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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7211306 | Peelable polyester film with self-venting, process for its production and its use Coextruded, biaxially oriented polyester films which have a base layer (B) and have a heatsealable outer layer (A) that can be peeled from APET/CPET and from CPET, where the outer layer (A) includes a) from 80 to 98% by weight of polyester and ... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7208856 | Electric rotating machine Claw-shaped magnetic poles are alternately disposed along the rotation plane of a rotor of an electric rotating machine, and a permanent magnet is disposed between the claw-shaped magnetic poles. Surface of the permanent magnet is coated with a coating layer. The co... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7207720 | Static gas bearing system, stage mechanism, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method An apparatus includes a static gas bearing provided upon a first object and configured to form a gas layer between the first object and a second object by use of gas supplied thereto, and to support the first object movably relative to the second object, a plurality... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7205686 | Linear actuator A linear actuator has improved output performance and can be assembled with high precision. The linear actuator includes: a yoke part where yoke components, where a hollow is formed between an outer circumferential surface of a first yoke provided on one side of a r... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205687 | Electric motor having a cooling system An electric motor, e.g., a linear motor, includes a cooling system, which may permit the dissipation of heat from the primary part of the electric motor in a simple but effective manner. The iron core and the coils may be surrounded by a potting compound that stabil... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205741 | Planar motor initialization method, planar motor, lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A planar motor is controlled by supplying a three-phase alternating current to a coil assembly. Each phase is supplied to one of three coils. The coils are positioned in a magnetic field generated by a magnet plate having alternating magnet poles at its surface for ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7204192 | Apparatus, systems and methods for levitating and moving objects Apparatus, systems and methods for levitating and moving objects such as vehicles, doors and windows are shown and described herein. The embodiments incorporate a track with lower rails having lower permanent magnets and the object with upper rails having upper perm... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7205040 | Peelable polyester film having improved oxygen barrier, process for its production and its use Coextruded, biaxially oriented polyester films which have a base layer (B) and have a heatsealable outer layer (A) that can be peeled from APET/CPET and from CPET, where the outer layer (A) comprises from 80 to 99% by weight of polyester and | 04/17/2007 |
| 7200994 | Free piston stirling engine control A control system for a Stirling engine including the use of a synchronous power converter (“SPC”) which is connected to the terminals of the alternator in a linear alternator/FPSE power system. According to the teachings of the present invention, the attached SP... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201096 | Linear motor having a magnetically biased neutral position A linear motor is provided including a stator having at least one electromagnetic coil and a rotor having at least one permanent magnet. The rotor is movable toward at least a first position when least one electromagnetic coil is energized and solely magnetically bi... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7201100 | Pneumatic assist baler doors and platen interlocks A baler utilizing gas springs for controlling the movement of a loading door. Also disclosed is a baler for paper recycling having a control system responsive to switches and digital timers, and an electromagnetic interlock coupling a loading door and a chamber door... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202584 | Position-control stage system A position-control stage system is disclosed, which may ensure much space to install the armature assembly on the bed, even with small in dimension. Correspondingly, the position-control stage system itself is made high in propulsion and efficient in operating perfo... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202937 | Balanced positioning system for use in lithographic apparatus A balanced positioning apparatus comprises a balance mass which is supported so as to be moveable in the three degrees of freedom, such as X and Y translation and rotation about the Z-axis. Drive forces in these degrees of freedom act directly between the positionin... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7202577 | Self-cooling actuator An actuator for an active suspension system includes an armature and a housing enclosing an interior. The interior has a volume that varies in response to movement of the armature. A wall of the housing forms a first aperture through which air passes in response to ... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7199494 | Electric linear actuator The invention proposes an electric linear actuator with a take-off element (12) that is adjustably supported on a main housing (5) and is connected to and driven by an electric motor (14) via a spindle drive (8). This connection is realiz... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7197815 | Method of manufacturing the electromagnetic actuator An electromagnetic actuator comprises a core with a coil wound around a stator magnetically coupled to each end of the cored a movable element that can be displaced relative to the stator, and a supporting means for supporting the movable element. The stator and the... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7200105 | Systems and methods for point of ingress traceback of a network attack An apparatus (520) for archiving signatures associated with packets received at a node in a network includes a first memory (620), a second memory (625), a signature tap (610), a multiplexer (615), and a controller (630). Th... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199492 | Armature of linear motor An armature of a linear motor includes a plurality of first magnetic teeth and a plurality of second magnetic teeth, each of the magnetic teeth being formed by laminating multiple tooth elements made of electromagnetic steel sheets. The first magnetic teeth are arra... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199481 | Wave energy conversion system A wave energy conversion system converts wave energy within a wave medium into electrical energy. The wave energy conversion system includes a base substantially connected to a wave-medium floor, a tidal platform connected to said base and a tidal float connected to... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199858 | Lithographic apparatus and device manufacturing method A lithographic projection apparatus is disclosed in which a space between the projection system and the substrate is filled with a liquid. An edge seal member at least partly surrounds the substrate or other object on a substrate table to prevent liquid loss when ed... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7199493 | Alignment stage apparatus An alignment stage apparatus includes a base structure and a movable stage which can move along a surface of the base structure so as not to be in contact with the base structure. The apparatus includes a plurality of power transmission coils buried under the surfac... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7196771 | Reticle stage based linear dosimeter A detector to measure EUV intensity employs a linear array of photodiodes. The detector is particularly suited for photolithography systems that includes: (i) a ringfield camera; (ii) a source of radiation; (iii) a condenser for processing radiation from the source ... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7197424 | Position sensing system for moveable member A method of monitoring a position of a movable member having a surface is provided. The method includes sensing an image of a portion of the surface of the movable member and identifying a stored image in a memory corresponding to the sensed image. The method furthe... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7195379 | Anti-blinding system for a vehicle An active light source operating system (10,11) for a vehicle (14) includes a light source (50) that generates an initial illumination beam (54). A selective attenuation filter (27,52) forms an emitted illumination beam (56)... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7193493 | Alignment apparatus, exposure apparatus, and device manufacturing method An alignment apparatus moves an X-Y slider together with X and Y beams. Electromagnetic guides (electromagnetic mechanisms) are interposed between the X-Y slider, the X beam, and the Y beam. The electromagnetic guides include alignment and acceleration electromagnet... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193339 | Positioning apparatus and charged-particle-beam exposure apparatus A positioning apparatus includes a movable member for transmitting a driving force in a driving-axis direction to a stage, a first electromagnet for driving the movable member in the driving-axis direction by forming a magnetic path between the movable member and th... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7193687 | Positioning apparatus and method for manufacturing same A positioning apparatus includes a wafer chuck which retains a wafer and a hollow plate unit which retains the chuck, which is composed of a ceramic material in an integral, hollow structure having a hollow section, the hollow section having a rib structure which se... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7189909 | Camera assembly for finger board instruments A camera assembly for filming the hands of a musician playing a finger board instrument includes a guiding device mounted to the finger board instrument. A stage movably engages the guiding device. A camera is mounted on the stage for filming the hands of the finger... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190247 | System and method for reducing effect of magnetic fields on a magnetic transducer An electromagnetic driver transducer free of torque in the presence of an external magnetic field, of any direction and orientation (such as in a Magnetic Resonance Imaging environment). The transducer includes a housing. At least one coil is associated with the hou... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7190096 | Fault-tolerant electro-mechanical actuator having motor armatures to drive a ram and having an armature release mechanism An electrical actuator comprises two or more electrical motors to drive a threaded screw ram. Each motor has an armature that drives a threaded roller screw that is engaged to the threaded screw ram. Each armature of each motor is independently engageable and/or dis... | 03/13/2007 |
| 7188008 | System for controlling the operation of at least one aircraft engine A system for supervising the speed of at least one engine of an aircraft includes three independent information sources determining first, second and third values for an aerodynamic parameter of the aircraft and precision information indicating the precision of thes... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187142 | Motor drive with velocity noise filter A drive unit for controlling a motor includes a position feedback device and a velocity noise filter. The position feedback device is operable to generate a position signal relating to a position of the motor. The velocity noise filter is coupled to the position fee... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7185848 | Mass transfer system for stabilizing an airship and other vehicles subject to pitch and roll moments The invention relates to a mechanism to control the pitch and/or roll and/or center of gravity of a vehicle. The first embodiment is a track-based mass transfer system in which pathways are positioned along or radially terminate at a central horizontal plane of the ... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7187092 | Thin inner rotor motor for rotatably driving medium, and disk apparatus using the same An inner rotor motor includes a rotor having a plurality of magnetic poles circumferentially arranged, and a stator with a stator core having a plurality of magnetic pole teeth that are positioned on the outer side of the circumference of the rotor and oppose the ro... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7184254 | Apparatus and method for controlling the maximum stroke for linear compressors An apparatus and method for controlling the maximum stroke of a linear compressor is provided. The shorting of the normal supply voltage of a compressor to ground is used to detect overstroking. A plurality of transistors are electrically coupled to the control circ... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7183674 | Hermetically sealed elements of an actuator An actuator for positioning of an optical element, such as a mirror, in an optic system that operates under vacuum conditions is provided and includes a first actuator body including a first actuator element that is hermetically sealed in the first actuator body and... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7178225 | Component pressing device In a component pressing head which holds a component with a component holding tool provided at one end of a shaft member, rotates the component around an axis of the shaft member and presses the component in an axial direction of the axis, a first voice coil motor a... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7176892 | Lever handle type haptic input apparatus equipped with electromagnetic brake A haptic input apparatus includes: a supporting member having a spherical bearing; a lever handle having a spherical portion to be supported by the spherical bearing; an electromagnetic coil arranged opposite to a lower end surface of the lever handle; detection mea... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176590 | Spiral linear motor A motor producing a rectilinear drive force can be simultaneously provided with a small size and a lightweight, high accuracy and a large drive force. In a spiral linear motor 1, a rotator 3 and stator 2 are both constituted having a spir... | 02/13/2007 |
| 7176593 | Actuator coil cooling system An actuator coil with a race track winding that generates a magnetic field. A cooling tube has cooling liquid flowing therethrough and is wrapped around a periphery of the race track winding. A plurality of thermal conductive strips are arranged generally transverse... | 02/13/2007 |
