Patents Issued in March 14, 2013
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Publication number: 20130061862Abstract: A hair extension includes a weft band having an upper edge and a lower edge, a plurality of hair strands that are attached to the weft band and are suspended below the lower edge of the weft band, and a plurality of elongated rods. Each rod includes a base that is attached to the weft band, and an extended portion that extends from the base and is adapted to be inserted into a tube for holding hair strands. The weft band has a predetermined width. The extended portion of the rod protrudes from the upper edge of the weft band, and is bent toward the lower edge of the weft band. The extended portion includes a free end that is spaced from the weft band by a predetermined distance.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventor: Ryan Tokko
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Publication number: 20130061863Abstract: The present invention is directed to kits comprising multiple containers packaged in conjunction with each other, which provide convenience to a user when applying multiple hair products to the user's hair. A first container containing a first composition is packaged in contact with a second container containing a second composition, such that a user can easily purchase and transport the two containers together and use both as part of a hair care regimen.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventor: Gary Grey
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Publication number: 20130061864Abstract: The present invention provides a novel dental flossing device (1), which is adapted to be inserted entirely into an oral cavity of the user. The flossing device (1) comprises a floss string (10) and at least two manipulation members (21), which are connected by the string (10) for control thereof. The manipulation members (21) are adapted to be guided by oral muscles, particularly the tongue, of the user, whereby the floss string (10) may be guided by tongue via the manipulation members (21) without introducing fingers to said oral cavity.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: HELMIKAIVOS OYInventor: Teppo Örmä
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Publication number: 20130061865Abstract: The invention is in the field of skin hygiene, especially hand hygiene and/or hand soap compositions. It remains to be desired to prepare skin hygiene compositions having a high anti-microbial effect, with a low dosage of anti-microbial essential oils. It is therefore an object of the invention to provide a skin hygiene composition, having good anti-microbial properties, at low levels of essential oil. Surprisingly it has been found that composition comprising a low amount of essential oil and a polymer complex or mixture provides improved hygiene efficacy.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Sameer Keshav Barne, Kalpana Kamalakar Nayak, Aravindakshan Perincheery, Maya Treesa Saji
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Publication number: 20130061866Abstract: A method for colouring hair, wherein the method comprises: (i) the formation of a first plurality of coated hair fibre portions, wherein the coating comprises a first composition, wherein the first composition comprises a first hair colouring agent, a hydrophobic phase, a hydrophilic phase, a surfactant, and a thickener capable of interacting with the hydrophobic phase and the hydrophilic phase; and subsequently (ii) styling the hair wherein the first plurality of coated hair fibre portions is contacted with a second plurality of hair fibre portions; wherein the method does not comprise the application of a solid barrier means in order to separate the first plurality of coated hair fibre portions from the second plurality of hair fibre portions, and wherein the first composition is substantially free of persulfate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Annette Elsbeth KLINGELMEYER, Thomas Krause, Uwe Mahla, Knut Meinert, Muthius Morand, Manfred Schmitt, Maik Tremel, Elizabeth Ana Diez McCready
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Publication number: 20130061867Abstract: The present invention relates to a color highlighting cosmetics container including a detachable makeup brush, and more particularly to a color highlighting cosmetics container including a body having a plurality of receiving grooves partitions for storing contents and a cover for closing/opening the body. The body includes a plurality of brushes, a brush supporter from which the plurality of brushes is detachable, and brush-receiving grooves and a brush-supporter-receiving groove on which the plurality of brushes and the brush supporters are mounted, respectively. As a result, the plurality of brushes are detachable from the brush supporter. Therefore, the brushes can be replaced using the brush supporter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: YONWOO CO.,LTD.Inventors: You-Seob Kim, Hee-Young Kim, Shin-Bok Jung, Hae-Young Jung
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Publication number: 20130061868Abstract: A foldable floss pick includes a grip having a first connection section at one end and a floss arch having a second connection section rotatably connected to the first connection section of the grip. A dental floss is connected between two ends of the floss arch. The floss arch defines a virtual face. When not folded, the floss arch is positioned in a first relative position where the virtual face is substantially coplanar with the grip and the floss pick is in a straight form to facilitate package. In use, the floss arch is first folded toward the grip and fixed in a second relative position by means of a latch structure disposed between the grip and the floss arch. Then a user can conveniently use the folded floss pick to clean the teeth.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventor: CHING-AN CHUANG
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Publication number: 20130061869Abstract: New methods of weakening the bonds between a bonded pair of wafers or substrates are provided. The substrates are preferably bonded at their outer peripheries. When it is desired to separate the substrates, they are contacted with a solvent system suitable for weakening, softening, and/or dissolving the bonding composition at their outer peripheries. Megasonic energy is simultaneously directed at the substrates (and preferably the bonding composition itself), so as to increase solvent penetration into the composition, thus decreasing the time needed for substrate separation and increasing throughput.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: BREWER SCIENCE INC.Inventors: Jeremy McCutcheon, James E. Strothmann
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Publication number: 20130061870Abstract: In one embodiment, a method of cleaning a film forming apparatus includes: plasmatizing cleaning gas having at least one of the group consisting of chlorine gas, hydrocarbon gas, and chlorinated hydrocarbon gas; and supplying the plasmatized cleaning gas to a heated inner part of the film forming apparatus.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 20, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Akio Ui, Masato Akita
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Publication number: 20130061871Abstract: During each idle period in which a plasma processing tool is not used in succession, upon lapse of a selected period of inactivity by the plasma production tool of between 10 and 60 minutes, a plasma is generated within the plasma processing tool to heat the vacuum enclosure to an operating temperature reached during production use of the plasma processing tool. A gas-only purge is then performed, and the vacuum enclosure is pumped down to a base vacuum to remove small particles of less than 0.12 microns that may otherwise generate on the interior walls of the vacuum enclosure. Extended operation of the plasma processing tool without failure of particle qualification or reduced availability is achieved.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 27, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: Texas Instruments IncorporatedInventors: David Henry Collins, Carl Kenneth Elliott
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Publication number: 20130061872Abstract: In an ion bombardment treatment apparatus (1A) and a cleaning method, base materials (W) to be treated are held by a work table (11) so as to be placed between a filament (3) and an anode (4) in a vacuum chamber (2), and a discharge power supply (5) which can generate a glow discharge upon the application of a potential difference between the filament (3) and the anode (4) is insulated from the vacuum chamber (2). In the ion bombardment treatment apparatus (1A) and the cleaning method, the efficiency of the cleaning of a base material can be improved and a power supply can be controlled stably.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 16, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: Kabushiki Kaisha Kobe Seiko Sho (Kobe Steel, Ltd.)Inventors: Naoyuki Goto, Homare Nomura, Shigeto Adachi, Koumei Fujioka
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Publication number: 20130061873Abstract: In an apparatus and method for treating a wafer-shaped article, a spin chuck is provided for holding a wafer-shaped article in a predetermined orientation wherein a lower surface of the wafer-shaped article is spaced a predetermined distance from an upper surface of the spin chuck. A heating assembly comprising at least one infrared heater is mounted above the upper surface of the spin chuck and below a wafer-shaped article when mounted on the spin chuck. The heating assembly is stationary in relation to rotation of the spin chuck.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: LAM RESEARCH AGInventors: Karl-Heinz HOHENWARTER, Lach OTTO
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Publication number: 20130061874Abstract: A cap sanitizer with an anti-bacterial sponge therein for sanitizing a dispenser bottle tip or other similar device. The inner side portions of the cap are lined with a continuous sponge (or absorbent foam) ring soaked with antibacterial solution. An o-ring is disposed below the sponge to prevent solution from leaking from the dispenser bottle when the cap is in place. A cavity within the dispenser cap serves as a reservoir for the antibacterial solution, which is slowly channeled to the sponge ring via a perforated separating film. Alternatively, the reservoir may be disposed between the sponge and the sides of the dispenser cap sanitizer, with a perforated separating film between the sponge and the antibacterial solution. Solution from the reservoir is channeled through the perforated separating film into the sponge. In an alternative, a sanitizer cap for a toothbrush is provided having stiff fibers extending through the perforated membrane.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventor: Pamela Woolery
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Publication number: 20130061875Abstract: A plating apparatus includes a vessel for holding a bath of plating liquid. A head is adapted to hold a work piece, such as a silicon wafer, in the vessel, with a seal on the head sealing against the work piece. A component cleaner assembly may be used to automatically clean a component of the plating apparatus, such as a seal or a contact ring. The cleaner assembly has a component contactor, such as a brush, on an arm. An arm actuator is linked to the arm for moving the arm from a retracted position, to a deployed position, where the contactor is in physical contact with the component. A method for cleaning a component of a plating apparatus includes moving a scrubber or contactor into contact with the component and applying a cleaning liquid onto the component adjacent to the contactor.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventor: Daniel J. Woodruff
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Publication number: 20130061876Abstract: A system and method for cleaning a surface of a semiconductor device is disclosed. An embodiment comprises buffing the first surface with a cleaning solution comprising a reactant that will remove a portion of the first surface and also change the first surface from hydrophobic to hydrophilic. The first surface may further be cleaned using a brushing process that also utilizes the cleaning solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Ltd.Inventors: Shich-Chang Suen, He Hui Peng, Liang-Guang Chen
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Publication number: 20130061877Abstract: The present invention relates to a cleaning method using dry ice pellets that make it possible to efficiently peel off a UV resin. The cleaning method according to the present invention is a method for cleaning a surface of an object to be cleaned that is fixed to a fixture by blowing dry ice pellets against the above-described object using dry air. The dry air has a dew point of ?60° C. to ?80° C. A nozzle for jetting the dry air and the dry ice pellets against the surface of the object is provided, and the distance between the nozzle and the surface of the object is 5 mm to 70 mm. The shape of the nozzle in a cross-section is circular, elliptical or rectangular.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 11, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Emiko NAKAGAWA, Setsuo Kobayashi, Shinji Tanabe
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Publication number: 20130061878Abstract: A high throughput processing system having a chemical treatment system and a thermal treatment system for processing a plurality of substrates is described. The chemical treatment system is configured to chemically treat a plurality of substrates in a dry, non-plasma environment. The thermal treatment system is configured to thermally treat a plurality of substrates chemically treated in the chemical treatment system.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventor: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITED
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Publication number: 20130061879Abstract: A substrate is placed on a plurality of support pins within an opening of a carrier, such that a gap exists between the radial perimeter of the substrate and the carrier. The substrate and carrier are passed in a linear direction through a meniscus generated between respective faces of upper and lower proximity heads. Each of the upper and lower proximity heads includes a plurality of meniscus nozzles configured to supply liquid to the meniscus. A plurality of vacuum ports are formed on the respective face of each of the upper and lower proximity heads and are arranged to completely surround the plurality of meniscus nozzles. Liquid of the meniscus is evacuated from the gap between the radial perimeter of the substrate and the carrier so as to reduce a size and a frequency of at least one of entrance or exit marks on the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Robert O'Donnell, John de Larios, Mike Ravkin
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Publication number: 20130061880Abstract: A multi-chambered deposition pin wash station is provided. The wash station includes a lower chamber and an upper drain basin connected by a plurality of wash tubes. Cleaning fluid is provided to the lower chamber and passes through the cleaning tubes into the upper drain basin. The cleaning tubes are adapted to clean a single deposition pin with a single tube per wash cycle.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: AUSHON BIOSYSTEMSInventors: Peter HONKANEN, Albert BUKYS, Dave BRADBURY
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Publication number: 20130061881Abstract: The present invention increases a number of target reaction containers from one into many. Coordinated with increased reaction times, total reaction volume is increased. By modifying an affinitive column of an automatic synthesis system, a production in a single batch is increased. The products obtained can be conformed to quality check specifications with cost saved.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: ATOMIC ENERGY COUNCIL-INSTITUTE OF NUCLEAR ENERGY RESEARCHInventors: Chia-Jung Chang, Mei-Hsiu Liao, Lie-Hang Shen
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Publication number: 20130061882Abstract: A water-rich hydroxylamine formulation for photoresist and post-etch/post-ash residue removal in applications wherein a semiconductor substrate comprises aluminum. The cleaning composition comprises from about 2 to about 15% by wt. of hydroxylamine; from about 50 to about 80% by wt. of water; from about 0.01 to about 5.0% by wt. of a corrosion inhibitor; from about 5 to about 45% by wt. of a component selected from the group consisting of: an alkanolamine having a pKa<9.0, a water-miscible solvent, and a mixture thereof. Employment of such composition exhibits efficient cleaning capability for Al substrates, minimal silicon etch while protecting aluminum for substrates comprising both materials.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 7, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.Inventors: Aiping Wu, Yi-Chia Lee, Wen Dar Liu, Machukar Bhaskara Rao, Gautam Banerjee
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Publication number: 20130061883Abstract: The present application relates to encapsulated, preformed peracids and products comprising such encapsulates, as well as processes for making and using such encapsulates and products comprising such encapsulates. Such products deliver bleaching that results in superior whiteness and stain removal without the stability issues that are normally associated with certain bleaching systems.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Juan Felipe MIRAVET CELADES, Beatriu Escuder Gil, Vincent Josep Nebot-Carda, John Smets, Susana Fernandez Prieto
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Publication number: 20130061884Abstract: A method for cleaning wafer after chemical mechanical planarization that includes placing the wafer in the wafer holder and rotating the wafer holder and the wafer simultaneously, cleaning with chemicals by providing the wafer surface with chemical detergent through the detergent supply cantilever that keeps a certain distance away from the wafer surface, cleaning with deionized water by providing the wafer surface with deionized water through the detergent supply cantilever to remove the chemical detergent and cleaning products. The method also includes the second clean for better cleaning effect and drying the wafer out. According to the wafer cleaning method, the non-contact detergent and deionized water supply cantilever used for wafer cleaning reduces or eliminates the possible problems in making macro scratches on wafer surface in the scrubbing process and increases the yield for wafer devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: Institute of Microelectronics, Chinese Academy of SciencesInventors: Tao Yang, Chao Zhao, Junfeng Li
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Publication number: 20130061885Abstract: A method for removing the overspray of a coating which has been sprayed onto a workpiece directs at least one liquid jet from a jet lance as a hydrodynamic wedge in the parting plane between the workpiece and the overspray onto those regions of the workpiece which have overspray.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 3, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicants: FORD-WERKE GMBH, GEHRING TECHNOLOGIES GMBHInventors: Wolfgang Treutmann, Gerhard Flores, Clemens Maria Verpoort
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Publication number: 20130061886Abstract: A powder spray for lengthy parts includes a booth wall structure comprised primarily of doors. A moveable roof may be raised and lowered to clean powder overspray from the interior surfaces of the booth. A cleaning process may be performed with a sideways extraction mode and a downward extraction mode. The mode change occurs when a bulkhead that travels with the moveable roof blocks the inlet duct to the recovery system. The recovery system may be a cyclone system for example. The doors of the booth are hinged so that they can be positioned for spraying operations and cleaning operations. Live hinge designs are provided and hose stress relief designs are also provided. The roof may carry accumulators for pressurized air that feed cleaning nozzles as the roof descends. In addition, exhaust air may be used to assist cleaning the interior surfaces as the roof descends. All of the energy provided for cleaning and color change may be provided by accumulators.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 23, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: NORDSON CORPORATIONInventor: Nordson Corporation
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Publication number: 20130061887Abstract: A pressure is maintained within a volume within which a semiconductor wafer resides at a pressure that is sufficient to maintain a liquid state of a precursor fluid to a non-Newtonian fluid. The precursor fluid is disposed proximate to a material to be removed from the semiconductor wafer while maintaining the precursor fluid in the liquid state. The pressure is reduced in the volume within which the semiconductor wafer resides such that the precursor fluid disposed on the wafer within the volume is transformed into the non-Newtonian fluid. An expansion of the precursor fluid and movement of the precursor fluid relative to the wafer during transformation into the non-Newtonian fluid causes the resulting non-Newtonian fluid to remove the material from the semiconductor wafer.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 6, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Mikhail Korolik, Michael Ravkin, John deLarios, Fritz C. Redeker, John M. Boyd
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Publication number: 20130061888Abstract: A particle level varied depending on a drying processing condition can be suppressed to be stably lowered. A batch type substrate processing apparatus include a cleaning processing unit 62 having a cleaning tank 69 that stores therein a cleaning solution for cleaning a substrate, and a drying processing unit 61 disposed above the cleaning tank 69 and having a drying chamber 65 configured to perform therein a drying process on the substrate. Based on a previously investigated relationship, an internal temperature of the drying chamber is set as an internal temperature of the drying chamber when loading the substrate thereinto corresponding to the batch size of a next batch process performed in the drying chamber, and the internal temperature of the drying chamber is adjusted to be identical to the set internal temperature of the drying chamber before loading the substrate into the drying chamber.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 6, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventor: Hideaki Sato
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Publication number: 20130061889Abstract: The invention relates to a method for controlling a dispensing system positionable in the interior of an automatic dishwasher, encompassing a cartridge filled with at least one preparation, a dispenser that is couplable to the cartridge, the dispenser encompassing at least a temperature sensor and a conductivity sensor, such that the temperature sensor and/or the conductivity sensor can be arranged in and/or on and/or outside the dispenser; and a delivery means for releasing a preparation from the cartridge into the interior of the automatic dishwasher.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Thorsten Bastigkeit, Salvatore Fileccia, Arnd Kessler, Christian Nitsch, Heinz-Dieter Eichholz, Brigitte Kempen, Thomas Holderbaum, Gerold Jans, Roland Schmalz, Konstantin Benda
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Publication number: 20130061890Abstract: Apparatus for filter cleaning including a filter element surface (12) to be cleaned, and a cleaning head (10), characterised by a controller (16) operative to move the cleaning head (10) with respect to the filter element surface (12) in a spiral scanning trajectory in such a way that a relative path of the cleaning head (10) with respect to the filter element surface (12) results in a trajectory that fully, or partially covers the filter element surface (12) and is produced by moving the filter element surface (12) in any combination of the following motions: a) one or more circular or semi-circular motions, b) one or more linear motions; while moving the cleaning head (10) in any combination of the following motions: c) one or more circular or semi-circular motions, d) one or more linear motions.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 19, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventor: Ron Tal
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Publication number: 20130061891Abstract: An umbrella case comprising a pouch having a bottom end and a top end, such that a collapsed umbrella can be inserted into the pouch through an aperture in the top end, an enclosure member configured to selectively close the aperture of the top end, and one or more connecting members configured to be selectively coupled with components of a stroller or other device. The pouch can have corresponding fasteners that can be selectively coupled with one another to adjust the length of the pouch.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Irene Guimaraens, Florencia Kaufmann
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Publication number: 20130061892Abstract: The present invention discloses a height self-adjustable walking aid, comprising two oppositely arranged U-shaped stands which are connected by a front stand, wherein the two ends of each U-shaped stand are sleeved with two outer pipes respectively, and each outer pipe is mounted with a height adjusting apparatus and a control apparatus for height adjusting; the walking aid of the present invention is adjustable in height according to the heights of users, so as to satisfy the requirement of allowing the patients or elders with different heights to use a same equipment, whereby providing great convenience for users; meanwhile, the heights of the two ends of each U-shaped stand could be adjustable respectively, to generate a height difference between the front end and rear end of the walking end, so as to enable the patients or elders to walk up and down the stairs with it.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventor: Junbiao Huang
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Publication number: 20130061893Abstract: A foldable seat for a rollator or a wheelchair includes a first plate and a second plate. The plates are rotatably moveable between an unfolded position and a folded position. A hinge pivotally connects said first plate to said second plate. An exemplary hinge comprises at least a first cylinder integral with said first plate and at least a second cylinder integral with said second plate. The seat further comprises a locking/unlocking system configured to be actuated by the user so as to lock, respectively unlock, said first and second plates into, respectively from, said unfolded position and/or said folded position. The locking/unlocking system being at least partially lodged inside said first and/or said second cylinder.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 22, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: INVACARE INTERNATIONAL SARLInventors: Tobias NILSSON, Joseph VAN HOUTEM
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Publication number: 20130061894Abstract: A ferrule is disclosed which includes a housing having an aperture at a first end which is adapted to receive a leg of an ambulatory aid. The ferrule includes a gliding component having a gliding surface at a second end of the housing. The gliding surface is adapted to slidably engage a floor surface. The ferrule also includes a traction component located at the second end of the housing. The traction component selectively engages the floor surface with a traction surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 12, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventor: Stephen Liu
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Publication number: 20130061895Abstract: A partition includes a plurality of panels and an elongate panel joiner. The plurality of panels includes a first panel and a second panel that are adjacent about one another. The elongate panel joiner joins the first panel and the second panel. The panel joiner includes two end members and a corrugated portion there between. The end members are configured along opposite ends of the panel joiner. One of the two end members is configured to connect to the first panel and the other of the two end member is configured to connect to the second panel. The corrugated portion is configured such that the panel joiner can move in an accordion-like manner.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: DOMETIC LLCInventors: Patrick N. McConnell, Jon E. Beland
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Publication number: 20130061896Abstract: Pliable ventilation panels having curved openings provided at opposing locations with respect to a midline that are selectively openable and closeable are disclosed. The ventilation panels are generally fabricated from pliable materials and may be opened at one or more locations along the opening(s) to provide ventilation and/or access at different locations along the opening(s).Type: ApplicationFiled: August 3, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: NOMADIC COMFORT LLCInventor: Richard WEBSTER
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Publication number: 20130061897Abstract: Shelter structures having a shelter portion supported (internally or externally) at an apex and one or more peripheral support elements supported by an external suspension web provided externally of a perimeter of the shelter portion are provided. One or more external suspension webs may be provided at a transition region of the structure formed at the interface of upper and lower portions, or at a base portion of the structure, or intermediate transition and base regions of the structure. A lower enclosure portion may provide wall-like structures, or may form an open network of lines, straps, wires, or bands. In some embodiments, the upper and/or lower shelter portion(s) are provided as fabric structures; in some embodiments the upper and/or lower shelter portions are provided as rigid or semi-rigid panel-like structures. Support systems, kits for assembling structures, reinforcement features and methods for assembling structures are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: NOMADIC COMFORT LLCInventors: Richard WEBSTER, Ann W. SPECKMAN
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Publication number: 20130061898Abstract: Shelter structures having an upper shelter portion supported (internally or externally) at an apex and one or more peripheral support elements supported by an external suspension web provided externally of a base region of the upper shelter portion are provided. The upper shelter portion provides a roof-like structure, while a lower enclosure portion may be connected, directly or indirectly, to the upper shelter portion and may provide wall-like structures that may include doors, vents, windows, and the like, or that may comprise an open network of lines, straps, wires, or bands. In tent embodiments, the upper shelter portion and the lower enclosure portion may be provided as fabric structures that, when erected, form tensioned fabric structures. Support systems, kits for assembling structures, reinforcement features and methods for assembling structures are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 28, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: NOMADIC COMFORT LLCInventors: Richard WEBSTER, Ann W. SPECKMAN
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Publication number: 20130061899Abstract: An apparatus, system and method provides electrical power in a subterranean well. A radioisotope thermoelectric generator may be positioned and installed in a downhole location in a wellbore. The location of the radioisotope thermoelectric generator may be within a completion string. A radioisotope thermoelectric generator comprises a core having a radioisotope for producing heat, and a thermocouple. The thermocouple comprises at least two different metals, and is positioned adjacent to the core. The radioisotope thermoelectric generator flows heat from the core to the thermocouple to produce electricity that may be stored in an energy storage device, or used to power a component. The produced electrical power may be employed to activate downhole sensors, valves, or wireless transmitters associated with the operation and production of an oil or gas well.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: Chevron U.S.A. Inc.Inventors: Luis Phillipe Tosi, Krystian K. Maskos, Scott Wagstaff
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Publication number: 20130061900Abstract: A thermoelectric device absorbs heat from an object coming into contact with a heat absorber, moves the heat absorbed via a thermoelectric module to a radiator, and radiates the heat from the radiator. The support member has a lower surface that is bonded to a radiator upper surface, and a side surface that is placed so as to face the side surface of the heat absorber. The support member forms a tilling region between the support member and the side surface, and a sealing member fills the filling region. The thermoelectric module is placed in an internal space 3 which is formed by the heat absorber, the radiator, the support member and the sealing member.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 10, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: Yamaha CorporationInventor: TAKAHISA TACHIBANA
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Publication number: 20130061901Abstract: Provided is a high temperature thermoelectric converting module including a plurality of p type thermoelectric elements; a plurality of n type thermoelectric elements; a plurality of electrodes; and a lead line. The plurality of p type thermoelectric elements, the plurality of n type thermoelectric elements, and the plurality of electrodes are electrically serially connected to each other, a pair of connecting lines that connects the lead line to one of the plurality of electrodes to output to the outside is further included, at least one electrode which is disposed at the high temperature side and the plurality of p type and n type thermoelectric elements are bonded with an intermediate layer therebetween. The plurality of p type and n type thermoelectric elements contain silicon as a component and the intermediate layer is formed as a layer containing aluminum and silicon and components other than silicon of the thermoelectric elements.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Tomotake TOHEI, Shinichi Fujiwara, Takahiro Jinushi, Zenzo Ishijima
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Publication number: 20130061902Abstract: The solar power system includes one or more solar panels removably installed atop the roof or upper surface of a motor vehicle or non-motorized vehicle (e.g., a trailer). In one embodiment, the vehicles (semi-trailers, passenger buses, vans, etc.) are parked in a yard or terminal, and the electrical power produced by the solar panels atop the vehicles is delivered to a fixed local distribution system in the yard or terminal area. The power produced may be used for the normal electrical needs of the operation, and any excess power may be sold to the local municipal electric company or other relatively wide area electrical grid. In another embodiment, the solar panels generate electrical power while the vehicles are traveling, and the electrical power is stored aboard the vehicles until the vehicles reach a destination where the power can be transferred to the fixed local distribution system for use.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 8, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventor: JAMES D. QUINN
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Publication number: 20130061903Abstract: Low-temperature sulfurization/selenization heat treatment processes for photovoltaic devices are provided. In one aspect, a method for fabricating a photovoltaic device is provided. The method includes the following steps. A substrate is provided that is either (i) formed from an electrically conductive material or (ii) coated with at least one layer of a conductive material. A chalcogenide absorber layer is formed on the substrate. A buffer layer is formed on the absorber layer. A transparent front contact is formed on the buffer layer. The device is contacted with a chalcogen-containing vapor having a sulfur and/or selenium compound under conditions sufficient to improve device performance by filling chalcogen vacancies within the absorber layer or the buffer layer or by passivating one or more of grain boundaries in the absorber layer, an interface between the absorber layer and the buffer layer and an interface between the absorber layer and the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 9, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: International Business Machines CorporationInventors: David Brian Mitzi, Teodor Krassimirov Todorov
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Publication number: 20130061904Abstract: A solar cell module includes a plurality of solar cells. M first bus bar electrodes are disposed on a first surface of each of the solar cells. N second bus bar electrodes are disposed on a second surface of each of the solar cells. M is a natural number that is equal to or larger than 1, and N is a natural number that is larger than M.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: AU Optronics CorporationInventors: Chun-Han TAI, Yi-Chia Chen, Chia-Hsun Tsai
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Publication number: 20130061905Abstract: The present invention relates to photovoltaic devices which comprise: a semiconducting material able to ensure a photovoltaic effect when it is subject to electromagnetic radiation; a anti-reflective layer, transparent towards said electromagnetic radiation ensuring the photovoltaic effect, this anti-reflective layer containing, in the dispersed state, objects with dimensions of less than 5 microns, preferably less than 2 microns, said objects comprising at least two areas consisting of two different substrates, transparent towards said electromagnetic radiation and having distinct refraction indices, i.e.: a core having a first refractive index nC; and a layer surrounding the core, a so-called crust, having a second refractive index nE, distinct from the refractive index nC of the core, the ratio of the dimensions of the core to the dimensions of the core/crust assembly being comprised 1:1.5 and 1:5.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 23, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: PolyriseInventors: Vincent Gaud, Mélanie Louarn, Fabien Rouge
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Publication number: 20130061906Abstract: Disclosed is a backside protective film (1) for a solar cell, which has a first resin layer (11) and a second resin layer (12) disposed on one surface side of the first resin layer (11). The first resin layer contains a rubber containing reinforced aromatic vinyl-based resin having a maximum glass transition temperature of 90-120° C. and an infrared transmissible coloring agent, and has a thickness of 10-400 ?m. The second resin layer includes a saturated polyester resin and a white-based coloring agent, and has a thickness of 10-400 ?m. The second resin layer has a dimension change ratio between before and after the film is left to stand still at a temperature of 135° C. for 30 minutes of ±0.5% or less.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 19, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: Techo Polymer Co., LtdInventors: Atsushi Watanabe, Masanori Hashimoto
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Publication number: 20130061907Abstract: The invention relates to a portable solar energy curtain with photoelectric conversion, which provides an easy-carried and easy-expanded structure and a photoelectric conversion circuit combined with a design of a plurality of thermoelectric cooling chips for efficiently helping indoor or car-inner heating or cooling. The present invention provides appropriate cold air for cooling the temperature inside the cars and keeping at room temperature when the cars stop with doors closed. Further, the present invention provides cold air or hot air at anytime and anywhere for keeping tents or indoor spaces in the better temperature state. Therefore, the present invention is easy to use and carry without energy consumption.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 21, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventor: CHAU-SYWAN WANG
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Publication number: 20130061908Abstract: A photovoltaic power system includes one or more photovoltaic cells that supplies an output power, a controller that controls an angle of the one or more photovoltaic cells with respect to an incident light, and a power converter that converts the output power of the photovoltaic cells to converted output power, wherein the power converter has a threshold input power. The controller is configured to control the angle of the one or more photovoltaic cells with respect to the incident light such that a total output power of the photovoltaic cells is at or below the threshold input power of the power converter.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 13, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventor: Robert Gregory Wagoner
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Publication number: 20130061909Abstract: The invention relates to a device which is shaped so that it can be used alone to secure a solar panel (1) to a single beam (4) of a support structure and which comprises: an interface (2) including first securing means (3a-3d) for securing the solar panel (1) to the interface (2) and second securing means (6) for securing the interface (2) to the beam (4). The first securing means (3a-3d) are shaped to retain the solar panel (1) by affixing the passive face thereof to a surface of the interface (2) or using hooks (3a-3d) which cover part of the edge of an active face of the solar panel (1). The interface (2) includes an intermediate structure (7) which mechanically and solidly connects the first securing means (3a-3d) and the second securing means (6) and which insulates the panel (1) in relation to mechanical stresses from the beam (4).Type: ApplicationFiled: October 13, 2010Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventor: Claude Jacquot
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Publication number: 20130061910Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus by which solar energy may be collected to provide heat, electricity, or a combination of heat and electricity are disclosed herein.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 7, 2012Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: Cogenra Solar, Inc.Inventors: Gilad ALMOGY, Ratson Morad, Gad Rosenfeld, Amir Bar, Radu Raduta
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Publication number: 20130061911Abstract: The present invention relates to a photovoltaic power generation apparatus comprising a light-collecting device which collects light to solar cell modules regardless of the migration path of the sun. Photovoltaic power generation involves enabling solar energy to be absorbed into solar cell modules and generating electricity from the solar energy. The photovoltaic power generation apparatus of the present invention comprises: said light-collecting device, which eliminates the need for tracking and moving along with the sun; a small number of solar cell modules which track and move along with the sun; and a device for moving the modules, wherein the photovoltaic power generation apparatus of the present invention generates electricity by means of the light-collecting device, the solar cell modules, and the device for moving the modules, thus significantly reducing the cost of installing and operating photovoltaic power generation facilities.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 18, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Inventors: Yu Bin Shin, Yu Hyun Shin