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US20080242796 Self-Dispersing Waxes as Polymer Suspension Aids  
Polymer particles of ultrahigh molecular weight poly(alpha-olefins) may be made stable toward agglomeration by suspension within a co-suspension of self-dispersing waxes. This combination prevents...
US20080237352 WIRELESS TERMINAL  
In an imaging device having a wireless module, an increase in undesired power consumption is inhibited, and a time required before establishment of a communications channel with a wireless terminal...
US20080238096 Coupling device for a fluid line  
A coupling device for a fluid line has a collet and an axially movable actuating sleeve serving for operation of the collet. The collet bears several gripping teeth with associated actuating...
US20080242490 EIGHT SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION  
An automatic transmission is provided having an input member, an output member, four planetary gear sets, a plurality of coupling members and a plurality of torque transmitting devices. Each of the...
US20080238739 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CALIBRATING DIGITAL-TO-ANALOG CONVERTORS  
A system and method for calibrating a digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is disclosed, the method comprises providing a plurality of spare bits to each of a group of DAC bits that are designated for...
US20080242380 PORTABLE ELECTRONIC DEVICE  
A longitudinally-extending liquid crystal display part is provided at a front face of a first housing. A camera accommodation part is provided at an upper end of a second housing to bulge from a...
US20080237717 Fully Depleted SOI Multiple Threshold Voltage Application  
An integrated circuit comprises a substrate and a buried dielectric formed in the substrate. The buried dielectric has a first thickness in a first region, a second buried dielectric thickness in a...
US20080238464 SYSTEM AND METHOD OF MITIGATING EFFECTS OF COMPONENT DEFLECTION IN A PROBE CARD ANALYZER  
A system and method of mitigating the effects of component deflections in a probe card analyzer system may implement three-dimensional comparative optical metrology techniques to model deflection...
US20080235954 Utility Knife  
A hand tool with a cable jacket ripper in a housing of the tool is provided. The cable jacket ripper includes an opening with a blade presenting a cutting edge. Rotating the housing relative to a...
US20080244347 Automated Circuit Model Generator  
A method, system and program reduce ATPG processing times by eliminating non-value added cells in a circuit model that that is provided to an ATPG system. The elimination of non-value added cells...
US20080243714 Methods and System for Determining Investment Performance Compensation  
Methods and systems for determining compensation to an investment manager for the financial performance of an investment portfolio consisting of at least one investment. A benchmark measure of...
US20080239336 OPTICAL SCANNING DEVICE, OPTICAL SCANNING METHOD, AND IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS  
A light-source drive control unit divides each pixel of the image data into a plurality of subpixels, deletes certain subpixels from the image data in accordance with predetermined correction data,...
US20080238905 Driver circuit of display unit separating amplifier and output terminal in response to test signal and method of controlling the same  
A drive circuit of a display unit includes an output circuit. The output circuit has an amplifier which amplifies an analog signal voltage according to a digital image signal, and a switch which...
US20080240913 FAN FRAME WITH DIVERSION STRUCTURE  
The present invention provides an improved fan frame with a diversion structure. A cooling fan includes a rotor, and fan blades spaced around the rotor at intervals. The fan frame positions the...
US20080243211 USER SELECTABLE MASKING SOUNDS FOR MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS  
A medical instrument includes a sound card or an internal capability for generating sounds from a digital music or sound file. The medical instrument is one which generates unwanted noise and is...
US20080242077 Strained metal silicon nitride films and method of forming  
A method for forming a strained metal nitride film and a semiconductor device containing the strained metal nitride film. The method includes exposing a substrate to a gas containing a metal...
US20080242124 BUSBAR UNIT  
A busbar unit includes a busbar holder and a plurality of busbars. The busbar holder has a first surface and a second surface on both sides in an axial direction, respectively. The first surface is...
US20080236545 DRIVING AMOUNT CONTROLLER  
A driving amount controller is provided for a vehicle. An ECU on the vehicle reduces a damping output Udamp when the deviation e between the target opening DTHR of the throttle valve and the actual...
US20080243590 METHODS AND SYSTEMS FOR MEASURING EXPOSURE TO MEDIA  
A method for measuring effects of media exposure on a subject is disclosed wherein recall estimate, time-use diary, momentary sampling of the subject during exposure and audio/visual survey are...
US20080237071 PROTECTIVE LINGERIE CASE  
A foldable, rectangular, protective lingerie case with internal coupleable and removable protuberances, that is resistant to pressure. The protective lingerie case is semiflexible, foldable and...
US20080243069 Self-Crimping Radiopaque marker  
A radiopaque marker band includes a tube having an inner surface and an outer surface. The tube is made from a shape-memory material, such as a nickel-titanium alloy. A coating is disposed on at...
US20080242063 Solder composition doped with a barrier component and method of making same  
A solder composition and a method of making the composition. The solder composition comprises a Sn-containing base material and a barrier component having a reactivity with Sn which is higher than...
US20080236456 Table topology and arrangement  
A seating table and arrangement includes a table which is preferable six sided, with two parallel sides and two main angled sides, along with two oppositely located abbreviated width sides and...
US20080239184 LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF DRIVING THE SAME  
A liquid crystal display device includes; gate lines disposed on a display region, data lines disposed on the display region, wherein the data lines intersect with, and are insulated from, the gate...
US20080236186 MEDICAL ICE SLURRY PRODUCTION DEVICE  
The present invention relates to an apparatus for producing sterile ice slurries for medical cooling applications. The apparatus is capable of producing highly loaded slurries suitable for delivery...
US20080240765 IMAGE FORMING APPARATUS, MARKET SUPPORT SYSTEM, CONTROL METHOD AND PROGRAM  
An image forming apparatus for reducing time required for adjusting the image forming conditions and transport conditions and minimizing the number of recording material used for the adjustment....
US20080244391 SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC MESSAGE PLACEMENT  
The present invention is a system and a method for selecting an appropriate location for displaying messages, such as graphic or textual advertisements, on the display screen of users of electronic...
US20080239656 DISK ARRAY SYSTEM  
In the disk array system, in the basic chassis, HDD modules are installed from a front surface in a front part of a backboard, and duplex CTL modules are installed up and down from a rear surface...
US20080241410 Method of recycling electroless nickel waste  
An electroless nickel plating bath is provided that utilizes hypophosphite ions as a reducing agent and is substantially free of sulphate and sodium ions. Spent nickel in the plating bath is...
US20080235996 HINGED PLOW AND SCRAPER BLADE  
A materials moving blade ( 1 ) comprising a main blade ( 3 ) having a materials engaging surface extending bounded by a first end, a second end, a top edge ( 37 ) and a lower edge ( 39 ) defining a...
US20080239429 METHOD OF FABRICATING A MICROMECHANICAL STRUCTURE OUT OF TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELEMENTS AND MICROMECHANICAL DEVICE  
In a method of fabricating a micromechanical structure, first, a deflectably supported two-dimensional structure is formed in a substrate and, then, is arranged in a package such that an integrated...
US20080242478 8-Speed Transmission With Two Fixed Interconnections and One Grounded Member  
The transmission has a plurality of members that can be utilized in powertrains to provide eight forward speed ratios and one reverse speed ratio. The transmission includes three planetary gear...
US20080237013 ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT  
Electronic equipment of the present invention includes a first housing 2 with an elastically deformable thin-wall portion 25 formed as a part of the front wall, an elastically deformable spacer...
US20080238278 REFRIGERATOR HAVING BASKET LIFT APPARATUS  
Disclosed is a refrigerator having a basket lift apparatus capable of improving convenience for a user by lifting up a basket when the basket disposed at a lower portion of a body is opened. The...
US20080236484 Automatically Steered Coating Machine Also A Container for The Coating Material  
The piston dispenser for the measured supplying of material to the atomizer of a painting robot is arranged in the hand joint of the robot. Various feasible embodiments of the dispensing cylinder...
US20080239741 LAMP UNIT OF VEHICLE HEADLAMP  
A lamp unit of a vehicle lamp includes a projection lens arranged on an optical axis extending in the longitudinal direction of a vehicle, a light-emitting element arranged so as to face upward...
US20080244363 REED SOLOMON DECODER AND IBMA METHOD AND PARALLEL-TO-SERIAL CONVERSION METHOD THEREOF  
A parallel-to-serial conversion method for IBMA in a Reed Solomon decoder is used for obtaining discrepancies in IBMA iterations, thereby acquiring an error location polynomial and an error value...
US20080243395 IMAGE DIAGNOSIS SUPPORTING APPARATUS AND SYSTEM  
In a disease case DB, disease case images are classified by disorder and registered. In a feature quantity DB, a feature quantity (second feature quantity) of each disease case image classified by...
US20080239166 DRIVING CIRCUIT OF DISPLAY ELEMENT, IMAGE DISPLAY APPARATUS, AND TELEVISION APPARATUS  
A driving circuit for display elements, comprises a modulation circuit that outputs a modulating signal to be applied to wiring to which display elements are connected; and an output circuit that...
US20080243178 Surgical instrument particularly useful as tweezers for grasping and holding objects of different thicknesses  
A surgical instrument useful as a tweezers for grasping and holding objects of different thicknesses includes: an elongated arm having a distal end defining a fixed jaw; a pivotal jaw having a...
US20080240852 Maintaining Device For Fixing A Motor Vehicle Assembly  
The invention relates to a maintaining device which comprises a nut a bolt and a damping element, which secures a housing of motor vehicle assembly to a maintaining element. According to the...
US20080240523 Method and Apparatus for Two-Dimensional Finger Motion Tracking and Control  
Enhanced accuracy finger position and motion sensors devices, algorithms, and methods are disclosed that can be used in a variety of different applications. The sensors can be used in conjunction...
US20080238994 IMAGE FORMING DEVICES  
An image forming device includes a recording head including a nozzle face, in which the recording head is configured to dispense ink onto a recording medium to form an image thereon. The device...
US20080238222 IN-SHAFT REVERSE BRAYTON CYCLE CRYO-COOLER  
An in-shaft cryogenic cooler mounts entirely within the shaft of a dynamoelectric machine that has a rotor comprising a high temperature superconductor.
US20080237970 Sheet loading device, sheet conveying device, and image forming apparatus  
A sheet cassette loads and houses therein a plurality of sheets. A separating unit separates the sheets loaded in the sheet cassette one by one. The separating unit is arranged in the sheet...
US20080238904 CURRENT SENSING BI-DIRECTIONAL SWITCH AND PLASMA DISPLAY DRIVER CIRCUIT  
A discharge sustain driver circuit for a plasma display device, the driver circuit comprising a first transistor switching circuit for switching a DC bus voltage across the plasma display device; a...
US20080236284 Vibration Measurement System  
The invention relates to a vibration measurement system for frequency-selective oscillation measurement in particular of low frequencies as are relevant in the field of automation and drive...
US20080240584 IMAGE PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM  
The image processing device of the present invention includes: an image acquiring section ( 2 ) acquiring image data; an image data generating section ( 32 ) generating attribute data including...
US20080240548 Isosurfacial three-dimensional imaging system and method  
An isosurfacial three-dimensional imaging system and method uses scanning electron microscopy for surface imaging of an assumed opaque object providing a series of tilt images for generating a...
US20080242758 RADIATION-CROSSLINKED POLYOLEFIN COMPOSITIONS  
An article suitable for use as an insulating or coating material comprises a radiation-crosslinked composition comprising a polyethylene, a polypropylene and optionally an ethylene-propylene...