSITIVE OR RADIATION-SENSITIVE FILM, MANUFACTURING METHOD OF ELECTRONIC DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A pattern forming method including: a process of forming a film using an actinic ray-sensitive or radiation-sensitive resin composition containing a resin including a Repeating Unit (a1) having a group capable of being decomposed by acid and generating a carboxyl group, and a compound capable of generating acid through irradiation of actinic rays or radiation; a process of exposing the film; and a process of developing the exposed film using a developer including an organic solvent to form a negative tone pattern, wherein the value X obtained by substituting the number of each atom included in the Repeating Unit (a1) after being decomposed by acid and generating a carboxyl group in the following formula is 02014-08-21 | |
20140234763 | IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS AND PROCESS CARTRIDGE - An image forming apparatus includes an image bearing member having a photosensitive layer and a sub-surface layer having a charge transportability, overlying the photosensitive layer
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20140234764 | ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC MEMBER, PROCESS CARTRIDGE, AND ELECTROPHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS - Provided is an electrophotographic member for an electrophotographic apparatus, which suppresses the occurrence of a banding image caused by uneven charging. The electrophotographic member includes: an electroconductive substrate; and a surface layer, in which: the surface layer includes a binder resin and an aggregate of at least one crystal particle selected from the group consisting of a flaky crystal particle of magnesium carbonate and a flaky crystal particle of calcium carbonate; an edge face of a card house structure formed of the crystal particle is exposed at a surface of the aggregate; a surface of the surface layer includes a convex portion derived from the aggregate; and a surface of the convex portion has unevenness reflecting a shape of the edge face of the card house structure exposed at the surface of the aggregate. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234765 | BRILLIANT TONER, ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPER, AND TONER CARTRIDGE - A brilliant toner includes a metallic pigment, and a Fe content in the brilliant toner is from 0.001% by weight to 2% by weight. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234766 | TONER TO DEVELOP ELECTROSTATIC LATENT IMAGES | 2014-08-21 |
20140234767 | ELECTROSTATIC CHARGE IMAGE DEVELOPING TONER - Provided is an electrostatic charge image developing toner, including: toner base particles including a polyester resin as a binder resin; and an external additive on the surface of the toner base particles. The external additive includes silica. The silica is produced by sol-gel method, and is aspherical. The percentage of change in the specific surface area of the toner when it is stored under high-temperature, high-humidity conditions is from 25% to 45%. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234768 | TONER AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - Provided is a method for producing a toner including: aggregating colorant particles and release agent particles, thereby forming aggregates containing the colorant particles and the release agent particles; aggregating binder resin particles and the obtained aggregates containing the colorant particles and the release agent particles, thereby forming toner particle precursors; and aggregating and fusing the obtained toner particle precursors, thereby forming toner particles, wherein when the average circularity of the toner particles is represented by Rt, Rt satisfies the following formula (1): 0.85≦Rt≦0.92 (1). | 2014-08-21 |
20140234769 | LIQUID DEVELOPER - A liquid developer includes an insulating liquid and a plurality of toner particles. The plurality of toner particles has a median size not smaller than 1 μm and not greater than 3 μm as a whole. In the plurality of toner particles, average circularity is not smaller than 0.90 and not greater than 0.96, and a standard deviation of circularity is not smaller than 0.02 and not greater than 0.10. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234770 | LIQUID DEVELOPER - A liquid developer includes an insulating liquid and a plurality of toner particles. The plurality of toner particles has a volume-based median size not smaller than 0.5 μm and not greater than 3 μm as a whole, and a volume-based coefficient of variation not lower than 40% and not higher than 130%. The plurality of toner particles includes a first toner particle group of the toner particles having a particle size not greater than 1 μm. The number of toner particles constituting the first toner particle group occupies not lower than 20% of the total number of toner particles. The toner particles in the first toner particle group have an average circularity not smaller than 0.945. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234771 | ELECTROSTATIC INK COMPOSITION - The present invention provides an electrostatic ink composition comprising a carrier liquid, a resin, a pigment and a conductive polymer. Method for producing the electrostatic ink composition and methods for printing the composition are also disclosed. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234772 | PHOTO RESIST (PR) PROFILE CONTROL - One or more techniques or systems for controlling a profile for photo resist (PR) are provided herein. In some embodiments, a first shield layer is formed on a first PR layer and a second PR layer is formed on the first shield layer. A first window is formed within the second PR layer during a first exposure with a mask. A second window is formed within the first shield layer based on the first window. A third window is formed within the first PR layer during a second exposure without a mask. Because, the third window is formed while the first shield layer and the second PR layer are on the first PR layer, a profile associated with the first PR layer is controlled. Contamination during ion bombardment is mitigated due to the controlled profile. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234773 | METHOD OF COATING RESIST AND RESIST COATING APPARATUS - An aspect of the present embodiment, there is provided a method of coating resist, including providing solvent on a substrate to be processed being set to be nearly still, and rotating the substrate to be processed to provide resist solution on the substrate to be processed from a resist supply nozzle in a state that a top edge of the resist supply nozzle is inserted into the solvent. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234774 | PHOTOACTIVE COMPOUND AND LIGHT-SENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION COMPRISING SAME - The present application relates to a photoactive compound including an oxime ester group and a phosphonate group together, and a photosensitive resin composition comprising the same, the compound of the present application having excellent storage stability and high-temperature process characteristics. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234775 | POSITIVE-TYPE PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION, AND INSULATING FILM AND OLED FORMED USING THE SAME - This invention relates to a positive-type photosensitive resin composition which includes an alkali soluble polyimide resin, a diazide-based photosensitive compound and a sensitivity enhancer, and in which the use of a polyimide resin wherein the degree of imidization of imidized polyimide resin is 50˜75% exhibits a light transmittance of 95% or more in the visible light wavelength range (400˜650 nm) as well as high developability in a patterning process, and to an insulating film and an OLED formed using the same. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234776 | PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND METHOD OF FORMING PATTERN USING THE SAME - A photosensitive resin composition includes: an acrylic copolymer comprising a polymerization product of a first monomer comprising at least one selected from an unsaturated carboxylic acid and an unsaturated carboxylic acid anhydride, and a second monomer comprising an olefin-based unsaturated compound; a photosensitive component comprising at least one 1,2-quinonediazide-5-sulfonic acid ester compound selected from compounds represented by Chemical Formulae 1 to 4; a coupling agent; and a solvent, wherein a total amount of asymmetric compounds in the photosensitive component is greater than or equal to 45 area percent as determined by high performance liquid chromatography: | 2014-08-21 |
20140234777 | PHOTOSENSITIVE COMPOSITION, CURED FILM AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THEREOF, AND ELECTRONIC PART - It is an object of the present invention to improve the curability of a resin composition and a photosensitive composition suitably employed to form e.g., a surface protecting film and an interlaminar insulating film of e.g., an electronic part, while reducing the internal stress remaining in a substrate when the composition is used to form a cured film on the substrate. The photosensitive composition includes a resin (A) having a phenolic hydroxyl group, a crosslinking agent (B1) having at least two oxazoline groups and a crosslinking agent (B2) having at least two groups represented by —CH | 2014-08-21 |
20140234778 | METHOD FOR RECYCLING PLATE-MAKING PROCESSING WASTE SOLUTION - A method of recycling waste liquid from a plate-making process, including: performing a plate-making process using a development replenisher liquid that includes at least one selected from the group consisting of anionic surfactants having a naphthalene skeleton and nonionic surfactants having a naphthalene skeleton at a total content of from 1% by mass to 10% by mass, includes no or not more than 2% by mass of organic solvent having a boiling point of from 100° C. to 300° C., and has a pH of from 10 to 13; concentrating, by evaporating, the discharged plate-making process waste liquid, such that the ratio of the volume of the plate-making process waste liquid after concentration to the volume of the plate-making process waste liquid before concentration is within a range of from 1/10 to 1/2, thereby separating water vapor; and using the obtained regenerated water as diluent water and/or rinse water. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234779 | Flexible Circuit Electrode Array and a Method for Backside Processing of a Flexible Circuit Electrode Device - The invention involves a flexible circuit electrode array device comprising: a polymer layer; wherein the polymer layer includes one or more metal traces, an electrode array; one or more bond pads; and the electrode array is located on the opposite side of the polymer layer. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234780 | LITHOGRAPHY WITH REDUCED FEATURE PITCH USING ROTATING MASK TECHNIQUES - Embodiments of the present invention are directed to techniques for obtaining patterns of features. One set of techniques uses multiple-pass rolling mask lithography to obtain the desired feature pattern. Another technique uses a combination of rolling mask lithography and a self-aligned plasmonic mask lithography to obtain a desired feature pitch. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234781 | PATTERN FORMING PROCESS - A pattern is formed by coating a resist composition comprising a resin comprising recurring units having an acid labile group, a photoacid generator, and a first organic solvent onto a processable substrate, prebaking, exposing, PEB, and developing in an organic solvent developer to form a negative pattern; heating the negative pattern to render it resistant to a second organic solvent; coating a solution containing Si, Ti, Zr, Hf, and/or Al and the second organic solvent thereon, prebaking, and dry etching to effect image reversal for converting the negative pattern into a positive pattern. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234782 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE - A method for manufacturing a semiconductor device according to an embodiment of the invention includes applying a resist on a substrate surface in a resist application apparatus, light-exposing the resist on the substrate surface in a light exposure apparatus, and after the light-exposing the resist, developing the resist in a development apparatus. The resist is a negative resist. The developing the resist includes mounting the substrate on a support stage including a rotating mechanism of the development apparatus, after the mounting the substrate on the support stage, developing the resist, after the mounting the substrate on the support stage, removing the resist on a peripheral edge of the substrate, and after the developing the resist, and after the removing the resist on the peripheral edge of the substrate, dismounting the substrate from the support stage. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234783 | RINSE SOLUTION FOR LITHOGRAPHY AND PATTERN FORMATION METHOD EMPLOYING THE SAME - The present invention provides a rinse solution for lithography and a pattern formation method using the solution. They can improve the pattern collapse, surface roughness and surface defects. The solution contains at least a sulfonic acid a nonionic surfactant having an alkyleneoxy group and water. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234784 | DEVELOPING SOLUTION AND DEVELOPMENT PROCESSING METHOD OF PHOTOSENSITIVE RESIN COMPOSITION - A developing solution for a polyimide precursor containing N,N,N′,N′-tetramethylurea and a lower alcohol having 1 to 5 carbon atoms. The developing solution increases a development margin and results in little or no decrease of the film thickness of a polyimide-based resin film. A development processing method of a photosensitive polyimide resin composition including developing a photosensitive polyimide precursor resin composition, at least a part of which is exposed, with the developing solution; and a pattern formation method including forming a coating film or molding including a photosensitive polyimide precursor resin composition, selectively exposing the coating film or molding, and developing the exposed coating film or molding by the development processing method. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234785 | PATTERN FORMING PROCESS - A pattern is formed by coating a chemically amplified resist composition comprising a resin having a dissolution rate in an organic solvent developer that lowers under the action of acid onto a processable substrate, prebaking, exposing the resist film, PEB, developing in an organic solvent developer to form a negative pattern, coating a solution comprising Si, Ti, Zr, Hf or Al, prebaking, and dry etching to effect image reversal for converting the negative pattern into a positive pattern. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234786 | OSCILLATING COMBUSTOR WITH PULSED CHARGER - An oscillating combustor can support a time-sequenced combustion reaction having rich and lean phases by applying a variable voltage charge to a fuel stream or flame that flows adjacent to a conductive or semiconductive flame holder held in electrical continuity with an activation voltage. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234787 | MIXED FUEL VACUUM BURNER-REACTOR - A mixed-fuel vacuum burner-reactor includes a primary combustion chamber having a conical interior and a first set of directing blades. The conical interior is connected to an intake manifold on one end and a reduction nozzle on the other end. Injectors are mounted perpendicularly to the reduction nozzle to inject a second fuel into the primary combustion chamber. The reduction nozzle is connected to a cylindrical secondary combustion chamber having a second set of directing blades configured to direct air into the secondary combustion chamber. Methods of efficiently burning mixed fuels in a triple-vortex vacuum burner-reactor are also disclosed. Vacuum conditions are created and fuels are introduced into a conical primary combustion chamber. The fuels are passed over a first set of directing blades to form three vortices before additional fuels are injected in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of the first set of fuels. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234788 | THERMALLY CONTROLLED COMBUSTION SYSTEM - Contemplated configurations and methods are presented for effectively controlling the temperature in an oxy-fuel combustion system. Contemplated systems preferably introduce water independent of the fuel and oxygen into the combustion chamber. Water is injected through one or more nozzles, wherein water is atomized or sprayed, creating boundary layer cool zones in a boiler system and wherein water is recovered. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234789 | OSCILLATING COMBUSTOR - An oscillating combustor may support a time-sequenced combustion reaction having rich and lean phases. The rich and lean phases may be determined according to a flame position relative to a diverging fuel jet. The flame location may be modulated responsive to an interaction between applying a constant voltage or charge rate to a fuel stream or flame, and modulating continuity between a conductive or semiconductive flame holder and an activation voltage. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234790 | BIRTHDAY CANDLE BLOW HORN APPARATUS AND METHOD THEREOF - The present invention relates generally to a birthday candle blow horn apparatus, and method thereof. More particularly, the invention encompasses a blow horn having a conical shape, and wherein the wider end of the blow horn could have a capping layer, and where the narrower end is open for the passage of air, such that when a strike is made on the capping layer a puff of air is blasted from the narrower end, which air can be used to extinguish a small flame, a lit candle, or a flame of a birthday candle. The inventive candle blow horn could also have at least one mechanical striker, or a propeller, or a fan, to blow or extinguish a flame. This invention prevents the blowing of small flames with a person's mouth, thereby avoiding the spraying of bacteria, germs, saliva, food particles, and other contaminating particles, on a birthday cake. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234791 | DECORATIVE BOTTLE CANDLE CONTAINER - A candle container is provided including a generally hollow cylindrical base having a cavity configured to retain a candle. A lid is removably coupled to the base. The lid has a first portion adjacent a first end and a second portion near a second end. The first portion of the lid is generally complementary to the base. An insert is adhered to an interior surface of the first portion of the lid. The insert extends generally beyond a first end of the lid such that when the lid is attached to the base, a portion of the seal is received within the cavity of the base. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234792 | Evaporator Arrangement - An evaporator arrangement for an evaporator burner for a mobile heating device is provided, having: an evaporator body support into which a fuel supply line for supplying a liquid fuel opens, and an evaporator body for distributing and evaporating the liquid fuel. The evaporator body comprises at least one layer of a metal woven fabric of interwoven metal wires. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234793 | MOIST HEAT DRUG DELIVERY APPARATUS AND METHOD - A novel moist steam heating cabinet unit is used as a medical device for humidification, hydration, and dispensing of medicinal hot packs. The technology provides multifunctional options from both medicine and non-medicinal hot pack treatment, as well as for other applications and uses, for example—including creation, manufacturing, and curing of pharmaceutical compounds that require a controlled steam process and method. A moist heating device is a unit designed and constructed to deliver a timed, heated fluidic steam coming from a moisture-heating source. This moist heating by employing steam heat activates the therapeutic potential of a portable topical compress or hot pack with a applicator of various shapes and sizes, for transdermal use and neat applications of a “wet medicinal dressing.” The moisture provides the activating liquid and fluidic environment for the flowing through, titrating, and permeating delivery of hydrous and anhydrous drugs or medicaments held within a medicinal pack. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234794 | METHOD FOR SHAPING AN ORTHODONTIC WIRE MADE OF A SHAPE-MEMORY MATERIAL, AND ASSOCIATED WIRE - Method for shaping an orthodontic wire, made of a shape-memory material, into a target geometry in order to permit precise insertion into a patient-specific orthodontic apparatus, said method having the following steps: a) creating a patient-specific target set-up of the upper jaw or lower jaw of the patient, b) placing brackets on teeth to be treated in the target set-up, c) preparing a two-dimensional image of the target set-up with brackets in a plan view, d) loading the image into a data processor, e) identifying the position of the slots of the brackets in the image, f) exporting data on the position of the slots from the data processor, g) creating a baking mould for the shape-memory wire, wherein the data are used to help generate wire-fixing portions in the baking mould that maintain the wire in areas corresponding to the slots during the baking, h) inserting the wire into the baking mould, and i) baking the wire. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234795 | DEVICE FOR GENERATING GASEOUS SPECIES - The present invention provides a device for generating a non-thermal gas species which may be a flow of gas plasma in the form of a gas plasma plume emitted from the device. The device comprises a gas capsule, or pressure vessel for holding a gas or gases under pressure and forming a flow of gas through a reaction generator to an applicator when released from the capsule. Gas released from the gas capsule is energised in the reaction generator to form the gas plasma. The device is designed to be hand held and hand operated so that it may be used for cleaning and whitening teeth as well as other applications. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234796 | METHOD FOR PERIODONTAL DISEASE MEASUREMENT - The method for periodontal disease measurement of the present invention includes: using a plurality of cross-sectional images provided by x-ray CT images of teeth and periodontal tissues to detect a contour of each tooth in each cross-sectional image, detect a dentition, and provide a dental formula; detecting the positions of the root apex, the alveolar crest, and the crown of each tooth from the detected tooth contour data; calculating at least one of a distance indicator, a volume indicator, a surface area indicator, a first moment indicator, a center-of-gravity indicator, and an alveolar bone indicator from the detected tooth contour data, and the position data of the root apex, the alveolar crest, and the crown of the tooth; and measuring the progression of periodontal disease based on at least one calculated indicator. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234797 | Dental Articulator - A dental articulator apparatus and method of forming dental casts utilizing a dental articulator having pivotally connected upper and lower arms that each have a ball socket which receives a ball at the outer end of a respective model anchor, the opposed end of which is cast into a dental model. The model anchor ball is adjustably secured in the ball socket of the articulator arms by a set screw coupled with a rotatable magnetic extension rod that are installed, removed, advanced, and retracted as a unit and allow relative rotation between the set screw and the extension rod to facilitate fitting and positioning the ball in the socket when the set screw is loosened, and eliminate manually installing and positioning separate small shims and plungers that can be accidentally dropped and lost. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234798 | Dental Screw Tip Elevators and Methods of Using the Same - A dental elevator apparatus used to easily and efficiently elevate a tooth or dental implant for removal thereof. Specifically, the dental elevator has a tip portion having a curved, helically-shaped contoured surface for engaging a tooth or dental implant, allowing the same to be utilized by a user, providing leverage against the tooth or dental implant for elevation of the same. Methods of using the same are further provided. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234799 | Dental Crown Removal Apparatuses and Methods of Using the Same - A dental crown removal apparatus easily and efficiently removes dental crowns, caps or other dental implants from a tooth. Specifically, the present invention provides a dental crown removal apparatus having a first elongated beak and a second elongated beak arranged in a pliers-type arrangement. The first elongated beak has a first beak portion angularly extending from a first handle, and a second beak portion angularly extending from the first beak portion, the first elongated beak engaging the top of a crown, cap or other dental implant. Moreover, the second elongated beak extends angularly from the second handle, the first beak portion of the first elongated beak and the second elongated beak arranged in parallel when the apparatus is in a closed configuration. Methods of using the same are further provided. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234800 | ANCHORING ELEMENT AND METHOD - An anchoring element for use in bone, with an external and an internal wall. The external wall has externally threaded peripheral surface facilitating the embedding of the anchoring element within the bone, and the internal wall has an internal peripheral surface that, taken together with the externally threaded peripheral surface, define an annular wall around a hollow central portion and around a longitudinal axis. At least one non-radial slot passes through the externally threaded peripheral surface, the annular wall, and the internal peripheral surface, such that at least one pointed fluke is defined at a juncture of the non-radial slot and the outer peripheral surface for cutting the bone and directing bone fragments into said hollow central portion, wherein the at least one pointed fluke extends from a fluke leading face to a fluke trailing face, and wherein the fluke leading face is skewed relatively to said fluke trailing face. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234801 | Patient-Specific Dental Prosthesis And Gingival Contouring Developed By Predictive Modeling - A method of designing a patient-specific prosthesis for a current patient includes receiving scan data of a mouth of the current patient to identify conditions at a location at which the patient-specific prosthesis is to be placed on a dental implant, and determining at least two clinical factors for the current patient. The method further includes identifying a desired outcome for soft tissue for the current patient at the location, and accessing a database having soft-tissue-outcome information for each of a plurality of previous patients. The database further includes clinical-factor information for each of the plurality of previous patients. Based on the soft-tissue-outcome information and the clinical-factor information for at least one of the plurality of previous patients being related to the current patient's desired outcome and the current patient's at least two clinical factors, the method includes developing a design for the patient-specific prosthesis for the current patient. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234802 | MOLDING ARTIFICIAL TEETH IN DENTURE BASE DISC - A method of molding artificial teeth in denture base material comprising forming a U-shaped cavity in a block of denture base material, forming socket cavities in the bottom of the U-shaped cavity, casting a fluid artificial tooth material into the cavities, and causing the fluid tooth material to solidify into solid artificial tooth material while applying pressure. Causing the solidification may include heating the fluid tooth material. The method may include casting a liquid elastomer into a bottom portion of the U-shaped cavity following forming that cavity and prior to the forming the socket cavities, curing the liquid elastomer into a solid elastomeric cushion, and removing the cushion from the U-shaped cavity. Subsequently, the cushion may be inserted into the U-shaped cavity and contacted with the fluid tooth material. A die may then be contacted with the cushion to apply pressure to it and the fluid tooth material during curing. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234803 | METHOD FOR VALIDATING A DRILLING TEMPLATE FOR PRODUCING AN IMPLANT-BORNE TOOTH REPLACEMENT - The invention relates to a method for validating a drilling template for producing an implant-borne tooth replacement before performing an implant drilling. The drilling template produced is placed on dental structures of a jaw area that is to be provided with the tooth replacement. A measuring element is inserted into the drill guide of the drilling template, wherein the measuring element and at least one partial region of the dental structures not covered by the drilling template is measured using an optical three-dimensional measuring method. Then the position and orientation of the measuring element in relation to the partial region of the dental structures are determined from the generated measured data of the optical measurement, wherein a virtual actual implant drilling model is created on the basis of the optical measured data using the position and orientation determined for the measuring element, and/or using the known dimensions of a drill to be used, and/or the position of a stop surface on the drilling template for the drill to be used, wherein the actual implant drilling model is compared with a planned virtual target implant drilling model from a previous implant planning with respect to its position and its orientation. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234804 | Assisted Guidance and Navigation Method in Intraoral Surgery - An assisted guidance and navigation method in intraoral surgeries is a method using computerized tomography (CT) photography and an optical positioning system to track medical appliances, the method including: first providing an optical positioning treatment instrument and an optical positioning device; then obtaining image data of the intraoral tissue receiving treatment through CT photography, precisely displaying actions of the treatment instrument in the image data, and real-time checking an image and guidance and navigation. Therefore, during the surgery, the existing use habits of the physicians are not affected and accurate and convenient auxiliary information is provided, and attention is paid to using the treatment instrument in physical environments such as a patient's tooth or dental model. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234805 | COMPOSITE EDENTULOUS SPACE FILLER FOR DENTAL APPLICATIONS - A device that is useful in forming an occupation for an edentulous space, and a method of forming the device. The device is formed by filling a tube with an ultraviolet (UV) light curable composite, and subsequently curing the light curable composite in situ. The tube is transparent, or substantially transparent, to ultraviolet (UV) light. The tube may be open at each end thereof. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234806 | Muzzle Flash Simulators - Muzzle flash simulators that combine visual, audio, and thermal signals synchronized to the firing of a rifleman's weapon to obscure his position by producing the illusion that the shot came from a location other than the rifleman's actual location. The system may be deployed by placement with a removable ground penetrating spike, by use upon a tripod mounting system, by a hanger or by launching upon a projectile. The simulator is remotely operated. The simulator can be deployed as a single unit or as a set of units operating in coordination. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234807 | WEIGHT MANAGEMENT METHOD - The invention is directed to a weight management method, designed to stabilise and optimise insulin levels. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234808 | STUDY GAMES KIT - A study games kit is disclosed. The study games kit may include a plurality of game pieces that correspond to each of the one or more player users playing one or more mini-games, the game pieces are moved on the spaces that may require the one or more player users to draw cards and answer questions. The study games kit may also be a Quadrathlon style study games kit wherein each of the mini-games is played one after the other and the one or more player users win points throughout a series before the points are tallied up at the end of the series. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234809 | INTERACTIVE LEARNING SYSTEM - The present invention provides a system and method for interactively teaching phonics via an electronic device. The present invention enables a user to provide at least two forms of user input: oral and written, and the system recognizes these forms of input to provide feedback and load subsequent content based on user performance. An exemplary embodiment provides a sequence of lessons, each lesson teaching a new phoneme and reviewing previously-introduced phonemes through a series of activities. The activities can include: flipcard differentiation between a correct word including a phoneme and an incorrect word not containing the phoneme, trace and trace race for practicing writing a letter corresponding to a phoneme, Vocab for building vocabulary, story for reading a story comprised of learned words, and a review. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234810 | Systems and Methods for Determining Text Complexity - Computer-implemented systems and methods are provided for determining a document's complexity. For example, a computer performing the complexity analysis can receive a document. The computer can determine the content words within the document and determine an association measure for each group of content words. An association profile can be created for the document using the association measures. The computer can use the association profile to determine the complexity of the document. The complexity of the document may correspond to the document's suitable reading level or, if the document is an essay, an essay score. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234811 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR LEARNING USING CONTEXTUAL FEEDBACK - A method of supporting vocabulary and language learning by positioning at least one microphone so as to capture speech in the listening environment of a learner. The microphone is monitored to develop a speech signal. The speech signal is analyzed to determine at least one characteristic of the speech or vocalization, wherein the characteristic indicates a qualitative or quantitative feature of the speech. The determined characteristic is compared to a preselected standard or such characteristic is tracked to show growth over time and the comparison or growth is reported to the person associated with the speech signal or person who potentially can affect the language environment of the learner. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234812 | ARTIFICIAL HORSE LEG STAND - An artificial horse leg stand includes a planar base, outer and inner tubular members providing height adjustment with an angled bracket at an upper end of the inner member. The bracket has a mounting feature located adjacent the distal end for attachment of a rotating trunion and a lower shock mount at the proximate end. The trunion has cylindrical positioning features extending outwardly from first and second sides. An attachment fixtures is located orthogonally to a horizontal axis of the trunion. The trunion has an upper shock mount spaced from the attachment fixture. The trunion is rotatably attached by the cylindrical positioning features to the mounting feature. Dual-acting gas shock absorbers are rotatably attached to the upper and lower shock mounts. A securing fixture is attached to the attachment fixture at the first end and has a mounting feature at the second end for attachment to an artificial horse leg. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234813 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS PROVIDING ENHANCED EDUCATION AND TRAINING IN A VIRTUAL REALITY ENVIRONMENT - Virtual reality arc welding systems that provide virtual reality simulations for training purposes. Virtual reality welding systems to aid in training welding students may provide a spatial tracker, at least one mock welding tool, a user interface for the input of information into the system, and intelligent connections to web sites on the internet. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234814 | INSTRUCTION PRODUCTION - Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with instruction production are described. In one example, a system can comprise a difference component that makes an identification of a difference between an actual action of a user and a standard action for the user. The system also can comprise an instruction component that produces an instruction to instruct the user to change from the action of the user to the standard action for the user, where production of the instruction is based, at least in part, on the difference. The system further can comprise a non-transitory computer-readable medium configured to retain the instruction. Additionally, the system can comprise an output component configured to cause disclosure of the instruction. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234815 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR EMOTION INTERACTION BASED ON BIOLOGICAL SIGNALS - An emotion signal detecting apparatus is provided, and the emotion signal detecting apparatus comprises a sensor unit configured to detect a biological signal, which occurs due to a change in an emotional state of a user, and an environmental signal; and a control unit configured to generate emotion information based on the biological signal and the environmental signal and to transmit the generated emotion information to an emotion signal detecting apparatus or emotion service providing apparatus of a different user. | 2014-08-21 |
20140234816 | Network-Based System for Social Emotional Learning - A network-based education system for providing social emotional education includes a computer storage that can store a plurality of competencies for social emotional learning and education scenarios for the plurality of competencies, and servers that can enable one of the education scenarios to be presented on a user device. The servers can receive an input from a child user in response to the presentation of the one of the education scenarios. The computer storage can store a child user's history in viewing the education scenarios, input from the child user during the presentation of the education scenarios, and an assessment of the child user's competencies in social emotional skill. An intelligence module can assess the child user's competencies in social emotional skills based in part on the input from the child user during the presentation of the education scenarios. | 2014-08-21 |