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Sulfonated block copolymers, method for making same, and various uses for such block copolymers

The present invention is a, solid block copolymer comprising at least two polymer end blocks A and at least one polymer interior block B wherein each A block is a polymer block resistant to sulfonation and each B block is a polymer block susceptible to sulfonation, and wherein said A and B blocks do not contain any significant levels of olefinic unsaturation. Preferably, each A block comprising one or more segments selected from polymerized (i) para-substituted styrene monomers, (ii) ethylene, (iii) alpha olefins of 3 to 18 carbon atoms; (iv) hydrogenated 1,3-cyclodiene monomers, (v) hydrogenated monomers of conjugated dienes having a vinyl content less than 35 mol percent prior to hydrogenation, (vi) acrylic esters, (vii) methacrylic esters, and (viii) mixtures thereof; and each B block comprising segments of one or more polymerized vinyl aromatic monomers selected from (i) unsubstituted styrene monomers, (ii) ortho-substituted styrene monomers, (iii) meta-substituted styrene monomers, (iv) alpha-methylstyrene, (v) 1,1-diphenylethylene, (vi) 1,2-diphenylethylene and (vii) mixtures thereof. Also claimed are processes for making such block copolymers, and the various end uses and applications for such block copolymers.
Owner:KRATON POLYMERS US LLC

High-frequency switch, and electronic device using the same

A high-frequency switch comprises: a substrate; a main line electrode provided between two terminals; a stub line electrode with one end thereof connected to the side edge of the main line electrode and the other end thereof grounded; and a ground electrode provided adjacent to the stub line electrode in the width direction thereof; wherein the substrate has a semiconductor activation layer which extends to below the stub line electrode and the ground electrode between at least one side edge of the stub line electrode and the ground electrode; and wherein a gate electrode which extends in the longitudinal direction of the stub line electrode is provided on the semiconductor activation layer between the stub line electrode and the ground electrode, thereby forming an FET structure, thus providing a high-frequency switch and electronic device therewith, capable of using high frequencies, having reduced insertion loss, and high signal cut-off capabilities.
Owner:MURATA MFG CO LTD

Battery and non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery using the same

A negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery including a current collector, and an electrode material layer including an electrode material capable of reversibly absorbing and desorbing Li ions is provided. The electrode material includes at least one element selected from the group consisting of Si, Sn and Al; the surface of the current collector is provided with protrusions; the electrode material layer is disposed on the surfaces of the current collector and the protrusions; and the protrusion has a portion facing the surface of the current collector other than a portion that is brought into contact with the current collector. Thus, a negative electrode for a non-aqueous electrolyte battery having high properties such as an energy density, charging / discharging cycle property, and the like, and a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery can be provided.
Owner:PANASONIC CORP

Osteoconductive spinal fixation system

An improved spinal fixation system is provided for human implantation, including a set of screws with interconnecting rods for implantation into the pedicle and between two adjacent vertebrae or a plate with screws for fixating two adjacent vertebrae. The screws, rods, and plates include a substrate portion of high strength biocompatible material and a controlled porosity analogous to natural bone. The substrate portion may be coated with a bio-active surface coating material such as hydroxyapatite or a calcium phosphate to promote bone ingrowth and enhanced bone fusion. Upon implantation, the fixation system provides a desired combination of mechanical strength together with osteoconductivity and bio-activity to promote bone ingrowth and fusion, as well as radiolucency for facilitated post-operative monitoring. The fixation system may additionally carry one or more natural or synthetic therapeutic agents for further promoting bone ingrowth and fusion.
Owner:AMEDICA A DELAWARE

Photovoltaic conversion device and method of manufacturing the device

There is disclosed a photovoltaic conversion device constructed using a p-type crystalline silicon substrate 404 doped with boron, which comprises a bulk substrate region 404, regions other than the bulk substrate region including an n-type region 403a joining to a light receiving surface of the bulk surface region, a BSF region 405 joining to a back surface of the bulk surface region, [0001]wherein with regions other than the bulk substrate region 404 being removed, when a minority carrier diffusion length of the bulk substrate region 404 is measured from the light receiving surface of the bulk surface region, 0.5<(L1 / Lpeak)is satisfied, where L1is a minority carrier diffusion length at an arbitrary measuring area of the light receiving surface of the bulk surface region, and Lpeak is a diffusion length corresponding to a maximum peak on the side of higher diffusion length of a histogram, the histogram being formed from data obtained when a minority carrier diffusion length of the light receiving surface of the bulk surface region is measured at a plurality of measurement areas. This structure can reduce influence of impurities such as Fe, and enhances utilization efficiency of silicon ingots. With this structure, a photovoltaic conversion device with high photovoltaic conversion efficiency can be realized.
Owner:KYOCERA CORP

Acrylic acid composition and its production process, and process for producing water- absorbent resin using this acrylic acid composition, and water-absorbent resin

In order to produce inexpensively with high productivity a water-absorbent resin of which: the residual monomer content and the water-extractable content are both low, and the properties are high, and the colorability is low; there is provided a process for producing a water-absorbent resin, which is a process for producing a crosslinked water-absorbent resin by polymerizing a monomer component including acrylic acid and / or its salt in a major proportion wherein the acrylic acid is a product obtained by catalytic gas phase oxidation of propylene and / or propane, with the process being characterized by comprising the steps of: preparing the monomer component from an acrylic acid composition that includes the unneutralized acrylic acid and a methoxyphenol and has a methoxyphenol content of 10 to 160 ppm by weight (based on the unneutralized acrylic acid); and then carrying out radical and / or ultraviolet polymerization of the resultant monomer component.
Owner:NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO LTD

Low permeability airbag cushions having film coatings of extremely low thickness

Coated inflatable fabrics, more particularly airbags to which very low add-on amounts of coating have been applied, are provided which exhibit extremely low air permeability. The inventive inflatable fabrics are primarily for use in automotive restraint cushions that require low permeability characteristics (such as side curtain airbags). Traditionally, heavy, and thus expensive, coatings of compounds such as neoprene, silicones and the like, have been utilized to provide such required low permeability. The inventive fabric utilizes an inexpensive, very thin coating to provide such necessarily low permeability levels. Thus, the inventive coated inflatable airbag comprises a film laminated on at least a portion of the target fabric surface wherein the film possesses a tensile strength of at least 2,000 and an elongation at break of at least 180%. The film provides a low permeability airbag cushion exhibiting a leak-down time of at least 5 seconds wherein the film is present on the surface in an amount of at most 3.0 ounces per square yard of the fabric.
Owner:MILLIKEN & CO

Method of transmitting reference signal and transmitter using the same

ActiveUS20090238064A1Low peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR)High cross-correlation propertyModulated-carrier systemsTransmission path divisionCommunications systemResource block
A method and apparatus of transmitting a reference signal in a wireless communication system is provided. A reference signal sequence is generated by using a pseudo-random sequence. A portion or entirety of the reference signal sequence is mapped to at least one resource block and is transmitted. The pseudo-random sequence is generated by a gold sequence generator which is initialized with initial values obtained by using cell identifier. The reference signal provides low PAPR and high cross correlation characteristic.
Owner:LG ELECTRONICS INC

Low permeability airbag cushions having film coatings of extremely low thickness

Coated inflatable fabrics, more particularly airbags to which very low add-on amounts of coating have been applied, are provided which exhibit extremely low air permeability. The inventive inflatable fabrics are primarily for use in automotive restraint cushions that require low permeability characteristics (such as side curtain airbags). Traditionally, heavy, and thus expensive, coatings of compounds such as neoprene, silicones and the like, have been utilized to provide such required low permeability. The inventive fabric utilizes an inexpensive, very thin coating to provide such necessarily low permeability levels. Thus, the inventive coated inflatable airbag comprises a film laminated on at least a portion of the target fabric surface wherein the film possesses a tensile strength of at least 2,000 and an elongation at break of at least 180%. The film provides a low permeability airbag cushion exhibiting a leak-down time of at least 5 seconds as well as a very low packing volume (for more efficient use of storage space within a vehicle) for the target side curtain airbag.
Owner:MILLIKEN & CO

Method for making particulate compositions and products thereof

A method of making abrasive compositions, and more particularly, it relates to a method of making precipitated silica abrasive compositions having excellent cleaning performance and lower abrasiveness with post-reactor sizing of the abrasive particles being performed directly via wet comminution and centrifugation, optionally followed by hydraulic chamber press filtering combined with vacuum dewatering and de-agglomeration is provided. By targeting a specific particle size range, it has been determined that higher pellicle film cleaning levels may be achieved without also increasing the dentin abrasion properties of the silica products themselves. As a result, dentifrices including such classified abrasive silica products, exhibiting particularly desirable cleaning benefits, can be provided for improved tooth polishing, whitening, and the like, without deleteriously affecting the hard tooth surfaces. Also encompassed within this invention also are products of this selective process scheme and dentifrices containing such particularly manufactured and classified silica products.
Owner:J M HUBER CORP

Antireflection film, polarized plate and image display device

The present invention can provide an antireflection film improved in the scratch resistance while having a sufficiently high antireflection property, and a polarizing plate and a display device using the antireflection film, the antireflection film antireflection film comprising: a transparent support; and as an outermost layer, a low refractive index layer containing a fluorine-containing polymer, wherein the low refractive index layer comprises at least one inorganic fine particle having an average particle size of 30 to 100% of the thickness of the low refractive index layer; the polarizing plate using the antireflection film for one of two protective films of a polarizer in the polarizing plate; and the image display device using the antireflection film or polarizing plate for the outermost surface of the display.
Owner:FUJIFILM CORP

Robot for transporting storage bins

A remotely operated vehicle or robot for picking up storage bins from a storage system includes a vehicle body, which includes a first section for storing vehicle driving means and a second section for receiving any storage bin stored in a storage column within the storage system, a vehicle lifting device in order to lift the storage bin into the second section, a first and a second set of vehicle rolling means allowing movement of the vehicle along a first and a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, respectively, within the storage system. The second section includes a cavity arranged centrally within the vehicle body. This cavity has at least one bin receiving opening facing towards the underlying storage columns At least one of the two sets of vehicle rolling means is arranged fully within the vehicle body.
Owner:AUTOSTORE TECH AS

Light-emitting element, light-emitting device, and method for producing light-emitting element

A light-emitting section (2) and a transparent member (1) which is arranged on a side of a surface (SUF2) of the light-emitting section (2) and exhibits transparency with respect to laser light (L) are provided, and the transparent member (1) includes a plurality of scattering microregions (MP) which isotropically scatter the laser light (L) passing therethrough and increase a light-emission spot size of the laser light (L).
Owner:SHARP FUKUYAMA LASER CO LTD

Electrophotographic photoconductor, and image forming apparatus, process cartridge and image forming method using the same

An object of the present invention is to provide an image forming apparatus containing an electrophotographic photoconductor, a charging unit, an exposing unit, a developing unit, a transfer unit and a cleaning unit, wherein the electrophotographic photoconductor contains a support and at least a photosensitive layer disposed on the support, wherein the photosensitive layer contains a charge generating material and a compound expressed by the following Structural Formula (1), and wherein, in the Structural Formula (1), “R1” and “R2” may be identical to each other or different, and represent any one of hydrogen atom, alkyl group which may be substituted, cycloalkyl group which may be substituted and aralkyl group which may be substituted. “R3”, “R4”, “R5”, “R6”, “R7”, “R8”, “R9”, “R10”, “R11”, “R12”, “R13” and “R14” may be identical to each other or different, and represent any one of hydrogen atom, halogen atom, cyano group, nitro group, amino group, hydroxyl group, alkyl group which may be substituted, cycloalkyl group which may be substituted and aralkyl group which may be substituted. “n” is a number of replication and represents an integer of 0 to 100.
Owner:RICOH KK

Inkjet recording method and inkjet recording apparatus

An inkjet recording method including: (i) exposing a surface of a recording medium to non-thermal atmospheric pressure plasma so as to hydrophilize the surface of the recording medium, and (ii) applying a stimulus to an ink composition so as to eject the ink composition to form an image on the recording medium, wherein the ink composition contains at least one of a pigment / water-dispersible resin particle mixture in which a pigment is dispersed along with water-dispersible resin particles and colored water-dispersible resin particles each of which is a water-dispersible resin particle which is colored.
Owner:RICOH KK

Bispecific, bivalent Anti-vegf/Anti-ang-2 antibodies

The present invention relates to bispecific, bivalent antibodies against human vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF / VEGF-A) and against human angiopoietin-2 (ANG-2), methods for their production, pharmaceutical compositions containing said antibodies, and uses thereof.
Owner:F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE & CO AG

Water-absorbent resin and production prcess therefor

To provide: a process in which a coarse gel itself is made not to form in the case of applying the aqueous solution polymerization; and a process in which the polymerization is mildly controlled and the production is stably carried out in the case of applying the reversed-phase suspension polymerization or static polymerization, in a production of a water-absorbent resin. In a production process for a water-absorbent resin, which comprises a polymerization step that includes the steps of carrying out polymerization, involving crosslinking, of an aqueous solution of a water-soluble unsaturated monomer including acrylic acid(salt);and at the same time carrying out fine division of the resultant hydrogel, or in a production process for a water-absorbent resin, which comprises the steps of carrying out polymerization, involving crosslinking, of an aqueous solution of a water-soluble unsaturated monomer including acrylic acid(salt);and carrying out fine division of the resultant hydrogel, or in a production process for a water-absorbent resin, which comprises a polymerization step that includes the steps of carrying out polymerization, involving crosslinking, of an aqueous solution of a water-soluble unsaturated monomer including acrylic acid(salt); and at the same time obtaining a finely divided hydrogel, the water-soluble unsaturated monomer is adjusted in order to contain furfural in an amount of 11 to 1,000 weight ppm (relative to the monomer).
Owner:NIPPON SHOKUBAI CO LTD

Gas barrier material

Provided is a material for gas barrier containing cellulose fibers having an average fiber diameter of not more than 200 nm, wherein the content of the carboxyl group in a cellulose composing the cellulose fiber is 0.1 to 2 mmol / g. A molded composite having gas barrier properties such as high oxygen barrier properties can be produced by applying the material for gas barrier on a substrate and drying.
Owner:KAO CORP

Method of manufacturing nonvolatile memory device

A method of manufacturing a nonvolatile memory device having a laminated structure in which a first magnetic material layer, a tunnel insulator film, and a second magnetic material layer are sequentially laminated, in which information is stored when an electric resistance value changes depending on a magnetization reversal state is disclosed. The method includes the steps of: sequentially forming the first magnetic material layer, the tunnel insulator film, and the second magnetic material layer; forming a mask layer on the second magnetic material layer; oxidizing a part uncovered by the mask layer of the second magnetic material layer; and reducing the oxidized part of the second magnetic material layer.
Owner:SONY CORP

Heat sink module

A heat sink module includes a base having a metal heat dissipating fin set, and the base includes a planar base member comprised of a plurality of graphite layers, and said planar base member embeds a vertical insert having a high thermal conductivity, and the insert comprises a graphite compound disposed vertically with the base member for conducting heat or an isotropic thermal conductive metal compound, or a thermal conductive material compound that produces a phase change by heat, and the base member includes a thermal conductive frame having an isotropic high thermal conductivity and disposed at the periphery, and the thermal conductive frame and the base member are combined to form a heat dissipating base. When the heat sink module is in use, the area proximate to the inserts is attached to the core of a heat source core, so that the inserts can absorb and conduct the heat produced by the heat source quickly. Since the graphite layer is anisotropic when conducting heat, therefore the heat is conducted from the periphery to the thermal conductive frame by the horizontal graphite layer when the heat is conducted to the insert, and then the heat is dissipated to the outside via the thermal conductive frame quickly by the heat dissipating fin.
Owner:GRAND POWER SOURCES

High power case fuse

A high power fuse includes a fuse body having a first terminal receptor including a first set of terminal legs and a second terminal receptor in spaced relation to the first terminal receptor. The second terminal receptor includes a second set of terminal legs. A fuse element is disposed between the first terminal receptor and the second terminal receptor. A first clamp-like member is mounted to the fuse body for applying a predetermined compression force against the first set of terminal legs and is configured to secure a first male terminal between the first set of terminal legs. A second clamp-like member is mounted to the fuse body for applying a predetermined compression force against the second set of terminal legs and is configured to secure a second male terminal between the second set of terminal legs.
Owner:LEAR CORP

Method for making sulfonated block copolymers, method for making membranes from such block copolymers and membrane structures

The present invention relates to an improved method for making sulfonated block copolymers and to methods for making membranes from such block copolymers. In particular, the present invention relates to an improved method for making sulfonated block copolymers having at least two polymer end blocks that are resistant to sulfonation and at least one polymer interior block that is susceptible to sulfonation where the sulfonation agent is C2 to C8 acyl sulfate. In the improved process the residual carboxylic acid formed from the C2 to C8 acyl sulfate is converted to C1 to C4 alkyl esters by contacting the residual carboxylic acid with at least a 0.9:1 molar ratio of a C1 to C4 alcohol to residual carboxylic acid, resulting in an improved sulfonated block copolymer solution. The present invention further relates to the use of such sulfonated block copolymer solutions to prepare various membranes and other articles.
Owner:STEPAN COMPANY

Surface antifogging, antisoiling, tempered glass and method for producing the same

The present invention provides a surface antifogging, antisoiling, tempered glass containing a glass formed by a float process or a down draw process and a polymer chain represented by formula (I) chemically bonded to a surface of the glass, and a method for producing the same. In formula (I), X1 to X3 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or —CO2R1, R1 represents a hydrogen atom, an alkaline metal, or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, and Y represents a functional group having a molecular weight of 100,000 or less containing a group selected from —NHSO2R2, —NHCOR2, etc.
Owner:FUJIFILM CORP
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