52nd week of 2008 patent applcation highlights part 13 |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20080314986 | Digital image capture and processing system having a printed circuit (PC) board with light transmission aperture, wherein a first linear array of visible light emitting diodes (LEDS) are mounted on the rear side of the PC board for producing a linear targeting illumination beam, and wherein a second linear array of visible LEDs are mounted on the front side of said PC board for producing a field of visible illumination within the field of view (FOV) of the system - A digital image capture and processing system having single printed circuit (PC) board with light transmission aperture, wherein a first linear array of visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) are mounted on the rear side of the PC board for producing a targeting illumination beam, and wherein a second linear array of visible light emitting diodes (LEDs) are mounted on the front side of the PC board for producing a field of visible illumination within the field of view (FOV) of the system. The targeting illumination beam is centrally disposed within the field of visible illumination. | 2008-12-25 |
20080314987 | Digital image capture and processing system having a printed circuit (PC) board with a light transmission aperture, wherein an image detection array is mounted on the rear side of said PC board, and a linear array of light emitting diodes (LEDS) is mounted on the front surface of said PC board, and aligned with an illumination-focusing lens structure integrated within said imaging window - A digital image capture and processing system includes a housing having an imaging window with an illumination-focusing lens structure integrated therewithin. A printed circuit (PC) board is mounted in the housing and has a front surface, a rear surface, and a light transmission aperture spatially aligned with the imaging window. An area-type image detection array is mounted on the rear surface of the PC board. A linear array of light emitting diodes (LEDs) is mounted on the front surface of the PC board, adjacent the light transmission aperture and aligned with the illumination-focusing lens structure. The LEDs produce a plurality of illumination beams which are transmitted through the illumination-focusing ens structure to generate a field of illumination that is projected within the FOV of the system. Illumination reflected and/or scattered off an object within the FOV is retransmitted through the imaging window and the light transmission aperture, and detected by the area-type image detection array. | 2008-12-25 |
20080314988 | SMART INFORMATION CARRIER AND PRODUCTION PROCESS THERFOR - A smart information carrier comprising a security element having two sides each side being laminated with at least one transparent polymer foil having a melting point higher than 150° C. so that the security element is surrounded by an edge at least 1 mm wide in which the at least one transparent polymer foil on each side of the security element are laminated to one another, the security element comprising an IC-module and a natural fibre-containing or synthetic fibre-containing continuous support exclusive of an antenna, the IC-module comprising an electronic chip and an antenna integrated therein, wherein the support is security printed on at least the side of the support nearer to the IC-module and the IC-module is at least substantially encapsulated with a transparent polymer or polymer mixture with a melting point up to 150° C. which also coats at least the part of the side of the support nearer to the IC-module non-adjacent to the IC-module; and a method for producing a smart information carrier comprising the steps of: security printing at least one side of a natural fibre-containing or synthetic fibre-containing continuous support; if only one side of the support is security printed the non-security-printed side of the support is placed on the lower melting point side of a two polymer laminate with the high melting point side having a melting point higher than 150° C. and an IC-module comprising an electronic chip and an antenna integrated therein is placed on the other side of the support; placing a further sheet of a two polymer laminate with the high melting point side having a melting point higher than 150° C. on the IC-module with the lower melting point side nearer the IC-module with at least one sheet of a polymer foil with a melting point of up to 150° C. between the IC-module and the lower melting point-side of the further sheet of a two-polymer laminate; laminating the resulting sandwich in a laminator; and punching out a smart information carrier so that the support is surrounded by an edge at least 1 mm wide in which the transparent polymer foil are directly laminated to one another, wherein said natural fibre-containing or synthetic fibre-containing continuous support is exclusive of an antenna. | 2008-12-25 |
20080314989 | Document Having an Integrated Contactless Resonator Electronic Device - A support ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080314990 | Chip Card and Method For the Production of a Chip Card - The invention pertains to a chip card and to a method for producing a chip card with a chip module that is contacted with an external contact arrangement arranged in the contact surface of a card body, as well as with an antenna device arranged in a card inlay, wherein the card inlay is initially produced in a first production device and the card inlay is subsequently provided with at least one respective external layer on both sides in a second production device, namely in such a way that the external contact arrangement arranged on the external contact side of the chip carrier is introduced into a recess of the assigned external layer, and wherein a connection between the card inlay and the external layers is subsequently produced in a laminating process. | 2008-12-25 |
20080314991 | Electronic product identification and price display system employing electronic-ink display labels having a stacked architecture for visually displaying the price and/or promotional information for said consumer product, remotely updated by one or more remote activator modules installed within the retail environment - An electronic product identification price display system for installation in a retail environment storing a plurality of consumer products on shelves. The system includes a plurality of remote activator modules installed within the retail environment, and a plurality of remotely-updateable electronic-ink labels applied to consumer products stored in the retail environment. Each remote activator module sends and transmits electromagnetic signals within the space of the retail environment. Each electronic-ink label employs an addressable display assembly including a layer of electronic ink including a bi-stable non-volatile imaging material. The device includes an integrated circuit structure having a storage element for storing instructions, programs and data, and a programmed processor in communication with storage element. A signal transmitting structure transmits signals from the antenna structure to the remote activator modules. A signal receiving structure receives electromagnetic signals from the remote activator modules, using the antenna structure. An on-board battery power structure, operably connected to the integrated circuit structure, supplies electrical power to the integrated circuit structure. The electronic-ink label applied to each consumer product displays graphical indicia representing the price and/or promotional information for the consumer product, that is remotely updated by one or more remote activator modules installed within the retail environment. | 2008-12-25 |
20080314992 | Digital information recording media system including a digital information recording media device with an electronic-ink display label for displaying information related to said digital information recording media device and/or digital information recorded thereon - A digital information recording media system including a digital information recording media device, and a digital information reading and writing drive unit for writing digital information to, and reading digital information from the digital information recording media device. An electronic-ink display label is provided to the digital information recording media device for displaying graphical indicia on the electronic-ink display label representative of information relating to the digital information recording media device and/or digital information recorded thereon. An activation module is arranged in communication with the digital information reading and writing drive unit, for providing instructions employed in the determination of determined graphic indicia to be displayed on the electronic-ink display label. The electronic-ink display label employs an addressable display assembly including a layer of electronic ink including a bi-stable non-volatile imaging material. The electronic-ink display label includes an integrated circuit structure having a storage element for storing instructions, programs and data, and a programmed processor in communication with storage element. A signal receiving structure receives electromagnetic signals from the activation module, using the antenna structure. The electronic-ink display label displays graphical indicia representing information relating to digital information recorded on the digital information recording media device. | 2008-12-25 |
20080314993 | RFID tag, RFID-tag antenna, RFID-tag antenna sheet, and method of manufacturing RFID tag - A radio-frequency-identification tag antenna includes a film base, a plurality of antenna patterns for transmission and reception, which is formed in parallel on the film base, and a cut line that is formed on the film base between adjacent antenna patterns along the antenna patterns from an inside to an outer edge of the film base. A part of the film base on which the antenna patterns are formed is folded or bent in a predetermined direction using the cut line. | 2008-12-25 |
20080314994 | APPLIANCE FOR FINANCIAL TRANSACTION TOKENS - There is provided an accessory device for a financial transaction token. The accessory has an onboard power storage device that enables a financial token or card that is in communication with the accessory to operate when the card or token is not in the proximity of a merchant terminal (e.g.; a POS terminal). In one implementation, the onboard power storage device includes a rechargeable battery or capacitor such as a thin-film capacitor that stores sufficient energy to power the accessory's onboard electronics and/or the electronics of a financial token in communication with the accessory. The accessory may be a subcomponent of another consumer device such as a computing device, communications device, an item of clothing, an item of jewelry, a cell phone, a PDA, an identification card, a money holder, a wallet, a purse, a briefcase, or a personal organizer. | 2008-12-25 |
20080314995 | METAL-CONTAINING TRANSACTION CARD AND METHOD OF MAKING SAME - A method of making a transaction card comprising cutting a first sheet of metal to create a card body, cutting a second sheet of metal to create a back panel, applying an adhesive to said back panel and bonding said back panel to said card body. | 2008-12-25 |
20080314996 | Value Card PIN Security Method and Device - A value card comprising a substantially planar substrate with first indicia applied to a surface of the substrate is provided. An obscuring layer formed from an opaque material is disposed over the first indicia so as to prevent at least a portion of the first indicia from being viewed. The obscuring layer is configured so that the opaque material can be removed to reveal the at least a portion of the first indicia but cannot be reapplied over the first indicia. The value card further comprises a security device comprising second indicia comprising a predetermined pattern. At least a portion of the second indicia is formed on the obscuring layer so that removal of the opaque material to reveal the at least a portion of the first indicia also removes the at least a portion of the second indicia. | 2008-12-25 |
20080314997 | Vote by mail envelope that protects integrity of ballot during signature verification - A vote-by-mail return envelope that includes a pouch portion for containing the ballot and a stub portion on which the voter applies his/her signature and method for processing are provided. Each portion of the envelope contains a respective barcode that identifies the respective portion. When the envelope is received at the vote-counting location, the stub is separated from the pouch, thereby separating the voter's signature, name, etc. from the ballot. The signature is then verified from the stub, and subsequent processing of the pouch uses the pouch barcode identifier as a link to the stub barcode identifier and/or to the result of the signature verification, to determine whether the ballot in the pouch is eligible for counting or whether some remedial procedure is necessary. | 2008-12-25 |
20080314998 | Temperature control in variable-capacity HVAC system - Relatively constant temperatures are maintained in a space by varying the capacity of heating or cooling equipment. A proportional band is used to adjust capacity to compensate for changes in heating or cooling load, and the proportional band is adjusted to bring the actual temperature within the space closer to the set point temperature. Such an adjustment may be made by determining the difference between the present temperature and the set point temperature, and adjusting a floating temperature set point by a percentage (e.g., ten percent) of the difference. Such a process may be repeated, for example, at regular intervals, such as once per minute. As a result, the temperature within the space approaches (e.g., asymptotically) the set point temperature whether the heating or cooling load is high or low. Methods, systems, and apparatuses are contemplated, including HVAC units and controls, including for residential applications, including using variable-speed drives. | 2008-12-25 |
20080314999 | WATER HEATER STACKING DETECTION AND CONTROL - Methods and systems for operating a water heater to limit the effects of stacking in a water heater tank are disclosed. In some cases, the water heater controller may determine a rate of change of the water temperature in the water heater tank. If the rate of change exceeds a threshold value, the controller may adjust the water heater temperature set point downward to help reduce stacking in the water heater. In some cases, the water heater temperature set point may be returned to the original water heater temperature set point when stacking is no longer likely to be of a concern. In one illustrative embodiment, the controller may track the time that the heater of the water heater is in the “on” state, or the time that the heater is in the “off” state, during subsequent heating cycles. The controller may then compare the “on” time or the “off” time to respective recovery threshold times. If the “on” time or the “off” time exceeds its respective recovery threshold time, then the controller may adjust the set point toward the original water heater temperature set point, sometimes in an incremental manner. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315000 | Integrated Controller And Fault Indicator For Heating And Cooling Systems - An integrated controller for controlling a vapor compression based heating and cooling system. The integrated controller includes modules for independently controlling dry bulb temperature, humidity level, and incorporating a fault detection module therewith. The fault detection module being capable of detecting abnormal refrigerant levels using only temperature sensors on the condenser with thermal expansion valve or evaporator with fixed orifice type of expansion valve. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315001 | Residencial and industrial smooth rail extension - A rail that requires minimum force to slide an object. It can be assemble by rail pieces until obtaining the desired length. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315002 | Fixed Carriageway for Rail Vehicles - Fitted carriageway for rail vehicles having rails fixed on sleepers, which are supported by a structure engineered in concrete or a concrete composite, in which case the sleepers are embedded in the structural concrete of the engineered structure or in a protective concrete layer or are mounted direct on the structural concrete or the protective concrete layer. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315003 | METHOD FOR JOINING MODEL RAILROAD TIE STRIPS AND TRACKWORK WITH AN ALIGNMENT CLIP - A method for joining multiple lengths of pre-cut strips of interconnected model railroad ties, interconnected track switch ties and other track components to form a single flexible assembly of trackwork. A clip fashioned from various thicknesses of plywood or other materials works with existing model railroad scales and is designed to match and connect together pre-cut flexible strips of interconnected wood or plastic railroad ties, PC board railroad ties, or other ready-to-run track components that are used to produce finished trackwork for model railroads. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315004 | Method of Delivering a Dispersion - A dispersion of a hydrophobic silicic acid in water is delivered by means of the dispersion being conveyed onwards by means of a squeezing motion. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315005 | Active material emitting device and method of dispensing an active material - An active material emitting device includes an ultrasonic atomizer disposed within the device for volatilizing an active material. The device further includes an opening disposed adjacent the ultrasonic atomizer for emitting the volatilized active material therethrough. A vent is disposed in the device, wherein the vent creates an air passageway for air to enter the device and exit the device through the opening to carry the volatilized active material away from the device. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315006 | Diffusion device - A diffusion device includes a housing and an opening in the housing adapted for insertion of a container having an active material therein and a wick extending therefrom. The device further includes a heater disposed in a rear portion of the housing and spaced from the wick when a container is inserted into the housing. A vent is disposed in a front portion of the housing. An active material diffusion-interference member is disposed directly above and axially aligned with the wick when the container is inserted into the device, wherein the diffusion-interference member inhibits diffusion of the active material from the housing such that heat generated by the heater is trapped around the wick, thus increasing volatilization and dispersion of the active material from the diffusion device as compared to a diffusion device that does not have a diffusion-interference member. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315007 | Grafitti Prevention System - A graffiti prevention system for preventing application of graffiti to a surface(s). The system includes a control component ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080315008 | Four wire elastomeric seal and fuel injector using same - A fuel injector includes first and second electrical actuators positioned within an injector body. First and second pairs of electrical conductors extend from a socket connector outside of the injector body to the first and second electrical actuators, respectively. The electrical conductors extend through an elastomeric sealing member that seals against fuel leakage from the fuel injector. The elastomeric sealing member provides annular sealing ridges in sealing contact with an access passage of the injector body and includes individual conductor seal passages that form seals around the outer surface of the individual electrical conductors. The elastomeric sealing member includes features that facilitate assembly of the fuel injector in a manner that reduces risk of damage to the sealing strategy. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315009 | Electronic unit injector with pressure assisted needle control - An electronically controlled fuel injector includes a reduced part count and complexity over similar fuel injectors without a substantial reduction in performance capabilities. This is accomplished by using a one-piece needle that is hydraulically balanced and biased toward a closed position with a spring positioned in the needle control chamber. Although subtle, this injector has some ability to control the fuel pressure when the needle valve is opening and closing by adjusting a relative timing of a pressure control valve opening relative to a needle control chamber, using separate electrical actuators. The disclosure is particularly applicable to fuel injectors that cycle through high and low pressure states during and between injection events, respectively. Cam actuated fuel injectors being particularly well suited. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315010 | Fuel Injector - A fuel injector comprising: a fuel supply conduit for conveying fuel from a base end of the fuel injector to a tip end of the injector; a nozzle at the tip end of the injector for injecting the fuel into a combustion chamber; thermal conductor means for conducting heat from said nozzle at the tip end of the injector to the base end of the injector to cool the nozzle; and a housing for said fuel supply conduit, said nozzle and said thermal conductor means, wherein said thermal conductor means is thermally insulated from said fuel supply conduit between said tip and base ends of the injector. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315011 | Multiple capillary tubes to dispense vapor - This invention relates to the use of multiple capillary tubes | 2008-12-25 |
20080315012 | Method and System for Regulating Internal Fluid Flow Within an Enclosed or Semi-enclosed Environment - The present invention features a fluid flow regulator that functions to significantly influence fluid flow across the surface of an object, as well as to significantly effect the performance of the object subjected to the fluid. The fluid flow regulator comprises a pressure recovery drop that induces a sudden drop in pressure at an optimal pressure recovery point on said surface, such that a sub-atmospheric barrier is created that serves as a cushion between the molecules in the fluid and the molecules at the object's surface. More specifically, the present invention fluid flow regulator functions to significantly regulate the pressure gradients that exist along the surface of an object subject to fluid flow. Regulation of pressure gradients is accomplished by selectively reducing the pressure drag at various locations along the surface, as well as the pressure drag induced forward and aft of the object, via the pressure recovery drop. Reducing the pressure drag in turn increases pressure recovery or pressure recovery potential, which pressure recovery subsequently lowers the friction drag along the surface. By reducing or lowering friction drag, the potential for fluid separation is decreased, or in other words, attachment potential of the fluid is significantly increased. All of these effects may be appropriately and collectively phrased and referred to as optimization of fluid flow, wherein the fluid flow, its properties and characteristics (e.g., separation, boundary layer), and relationship to the object are each optimized. The present invention is specifically applicable to wings, wing-like structures (e.g. stabilizers and rudders), and diffusers. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315013 | Handheld windshield cleaning apparatus and method of using while driving - An automobile accessory pertaining to safety in its operation for its driver and any passengers within is disclosed. The total body apparatus ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080315014 | Personal Cooling Device for a Motorcycle Rider - The present invention is a personal cooling device for use during the operation of a motorcycle to provide a mist of water to keep a rider or passenger cool during hot weather. The device in a first embodiment consists of a water reservoir connected to an electric motor driven by the bikes electrical system to push water through tubing toward and out nozzles mounted on the motorcycle's handle bars. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315015 | SHOWERHEAD WITH TURBOCHARGER MECHANISM - A showerhead with a turbocharger mechanism including a showerhead housing and a turbo-compressor unit is provided. The showerhead housing has a water inlet port for introducing a water flow, a case wall that gradually expands, and a water drainage panel. The turbo-compressor unit is accommodated in a housing chamber and includes a compressor compartment where the water flow is converted into a vortex flow, a turbo-pump impeller accommodated in the compressor compartment, and a turbo-generator capable of generating electric energy The turbo-generator is electrically connected to an illumination means, so as to emit light beams. The present invention is provided with the turbocharger mechanism, so as to make use of the water flow flowing through the showerhead effectively to generate electricity for illumination. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315016 | Spray Nozzle Comprising Axial Grooves To Provide A Balance Supply To The Vortex Chamber - A spray nozzle designed to be mounted in a push button of a liquid distribution system, including a body equipped with an assembly tube that is defined by a front wall in which a distribution orifice is formed, wherein the inside face of the front wall is equipped with a vortex chamber that communicates with the distribution orifice, at least two radial tubes to supply liquid to the vortex chamber, and an annular duct to supply liquid to the upstream end of the tubes, in which the lateral inside wall of the tube is equipped with at least two axial grooves which respectively extend between an upstream end opening onto the rear edge of the tube and a downstream end opening onto the annular duct, wherein the grooves are positioned angularly so that each downstream end of a groove is equidistant from the two upstream ends of the tube adjacent to it on either side along the length of the annular duct. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315017 | Nozzle With Impinging Jets - The present invention relates to a nozzle for atomization of one or more fluids by letting two streams of fluid impinge. In a nozzle according to the invention the fluid is divided in a number of streams each given kinetic energy. The amount of kinetic energy given to streams is so that when the streams impinge at conditions where substantial opposite directed velocity components of the streams exist the streams will break up into a spray having a small droplet size. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315018 | Spray Dispenser - A trigger spray dispenser ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080315019 | Fuel Injecting Device and Method for Controlling Said Device - A fuel injecting device and method of controlling the fuel injection device. The fuel injection device includes a cylindrical body, a needle whose end includes with a head forming a valve on a seat supported by the end of the cylindrical body, an actuator made of an electroactive material, including a rod and that displaces the head such that the valve is opened, and a prestressing device holding the needle and a counterweight such that they are pressed against the rod opposite end. The needle extends coaxially to the cylindrical body in a form of a rigid bar and axially resonates when exposed to axial pulses at a determined excitation frequency by the actuator. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315020 | Method for Comminuting Polymeric Shaped Articles by Milling - The invention pertains to a method for comminuting a polymeric shaped article to particles having an average particle size smaller than 6 mm by using a grinding apparatus, characterized in that the shaped article prior to grinding is subjected to a milling step in a milling apparatus to substantially fully convert the shaped article into chips, after which the chips are fed into the grinding apparatus for further comminuting giving at least 25 wt. % less particles having a size less than 1 mm than obtained by the grinding step only. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315021 | Adjustable Condiment Grinder - Inner and outer grinding elements have a space therebetween which defines the size of the ground product. A shaft is connected at its bottom end to the inner element for operating the grinder. A sleeve extends about the outer grinding element and is mounted for rotation about the central axis of the grinding elements. Mating screw threads are formed on the sleeve and outer grinding element such that rotation of the sleeve moves the outer grinding element axially for adjusting the size of the ground condiment. A knob accessible from the exterior of the lower housing is fixed to the sleeve and rotates in a circumferential slot in the lower housing. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315022 | ADJUSTABLE GRINDER - An adjustable grinder, includes a container, a stator, a rotor, a drum, and a rotary slide. The container can hold a product to be ground. The stator is positioned on the container. The rotor is positioned opposite to the stator and can rotate with respect to the stator. The drum is positioned around the rotor. The rotary slide includes a pointer that can be adjusted such that a distance between the stator and the rotor increases or decreases. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315023 | Device and Method For Forming Elongated Material - This invention relates to a device and a method for forming elongated material. A device ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080315024 | Composite Spacer Strip Material - A composite spacer strip material for manufacturing spacers for window units, comprises a first layer made of an elastically-plastically deformable material, preferably a plastic material, and at least one second layer made of a plastically deformable material, preferably metal or curable matrix or a composite layer or a multi-layer material, which at least one second layer is materially connected to the first layer to form the composite spacer strip material, which composite spacer strip material extends in a longitudinal direction with a predetermined width in a width direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction and a predetermined thickness in a thickness direction perpendicular to the longitudinal and width directions, wherein the first layer extends over the complete width in the width direction, and wherein the at least one second layer extends over at least a part of the width in the width direction. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315025 | Seat Belt Retractor with a Belt Extension Controlled Force Limiting - A seat belt retractor for motor vehicles with a vehicle-sensitive or belt webbing sensitive controllable locking device, or both, for the belt shaft, having a profiled head that acts as a support for a displaceably mounted locking member that locks the belt shaft in the housing, and a two-stage force limiting device having two force limiting elements that are switchable between a high level and a low level of force limitation via an interposed coupling ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080315026 | Multi-task Fly Line Machine - The Multi-task Fly Line Machine uses spools to hold or store fly line in different phases of the operations to transfer fly line for storage or to another fly reel, clean and/or lubricate the fly line as well as a movable guide which performs the cleaning and lubricating of the fly line. There is also a removable platform to facilitate the addition of new fly line or other materials into the system. The machine functions either by use of a hand crank or use of an external power device such as a hand drill to operate the machine. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315027 | Method and Apparatus For Winding up Coreless and Soft-Core Rolls of Film Materials - A method and an apparatus for winding coreless and soft-core rolls ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080315028 | MOBILE WIRE DISPENSING APPARATUS - A mobile wire dispensing apparatus for carrying and moving spools of wire to desired locations. The mobile wire dispensing apparatus includes a conventional hand truck having a longitudinally extending frame with wheels at one end and a handle at the other end, and a foot plate at the wheeled end projecting at a right angle to the frame. The hand truck is converted to a wire dispensing apparatus with a kit which includes upper and lower V-shaped frames having an apex and two legs diverging from the apex to distal ends, whereby the distal ends of the V-shaped frames are securable to the frame of the hand truck at spaced locations with the V-frames being aligned and the lower V-shaped frame engaging the inside of the footplate. A hub socket is provided on the apex of the lower V-shaped frame and protrudes upwardly towards the apex of the upper V-shaped frame to receive a wire spool core end over the hub. A shaft is dimensioned to span between the two apexes of the V-shaped frames and is received at the bottom end into the hub socket after passing through at least one wire spool, and then the upper end of the shaft is secured to the apex of the V-shaped frame. Through shaft eye sleeves may also be provided on each leg of the V-shaped frames intermediate their apexes and distal ends and are aligned for thereby slidably receiving therein a parallel pair of spool shafts with bottom ends of the spool shafts engaging the footplate of the hand truck as a stop. This latter arrangement permits the mounting of multiple smaller wire spools instead of using a single shaft for the larger heavier spools. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315029 | Flexible conduit dispensing device - Coiled conduits such as the plastic water tubing commonly used by plumping contractors may be effectively unwound and strung at a construction site using a unique conduit dispensing device of this invention. The dispensing device includes a container for housing the coiled conduit and a reel for unwinding the coiled conduit from the container. The dispensing device may be equipped with a suspending mount which when mounted at a dispensing position allows a single worker to more effectively install the conduit at the work site. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315030 | Fiber optic rapid spooling tool - A spooling tool for paying out a fiber optic cable prewound on a spool region of a drop box or on an associated spool, when installing a cable at a user's premises. In one embodiment, the tool includes a base plate and a stud projecting from one side of the plate. An elongate arbor has one end secured to the stud in such a manner as to support the arbor perpendicular to the base plate. The arbor is dimensioned to pass through an axial passage in the box so that the box pivots on the arbor when the cable is unwound by an installer. A cap mechanism at the opposite end of the arbor retains the drop box on the arbor, and applies enough drag on the box to inhibit it from free wheeling on the arbor. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315031 | Production and application of biodegradable sediment control device - An elongated web of flexible material having a covering of excelsior across a portion thereof has an elongated edge portion uncovered. The elongated covered portion is folded over upon itself a number of times, and the elongated uncovered side portion (a tail) are wound upon a roll for utilization after unrolling, as a sediment barrier, properly staked into the ground. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315032 | Techniques for providing surface control to a guidable projectile - A guidable projectile has a central shaft, a projectile body, and a surface control assembly. The projectile body is arranged to rotate around at least a portion of the central shaft during flight of the guidable projectile to provide stabilization. The surface control assembly is supported by the central shaft. The surface control assembly includes a movable member arranged to control a trajectory of the guidable projectile during flight of the guidable projectile, and an electromagnetic actuator interconnected between the central shaft and the movable member. The electromagnetic actuator is arranged to control movement of the movable member relative to the central shaft. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315033 | Turbojet Engine Mounting Structure For Aircraft - A mount for an aircraft turbojet engine. The mount includes a central box formed by an assembly of two side panels joined via transverse ribs and two side boxes secured to a forward part of the box and arranged either side thereof, each side box including an aft closure frame. One of the ribs forming the box includes two side extensions made in a single piece with the rib and respectively projecting from the two side panels outwardly from the box, the two extensions being fixedly mounted on the frame of each of the two side boxes, respectively. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315034 | Turbojet Engine Nacelle with Lateral Opening of Covers - The present invention relates to a nacelle ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080315035 | VARIABLE SPEED GEARBOX WITH AN INDEPENDENTLY VARIABLE SPEED TAIL ROTOR SYSTEM FOR A ROTARY WING AIRCRAFT - A gearbox of a rotary-wing aircraft includes at least one variable speed system which optimizes the main rotor speed for different flight regimes such as a hover flight profile and a high speed cruise flight profile for any rotary wing aircraft while maintaining an independently variable tail rotor speed. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315036 | Aircraft Having Multiple Seating Configurations and Associated Systems and Methods - Aircraft having multiple seating configurations and associated systems and methods are disclosed. An aircraft in accordance with one embodiment, for example, can include a fuselage having a generally circular cross-sectional shape and one or more passenger cabin portions. The individual cabin portions can include a floor connected to the fuselage and a plurality of passenger seats attached to the floor. The passenger seats are in a configuration selected from a first twin aisle seat-row arrangement and a second, single aisle seat-row arrangement. Each of the first and second seat-row arrangements is implementable in the fuselage. Further, the seats in either the first seat-row arrangement or the second seat-row arrangement have between a three abreast and a six abreast seating configuration. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315037 | Safety System for Reducing the Impact Energy of a Container - A safety system for reducing the impact energy of a container for an aircraft includes an aircraft cargo hold with at least one safety wall; an accommodation device; and at least one airbag. The accommodation device can be affixed to the safety wall, wherein the accommodation device is designed to accommodate the at least one airbag. In the case of a movement of the container, the at least one airbag can be activated so that air can be injected into the airbag so that some of the impact energy of the container can be absorbed by the at least one activated airbag, with the remaining forces then being distributed over an area of the at least one safety wall. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315038 | Fuel Tank Valve - Some water drain valves tend to fill with water which may freeze, thereby jamming the valve. This invention provides an aircraft water drain valve comprising a passageway, a shaft, a first sealing member and a second sealing member. The shaft is moveable between an open position in which the first and second sealing members are arranged to allow free passage of fluid through the passageway, and a closed position in which both the first and second sealing members are arranged to prevent free passage of fluid through the passageway thereby preventing ingress of fluid into the region between the first and second sealing members. Thus water may be hindered from collecting and freezing in the part of the valve close to the cold wall of the fuel tank. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315039 | System and methods for space vehicle torque balancing - A spacecraft attitude controller balances external torques, including those resulting from gravity gradient and those resulting from other orbital disturbances, to achieve a comparatively stable, neutral attitude or orientation. Torque is balanced by selecting spacecraft attitude Euler angles and angular rates such that orbital disturbances and cross-coupling inertial effects are cancelled by the external forces, based on Euler's equation. A spacecraft attitude torque-balancing controller and related method compares spacecraft attitude angles and angular rates with an orbit reference frame, and provides instructions to conventional momentum management and propulsion controls to responsively adjust the spacecraft attitude and angular rates. This feedback loop drives to zero (or an acceptably small quantity) the rate of change of the difference between spacecraft and reference attitude and angular rates, thus minimizing the net accelerations on the vehicle. A further method is provided to determine a desired physical structure and mass distribution of the spacecraft, needed to achieve torque balancing in a spacecraft attitude such that appliances, such as antennas, solar panels, and instruments, will have the required orientation once in their final on-orbit deployed position. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315040 | DETECTION OF EFFORT ON A FLIGHT-CONTROL ACTUATOR - ABSTRACT The use of at least one attachment screw ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080315041 | POWER STARTER FOR MICRO AIR VEHICLES - A manual starter for an engine includes a main housing, an output shaft, a spring housing, a spring, and an attachment unit. The output shaft is disposed at least partially inside the main housing, and is configured to supply a starting torque to the engine. The spring housing is disposed in the main housing. This spring is disposed in the spring housing, and is configured to receive an initial force from a starter cord and to supply the starting torque to the output shaft. The attachment unit is configured to selectively couple the spring to the output shaft before the engine has started and decouple the spring from the output shaft after the engine has started. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315042 | THRUST GENERATOR FOR A PROPULSION SYSTEM - A thrust generator is provided. The thrust generator includes an air inlet configured to introduce air within the thrust generator and a plenum configured to receive exhaust gas from a gas generator and to provide the exhaust gas over a Coanda profile, wherein the Coanda profile is configured to facilitate attachment of the exhaust gas to the profile to form a boundary layer and to entrain incoming air from the air inlet to generate thrust. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315043 | Emergency Ram Air Inlet Valve of an Aircraft - The present invention relates to an emergency ram air inlet valve, also designated as an ERAI valve, of an aircraft comprising an actuating element ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080315044 | Methods and systems for variable rate communication timeout - Methods and systems for communicating with a vehicle are provided. The method includes providing a plurality of wayside control units controlling an area along a guideway to be traveled by the vehicle, the plurality of wayside control units including a database of fixed data defining an operational profile of the guideway in a local area of an associated wayside control unit. The method also includes monitoring dynamic data in the local area of the associated wayside control unit wherein the dynamic data includes at least one of guideway availability and signal status information and transmitting wirelessly an authority message including at least one of the fixed data and the dynamic data from the associated wayside unit to a receiver on board the vehicle, the authority message dynamic data being valid for a selectable one of a plurality of time periods. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315045 | Bending Mount for a Magnetic Levitation Railway - A mount for a magnetic levitation railway has functional elements ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080315046 | Kiosk, system and method for the pairing flowers and vases - The invention is directed to a kiosk, system and method for pairing flowers and vases. The system includes a vase having a vase sticker. The vase sticker has a trim length printed on the vase sticker. The vase sticker also is color coded. The color code indicates a trim length and vase volume. The consumer selects a bouquet of flowers that matches the vase volume. The consumer then trims the flowers to the indicated trim length. The consumer then places the flowers in the vase and has a flawless, professional design look. The confidence this provides the customer to select flowers increases the quantity of flowers purchased from a self-service floral department. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315047 | Anti-vibration tube support with locking assembly - A support device for a bundle of elongated members and a locking assembly for securing the same within the bundle are disclosed. The support device includes an elongated support adapted to be located between adjacent spaced rows of elongated members, wherein the elongated support having a first side and a second side, wherein the first side being arranged to be positioned adjacent one row of the spaced rows of elongated members and the second side being arranged to be positioned adjacent another row of the spaced rows of elongated members. The support device includes a plurality of support members spaced along the elongated support, wherein each support member have a first supporting assembly located on the first side for supporting one of the elongated members in the one row and a second supporting assembly located on the second side for supporting one of the elongated members in the other row. At least one locking assembly is provided for locking the support device between the adjacent rows of elongated members, wherein each of the at least one locking assembly being located on at least one of the first side and the second side between adjacent supporting assemblies. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315048 | DISPLAY DEVICE - A display device of the present invention includes a body stand unit; a display displaying unit; and an arm unit, arranged upright from the body stand unit, for supporting the display displaying unit; where the arm unit is arranged on either left or right end side from a center in a horizontal direction of the display displaying unit, and supports the display displaying unit in a cantilever state. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315049 | Mounting System for a Household Appliance - A mounting system for supporting a household appliance such as a monitor includes a support element which can be removably connected to the appliance and an anchoring element for fixing the mounting system to a support interface. The support pivots on an axis so that the appliance can oscillate. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315050 | VEHICLE BLIND SPOT RADAR SENSOR MOUNT - A structure for retaining a sensor and a body fascia panel entails a bracket, framework, or solid material that defines a receptacle or pocket for a sensor, such as a radar sensor, and a dip or slot such that a body fascia panel may he securely held in place. Additionally, a body fascia panel may exhibit an auxiliary structure that retains the sensor, and a fastener retainer, such as a circular fastener retainer. The structure may be molded directly into the body fascia panel as may the fastener retainer. The slot to retain the body fascia panel may run along the entire length, such as at an upper area, of a bracket, framework or solid material to hold the panel. To protect a sensor, such as a radar sensor, from road debris, water and other elements, a sealant may surround the sensor. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315051 | Adaptable mobile phone rack - A mobile phone rack having adaptable means for it may be hanged in screw heads or in a hanger adaptor or, may stand or placed upright in a bag, pocket and the likes while the mobile phone is safe and available for immediate grip and use or, may be adapted with plugs and their wires unobstructed. The rack having adjustable means wherein a frame with a rubber cap sidewall to cushion the mobile phone back wall is perpendicular to forearm rods sleeved with tapered rubber tubes which are cushioning and diverging across edges to primarily confine the mobile phone, the forearms are extending down to spaced concaves a safety net and a shield and extending to transverse legs with rubber tubes to cushion and contain the bottoms. Fingers may move, easily, the forearms and the tapered tubes may be pushed or pulled, easily, for adjustment in width and thickness, respectively. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315052 | HUBS FOR WALL MOUNTING SYSTEMS - The invention relates to improvements in hubs for wall mounting systems for screens, and in particular to a hub for a wall mounting system for a flat panel screen, such as a plasma display or television screen, which enables the screen to be tilted. The hub comprises a casing, means for attaching the hub to a screen bracket, means for attaching the hub to an arm of a wall mount, and a tilt member. The tilt member has a sliding member which is located within an arcuate cavity in the casing such that the sliding member and casing are slidable relative to each other to enable a screen attached to the mounting system to be tilted about a horizontal pivot axis. The arc is defined by the cavity having its centre, which forms the pivot axis, offset from the centre of gravity of the screen. The hub further comprises a compression spring located within the casing and biased to provide a counterbalancing force so that the screen remains stationery in any position. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315053 | Adjustable display holder - An adjustable display holder is disclosed. One embodiment provides a display arm and a display base, wherein the display arm is pivotably connected to the base, and the arm and base have a tongue and groove arrangement, wherein the arm may be elastically deformed to connect to the base, and the arm may retain a shape that arranges the tongue and groove in a way that resists relative pivoting between the arm and base. In this manner, an adjustable display holder may be easily configured without compromising the utility of the display holder. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315054 | Bracket for vertically suspending scooters - A bracket useful for suspending terrestrial transportation devices, such as scooters, from a vertical support contains a vertical flange, a horizontal flange, and a support arm. The vertical flange is connected to the horizontal flange, which in turn is connected to the support arm, each preferably perpendicular to the other. The vertical flange of the bracket is connected to the vertical support. One or more scooter supports are located on the support arm. The scooter supports include one or more notches. The necks of suspended scooters nest in the notches of the scooter supports. Scooters are suspended from the bracket by draping the scooters over the support arm, with the deck and steering unit on opposite sides of the support arm. The bracket may be covered with a soft, preferably polymeric, coating to prevent scratches to the terrestrial transportation devices supported by the bracket. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315055 | MAGNETIC CLAMP HOLDER - An exemplary magnetic clamp holder used for a mechanical arm, includes a housing ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080315056 | Connecting Device for Pendent Lamp - A connecting device for a pendent lamp includes a first connector and a second connector rotatably mounted on the first connector. Thus, the first connector is rotatable relative to the second connector to adjust the angle and direction of the pendent lamp so that the pendent lamp is adjustable to have the optimum angle and direction. In addition, the rotation ring of the second connector is limited between the first threaded connecting member and the second threaded connecting member of the first connector after the first threaded connecting member and the second threaded connecting member of the first connector are combined together so that the connecting device is assembled easily and quickly. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315057 | Support Arrangement of Roll in Fibrous-Web Machine - A support arrangement ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080315058 | Adjustable Telescopic Support - An adjustable telescopic support. The support has at least two tubular elements slidable telescopically one inside the other. A device locks the elements in an adjustable position and includes a seat at one end of the external tubular element and a contractible collar mounted in the seat between an operative position in which the collar is clamped on the internal tubular element and locks the tubular elements axially relative to each other, and a non-operative position in which the tubular elements can slide. A clamp is provided between the collar and the seat for contracting the collar as the collar moves in the seat. The support also has an actuator between the collar and the external tubular element that moves the collar axially in the seat between the operative and non-operative positions. The actuator includes a spring, a collar-carrying member, and a cam profile. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315059 | THIN DISPLAY - This thin liquid crystal television includes a thinly formed display portion displaying images and a stand member rotatably mounted on the back surface of the display portion and so formed as to support the display portion without bringing the lower surface of the display portion into contact with a receiving surface and to form a grip of the display portion by protruding upward beyond the display portion when rotated with respect to the display portion. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315060 | Fastening Device for an Internal Rear View Mirror of Motor Vehicles on an Inner Side of a Windshield - A fastening device for an internal rear view mirror of motor vehicles to be installed on an inner side of a windshield contains a holding part which is held in position on the windshield by adhesive bonding, to which holding part is detachably fastened a mirror foot of the internal rear view mirror. In order to obtain a statically precisely defined, highly rigid connection between the holding part and mirror foot, it is provided that the mirror foot, in its mounted operating position, is supported directly on the holding part merely by a six-point support and is fastened to the holding part by a separate retaining device. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315061 | Fastening device for flat components, especially solar modules, to be arranged on a framework - A fastening device for flat components, especially solar modules, to be arranged on a framework, includes a first profile mounting rail and a second profile mounting rail that are spaced apart from one another and that are arranged horizontal and parallel on the framework and on which one component can be affixed in the area of its mutually opposing edges. Profile elements, which are arranged on the bottom of a frameless component in the area of the lateral edges, are provided with a retaining rib which projects toward the lateral edge, and connect to the profile mounting rails. A retaining element is provided with a first fastening segment for fastening to a fastening area of the profile mounting rail and with a second fastening segment having two retaining segments that project to both sides and that, in the assembled position, overlap the mutually opposing retaining ribs of two components to be placed next to one another. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315062 | Surface-mounted post base - A surface-mounted base for a breakaway signpost. The base is configured as a sphere so as to present no edges that may be impacted by a vehicle and includes a sunken socket ensuring that no metal shards project above grade after a post is damaged. The base is provided with recessed slots for retaining securing bolts therein. This arrangement prevents the securing bolt heads from being contacted by the undercarriage of a vehicle or mower and plow blades of maintenance machines. The slots also allow for rotation of the base during installation ensuring correct orientation of the signpost. Reflective or florescent materials can be attached to the recesses to enhance night visibility. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315063 | Keyhole mounting system - There is provided a wall mounting kit including a pair of fasteners that are cooperatively engageable with a wall. The wall mounting kit further includes a wall fixture having a reference edge and a contact surface. The contact surface is adjacent to the wall when the wall fixture is secured thereto. A pair of keyhole openings is disposed within the contact surface. The spatial separation the keyhole openings and the reference edge defines a first distance. Each keyhole opening includes an aperture portion. The spatial separation between the centers of the keyhole aperture portions defines a second distance. The keyhole openings are operative to receive a respective one of the pair of fasteners such that the wall fixture is secured to the wall. The wall mounting kit additionally includes a template having a marking guide operative to illustrate the second distance. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315064 | SUSPENSION FOR SUSPENDING A TURBINE ENGINE FROM THE STRUCTURE OF AN AIRCRAFT - The present invention relates to the suspending of a turbine engine from the structure of an aircraft using a beam with means of attachment to said structure and at least one link rod articulated via one end to a journal secured to the beam and via the other to a fitting secured to the turbine engine. This suspension is one wherein the journal is mounted on the beam via a flexible coupling formed of two preloaded laminated, elastomer and metal, cylinders. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315065 | Bracket assembly for facilitating the installation of a concrete wall on a concrete footing and a method of forming the wall - A bracket assembly is disclosed for facilitating the installation of a concrete wall on a concrete footing. The bracket assembly includes a bracket having a base member with an upper surface and a lower surface. First and second spaced apart flanges extend upwardly from the base member. The bracket assembly also includes a cavity formed in the base member having an opening aligned with the lower surface. An aperture is formed through the base member and is aligned with the cavity. A sealant is positioned in the cavity. The bracket assembly further includes a movable fastener positioned in the aperture which is capable of being driven through the sealant and into the concrete footing to secure the bracket assembly thereto. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315066 | Poly 4-Methyl-1-Pentene Resin Composition, Film and Mold for Production of Sealed Electronic Element Product - A poly 4-methyl-1-pentene resin composition which includes a polymer containing 80% by mass or more of 4-methyl-1-pentene in which the resin composition has a melting point of 170 to 240° C. and a semicrystallization time of 70 to 220 seconds. Also provided are a release film having good releasibility, a mold for production of a sealed electronic element product having excellent heat resistance and releasibility and an LED mold, which are obtained by molding the resin composition. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315067 | Sidewall construction of a casting mold - A sidewall construction for casting concrete elements, said sidewall construction comprising a mold surface plate ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080315068 | DETECTION DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS - A unit circuit includes a first transistor, a detection element, a second transistor, and a first capacitive element. The first transistor supplies a detection line with a detection signal corresponding to the electric potential of a gate electrode thereof. The detection element is connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor and varies the electric potential of the gate electrode of the first transistor in accordance with an external factor. The second transistor has a first terminal that is connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor and a second terminal that is connected to a second power supply line. The second transistor has a gate electrode that is connected to a scanning line. The first capacitive element holds the electric potential of the gate electrode of the first transistor. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315069 | OPTICAL HEAD DEVICE - An optical head device includes a light source which emits a light beam, an objective lens which condenses the light beam on the optical disk, a condensing lens which condenses reflected light from the optical disk, a liquid crystal panel disposed near a focal point of the condensing lens and having pixels, a driver which drives the pixels of the liquid crystal panel to pass the reflected light from a reproduction layer of the optical disk and partially interrupt the reflected light from a non-reproduction layer of the optical disk, and a photodetector which detects light passed through the liquid crystal panel. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315070 | Display apparatus and brightness adjustment method thereof - A brightness adjustment method is applied to a display apparatus comprising a light source and a light sensor and includes the following steps. First, a target brightness value L | 2008-12-25 |
20080315071 | IMAGE READING APPARATUS AND CONTROLLING METHOD THEREOF - An image reading apparatus includes light sources, an image sensor, a data generating unit, and a carrier unit. The light sources are sequentially turned on for an identical period once in a single line period. The image sensor reads information from a print medium irradiated by the light sources. The data generating unit generates pixel data corresponding to the information. The carrier unit carries the print medium such that the image print medium is scanned by the image sensor in a sub-scanning direction. The single line period is equal to or more than twice a period from when first one of the light sources is turned on until last one of the light sources is turned off. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315072 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING A REPRESENTATION OF AN OBJECT SCENE - An apparatus ( | 2008-12-25 |
20080315073 | Method and apparatus for setting black level in an imager using both optically black and tied pixels - An imaging pixel array includes an active area of pixels, organized into rows and columns of pixels. The array also includes a plurality of dark pixel columns adjacent to the active area of pixels such that rows of pixels in the active area of pixels extend across the plurality of dark pixel columns. The plurality of dark pixel columns are composed of tied pixels. The array also includes a plurality of dark pixel rows adjacent to the active area of pixels and the plurality of dark pixel columns such that columns of pixels in the active area of pixels extend across the plurality of dark pixel rows. The plurality of dark pixel rows are composed of both optically black pixels and tied pixels on the same row. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315074 | ARRAY-TYPE LIGHT RECEIVING DEVICE AND LIGHT COLLECTION METHOD - An array-type light receiving device includes a first light collector, a second light collector configured to receive light collected by the first light collector, and a light receiver configured to receive light collected by the second light collector. The first light collector has a spherical shape, the second light collector has a high refractive index portion and a low refractive index portion, and the high refractive index portion has one of a cylindrical shape and a polygonal prismatic shape. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315075 | METHOD FOR OPTICALLY DETECTING AND IDENTIFYING A THREAT - An optical detection apparatus includes a housing having a circumferential opening therein. A primary mirror reflects light rays to form a first set of light rays to a secondary mirror that has a generally concave shape coupled to the housing. A tertiary mirror having a generally concave shape coupled to the housing spaced apart from the secondary mirror directs light to detection optics that form an image using the third set of light rays. The detection optics include a micro-mirror array that redirect the image to a detector. A controller controls the micro-mirror array and determines an event characteristic based upon the image thereon. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315076 | ABSOLUTE POSITION ENCODER - A scale has a first incremental track with first incremental patterns including first light and dark patterns formed at equal intervals in first periods, an absolute track with absolute patterns representing absolute positions, and a second incremental track with second incremental patterns including second light and dark patterns formed at equal intervals in second periods longer than the first periods. A light source emits a measurement light to the scale. A photodetector receives the measurement light reflected at or transmitted through the scale. A signal processing circuit processes the received light signal of the photodetector to detect an absolute position of the scale. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315077 | SCANNING UNIT FOR AN OPTICAL POSITION-MEASURING DEVICE - A scanning unit for an optical position-measuring device includes a semiconductor light source and at least one downstream reflector element that has a defined optical effect on the beams of rays emitted by the semiconductor light source. The optically active surface of the reflector element is arranged in subregions to be reflection-preventive such that no beams of rays are reflected back from the reflector element into the semiconductor light source. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315078 | Wavelength measuring device, light receiving unit, and wavelength measuring method - A wavelength measuring device includes: light receiving elements that receive light to be measured; a temperature controller that maintains the light receiving elements at different temperatures from one another; and a calculation unit that determines the wavelength of the light to be measured, based on outputs of the light receiving elements. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315079 | Symbia Head Position Correction: Apparatus and Method - A system and method provide for more accurate SPECT/CT image registration. CT data is utilized to establish a global spatial coordinate system of a common test phantom. The common test phantom is then used to obtain a set of point source nuclear images. Three-dimensional CT point source data is mapped to a two-dimensional image plane of corresponding point source data, to obtain a pair of intersecting projection cones that are used to obtain a set of detector head position correction parameters to correct detector head positioning in the CT coordinate system when obtaining SPECT projection images of the same object. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315080 | Electrostatic Trap - An electrostatic trap such as an orbitrap is disclosed, with an electrode structure. An electrostatic trapping field of the form U′(r,φ,z) is generated to trap ions within the trap so that they undergo isochronous oscillations. The trapping field U′(r, φ,z) is the result of a perturbation W to an ideal field U(r, φ,z) which, for example, is hyperlogarithmic in the case of an orbitrap. The perturbation W may be introduced in various ways, such as by distorting the geometry of the trap so that it no longer follows an equipotential of the ideal field U(r, φ,z), or by adding a distortion field (either electric or magnetic). The magnitude of the perturbation is such that at least some of the trapped ions have an absolute phase spread of more than zero but less than about 2π radians over an ion detection period T | 2008-12-25 |
20080315081 | Mass Spectrometry Precursor Ion Selection - The present invention is concerned with methods for the selection of precursor ions of a sample polypeptide for fragmentation in mass spectrometry, together with methods for determining at least one putative amino acid sequence for a sample polypeptide, apparatus and computer programs for same. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315082 | Mass spectrometric analyzer - A tandem mass spectrometer comprising an ion source for ionizing a sample, an ion trap section for carrying out collision induced dissociation of the target ions thereby to produce fragment ions, a multi electrode collision section for conducting collision induced dissociation of fragment ions discharged from the ion trap section, a mass spectrometer section for conducting mass spectrometric analysis of the converged fragment ions. After the target ions selected by the ion trap section are subjected to collision induced dissociation, specific fragment ions among the fragment ions are selected and transferred to the multi electrode collision section thereby to carry out collision induced dissociation therein. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315083 | Device and Method for Coupling Capillary Separation Methods and Mass Spectrometry - The present invention relates to capillaries which are at least partially sheathed with metal foil and to the use thereof in the coupling of methods such as HPLC, CE (capillary electrophoresis), CEC (capillary electrochromatography) or pCEC (pressurised CEC) to MS (mass spectrometry). The sheathing according to the invention with metal foil enables direct coupling of the capillaries to a mass spectrometer without using further adapters, such as spray needles or empty capillary parts. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315084 | ANALYSIS METHOD OF AMINO ACID USING MASS SPECTROMETER - A pretreatment method of samples, in which injections of samples are performed efficiently and precisely when amino acids are analyzed with a mass spectrometer, is provided. For the analysis method of samples including analyte comprising an amino acid, an amine and/or a peptide with mass spectrometry, the analyte is derivatized with a modification reagent, the derivative is subjected to a microchip electrophoresis, and then eluate from the microchip electrophoresis is introduced into a mass spectrometer. | 2008-12-25 |
20080315085 | FAIMS Cell Having an Offset Ion Inlet Orifice - A FAIMS cell has an elongated inner electrode with a longitudinal axis extending along a first direction. The inner electrode has a curved outer surface that defines a circle when viewed in a cross section that is taken in a plane normal to the longitudinal axis, which itself passes through the center of the circle so defined. An outer electrode having an inner surface is disposed in a spaced-apart facing relationship relative to the outer surface of the inner electrode so as to define an analytical gap therebetween. A first ion inlet orifice is defined through a first portion of the outer electrode, and an ion outlet orifice is defined through a second portion of the outer electrode. In particular, the first ion inlet orifice has a first ion injection axis that does not pass through the center of the circle. Furthermore, the second electrode does not have defined through any portion thereof an ion inlet orifice having an ion injection axis that passes through the center of the circle. | 2008-12-25 |