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Method for growing thin films
InactiveUS6015590AMinimized volumeTrend downAfter-treatment apparatusPolycrystalline material growthChemistryVapor phase
PCT No. PCT / FI95 / 00658 Sec. 371 Date Sep. 25, 1996 Sec. 102(e) Date Sep. 25, 1996 PCT Filed Nov. 28, 1995 PCT Pub. No. WO96 / 17107 PCT Pub. Date Jun. 6, 1996A method for growing a thin film on a substrate. A substrate is placed in a reaction space. The substrate is subjected to at least two vapor phase reactants in the form of vapor phase pulses, repeatedly and alternately. Gas within the reaction space is purged between two successive vapor phase pulses essentially entirely by use of a pump connected to the reaction space. The reaction space is purged between two successive vapor phase pulses such that less than 1% of the residual components from the first vapor phase pulse remains prior to the inflow of the second vapor phase pulse.
Owner:ASM AMERICA INC
Atomic layer deposition apparatus
InactiveUS20060137608A1Uniform thicknessEasy to controlChemical vapor deposition coatingEngineeringAtomic layer deposition
An atomic layer deposition (ALD) apparatus is, suitable for thermal ALD and plasma-enhanced ALD of conductive and non-conductive films. The ALD apparatus can maintain electrical insulation of a gas dispersion structure, such as a showerhead assembly, which acts as an RF electrode to generate plasma inside a reaction chamber while depositing electrically conductive films in the reaction chamber. Fine tubules of micro-feeding tube assembly prevents plasma generation in them and reactive gases each have separate flow paths through the micro-feeding tube assembly. Process gases out of the micro-feeding tube assembly enter narrow grooves of a helical flow inducing plate and form helical flows which mix well each other. Symmetrically mounted pads on showerhead assembly and flow guiding plate maintain a symmetrical gap through which an inert gas flows continuously to keep reactive gases outside the gap and unwanted film deposition in the gap. Longer operating time before maintenance (cleaning) and thus higher productivity can be achieved.
Owner:ASM GENITECH KOREA
Reproduction device, optical disc, recording medium, program, and reproduction method
ActiveUS20060098936A1Improve efficiencyMinimized volumeTelevision system detailsElectronic editing digitised analogue information signalsComputer hardwareVideo decoder
A playback apparatus not only plays back an AV stream recorded on a BD-ROM but also downloads an update kit from a WWW server (500) and writes it on a local HD (12). The AV stream stored in the local HD (12) includes an audio stream for an additional language. A control unit (16) reads the AV stream recorded on the BD-ROM and the AV stream recorded in the local HD (12) in units of access units. An audio decoder (6) obtains a necessary audio frame from the access units read from the BD-ROM and the local HD (12) and plays it back. A video decoder (4) obtains video data from the access unit read from the BD-ROM and plays it back.
Owner:PANASONIC CORP
Dual band radio frequency (RF) and optical communications antenna and terminal design methodology and implementation
ActiveUS8094081B1High bandwidthMinimized massAntenna arraysSimultaneous aerial operationsAntenna designTransceiver
Owner:THE JOHN HOPKINS UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Dual band radio frequency (RF) & optical communications antenna and terminal design methodology and implementation
ActiveUS20120002973A1Increase system capacityLink robustnessWaveguide hornsAntenna arraysAntenna designTransceiver
A dual-band antenna is provided that combines two normally disparate communications modes into a single compact aperture minimizing overall mass and volume, while maintaining high performance efficiency and reciprocity of each individual mode. The antenna is compatible with both optical (near-IR / visible) and RF (microwave / millimeter-wave) transceiver subsystems for high bandwidth communications, applicable primarily to long- to extremely long-range (space-to-ground) link distances. The optical link provides high bandwidth while the RF provides a lower data-rate weather backup, accommodation for traditional navigation techniques, and assistance in cueing the extremely tight optical beam by matching the RF beamwidth to an optical fine-steering mechanism field-of-regard. The configuration is built around a near-diffraction-limited high performance primary mirror shared by both a direct-fed RF antenna design and a Cassegrain optical telescope. Material properties are exploited to combine the optical secondary mirror with the RF feed structure, providing a collimated optical beam interface at the antenna vertex.
Owner:THE JOHN HOPKINS UNIV SCHOOL OF MEDICINE
Compliant seal structures for protected active metal anodes
ActiveUS20070037058A1Reduced ionic contact areaReduce the total massPrimary cell to battery groupingElectrode manufacturing processesOptoelectronicsAnodic protection
Protected anode architectures have ionically conductive protective membrane architectures that, in conjunction with compliant seal structures and anode backplanes, effectively enclose an active metal anode inside the interior of an anode compartment. This enclosure prevents the active metal from deleterious reaction with the environment external to the anode compartment, which may include aqueous, ambient moisture, and / or other materials corrosive to the active metal. The compliant seal structures are substantially impervious to anolytes, catholyes, dissolved species in electrolytes, and moisture and compliant to changes in anode volume such that physical continuity between the anode protective architecture and backplane are maintained. The protected anode architectures can be used in arrays of protected anode architectures and battery cells of various configurations incorporating the protected anode architectures or arrays.
Owner:POLYPLUS BATTERY CO INC
Cellular network service over WLAN
InactiveUS20060045069A1Minimized volumeMaximizing numberNetwork topologiesData switching by path configurationCellular networkLocal area network
A method for communication includes initiating a call between a mobile station in a cellular communication network and a subscriber unit that is accessible via the cellular communication network. A first connection to serve the call is opened between a base station in the cellular communication network and the mobile station. A second connection to serve the call is opened between the mobile station and an access point in a wireless local area network (WLAN). While the first connection is open, data traffic is conveyed between the mobile station and the subscriber unit via the second connection.
Owner:ZEHAVI EPHRAIM
Method and apparatus for bi-layer segmentation
ActiveUS20130230237A1Robust solutionMinimized volumeImage enhancementImage analysisImage basedColor data
A method and an apparatus for bi-layer segmentation of an image or a sequence of images are described. A classifier is derived based on depth data of the image and another classifier is derived based on color data of the image. The image is then segmented by maximizing a weighted sum of matching scores derived from the classifiers based on depth data and color data of the image. The classifier based on color data of the image is derived using color sampling subsequent to generating an initial segmentation of the image.
Owner:INTERDIGITAL VC HLDG INC
Initial connection establishment in a wireless communication system
InactiveUS20070155390A1Minimized volumeEasy to set upRadio/inductive link selection arrangementsNetwork data managementCommunications systemUser equipment
A method, user equipment, network equipment and a system for initiating a wireless connection and subsequent communication over a shared physical resource in a wireless communication system between user equipment and network equipment comprising: processing a UE-derived temporary identifier; communicating the temporary identifier as an identifier to the network equipment; communicating a downlink message conveying the temporary identifier and a description of a scheduled resource on a shared channel, the scheduled resource comprising a resource allocated to the user equipment by the network equipment; and communicating data on the scheduled resource in response to the downlink message.
Owner:IPWIRELESS INC
Apparatus and method for volume adjustment of intragastric balloons
ActiveUS20070173881A1Easy to adaptMinimize nauseaDilatorsTubular organ implantsSurgeryGastric balloon
A gastric balloon and method of adding and removing fluid therefrom are disclosed. The gastric balloon includes a shell, a receiver, and a retractable tubing housed in the receiver and extendable from the stomach of a patient to the mouth of the patient. The shell is inflated and deflated from outside the body of the patient. The method of adding or removing fluid from the implanted gastric balloon includes steps of inserting a gastroscopic tool into the stomach of a patient and grasping an end of a retractable tubing housed in a receiver of the gastric balloon. Further steps of the method include withdrawing at least a portion of the retractable tubing from the stomach and out of a patient's mouth and adding or removing fluid from the gastric balloon via the retractable tubing withdrawn from the patient.
Owner:APOLLO ENDOSURGERY INC
Method for transmural ablation
InactiveUS6896673B2Minimizes the tissue being ablatedVolume andDiagnostic recording/measuringSurgical instruments for heatingBiomedical engineeringOrgan of Corti
A method for transmural ablation using an instrument containing two electrodes or cryogenic probes. A clamping force is exerted on the two electrodes or probes such that the tissue of the hollow organ is clamped therebetween. Bipolar RF energy is then applied between the two electrodes, or the probes are cryogenically cooled, thus ablating the tissue therebetween. A monitoring device measures a suitable parameter, such as impedance or temperature, and indicates when the tissue between the electrodes has been fully ablated.
Owner:ATRICURE
Electron spin resonance microscope for imaging with micron resolution
InactiveUS7403008B2Increase concentrationSmall effective volumeMeasurements using electron paramagnetic resonanceElectric/magnetic detectionPermittivityElectron
ESR microscope systems and methods for examining specimens using both continuous wave and pulsed modes in the 9 to 60 GHz range. The ESR microscope uses an image probe comprising gradient coils in addition to conventional modulation coils (in continuous wave mode) or magnetic field bias coils (in pulse mode), and a resonator constructed from high permittivity material. The systems and methods also involves the use of sample containers that permit the precise placement of samples in relation to the image probe. The microscope uses a microstrip or thin coaxial or dielectric antenna to obtain a high coupling coefficient to the specimen being imaged. The microscope systems provide resolution at the single micron level, and permit the observation of images comprising tens to hundreds of pixels for each of two or three dimensions in a few minutes. Novel stable radicals used as the imaging media are also described.
Owner:CORNELL RES FOUNDATION INC
Internal combustion engine
InactiveUS6880501B2Easy to implementLower emission levelsCombustion enginesEngineeringInternal combustion engine
An internal combustion engine that has a pair of cylinders each having a reciprocating piston connected to a crank shaft by a connecting rod. One of the cylinders is adapted for an air and fuel intake and a compression strokes only, and the other of the cylinders adapted for at least power and exhaust strokes. A conduit exists for transfer of gases from the one into the other cylinder after the compression stroke. The conduit has means for isolating gases in the conduit intermediate the compression and power strokes. Furthermore, the conduit is designed to prevent the transfer of liquefied fuel from the one cylinder to the other.
Owner:MASSACHUSETTS INST OF TECH
Cellular network service over WLAN
InactiveUS7613171B2Attenuation bandwidthMinimized volumeNetwork topologiesSubstation equipmentMobile stationData traffic
Owner:ZEHAVI EPHRAIM
Method and apparatus for quantitative microimaging
InactiveUS20120224053A1Easy to operateSimple designMaterial analysis by optical meansLaboratory glasswaresQuantitative determinationAnalytical chemistry
Owner:BOARD OF RGT THE UNIV OF TEXAS SYST +1
Power inverter
ActiveUS20090040724A1Minimized volumeReduce inductanceConversion constructional detailsSolid-state devicesPower inverterCapacitance
In a power inverter, a coolant passage is fixed to a chassis to cool the chassis; the chassis is divided into a first region and a second region by providing the coolant passage in the chassis; a power module is provided in the first region as fixed to the coolant passage; a capacitor module is provided in the second region; and the DC terminal of the capacitor module is directly connected to the DC terminal of the power module.
Owner:HITACHI ASTEMO LTD
Inflatable cooler
InactiveUS20070023439A1Minimize storage and shipping volumeMinimized volumeLighting and heating apparatusClimate change adaptationChillerEngineering
An inflatable cooler is provided having a rigid base, an upper frame, and an inflatable body having at least one fluid chamber connected to the base and to the upper frame. The inflatable body and the at least fluid chamber is comprised of a flexible material. The cooler has an inflated state in which the at least one fluid chamber is filled with a fluid such as air, thereby increasing the height of the cooler and forming a semi-rigid body structure useful for transporting food and beverages. The cooler has a deflated state in which the at least one fluid chamber is not filled, thereby providing a compact structure conducive for efficient storage and relatively inexpensive shipping.
Owner:IGLOO PROD CORP
Gas separation devices
ActiveUS7517387B2Minimized volumeEasy to operateLiquid degasificationReversed direction vortexPhysiological fluidEffective surface
A description is given of a gas separation device for a physiological fluid, comprising a containing body (6) having at least a first inlet aperture (7) for a physiological fluid, positioned with a tangential direction of access, at least one outlet aperture (9) for the said fluid, spaced apart from the said inlet aperture, and a guide element (17) housed within the said body. The guide element (17) has a continuous active surface (15) designed to contact and guide the said fluid and delimits, together with the containing body (6), a first annular chamber (20) into which the first inlet aperture (7) opens directly.
Owner:GAMBRO LUNDIA AB
High strength, nanoporous bodies reinforced with fibrous materials
ActiveUS7560062B2High modulusHigh strengthLayered productsOrnamental structuresFlexural strengthHigh intensity
This invention discloses improvements that can be achieved in thermal or mechanical performance of aerogel composites via densification. Densified aerogels and aerogel composites can display higher compressive strength, modulus, flexural strength, and maintains or insubstantially increases the thermal conductivity relative to the pre-densified form. In the special case of fiber reinforced aerogel composites densification via mechanical compression can prove highly beneficial.
Owner:ASPEN AEROGELS INC
Method for improving gasification efficiency through the use of waste heat
InactiveUS20070220810A1Enhance energy densityEfficiently gasifyProductsReagentsProcess engineeringEnergy density
A method for recycling the waste heat generated from an external process, which is fuelled by syngas, into a gasification process to enhance the energy density of the syngas produced as well as the overall gasification efficiency of the system. A method is provided for utilizing the waste heat contained in a stream exiting in the syngas fueled process to vaporize water and produce steam. The steam is then upgraded by first exchanging energy with the hot syngas exiting the gasifier and then within the gasifier itself to a temperature where significant steam gasification of the biomass occurs. The process within the gasifier is driven by introducing a small amount of air into the gasifier such that some biomass is directly combusted to provide the heat required by the process.
Owner:ZEROPOINT CLEAN TECH
Method and means for capture and long-term sequestration of carbon dioxide
InactiveUS20090081096A1High heat of reactionHigh regeneration energyCombination devicesGas treatmentSolubilityAmbient pressure
The invention teaches a practical method of recovering CO2 from a mixture of gases, and sequestering the captured CO2 from the atmosphere for geologic time as calcium carbonate and provides a CO2 scrubber for carbon capture and sequestration. CO2 from the production of calcium oxide is geologically sequestered. A calcium hydroxide solution is produced from the environmentally responsibly-produced calcium oxide. The CO2 scrubber incorporates an aqueous froth to maximize liquid-to-gas surface area and time-of-contact between gaseous CO2 and the calcium hydroxide solution. The CO2 scrubber decreases the temperature of the liquid and the mixed gases, increases ambient pressure on the bubbles and vapor pressure inside the bubbles, diffuses the gas through intercellular walls from relative smaller bubbles with relative high vapor pressure into relative larger bubbles with relative low vapor pressure, and decreases the mean-free-paths of the CO2 molecules inside the bubbles, in order to increase solubility of CO2 and the rate of dissolution of gaseous CO2 from a mixture of gases into the calcium hydroxide solution.The CO2 scrubber recovers gaseous CO2 directly from the atmosphere, from post-combustion flue gas, or from industrial processes that release CO2 as a result of process. CO2 reacts with calcium ions and hydroxide ions in solution forming insoluble calcium carbonate precipitates. The calcium carbonate precipitates are separated from solution, and sold to recover at least a portion of the cost of CCS.
Owner:WESTEC ENVIRONMENTAL SOLUTIONS
Devices and methods for treatment of vascular aneurysms
ActiveUS20070050008A1Avoid further expansionUnparalleled durabilityStentsBalloon catheterReticular formationBlood flow
The present invention relates to devices and methods for the treatment of diseases in the vasculature, and more specifically, devices and methods for treatment of aneurysms found in blood vessels. In a first embodiment of the present invention, a two part prostheses, where one part is an expandable sponge structure and the other part is an expandable tubular mesh structure, is provided. In the first embodiment, the expandable sponge structure is intended to fill the aneurysm cavity to prevent further dilatation of the vessel wall by creating a buffer or barrier between the pressurized pulsating blood flow and the thinning vessel wall. In the first embodiment, the expandable tubular mesh structure is placed across the aneurysm, contacting the inner wall of healthy vessel proximal and distal to the aneurysm.
Owner:ENDOLOGIX LLC
Compliant seal structures for protected active metal anodes
ActiveUS7824806B2Reduced ionic contact areaReduce the total massPrimary cell to battery groupingElectrode manufacturing processesTectorial membraneOptoelectronics
Protected anode architectures have ionically conductive protective membrane architectures that, in conjunction with compliant seal structures and anode backplanes, effectively enclose an active metal anode inside the interior of an anode compartment. This enclosure prevents the active metal from deleterious reaction with the environment external to the anode compartment, which may include aqueous, ambient moisture, and / or other materials corrosive to the active metal. The compliant seal structures are substantially impervious to anolytes, catholyes, dissolved species in electrolytes, and moisture and compliant to changes in anode volume such that physical continuity between the anode protective architecture and backplane are maintained. The protected anode architectures can be used in arrays of protected anode architectures and battery cells of various configurations incorporating the protected anode architectures or arrays.
Owner:POLYPLUS BATTERY CO INC
System and method for performing optical navigation using scattered light
ActiveUS8138488B2High contrast frameMinimizing volume of systemSolid-state devicesInvestigating moving sheetsTarget surfaceOptical axis
A system and method for performing optical navigation uses scattered light to produce frames of image data to estimate displacement with respect to a target surface. The scattered light is produced from an illumination beam of light emitted along a first optical axis onto the target surface. The illumination beam of light also produces a specularly reflected beam of light along a second optical axis. The scattered light about a third optical axis, which is offset by a predefined angle with respect to the second optical axis, is received at an image sensor array to produce the frames of image.
Owner:PIXART IMAGING INC
Method and system for nanoscale plasma processing of objects
InactiveUS20050051517A1Permit control of interactionPrecise, short time, nanoscale plasma processingCellsElectric discharge tubesInteraction timeDebye
A plasma processing system includes a source of plasma, a substrate and a shutter positioned in close proximity to the substrate. The substrate / shutter relative disposition is changed for precise control of substrate / plasma interaction. This way, the substrate interacts only with a fully established, stable plasma for short times required for nanoscale processing of materials. The shutter includes an opening of a predetermined width, and preferably is patterned to form an array of slits with dimensions that are smaller than the Debye screening length. This enables control of the substrate / plasma interaction time while avoiding the ion bombardment of the substrate in an undesirable fashion. The relative disposition between the shutter and the substrate can be made either by moving the shutter or by moving the substrate.
Owner:MARYLAND UNIV OF
Surfactant System Method
InactiveUS20070295368A1Improve cleaning efficiencyAvoid damageInorganic/elemental detergent compounding agentsNon-ionic surface-active compoundsWater basedSurface cleaning
The invention relates to the formulation and application of water based predominantly pH neutral microemulsions and microemulsion forming surfactant systems essentially comprising a surfactant or surfactant˜end, lactates)—esters) of lactic acid—and water / brine and optionally solvent. Uniquely the formulations are acid and caustic free and also do not make use of alcohol, glycol and glycol ether components in the systems as co surfactant, co-solvent or mutual solvent. In particular the invention relates to the methods and the application of this microemulsion technology for use in industrial hard surface cleaning applications especially the inks and printing industries and the oil and gas industry. In addition the formulations can be used in the production of microemulsion based drilling muds (which may or may not be Oil Based Muds—OBMs) and they may be used to enhance the drill cuttings slurrification processes for re-injection purposes or for facilitated cuttings transport.
Owner:SURFACTANT TECH +1
Folding Electric Scooter
ActiveUS20090020350A1Easy to transportEasy to storePassenger cyclesChildren cyclesFolded structureRolling chassis
A folding electric scooter comprises a chassis. The front end of the chassis is disposed with a front wheel and a handlebar used to control the direction of the front wheel. The handlebar is a folding structure. The rear end of the chassis is pivotally coupled with a rear rack. The rear rack is disposed with a rear wheel, a motor and a battery. The motor and the battery are used to offer the power to the rear wheel. In addition, the rear rack is disposed with a folding four-bar linkage, which forms the seat. By such arrangements, when the folding electric scooter is not in use, the four-bar linkage can be folded to fold the seat, and the handlebar can be synchronously folded, thus minimizing the whole volume to facilitate the transportation and the storage.
Owner:PIHSIANG MACHINERY MFG
Microemulsion cleaning composition
ActiveUS20090221456A1Improve cleaning efficiencyAvoid damageInorganic/elemental detergent compounding agentsSurface-active detergent compositionsPropionateMicroemulsion
A cleaning composition including which comprises a surfactant and a propionate as co-surfactant and / or co-solvent. The composition can be used, for example, to clean drilling mud containing oils.
Owner:SAS ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LTD
Storage device with optimal compression management mechanism
InactiveUS20040250009A1Minimized volumeData storage is convenientMemory architecture accessing/allocationInput/output to record carriersSolid-state storageMemory interface
The present invention discloses a storage device with optimal compression management mechanism, mainly comprising a controller and at least a solid-state storage medium; where said controller at least has a system interface that may be connected to an external system end, a microprocessor processing system instructions, and a memory interface communicating with said solid-state storage medium; said controller detects and distinguishes the type of raw data to be stored, chooses the compression algorithm and associated parameters most suitable for the raw data, and then compresses the raw data into minimized data in the optimal compression ratio and writes the compressed data into said solid-state storage medium; in that way, the storage device may boost the storage capacity of said solid-state storage medium without increasing physical memory of said solid-state storage medium.
Owner:CARRY COMPUTER ENGINEERING CO LTD
Auto-focus lens module
InactiveUS7262927B1Easy to moveSimple componentsRecord information storageMountingsCamera lensAutofocus
An auto-focus lens module uses electromagnetic force to drive a lens moving for focusing. The auto-focus lens is composed by a lens holder, a coil and an upper frame clipped on outer circumference of a lens so as to form a lens holder set. And the coil is fixed between the lens holder and the upper frame so as to reduce diameter and volume of the coil. Two arched magnets are disposed on left and right sides of the coil and are positioned by a top cover so that the volume of the magnets is reduced. Two springs are disposed on two guide pins on opposite angles, elastically supported between the lens holder and the inner surface of the top cover for providing the lens holder homogeneous support while moving for focusing. Thereby, the components of the lens module are simplified, the volume of the device is minimized, and the lens holder moves stably for focusing.
Owner:E PIN INT TECH +1
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