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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8178918 | Charge trap type non-volatile memory device and method for fabricating the same There is provided a charge trap type non-volatile memory device and a method for fabricating the same, the charge trap type non-volatile memory device including: a tunnel insulation layer formed over a substrate; a charge trap layer formed over the tunnel insulation... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177605 | Bowling ball surface treatment device A bowling ball surface treatment device for abrading, polishing or cleansing a bowling ball includes a housing, a ball displacing unit movably mounted to the housing for holding the bowling ball in a rotatable manner and for reciprocatingly displacing the bowling ba... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8175747 | Joinable robot component for robot toy, modifiable robot toy using the joinable robot components, and control method thereof A robot component is provided as assembly units for assembling a robot toy with a great variety of configuration. The robot component has three connectors, i.e., a rotatable connector of a gear shaft, a laterally protruding connector of the gear shaft, and a receiva... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8175274 | Range measurement apparatus and method using chaotic UWB wireless communication An apparatus for measuring a range based on a chaotic ultra wideband (UWB) wireless communication technology is disclosed. The Apparatus includes a chaotic signal generating/modulating unit, a transceiving unit, a detecting unit, a transform unit, a comparison unit,... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8174882 | Method of programming a non-volatile memory device for enhancing a channel boosting of a bit line inhibited from programming A method of programming a non-volatile memory device includes applying a first pass voltage to word lines in a direction of a source select line based on a first word line selected for a program operation, wherein the word lines do not include a second word line adj... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8173924 | Dual function switch assembly A dual function switch assembly includes a switch housing part containing multiple switches at different elevations and a rotor having cam surfaces aligned with the switches for operating the switches. A mounting part is connected to the switch housing part and prov... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8172337 | Toothbrush having needle-shaped bristles with various end points and manufacturing method thereof A toothbrush having needle-shaped bristles with various end points and a method of manufacturing the same. The needle-shaped toothbrush bristle, folded in an asymmetric U-shape to outwardly expose both ends thereof at a height difference ranging from 0.5 to 2 mm and... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8169416 | Capacitive touch screen The present invention provides a capacitive touch screen (1) which includes a substrate (10), a first electrode plate (20), an elastic spacer (30), a second electrode plate (40) and a transparent panel (50). The substrate ( | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167799 | Apparatus and method for monitoring strain and/or load applied to a mammal Apparatus is disclosed for monitoring strain and/or load applied to the body of a vertebral mammal. The apparatus includes means (10, 11) for measuring position of the body relative to an inertial frame of reference and for providing first data indicative of ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167544 | Rotating device to be used in a fluid The invention relates to a rotational device that is to be used in a fluid in order to generate power from the moving stream of a fluid or to convert energy into a motion of a fluid. Said rotational device comprises main rotating means which is fixedly connected to ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167342 | Outer door handle for automotive vehicles An automobile outer door handle, comprising a lever-shaped handle portion which is manually gripped from the door's outer side and which is fitted with at least one bearing element resting in pivotably manner on a mating bearing element of the door and is coupled by... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8167184 | Magazine for use with a nail driving tool A magazine includes a storage for receiving and storing a plurality of strips of nails, and a driving device for driving the strips along a feeding plane towards an outlet end for feeding the tool with the nails. The storage stores the nail strips in a side-by-side ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166908 | Powder spray coating device and powder feeding device therefor Powder spraycoating equipment and powder supply system for same. The powder supply system comprises a closed or closable powder receptacle which is fitted with a cleaning fixture to remove residual powder from a powder chamber of the powder receptacle using compress... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166685 | Identifying animals A identifying device for animals comprising an identifying ring comprising a laser or ink jet marker and/or an electronic transponder intended for being arranged around one of the animal's legs, characterized in that the ring comprises adjusting and latching means, ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8165567 | Method and system for customizing user interface by editing multimedia content Disclosed is a method and a system for customizing a user interface by editing multimedia content, in which, when a user customizes the user interface displayed on a mobile communication terminal according to the preference of the user, the user edits the multimedia... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164709 | Side type backlight module, liquid crystal display, and assembly methods thereof A side type backlight module includes a light guide plate and a circuit board with at least one light emitting device thereon. The light guide plate has a first surface defining a light emitting surface, a second, opposite surface, and a light incident surface conne... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8164478 | Data logger having detachable battery for supplying power for outer sensors and rebroadcasting system using thereof A data logging apparatus is provided with a separate power supply for driving external sensors, a main module including an acceleration sensor, a memory unit, a control unit embedded with a clock unit for operating a measurement value of the acceleration sensor and ... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163654 | Method for fabricating fine pattern in semiconductor device A method for fabricating a fine pattern in a semiconductor device includes forming a first photoresist over a substrate where an etch target layer is formed, doping at least one impurity selected from group III elements and group V elements, of the periodic table, i... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8163199 | Alignment treatment method of substrate for liquid crystal display device and manufacturing method thereof A method for alignment treatment of a substrate for a liquid crystal display (LCD) device includes the steps of: forming an alignment film including a plurality of molecules with curable parts on a substrate; applying an electrical field on the substrate to rotate t... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162579 | Undetachable plastic anchor A plastic, undetachable anchor (10) to affix a component (52) to a support (54), comprising a rectangular affixing aperture (56), the anchor comprising a resilient, flange-like head (12), a hollow shank (16) subtending an ax... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8160966 | Token based new digital cash protocols Digital cash token protocols employ two pairs of private and public keys. Each public key is certified separately and the protocols do not use any blind signature schemes. As a result, the digital cash token protocols provide strong protection of user privacy by usi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8160737 | Machine tool with numerical controller and on-machine measuring device A machine tool is fitted with a position detector for detecting a position of a moving axis of the machine tool and an on-machine measuring device for measurement on the machine tool. An axial position detection signal output from the position detector and a measure... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8159125 | Color temperature adjustable lamp A color temperature adjustable lamp is created through mixture of the color temperature of a low color temperature white LED and a high color temperature white LED. A plurality of different color temperatures in between the color temperature of the low color tempera... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8158100 | Method and composition for preparation of hydrogen peroxide The present invention relates to a method for the preparation of hydrogen peroxide through a continuous process, extracting hydrogen peroxide produced from reduction and oxidation of a working solution and recycling the oxidized working solution back to the reductio... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157715 | Fluid supply assembly for a shaft mounted device A fluid supply assembly for a shaft mounted device, such as an oscillating roller, is disclosed having a fluid powered apparatus comprising a shaft comprising a first fluid passageway extending through a portion of the shaft and exiting at an exit point on the shaft... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8157028 | Masonry drill bit A masonry drill bit includes a cutting insert which is substantially roof-shaped in sideview and has on each side of its “roof” one lip. Each lip includes a leading cutting surface and a trailing free surface, wherein the mutually abutting free surfaces at the r... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156739 | Adiabatic expansion heat engine and method of operating In an adiabatic expansion heat engine, adiabatically expanded low pressure fluid is returned to a source of high pressure fluid through a balance of internal pressures or forces that balances out the resistance to the flow of the fluid being pumped from the low pres... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155789 | Device, method, program and recording medium for robot offline programming An offline programming device for preparing an operation program for making a robot with a hand perform a handling operation for an object with respect to a machine tool. The device includes a hand-position designating section designating a relative positional relat... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8155605 | Apparatus and method for feedforward-type phase noise elimination in portable terminal The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for feedforward-type phase noise elimination in a portable terminal, which detect and eliminate phase-reversed phase noise by subtracting a GSM transmission signal, passed through the power amplifier of a GSM ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154735 | Apparatus for measuring quasi-static error of rotation driving shaft In an apparatus for measuring a quasi-static error of a rotation driving shaft, a positional error and an angular error in each of X, Y, and Z axis directions during rotation of a driving shaft is measured by means of a single measurement apparatus. In the apparatus... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8154491 | Overdrive method for anti-double edge of LCD An overdrive method for anti-double edge of LCD uses: a register unit, a signal processing module including a selection unit and a driving-voltage lookup table (ADE LUT) and a plurality of multiplex processing units to effectively save the resources of hardware and ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152917 | Method for manufacturing concrete containing electric arc furnace dust A method for manufacturing concrete bodies or forms containing electric arc furnace dust in an amount of up to about 4% at elevated temperatures to provide concrete bodies is disclosed. The concrete bodies have improved compressive strength and slump retention capab... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151984 | Dispensing device A dispensing device (1) for separately storing two substances, adapted to dispense and apply proportional amounts of said substances, said device (1) comprising a longitudinal axis (3) about which two receptacles (4, 4′), composed of a ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8149344 | Liquid crystal display having particular capacitor electrodes In a pixel array substrate, scan lines intersect data lines to define first to third sub-pixel regions. First to third conductive parts are respectively disposed in the first to third sub-pixel regions. First to third capacitor electrodes are respectively disposed o... | 04/03/2012 |
| D657015 | Powder spray gun | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145356 | Robot controller for halting a robot based on the speed of a robot hand portion A robot includes a traveling rail supported by struts, and a robot body attached to a slider that slides on the traveling rail. A robot controller includes a speed calculation device for calculating moving speeds of the robot hand portion on the coordinate axes of a... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142595 | Mounting apparatus and mounting method To provide a mounting apparatus for uniting a semiconductor wafer with a ring frame, the wafer having an adhesive sheet stuck on one surface thereof. In the mounting apparatus, a portion of the adhesive sheet is preliminarily peeled off through a preliminary peeling... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141690 | Current collecting contact member In a current collecting contact member 7 that is arranged on the side surface of a vehicle 1 so as to face a train wire 35 laid near a track 30 of the vehicle 1, and is configured so as to collect electric power from the train wire... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8141375 | Device and method for controlling the temperature inside a refrigerating unit of a combined refrigerator-freezer A refrigerator-freezer of the combined type comprises a first and a second refrigerating units and a single cooling circuit for both units, which are fluid-dynamically and reciprocally connected by an air passage conduit; the temperature inside the first unit is con... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8135051 | Gas laser oscillator A gas laser oscillator includes a plurality of discharge tube arrays, each discharge tube array including a plurality of electrical discharge tubes, a support mechanism supporting the plurality of discharge tube arrays, and an optical part optically connecting the p... | 03/13/2012 |
