Patents Issued in March 14, 2013
  • Publication number: 20130062512
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a multi-spectrum photosensitive device and manufacturing method thereof. The multi-spectrum photosensitive device comprises at least one opaque base layer; each base layer having at least two sides, at least two of the sides are provided with photosensitive pixel groups, each photosensitive pixel group is used for sensing light of either spectrum irradiated from the obverse direction of the located side. Alternatively, the multi-spectrum photosensitive device comprises at least one transparent base layer; each base layer having at least two sides, at least two of the sides are provided with photosensitive pixel groups, each photosensitive pixel group is used for sensing light of interested spectrum irritated from the obverse direction or reverse direction of the located side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 1, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: BOLY MEDIA COMMUNICATIONS (SHENZEN) CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Xiaoping Hu
  • Publication number: 20130062513
    Abstract: A scanning unit that includes a radiation source that emits electromagnetic radiation, which is used to scan a scale of a position measuring system, wherein the radiation source includes electrical connection elements. The scanning unit further including a holder upon which the radiation source is fixable, wherein the holder includes electrical conductor elements that electrically contact the electrical connection elements. The electrical conductor elements of the holder and the electrical connection elements of the radiation source form a guide on which the radiation source is movable along an adjustment path relative to the holder while maintaining electrical contact between the electrical connection elements and the electrical conductor elements. Maintaining electrical contact enables positioning the radiation source at various positions along the adjustment path on the holder wherein the electrical connection elements are in electrical contact with the electrical conductor elements.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Alexander Gruber, Jens Dormann, Mathias Schindler
  • Publication number: 20130062514
    Abstract: An apparatus for estimating a property of a downhole fluid includes a carrier that is conveyable in a borehole, a test cell carried by the carrier for capturing the downhole fluid, an integrated circuit positioned inside of the test cell, and an electromagnetic energy source that emits an electromagnetic energy beam having a first bandwidth. A first filter is formed on the integrated circuit in electromagnetic energy communication with the first electromagnetic energy beam. A flow path is formed in the integrated circuit wherein the flow path contains the downhole fluid in the test cell and is in electromagnetic energy communication with a portion of the electromagnetic energy beam. An electromagnetic energy detector is in electromagnetic energy communication with a portion of the electromagnetic energy beam that has interacted with the downhole fluid for estimating the property of the downhole fluid.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: BAKER HUGHES INCORPORATED
    Inventor: Sebastian Csutak
  • Publication number: 20130062515
    Abstract: In a mass spectrometer or gas chromatograph/mass spectrometer system, a conditioning gas such as, for example, hydrogen is added to condition or clean one or more components or regions of the mass spectrometer such as the ion source. The conditioning gas may be added upstream of the mass spectrometer such as, for example, into a sample inlet or a chromatographic column, or may be added directly into the mass spectrometer. The conditioning gas may be added off-line, when the mass spectrometer is not analyzing a sample, or on-line during sample analysis. When added on-line, the conditioning gas may be mixed with a carrier gas such as, for example, helium. In another embodiment, the conditioning gas also serves as the carrier gas through the column; another gas such as, for example, helium may be added to the carrier gas stream.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Agilent Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Bruce D. Quimby, Harry F. Prest, Michael J. Szelewski, Michael K. Freed
  • Publication number: 20130062516
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for diagnosing likelihood of a renal disease in a subject suspected of the renal disease, comprising: measuring a value of delta O-18 (?18O) and/or delta H-2 (?2H) in a biological sample of the subject suspected of the renal disease, comparing the measured value of delta O-18 and/or delta H-2 with a reference value of delta O-18 and/or delta H-2 obtained from a subject without a renal disease; and diagnosing the likelihood of a renal disease based on the comparison of the measured value of delta O-18 and/or delta H-2 with the reference value of delta O-18 and/or delta H-2, wherein the likelihood of a renal disease is diagnosed when the value of delta O-18 and/or delta H-2 in the biological sample of the subject suspected of the renal disease is lower than the reference value of delta O-18 and/or delta H-2 obtained from a subject without a renal disease. Also provided is a kit for carrying out the method of the invention.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: HSIEN-SHOU KUO, YUAN-HAU LIN
  • Publication number: 20130062517
    Abstract: A new carder gas medium for differential or field asymmetric waveform on mobility spectrometry (FAIMS) is disclosed. Separations in this medium generally follow those in He/N2 mixtures known in the art, but are faster and/or exhibit previously unachievable resolving power, peak capacity, and species resolution. The new medium is resistant to electrical breakdown, readily available, and less expensive than current buffers involving substantial He fractions. Performance gains apply broadly across analyte classes, including peptides and other larger biomolecules, and to ions of various charge states. Improvements are particularly large for larger and singly charged ions with lower mobility in gases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 26, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: BATTELLE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE
    Inventors: Alexandre A. Shvartsburg, Richard D. Smith
  • Publication number: 20130062518
    Abstract: Methods and analyzers useful for time of flight mass spectrometry are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Alexander Makarov, Anastassios Giannakopulos
  • Publication number: 20130062519
    Abstract: An electron microscope is provided that can automatically adjust the optical axis even in a state of deviation of the optical axis according to which the position of an electron beam on a fluorescent plate cannot be verified after replacement of an electron source. The microscope measures current of a fluorescent plate and determining whether the fluorescent plate is irradiated with an electron beam or not; without irradiation, controls a deflector to move the electron beam such that the fluorescent plate is irradiated with the electron beam; and, with irradiation, controls the deflector such that the current becomes a local maximum and a magnitude of luminance acquired from the image of the electron beam with which the fluorescent plate is irradiated becomes a local maximum.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 20, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Toshiyuki Oyagi, Takafumi Yotsuji, Yasuyuki Nodera, Isao Nagaoki
  • Publication number: 20130062520
    Abstract: A charged particle apparatus is equipped with a third stigmator positioned between the objective lens and a detector system, as a result of which a third degree of freedom is created for reducing the linear distortion. Further, a method of using said three stigmators, comprises exciting the first stigmator to reduce astigmatism when imaging the sample, exciting the second stigmator to reduce astigmatism when imaging the diffraction plane, and exciting the third stigmator to reduce the linear distortion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: FEI Company
    Inventors: Alexander Henstra, Maarten Bischoff, Uwe Luecken, Peter Christiaan Tiemeijer
  • Publication number: 20130062521
    Abstract: An electronic device which is provided with a liquid crystal display device which includes an edge light type of light source, a light guide plate, and a liquid crystal panel, for detecting proximity of an object to the liquid crystal panel by an optical type object detector comprising two infrared light LEDs which are arranged aligned with the light source and which emit infrared light inside the light guide plate, an infrared light shield plate which blocks infrared light which strikes the liquid crystal panel from the light guide plate except for at predetermined regions, infrared light LEDs which are arranged at positions separated from the predetermined regions and emit infrared light in a direction vertical to the liquid crystal panel, a proximity sensor which detects reflection of infrared light by an object, and a control device, so that the housing thereof does not become larger in size.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: FUJITSU MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS LIMITED
    Inventor: Ryusuke HIRAYAMA
  • Publication number: 20130062522
    Abstract: 3D sensors, systems, and associated methods are provided. In one aspect, for example, a monolithic 3D sensor for detecting infrared and visible light can include a semiconductor substrate having a device surface, at least one visible light photodiode formed at the device surface and at least one 3D photodiode formed at the device surface in proximity to the at least one visible light photodiode. The device can further include a quantum efficiency enhanced infrared light region functionally coupled to the at least one 3D photodiode and positioned to interact with electromagnetic radiation. In one aspect, the quantum efficiency enhanced infrared light region is a textured region located at the device surface.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SiOnyx, Inc.
    Inventors: Jutao Jiang, Jeffrey McKee, Homayoon Haddad, Chris Sungkwon Hong
  • Publication number: 20130062523
    Abstract: The present invention provides methods for quantitating one or more biomolecules in a sample using IR based techniques, sample holder devices for use in such methods as well as methods for manufacturing such sample holder devices.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Millipore Corporation
    Inventors: Elena Chernokalskaya, Vivek Joshi, Phillip Clark, Christopher Utzat, Ryan Amara, Timothy Scott Rider
  • Publication number: 20130062524
    Abstract: A method of measuring characteristics of a specimen by holding the specimen on an aperture array structure, which is formed of a flat plate and which includes at least two apertures penetrating therethrough in a direction perpendicular to a principal surface thereof; applying a linearly-polarized electromagnetic wave to the aperture array structure on which the specimen is held; and detecting a frequency characteristic of the electromagnetic wave having transmitted through the aperture array structure. The aperture array structure has a lattice structure in which the apertures are periodically arrayed at least in one direction in the principal surface of the aperture array structure, and a ratio (s/A) of a lattice spacing (s) of the aperture array structure to a thickness (A) of the specimen is 100 or less.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.
  • Publication number: 20130062525
    Abstract: Using standard or “off the shelf” cable to interconnect between the PET block detector and the detector circuit may save substantial costs given the number of PMTs in a PET system. Given space constraints, simple maintenance with reduced risk of disturbing cabling is desired, making ongoing use of standard cabling without adding further cabling desired. To implement digital gain control, a further communication is provided between the PET detector block and the detector circuit. Since the standard cable may not have additional wires for such communications and to reduce timing degradation, the PMT signals are combined, such as generating position and energy signals at the PET detector block. The four PMT signals are reduced to three signals without reduction in function, allowing a fourth twisted pair of wires in a CAT5 cable to be used for digital gain control.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 12, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SIEMENS MEDICAL SOLUTIONS USA, INC.
    Inventors: James Frank Caruba, Niraj K. Doshi, John W. Young, Nan Zhang
  • Publication number: 20130062526
    Abstract: A PET apparatus and a timing correction method of this invention select two target gamma-ray detectors which count coincidences, select a reference detector which is one detector out of the two selected gamma-ray detectors, select a gamma-ray detector different from the other, opposite detector, and when repeating the selection, make a time lag histogram concerning two gamma-ray detectors selected in the past a reference, and correct a time lag histogram concerning gamma-ray detectors selected this time based on the reference. By repeating an operation to make the corrected time lag histogram concerning the two gamma-ray detectors a new reference, an optimal time lag histogram can be obtained without repeating many measurements and computations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 18, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SHIMADZU CORPORATION
    Inventors: Tomoaki Tsuda, Masanobu Sato
  • Publication number: 20130062527
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described including implantable radiation sensing devices having exposure determination devices that determines exposure information based on the at least one in vivo measurand output.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Eric C. Leuthardt, Michael A. Smith, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • Publication number: 20130062528
    Abstract: Systems, devices, and methods are described including implantable radiation sensing devices having exposure determination devices that determines cumulative exposure information based on the at least one in vivo measurand.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Roderick A. Hyde, Muriel Y. Ishikawa, Eric C. Leuthardt, Michael A. Smith, Elizabeth A. Sweeney, Lowell L. Wood, JR.
  • Publication number: 20130062529
    Abstract: A capacitive sensor device for measuring radiation. The device includes two sensor regions and top plate structure. The sensor regions are of a material that generates electron-hole pairs when radiation strikes the material. A separation region is located between the two sensor regions. The capacitance between a sensor region and top plate is dependent upon radiation striking the sensor region. A blocking structure selectively and differentially blocks radiation having a parameter value in a range from the sensor region so as to differentially impact electron-hole pair generation of one sensor region with respect to electron-hole pair generation of the other sensor region at selected angles of incidence of the radiation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Mark D. Hall, Mehul D. Shroff
  • Publication number: 20130062530
    Abstract: A biochemical material detection system is provided, which is used to detect biochemical materials. A material to be detected is placed above a sensor module in the system. A light source is guided in by a light emitting device to measure a refractive index of the material to be detected or other parameters related to the material to be detected. Furthermore, a heat source generated by the light emitting device in the system is further isolated outside the sensor module, thereby preventing the heat source from influencing a sensed result to improve the accuracy of the sensed result.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Yu Chih CHANG
  • Publication number: 20130062531
    Abstract: A neutron detector includes an exterior shell bounding an interior volume. The neutron detector includes at least a wall portion serving as a cathode. In one example the wall portion has microfeatures. The neutron detector includes a central structure located within the interior volume and serving as an anode. The neutron detector includes a boron coating on the wall portion. In on example, the boron coating is applied by an electrostatic spray process. In one example, the boron coating conforms to the microfeatures on the wall portion. In one example, the wall portion has a thickness of between 2 to 5 microns. The neutron detector includes an electrical connector operatively connected to the central structure for transmission of a signal collected by the central structure. An associated method provides for depositing the boron coating.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: General Electric Company
    Inventors: James Michael Lustig, Jon Bennett Jansma
  • Publication number: 20130062532
    Abstract: According to the embodiments, an ultraviolet irradiation apparatus includes: a cylindrical water passage body through which treatment target water passes, and which has paired openings in its respective two end portions; at least one ultraviolet irradiation member provided inside the water passage body on a plane orthogonal to a direction from one to the other of the openings, and configured to emit ultraviolet rays to the treatment target water passing through the water passage body; and paired flange joints projecting from peripheral edges of the paired openings of the water passage body outward of the openings, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 31, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
    Inventors: Norimitsu ABE, Takeshi IDE, Shinji KOBAYASHI, Koji FUJITA, Akihiko SHIROTA, Kenji TAKEUCHI
  • Publication number: 20130062533
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for curing photoactivatable paint coatings. The device comprises a curing radiation source configured to emit radiation sufficient to cure a photoactivatable paint coating at a target location. The radiation source is located at a source location operably spaced from the target location where the photoactivatable paint coating is to be cured thereon. A motorized support for supporting the curing radiation source at the source location is provided where the motorized support is configured to advance the curing radiation source along a travel path. The motorized support is further configured to cycle the curing radiation source along the travel path between a first position and a second position in order to vary over time the angle of attack of the radiation emitted from the curing radiation source toward the target location.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: HONDA MOTOR CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Nirupama Karunaratne, Darin John Long, Robert Ricci, William Lacey, Michel Van Muyen
  • Publication number: 20130062534
    Abstract: A germicidal system for at least partially disinfecting a human interface device including a touch surface and method thereof are provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Ted Cole
  • Publication number: 20130062535
    Abstract: A surface treatment device of dental implant according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a body providing a treatment chamber to receive a surface processing object; a cover combined to the body to selectively open the treatment chamber; a light source irradiating UV light to a surface of the surface treatment object; and a reflective plate positioned at a bottom of the treatment chamber to reflect the UV light emitting from the light source toward the surface treatment object.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 31, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: MEGAGEN IMPLANT CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang Bum Park, Dong Jun Yang, Hyun Wook An, Sun Young Lee, Chang Hee Yang, Min Kim, Byung Kwon Moon, Hyun Seung Kim, Chul Jung, Chul Woong Jeong
  • Publication number: 20130062536
    Abstract: Methods are presented for analysing semiconductor materials (8), and silicon photovoltaic cells and cell precursors in particular, using imaging of photoluminescence (12) generated with high intensity illumination (16). The high photoluminescence signal levels (16) obtained with such illumination (30) enable the acquisition of images from moving samples with minimal blurring. Certain material defects of interest to semiconductor device manufacturers, especially cracks, appear sharper under high intensity illumination. In certain embodiments images of photoluminescence generated with high and low intensity illumination are compared to highlight selected material properties or defects.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 4, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: BT Imaging Pty. Ltd.
    Inventors: Robert A. Bardos, Juergen Weber, Thorsten Trupke, Ian A. Maxwell, Wayne McMillan
  • Publication number: 20130062537
    Abstract: The invention relates to a luminescent composition comprising a component which can be excited by infrared (IR) radiation and a component which can be excited by ultraviolet (UV) radiation. The composition has a characteristic emission spectrum and may optionally be used together with a reading system adapted to the emission spectrum in order to mark substances or mixtures of substances.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: SWISS AUTHENTICATION RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT AG
    Inventor: Dieter Ebert
  • Publication number: 20130062538
    Abstract: An apparatus used with an external laser apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light includes a target storage unit for storing a target material, a nozzle unit having a through-hole in communication with the interior of the storage unit through which the target material is outputted, an electrode having a through-hole facing the nozzle unit, and a target detector for detecting a target formed of the target material and outputting a detection signal. A direct current voltage adjuster applies and adjusts a direct current between the target material and the electrode, a pressure adjuster applies and adjusts a pressure to the target material through gas, and a controller controls at least one of the direct current voltage adjuster and the pressure adjuster based on the detection signal from the target detector.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 25, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Takeshi KODAMA, Osamu WAKABAYASHI
  • Publication number: 20130062539
    Abstract: An apparatus for measuring and controlling a target trajectory within a chamber apparatus for generating extreme ultraviolet light from plasma generated by irradiating a droplet target supplied from a target injection nozzle with a driver laser beam from an external driver laser. The apparatus includes: a nozzle adjustment mechanism for adjusting at least one of a position and an angle of the target injection nozzle; a target trajectory measuring unit for measuring a target trajectory to obtain trajectory information on the target trajectory; a target trajectory angle detecting unit for obtaining a value related to an angle deviation between the target trajectory represented by the trajectory information and a predetermined target trajectory; and a nozzle adjustment controller for controlling the nozzle adjustment mechanism based on the value related to the angle deviation such that the droplet target passes through a predetermined laser beam irradiation position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: GIGAPHOTON INC.
    Inventor: GIGAPHOTON INC.
  • Publication number: 20130062540
    Abstract: A ram block includes an upper ram arm, a lower ram arm, a packer channel, and a packer disposed at least partially within the packer channel. The packer includes a skeletal member that is configured to couple to the upper ram arm and the lower ram arm to oppose vertical separation of the ram arms.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventor: Johnny Everett Jurena
  • Publication number: 20130062541
    Abstract: The invention relates to a compressed air control device (2) and to a compressed air control method for controlling respective operating states of a compressor (6) and of an air drying device (8) in a vehicle. The compressed air control device (2) has a compressor control outlet (36), by means of which the compressed air control device can be pneumatically connected to a control inlet of the compressor (6) in order to pneumatically switch the operating state of the compressor (6). The compressed air control device (2) further comprises a system pressure inlet (28), by means of which the compressed air control device can be pneumatically connected to a system pressure line (21), which conducts a system pressure produced by the compressor (6).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: WABCO GmbH
    Inventors: Heinrich Diekmeyer, Konrad Feyerabend
  • Publication number: 20130062542
    Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide a high-reliability, cost-effective electro-hydraulic servo-valve assembly that is not susceptible to failure caused by contaminated fluid. In particular embodiments, the electro-hydraulic servo-valve assembly includes a rotary valve that may be actuated by either a direct-coupled Limited Angle Torque (LAT) motor, a geared, brushless DC motor, or some other rotary electric actuating element with an integrated driver circuit. In particular embodiments, the rotary valve element made up of an outer sleeve element and an inner spool element, with matching ports and slots, respectively.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: WOODWARD, INC.
    Inventors: Kevin E. Greeb, Philip A. LaFleur, Jonathan P. Workman, John J. Been
  • Publication number: 20130062543
    Abstract: An electromagnetic valve mechanism includes a magnetizable block, an upper permanent magnet superposed on a top of the magnetizable block, a magnetizable upper cover superposed on an upper flat surface of the upper permanent magnet, a lower permanent magnet attached to a bottom of the magnetizable block, a magnetizable lower cover attached to a lower flat surface of the lower permanent magnet, an armature movably received in the magnetizable block, a magnetizable ring located around the armature, an electromagnetic coil unit wound around two opposite protrudent rods of the magnetizable ring, and a spring unit disposed around an armature stem and a valve stem. By adding the permanent magnets and using the electromagnetic coil unit to thereby form a bypassed forward secondary magnetic channel, the electromagnetic valve mechanism can achieve the purposes of lowered energy consumption, reduced overall mechanism volume, providing demagnetization-protection for permanent magnets, and enhanced performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: YAOJUNG SHIAO, YI-JIE ZENG
  • Publication number: 20130062544
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a hydraulic solenoid valve for an automatic transmission of a vehicle, which moves an armature and a spool upward or downward by means of magnetic force so as to open/shut an inlet and an outlet, characterized in that an air gap is formed between a circumferential surface of the armature and a circumferential inner surface of the movable guide body, thereby reducing mechanical processing error or assembly error, and enhancing hydraulic performance and gear shifting performance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: KEFICO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Ki-Seok Cheong, Myoung-Gil Lee, Hun-Cheol Kang, Ho-Yeon Kim
  • Publication number: 20130062545
    Abstract: A system and method for dispensing a predetermined portion of a beverage or drink additive using a cost effective portion control valve that replaces electrical components with mechanical components. The present invention dispenses a controlled portion of a beverage when a lever is activated. A magnetically coupled linkage system can control the exact amount of fluid dispensed. A valve block contains a beverage input, a beverage outlet, and a valve seal. A lever arm is connected to the valve seal and connected to a magnetic housing containing a valve magnet. A yoke pivots about the valve block where the yoke contains a yoke magnet aligned to interface with the valve magnet. A lever arm return spring is connected to the lever arm and the valve block to bias the lever arm return spring to a resting position. As the yoke pivots beyond a predetermined distance, the yoke magnet separates from the valve magnet allowing the lever arm to return to the resting position closing the valve.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: IMI CORNELIUS INC.
    Inventors: Scott E. Sevcik, Andrew Tobler
  • Publication number: 20130062546
    Abstract: A system includes a ball valve with a housing having a fluid passage, a ball disposed within the housing along the fluid passage, and a stem coupled to the ball. The stem is configured to move the ball between an open position and a closed position relative to the fluid passage. The stem is disposed in a first opening on a first side of the housing. The stem is removable from the first opening, through at least one opening in the ball, and out through a second opening on a second side of the housing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 9, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Cameron International Corporation
    Inventor: Cameron International Corporation
  • Publication number: 20130062547
    Abstract: A seal for an air valve having a valve shaft rotatably carried in a bore formed in a body and a valve head carried by the valve shaft to control air flow through an air passage as the valve shaft is rotated. The seal may include a pair of spaced apart sealing members adapted to engage the body within the air passage to seal a junction between the valve and air passage. The seal may also include an intermediate member between and interconnecting the sealing members, where the intermediate member is flexible to permit movement of at least a portion of the sealing members toward each other and the intermediate member is also resilient to yieldably bias the sealing members away from each other at least when the sealing members are displaced toward each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 13, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: WALBRO ENGINE MANAGEMENT, L.L.C.
    Inventors: George M. Pattullo, Thomas L. Schmidt, David L. Thomas
  • Publication number: 20130062548
    Abstract: A backseat assembly includes: a housing that includes a bonnet and a tubular portion and forms a void and a passageway therein; a gate/segment assembly that includes a gate and a segment; a stem that moves upward or downward along with the gate while being connected to the gate; an elastic stopper that is provided in the bonnet so as to be located at a position facing the front end of the segment; a sealing surface that is formed on the bonnet; and a sealing surface that is formed on the stem and engages with the sealing surface formed on the bonnet, wherein when the gate valve is in the fully open position, a metal sheet is formed between the sealing surfaces respectively formed on the bonnet and the stem, and the segment is biased downward relative to the gate by the stopper.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: TIX-IKS Corporation
    Inventor: Masahiro Yokomi
  • Publication number: 20130062549
    Abstract: A plastic refractory material or a refractory mortar which harden when dried and which contain at least one light-weight filler, a binder, fibers and/or wollastonite as well as water is characterized in that blown closed-cell volcanic ash is used as the light-weight filler, the ash being provided with a superficial water-protection layer, in that an inorganic-organic hybrid binder is used as the binder, the binder containing silicic acid and an organic polymer, and in that the material or the mortar contains kaolin or kaolinite and silicon dioxide. It is suggested to publish the abstract without a drawing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 23, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Rainer Angenendt, Peer Genth
  • Publication number: 20130062550
    Abstract: A polyacetal resin composition obtained by compounding 0.01 to 10.0 parts by weight of sterically hindered phenol (B) and 0.001 to 5 parts by weight of magnesium hydroxide (C) having a BET specific surface area of 20 m2/g or lower and an average particle diameter of 2 ?m or less relative to 100 parts by weight of a polyacetal resin (A).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI GAS CHEMICAL COMPANY, INC.
    Inventors: Daisuke Kobayashi, Akira Ito
  • Publication number: 20130062551
    Abstract: Nanoporous polymer foams can be obtained by reacting one or more epoxy resins with one or more amphiphilic epoxy resin hardeners in water in a phase inversion polymerization process, with the stipulation that the binder fraction of the polymer foams is within the range of 15 to 39.9 wt %. Said nanoporous polymer foams are suitable as heat-insulating materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Paul Birnbrich, Hans-Josef Thomas, Dagmar Stahlhut-Behn
  • Publication number: 20130062552
    Abstract: The invention relates to composite materials, containing (i) a nanoporous polymer foam, which can be obtained by reacting one or more epoxy resins with one or more amphiphilic epoxy resin hardeners in water in a phase inversion polymerization process, and (ii) one or more inorganic fillers and/or inorganic fibers, with the stipulation that hollow glass balls are excluded as fillers. Said composite materials are suitable as heat-insulating materials.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Cognis IP Management GmbH
    Inventors: Paul Birnbrich, Hans-Josef Thomas, Dagmar Stahlhut-Behn
  • Publication number: 20130062553
    Abstract: Disclosed herein are a nickel-zinc-copper (NiZnCu) based ferrite composition containing 0.001 to 0.3 parts by weight of bivalent metal, 0.001 to 0.3 parts by weight of trivalent metal, and 0.001 to 0.5 parts by weight of tetravalent metal based on 100 parts by weight of main component containing 47.0 to 50.0 mol % of Fe2O3, 15.0 to 27.0 mol % of NiO, 18.0 to 25.0 mol % of ZnO, and 7.0 to 13.0 mol % of CuO, and a multilayered chip device and a toroidal core using the same. According to exemplary embodiments of the present invention, a bivalent metal, a trivalent metal, and a tetravalent are contained in a NiZuCu ferrite, thereby making it possible to provide a ferrite composition having excellent quality factor (Q) characteristics. Moreover, it is possible to provide a toroidal core and a multilayered chip device having excellent sinterability, permittivity, and quality factor (Q) characteristics using the ferrite composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: Samsung Electro-Mechanics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Myeong Gi Kim, Sung Yong An, Ic Seob Kim
  • Publication number: 20130062554
    Abstract: A deicing salt composition, including: between 95 and 98 wt. % of a formate, between 1 and 3.5 wt. % of a silicate, between 0.05 and 0.5 wt. % of sodium metaaluminate, between 0.1 and 1 wt. % of sodium carbonate, and between 0.05 and 0.5 wt. % of a organophosphate containing a phosphoryl group. The formate is selected from the group consisting of sodium formate, potassium formate, or a mixture thereof. The silicate is selected from the group consisting of sodium disilicate, potassium disilicate, sodium metasilicate, potassium metasilicate, or a mixture thereof. The organophosphate containing the phosphoryl groups is selected from the group consisting of hydroxy ethyl disodium diphosphate, 2-phosphate butane-1,2,4-tricarboxylic acid tetrasodium, ?-hydroxy-phosphorus sodium acetate, or a mixture thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventors: Xinchuan CHENG, Zhijun XU, Shengli WEN, Lu FENG
  • Publication number: 20130062555
    Abstract: This invention covers nanofluids. Nanofluids are a combination of particles between 1 and 100 nanometers, a surfactant and the base fluid. The nanoparticles for this invention are either pyrogenic nanoparticles or carbon nanotubes. These nanofluids improve the heat transfer of the base fluids. The base fluid can be ethylene glycol, or propylene glycol, or an aliphatic-hydrocarbon based heat transfer fluid. This invention also includes a method of making nanofluids. No surfactant is used to suspend the pyrogenic nanoparticles in glycols.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 11, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: ACTA Technology Inc
    Inventor: JOHN MELVIN OLSON
  • Publication number: 20130062556
    Abstract: Thermally conductive polymer compositions comprising polymer, highly moisture resistant magnesium oxide, and filler having higher aspect ratio than 5. The compositions are particularly useful for metal/polymer hybrid parts.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 21, 2010
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Inventor: Yuji Saga
  • Publication number: 20130062557
    Abstract: A zero-valent metal polymeric complex supporter (ZVM-PCS) is disclosed. The PCS possesses porous surface and internal coralloid-like channel structure that can accommodate high amount of iron-containing materials and derivatives thereof. The surface pore size, porosity, hydrophilicitv, and internal coralloid-like channel structure of PCS can be tailored through the manufacturing process, with which PCS can be functioned as a regulator for the releasing of produced hydrogen, and also control the adsorption and reactions toward heavy metals and chlorinated volatile organic compounds in water. The hydrogen released from the ZVM-PCS can be applied to anaerobic bioremediation. Moreover, the ZVM-PCS can be filter materials that can be installed in a column or any storage for water and wastewater treatment, or even in a groundwater cut-off barrier for the cleanup of contamination.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: GEONANO ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY, INC.
    Inventors: Yuan-Pang SUN, Chin-Chih TAI
  • Publication number: 20130062558
    Abstract: A molded part having a predetermined shape is provided. The molded part may be formed by casting a liquid crystalline polymer composition into a mold cavity at a relatively low shear rate. Due to the use of a relatively low shear rate, the polymer composition does not generally undergo extensive shear orientation, which can allow the resulting part to be further processed using standard finishing techniques. The ability to use relatively low shear rates during casting is achieved in the present invention through the use of an aromatic amide oligomer. More particularly, the present inventors have discovered that the aromatic amide oligomer can serve as a flow aid by altering intermolecular polymer chain interactions, thereby lowering the overall viscosity of the polymer matrix to “ultralow” levels without having a significant impact on the mechanical properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 27, 2012
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: TICONA LLC
    Inventors: Kamlesh P. Nair, Steven D. Gray, Joseph J. Grenci
  • Publication number: 20130062559
    Abstract: The liquid crystal composition has a negative dielectric anisotropy, and contains a specific bicyclic compound having a large optical anisotropy and negative dielectric anisotropy as a first component and a specific tricyclic compound having a large dielectric anisotropy as a second component, and may contain a specific compound having a small viscosity as a third component, a specific compound having a large dielectric anisotropy and a small viscosity as a fourth component and a specific compound having a large dielectric anisotropy as a fifth component, and the liquid crystal display device includes the composition.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 2, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicants: JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION, JNC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norikatsu Hattori, Kazuhiko Saigusa
  • Publication number: 20130062560
    Abstract: The liquid crystal composition having a negative dielectric anisotropy contains two ring compound having a large optical anisotropy and a negatively large dielectric anisotropy as the first component, three ring compound having a large maximum temperature and a large dielectric anisotropy as the second component, three ring compound having a large optical anisotropy and a large dielectric anisotropy as the third component, and two ring compound having a small viscosity as the fourth component. The liquid crystal display device contains the compositions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 24, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicants: JNC PETROCHEMICAL CORPORATION, JNC CORPORATION
    Inventors: Norikatsu Hattori, Kazuhiko Saigusa
  • Publication number: 20130062561
    Abstract: A phosphor is represented by below formula: AaBbCcDdEe:Mm wherein, M represents at least one activator selected from Mn, Ce, Pr, Nd, Sm, Eu, Tb, Dy, Ho, Er, Tm, Yb and combinations thereof; A represents at least one element selected from Ca2+, Sr2+, Ba2+ and combinations thereof; B represents C4+, Si4+ or Ge4+; C represents B3+, Al3+ or Ga3+; D and E each independently represent at least one element selected from N, O, F and combinations thereof; m+a=2; 0.00001?m?0.1; 0.5?b+c?8; and 0.5?d+e?10. The phosphor has a color render index of greater than 50 and is suitable to be applied in a white LED to improve the color rendering property of the white light. A method of preparing the phosphor is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 9, 2011
    Publication date: March 14, 2013
    Applicant: EPISTAR CORPORATION
    Inventors: Wei-Ting Chen, Ru-Shi Liu, Chien-Yuan Wang