Patents Issued in January 23, 2014
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Publication number: 20140020697Abstract: This invention relates to a wireless charging electronic cigarette case and an electronic cigarette device. The electronic cigarette case comprises a case body to accommodate at least one electronic cigarette, a wireless charging transmitter disposed in the case body, and a first rechargeable battery disposed in the case body to supply power for the wireless charging transmitter. The wireless charging transmitter comprises a transmitting unit to transmit electromagnetic signals, a display unit electrically connected with the first rechargeable battery to test, measure and display quantity of electricity of the first rechargeable battery, and a first circuit processing module electrically connected with the transmitting unit, the display unit and the first rechargeable battery.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventor: Qiuming Liu
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Publication number: 20140020698Abstract: A smoking article comprising a filter section comprising a first region of filtration material for removing particulate matter from a smoke stream, wherein the rod the smoking article is arranged to enhance heat transfer towards the first region of filtration material is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 6, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITEDInventor: Richard Fiebelkorn
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Publication number: 20140020699Abstract: A smoking article comprising at least two of: (a) a tobacco blend comprising one or more tobaccos or tobacco grades with low TSNA and/or metal content; (b) a tobacco blend that has been treated to remove polyphenols and/or peptides; (c) a tobacco substitute sheet comprising a non-combustible inorganic filler, a binder and an aerosol generating means; (d) a high activity carbon comprising a polymer-derived carbon material; and (e) an amine-functionalised chelating resin.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 16, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO (INVESTMENTS) LIMITEDInventors: David John Dittrich, Peter James Branton, Michael Arthur John Bevan
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Publication number: 20140020700Abstract: A package for nail polish appliqués includes a carton having a front wall defining an aperture therein, and an insert sized and shaped to fit inside the carton. The insert has a front wall and a window that projects outwardly from its front wall and through the aperture of the carton when the insert is inserted into the carton. The insert contains a packet of nail polish appliqués, and an object that displays a design corresponding to the design of the nail polish appliqués, wherein the object is displayed through the window. A method for assembling the package is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 14, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Park Global Holdings, LLCInventor: Fa Young Park
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Publication number: 20140020701Abstract: There is an anhydrous topical composition which, when spread on a topical surface and then sprayed with water, becomes effervescent and distributes the topical composition evenly over the surface. The composition has: a) a base compound of a carbonate or bicarbonate salt of an alkali metal or an alkaline earth metal; b) an acid compound; and c) an anhydrous carrier. The base compound and the acid compound are reactable and are present in amounts sufficient to cause the topical composition in suspension to effervesce when the topical composition is exposed to water. The effervescence acts to evenly distribute squalane over the topical surface upon which the composition was initially applied and provides a cosmetic effect if the topical surface is skin.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 5, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventor: Alyson Galderisi
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Publication number: 20140020702Abstract: A method for providing highly luminous or highly masking ornamentation or make-up on a nail and the skin, wherein an applicator filled with a coating liquid which contains at least water and an O/W type emulsion resin and which has tackiness even after drying is used to coat the coating liquid on a nail and the skin in the form of optional shapes and characters, and then the coated drawn lines are dried; a transfer foil is pressed to contact with the coated drawn lines endowed with tackiness; and the foil is peeled off, whereby highly luminous or highly masking drawn lines are transferred, or wherein coloring material powders are pressed to contact with the foregoing coated drawn lines endowed with tackiness without using a transfer foil, and the powders left outside the coated drawn lines are brushed off, whereby highly luminous or highly masking drawn lines are obtained.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 18, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Tamotsu Eguchi, Hisami Tamano, Junya Uehara, Hiroshi Sato, Atsushi Nakashima, Satoru Sumiyoshi, Yuya Nagasaka
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Publication number: 20140020703Abstract: A wig with a band. The band has a length, a width, an inside surface and an outside surface. The inside surface engages a user's head with the wig operatively positioned on the user's head. The outside surface has hair strands strategically projecting therefrom. The band is configured to extend around the user's head to overlie a scalp region extending from the user's forehead to behind each of the user's ears leaving an open top at which the user's scalp is exposed with the wig operatively positioned. The user's natural hair, if any exists, can be blended with the strands on the body with the wig operatively positioned.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventor: Aaron Tiram
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Publication number: 20140020704Abstract: A wig having a body with an inside surface for engaging a user's head and an outside surface. The outside surface has hair strands projecting therefrom. The body is placeable in an operative position on the user's head to cover at least a portion of the user's scalp so that the projecting strands give the appearance of natural hair. Through securing structure, the body is reconfigured to allow at least a part of the body to be borne against the user's head with a selectively variable pressure with the body in the operative position.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventor: Aaron Tiram
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Publication number: 20140020705Abstract: A hair styling tool comprises a central roller (12) having end pieces (14) disposed around the outside of the roller and in which the outside surface (16) of the roller between the end pieces (14) has one or more dividers to form two or more segments (18,19) around the roller. In specific arrangements the roller is hollow and certain segments (19) have holes (30) through which hair treatment may be forced.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 22, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Christopher Peter Parker, Vincenzo LoGiudice
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Publication number: 20140020706Abstract: The invention relates to an assembly for packaging and mixing cosmetic products, comprising: —a container containing a first cosmetic product, —a means for dispensing a portion of the first cosmetic product onto a mixing surface connected to the container, —a packaging means which is fitted on a holder connected to the container and has at least one compartment containing a dose of a second cosmetic product. According to the invention, the packaging means is designed to discharge all of a dose of second product contained in a compartment over the mixing surface.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 20, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: L'OREALInventor: Laure Thiebaut
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Publication number: 20140020707Abstract: The invention a piezoelectric self-cleaning apparatus, such as a chemical injection pump. The chemical injection pump is self-cleaning by employing either as an integral part or as an added part, a piezoelectric component that implosively cleans the pump head. This invention involves a liquid delivery system made of a liquid processing path and a piezoelectric actuator connected to or integral with said liquid processing path to enhance removal of unwanted solids from the liquid processing path or to maintain a blend, mix and/or integrity of a liquid chemical, wherein the liquid chemical does not precipitate particles, crystallize, separate or come out of solution.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Scientific Industrial Nano Engineering, LLCInventor: John Bowman
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Publication number: 20140020708Abstract: Systems and methods for edge exclusion control are described. One of the systems includes a plasma chamber. The plasma processing chamber includes a lower electrode having a surface for supporting a substrate. The lower electrode is coupled with a radio frequency (RF) power supply. The plasma processing chamber further includes an upper electrode disposed over the lower electrode. The upper electrode is electrically grounded. The plasma processing chamber includes an upper dielectric ring surrounding the upper electrode. The upper dielectric ring is moved using a mechanism for setting a vertical position of the upper dielectric ring separate from a position of the upper electrode. The system further includes an upper electrode extension surrounding the upper dielectric ring. The upper electrode extension is electrically grounded. The system also includes a lower electrode extension surrounding the lower dielectric ring. The lower electrode extension is arranged opposite the upper electrode extension.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Lam Research CorporationInventors: Keechan Kim, Yansung Kim
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Publication number: 20140020709Abstract: A plasma etching apparatus includes an electrostatic chuck and an etching gas supply unit for supplying an etching gas to a processing space between a first and a second electrode to perform a dry etching process on the target object. The apparatus further includes a cleaning gas supply unit for supplying a cleaning gas to a processing space; a first high frequency power supply unit for supplying a first high frequency power to the first electrode; and a controller for controlling the first high frequency power supply unit such that a first period during which the first high frequency power has a first amplitude that generates the plasma and a second period during which the first high frequency power has a second amplitude that generates substantially no plasma are alternately repeated at a specific cycle when the plasma cleaning is performed in the processing chamber without the target object.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: TOKYO ELECTRON LIMITEDInventor: Takamichi KIKUCHI
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Bound Arrangement Of Cloth Panels For Ease Of Use And To Reduce Cross Contamination During Cleaning.
Publication number: 20140020710Abstract: Improvements in a cleaning or polishing device made from a minimum of two approximately hand-sized cloth panels that are rotated sequentially after becoming soiled is disclosed. Each of the panels can be visually discriminated from the others by a plurality of indicia, consisting of numbers, symbols, tabs, objects, colors, letters, further being in a recognizable sequence by the user or to indicate purpose or task orientation. The cleaning or polishing device also includes the method of using the panels by following a simple and efficient series of directions as to how to rotate the panels and using each of the panels in a preferred order of use, thus maximizing the use of the surface area of the material and eliminating waste or contamination.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Todd Allen Williams, Cynthia Kay Williams -
Publication number: 20140020711Abstract: Peroxygen containing cleaning substrates, such as wipes and sponges which exhibit improved storage stability, and in preferred embodiments, also exhibit an antimicrobial benefit to hard surfaces treated with the peroxygen containing cleaning substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 9, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Reckitt Benckiser LLCInventor: Matthew Kaser
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Publication number: 20140020712Abstract: The present invention includes methods and materials for cleaning materials, particles, or chemicals from a substrate with a brush or pad. The method comprising: engaging a surface of a rotating wafer with an outer circumferential surface of a rotating cylindrical foam roller, the cylindrical foam roller having a plurality of circumferentially and outwardly extending spaced apart nodules extending from the outer surface, each nodule defining a height extending from the outer surface of the cylindrical foam roller to a substrate engagement surface of the nodule, the substrate engagement surface of one or more of the nodules having a rounded configuration; and positioning the cylindrical foam roller on the substrate such that the one or more nodules are positioned to have only the rounded substrate engagement surface contact the substrate such that no linear surface of the one or more nodules contacts the substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 17, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Entegris, Inc.Inventor: Briant Enoch Benson
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Publication number: 20140020713Abstract: A dry-type cleaning chassis includes an internal space in which cleaning media are flown, an opening part configured to be in contact with a cleaning object, an air inlet duct configured to introduce external air into the internal space, a suction port that vacuums the air introduced into the internal space from the air inlet duct and causes a circulating air flow to be generated in the internal space, a flow path limiting member that regulates a circulating axis of the circulating air flow within the internal space, a cleaning media discharge outlet that is in communication with an exterior of a circulating flow path of the circulating air flow and is configured to discharge the cleaning media from the circulating flow path to the exterior, and a cleaning media guide member that guides the cleaning media to the cleaning media discharge outlet.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 29, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Yuusuke TANEDA, Akihiro Fuchigami, Kohji Tsukahara, Kakuji Murakami, Shozo Murata
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Publication number: 20140020714Abstract: Disclosed herein is a non-contact multi-transfer apparatus, including: an air module spraying and sucking air to an object to be transferred; a lower housing having an opening corresponding to the air module and mounting the air module thereon; an upper housing engaged with an upper portion of the lower housing and having a connection part on one side of an upper surface thereof; and a transfer guide part provided at both sides or one side of the upper housing or the lower housing for a transfer.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Yong Kwan Lee, Sun Kim, Hyun Su Kim
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Publication number: 20140020715Abstract: A wash unit for washing a gas turbine compressor include a wash fluid delivery system for injecting wash fluid into a compressor; one or more sensors for indicating one or more of wash fluid levels, temperature and quality; a unit controller for receiving information from the one or more sensors and controlling one or more components of the transportable wash unit; and a mobility unit for mobilizing the transportable wash unit.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 2, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: EcoServices, LLCInventors: Johan Sebastian Nordlund, Henrik Amcoff, Rodney W. Kohler, Thomas Wagner
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Publication number: 20140020716Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention include a hose handling system having a hose guide plumbed via a wash line to a fluid delivery device. The hose guide includes a pulley installed on a frame member, and a spray nozzle adapted to dispense a wash mixture. The hose guide is adapted to guide a hose as the hose is inserted into or withdrawn from a manhole, with the hose traversing the pulley. The wash mixture can be delivered through a wash line to the hose guide, which sprays the wash mixture on the hose in order to reduce or eliminate gross contamination or microbial contamination on the hose. The wash mixture typically, but not necessarily, has a freezing point below 32 F and includes: a quaternary ammonium compound, an alcohol or glycol, an alcohol ethoxylate, and a fragrance.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 27, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventor: Thomas P. Suiter
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Publication number: 20140020717Abstract: A cleaning device for cleaning an interior wall of a container includes a rotatable driveshaft which is supported in a nozzle head mounted for rotation about an axis extending transversely to the driveshaft. A nozzle holder is mounted on the driveshaft has an arm for holding a nozzle for ejecting a liquid under pressure. The driveshaft and/or the nozzle head are reversibly pivotable via a gear mechanism, with an auxiliary drive connected to the gear mechanism for driving the nozzle holder.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Hammelmann Maschinenfabrik GmbHInventors: Paul Schoening, Michael Jarchau
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Publication number: 20140020718Abstract: A dishwasher comprises a treating chamber for receiving dishes therein for treatment according to a cycle of operation, at least one sprayer providing a spray of liquid into the treating chamber, and an ozone generator for selectively providing ozone gas to the treating chamber for sanitizing the dishes in the treating chamber during a cycle of operation.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 9, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Whirlpool CorporationInventors: PAUL E. BESHEARS, JR., JONATHAN D. GEPHART, SAADAT HUSSAIN, MARK M. SENNINGER, ELLIOTT V. STOWE
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Publication number: 20140020719Abstract: A soiled surface cleaning system is described for pre spraying soiled surface areas, and for rinsing and extracting the pre sprayed soiled surface areas, wherein the pre spraying of the soiled surface areas does not have to be stopped in order to perform the rinsing and extracting of the pre sprayed soiled surface areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventor: Edward Michael Kubasiewicz
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Publication number: 20140020720Abstract: A plating apparatus includes: a plating bath configured to store a plating solution therein; a substrate transport device configured to remove a substrate before plating from a substrate cassette and return the substrate after plating to the substrate cassette; a substrate holder configured to detachably hold the substrate with a sealing member sealing a peripheral portion of the substrate and immerse the substrate in the plating solution in the plating bath; a dummy substrate arranged in a position accessible by the substrate transport device; and a substrate holder cleaning bath configured to immerse the substrate holder in a cleaning liquid to clean the substrate holder when holding the dummy substrate with the sealing member sealing a peripheral portion of the dummy substrate.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Jumpei FUJIKATA, Masashi SHIMOYAMA
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Publication number: 20140020721Abstract: A substrate processing method and apparatus for preventing evaporation of an anti-drying fluorine-containing organic solvent from a substrate during transportation of the substrate into a processing container and can prevent decomposition of a fluorine-containing organic solvent in the processing container. A substrate, the surface of which is covered with a first fluorine-containing organic solvent, is carried into a processing container. The first fluorine-containing organic solvent is removed from the substrate surface by forming a high-pressure fluid atmosphere of a mixture of the first fluorine-containing organic solvent and a second fluorine-containing organic solvent, having a lower boiling point than the first fluorine-containing organic solvent, in the processing container e.g. by supplying a high-pressure fluid of the second fluorine-containing organic solvent into the processing container.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 15, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Hidekazu HAYASHI, Yohei SATO, Hisashi OKUCHI, Hiroshi TOMITA, Kazuyuki MITSUOKA, Gen YOU, Hiroki OHNO, Takehiko ORII, Takayuki TOSHIMA
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Publication number: 20140020722Abstract: The invention relates to coated glass as well as a method for its manufacture.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventor: Karl-Heinz Wendt
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Publication number: 20140020723Abstract: The invention pertains to a self-contained modular system for cleaning porous mats. The cleaning comprises: a housing having a top and bottom orientation and having a front face defining at least an inlet; at least one conveyor in the housing having an upstream and downstream orientation and having an upstream end disposed at the inlet; a solvent application mechanism downstream of the upstream end for applying solvent to the mat; and a basin under at least a portion of the conveyor for collecting solvent and debris falling from the mat. The conveyor is configured to draw the mat into the housing edge-wise, and the downstream end is positioned in relation to an outlet such that the mat is channeled though the outlet as it exits the downstream end.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 12, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventor: James Murphy
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Publication number: 20140020724Abstract: A rinsing device is comprised of a rinsing head including a first flow path extending horizontally, and a second flow path extending horizontally and being disposed below or above the first flow path so as not to communicate with the first flow path; one or more nozzles arranged horizontally and projecting vertically downward from the rinsing head; and one or more sliding members including passages in fluid communication with the nozzles, the sliding members slidably fitting in the rinsing head and being movable between a first position to place the passages in fluid communication with the first flow path and a second position to place the passages in fluid communication with the second flow path.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 16, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventor: Hiroyasu TSUKIOKA
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Publication number: 20140020725Abstract: An umbrella has a central shaft, a crown, a runner, a plurality of ribs, and a plurality of stretchers. The crown is a polygon each side of which includes a pivot pin mounted in a perpendicular direction to pivotally connect the upper end of a respective one of the ribs to the crown. The runner is a polygon and has a pivot pin mounted to each side in perpendicular direction to pivotally connect the lower end of a respective one of the stretchers to the runner. When the umbrella is closed, each of the ribs and the stretchers is collapsed in a tangential angle to set at one side of the central shaft and the runner and is not interfered with by the central shaft and the runner.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: JOEN-SHEN MA, YUNG CHENG MA
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Publication number: 20140020726Abstract: A hunting blind includes frame formed by first and second tubular support poles into which first and second rods, respectively, are slideably received. A connector of the frame couples the first and second tubular support poles in a manner that enables those poles to pivot with respect to each other. A brace pole engages the connector. A sheet is attached to each of the first and second support poles and the first and second rods, such as by caps placed onto ends of the support poles and rods. When the rods are extended from the support poles, the sheet is held taut on the frame forming a wall held upright by the brace pole and behind which a hunter can sit. Another embodiment of the hunting blind is formed by connecting two such frames together to form an enclosure for a hunter.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Jason Nicholas Nolz, Tad Brown, Ronald R. Mears
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Publication number: 20140020727Abstract: An erectable canopy framework comprising a base frame and a roof frame. The roof frame is operative to support a canopy above the base frame and is removably mountable to the base frame. The base frame includes a plurality of upright support members, a plurality of cross members, each interconnecting adjacent upright support members, and a plurality of mounts disposed on the upright support members. Each mount includes a mount opening and each cross member includes a scissor assembly to permit movement of the base frame between expanded and a collapsed states. The mounts are operative to fasten the cross members to the upright support members. The roof frame includes a plurality of rafters each connectable to a corresponding mount opening. The framework comprises a plurality of rafter fittings each adapted for insertion into a corresponding mount opening and connectable to a corresponding rafter.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 3, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: KD Kanopy, Inc.Inventor: KD Kanopy, Inc.
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Publication number: 20140020728Abstract: An apparatus, a method, and a computer program product are provided. The apparatus may be an electronic component. The electronic component includes at least one energy harvester coupled between at least one pair of hot and cold regions of the electronic component and configured to convert thermal energy to electrical energy in order to provide power to at least the electronic component, the at least one energy harvester including a radiative thermal channel or a conductive thermal channel. A first end of the conductive thermal channel is coupled to a first semiconductor material and a second end of the conductive thermal channel is coupled to a second semiconductor material, the first semiconductor material being coupled to the hot region and isolated from the cold region and the second semiconductor material being coupled to the cold region and isolated from the hot region.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 20, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: QUALCOMM INCORPORATEDInventor: Woo Cheol Chung
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Publication number: 20140020729Abstract: A thermoelectric conversion element includes a p-type metal thermoelectric conversion material containing a metal as its main constituent, an n-type oxide thermoelectric conversion material containing an oxide as its main constituent, and a composite oxide insulating material containing a composite oxide as its main constituent. The p-type metal thermoelectric conversion material and the n-type oxide thermoelectric conversion material are directly bonded in a region of a junction plane between the p-type metal thermoelectric conversion material and the n-type oxide thermoelectric conversion material, and the p-type metal thermoelectric conversion material and the n-type oxide thermoelectric conversion material are bonded to each other with the composite oxide insulating material interposed therebetween so as to define a pn conjunction pair in the other region of the junction plane. A perovskite-type oxide is used as the n-type oxide thermoelectric conversion material.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 10, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: MURATA MANUFACTURING CO., LTD.Inventor: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
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Publication number: 20140020730Abstract: Embodiments of the invention provide systems and methods for generating and delivering electricity and/or hot water for combined heat and power (CHP) using one or more fuels. In many embodiments, the system can be used to provide efficient electrical, heating and cooling utilities to a residential household or group of households. Embodiments of the system can be configured for specific heat flow, while minimizing losses and maximizing total system efficiency. Embodiments also provide for stackable energy generation modules allowing the system to be placed in or nearby a residence to provide power to the residence. Embodiments also provide a control system which can be configured to monitor household electrical usage and dynamically regulate the system to operate at maximum efficiency as well as sell power to an external grid.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 11, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: InCube Labs, LLCInventors: Mir Imran, Matthew Harrison, Brent Nowak, Cody Lee
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Publication number: 20140020731Abstract: A portable self-sustained power system including, a transportable platform, a plurality of solar array racking structures. The system includes a plurality of solar panels securely mounted upon said solar array racking structures thereby supporting the solar panels to form a plurality of planar solar arrays. The system further includes a plurality of hinge posts, each respectively connected near the corners of said transportable platform. The system further includes a plurality of solar array support frames, each of the solar array support frame vertically hinged to respective hinge posts, wherein the respective solar array support frame is capable of rotating at various angles around the vertical axis of the respective hinge post. The system further includes a plurality of horizontal hinges; each horizontal hinge rotatably interconnected between the solar arrays and the plurality support frames respectively, each respective hinge capable of rotatably positioning the respective solar array at various angles.Type: ApplicationFiled: December 6, 2011Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Ofir Levi, Eyal Levi, Amnon Rogev, Lior Levi
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Publication number: 20140020732Abstract: The present invention relates to a solar cell array configuration comprising a plurality of solar cells provided on at least one substrate, a plurality of contact pads, one contact pad for each of the plurality of solar cells, provided on the at least one substrate, electrical wiring connecting each of the plurality of solar cells with a corresponding one of the plurality of contact pads and a diode electrically connected with at least two of the plurality of solar cells.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 23, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: SOITEC SOLAR GMBHInventors: Eckart Gerster, Martin Ziegler
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Publication number: 20140020733Abstract: A photovoltaic device including a substantially planar photon source facing side, a plurality of edges extending around the perimeter defined by the photon source facing side, and an edge insulator arranged to prevent at least one edge of the plurality of edges from coming into electrical contact with a neighbouring electrically conductive element when the photovoltaic device is arranged as part of an array of photovoltaic devices.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 26, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: John Beavis LASICH, Pierre Jacques VERLINDEN
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Publication number: 20140020734Abstract: An edge seal extruded onto at least a portion of one or more edges of a photovoltaic module is disclosed. A method for making a photovoltaic module comprising an extruded edge seal is also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Christopher Baker, Casimir Kotarba, Karina Krawczyk, Paul Nawrocki, Nicholas St. John
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Publication number: 20140020735Abstract: The present invention makes it possible to prevent breakage such as cracking in a light-weight solar cell module. It is achieved by using a resin substrate solar cell module including a plurality of solar cells, a plurality of support posts disposed between the adjacent solar cells, and two transparent resin substrates, in which the plural solar cells and support posts are disposed between the two transparent resin substrates, a void section between the two transparent resin substrates is filled with a transparent filled resin, and peripheries of the two transparent resin substrates are welded with a resin having a repeating unit identical to the transparent resin substrates.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 19, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: HITACHI HIGH-TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATIONInventors: Susumu WATANABE, Naoki YOSHIMOTO, Junji OTAKE
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Publication number: 20140020736Abstract: Disclosed is a method for producing a CIS-based thin film based on self-accelerated photoelectrochemical deposition. The method includes 1) mixing precursors of elements constituting a CIS-based compound with a solvent to prepare an electrolyte solution, 2) connecting an electrochemical cell including a working electrode, the electrolyte solution and a counter electrode to a voltage or current applying device to construct an electro-deposition circuit, 3) irradiating light onto the working electrode while at the same time applying a cathodic voltage or current to the working electrode to induce self-accelerated photoelectrochemical deposition, thereby electro-depositing a CIS-based thin film, and 4) annealing the electro-deposited CIS-based thin film under a gas atmosphere including sulfur or selenium.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 7, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: KOREA INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGYInventors: Doh-Kwon LEE, Hong Gon KIM, Min Jae KO, Jin Young KIM, Da Woon JEONG, Bong Soo KIM
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Publication number: 20140020737Abstract: Provided are a silver nanowire conductive film coated with an oxidation protection layer and a method for fabricating the same. A silver nanowire conductive film coated with an oxidation protection layer includes: a substrate; silver nanowires disposed on the substrate; and an oxidation protection layer coated on the silver nanowires, wherein the oxidation protection layer comprises an oxide.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 17, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Hyun Suk JUNG, Dong Jun LEE, Yun Jin AN, Gi Ra YI
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Publication number: 20140020738Abstract: A solar cell that can increase open-circuit voltage compared to the conventional solar cell, and as a result, can increase conversion efficiency. The solar cell includes a first absorber layer and a second absorber layer, wherein the first absorber layer is a p-type semiconductor layer containing a Ib group element, a IIIb group element, and a VIb group element and including a peak of luminescence whose half width is not less than 1 meV and not more than 15 meV in a photoluminescence spectrum or a cathodoluminescence spectrum; and the second absorber layer contains a Ib group element, a IIIb group element, and a VIb group element, the composition ratio of the Ib group element to the IIIb group element is not less than 0.1 and less than 1.0, and the second absorber layer is provided on the side of the light entering surface of the first absorber layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 28, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicants: UNIVERSITE DU LUXEMBOURG, TDK CORPORATIONInventors: Yasuhiro Aida, Valerie Depredurand, Susanne Siebentritt
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Publication number: 20140020739Abstract: Tandem electro-optic devices and active materials for electro-optic devices are disclosed. Tandem devices include p-type and n-type layers between the active layers, which are doped to achieve carrier tunneling. Low bandgap conjugated polymers are also disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 29, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: The Regents of The University of CaliforniaInventors: Yang Yang, Letian Dou, Jing-Bi You
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Publication number: 20140020740Abstract: Provided is a solar cell having improved photoelectric conversion efficiency. The solar cell (1) contains: a substrate (10) comprising a semiconductor material having one type of conductivity; a first semiconductor layer (12n) having the one type of conductivity; and a second semiconductor layer (17n) having the one type of conductivity. The first semiconductor layer (12n) is arranged on one main surface of the substrate (10). The second semiconductor layer (17n) is arranged on the other main surface of the substrate (10). The solar cell (1) is configured such that the strength of the electric field formed by the second semiconductor layer (17n) is greater than the strength of the electric field formed by the first semiconductor layer (12n).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 23, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Isao Hasegawa, Toshio Asaumi, Hitoshi Sakata
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Publication number: 20140020741Abstract: A solar cell having improved carrier collection efficiency is provided. A solar cell (1) is provided with a semiconductor substrate (10) having one type of conductivity, a first semiconductor layer (12n), a second semiconductor layer (13p), a first electrode (14), and a second electrode (15). The first semiconductor layer (12n) is arranged on one main surface (10b) of the semiconductor substrate (10). The first semiconductor layer (12n) has the one type of conductivity. The second semiconductor layer (13p) is arranged on the one main surface (10b) of the semiconductor substrate (10). The second semiconductor layer (13p) has the other type of conductivity. The first electrode (14) is connected electrically to the first semiconductor layer (12n). The second electrode (15) is connected electrically to the second semiconductor layer (13p). The thickness of the second semiconductor layer (13p) is thinner than the thickness of the first semiconductor layer (12n).Type: ApplicationFiled: September 24, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Isao Hasegawa, Toshio Asaumi, Hitoshi Sakata
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Publication number: 20140020742Abstract: A photovoltaic device is provided with: an i-type amorphous layer formed over a region of at least a part of a back surface of a semiconductor substrate; and an i-type amorphous layer formed over a region of at least a part of a light-receiving surface of the semiconductor substrate. No electrode is provided on the light-receiving surface, and an electrode is provided on the back surface. An electrical resistance per unit area of the i-type amorphous layer is lower than an electrical resistance per unit area of the i-type amorphous layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 25, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: SANYO Electric Co., Ltd.Inventors: Isao HASEGAWA, Toshio ASAUMI, Hitoshi SAKATA, Toshiaki BABA
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Publication number: 20140020743Abstract: A method of manufacturing a solar cell comprising steps of: (a) preparing a semiconductor substrate; (b) forming a metal thin film by vapor deposition on the back side of the semiconductor substrate; (c) applying a thick film conductive paste on the front side of the semiconductor substrate; and (d) firing the metal thin film and the applied thick film conductive paste to form a thin film electrode and a thick film electrode respectively.Type: ApplicationFiled: July 23, 2012Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: E I DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANYInventor: TAKUYA KONNO
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Publication number: 20140020744Abstract: A device includes a back contact, an absorber layer coupled to the back contact, a buffer layer coupled to the absorber layer; and an amorphous transparent conductive layer coupled to the buffer layer, wherein the amorphous transparent conductive phase is characterized by, as a function of composition, i) a range of band gaps and ii) a range of work functions.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 3, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Inventors: Peter Hersh, Maikel van Hest, David Ginley, John Perkins, Vincent Bollinger
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Publication number: 20140020745Abstract: Dye-sensitized semiconducting metal oxide films for photoanodes, photoanodes incorporating the films and DSCs incorporating the photoanodes are provided. Also provided are methods for making the dye sensitized semiconducting metal oxide films. The methods of making the films are based on the deposition of an encapsulating layer of a semiconducting metal oxide around the molecular anchoring groups of photosensitizing dye molecules adsorbed to a porous film of the semiconducting metal oxide. The encapsulating layer of semiconducting metal oxide is formed in such a way that it is not coated over the chromophores of the adsorbed dye molecules and, therefore, allows the dye molecules to remain electrochemically addressable.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 14, 2013Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITYInventor: Northwestern University
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Publication number: 20140020746Abstract: A method of forming point metal electrical contacts to a semiconductor surface of a semiconductor device is provided. In a first step a first metal layer is formed over the semiconductor surface. The first metal layer is then anodised to create a porous metal-oxide layer formed over the semiconductor surface. The pores in the porous metal-oxide layer will thus form an array of openings in the porous metal-oxide layer. A contact metal layer is then formed over the porous metal-oxide layer such that parts of the contact metal layer extend into openings of the array of openings. The contact metal layer electrically contacts the semiconductor surface through the array of openings in the porous metal-oxide layer. A dielectric layer may optionally be formed over the semiconductor surface and the porous metal-oxide layer the formed over the dielectric layer and the contact metal then contacts the semiconductor surface through the dielectric layer.Type: ApplicationFiled: May 17, 2011Publication date: January 23, 2014Applicant: NewSouth Innovations Pty LimitedInventors: Alison Joan Lennon, Pei Hsuan Lu, Yang Chen