39th week of 2018 patent applcation highlights part 63 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20180277220 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes memory cell transistors, a word line connected to the plurality of memory cell transistors, bit lines that are respectively connected to the memory cell transistors, and a control circuit. The control circuit carries out a write operation on the memory cell transistors connected to the word line by performing, in sequence, a first loop of operations, including a first program operation followed by at least one verification operation, that are carried out until all memory cell transistors targeted by the first program operation have passed the at least one verification operation, a second loop of operations, including a second program operation and no verification operation, that are carried out for a fixed number of loops and a third loop of operations, including a third program operation and no verification operation, that are carried out for a fixed number of loops. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277221 | METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY DEVICE - A memory device includes stacked word lines stacked and a semiconductor channel passing through the word lines in a first direction. Memory cells are disposed along the semiconductor channel in the first direction. Each memory cell includes a charge retention film between the semiconductor channel and a respective word line in the plurality of word lines. A controller is connected to the semiconductor channel and the word lines and configured to apply a program voltage during a program operation to a memory cell at a potential that increases in voltage steps, and a voltage increment between the voltage steps decreases during the program operation. The increment voltage is changed by the controller depending on a position of the memory cell along the semiconductor channel in the first direction. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277222 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of word lines, a plurality of bit lines, a plurality of memory cells, a word line driving circuit, a sense amplifier circuit, and a controller. The memory cell connected to the selected word line is written with data using a write sequence including a plurality of write loops each including a write operation of applying a write voltage to the selected word line by the word line driving circuit and a verify operation of detecting data of the memory cell by the sense amplifier circuit. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277223 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE - A semiconductor memory device includes a memory cell array, a temperature sensor that generates a first voltage which is based on a temperature of the semiconductor memory device, compares the first voltage with a second voltage that is based on a result of previous temperature measurement, and generates a voltage generation signal based on a result of comparing the first voltage with the second voltage, and a voltage generating circuit that generates a voltage applied to the memory cell array based on the voltage generation signal. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277224 | MEMORY DEVICE AND INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a memory device is connected to one or more information processing devices. The memory device includes a shared memory and a memory controller. The memory controller is configured to analyze an access to the shared memory by the one or more information processing devices and decide on an access method for accessing the shared memory by the one or more information processing devices. The memory controller is configured to give an instruction indicating the decided access method to the one or more information processing devices. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277225 | NONVOLATILE MEMORY DEVICES PROVIDING REDUCED DATA LINE LOAD - A nonvolatile memory device according to sore embodiments of the inventive concepts may include a memory cell array, a first page buffer connected to the memory cell array via a first plurality of bit lines, and a second page buffer connected to the memory cell array via a second plurality of bit lines. The first page buffer circuit may include a first bit line selection circuit, a first bit line shut-off circuit, and a first latch circuit. The second page buffer may include a second bit line selection circuit, a second bit line shut-off circuit, and a second latch circuit. The first and second bit line selection circuits, the first and second bit line shut-off circuits, and the first and second latch circuits may be sequentially arranged in a direction away from the memory cell array. A width of the data lines may be greater than a width of the bit lines. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277226 | MEMORY SYSTEM - According to an embodiment, a semiconductor memory, on receiving a first command, applies a voltage within a first range and a voltage within a second range to a word line and reads a first bit from a memory cell, and, on receiving a second command, applies a voltage within a third range to the word line and reads a second bit from the memory cell. The controller issues the first command a plurality of times and changes the voltages to be applied to the word line within the first range and the second range in accordance with the plurality of first commands, specifies a first and second voltage within the first and the second range, respectively, and estimates a third voltage within the third range. The voltage applied to read the second bit is the estimated third voltage. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277227 | SEMICONDUCTOR MEMORY DEVICE AND READ CONTROL METHOD THEREOF - A semiconductor memory device includes a nonvolatile memory and a controller. The nonvolatile memory has a plurality of memory cells that are connected to word lines to which a read voltage is applied at the time of reading data stored in the memory cells. The controller is configured to determine a read voltage for a target memory cell by selecting a tracking parameter based on a word line connected to the target memory cell and an elapsed time from a previous access to a group of memory cells including the target memory cell, and executing a tracking process on the memory cells also connected to the word line connected to the target memory cell using the selected tracking parameter. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277228 | MEMORY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a semiconductor memory and a controller. The semiconductor memory is configured to execute a first to third read operations. In the first read operation, a first voltage is applied to a selected word line. In the second read operation, a second voltage different from the first voltage and a third voltage are applied to the selected word line. In the third read operation, a fourth voltage different from the first to third voltages and a fifth voltage are applied to the selected word line. An absolute value of a difference between the second voltage and the fourth voltage is different from an absolute value of a difference between the third voltage and the fifth voltage. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277229 | MEMORY SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING MEMORY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a memory system includes a memory device and a controller. The controller is configured to make the memory device apply a first verify voltage to a first word line for determining whether writing of a first data value into a first cell transistor has been completed. The controller is configured to make the memory device apply a second verify voltage to a second word line for determining whether writing of the first data value into a second cell transistor has been completed. The second verify voltage is different from the first verify voltage. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277230 | MEMORY DEVICE AND MEMORY SYSTEM - According to one embodiment, a memory device comprises a first memory cell configured to store data, a first word line connected to the first memory cell, a first circuit configured to supply a voltage to the first word line, a second circuit configured to control the first circuit, and a sequencer configured to control the first circuit and the second circuit. The sequencer, when data is written to the first memory cell, determines whether a condition is satisfied or not. The sequencer causes the second circuit to generate a first voltage, when the sequencer determines that the condition is not satisfied, and causes the second circuit to generate a second voltage which is higher than the first voltage, when the sequencer determines that the condition is satisfied. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277231 | SEMICONDUCTOR STORAGE DEVICE - A word-line controller applies a voltage to a selected word-line. A bit-line controller applies voltages to bit-lines. A detector detects data of memory-cells. A write sequence of writing data in selected memory-cells connected to the selected word-line has at least one write-loop including a write operation of applying a plurality of write voltages with the word-line controller and the bit-line controller, and a verify operation of verifying with the detection circuit whether a threshold voltage of each of the selected memory-cells has reached a plurality of reference voltages for corresponding write data. The word-line controller and the bit-line controller select a write voltage corresponding to a threshold voltage of each of the selected memory-cells from among the write voltages with respect to each of the write-loops, and apply the selected write voltage to the selected memory-cell in a subsequent write operation. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277232 | SHIFT REGISTER - A shift register including a number of register stages is disclosed. Each of the register stages includes a first transistor that includes a gate to receive a first control signal (XCK), and a source to receive an input signal in response to the first control signal, a second transistor that includes a source to receive a supply voltage, and a third transistor that includes a gate coupled to the drain of the first transistor, a source to receive a second control signal, and a drain to provide the input signal as an output in response to the second control signal. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277233 | METHODS OF VERIFYING DATA PATH INTEGRITY - Methods for verifying data path integrity are provided. One such method includes reading a partially programmed first set of data from an array of memory cells of the memory device into a page register of the memory device, loading the partially programmed first set of data into a cache register of the memory device, writing a partial set of test data to a portion of the cache register not containing the partially programmed first set of data during a read of a second set of data from the array of memory cells to the page register, reading the partial set of test data from the cache register during the read of the second set of data from the array of memory cells to the page register, and comparing the partial set of test data read from the cache register to the original partial set of test data. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277234 | FAILURE PREVENTION OF BUS MONITOR - A test controller is provided. The test controller includes: a test circuit and a bus monitor. The test circuit is for testing the functionality of a bus apparatus, wherein the bus apparatus includes a bus connected between a bus agent and a first bus matrix. The bus monitor is for monitoring bus signals on an interface of the bus. When a test is enabled during operation of the bus apparatus, the test circuit saves the statuses and configurations of the bus apparatus that are extracted from the bus signals into a memory. When the test is completed, the test circuit restores the statuses and configurations of the bus apparatus from the memory. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277235 | AUTOMATED SEMICONDUCTOR PLATFORM TESTING - The present disclosure is directed to systems and methods for autonomously generating test methods for testing features included on semiconductor platforms. The systems and methods described herein either manually or autonomously receive information and/or data indicative of the features included in, on, or about a semiconductor platform to be tested. Based on the presence of features and/or feature combinations on the semiconductor platform, the systems and methods described herein autonomously select the appropriate test blocks used to generate the test method. The systems and methods described herein generate additional test methods as permutations of the selected test blocks. The validity of each test method is confirmed using dependency rules and all valid test methods are combined to form a test package that is used to test the semiconductor platform. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277236 | MEMORY SYSTEM WITH DIAGNOSE COMMAND AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF - A memory system and an operating method thereof include: at least a CPU configured to generate a special command; at least a PCIe link coupled with the CPU, wherein the PCIe link includes at least a PCIe switch; and a plurality of memory devices connected with the PCIe switch, wherein each of the plurality of memory devices includes a memory controller, an operational mode switch, and a plurality of memory components, and the operational mode switch is configured to perform a loopback from the memory controller corresponding to the special command at loopback operational mode. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277237 | SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICE AND DIAGNOSTIC METHOD THEREFOR - An address generation circuit generates a target address to be tested in a memory. A test data generation circuit generates write data for the address and expected value data for read data from the address. A judgment circuit compares matching/non-matching of the read data and the expected value data, for each address, judges that error correction is possible when the number of non-matching bits is within a range of numbers of bits to be error-corrected by an ECC circuit, and judges that error correction is not possible when the number is not within the range. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277238 | System and Method for Populating Electronic Health Records with Wireless Earpieces - A system, method and wireless earpieces for populating an electronic health record utilizing wireless earpieces. Sensor measurements of a user are performed utilizing sensors of the wireless earpieces. The sensor measurements are analyzed. The sensor measurements are associated with the electronic health record of the user. The electronic health record of the user is populated with the sensor measurements. Communications including information from the electronic health record are communicated. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277239 | Systems and Methods for Facilitating Health Research Using a Personal Wearable Device with Research Mode - Methods and systems for facilitating health research by utilizing one or more wearable sensor devices with a research mode are provided herein. Systems include a wearable sensor device that can pair with a first portable computing device of a user and a second computing device of a researcher in a first and second pairing, respectively. The wearable sensor device obtains one or more health parameters of a user. In one aspect, the wearable sensor device communicates research related and non-research related health information to the first computing device via the first pairing link and communicates only research related health information to the second computing device via the second pairing link. Methods for pairing one or more wearable sensor devices with one or more research computing devices and switching between operating modes to provide additional research related features are also provided. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277240 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING PATIENT TEST DATA PROCESSING CODE - A computer system for generating code for use in processing patient test data from point of care devices, the computer system comprises object definition storage storing a plurality of definition objects, each definition object defining a generic function to be performed in response to an output of a point of care device; instantiation data storage storing instantiation data for use in instantiating definition objects as processing objects for specific functions to be performed in response to outputs from specific point of care devices; and a code generating processor for generating code for at least one processing object to perform at least one specific processing function to process an output from a point of care device by accessing at least one definition object in the object definition storage and the instantiation data in the instantiation data storage to instantiate the at least one definition object using instantiation data for the point of care device. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277241 | METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR RF COMMUNICATIONS IN FLUID PROCESS PROCEDURES - In embodiments of the present invention improved capabilities are described for a fluid process facility integrated with an RF interrogator, wherein the fluid process facility communicates with an RF tag in proximity to the RF interrogator, wherein the RF tag is mounted on a storage container adapted for use with the fluid process facility. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277242 | PATIENT DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND QUERYING METHODS - Infusion devices and related medical devices, patient data management systems, and methods are provided for monitoring a physiological condition of a patient. An exemplary database system includes a database to maintain data pertaining to a plurality of entities and a computing device coupled to the database to identify relationships between different entities of the plurality of entities, generate metadata defining a graph structure maintaining the relationships between the different entities of the plurality of entities for a plurality of different logical layers, and store the metadata in the database. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277243 | MEDICAL MONITORING SYSTEM, METHOD OF DISPLAYING MONITORING DATA, AND MONITORING DATA DISPLAY DEVICE - A medical monitoring system includes: one or more signal sampling devices to detect parameter data corresponding to at least one physiological parameter; memory to store the parameter data corresponding to the at least one physiological parameter; a display to display parameter data obtained by at least one sensor; and a processor to obtain, according to the parameter data, abnormal event indications having a plurality of different attributes and transmit the abnormal event indications to the display; wherein the abnormal event indications are shown as anomalies identifiers on a timeline. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277244 | 3-TAP OR LESS PRACTICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM - Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media for a | 2018-09-27 |
20180277245 | System and Method for Populating Electronic Medical Records with Wireless Earpieces - A system, method and wireless earpieces for populating an electronic medical record utilizing wireless earpieces. The sensor measurements are analyzed. The sensor measurements are associated with the electronic medical record of the user. The electronic medical record of the user is populated with the sensor measurements. Communications including the electronic medical record are communicated. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277246 | PATIENT DATA MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS AND CONVERSATIONAL INTERACTION METHODS - Infusion devices and related medical devices, patient data management systems, and methods are provided for monitoring a physiological condition of a patient. An exemplary method of querying a database involves receiving an input query from a client device, identifying a logical layer of a plurality of different logical layers of the database for searching based at least in part on the input query, generating a query statement for searching the identified logical layer of the plurality of different logical layers of the database based at least in part on the input query, querying the identified logical layer of the database using the query statement to obtain result data, and providing a search result influenced by the result data. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277247 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRANSMITTING DATA FROM SEVERAL RESPIRATORS - An apparatus and a method for the transmission of data from several respirators, each having at least one interface to a relay station and a data channel to the relay station. The data channel is unidirectional from the respirator to the relay station and supports at least two redundant technologies for the data transfer. The respirator data are encrypted and transmitted to the relay station, which decrypts the data, and authentication of the respirator and/or relay station takes place. Storage of the received data takes place in the relay station, as well as assignment of respirators and/or their data to particular users. The relay station comprises a forwarding interface for transmitting encrypted data to remote stations. A remote station is authenticated before the transmission, and data or user are selectively transmitted based on the authentication, the transmission being initiated by the relay station or the remote station. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277248 | TREATMENT RECOMMENDATIONS BASED ON BIOMARKER VALUES - A system, a method, and a non-transitory computer program product for generating treatment recommendations based on biomarker values are disclosed. Values of a plurality of biomarkers are received from an application executed on a computing device of a user. A score is generated for each biomarker. An overall heath score is computed for a user by weighting and adding all biomarker scores. A severity associated with each biomarker is computed. A physiological condition associated with the severity of each biomarker is identified. An explanation of the severity of the biomarker and at least one treatment recommendation are generated based on the severity associated with each biomarker. The score for each biomarker, the overall health score, the explanation of the severity, and the at least one treatment recommendation are transmitted to the application executed on the computing device of the user via a communication network. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277249 | Predictive Test for Patient Benefit from Antibody Drug Blocking Ligand Activation of the T-Cell Programmed Cell Death 1 (PD-1) Checkpoint Protein and Classifier Development Methods - A method is disclosed of predicting cancer patient response to immune checkpoint inhibitors, e.g., an antibody drug blocking ligand activation of programmed cell death 1 (PD-1) or CTLA4. The method includes obtaining mass spectrometry data from a blood-based sample of the patient, obtaining integrated intensity values in the mass spectrometry data of a multitude of pre-determined mass-spectral features; and operating on the mass spectral data with a programmed computer implementing a classifier. The classifier compares the integrated intensity values with feature values of a training set of class-labeled mass spectral data obtained from a multitude of melanoma patients with a classification algorithm and generates a class label for the sample. A class label “early” or the equivalent predicts the patient is likely to obtain relatively less benefit from the antibody drug and the class label “late” or the equivalent indicates the patient is likely to obtain relatively greater benefit from the antibody drug. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277250 | METHODS OF CHARACTERIZING AND/OR PREDICTING RISK ASSOCIATED WITH A BIOLOGICAL SAMPLE USING THERMAL STABILITY PROFILES - Provided are methods of characterizing and/or predicting risk associated with a biological sample using thermal stability profiles. The methods include obtaining a thermal stability profile of the sample, using a sensor which detects heat capacity values, applying a classification algorithm to the thermal stability profile, and comparing the results thermal stability data in the database to characterize and/or predict risk of the condition. The methods may additionally include a classification algorithm selected from one or more of logistic regression, support vector machines, Fisher's linear discriminant analysis, modified version of Fisher's linear discriminant analysis (MLDA), and partial least squares. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277251 | APPARATUS, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM - A computer-implemented method comprising: storing in a memory ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180277252 | Person Engagement Index for Providing Automated Personalized Healthcare Functions - Aspects of the disclosure relate to implementing and using a data processing system with a person engagement index to provide automated personalized healthcare functions. In some embodiments, a computing platform may receive information about a patient or other healthcare-consuming person from several sources including electronic medical records, healthcare providers, the person, and other sources. Based on the information, a person engagement index measuring the person's capacity to engage in healthcare may be generated by the computing platform. In addition to being calculated by the computing platform based on medical records and other such information, the person engagement index may be calculated by the computing platform based on answers to survey questions, as well as patient interaction information indicating how the person interacts with personalized educational content. The person engagement index may be used by the computing platform to provide personalized care according to an interactive care model in various contexts. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277253 | Moving-horizon state-initializer for control applications - A state-estimator for the estimation or initialization of the state of a discrete-time state-space dynamical model based on sensor measurements of the model output, comprising fitting a continuous-time function to acquired sensor measurement data-points of each model output, and subsequently sampling the continuous time function at exactly the sample-period of the state-space dynamic model for which the state is being estimated or initialized, in order to construct a model state via a synthesized output trajectory. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277254 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ASSESSMENT OF TISSUE FUNCTION BASED ON VASCULAR DISEASE - Systems and methods are disclosed for assessing tissue function based on vascular disease. One method includes receiving a patient-specific anatomic model generated from patient-specific imaging of at least a portion of a patient's tissue; receiving a patient-specific vascular model generated from patient-specific imaging of at least a portion of a patient's vasculature; receiving an estimate of blood supplied to a portion of the patient-specific anatomic model; and determining a characteristic of the function of the patient's tissue using the estimate of blood supplied to the portion of the patient-specific anatomic model. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277255 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR EMS DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS INTERFACE - A patient monitoring device is described that includes a wireless transceiver, an asset management database, and a processor communicably coupled to the wireless transceiver and the asset management database and configured to receive patient monitoring information gathered by the patient monitoring device, format the patient monitoring information into a plurality of frames, each frame of the plurality of frames associated with an incident identifier that identifies an emergency medical services (EMS) incident during which the patient monitoring information was gathered, store the plurality of frames to the asset management database, separately retrieve one or more frames of the plurality of frames from the asset management database based on the incident identifier, and provide one or more retrieved set of one or more frames to the wireless transceiver for transmission. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277256 | METHOD, APPARATUS AND SOFTWARE FOR IDENTIFYING RESPONDERS IN A CLINICAL ENVIRONMENT - A process for determining responders in clinical testing environments that involves, inter alia, detecting treatment response through the use of small numbers of measurements of randomly varying outcome variables in individual clinical trial subjects, and by analyzing the measurements in such a way as to eliminate troublesome variables, such as a spontaneous population variability. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277257 | CLOUD-BASED CLINCIAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND METHODS OF USE - An example method includes storing healthcare information related to a patient on the cloud-based clinical information system and determining if a first local information system of a first healthcare entity includes a first existing patient record associated with the patient. The example method also includes communicating a first command from the cloud-based clinical information system to an edge device located at a facility associated with the first healthcare entity and in communication with the first local information system. The edge device is to automatically attach a first portion of the healthcare information to the first existing patient record if the first local information system includes the first existing patient record or automatically generate a first new patient record to be populated by the first portion of the healthcare information if the first local information system does not include the first existing patient record based on the first command. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277258 | SYSTEM FOR REMOTE GUIDANCE OF HEALTH CARE EXAMINATIONS - A distributed computer system for conducting remote medical examinations may include a queryable database comprising a plurality of examination components, each of which is related to at least one respective physiological system and/or at least one medical diagnosis. The queried result may be further narrowed automatically, based on additional information such as known best practices, and/or manually by a user having sufficient system credentials. The system may send the resulting examination procedure to a target presenter at a target facility, and may provide a communication channel for real-time communication between a provider and the presenter, e.g., during subsequent examination of a patient at the target facility. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277259 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLED THERMONUCLEAR FUSION POWER - Ocean water and/or heavy water will be utilized as fuel to derive fusion energy. Utilizing multiple coiled, triple-axis systems, shall produce magnetic flux densities from 10 | 2018-09-27 |
20180277260 | OPTIMIZED NUCLEAR FUEL CORE DESIGN FOR A SMALL MODULAR - A fuel core for a nuclear reactor in one embodiment includes an upper internals unit and a lower internals unit comprising nuclear fuel assemblies. The assembled fuel core includes an upper core plate, a lower core plate, and a plurality of channel boxes extending therebetween. Each channel box comprises a plurality of outer walls and inner walls collectively defining a longitudinally-extending interior channels or cells having a transverse cross sectional area configured for holding no more than a single nuclear fuel assembly in some embodiments. A cylindrical reflector circumferentially surrounds channel boxes and is engaged at opposing ends by the upper and lower core plates. Adjacent cells within each channel box are formed on opposite sides of inner walls such that the cells are separated from each other by the inner walls alone without any water gaps therebetween which benefits neutronics for some small modular reactor designs. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277261 | CONTROL ROD GUIDE TUBE WITH AN EXTENDED INTERMEDIATE GUIDE ASSEMBLY - A nuclear reactor having an upper internals control rod assembly guide tube formed from upper and lower sections that are connected along a central axial region of the guide tube at an intermediate coupling. An extended control rod axial support is provided for at least some of the control rods over a finite distance within at least one of the interiors of the lower guide tube section or the upper guide tube section. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277262 | SECONDARY SHUTDOWN STRUCTURE OF NUCLEAR REACTOR BY USING SLIDING DOORS - Provided is a secondary shutdown structure of a nuclear reactor, which uses sliding doors, and more particularly, to a secondary shutdown structure of a nuclear reactor, which uses sliding doors and is capable of shutting down a nuclear reactor reliably with a simple structure without using a boric acid solution. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277263 | SELF-SUPPORTING RADIAL NEUTRON REFLECTOR - A nuclear reactor core comprising fissile material is surrounded by a core former. The core former comprises one or more single-piece annular rings wherein each single-piece annular ring comprises neutron-reflecting material. In some embodiments the core former comprises a stack of two or more such single-piece annular rings. In some embodiments the stack of single-piece annular rings is self-supporting. In some embodiments the stack of single-piece annular rings does not include welds or fasteners securing adjacent single-piece annular rings together. A core basket may contain the nuclear reactor core and the core former, and in some embodiments an annular gap is defined between the core former and the core basket. In some embodiments the core former does not include welds and does not include fasteners. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277264 | PASSIVELY-COOLED SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL POOL SYSTEM - A passively-cooled spent nuclear fuel pool system in one embodiment includes a containment vessel comprising a thermally conductive shell and an annular reservoir surrounding the shell that holds a liquid coolant forming a heat sink. A spent fuel pool is disposed inside the containment vessel and includes a body of water in contact with a first peripheral sidewall of the fuel pool. At least one spent nuclear fuel rod submerged in the body of water heats the water. The first peripheral sidewall of the spent fuel pool is formed by a portion of the shell of the containment vessel adjacent to the fuel pool, thereby defining a shared common heat transfer wall. The heat transfer wall operates to transfer heat from the body of water in the spent fuel pool to the heat sink to cool the body of water. The heat transfer wall comprises metal in one embodiment. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277265 | INTERMIXING FEEDWATER SPARGER NOZZLES AND METHODS FOR USING THE SAME IN NUCLEAR REACTORS - Nozzles mix coolant from different sources together in an outlet to prevent differences in coolant output. Different flow path configurations are useable in the nozzle, including a multiple-path configuration with flows from different sources jacketed or concentrically arranged around flows from other sources. Swirl vanes may be installed in the nozzle to impart mixing or filtering the fluid flow. Diffusers may be used to passively suction or accelerate flow and mixing the same like a jet pump. Nozzles can be combined with filtration systems like trap filters that capture debris based on a momentum difference between the denser debris and fluid. Filters can use magnetic, adhesive, or porous materials to capture debris without blocking a flow path. Filters can be disengaged, such as when clogged, such that coolant flows around the system. Nozzles can be installed on feedwater sparger assemblies in varying manner to distribute coolant from multiple nozzles. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277266 | Device For Controlling And Measuring Welding Defects On A Cylindrical Wall And Method Implementing Same - The invention relates particularly to a device ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180277267 | ACOUSTIC FLOWMETERS AND METHODS OF USING THE SAME - Vibration-based flowmeters are useable in inaccessible nuclear reactor spaces. Flowmeters include an extension that blocks fluid flow in a path and a detector that detects vibrations caused by vortex shedding in the fluid flow around the extension. The detected frequency of the vibrations determines the flow rate. A Strouhal number may be used to calculate the flow speed using extension surface diameter and detected vortex shedding frequency. Several extensions may cover a range of frequencies and flow speeds. Pipe-organ-type flowmeters include a passage with an opening constricted, and subsequent widening section. An extension and outlet that create turbulence in the flow at the outlet create a standing wave and vibration in the extension and/or entire flowmeter. A flow rate of the fluid through the flowmeter can be calculated using length of the passage and/or known properties of the fluid. Multiple, flowmeters of customized physical properties and types are useable together. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277268 | A METHOD FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF POWDER-FILLED SHAPED BODIES, SHAPED BODIES FOR INTRODUCTION INTO A COMMERCIAL NUCLEAR POWER REACTOR AND THE USE THEREOF - To manufacture shaped bodies ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180277269 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MINIMIZING MOVEMENT OF NUCLEAR FUEL RACKS DURING A SEISMIC EVENT - A system for storing nuclear fuel, the system including a storage rack and a bearing pad. The storage rack includes an array of cells, each cell configured to receive and store nuclear fuel rods, a base plate configured to support the array of cells, and a support structure configured to support the base plate and to allow cooling fluid to circulate under and up through apertures in the base plate. The bearing pad is coupled to the support structure and is configured to limit lateral movement of the storage rack independent from lateral movement of the bearing pad. The base plate defines a base plate profile in a horizontal plane of the base plate, and the bearing pad defines a bearing pad profile in the horizontal plane of the base plate, wherein the bearing pad profile extends outside of the base plate profile. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277270 | NUCLEAR REACTOR REFUELING METHODS AND APPARATUSES - Refueling of a nuclear reactor ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180277271 | Program for Managing Movements of Nuclear Fuels and Nuclear Fuel Movement Management Method Applied Thereto - A method for managing the movements of nuclear fuels is provided that includes: (a) loading a storage status map in which storage racks of an SFPR where spent fuels are stored and an NFS where new fuels are stored are mapped; (b) assigning the storage locations of nuclear fuels and the colors thereof in the storage status map; (c) receiving a pattern type input of tasks for designating the order in which nuclear fuels are moved and the locations to which the nuclear fuels are moved, and generating a movement flowchart; and (d) updating the storage status map according to the level at which the movement flowchart has progressed. The present invention has an advantage in that it is possible to quickly create a nuclear fuel movement flowchart by automating all fuel movement works requiring the unloading and loading of nuclear fuels, which enables the workload of about 30 man-days, required per cycle for each reactor, to be done in three man-hours, thereby achieving a significant reduction in working time. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277272 | RADIATION SHIELDING TUBE, AND SHIELDING DEVICE AND METHOD - Disclosed is a radiation shielding tube, wherein a guide tube is made of tungsten or the like, which is excellent in shielding performance, and is configured to be movable depending on various positions where a collimator is installed, so that the guide tube can effectively shield a radiation exposed during movement of a radiation source or RT work in the tube. The radiation shielding tube has a guide tube which is disposed between a radiation source container and a collimator and connects them to each other, and the guide tube is formed in an articular form to be bendable. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277273 | CANISTER APPARATUS AND BASKET FOR TRANSPORTING, STORING AND/OR SUPPORTING SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL - A canister apparatus, basket apparatus and combinations thereof for transporting and/or storing high level radioactive waste, such as spent nuclear fuel. In one embodiment, the invention can be a basket apparatus for supporting a plurality of spent nuclear fuel rods within a containment structure, the basket apparatus comprising a plurality of disk-like grates, each disk-like grate having a plurality of cells formed by a gridwork of beams; and means for supporting the disk-like grates in a spaced arrangement with respect to one another and so that the cells of the disk-like grates are aligned. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277274 | METHOD FOR DECONTAMINATING NICKEL-BASED ALLOY - A method for decontaminating the nickel-based alloy includes oxidization of an oxide film accumulating radioactive nuclides with a first oxidizing agent to elute nickel into a solvent and thus to transform into a low-nickel film (S | 2018-09-27 |
20180277275 | High Resolution X-Ray Imaging System - A masking apparatus surrounds a specimen and eliminates the presence of voids and gaps between a specimen and a radiation sensitive imaging surface. Voids and gaps allow radiation to become trapped or diffracted therein and lead to noise in the resulting image. A system of radiological imaging associates both a filter and a masking assembly to a specimen for an optimal radiation exposure that permeates the specimen to an imaging array there under. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277276 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR ENERGY MODULATED RADIATION THERAPY - A medical apparatus includes: a beam deflector having an electromagnet configured to provide a first magnetic field for deflecting a particle beam; and a current control configured to adjust a current of the electromagnet in correspondence with an energy level associated with an accelerator. A treatment planning method includes: defining control points in a treatment plan; setting up energy switching in one or more of the control points; and performing treatment optimization on the treatment plan based at least in part on the energy switching that is set up in the one or more of the control points. The medical apparatus also includes an energy adjuster configured to adjust the treatment energy so that the treatment energy has a first energy level when the beam output is at the first gantry angle, and a second energy level when the beam output is at the first gantry angle. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277277 | DEGRADER INCLUDING BORON CARBIDE - A degrader for use in the field of the application of a particle beam has excellent degrading capabilities and, for the same energy loss in the degrader, a lower emittance increase than currently used materials, without generating a strong neutron flux and without having severe toxic characteristics. The degrader includes degrading active material composed of Boron Carbide B | 2018-09-27 |
20180277278 | METHOD FOR EVALUATING IRRADIATION ANGLE OF BEAM - Disclosed is a method for evaluating an irradiation angle of a beam, including a step of sampling the irradiation angle of the beam, wherein the irradiation angle of the beam is defined as being the direction of the vector of the irradiation point of the beam to the pre-set point of the tumor; and a step of calculating the track of the beam passing through the organs, wherein it is determined whether the tumor is fully covered within the effective treatment depth, and if so, entering the steps of calculating the evaluation coefficient, recording the irradiation conditions and calculating the results, and returning to the step of sampling the irradiation angle of the beam; and if not, entering the step of giving the worst evaluation coefficient and returning to the step of sampling the irradiation angle of the beam. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277279 | Graphene Containing Composition, Multilayered Hydrogen Graphene Composition, Method of Making Both Compositions, and Applications of Both Compositions - A graphene containing composition comprises a mixture of multilayered graphene and graphite, which present many desirable properties and have numerous applications in various industries. A process generates said graphene containing composition in water-based cosolvents with relatively gentle mechanical force. A process generates a hydrogen bonded graphene laminate or multilayered hydrogen graphene, which comprises a readily identifiable multilayered graphene component and a graphite component. In the hydrogen graphene laminate (multilayered hydrogen graphene composition), the hydrogen bonding separates the layers and weakens the Van der Waals forces between the graphite sheets sufficiently to produce laminate layers of graphene. Multilayered hydrogen graphene composition also presents many desirable properties and has numerous applications in various industries. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277280 | ELECTROCONDUCTIVE RESIN COMPOSITION AND PRESSURE SENSOR - [Problem] To provide: an electroconductive resin composition which can be produced at low cost and is suitable as a material for the electrical conductors of a pressure sensor; and a pressure sensor including electrical conductors constituted of the electroconductive resin composition. [Solution] The present invention provides a pressure sensor ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180277281 | WIRE | 2018-09-27 |
20180277282 | SHIELDED CONDUCTIVE PATH - Provided is a shielded conductive path exhibiting a shielding function over a broad frequency band between a low frequency and a high frequency even when the shielding member has a small cross-sectional area. A shielded conductive path includes conductive path main bodies, insulating layers surrounding the conductive path main bodies, and shielding members facing the outer circumferential surfaces of the insulating layers, each have a configuration in which a conductive layer and a magnetic layer are layered together. Electromagnetic noise in a frequency band between a low frequency and an intermediate frequency is blocked with the conductive layer, and electromagnetic noise in a frequency band between an intermediate frequency and a high frequency is blocked with the magnetic layer. The different frequency regions are assigned to the conductive layer and the magnetic layer, and therefore, the cross-sectional areas of the conductive layer and the magnetic layer need not be increased. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277283 | CHARGING CABLE ASSEMBLY - A charging cable assembly for transmitting electrical energy between a power supply station and an electrically drivable vehicle with a charging cable outer sheathing, in which at least one current conductor cable with a current conductor outer sheathing and at least one coolant line with a heat transfer surface are arranged, there being provided at least one heat transfer layer, which lies at least partially against the heat transfer surface and the current conductor outer sheathing. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277284 | COAXIAL CABLE - A coaxial cable includes a conductor, an insulation layer provided around the conductor, a shield layer provided around the insulation layer, and a sheath provided around the shield layer. The insulation layer includes a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer and a third insulation layer that are arranged in this order from a conductor side. The first insulation layer includes a non-solid extruded layer. The second layer includes a foamed layer not adhering to the first insulation layer. The third insulation layer includes a non-foamed layer adhering to the second insulation layer. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277285 | NON-CONDUCTIVE SUPPORT STANDS - A support stand made of a non-conductive material and having a saddle, pedestal and a base used to support objects is provided. The pedestal supports the saddle and the base supports the pedestal. The saddle has a support member used to support objects and one or more flanges used to support objects. The saddle, pedestal and base are formed of a non-conductive material. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277286 | Chip Resistor and Method for Producing Chip Resistor - Provided is a chip resistor including: a rectangular parallelepiped insulating substrate | 2018-09-27 |
20180277287 | RESISTOR ELEMENT, METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME, AND RESISTOR ELEMENT ASSEMBLY - A resistor element includes a first terminal and a second terminal disposed on opposite end portions of a base substrate, respectively. A first resistance layer is connected to the first terminal and formed of a thick film resistor, and a second resistance layer is connected to the first resistance layer and the second terminal and is formed of a thin film resistor. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277288 | R-T-B BASED RARE EARTH MAGNET - Provided is an R-T-B based rare earth magnet. R is one or more rare earth elements, T is one or more transition metal elements essentially including Fe or Fe and Co, and B is boron. B content with respect to a total R-T-B based rare earth magnet is 0.80 mass % or more and 0.98 mass % or less. The R-T-B based rare earth magnet includes an R | 2018-09-27 |
20180277289 | Inverse Phase Allotrope Rare Earth Magnets - Provided are inverse phase allotrope rare earth (IPARE) magnets, methods of forming thereof, and applications of IPARE magnets. Unlike conventional samarium-cobalt magnets, IPARE magnets maintain their hexagonal lattice structures over a range of equiatomic compositions, such as when concentrations of different elements are within 10 atomic % of each other. An IPARE magnet may comprise cobalt, iron, copper, nickel, and samarium and a concentration of cobalt may be between 17-27 atomic %. An IPARE magnet may be substantially free from zirconium and/or titanium. An IPARE magnet may be formed by quenching a molten mixture of its components. The quenching may be performed in a magnetic field. After quenching, the IPARE magnet may be machined. Furthermore, IPARE magnets may be used as a structural element, e.g. in an electric motor. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277290 | Ferrite Magnetic Material And Ferrite Sintered Magnet - The present invention produces a ferrite magnetic material having a remarkably higher maximum energy product ((BH) | 2018-09-27 |
20180277291 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ASSEMBLY - An electromagnet assembly has an outer shield coil assembly having a first end and a second end, and further has a housing having a first end wall and a second end wall spaced apart from one another by a side wall. The outer shield coil assembly and housing are centered on a common assembly axis. A first support pin extends between and couples the first end wall of the housing and the first end of the outer shield coil assembly. A second support pin extends between and couples the second end wall of the housing and the second end of the outer shield coil assembly. Hence the outer shield coil assembly is carried by the housing by the pins. The coupling of the end walls of the housing and ends of the outer shield coil assembly is configured to prevent relative radial and rotational movement between the outer shield coil assembly and the housing. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277292 | ELECTROMAGNETIC ACTUATOR - The present invention concerns an electromagnetic actuator for a haptic display. The actuator comprises: a) a first, movable permanent magnetic element, the first magnetic element comprising a first latching layer facing side, a second latching layer facing side substantially opposite to the first latching layer facing side, and at least one lateral face between the first latching layer facing side and the second latching layer facing side; b) a shielding element for shielding laterally the first magnetic element to confine a magnetic field generated by the first magnetic element; c) a first actuation inductor facing the first latching layer facing side for actuating the first magnetic element and arranged to displace the first magnetic element from a first latching position to a second latching position, or vice versa; d) a first latching layer facing the first latching layer facing side and arranged to attract the first magnetic element for obtaining the first latching position; and e) a second latching layer facing the second latching layer facing side and arranged to attract the first magnetic element for obtaining the second latching position, different from the first latching position. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277293 | LAMINATED COIL - A laminate of a laminated coil includes first and second sections in a stacking direction from a first surface toward a second surface. The number of windings of each of coil conductor patterns on insulation resin layers, respectively, in the first region is equal to or more than the number of windings of a coil conductor pattern on an insulation resin layer in the second section, and is more than the number of windings of the coil conductor pattern closest to the second surface in the second section. The number of main conductor portions per unit distance in the first section is more than the number of main conductor portions per unit distance in the second section. The outermost main conductor portion of the coil conductor pattern in the second section has a width more than a width of the main conductor portion of the coil conductor pattern in the first section. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277294 | NON-CONTACT POWER FEEDING COIL AND NON-CONTACT POWER FEEDING SYSTEM - A non-contact power feeding coil provided with a coil; and a core that forms a part of a circulating magnetic path that is interlinked to the coil, and used in at least one power feeding-side device and a power receiving-side device of a non-contact power feeding system, in which the core is configured to connect three or more core units in one row, and the core units include one or more interlinked core units that are interlinked to the coil and two non-interlinked core units that are not interlinked to the coil respectively disposed on both ends in the connection direction of the one or more interlinked core units. Thereby, it is possible to provide a non-contact power feeding coil that suppresses an increase in leakage flux. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277295 | IRON CORE INCLUDING FIRST IRON CORE BLOCK AND SECOND IRON CORE BLOCK - An iron core includes a first iron core block and second iron core blocks. The first iron core block includes recessed portions. The second iron core blocks include projection portions. The recessed portions and the projection portions can be fitted with each other. The second iron core blocks are disposed inside the ring-shaped first iron core block. Coils are wound onto the second iron core blocks. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277296 | COIL COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING COIL COMPONENT - There is provided a coil component including a coil portion that has at least one layer of planar coil including a coil-wound portion and an insulative layer which covers the periphery of the coil-wound portion, a covering portion that covers the coil portion and is constituted of a mixture including magnetic fillers and resin, and a conductor post that is penetratingly provided inside the covering portion and extends from the coil-wound portion to an upper surface of the covering portion along an axial direction of the planar coil. The conductor post has a post portion which extends from the coil-wound portion in the axial direction of the planar coil, and a lid portion which is exposed from the covering portion and extends from an end portion of the post portion on the upper surface side along a surface direction of the upper surface. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277297 | TRIAXIAL CABLE TRANSFORMER - The present invention relates to an isolation transformer suitable for use in a modulator for generating high voltage pulses for supply across a high voltage load having a thermionic cathode such as a magnetron, the isolation transformer comprising a primary winding formed from a triaxial cable where the triaxial cable comprises a core conductor surrounded by a dielectric insulator, in turn surrounded by a screening conductor, with an outer insulating jacket. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277298 | SPARSE-ROUTED MAGNETIC COILS FOR WIRELESS POWER CHARGING SYSTEM - A sparse routing coil structure for a magnetic coil in a wireless charging system is disclosed. The sparse routing coil structure may include a magnetic coil routed by turns of a wire and a turn spacing S between adjacent turns of the wire. The turn spacing S may be a space between adjacent turns of the wire, and a turn width is denoted as W. A ratio of W/S may be not larger than 10. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277299 | INDUCTOR DESIGNS FOR REDUCING MAGNETIC INTERFERENCE - Inductor designs and methods are provided. An inductor can include a first core and a second core. The first core can be larger than the second core and the second core can be seated within the inner diameter of the first core. A first and a second wire can be provided that each wrap around the first core and the second core. The first core can have less windings than the second core. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277300 | COMMON-MODE NOISE REDUCTION - In one general aspect, a converter circuit includes a magnetic core and a coil assembly. The coil assembly includes a primary winding assembly, a secondary winding assembly, and an auxiliary winding assembly. The primary winding assembly includes a conductive medium arranged in at least one primary winding layer. The secondary winding assembly includes a conductive medium arranged in at least one secondary winding layer. The auxiliary winding assembly includes a conductive medium arranged in at least one auxiliary winding layer. The at least one auxiliary winding layer includes an auxiliary winding layer disposed adjacent to a layer of the at least one primary winding layer and adjacent to a layer of the at least one secondary winding layer. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277301 | ACTIVE TWISTED FIGURE '8' INDUCTOR - An inductor is disclosed that includes an arrangement of lobes, each of the lobes in the arrangement of lobes including a generator, the arrangement of lobes interconnected such that, when currents are provided by each generator in the arrangement of lobes, each lobe in the arrangement of lobes produces a magnetic field with a defined polarity relative to the arrangement of lobes. When the arrangement of lobes are appropriately interconnected, the magnetic field from the arrangement of lobes can be canceled. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277302 | IGNITION DEVICE - An ignition coil includes a first winding, a second winding, and a third winding. A first switch is electrically connected to the first winding. A battery is electrically connected to the first winding. A booster is electrically connected to the battery. A second switch is electrically connected to the third winding. A drive device drives the first switch and the second switch. The drive device turns the first switch from on-state to off-state to allow a secondary current to flow through the second winding, turns the second switch from off-state to on-state to supply an output of the booster to the third winding, and superimpose a second current to the second winding. When a third winding current becomes equal to or greater than a predetermined value, the booster controls such that power generated by the third winding current and an output voltage of the booster is restricted to constant power. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277303 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE - An electronic device includes a case, a device element housed in the case, and a filling resin with which the case is filled so as to embed the device element in the filling resin. The device element includes a fixing portion that fixes the device element to the case. The case has a support portion that supports the fixing portion, the support portion having an upper surface which faces a lower surface of the fixing portion. The fixing portion and the support portion are in contact with each other at two contact portions A non-contact region where the fixing portion and the support portion are not in contact with each other is provided between the lower surface and the upper surface. At least a part of lower surface is inclined with respect to a bottom surface of the case. The non-contact region is embedded in the filling resin. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277304 | METALIZED FILM AND FILM CAPACITOR - A metalized film includes a dielectric film having a strip-shape, and a metal vapor-deposited electrode which is formed on a surface of the dielectric film. An insulation margin is provided on a first end portion which is located at one end in a width direction of the dielectric film. A plurality of first slits each extending in a longitudinal direction of the dielectric film and a fuse disposed between a corresponding pair of the plurality of first slits are provided close to a second end portion which is located at the other end in the width direction. The metal vapor-deposited electrode includes a plurality of divided electrodes which are separated by a corresponding one of a plurality of second slits, and are arranged in the longitudinal direction. Each of the plurality of second slits extends from the insulation margin to a corresponding one of the plurality of first slits. When the metalized film is cut along a cutting line extending in the width direction, at least two divided electrodes among the plurality of divided electrodes are respectively cut into pieces at the cutting line. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277305 | MULTILAYER ELECTRONIC COMPONENT - A multilayer electronic component includes first, second, and third ceramic layers, first and second inner electrodes, and a via-electrode. The first, second and third ceramic layers are sequentially stacked on each other. The first inner electrode is sandwiched between the first and second ceramic layers. The second inner electrode is sandwiched between the second and third ceramic layers. The via-electrode electrically connects the first and second inner electrodes. A projection is integrally provided with the via-electrode. The projection projects from the via-electrode towards an outer peripheral direction and is inserted into the second ceramic layer in a layered arrangement. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277306 | CAPACITOR COMPONENT - A capacitor component includes a substrate, a body disposed on one region of an upper surface of the substrate and having a porous structure, and a capacitor part including a first electrode, a dielectric layer, and a second electrode, formed on the porous structure of the body. The first and second electrodes extend to other regions of the upper surface of the substrate, respectively. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277307 | CAPACITOR AND SUBSTRATE MODULE - A substrate module includes capacitors, a first coupling conductor, and a mounting substrate. The first coupling conductor couples two of the capacitors together. The mounting substrate includes a first power supply layer and a second power supply layer. The capacitors each include a first electrode, a second electrode, a first terminal conductor, a second terminal conductor, and a third terminal conductor. The first terminal conductor is coupled to the first electrode and to the first power supply layer. The second terminal conductor is coupled to the second electrode and to the second power supply layer. The third terminal conductor is coupled to the first coupling conductor. The third terminal conductor is coupled to the first electrode at a coupling position that is different from a coupling position of the first terminal conductor. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277308 | STEREOSTRUCTURE - A stereostructure includes a core portion, and a porous portion located around the core portion. The porous portion located inside a position which is inside from an outer edge of the porous portion by 3/20 of a diameter of the stereostructure in an arbitrary cross section of the stereostructure has a void ratio per unit area of less than or equal to 80%. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277309 | SELF-ASSEMBLY OF PEROVSKITE FOR FABRICATION OF TRANSPARENT DEVICES - Provided is a continuous material pattern, the pattern is selected to have a plurality of material-free voids, the material including at least one perovskite material. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277310 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE HAVING AN ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE TRANSPARENT SUBSTRATE AND LIGHT ABSORBING COMPOUND - An oxadiazole dye for use as an organic photosensitizer. The oxadiazole dye comprising donor-π-spacer-acceptor type portions in which at least one of an oxadiazole isomer acts as a π-conjugated bridge (spacer), a biphenyl unit acts as an electron-donating unit, a carboxyl group act as an electron acceptor group, and a cyano group acts as an anchor group. An optional thiophene group acts as part of the π-conjugated bridge (spacer). The dye for use as organic photosensitizers in a dye-sensitized solar cell and in photodynamic therapies. Computational DFT and time dependent DFT (TD-DFT) modeling techniques showing Light Harvesting Efficiency (LHE), Free Energy for Electron Injection (ΔG | 2018-09-27 |
20180277311 | PHOTOVOLTAIC DEVICE WITH TRANSPARENT GLASS SUBSTRATE AND DYE SENSITIZED SOLAR CELL - An oxadiazole dye for use as an organic photosensitizer. The oxadiazole dye comprising donor-π-spacer-acceptor type portions in which at least one of an oxadiazole isomer acts as a π-conjugated bridge (spacer), a biphenyl unit acts as an electron-donating unit, a carboxyl group act as an electron acceptor group, and a cyano group acts as an anchor group. An optional thiophene group acts as part of the π-conjugated bridge (spacer). The dye for use as organic photosensitizers in a dye-sensitized solar cell and in photodynamic therapies. Computational DFT and time dependent DFT (TD-DFT) modeling techniques showing Light Harvesting Efficiency (LHE), Free Energy for Electron Injection (ΔG | 2018-09-27 |
20180277312 | ELECTROLYTIC CAPACITOR - An electrolytic capacitor includes a capacitor element, a liquid component, an outer case, and a sealing body. The capacitor element includes an anode body having a dielectric layer, and a solid electrolyte layer in contact with the dielectric layer. The liquid component is in contact with the solid electrolyte layer. The outer case houses the capacitor element and the liquid component. The sealing body seals an opening of the outer case. The liquid component contains a first component, which is an aliphatic polyol compound having two or more hydroxy groups per molecule. The aliphatic polyol compound includes at least one of a compound having a C | 2018-09-27 |
20180277313 | GEL ELECTROLYTE COMPOSITION - There is provided a composition for gel electrolyte that has excellent coatability, gelation properties, and liquid retention properties, has a high film strength after gelation, and can impart excellent power characteristics and a high capacity retention ratio to an electrochemical capacitor. The composition for gel electrolyte comprises an electrolyte salt and a polyether copolymer having an ethylene oxide unit, wherein the polyether copolymer has a weight-average molecular weight of 100,000 to 1,000,000, and the composition for gel electrolyte has a viscosity at 25° C. of 1 to 12 Pa·s. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277314 | MESOPOROUS NANOCRYSTALLINE FILM ARCHITECTURE FOR CAPACITIVE STORAGE DEVICES - A mesoporous, nanocrystalline, metal oxide construct particularly suited for capacitive energy storage that has an architecture with short diffusion path lengths and large surface areas and a method for production are provided. Energy density is substantially increased without compromising the capacitive charge storage kinetics and electrode demonstrates long term cycling stability. Charge storage devices with electrodes using the construct can use three different charge storage mechanisms immersed in an electrolyte: (1) cations can be stored in a thin double layer at the electrode/electrolyte interface (non-faradaic mechanism); (2) cations can interact with the bulk of an electroactive material which then undergoes a redox reaction or phase change, as in conventional batteries (faradaic mechanism); or (3) cations can electrochemically adsorb onto the surface of a material through charge transfer processes (faradaic mechanism). | 2018-09-27 |
20180277315 | LOW VOLTAGE ELECTRICAL CONTACT SYSTEM WITH ENHANCED ARC BLOW EFFECT - Electrical contact system with a first and a second contact ( | 2018-09-27 |
20180277316 | CIRCUIT BREAKER INCLUDING SINGLE POLE BREAKING UNIT - Provided is a circuit breaker with a single pole breaking unit including a housing, a movable contact provided in the housing, a fixed contact provided in the housing and contacting or separated from the movable contact, and an extinction unit provided in the housing and configured to extinguish an arc generated when the movable contact and the fixed contact are separated. At least one arc gas discharge passage is formed in the housing to allow an arc gas generated when the movable contact and the fixed contact are separated to be discharged. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277317 | DYNAMIC COORDINATION OF PROTECTION DEVICES IN ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS - A dynamically coordinatable electrical distribution system includes a plurality of intelligently-controlled protection devices (PDs), a communication and control bus (comm/control) bus, and a central computer. The plurality of intelligently-controlled PDs is configured to protect a plurality of associated electrical loads from faults, developing faults, and other undesired electrical anomalies. Each of the PDs further has electrically adjustable time-current characteristics. The intelligently-controlled PDs are communicatively coupled to the comm/control bus and configured to report current data representative of real-time currents flowing through their respective loads to the central computer, via the comm/control bus. The central computer is configured to communicate with the plurality of PDs over the comm/control bus and dynamically coordinate the time-current characteristics of the plurality of PDs based on the current data it receives from the PDs. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277318 | KEYBOARD STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a key structure, including: a key cap, a support board, an elastic element, and a support element. The elastic element includes an elastomer and an elastic piece. The elastomer has a first surface and a second surface, where the first surface includes a first protrusion portion and a second protrusion portion. The support element is connected the key cap and the support board and surrounds the elastic element. When the key cap descends, the first protrusion portion is pressed by the key cap and generates a deformation, so as to form a first pressing stroke, and subsequently, the key cap presses the second protrusion portion to enable the elastic piece to generate a deformation, so as to form a second pressing stroke. | 2018-09-27 |
20180277319 | SECURED KEYPAD FOR AN ELECTRONIC DATA-ENTRY DEVICE - A keypad for an electronic data-entry device. The keypad includes: a plurality of keys defining a layer of keys; a connection printed-circuit board having a key-press detection portion having an external face oriented towards the layer of keys and an internal face opposite the external face; for each key of the layer of keys, an interconnection element and at least one pair of contacts on the connection printed-circuit board, the interconnection element being intended for making the electrical connection of the contacts of the pair of contacts when the associated key is pressed. The connection printed-circuit board is a flexible printed-circuit board further including a connecting portion forming a fold beneath the internal face of the key-press detection portion, and the pair of contacts is disposed on the internal face. | 2018-09-27 |