Patents Issued in July 24, 2008
  • Publication number: 20080173767
    Abstract: There is described a helicopter having a transmission for transmitting motion from a driving member to a driven member; the transmission has at least a first gear driven by the driving member, and a second gear meshing with the first gear and in turn driving the driven member; the first and second gear have teeth shaped so that the gears mesh with one another at at least two pairs of respective simultaneously meshing teeth; the teeth of at least one of the gears have a profile having an end portion relieved with respect to a starting theoretical involute; and the pattern of the distance between the points of the end portion and the starting involute along an axis of the tooth has at least a first and a second segment sloping with respect to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 27, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Giuseppe Gasparini, Sergio Sartori, Nihat Yildirim
  • Publication number: 20080173768
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a power plant (18) comprising at least one turboshaft engine (8) behind a gearbox (7) for driving a rotor (3) of a rotary wing aircraft (1), the air inlet body (20) of the engine (8) having a first end (21) opening out into the ambient atmosphere in front of the engine, and a second end (22) connected to the engine at the rearmost portion thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: EUROCOPTER
    Inventors: Daniel Chaniot, Francois-Xavier Gaulmin, Lionel Iraudo
  • Publication number: 20080173769
    Abstract: The purpose of this invention is to design and construct Stabilized Tilt Rotor Aircraft (STRA). Stabilized Tilt Rotor Aircraft is a subsonic aircraft with tilt rotors assisted by tilting louvers and tail rotors powered by the battery charged by the rotor engines. During take off and landing when operational speeds are below stall, stability is provided by the tilting rotors, the tilting louvers and the battery powered tail rotors.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: George Philip Tharisayi
  • Publication number: 20080173770
    Abstract: In a railroad track system that provides for communications through a track rail without insulated joints between a specific transmitter and a specific receiver when a plurality of transmitters and a plurality of receivers are communicating using the track rail, a method including emitting a unique signal from the specific transmitter during a specific time. The unique signal is transmitted through a railway rail, which is without an insulated joint between successive rails and is the medium through which the unique signal travels, wherein the unique signal is detectable but not readable by the plurality of receiver. The specific receiver is activated to read the unique signal during the specific time.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Andrew Lawrence Ruggiero, Benjamin Paul Church, Jeffrey Michael Fries
  • Publication number: 20080173771
    Abstract: A method is provided for controlling movement of a piece of railroad rolling stock within a classification rail yard. The method includes determining a predicted velocity of the piece of railroad rolling stock, and collecting at least one measurement to determine a measured velocity of the piece of railroad rolling stock. A comparison of the measured velocity to the previously predicted velocity is performed, and a modification to subsequent velocity control activities to minimize a variation in the predicted velocity versus the measured velocity is performed. A system and a computer software code are also disclosed for controlling movement of the piece of railroad rolling stock within the classification rail yard.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 14, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: James Michael Kiss, John Borntraeger, Robert Oliveira, James Kelley
  • Publication number: 20080173772
    Abstract: A knife storage and sharpening apparatus including a knife block having a plurality of elongate recesses each for receipt of a different knife and having a recess for receipt of a knife sharpening steel. The apparatus further includes another form of knife sharpening means specifically adapted for receipt in the recess for receipt of the steel. The knife sharpening means can be used to sharpen a knife while it is mounted in the sharpening steel recess. If the knife user prefers to use a sharpening steel, the knife sharpening means may be removed from the knife block to provide storage for the sharpening steel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: ROBERT WELCH DESIGNS LIMITED
    Inventor: Alan Rupert Welch
  • Publication number: 20080173773
    Abstract: A pipe insulation coupling secures a pipe and adjacent ends of insulation tubing surrounding the pipe to a channel-section track having a pair of inwardly turned flanges. The coupling includes a one-piece elongated cylindrical body having an outer tube wall extending between first and second ends. A planar interior wall disposed midway between the first and second ends extends inwardly from the outer tube wall to a center bore for receiving the pipe therethrough. The planar wall defines opposing first and second channels extending from the planar wall to the first and second ends for receiving the adjacent ends of the insulation tubing therein. A pair of flexible and resilient legs extends between a proximal end fixedly secured to the outer tube wall and a distal end including opposing notches formed therein for selective engagement with the flanges of the track thereby locking the coupling to the track.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: KLO-SHURE, INC.
    Inventor: Orval A. Opperthauser
  • Publication number: 20080173774
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to an accessory holder capable of supporting a plurality of accessories and positioning those accessories in three-dimensions. A preferred embodiment supports the accessories in a curvilinear shape that optimizes the viewing position by the user. The accessories include flat panel displays, touch screens, telephones, and other devices used in an office or home office environment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Manuel Saez, Bradley Augustine, Aaron Tsui, Lachezar Tsvetanov
  • Publication number: 20080173775
    Abstract: The present invention is a component for providing alignment between at least two external components. The present invention is a bracket member having at least two attachment structures, and at least two externally visible components connected to the at least two attachment structures, and the at least two attachment structures provide adjustable positioning between the at least two externally visible components connected to the at least two attachment structures such that the position off the at least two externally visible components can be adjusted relative to one another.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Michael CRANE, Tom Cobb, Thomas M. Pilette
  • Publication number: 20080173776
    Abstract: An inside corner support for forming the inside corners of a room or building includes an angular member having a front side and a back side where the front side forms less than a 180 degree angle and the back side forms greater than a 180 degree angle, and at least one lip member which extends from the front side of the angular member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Harold W. Beard
  • Publication number: 20080173777
    Abstract: The present invention provides a moving apparatus capable of efficiently utilizing work space on a desk, and stabilizing an operating load. The present invention includes a placing portion to place a personal computer, a moving portion to move the personal computer from a use position for using the personal computer to a non-use position different from the use position, and a fixing device to detachably fix the moving portion to a desk. The position of the placing portion is determined by the length of an extension mechanism. The positioning operation to determine the length of the extension mechanism is performed by an operating device that transfers the displacement magnitude of an operating portion to an action portion by hydraulic pressure. The operating load is stabilized because the displacement magnitude is transferred by hydraulic pressure.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: FUMOTO GIKEN CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Naoyuki Yamamoto, Ryouhei Yamamoto
  • Publication number: 20080173778
    Abstract: A wall furniture mounting device includes an elongated mounting rail having a wall anchor plate, with a plurality of apertures, a hook section, and a support section. The plurality of apertures is configured into a pattern so that each aperture is uniquely identifiable quickly via visual inspection. The pattern repeats along the mounting rail at an interval equal to the distance between wall studs.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: John J. Mertens
  • Publication number: 20080173779
    Abstract: A screen assembly configured to be coupled to a partition panel such that a screen of the screen assembly is movable between a retracted position and an extended position relative to the partition panel. The screen assembly includes a bracket having a mounting portion directly securing the bracket to the partition panel and a guide portion coupled to the mounting portion and forming a generally U-shaped channel. A screen is movably received in the channel for guided movement between the retracted and extended positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 16, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: ACCO BRANDS USA LLC
    Inventors: Steven J. Beno, Mikael Backstrom, Martijn Loerakker, Jonathen Shearer
  • Publication number: 20080173780
    Abstract: A suspending element has a wire section (12) and a support member (11) having a pot-shaped receptacle (21) for receiving an eyelet-shaped first end (15) of the wire section (12), and a clamping element (18) for securing the eyelet-shaped first end (15) of the wire section (12) in the pot-shaped receptacle (21).
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Thomas Engleder, Markus Kieber
  • Publication number: 20080173781
    Abstract: A paper base for supporting an object such as a large household appliance is provided. The base comprises a honeycomb middle layer sandwiched between and substantially coextensive with top and bottom trays made from corrugated board. A platform can be mounted above the top tray to support a washing machine motor or other object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 21, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: SONOCO DEVELOPMENT, INC.
    Inventor: David B. Muyskens
  • Publication number: 20080173782
    Abstract: The present invention is directed to a collapsible easel with foldable legs adapted to support a flip chart or other display device. The invention comprises a display panel having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side, a second side, a front side, and a rear side. The bottom edge of the display panel has a transverse shelf extending from the display panel to support writing instruments or other equipment. In an embodiment, a three-leg assembly, having a rear leg and two front legs, is adapted to be connected to the display panel. Each leg has an upper portion and a lower portion. The lower portion of each front leg has a generally curved contour. The upper and lower portions of each leg are connected by a flexible strap having a first end and a second end; each end of the flexible strap has at least one aperture to connect the strap by a fastening mechanism to an interior wall of each upper portion and lower portion of each leg.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 30, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Michael John Stengel, Trung Q. Do
  • Publication number: 20080173783
    Abstract: An automotive transmission mount comprises a top bracket, a bottom bracket and a polyurethane material overmolding to top and bottom brackets. The top bracket is attachable to a tail shaft of a transmission housing. The bottom bracket is attachable to a cross member of a vehicle frame. The polyurethane material includes a lateral relief hole extending therethrough and being oriented parallel to the top bracket. The lateral relief hole is adapted to deform during compression of the resilient material as a result of relative movement of the top bracket toward the bottom bracket to prevent shearing of the polyurethane. The top bracket and bottom brackets are also interlocked to one another to prevent their separation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Donald D. Bunker
  • Publication number: 20080173784
    Abstract: An integral handle (12) is formed in a portable patient monitoring device (10) to minimize device size and to provide a storage cavity for a stowable bedrail hook assembly (30) mounted to the device (10). A handle cavity (14) extends through a top side (16) of the device casing and out through a back side (18) of the casing to accommodate a human hand and permit an operator to grasp the integral handle (12). The hook assembly (30) has a generally U-shaped crossbar (32) that is inserted to mounting brackets (40) secured to the back side (18) of the device (10). Hook portions (34) having a curvature generally congruent to the interior of the handle cavity (14) extend from the crossbar (32) and stow inside the handle cavity (14) as the crossbar (32) rests against the back side (18) of the device when the hook assembly is stowed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N. V.
    Inventors: Martin K. MASON, Ed STAMM
  • Publication number: 20080173785
    Abstract: A catch plate is provided for supporting the weight of a tool by a connected cable. The catch plate includes an elongate formable body with a through opening at one end for attaching the plate to a vertical surface, and a hook feature formed in the elongate body at the end opposite the through opening, the hook feature disposed at an angle away from the plane of the elongate body and formable around the connected cable.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Marilyn Joyce Hagler, Richard G. Sherwood
  • Publication number: 20080173786
    Abstract: An injection mold including a quick-change mold assembly has a stationary platen, a mold, a core, a spring and a plurality of blots. The stationary platen has a plurality of inserting holes defined at two side laterals and a plurality of first fixing holes defined at the said laterals besides a rear lateral. The mold has a chamber, a plurality of inserting apertures and second fixing holes. The inserting apertures are corresponding to the inserting holes. The second fixing holes are corresponding to the first fixing holes. The core is placed in the chamber of the mold. The springs are located in the inserting apertures. A plurality of bolts used for anchoring the mold and the core to the stationary platen are located in the first fixing hole and the second fixing hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: CHENG UEI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Chih-Yu Chen, Jian-Guang Huang, Yun-Qing He, Chun-Yan Wu, Lin-Chong Zhu
  • Publication number: 20080173787
    Abstract: A mat for creating patterns in concrete includes a center portion, a feathered border surrounding the center portion, a top surface, and a bottom surface. A design stamp is positioned in the center portion of the bottom surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Jonathan Nasvik, Paul C. Nasvik
  • Publication number: 20080173788
    Abstract: A forming panel is provided which is particularly useful as a large, crane-set forming panel for forming concrete walls. The forming panel includes a face plate and a frame, the frame including channels having a slot extending longitudinally therealong. The slot is adapted to receive a filler insert having a bushing which includes a flexible barrier having a brush-like element with a plurality of filaments extending into a passage configured to receive either a tie bar or a tie rod. The forming panel preferably includes a shiftably mounted bracket for supporting a waler, scaffold or strongback thereon, wherein the bracket includes an arm which may be pivoted to a position substantially parallel to the frame and its mounting plate for transport and/or storage. The face plate may be provided as a multilayered composite panel and the frame may include rails having grooves on the side opposite the face plate which receive flexible barriers for inhibiting the passage of fine particles of concrete therepast.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: WESTERN FORMS, INC.
    Inventors: Roman Brewka, Ronald A. Ward
  • Publication number: 20080173789
    Abstract: A method is provided for adjusting a first light intensity distribution formed on a pupil plane of an illumination apparatus. The method includes measuring a first light intensity distribution; obtaining a first light intensity radial distribution and a second light intensity radial distribution; obtaining a first cumulative light quantity distribution in a radial direction and a second cumulative light quantity distribution in the radial direction; obtaining a difference at each of at least three points between the first cumulative light quantity distribution in the radial direction and the second cumulative light quantity distribution in the radial direction; and adjusting the first light intensity distribution based on the difference between the first cumulative light quantity distribution in the radial direction and the second cumulative light quantity distribution in the radial direction.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Ken Minoda
  • Publication number: 20080173790
    Abstract: A motion-detecting module with a built-in light source includes a chip unit, a cover unit, and a light-guiding unit. The chip unit has a PCB, a light-emitting chip, and an image-sensing chip. The light-emitting chip and the image-sensing chip are electrically disposed on the PCB. The cover unit is covered on the image-sensing chip, and the cover unit has a first opening for exposing the image-sensing chip. The light-guiding unit is disposed on a bottom side of the cover unit, and the light-guiding unit has a surface having a reflective layer thereon with a concave structure. The surface and the reflective layer are formed a reflective surface for reflecting and condensing beams generated from the light-emitting chip. Therefore, the beams are reflected via the reflective surface to form first beams, and the first beams are reflected via the object surface to form second beams that project onto the image-sensing chip.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 21, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Chia-Chu Cheng, Jau-Yu Chen, Shih-Heng Lin
  • Publication number: 20080173791
    Abstract: An image sensor includes a substrate having a plurality of photosensitive sites; a plurality of first microlenses spanning the pixels and respectively aligned with the plurality of photosensitive sites that receives incident light; an optically transmissive layer positioned between the substrate and the plurality of first microlenses; a layer of second microlenses positioned between the first microlenses and the optically transmissive layer that receives the incident light from the plurality of first microlenses for focusing the incident light onto a plane between the photosensitive sites and the first layer of microlenses; and a layer of third microlenses positioned between the optically transmissive layer and the photosensitive sites that receives the incident light from the first layer of microlenses for focusing the incident light onto the photosensitive sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Russell J. Palum
  • Publication number: 20080173792
    Abstract: The present invention provides an image sensor module structure comprising a substrate with a die receiving cavity formed within an upper surface of the substrate and conductive traces within the substrate and a die having a micro lens disposed within the die receiving cavity. A dielectric layer is formed on the die and the substrate, a re-distribution conductive layer (RDL) is formed on the dielectric layer, wherein the RDL is coupled to the die and the conductive traces and the dielectric layer has an opening to expose the micro lens. A lens holder is attached on the substrate and the lens holder has a lens attached an upper portion of the lens holder. A filter is attached between the lens and the micro lens. The structure further comprises a passive device on the upper surface of the substrate within the lens holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Advanced Chip Engineering Technology Inc.
    Inventors: Wen-Kun Yang, Jui-Hsien Chang, Tung-chuan Wang, Chihwei Lin, Hsien-Wen Hsu
  • Publication number: 20080173793
    Abstract: A method, apparatus, and system that provides a holographic layer as a micro-lens array and/or a color filter array in an imager. The method of writing the holographic layer results in overlapping areas in the hologram for corresponding adjacent pixels in the imager which increases collection of light at the pixels, thereby increasing quantum efficiency.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Alexander Mokhnatyuk
  • Publication number: 20080173794
    Abstract: A solid-state imaging device including an array of a plurality of first pixels and a plurality of second pixels with higher sensitivity than the first pixels, a first control signal line that controls the first pixels, and a second control signal line that controls the second pixels, wherein the first control signal line and the second control signal line are driven independent of each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 6, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Yusuke Oike, Masanori Kasai, Shinichi Yoshimura, Atsushi Toda, Tadayuki Taura, Hiroki Sato
  • Publication number: 20080173795
    Abstract: An image apparatus and method of fabrication that reduces the variation intensity different wavelengths, that can result in a reduce color variation of a recorded image as compared with the actual object. The apparatus particularly is effective to reduce variation in the case where light rays having a red wavelength. The image apparatus includes an sensor, a micro lens array preferably disposed on the sensor and having a plurality of micro lenses, and an infrared filter preferably deposited on an upper surface of the micro lens array, wherein the micro lenses have a predetermined curvature. The incident angle of the infrared filter can minimize the change of the wavelength band according to reducing the deviation in the incident angle of the rays of the photographed subject entering the infrared filter and that are sensed by the image sensor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Hwa-Young Kang
  • Publication number: 20080173796
    Abstract: A light sensor having first and second photodetectors and a current mirror is disclosed. The first photodetector receives a light signal and generates a light current proportional to the light intensity received by the first photodetector and a dark current that is independent of the light intensity. The second photodetector is connected in series with the first photodetector at a first node. The second photodetector has a covering that prevents light from reaching the second photodetector. The second photodetector generates a current equal to the dark current. The first photodetector is connected to a power source and the second photodetector is connected to an output node. The current mirror is connected to the first node and the output node and generates an output current that is proportional to the light current through the output node when the output node is connected to an external circuit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Kok Keong Richard Lum, Kah Weng Lee, Bin Zhang
  • Publication number: 20080173797
    Abstract: A photoelectric switch is disclosed. An illustrative embodiment of the photoelectric switch includes at least one light source, a reflective surface provided in light-receiving relationship with respect to the at least one light source, a release button engaging the reflective surface and positional between first and second positions, a photocell provided in light-receiving relationship with respect to the reflective surface when the release button is disposed in the first position, a latch control circuit connected to the photocell and a latch connected to the latch control circuit. The light path incorporates a collimator to restrict operation of the system to the relationship of the light source and the retroreflector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: William C. Sanford, Henry V. Fletcher, Trevor M. Laib
  • Publication number: 20080173798
    Abstract: A process and a device are provided-for ascertaining the rotation of a liquid spray arm for a domestic appliance. Lighting means serves as a light transmitter and a photoreceiver serves as a light receiver. The lighting means and the photoreceiver are assigned a light-conducting element. At a first location of the light-conducting element, at least some light emitted from the lighting means is coupled to a path so that the light is guided in the light-conducting element by total reflection. At a second location of the light-conducting element that spaced apart from the first location in the direction of propagation of the light, the light guided in the light-conducting element is coupled out of the path so that the light is received by the photoreceiver. The intensity of the light received by the photoreceiver is evaluated by an evaluation circuit with respect to the rotation of the spray arm.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 11, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Marquardt GmbH
    Inventors: Dietmar Weisser, Guido Schick, Heinrich Muller, Wolfgang Haussler, Michael Bessler
  • Publication number: 20080173799
    Abstract: An apparatus for recording an image on a sheet comprises a linear array of light sources and an optical element for transmitting light emitted from the light sources. The optical element comprises a light-transmissive member, having an entry surface for disposal near the light sources. The entry surface defines at least one set of prisms. The optical element can further define a DCPC (dielectric compound parabolic concentrator) in cross-section. Collection optics, such as a SELFOC® lens, receives light reflected from the sheet. Each prism of the optical element defines an angle whereby light exiting the optical element is outside the acceptance angle of the collection optics.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Robert P. Herloski, Jagdish C. Tandon, Douglas E. Proctor, Stephen J. Wenthe, Eugene A. Rogalski, Jeffrey L. Baniak, Paul A. Hosier
  • Publication number: 20080173800
    Abstract: A reflective type optical encoder has a light source, a scale which moves relatively with respect to the light source and which has a periodic optical pattern, and a photodetector which can detect a change in an intensity pattern of a light beam that is emitted from the light source and is reflected and modulated by the scale. The photodetector and a concave portion are formed on a semiconductor substrate, the light source is disposed at the concave portion on the semiconductor substrate, a slit is also disposed on the concave portion, and the light beam emitted from the light source irradiates the scale after passing through the slit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 11, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
    Inventor: Takeshi Ito
  • Publication number: 20080173801
    Abstract: A light beam scanning apparatus capable of forming a high contrast electrostatic latent image. A polygon mirror scans a light flux emitted from a light source in a main scanning direction. An electrostatic latent image in an irradiation position irradiated by the scanned light flux is formed onto a photosensitive drum. An electro-optic crystal structure disposed in a light path between the light source and the polygon mirror deflects a course of the light flux emitted from the light source to the main scanning direction by applying a voltage. A controller maintains the irradiation position on the photosensitive drum irradiated by the light flux, by controlling a voltage to be applied to the electro-optic crystal structure according to the scanning information during the time period in which an electrostatic latent image corresponding to one dot is formed on the photosensitive drum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventor: Kazuo Uduki
  • Publication number: 20080173802
    Abstract: Embodiments of an encoder are disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 24, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: Sean Chiu
  • Publication number: 20080173803
    Abstract: A scanning beam assembly comprising: a beam generator to generate a beam of radiation, an oscillating reflector configured to deflect the beam at varying angles of excursion to yield a scanned beam that scans a field of view, an optical detector that detects light reflected from the field of view, the detector including at least one of an adjustable gain and adjustable sensitivity, and a controller programmable to control the gain and/or sensitivity of the detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 18, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: ETHICON ENDO-SURGERY, INC.
    Inventor: Robert J. Dunki-Jacobs
  • Publication number: 20080173804
    Abstract: Some principles described herein comtemplate implementation of downhole imaging for the characterization of formation fluid samples in situ, as well as during flow through production tubing, including subsea flow lines, for short term investigation, permanent, and/or long term installations. Various methods and apparatus described herein may facilitate downhole testing. For example, some embodiments facilitate multi-dimensional fluorescence spectrum measurement testing downhole and correlating the fluorescence with other oil properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: KENTARO INDO, ALBERT BALLARD ANDREWS, STEPHANE VANNUFFELEN, TSUTOMU YAMATE, TORU TERABAYASHI, HIDEKI KINJO, OLIVER C. MULLINS
  • Publication number: 20080173805
    Abstract: Some principles described herein contemplate implementation of downhole imaging for the characterization of formation fluid samples in situ, as well as during flow through production tubing, including subsea flow lines, for short term investigation, permanent, and/or long term installations. Various methods and apparatus described herein may facilitate downhole testing. For example, some embodiments facilitate multi-dimensional fluorescence spectrum measurement testing downhole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 19, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: SCHLUMBERGER TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
    Inventors: KENTARO INDO, ALBERT BALLARD ANDREWS, STEPHANE VANNUFFELEN, TSUTOMU YAMATE, TORU TERABAYASHI, HIDEKI KINJO, OLIVER C. MULLINS
  • Publication number: 20080173806
    Abstract: A method for determining heavy metal loading in a subject includes collecting a saliva sample from the subject containing a concentration of a heavy metal. The saliva sample is subjected to inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry to yield a heavy metal loading measurement for the subject. The saliva sample is readily collected on a substrate absorbing a preselected amount of saliva such as filter paper. As the amount of saliva necessary to saturate a given volume of substrate is known, the volume of saliva within a substrate is also known. The resulting heavy metal loading measurement is readily correlated with a blood level for the heavy metal in the subject.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventor: David Schneider
  • Publication number: 20080173807
    Abstract: Improved mass spectrometry is provided by modulating the fragmentation efficiency of analyte ions according to a modulation input signal. The fragmentation modulated ions are then analyzed according to time of flight and according to either ion kinetic energy or ion momentum to provide measured data. A mathematical inversion corresponding to the modulation input is applied to the measured data along the time axis to deconvolute the effect of the modulation input signal on the data, thereby providing 2-D data for time of flight vs. energy/momentum for precursor ions and fragment ions simultaneously. After the dissociation, the ion velocity remains almost unchanged, but the kinetic energy or momentum is partitioned amongst the fragments. Thus, the time of flight and energy/momentum can be converted to precursor mass and fragment mass to obtain 2-D spectrum of fragments vs. their corresponding precursors. The resulting technique can be referred to as fragmentation modulation mass spectrometry (FMMS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Oh-Kyu Yoon, Richard N. Zare
  • Publication number: 20080173808
    Abstract: Disclosed are a process and a device for the detection, identification, and quantification of chemical compounds or biomolecules using Response Normalized Liquid Chromatography NanoSpray Ionization Mass Spectrometry (RNLC-NSI-MS).
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 17, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Ragulan Ramanathan, Swapan K. Chowdhury, Kevin B. Alton
  • Publication number: 20080173809
    Abstract: This invention describes an apparatus for the separation and collection of components in a sample of interest comprising: an ionization source; an ion mobility separator and an ion collector positioned to receive ions leaving the ion mobility separator. The ion mobility separator having an inlet to supply at least one separating substance which comprises particles which selectively interact with at least one analyte component of interest to certain degree different from the others. The analyte component of interest may be enantiomers, diastereomers, stereoisomers, isomers, etc. The ion collector can be used to conduct analytical, preparative, and semi-preparative separation. In addition, a combined primary electrospray and secondary electrospray ionization source is disclosed to enhance ionization efficiency of interest.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Excellims Corporation
    Inventor: Ching Wu
  • Publication number: 20080173810
    Abstract: A device for mass spectroscopy comprising a chamber configured to provide an atomization source, a boost device configured to provide radio frequency energy to the chamber, and a mass analyzer in fluid communication with the chamber and configured to separate species based on mass-to-charge ratios is disclosed. In certain examples, a boost device may be used with a flame or plasma to provide additional energy to a flame or plasma to enhance desolvation, atomization, and/or ionization.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: PerkinElmer, Inc.
    Inventor: Peter Morrisroe
  • Publication number: 20080173811
    Abstract: Beam detectors configuring a beam monitor are connected to a single current measurement apparatus through respective switches. If a width of a beam incident hole of each of the beam detectors 32 in the X direction is Wf, a gap between the beam incident holes of adjacent beam detectors in the X direction is Ws, a beam width of the ion beam in the X direction is Wb, a total number of beam detectors is “p”, and “n” is an integer of 0?n?(p?2) and satisfying Wb<{n·Wf+(n+1)Ws}, a measuring process of receiving the ion beam by the beam monitor and measuring the waveforms of the beam currents flowing into the current measurement apparatus in a state in which the plurality of switches skipped by “n” are simultaneously switched ON and a switching process of switching the switches simultaneously switched ON under the condition, are repeated.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: NISSIN ION EQUIPMENT CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Tomoaki Kobayashi
  • Publication number: 20080173812
    Abstract: The invention relates to scanning magnetic microscope which has a photoluminescent nanoprobe implanted in the tip apex of an atomic force microscope (AFM), a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) or a near-field scanning optical microscope (NSOM) and exhibits optically detected magnetic resonance (ODMR) in the vicinity of impaired electron spins or nuclear magnetic moments in the sample material. The described spin microscope has demonstrated nanoscale lateral resolution and single spin sensitivity for the AFM and STM embodiments.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 28, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Gennady P. Berman, Boris M. Chernobrod
  • Publication number: 20080173813
    Abstract: A manipulator for use in e.g. a Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) is described, said manipulator capable of rotating and translating a sample holder (4). The manipulator clasps the round sample holder between two members (3A, 3B), said members mounted on actuators (2A, 2B). Moving the actuators in the same direction results in a translation of the sample holder, while moving the actuators in opposite directions results in a rotation of the sample holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 26, 2007
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicants: FEI COMPANY, THE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
    Inventors: JEROEN VAN DE WATER, JOHANNES VAN DEN OETELAAR, RAYMOND WAGNER, HENDRIK NICOLAAS SLINGERLAND, ANDREAS SCHMID, IVAN G. PETROV, TODOR I. DONCHEV, ERIC A. OLSON, JAN WILLEM BRUGGERS, ADRIAAN HUIBERT DIRK OTTEVANGER, THOMAS DUDEN
  • Publication number: 20080173814
    Abstract: An electron beam inspection system of the image projection type includes a primary electron optical system for shaping an electron beam emitted from an electron gun into a rectangular configuration and applying the shaped electron beam to a sample surface to be inspected. A secondary electron optical system converges secondary electrons emitted from the sample. A detector converts the converged secondary electrons into an optical image through a fluorescent screen and focuses the image to a line sensor. A controller controls the charge transfer time of the line sensor at which the picked-up line image is transferred between each pair of adjacent pixel rows provided in the line sensor in association with the moving speed of a stage for moving the sample.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicants: EBARA CORPORATION, KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Kenji Watanabe, Hirosi Sobukawa, Nobuharu Noji, Tohru Satake, Shoji Yoshikawa, Tsutomu Karimata, Mamoru Nakasuji, Masahiro Hatakeyama, Takeshi Murakami, Yuichiro Yamazaki, Ichirota Nagahama, Takamitsu Nagai, Kazuyoshi Sugihara
  • Publication number: 20080173815
    Abstract: The purpose of the invention is to provide an improved electron beam apparatus with improvements in throughput, accuracy, etc. One of the characterizing features of the electron beam apparatus of the present invention is that it has a plurality of optical systems, each of which comprises a primary electron optical system for scanning and irradiating a sample with a plurality of primary electron beams; a detector device for detecting a plurality of secondary beams emitted by irradiating the sample with the primary electron beams; and a secondary electron optical system for guiding the secondary electron beams from the sample to the detector device; all configured so that the plurality of optical systems scan different regions of the sample with their primary electron beams, and detect the respective secondary electron beams emitted from each of the respective regions. This is what makes higher throughput possible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 8, 2008
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Applicant: Ebara Corporation
    Inventors: Mamoru Nakasuji, Tohru Satake, Nobuharu Noji, Hirosi Sobukawa, Tsutomu Karimata, Shoji Yoshikawa, Toshifumi Kimba, Shin Oowada, Mutsumi Saito, Muneki Hamashima, Yoshiaki Kohama, Yukiharu Okubo
  • Publication number: 20080173816
    Abstract: An aviation vision apparatus. Its purpose assists a pilot's ability to fly an aircraft by providing increased visibility. The apparatus features an uncooled IR sensor for vision enhancement. An integrated window assembly is provided which permits the sensor to obtain its imagery. The apparatus also has an integrated aerodynamic enclosure. The apparatus features electronics responsible for window assembly window control functions and IR sensor control. The apparatus is a single line replaceable unit that receives control commands from the aircraft's head-down display or other control modules. The unit also provides for the video display.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2006
    Publication date: July 24, 2008
    Inventors: Jonathan Everett, John A. Gagnon, Athanasios Pashos, Roberto Rodriguez, Richard Wolfe