Abstract: A laminated product is provided including a carrier sheet, a polymeric film ply, a polymeric card ply, and a radiation-curable laminating adhesive. The polymeric film ply is secured to the carrier sheet and extends over a cut-out portion formed in the carrier sheet. The polymeric card ply is positioned within the cut-out portion. Either the film ply, the card ply, or both, are transparent to electromagnetic radiation. The radiation-curable laminating adhesive is positioned to secure the polymeric card ply to the exposed ply portion and comprises a bonding agent, a monomer, an oligomer, a tackifier, and a photocatalyst. The bonding agent is present in a quantity sufficient to improve the bonding characteristics of the adhesive composition. The monomer is present in a quantity sufficient to (i) increase the flexibility of the adhesive composition, and (ii) increase the tendency of the adhesive composition to release substantially cleanly from a surface to which it is bonded.

Abstract: An encapsulated organic light emitting device. The device may include a substrate, an organic light emitting layer stack adjacent to the substrate, and at least one first barrier stack adjacent to the organic light emitting device, the at least one first barrier stack comprising at least one first barrier layer and at least one first decoupling layer wherein the at least one first barrier stack encapsulates the organic light emitting device. There may be a second barrier stack adjacent to the substrate and located between the substrate and the organic light emitting device. The second barrier stack has at least one second barrier layer and at least one second decoupling layer. A method of making the encapsulated organic light emitting device is also provided.

Abstract: A large body stretcher dimensioned to accommodate large-bodied persons and foldable to conserve space. The stretcher provides a patient support surface comprising a first board and a second board that are secured together and foldable along a longitudinal axis. The stretcher may conveniently be secured, via a securing arrangement, to a host cot. The stretcher further provides rotatable backrest portions that permit the backrest of the host cot to be raised in order to assist patients who can benefit from being transported in an upright or seated position. The stretcher further provides a plurality of retaining channels so that the restraining straps of the host cot are available for use with a patient placed upon the large body stretcher. Handholds are provided to allow convenient use of the stretcher as a standalone apparatus.

Abstract: The present invention provides an encapsulated 3-D conductive pillar and a method of formation thereof. Significant economic savings are achieved by filling a substantial portion of the volume of the pillar with a lesser expensive conductive material. Additionally, the encapsulated 3-D conductor pillar forms a suitable unreactive, oxygen-stable electrode for use with high-dielectric constant (HDC) materials as the encapsulating barrier layer metal provides a stable conductive interface between the HDC material and the encapsulated conductive material.

Abstract: The invention relates to building structures of the type comprising arched frame members supporting panels of flexible materials such as weather resistant fabric. Problems accompanying the use of separate panels extending between frame members are overcome by providing connecting members on the frame members, and panels having means for attachment to the connecting members and flaps of flexible material adjacent to but spaced from the side margins of the panels, the connecting members slidably engage the means for attachment and have a channel to receive the flaps. The flaps are secured in the channel to provide weatherproof connections between the panels.

Abstract: A safety connecting and hooking device for tubular elements, first (2a) and second (2b), particularly for stretcher, includes: a female element (3) whose first end is connected to said first tubular element (2a) and whose second free end has a seat (5) transversally crossed by a hooking pivot (4); a male element (6) whose first end is connected to said second tubular element (2b) and whose second free end has a bracket (7) detachably insertable complementary into said seat (5) of said female element (3), said bracket (7) having the head with a recess (8) in order to house partially said hooking pivot (4); a hook (10) hinged to said male element (6) and detachably insertable, in correspondence of a hooking condition (A) of said tubular elements (2a, 2b), into a slot (9) carried out longitudinally in the bracket (7) for closing partially the opening part of said bracket (7) around said hooking pivot (4); a safety hook (15) hinged to said female element (3) and whose hooking end is fit to engage a hollow (11) of

Abstract: Low dielectric constant films with improved elastic modulus. The method of making such coatings involves providing a porous network coating produced from a resin containing at least 2 Si—H groups and plasma curing the coating to convert the coating into porous silica. Plasma curing of the network coating yields a coating with improved modulus, but with a higher dielectric constant. The costing is plasma cured for between about 15 and about 120 seconds at a temperature less than or about 350° C. The plasma cured coating can optionally be annealed. Rapid thermal processing (RTP) of the plasma cured coating reduces the dielectric constant of the coating while maintaining an improved elastic modulus as compared to the plasma cured porous network coating. The annealing temperature is typically loss than or about 475° C., and the annealing time is typically no more than or about 180 seconds. The annealed, plasma cured coating has a dielectric constant in the range of from about 1.1 to about 2.

Abstract: The present invention permits a screw or male member to align prior to entering a threaded section and being driven. This alignment can avoid cross threading of the screw and the internal threads as often happens with power driven screws. The present invention generally includes a device with an unthreaded section and a threaded section. A screw or male member passes through the unthreaded section prior to entering the threaded section and causes the screw or male member to be aligned before being driven.

Abstract: A smart card is provided having a removable integrated circuit. The integrated circuit is mounted on a semiconductor chip assembly which is locked within the smart card. The semiconductor chip assembly is configured so that once it is locked in place, it may only be removed with a special tool. The special tool allows the locking mechanisms holding the semiconductor chip assembly within the smart card to be disengaged. Attempts to remove the semiconductor chip assembly without the special tool may result in damage to one or both of the semiconductor chip assembly and the smart card. The semiconductor chip assembly may be mounted through the side of the smart card or through one of the faces. A security label applied to the smart card and the semiconductor chip assembly provides additional security with a visual indication of tampering with the semiconductor chip assembly.

Abstract: A semiconductor memory architecture is provided where isolation between adjacent memory cell pairs is accomplished by using an isolation transistor incorporating a programmable gate voltage to minimize subthreshold leakage. A testkey is provided internal to the memory chip that can be enabled while the memory chip is in a test mode. The testkey is capable of testing the isolation transistors for excessive leakage. The testkey is coupled to a translator, responsible for converting control signals from the testkey to isolation gate voltages. The testkey is used to determine whether the isolation transistor is leaky. The translator may adjust the isolation gate voltage to turn the transistors off harder. The present invention may further include an antifuse to permanently change the isolation gate voltage to a suitable value when the semiconductor leaves the testing mode.

Abstract: A masonry cement composition is provided which contains a blend of fly ash, Portland cement, a retarding agent, and an air entrainment agent. The masonry cement composition may be formed into a mortar having a high air content which exhibits good compressive strength and does not exhibit efflorescence.

Abstract: A capacitor structure is formed over a semiconductor substrate by atomic layer deposition to achieve uniform thickness in memory cell dielectric layers, particularly where the dielectric layer is formed in a container-type capacitor structure. In accordance with several embodiments of the present invention, a process for forming a capacitor structure over a semiconductor substrate is provided. Other embodiments of the present invention relate to processes for forming memory cell capacitor structures, memory cells, and memory cell arrays. Capacitor structures, memory cells, and memory cell arrays are also provided.

Abstract: A self-adhesive label is provided for displaying useful information about an object to which the label is affixed. The label is formed with a face layer constructed out of heavy paper, such as cardstock, and having a first planar surface which is suitable to receive printed indicia thereon. An adhesive layer coats a second planar surface of the face layer and includes a pocket-forming window therein, which is in communication with a slot in the face layer, and adhesively affixes the face layer to the object. The pocket-forming window defines an item receiving pocket between the object and the face layer, wherein the item-receiving pocket is accessible through the slot, for example, to removably insert a card therein. A sheet of labels is also provided having two or more labels thereon, wherein each of the two or more labels are removable from the sheet for individual use thereof.

Abstract: An encapsulated microelectronic device. The device includes a semiconductor substrate, microelectronic device adjacent to the semiconductor substrate, and at least one first barrier stack adjacent to the microelectronic device. The barrier stack encapsulates the microelectronic device. It includes at least one first barrier layer and at least one first polymer layer. The encapsulated microelectronic device optionally includes at least one second barrier stack located between the semiconductor substrate and the microelectronic device. The second barrier stack includes at least one second barrier layer and at least one second polymer layer. A method for making an encapsulated microelectronic device is also disclosed.

Abstract: A decorative emblem with an enhanced depth of vision is provided. The decorative emblem comprises a decorative substrate, at least one layer of transparent plastic material formed on the top surface of the decorative substrate, and image or design printed on the substantially flat surface of the layer of plastic material, and a transparent plastic overlay flow coated over the image or design, the transparent plastic overlay has radiused edges to give an enhanced depth of vision to the decorative emblem by creating a lens effect and providing a floating appearance to the image or design.

Abstract: A method for making conjugated polymers. The method includes flash evaporating a conjugated material forming an evaporate, passing the evaporate to a glow discharge electrode creating a glow discharge conjugated material plasma from the evaporate, and cryocondensing the glow discharge conjugated polymer precursor plasma on a substrate as a condensate and crosslinking the condensate thereon, the crosslinking resulting from radicals created in the glow discharge conjugated material plasma.

Abstract: An in-mold and in-line decorating method is disclosed which, using a single sheet layer, allows the placement of the highest possible quality graphics into the surface of products made from a variety of moldable thermoplastic, thermoset, and vulcanizable materials using a variety of molding processes. The methods also provide new or improved capabilities for product identification, safety, and serialized tracking.

Abstract: The invention relates to an electronic distance measuring device which measures the propagation time to and from a target of a shor pulse of a trasmitted electromagnetic beam from a radiation source comprising a microchip laser, and comprising objective optical system (6; 16; 21); for the reflected beam from the target and a detecting unit (9; 13; 20) to which the received beam is transmitted. Means (4, 5; 15) is provided for making the transmitted and the receiving electromagnetic beam coaxial. Means (6, 10, 12; 14, 16; 21, 22) are also provided for focusing the received beam onto the detecting unit (9; 13; 20). A means (3) makes the transmitted electromagnetic beam simultaneously as narrow and as collimated as possible in order to get a well-defined radiation measuring spot on the target.

Abstract: A secure sticker is provided comprising a waterproof base portion including a paper ply, static printed matter, and a resin, wherein the paper ply and the static printed matter are sealed within the resin, and wherein the resin is substantially transparent to light in the visible spectrum. In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a secure sticker is provided comprising a substantially waterproof base portion, a liner ply, and an adhesive interface. The substantially waterproof base portion includes a paper ply, static printed matter, and a resin. The paper ply and the static printed matter are sealed within the resin. The resin is substantially transparent to light in the visible spectrum. The liner ply defines a label portion and a removable portion, wherein the label portion includes variable printed matter thereon. The adhesive interface is arranged to adhere the liner ply to the base portion.

Abstract: A document printer is provided comprising a printer housing, a user interface and an internal printer controller positioned within the printer housing. The internal printer controller is programmed to designate a document format according to a format command entered at the user interface. A data stream input port is in communication with the internal printer controller and is operative to receive a data stream. A document construction module is in communication with the internal printer controller. The document construction module enables the internal printer controller to (i) extract predetermined data fields from the data stream according to the designated document format and (ii) convert the extracted data fields to document data. A document data printing mechanism is responsive to the internal printer controller and is operative to print the document data in the designated document format.