Patents Issued in June 19, 2008
  • Publication number: 20080142328
    Abstract: A magnetorheological clutch comprises a stationary part (1), of a rotatable primary part (2) with primary lamellae (3) and of a secondary part (8) with secondary lamellae (17) which surrounds the primary part (2), there being formed between the primary part (2) and the secondary part (8) a space (28) which contains a magnetorheological fluid, a regulatable magnetic field acting on the magnetorheological fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Magna Drivetrain AG & Co KG
    Inventor: Herbert Steinwender
  • Publication number: 20080142329
    Abstract: A powered ratchet drive for a ratchet wrench includes a pair of elongate pawls for driving an output member of the wrench. Each pawl may have a lower portion pivotally attached to a rocker and an upper portion comprising teeth for engagement with teeth of the output member to turn the output member. The upper portion of the pawl extends outward at an angle with respect to the lower portion. The ratchet may include a compression spring secured inside a cavity of each pawl for biasing the pawl into engagement with the output member. The ratchet also includes a reversing switch mechanism for selectively configuring the ratchet in a forward-driving configuration and in a reverse-driving configuration. The switch mechanism includes a cam disposed between the pawls. The cam has a groove for receiving one of the pawls during operation depending on the configuration of the ratchet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: SP AIR KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Shigeki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20080142330
    Abstract: A torque transfer device, in particular in the drive train of a motor vehicle for torque transfer between a drive unit, in particular a combustion engine, and a transmission with at least one multi-disk clutch, in particular, a twin multi-disk clutch, comprising at least one disk packet, comprising outer disks, connected torque proof with an outer disk carrier, and inner disks, connected torque proof with an inner disk carrier (17, 27), and with at least one operating lever device for operating the multi-disk clutch, wherein a pressure transfer device extends between the disk packet and the operating lever device through at least one pass-through opening, which is cut out in a carrier device. The seal device is disposed between the inner disk carrier and the pass-through opening.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: LuK Lamellen und Kupplungsbau Beteiligungs KG
    Inventors: Ivo Agner, Gabor Izso, Oliver Noehl
  • Publication number: 20080142331
    Abstract: The present invention provides a starting clutch disposed between a transmission and an engine and having a wet type multi-plate clutch for transmitting a power, in which the wet type multi-plate clutch includes a plurality of friction plates housed for an axial sliding movement, a clutch drum for housing the friction plates, and a piston for urging a radial central region or therearound of the friction plate to engage the friction plates, and oil which has lubricated the wet type multi-plate clutch is temporarily trapped within the clutch drum and then is discharged.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 27, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Tomoyuki Miyazaki, Shun Kitahara, Manabu Sawayanagi, Masaki Sakai, Yosuke Ikeda
  • Publication number: 20080142332
    Abstract: An inexpensive electromagnetic clutch device with high precision, which can be manufactured by a simple method, is provided, which clutch device includes: a base member for supporting an entire clutch; a shaft securely fixed to the base member; a rotor arranged onto the shaft, rotatably relative to the base member around the shaft; an electromagnetic coil for causing an electromagnetic force on the rotor when energized; an armature attracted to the rotor and frictionally coupled with the rotor when electromagnetic coil is energized and a torque transmission member coupled to the armature and a member to be driven.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Takanobu Koyama, Daisuke Hashimoto
  • Publication number: 20080142333
    Abstract: A clutch system of a vehicle includes a clutch pedal, a first cable connected to the clutch pedal such that the first cable pivotally interacts with the clutch pedal, a rod connected to the first cable to rotatably interact with the first cable, a guide secured to a fixed element of a vehicle such that the rod moves therethrough, and a fork pivotally interacts with the rod and thus has a simple scheme manufacturing process and costs can be reduced.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventor: Kyungho Song
  • Publication number: 20080142334
    Abstract: In a device and a method for actuating a clutch of a transmission for transmitting a torque from at least one drive shaft to at least one driven shaft, at least one hydraulically triggered piston acts on a clutch spring element, and a pump that is hydraulically connected to the piston. A reservoir is provided, which is filled with hydraulic fluid and hydraulically connected to the piston and the pump in such a way that the piston is actuated either by the pump or by the reservoir.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Oliver Gerundt, Bernhard Schlagmueller, Ulrich Kappenstein, Yang Shen, Carolin Scholler
  • Publication number: 20080142335
    Abstract: A coin changer including a coin changer housing comprising a coin storage cassette. The coin storage cassette comprises a plurality of coin stores. A light source is located within the housing that directs light onto the coin stores with the light source providing sufficient light to allow a user to substantially view the coin stores in the absence of another light source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: COIN ACCEPTORS, INC.
    Inventors: Michael A. Nogin, Richard H. Sorgea, Ian F. Murphy, Thomas S. Paczkowski
  • Publication number: 20080142336
    Abstract: A device for dynamic storage of objects along a conveying section between an input station and an output station with an endless, flexible conveying means, which is variably subdivided into a conveying strand and an idle strand, with at least one carriage, which can be moved in the plane of conveyance, for changing the storage capacity, which carriage presents a first deflection for the conveying strand and a second deflection for the idle strand, as well as with a first drive device for the conveying means in the area of the input station and a second drive device for the conveying means in the area of the output station. The conveying means is provided over its entire length at identical intervals with grippers for the objects and the conveying means has a link chain, equipped with rotatable guide rollers, which runs at least in some areas in at least one stationary guide rail, where at least one guide roller is arranged on the respective chain link in a movable manner.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 1, 2005
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: KRONES AG
    Inventors: Volker Kronseder, Heinz Humele, Wolfgang Hausladen, Alexander Kaiser
  • Publication number: 20080142337
    Abstract: A device for orienting tubular preforms which are fed in bulk by a supply device, including two continuous endless conveyors which are disposed side by side and which are equipped respectively with two parallel lines which are separated horizontally from one another by a distance that is greater than the largest cross-sectional dimension of the preforms. According to the invention, the preform-supply device is disposed above one end of the two conveyors. The two conveyors are moved by drive device in opposing directions in order to pivot any preforms that arrive positioned sideways across the conveyors and to drop the longitudinally-oriented preforms into the space between the two conveyors. The orienting device also includes an endless belt for collecting preforms, which extends beneath the two conveyors parallel thereto and which is used to collect and move the horizontally-laid longitudinally-aligned preforms one after the other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: SIDEL PARTICIPATIONS
    Inventors: Patrick Mouette, Alain Charpentier, Philippe Derouault
  • Publication number: 20080142338
    Abstract: An image acquisition module in a transmission device for a scanner is installed in a base of the scanner, a rotating wheel and a first roller are pivotally connected onto two inner sides of the base, and a driving roller is installed below the first roller. A conveyor is respectively put around the rotating wheel, the first roller and the driving roller, and a second roller is pivotally connected onto a place between the rotating and the driving roller and used for withstanding the conveyor between the rotating wheel and the driving roller to allow the conveyor between the rotating wheel and the second roller to be parallel to the conveyor between the rotating wheel and the first roller, and the conveyor is driven by the driving roller to drive the image acquisition module to move.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 16, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: TECO IMAGE SYSTEM CO., LTD
    Inventors: Ping-Hung KUO, Ke-Wei Chen, Sheng-Tsung Shiao
  • Publication number: 20080142339
    Abstract: A linear, horizontal conveyor device for containers which are equipped with a collar at the base of the neck thereof. The invention includes two conveyors including endless links, which are each equipped with two parallel, mobile lines which face one another and which are driven in the same direction and at the same speed. The aforementioned lines are separated from one another by a distance that is greater than the diameter of the body of the containers and less than the diameter of the collars thereof. At least one conveyor includes a short segment that can be moved transversely outwards, such that the space between the two facing lines becomes greater than the diameter of the collar and the container falls.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 28, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Sidel Participations
    Inventor: Alain Charpentier
  • Publication number: 20080142340
    Abstract: A bulk materials pump feeder having a housing and a rotating drive rotor for transferring material from an inlet to an outlet of the housing. The drive rotor has a hub. Drive disks extend away from the hub toward a housing inner wall. Three structural features of the feeder reduce the tendency of material to jam between the drive rotor and the housing or other stationary parts. First, the distance between the circumferential edges of the drive disks and the housing inner wall increases from the inlet to the outlet in the direction of rotation of the drive rotor. Second, a low-friction brush seal disposed on the periphery of the drive disks seals the area between the periphery of the drive disks and the inner wall. Finally, a materials scraper having a flexible tip is mounted in the housing and extends into the drive rotor between the drive disks.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: K-Tron Technologies, Inc
    Inventors: Timothy R. Baer, James T. Foley
  • Publication number: 20080142341
    Abstract: A conveyor is for possible use in transferring articles between two adjacent conveyors. In one embodiment, the conveyor includes a pair of idler structures and a drive structure for collectively guiding and moving a conveyor belt or chain relative to a bed. At least one of the drive structure or idler structures is mounted or positioned so at to be capable of moving relative to the belt or chain to provide tensioning therefor. In another embodiment, a bed assembly including the chain or belt, the drive structure, and the idler structure is also substantially fully releasable from a corresponding base for servicing or clearing a jam. In either case, the conveyor may be driven using a slave drive associated with an adjacent conveyor. Related methods are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: James L. Layne, Michael D. McDaniel, Stephen C. Fye, B. Keith Thomas, Lewis W. Ward
  • Publication number: 20080142342
    Abstract: A conveyor assembly includes a module having a detachably fixed reinforcement link to simplify modular conveyor assembly, disassembly, and repair. The module includes a first link end extending in a first direction from a leading edge and a second link end extending in a second direction from a trailing edge. The first link end includes a first aperture for receiving a first link pin connecting the module to an adjacent module. The second link end includes a second aperture for receiving a second link pin connecting the module to another adjacent module. A reinforcement link is detachably fixed to the module. The reinforcement link includes a third aperture aligned with the first aperture for receiving the first link pin. And, the reinforcement link includes a fourth aperture aligned with the second aperture for receiving the second link pin.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: James C. Stebnicki, Kevin S. Hansen
  • Publication number: 20080142343
    Abstract: A control unit for an electrical switching device comprises: a control shaft which is rotatable about a control axis for operating a moveable contact of the electrical switching device, a first blocking mechanism for the control shaft, which can be activated to block a rotary movement of the control shaft in a first rotation direction, and an activation mechanism for the first blocking mechanism, which is designed to activate the first blocking mechanism.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: ABB Technology AG
    Inventor: Erwin Manz
  • Publication number: 20080142344
    Abstract: An electrical shorting system includes an electrical switch having a first terminal, a second terminal, and a switching terminal. The electrical shorting system also includes a housing, a first contact in electrical communication with the first terminal of the electrical switch and supported by the housing, and a second contact in electrical communication with the second terminal of the electrical switch and supported by the housing. The electrical switch may be in a closed state in which the first contact is shorted with the second contact through the electrical switch, and when a voltage is applied to the switching terminal, the electrical switch is placed in an open state that impedes current flow through the electrical switch between the first contact and the second contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventor: Christopher D. Hickam
  • Publication number: 20080142345
    Abstract: A steering column module includes a lever, first and second printed circuit boards, and an electronics unit. The lever has a base next to a steering column and a head away from the column. The lever base includes a primary control which actuates upon the lever being pivoted. The lever head includes a secondary control which actuates upon being manipulated. The first PCB is situated in the lever base and includes a primary switch which cooperates with the primary control to activate a switching function in response to the primary control being actuated. The second PCB is situated in the lever head and includes a secondary switch which cooperates with the secondary control to activate a switching function in response to the secondary control being actuated. The electronics unit is electrically connected to the switches by a wiring harness having plug-in connectors for respectively electrically contacting the switches.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Leopold Kostal GmbH & Co. KG
    Inventors: Volker Heite, Klaus Hirschfeld
  • Publication number: 20080142346
    Abstract: The invention relates to an inductive sensor unit having one or several coils, which are mounted on a printed circuit board in a planar manner. According to the invention, a change in the inductance of a sensor coil due to leakage currents in the inductive actuator is correlated with the position of the actuator in two respects i.e., with the distance x to the sensor coils and with the overlapping y of the sensor coils. As a result, an inductive push button switch and an inductive position switching device (a sliding switch) are provided. The invention also relates to the evaluation of the inductance by means of reactance measurement. A relative evaluation of the influence of adjacent sensor coils increases the precision of response in push button switches and, generally, a relative evaluation of the influence of adjacent sensor coils is carried out in position switching devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 10, 2004
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Cherry GmbH
    Inventors: Martin Zapf, Thomas Luber, Reinhard Pirner
  • Publication number: 20080142347
    Abstract: MEMS switches are formed with membranes or layers that are deformable upon the application of a voltage. The MEMS switches may comprise compliant terminals and/or contact conductors to produce contact swiping.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Alan Lewis, Lior Kogut, Ming-Hau Tung
  • Publication number: 20080142348
    Abstract: A micro-switching device includes a movable electrode provided on a movable support having an end fixed to a fixing member. The switching device also includes first and second stationary electrodes. The movable electrode includes first and second contact portions. The first stationary electrode includes a third contact portion facing the first contact portion of the movable electrode. The second stationary electrode includes a fourth contact portion facing the second contact portion of the movable electrode. The distance between the first and the third contact portions is smaller than the distance between the second and the fourth contact portions. The switching device further includes a driving mechanism having a driving force generation region provided on the movable support. The center of gravity of the driving force generation region is closer to the second contact portion than to the first contact portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 5, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: FUJITSU LIMITED
    Inventors: Anh Tuan Nguyen, Tadashi Nakatani, Satoshi Ueda, Yu Yonezawa, Naoyuki Mishima
  • Publication number: 20080142349
    Abstract: A programmable switch, particularly adapted for vehicle dashboards. The programmable switch includes a control circuit and a microprocessor connected to the control circuit for controlling operation of the switch. The microprocessor operates the switch in either one of an operating mode and a programming mode. The switch also includes first and second microswitches connected to the control circuit. A simultaneous pressing of the first and second microswitches activates the programming mode. The switch also includes an actuator having a first button area and a second button area mounted over and in register with the first microswitch and the second microswitch respectively for alternately selecting either microswitch. The actuator is removable to provide simultaneous access to the first and second microswitches. Hence, the switch is programmable without the use of external tools. The switch structure can also be made waterproof. A method for programming such a switch is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Yvan Lafontaine, Bertrand Mallette, Martial Bilodeau, Eric Gagnon
  • Publication number: 20080142350
    Abstract: A movable contact unit includes a base sheet made of polyurethane resin, a domed movable contact made of thin metal sheet, and a pushing protrusion. The movable contact is held on a first face side of the base sheet. The pushing protrusion is formed on a second face of the base sheet at a place corresponding to a domed top of the movable contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 12, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Minoru KARAKI, Masahiro Ito, Koji Tanabe, Hirotoshi Watanabe, Yousuke Chikahisa, Yasutaka Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20080142351
    Abstract: An angle grinder is provided including a trigger assembly for selectively actuating the angle grinder. A particle separation assembly is provided for the removal of any dust, particle, or artifacts that may have entered into the housing of the angle grinder. A brush biasing system is also provided to ensure proper and efficient operation of the motor of the angle grinder. An overload monitoring system is included to monitor the loading on the motor. A clutch mechanism is also included to prevent overloading on the motor of the angle grinder. A gear wheel lock mechanism is also provided to prevent the wheel spindle from rotating during installation or removal of a grinding wheel on the wheel spindle. An anti-locking flange system is also included to prevent the over-tightening of the flanges and the grinder wheel during the operation of the angle grinder. A gear case labyrinth feature is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 19, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Black & Decker Inc.
    Inventors: William F. Gallagher, Michael C. Doyle, Eric E. Hatfield, David C. Tomayko, Daniel L. Krout, Tanika Malloy
  • Publication number: 20080142352
    Abstract: An apparatus and method for detecting a presence of a conductive object on a sensor array of a first circuit board using active electronic components of a second circuit board, which is coupled to the first circuit board. The apparatus may include a first circuit board, which includes a sensor array of sensor elements, and a second circuit board, coupled to the first circuit board, including sensing circuitry to measure capacitance on the sensor array of the first circuit board. The method may include measuring a capacitance on the sensor array using the active electronic components of the second circuit board, and processing the measured capacitance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventor: David G. Wright
  • Publication number: 20080142353
    Abstract: The invention concerns an operating element, in particular a pushbutton, for a motor vehicle, having at least of a touch-sensitive pushbutton operating on a capacitive basis and a housing, wherein the pushbutton is movably mounted in the housing, wherein a capacitor that forms the capacitance is composed of a metallic area applied to an inner or outer side of a surface facing the user, and the metallic area forms an electrode of the capacitor that is electrically contacted in the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Martin Jeitner, Andreas Kramlich, Peter Kraus, Volker Gessner
  • Publication number: 20080142354
    Abstract: To make it easier to carbonize the processing target material to a desired carbonized condition and also to make installment within a limited installment space possible. A carbonizing apparatus includes a carbonizing furnace having a feeding portion for a processing target material, a takeout portion for a carbonized material, a blowout portion for combustion air and an exhausting portion for combustion exhaust gas and a stirring device capable of stirring the processing target material inside the carbonizing furnace. The blowout amount of the combustion air is adjustable. The apparatus is operable to carbonize the processing target material fed from the feeding portion, with stirring, spontaneously combusting and moving the material while moving this material toward the takeout portion and subsequently to take out the resultant carbonized material from the takeout portion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2004
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Keiichi Yokoyama, Masaaki Fujiwara, Sadatoshi Ueda, Yoshiaki Arai, Tatsushi Kudo, Shigeru Miyahara
  • Publication number: 20080142355
    Abstract: The invention comprises a spacing element situated between a vapor-liquid contacting tray and a tray support to reduce the dead zone typically caused by the tray supports blocking of the perforations in the vapor-liquid contacting tray directly above the tray support.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Zhanping Xu, Kevin J. Richardson, Robert J. Miller, Nicholas F. Urbanski
  • Publication number: 20080142356
    Abstract: A system and method for treating unmarketable fly ash and improve its properties as an additive for concrete is disclosed. The method includes the steps of creating a gas stream containing ionized air through a plasma reactor and exposing an amount of fly ash containing carbon to the ionized air while in the reactor. The exposure of the carbon to the ionized air promotes the attachment of the ions to the carbon to reduce the adsorption capacity of the carbon.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventor: John G. Whellock
  • Publication number: 20080142357
    Abstract: An anode rod is placed between two hooks fixed to an anode beam and onto which a connector bears, including two levers, two coaxial lateral rods and a screw that can pivot levers between a clamping position of the anode rod in contact with the anode beam and a release position. The geometry of at least one hook, a lever and/or a lateral rod and the material from which they are formed are such that the elastic deformation of the holding device with respect to the anode beam when the screw is tightened is sufficient. Thus, this device can compensate for a change in the position of the anode rod by elastic return towards its unstressed position, and thus continues to keep the anode rod firmly in contact with the anode beam.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: E.C.L.
    Inventor: Xavier Delcorde
  • Publication number: 20080142358
    Abstract: In order to treat solar cells in an electroplating device, they can be inserted into a grid-like or tray-like picking-up device. They are thus mechanically held and electrical contact is made with them via contacts. Instead of individual solar cells, the picking-up devices are moved with a large number of inserted solar cells through the electroplating device for treatment. Electrical contact with the solar cells is in this case made via the contacts and the frame limbs on a projecting angle section together with edge strips of the pick-up. Contact rollers rest on the edge strips and are connected to an electrical power source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Gebr. Schmid GmbH & Co.
    Inventor: Christian Schmid
  • Publication number: 20080142359
    Abstract: A DC magnetron sputter reactor for sputtering deposition materials such as tantalum and tantalum nitride, for example, and its method of use, in which self-ionized plasma (SIP) sputtering and capacitively coupled plasma (CCP) sputtering are promoted, either together or alternately, in the same chamber. Also, bottom coverage may be thinned or eliminated by inductively-coupled plasma (ICP) resputtering. SIP is promoted by a small magnetron having poles of unequal magnetic strength and a high power applied to the target during sputtering. CCP is provided by a pedestal electrode which capacitively couples RF energy into a plasma. The CCP plasma is preferably enhanced by a magnetic field generated by electromagnetic coils surrounding the pedestal which act to confine the CCP plasma and increase its density.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: APPLIED MATERIALS, INC.
    Inventors: Praburam GOPALRAJA, Jianming FU, Xianmin TANG, John C. FORSTER, Umesh KELKAR
  • Publication number: 20080142360
    Abstract: A method for fabricating semiconductor wafers using physical vapor deposition. The method includes maintaining a substrate on a susceptor in a chamber. The substrate has a face positioned within a vicinity of a target material, which is within the chamber. The target member comprises a first side and a second side. Preferably, the first side is positioned toward the face of the substrate. The method includes operating a magnet device fixed about a rotating member, which is coupled to the chamber and is coupled to a drive motor, which is coupled to a driver. A magnet device is positioned from a center region of the rotating member by a predetermined dimension. The method includes moving the magnet device in an annular manner about the center region using the rotating member. The magnet device is rotated at a velocity v and influences a spatial region, which is positioned overlying the second side of the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Semiconductor Manufacturing International (Shanghai) Corporation
    Inventor: CHIA-LING WEN
  • Publication number: 20080142361
    Abstract: A carbon nanotube (“CNT”) gas sensor includes a substrate, an insulating layer formed on the substrate, electrodes formed on the insulating layer, and CNT barriers that protrude higher than the electrodes in spaces between the electrodes to form gas detecting spaces. A method of manufacturing the gas sensor includes forming an insulating layer on a substrate, forming an electrode pattern on the insulating layer, coating CNT paste having a thickness greater than a thickness of electrodes in the electrode pattern on the electrodes and the insulating layer, and patterning and firing the carbon nanotube paste, including using a photolithography method, to retain only portions of the CNT paste coated on spaces between the electrodes.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Jung-im HAN, Soo-hyung CHOI, Jeong-hee LEE, Soo-suk LEE, Jeong-na HEO
  • Publication number: 20080142362
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a reaction film formulation used in the preparation of a non-enzymatic whole blood uric acid detecting electrode strip, which comprises an electron mediator, a water-soluble polymer carrier, and a volatile organic solvent, and to whole blood biosensor systems.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 21, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Apex Biotechnology Corporation
    Inventors: Yueh-Hui LIN, Thomas Y.S. Shen
  • Publication number: 20080142363
    Abstract: A method and apparatus are described that use cell voltage and/or current as monitor to prevent electrochemical deposition (e.g., electroplating) tools from deplating wafers with no or poor metal (e.g., Cu) seed coverage.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Yang Cao, Yue Ma, Jir-shyr Chen, Rajiv Rastogi
  • Publication number: 20080142364
    Abstract: A gas sensor element is equipped with a hollow body which is closed at one of opposed ends and has a gas inlet formed in the other end through which gas to be measured enters. The hollow body includes an oxygen ion-conductive solid electrolyte member, a gas-exposed electrode which is affixed to a first area of an inner surface of the solid electrolyte member, and a reference gas-exposed electrode which is affixed to a second area of an outer surface of the solid electrolyte member. The second area is aligned with the first area in a direction perpendicular to a flow of the gas. A heater is disposed on an area of the hollow body which faces the electrodes. This structure servers to minimize direct exposure of water carried by the flow of the gas to a heated area of the hollow body, thereby avoiding cracks in the hollow body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventor: Susumu Naito
  • Publication number: 20080142365
    Abstract: A method and system are presented for use in analyzing a sample. The method comprises applying real time monitoring to a sample while undergoing a separation process consisting of spatial separation of molecules of different molecular weights in the sample. The system includes a monitoring unit configured to be integrated with a separation unit in which the separation process takes place.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2005
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Yaron Kober, Meir Matana, Erez Kelly
  • Publication number: 20080142366
    Abstract: A method of incorporating biomolecules in a thin film mounted on a substrate, with the film having a thickness of not more than about 10 microns, includes providing a metal structure on the substrate between the thin film and the substrate, positioning a medium containing biomolecules in contact with a side of the film remote from the metal substrate, and applying a predetermined electrical voltage between the metal substrate and the medium to cause biomolecules to migrate in an electrophoretic manner from the medium into the thin film.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 13, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Prabhakar Apparao Tamirisa, Sang Hun Lee, William D. Hunt, Dennis William Hess, Peter J. Edmonson
  • Publication number: 20080142367
    Abstract: Systems and methods for plating and/or etching of hard-to-plate metals are provided. The systems and methods are designed to overcome the deleterious effect of superficial coating or oxide layers that interfere with the plating or etching of certain metal substrates. The systems and methods involve in situ removal of coating materials from the surfaces of the metal substrates while the substrates are either submerged in plating or etching solutions, or are positioned in a proximate enclosure just prior to submersion in the plating or etching solutions. Further, the substrates can be in contact with a suitable patterning mask to obtain patterned oxide-free regions for plating or etching. This in situ removal of coating layers may be achieved by pulse heating or photoablation of the substrate and the inhibiting coating layers. Electrical energy or laser light energy may be used for this purpose. Additionally or alternatively, the coating materials may be removed by mechanical means.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 22, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Robert J. Von Gutfeld, Alan C. West
  • Publication number: 20080142368
    Abstract: A tubular resistor assembly for use in electrical circuits for controlling automotive accessories, including a tubular aluminum or other metal substrate having watertight walls and open ends for connection to a fluid-carrying system, a resistor of a predetermined magnitude disposed on the tubular metal substrate. A control circuit, incorporating the resistor, controls the operation of one or more automotive accessory. The assembly may be used to intentionally heat a fluid passing through the tubular substrate, the fluid may be used to carry excess heat away from the resistor, or both. Multiple resistive elements may be included for multiple levels of control of such accessories as headlights, fan assemblies, and the like.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 29, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: INTERNATIONAL RESISTIVE COMPANY
    Inventors: H. Marion Warren, Wilson R. Hayworth, M. Shane Hawthorne
  • Publication number: 20080142369
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a package for holding an integrated circuit or other electronic component and/or a packaged integrated circuit or electronic component which is formed at least in part via an electrochemical fabrication process from a plurality of adhered layers of conductive and dielectric materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Adam L. Cohen, Vacit Arat, Michael S. Lockard
  • Publication number: 20080142370
    Abstract: The aqueous acidic solution for electrolytically depositing high polish, decorative bright, smooth and level copper coatings on large area metal or plastic parts contains a) at least one oxygen-containing, high molecular additive and b) at least one water soluble sulfur compound, wherein the solution additionally contains c) at least one aromatic halogen derivative having the general formula (I), wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are each independently radicals selected from the group comprising hydrogen, aldehyde, acetyl, hydroxyls, hydroxyalkyl having 1-4 carbon atoms, alkyl having 1-4 carbon atoms and halogen, with the proviso that the number of residues R1, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 which are halogen ranges from 1 to 5.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 28, 2004
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Wolfgang Dahms, Carl Christian Fels, Gunther Bauer
  • Publication number: 20080142371
    Abstract: A method for forming a modified platinum aluminide coating on a turbine engine component surface includes the step of forming a platinum layer on the turbine engine component surface. A bath is then prepared, including a mixture of a primary alcohol and a tertiary alcohol, and an electrolyte including an yttrium salt. Then, yttrium from the yttrium salt is electrodeposited onto the platinum layer. The component is heated to diffuse the yttrium into the platinum layer to form a modified platinum layer. Aluminum is then deposited onto the modified platinum layer, and the component is heated to diffuse the aluminum into the modified platinum layer to form a modified platinum aluminide layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventor: Devlin M. Gualtieri
  • Publication number: 20080142372
    Abstract: The fluorine surfactant-free, long-term-stable and biodegradable additive for chromium electrolytes lowers the surface tension and hence improves the chromium deposition process, especially in the application for the electrolytical chromium-plating. Preferred additives are CH3(CH2)nSO3H and the salts thereof with n from 10 to 18. These additives are also useful as component in polymer mordants as pretreatments for polymer metallizations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 4, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Lorenz Laser, Matthias Weiss, Frank Honselmann
  • Publication number: 20080142373
    Abstract: Alkali alcoholates, also called alkali alkoxides, are produced from alkali metal salt solutions and alcohol using a three-compartment electrolytic cell. The electrolytic cell includes an anolyte compartment configured with an anode, a buffer compartment, and a catholyte compartment configured with a cathode. An alkali ion conducting solid electrolyte configured to selectively transport alkali ions is positioned between the anolyte compartment and the buffer compartment. An alkali ion permeable separator is positioned between the buffer compartment and the catholyte compartment. The catholyte solution may include an alkali alcoholate and alcohol. The anolyte solution may include at least one alkali salt. The buffer compartment solution may include a soluble alkali salt and an alkali alcoholate in alcohol.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 14, 2006
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Ashok V. Joshi, Shekar Balagopal, Justin Pendelton
  • Publication number: 20080142374
    Abstract: An apparatus for recovering a metal, which comprises a metal-recovering board (2) having an electrodeposition surface (2a, 2t) for the attachment of a metal component (R) precipitated from a solution and an insulating material (2b) formed around a pattern of the electrodeposition surface (2a, 2t). The metal-recovering board (2) is immersed in a metal-containing solution in an electrolytic treatment vessel (1), and thereby the metal in the solution is selectively precipitated on the electrodeposition surface (2a, 2t) and is converted to a bulk. The resultant metal bulk is scraped together for recovery with a blade (6) in a form as it is. The above apparatus for recovering a metal can be suitably used for recovering a metal in a solution in a state allowing easy reuse with good efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 12, 2005
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: THE FURUKAWA ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Hisashi Iwama, Hiroaki Tanaka, Harunobu Kimura, Hitoshi Tanaka, Yutaka Hirota
  • Publication number: 20080142375
    Abstract: Compositions and methods suitable for the electrochemical mechanical planarization of a conductive material layer on a semiconductor workpiece. Compositions contain a phosphonic acid based electrolyte, a corrosion inhibitor, a chelating agent, a pH adjusting agent, and a solvent as the remainder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Inventors: Francois Doniat, Matthew L. Fisher, Alan D. Zdunek, Alexandro A. Barajas, Ian Suni, Xiangfeng Chu, Abhinav Tripathi, Yuzhuo Li
  • Publication number: 20080142376
    Abstract: A liquid dispensing device includes first and second substrates, with the first substrate including an opening for introduction of a fluid, and the second substrate including a multiplicity of electrodes. The device includes a transfer electrode, located at least partially opposite to the opening, at least two drop-forming electrodes, and a reservoir electrode, located between the transfer electrode and the drop-forming electrodes, and with an area that is at least equal to three times the area of each drop-forming electrode.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Commissariat A L'Energie Atomique
    Inventors: Yves Fouillet, Dorothee Jary
  • Publication number: 20080142377
    Abstract: An elongate gas distributing tube, which extends in a longitudinal direction of a container, is accommodated within the container that constitutes a gas storage container. Discharge ports, through which the gas is discharged, are provided only on a side circumferential wall of the gas distributing tube. Therefore, the discharged gas advances while being directed toward the inner side wall of the container. The gas distributing tube is surrounded by a gas absorbing/adsorbing material. On the other hand, the gas absorbing/adsorbing material is surrounded by a mixture, which is prepared by mixing the gas absorbing/adsorbing material with a heat storage material, such that heat is absorbed by the heat storage material contained therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2007
    Publication date: June 19, 2008
    Applicant: Honda Motor Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Takanori Suzuki, Yusuke Sogawa, Terumi Furuta