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US20080216787 Method for starting an internal combustion engine  
To achieve a reliable and exhaust-optimized combustion starting already from the beginning of a combustion phase in the startup of an internal combustion engine, the internal combustion engine is...
US20080221873 METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR NATURAL SPOKEN LANGUAGE SPEECH RECOGNITION  
A word prediction apparatus and method that improves the precision accuracy, and a speech recognition method and an apparatus therefor are provided. For the prediction of a sixth word “?”, a...
US20080220177 Reliant Thermal Barrier Coating System and Related Methods and Apparatus of Making the Same  
A method and apparatus for forming a thermal barrier coating system ( 90 ) in communication with at least a portion of at least one substrate ( 92 ). The method includes: depositing a first bond...
US20080216945 Laminated Body, Device and Method for Manufacturing the Same, and Cutter Used for Manufacturing the Same  
An apparatus for manufacturing a layered product having a curved surface part with an extremely small radius of curvature while lowering the rate of occurrence a defective product is provided. The...
US20080220634 APPARATUS FOR RESTRICTING ROTATIONAL MOMENT ABOUT A LONGITUDINAL AXIS OF SMT CONNECTORS  
An electrical connector includes a first connector body having an interlocking feature extending therefrom. The interlocking feature interlocks the first connector body with a complimentary...
US20080218933 Movable micro-device  
A micro-device includes a movable part, a frame and a connecting part. The movable part has a main portion, a first capacitor electrode and a first driver electrode. The capacitor electrode and the...
US20080219696 Image Forming Apparatus  
An image forming apparatus includes an apparatus body, a holding member and a supporting member coupled to the holding member. The holding member includes photosensitive drums and is configured to...
US20080220323 CAST ENCLOSURES FOR BATTERY REPLACEMENT UNITS  
This application relates to cast enclosures for battery replacement application, such as enclosures configured to house power units comprising a fuel cell and an energy storage device. The...
US20080220868 STEERING WHEEL-SHAPED JOYSTICK FOR ARCADE GAME MACHINE  
A steering wheel-shaped joystick of an arcade game machine is provided. The steering wheel-shaped joystick is rotated to generate a direction signal and send it to the arcade game machine. The...
US20080219153 Constructing a repair path in the event of failure of an inter-routing domain system link  
An apparatus and method as described for constructing a repair path for use in the event of failure of an inter-routing domain connection between respective components in first and second routing...
US20080219569 System and method for decoding and viewing of image files  
System and method for memory efficient decode and viewing of compressed image files. A preferred embodiment comprises a decoder coupled to a data input, a resize unit coupled to the decoder, a...
US20080221170 DROXIDOPA AND PHARMACEUTICAL COMPOSITION THEREOF FOR THE TREATMENT OF FIBROMYALGIA  
The present invention provides methods of treating fibromyalgia or other diseases or conditions causing widespread pain and/or fatigue. In particular, the invention provides pharmaceutical...
US20080219774 Offshore Structure Support  
A pile based braced caisson structural support device includes a number of legs. These legs are configured in a teepee type configuration such that the footprint of the base is larger than the...
US20080219046 Writing method and system for a phase change memory  
A writing method for a phase change memory is disclosed. The writing method inputs a first writing pulse signal to a phase change memory to heat the phase change memory to above a first temperature...
US20080220180 Apparatus and Method for Paint Coating or Varnish Coating a Coilable Metal Sheet  
Apparatus for paint or lacquer coating of a sheet capable of coiling that has precisely one drive, which is assigned in effect to a second coiling mount, wherein essentially no further means of...
US20080217302 Nanospot Welder and Method  
A method and apparatus for assembly of small structures is disclosed. The present invention discloses electron beams created from one or more nanotips in an array operated in a field emission mode...
US20080221023 Use of Protein Hydrolysates For the Manufacture of a Medicament For Prophylaxis and/or Treatment of a Dpp-IV Mediated Condition  
Disclosed is the use of one or more protein hydrolysates for the manufacture of a medicament, food supplement, beverage or food product for prophylaxis and/or treatment of a DPP-IV mediated...
US20080216556 WIRELESS FLUID PRESSURE SENSOR  
A battery powered wireless fluid pressure sensor has a sealed chamber which can be vented to the outside atmosphere through a re-sealable reference port to allow a user to set the reference...
US20080216399 GREENHOUSE, METHOD FOR GROWING PLANTS USING THE SAME, AND LIGHT TRANSMISSIVE SUBSTRATE  
There is provided a greenhouse wherein a light transmissive substrate that maintains or increases light transmittance at visible wavelengths and has an insulation effect is used to reduce the...
US20080221244 AQUEOUS FLUOROPOLYMER DISPERSION  
An object of the present invention is to provide an aqueous fluoropolymer dispersion inhibited from viscosity rising and excellent in mechanical stability in spite of a low fluorinated surfactant...
US20080221660 Platelet Gel for Treatment of Aneurysms  
Methods for ameliorating stent graft migration and endoleak using treatment site-specific platelet gel compositions in combination with stent grafts are disclosed. Also disclosed are platelet gel...
US20080220159 Capillary transport of nanoparticles or microparticles to form an ordered structure  
The present invention relates to a method of forming an ordered structure of nanoparticles or microparticles in a well utilizing capillary action. We have discovered that it is possible to achieve...
US20080219279 SCALABLE AND CONFIGURABLE QUEUE MANAGEMENT FOR NETWORK PACKET TRAFFIC QUALITY OF SERVICE  
Various embodiments are directed to scalable and configurable queue management for network packet traffic Quality of Service (QoS). In one or more embodiments, the queue management may be...
US20080218930 Control Apparatus and Control Method of Electromagnetic Drive Valve Operating Mechanism  
When a target valve timing determined in accordance with the state of operation of an internal combustion engine is acquired, a feed forward control of setting a command timing of a valve body on...
US20080220070 Controlled release system and manufacturing method thereof  
A controlled release system and manufacturing method thereof. The method comprises providing a first aqueous solution containing a hydrophilic drug and an alkaline agent, providing an organic...
US20080218033 Piezoelectric Actuator With Internal Contact-Connection  
The invention proposes a piezoelectric actuator, for example for a piezoelectric injector or for actuating another mechanical component. The actuator has a piezoelectric element formed of a...
US20080222089 Set function calculation in a database  
A database system uses indexes to improve performance. The system can use one or more of the following: differentiated subfields for index clustering; set function calculations to reduce the amount...
US20080221483 Hand assisted laparoscopic seal assembly with a ratchet mechansim  
A seal assembly for permitting hand assisted laparoscopic procedures includes a seal cap having a seal positioned within a housing. The housing includes a lower seal ring having a track which...
US20080218115 Numerical controller with abnormal motor deceleration stop control means  
While a numerical controller is operating, an abnormality of a numerical control section is detected. In response to an abnormality detection signal, a motor deceleration stop control circuit of a...
US20080219128 OPTICAL PICKUP, OPTICAL INFORMATION RECORDING AND REPRODUCING APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR OPTICALLY RECORDING AND REPRODUCING INFORMATION  
An optical pickup for recording a hologram by using an angle multiplexing method. An optical beam is separated into two beams, a signal beam and a reference beam having different...
US20080217056 Duct Assemblies for Housing Service Cables, Pipes and the Like and Components Thereof  
A channel shaped extruded duct unit cooperates with an identical duct unit to form a closed duct therewith. The duct unit has at least one integral longitudinally extending attachment formation...
US20080217734 Multi-level electrical fuse using one programming device  
A multi-level electrical fuse system comprises at least one fuse box having at least one electrical fuse, a programming device serially coupled to the electrical fuse, and a variable power supply...
US20080218410 Always-on satellite positioning receiver  
A method to establish a position of a device receiving an input signal containing data from a plurality of satellites is disclosed. The method generally includes the steps of (A) calculating (i) an...
US20080218389 Serial-To-Parallel Converter Circuit and Liquid Crystal Display Driving Circuit  
A serial-to-parallel converter circuit comprising: an m-bit serial data holding unit to be input with serial data whose input bit number is set to m or n (<m) bits within a transfer period and a...
US20080217645 Thick nitride semiconductor structures with interlayer structures and methods of fabricating thick nitride semiconductor structures  
A semiconductor structure includes a substrate, a nucleation layer on the substrate, a compositionally graded layer on the nucleation layer, and a layer of a nitride semiconductor material on the...
US20080216460 GRAIN LIFTER  
A grain lifter may be attached to the front end of a tractor or dozer. The grain lifter has an auger for moving grain or other bulk commodities towards a receiving end of the auger. A support...
US20080217261 OFF-LINE TREATMENT OF HYDROCARBON FLUIDS WITH OZONE  
A system for treating recovered fluids off-line, the system including an ozone assembly and a reactor vessel operatively coupled to the ozone generator and having a reaction compartment and a...
US20080221797 Remotely reconfigurable system for mapping subsurface geological anomalies  
Methods and apparatus are provided for receiving, detecting and transmitting geophysical data from a plurality of electrodes placed in the soil utilizing a dynamically reconfigurable wireless...
US20080218217 Semiconductor integrated circuit device  
High precision of various feedback systems represented by a PLL circuit and the like is realized. For example, in a charge pump circuit in the PLL circuit, a first to a third PMOS transistors...
US20080217320 Cooking Appliance with Touch-Sensitive Control Strip  
A cooking appliance having a control strip, constituted of a series of touch-sensitive sensors, are known for adjusting variables for a parameter of an item to be cooked, such as e.g. for the...
US20080217427 Multi-functional sprinkling apparatus structure  
A multi-functional sprinkling apparatus structure comprises an outlet mount with support lugs to fix on top of a water motor, and a water-guiding member transversely mounted to assembly holes of...
US20080216545 Plant for bending matallic flat elements such as panels, sheets, plates or similar, bending machine for such matallic flat elements and relative bending process  
Plant ( 10 ) for bending metallic flat elements ( 11 ) including a bending machine ( 13 ) provided with a support plane ( 21 ) on which the metallic flat element ( 11 ) to be bent is positioned, a...
US20080218885 Prism, Imaging Device and Lighting Device Including the Same, and Prism Manufacturing Method  
A prism 30 includes a prism body 30 . The prism body 31 is formed into a polygonal column. At least one of a plurality of ridges 35, 36 of the prism body 31 is formed into an R-plane.
US20080218534 DISPLAYING OF ITEM THROUGH ELECTRONIC APPARATUS  
An electronic apparatus, a computer program product and a method of displaying an item using the same are provided. The electronic apparatus includes a memory for storing an item list having at...
US20080219822 MATERIAL DELIVERY SUPPORT DEVICE FOR BOOM AND METHOD OF USE  
A material delivery support device is provided for supporting a tubular delivery system from an outermost end of an extendable boom arm. The material delivery support device includes a rigid...
US20080218436 Zero-lag image response to pilot head mounted display control  
A method and a system for tracking a line-of-sight (LOS) and providing zero-lag image response to a display is disclosed. The method according to one embodiment receives image data having a filed...
US20080219722 FIXING DEVICE AND FIXING METHOD OF IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS  
In a fixing device of an image forming apparatus of the present invention, inner surfaces of upper and lower frames for respectively supporting a heat roller and a pressure roller are formed as a...
US20080218881 COMPACT SPOTTING SCOPE WITH SIDE FOCUS CONTROL  
A compact spotting scope includes a housing with an outer surface having a grasping region sized and shaped to fit in a user's hand. An optical element positioned within the housing is adjusted by...
US20080218579 Image Forming Apparatus  
An image forming apparatus irradiates a polygon mirror with laser beams from different directions. The polygon mirror reflects the laser beams toward different optical axis directions to scan the...
US20080218074 Nanotube array ballistic light emitting devices  
A new class of light emitting and laser diodes is disclosed wherein ballistic (without collisions) electron propagation along the nanotubes, grown normally to the substrate plane on the common...