Patents Issued in December 13, 2007
  • Publication number: 20070284478
    Abstract: An aircraft landing wheel assembly comprising a set of rotating components and a set of static components wherein an applied electrical current applied to conductive elements associated with one set of components gives rise to primary magnetic fields which interact with reactive magnetic fields associated with the other set of components whereby the interaction of magnetic field forces gives rise to rotational forces which act on the rotating components of said aircraft landing wheel assembly to induce controlled forward rotation of the landing wheel prior to contact with the runway and controlled retardation assistance as required during deceleration of the aircraft after touch down with the runway.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Rod Soderberg
  • Publication number: 20070284479
    Abstract: The present application describes a quick-change fastening system for demountably mounting an element to a fastening structure. The element comprises an engagement element that is designed to engage a bearing element of the fastening structure, wherein the element is hingeably held around the bearing element between a hooked-in position and a fastened position. The element further comprises a fastening element that can be affixed to a locking element of the fastening structure when the element is in its fastened position. The engagement element and the bearing element are designed such that along a hingeing movement of the element a form-fit connection is established when the element is in its hooked-in position, and that a force-fit connection is established when the element is in its fastened position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 20, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Marc Pein, Andre Boehme, Dirk Humfeldt, Jan Schroeder
  • Publication number: 20070284480
    Abstract: Methods and systems for providing secondary power to aircraft systems. In one embodiment, an aircraft system architecture for providing power to an environmental control system includes an electric generator operably coupled to a jet engine. The jet engine can be configured to provide propulsive thrust to the aircraft, and the electric generator can be configured to receive shaft power from the jet engine. The environmental control system can be configured to provide outside air to a passenger cabin of the aircraft in the absence of bleed air from the jet engine.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 29, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: The Boeing Company
    Inventors: Warren Atkey, Alan Bernier, Michael Bowman, Thomas Campbell, Jonathan Cruse, Charles Fiterman, Charles Meis, Casey Ng, Farhad Nozari, Edward Zielinski
  • Publication number: 20070284481
    Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of operating an aircraft having a passenger cabin and a cargo hold, comprises the steps of directing passengers to board the aircraft, directing passengers to deposit their luggage in a luggage deposit location on-board the aircraft, and subsequently taking the deposited luggage from the luggage deposit location and then storing the luggage in the cargo hold of the aircraft. In another embodiment, a method of unloading an aircraft having a cargo hold and a passenger cabin, comprises the steps of transporting items of luggage from the cargo hold to a luggage collection location on-board the aircraft, and directing passengers to collect their luggage from the luggage collection location and to disembark the aircraft is also provided. Information may be gathered with regard to the identity of passengers embarking and disembarking the aircraft. Yet another embodiment relates to an aircraft having a passenger cabin, a cargo hold, and a luggage handling system mounted in the cargo hold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: Airbus UK Limited
    Inventor: Luis Linero
  • Publication number: 20070284482
    Abstract: A method for sensing and monitoring ICBM threats using a constellation of earth orbiting satellites. The method includes arranging a first and a second plurality of threat sensing satellites in earth orbit. The first plurality is selected to have a first prograde orbit plane with a first inclination angle between about 30° to 70° with respect to the earth's equator and an Argument of Perigee equal to about 270°. The second plurality is selected to have a first retrograde orbit plane with a second inclination angle between about 110° to 150° with respect to the earth's equator and an Argument of Perigee equal to about 270°. The second inclination angle is selected to be a symmetric conjugate of the first inclination angle. The first and second plurality of threat sensing satellites are distributed respectively within the first prograde and first retrograde orbits with a Walker distribution of T/P/1.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: HARRIS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Michael Furman
  • Publication number: 20070284483
    Abstract: The invention concerns a mobile airfoil device that can locally modify the lift of an aircraft wing, including an upper panel and a lower panel and at least one actuator per panel in order to move the panels independently of one another between a first position, called rest, in which the outer surface of each of the panels forms a continuous surface with the upper surface and the lower surface of the wing, respectively, and a second position in which one of the two panels is deployed to form an angle with the corresponding surface of the wing, the actuators being positioned between the upper and lower panels in a recess of the wing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 11, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: AIRBUS FRANCE
    Inventor: Jerome Milliere
  • Publication number: 20070284484
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device (1) which is used to lift and displace the tongue blade (2) of a rail (6), comprising at least two rollers (12, 14) whereby the axes thereof are arranged in an essentially parallel manner in relation to a running rail (4), in order to displace the tongue blade (2) in a transversal manner in relation to the running rail (4), at least two support carrier pins (22, 24) which respectively support a roller (12, 14), and a base body (8) which supports the carrier pins (22, 24). The rollers (12, 14) have a projection which projects in at least one first direction in relation to the base body (8). The inventive device is characterised in that a covering (10) is arranged between at least two adjacent rollers and is oriented towards the first direction and at least partially covers a passage between the at least two adjacent rollers (12, 14).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2005
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Bernd Lesemann, Frank Bornscheuer
  • Publication number: 20070284485
    Abstract: A vibration absorbing clamp for holding elongated members has an anchor and a holder that are coupled to one another through vibration absorbing material and cooperable coupling members embedded in the vibration absorbing material. The coupling members are free of direct contact with one another but serve to limit relative movement between the holder and the anchor. The clamp can be manufactured in a two-stage molding process in which the holder and the anchor, with the coupling members, are first molded of hard plastic, and then the vibration absorbing material is molded into a space between the holder and the anchor so as to embed the coupling members.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Hiroyuki Kato
  • Publication number: 20070284486
    Abstract: A clip for fastening an article to a panel having a hole has a base and a self expanding head extending upwardly from the base. The self-expanding head has at least one column rising from the base to a platform that is spaced from the base. First and second pluralities of resilient legs attached to the platform extend toward the base. The first plurality of resilient legs have first retention shoulders that are spaced from the base and the second plurality of resilient legs have second and third retention shoulders that are spaced from the base. The second and third retention shoulders are located respectively closer to the base than the first retention shoulders so that the clip can be attached to panels of varying thickness when the head is inserted through a hole in the panel with the base abutting one side of the panel adjacent the hole and the first retention shoulders or the second retention shoulders or the third retention shoulders abutting an opposite side of the panel adjacent the hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Dale J. Smutny, Laura M. Lewis
  • Publication number: 20070284487
    Abstract: A device for operating a computer mouse comprises a platform having a holding area, preferably a recess, in the platform in which a computer mouse may be operated. The platform should be of a sufficient length and width for the computer operator's forearm to rest thereon. A cushion may be added to the platform. The device should be mounted to adjust longitudinally along and rotate axially about an armchair for either left- or right-handed mouse use. A related system and method are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Robert G. Dalecki
  • Publication number: 20070284488
    Abstract: A monitor having: a monitor main body displaying a picture; a base member; a stand member standing on the base member; a moving member combined to the stand member to move up and down, that supports the monitor main body with a force counterbalancing a weight of the monitor main body; a locking part provided in the moving member; a locking hook provided on one of the stand member and the base member to be locked to and released from the locking part of the moving member; and an elastic member to release the locking hook from the locking part when the moving member supports monitor main body with the force counterbalancing the weight of the monitor main body. With this configuration, the present invention provides a monitor which has decreased packing volume, and is convenient to handle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Ju-hwan Kim, Dae-hyoun Byoun, Sang-kyeong Ha
  • Publication number: 20070284489
    Abstract: Generally speaking, this is a card positioning device which maintains a card such as a greeting card or a postcard in a standing position. The card experiences a destabilizing moment. The card positioning device has a moment resisting section to resist the destabilizing moment and maintain the card in a standing position. The moment resisting section connects to the origin end of the longitudinal fold of the card and extends along the card edges from the origin to reinforce the card edges. The moment resisting section has a foot which has a heel and toe to resist the destabilizing moment. An ornament such as a flag, character or emblem can be attached to the base of the moment resisting section. The ornament, moment resisting section and card, may be inserted into an envelope and mailed to a recipient.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Keith Knoernschild
  • Publication number: 20070284490
    Abstract: A self-erecting display device is disclosed, comprising a display panel supported by a collapsible structure secured to its reverse side, the collapsible structure comprising an elongate back panel and a pair of side panels integrally hinged to the respective longitudinal edges of the back panel, the side panels provided with means for receiving part of a resilient means whereby at least one resilient means is applied between respective parts of the side panels so as to draw the side panels towards each other when the display structure is erected, and at least one spacer element mounted by means of the resilient means and adapted to lie against the elongate back panel when the structure is un-erected and to be spaced away from the back panel, supported by the resilient means and abutting the side panels when the device is erected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 1, 2005
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Marc Cox
  • Publication number: 20070284491
    Abstract: One possible embodiment of the invention could be a wall-mounted support bracket generally comprising a body, the body having a one or more hooks, a stanchion, and a support device; the hook generally attaches in a offset planar orientation to the stanchion; the support device attaches to and projects outward from the stanchion; wherein an unattached portion of the hook, when held in a generally perpendicular fashion to the wall assembly, is generally capable of penetrating a wall assembly to create a hook aperture through the unattached portion of the hook may penetrate to the backside of the wall assembly. Once the hook is generally behind the wall assembly, bracket is generally pivoted to bring the stanchion generally to rest on the front side of the wall assembly and the hook to generally rest against the backside of the wall assembly to hold generally the bracket to the wall assembly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Dinh C. La
  • Publication number: 20070284492
    Abstract: The mounting bracket system includes a first beam and a second beam adapted to couple to each other in an adjustable manner where the overall width of the mounting bracket system may be adjusted to allow the mounting bracket to couple to adjacent walls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Sung Oh
  • Publication number: 20070284493
    Abstract: An adjustable clamp assembly for clamping portable objects to a rack generally mounted to a vehicle body, comprising a sleeve portion for mounting the clamp assembly to the rack and a retention portion comprising an adjustable object retainer for securely clamping the portable object to the rack.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Robert A. Christman
  • Publication number: 20070284494
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display extension unit. The display extension unit includes a fixed body, a link portion having one end coupled to the fixed body; a movable body coupled to the other end of the link portion, and a driving part coupled to the joining point of the link portion, where the driving part includes a motor unit and a rotary part coupled to the driving shaft of the motor unit, with the rotary part including a clutch coupled to the driving shaft and a driven shaft positioned in contact with the clutch, and where the driving force of the motor unit is smaller than the frictional force between the driven shaft and the clutch.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 30, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRO-MECHANICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Won Choi, Jae-Kyung Kim, Chi-Sung Lee, Kyoung-Shin Park
  • Publication number: 20070284495
    Abstract: A tray mounting system for use with a piece of medical/surgical equipment includes a tray and a tray support base. The tray and tray support base are attached to one another using a locking mechanism. When the instruments, devices and/or consumables on the tray are in need of replacement, either the tray alone or the combination of the tray and tray support base may be removed and replaced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 16, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Steven T. Charles
  • Publication number: 20070284496
    Abstract: In the liquid crystal panel stand, the rotating shaft (13) pierces the fixed member (12), and a fixing portion is provided for fixing the rotating shaft to block its rotation around the axial center. The holding member (14) having a protrusion (14b) protruding from one side surface is formed into a thin configuration for applying the urging force in the direction where the protrusion (14b) protrudes so as to be fixed to the fixed member (12) to apply the pressing force in the direction where the protrusion (14b) protrudes with the force in substantially parallel with the rotating shaft (13). The movable member (11) includes a plurality of holding holes (15, 16) as openings through which the protrusion (14b) of the holding member (14) fixed to the fixed member (12) is inserted to be engaged therewith when the movable member (11) is rotated along the rotating shaft (13).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Katsuyuki Yokota
  • Publication number: 20070284497
    Abstract: A mounting device to attach peripheral equipment while operating a bicycle, said mounting device having a base and an aperture in the base to permit a mounting bolt to be inserted, a peripheral wall projecting above the base and defining a receptacle to permit the peripheral equipment to be mounted to the base.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 2, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: John Naccarato, Todd Ballard, Sean Watkins
  • Publication number: 20070284498
    Abstract: An apparatus for the suspension of objects from stable and overhanging locations. A method for the installation and use of such an apparatus is also included. Apparatus is especially useful in the decorative display of lanterns created from pumpkins and other gourds and melons including cantaloupe, honeydew and watermelon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: MIDEA DEVELOPMENT, LLC
    Inventor: Sean Thomas Moran
  • Publication number: 20070284499
    Abstract: An apparatus for stabilizing a camper comprises an elongated base plate having a first end portion and an opposing second end portion and a top surface. An extendible jack extends upwardly from the top surface of the base plate. An elongated brace is engaged with the second end portion of the base plate and comprises a first brace section telescopingly engaged with a second brace section. A releasable locking mechanism secures the first brace section relative to the second brace section to define a rigid triangular stabilizer for the camper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 8, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Terry Hammac
  • Publication number: 20070284500
    Abstract: A holding device is provided, including a seat affixed with two clamping pieces. At least one of the clamping pieces can slide transversely towards or backwards from the other. Inside the seat, a gear set, a stop unit and a manual unit are included so that clamping pieces can synchronously slide. The slide-close movement of the clamping pieces is not hampered, while the automatic slide-open movement of the clamping pieces is hampered, which can only be activated by manual unit. In addition, a gradual open mode is used for opening the clamping pieces to release the clamped apparatus. The present invention provides a noise-free and convenient operation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 13, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Eagle Fan
  • Publication number: 20070284501
    Abstract: A shock-absorbing wheel mounting structure used in a horizontal jack is disclosed. The wheel mounting structure includes an axial sleeve (4) affixed to a rear wheel mount (5) of the horizontal jack (100), and a shaft (2), vertically slideably mounted in the axial sleeve (4) and riveted to a bracket (1). The bracket (1) supports a wheel (71). A compression spring (3) is sleeved onto the shaft (2) and stopped between a stop flange around the periphery of the shaft (2) and the top wall of the axial sleeve (4). This arrangement serves to impart a downward pressure to the shaft (2) relative to the axial sleeve (4).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: SHINN FU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Bin Liu
  • Publication number: 20070284502
    Abstract: “Hexapod” mountings are disclosed for use with optical elements. An exemplary mounting includes a base, a platform that is movable relative to the base, and six legs having nominally identical length. Three pairs of legs, having substantially equal stiffness, extend between the base and platform and support the platform relative to the base. In each pair of legs, respective first ends are coupled together in a ?-shaped manner forming a respective apex. Respective second ends are splayed relative to the apex, desirably forming an angle of substantially 109.5° at the apex. The apices are mounted equidistantly from each other on a circle on the platform. The respective second ends of the pairs of legs are mounted at respective locations on a circle on the base. The axes of each pair of legs define a respective leg plane substantially perpendicular to the base plane. Each leg has an actuator that, when energized, changes a length of the respective leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Yi-Ping Hsin, Hideyuki Hashimoto, Jin Nishikawa, Scott Coakley, Kunitomo Fukai, Wen-Hou Ma, Bausan Yuan
  • Publication number: 20070284503
    Abstract: An anchor for securing equipment to a substrate comprising a base that includes two barrels that are configured to pivotally receive a pivot pin having an anchor loop, the base further comprising at least one installation aperture located on the periphery of the base and at least one anchor bolt with a drive inset, at least one for each installation aperture.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 2, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: M. Wayne Kirkpatrick
  • Publication number: 20070284504
    Abstract: An arrow holder to include a support body having a generally flexible body of a size and shape to be readily held in the hand of the user and a flexible mounting strap for quick and easy attachment to any hard surface such as a tree limb or nail. The body includes means for receiving portions of an arrow and mounting device such as a limb, nail or screw.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 10, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Donavon Cross
  • Publication number: 20070284505
    Abstract: A mold is integrally formed from a flexible material that is suitable for baking or molding food products, such as food grade silicone. In one example, the mold includes a rim at the top and a wall extending between the rim and a base at the bottom. The wall is sufficiently thick that the pan can support its own weight while holding a food item. The mold may include an interior or exterior relief pattern that is imparted onto the food item. In some forms, an upper portion of the mold is relatively smooth and more flexible than a lower portion having a relief pattern. An internal U-shaped stiffening element helps to prevent the mold from collapsing and improves handling of the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: Progressive International Corporation
    Inventor: Sascha Kaposi
  • Publication number: 20070284506
    Abstract: A stay-in-place concrete footings form is used for forming a concrete footing between a spaced-apart pair of the stay-in-place concrete footings forms. Each concrete footing form is elongate and has a cavity inside the form. Each form has a pair of elongate sides wherein openings are formed in the elongate sides to permit water to flow into the cavity. Each form has a dovetail pin or dovetail slot formed along the lengthwise extent of both sides of the form. The dovetails permit clamps, having a mating dovetail slot or dovetail pin, to be clamped to the form for anchoring the form to the ground with a stake carried by the clamps.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Bryan Benedict
  • Publication number: 20070284507
    Abstract: A photosensor includes a plurality of photosensitive regions including a first photosensitive region connected to a first voltage reference, and at least one additional photosensitive region. A signal collector is connected to the first photosensitive region. At least one switching device is for switching the at least one additional photosensitive region between the first voltage reference and a second voltage reference that is less than the first voltage reference, and for reversibly connecting the at least one additional photosensitive region to the signal collector so that the photosensor is variably responsive to different light levels.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 17, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: STMicroelectronics (Research & Development) Limited
    Inventor: Jeffrey Raynor
  • Publication number: 20070284508
    Abstract: Method and system for generating electromagnetic radiation wherein one or more attributes of the electromagnetic radiation are adjusted based on a characteristic of the object being illuminated. The object characteristic can be obtained based on a sensed property of the object and used to adjust the attribute(s) of the electromagnetic radiation accordingly.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 9, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Shur, Remigijus Gaska
  • Publication number: 20070284509
    Abstract: An electronic circuit, which has transistors disposed on a substrate, each transistor including an active layer made of thin-film polysilicon, includes a sensor that converts a measured quantity into a current value, a current-voltage conversion circuit that converts the current value into a voltage, and a voltage detection circuit that detects the voltage converted by the current-voltage conversion circuit and outputs a predetermined signal. The current-voltage conversion circuit includes a storage circuit and a range-switching circuit that switches a current-voltage conversion range of the current-voltage conversion circuit by switching the capacitance of the storage circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: EPSON IMAGING DEVICES CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yutaka Kobashi
  • Publication number: 20070284510
    Abstract: A microlens having a plurality of lens material units separated by a plurality of trenches and a method of forming the same is disclosed. The relationship of the trenches to the lens material is such that an average index of refraction of the microlens decreases from a center to an edge of the microlens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Jiutao Li, Jin Li
  • Publication number: 20070284511
    Abstract: A compound-eye imaging device comprises: an optical lens array with integrated optical lenses; a stop member; a photodetector array for imaging multiple images formed by the optical lenses; and a light shielding block for partitioning a space between the two arrays into a matrix of spaces, with light-passing holes, so as to prevent lights emitted from the optical lenses from interfering each other. The light shielding block is formed of unit plates in a stack, each having light-passing windows. Each light-passing window has blackened surface. The unit plates in the stack are alternately reversed upside down and left-right so as to allow the horizontal positions of the light-passing windows for forming each light-passing hole through the unit plates in the stack to be alternately offset in depth direction of the hole, thereby forming an irregular inner wall surface which serves as a light scattering surface to prevent e.g. ghost.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 7, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: Funai Electric Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takashi Toyoda, Yoshizumi Nakao, Yasuo Masaki
  • Publication number: 20070284512
    Abstract: In an external force detecting device including a support section and an action section disposed inside the support section, three optical displacement sensors are provided at an equiangular distance of 120 degrees about the rotational symmetry axis of the support section and each include a light source disposed at either the support section or the action section, and a light receiving element disposed at one section of the support section and the action section, the one section not provided with the light source, and the action section is located between the light source and the light receiving element. The external force detecting device described above enables an easy mounting of constituent members and a high resolution measurement, even when the diameter of the device is reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Sawa Tanabe, Atsushi Kitamura, Shinya Suzuki
  • Publication number: 20070284513
    Abstract: A microresonator sensor apparatus has a microcavity resonator that defines equatorial whispering gallery modes (EWGMs), whose frequencies are separated by the free spectral range (FSR). The EWGMs lie in a plane perpendicular to a microcavity resonator axis. A light source is optically coupled to inject light into the microcavity resonator. The light source produces output light having an output spectrum whose bandwidth is approximately equal to or broader than the FSR of the EGWMs. One or more fluorescent materials are excited using the excitation light coupled into the microcavity resonator. A fluorescent signal arising from fluorescence of the one or more fluorescent materials is then detected.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Xudong Fan, Robert Wilson, Chunmei Guo
  • Publication number: 20070284514
    Abstract: An input device comprises a circuit board, an optical sensor, an optical lens and a light generator. The circuit board has a through hole. The optical lens is disposed between the circuit board and the optical sensor. The light generator emits a light beam which passes through the through hole and projects onto a plane, which is then reflected to the optical lens. The optical sensor captures the light beam passed through the optical lens.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 4, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: DARFON ELECTRONICS CORP.
    Inventors: Wei-Chan Sung, Liang-Yu Yao
  • Publication number: 20070284515
    Abstract: The invention relates to an optical substance manipulator capable of continuing to apply a continued force of action to moving substances without being limited by the flowing conditions for the substances yet with a wide manipulation margin and with efficiency, thereby continuously carrying out various manipulations such as separation, concentration, mixing, and deflection. Specifically, the invention provides an optical substance manipulator capable of manipulating microscopic particles dispersed in a flowing fluid by means of light pressure, characterized by comprising an optical system that forms multiple linear light-collective areas simultaneously with respect to a fluid that flows on a subject surface 5, and further comprising, in optical paths forming the respective linear light-collective areas, means CL1, CL2 adapted to adjust directions of the linear light-collective areas on the subject surface and means M1, M2 adapted to adjust positions of the linear light-collective areas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: KEIO UNIVERSITY
    Inventors: Yohei Sato, Koichiro Saiki
  • Publication number: 20070284516
    Abstract: An optical trap (and alignment device) having a light source for generating first and second light beams, and a pair of lenses for focusing the light beams to a trap region in a counter-propagating manner for trapping a particle in the trap region. A light source illuminates the trap region with a third beam of light, and a camera is positioned for capturing a portion of each of the first, second and third light beams. Actuators exert forces on generally rigid portions of optical fiber used to deliver the first and second light beams to the trap region, such that the generally rigid portions pivot about pivot points located at supported members from which the optical fibers extend. Position sensitive detectors measure the position of the beams leaving the optical fibers, and feed position signals back to the actuator drivers to ensure proper positioning of the beams.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Carlos Bustamante, Steven Smith
  • Publication number: 20070284517
    Abstract: 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.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Sharon WANG, Joseph FANG
  • Publication number: 20070284518
    Abstract: A gamma ray logging system and a method of calibrating a detected gamma radiation spectrum. The gamma ray logging system includes a gamma ray detector for detecting gamma radiation, an analyzer for generating a detected gamma radiation spectrum from the detected gamma radiation, and a processor which is configured to perform a calibration of the detected gamma radiation spectrum. The method of calibrating the detected gamma radiation spectrum includes selecting at least two data points from the detected gamma radiation spectrum, determining a mathematical relationship from the selected data points, and using the mathematical relationship to generate a calibrated gamma radiation spectrum from the detected gamma radiation spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 12, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventor: Russel Randall
  • Publication number: 20070284519
    Abstract: A cross-flow ion mobility analyzer (CIMA) that includes a component of gas flow that opposes an electric field that is established within a channel, wherein ions are carried through the channel, wherein ions of a specific mobility are trapped by the opposing electric field and flow field within the channel and are detected when the ions reach the end of the channel, wherein a detector at the end of the channel sees a continuous stream of mobility-selected ions, and wherein different ions are selected by modifying the electric field and/or the velocity of the flow field.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 3, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Alan Rockwood, Edgar Lee, Nosa Agbonkonkon, Milton Lee
  • Publication number: 20070284520
    Abstract: An exact centroid spectrum with a mass number corrected is determined from a profile spectrum adjacent to a plurality of peaks. Regarding a profile spectrum determined by a mass spectrometer, overlapping with adjacent peaks occurs, and compounds having a plurality of peaks with different overlapping degrees is measured, a correction function is created from a relationship between an overlapping degrees with respect to the plurality of peaks and a shift of the mass number, and a centroid peak is corrected by the correction function when the profile spectrum is converted into the centroid spectrum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventor: Yoshitake Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20070284521
    Abstract: A mass spectrometer is disclosed comprising an ion beam attenuator which attenuates an ion beam repeatedly switching between a zero transmission mode of operation during a time period ?T1 and a non-zero transmission mode of operation during a time period ?T2. The degree of attenuation of the ion beam can be varied by varying the mark space ratio ?T2/?T1. The ion beam attenuator may release ions in packets or pulses but the packets or pulses of ions may be converted into a continuous ion beam by a relatively high pressure ion guide or gas collision cell arranged downstream of the ion beam attenuator.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2005
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: MICROMASS UK LIMITED
    Inventors: Martin Green, Jason Wildgoose, Steven Pringle, Kevin Giles
  • Publication number: 20070284522
    Abstract: A reduced size high frequency quadrupole is provided having four elongated electrodes with oscillating power supplied to produce an electromagnetic field. An ion source is provided to supply the quadrupole with a negative ion beam and a positive ion beam. The quadruople has a buncher section, an acceleration section, and a neutralizer section where the ions can be bunched, accelerated and then mixed to produce a neutral ion beam of high energy.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 6, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: Nonlinear Ion Dynamics LLC
    Inventor: Alfred Wong
  • Publication number: 20070284523
    Abstract: A novel apparatus and process for isolating a nitrogen fraction representative of the nitrogen contained in a specimen of a condensed phase nitrogenous organic composition. In the process the nitrogen fraction is isolated in the form of a dinitrogen gas that may be introduced into a mass spectrometer for determining the proportion of the nitrogen isotope content of the composition that is constituted by 15N.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 9, 2006
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: Sigma-Aldrich Co.
    Inventors: Michael May, Michael Gray
  • Publication number: 20070284524
    Abstract: In a multipole rod ion guide system operated with RF voltages to collect or transmit ions, the inhomogeneity of the electric RF fields is increased in front of the ion guide rods by forming the rod surfaces from a plurality of spaced electrodes. The inhomogeneous fields produced by the plurality of electrodes increases the mass range over which the ions are guided effectively while still maintaining a pseudopotential minimum which is as well defined as possible close to the axis. Particularly favorable ion guides of this type make it possible to apply an axial DC field to the guide system for the active transport of the ions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 26, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: Bruker Daltonik GMBH
    Inventor: Jochen Franzen
  • Publication number: 20070284525
    Abstract: A line-width measurement adjusting method, which is used when first and second electron beam intensity distributions for measuring a line width are produced from intensity distribution images of secondary electrons obtained respectively by scanning a first irradiation distance with an electron beam at first magnification, and by scanning a second irradiation distance with an electron beam at second magnification, includes the step of adjusting the second electron beam intensity distribution of the electron beam at the second magnification such that the second electron beam intensity distribution is equal to the first electron beam intensity distribution of the electron beam at first magnification. The second electron beam intensity distribution may be adjusted by increasing or decreasing a second irradiation distance when producing the electron beam intensity distribution.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 23, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Masayuki Kuribara, Jun Matsumoto
  • Publication number: 20070284526
    Abstract: In a circuit pattern inspection apparatus, while an electron beam is irradiated onto a surface of a substrate having a plurality of chips where circuit patterns have been formed, a signal produced from the irradiated substrate is detected so as to form an image, and then, the formed image is compared with another image in order to detect a defect on the circuit patterns. Before the electron beam is irradiated onto either the chip or the plurality of chips so as to acquire the image for an inspection purpose, an electron beam is previously irradiated onto the region to be irradiated, so that charging conditions of the substrate to be inspected are arbitrarily controlled.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 25, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Applicant: Hitachi High-Technologies Corporation
    Inventors: Yasuhiko Nara, Masaaki Nojiri, Kouichi Hayakawa, Hiroyuki Shinada, Yukio Hagita
  • Publication number: 20070284527
    Abstract: A chamber for exposing a workpiece to charged particles includes a charged particle source for generating a stream of charged particles, a collimator configured to collimate and direct the stream of charged particles from the charged particle source along an axis, a beam digitizer downstream of the collimator configured to create a digital beam including groups of at least one charged particle by adjusting longitudinal spacing between the charged particles along the axis, a deflector downstream of the beam digitizer including a series of deflection stages disposed longitudinally along the axis to deflect the digital beams, and a workpiece stage downstream of the deflector configured to hold the workpiece.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 17, 2007
    Publication date: December 13, 2007
    Inventors: Michael Zani, Mark Bennahmias, Mark Mayse, Jeffrey Scott