Patents Issued in November 14, 2013
  • Publication number: 20130299999
    Abstract: Some embodiments include a device having a number of memory cells and associated circuitry for accessing the memory cells. The memory cells of the device may be formed in one or more memory cell dice. The associated circuitry of the device may also be formed in one or more dice, optionally separated from the memory cell dice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Paul A. Farrar, Hussein I. Hanafi
  • Publication number: 20130300000
    Abstract: A microelectronic package may include a stacked microelectronic unit including at least first and second vertically stacked microelectronic elements each having a front face facing a top surface of the package. The front face of the first element may be adjacent the top surface, and the first element may overlie the front face of the second element such that at least a portion of the front face of the second element having an element contact thereon extends beyond an edge of the first element. A conductive structure may electrically connect a first terminal at the top surface to an element contact at the front face of the second element, and include a continuous monolithic metal feature extending along the top surface and through at least a portion of an encapsulant, which is between the top surface and the front face of the second element, towards the element contact.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Hiroaki Sato, Norihito Masuda, Belgacem Haba, Ilyas Mohammed
  • Publication number: 20130300001
    Abstract: The semiconductor device according to the present invention includes a semiconductor layer, an interlayer dielectric film formed on the semiconductor layer, a wire formed on the interlayer dielectric film with a metallic material to have a width of not more than 0.4 ?m, and a broad portion integrally formed on the wire to extend from the wire in the width direction thereof.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 9, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Satoshi KAGEYAMA, Yuichi NAKAO
  • Publication number: 20130300002
    Abstract: A resin-sealed module is provided which reduces the warpage of a substrate and the detachment between a sealing resin and the substrate which occur during re-reflow, has the excellent flatness of the top and bottom surfaces, and reduces the occurrence of the short failures. A resin layer made of a thermoplastic resin is arranged on top of a substrate, and a resin layer made of a thermosetting resin is arranged on top of this resin layer, thereby reducing the warpage of the substrate and the detachment between the sealing resin and the substrate which occur during re-reflow.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Yasuo Yokoyama, Tetsuya Kitaichi
  • Publication number: 20130300003
    Abstract: A method of encapsulating a ferroelectric capacitor or ferroelectric memory cell includes forming encapsulation materials adjacent to a ferroelectric capacitor. forming a ferroelectric oxide (FEO) layer over the encapsulated ferroelectric capacitor, and forming an FEO encapsulation layer over the ferroelectric oxide to provide additional protection from hydrogen induced degradation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Ramtron International Corporation
    Inventors: Shan Sun, Thomas E. Davenport
  • Publication number: 20130300004
    Abstract: A semiconductor device has a substrate. An insulating layer is formed over a surface of the substrate. A semiconductor die is mounted over the surface of the substrate. A channel is formed in the insulating layer around the semiconductor die. An underfill material is deposited between the semiconductor die and the substrate and in the channel. A heat spreader is mounted over the semiconductor die with the heat spreader thermally connected to the substrate. A thermal interface material is formed over the semiconductor die. The underfill material is deposited between the semiconductor die and the substrate along a first edge of the semiconductor die and along a second edge of the semiconductor die opposite the first edge. The channel extends partially through the insulating layer formed over the substrate with the insulating layer maintaining coverage over the substrate within a footprint of the channel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: STATS CHIPPAC, LTD.
    Inventors: DaeSik Choi, JoungIn Yang, Sang Mi Park, WonIl Kwon, YiSu Park
  • Publication number: 20130300005
    Abstract: An air humidifier comprises a base. An opening water tank is integrated into the humidifier base. A water inlet is opening on the upper surface of the casing. The inside of the base is combined with the water tank and an atomizing chamber. The atomizing chamber is composed of a water sub-tank, a water level control board and the bottom of the water tank form a first chamber, A water opening is provided at the bottom of the water tank. A water level control board is provided with a water exit valve corresponding to the water opening. The water exit valve is provided for controlling the flow rate and on/off of the water flow downwardly from the water tank through the water sub-tank. On the water sub-tank is provided with the atomization device and an automatic breaker. The atomization device can be an ultrasonic device or a heater or filter for transforming water into vapor. A fan is installed on the base. A first vapor opening is disposed on the upper surface of the casing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Jack Hou
  • Publication number: 20130300006
    Abstract: A box includes a top panel, a front panel and side panels. An opening is centered on a lower portion of the front panel. A tap is attached to the opening, the tap including a cylindrical body and a shut-off mechanism. An aerator body is fluidly coupled to the fluid flow opening for providing a fluid flow path through the body such that the liquid can pass downward through the aerator body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Shelley A. Santrach, Helen C. Peterson, Jean K. Ringold, Jeff Kuberka
  • Publication number: 20130300007
    Abstract: A fuel carburetor includes a fuel passage, a heat medium passage, a space part, and an absorbent material. Ammonia as fuel flows through the fuel passage. The heat medium passage is arranged adjacent to the fuel passage, and a heat medium flows through the heat medium passage. Ammonia gas leaking out of the fuel passage flows into the space part. The absorbent material is provided in the space part for absorbing the ammonia gas. The fuel carburetor is configured to exchange heat between the fuel flowing through the fuel passage and the heat medium flowing through the heat medium passage so as to heat and vaporize the fuel.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 7, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicants: National University Corporation Nagoya University, DENSO CORPORATION
    Inventors: Takuya Fuse, Kazutoshi Kuwayama, Mitsuhiro Kubota, Ryo Yamanouchi
  • Publication number: 20130300008
    Abstract: A method for forming a structural body includes irradiating a substrate with light having a periodic intensity distribution and a wavelength within a wavelength region which allows the substrate to show opacity thereby forming a periodic structure causing optical diffraction on a surface of the substrate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: TOYO SEIKAN KAISHA, LTD.
    Inventors: Yoshiyuki YUASA, Ken TAKENOUCHI
  • Publication number: 20130300009
    Abstract: A method of forming lenses includes providing a lens handler having a plurality of cavities formed into an upper surface thereof. For each of the cavities, the method includes dispensing a first polymer material into the cavity, pressing a non-planar stamp surface onto the first polymer material wherein an upper surface of the first polymer material is conformed to the non-planar stamp surface, and applying UV light to the first polymer material to cure the first polymer material. A dispenser carrier can be used that includes a plurality of liquid polymer dispensers. A stamp carrier can be used that includes a plurality of stamps each having a non-planar stamp surface. Alternately, a stamp handler having a plurality of stamps arranged along a curved surface can be used to roll along the polymer material such that an upper surface thereof conforms to the non-planar stamp surfaces.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Vage Oganesian, Zhenhua Lu
  • Publication number: 20130300010
    Abstract: The invention provides a method for manufacturing contact lenses, including: (a) mixing a siloxane macromer represented by formula (I), a siloxane macromer represented by formula (II), a hydrophilic monomer, a crosslinking agent and an initiator to form a mixture for manufacturing contact lenses, wherein the mixture for manufacturing contact lenses is free of solvent; and (b) injecting the mixture into a mould of contact lenses and conducting a UV irradiating treatment or a thermal treatment to form contact lenses, wherein formula (I) and formula (II) are shown in following: in formula (I), R1, R2 and R3 are C1-C4 alkyl groups and m is an integer of 10-40, and in formula (II), R4, R5 and R6 are C1-C4 alkyl groups or alcohol groups, R7 is a C1-C4 alkyl group, and n is an integer of 10-130. Also provided are the contact lenses manufactured from the method.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 28, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: BenQ Materials Corporation
    Inventors: Mei-Yun CHANG, Jui-Feng CHUNG
  • Publication number: 20130300011
    Abstract: Since a space between one of a plurality of recessed portions 42c formed in a sub-master substrate 42 and a first molding surface 31 of a master die 30 is filled with a first resin material 41b, the thickness of a sub-sub-master resin layer 51 formed on the entire sub-master substrate 42 can be made relatively small while ensuring the thickness of the first resin material 41b which faces the first molding surface 31. Therefore, warpage of the sub-master substrate 42 caused by the sub-sub-master resin layer 51 can be prevented while easily increasing the positioning accuracy of the master die 30. By providing an annular step 32 in the periphery of the first molding surface 31, a residual film portion 44 which is an outer edge portion of the sub-sub-master resin layer 51 can be formed between the step 32 and the periphery of a recessed portion 42c.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Akihiro Fujimoto
  • Publication number: 20130300012
    Abstract: Described herein are apparatuses and methods of creating fibers, such as microfibers and nanofibers. The methods discussed herein employ centrifugal forces to transform material into fibers. Apparatuses that may be used to create fibers are also described.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Simon Padron, Karen Lozano
  • Publication number: 20130300013
    Abstract: Disclosed are a wet spinning apparatus and a wet spinning method, which enable to manufacture fibers with excellent quality by controlling the flow of a coagulation liquid in a spinning bath and which enable to cope with high speed spinning (or high speed drawing). A wet spinning apparatus comprises a spinning bath at one end in which there are provided a nozzle for discharging a spinning raw liquid and coagulation liquid discharge ports and for discharging a coagulation liquid, at the other end in which there are provided a drawing roll for drawing coagulated filaments and a coagulation liquid recovery portion into which the coagulation liquid flows out. The spinning bath has a coagulation bath portion having a cross sectional area gradually reduced from one end to the other end, for coagulating the spinning raw liquid, and a filament running portion having a cross sectional area gradually enlarged from one end to the other end, for allowing the coagulated filaments to run therein.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: MITSUBISHI RAYON CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Katsuhiko IKEDA, Hiromasa Inada
  • Publication number: 20130300014
    Abstract: The purpose of the present invention is to provide a process for producing a ?-SiAlON having higher fluorescence intensity. The present invention relates to a process for producing a ?-SiAlON, which comprises a mixing step of mixing a raw material powder containing silicon, aluminum and europium, a burning step of burning the mixed raw material under the atmosphere of an inert gas or a non-oxidizing gas to produce a ?-SiAlON represented by the following general formula: Si6-zAlzOzN8-z:Eu (0<z<4.2), an annealing step of annealing the resulting ?-SiAlON, and a step of treating the annealed ?-SiAlON with an acid. The annealing is carried out under a reductive atmosphere at an atmospheric pressure of 100 kPa to 10 MPa inclusive at an atmospheric temperature of 1200 to 1600 DEG C. inclusive for a treatment period of 1 to 24 hours inclusive.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 21, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Denki Kagaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Hideyuki Emoto
  • Publication number: 20130300015
    Abstract: A method is provided for forming a fire resistant cellulose material. Such a method comprises processing cellulose fibers into a fiber mixture, and then forming a wetted mixture from the fiber mixture and a fire-retarding solution, wherein the wetted mixture has a solids content of the fire-retarding solution substantially uniformly and thoroughly dispersed therethrough. In some aspects, a cohesive mixture may be formed from the wetted mixture and a binding agent, and the cohesive mixture then formed into a formed cellulose product. An associated apparatus is also provided.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Daniel Baroux
  • Publication number: 20130300016
    Abstract: A honeycomb extrusion apparatus includes a die body and a mask defining a peripheral gap. The peripheral gap includes a first extrusion cross section at a first radial location relative to the extrusion axis and a second extrusion cross section at a second radial location relative to the extrusion axis. An overall flow area of the first extrusion cross section is less than an overall flow area of the second extrusion cross section. In further examples, methods include co-extruding a honeycomb body with an integral skin with the overall flow area of the first extrusion cross section being less than the overall flow area of the second extrusion cross section. In further examples, methods include compensating for different skin flow characteristics associated with a particular honeycomb network configuration of discharge slots in a die body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas William Brew, Timothy Michael Miller
  • Publication number: 20130300017
    Abstract: A foamed elastic body having low hardness and excellent flatness and smoothness on the outer circumference, and imparting low hardness to the surface of a conductive roll for an electrophotographic machine, in which coating layers having various functions are coated on the outer circumference. A tube-shaped foamed elastic body has a skin layer and open foamed cells on outer and inner circumferences respectively. The body is prepared by heating and cross-linking an outer circumference of a non-cross-linked and non-foamed tube body with a shaft core inserted therein, and removing the core and heating the tube body under normal pressure. The skin layer thickness is preferably in the range of 10 to 100 ?m. The body defines a base layer of a conductive roll, and an outermost layer and an intermediate layer are coated on the outer circumference of the layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 12, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Atsuhiro KAWANO, Kadai TAKEYAMA, Yasuhide WANTANABE
  • Publication number: 20130300018
    Abstract: Absorbable polyester fibers, braids, and surgical meshes with prolonged strength retention have been developed. These devices are preferably derived from biocompatible copolymers or homopolymers of 4-hydroxybutyrate. These devices provide a wider range of in vivo strength retention properties than are currently available, and could offer additional benefits such as anti-adhesion properties, reduced risks of infection or other post-operative problems resulting from absorption and eventual elimination of the device, and competitive cost. The devices may also be particularly suitable for use in pediatric populations where their absorption should not hinder growth, and provide in all patient populations wound healing with long-term mechanical stability. The devices may additionally be combined with autologous, allogenic and/or xenogenic tissues to provide implants with improved mechanical, biological and handling properties.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: David P. Martin, Said Rizk, Ajay Ahuja, Simon F. Williams
  • Publication number: 20130300019
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing polarizable electrode plates for use in an electrochemical capacitor having a high energy storage capacity. The plates are made of a dry activated carbon and modifying agent mixture combined with a binder. The plates are manufactured by mixing and grinding the mixture, combining the mixture with the binder to form a paste, removing free water from the paste, forming work pieces of desired dimensions from the paste, drying the work pieces, and then forming electrode plates from the work pieces by rolling without the use of processing liquids.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: UNIVERSAL SUPERCAPACITORS LLC
    Inventors: Sergey Vladimirovich Tarasov, V. Menukhov, Igor Nikolaevich Varakin
  • Publication number: 20130300020
    Abstract: Thermosetting resins and thermosetting composites comprising the thermosetting resins are hot-formable. The compositions result from contacting at least one thermosetting resin precursor with at least one hardener selected from acid anhydrides in the presence of at least one transesterification catalyst. The thermosetting resin precursor includes hydroxyl functions and/or epoxy groups, and optionally ester functions, and the total molar quantity of the transesterification catalyst is between 5 and 25% of the total molar quantity of hydroxyl and epoxy contained in the thermosetting resin precursor. Methods for manufacturing articles comprising the thermosetting resins and methods for recycling the thermosetting resins are also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: CENTRE NATIONAL DE LA RECHERCHE SCIENTIFIQUE
    Inventors: Ludwik Leibler, Francois Tournilhac, Damien Montarnal, Mathieu Capelot
  • Publication number: 20130300021
    Abstract: A first die is filled with a mixed powder that includes a lubricant powder, and a first pressure is applied to the mixed powder in the first die to form a mixed powder intermediate compressed body. The mixed powder intermediate compressed body is heated to the melting point of the lubricant powder, and the heated mixed powder intermediate compressed body is placed in a second die that has been pre-heated to the melting point of the lubricant powder. A second pressure is applied to the mixed powder intermediate compressed body in the second die to form a high-density mixed powder final compressed body.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 4, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: AIDA ENGINEERING, LTD.
    Inventor: Yoshiki Hirai
  • Publication number: 20130300022
    Abstract: A manufacturing method uses a solid coating die for applying an insulation varnish around a flat wire conductor. The die includes a die body and a die hole formed through the die body, into which the conductor is inserted. The die hole includes an entry portion having a cross section monotonically decreasing along a conductor insertion direction, and a coating portion including at least a sub-portion having a constant cross section. The cross section of the coating portion is a rectangle having four straight sides and four rounded corners. Each inner surface of each straight side has an inwardly projecting protrusion, a top contour of each protrusion being a circular arc, an elongated circular arc, an elliptical arc or a combination of these arcs, the maximum curvature of the top contour of each protrusion being larger than the maximum curvature of inner surface of the rounded corners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 11, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Masayoshi Goto
  • Publication number: 20130300023
    Abstract: A honeycomb extrusion apparatus includes first and second vanes with respective first and second face portions. First and second axial widths of a circumferential feed area are respectively defined between the first and second face portions and the outer feed surface of the die body. In further examples, methods include the steps of selectively adjusting the first axial width and the second axial width of the circumferential feed area by respectively adjusting the first and second vane relative to the mask. In further examples, a honeycomb extrusion apparatus includes a plurality of mask segments that each includes an inner peripheral surface portion. Each of the plurality of mask segments are independently adjustable along a respective radial axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Thomas William Brew, Conor James Walsh
  • Publication number: 20130300024
    Abstract: An apparatus and method are provided for making a conduit divided into channels by one or more strip-shaped substrates. The channels may be used for cables, such as fiber optic cables, coaxial cables, electrical cables, electrical wiring, and the like. Each divided conduit provides channels that allow e.g., cables to be pulled through without snagging or excessive heat build-up due to friction. In addition, the divided conduits do not allow contact or alternation losses between adjacent cables in other channels of the conduit.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 8, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Milliken & Company
    Inventor: Milliken & Company
  • Publication number: 20130300025
    Abstract: A method of forming a solid layer of a semiconducting material on an external surface of a treated mold which extends between a leading edge and a trailing edge comprises selectively modifying a temperature gradient of a mold such that a temperature of the leading edge (T1) is less than a temperature of the trailing edge (T2) to form the treated mold. The method further comprises submersing the treated mold into a molten semiconducting material such that the leading edge of the treated mold is first submersed into the molten semiconducting material. The method also comprises withdrawing the treated mold from the molten semiconducting material to form the solid layer of the semiconducting material on the external surface of the treated mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Corning Incorporated
    Inventors: Glen Bennett Cook, Prantik Mazumder, John Paul Bir Singh
  • Publication number: 20130300026
    Abstract: A method for producing shape memory anti-counterfeiting identifier includes the following steps: a high polymer material with a shape memory function without the need of sunshine cross-linking or chemical cross-linking is directly extruded to become sheet in an extruder or is injected to be molded in an injection molding machine, and the extruded sheet can be a planar sheet or a sheet having a surface on which concave-convex patterns or characters are formed; the above sheet is then heated to the temperature higher than the vitrification temperature and lower than the melting point temperature, and the patterns or characters are pressed on the planar sheet, or the sheet on which the concave-convex patterns or characters are already formed is pressed to become planes or other patterns and characters; the sheet is then cut into small sheets, wherein one pattern or one group of characters is implied on every small sheet, and when the small sheets are again heated to the temperature higher than the vitrification
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2010
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: GUANGZHOU MANBORUI MATERIAL TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Zhongqun Zhang, Yiye Zhang, Lilan Ke
  • Publication number: 20130300027
    Abstract: Several processes for the manufacture of thin-walled tubes are described, including: injection moulding an article and annealing the article, injection moulding a blend of a polymer and a high melt flow polymer, injection moulding a blend of a polymer and nanoparticles or nanocomposites. Using nanoparticles to improve ESCR and/or tear resistance of a polymer or blend is also disclosed.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Viva Healthcare Packaging Limited
    Inventor: Ian Orde Michael JACOBS
  • Publication number: 20130300028
    Abstract: For the purpose of manufacturing a package, an entirety is provided by means of injection moulding, the entirety including a plastic tray (10) having an open side and a ring-shaped plastic cover rim (20) which is located at the open side of the tray (10), at a circumferential rim of the tray (10), and which surrounds that circumferential rim. The cover rim (20) is connected to the tray (10) by means of a relatively thin plastic film, wherein the cover rim (20) and the tray (10) are detached from each other by forcing a limited mutual movement of the cover rim (20) and the tray (10). Furthermore, a piece of cover foil (40) is provided and connected to at least the cover rim (20). Preferably, the cover rim (20) and the tray (10) are adapted to be capable of getting into engagement with each other by means of a snap connection after they do no longer form an integral entirety with each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 20, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Naber Beheer B.V.
    Inventor: Wilhelmus Cornelis Maria Naber
  • Publication number: 20130300029
    Abstract: A method and apparatus for making a lined waterproof footwear product, and footwear product formed there from, are provided. A last, having an exterior surface configured to correspond to the size and shape of the interior surface of the footwear product, is covered with a microcellular lining material. An injection mold comprises shells having a pre-determined configuration to cooperate with the exterior surface of the lining covered last to form: (i) a pre-injection cavity between the shells and the lining covered last when in position in the mold for injection molding; and, (ii) an injection cavity, defining the configuration of the footwear product, between the shells and the lining covered last when injection material is being injected into the injection cavity whereby the injection pressure causes the microcellular lining material to reconfigure the pre-injection cavity.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: GENFOOT INC.
    Inventor: GENFOOT INC.
  • Publication number: 20130300030
    Abstract: A plugging device 100 is provided with: a body 10 that has a depressed portion 10d opened upwardly and a communication path 10e opened to an inner surface of the depressed portion 10d; an elastic plate 20 arranged at the body 10 so as to cover the depressed portion 10d; a bearing 60 that supports the body 10 rotatably around an axis; and a rotary drive unit 40 that rotates the body 10 around the axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 16, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
    Inventors: Masaharu Mori, Ying Gong
  • Publication number: 20130300031
    Abstract: The present invention provides an imprint apparatus which performs an imprint process in which a resin on a substrate is cured while a mold having a pattern formed thereon is pressed against the resin to transfer the pattern onto the substrate, the apparatus comprising a changing unit which includes a contact member having a contact surface that comes into contact with a side surface of the mold, and is configured to apply a force to the side surface of the mold through the contact member to change a shape of the pattern formed on the mold, and an adjusting unit configured to change at least one of an angle and a position of the contact member to adjust a contact state between the contact surface and the side surface of the mold.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hirotoshi Torii, Yusuke Tanaka
  • Publication number: 20130300032
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved microplate which is constructed of at least one frame part and at least one bottom part, where the bottom part has a maximum thickness of 500 ?m.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: GREINER BIO-ONE GmbH
    Inventors: Gunther Knebel, Martin Bechem, Werner Sturmer, Ralph Noll
  • Publication number: 20130300033
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a fibrous separation membrane for secondary batteries, comprising: a support layer containing cellulose fiber; and a first heat-resistant resin layer applied on one side of the support layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 16, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Sun Ok Kim, Young Seuck Yoo, Jin Wook Na
  • Publication number: 20130300034
    Abstract: Methods of fabricating an implantable medical devices such as stents made from biodegradable polymers are disclosed that reduce or minimize chain scission and monomer generation during processing steps. The method includes processing a poly(L-lactide) resin having an number average molecular weight between 150 to 200 kD in an extruder in a molten state. A poly(L-lactide) tube is formed from the processed resin and a stent is fabricated from the tube. The number average molecular weight of the poly(L-lactide) of the stent after sterilization is 70 to 100 kD.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 19, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Yunbing Wang, James OBERHAUSER
  • Publication number: 20130300035
    Abstract: The invention concerns a method for production of a three-dimensional body by successively providing powder layers and fusing together of selected areas of said layers, which areas correspond to successive cross sections of the three-dimensional body, wherein the method comprises the following steps for at least one of said layers: applying the at least one powder layer onto a working area, and fusing together a selected area of the at least one powder layer by supplying energy from a radiation gun to the selected area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 28, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: ARCAM AB
    Inventor: Anders Snis
  • Publication number: 20130300036
    Abstract: The present invention is a method of manufacturing a flexible tubular body for catheter, sheath or similar medical device. The method comprises pre-extruding an inner layer of the body from a thermoplastic polymer and then pulling the inner layer over a mandrel and tightening the layer down. If wire lumens were not integrally formed in the inner layer when pre-extruded, then two polymer spaghetti tubes, each with wire lumens, are laid 180 degrees apart axially along the outer surface of the inner layer. Deflection wires are then fed into the wire lumens. A cylindrical wire braid is woven or pulled over the inner layer (and the spaghetti tubes, as the case may be) and tightened down. The aforementioned components are then encased in an outer polymer layer. A heat-shrinkable tube is then placed over the outer layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Eric John Wilkowske, Allan Manuel Fuentes, Xiaoping Guo, Xuan Yen Khieu, Linda Kay Nemec, Richard E. Stehr
  • Publication number: 20130300037
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for blowing an article with at least one recess.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 10, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Widalys Luz Desoto-Burt, Johann (NMN) Gohlieb Künz, Christian Gerhard Friedrich Gerlach, Brian David Andres, Su-Yon Mcconville, Alfredo Pagan
  • Publication number: 20130300038
    Abstract: A flue gas cooler 11 for cooling raw, hot flue gas from an electric arc furnace of an iron and steel production plant is provided. Each flue gas cooler 11 has a gas inlet chamber 14, a gas outlet chamber 16, and a matrix of gas cooling tubes 18 extending between and into the inlet chamber and the outlet chamber. Each gas cooling tube 18 has a bell-shaped inlet end 19 comprising an aerodynamically curved gas-accelerating profile effective to facilitate streamlined flow of flue gas into the gas cooling tube. The flue gas cooler makes it possible to receive flue gas directly from an electric arc furnace without getting clogged by dust and sublimates present in the flue gas.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 22, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: ALSTOM Technology Ltd
    Inventors: Sivert Ose, Roberto ANTONINI
  • Publication number: 20130300039
    Abstract: A head-mix swirl injector for gas torches. The swirl injector may include an injector body adapted to be disposed in a head of the torch. The injector body may define a swirl baffle, an injector orifice in fluid communication with the swirl baffle, and a mixing chamber in fluid communication with the injector orifice. The swirl injector may further include at least one gas port extending from the mixing chamber to an exterior of the injector body. The mixing chamber may have a larger diameter than the injector orifice.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: The ESAB Group, Inc.
    Inventors: Shiva Perisetty, Gregory Stauffer
  • Publication number: 20130300040
    Abstract: An apparatus is disclosed for magneto-thermal processing of substrates comprises a work surface for supporting a substrate for processing, a source of electromagnetic radiation that delivers an intense electromagnetic field to an area of a substrate disposed on the work surface, and a magnetic assembly that delivers a magnetic field to the area of the substrate. The intense electromagnetic field typically has an energy density of at least about 0.2 J/cm2 and a cross-sectional area typically not more than about 10 cm2. The magnetic field typically has a strength at least about 0.5 T and an area not more than about 10 cm2.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 17, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Stephen MOFFATT
  • Publication number: 20130300041
    Abstract: A gas spring piston (3) includes an external retention feature (254) that is capable of receivably engaging and retention on an associated structural component (1cs). The gas spring piston (204) includes an outer side wall (228), a base wall dimensioned to abuttingly engage the associated structural component (1cs), and at least one external retention feature (254) disposed along the base wall (228). A gas spring assembly (200), a suspension system, a gas spring piston kit, and a method are also included.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 26, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Firestone Industrial Products Company, LLC
    Inventors: Paul P. Koeske, Stephen C. Street
  • Publication number: 20130300042
    Abstract: A spring and damper system, in particular for an assembly mount in a motor vehicle, includes a spring/damper element arranged between two mutually, relatively displaceable vehicle masses, wherein the spring/damper element includes a damper device and a positioning spring element, which are directly or indirectly coupled with one another and are connected in series and which are supported on or attached to a respective vehicle mass. A progressive spring element forms an additional component of the spring/damper element, wherein the progressive spring element is arranged on a side of the positioning spring element facing away from the damper device and is directly or indirectly connected to the damper device or to the vehicle mass facing the positioning spring element. The progressive spring element has a defined gap spacing representing a spring deflection in a defined rest position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Audi AG
    Inventors: Stephan Lamers, Thomas Conrad
  • Publication number: 20130300043
    Abstract: A tubular torsion bar including an elongated inner tube of flexible material having a proximal end and a distal end, an elongated outer tube of flexible material having a proximal end and a distal end, a cylindrically shaped joiner bushing fixedly attached to and positioned partially between the distal end of the inner tube and the distal end of the outer tube with the inner tube and outer tube positioned in coaxial and substantially coextensive concentric nesting positions, external apparatus mounting the joiner bushing to maintain axial alignment of the distal and proximal ends of the inner tube and the outer tube and for limited rotational movement, and a mounting and output system fixedly attached to the proximal ends of the inner tube and the outer tube.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: Todd Michael Whitaker, Adam Cuthbert Pauluhn, Mark A. Beran
  • Publication number: 20130300044
    Abstract: A spring system that has first and second housings and a first mechanical spring connected to the first and second housings. The first and second housings each have a front portion having a front end and rear portion having a rear end and an internal chamber. The front end of the second housing is telescopically inserted into the internal chamber of the first housing. The first mechanical spring is at least partially positioned in the internal chamber of the first and second housings. The first end of the first mechanical spring is connected to a first connection arrangement in the first housing. The second end of the first mechanical spring is connected to a second connection arrangement in the second housing. The first and/or second connection arrangement threadedly engages the first mechanical spring.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 14, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: JACK W. ADOLINE, Phil McConnell
  • Publication number: 20130300045
    Abstract: A holding table for holding a platelike workpiece which includes a base and an annular holding member attached to the base. The annular holding member has an annular holding surface for holding the outer circumferential portion of the platelike workpiece thereon. Accordingly, a central recess is defined by the base and the annular holding member so as to be surrounded by the annular holding member. The annular holding member is formed with a suction opening exposed to the annular holding surface, a vacuum line having one end communicating with the suction opening and the other end connected to a vacuum source, a discharge opening exposed to the annular holding surface at a position radially outside of the suction opening, and a fluid line having one end communicating with the discharge opening and the other end connected to a fluid source.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 6, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: Disco Corporation
    Inventors: Atsushi KOMATSU, Takeshi KITAURA, Masamichi KATAOKA
  • Publication number: 20130300046
    Abstract: A support assembly for servicing a stator frame of a power generator includes a plurality of rails and a trolley. The rails are supported on frame rings of a main housing of the stator frame. The rails have upper surfaces that provide temporary support for lower support surfaces of second laminations of a second stator core once the second laminations are inserted into desired axial positions within the main housing. The trolley is provided for axial movement on the upper surfaces of the rails for inserting the second laminations into the main housing. The trolley includes a lamination-engaging portion including a lamination support surface for supporting upper support surfaces of the second laminations and a plurality of rail wheels provided for axial movement of the trolley within the main housing on the upper surfaces of the rails.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 11, 2012
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventors: TRAVIS J. VITELLO, David T. Allen
  • Publication number: 20130300047
    Abstract: A turntable assembly for a stretch wrapping machine comprises a frame, a hub rotatably mounted to the frame on a shaft, a turntable mounted to the hub, and a plurality of rollers rotatably mounted to the frame defining a generally horizontal supporting plane for the turntable. Each roller has an axis of rotation generally parallel to the supporting plane and generally passing through the turntable axis of rotation. The frame is constructed so as to elastically deform, upon a load being placed upon the turntable that results in the load not being evenly supported by the rollers, to permit the roller axis of rotation to tilt relative to the horizontal supporting plane while still passing through the turntable axis of rotation.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Applicant: LANTECH.COM, LLC
    Inventors: Daniel R. Hendren, Gary L. Peters, Thomas E. Phillips
  • Publication number: 20130300048
    Abstract: A Smooth Disengagement with Quick Clamping Mechanism designed for increasing efficiency and improving the quality of clamping systems that can be used in various vises, C-clamps and all other clamping applications. This invention applies a concept of using two sets of opposing thread angles; one thread set is used at engagement, while the other is used at clamping. By using these two sets of opposing helix angles it creates opposing axial forces against each other, so as to force the clamping thread set to rotate first in the process of releasing a clamping force. This function would prevent a sudden drop in clamping force; a problem most quick clamping designs having in the industry. And, a collar jam preventing device that can stop a collar in the radial direction before it bumps into an axial dead end, which causes a tight jam and becomes hard to crank in the subsequent working cycle.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 4, 2013
    Publication date: November 14, 2013
    Inventor: Ruey Teng Chen