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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8181504 | Smoke evaluating device and related method A smoke evaluation device includes a manifold in fluid communication with a source of smoke, and a first sampling line and a second sampling line in fluid communication with the manifold. The first sampling line and the second sampling line are arranged to convey pa... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8167156 | Convertible child-resistant vial The convertible child-resistant vial includes a container having an aperture and a peripheral wall and being provided with a first connection element in the form of contiguous locking and freeing housings provided in a collar extending from the peripheral wall; and ... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8160215 | Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Embodiments of the invention provide a system for enhancing user interaction with Interactive Voice Response (IVR) destinations, the system comprising: a processor; and a memory coupled to the processor, the memory comprising: data encoding a database, the database ... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8155280 | Systems and methods for visual presentation and selection of IVR menu Embodiments of the invention provide a system for generating an Interactive Voice Response (IVR) database, the system comprising a processor and a memory coupled to the processor. The memory comprising a list of telephone numbers associated with one or more destinat... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8153499 | Method for fabrication of a semiconductor device and structure A method of manufacturing a semiconductor wafer, the method including: providing a base wafer including a semiconductor substrate, metal layers and first alignment marks; transferring a monocrystalline layer on top of the metal layers, wherein the monocrystalline la... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8148728 | Method for fabrication of a semiconductor device and structure A method for fabrication of 3D semiconductor devices utilizing a layer transfer and steps for forming transistors on top of a pre-fabricated semiconductor device comprising transistors formed on crystallized semiconductor base layer and metal layer for the transisto... | 04/03/2012 |
| D655753 | Writing instrument | 03/13/2012 |
| 8128209 | Ink cartridge for inkjet printer An ink cartridge includes a main body and a cover. A liquid storing chamber and an air introducing post for communicating the liquid storing chamber with the outside atmosphere are disposed in the main body. A liquid filling port is disposed on the cover. A balancin... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8128203 | Ink-jet printhead and manufacturing method thereof The present invention provides a process for manufacturing an ink-jet printhead comprising the steps of providing a print head wafer comprising a plurality of print head dice, each print head die comprising a nozzle plate bonded to a barrier layer formed on a substr... | 03/06/2012 |
| 8114757 | Semiconductor device and structure A method of manufacturing a semiconductor wafer, the method comprising providing a base wafer comprising a semiconductor substrate; preparing a first monocrystalline layer comprising semiconductor regions; performing a first layer transfer of the first monocrystalli... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8112889 | Method of manufacturing an ink jet printhead A method of manufacturing an ink jet printhead, including: arranging a nozzle plate in which there is formed a plurality of nozzles, the nozzle plate having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface being on the side of the ejection of ink drops and th... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8109614 | Process for protectively coating hydraulic microcircuits against aggressive liquids, particulary for an ink jet printhead An ink jet printhead, made of a silicon substrate and a plurality of metallic and dielectric layers deposited on said substrate. A plurality of chambers for ejection of ink droplets and a plurality of corresponding feeding ducts, connected to the chambers, are produ... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8079322 | Shock tube A shock tube apparatus may include a plenum to hold a volume of gas. The plenum may include a hollow chamber having a first end and a second end located opposite one another along a longitudinal axis, the first end of the chamber defining a shock egress opening. A v... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8067257 | Nitride based semiconductor optical device, epitaxial wafer for nitride based semiconductor optical device, and method of fabricating semiconductor light-emitting device In the nitride based semiconductor optical device LE1, the strained well layers 21 extend along a reference plane SR1 tilting at a tilt angle α from the plane that is orthogonal to a reference axis extending in the direction of the c-axis. The ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8058642 | Light-receiving device A light-receiving element device capable of receiving near infrared to mid-infrared light of 1.7 μm-3.5 μm is provided. A substrate is formed of InP, and a superlattice light-receiving layer is formed of a superlattice of a type 2 junction formed by alternately be... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8057122 | Assembly unit An assembly unit attachable to a base structure has at least one assembly part with a through opening and at least one fastener with a radially expanded head and a shaft that is provided with a fastening section extends through the through opening and is held captiv... | 11/15/2011 |
| 8047522 | Clamp for perfect binder and perfect binding method A perfect binder for processing book blocks, including: a conveying device adapted to convey the book blocks along a closed circulating path, the conveying device including a plurality of clamping devices each adapted to convey a book block; and a plurality of proce... | 11/01/2011 |
| 8038517 | Air conditioner and method for assembling the same In an air conditioner having a main body provided with a panel 1 including a front panel 1a and a top panel 1b, the main body incorporating an air passage connecting an air inlet 2 and an air outlet 3, an air filter | 10/18/2011 |
| 8029119 | Ink jet print head which prevents bubbles from collecting Ink jet print head comprising a substrate with an upper surface and a lower surface; a plurality of actuators with ejection chambers and ink supply passages, an ink distribution slot formed in the substrate between the lower surface and the upper surface; a manifold... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8029118 | Ink jet print cartridge with independent adjacent sealing plugs A Multi-color ink-jet print cartridge includes an integrally shaped one-piece body with a reservoir portion including at least two ink chambers, and a manifold portion including at least two ink conduits, each ink conduit hydraulically connected to a corresponding o... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8028821 | Apparatus for gathering signatures along a conveying section of a circulating conveyor An apparatus is provided for gathering signatures along a conveying section of a circulating conveyor provided with spaced-apart pushers that are attached to a traction mechanism. The apparatus includes a delivery station adapted for being arranged along the conveyi... | 10/04/2011 |
| RE42771 | Method of operation of a device for energy conversion using a main fuel and at least one auxiliary fuel A method for operating a converter for the energy conversion of fuel from at least one main fuel supply, and from at least one auxiliary fuel supply for operating the converter directly and/or by operating an auxiliary unit, comprises: detecting the amount of fuel i... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8011620 | Fuel pickup with wicking material A fuel pickup includes a fuel pickup tube having a plurality of holes for receiving fuel from inside a fuel container; and a wicking material enveloping at least one of the plurality of holes. Aircraft fuel systems including a fuel pickup comprising a wicking materi... | 09/06/2011 |
| 8007217 | Arrangement for the backlining or the headbanding of a book block spine An arrangement performs backlining or headbanding of a spine of a book block conveyed on a conveying section of a book production line through a backlining station. A feeding device feeds backlining material in a transfer direction perpendicular to a book block conv... | 08/30/2011 |
| 8003554 | Clothing support for a card flat covering In a clothing support for a card flat covering, the belt-shaped support is made of plastics material, and there is embedded in a base body at least one reinforcing insert which is also belt-shaped and which is arranged in the vicinity of the back of the support. In ... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7999231 | Moisture detector, biological body moisture detector, natural product moisture detector, and product/material moisture detector A moisture detector includes a light-receiving element including an absorption layer having a pn-junction, or an array of the light-receiving elements, wherein the absorption layer has a multiquantum well structure composed of a Group III-V semiconductor, the pn-jun... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7997095 | Method of controlling air conditioner cooling load utilizing controlling the opening degree of an expansion valve and/or the number of rotations of an outdoor fan A method of controlling an air conditioner includes a step of controlling an opening degree of the expansion valve and/or the number of rotations of an outdoor fan of the outdoor heat exchanger such that the difference Tx (=Te−Ti) between the temperature Te of the... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7992574 | Method and apparatus for cutting a continuously guided rod into rod-shaped articles of variable length The invention concerns an apparatus for cutting at least one continuously conveyed rod into rod-shaped articles of variable length, in particular cigarettes, filters or the like, including a cutting device, a counter-support and displacing devices for the cutting de... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7987680 | Air conditioner Between two heat exchangers of a first heat exchanger unit 41 and a second heat exchanger unit 42 included in an indoor heat exchanger 40, an opening 80 is arranged for introducing indoor air sucked from an air inlet 321 into an in... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7984978 | Parallel ink jet printing device and relative manufacturing The printing device is ink jet, parallel or serial-parallel type and comprises a plurality of ejection modules each of which with ejection chambers suitable for containing ink and with associated relative heating elements for ink ejection control. The device include... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7980202 | Apparatus for preventing entanglement of multiple lines fed from separate reels An apparatus for preventing entanglement of lines fed from separate reels has at least two reels mounted on separate axles. A separate line is wound around each reel. Each axle is mounted on one of at least two rotatable split shaft members. Each split shaft member ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7976368 | Method and device for processing fish, poultry, or other meat products transported in multitude along a processing line In a method for the processing of fish, poultry or other meat products being conveyed in a plurality along a processing line, components which are to be excluded from consumption are separated and edible products obtained as a result for consumption are checked with... | 07/12/2011 |
| 7973322 | Nitride semiconductor light emitting device and method for forming the same An active layer 17 is provided so as to emit light having a light emission wavelength in the range of 440 to 550 nm. A first conduction type gallium nitride-based semiconductor region 13, the active layer 17, and a second conduction type gallium... | 07/05/2011 |
| 7955881 | Method of fabricating quantum well structure In the method of fabricating a quantum well structure which includes a well layer and a barrier layer, the well layer is grown at a first temperature on a sapphire substrate. The well layer comprises a group III nitride semiconductor which contains indium as a const... | 06/07/2011 |
| 7950110 | Apparatus for the fibre-sorting or fibre-selection of a fibre bundle comprising textile fibres, especially for combing In an apparatus for the fiber-sorting or fiber-selection of a fiber bundle comprising textile fibers, especially for combing, which is supplied by means of a supply device to a fiber-sorting device, especially a combing device, for removal of the combed fiber materi... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7949026 | Group III nitride semiconductor laser A group III nitride semiconductor laser is provided that has a good optical confinement property and includes an InGaN well layer having good crystal quality. An active layer 19 is provided between a first optical guiding layer 21 and a second o... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946566 | Apparatus for wire-stitching print products compiled from gathered signatures An apparatus for wire-stitching print products compiled from gathered signatures and for trimming open edges of the print products, includes a first gathering and wire-stitching machine including a first wire-stitching unit. A first cutter is installed downstream fr... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7946000 | Apparatus for the fibre-sorting or fibre-selection of a fibre bundle comprising textile fibres, especially for combing In an apparatus for the fiber-sorting or fiber-selection of a fiber bundle comprising textile fibers, especially for combing, which is supplied by means of supply device to a fiber-sorting device, especially a combing device for removal of the combed fiber material ... | 05/24/2011 |
| 7945169 | Optical transceiver with a plurality of optical subassemblies electrically connected by integrated FPC board with a substrate The present invention provides an optical transceiver with a function of the wavelength division multiplexing. The transceiver includes a receiver optical unit, a transmitter optical units and a substrate. Both optical unit includes a plurality of receiver optical s... | 05/17/2011 |
| 7941901 | Apparatus for the fibre-sorting or fibre-selection of a fibre bundle comprising textile fibres, especially for combing In an apparatus for fiber-sorting or fiber-selection of a fiber bundle comprising textile fibers, especially for combing, the fiber bundle is supplied to a fiber-sorting device, clamping devices are provided, which clamp the fiber bundle at a distance from its free ... | 05/17/2011 |
