Abstract: A graphene field effect transistor includes a gate stack, the gate stack including a seed layer, a gate oxide formed over the seed layer, and a gate metal formed over the gate oxide; an insulating layer; and a graphene sheet displaced between the seed layer and the insulating layer.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 13, 2009
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2012
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Keith A. Jenkins, Yu-Ming Lin, Alberto Valdes-Garcia
Abstract: A touch-screen display device includes a display panel, a touch panel, and an adhesive member. The display panel has a peripheral area surrounding an effective area. The touch panel is separated from and faces the display panel. The adhesive member has an adhesive part disposed along the peripheral area and an airing portion disposed along a portion of the peripheral area. The adhesive part adheres the touch panel and the display panel together. The airing portion blocks a particle from entering into a space between the touch panel and the display panel, and inflows and outflows air from the exterior to the space. Therefore, the touch panel and the display panel are coupled by the adhesive member having an airing portion formed thereon, so that a display error may be prevented.
Abstract: A fuel injector for injecting fuel into a gasifier includes a mating end including a nozzle portion and a first flange fixedly coupled to the mating end and having a first receiving hole there through and including a first diaphragm disposed therein. The injector also includes a fuel transmission nozzle displaced at least partially within the mating end and passing through the first receiving hole arranged and configured such that a secondary oxygen channel exists between the fuel transmission nozzle and the mating end, the fuel transmission nozzle being fixedly coupled to the first diaphragm and further including a fuel inlet for receiving fuel for introduction into the gasifier.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 18, 2009
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2012
Assignee:
General Electric Company
Inventors:
Monty Lee Harned, Doug Scott Byrd, Paul Stephen Dimascio, Shashishekara Sitharamarao Talya
Abstract: A composition comprises a blend of 20 to 90 wt. % of a polycarbonate, 10 to 80 wt. % of a polyester wherein the weight percent of the polycarbonate and the polyester are each based on the total weight of the polycarbonate and the polyester. A sample of the composition having a thickness of 2.5 mm has a luminous transmittance of greater than or equal to 80% and a haze of less than 20% when measured in accordance with ASTM D 1003.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
August 29, 2008
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2012
Assignee:
Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.V.
Inventors:
Nina P. Vaze, Tieb M. B. Aouraghe, Johannes Hubertus G. M. Lohmeijer, Shreyas Chakravarti
Abstract: A spout mounting method and a spout that enable smooth and high-speed mounting of the spout onto a pouch. The method includes an insertion step of inserting the spout (S) into the pouch (P) so that a mounting portion (IP) of the spout (S) is held between not-yet-sealed opening edges, a temporary fixation step of temporarily fixing the spout (S), inserted in the pouch (P), to the pouch (P), and a sealing step of fixing the mounting portion (IP) of the spout (S), temporarily fixed to the pouch (P), to the opening edges of the pouch (P) by heat-sealing. In the temporary fixation step, the opening edges of the pouch (P) are fixed together by spot-sealing near edges on both sides of the mounting portion (IP) of the spout (S) so that the spout (S) is held by the opening edges of the pouch (P).
Abstract: A method of validating a configuration of a computer clusters includes transmitting a first neighbor identification to a first flexible service processor (FSP) arranged in the first computer cluster and a second neighbor identification to a second FSP arranged in the second computer cluster, connecting a first end of a cable to a first transceiver arranged in the first cluster and connecting a second end of the cable to a second transceiver arranged in the second cluster. The first neighbor identification is passed from the first transceiver to the second computer cluster and the second neighbor identification is passed from the second transceiver toward the first computer cluster. The first neighbor identification is compared with a desired first neighbor identification to establish a first comparison result, and the second neighbor identification is compared with a desired second neighbor identification to establish a second comparison result and a notice is generated.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 23, 2009
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2012
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Casimer M. DeCusatis, Aruna V. Ramanan, Edward J. Seminaro, Alison B. White, Daniel G. Young
Abstract: An antenna has multiple antenna elements, with a beam forming Butler matrix, having antenna ports and input/output ports, with each of said antenna elements being connected to a respective port of the beam forming Butler matrix. Transceiver circuitry is connected to each of the input/output ports of the beam forming matrix by means of respective distinct transmit and receive paths and a respective duplexer. Individually controllable gain control elements are located in each of the transmit and receive paths. These can be controlled in response to signal strength measurements made by the antenna.
Abstract: There is described a controlling program, a controlling apparatus, an image forming apparatus and a print controlling method, each to be employed in the variable-data printing. The controlling apparatus that controls a variable-data printing to create plural sets of print products based on print data provided with a variable field to which variable printing contents are to be applied for the plural sets of the print products, so as to convert the print data to raster image data, includes: a record acquiring section to acquire the plural records to be applied to the variable field; and a specifying section to specify, for each of the plural sets of print products, one kind of paper sheet out of plural kinds of paper sheets, based on correlation information in which the plural records and the plural kinds of paper sheets are correlated with each other.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 16, 2008
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2012
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Business Technologies, Inc.
Abstract: A shift register comprises stages connected to each other, in which each stage generates an output signal in response to any one of clock signals and an output from each of two different stages. Each clock signal has a duty ratio of less than 50% and a different phase from each of the other clock signals. A display device includes pixels, signal lines, and first and second shift registers each having stages connected to each other and generating output signals to signal lines. Each stage includes a set terminal, a reset terminal, a clock terminal, and first and second output terminals.
Abstract: A backlight assembly includes a light-emitting apparatus, a multi-channel current controller and a heat distributor. The light-emitting apparatus includes a plurality of light-emitting diode (“LED”) strings. The multi-channel current controller includes a plurality of current control circuits, each of which includes an input channel electrically connected an LED string of the plurality of LED strings and which controls a magnitude of a driving current flowing through the LED string. The heat distributor is electrically connected to the input channel and the LED string, and is disposed adjacent to the input channel.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
November 5, 2008
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2012
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Byoung-Dae Ye, Gi-Cherl Kim, Eui-Jeong Kang
Abstract: A thin film transistor (“TFT”) includes a poly silicon layer formed on a flexible substrate and including a source region, a drain region, and a channel region, and a gate stack formed on the channel region of the poly silicon layer, wherein the gate stack includes first and second gate stacks, and a region of the poly silicon layer between the first and second gate stacks is an off-set region. A method of manufacturing the TFT is also provided.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
June 1, 2007
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2012
Assignee:
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
Inventors:
Jang-yeon Kwon, Sang-yoon Lee, Jong-man Kim, Kyung-bae Park, Ji-sim Jung
Abstract: The invention relates to a handling system for lifting or moving a person from a first position to another, such as from a bed to a chair. The system includes a bottom part being vertically fixed, a lifting arm being guided by the bottom part allowing the lifting arm to at least be vertically adjustable, a support part for fixating and supporting the person during the lifting and moving, and a support connection for the support part. The support connection is connected to drive means, for winding and unwinding the support connection, via the lifting arm, and the drive means being part of the bottom part. The invention also relates to a weighting system and a method for lifting or moving a person.
Abstract: A method for allowing high-speed testability of a memory device having a core with memory cells for storing data, comprising: enabling a data signal having a first logical state or a second logical state from the core to reach an output port of the memory device within an evaluate cycle during a functional operating mode and pass an array built in self test during LBIST mode; enabling the data signal to change from the first logical state to the second logical state during LBIST mode at a time that coincides with the latest possible time the data signal from the core can reach the read output port within the evaluate cycle during the functional operating mode and pass the array built in self test; and executing a logic built-in self test configured to test a logic block located downstream of a transmission path of the memory device.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
April 28, 2008
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2012
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Chad A. Adams, Derick G. Behrends, Todd A. Christensen, Travis R. Hebig
Abstract: A lens drive device may include a support body, a movable body having a lens, a magnetic drive mechanism having a coil mounted on the movable body and a magnet mounted on the support body for magnetically driving the movable body in a lens optical axis direction, two spring pieces which are connected between the movable body and the support body for supporting the movable body and which is used as a power supply member to the coil, and two binding pins which are provided in the movable body and around which coil ends of winding start and winding end of the coil are wound. Portions of the coil ends which are wound around the binding pins are electrically connected with the spring pieces.
Abstract: A spark plug and an alloy for an electrode tip of a spark plug is disclosed herein. The spark plug having: an insulator shell; a center electrode inside the insulator shell such that one end of the center electrode protrudes from the insulator shell; a metal shell exterior to the insulator shell; a side ground electrode having one end coupled to the metal shell and the other end facing the protruding end of the center electrode to form a spark discharge gap between the center electrode and the side ground electrode; and an electrode tip secured to at least one of the side ground electrode or the center electrode, located at the spark discharge gap, the electrode tip comprising a platinum-based alloy comprising 20 to 35% by weight of palladium, from greater than 0 to 15% by weight iridium, and the balance of the alloy being platinum, all % by weight being based on the total weight of the alloy.
Abstract: A system for controlling the temperature of a passenger cabin has a tube for receiving a heat transfer fluid from an engine and a number of heating coils being thermally connected to the tube. The system also has a number of thermo-electric heat pumps connected to the tube. The heat transfer fluid is modulated for controlling the temperature of the passenger cabin at a number of different points of the passenger cabin.
Abstract: Provided are a device for setting a service zone for a predetermined zone-based service provided by a mobile communication system for at least one mobile communication unit to which a mobile communication service is provided by the mobile communication system, the device comprising a local area wireless communication unit, wherein the local area wireless communication unit performs local area wireless communication with the mobile communication unit and the device sets a range in which the local area wireless communication is available as the service zone of the mobile communication unit, a method and a system for providing a zone-based service using the device, and a mobile communication unit for providing the zone-based service.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
July 26, 2010
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2012
Assignee:
LG Uplus Corp.
Inventors:
Yul-Jea Cho, Jong-Deug Kim, Hyung-Mok Kim
Abstract: A method of failure detection of an integrated circuit (IC) layout includes determining a critical path distance between a first geometric feature of the IC layout and a second geometric feature of the IC layout; and comparing the determined critical path distance to a defined minimum critical path distance between the first and second geometric features, wherein the defined minimum critical path distance corresponds to a desired electrical property of the IC layout, independent of any geometric-based ground rule minimum distance for the IC layout; identifying any determined critical path distances that are less than the defined minimum critical path distance as a design violation; and modifying the IC layout by eliminating the identified design violations.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
October 22, 2009
Date of Patent:
January 31, 2012
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation
Inventors:
Fook-Luen Heng, Xu Ouyang, Yunsheng Song, Yun-Yu Wang
Abstract: The invention provides amino-substituted aminothiazole compounds of Formula I and Formula II where A is a group of the formula: and the variables X, Y, R, and R1 to R7 are described herein. These compounds are prodrugs of compounds useful as inhibitors of viral replication. Compositions containing such compounds, and methods of treating viral infections with these compounds, as well as to processes and intermediates useful for preparing such compounds are also provided by the invention.