US08932586B2
Pseudomonas exotoxin A or “PE” is a 66 kD, highly potent, cytotoxic protein secreted by the bacterium Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Various forms of PE have been coupled to other proteins, such as antibodies, to generate therapeutically useful cytotoxin conjugates that selectively target cells of a desired phenotype (such as tumor cells). In the present invention, peptides spanning the sequence of an approximately 38 kD form of Pseudomonas exotoxin A protein were analyzed for the presence of immunogenic CD4+ T cell epitopes. Six immunogenic T cell epitopes were identified. Residues were identified within each epitope for introduction of targeted amino acid substitutions to reduce or prevent immunogenic T-cell responses in PE molecules which may be administered to a heterologous host.
US08932577B2
The present invention uses neural stem cells in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment of a patient suffering peripheral arterial disease. The invention is particularly suited for treating limb ischemia or Buerger's disease.
US08932576B2
Methods and compositions are disclosed to engineer chloroplast comprising heterologous mammalian genes via a direct replacement of chloroplast Photosystem II (PSII) reaction center protein coding regions to achieve expression of recombinant protein above 5% of total protein. When algae is used, algal expressed protein is produced predominantly as a soluble protein where the functional activity of the peptide is intact. As the host algae is edible, production of biologics in this organism for oral delivery of proteins/peptides, especially gut active proteins, without purification is disclosed.
US08932573B2
Disclosed herein are cosmetic compositions for making up and/or coating keratinous fibers, said composition comprising: (a) at least one semicrystalline polymer; (b) at least one silicone elastomer blend comprising at least one silicone cross-polymer dispersed in at least one oil; (c) at least one hydrophilic gelling agent; and (d) an aqueous phase. Also disclosed herein are methods for making up and/or enhancing the appearance of keratinous fibers comprising applying said compositions to the keratinous fibers.
US08932572B2
The present invention is directed membrane active poly(vinyl ester) polymers and compositions for targeted delivery of RNA interference (RNAi) polynucleotides to cells in vivo. RNAi polynucleotides are conjugated to the poly(vinyl ester) polymers and the polymers are reversibly modified to enable in vivo targeted delivery. Membrane activity of the poly(vinyl ester) provides for movement of the RNAi polynucleotides from outside the cell to inside the cell. Reversible modification provides physiological responsiveness.
US08932571B2
The invention relates to a skin-care product comprising at least one component selected from the group of heat shock protein from alfalfa and heat shock protein hydrolysate from alfalfa. The invention further relates to the use of shock protein from alfalfa or hydrolysate thereof for slowing down the aging of the skin and/or for rejuvenating the skin.
US08932567B2
Methods and compositions for stimulating the growth of hair are disclosed wherein said compositions include bimatoprost and minoxidil in a vehicle for topical application to the skin of a mammal, e.g. a human, whereby the combination of bimatoprost and minoxidil produces a faster onset of hair growth in humans or other mammals and wherein said composition brings about a synergestic result of faster onset of hair growth as compared to compositions comprising bimatoprost and minoxidil, alone.
US08932564B2
The present invention relates to topical compositions containing solid particles that are stabilized via encapsulation into a cross-linked silicone matrix. The solid particles are preferably formed of a metal oxide, such as zinc oxide or titanium dioxide, and the cross-linked silicone matrix is preferably formed by cross-linking a silicone having branched reactive alkoxyl moieties in the presence of a stannous carboxylate cross-linking agent. The stabilized particles of the present invention can readily be used either alone or in combination with other skin care actives to form topical compositions with improved stability and performance.
US08932551B2
A method for providing 11C-labeled cyanides from 11C labeled oxides in a target gas stream retrieved from an irradiated high pressure gaseous target containing O2 is provided, wherein 11C labeled oxides are reduced with H2 in the presence of a nickel catalyst under a pressure and a temperature sufficient to form a product stream comprising at least about 95% 11CH4 , the 11CH4 is then combined with an excess of NH3 in a carrier/reaction stream flowing at an accelerated velocity and the combined 11CH4 carrier/reaction stream is then contacted with a platinum (Pt) catalyst particulate supported on a substantially-chemically-nonreactive heat-stable support at a temperature of at least about 900 ° C., whereby a product stream comprising at least about 60%H11CN is provided in less than 10 minutes from retrieval of the 11C labeled oxide.
US08932533B2
Implementations and techniques for cyclonic catalytic ducts are generally disclosed.
US08932531B2
A catalytic converter apparatus includes a housing having an inlet port, an outlet port, a chamber, an access opening, and an interior sealing surface generally encompassing a periphery of one of the inlet and outlet ports in the chamber. A substrate assembly is insertable into the chamber and removable from the chamber through the access opening, and includes a catalyst matrix for treating fluid. A positioning mechanism removably supports the substrate assembly within the chamber so that movement of the substrate assembly in a lateral direction generally parallel to the interior sealing surface moves the substrate assembly in an axial direction generally perpendicular to the interior sealing surface. The positioning mechanism may guide the substrate assembly in the axial direction into sealing engagement with the one of the inlet and outlet ports to provide a fluid flow path through the catalyst matrix between the inlet and outlet ports.
US08932522B2
An apparatus for cleaning a toothbrush comprises a hollow container having an interior with an upper section and a lower section. The upper section is open for allowing insertion and withdrawal of a toothbrush along an axis and the lower section defines a reservoir for storing a cleaning fluid. A plurality of fins are mounted to the container and arranged about the axis to project inward toward the axis at a distance above a bottom of the reservoir. The distal ends of the fins are spaced for deflecting bristles of the toothbrush during passage of the toothbrush along the axis past the distal ends of the fins from one side of the plurality of fins to another side of the plurality of fins. An additional set of fins is provided for drying excess cleaning fluid from the brush. The fins are removable from the container for thorough cleaning or replacement.
US08932517B2
A process for production of a packed soft magnetic component, comprises the steps of:—preparing a rotational mold, consisting of at least one mold cavity connected to a driven rotational axle, arranging a coil in the mold, filling the at least one mold cavity with a binder and a soft magnetic, metallic material in the form of a powder,—driving the axle for rotation of said at least one mold, whereby the soft magnetic, metallic material is packed by centrifugal forces to one side of said at least one mold cavity, mixed with the binder, thus forming a component comprising a soft magnetic composite with a coil embedded therein.
US08932515B2
A crust breaker bath detection system includes a cylinder defining a piston chamber. A piston is slidably displaced within the piston chamber by a pressurized fluid. A crust breaker rod connected to the piston is displaced through a crust layer into a bath having a bath voltage when the piston is displaced in the cylinder in a piston drive direction. A controller is in electrical communication with the cylinder. A conductive member is retained by and in electrical contact with the piston and in continuous contact with the cylinder. The conductive member defines a portion of a bath detection circuit including the crust breaker rod, the piston, the conductive member, the cylinder and the controller. The bath detection circuit is closed when the crust breaker rod contacts the bath such that the bath voltage is communicated to the controller by the bath detection circuit.
US08932512B2
The present invention relates to polymers comprising absorption pigments, which are distinguished by the fact that they have high absorption in the near IR region, and to the use thereof, in particular in thermoforming and in IR light welding.
US08932507B2
A molding system (100), comprising: a shooting-pot assembly (102; 202A; 202B); and a valve assembly (104; 204A; 204B) having an input port (106; 206A; 206B) being configured to input a melt, an output port (108; 208A; 208B) being configured to output the melt, and a transfer port (110; 210A; 210B) connected to the shooting-pot assembly (102; 202A; 202B).
US08932501B2
The present invention concerns processes for reducing water in never-dried fiber comprising copolymer derived from the copolymerization of para-phenylenediamine, 5(6) -amino-2-(p-aminophenyl)benzimidazole; and terephthaloyl dichloride, the process comprising the steps of: (a) heating the never-dried fiber to a temperature of at least 20° C. but less than 100 ° C. until the moisture content of the fiber is 20 weight percent or less of the fiber; and (b) further heating the fiber to a temperature of at least 350° C.
US08932500B2
An apparatus and method for fabricating a stator of a super-high-speed induction motor, in which the process of loading a stator on which a coil is completely wound into a mold, injecting a functional resin into a chamber, converting the inside of the chamber into the vacuum state, and pressurizing the inside of the chamber is carried out so that bubbles are removed from the inside and the surface of the functional resin and the functional resin is completely filled between the inner circumference of the stator and the inner circumference of the mold, thereby maximizing heat conductivity and insulation, preventing the stator from deteriorating, and improving the performance and endurance of the super-high-speed induction motor. In addition, since the vacuum step and the pressurizing step include heating the mold, in the vacuum step, the viscosity of the functional resin can be decreased so that the process of removing gas inside the stator can be efficiently performed and the solidification time of the functional resin can be decreased so that the working time can be decreased, and in the pressurizing step, the molding that is under pressing force is completely solidified. Furthermore, the height of the receiving section of the mold and the height of the central shaft are adjusted so that the winding section of the stator is completely immersed, and the chamber is provided with a vacuum tube and a pressurizing tube in order to facilitate the step of injecting the functional resin and the pressuring step. The method includes (a) loading a stator having a coil, which is completely wound on a core, into a mold, (b) injecting a functional resin into the mold so that a winding section of the stator is immersed, (c) inserting the mold, into which the functional resin is injected, into a closed chamber, (d) removing bubbles by converting the inside of the chamber into a vacuum state through a vacuum tube, which is provided in the chamber, so that the functional resin is filled across the entire portions of the stator, including the core and the coil, and between the inner circumference of the stator and the inner circumference of the mold, and (e) removing bubbles by increasing the gas pressure in the chamber, so that the functional resin is filled across the entire portions of the stator, including the core and the coil, and between the inner circumference of the stator and the inner circumference of the mold.
US08932496B2
A method of preparing an aqueous dispersion comprising silver particles of mean diameter from 0.5 to 25 nm by weight and an aqueous carrier liquid, including the steps of i) providing a mixture comprising at least one silver salt, aqueous carrier liquid and a stabiliser for the particles ii) contacting the mixture with a non-ionic or covalent reducing agent to form a reaction mixture iii) causing the at least one silver salt to react with the reducing agent to form a dispersion comprising silver particles and acid wherein step iii) is partly or completely performed in the presence of anion exchange resin whereby the acid is exchanged for a hydroxide ion from the resin and/or is sorbed by the resin.
US08932489B2
A method of synthesizing colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals involves contacting a source of at least one semi-conductor cation element (Group 11-14, more preferably Group 12-14, more preferably 12 or 14, more preferably Cd, Zn, Hg or Pb, most preferably Cd) with a source of at least one Group 15, or 16 element in the presence of a ligand forming compound containing a carboxylic acid moiety in a reaction medium comprising a solvent that is substantially noncoordinating with respect to the at least one cation, the ligand forming compound and the source of at least one cation element having a molar ratio of 1:1 or less. The cation element source is preferably bonded to two low carbon acids. Some of the low carbon acids are substituted with the ligand forming compound to produce a cation precursor that is more soluble in the noncoordinating solvent. The method produces novel ensembles of colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals that have narrow linewidth absorption and bandgap photoluminescence spectra indicating that the colloidal semiconductor nanocrystals are of substantially a single size. The single size families are produced for CdSe, CdTe, CdS, CdSeTe, and CdP.
US08932480B2
The present invention provides a LiCoO2-containing powder comprising LiCoO2 having a stoichiometric composition via heat treatment of a lithium cobalt oxide and a lithium buffer material to make equilibrium of a lithium chemical potential there between; a lithium buffer material which acts as a Li acceptor or a Li donor to remove or supplement Li-excess or Li-deficiency, coexisting with a stoichiometric lithium metal oxide; and a method for preparing a LiCoO2-containing powder. Further, provided is an electrode comprising the above-mentioned LiCoO2-containing powder as an active material, and a rechargeable battery comprising the same electrode.
US08932477B2
A compound having a tungsten bronze structure exhibiting a high Curie temperature, good insulating resistance and mechanical quality factor, and excellent piezoelectric properties is provided. The compound contains a tungsten bronze structure oxide represented by general formula (1): x(BaB2O6)-y(CaB2O6)-z{(Bi1/2C1/2)B2O6} (1) where B represents at least one of Nb and Ta; C represents at least one of Na and K; x+y+z=1; x satisfies 0.2≦x≦0.85; y satisfies 0≦y≦0.5; and z satisfies 0
US08932476B2
Apparatuses and methods are provided where porous metal is deposited on a substrate, a mask is provided on the porous metal and then an etching is performed.
US08932474B1
A method of making an imprinted micro-wire structure includes providing a substrate and first, second, and third different stamps. A curable first layer is provided in relation to a substrate and imprinted with first, second, and third micro-channels using the first stamp. First, second, and third micro-wires are formed in the first, second, and third micro-channels. A curable second layer is provided adjacent to the first layer and imprinted with first and second connecting micro-channels. First and second connecting micro-wires are formed in the first and second connecting micro-channels. A curable third layer is provided and imprinted with a bridge micro-channel and a bridge micro-wire formed in the bridge micro-channel. The first and second micro-wires, the first and second connecting micro-wires, and the bridge micro-wire are electrically connected and electrically isolated from the third micro-wire.
US08932471B2
This disclosure relates to a method of recovering and concentrating an aqueous N-methylmorpholine-N-oxide (NMMO) solution.
US08932466B2
The present invention provides a method for sludge treatment, comprising the following steps: (1) mixing a sludge feed from a sewage biotreatment process with a first mixed liquor to obtain a second mixed liquor; (2) subjecting the second mixed liquor to an oxygen-supplying process to obtain a third mixed liquor; (3) subjecting the third mixed liquor to an anoxic process to obtain a fourth mixed liquor; (4) separating the fourth mixed liquor to obtain a supernatant liquid and a first concentrated mixed liquor; (5) discharging the supernatant liquid, and returning at least a part of the first concentrated mixed liquor as the first mixed liquor to the step (1), wherein the amount of sludge of the first concentrated mixed liquor that does not return to the step (1) is less than the amount of sludge of the sludge feed. The present invention further relates to the use of the method for sludge treatment in sewage treatment. The method for sludge treatment can achieve a long term stable run without sludge discharge.
US08932453B2
This invention relates to a hydroprocessing process with improved catalyst activity when hydroprocessing petroleum based feedstock or an oxygen containing feedstock. This invention also relates to a hydrotreating process with improved hydrodesulfurization (HDS) activity of a hydrotreating catalyst such as Co/Mo by co-feeding carbon monoxide or its precursors. Such inventive process confirms that adding a small amount of CO to H2 in a hydrotreater for a few days leads to an increase in product sulfur due to the inhibition of CO on the hydrotreating catalyst such as Co/Mo. However, it has been unexpectedly found that after the CO was removed from the hydrogen stream, product sulfur levels decreased to values below they were before CO addition which means the activity of the hydrotreating catalyst increased after the CO treatment.
US08932452B2
A method for removing catalyst, catalyst fines, and coke particulates from a slurry oil stream includes the steps of routing a first slurry oil stream from a first slurry oil source to at least one hydrocyclone, increasing at least one of a temperature and a pressure of the first slurry oil stream prior to it entering the at least one hydrocyclone; passing the first slurry oil stream through the at least one hydrocyclone; and routing a second slurry oil stream exiting an overflow end of the at least one hydrocyclone to a second slurry oil source. The first and second slurry oil sources may be one or more of the following: a main column of a fluid catalytic cracking fractionator, a steam generator, a heat exchanger, a decant slurry oil storage, and a slurry oil storage tank.
US08932450B2
A process and apparatus to remove asphaltenic contaminants from bitumen, heavy oil or residue to produce lower viscosity petroleum products and high purity asphaltenes.
US08932449B2
An electrochemical-based analytical test strip for the determination of an analyte (e.g., glucose) in a bodily fluid sample (such as a whole blood sample) includes an electrically insulating base layer and a patterned conductor layer (for example, a gold patterned conductor layer) disposed over the electrically-insulating layer. The patterned conductor layer includes at least one electrode with the electrode having electrochemically inert areas and an electrochemically active area(s). Moreover, the electrochemically inert areas and electrochemically active area(s) are of a predetermined size and a predetermined distribution such that electrochemical response of the electrode during use of the electrochemical-based analytical test strip is essentially equivalent to a predetermined electrochemical response.
US08932439B2
The present invention includes an electrolytic bath with increased contact specific surface area configured to effectively electrodeposit valuable metals from waste water, wherein the specific surface area of an electrode contacting the waste water is maximized to increase electrolysis efficiency, and electrolysis space is increased to enable effective electrodeposition and recovery of valuable metals from low-concentration waste water. The electrolytic bath comprises: a housing having an inlet, outlet, gas discharge hole, and inner space; an anode group comprising a plurality of anodes installed in the inner space; a cathode group installed between the anodes to form two electrolysis spaces, and cathode wire threads placed on one side of each electrolysis spaces. As waste water flows through the inlet and electrolysis spaces and then is discharged through the outlet, metal is electrodeposited onto the cathode group and gas is discharged through the gas discharge hole.
US08932437B2
The present invention relates generally to methods for producing a coated jewelry article or a coated component of a jewelry article, comprising a jewelry article or a component of a jewelry article, a first metallic coating, and a second metallic coating.
US08932430B2
The present disclosure is directed towards a method and apparatus for generating an abatement plasma downstream of a processing chamber using an RF plasma ignited and sustained with an integrated power oscillator circuit driven by feedback based upon a load of the abatement plasma. In one embodiment, a plasma ashing system includes an abatement system configured to receive an effluent byproduct from an upstream processing chamber containing a workpiece. The effluent byproduct is provided along an exhaust conduit to a downstream afterburner unit having an integrated power oscillator, that relies upon an oscillating circuit operatively coupled to an antenna to ignite the abatement plasma within the exhaust conduit. The antenna, together with the plasma load, form a resonant tank circuit, which provides a feedback that drives operation of the oscillating circuit, thereby allowing the oscillating circuit to vary its output based upon changes in the abatement plasma load.
US08932411B2
A method for controlling the operation of an automatic dishwasher including receiving input for a zonal wash cycle from a user interface to a controller indicating a selection of a first cleaning cycle corresponding to a first wash zone and a second cleaning cycle, different from the first cleaning cycle, corresponding to a second wash zone, and implementing a zonal wash cycle by implementing each of the first and second cleaning cycles during a single cycle of operation of the dishwasher to define the zonal wash cycle.
US08932410B2
The present invention relates to a dishwasher (1) wherein ozone water is applied to improve the washing performance and to provide hygiene. The ozone gas that is generated by an ozone generator (7) located in the dishwasher (1) is mixed to the wash water by the Venturi device (8) and by means of an ozone water line (9) extending into the tub (2), of branch pipes (10, 110, 210) and of spray nozzles (N), ozone wash water is sprayed to the lower dish rack (3) or the upper dish rack (103).
US08932406B2
The molecular etcher carbonyl fluoride (COF2) or any of its variants, are provided for, according to the present invention, to increase the efficiency of etching and/or cleaning and/or removal of materials such as the unwanted film and/or deposits on the chamber walls and other components in a process chamber or substrate (collectively referred to herein as “materials”). The methods of the present invention involve igniting and sustaining a plasma, whether it is a remote or in-situ plasma, by stepwise addition of additives, such as but not limited to, a saturated, unsaturated or partially unsaturated perfluorocarbon compound (PFC) having the general formula (CyFz) and/or an oxide of carbon (COx) to a nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) plasma into a chemical deposition chamber (CVD) chamber, thereby generating COF2. The NF3 may be excited in a plasma inside the CVD chamber or in a remote plasma region upstream from the CVD chamber. The additive(s) may be introduced upstream or downstream of the remote plasma such that both NF3 and the additive(s) (and any plasma-generated effluents) are present in the CVD chamber during cleaning.
US08932402B2
Hydraulic binder comprising: at least one first calcium aluminosilicate derivative with a fineness of less than 6000 Blaine, slag microparticles with a fineness of greater than or equal to 6000 Blaine in an amount of between 1 and 35% of the total weight of the binder, preferably of between 5 and 15%, at least one source of calcium sulphate and at least one base in an amount of less than or equal to 1% of the total weight of the binder.
US08932401B2
Emulsions, and processes for making the emulsions, useful for imparting water resistance to gypsum products are disclosed. Process for making the emulsion and gypsum products made from the emulsion are also disclosed. The emulsions of the invention include at least one paraffin wax and a hydrophilic metallic salt. The emulsions of the invention may further include a saponifiable wax substitute for montan wax. The emulsions of the invention may further include a biocide.
US08932394B2
The present invention provides an ink jet ink that is capable of recording an image excellent in light resistance and ozone resistance and has excellent intermittent ejection stability. The ink jet ink contains a coloring material and a water-soluble organic solvent. The coloring material contains a compound represented by the following general formula (I), the water-soluble organic solvent contains ethylene urea end an alkanediol having 4 to 6 carbon atoms, and a content A (% by mass) of the coloring material, a content B (% by mass) of the ethylene urea and a content C (% by mass) of the alkanediol having 4 to 6 carbon atoms based on a total mass of the ink satisfy relationships of 0.20≦B/A≦10.0 and 0.10≦C/A≦10.0.
US08932390B2
Disclosed is a liquid chemical for forming a water-repellent protecting film. The liquid chemical contains an agent for forming a water-repellent protecting film, and a solvent. The agent is for provided to form a water-repellent protecting film on a wafer after a cleaning step for the wafer and before a drying step for the wafer, the wafer having at its surface an uneven pattern and containing at least one kind element of titanium, tungsten, aluminum, copper, tin, tantalum and ruthenium at surfaces of recessed portions of the uneven pattern, the water-repellent protecting film being formed at least on the surfaces of the recessed portions. The liquid chemical is characterized in that the agent for forming a water-repellent protecting film is a compound represented by the following general formula [1].
US08932384B1
The invention described relates to the synthesis of gold nanorods in high concentrations in a single batch and their use in detection of nitroexplosives using Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy (SERS). The nanoparticle suspensions were stable up to a month after preparation. The aggregated nanorods have a strong SERS effect for nitroexplosives (3,5-dintro-4-methylbenzoic acid and 2,4,6-TNT) with sensitivity of 5.0 pg in a few seconds. The results obtained in numerous tests demonstrated a high reproducibility that makes aggregated nanorods very attractive substrates for defense and security applications.
US08932380B2
A dust removal device is provided which reduces the differences, among different dusty environments, in time at which dust collection is started until the time when possible clogging may occur to significantly increase the time from the start of dust collection until the time when possible clogging occur, while improving dust removal performance. The dust removal device includes main filter 10 that is formed of non-woven cloth 8 with charged fiber, duct 6-1 with main filter 10 disposed therein, sub-filter 11 including a plurality of cylindrical air trunks formed of a charged member, and duct 6-2 with sub-filter 11 disposed therein. Duct 6-1 and duct 6-2 are in communication with each other. In operation, air flows from duct 6-1 to duct 6-2. Main filter 10 in duct 6-1 has a larger vent cross-sectional area than sub-filter 11 in duct 6-2.
US08932372B2
Processes for producing alcohols such as ethanol and propanol from a mixed acid feedstock in an integrated process. In one embodiment, the process comprises the step of carbonylating methanol in the presence of a carbonylation catalyst to form a mixed acid feedstock comprising acetic acid and one or more higher acids, preferably comprising propionic acid. The mixed acid feed is hydrogenated in the presence of a hydrogenation catalyst to form a crude alcohol product comprising ethanol and one or more higher alcohols, preferably including propanol.
US08932369B2
An apparatus and method for determining an unbalance condition in a laundry treating appliance having a rotating drum based on the rotational speed of the drum.
US08932367B2
The subject invention pertains to embodiments of a device for implantation into a residual amputated limb. More specifically, the subject invention provides one or more embodiments of an implantable force-distribution support that can be installed onto the terminal end of a bone or bone stump in a residual limb. The force-distribution support can restore the natural hydrodynamic system of the skeleton and can re-engage the axial skeleton as a factor in absorbing forces of ambulation. Embodiments can include a support bracket that can be attached to the terminal bone end to which a resilient-support can be attached to protect residual tissue from compression forces.
US08932366B2
A porous structure and a porous assembly resulted therefrom for implants allow a tissue to go through and attach for ingrowth, thereby achieving an ideal fixing effect. At least one porous structure is provided with a plurality of geometric-contoured apertures defined by walls. At least one channel is disposed on the apertures or the walls along a reference axis so that the adjoining apertures are intercommunicated, and the porous structures are connected and/or stacked with each other to contribute a porous assembly.
US08932362B2
An elbow prosthesis constructed in accordance to one example of the present teachings can include a first stem structure that is operable to be positioned in a first bone of a joint. The first stem structure can include a first stem portion and a cage structure. The first stem portion may be operable to be positioned in the first bone. The cage structure can be formed generally between an inner sidewall and an outer surface. The stem portion can have opposing surfaces that define a disconnect formed entirely through the cage structure from the inner sidewall to the outer surface. A first bearing component can have an exterior cage opposing surface. The first bearing component can be selectively inserted into the cage structure from an insertion position to an installed position. A fastener can be threadably advanced into an engaged position with the cage structure to reduce a gap defined between the opposing surfaces of the disconnect while radially contracting the cage structure around the first bearing.
US08932359B2
An intervertebral implant is configured to be fixed in an intervertebral space defined by a first vertebral body and a second vertebral body. The intervertebral implant includes an implant body sized to be inserted into an intervertebral space, and a fixation assembly configured to be attached to the implant body. The fixation assembly includes a housing that defines a first vertebral body facing surface and a second vertebral body facing surface spaced from the first vertebral body facing surface along a transverse direction. The fixation assembly further includes at least one fixation member supported by the housing and movable from a retracted position to an extended position, whereby in the extended position the fixation member extends out from the housing and into one of the vertebral bodies.
US08932347B2
Implantable materials having engineered surfaces and method of making same comprising geometric features on at least one surface of the material having at least one of chemical, physiochemical and electrochemical activity different than regions of the at least one surface without the features.
US08932333B2
A modular interspinous fixation system and method are shown. The system and method comprise a first plate, a second plate and a locking cross bar for locking the first and second plates together and into locked engagement with a first spinous process and a second spinous process. A bridge is mounted or received on the locking cross bar so that it becomes locked onto the locking cross bar when the locking cross bar is in locked engagement. The bridge and locking cross bar are adapted so that the bridge does not rotate about its axis while on the locking cross bar. Various other embodiments are shown illustrating various bridges of different shapes and sizes, integral and non-integral locking cross bars and even a ramped locking cross bar for facilitating preventing separation of the first and second plates after they are mounted to the first and second spinous processes.
US08932331B2
A method and apparatus for coupling a soft tissue implant into a locking cavity formed within a bone. The method includes the following: implanting in bone a first anchor including a first suture construct connected to the first anchor; passing a first adjustable loop of the first suture construct at least one of over or through the soft tissue; coupling the first adjustable loop to one of a first locking feature of the first anchor or a second locking feature of a second anchor; adjusting the first adjustable loop by pulling a first end of the first suture construct; and securing the soft tissue against bone by pulling the first end of the first suture construct.
US08932318B2
Provided herein are a system and method for detaching a therapeutic device, e.g. an embolic coil, from a delivery tube at a target site in a patient's body. The system includes a bead disposed against a distal end of the therapeutic device that retains the therapeutic device to the delivery tube in a first compressed configuration through a series of connectors. The series of connectors include a stretch resistant member through which the bead is attached to an anchor inside the therapeutic device. The anchor, in turn, is disposed against a thermally responsive element comprised of a polymeric material configured to melt or otherwise change configuration to release the anchor, and with it, to also release the bead and therapeutic device. Energy may be supplied to the thermally responsive element through electrical conductors and a resistive heating element disposed within the delivery tube.
US08932308B2
Embodiments of the present invention encompass systems and methods to prevent complications from atrial fibrillation by preventing or reducing the likelihood of blood flow out of the left atrial appendage, to eliminate a possible source of aberrant electrical circuits, or both. Accordingly, techniques are provided for delivering ligature loops or closure means to the left atrial appendage, and to other anatomical structures of a patient which may be desirable in other surgical procedures.
US08932306B1
A medical device for use in hemorrhoid treatment is an elongate unitary body having a conical portion at one end and a cylindrical portion at an opposite end. The cylindrical portion is truncated along a longitudinal plane to provide the cylindrical portion with a planar outer surface area extending parallel to a longitudinal axis of the body. A coupling structure is provided on a side of the cylindrical portion opposite the conical portion for releasably attaching the body to a band-holding cylinder of a hemorrhoid ligator.
US08932298B2
A method for locating the mechanical axis of a long bone involves generating an image of the long bone and determining the angle between the mechanical axis of the bone and a reference axis, which contains at least two reference points towards one end of the bone. A reference arm is positioned relative to the at least two predetermined reference points, and the mechanical axis is located relative to the reference arm with reference to the previously determined angle.
US08932296B2
Methods, systems, and devices for pulling a spinal vertebra toward a spinal rod are provided. One spinal rod persuasion system includes a cord configured to engage a pedicle screw installed in a spinal vertebra. The system also includes a tensioner configured to engage the cord and a spinal rod, and to apply tension to the cord to pull the pedicle screw toward the spinal rod. One method includes installing a pedicle screw in a spinal vertebra, affixing a cord to the pedicle screw, coupling the cord to a tensioner, coupling a spinal rod to the tensioner, and pulling the pedicle screw toward the spinal rod.
US08932294B2
A device and method for providing antimicrobial activity around a surgical implant. Antimicrobial activity is provided by the inclusion of a highly conductive material to a surgical implant and providing a low electrical charge to the implant. Electrical charge is provided by a static generator or battery attached to the implant or attached via electrical leads.
US08932293B2
An end effector assembly for use with an electrosurgical instrument is provided. The end effector assembly includes a pair of opposing jaw members configured to grasp tissue therebetween. Each of the opposing jaw members includes a non conducting tissue contact surface and an energy delivering element configured to perforate the tissue to create an opening, extract elastin and collagen from the tissue and denaturize the elastin and the collagen in the vicinity of the opening.
US08932288B2
An apparatus and method for diagnosis or treatment of a vessel or organ. The apparatus includes a deformable body such as a catheter having a tissue ablation end effector and an irrigation channel in fluid communication therewith. At least two sensors are disposed within a distal extremity of the deformable body, the sensors being responsive to a wave in a specified range of frequency to detect deformations resulting from a contact force applied to the distal extremity. A microprocessor can be operatively coupled with the sensors to receive outputs therefrom, the microprocessor being configured to resolve a multi-dimensional force vector corresponding to the contact force. In one embodiment, the sensors are fiber Bragg grating sensors, and the wave is injected into the fiber Bragg grating strain sensors from a laser diode.
US08932287B2
A device positionable in a cavity of a bodily organ (e.g., a heart) may discriminate between fluid (e.g., blood) and non-fluid tissue (e.g., wall of heart) to provide information or a mapping indicative of a position and/or orientation of the device in the cavity. Discrimination may be based on flow, or some other characteristic, for example electrical permittivity or force. The device may selectively ablate portions of the non-fluid tissue based on the information or mapping. The device may detect characteristics (e.g., electrical potentials) indicative of whether ablation was successful. The device may include a plurality of transducers, intravascularly guided in an unexpanded configuration and positioned proximate the non-fluid tissue in an expanded configuration. Expansion mechanism may include helical member(s) or inflatable member(s).
US08932284B2
Methods and systems for treating tissue that employ a radiometer for measurement and/or control are provided. For example, methods and systems are provided for radiometrically measuring temperature, such as by calculating temperature based on signal(s) from a radiometer, thereby providing useful information about tissue temperature at depth, even during an optional irrigated procedure.
US08932281B2
An energy-delivery device suitable for delivery of energy to tissue includes an antenna assembly, a chamber defined about the antenna assembly, and a cable having a proximal end suitable for connection to an electrosurgical energy source. The energy-delivery device also includes a flexible, fluid-cooled shaft coupled in fluid communication with the chamber. The flexible, fluid-cooled shaft is configured to contain a length of the cable therein and adapted to remove heat along the length of the cable during delivery of energy to the antenna assembly.
US08932274B2
An underpants-type absorbent article having an outer body provided with a mutually separate front piece, back piece and connecting sheet, and wherein the front piece and the back piece are mutually joined at side areas and are mutually connected by the connecting sheet extending in an front-to-rear direction at the crotch area, and an inner body containing an absorptive body and which is overlapped and anchored to the connecting sheet on the inside of the outer body. At least a portion of both edges in the transverse direction of the connecting sheet are positioned farther to the inside in the transverse direction than both edges in the transverse direction of the inner body in a spacing area between the front piece and the back piece.
US08932272B2
An individually packaged absorbent article assembly including a tri-folded absorbent article having two end portions and an intermediate portion, and a pouch containing the tri-folded absorbent article, the pouch be structured and arranged to enable a user to selectively open the pouch to thereby expose a garment-facing surface of the intermediate portion of the absorbent article prior to exposing a garment facing surface of either of the end portions of the absorbent article.
US08932269B2
A coupling system for receiving a push rod includes a housing defining an internal channel having a sloped wall, and a piston received within the internal channel. The piston includes at least one flexible member arranged within the channel to be acted upon by the sloped wall to engage the push rod. The only external force required to couple the push rod is an axial force on the piston in a direction. The only external force required to de-couple the push rod is an axial force on the piston in an opposite direction.
US08932268B1
A medication cartridge injection assembly facilitates and tracks dispensation of medication such as epinephrine during a heart attack. The assembly includes a frame and a housing having a plurality of chambers holding cartridges of medication. A barrel is coupled to the frame and selectively alignable with each chamber. A plunger is aligned with the barrel to engage the cartridge positioned in an aligned chamber. An actuator engages the cartridge upon manipulation of the actuator. A processor is operationally coupled to a timer actuated by manipulation of the actuator. An alert mechanism is operationally coupled to the processor to provide an alert related to a time expired since a most recent dispensing of medication.
US08932267B2
An inflatable face seal (1′; 30′) for a respiratory mask, the inflatable face seal comprising an annular air-tight hollow portion (12′; 40′) where a cross section through one section of the annular hollow portion (12; 40) comprises a bonded joint (11; 41) which joins two overlapping flanges (6,7; 35,36). The two flanges are bonded together such that an inwardly facing surface (10; 39) of a first flange (6; 35) of the two overlapping flanges is in contact with an outwardly facing surface (9; 38) of a second flange (7; 36) of the two overlapping flanges. In this way, the bond is strong and only exposed to shear stresses when the annular air-tight hollow portion is exposed to increased pressure.
US08932264B2
A medication delivery pen assembly having a pen body and a needle assembly with a hub connected to the pen body, a needle cannula extending through the hub with a distal end sharpened for insertion into a patient, and a shield having a tubular portion telescopingly disposed about at least a portion of the hub. The tubular portion includes an internal surface, at least one projection extending inwardly from the internal surface, and the hub having at least one externally extending projection. The shield is axially displaceable relatively along the hub distally from a first position, where the distal end of the needle cannula is exposed, to a second position, where the distal end of the needle cannula is enclosed by the shield. Upon the shield being displaced to the second position, the at least one projection on the hub is deflectibly urged passed the at least one projection on the tubular portion so that subsequent distal-to-proximal movement of the shield relative to the hub is hindered by interengagement of the projections. The needle cannula may be directly affixed to the pen body with the hub being formed unitarily with, rigidly affixed to, or removably affixed to the pen body.
US08932242B2
Devices and methods for assisting birth are disclosed. The device is constructed from an elastic material with an elongated center and handles at both ends. A patient grasps the device at one end, while the other end is secured. When the patient experiences a contraction, the patient pulls on the device at a downward angle. The device elastically stretches and causes the patient to utilize correct abdominal muscles for pushing a fetus down a birth canal, thus reducing second stage of labor.
US08932241B2
A wearable action-assist device includes a biosignal detection unit detecting a biosignal from a wearer, an action-assist wearing tool having a drive source supplying a torque acting on the wearer around each joint of the wearer as an axis of rotation, a control unit controlling the drive source to generate the torque according to the detected biosignal, a drive torque estimation unit estimating a drive torque generated by the drive source, a joint-angle detecting unit detecting an angular displacement of the joint, and a parameter identification unit identifying kinetics parameters concerned by substituting the estimated drive torque and the detected angular displacement into an equation of motion of an entire system including kinetics parameters intrinsic to the wearer. The control unit is configured to control the drive source according to a predetermined control method based on the equation of motion into which the identified parameters are substituted.
US08932237B2
Ultrasound focusing may be improved by combining knowledge of the target tissue and/or focusing arrangement with focus measurements.
US08932233B2
A magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) compatible core biopsy system uses a biopsy device having intuitive graphical displays and a detachable remote keypad that advantageously allows convenient control even within the close confines afforded by a localization fixture installed within a breast coil that localizes a patient's breast and guides a probe of the biopsy device relative to the localized breast. A control module for interactive control and power generation are remotely positioned and communicate and transmit rotational mechanical energy via sheathed cable.
US08932220B2
A method of producing an artificial neural network capable of predicting the survivability of a patient, including: storing in an electronic database patient health data comprising a plurality of sets of data, each set having at least one of a first parameter relating to heart rate variability data and a second parameter relating to vital sign data, each set further having a third parameter relating to patient survivability; providing a network of nodes interconnected to form an artificial neural network, the nodes comprising a plurality of artificial neurons, each artificial neuron having at least one input with an associated weight; and training the artificial neural network using the patient health data such that the associated weight of the at least one input of each artificial neuron is adjusted in response to respective first, second and third parameters of different sets of data from the patient health data.
US08932219B2
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring a correlation between heart rate and blood pressure in a patient. When a characteristic of the correlation exceeds a threshold, a patient status indicator signal is sent to a monitoring device. In some embodiments, the patient status indicator signal indicates a particular medical condition or alerts a care provider to a change in status. In some embodiments, the heart rate signal is used to improve a blood pressure estimate generated by a different signal. In some embodiments, the heart rate, blood pressure and correlation signals are used in a predictive mathematical model to estimate patient status or outcome.
US08932218B1
The ANS of a subject is continuously monitored to obtain the sympathetic nervous system (SNS) and parasympathetic nervous system (PSNS) components of the autonomous nervous system while an external stimulus is applied to the subject having a frequency that sweeps across a frequency band. The stimulus may be a vibration, flickering light or sound. The ANS is determined to have entered into a state of homeostasis when the SNS component equals the PSNS component. The value of frequency that corresponds to the state of homeostasis is selected as the fundamental frequency of the subject for use in subsequent treatment protocols.
US08932217B2
A multi-parametric vital signs monitoring device configured for use as an ambulatory and a bedside monitor wherein the device can be patient-wearable and is battery powered. The monitoring device can be used with a charging cradle to provide power to the device in lieu of the battery as a power source for bedside applications, in which the cradle further serves as an intermediary device to enable a data link with a PC or other peripheral device. The monitoring device can include a wireless radio to enable bi-directional transfer of patient-related data to a separate remote station.
US08932207B2
A system for extending the visual capabilities and working channel of a bronchoscope including a probe having optic and/or tracking capabilities at a distal tip thereof and capable of being advanced through the working channel of a standard bronchoscope. The probe also includes a working channel through which various diagnostic and treatment tools may be advanced.
US08932201B2
Described are pelvic implants and methods of surgically placing pelvic implants, that provide treatment for pelvic floor disorders by support of the levator. A pelvic implant (100, 102) may comprise a tissue support portion (104) to be placed in contact with tissue to be supported, extension portions (106, 110) that extend from the tissue support portion to provide additional support, and tissue fasteners (108, 112) to attach extension portions to supportive tissue.
US08932200B2
A device for treating urinary incontinence. The device comprising a body having a passage, for accommodating a urethra of a patient, extending from an inlet to an outlet of the device. The passage being configured so as to normally induce a flow obstruction in the urethra, following surgical implantation of the device. The flow obstruction, induced by the device, being sufficiently pliable and deformable so that once an internal system pressure within the urethra becomes sufficiently great, the internal system pressure overcomes the flow obstruction, induced by the device, and creates a flow passage through the device.
US08932194B2
An electrically conductive roller which may easily obtain a desired surface roughness, and which has good setting property without problems such as high cost and compression set is provided.An electrically conductive roller 10 comprises a shaft 1, an elastic layer 2 supported on the periphery of the shaft and one surface layer 3 formed on the peripheral surface of the elastic layer 2. The elastic layer 2 is composed of a urethane foam in which the degree of swelling is not more than 120% with respect to the solvent used in the formation of the surface layer 3. The urethane foam preferably contains, as a polyol component, a polyester polyol having a hydroxyl value of 200 to 400 and 3 or more functional groups.
US08932186B2
Described is an exercise tool. More particularly, it is a therapy and exercise tool specifically devised as a foot-therapy and toe-aligning device to align, separate, and stretch toes. The foot-therapy and toe-aligning device comprises a frame with a plurality of posts connected with the frame. The device is formed of an elastic material such that a user may place at least one of the plurality of posts between a user's toes and pull the post to stretch and elongate the post between the toes. Upon release, the elastic material of the post causes the post to attempt to return to its original shape, thereby causing it to expand out and conform its shape to fit snugly against the user's toes. Additionally, the elastic material allows the toe posts to be positioned and maintained at numerous locations between the user's toes for customizable positioning between the toes.
US08932183B2
A training system for training of part of a trainee's body includes a training machine, a control device controlling the training machine, and a display unit displaying a game screen. The training machine imposes a load on the trainee, with an MR-fluid load generating unit using MR fluid, which has viscosity varying with a magnetic field strength. The load is calculated on the basis of a target load and a relationship between the current in the MR-fluid load generating unit and the load generated by the MR-fluid load generating unit. The control device produces the game screen in correspondence with the trainee's training motion detected by a displacement detection sensor, and makes the display unit display the game screen, while controlling the load in the training machine.
US08932172B2
A differential includes a pinion shaft holder, a differential case, a first side gear, a second side gear, a first spring and a second spring. The differential case includes a first side boss portion and a second side boss portion. The first spring is interposed between the first side boss portion and the first side gear. The second spring is interposed between the second side boss portion and the second side gear. A recessed portion is provided on the pinion shaft holder and is configured to avoid interference with an auxiliary tool. The auxiliary tool maintains one of the first spring and the second spring in the compressed state.
US08932171B2
Disclosed is an apparatus for equalizing tensions among elevator wire ropes, which immediately eliminates imbalance and equalizes the tensions among elevator wire ropes in the event of differences in the lengths of elevator wire ropes, thereby improving safety, durability and reliability. The apparatus automatically corrects imbalance caused by changes in the lengths of a plurality of elevator wire ropes (700) to maintain a balance in the tensions of elevator wire ropes. The apparatus includes a body (200f) formed therein with a receiving space; a tension adjustment unit coupled to a plurality of belts (10f, 20f, 30f and 40f) connected to the elevator wire ropes (700), respectively, and installed in the body (200f); a main rotary shaft (50f) rotatably coupled to the body (200f) by passing through the tension adjustment unit; and first and second external gears (45f and 48f), which are fixed to the main rotary shaft (50f) such that the first and second external gears (45f and 48f) are rotatable, and which are coupled to the front and rear surfaces of the tension adjustment unit to transmit rotating forces.
US08932170B2
A planetary gear device comprises planetary shafts, a planetary gear supported on the planetary shafts via bearings, and an internally-toothed gear. The planetary shafts are arranged at positions offset from a shaft center of the internally-toothed gear. Orbital motion of the planetary shafts is restricted so as to retrieve rotation output from a casing integrated with the internally-toothed gear. Lubricant in which the bearings around some of the plurality of planetary shafts are immersed is sealed in the casing. The planetary gear device further comprises a retention part for retaining the lubricant on a part integrally rotated with the casing.
US08932166B2
An object of the present invention is to achieve improvements in the rotational accuracy of the input shaft and the durability of the bearings, and suppression of rotational noise, by improving the support structure of the input shaft of the speed reduction unit. Provided is a drive device for an electric vehicle, including: an electric motor; a speed reduction unit including an input shaft driven by output of the electric motor; and a hub unit rotationally driven by an output member of the speed reduction unit, wherein the input shaft of the speed reduction unit is supported by bearings provided at two locations in an axial direction, the drive device for an electric vehicle being configured such that the bearings at the two locations are attached together to the output member.
US08932158B2
The devices described herein assist the player of a sport involving a bat (e.g., baseball or softball) or club (e.g., golf) to correctly position his or her hands on the bat or club to enhance the power and accuracy of the player's swing.
US08932135B2
A game controller includes a control circuit and first and second buttons positioned proximate to upper and lower portions, respectively, of the controller. The first and second buttons are in communication with an input of the control circuit. The first button is activated by the user's thumb and the second button is not activated by the user's thumb. The control circuit outputs a control signal in response to the first or second buttons being activated.
US08932134B2
A method of audio processing for an entertainment device operable to communicate with a game controller, the method comprising the steps of generating a source sound for reproduction by a plurality of loudspeakers at a current position where acoustic signals from the plurality of loudspeakers are coincident (hereafter referred to as a ‘sweet spot’), requesting that the user steers the sound using the game controller until the user considers the sound to be centered upon them, and interpreting user inputs from the game controller to adjust the output timing of the source sound data signals for reproduction by respective ones of the plurality of loudspeakers in accordance with the user directional inputs so as to move the sweet spot.
US08932132B2
A processor is allowed to receive a request for downloading save data of a game, to check, in reference to a list containing an identifier that identifies the save data, an attribute indicating whether download of the save data is restricted, and a next downloadable time in association with one another, whether the save data has the attribute that indicates the download is restricted, to check, when the save data has the attribute that indicates the download is restricted, whether the request for downloading the save data was received at or after the time at which the save data becomes downloadable again, and to reject the request for downloading the save data and notify a user the next downloadable time when the request for downloading the save data was received before the time at which the save data becomes downloadable again.
US08932131B2
In various embodiments, a player may view a list of popular games.
US08932130B2
Gaming machines or devices utilize the output of random number generators (RNGs) in the presentation of games, wherein one or more of the RNGs are each assigned to a single player. Each uniquely assigned RNG is used to determine the outcome of the games played only by the assigned player, such as a casino gaming machine or a game board devices accessed via a remote presentation device such as a phone or computer. An RNG may also be stopped or paused and then restarted, whereby a sequence of random data remains continuous or contiguous relative to a number of games played, such as by the single player to which the RNG is assigned. Multiple players may also time-share a gaming machine in a manner whereby the gaming machine acts as a unique device to each player.
US08932125B1
Gaming machines and games are configured with one or more wheel events or features. The wheel events or features may comprise main games or bonus games, or may comprise entertaining representations of outcomes of other games or events. The wheel events comprise the selection of one or more segments of a wheel having associated awards. Wheel events may have various entertaining configurations, such as morphing wheels, symbols that reveal awards and the like.
US08932124B2
In various embodiments, players may compete in a gaming context.
US08932120B1
A game management server apparatus that provides, to terminal devices connected via a network, a game service in which players operating the terminal devices cooperate with each other to battle against an enemy, includes, a storing unit storing a battle history of a player; a generating unit generating strategy guide information for conquering an opposing enemy; an attacking screen information generating unit generating attacking screen information including the battle history and the strategy guide information; a communication screen information generating unit generating communication screen information for a plurality of players to have communication with each other; and a screen information sending unit sending the attacking screen information and the communication screen information to the terminal devices, wherein the attacking screen information generating unit generates attacking screen information in which display of the battle history and the strategy guide information are terminated when a predetermined condition is satisfied.
US08932119B2
A vehicle air conditioner that can perform air conditioning operation in an inside air circulating mode while suppressing the mist on a windshield and prevent deterioration in an inside air quality. When exhaust gas concentration on the outside of a vehicle is high, an outside air lead-in mode is switched to an inside air circulating mode and window mist limit humidity at that point is calculated. When inside humidity is close to the window mist limit, a compressor is actuated, the air is blown out from a DEF blowout port into a cabin, or an air volume in a blower is increased to prevent the mist on the windshield and delay switching to the outside air lead-in mode as much as possible. Consequently, air conditioning operation in the inside air circulating mode is performed while the mist on the windshield is suppressed to prevent deterioration in the inside air quality.
US08932112B2
Apparatus for removing remnants of debris from the exterior surface of cores includes an assembly moveable from a position spaced from the exterior surface of the cores to a position adjacent the exterior surface. One or more abrasion belts are looped around rotatable shafts which move the belts to abrade the exterior surface of the cores.
US08932111B2
An apparatus (10) for altering a surface of a bowling ball (14) has a bowing ball holder (12) with a surface altering mechanism (16). The bowling ball holder (12) includes a portion (18) to receive the bowling ball (14). The surface altering mechanism (16) is positioned in the ball receiving portion (18) of the bowling ball holder (12). The surface altering mechanism (16) applies a surface pattern onto the bowing ball (14).
US08932109B2
A workpiece having a multiple-phase working surface, and a lapping process for producing the surface, the process including: (a) providing a system including: (i) a workpiece having a multiple-phase working surface having a first continuous solid phase, and a second solid phase, intimately dispersed within the continuous phase in the multiple-phase working surface, the continuous phase having a hardness exceeding a hardness of the second phase by a Mohs Hardness of at least 0.5; (ii) a contact surface, disposed generally opposite the working surface, having a Shore D hardness within a range of 40-90, and a Young's modulus of less than 20 gigapascals; (iii) a plurality of abrasive particles, freely disposed between the contact and working surfaces, and (b) lapping the working surface by exerting a pressure on the surfaces and applying a relative motion between the surfaces, to effect an elastic interaction between the contact surface and the abrasive particles in which at least a portion of the abrasive particles penetrate the working surface, to produce a lapped product having a modified working surface, in which an exterior surface of the second phase is recessed by an average of at least 1.5 micrometers with respect to an exterior surface of the continuous phase.
US08932099B2
A game device has a ball-activating chamber attached to a central, ball-receiving chamber. Participants compress a pressure mechanism that causes the release of a ball in the ball-activating chamber into the central, ball-receiving chamber. The ball may be acted upon when in the central chamber to add an element of randomness to the game. The central chamber may be at least partially or fully transparent or translucent to allow the participants and/or spectators to view the ball as it travels through the central chamber, ultimately ending at a holding bin. Having more than one ball-activating chamber, the game device may be configured to resemble an octopus.
US08932098B2
A method is provided for forming a uniform light emitting medium layer by a relief printing method without occurrence of printing defects. The method includes producing an organic EL device containing a substrate having thereon a pixel electrode, pixel regions that are demarcated with a partition wall on the pixel electrode, a light emitting medium layer having a light emitting layer containing at least an organic light emitting material on the pixel regions, and a counter electrode facing the pixel electrode. The method can have a step of forming at least one layer constituting the light emitting medium layer by a relief printing method, and the ink used in the relief printing method being transferred from two or more adjacent relief patterns within one of the pixel regions and being integrated by flow thereof to form the light emitting medium layer.
US08932065B2
An adapter for a trailer socket of a trailer coupling for coupling a trailer, wherein the adapter comprises a base body and a primary contact arrangement mounted thereon and comprising a plurality of primary contacts corresponding to a European or German standard, in particular seven primary contacts according to DIN 1724 or thirteen primary contacts according to ISO 11446, for establishing an electric connection to corresponding socket contacts of the trailer socket. The adapter comprises a secondary contact arrangement mounted on the base body with secondary contacts according to a US American standard, so that a trailer plug corresponding to the US American standard can be electrically connected to the secondary contact arrangement for the power supply of a trailer, the secondary contact arrangement and the primary contact arrangement being connected to one another via an electric connection arrangement.
US08932062B2
A body weight management device includes a body weight obtainment unit that obtains measurement data in which a body weight measurement value and a measurement day/time are associated with each other, an increase/decrease amount calculation unit that calculates a target intra-day variation amount by which the body weight varies during sleep, a target obtainment unit that calculates a target value when measuring a pre-sleep body weight value at a second timing before the measurement subject sleeps relative to a post-waking body weight value that is measured at a first timing after the measurement subject wakes, an advice obtainment unit that obtains advice information regarding meals to achieve the target value, based on a result of comparing a pre-meal body weight value measured at a third timing prior to a meal with a threshold value, and an output processing unit that outputs the obtained advice information.
US08932061B2
The illustrative embodiments described herein provide an apparatus and method for facilitating tactile identification of a document attribute. In one embodiment, the apparatus includes a document. The document has a set of document attributes. The apparatus also includes a fluid incorporated within the document at a designated location associated with a document attribute in the set of document attributes. The fluid changes rigidity in the presence of an electric field to facilitate tactile identification of the document attribute.
US08932058B2
The present invention relates to a method for obtaining an accurate three-dimensional model of a dental impression, said method comprising the steps of, scanning at least a part of an upper jaw impression and/or a lower jaw impression, obtaining an impression scan, evaluating the quality of the impression scan, and use the impression scan to obtain a three-dimensional model, thereby obtaining an accurate three-dimensional model of the dental impression.
US08932057B2
An improved handle for a dental filing tool, the tool having an arcuate handle with a horizontal bridge and opposed first and second vertical arms, the improvement including first and second sets of partial-cylindrical grip portions distributed along the outer surfaces of the first and second vertical arms, respectively, the grip portions aligned normal to the handle plane, the respective first and second sets defining convex or concave outer grip profiles and concave front-back grip profiles. An improved handle may further include an embedded socket to receive a coupler for a dental driver, or a projecting coupling to engage a dental driver coupling.
US08932053B2
An orthodontic assembly includes a self-ligating attachment having a groove for receiving an orthodontic arch. An elastic clip can be reversibly moved between an open position and a closed position sealing the groove. A base including an external surface and an occlusal surface, said external surface of the base supporting the attachment and said occlusal surface of the base being intended to rest on one of the patient's teeth. The aforementioned clip can be moved in an at least partially rotational manner between the open position and the closed position. Moreover, the area of the above-mentioned base that supports the attachment comprises a depression at least partially in the form of a cup and the clip is inserted into the depression when in the closed position.
US08932049B2
The present invention relates to a top burner and a cooker including the top burner. The present invention includes: an outer burner installed on a top surface of a top plate, and provided with a plurality of flame holes to form flames through combusting gas mixture at a perimeter thereof; an inner burner installed on a top surface of the outer burner, and provided with a plurality of flame holes to form flames through combusting gas mixture at a perimeter thereof disposed inward to the perimeter of the outer burner; a plurality of first mixing tubes supplying gas mixture mixed with air inside the outer burner; a second mixing tube supplying gas mixture mixed with air inside the inner burner; and a passage formed through the outer tube, and in which air supplied to combust gas mixture at the flame holes of the inner burner flows. Thus, according to the present invention, the advantages of heating food more efficiently while reducing incomplete combustion of gas mixture can be realized.
US08932046B2
An edge-gated injection molding apparatus is disclosed having an injection manifold assembly for distributing a melt stream of moldable material to a plurality of mold cavities aligned on opposing sides of the injection manifold assembly. The injection manifold assembly includes a plurality of melt outlets with each melt outlet being in fluid communication with a respective mold cavity, and a plurality of biasing components disposed along a centerline of the injection manifold assembly. A nozzle seal is disposed between each injection manifold assembly melt outlet and its corresponding mold cavity, with an upstream end of the nozzle seal being slidably disposed against its respective melt outlet. Each biasing component is disposed between a pair of melt outlets and corresponding nozzle seals for biasing the melt outlets and nozzle seals outward from the centerline of the injection manifold assembly toward their respective mold cavities and applying a preload thereto.
US08932042B2
A lithography apparatus comprises a projection system arranged to transfer a pattern from a patterning device onto a substrate, a carrier, and a drive system for moving the carrier relative to the projection system in a plane defined by reference to orthogonal axes X and Y. The drive system comprises a shuttle moving parallel to the Y-axis, a shuttle connector connecting the shuttle to the carrier, the shuttle connector allowing movement of the carrier in a direction parallel to the X-axis relative to the shuttle, and a shuttle driver driving movement of the shuttle parallel to the Y-axis. The shuttle is located to one side of the carrier in a direction parallel to the X-axis and it is desirable if only one of the shuttle is connected to the carrier.
US08932039B1
A injection mold machine including a polymer injection assembly, a mold comprising an mold injection half and an mold ejection half, the mold injection half of the mold aligned with the injection assembly for operable mating therewith and the mold injection half adapted for removable, operable mating with the mold ejection half of the mold when aligned therewith, the mold injection half and mold ejection half forming a mold cavity when clamped together adapted to over-mold a portion of an elongated article, a shuttle table supporting the mold ejection half movable between a first position and a second position, where the mold ejection half is aligned with the mold injection half in the first position, and a first basket movable with the shuttle table positioned to contain a portion of the elongated article being over-molded.
US08932029B2
In the rotary type cylinder device, a first crank shaft is revolved around a shaft and a composite piston assembly is revolved around the first crank shaft in a state where first rotational mass balance relating to first and second piston units around second virtual crank shafts, second rotational mass balance relating to the composite piston assembly around the first crank shaft and third rotational mass balance relating to the first crank shaft and the composite piston assembly around the shaft are uniformly produced by only first and second balance weights which are attached to end parts of the first crank shaft. Therefore, first and second piston units, which are attached to the second cylindrical sections, are linearly reciprocally moved in radial directions of a circular orbit of second virtual crank shafts, which has radius of 2 r, with relatively revolving around the shaft.
US08932022B2
A fan and shaft assembly for a turbofan gas turbine engine comprises a shaft and a fan. Sets of aligned throughbores are respectively of the shaft and the fan, at a junction between the shaft and the fan. Fastening systems are provided for the sets of aligned throughbores. Each fastening system comprises a sleeve received in one of the sets of aligned throughbores and sized to fit without play in the set of aligned throughbores. A head of the sleeve abuts a surface at the junction between the shaft and the fan. A fastener is inserted in the sleeve and extends beyond both ends of the sleeve to clamp the fan to the shaft, the fastener being loosely received in the sleeve. A method for replacing a component of a fastening system retaining a fan to a shaft is provided as well.
US08932017B2
A wind turbine power generating system includes a wind turbine connected to a speed increasing gearbox having an output shaft. An electrical generator having an input shaft is also provided. An asymmetrical coupling interconnects the input and output shafts. The coupling includes a first torque limiting clutch in series connection with a one-way clutch between the input and output shafts. A second torque limiting clutch is provided in parallel connection with the one-way clutch between the input and output shafts. The first and second torque limiting clutches have different characteristic slip torques. The interconnection of the clutches, and the implementation of the one-way clutch, provides for effective operation of the first and second torque limiting clutches in opposite rotational directions of the input and output shafts. The second torque limiting clutch has a characteristic slip torque that is a fraction of the first torque limiting clutch, the second torque limiting clutch providing protection against reverse impulse loads.
US08932008B2
A securing element includes a head section and a shank. The cross-section of the shank changes in the axial direction in such a way that, by taking into account a qualitative and/or quantitative predetermined bending torque profile in the shank, the cross-section has a substantially uniform bending stress profile in the shank in relation to a securing element with a constant shank cross-section. An exhaust gas turbocharger having variable turbine geometry includes a VTG-guide vane configuration having at least one such securing element and being secured to a housing component of the exhaust gas turbocharger.
US08932003B2
Disclosed is a vacuum self-priming pump in which a main pumping chamber and a sub-pumping chamber divided from each other by a diaphragm are provided within a case, main impellers and a sub-impeller rotated by a motor are respectively installed within the main pump chamber and the sub-pumping chamber such that a space is formed between a pair of left and right main impellers, and connection pipes are respectively formed between suction pipes of the main pumping chamber and the sub-pumping chamber and between discharge pipes of the main pumping chamber and the sub-pumping chamber, so as to more rapidly suck fluid every pumping operation and to effectively pump the fluid without clogging even if the pumped fluid contains various sludge or solid matter.
US08931999B2
In a device for unstacking plate-shaped parts (12), in particular sheet metal blanks, comprising at least one supply station (13) in which at least one stack (14) of plate-shaped parts (12) is located and at least one conveyor station (15) on which the plate-shaped parts (12) are transported further in an unstacked manner, an unstacking unit (17) being provided for transferring the plate-shaped parts (12) between the supply station (13) and the conveyor station (15), said unstacking unit engaging the stack of parts (14) and removing individual plate-shaped parts (12) while unstacking the stack of parts (14) and depositing them in the conveyor station (15), the unstacking unit (17) comprises two robots (18a, 18b) working independently of each other, which alternately engage a common stack of parts (14) of the supply station (13) and are controlled by a control unit (19) in such a way that a first or a second robot (18a, 18b) removes a plate-shaped part (12) from the stack of parts (14) while the first robot (18a, 18b) simultaneously deposits a picked-up plate-shaped part at the conveyor station (15).
US08931993B2
Fastener assemblies, elements for fastener assemblies and methods of making and assembling elements for fastener assemblies, for example for insulation blanket fasteners such as those used on aircraft, may include a formed monolithic metal configuration having first and second side portions with a plurality of panel retaining elements arranged linearly along the side portions. A planar retaining element, for example a disc, may be assembled with the metal portion to form a fastener assembly, such as may be used to retain and insulation blanket. The planar retaining element may include a rolled edge, and if a coated part, may include surface projections to keep adjacent parts from sticking together during the coating process.
US08931987B2
A pickup truck cargo area separator is provided that operably divides the cargo area of a pickup truck into distinct segments using slidably adjustable members. A first member is positioned laterally across a pickup truck cargo area, while a second member slidably connects to the first member to form a T-shaped divider assembly. The T-shaped assembly separates the cargo area into three defined zones. The members are lengthwise adjustable using a telescoping construction and are lockable in a static state once deployed, wherein the members abut against the interior surfaces of the cargo area to remain in place during use. End caps positioned on the lateral member ensure a tight fitment thereof across the cargo bed, while the height of the members act as internal barriers within the cargo area for confining cargo items in specific zones during transport.
US08931985B2
A system and method for modularization of a Schnabel car is disclosed herein. Specifically disclosed is a modular Schnabel car comprising two Schnabel sections, each connectable to and capable of supporting a load. The Schnabel sections can comprise a Schnabel arm comprising an arm base and arm end, in which the end is connectable to the load. Furthermore, the Schnabel sections can comprise a load spreader having a spreader apex and a plurality of spreader bases and a first quick connect system that connects the arm base to a spreader apex. The load spreader can comprise a span bolster. The first quick connect system can comprise a first connector connected to the arm base and a second connector attached to a spreader apex. The first connector can be mateable with the second connector.
US08931976B2
A tsunami breakwater wall of a multilayered steel pipe pile structure 1, includes a multilayered steel pipe pile 2 where a bottom end thereof reaches a predetermined depth of a support layer 28 and is installed to a ground 26 such that an upper end thereof protrudes upward from a ground surface 26a, and a wall body 15 constructed integral with a part of the multilayered steel pipe pile 2 that protrudes upward from the ground surface 26a. The multilayered steel pipe pile 2 is made from a plurality of large diameter steel pipe piles 3-5 of different diameters, an upper end of an inner most side steel pipe pile 3 protrudes upward from the ground surface 26a, and the wall body 15 is constructed to a part of the steel pipe pile 3 protruding upward from the ground surface 26a.
US08931974B2
A self propelled building machine includes a drive, a cover covering the drive, a control platform and a material hopper which includes a filling hole and that can be filled with material by an external supply unit. The building machine is further provided with a signaling device for signaling material filling parameters to the external supply unit. In addition, the building machine comprises at least one external mirror, wherein the at least one external mirror and the signaling device are attached to the building machine by means of a common holder.
US08931969B2
The invention provides large, vertically elongated keyboard keys strategically chosen and positioned above the alphanumeric section of a standard keyboard (e.g. a laptop PC keyboard) to provide a more ergonomic keyboard arrangement. The invention provides for keys that appropriately address the needs of touch typists when striking frequently used keys located above the alphanumeric section of the keyboard.
US08931955B2
A composite or laminate film or sheet of plastics material for use in microwave ovens comprises at least three layers of plastics material bonded and/or adhered together and with the central layer being of unoriented plastics material or of less oriented material relative to the orientation of the plastics material(s) of the outer layers, and/or being of lower melting point materials than the outer layers.
US08931954B2
A thermometer includes a body member and a tip member with a thermal contact surface secured to the body member. A thermal sensor mounted on the inside of the tip member is adapted for sensing a thermal contact surface and producing a temperature signal. A set of lead wires is coupled to the thermal sensor for transmission of the temperature signal. A display module is disposed in the body member. An electric generator with a start voltage and an operation voltage is disposed in the body member. A capacitor is electrically connected to the electric generator for storing the electric energy generated by thereof and supplying the electric energy to the processor. A voltage switch with a threshold voltage is electrically connected between the capacitor and the processor, in which the threshold voltage is lower than the operation voltage.
US08931947B2
Desk top items with LEDs also include USB-unit(s) or USB-module(s) and, optionally, additional outlet-units, to supply charging power to other electric or digital devices such as a smart phone or digital data device. The USB-unit(s) or USB-module(s) are arranged to supply power only, and do not have an additional USB data transfer function.
US08931943B2
A spread illuminating apparatus includes a point light source with a light-emitting surface, a circuit board with a mounting surface on which the point light source is mounted, and a light guide plate with an incident light surface and an emitting surface. The circuit board is arranged as that at least a partial portion of the circuit board extends beyond an area where the point light source is mounted so as to be superposed on the light guide plate, a light-reflecting member is arranged on the mounting surface, and a region of the mounting surface in which the light-reflecting member is arranged includes a first region that extends forward from a position corresponding to the center of the light-emitting surface of the point light source.
US08931938B2
A headlamp assembly comprising a housing forming an internal chamber and forming an opening to one side, at least a first light source having a first illumination axis, the first light source mounted in a central portion of the internal chamber substantially at a first depth, at least a second light source having a second illumination axis, the second light source mounted in a circumferential portion of the chamber substantially at a second depth wherein the first depth is greater than the second depth, a first aspherical lens formed about a first optic axis, the first aspherical lens mounted within the opening with the first optic axis aligned with the first illumination axis and a second aspherical lens formed about a second optic axis, the second aspherical lens mounted within the opening with the second optic axis aligned with the second illumination axis.
US08931933B2
Solid state lamp or bulb structures are disclosed that can provide an essentially omnidirectional emission pattern from directional emitting light sources, such as forward emitting light sources. The present invention is also directed to lamp structures using active elements to assist in thermal management of the lamp structures and in some embodiments to reduce the convective thermal resistance around certain of the lamp elements to increase the natural heat convection away from the lamp. Some embodiments include integral fans or other active elements such as diaphragm-pump type active cooling elements, that move air over the surfaces of a heat sink, while other embodiments comprise internal fans or other active elements that can draw air internal to the lamp. The movement of the air over these surfaces can agitate otherwise stagnant air to decrease the convective thermal resistance and increasing the ability of the lamp to dissipate heat generated during operation.
US08931930B2
Described herein are devices, compositions, and methods for improving color discernment.
US08931926B2
A reflector luminaire with a light-emitting means and a reflector, which reflects light from the light-emitting means which is incident on said reflector in a predetermined emission direction and which has a rim (2) which points towards the emission direction makes it possible to perform particular lighting tasks, for example the uniform illumination of a rectangular illumination area by virtue of the fact that the reflector comprises a plurality of differently designed segments (7), which are calculated individually with respect to the light-emitting means for defined illumination of a predetermined area, and by the fact that the segments (7) are joined to one another by transition sections (8), by means of which the predetermined reflecting total surface area of the segments (7) is reduced by less than ¼.
US08931925B2
The present invention provides a LED heat dissipation device having axial and radial convection holes for meeting the heat dissipation requirement of a light emitting diode (LED), so the heat dissipation device is not only equipped with a function of dissipating heat to the exterior through the surface of the heat dissipation device, but also provided with the air flowing capable of assisting heat dissipation through the hot airflow in a heat dissipation member having axial and radial convection holes (101) generating a hot ascent/cold descent effect for introducing airflow from an air inlet port formed near a light projection side to pass an axial tubular flowpath (102) then be discharged from a radial air outlet hole (107) formed near a connection side (104) of the heat dissipation member having axial and radial convection holes (101).
US08931909B2
A display apparatus for a vehicle and a method for producing the display apparatus are described. The display apparatus comprises a transparent plastic plate having a front side, a rear side, and an edge surface surrounding the plastic plate. The display apparatus has a switchable light source of visible light directed onto the edge surface of the plastic plate. The plastic plate has transparent display elements that are disposed as limited zones inside the plastic plate and have light-sensitive dopant particles. When the light source is switched on, the dopant particles scatter the light so that the display elements become visible from the front side.
US08931906B2
A light emitting unit array including a plurality of micro-light emitting diodes (μ-LEDs) is provided. The micro-light emitting diodes are arranged in an array on a substrate, and each of the micro-light emitting diodes includes a reflection layer, a light emitting structure, and a light collimation structure. The light emitting structure is disposed on the reflection layer, and includes a first type doped semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second type doped semiconductor layer that are stacked sequentially. At least a portion of the first type doped semiconductor layer, the active layer, and the second type doped semiconductor layer are sandwiched between the reflection layer and the light collimation structure.
US08931899B2
A method for trimming an ophthalmic lens using a machining device having a load sensor for measuring a load relating to the load applied by a machine tool to the lens, includes: immobilizing the lens on an immobilizing element, and trimming the lens, while measuring the load magnitude and steering the machine tool relative to the immobilizing element so as to bring the initial contour of the ophthalmic lens to a final contour of a different shape. Between the immobilizing and trimming steps, the machine tool is steered relative to the immobilizing element so that it makes a tour around the lens without contact therewith, while measuring the unladen load magnitude, this relating to the load required to move the machine tool relative to the immobilizing element without performing machining work while steering the machine tool, during the trimming step, as a function of the unladen magnitude measured.
US08931889B2
An ink for inkjet is provided for printing, comprising a self-dispersed pigment colorant and certain hydroxyl terminated polyurethanes derived from polyether diols which enhances fastness of the print towards highlighter and finger smudge without compromising jetting performance and storage stability of the ink.
US08931887B2
A liquid consumption apparatus, onto which a liquid supply member is mounted, includes a liquid delivery unit, a liquid accepting unit and an abutting section. The liquid delivery unit is configured to deliver a liquid from the liquid supply member. The liquid accepting unit is provided below the liquid delivery unit. The abutting section abuts against the liquid supply member. The liquid accepting unit is provided to the abutting section. In a state where the abutting section and the liquid supply member abut against each other, the liquid accepting unit protrudes out closer toward the liquid supply member than a surface where the liquid supply member and the abutting section abut against each other.
US08931874B1
A system is described for tracking a position of a receiver medium as it travels along a media path. A heat source provides heat to the receiver medium in a localized area sufficient to permanently alter a physical property of the receiver medium thereby forming a reference mark. A sensor at a downstream position along the media path is adapted to sense the reference mark providing a sensed signal. The sensed signal is analyzed to determine a position of the receiver medium as the receiver medium passes through the second position along the media path by detecting a position of the reference mark.
US08931869B2
In a serial type of color inkjet printing apparatus having a plurality of nozzle arrays, overlapping areas are provided in the respective operating nozzle areas, but printing of a high-quality image can be achieved without color banding and gloss variations accompanying non-uniformity in the ink application process. To attain this, while the operating nozzle areas of the plurality of nozzle arrays partially overlap with each other, the overlapping area of the operating nozzle area of each nozzle array is set to be equal to an integral multiple of the amount of conveyance. In consequence, the ink application process for the entire image area is made uniform.
US08931866B2
According to one example of the present invention, there is provided an image processor for generating data to control an inkjet printing system. The image processor comprises an image analyzer to identify within an image to be printed an area of substantially solid color and to define within the identified area a frame portion and an intra-frame portion, and a printer control data generator to generate printing system control data to cause a printing system to print a frame portion and an intra-frame portion of the identified area.
US08931865B1
A printing system includes a plurality of imaging systems for capturing images of a receiver medium. An illumination system illuminates the receiver medium with an illumination pattern, thereby providing a reflected illumination pattern and a transmitted illumination pattern. A first imaging system is positioned to capture a first image of a first side of the receiver medium including the reflected illumination pattern, and a second imaging system is positioned to capture a second image of an opposing second side of the receiver medium including the transmitted illumination pattern. The first and second images are analyzed to determine a relative position of the reflected illumination pattern in the first image and the transmitted illumination pattern in the second image. Imaging system alignment parameters for use in aligning images captured with the first and second imaging systems are determined responsive to the determined relative position.
US08931863B2
A consumer appliance, such as a refrigerator, includes a compartment having opposite sides and a bottom wall. A pull-out drawer is configured above the bottom wall of the compartment. A slide assembly is configured on each opposite side of the compartment and includes a base mounted to the compartment and a slide member linearly moveable along the base. The pull-out drawer has a slide bracket mounted to each respective slide member for movement of the drawer into and out of the compartment. A bottom slide assembly has a slide member and a base mounted on the bottom wall of the compartment. A cross bar is connected to and spans between the slide brackets below the pull-out drawer and is connected to the slide member of the bottom slide assembly.
US08931862B2
A drawer with a first wall part, a second wall part, and a fixing device, via which the first wall part and the second wall part can be connected to each other. The fixing device has at least one locking element for locking the wall elements to each other. The locking element has at least one tongue, which is spring-elastic in particular and which can be inserted into a recess of one of the wall parts and fixed in the recess, in particular in a clamped manner. The locking element is substantially designed in a comb-like manner in which two or more tongues that are spaced from one another in the longitudinal direction of a connecting piece project laterally from the connecting piece.
US08931851B2
The present invention provides a seat belt adjuster applicable to seat belts in vehicles, comprising: a pair of supporting swing rods composed of a first swing rod and a second swing rod, with the adjacent ends of the first and second swing rods hinged together and forming an included angle between the swing rods, either non-adjacent end of the first and second swing rods fixed in stationary state, and the other non-adjacent end of the first and second swing rods movable as the included angle between the swing rods changes; and an actuator, which changes the included angle between the swing rods by exerting force to the first swing rod and/or the second swing rod and/or the hinge point of the swing rods, and thereby directly applies variable force on the strap of the seat strap via the other non-adjacent end.
US08931850B2
A seat back frame includes a main frame that forms a frame of a seat back of a main seat, and an auxiliary frame that forms a frame of a seat back of an auxiliary seat adjacent to the main seat in a width direction, and that is integrally formed with the main frame. The main frame has a first open portion that opens toward a side with the auxiliary seat in the width direction. An end portion of the auxiliary frame is a fitting structure that fits together with the first open portion, and a portion of the fitting structure is welded.
US08931849B2
The invention relates to seating furniture comprising two frames arranged at a distance to each other on a support, between which frames a seat part and a backrest part can be mounted, and the frames have one upper frame part and a lower frame part each which mechanically immobilize the seat part and the backrest part a the sides thereof. The upper frame part and the lower frame part are clamping elements that can be braced with each other. At least one clamping element has a laterally extending recess on each edge which recess forms a frame groove in which a respective engaging element provided on the edges of the seat part and of the backrest part can be mounted by way of a frictional connection to the upper frame part and the lower frame part. The recess has an undercut portion which forms a stop for holding the clamped engaging element by a form fit.
US08931847B2
Multiple features of seating assemblies are detailed. Innovations in or to tray tables, luggage bars, arm rests, seat backs, and seat frames are included, with features being incorporated into seating assemblies either separately or in any combination. The assemblies are configured principally for passenger aircraft but may be used elsewhere as appropriate or desired.
US08931843B2
A fitting (10), in particular for a motor vehicle seat, having a first fitting part (11), on which a gear rim (17) is formed and a second fitting part (12) on which a gearwheel (16) is formed. The gearwheel meshes with the gear rim (17), whereby the two fitting parts (11, 12) are in geared connection with each other. The fitting also has a rotatably mounted, revolving eccentric driven by a driving element for driving a relative rolling motion of gearwheel (16) and gear rim (17). During this rolling motion a tooth flank (16d) of a tooth (16a) of the gearwheel (16) rests against a tooth flank (17d) of a tooth (17a) of the gear rim (17) at a contact point (K). The tooth flanks (16d, 17d) of the teeth (16a, 17a) of the gearwheel (16) and gear rim (17) resting against each other at the contact point (K) each follow the course of a portion of a respective logarithmic spiral.
US08931840B2
A composite frame includes a frame body including two support units, two lower connecting rods, two suspending units and an upper connecting rod that are removably connectable together so that the constructed frame body is structurally stable, while assembly and disassembly of the same are manually operable and convenient to allow for effective storage and cost reduction in terms of packaging and delivery.
US08931820B2
The invention relates to a fastening device for a child seat in a motor vehicle, comprising a one-piece bracket part (4) in the form of a top-tether bracket to be affixed to a support (13) on the backrest (3) of a rear seat. According to the invention, the one-piece bracket part (4) consists of a U-shaped bracket element (6) and of a fitting element (9) connected to the U-legs (7, 8). The fitting element (9) has a connection surface (10) that faces the support (13) when in the installed state, whereby, projecting from the connection surface (10) in the direction of the support (13), there is at least one positioning pin (11) that can be inserted into a diameter-adapted positioning recess (12) of the support (13), and whereby at least one spacer block (14) facing the support (13) is arranged on the connection surface (10) and is offset with respect to the positioning pin (11), and, in the installed state, said spacer block lies against the support (13), and the fitting element (9) can be screwed to the support (13) through said spacer block (14).
US08931803B2
Provided is an active bolster for a vehicle occupant, the active bolster comprising a rear panel, an internal structure, and a front panel. The internal structure is disposed between the rear panel and the front panel, and the internal structure and rear panel together forming a hollow chamber in communication with an inflation device. The hollow chamber is expandable on activation of the inflation device. The internal structure has at least one expandable element such that upon pressurization of the hollow chamber by the inflation device, at least a portion of the at least one expandable element undergoes deformation to permit inflation of the hollow chamber, thereby displacing the rear panel rearwardly to an extended position.
US08931784B2
A gaiter includes a bellows formed of a rubber resilient material and extending in an axial direction from a first end to a second end. The bellows includes at least two pocket-shaped bulges on an end face at the first end of the bellows that are formed integrally with the bellows from the rubber resilient material. The bulges extend radially inwards and in a circumferential direction of the end face. Each of the bulges have two flanks disposed adjacent to one another with an axial spacing therebetween. The bulges are configured to be placed in a sealing manner on a congruently configured pivot of a joint.
US08931774B2
A sheet processing apparatus which is capable of completing a bound document containing appropriately Z-folded sheets when performing folding together with edge cutting and binding. The sheet processing apparatus controls a Z-folding process, a cutting process, and a binding process for a sheet. A first folding position from a free end of the sheet coincides with a position corresponding to half a width of the sheet excluding a cut width of the sheet a binding margin, when the Z-folding process, the cutting process, and the binding process are executed.
US08931773B2
A sheet handling apparatus includes a sheet folding unit configured to perform folding on a sheet; and a sheet stacking unit configured to stack the folded sheet on a sheet stacking surface having an inclined surface and a horizontal surface in order from upstream to downstream in a sheet conveying direction. A downstream end of the inclined surface is higher than an upstream end of the inclined surface with respect to a horizontal plane. The sheet handling apparatus also includes a discharging unit configured to discharge the folded sheet to the sheet stacking unit; a sheet conveying unit configured to convey the discharged sheet from the inclined surface to the horizontal surface; and a conveying force applying unit configured to apply a conveying force to the sheet in contact with an upper surface of the sheet from above the inclined surface.
US08931771B2
When, while a resin-made clamping block molded to cover a part of a turbine blade is placed on a seat part, paired sliders disposed on opposite sides of the seat part are made to move closer to the resin-made clamping block, paired wedge members provided respectively on the paired sliders engage with notches formed respectively in paired side surfaces, opposed to each other, of the resin-made clamping block to generate cracks. Accordingly, it is possible to divide the resin-made clamping block into at least two pieces and to reliably remove the resin-made clamping block from the turbine blade. Furthermore, since the resin-made clamping block is not broken by a mechanical strike, there is no fear that the turbine blade might be damaged due to an erroneous setting of the strike force.
US08931770B1
An electronic device holder includes a base with at least three adjustable-position retaining posts extending upwardly from the base to permit an electronic device to be secured at a position above the base by the retaining posts. A test lead restraint assembly may be used to capture and thereby stabilize a test lead extending from the electronic device during testing of the electronic device.
US08931765B2
Systems and methods for providing vibration isolation for a MEMS device are provided. In at least one embodiment, a system comprises a first assembly and a second assembly, wherein the second assembly and the first assembly are joined together, enclosing the MEMS device, wherein the joined first assembly and the second assembly have a recessed groove formed on an interior surface. Further, the system comprises a rigid support encircling the MEMS device, the rigid support fitting within the recessed groove; and at least one mount isolator in contact with a plurality of surfaces of the rigid support, wherein the at least one mount isolator interfaces the plurality of surfaces of the rigid support with the first assembly and the second assembly, when the first assembly and the second assembly are joined together.
US08931741B1
A gravity acceleration station for producing gravity acceleration and creating conditions for living under a permanent effect of gravity acceleration more than 1 g for prolonged periods of time. The station comprises a base and a hollow torus, rotating around a central vertical axis. A support of the station and motors for rotation of the station are located peripherally, along with the perimeter of the torus. That feature allows variable size of the station with diameter more than 100 meters, larger area for location of objects, and gradual increase of gravity acceleration from the center of the station along the radius. Due to a mechanism for altering the angle of deviation of the premises of the station, the value of the net acceleration can be changed according to the needs while keeping direction perpendicular to the floor of the premises. The station can be located on the ground or underground.
US08931739B1
A method and apparatus for deploying an aircraft. An inflation system is activated to generate a gas. A fuselage of the aircraft is inflated with the gas. The fuselage comprises a frame for the aircraft and a number of flexible layers associated with the frame in which the number of flexible layers are configured to define a volume for at least a portion of the aircraft when the number of flexible layers are in an inflated configuration.
US08931738B2
A protective cover (10) for an instrument dome (12) extending from a body (20) of a vehicle, such as a missile. The cover (10) includes multiple segments (14 and 16) having trailing ends (18) connectable to the body (20) at joints (22) that allow for rotational movement. The cover (10) further includes a releasable holder (26) that includes a retention device (28) that holds leading ends (24) of the segments (14 and 16) together, and a release mechanism (30) for causing the retention device (28) to release the leading ends (24). The joints (22) hold the trailing ends (18) of the segments (14 and 16) to the body (20) through a predetermined range of motion beyond which the segments (14 and 16) will be released to separate from the body (20) when the segments (14 and 16) rotate beyond the predetermined range.
US08931735B2
A safety device to separate personnel from landing gear tires which incorporates a clamping collar configured to wrap around a landing gear post. A support frame extends outward from the clamping collar and defines a perimeter around the landing gear. A mesh skirt extends downward from the support frame.
US08931731B2
Apparatus and methods for controlling yaw of a rotorcraft in the event of one or both of low airspeed and engine failure are disclosed. A yaw propulsion provides a yaw moment at low speeds. The yaw propulsion device may be an air jet or a fan. A pneumatic fan may be driven by compressed air released into a channel surrounding an outer portion of the fan. The fan may be driven by hydraulic power. Power for the yaw propulsion device and other system may be provided by a hydraulic pump and/or generator engaging the rotor. Low speed yaw control may be provided by auxiliary rudders positioned within the stream tube of a prop. The auxiliary rudders may one or both of fold down and disengage from rudder controls when not in use.
US08931719B2
A flotation drive assembly for mechanized irrigation systems such as a corner pivot irrigation machine, a center pivot irrigation machine or a linear move irrigation machine wherein the flotation drive assembly improves upon the field traction of the mechanized agricultural irrigational systems and which improves the resistance to wheel track rutting that may occur during the normal operation of the systems. The flotation drive assembly of this invention is designed so that the gearbox which drives the wheel/tire assemblies at the opposite ends of the main frame of the drive unit or tower is mounted so as not to support the weight of the tower or the water contained therein.
US08931714B1
A synthetic jet actuator employs a case having a cavity with an orifice. An intermediate interface is contained within the case adjacent the cavity. The intermediate interfaced is excited in a sloshing mode to expand or reduce the volume of the cavity thereby entraining air into or expelling air from the cavity.
US08931695B2
A voting server receives votes from a multimedia processing resource (MPR) and executes instructions for determining whether a user location is an approved voting location and determining whether an MPR communication path is an approved path. If the user location is an approved voting location and the MPR communication path is an approved path, ballot data is accessed, a ballot based on the ballot data is presented to a user, and user input is accepted to select an element from the ballot.
US08931694B1
Systems and methods for providing automated benefit verification and application are described. The apparatus may include a receiving module to receive a transaction, a transaction processing module to process the transaction and parse a unique identifier, a verification module to verify eligibility for a benefit and a data store to store a plurality of unique identifiers. The method may comprise receiving a credit card transaction, determining if a unique identifier contained within the transaction matches one of a stored listing and prompting a user to accept a benefit if the unique identifier matches one of the stored listing. The method may, alternatively, comprise processing a payment device, determining if the user is entitled to a benefit based on information contained within the payment device, prompting the user to accept or decline the benefit and providing the benefit if accepted.
US08931691B2
A payment device is disclosed. It includes a memory including payment data; and a display coupled to the memory. A processor is configured to execute one or more instructions for displaying the payment data on the display. The payment device is in the form of a card.
US08931688B2
A system and method for currency validation of a bank note with a radio frequency identification device therein utilizes a computer, server and communication link and a smartphone including an RFID reader, transmitter/receiver and an internet connection. A bank note is issued with a value, a serial number and a secret seed message that is also saved on the issuer's server. A tamper proof RFID mu-chip is embedded in the currency note and includes the value, serial number, plus the secret message for making a calculation. The smartphone reads the information on the chip and requests an issuer/authenticator to validate the note. The issuer/authenticator transmits a challenge and the mu-chip calculates an answer that is sent to the issuer/authenticator. An approval or disapproval is then sent to the smartphone.
US08931659B2
A domestic pressure cooker (1) is disclosed comprising at least a pan (2) and a lid designed to be added to the pan (2) to form a cooking chamber with the latter. The lid has an inside face designed to be positioned opposite the inside of the chamber and an outside face opposite thereof, characterized in that it comprises a plastic trim which substantially covers all of the outside face.
US08931658B2
A portable drip containment device comprises a tray formed of fuel and chemical resistant fabric. Side walls of the tray are supported by removable bolster segments formed of resilient open cell foam members enclosed within sleeves. The bolster segments are wrapped within a flap of material extending from under the side wall of the tray and around the bolster segments to secure them to the side walls. The outer edge or end of the flap is secured to the side wall. The bolstered side walls may be repeatedly driven across by industrial vehicles without harming the bolster or side wall. The modular bolster segments may be removed and easily stacked, and the tray folded and rolled into a compact modular form, for transport, storage, and reuse of the portable containment tray.
US08931643B2
Disclosed is a powder sifting device comprising a housing and a frame, the housing has a first opening communicating a second opening on which a screen is provided to form a receiving space delimited by the first and the second opening; the frame, that is received in the receiving space, is provided with a holding part at one side adjacent to the first opening and provided with a sweeping element proximately covering on the screen at other side, wherein the frame is driven by the holding part to rotate within the receiving space, and the sweeping element is moved along with the holding part to sweep over the screen according to the present invention, so that the effort-saving and easy-operation powder sifting device is obtained.
US08931642B2
A method of extracting targeted metallic minerals from ores that contain sulfide metallic minerals along with oxide minerals, carbonate minerals, silicate minerals, halide minerals or combinations thereof. In the method, an ore slurry containing the metallic mineral in oxide, carbonate, silicate or halide form is provided. The slurry is activated by adding sodium thiosulfate and sodium metabisulfite, whereby the targeted metallic mineral forms an intermediary metal complex with the sodium thiosulfate and sodium metabisulfite. One or more metal release components are introduced into the ore slurry; whereby the targeted metallic mineral is released from the intermediary metal complex to form a metal sponge. This metal sponge is then subjected to a flotation process, whereby the targeted metallic mineral is drawn out of the ore slurry and thereby extracted from the ore.
US08931637B2
A medical lumen access device assembly includes a medical lumen access device holder including an elongate tube defining a lumen extending from a proximal opening of the elongate tube to a distal opening of the elongate tube. A check valve is positioned over an opening of the elongate tube and includes a valve member having a biased closed position wherein an internal volume defined by the lumen is fluidly blocked from an exterior of the elongate tube at the opening and an open position defining a fluid path from the exterior to the internal volume through the opening. The medical lumen access device assembly also includes a medical lumen access device disposed at least partially within the lumen and having a proximal segment extending beyond the distal opening. At least a portion of the medical lumen access device includes a hydrophilic coating.
US08931636B2
A blade exchange device may be used to remove or install a blade on a medical or surgical instrument such as a dermatome. The blade exchange device generally includes a base portion and a blade engaging portion that engages the blade being removed or installed. The blade exchange device may be used in a system that also includes a magnetic tool for coupling and moving the blades that are removed or installed. The blade exchange device, system and method may be used, for example, with commercially available dermatome instruments such as the type known as the Goulian-Weck knife.
US08931634B2
A drinking straw that can be used to dispense a substance such as vitamins, pharmaceuticals, or diet supplements that is stored inside of the straw body. The straw includes a one-way liquid flow valve at one end of straw that prevents drawn liquid and any of the dissolved materials from returning to the initial liquid source that is drawn through the straw when the straw is not in use. The straw may include a one-way valve or crimp for acting as a one-way valve.
US08931625B2
A powered draw belt of a belt conveyor for conveying glass sheets has a main supporting surface, and is fitted with a suction retaining device for securing a glass sheet to the draw belt; the retaining device having at least one hollow body at least partly covering the main supporting surface; the hollow body defining a supporting surface for the glass sheet, and having at least one elastically deformable portion spaced apart from the main supporting surface to define, with the main supporting surface, a variable-volume chamber connectable to a suction source.
US08931618B2
An apparatus and method are provided, for alternatively producing either small or bulk packs of napkins from a stack of folded napkins produced by one folding machine, through use of a pack dispatching arrangement having an inlet, a small pack transfer station and a bulk pack transfer station, and configured for operation in a small pack mode for dispatching a stream of spaced apart small packs of folded sheets separated from the stack of folded sheets, and received at an inlet of the pack dispatching arrangement, to the small pack transfer station, and alternatively operable in a bulk pack mode for dispatching a stream of spaced apart bulk packs of folded sheets separated from the stack of folded sheets, and received at an inlet of the pack dispatching arrangement, to the bulk pack transfer station.
US08931613B2
The invention relates to a device (10) for handling notes of value, comprising two intermediate storages (32, 500) for intermediate storage of notes of value and a stack combining unit (802). The stack combining unit (802) combines a first stack formed by notes of value intermediately stored in the first intermediate storage (32) and a second stack formed by notes of value intermediately stored in the second intermediate storage (500) to a single combined stack.
US08931594B2
The invention relates to a prop (32.1, 32.3) for a three-dimensional framework, particularly a scaffold (20), comprising a fastening mechanism (38) for attaching a railing device (28) to the prop (32.1, 32.3). The invention also relates to a connecting assembly for a railing device (28), comprising at least one prop (32.1, 32.3) for a three-dimensional framework, especially a scaffold (20), and a railing device (28) which can be attached to the prop (32.1, 32.3) with the help of a fastening mechanism (38). Also disclosed is a method for attaching a railing device (28) to a prop (32.1, 32.3) for a three-dimensional framework, especially a scaffold (20), with the help of a fastening mechanism (38). The fastening mechanism (38) encompasses a locking element which can be swiveled about a swivel pin. In the locked position, the locking surface of the locking element lies across from a bearing surface (43) of a support element that is mounted on the prop (32.1, 32.3). Furthermore, in the locked position and in the operational position of the prop (32.1, 32.3), the locking surface of the locking element is disposed at a vertical distance above the bearing surface of the support element, and/or in the operational position of the prop (32.1, 32.3), the swivel pin is placed at a vertical distance above the locking surface that is in the locking position, preferably also at a vertical distance above the bearing surface of the support element.
US08931593B2
An improved fall protection system has been developed. The system functions by: (1) arresting the fall of such users, thereby protecting them from impact with the ground which could cause serious injury or death; (2) providing a method of recovery and escape from a fall-arresting device by providing a user with a controlled descent back to the ground or to a lower place of safety at a safe and gradual rate of descent; (3) providing greater simplicity and wearer comfort in fall-arresting and self-recovery devices; and (4) incorporating gear storage capability into such protective devices, in order to eliminate the need to wear a separate gear storage pack, vest, tool belt, or other such garment or accessory.
US08931588B2
An acoustic panel includes a first cellular layer with cells having a first axis, a second cellular layer with cells having a second axis, and a perforated septum layer separating the first layer and the second layer. The cells of both layers have an end distal to the septum layer and an end which meets the septum layer, and the maximum diameter of the cells of the first layer is less than the maximum diameter of the cells of the second layer.
US08931572B2
A work machine includes a vehicle body, a blade supported by the vehicle body, a pair of first hydraulic cylinders, a pair of second hydraulic cylinders, a pair of lift stroke sensors and a control unit. The first hydraulic cylinders are configured to lower and raise the blade. The second hydraulic cylinders are configured to tilt the blade forward and backward and left and right. The lift stroke sensors are configured to detect stroke amounts from the pair of first hydraulic cylinders, respectively. The control unit is configured to start actuating the pair of second hydraulic cylinders when the stroke amounts of the pair of first hydraulic cylinders match. The control unit is configured to stop actuating the pair of second hydraulic cylinders based on a magnitude relation between a prescribed threshold and a difference in the stroke amounts of the pair of first hydraulic cylinders.
US08931568B2
A well screen assembly has a base pipe and one or more screen sections attached to the outer surface of the base pipe. The assembly also has one or more shunt tubes attached to the base pipe via top and bottom rings. The shunt tubes can be attached to the screen sections via B-rings and may be transport tubes or packing tubes. Connections are used for securing a jumper tube to adjoining shunt tubes of adjoining screen sections of the wellscreen assembly, which may be used in open or cased holes. At a well site, the joints of the wellscreens have timed threads so that the various shunt tubes can be aligned with one another along the assembly as the joints are made up. The connections of the present disclosure allow operators to install a jumper tubes between shunt tubes at the joint without needing to tighten fasteners or assembly components.
US08931565B2
A wellbore tubular port closure system includes a mechanism to delay the opening of the port the port closure has been actuated to open. A port opening delay mechanism configured to act after actuation of the pressure responsive mechanism to delay full movement of the port-closure to the port-open position until after a selected time has lapsed.
US08931552B2
A cable and tubing suspends an electrically powered tool in a borehole and provides the tool with electrical power. The cable is disposed in the tubing, and the cable incorporates a conducting member which carries the majority of the tensile stress on the cable without the cable being secured along its length to the inside of the tubing. The cable may be capable of supplying high voltage electrical power, in which case the cable comprises a conducting member having a steel core, an outer cladding of copper, and at least one insulating layer surrounding the outer cladding of copper. The copper makes up between 20% and 40% of the total metal content of the cable, the cable being able to support at least its own weight.
US08931551B2
A multipart frac head with removable components permits the frac head to be refurbished in the field. A bottom leg and inlet ports of the multipart frac head can be replaced. The bottom leg is provisioned with a flange.
US08931550B2
A wellhead for a hydrocarbon-producing wellbore includes a wellhead body having an inner cavity, and a production fluid conduit. The production fluid conduit and the wellbore define a production fluid flow path. A stuffing box is positioned within the inner cavity. A leak containment structure within the inner cavity captures any fluid exiting the stuffing box. A fluid pump pumps fluids from the leak containment structure to the production fluid flow path.
US08931547B2
A vehicle air conditioning system includes an electric powered refrigerant compressing device, an evaporator, an electric heater, an air temperature determining component, a cabin interior temperature controlling component, an upper limit electric power setting component, and an electric power distribution controller. The evaporator receives refrigerant from the compressing device. The heater is downstream of the evaporator in an air passageway. The determining component determines a first air temperature upstream of the evaporator and a second air temperature between the evaporator and the heater. The controlling component sets a vehicle interior discharge air temperature at a position downstream of the heater to a target temperature. The power setting component sets an upper limit for power supplied to the compressing device and the heater. The power distribution controller distributes the upper limit electric power to the compressing device and the heater based on a ratio of upstream and downstream temperature differences.
US08931546B2
A structural cold plate assembly includes a support structure including first and second opposite sides supporting corresponding cold plates and an insert. The insert defines a portion of a fluid passage through the support structure and secures the cold plate to the support structure.
US08931544B2
A bonded refractory mold is disclosed. The mold includes a mold wall. The mold wall includes a bonded refractory material and defining a sprue, a gate and a mold cavity, the gate having a gate inlet opening into the sprue and a gate outlet opening into the mold cavity. The mold also includes a gas vent extending through the mold wall. The mold also includes a gas permeable cover covering the gas vent.
US08931537B2
A main support frame is formed from sections of a plastic extrusion and has opposite side portions with peripheral recesses receiving an inner sash unit and outer sash unit each having a frame formed from sections of a plastic extrusion and supporting an insulated glass window unit. Hinges support the dual sash units for pivotal movement between open and closed positions, and gear connected telescopic link members connect the main frame to the sash frames for simultaneous movement. A lock system includes a handle on the inner sash unit for moving straps with studs on the sash frames through a connector mechanism mounted on the main frame for simultaneously locking and releasing both sash units and for releasing only the inner sash unit. A screen and/or mini-blind may be supported between the sash units, and the window system with dual sash units may be constructed in various forms.
US08931530B2
An improved interactive learning board cover is provided. The improved interactive learning board cover may provide protection to the learning board, whereby the cover may stretch over the entire surface of a whiteboard and may be secured at each of the four corners of the board with a sewn pocket thereby allowing securement of the board without the need for additional handles, straps and/or padding.
US08931527B2
A tree processing head for processing a tree element. The tree processing head includes: a body; a scissor assembly mounted to the body and a chainsaw assembly also mounted to the body. The scissor and chainsaw assemblies are selectively usable individually or cooperatively to process the tree element.
US08931513B1
A water supply shut-off system is provided that includes a water line, a main shut-off valve, and a valve located downstream from the main shut-off valve that has an open position that allows water to flow through the valve, and a closed position that prevents water flow through the valve. A switch is in electrical communication with the valve through a wired connection. Actuation of the switch causes the valve to open and close. The switch is not in communication with the main shut-off valve. A wall outlet for obtaining electricity is also included and has female receivers. A ground fault interrupter is plugged into the wall outlet and is removably attached to the wall outlet to be capable of being unplugged. A wire is connected to the switch for electricity to flow from the wall outlet to the switch.
US08931507B2
A plurality of electromagnetic valves are mounted on a manifold base, a single top cover that covers the plurality of electromagnetic valves as a whole is mounted, the top cover is screwed into the manifold base in a state in which a positioning pin on a lower end of a peripheral wall is fitted into a small hole in the manifold base, a reinforcing rib is formed on an inner face of a top plate of the top cover, the rib is arranged so that the rib is brought into contact with the upper faces of the electromagnetic valves all the time or is brought into contact with the electromagnetic valves when the top cover is elastically deformed by a pressing force from the outside acting on the top cover.
US08931501B2
An apparatus for controlling flow in a fluid flow path can include a chamber containing an expandable material, the expandable material being configured to expand out of the chamber into a portion of the fluid flow path so as to at least partially block the fluid flow path. The apparatus also can include at least one structure providing flow communication between the chamber and the fluid flow path. The at least one structure can be configured to pass the expandable material from the chamber to the portion of the fluid flow path during expansion so as to control a rate at which the expandable material expands into the portion of the fluid flow path.
US08931499B2
A breakaway assembly including a first connector including a ball portion movably received therein and a second connector including a coupling portion. The assembly is movable between a first configuration in which the coupling portion is removably received in the ball portion and the first and second connectors together define a fluid path through which fluid may flow, and a second configuration in which the coupling portion is not received in the ball portion. The assembly is configured to move from the first configuration to the second configuration when a sufficient separation force is applied to the assembly. The assembly further includes a valve positioned in one of the first or second connectors. The valve is configured to be in an open position when the assembly is in the first configuration to allow fluid to flow therethrough, and to move to a closed position.
US08931497B2
An umbrella rib assembly including a plurality of main ribs hinged at a main rib fixing member fixed at a top of an umbrella shaft, a plurality of a first auxiliary ribs hinged at a first auxiliary rib fixing member fixed at the umbrella shaft at a position lower than the main rib fixing member and connected with the main ribs, a plurality of second auxiliary ribs hinged at a second auxiliary rib fixing member coupled to the umbrella shaft and slidably movable between the main rib fixing member and the second auxiliary rib fixing member. The umbrella rib assembly is unfolded when the second auxiliary rib fixing member descends toward the fixed first auxiliary rib fixing member while the umbrella rib assembly is folded when the second auxiliary rib fixing member ascends toward the fixed main rib fixing member.
US08931483B2
CPAP treatment apparatus is disclosed having a controllable positive airway pressure device. A sensor generates a signal representative of patient respiratory flow that is provided to a controller. The controller is operable to determine the occurrence of an apnea from a reduction in respiratory airflow below a threshold determined from long term ventilation. When an apnea or hypopnea has occurred the calculation of the threshold is suspended until the end of that event.
US08931481B2
A seal is provided for a chassis assembly of a flow generator configured to provide a flow of breathable gas. The chassis assembly includes an upper chassis and a lower chassis. The seal includes a blower receptacle sealing portion configured to seal a blower receptacle of the chassis assembly configured to receive a blower configured to generate the flow of breathable gas; a flow sensor sealing portion configured to seal a flow sensor provided in the chassis assembly and configured to measure the flow of breathable gas; a blower mount configured to receive a portion of the blower and mount the blower to the seal; and a blower mount suspension configured to connect the blower mount to the blower receptacle sealing portion, wherein in an assembled condition the seal and the chassis assembly define a flow path from an inlet of the chassis assembly to the blower receptacle of the chassis assembly to an outlet of the chassis assembly. A flow generator for generating a flow of breathable gas includes a chassis assembly comprising a lower chassis and an upper chassis, the lower chassis and the upper chassis defining a blower receptacle; a blower provided in the blower receptacle; and the seal.
US08931473B2
In the case of a method for operating a cooking point with a gas burner of a gas hob in which a pan detection is provided for switching off the gas burner when the pan is removed, the pan detection can detect the re-placement of a removed pan onto the cooking point. It then brings about a further operation of the gas burner by igniting the gas burner. When the gas burner is ignited after re-placement of the pan, a power level originally set for the gas burner is only achieved to the full extent with a time delay.
US08931464B2
A riser for a bow is disclosed that includes a body having a central portion, an upper portion, and a lower portion. The central portion includes a grip portion and an arrow rest. The upper portion and lower portion of the body include at least one aperture. A custom image is either integrally formed within at least one of the apertures or a frame containing a custom image is removably secured in at least one of the apertures.
US08931460B2
A fuel vapor recovery system has a fuel tank, an adsorbent canister, a separator capable of separating fuel vapor from air, and a negative pressure supplier applying negative pressure to the adsorbent canister in order to remove the fuel vapor from the adsorbent canister. The separator has a housing and a separation membrane. The separation membrane divides an inner space of the housing into a receiving chamber and a permeation chamber and is configured to allow the fuel vapor to pass therethrough. The separator is connected with the fuel tank such that the fuel tank is fluidly connected with the receiving chamber. The negative pressure supplier is fluidly connected with the adsorbent canister via the permeation chamber. When the negative pressure supplier applies negative pressure to the adsorbent canister, purge gas flows from the adsorbent canister into the fuel tank via the permeation chamber.
US08931452B2
The present invention provides a vehicle valve stem seal having both durability and sliding properties at an extremely high level in addition to usual sealing performance. The present invention is a vehicle valve stem seal comprising an elastic member with a seal lip portion on an end of a valve stem guide, the seal lip portion slidably closely contacting with a valve stem of an engine, wherein the elastic member is formed of a composition containing a fluororubber and a fluororesin and has projecting portions at least on a surface of the seal lip portion, the projecting portions being substantially formed of the fluororesin contained in the composition, the fluororesin is a copolymer including a polymerization unit derived from ethylene and a polymerization unit derived from tetrafluoroethylene, and the fluororubber is a polymer including a polymerization unit derived from vinylidene fluoride.
US08931451B2
A camshaft adjuster (1) having a control device (4), wherein by means of the control device (4) a selection can be made between an OPA and-or a CTA mode, and the camshaft adjuster (1) has a third hydraulic medium duct CC which positions the camshaft adjuster (1) in a central position.
US08931450B2
A camshaft assembly, comprising a camshaft (2) having a receiving space (6) in an interior thereof, at least some sections of the assembly being made of a magnetizable material, and an electromagnetic actuating unit (4) for actuating an actuating partner (5), comprising a control valve of a camshaft adjuster (3), a coil winding (8) and an armature (7) for cooperating with the actuating partner (5), the armature being adjustable by energizing the coil winding (8). The armature (7) is arranged at least in some sections, preferably completely, inside the camshaft (2) in the receiving space (6) and the coil winding (8) for the non-contact adjustment of the armature (7) is arranged radially outside the camshaft (2), and the camshaft (2) has a first axial section (9) and a second axial section (10), between which a material region (11) influencing the magnetic flow (12) is provided in order to increase the magnetic flow (12) from one of the axial sections (9, 10) to the respective other axial section (9, 10) via the armature (7).
US08931448B2
A cover (4) for covering an axial side of a rotor core (6) that is arranged in a camshaft adjuster (50) and has a passage bore (28) for holding a locking pin (30) with which the rotor core (6) can be secured against rotation relative to a stator (54) of the camshaft adjuster (50). The specified cover includes a base body (8) for axially covering at least one area of the rotor core (6) with the passage bore (28) and a support element (38) that is arranged on the base body (8) for the axial counter support of the locking pin (30).
US08931447B2
A device (1) for controlling and/or influencing the valve control times of an internal combustion engine, in particular to a camshaft adjustment device, which includes a drive element (2) which is fastened to an attachment part (3) with a screw connection (4), wherein the drive element (2) and/or the attachment part (3) are/is composed of a fiber-reinforced material. In order to obtain a more lightweight design and to be able to reduce screwing forces, the invention provides that at least one of the contact faces (5, 6) between the drive element (2) and the attachment part (3) is at least partially subjected to material-removing processing.
US08931445B2
Provided is an internal combustion engine including two intake valves for each cylinder, the internal combustion engine including: a fixed cam for driving one of the two intake valves with a lift characteristic having a valve opening timing close to a top dead center; a variable valve actuation mechanism capable of changing, in accordance with an engine running condition, lift characteristics between a low-lift characteristic having an event angle and a lift amount each being smaller than an event angle and a lift amount of the fixed cam, and a high-lift characteristic having the event angle and the lift amount each being larger than the event angle and the lift amount of the fixed cam; and a variable cam for driving another of the two intake valves, the variable cam including the variable valve actuation mechanism, in which the variable valve actuation mechanism is configured to set the lift characteristic of the variable cam so as to obtain a valve opening timing on a retard side relative to the valve opening timing of the fixed cam in a case of the low-lift characteristic.
US08931433B2
The present invention aims at providing a plasma processing apparatus for performing a plasma processing on a planar substrate body to be processed, the apparatus being capable of generating the plasma with good uniformity and efficiently using the plasma, and having a high productivity. That is, the plasma processing apparatus according to the present invention includes: a vacuum chamber; one or plural antenna supporters (plasma generator supporters) projecting into the internal space of the vacuum chamber; radio-frequency antennas (plasma generators) attached to each antenna supporter; and a pair of substrate body holders provided across the antenna supporter in the vacuum chamber, for holding a planar substrate body to be processed.
US08931431B2
A first device is provided. The device includes a print head. The print head further includes a first nozzle hermetically sealed to a first source of gas. The first nozzle has an aperture having a smallest dimension of 0.5 to 500 microns in a direction perpendicular to a flow direction of the first nozzle. At a distance from the aperture into the first nozzle that is 5 times the smallest dimension of the aperture of the first nozzle, the smallest dimension perpendicular to the flow direction is at least twice the smallest dimension of the aperture of the first nozzle.
US08931430B2
A spray applicator system is provided with a reservoir manifold assembly having a separate reservoir for each different coating to be applied. Reservoirs are filled from a coating supply system and isolated electrically from the supply system when coating is dispensed from a reservoir to the applicator. Multiple sets of reservoirs can be used, so that an empty reservoir in one set can be filled while coating is dispensed from a reservoir in the other set. The set of reservoirs in which a reservoir is being filled is isolated electrically from the applicator, and of the set of reservoirs in which a reservoir is dispensing coating to the applicator is isolated electrically from the supply system.
US08931424B2
A seed metering assembly for a farm implement has a meter roller that can be accessed and removed in a relatively quick manner. The seed metering assembly includes a fluted meter roller that is segmented into a number of discrete fluted sections. Each fluted section has an associated flow control member that is selectively operable to impede the flow of granular material from a seed hopper to its corresponding section of the fluted meter roller.
US08931420B2
A pallet or cart which can be coupled to a similar pallet or cart in a side by side relationship is disclosed. The pallet or cart, at its one or right side, has a coupling, which cooperate with an associated coupling on the opposite or left side of an adjacent pallet or cart. The couplings and the associated couplings can be connected to connect the two pallets or carts together to make them capable of being moved together, and even be lifted and lowered together by a standard lift truck or fork lift or a standard pallet jack. The couplings are also releasable so that, when necessary, each pallet or cart may be used as would be a single pallet or cart. The pallet or cart may have one or more foldable shelves therein.
US08931397B2
A support for a container for receiving beverages from a spout of a machine for the production of beverages, where the support includes a first resting surface and a second surface with is hingedly attached to the first resting surface for positioning the two surfaces at different heights. In particular, the two resting surfaces are positioned on top of one another in a first position to accommodate a first cup between the second resting surface and the spout. Further, the two resting surfaces are positioned away from one another in a second position to accommodate a second cup between the first resting surface and the spout, where the second cup is taller than the first cup.
US08931395B2
The invention relates to a die casting ring (1) internally fitted with radial teeth (11) to be engaged into matching seats (22) provided on a piston (2). This piston-ring assembly prevents mutual rotation or axial translation, in addition to ensuring an optimal seal against infiltration of liquid metal during the die casting process. When the ring has a cutout (10), it can be mounted accurately onto the piston because the teeth (11) allow the cutout to be positioned anywhere relative to the piston.
US08931391B2
An armored vehicle with heavy side armor boxes and angled undercarriage armor, utilizing the chassis of overmatch armored vehicles, with a crew compartment for two, a rear door entry, and a blast gap between the side armor and crew compartment. This configuration provides for explosively formed penetrator (EFP) and improvised explosive device (IED) defeat and high levels of crew and vehicle survivability. This configuration allow a light vehicle frame such as a light pick up truck or military HMMWV to withstand very large mine, EFP, IED, and rocket propelled threats.
US08931389B2
A downhole explosive detonation comprises a high voltage electro-explosive initiator comprising an input high voltage power supply with a low impedance shunting fuse, a flexible electrical link and a capacitor discharge unit. Explosive is initiated in a direction approximately parallel, or in another version perpendicular to the capacitor discharge unit. A unique configuration and construction of the assembly allows installation through a small service port in the gun housing structure for more efficient gun arming. A real time downhole voltage monitoring is described that transmits voltage readings to the surface during a firing sequence.
US08931385B2
The present invention is directed to a portable hose cutoff saw having an improved stable base structure comprising a front plate and a back plate, a top plate extending transversely between the front and back plates interconnecting said front and back plates, and at least one connecting member extending transversely between a bottom portion of the front and back plates. The present invention also provides for a portable hose cutoff saw having a plurality of slideably adjustable hose biasing pins that may be adjusted to optimally bias the hose at or about a portion of a hose to be cut by the saw, thereby resulting in a consistent and straight cut of the hose.
US08931383B1
A manually operable tool and method of using the tool to open blisters on a blister pack. The tool includes a body defining a laterally extending guideway of b-shaped cross-section, and a sharp with a laterally extending cutting edge which extends transversely into the guideway from a sidewall without contacting the opposite sidewall, thereby leaving a transverse gap between the sharp and the second sidewall. The method involves the step of laterally sliding a laterally aligned blister pack through the guideway and out through the second end, whereby the cutting edge contacts and cuts through an end of the blisters slid past the cutting edge without cutting completely through the blister pack.
US08931375B2
A ratchet device includes a body, a ratchet wheel unit, and a switching unit. The body has an outer peripheral surface, at least one slide slot formed in the outer peripheral surface, at least one first groove, and at least one second groove. The ratchet wheel unit includes a ratchet wheel sleeved on the body, at least one first pawl member inserted into the first groove, at least one second pawl member inserted into the second groove, and resilient members biasing the first and second pawl members to engage the ratchet wheel. The switching unit is sleeved on the body, and includes a pushing member disposed in the slide slot, and a switching member connected to the pushing member. Through operation of the switching member, the first or second pawl member can be separated from the ratchet wheel.
US08931374B2
A socket wrench includes a handle including a pivotal head including a cylindrical, eccentric recess on a bottom, a cylindrical cavity in a blind end of the eccentric recess, a perimetric opening proximate to the eccentric recess, and a spring depressible detent; a socket drive including a lower projection, upper external ratchet teeth, an annular groove, and an intermediate flange; a hollow drive gear including a circular opening on a bottom, first, second and third posts, first, second and third positioning wells; first and second pawls; and a biasing member disposed and biased between the first pawl and the second pawl.
US08931364B2
A steering device includes a fixed bracket, a movable bracket, a friction plate, a first friction washer, a pressing plate, engagement units, a second friction washer, and a fastening tool. The friction plate is attached to face, with an appropriate gap, at least one of both fixed side portions of the fixed bracket. The first washer is inserted between the fixed side portion and the friction plate. The pressing plate is attached to an outer surface of the friction plate. The engagement unit causes the pressing plate to be detachably attached and be immovable at least in a vertical direction. The second friction washer is clamped between the pressing plate and the friction plate. The fixed bracket, the friction plate, the first friction washer, the second friction washer, and the pressing plate are connected by penetrating therethrough a lock bolt of the fastening tool.
US08931362B2
A recirculating ball gear, in particular for a steering system of a motor vehicle, comprises a nut, which is mounted in a housing by way of a bearing, wherein at least one spring element is disposed on each end face of the bearing between the bearing and the housing. During operation, the recirculating ball gear is exposed to impact in the axial direction, whereby the gear may become damaged over time and annoying rattling noise may develop in the recirculating ball gear. The spring elements are thus operated in the progressive area of characteristic curve.
US08931358B2
A ball screw with a dust-proof and lubricating device comprises: a screw, a nut, a plurality of balls, an oil-absorbing member, a return unit, and two dust-proof members. The nut includes an axial oil-guiding hole, a plurality of radial oil holes in communication with the oil-guiding hole and the helical groove of the nut, and an oil-feeding hole in communication with one of the radial oil holes. The oil-absorbing member is disposed in the oil-guiding hole and the radial oil holes. The return unit is disposed in the nut to enable the turning and circulation of the balls. The two dust-proof members are located at both ends of the axial hole. The ball screw can still be lubricated when it is disposed in a vertical position, and the dust-proof and lubricating device which won't add axial length to the nut.
US08931353B2
A Coriolis mass flow meter and components thereof. One such component being a conduit having an inlet, an outlet, and a curved shape extending therebetween, and defining therein a flow path lying in an imaginary plane. The inlet and outlet each have an internal cross-sectional area having a first dimension in a direction along the plane and a second dimension in a direction perpendicular thereto. The first and second dimensions are the largest dimensions of each internal cross sectional area in the respective directions. The first dimension having a different magnitude of length than the second dimension.
US08931345B2
An apparatus for measuring the strength of concrete using a surface wave velocity including an ultrasonic transmission and reception probe is provided. The apparatus is configured to include a surface wave velocity measurement device including an ultrasonic transmission probe and an ultrasonic reception probe. Further, a method of constructing the slip form of a concrete column member is provided. The method is capable of reducing the construction period by raising a concrete form rapidly and safely using a method of determining the slip-up time of the slip form based on the strength of concrete measured by the apparatus.
US08931333B2
A method for determining a velocity of headwind flowing in the direction of a vehicle, based on a coolant mass flow of a coolant flowing through a heat exchanger of a cooling device of the vehicle, and an air mass flow flowing through the heat exchanger and triggered by the headwind, includes: determining a temperature drop of the coolant mass flow; determining the air mass flow responsible for the temperature drop of the coolant mass flow; and determining the velocity of the headwind flowing in the direction of the vehicle, based on the air mass flow responsible for the temperature drop of the coolant mass flow.
US08931330B2
The invention relates to a method for detecting leaks in an underground liquid pipe (T), particularly a water pipe, into which a gas is fed through a diffuser (8) into the liquid of the pipe, the atmospheric content of the gas being low; and the path of the pipe is traced along the pipe surface with a detection system for measuring at consecutive points the content of the air in the injected gas, an abnormally high content constituting a leak indicator. A diffuser (8) is selected having outlet pores for the gas, the mean diameter of which is less than 50 μm so as to produce gas bubbles, the diameter of which is small.
US08931324B2
The present invention provides an easy-of-use torque calibration device capable of improving workability and safety and attaining reduction in time of a torque calibration in calibrating a torque of a dynamometer. That is, the present invention includes a connecting shaft coaxially connected to a torque measurement rotor, a calibration arm integrally rotated with the connecting shaft, a plurality of calibration weights for applying loads to both ends of the calibration arm, a moving mechanism to move the connecting shaft between a connection position and a spaced position, and a rotating direction fixing mechanism for fixing the torque measurement rotor and the connecting shaft in the rotating direction at the connection position, and a control unit controlling the moving mechanism.
US08931319B2
Apparatus and methods are disclosed whereby a propellant driven water stream is used in the formation of materials made from high tensile strength alloys. High pressure developed in liquid flowing through a tubular work piece is employed to achieve desired forms. The high pressure results from superposition of compression waves generated in the course of the impact of the liquid by products of propellant combustion.
US08931311B2
A washing machine includes a casing, a tub disposed within the casing, and a basket configured for receipt of articles to be washed. An additive pack dispenser is disposed within the casing above the tub and included a pack receiver configured for receipt of an additive pack therein. The receiver is biased to a first position wherein the additive pack is stored and is movable to a second position wherein the additive pack is dispensed by gravity from the receiver into the tub. An actuator is disposed proximate to the receiver and is oriented so as to move the receiver at a defined time to cause the receiver to move to the second dispense position and deposit the additive pack into the tub.
US08931306B2
A wet hydrocarbon stream having at least methane and water, provided at a temperature equal to a first temperature, is cooled thereby lowering the temperature to a second temperature. In a water removal device a wet disposal stream having water is withdrawn from the wet hydrocarbon stream, at the second temperature. An effluent stream having the wet hydrocarbon stream from which the wet disposal stream has been removed, is discharged from the water removal device and passed to a further heat exchanger. A refrigerant stream is also passed to the further heat exchanger, and both the effluent stream and the refrigerant stream are cooled in the further heat exchanger by indirect heat exchanging against an evaporating refrigerant fraction. The effluent stream is heated by indirectly heat exchanging against the wet hydrocarbon stream. The cooling of the wet hydrocarbon stream includes this indirectly heat exchanging.
US08931290B2
An auxiliary cooling device is configured to be operated outside of an aircraft. The auxiliary cooling device is configured to be connected to an aircraft liquid cooling system which includes a refrigerating device, a coolant supply connection, a coolant discharge connection, and a control device. The auxiliary cooling device includes a cold source that is adapted to cool a coolant down to a desired low temperature, an auxiliary cooling device outlet which is connected to the cold source and connectable to the coolant supply connection. The auxiliary cooling device also includes an auxiliary cooling device inlet which is connected to the cold source and connectable to the coolant discharge connection of the aircraft liquid cooling system.
US08931283B2
A reformer for use in a gas turbine engine specially configured to treat a supplemental fuel feed to the combustor that includes a reformer core containing a catalyst composition and an inlet flow channel for transporting the reformer fuel mixture, air and steam (either saturated or superheated) into a reformer core. An outlet flow channel transports the resulting reformate stream containing reformed and thermally cracked hydrocarbons and substantial amounts of hydrogen out of the reformer core for later combination with the main combustor feed. Because the catalytic partial oxidation reaction in the reformer is highly exothermic, the additional heat is transferred (and thermally integrated) using one or more heat exchange units for a first and/or second auxiliary gas turbine fuel stream that undergo thermal cracking and vaporization before combining with the reformate. The combined, hydrogen-enriched feed significantly improves combustor performance.
US08931276B2
Disclosed herein is a hybrid renewable energy system having an underground heat storage apparatus. A solar collector is provided on or around a building structure and collects solar heat to heat a heat medium. A transfer pipe transfers the heat medium, heated by the solar collector, into the underground. The heat storage apparatus stores heat received from the heat medium and heats, using the stored heat, both cold water supplied from the building structure through a supply pipe and air supplied from an inlet duct. A return pipe returns the heat medium from the heat storage apparatus to the solar collector. An inlet pipe supplies hot water produced by the heat storage apparatus to the building structure. A connection duct supplies air heated by the heat storage apparatus into the building structure to heat the room of the building structure.
US08931274B2
An engine system may include an electric or mechanical supercharger and an LP-EGR, basically with a turbocharger, an EGR valve, a channel control valve, and a bypass valve, which control the flow rate of external air and exhaust gas, may be integrally operated, and a operation section may be divided into a turbo-lag and low torque section, a mid-load section, and mid/high-load section such that the open amount of EGR valve, channel control valve, and bypass valve may be optimally controlled, such that it may be possible to improve availability for a low-speed/high-load section with turbo-lag reduced, using supercharger and considerably increase the ratio of fuel efficiency improvement in the low-speed/high-load section, using LP-EGR operating with supercharger.
US08931264B2
An exhaust gas processing device for a diesel engine includes a DPF, a PM deposition amount estimating unit for PM deposited in the DPF, a DPF regenerating unit, a DPF regeneration control unit, a storage unit, an acceleration regeneration request information notifying unit, an acceleration regeneration start operating unit, and a mode selecting unit. When a normal regeneration process is selected, the time at which acceleration regeneration request determination reserve period T1 elapses from the start of the normal regeneration process without the end of the normal regeneration process is time T2 for acceleration regeneration request determination, at which time, if the PM deposition amount estimation value is greater or equal to acceleration regeneration request determination value J2, it is determined that there is the acceleration regeneration request. The DPF regeneration control unit allows the acceleration regeneration request information notifying unit to start notification of the acceleration regeneration request information.
US08931261B2
A pump component is removed from a port of a suction-side fluid cavity of a high-pressure fluid pump. The pump component performs a pump function for the high-pressure fluid pump. A primary coupler connects to the port. The pump component connects to the primary coupler. A diverter fluid passage diverts a low-pressure fluid from the primary coupler to an auxiliary fluid delivery system. The primary coupler communicates the low-pressure fluid through the pump component and primary coupler to the port.
US08931242B1
A gift wrapping system, for use in wrapping a gift, contained within gift packaging having a top and bottom, using a wrapping device having a main part and a closure plate having a central opening. The main part is made of a highly stretchable material formed into a tube having an open end and a closed end. The gift packaging is inserted into the main part through the open end, and the gift is pushed downwardly toward the closed end as the open end is pulled upwardly. Once the bottom of the gift packaging is against the closed end and the open end is pulled above the top of the gift packaging, the open end above the top is grabbed as a tail, which is pulled upwardly through the central opening of the closure plate as the closure plate is pushed downwardly against the top of the gift packaging.
US08931238B2
A ceramic board (1), of at least cement and gypsum, preferably in the proportions 1:10, and can include additional filler material in the composition. The board is used for various applications including as a door panel (31) or cabinet door (81). The board (21) can have channels, grooves, honeycomb, corrugations, or protrusions (22) extending along one or both faces which help to lighten the board whilst retaining rigidity, and which can have filler material (103) provided therein. The board (31) can have mounting points (35) for cabinet hinges or a lock, and can have internal strengthening members (142a,b,c) within the material of the board. The board or door can have an edge protector, which can be internal (153) or external (112). An end of the board can form a recess (184) for cables, pipes etc, which can be formed by internal strengtheners protruding from the end of the ceramic material (FIGS. 18a, 18b). The board can have an internal frame or skeleton embedded within the ceramic material.
US08931226B2
The present invention relates to a shock absorbing base flooring section comprising a primary deck comprising interconnection means to interconnect at least two base flooring sections and comprising shock absorption means attached under said primary deck, a subfloor attached under said primary deck and provided adjacent to the shock absorbing means, the subfloor having a thickness lower than the height of said shock absorption means.
US08931225B2
A cladding system for cladding a supporting wall is disclosed. The cladding system includes a plurality of building blocks, each having a body and a facing; and a plurality of support brackets for mounting the blocks on the supporting wall in a plurality of adjoining horizontal rows. The body of each block includes engagement means for engaging at least one of the support brackets such that, in use, at least a part of the body of each block abuts at least a part of the body of a neighbouring block in an adjoining row so as to guard against water penetration between the rows.
US08931223B2
A system and method for forming a wall is disclosed. In some embodiments, the wall comprises blocks having internal couplers configured for use with rods which can be inserted through and which are configured to securely lock blocks together. In some embodiments, the rods which are inserted into internal couplers may be threaded or have another locking features such that the blocks in a wall can be securely fastened together.
US08931219B2
A foundation system includes a security boot selectively coupled to a pier having a notched upper end. The security boot includes first, second, and third portions complementary to the pier upper end. The security boot third portion includes a configuration complementary to a foundation sill plate and is selectively coupled thereto. The foundation system includes a sleeve configured to be received on a pier, the security boot configured to surround the sleeve and be slidable therealong. The system includes at least one lifting device having a base member and rod configured to engage the sill plate and is movable between a retracted configuration not urging movement of the sill plate and an extended configuration urging the sill plate upwardly. In a method of using the foundation system, the lifting devices may be actuated to lift an entire foundation upwardly from the piers, the security sliding upwardly along an associated sleeve.
US08931213B2
The invention relates to a device (1) for slidable devices such as sliding gates or sliding doors. In order to render possible a compact and nevertheless stable construction of the device (1), it is provided according to the invention that the device (1) has a supporting or retaining device (2) and a shorter runner rail (3) as well as a longer runner rail (4), wherein rolling elements (5) and/or sliding elements are provided on the supporting or retaining element (2), via which rolling elements and/or sliding elements the shorter runner rail (3) can be moved, and wherein further rolling elements (6) and/or sliding elements are provided on the shorter runner rail (3) and optionally on the supporting or retaining element (2), via which further rolling elements and/or sliding elements the longer runner rail (4) can be moved.
US08931212B2
A floral grouping package for a floral grouping having a bloom end and a stem end is disclosed. A wrapper is formed from a sheet of material or bag which is wrapped about at least a portion of the stem end of the floral grouping. The wrapped floral grouping is then positioned within a receiving space of a preformed sleeve whereby the wrapper is secured in a stable position about at least a portion of the stem end of the floral grouping by the preformed sleeve. A detaching element defines the detachable upper portion and a lower portion of the preformed sleeve so that the upper portion can be removed from the lower portion.
US08931205B2
A lure of the present invention has a hollow portion 2 therein, the body 3 being made of a translucent material. A body inner wall surface forming the hollow portion 2 has a polyhedral structure including a first plane 61 and a second plane 62 connected to the first plane 61, and a multilayer colored region 7 including a first colored portion 71 and a second colored portion 72 stacked on the first colored portion 71, the second colored portion 72 having a color that is different from that of the first colored portion 71, is provided on the first plane 61 or a body outer wall surface corresponding to the first plane 61. The lure of the present invention varies in color depending on the viewing direction.
US08931204B1
A means and apparatus are provided for attracting fish to a Lure that uses at least one of a color of light or at least one of a type of Scent or at least one of a color as the attractant. The Scent would have the added benefit of being made of at least one of a color. Thereby affording anglers an innovative, adaptable, and more affordable type Lure.
US08931203B2
To provide a better experience for ice fisherman and fisherman generally, the present inventor devised, among other things, apparatus, assemblies, components, and methods for holding a fishing device, such as a fishing rod. One exemplary apparatus includes an adjustable rod holder pivotably mounted or coupled to a base structure. The rod holder, which can be strapped or otherwise attached to one or more types of fishing rods or poles, has an adjustable center of gravity and/or an adjustable pivot point. The adjustable center of gravity and/or pivot point allows users to balance the fishing rod at various tip angles, up or down, and thus to position the rod in a way most suitable for the type of desired fish. The exemplary apparatus is particularly suitable as a replacement for the conventional tip-ups used in ice fishing, because it provides advantages of conventional rod & reel fishing with those of conventional tip-down fishing.
US08931202B1
A hunting decoy with a body has a guidance fin being both movably positioned and releasably attachable below the body of the decoy. Water contact with the guidance fin permits the decoy to have a lifelike movement. Baffles applied to the guidance fin permit a more lifelike movement for the decoy.
US08931199B1
A firearm magazine loader. The magazine loader includes an ammunition holder adapted for receiving and holding ammunition from a tray in the same arrayed configuration in which the ammunition was held in the tray. The magazine loader includes a holder adapted for holding ammunition in an array including multiple columns and rows. The magazine loader includes a carrier and a biasing member biasing the carrier for movement. The magazine loader includes a movable carrier and a stop. The stop engages ammunition held in the carrier for indexing movement of the carrier. The magazine loader includes a plunger oriented for plunging ammunition from the carrier in a direction transverse to a direction of travel of the carrier. The magazine loader includes a slot sized and shaped for receiving a round of ammunition and configured for permitting the round of ammunition to slide along a length of the slot.
US08931197B2
A handguard or other cover for a firearm includes a shell or body with a hollow interior cavity and a retaining structure configured to engage the forearm and retain the shell in place on the forearm, where the retaining structure is releasable to permit removal of the shell from the forearm. The shell may have a concave inner surface and a convex outer surface extending between the first and second edges. The concave inner surface may include at least one tab extending outwardly from the inner surface which is configured to be connected to a slot or opening formed in the forearm for the firearm.
US08931194B2
An improved muzzle-loading firearm with a removable, threadless breech plug retained by a breech plug retaining collar, and a barrel retaining nut for simplifying manufacture, cleaning, preventing fouling and over-pressure situations, and minimizing alignment issues during, assembly of the firearm. The removable, threadless breech plug also allows for straightforward interchangeability of breech plugs for use with various primers and propellants.
US08931193B1
A firearm support apparatus has a support frame having an elongate longitudinal center body and a lateral crosspiece having right and left sides that extend outwardly from the center body. The apparatus also includes a forward cradle assembly, a rearward cradle assembly, an outwardly extending flanges, and a pair of adjustable legs for adjusting the height of the lateral crosspiece with respect to the ground.
US08931187B2
A shoe sole having improved cushioning characteristics is disclosed. The sole includes a midsole having a top layer of material and a bottom layer of material. In one embodiment, the top layer of material may be harder than the bottom layer of material. A pattern of lugs defining a wave may be formed on the bottom layer of material. The wave may generally be in the shape of sine wave so as to provide improved cushioning characteristics for the sole. An outsole may also be formed on the bottom layer of material and an upper may be connected to the top layer of material, such that a shoe is formed.
US08931184B1
A method for dimensionally inspecting a component of a gas turbine system is provided. The method includes disposing the component on a fixture for stabilizing the component. Also included is probing a first datum location of the component with a coordinate measurement machine for establishing a first datum point. Further included is probing at least one location of the component with the coordinate measurement machine to determine at least one measurement relative to the first datum point. Yet further included is displaying the at least one measurement in an output report.
US08931181B2
A scalpel blade accessory and cartridge are provided wherein a tubular guard is slidable over the scalpel blade carrier between a retracted position in which the blade carrier is positioned to expose any scalpel blade associated with it for use and an extended position in which the guard covers the blade carrier and any blade thereon. The scalpel blade has a mounting slot for attachment to a lug on a standard scalpel handle for use. The blade carrier has a bridge spanning an alignment face so as to provide space for a scalpel blade between the alignment face and bridge. A blade catch cooperates with a rear end of the mounting slot to hold a relevant scalpel blade captive. The blade catch is disengagable by assembling it onto a standard handle, in use.
US08931179B2
An interlocking double throwing knife comprises: a first opposable throwing knife having a first blade and a first handle attached to the first blade, where the first handle has a first receptacle for housing another blade; and a second opposable throwing knife having a second blade and a second handle attached to the second blade, where the second handle has a second receptacle for housing another blade. The first opposable throwing knife and the second opposable throwing knife interlock by simultaneously inserting the first blade into the second receptacle and the second blade into the first receptacle such that the first blade and the second blade are sheathed within opposing knife handles.
US08931174B2
A tool configuration incorporating a preprocessing step and a method incorporating the tool configuration with its preprocessing step, producing an improved locking system of a floor panel. With the special tool configuration, and the preprocessing step changing the properties of the surface layer, certain surfaces are profiled of the joint edge of the floor panel, resulting in decreased tolerances. Further, equipment having an upper belt or chain guided in a horizontal direction, by an upper guiding device, and configured to press the floor panel vertically towards the lower chain, decreasing the tolerances of the produced floor panel as well.
US08931169B2
Methods of fabricating components for microelectronic devices are described herein. For example, one embodiment is directed toward a method of fabricating a memory cell on a workpiece having a substrate, a plurality of active areas in the substrate, and a dielectric layer over the active areas. Bit line contact openings can be formed in the dielectric layer over first portions of the active areas and cell plug openings over second portions of the active areas. A first conductive material is deposited into the bit line contact openings to form bit line contacts and into the cell plug openings to form cell plugs. A conductive line is formed in a trench in the substrate. Dielectric features can electrically insulate the conductive line.
US08931149B2
A wire coloring apparatus including a roller is provided to prevent drag of a colorant, which is jetted on an electric wire and not dried yet, the guide roller is arranged at a downstream side of a coloring nozzle, which jets a colorant toward a highest point of an outer surface of the electric wire moving along a lengthwise direction thereof, in a moving direction of the electric wire. The guide roller is formed with a pair of tapered surfaces catching and supporting the electric wire and approaching to each other in accordance with nearing to a rotating axis. When a radius REW of the electric wire 3 is 1.2 mm, an angle θT formed by the pair of tapered surfaces is designed at least 60 degrees and not more than θX degrees.
US08931143B2
A hose clamp for preventing a leak during tightening of a hose includes a clamp body with a strip-shaped leaf spring having an annular shape, and a pair of operation pieces. The clamp body maintained in a diameter expansion state by a locking claw of the operation piece engaged with an engagement concavity of the operation piece of the clamp body. The locking claw is released by bringing the operation piece on one side close to the operation piece on the other side and moving the operation piece on one side with respect to the operation piece on the other side in the opposing direction in an axial direction of the clamp body, reducing the clamp body in diameter. A leak prevention piece presses a hose during tightening of the hose at an end portion of the operation piece on the other side of the clamp body.
US08931136B2
A canister vacuum cleaner that includes a main body to which a hose is attached. The main body includes a chassis, a dirt separator carried by the chassis, and an inlet assembly for carrying fluid from the hose to the dirt separator. The dirt separator includes an inlet located in a base of the dirt separator. The inlet assembly includes a spigot fixed to the chassis and a hose coupling rotatably attached to the spigot. The hose is then attached to the hose coupling, and the spigot projects into the inlet such that the spigot both supports and carries fluid to the dirt separator.
US08931135B1
A vacuum system having a housing with a hose end, a filter end, and an attachment end, wherein the filter end is at least partially open, having a vacuum mechanism in an inner cavity of the housing which comprises a vacuum fan in an inner channel that extends from the hose end to near a filter end, the vacuum fan is operatively connected to a motor that functions to control the vacuum fan, having a hose which is fluidly connected to the inner channel, having an attachment brace which functions to help attach the outer end of the hose to a computer system, having a filter, having an attachment means which functions to help temporarily attach the housing to a computer system, having a power button operatively connected to the motor which functions to turn the motor on and off.
US08931134B2
A rotating bathroom floor mat device is disclosed, comprising a series of carpeted, rotatable assemblies, a heating means and a gear and pulley mechanism. The device provides a wide, rectangular enclosure that allows a user to step directly onto its flat, upper surface, which is comprised of a series of adjoining, rotatable surfaces. Control buttons along one side of the upper service are operable via depression of a user's foot, which in turn activates a heating means and fan convection means to rapidly dry a user's feet and remove moisture from the carpeted assemblies. The assemblies are triangular sections that allow three distinct working surfaces. Once a first user has dried his or her feet, the assemblies are rotated to reveal a fresh, dry surface for a second user. The heating and convection means dries the previously used, moist carpet while in a stowed position. Three surfaces allow three consecutive users to enjoy a dry surface when exiting a shower, and to enjoy the heating means that dries both the carpet and the user's feet.
US08931133B2
The invention relates to a connecting device which has a connecting element (18) of flat beam design fixed to a wiper blade (10) and an adapter (16) joined to said connecting element in an articulated manner, and also a joining element (14) that is joined to a wiper arm (12) and into the u-shaped cross-sectional profile of which the adapter (16) is inserted and, by means of a spring tongue (64) arranged on the top wall (42) thereof, is fixed to a pushbutton (66), the connecting element (18) having a central web (28) running in the longitudinal direction of the wiper blade (10) and bearing a hinge shaft (30) projecting on the long sides thereof, which is mounted in laterally flexible hubs (46) in side walls (40) of the adapter (16). According to the invention, the outwardly facing walls of the adapter (16), namely the side walls (40), the top wall (42), and the end walls (36, 62), have a general wall thickness of at least two millimeters, and the hubs (46) are to be formed as blind holes, the cylindrical surfaces of which form radial sliding surfaces (48) and the end faces of which form axial sliding surfaces (50), which are highly polished with an arithmetic mean roughness of Ra<0.2μ, and that the sliding surfaces (48, 50) be the sole contact surfaces between the connecting element (18) and the adapter (16).
US08931132B2
A cleaning article optionally removably attachable to a handle. The cleaning article has a layer of tow fibers and a layer of sheet material, joined together in a layered construction. The tow fiber layer has a greater width than the sheet, so that the tow fibers overhang the edge of the sheet. The amount of overhang varies throughout at least a portion of the length of the cleaning article. Such variation provides a differential overhang believed to promote fluffing of the tow fibers.
US08931131B1
A power snake apparatus including a motor connected to a rotatable drum that contains a coiled cable for drain cleaning operations. The power snake also includes a battery for powering the motor, the battery preferably being of the type normally installed on motorcycles and being rechargeable from a standard motor vehicle electrical recharging system. The apparatus may also include an AC/DC transformer for powering the motor or recharging the motorcycle battery from a standard electrical outlet. The components of the power snake apparatus are mounted on a frame, which may also include a removable handle and a plurality of wheels to facilitate mobility of the device.
US08931130B2
This invention relates to a device for cleaning a grating disc used for cutting food. The grating disc has two sets of parallel blades, the blades delineating quadrilateral-sectioned spaces in a main plane of the grating disc, a main plane of each blade being substantially perpendicular to the main plane of the grating disc. The device has at least one tooth, the tooth being sized such that it is able to be inserted into the spaces delineated by the blades. The device including a pin aligned with the tooth or teeth, an end of the pin protruding relative to one end of the tooth or teeth. The pin being capable of sliding into a space delineated by the blades at the same time that the tooth or teeth are inserted into one or more spaces delineated by the blades. This invention also relates to a set for cleaning a grating disc, comprising such a device. Finally, this invention relates to a method for cleaning a grating disc used for cutting food.
US08931120B1
A pool or spa cover and a waterfall chute projecting from the top edge of a pool or spa water receptacle, comprising in combination the cover having sections hinge connected to allow one section to pivot downwardly toward the waterfall chute while the other section remains peripherally seated on the receptacle, the one section having an edge portion or portions located to seat on receptacle edge portions at opposite sides of the chute, and which extend away from the chute and about the pool, the one section locally configured to accommodate the cover to the chute as the cover pivots downwardly to seat on the pool or spa receptacle top edge, there being concavely recessed padding located to provide cushioning as the sections are relatively closed together.
US08931119B2
A pad for a garment includes a one piece structure comprising interconnected elements made from a compressible material. The elements are arranged such that, when the pad is in a non-deformed state, each element is spaced apart from adjacent elements by a void. The elements are interconnected such that, when the pad is deformed, a zigzag arrangement of at least three elements is formed and/or a void enclosed by at least two adjacent elements expands.
US08931117B2
The disclosed sweatband includes a piece of fabric including upper and lower edges. Overcast stitches are provided on ends of the upper and lower edges. Further, there are upper and lower folds in the fabric, such that the upper and lower edges of the fabric are folded toward one another by way of the upper and lower folds. A center seam connects the upper and lower edges of the fabric.
US08931114B2
A redox-active conductive polymer includes a charged tether. An interpenetrating network including such a conducting polymer can be switched between two states of diffusivity (porosity) by application of a voltage. Such a material can be useful in breathable protective clothing, controlled release, intelligent sensing/filtration, novel separation processes, nanomanufacturing, and other areas.
US08935810B2
Embodiments are directed to providing attribute-based data access. In an embodiment, a data request specifies one or more search data attributes describing requested data that is to be found in an anonymous directory. The anonymous directory is configured to provide access to secured data according to access controls defined one or more clients. The secured data includes data that is associated with a particular client and that is encrypted using multi-authority attribute-based encryption, which associates the data with one or more encryption data attributes and that enables the data to be provided if conditions in the corresponding access controls are met. The particular portion of data is provided based on determining that the conditions in the corresponding access controls are met, and that at least one of the search data attributes is determined to be relevant to at least one of the encryption data attributes.
US08935808B2
Methods and systems are described herein for performing attribute authentication for use by a relying party in providing access to a resource as requested by a user. Attribute authentication may be performed entirely by a single identity service provider, or by multiple identity service providers each authenticating a subset of a plurality of user attributes, such as name, address, phone, email, and the like. Each attribute may be authenticated with a level of assurance. Levels of assurance may vary from attribute to attribute. Different levels of assurance may be required for different attributes before the relying party may grant access to the user-desired resource. An authentication broker may act as a registry or broker of identity service providers, and may store information usable by relying parties to establish a trust relationship with a particular identity service provider on demand, as needed by a relying party.
US08935805B2
The invention describes techniques for enforcing password policy within a distributed directory environment that includes one or more distributed directory servers and a proxy server that acts as an intermediate agent between a client and the distributed directory environment. In one aspect, the proxy server is enhanced to support the passing (from the backend server to the client) of password policy controls. In particular, controls returned from a backend server are parsed and cached (for re-use) for the life of a given client connection. According to another aspect, the proxy server ensures that all compare operations for a single user's password are directed to the same backend server in the distributed directory environment. This insures that a user's most current password is used, and that failed operation counts, resets and operational attributes are up-to-date. According to still another aspect, the proxy server enforces password policy on bind plug-ins and, in particular, through a pair of pre-bind and post-bind extended operations. In particular, pre-bind processing includes checking if an account is locked. Post-bind processing includes checking for expired passwords, grace logins and updating failed/successful bind counters.
US08935804B1
Methods and systems for rules-based data access are described. In some embodiments, a request for access to customer data by a requesting entity is received; the data is categorized; the person's preferences with respect to allowing access to data are compiled; a requesting entity is determined; and the providing entity that collected each requested data item is determined. Data shareability rules are evaluated based on the policies that regulate the access of the customer data, the customer preferences, the requesting entity, and the providing entity; and the customer data is provided to the requesting entity according to the evaluation.
US08935801B1
Methods for scanning software for the existence of a licensing condition. Software may be uploaded, scanned and compared against known software stored in a datastore. If the uploaded software matches known software in the datastore, a license associated with the known software may be determined. The license may have information associated with it, such as a classification based on risk and obligations. The classification of the license, as well as the obligation information may be returned as a report to a requester that uploaded software to easily identify the risks associated with incorporating the software into a larger code base or project.
US08935797B1
Customer online data is collected via script on customer computers and is communicated to a server hosted by an organization, such as a card issuer. The customer online data communicated to the server is non-personally identifiable information (non-PII). In turn, the server aggregates the non-PII customer online data from the set of participating merchants. The server associates the received non-PII customer online data with non-PII demographic data. Other non-PII transaction data, such as previous transactions processed at a card issuer, also can be associated with the non-PII customer online data and non-PII demographic data. These associations are, in turn, used to create reports and to provide services to help merchants or other requesting organizations develop online strategies to drive click thru and conversion rates.
US08935796B2
Techniques are disclosed herein for applying different content protection schemes to different segments of digital content. A method for protecting digital content includes determining segments within digital content that is organized to allow presentation in a certain order. Each of the segments is assigned to a category of a group of categories. Each of the categories has a different content protection scheme associated therewith. One of the protection schemes is applied to each segment based on the category associated with the segment.
US08935792B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for conditionally performing an action based on an attribute. In use, at least one attribute associated with an object is determined. Additionally, an event associated with the object is identified. Further, at least one action is conditionally performed in association with the event, based on the at least one attribute.
US08935790B2
A method of updating a content detection module includes obtaining content detection data, and transmitting the content detection data to a content detection module, wherein the transmitting is performed not in response to a request from the content detection module. A method of sending content detection data includes obtaining content detection data, selecting an update station from a plurality of update stations, and sending the, content detection data to the selected update station. A method of building a content detection system includes establishing a first communication link between a central station and an update station, the central station configured to transmit content detection data to the update station, and establishing a second communication link between the update station and a content detection module.
US08935786B2
Systems and methods for use in a Computer Network (“CN”). The methods involve performing operations by a first sub-network in accordance with a first Mission Plan (“MP”) specifying a first process for pseudo-randomly modifying at least one first identity parameter associated with at least one first computing device of CN to specify false information. Operations are also performed by a second sub-network in accordance with a second MP specifying a second process for pseudo-randomly modifying at least one second identity parameter associated with at least one second computing device of CN to specify false information. A functional topology of the first and/or second sub-networks is selectively determined based at least one MP. The functional topology specifies the manner in which nodes of the sub-networks are to be communicatively isolated from each other so as to create an appearance of two disparate and separate networks.
US08935783B2
Described systems and methods allow a classification of electronic documents such as email messages and HTML documents, according to a document-specific text fingerprint. The text fingerprint is calculated for a text block of each target document, and comprises a sequence of characters determined according to a plurality of text tokens of the respective text block. In some embodiments, the length of the text fingerprint is forced within a pre-determined range of lengths (e.g. between 129 and 256 characters) irrespective of the length of the text block, by zooming in for short text blocks, and zooming out for long ones. Classification may include, for instance, determining whether an electronic document represents unsolicited communication (spam) or online fraud such as phishing.
US08935780B2
Method for communicating data in a computer network involves dynamically modifying at a first location in the computer network a plurality of true values. The true values correctly represent the plurality of identify parameters. These true values are transformed to false values, which incorrectly represent the identity parameters. Subsequently, the identity parameters are modified at a second location to transform the false values back to the true values. The position of the first and/or second locations varies dynamically as part of this process. A bridge transforms identity parameter values when communicating outside the network. Dynamic modification of the identity parameters occurs in accordance with a mission plan that can be modified without interrupting communication of data in the network.
US08935778B2
Aspects of the present invention maintain data integrity of a monitored data object in a monitored storage repository. A first security value for the monitored data object is determined. The first security value is stored along with an authentic copy of the monitored data object in the secure repository. The second security value for the monitored data object is determined after a predetermined time interval. The first security value is compared with the second security value. An alert is generated in response to determining a difference between the second security value and the first security value.
US08935767B2
The overlay human interactive proof system (“OHIPS”) and techniques described herein operate in conjunction with any known or later developed computer-based applications or services to provide secure access to resources by reliably differentiating between human and non-human users. Humans have a generally superior ability to differentiate misaligned characters or objects from correctly aligned ones. As such, the OHIP splits an image including one or more visual objects into two or more partial images to form a HIP. The partial images may also be further split into groups of sub-partial images, and/or the partial images (or the sub-partial images) may be moved, so that at any given alignment position, a user can recognize only some visual objects. A user is instructed to reassemble the partial images at one or more predetermined alignment positions using a GUI, and the user is asked to identify information regarding one or more visible objects.
US08935766B2
A method of creating a DNS record in a DNS is provided. The method includes receiving one of an allocation record or information for obtaining the allocation record from a wireless device. The allocation record includes an expression. In addition, the method includes creating a DNS record for the expression. Furthermore, the method includes associating the DNS record with a credential.
US08935764B2
A network system for implementing a cloud platform within a network to which a device defining a computing environment for a user has access comprises an application management module, a community management module, and a user enrollment portal. The application management module enables access to an abstract application associated with a concrete application defining an implementation of the abstract application for the computing environment. The community management module manages a community comprised of a user credential and the abstract application, the community defines at least one of: a policy, a management process, and a service, under which the user can access the abstract application. The user enrollment portal supports an enrollment of the user in the community from the device and orchestrates a policy management mechanism to support an enforcement of the policy under which the user has access to the concrete application from the device.
US08935759B2
The present invention describes an apparatus and method of establishing a peer-to-peer communication session between a host device and a client device. Routing information of the client device is received from the server by a host device, communication with the server is maintained, and authentication information from the client device is received by the host device. Peer-to-peer communication is transmitted to the client device via the wide area network if the client device is authenticated for peer-to-peer communication by the host device.
US08935746B2
A distributed trusted execution environment is provided for a device, where the distributed trusted execution environment is split into two components: a trusted execution environment that is executed on a tamper-resistant secure element, and a trusted execution environment proxy that is executed on the device. The trusted execution environment proxy acts a proxy between the trusted execution environment that is executed on the secure element, and one or more hardware components or software components of the device.
US08935735B2
Methods and apparatus for providing playback devices with trick play functionality are described. The system includes a playback device, e.g., without recording capability, and a gateway device with multiple tuner-demodulators and/or a cable modem and recording capability. During normal playback, in some embodiments, both the playback device and gateway receive content in parallel with the gateway recording content at the request of the playback device and supplying the content over the local network when a user of the playback device requests a trick play operation. A single gateway, with multiple tuner demodulator pairs and/or a cable modem, supports trick play functions. In some embodiments if the number of playback devices exceeds the number of tuner-demodulator pairs in the gateway, the playback device can stream content to the gateway for recording and to be returned via the local network in the event of a request for a trick play operation.
US08935731B2
An operating method of application for the television apparatus is provided. Wherein, the operating method includes: receiving a channel selecting instruction; reading a channel list, the channel list includes a plurality of applications (APPs) and a plurality of physical channels corresponding to a plurality of channel numbers, wherein each of the APPs is assigned to one of the channel numbers respectively; mapping the channel selection instruction to one of the plurality of channel numbers in the channel list; and launching and executing a selected APP if the channel selection instruction is corresponding to the channel number of the selected APP.
US08935730B2
A method of processing a digital television (DTV) signal in a DTV receiver, receiving a digital television signal including a plurality of extended text table (ETT) instances that appear in transport stream packets with common PID values, the ETT instances having common table ID values, each ETT instance comprising a section header and a message body, the section header containing a table identification (ID) extension field that serves to establish uniqueness of each ETT instance, the message body containing an extended text message (ETM) which provides detailed descriptions of virtual channel or an event associated with each ETT instance, wherein the section header further contains a protocol version field indicating a protocol version, and wherein the ETT instance further contains a CRC 32 field; demodulating the digital television signal; and identifying at least one pertinent ETT instance from the plurality of ETT instances.
US08935719B2
An apparatus, method, system and computer-readable medium are disclosed for, in one aspect, determining when a trigger, such as an application trigger, should be generated. In some embodiments, the application trigger may be generated when a frame included in a feed (e.g., a content feed) matches a specified or indicated frame. In some embodiments, a comparison between the feed and the specified or indicated frame may be based on one or more tolerances or thresholds. In some embodiments, the feed may be split and content (e.g., video) obtained via the split may be combined (e.g., multiplexed) with a trigger. The combined content and trigger may be transmitted to one or more devices, such as one or more user devices.
US08935710B1
Embodiments of methods, systems and storage medium associated with generating and storing a unique event identifier (UEID) associated with a type of an event of a module of a computing system are disclosed herein. Specifically, a centralized UEID storage may include one or more event nodes configured to associate a UEID with a type of an event handled by or occurring at an owner module. The centralized UEID storage may be further configured to associate, using the UEID, the type of the event with one or more callback functions of one or more client modules. Upon occurrence of the type of the event, the callback functions may be identified and invoked using the UEID.
US08935709B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a computer system monitors information assets providing data for constructing a logical entity. The information assets are dependent upon each other for data and form a topology. The computer system receives an event message associated with an information asset. The event message includes information relating to one or more conditions of that information asset. The computer system processes the received event message to determine the presence of a change within the associated information asset that affects the topology. The change is determined based on the information relating to the one or more conditions within the received event message. The computer system further transmits a notification of the change to one or more entities in response to determining the presence of the change. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for monitoring information assets.
US08935706B2
Aspects of the invention include systems and methods for implementing security protocols. A server translates links from a protocol incompatible with a browser to a protocol compatible with the browser and back-translates the link. Another example aspect of the invention features systems and methods for managing authenticating credentials of a user. A server manages a user's authenticating credentials automatically on behalf of the user.
US08935704B2
System and method and computer program product implemented for a cloud computing infrastructure that allows a hypervisor to optimize resource allocation in a cloud computing environment by exploiting the application-level performance, O/S system performance, and hypervisor performance information through a reliable and efficient channel.
US08935693B2
A method and system for providing a descriptive name of a device in a virtual machine system. A computer system hosts a hypervisor, a management component and a guest. The hypervisor receives from the management component a descriptive name of a device available to the guest. The descriptive name defines at least one of the functionality of the device, the content of the device, or a user of the device. The hypervisor then passes the descriptive name to the guest via a host-to-guest channel, which is a shared storage location writable by the hypervisor and readable by the guest.
US08935687B2
An appliance support module can be configured to update and upgrade the software incrementally. To achieve this, the appliance support module can be configured to receive a request to update or upgrade a software appliance. The request can include the update or upgrade requested and information describing the software appliance to upgrade or update. Based on the request, the appliance support module can be configured to determine alterations to make to a original binary image of the software appliance to upgrade or update.
US08935676B2
A test controller performs a test of a test-target component of a test-target system so as to generate at least one fail event indicating a possible fault in the test-target component. A trouble-shooting and analysis tool probes the test controller and/or hardware of the test-target system to investigate potential causes of the fail event other than a fault of said software component. The trouble-shooting and analysis tool then analyzes fail data including probe data to evaluate potential causes of the fail event.
US08935674B2
An embodiment comprising a method is associated with static analysis of a program, which detects violations of conditions of the program correctness specification. The method includes selectively encoding the program and adding one or more correctness conditions to the encoded program, wherein the added conditions comprise a set of assumptions that render the program correct with respect to one or more properties pertaining to detected violations. The set of assumptions are reported to a program user, together with a request to the user to verify the validity of each assumption of the set.
US08935672B1
This description provides tools for lazy evaluation of geometric definitions of objects within procedural programming environments. Computer-based methods provided by these tools may parse input program code that includes statements that are syntactically consistent with a procedural programming language. These statements may also include defined functions that are not syntactically consistent with the procedural programming language. The defined functions may be associated with a given function that is defined according to the procedural programming language. The given function may relate to a geometric design of an object. The methods may identify inputs and outputs to this given function, and may build a dependency graph that relates this given function to other functions, based on the inputs and/or outputs of the given function. The methods may delay evaluating the given function until a triggering event occurs, at which time the methods may evaluate the given function to produce the output.
US08935671B2
Debugging a graphics application executing on a target device. The graphics application may execute CPU instructions to generate graphics commands to graphics hardware for generation of graphics on a display. A breakpoint for the graphics application may be detected at a first time. In response to detecting the breakpoint, one or more graphics commands which were executed by the graphics hardware proximate to the first time may be displayed. Additionally, source code corresponding to CPU instructions which generated the one or more graphics commands may be displayed.
US08935666B2
Various embodiments of the present invention are dynamic, cross-platform application architectures for devices. According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, a platform-specific thin client can be provided on a mobile device. The thin client can be a simple code base customized for the device platform and prepared to configure itself to become a desired application. The thin client can be directed at a trusted source, which can initiate the configuration by delivering data instructing the thin client as to how it should behave under the current conditions and by delivering a framework for the GUI of the application. After the thin client is configured, the thin client can receive content for providing an application to a user. Thus, only a simple code base need be provided on for a device, and that code base can be dynamically configured to perform a desired task under given conditions.
US08935661B2
Generating a hardware description for a programmable hardware element based on a graphical program including multiple models of computation. A graphical program may be received which includes a first portion having a first computational model and a second portion having a second computational model. A hardware description may be generated based on the graphical program. The hardware description may describe a hardware implementation of the graphical program. The hardware description may be configured to configure a programmable hardware element to implement functionality of the graphical program.
US08935651B1
In one embodiment of the invention, a method of logic synthesis is disclosed. The method includes generating a plurality of design architecture alternatives for circuit logic of a data path cluster; saving the plurality of design architecture alternatives; and evaluating the plurality of design architecture alternatives in response to design constraints to select a preferred design architecture.
US08935646B2
A system or process for providing complete electrical designs through: computer-automated circuiting; computer automated service device selection, placement, and interconnection; and computer-automated branch circuit wiring, wherein the complete electrical design complies with regulatory, industry standard practice, and client criteria.
US08935640B2
Some embodiments provide a method of monitoring the implementation of a user design in a configurable integrated circuit (IC). The method receives a user design for an IC and optimizes the user design to produce a second IC design. The optimization results in the elimination of circuit element(s). The method defines the second IC design for the configurable IC and generates output data for the eliminated circuit element(s) to allow for monitoring the user design.
US08935639B1
A route technique includes: receiving an input specifying a plurality of semiconductor device components and their logical connections; determining route information pertaining to a plurality of routes that connect in one or more metal layers the semiconductor device components according to their logical connections, the determination being based at least in part on a plurality of predefined tracks associated with a metal layer; and outputting at least a portion of the route information. A first portion of the plurality of predefined tracks corresponds to a first color and a second portion of the plurality of predefined tracks corresponds to a second color.
US08935634B2
Embodiments of the invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to user interface control groups and provide a method, system and computer program product for rendering a set of user interface controls with dynamic content in a GUI. In one embodiment, the invention can include a data processing system including a set of user interface controls and control data including a set of cumulative selection metrics for each user interface control in the set. Each user interface control in the set, in turn, can include a label and an indicator of cumulative metrics for the user interface control. For instance, the set of user interface controls can include a set of radio buttons in a radio button control group. As another example, the set of user interface controls can include a set of check boxes in a check box control group.
US08935631B2
This document describes techniques and apparatuses for arranging tiles. These techniques and apparatuses enable users to quickly and easily arrange tiles within an interface, such as an application-launching interface. In some cases, users may arrange tiles in an interface with as little as one continuous gesture.
US08935621B1
Systems and methods are provided for selecting components to include in portions of a displayable file. Selecting the components may include determining an order of the components for each portion of the displayable file. The components' order for a given portion may be based on a score for each component, where a component's score is based on an estimated value and standard error associated with the component. The component to include in each portion of the displayable file may be selected based at least in part on the determined component order for each portion and a predetermined priority of each portion.
US08935618B2
The disclosure relates to a method for displaying micro-blog messages, which includes: when the users look up the list roster, the micro-blog terminal sends an obtaining request to the micro-blog server, receives and display the list roster fed back by the micro-blog server; when any one of the micro-blog list is selected from the list roster, the micro-blog terminal writes a name of the chosen micro-blog list into a new displaying page, and sending a message list request to the micro-blog server; the micro-blog terminal receives the message list of the chosen micro-blog list that is fed back from the micro-blog server, and displaying the message list of the chosen micro-blog list on the new message displaying page. It is disclosed a system for displaying micro-blog messages, a micro-blog terminal, server, and storage medium thereof.
US08935612B2
System, method, computer program product embodiments and combinations and sub-combinations thereof for data replication tracing are provided. In an embodiment, the data replication tracing includes identifying a replication environment within a multi-tier infrastructure of an enterprise data processing network, and monitoring operational performance within the replication environment. A path is rendered on a topology to display data flow for the replication environment based upon a configuration of the replication environment. The data flow may be represented relative to a target data node, relative to a source data node, and/or relative to a replication server.
US08935609B2
A method and system to secure the display of advertisements on web browsers. A method according to an embodiment includes: interpreting a markup file in a virtual machine, converting displayable elements of the markup file to one or a plurality of images and constructing a modified markup file comprising the at least one image file and a scripting language code adapted to cause a user terminal upon which it is executed to transmit coordinate information defining the position of a user-controlled cursor and action information defining a clicking action.
US08935608B2
In a layout system, assuming that container (partial region) B is set with a high priority level, and the contents of container A are changed after a previous browse timing of the user, container B is preferentially laid out irrespective of the change in contents of container A. Upon generating a digital document by inserting contents in respective containers in accordance with the definition of a document template, the unread/read state of a container or content is managed for each user. The priority level of display of the container or a container in which the content is inserted is set in accordance with the unread/read state of the container or content, and a digital document on which a plurality of containers are arranged in accordance with the priority levels is generated.
US08935607B2
A method of displaying a webpage includes: receiving a first request message from a client requesting to browse a webpage; sending a second request message to the client requesting for a screen resolution adopted by the client; receiving, form the client, information indicative of the screen resolution adopted by the client; selecting a font size corresponding to the screen resolution adopted by the client according to the screen resolution adopted by the client and a predetermined correlation between screen resolutions and font sizes; generating the webpage in a scale corresponding to the screen resolution adopted by the client and the selected font size; and sending the webpage to the client. Therefore, the website server is enabled to generate webpages with font sizes to facilitate optimal webpage browsing according to the screen resolution currently adopted, thereby effectively improving the display performance of the webpage, enhancing the quality of service of a website system, and significantly improving the user experience. A website server and a website system are also disclosed.
US08935603B2
A system and method are provided for a network-based content management system (CMS) for providing a creative storytelling platform. Such platform may provide for information to be shared via a slide(s). For example, such slide(s) can be an image, text, text with an image, text with a background image, an RSS feed, a feed from a blog, a feed from a Twitter stream, a Vimeo video, etc. The slides can be grouped together and nested below or above one or more slides. The slide can be associated in a hierarchy which extends horizontally and vertically. Embodiments of the present invention provide for the hierarchical set of slides to be navigated by a user via a keyboard, touchscreen, or other communication means. The views of the slides can be changed, e.g., from filmstrip to grid view to single slide full screen views. One or more slides and/or sets of slides can be password protected.
US08935600B1
In one embodiment a data decoding apparatus includes first and second decoding blocks configured to decode codeword bits in a first mode determined by a first probability of non-standard errors and a second mode determined by a second probability of non-standard errors. The apparatus also includes a mode modification logic configured to cause at least one of the first and second decoding blocks to operate in the second mode when the first and second decoding blocks fail to decode the codeword bits in the first mode. In another embodiment, a method includes decoding codeword bits in a first mode determined by a first probability of non-standard errors. When decoding the codeword bits in the first mode fails to decode the codeword bits, the codeword bits are decoded in a second mode determined by a second probability of non-standard errors.
US08935599B2
A memory system includes a flash subsystem for storing data identified by page numbers. The memory system further includes a central processing unit (CPU), and a flash controller coupled to the CPU, the CPU being operable to pair a lower with an upper page. Further included in the memory system is a buffer including a page of data to be programmed in a block of the flash subsystem, wherein split segments of pages are formed and concatenated with split error correcting code (ECC), the ECC having a code rate associated therewith.
US08935593B1
A method and apparatus uses a flexible buffering scheme in an XOR engine to generate checksums, allowing a user to recover data when a disk drive partly or completely fails. An XOR engine may include three or more arithmetic units and three or more local result buffers, which may be used to generate a combination of any of a “P” checksum, a “Q” checksum, and an unmodified copy of the user data, in a single read. The local result buffers and arithmetic units allow the use of multiple Galois field Multiply coefficients so that multiple distinct “Q” checksums may be generated with only one read of the user data.
US08935590B2
A circuitry is provided that includes a memory including a plurality of memory cells, wherein at least one of the plurality of memory cells of the memory is configured to take on one of at least three different states. The circuitry also includes a first subcircuit BT configured to generate a plurality of ternary output values based on a sequence of binary values, a second subcircuit LH configured to transform one or more ternary state values into binary auxiliary read values based on the one or more state values, and an encoder configured to generate one or more binary check bits, wherein the encoder is configured to store each of the generated one or more check bits in a different memory cell.
US08935589B2
The invention provides a controller. In one embodiment, the controller is coupled to a flash memory and a host, and comprises a selective mapper and an error correction code encoder. The selective mapper receives first source data, processes the first source data according to a plurality of pseudo random sequences to obtain a plurality of first mapped data segments, calculates a plurality of cross correlation values between prior data and the first mapped data segments, selects an optimal mapped data segment from the first mapped data segments according to the cross correlation values, and generates output mapped data according to the optimal mapped data segment. The error correction code encoder encodes a first error correction code to be stored in the flash memory according to the output mapped data.
US08935577B2
In a processing system comprising a plurality of data processors at an integrated circuit die, each data processor has a local debug module. In response to acquiring data trace information based upon a corresponding local filtering criteria, the local debug modules transmit their data trace information to a global resource from each of the local debug modules for further filtering by a common filtering criteria.
US08935550B2
A method and system to dynamically manager power in a communication system are provided herein. The method comprises the steps of monitoring a transmit data queue once every first pre-determined period of time and determining whether the transmit data queue is empty for a pre-determined number of times. The method further includes the step of generating a transition state signal to stop de-queuing of data from the transmit queue if the transmit data queue is empty for the pre-determined number of times and selectively operating portions of a Physical Layer (PHY) that are used for functions other than transmitting and receiving an idle signal in a low power mode.
US08935545B2
A power generator adaptive to a computer apparatus is provided. The power generator includes a logic operating unit, a power converting module, and a power management module. The logic operating unit receives a power pulse signal generated by a power button when the power button is pressed. The logic operating unit generates a power enabling signal according to the power pulse signal. The power converting module receives the power enabling signal and generates an internal voltage by converting an external voltage according to the power enabling signal. The power management module receives the internal voltage and the power pulse signal, and latches a generating state of the internal voltage according to the power pulse signal to generate a power stable signal. The power management module further provides the power stable signal to the logic operating unit to maintain a generating state of the power enabling signal.
US08935538B2
Methods, computer-readable media, and systems for enhancing useability of mobile devices that securely store data. An input to transfer a computer software application executing on a mobile device from a foreground state of the mobile device to a background state of the mobile device is received. In response, noise data based on application data associated with the application is generated. Both the application data and the noise data are encrypted using the same encryption mechanism, but using different keys. When another input to transfer the application from the background state to the foreground state is received, then the encryption mechanism is executed on the application data and the noise data using a key requested in response to the other input. The application is transferred to the foreground state if the received key matches the key with which the application data was previously encrypted. Other items of data are discarded.
US08935532B2
In an example, a method for secure publication of content is described. The method may include encrypting content with a media key. The method may also include providing the encrypted content to a client device associated with a private key and a public key. The private key may be stored at the client device. The method may also include encrypting the media key with the public key. The method may also include providing the encrypted media key to the client device.
US08935529B2
Methods, systems and communication nodes for protecting Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) message payloads are described. Different protection techniques can be used to protect SIP payloads depending upon, for example, whether a recipient client application resides in a user equipment or an application server and/or whether a recipient client application resides in a same SIP/IP domain as the target SIP application server which is sending the SIP payloads.
US08935524B1
Systems and methods for managing certificates are described. A system comprises modules to receive requests related to a digital certificate, receive responses related to authorization of the digital certificate related to the requests, and store the requests and responses. A system comprises modules to communicate audit requests, receive responses related to the audit requests, and store the responses. A system comprises modules configured to communicate audit requests related to different certificate authorization entities, receive responses related to the audit requests, and store the responses. Other embodiments are described.
US08935523B1
An auditable cryptographic protected communication system for connecting an enterprise server to a plurality of industrial devices using messaging protocols for each industrial device enabling the industrial devices to receive commands and transmit status and measurement data using the individual device messaging protocols over a network.
US08935522B2
A media data playback device comprises first and second nonvolatile memories. The first nonvolatile memory stores a boot loader and a kernel of an operating system in a compressed format. The second nonvolatile memory serves as a main memory of the device. A processor executes the boot loader to load the kernel from the first nonvolatile memory to the second nonvolatile memory in response to a boot command. When receiving an interrupt representing a shutdown command, the processor determines whether to clear the second nonvolatile memory in response to the shutdown command before actually shutting down the device.
US08935516B2
A system and computer program product for allowing portions of programs to be executed on a System z Integrated Information Processor (zIIP). A service call is inserted at the beginning of the zIIP eligible code to enable enclave Service Request Block (SRB)-mode execution on the zIIP processor. An additional service call is inserted at the end of the zIIP eligible code to disable the enclave SRB-mode execution. A module in the operating system, referred to herein as the “zIIP shifter module,” is configured to detect these service calls thereby implementing and terminating the SRB-mode execution so that the zIIP processor executes the zIIP eligible code for the appropriate duration of time. In this manner, only a portion of the programs that contain eligible zIIP executable code is executed on the zIIP processor without requiring the programs to be entirely restructured thereby reducing development cost and improving software development productivity.
US08935513B2
A technique for processing an instruction sequence that includes a barrier instruction, a load instruction preceding the barrier instruction, and a subsequent memory access instruction following the barrier instruction includes determining that the load instruction is resolved based upon receipt of an earliest of a good combined response for a read operation corresponding to the load instruction and data for the load instruction. The technique also includes if execution of the subsequent memory access instruction is not initiated prior to completion of the barrier instruction, initiating in response to determining the barrier instruction completed, execution of the subsequent memory access instruction. The technique further includes if execution of the subsequent memory access instruction is initiated prior to completion of the barrier instruction, discontinuing in response to determining the barrier instruction completed, tracking of the subsequent memory access instruction with respect to invalidation.
US08935507B2
A system and method for providing high-speed memory operations is disclosed. The technique uses virtualization of memory space to map a virtual address space to a larger physical address space wherein no memory bank conflicts will occur. The larger physical address space is used to prevent memory bank conflicts from occurring by storing a second encoded copy of data in a multi-port XOR memory bank.
US08935503B2
The management device includes a storing unit, a determining unit, and a deleting unit. The storing unit stores data in a memory unit. When a retention period the stored data reaches a retention period specified for each data type, the determining unit 22c determines whether a size of the data reaches a threshold specified for each data type. When it is determined that the size of the data reaches the threshold specified for each data type, in order to reduce the size of the data having the data type that reaches the threshold to a size smaller than the threshold, the deleting unit 22d deletes the data having the data type that reaches the threshold from the memory unit 21.
US08935497B1
In one example, a method for de-duplicating redundant data in a virtualized storage environment includes, in response to receipt of a write request that includes write data and a virtual memory address of the write data, mapping the virtual memory address to a physical memory address within a pooled storage capacity that includes a virtualization of a plurality of storage devices. Next, a determination is made that a second block of data included in the write data of the write request is identical to a first block of data that is stored in the pooled storage capacity. Finally, a pointer, rather than the second block of data, is stored in the pooled storage capacity at the physical memory address. The pointer points to the first block of data.
US08935496B2
Exemplary embodiments provide techniques of managing storage systems including remote copy systems and improving the manageability by automating complicated operations. In one embodiment, a computer comprises a memory and a controller. The controller is operable to: manage a virtual volume to be provided for a server; manage a plurality of logical volumes provided from a plurality of storage systems; manage a condition to be required of the virtual volume, the condition relating to a location in which data to be sent to the virtual volume is stored; manage location information of each of the plurality of logical volumes, the location information of a logical volume being defined based on a location of the logical volume; and control to map the virtual volume to a logical volume of the plurality of logical volumes, based on the condition of the virtual volume and the location information of the logical volumes.
US08935495B2
A method, computer program product, and system for managing storage space in a virtualized computing environment. The method includes a computer determining, by one or more computer processors, that a virtual computer system has reached a threshold level of minimum available storage space. The storage space of the computer system is searched for an inactive snapshot file. When the inactive snapshot file is located, the inactive snapshot file is moved to a secondary storage.
US08935494B2
Methods, apparatus, and products for backing up an image in a computing system that includes computer memory, including: receiving, by a backup image manager, an image for one or more computing devices within the computing system; identifying, by the backup image manager, available protected computer memory within the computing system, wherein the available protected computer memory within the computing system is restricted from alteration by a user of the computing system; slicing, by the backup image manager, the image into a plurality of image slices; and storing, by the backup image manger, one or more of the image slices in the available protected computer memory.
US08935487B2
The subject disclosure is directed towards a data deduplication technology in which a hash index service's index maintains a hash index in a secondary storage device such as a hard drive, along with a compact index table and look-ahead cache in RAM that operate to reduce the I/O to access the secondary storage device during deduplication operations. Also described is a session cache for maintaining data during a deduplication session, and encoding of a read-only compact index table for efficiency.
US08935485B2
A data processing apparatus 2 includes a plurality of transaction sources 8, 10 each including a local cache memory. A shared cache memory 16 stores cache lines of data together with shared cache tag values. Snoop filter circuitry 14 stores snoop filter tag values tracking which cache lines of data are stored within the local cache memories. When a transaction is received for a target cache line of data, then the snoop filter circuitry 14 compares the target tag value with the snoop filter tag values and the shared cache circuitry 16 compares the target tag value with the shared cache tag values. The shared cache circuitry 16 operates in a default non-inclusive mode. The shared cache memory 16 and the snoop filter 14 accordingly behave non-inclusively in respect of data storage within the shared cache memory 16, but inclusively in respect of tag storage given the combined action of the snoop filter tag values and the shared cache tag values. Tag maintenance operations moving tag values between the snoop filter circuitry 14 and the shared cache memory 16 are performed atomically. The snoop filter circuitry 14 and the shared cache memory 16 compare operations are performed using interlocked parallel pipelines.
US08935478B2
According to one aspect of the present disclosure, a system and technique for variable cache line size management is disclosed. The system includes a processor and a cache hierarchy, where the cache hierarchy includes a sectored upper level cache and an unsectored lower level cache, and wherein the upper level cache includes a plurality of sub-sectors, each sub-sector having a cache line size corresponding to a cache line size of the lower level cache. The system also includes logic executable to, responsive to determining that a cache line from the upper level cache is to be evicted to the lower level cache: identify referenced sub-sectors of the cache line to be evicted; invalidate unreferenced sub-sectors of the cache line to be evicted; and store the referenced sub-sectors in the lower level cache.
US08935474B1
Some embodiments are directed to an object addressable storage (OAS) system that stores a plurality of objects, a method for use in an OAS system and at least one non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with instruction that, when performed by a computer perform a method for use in an OAS system. Each object may include a plurality of fragments. A tiered storage environment comprising a plurality of storage tiers may be used. A policy for performing a storage operation a fragment of a stored object using the OAS system may be generated. Generating the policy may include receiving a user input. The input may include a first parameter specifying metadata criteria for metadata of the fragment. The input may also include a second parameter specifying a capability of a target storage tier. Information specifying an association between these two parameters is stored in a data structure.
US08935473B2
The present invention is a system and method for a portable memory device to access and acquire additional memory from a remote location by utilizing a network connection to access remote memory. A portable memory device comprising of software that can determine the location of data to be stored based on a criteria that governs whether data may be stored locally or remotely, may utilize a network, connected to one or several remote locations with available memory storage space, to access available memory and store data remotely.
US08935462B2
For efficient track destage in secondary storage in a more effective manner, for temporal bits employed with sequential bits for controlling the timing for destaging the track in a primary storage, the temporal bits and sequential bits are transferred from the primary storage to the secondary storage. The temporal bits are allowed to age on the secondary storage.
US08935458B2
Systems and methods of managing computing system restore points may include an apparatus having logic to receive a command to start a restore point for a solid state drive (SSD). The logic may also conduct a context drop of an indirection table from a volatile memory of the SSD to a non-volatile memory of the SSD in response to the command to start the restore point.
US08935454B2
A connector for communication contains a connecting section, which is connected to communication line; and a network controller, which is connected internally to the connecting section, interprets a designated protocol and controls communication; and a transceiver, which makes possible transmission and receipt on the physical layer of the communication line.
US08935452B2
A connector assembly for connecting a peripheral device to a computer includes a male connector having a plurality of first connecting pins and a female connector having a plurality of second connecting pins. The plurality of first connecting pins is configured to connect to the peripheral device. The plurality of second connecting pins is configured to connect to the computer. The plurality of second connecting pins is defined on the first circuit board in a second row and a third row. The plurality of second connecting pins comprises a plurality of differential pairs, and each differential pair comprises two differential transmission lines. The two differential transmission lines of each of the plurality of differential pairs are defined on a single row of the second and third rows.
US08935448B2
In a computer, a logical partition for calculation in which an OS and an application operate and a logical partition for storage for providing a storage function are constructed. In the logical partition for calculation, a device corresponding to a storage device is provided, while the logical partition for storage provides a volume. A memory space that can be shared by the both logical partitions is prepared, and management information describing a sorting destination or a sorting method of an I/O request issued by an application is provided in the memory. If the logical partition for calculation receives an I/O request from the application, the partition refers to the management information and sorts the I/O request to the storage device or the logical partition for storage. The logical partition for storage processes the received I/O request by the storage function and transmits the result to the storage device.
US08935437B2
An apparatus for monitoring the health of a peripheral component of an information handling system. An aggregation logic circuit coupled to a communication path provides data communication with each of a plurality of electrical circuits disposed on the peripheral component, the aggregation logic circuit providing a feedback signal representative of the health of the peripheral component during operation of the peripheral component.
US08935436B2
Detection of remote computing devices triggers a wakeup signal that subsequently activates a remote computing environment. The remote computing environment can be utilized at substantially the same time as a local computing environment or at a different time. A list of available remote peripheral devices can be gathered automatically and/or based on a user request. One or more of the peripheral devices can be chosen by the user and/or chosen automatically based on various criteria. After selection of one or more devices, a wakeup trigger is sent to activate a remote computing environment that includes the one or more devices. The remote computing environment can be monitored and if the devices are no longer available, deactivation of the remote computing environment is performed automatically.
US08935430B2
Systems and methods for instantaneously updating a DNS system database containing DNS records using partitions and atomic switching are disclosed. In one or more implementations, the system may include clients, a network, and a DNS system. Clients may communicate with the DNS system using the network in order to provide DNS record updates to a DNS system database. The DNS system includes distributed denial of service (“DDOS”) protection proxies, a firewall, and zone relays, allowing clients to specify which name servers are authorized to communicate with the DNS system. The DNS system also supports bulk updates of DNS records without causing clients to experience a reduction in performance, by writing DNS records to a hard disk and simultaneously saving the DNS records to the database in batches.
US08935428B2
Techniques are provided for handling failures of DNS (domain name system) servers to respond to DNS queries. A DNS resolver is configured to resolve domain names, and includes a time-to-live (TTL)-based cache, a negative cache, and a long term store cache. The TTL-based cache is configured to temporarily store domain names with resolved IP addresses. The negative cache is configured to store negative entries that include information indicating domain names that were failed to be resolved. The long term store cache is configured to store domain names with resolved IP address for an indefinite time period. The caches are accessed in a manner that enables fewer DNS query retries to be performed when a DNS server is non-responsive, to reduce delays and network traffic. Furthermore, the DNS resolver may reduce a number of DNS queries performed the longer the DNS server stays non-responsive.
US08935427B2
Embodiments are directed to providing a multi-tenant relay service that securely relays data between computer systems. A computer system receives a portion of data that is to be passed from a first computer system belonging to a first tenant to a second, different computer system. The instantiated multi-tenant relay service is configured to securely relay data for multiple different tenants. The computer system creates a secure routing channel for routing the data of the first tenant between the first computer system and the second computer system. The secure routing channel applies a unique identifier to each portion of data received from the first tenant. The computer system also routes the received data from the first computer system to the second computer system through the secure routing channel using the applied unique identifier.
US08935425B2
Aspects of this disclosure generally relate to a method of retrieving video data of multimedia content. In an example, the method includes determining a first interval between switch points for a first representation of the multimedia content and a second interval between switch points for a second representation of the multimedia content, wherein the first interval is less than the second interval. The method also includes, based on the determination, submitting one or more network requests for an amount of video data from the first representation that has a playback time that is at least equal to a playback time between switch points in the second representation. The method also includes, after submitting the request for the amount of video data from the first representation, retrieving video data from the second representation.
US08935423B1
An apparatus, method, and computer readable medium is disclosed for receiving in a client node a timing command indicating a time at which to display a presentation portion comprising a first stream content and a second stream content and synchronizing display of the first stream content with the second stream content to the client node using a stream delay parameter, wherein the delay parameter accounts for the propagation time difference between the first stream content and the second stream content, wherein the first stream content and the second stream content are synchronously rendered at the client node at a time derived from the time indicated by the timing command and the stream delay parameter.
US08935422B1
A system and method for providing or presenting secondary or embedded streams includes a primary stream generator, a secondary stream generator and a user interface engine. The primary stream generator generates the primary stream for the user and is coupled to a content source to extract data and coupled to provide the primary stream. The secondary stream generator generates a secondary stream for the user, is coupled to the content source to retrieve data and is coupled to provide the secondary stream. The user interface engine produces a user interface including a primary stream of content with an embedded secondary stream. The user interface engine is coupled to receive the primary stream from the primary stream generator and the secondary stream from the secondary stream generator. The present disclosure also includes a method for generating a user interface with an embedded stream.
US08935417B2
The method of the invention provides for dynamic on-demand delegation of control and access in a grid computing environment comprising granting authority of a grid node to a first moderator by a superauthority; admitting the first moderator to the grid node; modifying the access control list of the grid node by the first moderator; inviting other entities listed on the access control list to access the grid node; and issuing a unique authorization certificate to each of the other entities, wherein the first moderator controls the inviting of the other entities without contact with or accessing to the superauthority for certification.
US08935415B2
Processing mid-dialog SIP messages by receiving a mid-dialog SIP message from a SIP user agent client, creating a new SIP session, associating the new SIP session with the mid-dialog SIP message, identifying an application that is associated with the mid-dialog SIP message, providing to the application the mid-dialog SIP message in the context of the new SIP session, receiving an acknowledgement from the application that the application will accept the mid-dialog SIP message, and responsive to receiving the acknowledgement, providing to the application the mid-dialog SIP message in the context of the new SIP session.
US08935414B2
A method and apparatus for initiating a session in a home network system are disclosed. A method for initiating a session over a HDBaseT network includes transmitting, by an initiation entity, a session initiation request message for initiating the session to at least one session partner selected by the initiation entity over an Ethernet network, and receiving a session initiation response message acting as a response to the session partner over the Ethernet network. The session initiation request message includes a first source reference field for identifying the initiation entity and a second final target reference (FTR) field for identifying the at least one session partner.
US08935409B2
A method for controlling flow and a chassis switch in a stack system are provided. The stack system includes multiple chassis, each of the multiple chassis includes a main control board and an interface board, traffic flow and control flow in each of the multiple chassis are independent of each other when each of the multiple chassis operates normally. In the method, when a main control board in a chassis in the stack system is unavailable, control flow to be transferred to a destination interface board is switched to a traffic flow channel corresponding to the destination interface board from a control flow channel, and the control flow is transmitted to the destination interface board through the traffic flow channel.
US08935400B2
Multiple applications may be targeted via key/value data associated with a resource identified by a primary Uniform Resource Locator (“URL”). By parsing the key/value data, an alternative application for accessing the resource may be identified. When the alternative application is installed on a device, the alternative application may be invoked to access the resource.
US08935396B2
A network visualization system is provided. The network visualization system may include a monitoring server that discovers devices in a client network, and a client application including a discovery controller and a rendering unit. The discovery controller may receive a list of discovered devices that were discovered by he monitoring server, and the rendering unit may render the discovered devices using DirectX.
US08935394B2
A routing system includes a router, a statistics server (Stat Server) coupled to the router, receiving, processing and storing statistics related to event handling, and providing information regarding the statistics for use by routing intelligence in the router, and a first proxy data server coupled to the Stat Server and to a second proxy data server at a remote contact center over a network. The system is characterized in that the Stat Server receives event statistics regarding the local queue, and through the coupled first and second proxy data servers, event statistics regarding the remote queue, provides information related to the statistics to the router, and the router determines to route incoming events to local queue or to the remote queue based on the information provided.
US08935393B1
An electronic device may generate use related information and resource consumption related information corresponding to each of used applications used in the electronic device. The use related information and the resource consumption related information may then be transmitted to a remote applications manager, which may analyze the information to generate, based on the analysis, specially tailored application recommendations. The application recommendations may list one or more other applications, newly available or offered, which may be recommended for download to and/or use in the electronic device. The analysis of the use and the resource consumption information may comprise ranking the used applications, such as based on use patterns and/or resource consumption, and/or classification of the used applications, such as based on application type. Generating the application recommendations may comprise correlating used applications, based on classification and/or ranking, with similar applications that may be recommended.
US08935386B2
A method of determining the topology of at least part of a network comprising the steps of: monitoring traffic to and/or from a plurality of computers in the network; storing information relating to the monitored traffic for each of the plurality of computers, the information including an identifier of a requested service; selecting a first computer of the plurality of computers; reading the stored information related to the first computer and identifying, using the stored identifier of the requested service, at least one traffic flow to or from the first computer that corresponds to the requested service; using the stored information to identify the destination or origin of the identified traffic flow for the first computer, which traffic flow information includes the identifier of the requested service; using the identified destination or origin to identify one or more computers that are immediately upstream or downstream of the first computer, and determining a topology based on the identified one or more upstream or downstream computers.
US08935379B1
Methods, systems, and products are disclosed for evaluating electronic data. A quality of the data is measured. A predefined numeric value is determined that is associated with a gravity of an error in the data. The numeric value associated with the error is reported.
US08935377B2
Dynamic registration of listener resources for cloud services is disclosed. Example methods disclosed herein for cloud service listener registration include registering, at a registry server, information identifying listener resources for processing client requests associated with respective cloud services, the cloud services including a first cloud service. Some example methods also include providing first information to a client in response to a request to provide listener information for a first cloud service. In some such examples, the first information identifies a first listener resource registered for processing client requests associated with the first cloud service.
US08935369B2
Facilitating communications by receiving from a requestor a request regarding an alternate of a contact, where a computer network address of the contact is known to the requestor, and where the request identifies the alternate using an alias in which the computer network address of the contact is modified to include an alias template associated with the alternate, and forwarding the request to the alternate at a computer network address associated with the alias.
US08935356B2
A network audio system allows AV files existing in a PC to be readily registered and music to be reproduced using a client machine. The client machine is connected to the PC and a server application and a controller application are installed in the PC. Music is reproduced using the client machine based on an AV file existing in a user folder, when the user drags and drops an icon for the AV folder to an icon for the client machine. In response to the operation, the controller application produces music piece information including the artist name and the like based the tag information of the AV file. When the music piece information is not yet registered, the server application provides the music piece information with a music piece ID for registration in the content information database. The controller application transmits a command including the ID to the client machine.
US08935352B1
Methods and systems to minimize the number of messages transmitted between a client and a server in a client-server network. The messages may be error messages, and may be associated with a log such as an error log. The client requests permission of the server to transmit a message(s) to the server. Upon receipt of the request, the server provides the client with a filter, which may include a filter table with a filter parameter(s). The server may provide the filter in real time and/or without the client or server having to go off-line. The client uses the filter to filter at least a selected message from the message(s). Once the client has filtered the selected message the client transmits the selected message and/or the associated log of the selected message to the server.
US08935351B2
An electronic messaging system and method with reduced traceability. Separate displays are provided at a recipient user device for separately displaying via the user device header information of an electronic message and message content including a media component. The display of the header information does not display the media component and the display of the message content does not display a username associated with the header information. The message content including the media component are automatically deleted after being displayed such that after the display of the message content is terminated from view, the message content including the media component is no longer available to a recipient user.
US08935337B2
A computer implemented method, a tangible computer medium, and a data processing system proactively share current and upcoming schedule information. When the data processing system detects an outgoing e-mail from an e-mail client; a calendar entry is retrieved from a calendar application. The calendar entry indicates an availability of a user of the e-mail client. The calendar entry is attached to the outgoing e-mail, and the e-mail client then sends the outgoing e-mail.
US08935336B2
In various embodiments, data processing apparatus, software, or machine-implemented methods can optimize NFSv3 asynchronous write requests or MSRPC calls that traverse a wide area network, for example, by receiving, from a client, a first request directed to a server across a wide area network; determining whether a related second request has been received previously; when a related second request has been received previously, sending, to the client, a first reply to the second request and forwarding the first request to the server, and otherwise forwarding the first request to the server without sending any reply to the client for the first request. Sending local replies from a WAN optimizer induces the client to send continuous requests, improving throughput, but at least one client request remains unreplied to, and one server error reply is always reported to the client, facilitating correct error processing at the client.
US08935335B2
Stationery templates for electronic messages are provided in an electronic messaging system. For one embodiment, a user can select from a list of categories and within each category is a set of one or more stationery templates from which a user can choose. The user may edit the stationery template. The user can also create custom stationery and share it with other users. Upon selection or creation of a stationery template, the user is presented with a formatted electronic message and can add, remove, or edit text content or replace media content. Alternatively, a stationery template can be changed or added to the electronic message after the user has begun composing and editing the text content. The content and format of the text and media components are carried over into the new template. When the message is sent, it is saved and transmitted in a format such that it can be rendered to look the same at the receiving machine.
US08935332B2
Content is received from a first user. Then, in response to the receiving, logical relationship information describing logical relationships among a plurality of users is accessed and potential membership of the first user in a first group of users is determined based on the logical relationship information, by selecting the first group from a plurality of possible groups, the selecting being based on scores generated, for each of the plurality of possible groups, by a candidate scorer module. Then, in response to a determination that the first group has a score from the candidate scorer module that does not meet a preset threshold, a new group is created comprising users that are located proximate to each other. The content received from the first user is forwarded to other users of either the first group or the new group, based on the threshold determination.
US08935321B1
Methods and apparatus are provided for managing heterogeneous enterprise software applications (apps). A plurality of enterprise applications are provided to users of an enterprise by providing an enterprise application store having a plurality of enterprise applications that are available for download to mobile devices of the users; downloading one or more of the enterprise applications to a mobile device of at least one of the users; and providing a common interface for a plurality of the enterprise applications to a plurality of back-end servers of the enterprise. The enterprise application store may comprise a plurality of layers.
US08935315B2
A hierarchical content distribution system includes a seeding server, a plurality of geographically distributed content platforms, and a distribution controller, all interconnected by a communications network. The seeding server initially receives content files for distribution to various content platforms that provide for the persistent storage of the content files. Each content platform includes a content file server responsive on-demand to requests for the transfer of content files. The distribution controller autonomously monitors the transfers of content files and selectively issues transfer directives to the content platforms to modify the distribution of content files among the content platforms. The content file servers respond to received transfer directives by issuing requests for the transfer of the directive identified content files, thereby conforming the specific distribution of content files to an optimal distribution pattern as determined by the distribution controller based on usage patterns.
US08935313B2
A technique for managing session setup for video on demand sessions involves caching information related to session setup for a session manager and then utilizing the cached information to setup a video on demand session for a client in response to a session setup request that is received from the client. Because information related to session setup is cached for the session manager, the session manager can utilize the information to establish a session without having to exchange messages with other video on demand elements, in particular other servers in the video on demand network. Reducing or eliminating the number of messages exchanged between video on demand elements enables video on demand sessions to be quickly and efficiently setup.
US08935311B2
A scalable access filter that is used together with others like it in a virtual private network to control access by users at clients in the network to information resources provided by servers in the network. Each access filter use a local copy of an access control database to determine whether an access request made by a user. Changes made by administrators in the local copies are propagated to all of the other local copies. Each user belongs to one or more user groups and each information resource belongs to one or more information sets. Access is permitted or denied according to of access policies which define access in terms of the user groups and information sets.
US08935306B2
A method for running a computer application for interfacing with a crew of a vehicle, for example an aircraft, to a corresponding system and to an aircraft including the system. The method reads a removable medium, including the application to be run, by a removable-medium reader with which an on-board running system in the vehicle is equipped, and runs the application by a running mechanism with which the running system is equipped and connected to the removable-medium reader. The running of the application requires permanent recording of data necessary for execution thereof only on the removable medium. As an example, a portable application is used or the running system is booted from an installed operating system provided on the removable medium.
US08935300B1
Streaming media may include a plurality of visual objects. User-selectable fields may be associated with the visual objects. In response to receiving a selection from the user-selectable fields, a search criteria associated with the corresponding visual object may be identified. A method, device, or medium may be associated with a request for search results based on the search criteria. Information associated with the search results may be displayed to the user.
US08935293B2
Techniques for reducing the memory used for processing events received in a data stream are provided. This may be achieved by reducing the memory required for storing tuples. A method for processing a data stream includes receiving a tuple and determining a tuple specification that defines a layout of the tuple. The layout identifies one or more data types that are included in the tuple. A tuple class corresponding to the tuple specification may be determined. A tuple object based on the tuple class is instantiated, and during runtime of the processing system. The tuple object is stored in a memory.
US08935292B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the invention, an apparatus comprising a processor configured to receive information related to a media object, and automatically select at least one supplemental media object based at least in part on a competency of a user related to the media object is disclosed.
US08935291B2
A system and method are provided for automatically generating systematic reviews of received information in a field of science and technology, such as scientific literature, where the systematic review includes a systematic review of a research field in the scientific literature. The method includes the steps of constructing a time series networks of words, passages, documents, and citations and/or co-citations within received information into a synthesized network, decomposing the networks into clusters of fields or topics, performing part-of-speech tagging of text within the received information to provide tagged text, constructing semantic structures of concepts and/or assertions extracted from the source text, generating citation-based and content-based summaries of the clusters of fields or topics and the semantic structures, and generating structured narratives of the clusters of fields or topics and the summaries of the generated semantic structures. Narratives of the citation-based and content-based summaries are merged into a systematic review.
US08935288B2
User specific logs in multi-user applications. Level data associating a user of a multi-user application with a respective log level is received. The multi-user application then records an amount of information determined by the log level corresponding to the user presently using the multi-user application.
US08935285B2
A method and system for tracking visitors' access to web content using a searchable and size-constrained local log repository is disclosed. A repository indexer receives visitor logs from a remote source and indexes the logs to include a usage field indicating when or how frequently an associated visitor log was accessed from a local log repository by a report request manager. The local log repository stores the logs and is size constrained. A repository manager removes a subset of the logs in the local log repository based on parameters within the subset of the logs' usage field. The report request manager receives a request from a requestor for a report indicating visitors' access to a content object, searches for logs within the local log repository pertinent to the request, aggregates data across the logs responsive to the search, and generates a report presenting the aggregated data.
US08935274B1
A method is provided in one example and includes receiving data propagating in a network environment, separating the data into one or more fields, evaluating at least some of the fields in order to identify nouns and noun phrases within the fields, and identifying selected terms within the nouns and noun phrases to be tagged. The selected terms are tagged with respective expertise tags. The method may also include receiving a search query for a particular expertise, the search query includes the selected terms. The method may also include matching the expertise tags to an end user in order to generate a response to the search query, the response includes an identifier of the end user. In more specific embodiments, the identifying of the selected terms includes using synaptic analysis or word occurrence counting. The expertise tags can be provided in a profile for the end user.
US08935273B2
A multidimensional operation provider is provided for processing a multidimensional query against a relational datasource. The multidimensional operation provider comprises a query interceptor, a query decomposer and a query replacer. The query interceptor detects and intercepts a multidimensional query that is issued against one or more relational data sources. The query decomposer decomposes expressions of the multidimensional query into one multidimensional expression and/or one or more relational expressions. The query replacer replaces the multidimensional query with a stack of operations expressed by the decomposed multidimensional expressions and/or the relational expressions.
US08935255B2
In one embodiment, one or more computing devices assign each of a plurality of nodes of a graph of a social-networking system to one of a plurality of search indices. Each search index corresponds to a node type, and each node assigned to a search index is of the node type that the search index corresponds to. For each search index, the one or more computing devices determine a value for each node assigned to the search index based at least in part on edges connected to the node in the graph and rank the nodes assigned to the search index based at least in part on their values. The one or more computing devices provide the search indices for storage to facilitate responding to queries encompassing objects represented by the nodes assigned to the search indices.
US08935250B2
Deterministic Finite Automatons (DFAs) and Nondeterministic Finite Automatons (NFAs) are two typical automatons used in the Network Intrusion Detection System (NIDS). Although they both perform regular expression matching, they have quite different performance and memory usage properties. DFAs provide fast and deterministic matching performance but suffer from the well-known state explosion problem. NFAs are compact, but their matching performance is unpredictable and with no worst case guarantee. A new automaton representation of regular expressions, called Tunable Finite Automaton (TFA), is described. TFAs resolve the DFAs' state explosion problem and the NFAs' unpredictable performance problem. Different from a DFA, which has only one active state, a TFA allows multiple concurrent active states. Thus, the total number of states required by the TFA to track the matching status is much smaller than that required by the DFA. Different from an NFA, a TFA guarantees that the number of concurrent active states is bounded by a bound factor b that can be tuned during the construction of the TFA according to the needs of the application for speed and storage. A TFA can achieve significant reductions in the number of states and memory space.
US08935244B2
A mobile communication device for identifying a location to be named comprising a position locator component configured to determine a location of a user and a communication interface component configured to provide the location for use in determining user-specific location information including at least one of a number of times and an amount of time the user is present at or near the location. The location naming component is configured to receive an identification of the location as a location of interest. The location naming component is configured to provide a prompt for naming the location of interest for presentation by a graphical user interface component. The location naming component is configured to receive name information for naming the location. The graphical user interface component is configured to present the name information for the location of interest on the mobile communication device.
US08935235B1
A search history application retrieves and displays a user's remotely stored search history. The search history is sent to the application in the form of a content feed. An email checking application receives a list of new emails as a content feed and displays the list of new emails. New emails for multiple accounts may be displayed concurrently in distinct instances of the email checking application. A blog posting application allows a user to select any of a plurality of blogs under the user's account and post to that blog.
US08935230B2
A method, machine readable storage medium, and system for providing a self learning semantic search engine. A semantic network may be set up with initial configuration. A search engine coupled to the semantic network may build indexes and semantic indexes. A user request for business data may be received. The search engine may be accessed via a semantic dispatcher. And based on the access, search engine may update the indexes and semantic indexes.
US08935226B2
Systems, methods, and software for identifying location based rules related to a network connected device are described. A network connected device may transmit a set of data identifying the location of the device and an identifier unique to the device to a server. The server may also receive an action request, wherein the action request is associated with the identifier. The server may select a rule in a database to address the action request, the rule applicable to the identifier and location of the device. Various embodiments related to financial card transactions, access to financial information, emergency services contact, and electronic message filtering are also addressed.
US08935215B1
Various systems and methods for restoring data using indexes. For example, one method involves receiving a request that includes a restore criterion. The method involves identifying a storage object in a backup storage device that meets the restore criterion, in response to the request. Detecting the identity of the storage object involves sending a query with the restore criterion to a client computing device that includes an index. The method also involves responding to the request with information identifying the storage object.
US08935208B2
A method of defining a backup state of a file system is provided. A change in an electronic file stored on a computer system is detected. If the change is detected, a backup state of the electronic file is updated using an overlay icon associated with the electronic file. The overlay icon is presented in a user interface displaying the file system of the computer system. The backup state indicates that the electronic file is selected for backup processing if the change is detected. If the backup state indicates the electronic file is selected for backup processing, a copy of the electronic file is sent to a second computer system accessible by the computer system using a network.
US08935205B2
A system and method of performing snapshot isolation in distributed databases. Each node stores local snapshot information that enforces snapshot isolation for that node. The method includes partially processing a distributed transaction by a first node, receiving a global commit identifier from a coordinator, and continuing to process the distributed transaction, by the first node and a second node, in accordance with the global commit identifier.
US08935204B2
A method and apparatus for tagging image content with rich metadata is provided. The metadata is generated from keyword descriptions of image content spoken by human taggers while viewing the content. Voice recognition software is employed to identify the key keywords in an audio stream and the resultant metadata is associated in a synchronous manner with the relevant image content. A control console allows the human tagger to rapidly navigate onscreen menus and select different taglines for providing multilevel metadata tagging of the image content. An integrated system provides for the storage of tagged digital image content, with near immediate access to tagged raw footage for viewing and editing, and for easy searching and accessing of finalized footage. A method of serving the tagged content is also provide, which allows the content to be streamed over the web at an acceptable image resolution while maintaining the associated metatags.
US08935193B2
Methods and systems for performing email management customizations in a multi-tenant database system
An email object is provided in a multi-tenant database system that can be related to multiple people (e.g., contact, lead, user) or any object represented for storage in the multi-tenant database system via sharing relationships. The email object follows a sharing model such that an email inherits the sharing model or attributes of a parent record specified via sharing relationships. In various aspects, a sharing model provides users with a true value of a multi-tenant database system as users are more informed about communications concerning people or other objects represented for storage in the multi-tenant database system.
US08935175B2
A system and method for detecting click fraud where the movement of a cursor on a web page is tracked prior to an advertisement on the web page being clicked by a controller of the cursor. The tracking is performed by client code on a client device displaying the web page. A path taken by the movement of the cursor is mapped to at least one vector associated with the path by the client code. The at least one vector is useable to detect a click fraud.
US08935162B2
Disclosed is an encoding device which can accurately specify a band having a large error among all the bands by using a small calculation amount. A first position identifier uses a first layer error conversion coefficient indicating an error of a decoding signal for an input signal so as to search for a band having a large error in a relatively wide bandwidth in all the bands of the input signal and generates first position information indicating the identified band. A second position identifier searches for a target frequency band having a large error in a relatively narrow bandwidth in the band identified by the first position identifier and generates second position information indicating the identified target frequency band. An encoder encodes a first layer decoding error conversion coefficient contained in the target frequency band.
US08935157B2
An audio decoding system including a decoder decoding a first part of audio data, and an audio buffer compressor compressing and storing the decoded first part of audio data in a first time interval and decompressing the stored first part of audio data in a second time interval.
US08935156B2
The present proposes new methods and an apparatus for enhancement of source coding systems utilizing high frequency reconstruction (HFR). It addresses the problem of insufficient noise contents in a reconstructed highband, by Adaptive Noise-floor Addition. It also introduces new methods for enhanced performance by means of limiting unwanted noise, interpolation and smoothing of envelope adjustment amplification factors. The present invention is applicable to both speech coding and natural audio coding systems.
US08935149B2
A method for a patternized record of a bilingual sentence-pair, for recording a source sentence and a corresponding target sentence onto a record medium in a mapping manner, comprising: recording a source sentence into a first part in the record medium, and recording a target sentence into a second part in the record medium; recording at least one patternized unit in at least one of the first part and the second part; in the patternized unit, a content of a unit in target sentence and information of a corresponding unit in source sentence are recorded in a predetermined format; wherein the patternized unit comprises: a source portion, a target portion, a POS portion, an attribute portion, a portion of serial number of a unit, or any combination thereof; wherein each portion in the patternized unit can be identified automatically by a computer. The translation method and translation system base on the bilingual patternized sentence-pair are also disclosed.
US08935148B2
A computer implemented method of translating source material in a source natural language into a target natural language includes receiving a first data input which is a first part of a sub-segment of a translation of the source material from the source natural language into the target natural language, identifying a selectable target text sub-segment in the target natural language associated with the received first data input, and outputting the selectable target text sub-segment. The selectable target text sub-segment is extracted from a corpus of previously translated text segment pairs, each text segment pair having a source text segment in the source natural language and a corresponding translated text segment in the target natural language.
US08935129B1
In one embodiment, a technique is provided for maintaining semantics of a graph that corresponds to a model of a physical entity. Node data structures are defined, instantiations of which are used to represent primitive nodes and group nodes of the graph. Link data structures are defined, instantiations of which are used to represent primitive links and group links of the graph. A technique for grouping nodes of the graph is provided, which may be used to remove elements from the graph to create a simplified representation. A technique for ungrouping nodes of the graph is provided, which may be used to restore elements to the graph to return to an unsimplified representation.
US08935128B2
The interference-compensated sensor for detecting an object located in a detection area in a contactless manner, particularly a rain sensor, is provided with a first and a second measuring channel each having a control device and an output, wherein both measuring channels are substantially identical. The sensor further comprises a main subtractor having an output for outputting the difference of the signals at the outputs of the measuring channels. The sensor is provided with a controller unit having an input that is connected to the output of the main subtractor and with an output for outputting a controller signal, by means of which the two measuring channels can be controlled in such a way that the signal at the output of the main subtractor can be controlled to zero. By means of the magnitude of the signal at the output of the controller, it can be determined if an object is located in the detection area.
US08935126B2
An apparatus and method for monitoring the status of a steam trap include a device for sensing a process condition of the steam trap and a device for processing the sensed condition. The apparatus can include a processor positioned on a steam trap. The connection of the monitoring device to the steam trap can be to the trap itself or to an adjacent pipe or other apparatus.
US08935121B2
Position (xref) and heading (H) of a vehicle are tracked using wheel tick numbers coming from wheel tick units at the front wheels only from which a velocity (v) and a heading rate (h) are calculated. The calculations are based on an intermediate wheel angle (δ). An exact solution δex for the same depends on the velocities of the left front wheel vl and the right front wheel vr. An approximate solution δapp is calculated according to a simpler formula and used wherever its deviation from the exact solution δex is not significant, i.e., where the latter is not larger than a threshold wheel angle δthr. Only for δapp>δthr where the deviation is larger than a threshold, the wheel angle according to the exact solution δex is used. The latter is determined by first establishing the approximate solution δapp and reading the corresponding exact solution δex from a look-up table.
US08935114B2
A method for determining a closing time of a valve having a coil drive, in particular a direct injection valve for an engine of a motor vehicle, has the steps: (a) switching off a current flow through a coil (L_inj) of the coil drive, so that the coil (L_inj) is depowered, (b) capturing a time curve (110) of a voltage induced in the non-powered coil (L_inj), wherein the induced voltage is generated by decaying eddy currents in a magnetic circuit of the coil drive and by a motion of the armature relative to the coil (L_inj), (c) evaluating the captured time curve (110) of the voltage induced in the coil (L_inj), and (d) determining the closing time based on the evaluated time curve (110). A corresponding device and a computer program for determining the closing time of a valve with a coil drive can be provided accordingly.
US08935113B2
Disclosed is a battery system for a secondary battery including a blended cathode material, and an apparatus and method for managing a secondary battery having a blended cathode material. The blended cathode material includes at least a first cathode material and a second cathode material. The first and second cathode materials have different operating voltage ranges. When the secondary battery comes to an idle state or a no-load state, the battery system detects a voltage relaxation occurring by the transfer of operating ions between the first and second cathode materials.
US08935111B2
The disclosed system includes a metering device for monitoring electrical power grid conditions, a controller for determining if the metering device is detecting a condition on an electrical grid that is indicative of a delayed voltage recovery event, and a communication device for communicating with one or more remotely located bi-directional power source modules connected to the electrical power grid, wherein the controller is programmed to send a notification via the communication device to the one or more remotely located bi-directional power source modules if the controller detects a condition indicative of delayed voltage recovery event. In some embodiments, the metering device includes a grid metering device. In some embodiments, the metering device measures power factor, and a change in the voltage and ratio of VARs to Watts.
US08935107B1
A compact shock sensing system and method that employ a light sheet generator that can be used either as a solo aerodynamic shock detector or in a combination with a scanning mode shock sensor is disclosed. This shock sensing system and method can be used to detect and track unstable and travelling shocks in high speed aerodynamic flows, such as those found in supersonic inlets.
US08935098B2
A system is disclosed that enables the automated measurement of cellular mechanical parameters at high throughputs. The microfluidic device uses intersecting flows to create an extensional flow region where the cells undergo controlled stretching. Cells are focused into streamlines prior to entering the extensional flow region. In the extensional region, each cell's deformation is measured with an imaging device. Automated image analysis extracts a range of independent biomechanical parameters from the images. These may include cell size, deformability, and circularity. The single cell data that is obtained may then be used to in a variety of ways. Scatter density plots of deformability and circularity may be developed and displayed for the user. Mechanical parameters such as deformability and circularity may be gated or thresholded to identify certain cells of interest or sub-populations of interest. Similarly, the mechanical data obtained using the device may be used as cell signatures.
US08935095B2
Various embodiments of a device, system and methods that promote safety and security within an organization. Sensor data from one or more installation sensors is collected, analyzed and used to create a map and/or directions that, when received by a wireless mobile device, facilitate a person's possible egress around or from a detected event. The information provided to the person by the map and/or the directions may be individually crafted to be of maximum use to the specific recipient so the person can understand, plan and execute the most appropriate danger avoidance maneuvers in minimal time.
US08935090B2
An energy map for a motor vehicle and an energy mapping system for making the energy map are disclosed. The energy map includes energy information related to energy consumption and energy recharging of various power sources along various roadway segments. The energy mapping system may include a navigation system for a motor vehicle comprising a GPS receiver, various energy level sensors, and an electronic control unit. A probe vehicle may be used to measure energy consumption and energy recharging for various power sources. The energy mapping system may also include a service provider. The navigation system may measure energy levels for the various power sources along various roadway segments and transmit the measurements to the service provider. The service provider may then associate differences in the measured energy levels for each of the various power sources with the various roadway segments.
US08935083B2
A motor vehicle has a drive motor and a navigation system having a display for displaying a map image. The power consumption is displayable on the map image to optimize the power consumption of the drive motor.
US08935079B2
An engine includes a normal fuel tank, fuel gas tank, an in-tank injection valve and a fuel gas supply valve. During operation of the engine, in a state where the fuel gas supply valve is closed, a fuel is injected into the fuel gas tank through the in-tank injection valve to generate a fuel gas by vaporizing the fuel. The fuel gas is stored in the fuel gas tank and is maintained in the gas phase due to the natural decompression even after the engine is stopped. To start the engine, the fuel gas supply valve is opened to supply the fuel gas in the fuel gas tank to a surge tank. Thus, compared with the case where the fuel gas is generated at the start of the engine, the fuel gas can be quickly supplied into the cylinder, so that the ability to start the engine is improved.
US08935074B2
An apparatus to control an internal combustion engine includes a cylinder operation controller configured to switch a cylinder operation between an all-cylinder operation and a cylinder deactivation operation. A deactivation time parameter integrating device is configured to integrate a deactivation time parameter indicating a deactivation time of the part of the plurality of cylinders to calculate an integrated deactivation time parameter. An inhibiting device is configured to inhibit the cylinder deactivation operation if the integrated deactivation time parameter calculated by the deactivation time parameter integrating device is larger than or equal to a reference value. The deactivation time parameter integrating device holds the integrated deactivation time parameter as an initial value after an operation of the internal combustion engine is stopped. The deactivation time parameter integrating device resumes integrating the deactivation time parameter using the initial value when the internal combustion engine restarts.
US08935070B2
In one embodiment, a vehicle brake pressure controller includes: a sensor and a control section. The sensor detects a dynamic characteristic quantity of a vehicle, and outputs it as first information. The control section includes: an input section configured to receive the first information; a conversion processing section configured to convert the first information into second information having a standardized format; and a correction processing section configured to correct the second information into third information, depending on the vehicle. Hence, the control section performs a brake pressure control based on the third information.
US08935067B2
An electronic control unit senses an actual shift range of a automatic transmission by executing a range determination operation, which determines the actual shift range of the automatic transmission based on a rotational position of a manual shaft that is sensed with an encoder. The control unit prohibits the execution of the range determination operation throughout a range determination operation prohibiting period, which is a predetermined time period and starts from a time point of starting rotation of the rotor of the electric motor unit toward the target rotational position.
US08935064B2
A control device of a vehicular automatic transmission determines, during shifting to a first target gear position, whether the transmission should be shifted to a second target gear position that is remote from the current gear position than the first target gear position, and determines whether a gearshift to the first target gear position was executed during shifting to a third target gear position. If it is determined that the transmission should be shifted to the second target gear position during a multiple gearshift to the first target gear position which is started during shifting to the third target gear position, a multiple gearshift to the second target gear position is inhibited. If it is determined that the transmission should be shifted to the second target gear position during a single gearshift to the first target gear position, the multiple gearshift to the second target gear position is permitted.
US08935053B2
Aspects of the disclosure provide for controlling a hood latch using an electrically actuated primary hood latch and an electrically actuated secondary hood latch. To open the hood of the vehicle, a person presses a hood release button. Before attempting to release either the primary hood latch or secondary hood latch, a determination is made whether a vehicle speed of the vehicle is below a minimum vehicle speed threshold. If the vehicle speed is below this threshold, both the primary electrical actuator for the primary hood latch and the secondary electrical actuator for the secondary hood latch are triggered, thereby releasing hood from a closed position into an open position. When the vehicle speed is above this vehicle speed threshold, only the primary electrical actuator for primary hood latch is triggered; leaving the hood in a partially open position held in place by the secondary hood latch.
US08935045B2
Provided are an apparatus and a method for controlling a video recording in a black box for vehicle. The method for controlling the video recording in the black box for a vehicle according to the present invention, for example, comprises the steps of: storing a video including images of a driving vehicle; obtaining the possibility of an accident with the vehicle; and variably adjusting one or more image quality, resolution, and a frame accident possibility. The limited capacity of storage can be used by adopting the configuration. In addition, the monitoring and storage performance of the black box for a vehicle can be improved by correctly determining causes of a vehicle accident.
US08935034B1
Aspects of the disclosure relate generally to detecting discrete actions by traveling vehicles. The features described improve the safety, use, driver experience, and performance of autonomously controlled vehicles by performing a behavior analysis on mobile objects in the vicinity of an autonomous vehicle. Specifically, an autonomous vehicle is capable of detecting and tracking nearby vehicles and is able to determine when these nearby vehicles have performed actions of interest by comparing their tracked movements with map data.
US08935031B2
A construction vehicle control apparatus is provided including: a motor generator control unit (160) which, when regenerative electrical power generated by a motor (7) during regenerative braking surpasses acceptable charging electrical power of a capacitor (3), drives a motor generator (5) using the surplus electrical power; an engine controller (2) which detects the rotating speed of an engine (1); a motor control unit (180) which, if the rotating speed of the engine becomes larger than a second set value while the motor generator is being driven by the surplus electrical power, reduces regenerative torque generated by the motor; and a brake control unit (190) which, if the rotating speed of the engine becomes larger than the second set value while the motor generator is being driven by the surplus electrical power, increases regenerative torque generated by a hydraulic brake (30).
US08935027B2
A multi-mode vehicular powertrain system includes an internal combustion engine fluidly coupled to an exhaust aftertreatment system including a catalytic device and an electric machine electrically coupled to a battery. A method for effecting light-off of the catalytic device includes monitoring an output torque request for the powertrain system and determining a preferred engine operating point having a minimum engine operating cost within a predetermined engine operating region for catalyst light-off. When a state-of-charge of the battery is not approaching a predetermined state-of-charge limit, operation of the engine is controlled to the preferred engine operating point and operation of the electric machine is controlled to a machine operating point wherein the combination of engine torque at the preferred engine operating point and electric machine torque at the machine operating point satisfies the output torque request.
US08935022B2
A communication system for a vehicle consist may include a control module that interfaces with router transceiver units coupled to a cable bus, and can communicate network data between vehicles having a transceiver unit over a cable bus.
US08935013B2
A vehicle accident history recorder is provided. The vehicle accident history recorder comprises: a collision detection sensor for detecting a collision of a vehicle; a collision determination section for determining an occurrence of the collision based on a detection result of the collision detection sensor; a yaw rate sensor for detecting a yaw rate of the vehicle; a damaged portion determination section for determining a damaged portion of the vehicle in the collision based on the detection result of the collision detection sensor and a detection result of the yaw rate sensor when the collision determination section determines the occurrence of the collision; and a storage device for storing a determination result of the damaged portion determination section in a readable form.
US08935008B2
A method for detecting heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) components is provided. The method includes the steps of measuring an initial current at a current sensor in a circuit, while a relay is de-energized; energizing the relay; measuring, at a periodic interval, an energized current while the relay is energized; incrementing a counter if an absolute difference between a first voltage related to the energized current and a second voltage related to the initial current is above a threshold; and determining a HVAC component is present if the counter exceeds a pre-determined value during a pre-determined time period.
US08935002B2
Apparatus, systems and methods for providing portable storage for multiple users are disclosed. The portable storage systems may be used to accommodate the storage needs of multiple users. The portable storage solutions provide the capability to individuals to store relatively small quantities of materials off-site for a fixed or an undetermined amount of time, and are designed such that, in most instances, the materials are returned to the user at the same or different location when they are desired. The portable storage apparatus, systems and methods are cost-effective and provide a consumer with more flexibility than standard storage options.
US08934996B2
An audio signal processing unit acquires the playback volume value of audio data of a frame of interest, and generates multiplied audio data by multiplying the audio data of the frame of interest by the playback volume value. An S/PDIF transmission unit transmits the audio data of the frame of interest and the multiplied audio data as the transmission data of the frame of interest.
US08934995B2
Various embodiments facilitate location-aware distributed competitions. In one embodiment, a system facilitates a distributed sporting event that includes multiple players traveling over non-uniform courses that are remote from one another. The system includes a manager that receives state information, such as location information, from client devices used by each of the players. The manager then transmits location information for each of the players to the client devices, which are each configured to present a graphical representation, such as a map annotated with the locations of each of the players. The system corrects for disparities between the non-uniform courses traveled by the players, for example by mapping a location on a course traveled by a first player to a location on a course traveled by a second player. Various mechanisms for establishing the mapping between non-uniform courses are also described.
US08934986B2
In one example, a device includes a telemetry module configured to retrieve graphics processing data from a device that is not configured to perform a rendering process using the graphics processing data and that is associated with delivering therapy to a therapy target of a patient, and a control unit configured to apply the graphics processing data while performing the rendering process to generate an image of an anatomical feature of the patient, wherein the anatomical feature comprises the therapy target for an implantable medical device, and to cause a display unit of a user interface to display the image, wherein the image of the anatomical feature is specific to the patient. The graphics processing data may include a list of vertices or a transform to be applied to a non-patient-specific anatomical atlas. The data may also include a location of a therapy element of the implantable medical device.
US08934960B2
This disclosure relates to a method of catheter and radiating coil location in a human body and in particular to the determination over time of the location of the tip of a catheter as it is inserted and during its use in the body. In particular when a radiating coil is used in conjunction with a catheter, a coil locating device can be used to determine the distance the coil is from the device and hence its depth in the body of a patient. To assist a clinician using the coil-locating device, a display is provided that shows both a reference image of a part or portion of a body (non-subject body) and an image of the coil located on the display with reference to the reference image. This is achieved by locating the coil-locating device on or over a predetermined landmark on the patient's body.
US08934957B2
A non-invasive sensor has a contact membrane (6,16) and a cover membrane (2,12), the cover membrane being adapted for extension of a body surface to project the contact membrane against a body surface beneath it. The contact membrane will normally be attached to the cover membrane around its periphery such that at least one of the membranes forms a convex outer surface, and a spacing material (8,20) can be interposed between the membranes to achieve this object. The cover membrane may extend over a support element (10), with the contact membrane overlaying and spaced from the other face of the support element by spacing material.
US08934948B2
An air dampening assembly for an electronic device comprises a base member. A first piston housing is disposed on the base member. A second piston housing is disposed on the based member opposite the first piston housing. A sliding member is disposed between the first and second piston housing. A first piston is disposed on a first elongated member of the sliding member. The first piston housing is configured to receive the first piston. A second piston is disposed on a second elongated member of the sliding member. The second piston housing is configured to receive the second piston.
US08934941B2
The present invention discloses a channel reconstruction method for a downlink multi-antenna-multi-base-station with inconsistent antenna configuration. Firstly, a serving base station configures a user equipment. If antenna configuration of the multi-antenna-multi-base-station system is inconsistent, virtual antennas are introduced to a base station with fewer antennas in the system. A user equipment selects and feeds back indices of the virtual antennas and reconstructs channels of the multi-antenna-multi-base-station system to generate a consistent antenna configuration. Finally, the multi-antenna-multi-base-station system transmits a signal to the user equipment by adopting a transmission pre-processing scheme of the consistent antenna configuration. The present invention provides also a serving base station, a cooperative base station and a user equipment for realizing the channel reconstruction method. The present invention has advantages of large application range, simple implementation and better performance.
US08934935B2
A communications system where data blocks from a communications device are received at least in a serving site over a wireless interface. The serving site typically checks whether data blocks have been correctly received and sends acknowledgement information to the communications device accordingly. An assisting site may also receive the data blocks and send information indicating whether data blocks have been correctly received in the assisting site. In this case, the serving site may request erroneously received information from the assisting site. Alternatively, the assisting site may send information indicating erroneous reception of data blocks in response to noticing a data block sent by the communications device. As a further alternative, the assisting site may be synchronized with the data blocks sent by the communications device and send quality information relating to the wireless interface between the communications device and the assisting site to the serving site.
US08934921B2
Methods, program products, and systems for using a location fingerprint database to determine a location of a mobile device are described. A mobile device can use location fingerprint data received from a server to determine a location of the mobile device at the venue. The mobile device can obtain, from a sensor of the mobile device, a vector of sensor readings, each sensor reading can measure an environment variable, e.g., a signal received by the sensor from a signal source. The mobile device can perform a statistical match between the vector and the location fingerprint data. The mobile device can then estimate a current location of the mobile device based on the statistical match.
US08934917B1
A method of controlling a vehicle telematics unit includes placing the vehicle telematics unit in a data mode while camped on a base station that does not use a simultaneous voice and data (SVD) cellular standard; sensing an amount of time that has passed since the vehicle telematics unit last received a request for data while in the data mode; comparing the sensed amount of time with a predetermined threshold using the vehicle telematics unit; and commanding the vehicle telematics unit to maintain the data mode and also to enter a voice mode when the sensed amount of time exceeds the predetermined threshold.
US08934912B2
In a method for deciding an unregistered macrocell user equipment (MUE) adjacent to a femtocell base station (home evolved node B; HeNB), a macrocell base station (macro evolved node B; MeNB) decides occurrence of an unregistered MUE influenced by interference from a HeNB among MUEs. The MeNB requests an adjacent HeNB to transmit system information (SI) of the adjacent HeNB of which interference has influence on the unregistered MUE, and the unregistered MUE searches for the SI of the adjacent HeNB and transmits the searched SI to the MeNB, when it is decided that the unregistered MUE has occurred. The MeNB informs the adjacent HeNB of existence of the unregistered MUE using a closed subscriber group identifier (CSG ID) of the SI of the adjacent HeNB, transmitted from the unregistered MUE.
US08934901B2
When a mobile station MS1 determines during communication through a first network (1), that a second network (7) is available that offers better operational parameters for the communication, the mobile station sends a handover announcement (S 5.3) to the first network to offer it an opportunity to improve the operational parameters for the communication through the first network. The first network (1) may in response offer updated operational parameters (S5.6) with a view to encouraging the communication to continue through the first network. A decision (S5.7) whether to make a handover to the second network can then be made by comparing the updated operational parameters for the first network with the operational parameters for the second network.
US08934899B2
A user equipment is provided comprising: 1) transceiver circuitry configured to operate in cells associated with at least one radio access technology (RAT) network; and 2) a controller configured to perform neighbor cell searches. The controller is further configured to determine when the user equipment enters a first RRC state from a second RRC state. In response to the determination, the controller determines a time period since a most recent search of neighbor cells was performed. The first RRC state is one of at least: CELL_PCH, URA_PCH and IDLE. The second RRC state is one of at least CELL_FACH and CELL_DCH.
US08934887B2
Systems and methods comprise a network in which a mobile device is configured as an input/output interface for a user such that actual processing, storage and network interfaces are performed or provided by a remote server.
US08934883B2
A vPBX server manages calls in a bridged line appearance (BLA) group. A BLA group can include extensions for location-aware mobile devices. The vPBX server contains location based forwarding rules that can be applied together with BLA redirection rules in managing incoming calls. A single extension can appear as a user interface element (e.g., an icon or button) on multiple mobile devices. Using the user interface element, a primary user can view a secondary user's status, including the secondary user's location information. The vPBX server allows the primary user to redirect the incoming calls to devices in accordance with the forwarding rules and the redirection rules.
US08934878B2
An information distribution service system includes a mobile terminal device with a communication part and another terminal device connected to the mobile terminal device via the communication part. The mobile terminal device includes a server function part that provides information to another terminal device; an email control part that sends information, regarding an access method for accessing the information with another terminal device, to another terminal device via an email; and a server access control part that operates the server function part so as to start processing for providing the information when another terminal device makes an access according to the access method.
US08934872B2
A mobile electronic communication device includes a processor unit, a transceiver, a keypad and a light unit. Each key of the keypad is associated with a contact of a contact list. The light unit can perform light functions to notify a user of the reception and/or status of messages received via the transceiver. The light functions include providing an indication of the age of a received message that was sent by a contact in the contacts list. The age of the message is indicated by a modulation of the illuminating light. In one embodiment, the age of a message is indicated as one of a set of predetermined age ranges, with each age range being represented by a unique color.
US08934861B2
A technique for monitoring a call associated with a connection established via a Media Gateway node (MGW) is described. The Media Gateway node (MGW) is controlled by a Media Gateway Controller node (MGC). The Media Gateway node (MGW) and the Media Gateway Controller node (MGC) belong to a layered network (LN). A method implementation of this technique comprises the steps of detecting a loss of communication between the Media Gateway Controller node (MGC) and the Media Gateway node (MGW) and logging the loss of communication together with a time stamp of the detected communication loss to be used for determining a charging time of the call.
US08934860B2
A method for detecting an ingress of a short wave radio signal in a power line communication system which determines a strength of a common mode signal at a frequency of the power line communication system during a time period when no communication in the power line communication system at this frequency takes place and an ingress is detected if the strength of the common mode signal is above a determined threshold. A corresponding power line communication modem can implement such a method.
US08934856B2
A system and method provide for calibrating the frequency response of an electronic filter. The system and method include a radio transmitter with both in-phase and quadrature baseband paths. Each baseband path includes a numerically controlled oscillator (“NCO”), a digital signal path, a digital-to-analog converter (“DAC”), and an analog filter. A low frequency tone is applied from the NCO from one of the baseband path, while a high frequency tone is applied from the NCO in the other baseband path. An analog peak detector at output determines which analog filter has the largest amplitude at the output. The peak detector offset between the two analog filters is offset by stimulating the in-phase and quadrature baseband paths with the respective NCOs to find an amplitude difference between the output signals from the NCOs that makes the output of the analog filters the same. Calibration is then performed on the corner frequency and filter peaking through respective stimulation of the in-phase and quadrature baseband paths. The system and method is advantageous as it allows for very accurate calibration of both the filter corner frequency and peaking during a standard transmission operating mode with little additional hardware required.
US08934853B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure use shared oscillator for cellular communications and location detection in a communication device. The communications device estimates a frequency offset of one of its subsystems. The communications device determines a frequency offset that results from drifting of this shared oscillator, typically caused by aging and/or changes in temperature, voltage, humidity, pressure, and/or vibration to provide some examples, from the frequency offset this subsystem. The communications device provides various compensation parameters to its various subsystems to compensate for the frequency offset that results from drifting of the oscillator.
US08934851B2
A PDMA terminal (1000) establishes communication by forming a plurality of spatial paths to another single radio apparatus. A plurality of antennas constituting an array antenna are divided into a plurality of subarrays corresponding to the plurality of spatial paths respectively. An adaptive array processing unit (USP) can perform an adaptive array processing for each of the plurality of subarrays. A memory (MMU) stores in advance information on the number of antennas associated with the number of spatial paths that can be formed by the array antenna. A control unit (CNP) controls a processing to transmit possible multiplicity information to another radio apparatus at a prescribed timing.
US08934850B1
The present invention relates to user equipment (UE) having at least two transmit antennas that are capable of transmitting RF signals to a base station, which selects either an open-loop mode or a closed-loop mode depending on how the RF signals from the UE are changing. In the closed-loop mode, the base station periodically evaluates the RF signals from the UE and selects which of the UE's transmit antennas are to be used. This information is then sent to the UE. If the base station determines that the RF signals from the UE are changing too rapidly for effective control, then the base station selects the open-loop mode, such that the UE selects which of the UE's transmit antennas are to be used.
US08934849B2
A system and method for confirming radio frequency (RF) signal connectivity integrity with a device under test (DUT). An output RF signal is provided to a RF signal port and looped back for analysis along with an input RF signal, which includes a reflected signal component related to the output RF signal, from the RF signal port. By measuring magnitudes of combinations of the input and loopback RF signals, e.g., at multiple signal frequencies, it can be determined whether the RF signal port is properly terminated by the DUT.
US08934842B2
In a method and a mobile communications receiver for processing signals from a first cell and a second cell a timing of the signal from the first cell and the second cell is obtained. A timing difference (δ) between the timings of signals from the first and the second cell is determined and based on that a timing (κ) for a window for discrete Fourier transform, DFT, processing is adjusted. DFT processing of the signals using the timing (κ) of the DFT window is then performed.
US08934839B2
Example methods and apparatus to connect wireless-enabled devices are disclosed. A disclosed example method involves collecting first biophysical signal data via a first wireless-enabled device and establishing a wireless connection between the first wireless-enabled device and a second wireless-enabled device based on a comparison of the first biophysical signal data and second biophysical signal data collected at the second wireless-enabled device.
US08934831B2
An image forming apparatus, having a developing unit and a fusing unit are arranged to horizontally face the developing unit. A printing path between the developing unit and the fusing unit includes a guide unit having a downward slope to guide a printing medium immediately having passed through the transfer nip and an upward slope to guide the printing medium approaching the fusing nip. The fusing nip is located lower than the transfer nip.
US08934829B2
A document cover covers a document platen of a housing. The document cover has a cover frame, a document pressing part, and a hinge. The hinge has a first member and a second member. The first member has a rotating shaft and a first fixed part that is mounted on one of the cover frame and the housing. The second member has a fitted part that is fitted rotatably to the rotating shaft, and a second fixed part, which is mounted on the other of the cover frame and the housing. The first member and the second member can change states thereof between a first state in which the first member and the second member can be attached to or detached from each other, and a second state in which the first member and the second member are prevented from being detached from each other.
US08934822B2
A transfer device comprises a freely rotatable transferring member contacting an image bearing member to form a transfer nip therebetween; a transfer bias applying member to apply a first bias created by superimposing an alternating current component on a direct current component to the transferring member to transfer a toner image borne on the image bearing member to a recording medium in the transfer nip; and an applicator to apply a protective agent to a surface of the transferring member.
US08934813B2
An image-forming apparatus includes a development device configured to form a visualized image with a developer, a powder supplier configured to supply the developer from a powder container to the development device and a housing in which the powder supplier and the development device are housed, a loading preparation position which allows the powder container to be placed from an outside of the housing and a loading position which enables the developer to be supplied to the development device from the powder container are set in the powder supplier, and the powder supplier includes a loading drive mechanism configured to move the powder container in a central axis line direction between the loading preparation position and the loading position while rotating the powder container about the central axis line of the powder container.
US08934811B2
A drawing-in device configured to draw and position a sheet feeding cassette functioning as a unit into a predetermined position of an apparatus main body includes an engage-target tip. The engage-target tip is pressed in the mounting direction of the unit, thus the engage-target tip retreats from a locking position, where a latching pin is locked so as not to disengage, to a retreat position, where the latching pin can engage with the engage-target portion.
US08934804B2
A fuser unit, which heat-fixes a developer image on a recording sheet, the fuser unit including: a cylindrical member having flexibility; a heat generation member; a nip member; a stay; a first frame; a second frame, and a wiring, wherein the first frame is provided with a pair of openings through which both axial end sides of the stay are exposed, wherein the second frame is configured to cover a central portion of the wiring, which is positioned at an inward side more than the pair of openings in the axial direction, wherein both axial sides of the second frame are provided with pressing protrusions that directly press the stay through the openings, and wherein both axial sides of the second frame are provided with third frames that cover a part of the wiring arranged at both axial end sides of the first frame.
US08934796B2
An image-forming apparatus includes a first image-forming portion; a second image-forming portion; an executing portion for executing an operation in a first mode in which an image is formed on a recording material by the first and second image-forming portions or a second mode in which an image is formed by the second image-forming portion; an AC-voltage source; a first DC-voltage source; a second DC-voltage source; and a controller for controlling the first and second DC-voltage sources and the AC-voltage source. In the first mode, application of the AC voltage by the AC-voltage source and the DC voltages by the first and second DC-voltage sources are performed, and in the second mode, application of the DC voltage by the second DC-voltage source is performed, and application of the AC voltage by the AC-voltage source and the DC voltage by the first DC-voltage source are stopped.
US08934784B2
The present invention discloses methods and devices for transmitting/obtaining information by visible light signal. The method for transmitting information by visible light signal from a light source comprising: modulating, on the basis of the information to be transmitted, a driving signal of the light source to obtain a modulated driving signal for driving the light source to emit visible light signal having its level changed between a peak level and a bottom level with varied frequencies at different time points; and emitting the visible light signal having its level changed between a peak level and a bottom level with varied frequencies at different time points on the basis of the modulated driving signal, so as to transmit information corresponding to the varied numbers of bright or dark stripes shown in one or more images obtained from the visible light signal at one or more time points, which numbers are corresponding to the varied frequencies.
US08934773B2
Method for data processing in an optical network, optical network component and communication system
A method for data processing in an optical network includes providing several main wavelengths and processing a subcarrier modulation for the several main wavelengths. An optical network component and a communication system including such an optical network component are also provided.
US08934746B2
A flexible flat optical cable includes two flexible base sheets, one or more optical fiber core wires arranged between the base sheets and each comprising at least an optical fiber, and an adhesive layer provided between the base sheets to bond the base sheets. A non-adhesive region is formed on a surface of the base sheets or the adhesive layer adjacent, in a thickness direction of the base sheets, to at least a portion of the optical fiber core wires for allowing a portion of the optical fiber core wires to move in a direction intersecting with an axial direction of the optical fiber core wires.
US08934744B2
A method for performing a multi-stage dilation of optical fibers is described, the method comprising performing successive dilation steps such that the adiabatic condition is maintained throughout the fiber. There is also described various optical devices employing such multi-stage dilated optical fibers, as well as methods of manufacture of the optical devices.
US08934738B2
An image processing apparatus stores a database which includes first analytical information obtained by analyzing an image existing on a recording medium, a matching dictionary including information extracted from a camera dictionary with an identifier added to each subject, and file information relating information about each subject existing in the image file with the identifier, and checks consistency between the information in the matching dictionary and information in the camera dictionary, and reconstructs the database retrieve of the database is possible to be performed, in a case where any inconsistency is found as a result of the consistency confirming.
US08934737B1
A system and method to process an image file from an image source before storage on a physical storage medium. The image file can include an image data and an identifier data of a person. The system can comprise a receiver connected in communication to receive the image file from the image source. The receiver can be configured to de-identify the identifier data from each part of the image file as presented to the receiver prior to being subsequently stored on the physical storage medium.
US08934726B2
Image decoders encoders and transcoders incorporate gamut transformations. The gamut transformations alter tone, color or other characteristics of image data. The gamut transformations may comprise interpolation, extrapolation, direct mapping of pixel values and/or modification of an expansion function. Gamut transformations may be applied to generate image output (video or still) adapted for display on a target display.
US08934725B1
Methods and apparatus for coding and/or decoding bitplanes are described. Aspects relate to speeding up bitplane coding when one or more entropy coders are used as part of the encoding process. A number, e.g., three, consistent value, e.g., zero value, bitplanes are identified and subjected to coding, e.g., in some embodiments using a JPEG 2000 arithmetic coder. Remaining bitplanes including data are subjected to coding using a second coding process, e.g., an entropy coding process implemented by a JPEG 2000 selective arithmetic bypass coder. By subjecting zero value bitplanes to the coding, e.g., arithmetic coder processing or its equivalent, 3 bitplanes are subjected to fast, easy to implement coding while non-consistent value bitplanes can be coded using selective arithmetic bypass coding. This satisfies the JPEG 2000 requirement that 3 bitplanes be generated in accordance with arithmetic coder processing while avoiding the normal delays associated with processing of non-consistent value bitplanes.
US08934715B2
The present invention discloses a method of estimating human pose comprising: modeling a human body as a tree structure; optimizing said tree structure through importance proposal probabilities and part priorities; performing foreground detection to create image region observation; and performing image segmentation to provide image edge observations.
US08934713B2
An image processing device includes: a coordinate conversion unit (142) which calculates a corresponding sampling coordinate on a color mosaic image corresponding to a pixel position of a color image when a deformation process is performed, according to the pixel position of the color image; a sampling unit (143); a sampling unit (143) which interpolates-generates a pixel value in a sampling coordinate for each of color planes obtained by decomposing the color mosaic image; and a color generation unit (144) which generates a color image by synthesizing interpolation values of the respective color planes. Each pixel value of a color image subjected to a deformation process is obtained as a pixel value of the sampling coordinate from the color mosaic image by interpolation calculation, thereby realizing the color interpolation process for generating a color image from the color mosaic image and a deformation process of the color image by one interpolation calculation.
US08934708B2
A method, apparatus, computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions are disclosed for processing volumetric image data. According to the method, 3-dimensional data points are collected. A plurality of 2-dimensional image maps is obtained from the 3-dimensional data points. At least one of the plurality of 2D image maps is extracted to form at least one image frame. A frame gallery is created from the at least one image frame.
US08934704B2
Inputs of a plurality of images constituting a group of images of items regarded as non-defective items are accepted and stored, and a defect threshold for detecting a defective portion of an inspection object and a determination threshold for making a non-defective/defective determination are set based on the plurality of stored images. A defective item image which is an image of an item determined as a defective item is previously stored and when an input of an image newly acquired by capturing an inspection object is accepted, non-defective item learning processing is performed by use of a plurality of stored images including the image whose input has been accepted, to at least reset the defect threshold. A defective portion is re-detected based on the reset defect threshold, to determine whether or not the stored defective item image is an image of a defective item based on the set determination threshold.
US08934690B2
A method (100) of processing clinical 3D imaging of blood vessels in order to enable an analysis of the shape of blood vessels of a person, a statistical analysis of the shape and properties of blood vessels in a group of individuals, and the detection and quantification of blood vessel diseases.
US08934685B2
A system and method for analyzing and visualizing a local feature of interest includes access of a clinical image dataset comprising clinical image data acquired from a patient, identification of a region of interest (ROI) from the clinical image dataset, and extraction of at least one local feature corresponding to the ROI. The system and method also include definition of a local feature dataset comprising data representing at least one local feature, access of a pre-computed reference dataset comprising image data representing an expected value of the at least one identified derived characteristic of interest, and comparison of the characteristic dataset to the pre-computed reference dataset. Further, the system and method include calculation of at least one deviation metric from the comparison and output of a visualization of the at least one deviation metric.
US08934683B2
In certain embodiments of the invention, a plurality of images of one or more subjects may be captured using different imaging techniques, such as different modalities of scanning probe microscopy. Parameters may be estimated from the plurality of images, using one or more models of known molecular structures to provide a model-based analysis. The estimated parameters may be fused, with further input from physical models of known molecular structures. The fused parameters may be used to characterize the subjects. Such characterization may include the detection and/or identification of specific molecular structures, such as proteins, peptides and/or nucleic acids of known sequence and/or structure. In some embodiments of the invention the structural characterizations may be used to identify previously unknown properties of a subject molecule.
US08934678B2
Methods and apparatus for facilitating detection of a presence or an absence of at least one underground facility within a dig area. A digital image of a geographic area including the dig area is electronically received at a first user location remote from the dig area, and at least a portion of the received digital image is displayed on a display device at the first user location remote from the dig area. One or more indicators are added to the displayed digital image, via a user input device associated with the display device, to provide at least one indication of the dig area and thereby generate a marked-up digital image. Information relating to the marked-up digital image is electronically transmitted and/or electronically stored so as to facilitate the detection of the presence or the absence of the at least one underground facility within the dig area.
US08934677B2
An initialization technique that may, for example, be used in an adaptive reconstruction algorithm implemented by structure from motion (SFM) techniques. The initialization technique computes an initial reconstruction from a subset of frames in an image sequence. The initialization technique may be performed to determine and reconstruct a set of initial keyframes covering a portion of the image sequence according to the point trajectories. In the initialization technique, a set of temporally spaced keyframe candidates is determined and two initial keyframes are selected from the set of keyframe candidates. The two initial keyframes are reconstructed, and then one or more additional keyframes between the two initial keyframes are selected and reconstructed.
US08934665B2
A method and apparatus for tracking an object, and a method and apparatus for calculating object pose information are provided. The method of tracking the object obtains object feature point candidates by using a difference between pixel values of neighboring frames. A template matching process is performed in a predetermined region having the object feature point candidates as the center. Accordingly, it is possible to reduce a processing time needed for the template matching process. The method of tracking the object is robust in terms of sudden changes in lighting and partial occlusion. In addition, it is possible to track the object in real time. In addition, since the pose of the object, the pattern of the object, and the occlusion of the object are determined, detailed information on action patterns of the object can be obtained in real time.
US08934659B2
The invention relates to a moving part for an electro-dynamic transducer, including at least one mandrel supporting a winding of at least one coiled wire. The mandrel includes at least one first element rigidly connected inside at least one second element for guiding the moving part inside the transducer. The first element has a winding support for the coiled wire so that the coil is located inside the mandrel, as well as vibration transmitter, such as a diaphragm, the vibration being generated by the movement of the coil induced by the flow of current in the coil wire. The invention also relates to an electro-dynamic transducer including such a moving part.
US08934658B2
A coil includes a first section, a second section spaced from the first section, a third section and a forth section connecting ends of the first and second sections for forming a closed loop. The third section includes a first portion directly contacting to the first section, and a second portion extending from the first portion and directly connecting to the second section, the first portion forms a protrusion away from the fourth section.
US08934653B2
The present invention relates to a speaker housing having a rhomboid geometric shape. The rhomboid shape is a polyhedron with six faces, each of which is a parallelogram. The opposite sides of each parallelogram are substantially equal in length and their adjacent angles are substantially supplementary. The rhomboid shape of the speaker housing allows the listener to position the speakers in order to optimize the trajectory of the driver in a variety of listening situations, providing an accurate and optimized response for the listener. The rhomboid shape of the speaker housing and the utilization of point source, coaxial, dual concentric, triaxial, tri-concentric or other multi-concentric driver configurations and/or single driver loudspeaker driver technologies in the speaker can create a unique performance and functionality to this design.
US08934651B2
A sound image localization device is provided, by which a user can easily adapt out-of-head sound image localization to oneself. A filter is configured to perform, for an input signal(s), filtering using a filter coefficient output from a parametric HRTF generator and generate an output signal(s) for the headphone. A user adjuster is capable of invalidating a notch N2 of a parametric HRTF. When the notch N2 is invalidated, a parametric HRTF without the notch N2 is generated in the filter.
US08934649B1
A MEMS device includes substrate having a cavity. A dielectric layer is disposed on a second side of substrate at periphery of the cavity. A backplate structure is formed with the dielectric layer on a first side of the substrate and exposed by the cavity. The backplate structure includes at least a first backplate and a second backplate. The first backplate and the second backplate are electric disconnected and have venting holes to connect the cavity and the chamber. A diaphragm is disposed above the backplate structure by a distance, so as to form a chamber between the backplate structure and the diaphragm. A periphery of the diaphragm is embedded in the dielectric layer. The diaphragm serves as a common electrode. The first backplate and the second backplate respectively serve as a first electrode unit and a second electrode unit in conjugation with the diaphragm to form separate two capacitors.
US08934644B2
A channel divider that can suitably set a crossover frequency when a biwiring-connectable multiway speaker system including network circuits are used is provided. The channel divider includes a low-pass filter LPF and a high-pass filter HPF for dividing a band of a sound signal into a first output signal and a second output signal so as to output the signals, and a control circuit for controlling the filters. The channel divider has a sound output mode in which the control circuit sets a cutoff frequency fcL of LPF to a value higher than fc0 by about ⅙ to 1 Oct., sets a cutoff frequency fcH of HPF to a value lower than fc0 by about ⅙ to 1 Oct., and outputs the first output signal and the second output signal including frequency bands fcL to fcH when any crossover frequency fc0 for defining the band division is specified.
US08934642B2
A switch can be configured to receive a first signal at a first input and provide an output signal at an output, depending on a state of the switch. A switch state change can be delayed until an indication of a requested switch state different than a current switch state is received and the first signal reaches a threshold.
US08934641B2
Systems and methods for reconstructing decomposed audio signals are presented. In exemplary embodiments, a decomposed audio signal is received. The decomposed audio signal may include a plurality of frequency sub-band signals having successively shifted group delays as a function of frequency from a filter bank. The plurality of frequency sub-band signals may then be grouped into two or more groups. A delay function may be applied to at least one of the two or more groups. Subsequently, the groups may be combined to reconstruct the audio signal, which may be outputted accordingly.
US08934637B2
Provided is an electronic stethoscope pick-up head comprising an acousto-electrical transducer disposed in a chamber, the transducer being configured to generate an electrical signal representing acoustical vibrations, wherein the chamber further comprises a sound influencing bell defining a cavity to provide air communication between the transducer and a diaphragm attached to an outer end of the bell, wherein the diaphragm is acoustically decoupled from the transducer; and one or more ventilation air path as the only means to provide air communication between the cavity and outside of the chamber, wherein the air path is configured to restrict air flow through the air path.
US08934635B2
A method of optimizing stereo reception for an analog radio by applying the demodulated right sound signal (SD) and left sound signal (SG) as input to a decorrelation module having a variable decorrelation rate. The decorrelation rate of the decorrelation module is modified as a function of the reception quality coefficient “alpha” provided by the radio. The decorrelation module applies a higher decorrelation rate for a smaller reception quality coefficient “alpha” and applies a lower decorrelation rate for a larger reception quality coefficient “alpha. Also, a module for generating high-pitched sounds to recreate the high-frequency component (SHF) of the right or left sound signals which has been removed in the event of poor reception.
US08934630B2
A method, system and computer program product are disclosed for compressing encrypted data, wherein the data is encrypted by using a block encryption algorithm in a chained mode of operation, and the encrypted data is comprised of a set of N encrypted blocks, C1 . . . CN. In one embodiment, the method comprises leaving block CN uncompressed, and compressing all of the blocks C1 . . . CN in a defined sequence using a Slepian-Wolf code. In an embodiment, the data is encrypted using an encryption key K, and the compressing includes compressing all of the blocks C1 . . . CN without using the encryption key. In one embodiment, the compressing includes outputting the blocks C1 . . . CN as a set of compressed blocks CmprC1 . . . CmprCN-1, and the method further comprises decrypting CN to generate a reconstructed block {tilde over (X)}n, and decrypting and decompressing the set of compressed blocks using {tilde over (X)}n.
US08934625B2
A method for securing communication between members. The method includes a first member obtaining a secret. An n-bit generator executing on the first member generates a message digest using the first secret. The first member extracts algorithm selector bits and an encryption key from the message digest, and selects an encryption algorithm identified by the algorithm selector bits. The method further includes the first member encrypting a communication using the encryption algorithm and the encryption key to obtain an encrypted communication, and the first member sending, to a second member of the group, the first encrypted communication.
US08934621B2
An echo prevention circuit comprises an input terminal to which a first input signal is input; a first FIR filter into which the first input signal is input through the input terminal; a second FIR filter into which the first input signal is input at the same time as into the first FIR filter; an input/output terminal to which an output signal of the first FIR filter is output or a second input signal is input; a subtracter that subtracts an output signal of the second FIR filter from a combined signal of the output signal of the first FIR filter and the second input signal; and an output terminal to which an output signal of the subtracter is output. The first and the second FIR filters have such filter coefficients that the output signal through the output terminal has only the output signal from the first FIR filter removed.
