Patents Issued in January 14, 2010
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Publication number: 20100006755Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a charged particle beam apparatus and an alignment method of the charged particle beam apparatus, which make it possible to align an optical axis of a charged particle beam easily even when a state of the charged particle beam changes. The present invention comprises calculation means for calculating a deflection amount of an alignment deflector which performs an axis alignment for an objective lens, a plurality of calculation methods for calculating the deflection amount is memorized in the calculation means, and a selection means for selecting at least one of the calculation methods is provided.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Mitsugo Sato, Tadashi Otaka, Makoto Ezumi, Atsushi Takane, Shoji Yoshida, Satoru Yamaguchi, Yasuhiko Ozawa
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Publication number: 20100006756Abstract: When the surface of a semiconductor wafer, a photomask or the like sample is charged by irradiation with a charged particle beam, the charging is liable to hamper image observation, inspection and handling. Therefore, the sample and the surface or vicinity of the sample being charged by an electron beam or the like is held in an atmosphere or a reduced pressure atmosphere or in a predetermined gaseous atmosphere within a preliminary evacuation chamber, a sample chamber or the like, containing a soft X-ray generator which irradiates the sample or the vicinity thereof with soft X-rays which are controlled to generate positive ions and negative ions and remove charges on the surface of the sample.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 15, 2006Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Norimichi Anazawa, Jun Nitta, Michio Ohshima, Tatenori Jinriki, Naoyuki Nakamura, Akira Yonezawa, Ken-ichi Kobayashi, Hao Zhang
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Publication number: 20100006757Abstract: A dual-wavelength thermal infrared sensor includes a first and a second type pixels that detect infrared in different wavelength ranges. The pixels of both types include a diaphragm supported by beams, an eave formed to spread outward from the diaphragm, and reflection film on the substrate. The diaphragm includes a thermoelectric conversion material thin film, an electrode, and protective films. The protective films and eaves are made of a material having larger absorption coefficient for infrared in the first wavelength range and a smaller absorption coefficient for infrared in second wavelength range. First-type pixels further have metal thin films formed on the top of the diaphragm and eaves. First-type pixels have sensitivity to infrared in a first wavelength range and in a second wavelength range defined by optical interference occurring between the metal thin films and the reflection film. Second-type pixels have sensitivity to first wavelength range infrared.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 1, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventor: NAOKI ODA
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Publication number: 20100006758Abstract: An image forming apparatus includes an electromagnetic wave radiating portion, an electromagnetic wave detecting portion, a driving portion, a periodical signal generating portion for generating plural periodical signals, a memory portion, a processing portion, and an image forming portion. The driving portion changes the relative positional relationship between an object and the radiating portion. The detecting portion acquires transmitted or reflected wave from the object, as a time-series detection signal. The processing portion executes a process of multiplying the detection signals of the areas of the object with the periodical signals, and a process of adding the multiplied results and causing the memory portion to store the added results.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 6, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHAInventors: Ryota Sekiguchi, Takeaki Itsuji
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Publication number: 20100006759Abstract: A dynamic radiation monitor having a detector coupled to a computer to determine at any given location, the amount of time a person has before a pre-selected maximum permissible radiation exposure is received. The device dynamically calculates and outputs the user's permissible stay time for a given area based on a personalized maximum permissible dose, and adjusts in real time the output based on elapsed time and changing exposure rate. The device also provides the user audio and visual feedback such as varying background colors for different stay time ranges.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventor: Jerrold T. Bushberg
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Publication number: 20100006760Abstract: A system and method for detecting airborne agents. The system includes a semiconductor ultraviolet optical source configured to emit an ultraviolet light, a controller configured to generate a pseudo-random code for emission of the ultraviolet light modulated at the pseudo-random code, a telescope configured to focus the ultraviolet light to a distance from the source and to receive elastically backscattered signals and fluorescence signals from the distance, and a sensor configured to detect the elastically backscattered and fluorescence signals. The method generates a pseudo-random code and emits at least one wavelength of ultraviolet light modulated at the pseudo-random code, transmits the modulated ultraviolet light pulses to a distance from the source, receives elastically backscattered signals and fluorescence signals from the distance, and detects the elastically backscattered and fluorescence signals.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 13, 2005Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: Science & Engineering Services, Inc.Inventors: Hyo Sang Lee, Coorg R. Prasad
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Publication number: 20100006761Abstract: A blackbody radiation device (110) includes a planar filament emission element (102) and a planar detector (104) for respectively producing and detecting radiation having width dl/l less than about 0.1 to test a sample gas, where l is the wavelength of the radiation; a reflector (108); a window (W); an electrical control (118); and a data output element (116).Type: ApplicationFiled: March 30, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Edward A. Johnson, James T. Daly, John S. Wollam, W. Andrew Bodkin
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Publication number: 20100006762Abstract: A reflective resin sheet is bonded to one face of a supporting substrate transmitting a radiation ray and a resin sheet of the same material as that of the reflective resin sheet to the other face of the supporting substrate. A phosphor layer converting a radiation ray into visible light is formed additionally on the reflective resin sheet formed on one face of the supporting substrate. The phosphor layer is enclosed with an additional moisture-proof layer and the reflective resin sheet. It is possible to obtain a scintillator panel higher in sensitivity characteristics, stabilized in quality and more cost-effective by placing the reflective resin sheet between the supporting substrate and the phosphor layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicants: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA, Toshiba Electron Tubes & Devices Co., Ltd.Inventors: Atsuya Yoshida, Hiroshi Horiuchi
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Publication number: 20100006763Abstract: Provided is a detector module for measuring one or more types of radiation, in particular X-ray, gamma ray, or nuclear particle radiation, comprising a detection unit, an analog-to-digital converter, an information processing device, and a memory device for storing the position of the detector module. The detector module comprises at least one light-emitting diode (LED), optically connected with the detection unit for stabilizing the detector unit. Further, the invention provides a stanchion, in particular a portable stanchion, whereby the stanchion comprises a inventive detector module. Yet further, a (wireless) network of detector modules is provided, whereby each detector module is mounted within a stanchion.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: ICx Technologies GmbHInventors: Ralf Lentering, Kai Ruhnau
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Publication number: 20100006764Abstract: A dynamic radiation monitor having a detector coupled to a computer to determine at any given location, the amount of time a person has before a pre-selected maximum permissible radiation exposure is received. The device dynamically calculates and outputs the user's permissible stay time for a given area based on a personalized maximum permissible dose, and adjusts in real time the output based on elapsed time and changing exposure rate. The device also provides the user audio and visual feedback such as varying background colors for different stay time ranges.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 2, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventor: Jerrold T. Bushberg
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Publication number: 20100006765Abstract: An image intensifier includes a microchannel plate (MCP) having an output surface, and a ceramic substrate having an outer surface. The output surface of the MCP and the outer surface of the ceramic substrate are oriented facing each other. An imager is substantially buried within the ceramic substrate, and an input surface of the imager is exposed to receive electrons from the output surface of the MCP. The input surface of the imager and the outer surface of the ceramic substrate are oriented in substantially the same plane. The input surface of the imager and the outer surface of the ceramic substrate are disposed at a very close distance from the output surface of the MCP. The imager includes input/output pads, and the ceramic substrate includes input/output pads. A conductive epoxy connects a respective input/output pad of the imager to a respective input/output pad of the ceramic substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 10, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: ITT Manufacturing Enterprises, Inc.Inventor: Benjamin Brown
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Publication number: 20100006766Abstract: A Bi12XO20 powder, wherein X represents at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, and Ti, is produced by a process comprising: a step (A) of preparing a solution containing the Bi element and a solution containing the X element, a step (B) of feeding the solution containing the Bi element and the solution containing the X element into a mixing section, and preparing a mixed liquid in the mixing section, a step (C) of discharging the mixed liquid from the mixing section, and a step (D) of feeding the mixed liquid, which has been discharged from the mixing section, into a reaction section located at the exterior of the mixing section, and allowing the mixed liquid to undergo reaction in the reaction section. The steps (B) and (C) are performed in parallel.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventor: Tomotake Ikada
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Publication number: 20100006767Abstract: A radiographic imaging system comprises: imaging unit including a radiation source for emitting radiation and a radiation detector for detecting radiation emitted from the radiation source and having penetrated a subject; moving unit for moving the imaging unit between a plurality of imaging positions that partially share an imaging region with each other; control unit for sequentially moving the imaging unit to the imaging positions with the moving unit, causing the radiation source to emit radiation to acquire a short image with the radiation detector in each imaging position, and acquiring a dark image with the radiation detector after acquiring the short image; and image processing unit for performing residual image correction upon the short image acquired in each of the imaging positions based upon the dark image acquired immediately before the acquisition of the short image and thereafter combining corrected short images to obtain a long radiographic image.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 29, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: FIJIFILM CorporationInventor: Jun Enomoto
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Publication number: 20100006768Abstract: A Bi12XO20 powder, wherein X represents at least one kind of element selected from the group consisting of Si, Ge, and Ti, is produced by a process comprising: a step (A) of preparing a solution containing the Bi element and a solution containing the X element, a step (B) of adding the two kinds of the solutions to a mother liquor having been previously fed into a reaction chamber, a mixed liquid being thereby prepared, and a step (C) of raising a temperature of the mixed liquid from the temperature, at which the addition is begun. In the step (B), the addition of the two kinds of the solutions is performed such that the substance quantities of the Bi element and the X element in the mixed liquid increase in parallel from the time at which the addition is begun.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: FUJIFILM CORPORATIONInventors: Tomotake Ikada, Shigeru Nakamura
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Publication number: 20100006769Abstract: A detector assembly for detecting radiation with angular resolution comprises at least one detector element, which comprises a front face and a rear face, a first detector material and a second detector material between the front face and the rear face, a space between the front face and the rear face of the detector element being filled by a plurality of regions of the first detector material and at least one region of the second detector material and each region connecting the front face to the rear face of the detector element; and radiation incident on the detector element through the front face being collimated by means of the detector materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2007Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: Gesellschaft fur Schwerionenforschung mbHInventors: Gerhard Kraft, Wolfgang Enghardt, Thomas Wuerschig
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Publication number: 20100006770Abstract: The invention comprises a charged particle beam acceleration and optional extraction method and apparatus used in conjunction with charged particle beam radiation therapy of cancerous tumors. Novel design features of a synchrotron are described. Particularly, turning magnets, edge focusing magnets, concentrating magnetic field magnets, and extraction elements are described that minimize the overall size of the synchrotron, provide a tightly controlled proton beam, directly reduce the size of required magnetic fields, directly reduces required operating power, and allow continual acceleration of protons in a synchrotron even during a process of extracting protons from the synchrotron.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 6, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventor: Vladimir Balakin
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Publication number: 20100006771Abstract: It is an object of the present invention to provide a significantly beneficial specimen holder which allows mounting one or more specimens, for example, a specimen to be examined and a standard adjustment specimen for aberration correction in one specimen holder at the same time, thereby observing each specimens. The present invention is a specimen holder having a specimen holder movement mechanism for driving the specimen holder, wherein the specimen holder movement mechanism makes it possible to move the specimen holder approximately along the longer side of the specimen holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventor: Hiroya Miyazaki
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Publication number: 20100006772Abstract: A method and an apparatus are suggested for high-resolution optical scanning, particularly in a laser scanning fluorescence microscope. A sample to be scanned comprises a first and a second substance that are switchable into a first and second energy state. In the scanning process, excitation, de-excitation and detection for the first substance is carried out at a different point in time than for the second substance. This achieves a high spatial resolution beyond the diffraction limit while at the same time a high level of information is provided with physically simple and economical means.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2007Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: LEICA MICROSYSTEMS CMS GMBHInventor: Hilmar GUGEL
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Publication number: 20100006773Abstract: A first light source emits a light signal along a measurement optical path that includes a sample and a second light source emits a light signal along a dummy measurement optical path. A measurement circuit receives the light signals and provides outputs separated in time which are indicative of the phase of the respective light signals. A phase shift is induced in light in the measurement optical path by the sample. A reference circuit receives a signal indicative of the phase of the light signals emitted by the first and second light sources. Circuitry compares the phases of light output from the two circuits to provide output indicative of a first measured phase difference during operation of the first light source. Correction is applied to this measurement by taking a similar phase difference measurement during operation of the second light source and comparing the two phase differences.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 1, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: PRECISENSE A/SInventor: Soren Aasmul
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Publication number: 20100006774Abstract: A sensor chip including a sensor portion that has at least a metal layer deposited on a surface of a dielectric plate is used. A fluorescent-label binding-substance in an amount corresponding to the amount of a detection target substance in a liquid sample binds onto the sensor-portion. The amount of the detection target substance is detected based on the amount of light generated by excitation of a fluorescent label in the fluorescent-label binding substance. An electrified fluorescent substance containing a plurality of fluorescent dye molecules enclosed by a material that transmits fluorescence output from the plurality of fluorescent dye molecules is used as the fluorescent label. The electrified fluorescent substance is attracted to the sensor portion by applying voltage to the liquid sample in a state in which the fluorescent-label binding substance has bound to the sensor portion. In this state, the amount of the detection target substance is detected.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: FUJIFILM CorporationInventors: Hisashi OHTSUKA, Kazuyoshi HORII
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Publication number: 20100006775Abstract: A phosphor for use, for example, with an ultraviolet LED to provide a broad-spectrum white light approximating diffuse sunlight, that includes quantum dots spaced from an activator material by a capping layer surrounding the quantum dots. This approach of spacing an activator material from the quantum dots provides improved spectral output for quantum dots of materials such as zinc sulfide.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 14, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventor: Charles Phillip Gibson
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Publication number: 20100006776Abstract: A thin film processing method for processing the thin film by irradiating the optical beam to the thin film, wherein one set of irradiation includes the first optical pulse irradiation to the thin film and the second optical pulse irradiation to the thin film which substantially starts with a delay to the first optical pulse irradiation, the one set of irradiation being repetitively carried out for processing the thin film, and the relationship between the first and the second pulse satisfies (the pulse width of the first optical pulse)>(the pulse width of the second optical pulse). Preferably, the relationship between the first and the second pulse satisfies (the irradiation intensity of the first optical pulse)?(the irradiation intensity of the second optical pulse). A silicon thin film with a small trap state density is thus manufactured by the optical irradiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 8, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicants: NEC CORPORATIONInventors: Hiroshi Tanabe, Akihiko Taneda
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Publication number: 20100006777Abstract: A process is disclosed for producing a doped gallium arsenide single crystal by melting a gallium arsenide starting material and subsequently solidifying the gallium arsenide melt, wherein the gallium arsenide melt contains an excess of gallium relative to the stoichiometric composition, and wherein it is provided for a boron concentration of at least 5×1017 cm?3 in the melt or in the obtained crystal. The thus obtained crystal is characterized by a unique combination of low dislocation density, high conductivity and yet excellent, very low optic absorption, particularly in the range of the near infrared.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Ulrich KRETZER, Frank Borner, Stefan Eichler, Frieder Kropfgans
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Publication number: 20100006778Abstract: An ion radiation therapy machine provides a control of the range of the ion beam that a Bragg peak of the beam is located according to a determined gradient of the dose plan.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 27, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Ryan T. Flynn, Thomas R. MacKie
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Publication number: 20100006779Abstract: This ion implantation apparatus is provided with a holding devise which holds the wafer, and which turns it along its circumference. In addition to holding the wafer at a prescribed position, the ion implantation apparatus subjects the wafer to ion implantation in regions where there is partial overlap of its circumference. The holding devise turns and inclines the wafer, and also holds the wafer by three or more holding pins. The side face of the holding pin has an inversely tapered shape, and the multiple holding pins include a first holding pin whose protrusion amount is relatively small, and a second holding pin whose protrusion amount is relatively large.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 2, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: SUMCO CORPORATIONInventor: Yoshiro AOKI
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Publication number: 20100006780Abstract: A method and device for generating terahertz radiation comprising a polar crystal material layer operative to emit terahertz radiation; the polar crystal material layer comprising a plurality of stacking faults; the stacking faults lying substantially perpendicular to the polar axis and forming boundaries at which the internal electric polarization terminates leading to charges accumulating at the boundaries, and creation of internal electric fields oriented along the polar axis; a pulsed radiation source for creating photogenerated carriers in the polar crystal material; whereby the photogenerated carriers accelerate in the internal electric fields associated with the termination of the internal electric polarization by the stacking faults to thereby generate terahertz radiation.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 5, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: U.S. Government as represented by the Secretary of the ArmyInventors: GRACE D. METCALFE, MICHAEL WRABACK, PAUL SHEN
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Publication number: 20100006781Abstract: A hollow grid that can be manufactured easily, capable of inhibiting the generation of moire fringes, and absorbing less transmitted X-rays is provided. The hollow grid uses no intermediate material that is capable of transmitting the X-rays. X-ray shielding members are located at intervals of an integral multiple of a pixel pitch of a two-dimensional radiation detector. The X-ray shielding members are held by adhering to the upper and lower wrapping members. Therefore, through a sensitivity correction, the structure, in which the generation of moire fringe is difficult, is provided. Since the hollow grid is assembled by means of an assembling jig, the intervals of the X-ray shielding members can be formed easily with high precision. The quality variation of the completed hollow grids is small, and the product precision is high.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 25, 2006Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATIONInventor: Hiromichi Tonami
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Publication number: 20100006782Abstract: A detection device with at least one detector and a processing unit for processing signals of the detector is disclosed. In at least one embodiment, the detection device includes at least one cooling unit for cooling the detector and the processing unit. A shielding is provided for the detector and the processing unit. The shielding includes at least two linked sections, of which a first section has a higher electrical conductivity than a second section, the second section being in thermal contact with the cooling unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventor: Ralf Ladebeck
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Publication number: 20100006783Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a light emitting diode display device which can prevent a drive switching device from degrading.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 7, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Yong-Il Kwon, Kyoung-Don Woo, Jae Do Lee
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Publication number: 20100006784Abstract: Methods and systems for a light source assembly supporting direct coupling to a photonically enabled complementary metal-oxide semiconductor (CMOS) chip are disclosed. The assembly may include a laser, a microlens, a turning mirror, reciprocal and/or non-reciprocal polarization rotators, and an optical bench. The laser may generate an optical signal that may be focused utilizing the microlens. The optical signal may be reflected at an angle defined by the turning mirror, and may be transmitted out of the light source assembly to one or more grating couplers in the chip. The laser may include a feedback insensitive laser. The light source assembly may include two electro-thermal interfaces between the optical bench, the laser, and a lid affixed to the optical bench. The turning mirror may be integrated in a lid affixed to the optical bench or may be integrated in the optical bench.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Michael Mack, Mark Peterson, Steffen Gloeckner, Adithyaram Narasimha, Roger Koumans, Peter De Dobbelaere
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Publication number: 20100006785Abstract: Photovoltaic thin film quality control is obtained where the thin film is supported by a support and a section of the film is illuminated by a polychromatic illumination source. The source forms on the thin film a continuous illuminated line. Discrete sampled points located on the illuminated line are imaged onto a two dimensional optical switch. A concordance look-up-table between the coordinates of the above sampled points on the thin film and their coordinates on the two dimensional optical switch are generated. The spectral composition of the illumination reflected by the sampled points is determined and photovoltaic thin film parameters applicable to the quality control are derived from the spectral composition of reflected or transmitted by the photovoltaic thin film illumination.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 25, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventor: Moshe Finarov
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Publication number: 20100006786Abstract: A method and apparatus provide for non-contact optical measurement of the level of a fluid stored in a tank or container, the surface of the fluid being possibly agitated. The method processes numerically the digitized signal waveforms generated by a lidar apparatus based on a pulsed time-of-flight modulation scheme. A key step of the numerical processing is the computation of a waveform in which each data point is obtained from a statistical estimator of the variability of the amplitude signal echo measured at the distance from the lidar apparatus that corresponds to the rank of the data point in the waveform. The statistical estimator is preferably the standard deviation. By using a statistical estimator of the variability of the captured signal amplitude, the specific signal echo returned from an agitated fluid surface can be greatly amplified as compared to the signal echoes returned from any obstacle or medium that could be present along the path of the optical beam radiated by the lidar apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: Institut National D'OptiqueInventor: Francois BABIN
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Publication number: 20100006787Abstract: To provide a fluid controller with a joint, which has a general versatility and can reduce a storage cost and a storage space. Between a joint 12 and a body 23 of a fluid controller 13, a passage member 14 for communicating both intervenes. The joint 12 is coupled to the passage member 14 by welding. The passage member 14 is coupled with the body 23 of the fluid controller 13 so as to be attachable and detachable by at least one screw member 26.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 9, 2006Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Tomohiro Nakata, Michio Yamaji, Akihiro Harada
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Publication number: 20100006788Abstract: A valve assembly is provided that includes a flowbody, a valve element movably disposed within the flowbody, and a magnetically-energized seal mechanism. The magnetically-energized seal mechanism includes a wiper seal carried by one of the flowbody and the valve element and movable between a retracted position and an extended position. A first magnetic element is fixedly coupled to the wiper seal, and a second magnetic element is fixedly coupled to one of the flowbody and the valve element. The second magnetic element magnetically repels the first magnetic element to bias the wiper seal toward the extended position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Justin A. Tanner, Ross Meyer, Todd Garrod
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Publication number: 20100006789Abstract: An operating device with an operating lever for a control valve includes: an input member connected to the operating lever; an output member connected to a slide spool of the control valve; and a swing link for relaying a displacement of the input member to the output member. The swing link is swingable about a swing shaft center on one end and is connected to the input and output members. A latch portion in the swing link is farther than a connecting point with the output member from the swing shaft center. A lock body is switchably operable between a lock position and a release position, and at the lock position, engaged with the latch portion at a neutral position to limit a swing of the swing link about the swing shaft center by which the control valve is locked at a neutral state.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 11, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: KUBOTA CORPORATIONInventor: Kiyoshige Maezawa
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Publication number: 20100006790Abstract: An electropneumatic position regulator for controlling a pressure-medium-operated actuating drive to which compressed air can be applied via a working connection of the actuating drive. Compressed air is made available to the position regulator via a feed pressure connection, and the pressure regulator includes an electronic control unit configured to assume a safety position in the event of a fault. When the electronic control unit assumes a safety position, a downstream signal output unit, which acts as a driver stage, generates at least one binary fault signal which is indicated in an externally perceptible manner (e.g., visually and/or audibly) by at least one signaling device fitted externally to a housing of the position regulator.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: ABB Technology AGInventor: Stefan Tabelander
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Publication number: 20100006791Abstract: An extension handle is coupled to a flow control device of a railcar. The extension handle includes a first rod having a first end operatively coupled to the flow control device, an opposing second end forming a handle, and a midsection slidably coupled to a support member coupled to the railcar.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Christopher Reckker, Gerald W. Ohmes
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Publication number: 20100006792Abstract: A steam valve is provided with a valve body, a valve seat, and a valve rod provided for the valve body. The valve body has a bottom portion to which a recessed portion is formed, and the recessed portion has an edge, which is positioned on an upstream side of a place at which a shock wave is generated in steam flowing through a steam path defined by the valve body and the valve seat.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 28, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Osamu SHINDO, Hideaki MIYAYASHIKI, Atsushi NARABE, Makoto TAKAHASHI
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Publication number: 20100006793Abstract: The reliability of a valve gear in which a cobalt-based alloy is welded by plasma powder building-up welding is improved. Disclosed is a valve gear including a bearing 2 having a sliding surface against a valve shaft 1, the valve gear being characterized in that: a welded layer 12 made of a heat-resistant cobalt-based alloy, based on plasma powder building-up, is formed on the sliding surface against the valve shaft 1; and the welded layer 12 includes a first welded layer 12a formed on the surface of the bearing 2, having a dilution ratio of 5 to 25% and a second welded layer 12b formed on the first welded layer 12a, having a dilution ratio of 50% or less of the dilution ratio of the first welded layer 12a. The dilution ratio is a parameter indicating the penetration amount of the welding metal into the base metal, and means a value obtained by B/A×100 (%) wherein A represents the total amount of the welded metal and B represents the amount of the welding metal penetrating into the base metal.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 12, 2007Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Mao Takei, Toshinari Nishimura, Takahiko Hirohata, Masaya Kanikawa
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Publication number: 20100006794Abstract: The invention generally encompasses phosphonium ionic liquids and compositions and their use in many applications, including but not limited to: as electrolytes in electronic devices such as memory devices including static, permanent and dynamic random access memory, as battery electrolytes, as a heat transfer medium, fuel cells and electrochromatic devices, among other applications. In particular, the invention generally relates to phosphonium ionic liquids, compositions and molecules possessing structural features, wherein the molecules exhibit superior combination of thermodynamic stability, low volatility, wide liquidus range and ionic conductivity. The invention further encompasses methods of making such phosphonium ionic liquids, compositions and molecules, and operational devices and systems comprising the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: J. Adrian Hawkins, David A. Hudgins, Levi J. Irwin
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Publication number: 20100006795Abstract: A process for the preparation of polymer magnetic particles, which comprises: (a) providing a water phase containing magnetic components homogeneously dispersed therein; (b) wherein the water phase is contacted with or further contains a polymerisable metal-containing or organic monomer which is soluble in the water phase; and (c) polymerizing the monomer in the presence of the magnetic in which the magnetic components are substantially uniformly distributed; wherein at least a part of the polymerizing step (c) is carried out in a water-in-oil emulsion in which the water phase containing the magnetic components homogeneously dispersed therein is present as a discontinuous phase in a continuous oil phase.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 15, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Vidar Skagestad, Lars Kilaas
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Publication number: 20100006796Abstract: Disclosed herein is a heat transfer fluid, comprising a hydroxylated carboxylic acid of formula (OH)x(R1)(COOH)y, wherein x is 2 to 10, y is 3 to 10, and R1 is a C2-50 aliphatic group, a C6-50 aromatic group, or a combination thereof; and wherein the hydroxylated carboxylic acid comprises the hydroxylated carboxylic acid, an ester thereof, a salt thereof, an anhydride thereof, or a combination thereof. A heat transfer system comprises an aluminum component, a magnesium component, or an aluminum component and a magnesium component; and the foregoing heat transfer fluid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: HONEYWELL INTERNATIONAL INC.Inventors: Bo Yang, Aleksei V. Gershun, Peter M. Woyciesjes
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Publication number: 20100006797Abstract: The invention generally encompasses phosphonium ionic liquids and compositions and their use in many applications, including but not limited to: as electrolytes in electronic devices such as memory devices including static, permanent and dynamic random access memory, as battery electrolytes, as a heat transfer medium, fuel cells and electrochromatic devices, among other applications. In particular, the invention generally relates to phosphonium ionic liquids, compositions and molecules possessing structural features, wherein the molecules exhibit superior combination of thermodynamic stability, low volatility, wide liquidus range and ionic conductivity. The invention further encompasses methods of making such phosphonium ionic liquids, compositions and molecules, and operational devices and systems comprising the same.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 13, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: J. Adrian Hawkins, David A. Hudgins, Levi J. Irwin
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Publication number: 20100006798Abstract: A heat-conductive silicone composition comprising (A) a silicone resin, (B) a heat-conductive filler, and (C) a volatile solvent is disposed between a heat-generating electronic part and a heat sink part. It is a grease-like composition at room temperature prior to application to the electronic or heat sink part. It becomes a non-flowable composition as the solvent volatilizes off after application, and this composition, when heated during operation of the electronic part, reduces its viscosity, softens or melts so that it may fill in between the electronic and heat sink parts.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 25, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventor: Akihiro ENDO
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Publication number: 20100006799Abstract: A method of stripping nickel from a printed wiring board comprises providing a printed wiring board with a nickel deposit on a surface and contacting the nickel deposit with phosphate ions and an oxidizer. An aqueous solution comprises ammonium ions, phosphate ions and an oxidizing agent present in amounts effective to strip nickel. An aqueous solution comprises about 1% to about 10% by weight hydrogen peroxide and about 5% to about 30% by weight of an ammonium phosphate. A method of pre-treating a copper substrate comprises providing a printed wiring board having a copper substrate and contacting the copper substrate with phosphate ions, and an oxidizer. A method of neutralizing permanganate on a printed wiring board comprises providing a printed wiring board with a permanganate residue on the printed wiring board and contacting the permanganate residue with phosphate ions, and an oxidizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 22, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: OMG ELECTRONIC CHEMICALS, INC.Inventors: Roger F. Bernards, Joseph S. Bowers
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Publication number: 20100006800Abstract: A method and composition are provided for the operation of an evaporative cooling tower with minimal, or no, blowdown. In some embodiments, the method involves using sodium cation-exchanged softened water as makeup water for the cooling tower, providing a bypass filter for suspended solids removal from the cooling water, treating the cooling water with a composition for control of corrosion and deposition, and using an effective biocide for control of biological growth within the cooling tower system. In some embodiments, a composition is provided that comprises AMPS acrylic terpolymer, sodium silicate, phosphate ions, and polyphosphate ions. When dosed at the recommended levels, the composition controls corrosion of cooling system materials to generally acceptable levels in spite of the extremely corrosive environment resulting from the cycling of sodium cation-exchanged softened water in the cooling tower.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: ProChemTech International Inc.Inventor: Timothy E. Keister
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Publication number: 20100006801Abstract: A sugar derivative derived from Aphanothece sacrum as a freshwater blue-green alga, having a mean molecular weight of 2,000,000 or more and a repeat structure of a sugar chain unit where a sugar constituent of a hexose structure and a sugar constituent of a pentose structure are conjugated together in a linear chain or a branched chain, containing a lactated, sulfated sugar as a constituent, where 2.7 or more hydroxyl groups per 100 hydroxyl groups are sulfated or sulfur element occupies 1.5% by weight or more of all of the elements, in the sugar chain unit. A sugar derivative with a novel polysaccharide structure as derived from Aphanothece sacrum is provided in such manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 25, 2007Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Tatsuo Kaneko, Maiko Kaneko
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Publication number: 20100006802Abstract: The present invention relates to a display, more specifically, to an image display improving a hot spot and a viewing angle and solving problems caused by the chemical characteristic of materials, even if implementing a display by projection-type, and manufacturing method at the same. In order to this, the present invention provides an image display comprising of background materials and masterbatch achieving a performance of the display by mixing with the background materials; wherein the masterbatch comprises fluorescent pigments of red (R), green (G) and blue (B) implementing colors, a carbon black, a light diffuser and a UV stabilizer.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 7, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventor: Woo-Sung Kim
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Publication number: 20100006803Abstract: A method of treating a high-pressure hydrocarbon stream, such as natural or synthetic gas, contaminated with a high concentration of carbon dioxide, by contacting the contaminated high-pressure hydrocarbon stream with a chilled aqueous ammonia solution in an absorber at high pressure to produce a treated gas stream having a substantially reduced carbon dioxide content and a carbon dioxide-rich ammonia solution. The carbon dioxide-rich ammonia solution is regenerated by stripping, thus producing a concentrated carbon dioxide stream at high pressure suitable for sequestration or other uses.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 9, 2009Publication date: January 14, 2010Inventors: Jose Luis Bravo, Ashok Kumar Rupkrishen Dewan, Raymond Nicholas French, Amrit Lal Kalra, Pervaiz Nasir, Jiri Peter Thomas Van Straelen
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Publication number: 20100006804Abstract: A highly protonated, supercharged, low pH, non-corrosive composition and process for making the composition wherein the composition has a milli-volt charge between 400 and 1400, a proton count between 8×10?24 and 14×10?24, and a pH level at 1 part composition with 99 parts water between 0.9 and 1.8.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2008Publication date: January 14, 2010Applicant: S & B WORLDWIDE CORPORATIONInventors: Anthony P. Sakovich, Burt R. Sookram