Patents Issued in October 2, 2008
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Publication number: 20080237492Abstract: Embodiments of an apparatus and methods for offsetting systematic non-uniformities using a gas cluster ion beam are generally described herein. Other embodiments may be described and claimed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventors: Steven Caliendo, Nicolaus Hofmeester
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Publication number: 20080237493Abstract: An electron beam lithography method is provided for sequentially irradiating an electron beam deflected by a deflector on a shot-by-shot basis to draw a pattern on a surface of a sample mounted on a stage. This method includes the step of irradiating the electron beam on the sample surface as a combination of shots each irradiated in one of rectangular or square regions having the same area and different shapes, in order to draw a correction pattern. This method also includes the steps of correcting the shape of the electron beam based on the drawn correction pattern, and drawing a pattern using the shape-corrected electron beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: NuFlare Technology, Inc.Inventor: Rieko NISHIMURA
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Publication number: 20080237494Abstract: In a complex, multi-processor software controlled system, such as proton beam therapy system (PBTS), it may be important to provide treatment configurable parameters that are easily modified by an authorized user to prepare the software controlled systems for various modes of operation. This particular invention relates to a configuration management system for the PBTS that utilizes a database to maintain data and configuration parameters and also to generate and distribute system control files that can be used by the PBTS for treatment delivery. The use of system control files reduces the adverse effects of single point failures in the database by allowing the PBTS to function independently from the database. The PBTS accesses the data, parameters, and control settings from the database through the system control files, which insures that the data and configuration parameters are accessible when and if single point failures occur with respect to the database.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Alexandre V. Beloussov, Michael A. Baumann, Howard B. Olsen, Dana Salem
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Publication number: 20080237495Abstract: A particle therapy system for irradiating a volume of a patient to be irradiated with high-energy particles is provided. The system includes a radiation outlet of a radiation delivery and acceleration system from which a particle beam exits in order to interact with the patient positioned in an irradiation position; an imaging device for verifying the position of the volume to be irradiated in relation to the particle beam; and a patient-positioning device with which the patient can be brought into the irradiation position for irradiation. The imaging device checks the position of the volume to be irradiated in an imaging position of the patient that is spatially remote from the irradiation position, and the patient-positioning device automatically changes position between imaging position and irradiation position.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2006Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Sven Oliver Grozinger, Klaus Herrmann, Eike Rietzel, Andres Sommer, Torsten Zeuner
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Techniques for Improving the Performance and Extending the Lifetime of an Ion Source with Gas Mixing
Publication number: 20080237496Abstract: Techniques improving the performance and extending the lifetime of an ion source with gas mixing are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for improving performance and extending lifetime of an ion source in an ion implanter. The method may comprise introducing a predetermined amount of dopant gas into an ion source chamber. The dopant gas may comprise a dopant species. The method may also comprise introducing a predetermined amount of diluent gas into the ion source chamber. The diluent gas may dilute the dopant gas to improve the performance and extend the lifetime of the ion source. The diluent gas may further comprise a co-species that is the same as the dopant species.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: Varian Semiconductor Equipment AssociatesInventor: Atul Gupta -
Publication number: 20080237497Abstract: The present invention describes a method of conditioning radiation upstream from a reticle including: pixelating the radiation, the pixelating involving partitioning into pixels; modulating a first set of the pixels to configure for openings; modulating a second set of the pixels to outline for specific features of the openings; modulating a third set of the pixels to correct for local non-uniformities; modulating a fourth set of the pixels to compensate for global non-uniformities; and modulating a fifth set of the pixels to establish for gray scale.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Kevin Huggins, Mark C. Phillips
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Publication number: 20080237498Abstract: This invention relates generally to short-wavelength radiation from laser-produced and discharged produced plasmas, and more particularly to efficient systems and methods for obtaining short-wavelength radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 23, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventor: Joseph J. MacFarlane
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Publication number: 20080237499Abstract: A pulsed power system has an inductive energy storage circuit (42) including a current source (43) and a plasma opening switch (44). The plasma opening switch has a transmission line (51, 52) coupling the current source to a load (41). The plasma opening switch changes from a closed state to an open state when a plasma discharge (45) in the plasma opening switch is driven by magnetic force from a first region along the transmission line to a second region towards the load. Electrical conductors (47, 48) are arranged for providing a stabilizing magnetic field configuration in the first region to magnetically latch the plasma discharge in the first region during charging of the inductive energy storage circuit, and current flowing along the transmission line from the current source to the load tends to disrupt the stabilizing magnetic field configuration and unlatch the plasma discharge from the first region and drive the plasma discharge toward the second region.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2005Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventor: Richard Auchterlonie
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Publication number: 20080237500Abstract: A thermo-optically functional composition is disclosed. The composition includes components A, B, C, and D, and has a thermal emission or reflection spectrum that is altered with respect to a thermal emission or reflection spectrum of a composition ABn and a thermal emission or reflection spectrum of a composition CDp, where at least A is different from C or B is different from D.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: SERGIY ZALYUBOVSKIY, WILLIAM PAUL MINNEAR, VIKAS MIDHA
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Publication number: 20080237501Abstract: High temperature plasma raw material (21) is gasified by irradiation with a first energy beam (23). When the gasified raw material reaches the discharge region, pulsed power is applied between the electrodes (11, 12) and a second energy beam (24) irradiates. In this manner, the plasma is heated and excited and an EUV emission occurs. The emitted EUV emission is collected and extracted by EUV collector optics. Because of irradiation by the first and second energy beams (23, 24), a special distribution of high temperature plasma raw material density can be set to a specified distribution and demarcation of the position of the discharge channel can be set. Moreover, it is possible to lengthen pulses of extreme ultraviolet emission by supplying raw material gas of which the ion density in the discharge path is nearly the same as the ion density under EUV radiation emission conditions.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicants: USHIO DENKI KABUSHIKI KAISHA, TOKYO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGYInventors: Tomonao Hosokai, Kazuhiko Horioka, Hiroshi Mizokoshi, Takuma Yokoyama, Kyohei Seki
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Publication number: 20080237502Abstract: The invention, is directed to a system including a shielded container (16), a radioisotope generator disposed within the shielded container, and an elution supply mechanism. The elution supply mechanism may include an eluant supply container (4) at least partially external to the shielded container (16), a conduit (10) extending between an inlet (20) of the radioisotope generator and an outlet (6, 8) of the eluant supply container, and an eluant visualization portal.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 26, 2006Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventor: Frank M. Fago
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Publication number: 20080237503Abstract: A fuel contaminant sensor is provided. The fuel containment sensor includes a fluid reservoir having an inlet and an outlet. A light source for projecting a light beam through the fluid reservoir is disposed on the fluid reservoir. A light beam detector for receiving the light beam projected through the fluid reservoir is disposed opposite the light source. A controller is provided for activating the light source and for receiving an output of the light beam detector. An interruption of the light beam inhibits the light beam detector from receiving the light beam.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 26, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: GM Global Technology Operations, Inc.Inventor: WILLIAM C. ALBERTSON
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Publication number: 20080237504Abstract: A position detecting devices includes a scale, a sensor, and a control section. The scale has a plurality of light emitting elements located at spacings along a direction in which a movable member is moved. Mounted on the member, the sensor detects light from at least one of the elements within a predetermined detection range longer than a largest one of the spacings, and outputs a light reception signal according to a position where the light is received within the range. The control section drives the elements individually, receives the signal from the sensor, and has a storage section for storing information on positions of the elements in the scale. Upon receipt of the signal, the control section retrieves from the storage section information on a located position of one of the light emitting elements that is being driven, and calculates a position of the member based on the retrieved information and the received signal.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 5, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Shinji NAGATA, Kosuke Sakata, Shinichi Kageshita
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Publication number: 20080237505Abstract: A 3D scanning apparatus configured to image a physical entity comprises a radiation projector for projecting a plurality of radiation stripes onto the physical entity, a detector for detecting striped radiation received from the physical entity; and a data storage device for storing the received radiation as a pixellated bitmap image, the apparatus characterised in that the physical entity, the radiation projector and the detector are geometrically arranged to constrain the number of times that each received stripe is permitted to occur in a given pixel row of the bitmap, the geometrica) constraint determining a stored occlusion classification comprising a plurality of types of occlusions and the apparatus additionally comprising an occlusion type processing means configured to utilise the classification for detecting the various types of occlusions in said received image data.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2005Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: SHEFFIELD HALLAM UNIVERSITYInventors: Marco A. Rodrigues, Alan Robinson, Lyuba Alboul
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Publication number: 20080237506Abstract: In a device for providing challenge-response pairs a radiation detection element, a challenge-modifying element and preferably also a light source are arranged on the same side of an imaginary plane, which separates said radiation-detecting element from a radiation scattering element. Hence, generation of a speckle pattern having a desired minimum speckle size is facilitated and a more easily assembled device is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 11, 2006Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: Koninklijke Philips Electronics, N.V.Inventors: Willem Gerard Ophey, Boris Skoric, Pim Theo Tuyls
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Publication number: 20080237507Abstract: The radiation image recording system includes a radiation source irradiating a subject with radiation to record a subject's radiation image; a solid-state radiation detector detecting the radiation from the radiation source; a memory storing calibration information of the radiation image detected by the solid-state radiation detector; an image processor subjecting recorded data of the radiation image to image corrections based on the calibration information; stabilizing time monitor checking time elapsed since start of power application to the radiation detector; and a controller setting a recording mode of the radiation image based on information on the elapsed time. When the information on the elapsed time indicates that a specified stabilizing time has elapsed, the controller causes the radiation detector to undergo a calibration to acquire new calibration information and causes the memory to store the acquired new calibration information to which the stored calibration information is updated.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventor: Jun ENOMOTO
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Publication number: 20080237508Abstract: A residual charge amount estimation method including the steps of: providing a radiation image detector including pixels, scanning lines, and data lines, each pixel having a collection electrode, a capacitor, and a TFT switch; detecting a leak current flowing out through each data line with the TFT switches being switched OFF; reading out an image signal flowing out through each data line by sequentially switching ON the TFT switches connected to each scanning line on a scanning line-by-scanning line basis; calculating an average leak current per unit saturated pixel from the leak current detected from at least one of the data lines on which a saturated pixel having a saturated value of the image signal is found and the number of saturated pixels; and estimating the amount of residual charges remaining in the unit saturated pixel based on the average leak current.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 31, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventor: Naoto IWAKIRI
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Publication number: 20080237509Abstract: A piping device includes a body, a tube accommodated in the body and defining a flow passage, coupling members each having an insert portion, at one end thereof, to be inserted into the tube in a watertight state, a connecting portion at the other end thereof, and a flange portion at the central part thereof, and holding members each formed with a through hole at the central part thereof. The through hole of the holding member includes, at one end thereof, an expanded-diameter portion having a hole diameter larger than the remaining portion of the through hole.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: ASAHI ORGANIC CHEMICALS INDUSTRY CO., LTD.Inventors: Takashi Yamamoto, Kenro Yoshino
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Publication number: 20080237510Abstract: An air compressor includes a cylinder housing having an outlet tube, a piston slidably received in the cylinder housing and having a piston rod and a bore, and a motor coupled to the piston for moving the piston relative to the cylinder housing in a reciprocating action, in order to generate pressurized air. A valve device includes one side secured to the piston, an inner peripheral slot formed between two blade members, and two coupling members coupling the two ends or two sides of the blade members together for increasing a resilience of the blade members and for preventing the valve device from being bent or distorted or deformed when the piston is moved in a very high speed relative to the cylinder housing.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 4, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventor: Wen San Chou
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Publication number: 20080237511Abstract: The present invention pertains to an electro-pneumatic retarder control (EPRC) valve for a pneumatic retarder that controls the speed of railroad cars in a marshaling yard. The EPRC valve has a housing that generally encloses and protects its various components. The housing has a lid that can be opened to gain access to a control panel mounted on an interior door. The control panel includes a display, keyboard and programmable logic controller or PLC module that can be adjusted to set the desired pressure levels of the retarder. The EPRC valve has a modular pressure control assembly that includes an intake and exhaust manifold, a retarder supply and return manifold and several interchangeable control lines formed by like-shaped control valves and components. A pilot air control assembly enables the PLC module to selectively open and close the control valves and lines to deliver or release pressurized air to the retarder.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 16, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: AAA Sales & Engineering Inc.Inventors: Thomas J. Heyden, Lowell B. Ziese, James D. Braatz
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Publication number: 20080237512Abstract: A valve apparatus includes a body, a sleeve and a shaft. The sleeve is connected to the body by screwing. The shaft is telescoped into the sleeve. The body and the sleeve both have at least one locking portion corresponding to each other. The valve apparatus uses locking portions disposed at the junction of the body and the sleeve to lock their relative position, thereby improving the reliability of the connection.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 18, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventor: Chien Chia LIN
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Publication number: 20080237513Abstract: A rectangular gate valve having an improved driving action is disclosed. The rectangular gate valve of the present invention includes a sealing member, which opens or closes a wafer moving passage, a main shaft, which is coupled to the sealing member and has a guide member, and a housing bracket, which has a first guide slot, into which the guide member is inserted. The gate valve further includes a valve drive unit, which is provided in the housing bracket and has an air cylinder, a piston, a piston shaft, a moving unit and a connection link. The gate valve further includes a guide bracket, which has a vertical bracket, a second guide slot and a horizontal bracket. The gate valve further includes a guide link, which is moved along the second guide slot to guide movement of the main shaft.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventor: Bae-Jin KIM
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Publication number: 20080237514Abstract: Inside a cartridge-type cylindrical casing (40), a meter-out inlet (43), a valve chamber (44), a rod chamber (46), and a meter-out outlet (47) are formed in that order. The rod chamber (46) and the valve chamber (44) are arranged substantially concentrically, and a check valve seat (53) is provided on an inner peripheral surface of a peripheral wall (44a) of the valve chamber (44). A check ball (52) inserted in the valve chamber (44) is urged toward the check valve seat (53) by a spring (54). A throttle valve seat (59) is provided on a leading end portion of an adjusting rod (45) screwed in the rod chamber (46), and a throttle gap (G) is formed between the throttle valve seat (59) and the check ball (52).Type: ApplicationFiled: January 19, 2005Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Keitaro Yonezawa, Akira Arisato
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Publication number: 20080237515Abstract: A noise suppression wedge for a butterfly valve comprises a wedge-shaped structure having a plurality of fingers and a plurality of slots. The noise suppression wedge is positioned in contact with the butterfly plate and reduces noise by disrupting the flow through the valve.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: CHIBUYA K. SIAME, STEVEN D. CARTER, CHRISTOPHER L. THOMAS
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Publication number: 20080237516Abstract: An electronically controlled valve (100) for supplying a controlled amount of fountain solution (FS) or cleaning agent to rollers in a printing machine includes sensing means (200, 220E, 220R, 230, P) for providing an output signal, when the valve (100) is open.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 21, 2004Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: BALDWIN JIMEK ABInventor: Birger Hansson
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Publication number: 20080237517Abstract: A system and method are disclosed for controlling the positioning of a movable member of a valve device by an electric actuator. A model is used to generate estimates for the position and velocity of the movable valve member that result from an actuator control signal being applied to drive the electric actuator. The actuator control signal comprises a feedback control signal combined with a feedforward control signal. The feedback control signal is generated based upon a difference between the estimated and actual positions of the movable valve member, while the feedforward control signal is generated based upon the desired position, the estimated position, and the estimated velocity. The feedforward signal is adjusted to cause the estimated velocity to approximately follow a defined maximum deceleration velocity trajectory as the estimated position of the movable valve member moves to the desired position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: GM GLOBAL TECHNOLOGY OPERATIONS, INC.Inventor: Ashish S. Krupadanam
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Publication number: 20080237518Abstract: A hydraulic pump includes a housing, a seat portion, and a valve element. The housing has a compression chamber and a fluid passage. The seat portion is provided midway through the fluid passage. The valve element is located between the compression chamber and the fluid passage. The valve element is a closed-end cylindrical member having a bottom portion, a cylindrical portion, and an opening end arranged in this order. The cylindrical portion is located farther away from the seat portion than the bottom portion. The valve element is seated to the seat portion at the bottom portion. A stopper substantially closes the opening end when making contact with the opening end to regulate movement of the valve element.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicants: DENSO CORPORATION, NIPPON SOKEN, INC.Inventors: Katsunori FURUTA, Kaoru Oda, Yoshihito Suzuki, Moriyasu Gotoh, Hiroshi Inoue
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Publication number: 20080237519Abstract: A terminal structure of a coil system includes a coil and a terminal having a fusing portion. The coil includes a rectangular conductive wire covered with a dielectric film, and a bobbin around which the conductive wire is wound. The conductive wire includes a coil lead wire taken out from the coil. The fusing portion is connected electrically by fusing to an end portion of the lead wire, and includes a first planar portion contacting a surface of the end portion. The fusing portion is folded from the first planar portion in a thickness direction of the first planar portion to form a folded piece having a second planar portion and opposed to the first planar portion. The end portion is placed between the first and second planar portions such that a predetermined crushing allowance of the end portion is crushed entirely in a width direction of the end portion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventor: Kouichi Sugiyama
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Publication number: 20080237520Abstract: A solenoid valve includes a movable core, a magnetic opposed portion opposed to the movable core, a nonmagnetic cylindrical portion, a first magnetic cylindrical portion axially close to the movable core, and a second magnetic cylindrical portion located radially outside of the magnetic opposed portion. The nonmagnetic cylindrical portion surrounds radially outside of a gap between the magnetic opposed portion and the movable core. A coil is provided radially outside of the nonmagnetic cylindrical portion. A thickness t of the nonmagnetic cylindrical portion, a cross-sectional area S1 of the magnetic opposed portion, and a total cross-sectional area S2 of both the magnetic opposed portion and the second magnetic cylindrical portion having the thickness t satisfy the relationships of t?0.6 mm and 0.55?(S1/S2).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: DENSO CORPORATIONInventors: Kouichi SUGIYAMA, Kazunari KUROIWA
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Publication number: 20080237521Abstract: An exhaust valve includes a valve body that is fixed for rotation with a shaft supported by at least one bushing. A single spring is used to bias the shaft to hold the valve body in a valve closed position, and to exert an axial load on the shaft to seal the shaft against the bushing to prevent exhaust gas leakage.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Kwin Abram, Govindaraj Kalyanasamy
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Publication number: 20080237522Abstract: A selector valve (102) having at least first and second ports (108 and 110) is provided. The selector valve includes a closure element (120) selectively displaceable between a first position, wherein the closure element (120) sealingly engages the first port (108), and a second position, wherein the closure element (120) sealingly engages the second port (110). The selector valve (102) further includes a cam assembly that is configured to bias the closure element (120) into at least the first or second position in a manner such that the closure element (120) does not come into substantial contact with the first or second port (108 or 110) when being moved into the first or second position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: GT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventor: John M. Morris
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Publication number: 20080237523Abstract: A valve has a first duct and a second duct at right angles to the first duct. The first duct opens into a connecting portion of the second duct, defining an intersection that forms a seat for a valve disk that slides in the connecting portion in a direction at right angles to the seat between a closed position and an open position. The connecting portion has two flat walls facing one another and connected by an end wall. The first duct opens onto one of the flat walls. The end wall partially surrounds the valve disk parallel to the a direction of sliding at a distance from an edge of the valve disk that is such that, for the open position, the end wall defines with the edge of the valve disk and the seat a passage.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2006Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: Valeo Systemes de Controle MoteurInventors: Laurent Albert, Antoine Dutot, Nicolas Renard
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Publication number: 20080237524Abstract: A valve for an anti-lock brake system is capable of reducing the cost of production through structural improvement of a valve housing. The valve includes a valve core, an armature located below the valve core and having a ball, a cylindrical sleeve coupled to the valve core and armature and guiding the armature to move backward and forward, a first elastic member installed between the valve core and the armature, a valve housing coupled to the sleeve and having a longitudinal hollow space, a seat plunger movably installed in the hollow space and having a first orifice, a second elastic member installed between the seat plunger and the valve housing, a seat having an outlet and a second orifice that communicates with the first orifice, and a seat housing coupled to the valve housing and the seat, supporting the valve housing and the seat spaced apart from each other, and having an inlet between the valve housing and the seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: MANDO CORPORATIONInventor: Chung Jae Lee
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Publication number: 20080237525Abstract: A fuel selector valve (100) in communication with at least first and second fuel tanks and an engine is provided. The fuel selector valve (100) includes a drive system (106), and a fuel draw valve (102) coupled to the drive system (106). The fuel draw valve (102) includes a first fuel tank draw port (108) adapted to be coupled to the first fuel tank, a second fuel tank draw port (110) adapted to be coupled to the second fuel tank, and an engine draw port (112) adapted to be coupled to the engine. The fuel selector valve (100) further includes a first closure element (120) operably coupled to the drive system (106). The first closure element (120) is selectively displaceable between a first position, wherein the first closure element (120) sealingly engages the first fuel tank draw port (108), and a second position, wherein the first closure element (120) sealingly engages the second fuel tank draw port (110).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: GT DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONInventor: John M. Morris
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Publication number: 20080237526Abstract: A valve has a first duct, a second duct into which the first duct opens, thereby defining an intersection that forms a seat at right angles to the first duct for a valve disk that slides in the second duct at right angles to the seat between a closed position and an open position, and an actuator for operating the valve disk between its two positions. For the open position, the actuator is controlled to bring the valve disk into close proximity to a wall of the second duct facing the seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 19, 2006Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: VALEO SYSTEMES DE CONTROLE MOTEURInventors: Laurent Albert, Antoine Dutot, Nicolas Renard
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Publication number: 20080237527Abstract: A valve assembly is provided including a thermoplastic injection molded flow body and an electrical bonding connection providing a bonding path between the thermoplastic injection molded flow body and an external ground point. The thermoplastic injection molded flow body is formed of a resin having a fill matrix suspended therein. The electrical bonding connection includes either a metallic saddle and a retaining bolt, mechanically retaining the metallic saddle to a support rib of the valve flow body or a metallic threaded insert molded into the at least one support rib and a retaining bolt inserted into mating threads of the metallic threaded insert. The electrical bonding connection provides a bonding path between the valve flow body and an external ground point.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL, INC.Inventors: John A. Vasquez, Eric J. Ekstrom, Richard Stallings, Raul Velasquez
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Publication number: 20080237528Abstract: A multi-port valve arrangement and removable valve element for use in sanitary environments that comprises at least three ports formed by the joining of at least two valve casing bodies at angles necessary to accommodate multiple connecting fluid streams. A seamless, flexible element is used within the valve arrangement to connect the fluid streams. The valve casings may be hinged on one side to permit removal of the top portion of the valve casings and removal/exchange of the flexible element without complete disassembly of the valve casing and without the use of tools.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 9, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Steven D. Welch, Robert J. Elbich, Erik Zatterstrand
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Publication number: 20080237529Abstract: The invention relates to sprayable acoustic compositions, production processes and uses.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 17, 2006Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: Evonik Roehm GmbHInventors: Jan Hendrik Schattka, Gerd Loehden, Herbert Jung, Florian Matthess, Rebecca Zmarzly
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Publication number: 20080237530Abstract: A piezoelectric ceramic composition that acquires excellent piezoelectric properties even when it is fired at a low temperature is offered. The piezoelectric ceramic composition possesses a composition corresponding to a solid solution that contains a first compound having a rhombohedral crystal-based perovskite structure, a second compound having a tetragonal crystal-based perovskite structure, and a third compound. The third compound is a compound oxide containing Bi as a first component element, Fe or Mn as a second component element, and a hexavalent metallic element as a third component element. The hexavalent metallic element is at least one kind selected from W and Mo.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Takeo Tsukada, Masahito Furukawa
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Publication number: 20080237531Abstract: A piezoelectric ceramic composition having a large piezoelectric constant (d) and as well having a large Qm value is to be provided. The piezoelectric ceramic composition aimed at has a composition corresponding to a solid solution containing a first compound possessing a rhombohedral crystal-based perovskite structure, a second compound possessing a tetragonal crystal-based perovskite structure, and a third compound. The third compound is a compound oxide containing Bi as a first component element, Mn as a second component element, and a tetravalent metallic element or a pentavalent metallic element as a third component element. The tetravalent metallic element is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Ti, Zr, Hf, and Sn. The pentavalent metallic element is at least one member selected from the group consisting of Nb, Ta, and Sb.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 21, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Takeo Tsukada, Masahito Furukawa
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Publication number: 20080237532Abstract: The object of the present invention is to provide a powder magnetic core having higher dielectric withstand voltage properties than conventional powder magnetic cores, while keeping magnetic permeability at a similar or higher level than in conventional powder magnetic cores. In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides a powder magnetic core containing a magnetic material powder and a binder resin, wherein the apparent density D of the powder magnetic core, the abundance E of the magnetic material powder in the surface of the powder magnetic core, the mass ratio Rm of the magnetic material powder relative to the powder magnetic core, and the true density Dm of the magnetic material powder satisfy the condition represented by expression (1) Vc>E?a×(D·Rm/Dm)2/3×100 ??(1) (in expression (1), the units of D and Dm are g/cm3, the unit of E is %, and Rm is unitless. Vc denotes a predefined threshold value, and a denotes a predefined coefficient).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 24, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: TDK CorporationInventors: Hideharu Moro, Sadaki Satoh, Tsuneo Suzuki
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Publication number: 20080237533Abstract: A process of preparing magnetic graphitic materials from graphite in a second container (3) that reacts with one of more transition metal oxide and in a first container (2) at a volume ratio of 1:1, in a closed reactor (1), heated up to a temperature between 600° C. and the melting temperature of the transition oxide (s) for 6 to 36 hours, under a pressure of 10 atmospheres with the help of a transfer inert gas through an inlet (5) and vacuum between 10?2 torr to 10?7 torr through an outlet (6), obtaining at the end of the process a graphitic material with long-lasting magnetic properties at room temperature. The material obtained exhibits a complex structure, with pores, bunches, pilings and edges of exposed graphenes and finds application in nanotechnology, magnetic images in medical science, applications in communication, electronics, sensors, even biosensors, catalysis or separation of magnetic materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2005Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicants: UNIVERSIDAD FEDERAL DE SÃO CARLOS, UNIVERSIDAD DE LA REPÚBLICAInventors: Fernando Manuel Araujo Moreira, Helena Pardos Minetti, Alvaro Washington Mombru Rodriguez
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Publication number: 20080237534Abstract: A refrigeration lubricant composition contains an ester compound obtained from a polyol and a fatty acid, and a five- or six-membered ring cyclic ether compound having a side chain with an ester bonding. The content of the cyclic ether compound is adjusted to 0.01 to 5 parts by mass based on 100 parts by mass of the ester compound.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: NOF CORPORATIONInventors: Takeshi Kajiki, Naoya Maekawa
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Publication number: 20080237535Abstract: A composition for polishing a semiconductor wafer contains fumed silica particles that are produced by wet grinding using a grinding medium and that have characteristics (A) to (C): (A) a specific surface area in the range of 50 to 200 m2/g measured by a BET method; (B) an average particle diameter in the range of 10 to 50 nm measured by a laser light-scattering method; and (C) an average ratio A/B of the major axis A to the minor axis B of the fumed silica particles in the range of 1.2 to 2.0 measured by TEM observation, wherein the concentration of silica particles containing the fumed silica particles is in the range of 0.5 to 50 weight percent relative to the total weight of an aqueous dispersion.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 17, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicants: SpeedFam Co., Ltd., Nippon Chemical Industrial Co., Ltd.Inventors: Kuniaki Maejima, Masaru Nakajo, Hiroaki Tanaka
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Publication number: 20080237536Abstract: A production method of an active material, and the active material are provided to realize an active material containing metal-containing particles and being capable of achieving satisfactory cycle performance and rate performance. The active material is produced by a method of polymerizing a mixture of a metal ion, a hydroxy acid, and a polyol to obtain a polymer, and a step of carbonizing the polymer. The active material used is one having a carbonaceous porous material, and metal particles and/or metal oxide particles supported in pores of the carbonaceous porous material, and particle diameter of the metal-containing particles are in the range of 10 to 300 nm.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: TDK CORPORATIONInventor: Atsushi SANO
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Publication number: 20080237537Abstract: In accordance with the present invention, a hydrolyzable silane of low VOC-generating potential is provided which possesses: (i) at least one organofunctional group, said group being a non-bulky electron-withdrawing group and/or a group which interacts with an organic resin, the organofunctional group being bonded to a silicon atom of a hydrolyzable silyl group through a stable bridging groups; and (ii) at least one hydrolyzable group bonded to silicon and containing at least two heteroatoms selected from the group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen and their combinations, hydrolysis of the hydrolyzable group generating a compound having a vapor pressure lower than 0.1 mm Hg at 20° C.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Inventors: Misty W. Huang, Antonio Chaves, Bruce A. Waldman, Shayne J. Landon
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Publication number: 20080237538Abstract: There is provided a process for preparing a lithium amide composition in which in a first step lithium metal is brought into contact with ammonia to form lithium bronze and in a second step the lithium bronze is reacted with a 1,3-diene or an arylolefin, such as butadiene, isoprene, piperylene, dimethylbutadiene, hexadiene, styrene, methyl styrene, divinylbenzene, naphthalene or anthracene, in the presence of a solvent wherein the temperature is maintained at or below the boiling point of ammonia. Examples of solvents include pentane, cyclopentane, hexane, heptane, octane, cyclohexane, toluene, xylene, cumene, ethyl benzene, tetraline, diethyl ether, tetrahydrofuran (THF), 2-methyl-THF, tetrahydropyran, diisopropyl ether, dibutyl ether, dioxan, methyl-tert-butyl ether or glycol ether. Lithium amide compositions obtainable by said process show improved activity, particularly in reactions involving enolate formation.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2005Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: Aveica Pharmaceuticals LimitedInventors: Ian V.J. Archer, Noel A. Hamill
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Publication number: 20080237539Abstract: This invention relates to a green phosphor and a process for producing the same, wherein the phosphor is represented by a chemical formula: M(Tb1-xLax)4Si3O13, where M includes at least one of Ca and Sr, and 0<x<1, and is obtained by mixing at proper ratios and calcining at a high temperature in an oxygen-containing atmosphere. When the produced phosphor is excited by a near ultra-violet light of 378 nm, a green light having its main peak at 541 nm is emitted, and the x and y values of its CIE coordinate are in respective ranges of (0.34-0.37) and (0.52-0.55). The method for producing the phosphor includes steps of weighing and mixing the ingredient powder, and calcining in the oxygen-containing atmosphere at high temperature to form the phospher.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 14, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: National Chiao Tung UniversityInventors: Teng-Ming Chen, Yi-Chen Chiu
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Publication number: 20080237540Abstract: The present invention provides methods for hermetically sealing luminescent nanocrystals, as well as compositions and containers comprising hermetically sealed luminescent nanocrystals. By hermetically sealing the luminescent nanocrystals, enhanced lifetime and luminescence can be achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 19, 2008Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: NANOSYS, Inc.Inventor: Robert S. Dubrow
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Publication number: 20080237541Abstract: A thermo-optically functional composition is disclosed. A metal component and a non-metal component, wherein the metal component comprises one or more metals and the non-metal component comprises two or more non-metals, wherein an emission spectrum or a reflection spectrum of the composition is different from an emission spectrum or a reflection spectrum of the one or more metals, the two or more non-metals, or any combinations of the metals and non-metals thereof when taken separately from the composition.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2007Publication date: October 2, 2008Applicant: GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANYInventors: Sergiy Zalyubovskiy, William Paul Minnear, Vikas Midha