US09057287B2
A steam turbine exhaust hood includes an exhaust hood section, and a butterfly plate arranged in the exhaust hood section. The butterfly plate includes a complex curvilinear cross-sectional profile having a first section that extends between a first end portion and a middle portion, and a second section that extends between the middle portion and a second end portion. One of the first and second sections is formed from at least two curvilinear segments including at least one curvilinear segment having a positive curvature and at least one curvilinear segment having a negative curvature.
US09057277B2
Certain exemplary embodiments can provide a system, machine, device, manufacture, circuit, and/or composition of matter adapted for and/or resulting from, and/or a method for activities that can comprise and/or relate to, a first form comprising: a plurality of surface artifacts that substantially spatially replicate a surface geometry of a stacked foil mold; and a prong that is adapted to form a hole in a cast product.
US09057273B2
Systems, methods, and devices for propelling self-propelled movable objects are provided. In one aspect, a rotor assembly for a self-propelled movable object comprises: a hub comprising a first fastening feature; a drive shaft comprising a second fastening feature and directly coupled to the hub by a mating connection of the first and second fastening features, wherein the drive shaft is configured to cause rotation of the hub such that the mating connection of the first and second fastening features is tightened by the rotation; and a plurality of rotor blades coupled to the hub and configured to rotate therewith to generate a propulsive force.
US09057270B2
A compressor includes a shell, a bearing housing, a compression mechanism and a suction baffle. The shell defines a suction pressure region and a suction gas inlet. The bearing housing is fixed relative to the shell within the suction pressure region. The compression mechanism is located within the shell, supported on the bearing housing and in communication with the suction pressure region. The suction baffle is located within the suction pressure region and includes a main body located radially between the bearing housing and the suction gas inlet, a first tab extending from a first lateral end of the main body, and a second tab extending from the first lateral end of the main body and spaced axially from the first tab to define a first recess between the first and second tabs. The bearing housing defines a first leg extending within the recess.
US09057269B2
A scroll compressor that includes a housing and scroll compressor bodies disposed in the housing. The scroll bodies include a first scroll body and a second scroll body, where the first and second scroll bodies have respective bases and respective scroll ribs that project from the respective bases. The scroll ribs are configured to mutually engage, and the second scroll body is movable relative to the first scroll body for compressing fluid. A pilot ring engages a perimeter surface of the first scroll body to limit movement of the first scroll body in the radial direction. Further, the first scroll body has a radially-outward-projecting limit tab which abuts a portion of the pilot ring to limit movement of the first scroll body in one of the axial and rotational directions.
US09057266B2
A rotary engine and a hydraulic motor including non-rotary outer and inner casings; a power shaft with an eccentric part; a driving eccentric ring between the outer and inner casings and mounted on the eccentric part; a combustion or pressure chamber between the eccentric ring and the inner casing such that the eccentric ring drives the power shaft by substantially non-rotating eccentric movement; dividers for dividing the combustion chamber into at least two parts, the dividers extend through the inner casing and are in contact with an inner surface of the driving eccentric ring; and an eccentric device (or control) for driving the dividers back and forth with respect to the inner casing. The eccentricity of the eccentric device corresponds with the eccentricity of the eccentric part of the power shaft. The eccentric device has a guide groove which implements an eccentric path and to which the dividers are connected.
US09057265B2
The present technology is directed generally to rotary displacement systems and associated methods of use and manufacture. The systems can be used to compress and/or expand compressible fluids. In some embodiments, the rotary displacement systems include a chamber housing having a pressure-modifying chamber with a first port and a second port, a first passageway in fluid communication with the chamber via the first port, and a second passageway in fluid communication with the chamber via the second port. The systems can further include a shaft positioned within the chamber housing and rotatable relative to the chamber housing about a rotational axis, and a rotor comprising no more than two lobes. The rotor can be carried by and rotatable relative to the shaft, and can be alternately operable in a first mode in which flow is provided from the first passageway to the second passageway via the chamber and in a second mode in which flow is provided from the second passageway to the first passageway via the chamber.
US09057258B2
A system for producing controlled vibrations within a borehole comprises a vibration mechanism an impact to produce a plurality of vibration beats. The vibration mechanism is located substantially near a bottom hole assembly within the borehole. A damping mechanism selectively damps the vibration beats to encode information therein. The damping mechanism is located remotely from the vibration mechanism along a drill string of the bottom hole assembly.
US09057252B2
A method and system for producing fluid from a subsea wellbore. An amount of fluid is sampled from fluid being produced and retained for a period of time until constituents in the fluid stratify. A fluid characteristic is sensed at spaced apart vertical locations in the sampled fluid. A water fraction as well as gas content can be ascertained from sensing the sampled fluid. The fluid characteristic is used for calibrating a multi-phase flowmeter that measures flow of the fluid being produced from the wellbore.
US09057250B2
Methods and apparatuses for evaluating a fluid from a subterranean formation of a wellsite via a downhole tool positionable in a wellbore penetrating a subterranean formation are provided. The apparatus relates to a downhole tool having a probe with at least two intakes for receiving fluid from the subterranean formation. The downhole tool is configured according to a wellsite set up. The method involves positioning the downhole tool in the wellbore of the wellsite, drawing fluid into the downhole tool via the at least two intakes, monitoring at least one wellsite parameter via at least one sensor of the wellsite and automatically adjusting the wellsite setup based on the wellsite parameters.
US09057249B2
A method for producing hydrocarbons from and/or storing C02 in an organic-rich rock formation. One embodiment of the method includes the steps of injecting the C02 into an injection well in the organic-rich rock formation and producing the hydrocarbons from a production well when a drainage volume of the production well has an average reservoir pressure equal to or less than a predetermined pressure. The hydrocarbons substantially include natural gas and the injection well is in fluid communication with the production well. The embodiment also includes capping the production well and feeding the C02 into the injection well when the produced hydrocarbons include a C02 mole fraction greater than or equal to a predetermined mole fraction.
US09057242B2
A method of removing a downhole assembly comprises contacting, in the presence of an electrolyte, a first article comprising a first material and acting as an anode, and a second article comprising a second material having a lower reactivity than the first material and acting as a cathode, the downhole assembly comprising the first article in electrical contact with the second article, wherein at least a portion of the first article is corroded in the electrolyte.
US09057234B2
A casing running tool is provided having both axial and circumferentially tapered elements. In certain embodiments, the casing running tool comprises cam structures that are circumferentially tapered so as to allow an applied torque to engage and disengage the casing running tool with a casing or liner. In embodiments, the circumferential taper of the cam structures allows a mandrel or rollers disposed between the mandrel and cam structures to apply radial force to corresponding shoe structures which in turn engage or disengage the casing or liner. The cam structures may also exhibit an axial taper to allow for a self-energized fail-sage operation of the casing running tool.
US09057230B1
Herein disclosed is an apparatus comprising an expandable tubular; and at least one section of the expandable tubular having a larger outer diameter than the remainder of the expandable tubular, forming at least one complete centralizing ring or at least one partial centralizing ring. In an embodiment, at least one complete centralizing ring or at least one partial centralizing ring is configured to centralize the expandable tubular when the tubular is in use; and wherein at least one complete centralizing ring or at least one partial centralizing ring has the same diameter as the expandable tubular after the tubular is radially expanded. Also disclosed herein are method of using and method of making the apparatus.
US09057227B2
Pipe handling apparatus and methods intended to facilitate the transportation of pipe between a rig floor and a rack of pipe. The pipe handling apparatus comprise in general a loading mechanism, which transports pipe between the pipe handler and a rig, and a racking mechanism, which transport pipe between a rack and the loader. The racking mechanism is adapted to selectively transport pipe from and deliver it to various levels in a rack of pipe. The racker comprises a pair of elevators, each of which has a pipe rest which is moveable between a hold position, in which pipe may be received therein and is restricted from rolling out of the pipe rest, and a release position, in which release position pipe may roll out of the pipe rest.
US09057219B1
In one embodiment, a window covering comprises a panel having a lateral edge where the panel is movable between a raised position and a lowered position. A side track is secured to the panel such that as the panel is moved between the raised position and the lowered position the side track is extended along the lateral edge. The side track changes from a first geometry to a second geometry as the side track is extended.
US09057216B2
A device to be applied at least between a side wall of the internal space of a piece of furniture and an adjacent door thereof, in order to render it laterally retracting during the opening of the internal space, comprising a pivoting upright interposed along the side of the door that is to be rendered laterally retracting of a piece of furniture, and provided with longitudinal guides for the vertical sliding of one of the two ends of a pair of rockers, each rocker being able to oscillate on a respective pivot, which is integrally pivoted to the same shoulder of a compartment, and is formed by a pair of arms which converge and are mutually integral.
US09057204B2
Poles of this invention have an annular body with a wall structure comprising a number of fiber reinforced resin layers, which can be positioned to form an inside and/or outside portion of the wall structure. A portion of the layers are oriented longitudinally within the wall structure, and the wall structure also includes radially-oriented fiber reinforced resin layers. The pole includes one or more layers or a core of a composite material or polymer mortar disposed within one or more locations of the wall structure, e.g., as an intermediate layer and/or as part of the wall inside and/or outside portion. The pole can include an outside surface resistant to ultra violet radiation. Poles of this invention can be formed using a continuous process on a rotating mandrel, making use of differently positioned stations to form the different portions of the pole as the fabrication is moved axially along the mandrel.
US09057203B2
A swimming pool lane line support apparatus includes a first end portion, defining a first guide member, a second end portion, defining a second guide member, and a central portion including a smooth, curved surface. The first guide member, second guide member and curved surface define a lane line channel adapted to support and contain a swimming pool lane line. Furthermore, the swimming pool lane line support apparatus is adapted to securely fit in a peripheral gutter system of a swimming pool.
US09057199B2
A structural insulated building panel with a moisture barrier seal includes a structural insulated panel, a seal section, a first spline-receiving grove, and a second spline-receiving groove. The seal section is extended from a phenolic resin sheet of the structural insulated panel so that the seal section can be positioned in between multiple structural insulated panels in order to prevent moisture penetration. The seal section is adjacently positioned with the second spline-receiving groove of the initial structural insulated panel and extends into the first spline-receiving groove of the adjacent structural insulated panel during the installation of multiple structural insulated panels.
US09057196B2
A subfloor component includes a hardboard panel having first and second opposing faces and a plurality of intersecting grooves to define, in cross-section, a plurality of pedestals having walls that extend into the panel from the first face toward the second face. The subfloor component also includes a film of substantially moisture-impervious material attached to the first face of the panel and that conforms to the tops and walls of the pedestals and to the bottoms of the grooves.
US09057167B1
A pet dung collector includes a shovel, which consists of a handle, a shovel plate positioned at a front end thereof and a drop-in opening provided at the shovel plate whereas both sides thereof are provided with a respective hook, and a receipt component, which is pivotally connected at a bottom of the shovel plate and clipped beneath the drop-in opening as well as consists of a receiver for covering the drop-in opening when not in operation and receiving the dung therefrom. Thereby the hooks at both sides of the shovel plate are utilized to enable the shovel to extend over an edge of two surfaces with respect to each other of a collecting bag that by flipping the receipt component downward the dung can be automatically dislodged therefrom into the collecting bag.
US09057161B2
A road construction machine comprising height adjustment devices which adjust the position of the plane of the machine frame in accordance with control signals, where the leveling device measures the distance of the ground surface to the machine frame and controls the height adjustment devices so the machine frame is movable at an adjusted orthogonal distance to the surface; a transmitter is arranged at the machine frame in a rigid fashion, and a receiver is movable, parallel to and synchronously with the machine frame, or vice versa, where the transmitter emits a measuring beam representative of a reference plane, the measuring beam being detectable by the receiver and representing either a plane extending parallel to the machine frame or a plane extending parallel to the ground surface, where the current distance of the machine frame to the current reference location is measurable from the detected position of the reference plane.
US09057158B2
A method of making a wiper/towel product includes compactively dewatering a nascent web having cellulosic microfibers and an apparently random distribution of fibers. The dewatered web is applied to a transfer surface. The web is belt-creped from the transfer surface utilizing a creping belt. The belt-creping step occurs under pressure in a belt creping nip. The web is dried to form a dried web having a plurality of fiber-enriched hollow domed regions protruding from an upper side of the web. The hollow domed regions have a sidewall of a relatively high local basis weight formed along at least a leading edge thereof. The web also has connecting regions of a relatively lower local basis weight forming a network interconnecting the hollow domed regions, and transition areas provided with upwardly and inwardly inflected consolidated fibrous regions that transition from the connecting regions into the sidewalls of the hollow domed regions.
US09057156B2
The invention is directed to a method for increasing brightness of pulp, wherein the method includes: contacting a pulp slurry with chlorine dioxide in a final D (ClO2) bleaching stage; and adding a brightening additive to the final D bleaching stage after at least a portion of the chlorine dioxide has been consumed, in an amount sufficient to increase brightness of the pulp; wherein the brightening additive is an inorganic compound chosen from hypochlorous acid, one or more precursor compounds that form hypochlorous acid in said final D bleaching stage, or a mixture thereof.
US09057155B2
The invention relates to a method for reducing the negative effects of adhesive contaminants in the processing of waste paper, wherein an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising one component A and one component B for coagulation and detackification of stickies is added during the processing of waste paper, wherein component A is a homo- and/or copolymer of methyl methacrylate, acrylate and/or styrene and component B is a styrene copolymer having acrylic acid, maleimide and/or maleic acid hydride. The polymer dispersion can optionally comprise another component C, a cationic fixing agent that supports the coagulation of the stickies.
US09057150B2
A laundry washing appliance (100) includes a cabinet (105) accommodating a laundry washing tub and a dispensing arrangement for dispensing laundry washing treatment products to be used during laundry washing. The dispensing arrangement includes a drawer (125) slidable within a seat (227) provided in the cabinet (105). The drawer (125) defines at least one container (201a, 201b) for laundry washing treatment products. At least one suction pump (265a, 265b, 365a, 365b) is associated with the at least one container (201a, 201b) and is fluidly connected to the laundry washing tub for delivering thereto dosed amounts of the treatment products. Suction pipes (213a, 213b, 331) are connected between the at least one suction pump (265a, 265b, 365a, 365b) and the at least one container (201a, 201b). The at least one suction pump (265a, 265b, 365a, 365b) and the suction pipes (213a, 213b, 331) are arranged so as to enable the suction of the dosed amounts of treatment product from above a surface of the treatment product contained in the container (201a, 201b).
US09057146B2
A sheet of a material is disposed in a melt of the material. The sheet is formed using a cooling plate in one instance. An exciting coil and sensing coil are positioned downstream of the cooling plate. The exciting coil and sensing coil use eddy currents to determine a thickness of the solid sheet on top of the melt.
US09057142B2
The invention relates to a coating (7) made up of a metal layer (8), in which a lubricant (1) which can be released by wear is embedded. In order to provide a wear-resistant coating (7) which is simply structured and economical to produce, the invention provides for the lubricant (1) to consist of an at least singly branched organic compound (2). The present invention further relates to a self-lubricating component (11) with a coating (7) according to the invention applied at least in certain portions, to a method for producing a coating (7), and also to a coating electrolyte (10) comprising at least one type of metal ions and at least one lubricant (1) consisting of an at least singly branched organic compound (2).
US09057140B2
The present invention relates to a process for manufacturing an electrochromic article comprising the following successive steps: (a) the deposition of a layer of an electrochromic compound on the surface of a transparent or translucent electrically conductive substrate, said layer of electrochromic compound covering only one portion of the surface of said electrically conductive substrate and leaving free at least one other portion thereof, (b) the deposition of a redox agent which is a reducing agent or an oxidizing agent for the electrochromic compound, on the portion of the surface of the electrically conductive substrate not covered by the layer of electrochromic compound, (c) the contacting of the layer of electrochromic compound, deposited in step (a), and of the layer of redox agent, deposited in step (b), with a liquid electrolyte for a sufficient time to enable the reduction or the oxidation of the electrochromic compound by the redox agent, and (d) the removal of the electrolyte by rinsing and/or drying.
US09057139B2
The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing an electrode module for recovery of metal ions, an electrode module for recovery of metal ions, and an apparatus for recovery of metal ions including the same. The present invention provides a method for manufacturing an electrode module for recovery of metal ions, the method including the steps of: a) preparing a first electrode part and a second electrode part for electrically adsorbing or desorbing metal ions contained in a liquid; and b) interposing an insulating layer, through which the liquid passes, between the first electrode part and the second electrode part, an electrode module for recovery of metal ions manufactured by the method, and an apparatus for recovery of metal ions including the same. According to the present invention, it is possible to significantly reduce the time required for the adsorption and desorption of ions when specific valuable metal ions are recovered from an aqueous solution in which various valuable metal ions are dissolved.
US09057138B2
An energy supply system is provided with an electricity generating device for regeneratively generating electrical energy that can be fed into an electricity supply grid. The energy supply system includes an electricity generating device for regeneratively generating electrical energy which can be fed into an electricity supply grid, a hydrogen generating device for generating hydrogen using electrical energy from the regenerative electricity generating device, a methanation device for converting hydrogen generated by the hydrogen generating device and a supplied carbon oxide gas into a gas containing methane, and a gas providing device for providing a supplementary gas or a replacement gas in a variably specifiable supplementary/replacement gas quality suitable for feeding into a gas supply grid with the use of the gas containing methane from the methanation device and/or the hydrogen from the hydrogen generating device. A method of operating the system is also provided.
US09057137B2
A method for producing and recovering a carboxylic acid in an electrolysis cell. The electrolysis cell is a multi-compartment electrolysis cell. The multi-compartment electrolysis cell includes an anodic compartment, a cathodic compartment, and a solid alkali ion transporting membrane (such as a NaSICON membrane). An anolyte is added to the anodic compartment. The anolyte comprises an alkali salt of a carboxylic acid, a first solvent, and a second solvent. The alkali salt of the carboxylic acid is partitioned into the first solvent. The anolyte is then electrolyzed to produce a carboxylic acid, wherein the produced carboxylic acid is partitioned into the second solvent. The second solvent may then be separated from the first solvent and the produced carboxylic acid may be recovered from the second solvent. The first solvent may be water and the second solvent may be an organic solvent.
US09057132B2
Disclosed herein is a primer composition capable of forming a primer layer excellent in adhesion properties and film-forming properties on the surfaces of various materials that may be bonded with an epoxy-based adhesive. The primer composition includes: an epoxy resin containing at least a bisphenol A-type epoxy resin and a phenol novolac-type epoxy resin; a curing agent being dicyandiamide; a curing catalyst being imidazole; and an inorganic oxide filler containing fumed silica, at least a surface of which is hydrophobic and which has a primary particle diameter of 7 to 40 nm and a specific surface area of 50 to 380 m2/g, in an amount of 0.5 to 3 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the total amount of the epoxy resins, wherein the primer composition includes no solvent.
US09057128B2
Embodiments of the present invention generally provide a showerhead assembly made of multiple plates fastened together. The showerhead assembly includes a gas manifold defined by a top and middle plate and a diverter plate defined by the middle plate and a bottom, heat exchange plate. A first processing gas enters the gas manifold and is diverted by the diverter plate through the bottom plate. A second processing gas enters the gas manifold and is diverted by the diverter plate through the bottom plate such that the second and first processing gases do not mix prior to exiting the showerhead. In one embodiment, the first processing gas can be distributed through central and outer regions of the showerhead at different flow rates and/or pressures. In addition, the second processing gas can be distributed through the central and outer regions of the showerhead at different flow rates and/or pressures.
US09057124B2
The invention relates to a method for obtaining a surface of a titanium-based metal implant intended to be inserted into bone tissue, comprising: (a) projecting particles of aluminum oxide under pressure on the external area of the implant; (b) chemically treating the sandblasted external area of the implant with an acid composition comprising sulfuric acid and hydrofluoric acid; and (c) thermally treating the sandblasted external area of the implant by heating at a temperature of 200-450° C. for 15-120 min. The invention likewise defines a metal implant having said surface. The surface thus obtained has good micrometer-scale roughness with a suitable morphology, as well as a composition which is virtually free of impurities and a thickness which is approximately three times the thickness of conventional surfaces, which characteristics provide it with very good osseointegration properties.
US09057110B2
The present teachings relate to improved methods, kits, and reaction mixtures for amplifying nucleic acids. In some embodiments a novel direct buffer formulation is provided which allows for the direct amplification of the nucleic acids in a crude sample with minimal sample purification.
US09057109B2
The present invention provides methods for diagnosing melanoma and/or solar lentigo in a subject by analyzing nucleic acid molecules obtained from the subject. The present invention also provides methods for distinguishing melanoma from solar lentigo and/or dysplastic nevi and/or normal pigmented skin. The methods include analyzing expression or mutations in epidermal samples, of one or more skin markers. The methods can include the use of a microarray to analyze gene or protein profiles from a sample.
US09057108B2
A two-tiered classification system that can be integrated with the current algorithm used by pathologists for identification of the site of origin for ‘malignancy with unknown primary’ is presented. In use, morphology, immunohistochemical (IHC) studies, and microarray-based top tier gene expression classifiers first subclassify cytokeratin positive carcinomas into adenocarcinoma, squamous cell carcinoma, neuroendocrine carcinoma and urothelial carcinoma. Subsequently, organ-specific IHC-markers, if available, are used in conjunction with microarray-based second tier gene expression classifiers to assign the primary site of origin to the sample. This new hybrid approach combines IHC with a hierarchy of quantitative gene expression based classifiers into an algorithmic method that can assist pathologists to further refine and support their decision making process.
US09057106B2
The invention provides a method of determination of diagnosis and prognosis of B-cell chronic lymphocytic leukemia from a biological sample collected from the body of a patient, wherein the status of Wnt/PCP signaling pathway is determined. Within the framework of the present invention the relation of CLL and molecular signaling pathway Wnt/PCP the components of which are markedly up-regulated in B-lymphocytes of the patients suffering from CLL was identified. The status of the Wnt/PCP signaling pathway can be determined, e.g., by the determination of the expression of components of said signaling pathway or by the determination of migration of CLL cells in the gradient of a chemokine in the presence of the ligand of said signaling pathway. The invention also relates to suitable oligonucleotides for use in the method of determination of expression of the signaling pathway components.
US09057103B2
The disclosure relates to probes for detecting a polymorphism in the IL28B gene and in the ITPA gene, and methods of use thereof.
US09057094B1
A method of testing bacterial cells for antimicrobial susceptibility includes preparing a suspension of the bacterial cells in a non-nutrient medium, mixing with the suspension an antimicrobial, a carbohydrate usable by the bacterial cells, metallic nanoparticles, and a lectin, and incubating the mixture while monitoring a parameter of the nanoparticles responsive to use of the carbohydrate by the bacterial cells. More broadly stated, the invention includes a method of testing an agent for its effect on cell metabolism by preparing a suspension of cells in a non-nutrient medium, mixing the suspension with the agent, adding a carbohydrate usable by the cells, metallic nanoparticles, and a lectin with binding specificity for the added carbohydrate, and monitoring a nanoparticle parameter responsive to the cells.
US09057092B2
The present invention is directed to a method of identifying cancerous or precancerous cells suspended in a liquid carrier, such as, a biological fluid.
US09057090B2
A method to identify an agent for reducing an odor of a pyrazine derivative, comprising: adding a test substance and a pyrazine derivative represented by the following Formula (I): wherein R1 represents methyl, ethyl, or acetyl; and R2, R3, and R4 each independently represent hydrogen or methyl, to an olfactory receptor OR5K1 or a polypeptide having at least 80% identity to the amino acid sequence of the olfactory receptor OR5K1; measuring a response of the olfactory receptor to the pyrazine derivative; and identifying a test substance inhibiting the response of the olfactory receptor on the basis of the measured response.
US09057086B2
The present invention relates to compositions comprising: a polypeptide having cellulolytic enhancing activity and a bicyclic compound. The present invention also relates to methods of using the compositions.
US09057085B2
Methods for the improved acylation of chemical substrates using LovD acyltransferases, thioesters having acyl groups, and (i) thiol scavengers and/or (ii) precipitating agents are presented. An improved method for the production of simvastatin using (i) activated charcoal as a thiol scavenger and/or (ii) ammonium hydroxide as a precipitating agent is also presented.
US09057078B1
A novel sorghum variety designated PHAPOZQKE and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a plant that comprise crossing sorghum variety PHAPOZQKE with another plant. Methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHAPOZQKE through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the sorghum seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid sorghum seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the sorghum variety PHAPOZQKE or a locus conversion of PHAPOZQKE with another sorghum variety.
US09057076B2
Disclosed is a novel compound contained in blue rose. This novel compound, which is contained in blue rose, has a chemical structure represented by general formula (I): [wherein R1 is a group as set forth in claim 1; and R2 represents —OH, or R1 and R2 together form —O—]. Also disclosed are a rose plant containing the aforesaid compound, and a part of the same.
US09057072B2
This invention provides promoter sequences that are useful for modulating transcription of a desired polynucleotide and/or in the construction of recombinant genes for plant transformation to enable expression of foreign or endogenous coding sequences in plants. The promoters are functional in a both monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plant species and are active in a wide range of vegetative or generative plant organs. The invention also provides a polynucleotide construct comprising a promoter of the invention operably linked to a foreign or endogenous polynucleotide encoding a protein of interest or a transcript capable of modulating expression of a target gene. The invention is further concerned with transformed plant cells, as well as differentiated plants, plant parts, plant tissues or plant seeds containing the construct.
US09057063B2
The present invention is based, in part, on our discovery of a way to configure expression cassettes so that the expression of a selectable marker protein, which is critical for the growth or survival of a cell, also results in the expression of a protein of interest in a biological cell. Accordingly, in one aspect, the invention features a genetically modified cell (e.g., a bacterial cell) that includes a chromosomally integrated or cytoplasmic expression cassette that includes a first nucleic acid sequence encoding a protein of interest and a second nucleic acid sequence encoding a selectable marker protein. The regulatory sequence (e.g., the sequence encoding a functional promoter) that drives expression of the required selectable marker protein also drives expression of the protein of interest. For that reason, we may refer to their expression as being “linked” or “functionally couple.”
US09057059B2
The present invention relates to chimeric polypeptides comprising a first portion, which comprises a bacteriocin cell wall-binding domain (CBD) and a second portion, which comprises an enzymatic active domain (EAD) selected from the lytic domain of a bacteriophage lysin, a bacteriocin and a bacterial autolysin. Provided are such chimeric polypeptides and variants and fragments thereof, nucleic acids encoding the same, vectors carrying such nucleic acids and host cells transformed or transfected with such vectors. The chimeric polypeptides of the present invention are useful for the reduction of certain bacterial populations, including methods and compositions for the treatment of various bacterial infections. For example, chimeric polypeptides of the present invention have been shown to effectively kill various bacteria, including methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), as well as other human pathogens. Thus, provided are compositions comprising chimeric polypeptides according to the present invention, variants or fragments thereof, and the use of such compositions in prophylaxis or therapy of bacterial diseases, bacterial infections or bacterial colonizations.
US09057046B2
The invention features devices for capturing and culturing cells (e.g., microorganisms, cells containing microorganisms, or cells from eukaryotic cell cultures) and methods of using these devices. One device is a cassette containing growth media that may be employed in an automated rapid enumeration system. The cassette has, for example, been enhanced with features for controlling surface flatness, optical imaging, controlled dehydration of semi solid nutrient media, controlled air and particle exchange, and automated handling. Another device of the invention is a filtration funnel that may used to concentrate cells in a sample onto a membrane.
US09057041B2
A method of providing a fragrant odour to an application, comprising the addition thereto of at least one compound of the formula I wherein X and Y are independently selected from the group consisting of —CR1R2R3, —NR4R5 and —OR6, wherein R1 to R5 are selected from H and essentially hydrocarbon moieties that optionally comprise at least one oxygen, nitrogen or silicon atom, and R6 is selected from essentially hydrocarbon moieties that optionally comprise at least one oxygen, nitrogen or silicon atom; and, A is an essentially hydrocarbon moiety that optionally comprises at least one oxygen, sulphur, nitrogen or silicon atom, with the proviso that the compound A-CHO is a fragrant aldehyde. The use of these compounds in laundry, household and personal care products confers a long-lasting freshness.
US09057039B2
The present invention relates to a method of lubricating a tractor with a lubricating composition containing: an oil of lubricating viscosity and a sulphur-free phosphorus-containing salt of either (i) a hydroxy-substituted di-ester of phosphoric acid, or (ii) a phosphorylated hydroxy-substituted di- or tri-ester of phosphoric acid.
US09057037B2
A process for torrefaction of biomass is provided in which biomass are passed into a fluidized bed or a non-fluidized bed reactor and heated to a predetermined temperature in an oxidizing environment. The dried biomass is then fed to a cooler where the temperature of the product is reduced to approximately 100 degrees Fahrenheit.
US09057034B2
The present invention relates to the field of chemical engineering and technology, in particular relates to the sub-field of synthesis of high quality alternative liquid fuel for engines from non-petroleum based feedstock, more particularly relates to a method for adjusting, controlling and optimizing the synthetic process of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers by utilizing chemical thermodynamic principle. The process of the present invention is achieved by conditions wherein the initial temperature of reaction is controlled at 100-120° C., then the temperature is reduced to 50-70° C. by successive stepwise cooling or programmed cooling, the reaction pressure is controlled at 0.1-4.0 MPa, and the molar ratio of paraformaldehyde or trioxane, metered in formaldehyde units, to methylal in the feedstock is 1.5:1-8:1. In the process, higher overall yield of the target product can be achieved within the same reaction time, and selectivity of products with higher polymerization degree of methoxy groups can be increased.
US09057030B2
A system includes a gasifier, which includes a reaction chamber configured to convert a feedstock into a synthetic gas, a quench chamber configured to cool the synthetic gas, a quench ring configured to provide a water flow to the quench chamber, and a quench ring protection system configured to protect the quench ring from the synthetic gas or a molten slag. The quench ring protection system includes a protective barrier disposed within an inner circumferential surface of the quench ring. The protective barrier substantially overlaps the inner circumferential surface in an axial direction along an axis of the quench ring.
US09057015B2
The present invention relates to an aqueous preparation comprising a fluorescent dyestuff of a specific formula, water, and optionally a dispersing agent, and the use of the aqueous preparation for dyeing cellulose- or polyamide-containing materials.
US09057013B2
Methods of treating a subterranean formation including providing a treatment fluid comprising a brine base fluid and an anionic carboxylated polysaccharide, wherein the brine base fluid comprises a concentration of salt in the range of from about 30,000 ppm to saturation and a pH in the range of from about 4 to about 8, and wherein the anionic carboxylated polysaccharide is present in the range of from about 0.05% to about 2% by weight of the treatment fluid; and introducing the treatment fluid into the subterranean formation.
US09057012B2
Method comprising contacting a hydrocarbon-bearing formation with a composition comprising solvent and a fluoropolyether compound. The fluoropolyether compound: is represented by formula Rf—[C(0)-NR1—X′—(Z)m]n; or comprises at least one first divalent unit represented by formula (I) and, at least one of, a second divalent unit comprising a pendant Z group; or a monovalent unit comprising a thioether linkage and at least one terminal Z group. Each Rf is independently a fluoropolyether group. Rf is a monovalent or divalent fluoropolyether group, and each Z group is independently —P(O)(OY)2 or —O—P(O)(OY)2. Hydrocarbon-bearing formations treated according to this method are also disclosed.
US09057006B2
The invention relates to a photo-curing and strippable adhesion composition, and it has the advantage of good reworkability and weatherability. The invention also provides a strippable material and method for manufacturing the same and an electronic component and method for manufacturing the same.
US09056998B2
Novel crystalline compounds with at least two aromatic moieties for use in the phase change inks. The crystalline compound is derived from bio-renewable materials and can be used in phase change ink compositions to impart desirable ink properties. For example, the crystalline compounds provide phase change ink compositions suitable for ink jet printing, including robust printing on coated paper substrates.
US09056984B2
Provided are a curable composition and its use. The curable composition may provide a cured product having excellent processability, workability and adhesive property, and having no whitening and surface stickiness. The curable composition has excellent thermal resistance and crack resistance at high temperature, and excellent gas barrier ability, and thus allows a semiconductor device to stably maintain performance at high temperature for a long time when applied to the device.
US09056982B2
A thermoplastic composition comprising from about 50 to about 99 by weight percent of a nylon 6,6 resin, from about 1 to about 50 by weight percent of a polymer performance modifier and about from 0.01 to about 25 by weight percent of a silicone based additive, wherein the silicone based additive comprises an ultrahigh molecular weight siloxane polymer that is unfunctionalized and non-reactive with the polyamide resin, wherein the thermoplastic composition has an impact strength value which is greater than the combination of the polyamide resin and the polymer performance modifier or the combination of the polyamide resin and the silicone based additive and wherein the thermoplastic composition has an ultimate tensile strength that is at least 80% that of the combination of the polyamide resin and the polymer performance modifier.
US09056977B2
The present invention relates to polycarbonate compositions having improved processing stability, increased heat stability and a good natural color, and to their preparation and use, wherein the polycarbonate compositions contain an adsorber or absorber and an acid.The present invention relates further to a compounding process for the preparation of heat stabilized polycarbonate compositions containing constituents having a basic action, using acids applied to an adsorber or absorber.The present invention relates further to the use of Brönsted acids applied to an adsorber or absorber for the heat stabilization of polymer mixtures, containing basic impurities, containing at least one polymer prepared by polycondensation, during compounding and thermal shaping.
US09056976B2
The invention provides a thermoplastic polymer composition containing a hydrogenated block copolymer mixture (a), a polyvinyl acetal (b), and a thermoplastic elastomer (c), wherein the hydrogenated block copolymer mixture (a) contains a hydrogenated block copolymer (a1) containing hydrogenated polymer blocks (A1) containing aromatic vinyl units and hydrogenated polymer blocks (B1) containing conjugated diene units and a hydrogenated block copolymer (a2) containing hydrogenated polymer blocks (A2) containing aromatic vinyl units and hydrogenated polymer blocks (B2) containing conjugated diene units; (A1) content is 5 mass % or higher and lower than 40 mass % in (a1); (A2) content is 40 mass % to 70 mass % in (a2); the polyvinyl acetal (b) has been produced through acetalization of a polyvinyl alcohol; and the thermoplastic elastomer (c) contains hydrogenated polymer blocks (A3) containing aromatic vinyl units, hydrogenated polymer blocks (B3) containing conjugated diene units, and polymer blocks having a polar functional group (C).
US09056975B2
An elastomeric composition, and method of making the same, useful for forming thin films and sheets, comprising 55-60% hydrogenated SEEPS having a number average molecular weight of 90,000 to 100,000, 7-12% polystyrene, 15-30% oil, and 5 to 20% of an aliphatic hydrogenated hydrocarbon resin.
US09056963B2
This invention relates to alkoxylated Bisphenol A compositions containing low residual amounts of Bisphenol A. The present invention also relates to methods for making such alkoxylated compositions containing low residual amounts of Bisphenol A, as well as uses for such compositions. The alkoxylated compositions containing low residual amounts of Bisphenol A may be utilized in packaging applications (such as indirect and/or direct food contact packaging), printing inks, container linings, and the like.
US09056958B2
A fuser member includes a surface layer comprising a fluoroelastomer-perfluoropolyether composite formed from a reaction mixture comprising a fluoroelastomer and a perfluoropolyether compound. Methods of manufacturing the fuser member and printing systems comprising the fuser member are also disclosed.
US09056954B2
Disclosed herein are functionalized polymers comprising ethylene and substituted ethylene segments, which have been crosslinked using a multifunctional thiol to enhance their crosslinking ability. These functionalized polymers are useful as film forming resins in cathodic electrocoating compositions. Also disclosed herein are aqueous dispersion compositions comprising the functionalized polymers and a process for coating various electrically conductive substrates.
US09056953B2
The present relates to novel organopolysiloxane compositions intended to generate an elastomer foam (or silicone foam) with good mechanical properties and low density low density, i.e. less than 0.35 g/cm3 and preferably less than 0.25 g/cm3.
US09056943B2
The present invention relates to an epoxy resin composition for an optical semiconductor device, including the following ingredients (A) to (E): (A) an epoxy resin; (B) an acid anhydride curing agent; (C) a curing accelerator; (D) a specific silicone resin; and (E) a specific alcohol compound.
US09056940B2
The invention provides polyester polyol compositions and resin blends, useful as components of polyurethane and polyisocyanurate polymers, produced from cyclohexane oxidation reaction byproducts, such as water extracts and non-volatile distillation residues from the reaction. Such byproducts of industrial processes for preparation of adipic acid and caprolactam, important intermediates in the production of various types of nylon, have hitherto largely been used only as fuels. The present invention provides value-added products, methods for making, and methods for using the byproduct-derived polyester polyol compositions. For example, the invention provides polyurethane (PU) and/or polyisocyanurate (PIR) polymers made using the polyol compositions and polyfunctional isocyanates. The PU and PIR polymers can be used as adhesives, binders (e.g., for wood fibers), coatings (e.g., for controlled release fertilizers), and foams.
US09056938B2
A fluorine-containing cyclic olefin polymer composition of the present invention includes a fluorine-containing cyclic olefin polymer (A) containing a repeating structural unit represented by the general formula (1) and having a fluorine atom content rate of 40 to 75% by mass; a photocurable compound (B); and a photocuring initiator (C).
US09056933B2
A method of producing an acrylic polymer comprising a step of emulsion-polymerizing an acrylic monomer mixture (A) and a step of emulsion-polymerizing an acrylic monomer mixture (B) in the presence of a polymerization initiator and a polymerization inhibitor in amounts satisfying the following formula (1) in the polymer dispersion (D) obtained by the emulsion polymerization thereof, wherein the mass ratio (A)/(B) of the acrylic monomer mixture (A) to the acrylic monomer mixture (B) is 70/30 to 95/5; an acrylic polymer obtained by this production method; and a plastisol composition using the same. 0.1≦Q/I≦30 (1) in the formula (1), Q represents the molar amount of the polymerization inhibitor and I represents the molar amount of the polymerization initiator present in the polymer dispersion (D) before the introduction of the polymerization inhibitor.
US09056928B2
A process for preparing a copolymer of an acyclic conjugated diene and a cyclic conjugated diene using a polymerization catalyst system comprising a transition metal compound or a lanthanide metal compound, an alkylating agent, and an inorganic halide alcoholate, and rubber compositions and tires comprising the same. The copolymer contains at least 90% acyclic conjugated diene monomer, has a number average molecular weight of between 40,000 and 300,000, and has a cis-bond content of at least 92%.
US09056924B2
The invention described herein relates to novel genes and their encoded proteins, termed Mutants Associated with Resistance to STI-571 (e.g., T315I Bcr-Abl), and to diagnostic and therapeutic methods and compositions useful in the management of various cancers that express MARS. The invention further provides methods for identifying molecules that bind to and/or modulate the functional activity of MARS.
US09056908B2
Provided herein are compositions comprising monoclonal antibodies and antigen binding fragments thereof that bind TweakR and methods for their use in treating cancer.
US09056906B2
The present invention provides methods of treating, preventing, slowing the progression of, or ameliorating the symptoms of T cell mediated immunological diseases, particularly autoimmune diseases (e.g., autoimmune diabetes (i.e. type 1 diabetes or insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (IDDM)) and multiple sclerosis) through the use of anti-human CD3 antibodies. The antibodies of the invention of the invention are preferably used in low dose dosing regimens, chronic dosing regimens or regimens that involve redosing after a certain period of time. The methods of the invention provide for administration of antibodies that specifically bind the epsilon subunit within the human CD3 complex. Such antibodies modulate the T cell receptor/alloantigen interaction and, thus, regulate the T cell mediated cytotoxicity associated with autoimmune disorders. Additionally, the methods of the invention provide for use of anti-human CD3 antibodies modified such that they exhibit reduced or eliminated effector function and T cell activation as compared to non-modified anti-human CD3 antibodies.
US09056900B2
The present invention provides compositions and methods for treating a coronavirus infection. A method embodiment comprises administering a polypeptide (preferably in a biocompatible pharmaceutical carrier) to a subject suffering from a coronavirus infection. The polypeptide comprises or consists of at least a portion of the fusion initiation region (FIR) of a coronavirus fusion protein. In some embodiments, the polypeptide comprises or consists of a sequence selected from SEQ ID NO: 2, 22, 23, 24, and 25 or an 8 to 40 contiguous amino acid residue portion thereof.
US09056897B2
The present invention relates to a method for isolating acyclohexapeptide and to a novel crystalline form of caspofungin diacetate thus obtained.
US09056893B2
A system and method for the treatment of biomass comprising mixing a biomass with an ionic liquid (IL) to swell the biomass and electromagnetic (EM) heating, preferably radiofrequency (RF) heating, said biomass. Additionally, a method of acidolysis of biomass comprising mixing biomass in an ionic liquid (IL) to swell the biomass; adding an acid, to lower the pH of the biomass below pH 7; applying radio frequency (RF) heating to the biomass to heat to a target temperature range; applying ultrasonic heating, electromagnetic (EM) heating, convective heating, conductive heating, or combinations thereof, to the biomass to maintain the biomass at a target temperature range; washing the treated biomass; and recovering sugars and released lignin.
US09056880B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to hydrolysis-resistant silicone compounds. In particular, disclosed are sterically hindered hydrolysis-resistant silicone compounds and improved purity hydrolysis-resistant silicone compounds. Also disclosed are processes for making hydrolysis-resistant silicone compounds; the products of the disclosed processes; compositions and polymers comprising the disclosed compounds and products of the disclosed processes; and ophthalmic lenses, for example contact lenses, intraocular lenses, artificial cornea, and spectacle lenses, comprising the disclosed compositions, disclosed polymers, disclosed compounds, and products of the disclosed processes. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US09056872B2
The present disclosure relates to novel organic compounds, to the processes for preparing same and to the uses thereof, firstly in the electronics field, in particular in the fields referred to as plastic electronics and molecular electronics, and, secondly, in the coatings field, in particular in the fields of adhesion primers and intelligent coatings. The disclosure also relates to a material comprising a novel compound according to the invention.
US09056871B2
Provided are a novel adduct compound and a novel α-diketone compound, from which organic semiconductor layers consisting of a fused polycyclic aromatic compound can be formed by a solution method, said solution method being generally easier than a deposition method. Also provided are a method for the purification of the adduct compound, and a solution for the formation of organic semiconductor film, which contains the adduct compound. The adduct compound has a structure wherein a compound having a double bond is added in an eliminable state to a fused polycyclic aromatic compound of general formula (I): Ar1Ar2Ar3 (I), while the α-diketone compound has a structure wherein a compound having a double bond is added in an eliminable state to a fused polycyclic aromatic compound. The fused polycyclic aromatic compound is dinaphthothienothiophene or the like, while the compound having a double bond is hexachlorocyclopentadiene or the like. In general formula (I), Ar1, Ar2 and Ar3 are each as defined in the description.
US09056868B1
Embodiments of the invention relate to the synthesis of CL-20 using only a three step synthesis and because of increased catalyst activity and lifetimes, a continuous flow process can be used with a tremendous reduction in total cost of producing CL-20.
US09056867B2
A compound of Formula I and pharmaceutically acceptable salts and solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2, R3, Ra, A, B, D and E are all as defined herein. The compounds modulate the activity of CFTR and are useful in the treatment of inflammatory or obstructive airways diseases or mucosal hydration, including, for example cystic fibrosis. Pharmaceutical compositions that contain the compounds and processes for preparing the compounds are also described.
US09056858B2
Disclosed are CCR1 receptor antagonists of the formula (I) wherein Ar1, Ar2, R1, X and G are disclosed herein. Also disclosed are compositions, methods of making and using compounds of the formula (I).
US09056854B2
The present invention provides compounds of the formula (I), or the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein G, W, R2, R3, R4, R5 and R6 are as defined in the specification. Further objects of the invention are processes and intermediates for the preparation of the compounds of the formula (I), pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and methods for treating cell proliferative disorders. As a matter of fact, the compounds of the formula (I) are useful, in therapy, in the treatment of diseases associated with a disregulated protein kinase activity, like cancer.
US09056853B2
N-Thio-anthranilamid compounds of formula (I) wherein A is A1 wherein the variables and the indices are as defined per the description, processes for preparing the compounds I, pesticidal compositions comprising compounds I, use of compounds I for the control of insects, acarids or nematodes, and methods for treating, controlling, preventing or protecting animals against infestation or infection by parasites by use of compounds of formula I.
US09056850B2
The present invention is directed to a novel process for the preparation of compounds having inhibitory activity against sodium-dependent glucose transporter (SGLT) being present in the intestine or kidney.
US09056845B2
The present invention relates to stable and bioavailable immediate release formulations comprising dopamine receptor ligands. Methods of treating various disorders by administering the formulations are also described.
US09056842B2
Cosmetic compositions comprising substituted amino heterocyclic carbamoyl analogs and methods of using such compositions to impart anti-aging benefits to the skin are disclosed. The substituted amino heterocyclic carbamoyl analogs are believed to have modulatory activity against one or more biochemical pathways implicated in skin aging.
US09056837B2
The invention relates to chemical compounds, or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof of the formula (I): which penetrate the blood brain barrier, inhibit the formation and accumulation of beta-amyloid, and are useful in the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, particularly Alzheimer's disease. Further, the compounds of the present invention inhibit certain kinases, thereby being useful for the treatment of cancers of the central nervous system.
US09056831B2
A process for forming amorphous atorvastatin comprising the steps of dissolving atorvastatin in a non-hydroxylic solvent and removing the solvent by freeze-drying, as well as processes of dissolving atorvastatin in a hydroxylic solvent with a solubilizing agent or an alkalizing agent or an antioxidant and removing the solvent by freeze-drying to afford amorphous atorvastatin.
US09056829B2
This invention relates to a process for the alkoxycarbonylation of carboxylic acid functionalized alkenes or esters thereof, said process comprising: (a) reacting (i) a carboxylic acid functionalized alkene or ester thereof; (ii) a catalyst system comprising a source of Pd and a ligand, (iii) a source of anions derived from an acid with a pKa<3, (iv) carbon monoxide, and (v) a hydroxylgroup comprising compound, under conditions wherein an ester carbonylation product is produced, whereby the process is carried out in the initial presence of an ester carbonylation product. The presence of the ester carbonylation product results in stabilization of the catalyst system and prevents the formation of Pd black.
US09056827B2
The present invention uses a nitrogen-containing organic compound to be reacted with an alkyl sultone to obtain a zwitterion compound. The zwitterion compound is reacted with a heteropoly acid (HPA) to obtain an ionic liquid HPA (IL-HPA). The IL-HPA is used for acetylation of polyol and HOAc for obtaining polyol acetate. The IL used in the reaction can be recycled. Thus, problems of product separation, waste acid handling, and corrosion of facilities are solved and production through esterification is improved with a green catalysis.
US09056826B2
The present invention concerns a process for the preparation of a compound of formula (I) in the form of any one of its stereoisomers or mixtures thereof, and wherein R represents a C2-C10 group of formula CORa wherein Ra is an alkyl or alkenyl group optionally comprising one or two ether functional groups or is a phenyl or benzyl group optionally substituted by one to three alkyl, alkoxyl, carboxyl, acyl, amino or nitro groups or halogen atoms. The invention concerns also the use of compound (I) for the synthesis of β-santalol or of derivatives thereof.
US09056820B2
Provided is an alicyclic alcohol compound which can be used as a raw material for a compound perfume, and which has excellent floral-green-like aromas which are crisp and fresh; also provided are a manufacturing method for the same, and a perfume composition which contains the alicyclic alcohol compound. An alicyclic alcohol compound having a specified structure represented by chemical formula (1) has excellent floral-green-like aromas which are crisp and fresh; and a method for manufacturing the alicyclic alcohol compound represented by chemical formula (1) by reacting, in the presence of hydrogen fluoride, 1-isopropyl-4-methylcyclohexene and carbon monoxide, reacting the resulting 4-isopropyl-1-methylcyclohexane carboxylic acid fluoride with alcohol, and, after having acquired a cyclohexane carbonyl compound, reducing the cyclohexane carbonyl compound.
US09056817B2
The invention discloses a one pot process for the arylation of β-dicarbonyl compounds. Particularly, the present invention discloses transition-metal-free, chemo-selective, one pot process for the C-arylation of malonamide esters having Formula I at room temperature provide temperature range to obtain the arylated compounds of formula II with good yield, wherein the arylated compounds are selected from mono-arylated compound and di-arylated compound or mixture thereof.
US09056813B2
The present invention provides a process for preparation of fingolimod, a compound of Formula I or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, free of regioisomeric impurity compound of Formula IA.
US09056811B2
A method for increasing the yield of alcohols by a Guerbet reaction in a gas phase and reducing production cost is provided. A method for producing alcohols by a Guerbet reaction, wherein the reaction is performed in a gas phase and at a total pressure of less than 1 atm and preferably from 0.01 to 0.5 atm, using one or more raw material alcohols.
US09056810B2
The present invention disclosed a preparation method of parylene AF4, which provides a reactant and a reducing agent with the use of catalyst or exposure to UV light with photo-initiator, to shorten the reaction time as a result of minimized the byproduct(s) formation, and obtain high purity (>99.0%) of parylene AF4 product under high concentrated reaction mixture.
US09056807B2
The present invention relates to a process for the conversion of an alcohol mixture (A) comprising about 20 w % to 100% isobutanol to make essentially propylene, comprising: a) introducing in a reactor (A) a stream comprising the mixture (A), optionally water, optionally an inert component, b) contacting said stream with a catalyst (A1) at a temperature above 450° C. in said reactor (A) at conditions effective to dehydrate at least a part of the isobutanol and other alcohols, if any, and make a cracking, c) recovering from said reactor (A) an effluent comprising: ethylene, propylene, water, optionally unconverted alcohols of the mixture (A), various hydrocarbons, and the optional inert component of step a), d) fractionating said effluent of step c) to produce at least an ethylene stream, a propylene stream, a fraction consisting essentially of hydrocarbons having 4 carbon atoms or more, water and the optional inert component of step a), optionally recycling ethylene in whole or in part at the inlet of the reactor (A), optionally recycling the fraction consisting essentially of hydrocarbons having 4 carbon atoms or more at the inlet of the reactor (A).
US09056801B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a slurry composition which realizes excellent dispersibility through simple steps. In addition, the present invention provides a slurry composition produced using this method.The present invention provides a method for producing a slurry composition containing inorganic powder, a polyvinyl acetal resin, and an organic solvent, the method comprising the steps of: mixing inorganic powder, a polyvinyl acetal resin (A) and an organic solvent for inorganic dispersion to prepare an inorganic dispersion; mixing a polyvinyl acetal resin (B) and an organic solvent for resin solution to prepare a resin solution; and adding the resin solution to the inorganic dispersion, the polyvinyl acetal resin (A) having a polymerization degree of 200 to 600, the polyvinyl acetal resin (B) having a polymerization degree of 800 to 4000, and an amount of the polyvinyl acetal resin (A) used in preparation of the inorganic dispersion being 0.1 to 20 parts by weight relative to 100 parts by weight of the inorganic powder.
US09056793B2
The present invention relates to hydrophobic gypsum and to a process for making gypsum hydrophobic, in particular it relates to a powdered hydrophobing additive, a hydrophobic gypsum composition and method for preparing same using granules containing organosilicon compounds as hydrophobing additives. The invention provides a granulated additive for rendering gypsum material hydrophobic, comprising a particulate carrier on which is deposited an organosilicon component, a binder polymer and an emulsifier for the organosilicon component.Such a granulated hydrophobic additive is able to provide a high initial hydrophobicity to gypsum materials to which it is applied and that the obtained hydrophobicity can last during a long period of time.
US09056790B2
Provided herein are compositions and methods including hydraulic cement, supplementary cementitious material, and/or self-cementing material. Methods for making the compositions and using the compositions are provided.
US09056785B2
Synthetic quartz glass is prepared by subjecting a silicon-providing feedstock to flame hydrolysis in oxyhydrogen flame, depositing silica fine particles on a rotating quartz glass target while concurrently melting and vitrifying them, thereby forming a synthetic quartz glass ingot, shaping, annealing, and effecting dehydrogenation treatment at a temperature of at least 600° C. and a pressure of up to 5 Pa for a holding time of at least 12 hours. The synthetic quartz glass has a high helium gas permeability and is suited for forming nanoimprint molds.
US09056783B2
A method for monitoring the composition and flow rate of wastes discharged from industrial waste water treatment facilities into a common collection system for eventual processing at central waste water treatment plant (WWTP). The information is transmitted to a remote computer and stored in a database, and is then analyzed to prepare reports of particular interest to the receiving WWTP or treatment facility. The system includes a data collection and sending unit, a remote Internet Server computer with a database capable of receiving and storing the collected information, and a web server and reporting unit to analyze the data, prepare reports, and send out alarms. It is a further intention of this invention to correlate the incoming data from said industrial waste water treatment plants with known flows and compositions at said central WWTP to predict the flow and composition of influx water at the WWTP.
US09056771B2
A cost-effective solution for the disposal of heavy residue bottoms recovered from a slurry hydrocracking process that include solid heterogeneous catalyst particles is provided by their introduction into a membrane wall gasification reactor in the form of a flowable slurry to produce a synthesis gas and, optionally, subjecting the synthesis gas to a water-gas shift reaction to produce a more hydrogen-rich product stream. Process steam and electricity are produced by recovering the sensible heat values from the hot synthesis gas.
US09056770B2
Methods and systems for hydrogen generation from solid hydrogen storage compositions which generate hydrogen in an exothermic reaction wherein the heat released can be absorbed by solid endothermic compositions are disclosed. The solid hydrogen storage compositions comprise mixtures of chemical hydrides and water surrogate compounds. Fuel cartridges suitable for use with compositions which generate hydrogen upon the application of thermal initiation and methods for operating the fuel cartridges are also disclosed.
US09056768B2
A fuel cartridge and a hydrogen generator are provided for supplying hydrogen gas to a hydrogen gas device. The fuel cartridge includes a fuel composition disposed in a container and a multi-layer package material, such as a laminate, enclosing the fuel composition therein. The laminate includes a polymer layer distal the fuel composition and a conductor layer proximate the fuel composition and including a preformed portion. The hydrogen generator includes a punch thermally coupled to a heater assembly and is configured to move between a retracted state and a puncture state. When the fuel cartridge is disposed in the hydrogen generating apparatus, the punch is configured to puncture the polymer layer and bring the coined portion into contact with the fuel composition. Heat is applied to a hydrogen containing material in the fuel composition through the punch and preformed portion to release hydrogen gas.
US09056763B2
Stress buffer layers for integrated microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) are described. For example, a semiconductor package includes a substrate having first and second surfaces, the second surface having an array of external conductive contacts. A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) component is disposed above the first surface of the substrate. A buffer layer is disposed above the MEMS component, the buffer layer having a first Young's modulus. A mold compound is disposed above the buffer layer, the mold compound having a second Young's modulus higher than the first Young's modulus.
US09056759B2
The disclosure relates to a system for simultaneously dispensing liquids from multiple sources, wherein the liquids are released through a single spout and are mixed together during the dispensing process. The disclosure further discloses an adaptor that has a dispensing aperture, a body, and first and second members that actuate the spouts substantially simultaneously to allow fluid flow between the first and second liquid sources and the first and second tap spouts through the adaptor body and out the dispensing aperture, which may have a spout. The invention also relates to a method for simultaneous dispensing and mixing of liquids. The liquids may have substantially the same or substantially different viscosities and may be mixed in equal or different volumes. The invention has particular applicability to bag-in-box systems.
US09056758B2
A filling element for filling containers with a lumpy liquid filler includes a liquid valve that is arranged in a liquid channel in an interior of a filling element housing and that is formed by a first valve surface, cooperating with a first valve seat, on a valve body that is movable along a filling-element axis to open and close the liquid valve, and that comprises at least two dispensing openings on filler flow channels, the dispensing openings forming a filler outlet. The filler flow channels are in flow communication with the liquid channel and with each other when the liquid valve is open and are separated from each other and from the liquid channel when the liquid valve is closed. The element also includes a separate valve arrangement that separates the filler flow channels from each other in flow terms when the liquid valve is closed.
US09056747B2
An elevator installation includes an elevator cage with a support construction carrying the elevator cage, wherein the support construction has two beams. Mounted on each beam is a positioning arrangement on which, for example, a sensor is positioned, which is part of a load measuring device, wherein the positioning arrangements have material structures or sensor carriers. The sensors detect a change in spacing of the material structures or of the sensor carriers from one another, wherein this change in spacing is caused by a change in loading of the elevator cage. Signals of the sensors are processed in an evaluating unit and a signal representing the loading is used in an elevator control.
US09056743B2
A sheet process device includes a supporting member and a process device main body. The supporting member is attached to the lateral face at a side of an in-body sheet ejection space of an image forming apparatus. The process device main body is supported by the supporting member. The process device main body includes a relay conveyance unit and a post process unit. The relay conveyance unit is arranged slidable in a direction to the in-body sheet ejection space. The post process unit is arranged slidable in upward and downward directions with respect to the supporting member. The process device main body provides a sheet conveying path extending from a sheet ejection port of the image forming apparatus to the post process unit through the relay conveyance unit, when the post process unit is moved upwardly after the relay conveyance unit is moved into the in-body sheet ejection space.
US09056734B2
An apparatus for lowering and raising a pick arm is disclosed herein. An example of the apparatus includes a shuttle assembly having a first direction of movement and a second direction of movement, and a lift assembly rotatably coupled to the shuttle assembly. The apparatus additionally includes a cam coupled to the lift assembly to transform rotary motion of the lift assembly into substantially linear motion that allows the pick arm to lower as a result of movement of the shuttle assembly in the first direction and that raises the pick arm as a result of movement of the shuttle assembly in the second direction. Other components and attributes of the apparatus are also disclosed herein, as are additionally examples of the apparatus. A method of lowering and raising the pick arm is further disclosed herein.
US09056732B2
A sheet feed apparatus includes a lifting/lowering plate, a drive portion, a determination portion, and a remaining amount detecting portion. The lifting/lowering plate has a sheet mounting surface on which one or more sheets are placed, and is attached to the sheet feed apparatus in such a manner that the sheet mounting surface can be lifted and lowered. The lifting/lowering plate is made of a flexible material. The drive portion drives and lifts and lowers the lifting/lowering plate. The determination portion determines whether or not the lifting/lowering plate has a warpage. The remaining amount detecting portion detects a remaining amount detection value which indicates a remaining amount of sheets placed on the sheet mounting surface. The remaining amount correcting portion corrects the remaining amount detection value detected by the remaining amount detecting portion, based on a determination result of the determination portion.
US09056721B2
A recording apparatus includes a feeding roller and a power transmission mechanism for transmitting a driving force to the feeding roller. The power transmission mechanism includes a one-way compound gear mechanism that integrally includes a first one-way gear mechanism which is engaged with a first gear rotating forwardly or reversely by receiving the driving force from the driving source, rotates together with the first gear in a forward direction by receiving the driving force from the first gear at the time of the forward rotation and rotates idly with respect to the first gear at the time of the reverse rotation, and a second one-way gear mechanism which rotates idly with respect to the first gear at the time of the forward rotation and rotates with the first gear in a reverse direction by receiving the driving force from the first gear during the reverse rotation.
US09056718B2
A transfer device transfers an object stored on one of a plurality of shelf plates of a shelf. The transfer device includes two pillars vertically standing in front of the shelf, an upper rail attached to upper front surfaces of the two pillars so as to tie the two pillars together, a vertical rail provided in a plane including the two pillars and slidably connected to a side surface of the upper rail, a lower rail provided under the vertical rail, attached to lower portions of the two pillars, and connected to the vertical rail in a manner which allows the vertical rail to slide, and a holding unit slidably connected to a side surface of the vertical rail and arranged to detachably hold the object.
US09056717B2
A waste collection system including a well assembly positioned at least partially below a reference surface, the well assembly having a base and a well wall at least partially positioned on the base. The well assembly also includes a well liner defining a liner cavity therein, positioned in a well defined in part by the well wall. The system also includes a main receptacle body having a main barrel portion and a head portion, the main receptacle body being at least partially receivable in the liner cavity, and the main receptacle body being movable by a moving device between a received condition, in which the main barrel portion is at least partially received in the liner cavity, and a removed condition, in which the main barrel portion is located outside the liner cavity. The main receptacle body defines a cavity therein in which waste is receivable.
US09056711B2
A plastic sheet for a packaging container with which the activity of microorganisms which stays on a stored matter such as raw fishes and meats before packaging or adheres thereto after packaging is lowered, and the growth of the microorganisms is suppressed in the case of storing or transporting meat and fish bodies in a raw state.The plastic sheet for a packaging container comprises a three-layer structure plastic sheet layered using a polyethylene film as an inner layer containing an antioxidant and an antibacterial, a polyvinyl alcohol film as an intermediate layer having high gas barrier properties and a polypropylene film as an outer layer.
US09056705B2
A medicine dispensing device for accommodating large quantity of blister packages is described. The medicine dispensing device allows for a fast and proper dispensing of blister packages, even when dispensing fractions. The device includes a storage container having an outlet and an opening/closing door provided with a holding part, which moves to a holding position for holding the blister package being discharged from the outlet and a releasing position to release the blister package. The opening/closing door further includes a biasing part for biasing the holding part to the holding position and a reference surface for carrying out the positioning of the blister package when the holding part is moved to the releasing position. A gripping member is provided for gripping the blister package and transporting it toward a cutting member and for returning the remainder, after the blister package being cut, into the holding part of the opening/closing door.
US09056704B2
The invention relates to a method of packaging wine in a container essentially consisting of a plastics material glass closed by a lid, wherein a lid is sealed to the rim of the glass and, while sealing the lid, the container is deformed to reduce the volume of the head space.
US09056700B2
A dosage dispensing cap system is configured to release a fixed amount of medication from a container as a result of a single actuation by a user. A first cap element of the system may have a first aperture and be adapted to be attached to the container, which is configured to house a multiplicity of pills of a generally uniform size, or liquid medication of a particular volume. A second cap element may be flexible, have a flange member extending generally radially outward from a diaphragm member and be disposed between the first cap element and the container. The diaphragm member may have a mouth portion, a throat portion and a cavity generally disposed therebetween. The cavity may be generally large enough to contain a fixed number of pills or a dose volume of liquid. By way of a simple actuation, the mouth portion opens and the throat portion closes, thereby allowing the cap system to release a discrete number of pills or a dose volume of liquid medication.
US09056696B1
A portfolio with integrated computer and accessory pockets, having a case having a zipper assembly, and an exterior pocket assembly having a cooperative dimension and shape to receive an electronic device. The electronic device is a cell phone, computer, or calculator. The exterior pocket assembly comprises a rear wall, a front wall, and first and second sidewalls. The rear wall has an edge. The front wall and first and second sidewalls are shorter than the rear wall. A flap extends from the edge a predetermined distance to overlap the front wall. The rear wall is attached to a front exterior face of the case.
US09056695B2
The device (1) for the sealed connection to a receptacle (2) of an accessory (3), the active proximal part (9) of which is intended to be connected to the inside (4) of the receptacle (2) by an opening (7) in the receptacle (2), includes a first element (15), a second element (16) and a chamber (18), the first element (15) including a proximal end part (32) which is secured by sliding in the proximal direction, with insertion of a lateral sealing component (22), onto a matching part (19) of the receptacle (2), in the proximal direction, the transverse head (14) corresponding to the lower surface of the first element (15) and being provided with a lateral head sealing component (28) and the second element (16) being capable of being pre-assembled with the first element (15) by axial sliding in the proximal direction.
US09056679B1
An airborne deployment system and method for deploying an object designed. for a waterborne task. An unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) has an object such as an unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) releasably coupled thereto. The UAV is guided to a target site on a body of water in accordance with navigation. rules predicated on navigation capability of the UAV. The UUV Is released from the UAV at a location that is one of in the air and on the water in accordance with release rules predicated on the navigation capability of UAV.
US09056677B1
A system may include a tether connected to a ground station. The tether may include at least two bridle segments. The system may further include an aerial vehicle connected to the at least two bridle segments. The system may also include at least one sensor and a control system. The control system may be configured to: a) receive sensor data from the at least one sensor; and b) determine a tether roll angle based on the sensor data. The tether roll angle may represent an angle between the tether and an axis of the aerial vehicle. Optionally, the control system may also be configured to determine a curvature of a path of the aerial vehicle based on the tether roll angle. The control system may additionally be configured to control at least one control surface of the aerial vehicle based on the curvature of the path.
US09056675B2
According to one embodiment, a control assembly includes a post, a grip, and a hand rest. The post has a top, a bottom, and a body joining the top to the bottom. The grip is positioned at least partially above the post and is movable along at least one arc. The hand rest is coupled to the top and comprises an upper surface having a profile corresponding to the at least one arc.
US09056674B2
A rotor blade having a detachable fairing is disclosed. The rotor blade includes leading and trailing edge fairings secured to the blade spar and one or more control lines extending between of the fairings and the blade spar. A detachable fairing extends from one or both of the leading and trailing edge fairings toward one of the distal and proximal ends of the blade spar. The detachable fairing and blade spar form an airfoil contour. The detachable fairing may secure to a tip jet attachment fitting at a distal end of the blade spar. A mounting structure including upper and lower plates may secure near a proximal end of the blade spar and the detachable fairing may secure to both the upper and lower plates to form all or part of an airfoil contour. The mounting structure may include a spherical seat engaging a spherical surface of a hub shroud.
US09056673B2
The method of maintaining optimal braking and skid protection for a two-wheeled vehicle wheel with a wheel speed sensor failure involves providing pulsed braking pressure to the affected wheel with the wheel speed sensor failure. If an incipient or initial skid on another wheel with a functioning wheel speed sensor has occurred, the pulsed braking pressure to the affected wheel is limited to the brake pressure command that caused the last incipient or initial skid on the other wheel, scaled by a factor for safety. Otherwise the pulsed braking pressure to the affected wheel is limited to be no greater than the greatest commanded brake pressure to the other wheel. The pulsed braking pressure is also limited to be less than the brake pressure commanded to the affected wheel.
US09056670B1
A hybrid air intake system and method for air-breathing missiles and aircraft comprising providing to an airborne vehicle fuselage an air intake opening comprising at least a pair of side walls and at least an upper wall and a lower wall extending between the side walls, wherein the lower wall extends below a plane defined by the vehicle fuselage, and not employing a boundary layer diverter between the fuselage and the upper wall.
US09056669B2
The present disclosure endeavors to provide systems, methods and apparatus for ensuring aircraft compliance with governmental guidelines, such as, for example, Missile Technology Control Regime (MTCR) Category II compliance. A hardware-based system may be employed to reduce range and/or payload below predetermined ranges and a payload capacities. Also provided herein are hardware-based systems, methods, and apparatus for restricting a system's range to predetermined range and/or the payload to a predetermined limit using, for example, an Application-Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) installed in the flight control system.
US09056666B2
A multilayer laminate for use as a flame barrier in an aircraft comprising (i) a polymeric film layer capable of withstanding a temperature of at least 200 C for at least 10 min, (ii) an adhesive layer having an areal weight of from 2 to 40 gsm capable of activation at a temperature of from 75 to 200 degrees C., (iii) an inorganic refractory layer, and (iv) aramid paper comprising from 50 to 90 weight percent of aramid fibers and from 10 to 50 weight percent of meta-aramid binder wherein the inorganic refractory layer of (iii) comprises platelets in an amount of at least 85% by weight with a dry areal weight of 15 to 50 gsm and a residual moisture content of no greater than 10 percent by weight.
US09056650B2
A shock absorber, which is particularly applicable to bicycles, includes a secondary chamber whose volume selectively contributes to a volume associated with a primary chamber of the shock. A piston is supported by a compression rod and cooperates with a shock tube to define the primary chamber. The secondary chamber is fluidly isolated from the primary chamber by a valve arrangement positioned proximate the piston. A plunger extends along a longitudinal length of the shock and forms or interacts with the valve arrangement such that the secondary chamber is selectively fluidly connected to the primary chamber so the primary and secondary chambers of the shock assembly contribute to the performance of the shock for a selected portion of shock travel.
US09056649B2
A hydraulic brake actuator adapted to be mounted on a vehicle handlebar and hydraulically coupled to a brake mechanism. The brake actuator includes a brake base adapted to be secured to the handlebar, and a reservoir adapted to be coupled to the brake base and containing brake fluid, the reservoir having a bottom surface. The hydraulic brake actuator further includes a piston-cylinder assembly coupled to the reservoir, a brake lever movable relative to the brake base between a released position and an actuated position, and a locking pawl positioned to limit movement between the brake lever and the piston-cylinder assembly, the locking pawl being at least partially positioned directly below the bottom surface of the reservoir.
US09056645B2
A bicycle with a drive on a front wheel, which after the handlebar is turned relative to the front wheel frame, has reduced overall dimensions and can be easily adjusted to be ridden by two persons. The bicycle frame includes the front wheel frame and the rear wheel frame coupled together by a joint and a crossed line transmission, with a fixed seat and back-rest. The axis of the joint intersects the floor at a point spaced behind the point of contact of the front wheel with the floor. The handlebar is mounted rotationally in a swivel axle of the front wheel frame. The small wheel of the transmission is immovably fixed to the rear wheel frame in the axis of the joint, and the big wheel of the transmission is immovably joined through the swivel axle with the handlebar and rotates about the axis of the swivel axle.
US09056638B2
A tracked platform, comprising: a main frame having a bottom side and a top side; a plurality of driving wheels mounted on said main frame; a continuous track mounted on said driving wheels; wherein a distance between said continuous track and said bottom side is between 20% and 45% of said driving wheel diameter and said bottom side is essentially concave.
US09056628B2
In an exemplary embodiment of the invention, an energy absorbing device for a steering column assembly is provided. The device includes a first end configured to couple to a first component of the steering column assembly, a second end configured to couple to a second component of the steering column, and an intermediate portion extending between the first and second ends. The intermediate portion includes a curved portion having a radius, and an aperture extending through the intermediate portion. The aperture is configured to shift a collapse characteristic of the energy absorbing device and to facilitate maintaining the radius constant when a force moves the first end relative to the second end and deforms the energy absorbing device.
US09056624B2
A front wheel power system which may enable independent control of power to each wheel as well as yield direct control over average and differential front wheel speeds.
US09056621B1
A folding trolley includes a folding trolley frame and a storage pocket. Said trolley frame includes side brackets and a bottom support bracket; said side bracket comprises two cross connecting rods hinged at the central point; said bottom support bracket includes bottom support rods and a central hinged seat. the side bracket is a multi-stage connecting rod structure, including at least two pairs of corresponding hinged connecting rods; the ends of the connecting rods are hinged to form pocket support ends; said storage pocket is provide with downward openings; a pulling member corresponding to the location of said central hinged seat and used for folding the trolley body is provided at the interior bottom of said storage pocket. The trolley can realize convenient fold of the whole body, increase edge strength of the storage pocket, and ease using operation for different users, and has stable structure and larger loading capacity.
US09056604B2
A vehicle includes an engine, transmission, engine control module (ECM), and transmission control module (TCM). The transmission includes an input member and an input clutch which selectively connects a crankshaft of the engine to the input member. The TCM identifies a target clutch torque of the input clutch during a creep maneuver of the vehicle, and communicates the identified target clutch torque to the ECM. The ECM maintains engine idle speed at a threshold level through the creep maneuver and a requested launch using the target clutch torque as a feed-forward term. A method includes identifying a target clutch torque of the input clutch during a creep maneuver, and communicating the identified target clutch torque to the ECM. The idle speed is maintained at a threshold level by the ECM through the creep maneuver and a detected launch using the target clutch torque as a feed-forward idle speed control term.
US09056601B2
A controller controls a hydraulic control device to generate a target braking force corresponding to the stroke of a brake pedal by adjusting a controlled hydraulic braking force portion generated by the hydraulic control device on the basis of the relationship with a master hydraulic braking force portion generated from the brake hydraulic pressure in a master cylinder and a regenerative braking force portion generated by a regenerative brake device. The regenerative brake device maximizes the regenerative braking force portion before the stroke of the brake pedal reaches an idle stroke, and thereafter, the hydraulic control device 5 starts braking by the controlled hydraulic braking force portion. When the stroke of the brake pedal reaches the idle stroke, the master cylinder starts braking by the master hydraulic braking force portion.
US09056600B2
A motion control device for a vehicle having a braking means for applying a brake toque to a wheel of the vehicle and maintaining a traveling stability of the vehicle by controlling the braking means, the motion control for the vehicle, includes a steering angular velocity obtaining means for obtaining a steering angular velocity of the vehicle, a maximum steering angular velocity calculating means for calculating a maximum steering angular velocity on the basis of the steering angular velocity, a determining means for determining a reference turning state quantity on the basis of the maximum steering angular velocity, an actual turning state quantity obtaining means for obtaining an actual turning state quantity of the vehicle, and a control means for controlling the brake toque on the basis of the reference turning state quantity and the actual turning state quantity.
US09056594B2
A soldier platform system and a method for protecting soldiers are disposed in a vehicle. In an embodiment, a soldier platform system includes a seat assembly. The soldier platform system also includes a ratchet platform upon which an individual disposed in the seat assembly stands. The soldier support system also includes a single point release system. The single point release system includes a release assembly. In addition, the single point release system includes a first seat side strap and a second seat side strap. Moreover, the single point release system includes a first main support strap and a second main support strap. The single point release system further includes a first side restraint tether and a second side restraint tether.
US09056592B1
An opposing airbag contacts the primary inflating airbag to counter or modulate the thrust or force of the primary airbag, wherein the force of the primary airbag may be reduced dependent upon the size of the seated person of unusual size.
US09056589B2
A rear windshield with protection box for electronic components is described. The rear windshield has a car body connection fastened to a windshield, a protection box fastened on the car body connection, a protection box base body, a protection box cover, and a foam encapsulation of the car body connection. The foam encapsulation seals off and fixes the protection box base body at the car body connection.
US09056581B2
An on-vehicle light distribution control system (100) for controlling light distribution of headlights (3), includes a vehicle detecting unit (10) configured to detect a front vehicle (LV) travelling in front of a self-vehicle; a detection difficulty determining unit (12) configured to determine difficulty of the detection by the vehicle detecting unit (10); an operational condition changing unit (14) configured to change an operational condition of light distribution control according to a determination result of the detection difficulty determining unit (12); and a light distribution control state display unit (13) configured to display a present state of the light distribution control for which the operational condition is changed by the operational condition changing unit (14).
US09056579B2
A headlamp device includes a mounting stay extending from a vehicle body, a headlamp case mounted to the mounting stay in such a manner as to enclose the mounting stay, and a lamp unit mounted to the headlamp case.
US09056574B2
A boat trailer is equipped with a powered boat launch and retrieval system that negates the shallow entry of a launch ramp. The system uses a weldment frame, pivotally connected to the trailer frame. The weldment frame works in combination with a powered cylinder, gravity's effect on the weldment frame and the hull of the boat to automatically release the boat into the water or automatically retrieve the boat from the water.
US09056569B2
A passenger armrest assembly includes an armrest coupled to a support tube that is pivotally mounted to an armrest support bracket. The armrest support bracket is configured to be reversibly mounted to a mounting bracket that is installed on a motorcycle structure adjacent to a passenger seat. The armrest support bracket is easily removable when a motorcycle is not carrying a passenger, and is easily attachable to the mounting bracket when a passenger is to be carried on the motorcycle.
US09056567B2
A seat element and a backrest element are integrated in a baby carrier in the form of a bucket seat, such that the angle of inclination can be adjusted. A carrying handle is pivotally and lockably mounted on the lateral walls such that the handle substantially lies on the center of gravity axis of the baby carrier. The outer upper end of the seat element or the backrest element that has an adjustable angle of inclination is mounted on the corresponding end wall in a pivotal manner about a transverse axis. Laterally outward projecting bearing pins of the other inner lower end of the seat element or backrest element are guided in slots of a respective lifting device which is pivotally mounted on the lateral walls, by means of which the pivotally mounted element can be raised from a lowered seating position into a lying position.
US09056566B2
Provided is a vehicle seat reclining apparatus comprising: a first bracket, a second bracket, a pole, a cam, a locking urging member, a hinge pin, a fitting hole, a release lever, and a supporting urging member.
US09056549B2
A control interface system for a driver of a vehicle comprises a touchscreen, a control module, and a display. The touchscreen is located proximate to the driver of the vehicle and upon driver interaction therewith is operable to generate a sensor signal. The control module is adapted to receive the sensor signal from the touchscreen and is operable to initiate control of a vehicle function and to generate a haptic feedback signal in response thereto. The touchscreen is adapted to receive the haptic feedback signal from the control module and is operable to provide haptic feedback to the driver of the vehicle in response thereto. The display is embedded in an instrument panel of the vehicle and provides an indicia of the vehicle function controlled by the touchscreen and of driver interaction therewith.
US09056535B2
A hitch detecting system for a vehicle. The system includes a coupling assembly arranged to connect the vehicle to a hitchable apparatus. A sensor is operably coupled to the coupling assembly and monitors one or more parameters related to the coupling assembly. A controller is provided in communication with the sensor. The controller is operable to change, during operation of the vehicle, one or more functions of the vehicle in response to information detected by the sensor.
US09056534B1
A tire bead breaking assembly includes a base that may abut a support surface. A wheel tower is coupled to the base so the wheel tower may retain an off road vehicle wheel. A primary mount is coupled to the base. A jack is coupled to the primary mount so the jack is positionable between an extended position and a retracted position. An arm tower is coupled to the base so the arm tower extends upwardly from the base. A primary arm is coupled to the jack so the arm tower provides a fulcrum for the primary arm. A secondary arm is coupled to the primary arm so the secondary arm selectively engages an off road vehicle tire when the jack is positioned in the extended position.
US09056533B2
An elongate air tube is positioned within a tire sidewall cavity in contacting internal engagement with the tire sidewall to form an assembly. The air tube includes an internal elongate air passageway and wing projections projecting in opposite directions at an axially inward body portion. The wing projections seat within cavity pockets to retain the air tube within the cavity. The air tube body operatively compresses responsive to impinging stress forces from the tire sidewall against the air tube body, whereby the air tube body reconfiguring from an expanded unstressed configuration into a compressed configuration to constrict the air passageway. The air tube body decompresses into the expanded configuration upon reduction of the impinging stress forces against the air tube body.
US09056527B2
Provided are a rubber composition for a tire which can achieve good handling stability, good fuel economy, good elongation at break, and good steering response in a balanced manner while maintaining good extrusion processability; and a pneumatic tire produced using the rubber composition. The rubber composition includes: 100 parts by mass of a rubber component; 0.5 to 20 parts by mass of an alkylphenol resin; and 0.04 to 10 parts by mass of a methylene donor, wherein the alkylphenol resin is produced from formaldehyde and at least two compounds selected from the group consisting of a 2-alkylphenol, a 3-alkylphenol, and a 4-alkylphenol, and a total amount of the free 2-alkylphenol, 3-alkylphenol, and 4-alkylphenol in the alkylphenol resin is not more than 3% by mass.
US09056522B2
A tapered roller wheel bearing assembly may include: a hub provided with a hub flange for mounting a wheel formed radial outwardly at an end portion thereof and a hub raceway formed at a side portion close to the hub flange; an outer ring enclosing the hub and provided with an outer raceway corresponding to the hub raceway on an interior circumference thereof; and a tapered roller disposed between the hub raceway and the outer raceway and allowing a relative rotation of the hub and the outer ring, wherein a flange base is formed between the hub flange and the hub raceway and a first undercut for grinding the hub raceway is formed at the flange base, and wherein a second undercut for dispersing stress concentrated on the first undercut is further formed at the flange base.
US09056517B2
An interactive electronic greeting card with pop up feature includes a three-sided pocket or cavity which houses various electronic and mechanical components and a pop up element. In a first position, the pop up element is substantially contained within the greeting card pocket or cavity. When the push button is depressed, the pop up element is ejected or “pops up” out of the greeting card pocket or cavity, revealing a greeting or other printed indicia. The push button also initiates playback of a pre-loaded digital audio file, which may be a spoken message, a sound, a song, music or other such audio recording. Manually pushing the pop up element back into the cavity ends playback of the audio.
US09056512B1
There is provided a printing apparatus comprising: a printhead; a recovery mechanism for the printhead; a jetting failure detector; an operation history memory; a detection condition memory, the jetting failure detector; and a controller. The controller in configured to control the printing apparatus to: determine whether or not the operation history of the printhead conforms to the first condition value; determine whether or not the jetting failure is present, in a case that, the operation history conforms to the first condition value; cause the recovery mechanism to perform the recovery process, in a case that, the jetting failure is present; and cause the detection condition memory to store the second condition value smaller than the first condition value as a new first condition value, in a case that the jetting failure is present.
US09056511B2
The present invention provides a method for calibrating a spot color comprising: determining a target value for the spot color; and calibrating a printing device in an enumeration cycling manner, so that a spot color measurement value of a color block output by the printing device approximates the target value. The present invention further provides an apparatus for calibrating a spot color, comprising: a target module used for determining a target value for the spot color; a calibrating module used for calibrating a printing device in an enumeration cycling manner, so that a spot color measurement value of a color block output by the printing device approximates the target value. The present invention precisely calibrates the spot color of the printing device.
US09056506B2
A recording apparatus includes a carriage which includes a recording head performing recording on a medium and is movable in a first direction; a shaft-shaped guide shaft which guides the carriage in the first direction and extends in the first direction; and a lubricant guiding unit which guides a lubricant to a sliding contact portion between the carriage and the guide shaft, wherein the lubricant guiding unit includes a cylindrical member which is loosely fitted on outside the guide shaft and the cylindrical member is rotated when the carriage is moved.
US09056504B2
A device is provided for loading a roll, including: a housing including a chamber defining an open cavity; and a roll support. The roll is rotatably mounted in the cavity.
US09056502B2
An image recording apparatus includes a roller that is configured to rotate in a direction of conveyance of a recording medium in a state of contact with the recording medium, which is being conveyed, and that has a support shaft extending in a direction intersecting with the direction of conveyance, a fixation member fixing the roller movably in the direction intersecting with the direction of conveyance; a detector that is positioned between the roller and the fixation member and configured to detect a force received from the recording medium via the roller, a support member having an elastic member, and a roller movement unit that is connected to the support member and configured to move the roller in the direction intersecting with the direction of conveyance.
US09056485B2
A method of printing a high density image. An image is accessed, wherein the image has a plurality of pixels, and each pixel has an r,g,b value. For each pixel, each r,g,b value is separated into separate grayscale components and color components. A lookup table is applied to each grayscale and color component to generate an ink value for each of the print heads. The ink values are combined to produce a final ink output value for each pixel, and the final ink output values are employed for printing on medium using an ink-jet printer.
US09056484B2
A liquid ejecting apparatus includes a liquid ejecting head, an ink supply tube that supplies ink to the liquid ejecting head, a pressure control valve that opens as a result of depressurization on the liquid ejecting head side, a check valve provided upstream from the pressure control valve, an ink circulation tube that is connected at both ends to the ink supply tube between the pressure control valve and the check valve, and a tube pump provided in the ink circulation tube; in this configuration, by providing at least one of an ink return tube and a liquid reservoir portion that is capable of holding liquid in a liquid flow channel in a pressurized state, a rise in pressure within a circulating flow channel caused by pump operations can be suppressed.
US09056483B1
Disclosed herein are apparatus and method for transferring, focusing and purging powder for direct printing at low temperature. A filter is provided between an operation chamber housing in which a work target is disposed and a reservoir tank which contains powder to adjust the amount of particles transferred from the reservoir tank into the operation chamber housing. A pressure unit connected to the reservoir tank generates air pressure for applying powder to the work target. A purging unit connected to the reservoir tank generates pressure for returning powder that has remained in the operation chamber housing, the filter, etc. to the reservoir tank after work has been completed. The apparatus is configured such that a series of process of transferring powder to be applied to the surface of the work target and returning remnant powder to the reservoir tank can be rapidly and smoothly conducted.
US09056476B2
Provided is a liquid ejecting apparatus including a liquid ejecting head that ejects liquid through nozzle openings, and a wiper that sweeps a liquid ejection surface side of the liquid ejecting head, in which the liquid ejecting head includes a nozzle plate having the liquid ejection surface and a protection member that protrudes further on a liquid discharging side than the nozzle plate, and the wiper sweeps a surface of the protection member, which is an exterior surface of the protection member intended to be swept, toward the nozzle plate side, and then the wiper sweeps the liquid ejection surface so that the wiper moves away from the surface of the protection member and comes into contact with a portion between the nozzle openings on the nozzle plate and an end portion of the nozzle plate, which is located on an opposite side in a sweeping direction.
US09056468B2
A liquid discharge head includes a nozzle plate, a channel plate, a wall member, and a common liquid chamber. The nozzle plate includes nozzles, and the channel plate forms a plurality of individual channels communicating with the nozzles. The wall member forms at least one portion of a wall of the plurality of individual channels. The common liquid chamber, arranged at a side opposite the plurality of individual channels, supplies liquid to the individual channel. The wall member includes a deformable damper area, a reinforced area, and an area of reduced thickness. The damper area forms one portion of a wall of the common liquid chamber, and the reinforced area divides the damper area into plural areas. The area of reduced thickness, arranged in at least one portion of the reinforced area, has a thickness greater than the damper area and less than the reinforced area.
US09056467B2
A liquid ejecting head unit includes: a liquid ejecting head that ejects a liquid through nozzles by driving a pressure generation element to cause the pressure within a pressure chamber to fluctuate; a flow channel member in which is formed a flow channel that supplies the liquid to a head flow channel of the liquid ejecting head; a substrate, mounted to a side surface of the flow channel member, on which is mounted an electrical component for supplying power to the pressure generation element; and a temperature measurement device provided on the surface of the substrate that faces the flow channel member. Here, the flow channel member includes an opening that passes therethrough toward the flow channel; and the temperature of the liquid within the flow channel is measured by the temperature measurement device that is provided facing the opening.
US09056466B2
An electrical circuit substrate, a first holding member holding the electrical circuit substrate, a head configured to discharge liquid, a flow path member having a flow path in which flows the liquid supplied to the head, and a second holding member holding the head and the flow path member are provided. The first holding member and the second holding member are detachably attached with each other.
US09056451B2
A device for gripping and transporting at least one ink-attracting cylinder of a printing machine includes support elements that can enter into contact with pins of the cylinder in order to be able to raise the cylinder, Each support element includes at least two tong-like gripper arms with which a pin of the cylinder can be at least partially gripped.
US09056450B2
A method of mounting a flexographic printing plate with structured patterned backing tape includes attaching a first end of a structured patterned backing tape to a printing plate cylinder at a scribe line. The structured patterned backing tape is wrapped around the printing plate cylinder. A second end of the structured patterned backing tape is cut at the scribe line. A first end of a flexographic printing plate is attached to the printing plate cylinder at an offset seam location ahead of the scribe line. The flexographic printing plate is wrapped around the printing plate cylinder. A second end of the flexographic printing plate is cut at the offset seam location.
US09056445B2
In some embodiments, a multilayer sheet comprises: a first cap layer formed from a first cap composition comprising polycarbonate and potassium perfluorobutane sulfonate; a second cap layer formed from a second cap composition comprising polycarbonate and potassium perfluorobutane sulfonate; and a core layer formed from a core composition comprising polycarbonate and without potassium perfluorobutane sulfonate. The core layer is disposed between the first cap layer and the second cap layer.
US09056441B2
A method of forming an emblem assembly configured for attachment to a vehicle includes positioning a mask adjacent and in contact with a second element so that the mask covers only a selected portion of the second element and does not cover an exposed portion of the second element. The method includes vacuum metalizing a first coating onto only the exposed portion, wherein the first coating has a distal edge surface abutting the mask, and, after vacuum metalizing, removing the mask from the second element to uncover the selected portion. The method includes depositing a back coating onto only the first coating and the selected portion to thereby wrap the back coating around the distal edge surface, and, after depositing, inserting the second element into a first element configured for attachment to the vehicle so that the first coating does not contact the first element to form the assembly.
US09056439B2
Apparatuses for insulation and a method for insulating a pipeline are disclosed. An insulation layer may include a flexible polyurethane foam. The foam may be generated by polymerization in a pressurizable chamber at a pressure sufficient to prevent the foam from completely filling the chamber. The foam may be configured to carry moisture away from an object when disposed against the object.
US09056436B2
A tire mold constituted by arranging a pair of upper and lower side plates, a sector, a sector shoe holding the sector and an actuator, wherein a ring is provided on each outer diameter portion of the side plates, and when the mold is in fully closed state at room temperature, projection parts formed in the upper and lower sides of the sector shoe contact the outer diameter portion of the brim-like ring and when the mold has reached a vulcanization temperature in fully closed state, the inner diameter portion of the sector contacts the outer diameter portion of the side plate, and the projection parts formed in the upper and lower sides of the sector shoe are formed to contact the outer diameter portions of the ring.
US09056434B2
An apparatus with: an extrusion head with a tip and a die concentrically arranged therewithin and extrudes a tube between the tip and the die; a needle that feeds at least one optical fiber and filler to be filled around the optical fiber into the tube being extrusion-molded; and a cylindrical bundling member provided within the needle. The bundling member has a bundling hole smaller than an inner diameter of the tube at a center thereof and into which the optical fiber can pass through, and a flow pass penetrating along a feeding direction of the filler between the bundling hole and an inner circumferential surface of the needle. In a method using the apparatus, the optical fiber is passed through a bundling hole to be bundled at a center of the tube. The filler is passed through a flow path to be filled around the optical fiber.
US09056427B2
The present invention concerns a sonotrode for a device for continuously processing material webs by means of ultrasound. To provide a sonotrode and an ultrasonic processing device having a sonotrode which is simple to produce and ensures reliable transverse sealing seam production, wherein the energy consumption of the sonotrode is low and the sonotrode also has a high level of rotational truth accuracy and adequate stiffness, it is proposed according to the invention that the sonotrode comprises a substantially roller-shaped core and at least two bars, wherein the bars extend in the direction of the core axis and each have a sealing surface facing away from the roller-shaped core.
US09056426B2
A method for a thermal joining of two thermoplastic components includes arranging at least one reactive sheet entity in a mating zone between the two thermoplastic components. A multiply perforated metallic sheet entity configured as a bonding agent is disposed on each side of the at least one reactive sheet entity, at least in some regions of the mating zone. The at least one reactive sheet entity is activated so as thermally join the two thermoplastic components in the regions of the mating zone.
US09056423B2
A manufacturing method of an eco friendly foam package material includes a raw material mixing step for mixing raw materials uniformly and thoroughly to form a mixed raw material, a raw material hybrid-melting step for performing a hybrid-melting process to form a hybrid-melted material, a particle forming step for performing the particle forming process by putting the hybrid-melted material into a pelletizer to form plastic particles, and a foam extrusion step. In the foam extrusion step the plastic particles are melted to become a gelatinous state material, and foamed with non-chemical method. Since the properties of the biodegradable polymer are changed by the decomposition enzyme, and further to mix with bio-cellulose and the industrial starch, such that the eco friendly foam package material with compostability is obtained.
US09056419B2
A vacuum sizing tank configured to provide controlled fluid flow. A fluid control system and a vacuum sizing tank utilizing electronic controls to create and maintain controllable fluid flow within the tank. Flow meters may measure the flow in and out of the tank to maintain consistency. Temperature meters may measure the temperatures for each of the flows to maintain consistency. An electronic circuit may compare the values with preset values. Any difference between the values may trigger change by varying the voltage applied to a variable speed water pump.
US09056418B2
An injection apparatus includes a pressure accumulating portion connected to an operation chamber of an injection cylinder. A control unit controls the speed at which the injection cylinder moves and is connected to a rod of the injection cylinder. The control unit includes a rotary shaft that follows the movement of the rod and is capable of moving in the same direction as the rod, a conversion mechanism that converts the linear motion of the rod into the rotation of the rotary shaft, and a rotation member coupled to the rotary shaft. The control unit further includes a resistance generating member that generates a frictional resistance by coming into sliding contact with the rotation member, an actuating member that is moved by an electric drive source, and a movement mechanism that follows the movement of the actuating member and moves the resistance generating member relative to the rotation member.
US09056417B2
A sweep core die device for a throttle body, or other part, has a cover insert and an ej insert that engage leaving voids therein, a ram component entering the voids, and cores connected to the ram component by ball joints and other components for simultaneous movement in several axes within the voids. The cores are mirror image and connect to one end of a mount. The other end of the mount pivotally connects to the ej insert. A shaft pivotally connects to each mount and to a clamp outwardly from the inserts. The clamp moves relative to the two inserts, moves the shafts, and thus rotates the cores inwardly and outwardly through the voids. The cores have the internal shape of the passage through each horn of a finished throttle body or other part. The cores produce passages so fuel attains laminar flow within the part.
US09056410B2
A foam cushion pad formation assembly that includes a conveyance assembly having at least one moving conveyor component presenting a pad shape formation surface, which surface is convoluted and arranged to shape sealed enclosures of a pad chain received by the conveyance assembly. A separation device is provided to separate shaped pads of the pad chain received by said conveyor device. The shaped pads include convoluted surface that are formed by way of gripping projection and recesses combinations in the moving conveyor component. Embodiments include sensing for non separated pads from a downstream end of the bag chain, pad chain separation enhancement devices, and various control system including the requirement of confirmation of separation before feeding a new pad enclosure as in one containing liquid polyurethane precursor chemicals. An embodiment includes a pad chain path disruption sensor and a form feed control which implements the formation of pad enclosures free of filler material in a bridging region between the outlet end of the enclosure formation means and the conveyance assembly.
US09056408B2
An injection molding machine 1 that molds an LED illumination housing includes a fixing mold 2 that is formed in a U-shaped cross section, a moving mold 3 that is fitted to the fixing mold 2, a driving mechanism 6 that brings the moving mold 3 into contact with the fixing mold 2 and separates the moving mold 3 from the fixing mold 2, and a material supply mechanism 10 that injects resin of a molten state into a cavity 12 configured when the fixing mold 2 and the moving mold 3 are fitted to each other. Furthermore, a plurality of concave and convex portions 21 is provided on a bottom surface 20 of the fixing mold 2 so as to diffuse light transmitted through the LED illumination housing by forming a lens cut portion of a polyhedron shape on an outer surface of the LED illumination housing.
US09056396B1
Example systems and methods allow for capturing motions of a demonstration tool and using the captured motions to cause a robotic device to replicate motions of the demonstration tool with a robot tool. One example method includes receiving data from one or more cameras indicative of position of a demonstration tool. Based on the received data, the method may further include determining a motion path of the demonstration tool, where the motion path includes a sequence of positions of the demonstration tool. The method may also include determining a replication control path for a robotic device, where the replication control path includes one or more robot movements that cause the robotic device to move a robot tool through a motion path that corresponds to the motion path of the demonstration tool. The method may further include causing the robotic device to move the robot tool using the one or more robot movements within the replication control path.
US09056389B2
A line wrench includes a drive receiving portion, a holder movably connected to the drive receiving portion and a fastener engaging body. The fastener engaging body has a plurality of fastener engaging surfaces defined by a fastener receiving aperture having an axis and a side opening through which an elongate member can enter the fastener receiving aperture by a movement transverse to the fastener receiving aperture axis. The holder is arranged to receive the fastener engaging body, has a free end portion and is movable between a position in which the free end portion is spaced from the drive receiving portion to permit an elongate member to enter the side opening and a position in which the free end portion engages the drive receiving portion such that a drive force applied to the drive receiving portion is transmitted to the holder via the free end portion.
US09056388B2
A grinding lamella 1 for being arranged on a grinding wheel 19 which is rotatingly drivable around an axis of rotation, comprising an outer edge 2 which is at least partially convex, an inner edge 3 which is at least partially concave, a front edge 4 which connects together the outer edge 2 and the inner edge 3 on the front side of the grinding lamella 1, and a rear edge 5 which connects together the outer edge 2 and the inner edge 3 on a rear side of the grinding lamella 1, wherein the front edge 4 is longer than the rear edge 5 and wherein the outer edge 2 is longer than the inner edge 3.
US09056385B2
Teaching (contacting) operation is performed, and from the contact position (SX), the workpiece (2) is ground by a given “test grinding amount (A).” Subsequently, the diameter of the workpiece is measured. Based on the result of the measurement, the residual amount to be ground (residual grinding amount) to obtain the finished dimensions is calculated, and grinding by the “residual grinding amount (R)” is performed.
US09056383B2
A method of operating a polishing system includes polishing a substrate at a polishing station, the substrate held by a carrier head during polishing, transporting the substrate to an in-sequence optical metrology system positioned between the polishing station and another polishing station or a transfer station, measuring a plurality of spectra reflected from the substrate with a probe of the optical metrology system while moving the carrier head to cause the probe to traverse a path across the substrate and while the probe remains stationary, the path across the substrate comprising either a plurality of concentric circles or a plurality of substantially radially aligned arcuate segments, and adjusting a polishing endpoint or a polishing parameter of the polishing system based on one or more characterizing values generated based on at least some of the plurality of spectra.
US09056382B2
A polyurethane layer for forming a polishing pad for a semiconductor wafer is described, wherein the polyurethane layer comprises: a foamed polyurethane, wherein the polyurethane foam has a density of about 640 to about 960 kg/m3, and a plurality of cells having an average diameter of about 20 to about 200 micrometers; and particles of a hydrophobic polymer having a critical surface energy of less than 35 mN/m and having a median particle size of 3 to 100 micrometers. Polishing pads as well as methods for polishing are also described.
US09056380B2
A method of grinding a superabrasive workpiece includes placing a bonded abrasive article in contact with a superabrasive workpiece, wherein the bonded abrasive article comprises a body including abrasive grains contained within a bond material, and the superabrasive workpiece has an average Vickers hardness of at least about 1 GPa, and removing material from the superabrasive workpiece at an average specific grinding energy (SGE) of not greater than about 350 J/mm3, at an average material removal (MRR) rate of at least about 8 mm3/sec for a centerless grinding operation.
US09056376B2
A tool configured to install and torque multiple fasteners, such as nuts and/or bolts, positioned in confined and/or hard to reach areas. The tool includes a body portion, a plurality of fastener retainers, and a structure which permits both the remote tightening and torquing of such fasters. The tool also provides an actuator for the remote release of torque loads which may build up in the fastener retainers during such torquing of the fasteners. The actuator includes a lever arm pivotally connected to the body portion and a cam that is rotatable between a first position and a second position. A linkage is engaged by the cam and urges the lever arm to a torquing position upon the cam being in the first position and to a torque release position upon the cam being in the second position.
US09056374B2
A guide rail that includes a base rail having a channel therein and at least one finger extending from a portion of the channel. The guide rail further includes a race insert mounted against the at least one finger. In an embodiment of the invention, the race insert has a first and second raceway associated with the at least one finger extending from a portion of the channel. Further, the first and second raceways have different load transmission directions, wherein the load transmission directions of both the first and second raceways are oblique to the direction that the at least one finger extends from a portion of the channel.
US09056369B2
A method for joining, assembling, at least two parts comprising silicon carbide-based materials is provided. The parts are contacted with a non-reactive brazing composition, the assembly having the parts and the brazing composition is heated to a brazing temperature sufficient to melt the brazing composition, and the parts and the brazing composition are cooled so that, after solidification of the brazing composition, a moderately refractory joint is formed. The brazing composition is a binary alloy consisting, in atomic percentages, of 60% to 66% silicon and 34% to 40% nickel. Prior to contacting the parts with the brazing composition, a reinforcement is added. A composition comprising the brazing composition and a reinforcement is provided. A brazing paste, suspension comprising a powder of the brazing composition, a reinforcement, and an organic liquid cement, binder, or an organic viscous gel is provided. A joint and assembly obtained by the foregoing method is provided.
US09056358B2
A cutter assembly a back plate adapted to be mounted on a machine spindle. The back plate has a stepped portion on its outer circumference. The stepped portion of the back plate including a plurality of circular sectors and locating surfaces at predetermined locations on the outer circumference. A cutter ring is adapted to mount on an outer circumference of the stepped portion of the back plate, and a fastening member is adapted to connect the cutter ring with the back plate.
US09056352B2
A clipping die for clipping a component, the clipping die including a riser having a support surface with a cutting edge for clipping the component under the action of a punch. A referencing member is provided for engagement with a reference portion of the component. The referencing member is mounted on a resilient element. The resilient element is depressed under the action of a punch to move the referencing member into a position such that the component is fully supported by the support surface during the clipping process.
US09056346B2
An electrode assembly for electro-hydraulic forming tool in which the insulation sleeve is assembled over an electrode rod. The insulation sleeve has a deflection surface that is beveled or oriented at an angle relative to the axis of the electrode rod. The electrode assembly may include a replaceable conical receptacle that facilitates placement of an electrode tip an insulation sleeve tip. An electrode tip profile that is shaped to minimize erosion caused by discharge of the electro-hydraulic forming machine.
US09056343B2
A cold-rolling method for preventing fracture of high-silicon strip steel, characterized in that the high-silicon strip steel has a Si content ≧2.3 wt %, and at the beginning of cold-rolling, the temperature of inlet strip steel is above 45° C.; during the cold-rolling process, an emulsion liquid is sputtered to the strip steel, a flow rate of the emulsion liquid is 3500 L/min at the inlet in rolling direction, a flow rate of the emulsion liquid is 1500-4000 L/min at an outlet in the rolling direction, and the temperature of the strip steel is maintained above 45° C. under the precondition to guarantee technological lubrication. The cold-rolling method of the invention might prevent fracture of a head portion and a tail portion of the strip steel, raise the rate of finished products, and increase production efficiency.
US09056341B2
The invention relates to a method for producing seamless tubes from metal, particularly from steel, wherein a previously produced hot hollow block is stretched by means of a three-roll bar rolling mill on a mandrel to form a parent tube and, before running into the bar rolling mill, the hollow block is provided with a rolling step that makes the diameter more uniform by means of an upstream stand. It is in this case provided that the rolls of the upstream stand are moved apart and together to the same extent as the deforming stands of the bar rolling mill, wherein the calibrating base radius of the rolls of the upstream stand extends over 60° and this is followed by a flank radius with a tangential transition which is dimensioned such that even with the maximum setting of the rolls in the region of the flank there is virtually no diameter reduction of the largest hollow block diameter to be expected.
US09056336B2
Methods, apparatus, software and systems are disclosed for improved processing of mailpieces in order to reduce expensive manual steps. Shiny mail, i.e., mailpieces having glossy surfaces that sometimes interfere with printing of barcodes and or ID Tags may lead to rejects. In some embodiments, shiny mailpieces are identified, and at least one new (non-shiny) label is over-labeled in the POSTNET clear zone (108), the ID Tag zone (202), or both. In one embodiment, a specially-configured Reject Encoding Machine (REM) (1142) is employed to label or over-label a POSTNET clear zone (1110), resolve the destination address (1112) if possible, and print the barcode (1114) in a single operation. Thereafter, the mailpiece may be transferred from the REM into a downstream DBCS (1144), thereby re-introducing the mailpiece into the automated mail stream rather than being relegated to a manual stream.
US09056331B2
Disclosed herein are a thin layer having a composition gradient and a method for the production of the thin layer. According to the method, the thin layer is produced by subjecting a mixture of one or more organic materials and one or more inorganic materials to a sol-gel process. The composition gradient and the surface energy of the thin layer are controlled during production, leaving no interfacial failure defects.
US09056320B2
A centrifuge capable of suppressing a long-time depressurization as compared with the case of starting depressurizing after cooling has been completed as well as shortening a cooling time of a rotor and a sample in the rotor is achieved as compared with the case of starting cooling is at the same time with depressurization. Operation of a Peltier element is started at the same time with operation start of the centrifuge. A bowl is cooled by heat absorption of the Peltier element, and the rotor is cooled by the bowl with using ambient air as a thermal medium. At this time, a vacuum pump depressurizing a rotor chamber is in an OFF state (ambient conditions). After a predetermined time is elapsed, the vacuum pump is turned on to start depressurization of the inside of the rotor chamber.
US09056312B2
Provided is a substrate for carbon nanotube growth in which no metal particles as a catalyst aggregates and a method for manufacturing the substrate. A substrate for carbon nanotube growth 1 includes a base plate 2, a noble metal alloy catalyst 3 having an alloy of a noble metal and a transition metal, and a form-defining material layer 4 which allows the noble metal alloy catalyst 3 to be dispersed and arranged. A method for manufacturing a substrate for carbon nanotube growth 1 includes a step of sputtering a noble metal alloy on a base plate 2, a step of sputtering a form-defining material on the base plate 2, and a step of further sputtering the noble metal alloy on the form-defining material.
US09056311B2
A method for making a new crystalline molecular sieve designated SSZ-96 is disclosed using a 1-butyl-1-methyl-octahydroindolium cation as a structure directing agent.
US09056310B2
The present invention provides a process and catalyst for the conversion of phenol and its derivatives to cyclohexane and cyclohexanol. The process provides a direct single step for selective hydrogenation of phenol and its derivatives over Pt—Ce oxide catalyst. The process provides a phenol conversion of 50 to 100% and selectivity of hydrogenated product up to 98%.
US09056308B2
Disclosed are a molecular sieve catalyst and a preparation method thereof to produce light olefins from cracking naphtha catalytically in severe environments of high temperature and high moisture. In detail, the catalyst is prepared by spray-drying and calcining the mixed slurry, in which 0.01˜5.0 wt % of MnO2 and 1˜15 wt % of P2O5 are simultaneously imbedded in catalyst which consists of zeolite, clay and inorganic complex. According to the present invention, the method that manganese and phosphate are imbedded simultaneously in zeolite and inorganic complex is used to increases thermal-stability of obtained spherical catalyst, and increase olefin yield of cracking hydrocarbon such as naphtha by protecting acid-site of zeolite. To synthesize the required catalyst, the important procedures are mixing ratio and mixing sequence of Mn, P, zeolite, and inorganic complex.
US09056297B2
A process and apparatus for cracking a hydrocarbon feed containing resid, comprising: heating a hydrocarbon feedstock containing resid; passing said heated hydrocarbon feedstock to a vapor/liquid separator; flashing said heated hydrocarbon feedstock in said vapor/liquid separator to form a vapor phase and a liquid phase containing said resid; passing at least a portion of said resid-containing liquid phase from said vapor/liquid separator to a thermal conversion reactor operating at 649° C. or more, wherein the thermal conversion reactor contains coke particles; and converting at least a portion of said resid into olefins.
US09056288B2
A mixing apparatus for producing a mixture of flowable components is provided. Two inlet channels for the components to be mixed open into a first mixing channel having at least one mixing element disposed therein. A second mixing channel having at least one mixing element disposed therein is connected downstream of the first mixing channel. A third inlet channel opens directly or indirectly into the second mixing channel in order to admix a third component. In further embodiments, three or more mixing channels are present. In addition, a discharge comprising such a mixing apparatus and corresponding containers and a method for mixing at least three components are provided.
US09056284B2
A chlorine resistant polyamide is formed from the reaction product of an amine and an acid chloride monomer wherein both the amine and the acid chloride monomer are modified with electron-withdrawing groups that exhibit sufficient activity to (i) minimize any chlorination on both the amine and acid chloride and (ii) minimize N-chlorination. A membrane is made from the polyamide for use, for example, in a desalination unit.
US09056282B2
Technologies are generally described for a membrane that may incorporate a graphene layer perforated by a plurality of nanoscale pores. The membrane may also include a gas sorbent that may be configured to contact a surface of the graphene layer. The gas sorbent may be configured to direct at least one gas adsorbed at the gas sorbent into the nanoscale pores. The nanoscale pores may have a diameter that selectively facilitates passage of a first gas compared to a second gas to separate the first gas from a fluid mixture of the two gases. The gas sorbent may increase the surface concentration of the first gas at the graphene layer. Such membranes may exhibit improved properties compared to conventional graphene and polymeric membranes for gas separations, e.g., greater selectivity, greater gas permeation rates, or the like.
US09056274B2
A system includes a gas production source configured to produce a gas stream comprising nitrogen oxides (NOx) and a hydrocarbon injector disposed downstream of the gas production source and configured to inject a hydrocarbon into the gas stream. The hydrocarbon is configured to oxidize molecules of the NOx in the gas stream to produce a higher order compound of nitrogen and oxygen (NyOz). The system also includes a removal device disposed downstream of the hydrocarbon injector. The removal device is configured to remove the NyOz from the gas stream via absorption or reaction.
US09056271B2
The present invention provides a carbon dioxide absorbing solution capable of preventing production of an oxidization degradation product of alkanolamine, that is, BICINE. The carbon dioxide absorbing solution contains an alkanolamine and a sulfur amino acid represented by the formula (1) or (2).
US09056270B2
An air intake includes an air channel for an air stream passing through the air intake into the plant, and a particle filter assembly arranged in the air channel for removing particles from an air stream passing through the air channel, the particle filter assembly including a front and a back filter unit. The front filter unit is arranged before and in series with the back filter unit such that an air stream passing through the air channel passes through the front filter unit before passing through the back filter unit. The front filter unit is removable and replaceable by a fresh front filter unit while the back filter unit remains in the air channel and while an air stream is passing through the air channel during operation of the plant. The front filter unit has at least equal efficiency and dust holding capacity as the back filter unit.
US09056269B2
Disclosed is a hot detachable and replaceable water filter assembly, including a filter core cover and a filter cartridge; wherein the filter cover and the filter cartridge are fastened together. The filter cover includes an upper ceramic piece, a lower ceramic piece and a rotating shaft. The contact surface between the upper ceramic piece and lower ceramic piece is smooth. The upper ceramic piece includes a first through hole. The lower ceramic piece includes a corresponding second through hole. The lower ceramic piece includes a first groove. The rotating shaft includes a first projection to drive the lower ceramic piece to rotate. The filter cartridge includes a water division end cap which is cooperated with the rotating shaft.
US09056266B2
A system to separate solids from liquids is disclosed. In a particular embodiment, the system includes a series of alternating baffles disposed along a length of a tank, where the series of alternating baffles define a vertical tortuous flow path of the fluid from a first end of the tank to a second end of the tank to cause solids to settle out of the fluid. The alternating baffles each have a sloped planar surface disposed between a lower horizontal planar surface and an upper horizontal planar surface to cause at least one eddy in a vertical plane as the fluid flows through the tank. The system may also include a series of tanks in fluid communication with the at least one tank and secured side by side, where the solids progressively settle out from the fluid in stages as the fluid passes from one tank to another in series.
US09056255B2
A game controller, a game machine, and a game system including the game system. The game controller is a device for manipulating a game program, and at least a portion of a body portion of the game controller is deformable to have forms that are adapted to contents of a game. Accordingly, a physical sensation when a user plays a game may be improved.
US09056254B2
A gaming system comprising a time-of-flight 3D camera and related method for illuminating a camera field of view and capturing return image light are disclosed herein. In one example, the time-of-flight 3D camera includes a light source configured to emit source light along an optical axis, and a collimator configured to receive and collimate the source light to create collimated light. A refractive diffuser is operable to be tuned to the camera field of view and configured to receive and diffuse the collimated light to create refracted light having a varying intensity profile. The refractive diffuser is further configured to guide the refracted light to illuminate only a portion of the camera field of view to reduce wasted source light.
US09056251B2
A method and system for conducting multiple competitions of skill for a single performance are described herein. User generated competition groups and system generated competition groups allow users to participate in multiple competitions at once based on answering the same questions or making the same selections related to a single event. The users are informed of each competition either via email, text message or when logging into the network via a website. The users select which competition groups to join. After joining the desired groups, users then make their selections related to the event which are transmitted to the network where results are tabulated and transmitted back to the users. The results are separated based on each competition group, so that users can continually know where they stand in each separate competition. With multiple competition groups, users are able to have varying success from the same performance in multiple competitions.
US09056236B2
Sight alignment indicia on a sphere being indicia made on opposing sides of a sphere, the indicia positioned from about 0 degrees to 23 degrees north of the equator of the sphere, and visible at the same time to one standing over the ball. A sphere surface template marking device comprising a shell having an outer-surface and inner-surface generally defining a hemi-spherical portion of a sphere adapted for receiving a portion of the sphere so that the inner-surface substantially conforms thereto, the shell having an edge portion approximating the equator of the sphere, at least two grooves disposed there through, with the grooves positioned on opposing sides of said shell from about 0 degrees to 23 degrees north of the edge portions of the sphere, serving to receive and guide a marker imprinting indicia on said surface of said sphere.
US09056231B2
A golf club head according to one or more aspects of the present invention may include a strike face, a rear wall behind the strike face, and a perimeter-weighting element at least partially surrounding the rear wall. The club head may further include a preload spacer associated with the rear wall and a resilient component associated with the perimeter-weighting element. The preload spacer engages the resilient component to provide positive reinforcement of the coupling between the resilient component and the perimeter-weighting element.
US09056228B2
A golf ball is provided having a modified density gradient among the inner layers to produce a desired high or low moment of inertia and controlled spin rate is disclosed. The golf ball has three or more inner layers in addition to a cover, and the density of the inner layers is selected such that the layers inside the cover have a density progression from the core to the cover or from the cover to the core.
US09056225B2
Multi-piece golf balls containing a multi-layered core structure are provided. The core structure includes a small, heavy inner core (center) having a relatively high specific gravity, an intermediate core layer, and a surrounding outer core layer. The layers of the core structure may have different hardness gradients. The center of the core comprises a metal material such as copper, steel, brass, tungsten, titanium, aluminum, and alloys thereof. The intermediate core layer is preferably formed from a first thermoset composition such as polybutadiene rubber, and the outer core layer is preferably formed from a second thermoset composition. The resulting ball has high resiliency and good spin control.
US09056224B2
The invention relates to making a golf ball having an overall purely aesthetic color appearance of two or more visually distinct color regions by partially painting/coating a portion the golf ball outer surface one or more times with a colorant. The invention also relates to the resulting golf ball.
US09056222B2
An exercise device having a hemispherical handle, an internal support, and a foot support for performing a variety of push-up type exercises. The hemispherical handle is designed to provide optimum support and comfort to the user. The internal support is attached to the handle in a way that permits the handle to move relative to the foot support, for example, by moving up and down, rotating, tilting from side to side, or revolving about a central axis. The foot support provides support for the handle. Pads may be removably attached to the foot support to provide the desired surface. A mat may be provided upon which the exercises may be performed.
US09056219B2
A volumetric weight system with an elongated handle is provided as a fitness tool used in performing a plurality of exercise routines unique to the volumetric weight system. The present invention accomplishes this through the use of an elongated handle centrally attached to a spherically shaped volumetric weight. The elongated handle provides the present invention with a maniputable surface that enables the user to vary the intensity of their work out by repositioning their hands relative to the volumetric weight. The volumetric weight is centrally attached to elongated handle providing balance while performing a plurality of exercises. The volumetric weight system utilizes an interchangeable engagement for the purposes of switching between weighted components during a workout without complicated disassembly steps. Additionally, the present invention is provided with secondary weights that are attach to the volumetric weight in order to slight vary the resistance of an exercise routines.
US09056215B2
A half-pipe trampoline is comprised of a horizontal trampoline runway with inclined trampoline beds angled approximately 45-53 degrees relative to the surface of the horizontal trampoline runway. The inclined trampoline beds are positioned all along the length of the horizontal trampoline runway, thus creating a three-dimensional corridor or track of flexible trampoline surface for the participants.The inclined trampoline beds are connected directly to the horizontal trampoline runway, rather than to a rigid frame. To accomplish this, rigid frames are positioned around the periphery of the trampoline surfaces rather than underneath those surfaces, keeping them well away from the trampoline surfaces. Chains and springs are used to span the distance between frames and the horizontal trampoline runway. Additional chain is stretched from the horizontal trampoline runway to the floor to keep the inclined trampoline beds from pulling on the horizontal trampoline runway.
US09056210B2
A building evacuation system designed for the occupants of a building to escape pursuit or peril, such as fire, violence, natural catastrophe, or other emergency utilizing a deployed emergency exit incorporated into a building's exterior wall, such as a hinged latched window having an emergency exit deployment actuator mounted near the emergency exit that will simultaneously deploy an inflatable chute at the emergency exit, activate an internal audio and/or visual indicator to a central location that the emergency exit has been deployed, and initiate an automated text or voice message to the appropriate authorities, such as police and/or fire department, that the stated location's emergency exit has been deployed.
US09056209B2
Provided is a composition which maintains apigenin stably. The present invention provides the composition containing apigenin at 3 ppm or more and dibutylhydroxytoluene, wherein the mass ratio of the content of apigenin relative to the content of dibutylhydroxytoluene is 1 or greater, or the pH value is less than 7. Also provided is a method for preparing an apigenin-containing composition, the method including combining 3 ppm or more of apigenin with dibutylhydroxytoluene so that the mass ratio of the content of apigenin relative to the content of dibutylhydroxytoleune is 1 or greater, or including adjusting the ph of the composition to a value less than 7.
US09056197B2
Devices, systems and methods are provided for targeted treatment of a variety of conditions, particularly conditions that are associated with or influenced by the nervous system, such as pain. Targeted treatment of such conditions is provided with minimal deleterious side effects, such as undesired motor responses or undesired stimulation of unaffected body regions. This is achieved by directly neuromodulating a target anatomy associated with the condition while minimizing or excluding undesired neuromodulation of other anatomies.
US09056193B2
A device for treating the skin comprises a handpiece assembly having a distal end and a proximal end, a cartridge comprising an interior cavity and a tip on the distal end of the handpiece assembly. The handpiece assembly includes a fluid delivery conduit and a waste conduit. In addition, the cartridge is coupled to the handpiece assembly with the interior cavity of the cartridge being in fluid communication with the fluid delivery conduit. Further, the tip is configured to contact the skin. The tip comprises a peripheral lip, a first opening in fluid communication with the fluid delivery conduit, a second opening in fluid communication with the waste conduit and an abrasive element. The first opening, the second opening and the abrasive element of the tip are generally positioned within the peripheral lip.
US09056192B2
A safety catheter includes a flexible, multi-lumen shaft having an outer diameter, a distal tip, a proximal catheter end with a drain end and a proximal inflation end. The multi-lumen shaft defines a drain lumen, a distal hollow balloon portion, at least one inflation lumen, and a drainage port. A hollow stretch valve is coaxially disposed in the drainage lumen, has a fixed portion within the drainage lumen just proximal of an increased stretching portion, and prevents fluid from passing through the drainage port in a steady state. The stretch valve has a sliding portion slidably disposed within the drainage lumen such that, in a stretched state when the proximal catheter end is stretched, the sliding portion slides within the drainage lumen to permit fluid to pass through the balloon drainage port and/or inner wall of the catheter.
US09056185B2
A catheter-based/intravascular fluid injection system with application to renal denervation includes a multiplicity of needles which expand open around a central axis to engage the wall of a blood vessel, or the wall of the left atrium, allowing the injection of a cytotoxic and/or neurotoxic solution for ablating conducting tissue, or nerve fibers around the ostium of the pulmonary vein, or circumferentially in or just beyond the outer layer of the renal artery. The expandable delivery system includes expandable components that facilitate positioning of a multiplicity of injection needles against the inside wall of a blood vessel from where they can be advanced. The system also includes means to limit and/or adjust the depth of penetration of the ablative fluid into the tissue of the wall of the targeted blood vessel.
US09056184B2
Various agents are described to denerve, modulate, or otherwise affect the renal nerves and other neural tissue. Also, various delivery devices are described to deliver an agent locally to the renal nerves. The delivery devices are positioned in the renal artery and penetrate into the wall of the renal artery to deliver the agent to the renal nerves. The delivery devices may be used to deliver the agent according to longitudinal position, radial position, and depth of the renal nerves relative to the renal artery. In addition, various methods are described to denervate, modulate, or otherwise affect the renal nerves and other neural tissue.
US09056176B2
1-Phenyl-2-pyridinyl alkyl alcohol compounds are effective as inhibitors of the phosphodiesterase 4 (PDE4) enzyme and may be used to prevent and/or treat certain diseases or conditions.
US09056174B2
A medicament-containing dispenser, such as an inhaler, comprises an outlet for dispensing medicament, e.g. a mouthpiece or a nasal adaptor. The dispenser also comprises a display for presenting indicia to a user. The dispenser further comprises an outlet cover movable between a first position in which it covers the outlet and a second position in which the outlet is uncovered, wherein, when the outlet cover is in the first position, indicia is visible in the display, and wherein, when the outlet cover is in the second position, indicia is out of sight to the user.
US09056173B2
The present invention provides a dry-powder inhaler device comprising: a casing; an air inlet located at a first terminus of the casing; a powder delivery port located at a second terminus of the casing, which is positioned distal to the air inlet; and an elongated assembly located within an interior of the casing. A first terminus is located proximally to the air inlet, a second terminus is located proximally to the powder delivery port, and the assembly is fitted within the casing such that said assembly partially rotates therein about a single axis. The assembly has at least one compartment containing dry-powder, which is located proximally to the second terminus. The compartment with a dry-powder comprises a porous structure encasing the dry-powder; whereby airflow through the device causes the assembly to partially rotate within the casing about a single axis and release the dry-powder in the airflow.
US09056171B2
An arteriovenous shunt includes a self-expanding stent graft having a self-expanding anchor stent mounted eccentrically and externally about at least one end segment of the stent graft. A fluid passageway extends between open first and second ends of the shunt. The anchor stent has an expanded diameter greater than an expanded diameter of the stent graft. The expanded diameter of the stent graft is smaller than the artery or vein into which it is deployed. Methods of deploying the arteriovenous shunt are also disclosed.
US09056167B2
An apparatus and a system for controlling and/or managing administration of a drug to a body of a patient. The apparatus includes a drug infusion device configured to deliver drug at a predetermined location in the body of the patient, at least one sensor disposed in the drug infusion device and configured to measure a. corresponding property related to the patient and selected from the group consisting of physiological properties, biochemical properties, environmental properties and drug-related properties, a controller disposed in the drug infusion device and configured to receive from the at least one sensor data representative of the measured corresponding property and based on the received data, determine a drug delivery rate. The drug delivery device is configured to deliver the drug to the body of the patient based on the determined drug delivery rate.
US09056162B2
An insertion device, generally used with an infusion set, including a needle being adapted for puncturing at one end and including at the opposite end a hub. The hub includes a handle part and a guard part that are capable of securing the needle through the use of locks. Locking structures are used to secure the insertion device in a position where the needle is covered in a locked position, avoiding unintended contact with the needle.
US09056160B2
A peristaltic pump includes a plurality of effecters, actuated in a periodic manner upon by obstructive forces of a flexible infusion tube so as flow of infusion fluid is provided along said infusion tube, the magnitude of the obstructive forces being dependent upon the displacement of said moving effecters; and a plurality of balancing magnets providing balancing forces upon one or all the moving effecters, the balancing forces at each point along the path of motion of the moving effecters being of approximately equal magnitude to that of the obstructive forces at the point; such that the parasitic output due to work performed against the obstructive forces is approximately zero and yield is maximized.
US09056157B2
An intraluminal stent, an intraluminal stent delivery system, and a method of treating a vascular condition. The stent includes a framework composed of a biodegradable material. At least one strut is composed of a non-biodegradable material. The framework is operably attached to the at least one strut. The delivery system includes a catheter and a stent disposed on a portion of the catheter. The stent includes a framework composed of a biodegradable material. The stent further includes at least one strut composed of a non-biodegradable material. The framework is operably attached to the at least one strut. The method includes positioning an intraluminal stent via a catheter within a vessel. The stent includes at least one strut that is composed of a non-biodegradable material and is operably attached to a framework. The framework expands during deployment of the intraluminal stent. The framework is allowed to biodegrade within the vessel.
US09056155B1
Provided herein is a coating an elastic primer layer and the method of making and using the same.
US09056152B2
A medical device having a polymer-free outer surface layer comprising a crystalline drug selected from the group consisting of everolimus, tacrolimus, sirolimus, zotarolimus, biolimus, and rapamycin. The device may be produced by a method comprising the steps of providing a medical device; applying a solution of the drug to said portion of the outer surface to form a coating of amorphous drug; and vapor annealing the drug with a solvent vapor to form crystalline drug; wherein a seed layer of a crystalline form of said drug having a maximum particle size of about 10 μm or less is applied to at least said portion of the outer surface of the device before or after applying the drug solution, but before vapor annealing the amorphous coating.
US09056132B2
The present invention relates to the E2EPF UCP-VHL interaction and the uses thereof, more precisely a method for increasing or reducing VHL activity or level by regulating UCP activity or level to inhibit cancer cell proliferation or metastasis or to increase angiogenesis. The inhibition of UCP activity is accomplished by any UCP activity inhibitor selected from a group consisting of a small interfering RNA (RNAi), an antisense oligonucleotide, and a polynucleotide complementarily binding to mRNA of UCP, a peptide, a peptide mimetics and an antibody, and a low molecular compound. In the meantime, the increase of angiogenesis is accomplished by the following mechanism; UCP over-expression is induced by a gene carrier and thus endogenous VHL is reduced, leading to the stabilization of HIF-1α which enhances VEGF activation based on the HIF-1α stabilization. The method for regulating UCP activity or level results in the increase or decrease of VHL activity or level, so that it can be applied to the development of an anticancer agent and an angiogenesis inducer.
US09056130B2
Genetically modified non-human animals and methods and compositions for making and using them are provided, wherein the genetic modification comprises a deletion of the endogenous low affinity FcγR locus, and wherein the mouse is capable of expressing a functional FcRγ-chain. Genetically modified mice are described, including mice that express low affinity human FcγR genes from the endogenous FcγR locus, and wherein the mice comprise a functional FcRγ-chain. Genetically modified mice that express up to five low affinity human FcγR genes on accessory cells of the host immune system are provided.
US09056121B1
Disclosed is a method for the amelioration of osteophyte formation including administering to a subject a therapeutically effective amount of an exogenous hyaluronan formulation.
US09056115B2
Method of using an androgen, such as dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) or testosterone, to improve human folliculogenesis. The method includes measuring a baseline follicle stimulating hormone (FSH) level of the human female, and when the baseline FSH level is below about 40.0 mIU/ml, administering about 75 milligrams of the androgen per day to the female for at least four months to treat ovarian follicles in at least one ovary of the female to improve human folliculogenesis during the at least four months. The present invention further is directed to a method of restoring the ovarian environment of an older human female to that of a younger human female. The method includes administering about 75 milligrams of an androgen per day to the female for at least four months.
US09056112B2
The present application provides a process for preparation of Linagliptin reacting (R)-piperidine-3-amine of Formula II or an acid addition salt thereof with 1-[(4-methyl-quinazolin-2-yl)methyl]-3-methyl-7-(2-butyn-1-yl)-8-bromoxanthine of Formula III in the presence of a suitable base in an inert organic solvent.
US09056105B2
Described herein are compounds, compositions, and methods useful for treating bone diseases or defects. Also described herein are compounds, compositions and methods for treating bone diseases or defects by inhibiting phosphatase complexes.
US09056101B2
The present invention provides dosing regimens for administering pharmacological chaperones to a subject in need thereof. The dosing regimens can be used to treat disorders caused by improper protein misfolding, such as lysosomal storage disorders.
US09056097B2
The invention provides a composite of α-calcium sulfate (CS) hemihydrate/amorphous calcium phosphate (α-CSH/ACP), comprising α-CSH and ACP at a weight ratio of about 10:90 to about 90:10. Particularly, the composite of the invention has a resorption period of 3-6 months. The invention also provides a one-pot process for producing α-CSH/ACP composite of the invention. The one-pot process of the invention can produce α-CSH and ACP in a single process and easily obtain α-CSH/ACP composite.
US09056090B2
The present invention features nucleic acid constructs that can be used as a HCV nucleic acid vaccine, vaccine component, or in the production of a HCV vaccine. Described constructs include those: (1) encoding for a chimeric HCV polypeptide containing a NS3-4A region based on a first HCV strain and an NS3-NS4A-NS4B-NS5A or an NS3-NS4A-NS4B-NS5A-NS5B region based on a second strain; and (2) a chimpanzee based adenovector encoding an HCV polypeptide.
US09056088B2
The present disclosure relates to, inter alia, methods of treating mixed dyslipidemia with ethyl eicosapentaenoate.
US09056087B2
Inflammation or damage associated with myocardial events is treated or prevented by administration of an angiogenesis-inducing, anti-inflammatory peptide such as Thymosin β4, an isoform of Thymosin β4 or oxidized Thymosin β4.
US09056086B2
The present disclosure provides compositions comprising fatty acids, or derivatives thereof (e.g., C1-C4 esters) including, for example, DGLA, 15-OHEPA and/or 15-HETrE, used singly or in combination with anti-bacterial agents for the treatment of disease and/or disorders such as acne or atopic dermatitis.
US09056085B2
Described herein are methods for enhancing engraftment of hematopoietic stem and progenitor cells using compounds identified using a zebrafish model of hematopoietic cell engraftment. The compounds can be used to treat hematopoietic stem cells ex vivo prior to transplantation of the cells. Alternatively, the compounds can be administered to an individual undergoing cell transplantation.
US09056083B2
A pharmaceutical composition with an active pharmaceutical ingredient including a pomegranate fruit polyphenol extract. The pomegranate fruit polyphenol extract includes at least about 3% combined punicalagin A and punicalagin B by weight, less than about 5% ellagic acid and their derivatives by weight, and less than about 1% anthocyanins by weight.
US09056077B2
An extract of Asplenium nidus L. includes pyropheophorbide a methyl ester (C34H36N4O3), pheophorbide a methyl ester (C35H36N4O5), 1-linleoyl-3-linolenoyl-glycerol (C39H66O5), 1-linleoyl-2,3-dipalmitoyl-rac-glycerol (C53H98O6) and 1,3-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycerol (C35H68O5). The extract of Asplenium nidus L. is obtained by using a method including steps of: solvent extraction, using an solvent to extract an Asplenium nidus L. sample and to obtain an extract, with a w/v ratio between the solvent and the Asplenium nidus L. sample being 50˜60 mg/ml; and column chromatography, fractionating the extract with water and ethanol as eluent to obtain several fractions including fraction a to fraction i, and further evaporating and lyophilizing fraction b, c, d or their combination to obtain an extract of Asplenium nidus L.
US09056074B2
A novel, bioavailable and safe stilbenoid 3,5-dimethoxy-3,4′-dihydroxystilbene represented by STR#1 with an unexpected enhanced ability to prevent the accumulation of lipids accompanying the terminal differentiation of adipocytes, thereby inhibiting adipogenesis, and nutraceutical and cosmeceutical compositions comprising 3,5-dimethoxy-3,4′-dihydroxystilbene useful for anti-obesity and anti-cellulite therapy, are disclosed. Further the enhanced SIRT-1 activation ability of 3,5-dimethoxy-3,4′-dihydroxystilbene represented by STR#1 and 2,3′,5′,6-tetrahydroxy-trans-stilbene represented by STR#II are disclosed. The enhancement of SIRT-1 polypeptide activity of the said compounds is unexpectedly much higher than resveratrol or its natural analog pterostilbene. Sirtuin modulating compositions comprising an orally bioavailable SIRT-1 enhancing compounds (i) 3,5-dimethoxy-3,4′-dihydroxystilbene represented by STR#I and (ii) 2,3′,5′,6-tetrahydroxy-trans-stilbene represented by STR#II are also disclosed. An additional embodiment, also discloses the enhanced anti-Propionibacterium acnes activity of 3,5-dimethoxy-3,4′-dihydroxystilbenes represented by STR#I and compositions thereof.
US09056058B2
Disclosed are microcapsules and methods for preparing and using them, as well as methods for improving various properties of microcapsules like impermeability.
US09056053B2
The present invention relates to cosmetic, dermatological, and pharmaceutical compositions that deliver, in an acceptable vehicle or carrier comprising a film former or wax and an effective amount of nanoparticles and one or more pigments and methods for improving the appearance of a biological surface by altering the optical properties of the biological surface. The compositions of the invention enhance color and may be topically applied to the biological surface in an amount effective in improving the aesthetic and natural appearance of the biological surface.
US09056050B2
This invention relates to coated digestive enzyme preparations and enzyme delivery systems and pharmaceutical compositions comprising the preparations. This invention further relates to methods of preparation and use of the systems, pharmaceutical compositions and preparations to treat persons having ADD, ADHD, autism, cystic fibrosis and other behavioral and neurological disorders.
US09056049B2
The present invention relates to a micro-particle for extending satiety and controlling blood glucose and lipid levels, comprising a core having the protein extract from sweet potato, an active ingredient layer coated on the core, and a protection layer coated over the active ingredient layer as an external layer, wherein the protein extract from sweet potato contains trypsin inhibitor and glycoprotein. The micro-particle comprising a protein extract from sweet potato can effectively extend satiety, control blood glucose and lipid levels and increase metabolism effectively.
US09056047B2
Certain embodiments disclosed herein relate to compositions, methods, devices, systems, and products regarding frozen particles. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles include materials at low temperatures. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles provide vehicles for delivery of particular agents. In certain embodiments, the frozen particles are administered to at least one biological tissue.
US09056033B2
Laminates are described herein. A laminate is characterized in that the laminate contains a water-absorbing polymer known as a super-absorbent polymer (SAP) between one or more elastic interplies, wherein the interplies consist of sheetlike lengths of material which are firmly bonded together on the outside surface of individual threads, strands or bands and this laminate is extendable essentially transversely to the production direction and shirred in a relaxed state, and the elastic interplies contain many individual sections or cassettes of superabsorbent and create room for the expansion of the laminate on fluid imbibition perpendicularly to and within the manufacturing plane.
US09056025B2
A balloon disposed near a distal end of the catheter tubing and moving between deflated and inflated states, and proximal and distal stent retention bands concentrically arranged around respective proximal and distal end portions of the balloon. The proximal stent retention band has a distal end located within 2 mm of the proximal end of a stent coaxially received by the balloon and the distal stent retention band has a largest diameter within 2 mm of the distal end of the stent received by the balloon.
US09056015B2
A spinal intervertebral support implant, for fusion or for dynamic stabilization purposes. A rod, preferably in the form of a screw, is inserted obliquely from the pedicle of an inferior vertebra into the body of a neighboring superior vertebra, through the disc space. The rod can be anchored into the body of the superior vertebra by means of a force fit or a screw thread. A pile of elements is disposed on the rod in the disc space like a pile of washers, so that the compression load between vertebrae is carried partly by these elements. These elements can be inserted through the bore through which the rod was inserted in a tightly folded configuration, and deployed into their washer-like form only when in position in the intervertebral space, such that there is no need for any additional incisions.
US09056013B2
A set of femoral implants for a knee prosthesis includes at least two femoral implants having different dimensions from each other. Each femoral implant includes an outer face suitable for cooperating with one of a patellar implant and a patella of a patient, an inner face provided with an anchoring feature for anchoring to a bone of the patient, as well as a distal part and an anterior part each defined both on the outer face and the inner face. The set is characterized in that at least the distal parts of the femoral implants are substantially identical irrespective of the dimensions of the femoral implants.
US09056010B2
An acetabular cup and sheath assembly comprises a sheath and an acetabular cup. The sheath is configured to receive the acetabular cup within the sheath. The sheath and acetabular cup together are configured to pass through a surgical wound toward an implantation site. The sheath further comprises a penetration structure for passing the acetabular cup through the sheath when the acetabular cup is proximately close to an implantation site.
US09056004B2
Methods and apparatus for treating or deterring injuries to or disorders of the brain or spinal cord of a subject. A heat exchange catheter device is inserted into the subject's body and used to cause heating or cooling the subject's cerebrospinal fluid. In some embodiments, the heat exchanger may be positioned within the subject's vasculature so as to heat or cool the flowing blood, thereby resulting in heating or cooling of the cerebrobpinal fluid.
US09056000B2
A stent graft (5) comprises a tubular graft member (4), and a plurality of sloping stent members (3) substantially coaxial with and coupled to the tubular graft member (4). Each of the sloping stent members (3) comprises multiple uneven apexes characterizing a round tubular configuration with a distal end and a proximal end disposed about a longitudinal axis. The distal apexes of the sloping stent member (3) are arranged in substantially the same plane substantially horizontal to the longitudinal axis of the sloping stent member and the proximal apexes are arranged in a sloping plane oblique to the longitudinal axis.
US09055998B2
A bariatric device and method of causing at least partial satiety in a recipient that either has or is presently undergoing a procedure that alters the anatomy of the recipient includes deploying a bariatric device to the recipient having an altered anatomy. The bariatric device includes a cardiac member having a cardiac surface that is configured to generally conform to the shape and size of a portion of the cardiac region of the stomach of the recipient. The cardiac member stimulates receptors with the cardiac surface in order to influence a neurohormonal mechanism in the recipient sufficient to cause at least partial satiety by augmenting fullness caused by food and simulating fullness in the absence of food.
US09055994B2
The invention generally relates to a method and apparatus to treat obesity and controlling weight gain. In an exemplary embodiment, the invention relates to a covered cage device that is implanted within a human's stomach to occupy volume and cause a reduced desire for eating. The covered cage device is made from a wire-mesh, such a Nitinol, and can be adjustable and collapsible. In another embodiment, the covered cage device has edges that provide stimulation to the stomach to induce a feeling of fullness.
US09055991B2
A handle has distal and proximal ends and a drive mechanism. Operational components on the handle include ON and OFF controls and a vibrating coupler to create sonic vibrations. A coupling head has a distal and a proximal ends. The proximal end is formed with a coupling recess. A replaceable holder has a central base and two outwardly extending fingers. The fingers have free ends with a piece of floss secured there between. The central base has a shape for coupling to and uncoupling from the coupling head. The length of the floss between the fingers is from 5 to 10 percent greater than the distance between the fingers. A compressible stop is on the base of the holder between the fingers. The remainder of the fingers are devoid of a compressible stop.
US09055975B2
An orthopaedic surgical instrument and method for positioning an acetabular prosthetic component in a patient's surgically-prepared acetabulum is disclosed. The orthopaedic surgical instrument has a base configured to engage the patient's pelvis, a first linkage pivotally coupled to the base, a locking mechanism operable to lock the first linkage in position relative to the base, and a second linkage removably coupled to the first linkage. The second linkage has an alignment axis corresponding to a desired abduction angle and a desired anteversion angle of the acetabular axis of the acetabular prosthetic component.
US09055961B2
A surgical instrument can include a shaft having a proximal end and a distal end, and a wrist coupled to the distal end of the shaft and configured to articulate in multiple degrees of freedom coupled to the distal end of the shaft. The surgical instrument can further include an end effector supported by the wrist, wherein the end effector includes a cutting element and jaws configured to grip tissue and fuse tissue via electrosurgical energy. The surgical instrument can be configured for use with a teleoperated robotic surgical system that can include a patient side console configured to interface to actuate the surgical instrument and a surgeon side console configured to receive inputs from a surgeon to control the actuation of the surgical instrument.
US09055960B2
A surgical device can include a tube comprising a wall having a plurality of slits oriented generally transverse to a longitudinal axis of the tube. Each of the slits may be defined by opposing surfaces. The surgical device can further include a force transmission element coupled to the tube. In a flexible state of the tube, at least some of the opposing surfaces defining respective slits are separated from one another, and in a stiffened state of the tube, a force exerted on the force transmission element causes the opposing surfaces of each slit to contact one another.
US09055958B2
Embodiments of methods and systems for hair treatment are disclosed. According to various embodiments, light is used to shave, trim, or otherwise modify hair shafts.
US09055952B2
An irrigation catheter includes a handle, a catheter sheath with at least one ablation electrode proximal the distal end of the catheter sheath and a stylet for deflecting the distal end of the catheter sheath. The ablation electrode includes at least one irrigation opening in it. The irrigation catheter further includes a fluid-carrying formation formed on the catheter sheath under the ablation electrode. The fluid-carrying formation is in fluid communication with the irrigation lumen of the catheter sheath so that fluid is conveyed from the irrigation lumen to the irrigation opening.
US09055949B2
An implantable device is provided for controlling hemorrhage in a body cavity, comprising an expandable balloon and a conduit for supplying a physiologically compatible fluid to inflate the balloon. When the balloon tamponade device is implanted or inserted into the body cavity, it is inflated with a physiologically suitable fluid, so that the balloon generally conforms to the body cavity and exerts compressive force against the walls, tissues or structures of the body cavity to control hemorrhage. The balloon may have a deforming means to limit expansion of the balloon in a direction to facilitate expansion of the balloon in another direction. The device may have additional tubes within the conduit, or a plurality of separate lumens within the conduit or tubes to allow drainage and irrigation to the body cavity. There is also provided a cuff for attachment of an external traction to the balloon tamponade, to facilitate the compressive effect of the device. In a preferred embodiment, there is provided a dual balloon tamponade in which two balloons are axially spaced along the conduit, providing a means to control hemorrhage from two distinct body cavities, such as a uterus and a vagina. There is also provided a method to control hemorrhage in a body cavity by implantation or insertion of the balloon tamponade, inflating the balloon with a fluid to a sufficient pressure and retaining the fluid pressure within the balloon for a sufficient period of time to determine whether hemorrhage has been controlled. A kit comprising the balloon tamponade apparatus is also provided.
US09055948B2
Vaso-occlusive devices comprising complex-shape proximal portion and smaller diameter distal portion
This is a device for occluding a space within the body. In particular, the device comprises a proximal portion having a complex, three-dimensional shape and a distal portion, where the diameter of the shape defined by the distal portion is smaller than the diameter of the shape defined by the proximal portion. The devices may be placed in a desired site within a mammal and are useful in occluding devices.
US09055947B2
Device and method for anastomosis may include a circular stapler with central anvil and multiple circumferentially disposed stapling limbs. A tubular graft may be sleeved on the anvil. The anvil with sleeved graft may be inserted into an end of a dissected aorta to form an overlap. Control actuation may cause the limbs to all substantially simultaneously close and then fire staples respectively into the overlap. The staples may form two generally parallel rows around the overlap with staples of each row being staggered relative to staples of the other row, thereby making a leak-free connection between the tubular graft and the end of the aorta. Control actuation may cause the limbs to open so the anvil may be removed from the end of the aorta, leaving the tubular graft in a leak-free connection with the aorta's end. Exemplary embodiments may allow for generally faster anastomosis than prior art.
US09055945B2
A surgical fastener for securing a prosthetic device to tissue includes a first leg having a proximal end, a distal end, a first insertion tip at the distal end, and a first articulating joint that separates said first leg into a proximal segment and a distal segment that is deflectable relative to the proximal segment, and a second leg including a proximal end, a distal end, a second insertion tip at the distal end, and a second articulating joint that separates said second leg into a proximal segment and a distal segment that is deflectable relative to the proximal segment. A bridge connects the proximal ends of the first and second legs for forming a closed end of the surgical fastener. After implantation in tissue, the insertion tips are deflectable away from vessels and nerves to minimize injury to the vessels and nerves, and to minimize patient discomfort and pain.
US09055944B2
A surgical stapler instrument has surgical stapler jaws, at least one staple line reinforcement material, and a fastener including a hook and a loop. The hook can be disposed on one of the surgical stapler jaws and the loop can be disposed on the staple line reinforcement material. Alternatively, the hook can be disposed on the staple line reinforcement material and the look on one of the surgical stapler jaws.
US09055942B2
Endoscopic plicators are passed transorally into the stomach and used to plicate stomach tissue by engaging tissue from inside of the stomach and drawing it inwardly. The tissue is drawn inwardly into a vacuum chamber, causing sections of serosal tissue on the exterior of the stomach to be positioned facing one another. The plicators allow the opposed sections of tissue to be moved into contact with one another, and preferably deliver sutures, staples or other means for maintaining contact between the tissue sections at least until serosal bonds form between them. Each of these steps may be performed wholly from the inside of the stomach and thus can eliminate the need for any surgical or laparscopic intervention. After one or more plications is formed, medical devices may be coupled to the plication(s) for retention within the stomach.
US09055940B2
A system for closure of a fascial opening is disclosed. The system may include a first capture device for pulling one end of a suture through fascial tissue on one side of a fascial opening, and a second capture device for pulling an opposing end of the suture through the fascial tissue on an opposite side of the fascial opening. A trapping device for locating and engaging the first capture device can be used, prior to the capture device being pulled through the fascial tissue, so that the trapping device can subsequently pull the suture to facilitate closure of the fascial opening. Methods and apparatuses for closure of a fascial opening are also disclosed.
US09055930B2
A device for preparing an elongated implanted medical apparatus, such as a cardiac lead, for extraction from the body of a patient. The device includes a first handle and a second handle. At least the first handle has a surface for receiving the implanted apparatus therealong. A wire member having a first end and a second end is positioned to span a distance between the surface of the first handle, and the second handle. The wire member first end is removably engaged with the first handle, and the wire member second end is removably engaged with the second handle. The wire member is sized and arranged to enable the wire member to be wound around a length of the implanted apparatus to facilitate extraction of the apparatus with a lead extraction device.
US09055929B2
An end effector of an ultrasonic surgical instrument is provided, the ultrasonic surgical instrument having a manipulatable structure, a body portion operatively connected to the manipulatable structure and having a distal end, a transducer, and the end effector being supported on the distal end of the body portion, the end effector including a plurality of resonant member elements, each resonant member operatively connected to a transducer of the plurality of transducers for effecting vibrations along the length of the resonant member, and including an operating surface configured to effect tissue dissection, cutting, coagulation, ligation and/or hemostasis, wherein a displacement curve associated with the vibrations of a first one of the plurality of resonant members is offset relative to the displacement curve associated with the vibrations of a second one of the plurality of resonant members.
US09055926B2
One embodiment having features of the invention is directed to a guide block for an MRI device which has a block body with a proximal face, a distal face, and four parallel passageways extending between the two faces. The first passageway is centrally disposed, the second passageway is disposed vertical or horizontal to the first, the third passageway is located diagonal to the first and has a longitudinal opening in fluid communication with the first passageway, and the fourth passageway is diagonal to the first and in an opposite side of the body from the third passageway. In an alternative embodiment the guide block has at least one passageway that is not parallel to the longitudinal axis.
US09055920B2
The present invention provides an ultrasound system, which comprises: a signal acquiring unit to transmit an ultrasound signal to an object and acquire an echo signal reflected from the object; a signal processing unit to control TGC (Time Gain Compensation) and LGC (Lateral Gain Compensation) of the echo signal; a TGC/LGC setup unit adapted to set TGC and LGC values based on TGC and LGC curves inputted by a user; and an image producing unit adapted to produce an ultrasound image of the object based on the echo signal. The signal processing unit is further adapted to control the TGC and the LGC of the echo signal based on the TGC and LGC values set by the TGC/LGC setup unit.
US09055913B2
The subject matter disclosed herein relates to X-ray imaging systems, and more specifically to digital X-ray imaging systems. In one embodiment, an imaging system includes an X-ray source configured to emit X-rays. The imaging system also includes an X-ray detector configured to detect the emitted X-rays and produce a corresponding electrical signal. The imaging system also includes a gantry configured to at least partially revolve the X-ray source and the X-ray detector about a primary rotational axis. The X-ray detector is coupled to the gantry so that a diagonal of the X-ray detector is oriented substantially perpendicular to the primary rotational axis.
US09055880B2
In a method and an apparatus for determining the position of an esophageal catheter that is inserted into the esophagus of a patient, the catheter having a number of electrodes, muscular activity of the diaphragm is stimulated by applying a stimulus signal that produces a myoelectrical signal in the diaphragm having a well-defined peak at a specific point in time. The myoelectrical signal is detected by respective pairs of electrodes of said catheter, and the electrode pair or pairs that detected the signal having the highest amplitude at the specific point in time is identified. If this electrode pair or these electrode pairs that detected the signal with highest amplitude are not located approximately at the middle of the catheter, an indication is emitted that the position of the catheter should be adjusted.
US09055879B2
The invention concerns an electronic device, method for assembling components of an electronic device and a flexible cap for facilitating assembly of an electronic component of an electronic device. The electronic device has a housing and at least one male connection portion for providing a detachable connection of the electronic device to a female snap, and where the male connection portion comprises an elongate stud. An end portion of said stud is adapted to receive a flexible cap of a conductive sheet material having a top surface to fit on the top of the stud and at least two side elements, The side elements are formed as legs joined to the top surface by a first bend of the sheet material and are aligned generally along the wall of the end portion of the stud. An electrical connection and a mechanical lock between the end portion and the printed circuit board is created by flexible deformation of the side members when sliding the cap and the end portion through an aperture in the printed circuit board.
US09055878B2
An example system and method of reconstructing cardiac activation information are disclosed. In accordance therewith, there are accessed pairs of cardiac signals out of a plurality of cardiac signals obtained from a patient. The pairs have a first cardiac signal that is common among the pairs and second cardiac signals that are different among the pairs. The first cardiac signal and the second cardiac signals of the pairs are processed to determine whether there are points of change in the first cardiac signal at which a derivative of the first cardiac signal diverges with respect to derivatives of the second cardiac signals above a threshold. An activation onset time is assigned at a point in the first cardiac signal based on correspondence of the points of change to define a cardiac activation indicating a beat if the points of change are in the first signal.
US09055876B2
An example system and method of processing cardiac activation information are disclosed. The method includes accessing a first cardiac signal and a second cardiac signal obtained from a patient. The first cardiac signal and the second cardiac signal are processed to determine whether there is a point of change in the first cardiac signal at which a derivative of the first cardiac signal diverges with respect to a derivative of the second cardiac signal above a threshold. An activation onset time is assigned in the first cardiac signal at the point of change to define a cardiac activation if the point of change is in the first cardiac signal.
US09055874B2
A motion tracker including a head band and laser devices that direct laser beams having non-concentric axes to a charge coupled device is used to determine movement of a patient during a CT scan. When the patient is motionless, the laser devices each direct a laser beam along a line, and the laser beams contact the charge coupled device at a contact location. If the patient moves, the laser devices, and therefore the contact locations, move. The charge coupled device detects the movement of the contact locations to determine the movement of the patient. A computer adjusts the x-ray image taken at the time of the movement to accommodate for this movement.
US09055872B2
The present invention provides a radiographic image detector that may maintain even resolution in 6 directions before and after 3-pixel binning process or 4-pixel binning process. A radiation detector is disposed with plural pixels that have hexagonal shaped pixel regions, arrayed in a honeycomb pattern. Scan lines connected to TFT switches in each of the pixels are disposed one for each of the pixel rows. Grouped scan lines are also disposed one for each of the pixel rows for reading and combining 3 pixels or 4 pixels worth of charges at the same timing for plural pixel groups, each configured from 3 pixels or 4 pixels in a radiation detection element. ON signals are simultaneously sent by the grouped scanned lines to the TFT switches to perform 3-pixel binning or 4-pixel binning.
US09055860B2
An accessory for supporting crockery in a dishwasher comprises a generally U-shaped main body having a pair of legs and a connecting portion that connects the pair of legs, at least one of the legs having a free end that is adapted to be releasably attached to a crockery basket in the dishwasher when in an installation position, and a smoothly radiused portion connecting each leg to the connecting portion, wherein the legs are spaced apart in the installation position a sufficient distance to promote stability of the crockery.
US09055858B2
A method for operating a water-conducting domestic appliance is provided. During at least one of a plurality of successive partial program steps, a first medium is heated at least at times by means of a first heating element and items undergoing treatment are heated by applying the heated first medium to the items. When the first heating element is inactive, a second medium is heated at least at times by means of a second heating element and the items undergoing the treatment are heated by the heated second medium.
US09055851B2
The present invention relates to a locking system for a drawer of a drawer dishwasher and a method for unlocking a drawer of a drawer dishwasher. The locking system includes a locking device for locking a drawer of the drawer dishwasher to a chassis or frame of the dishwasher; an opening attempt sensor for detecting an opening attempt of the drawer; and a control unit connected to the opening attempt sensor and the locking device. The control unit is arranged to trigger stop of a dishwasher pump of the dishwasher based on a detected opening attempt, and wherein the control unit is further arranged to trigger the locking device to unlock after the dishwasher pump has been stopped. Thereby, there is provided a reliable and safe way of opening the drawer during a washing program without the risk of hot water splashing out onto the user or onto the floor.
US09055845B1
A dual chambered body scrubber with pump apparatus including an elongate handle having each of a first chamber and a second chamber adjacently disposed therein, each of said first and second chambers in fluid communication with a pump member, wherein movement of a pump switch between each of a first position and a second position alternately pressurizes each of the respective first chamber and the respective second chamber, whereby extant fluid disposed within each of said first and second chambers is selectively and forcibly exuded from a primary cavity through a head unit for application upon a body of a user.
US09055843B2
The present invention relates to a hand blender having a processing tool for mixing or comminuting foodstuffs. The hand blender has an electric motor, a power source with a first pole electrically connected to the electric motor and a second pole electrically connected to the electric motor, a controller, first and second mechanical switches having a first position and a second position, an electromechanical element for detecting the position of the first mechanical switch, and an electrical switch for detecting the position of the second mechanical switch.
US09055813B2
A furniture pull-down shelf has first and second opposed lateral webs delimiting a shelf receptacle. First and second pairs of pivot levers are pivotably secured on first and second opposed furniture sidewalls and on the first and second lateral webs and define first and second four-bar linkages. The first and second four-bar linkages transfer the shelf from a stowed position inside the furniture into a lowered access position. An operating element is connected to first pivot levers of the first and second pairs of pivot levers. It extends in an initial operating position along a front side of the shelf receptacle. When pivoting the pull-down shelf into the access position, the connecting element moves from the initial operating position into a downward open operating position.
US09055803B2
A fluid applicator includes an applicator body, a foam element, and a fabric cover protecting the foam element. The applicator body includes a foam element support platform having first and second sides. A foam element engaging surface is provided on the first side of the foam element support platform. A foam element retaining wall is disposed at a peripheral edge of the foam element engaging surface. The foam element has a first side supported on the foam element engaging surface, a second side opposite the first side, and a peripheral edge at least partially enclosed by the retaining wall. A fabric mounting surface is disposed outside the retaining wall. The fabric cover is arranged on the second side of the foam element and is peripherally bonded to the fabric mounting surface. A fluid port provides fluid communication between the first side and second sides of the foam element support platform.
US09055802B2
An apparatus for a “V” shaped comb. The comb gradually gets thicker from bottom to top. This comb is somewhat intended to be used like a traditional comb; however, the width of the comb keeps the hair spaced evenly to ensure a blended fade haircut. The sporadic teeth keep the hair in place while the trimmers cut the hair following the edge guide provided on the comb. This tool gives the stylist (user) the flexibility to provide a shorter fade or longer fade by adjusting the comb up or down on the head.
US09055798B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure generally relate to RFID-shielded articles and methods thereof. In one embodiment, a wallet is provided that may comprise an inner layer having a foldable portion; an outer layer comprising RFID shielding material adapted to block a radio signal, the outer layer comprising a foldable portion adapted to cooperate with the foldable portion of the inner layer, the outer layer attached to the inner layer; a pocket formed between the outer layer and the inner layer, the pocket having an opening adapted to receive currency; and a card holder disposed on the inner layer, the card holder adapted to receive a card comprising an RFID tag.
US09055797B2
A size adjustable, hands-free carrying apparatus includes an attachment member having opposed first and second ends and opposed first and second side edges. A wrap assembly includes first and second strap members constructed of a flexible material attached to the side edges of the attachment member, respectively, and extending away in opposing directions. A back side of the first strap includes a hook material while a front side of the second strap includes a complementary loop material. The carrying apparatus includes a lanyard having a first end releasably coupled to the first end of the attachment member and a second end forming a loop configured to selectively hang from the neck of a person. The straps of the wrap assembly may be wrapped securely around an article such that the article may be suspended from a person's neck by the lanyard.
US09055794B1
An umbrella apparatus with a self-storing ability is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a handle portion which opens to reveal a folded umbrella rod, cupola, and ribs. The umbrella portion rotates to an open position and the handle is closed once again. The apparatus thus functions as an umbrella when needed, and as a case for holding the umbrella when the umbrella is not needed. The handle is capable of enclosing the entire umbrella in a folded form for easy portability. A method for connecting an umbrella to a multi-functional handle is also disclosed.
US09055792B2
The present invention provides a diamond simulant with greater similarity to a diamond than cubic zirconia. The present invention further provides a diamond simulant with durability, hardness, and optical features closer to that of a genuine diamond that previously afforded by other diamond simulants, such as cubic zirconia.
US09055784B2
A sole structure may include a midsole element, a plate, a first chamber, and a second chamber. The midsole element may be formed from a foamed polymer material. The plate may be formed from a substantially non-foamed polymer material, and the plate has an upper surface and an opposite lower surface. The plate is embedded within the midsole element such that the foamed polymer material exposes a first area and a second area of the lower surface. The first chamber and the second chamber each have a fluid-filled configuration. The first chamber is secured to the first area, and the second chamber is secured to the second area.
US09055781B2
The present invention relates to a body balance device, which includes a main body made of a cushioning material. The main body includes a first metatarsal bone section, a fourth metatarsal bone section, and a foot heel section. The main body forms a primary adjustment structure located between the first metatarsal bone section and the fourth metatarsal bone section and a secondary adjustment structure located between the fourth metatarsal bone section and the foot heel section and corresponding to outside of the main body. Both adjustment structures are formed with a structure of through hole or cavity in which a soft material is selectively embedded to allow the human body to reach a balanced condition when standing or walking so as to improve the discomfort of bones and muscles caused by long standing or walking.
US09055775B2
A dual purpose garment is wearable as a neck scarf accessory or as an outer protective garment covering at least a portion of the shoulders and arms. First and second arm-covering sections extend equally from a centrally located section of the garment, wherein the centrally located section and arm-covering sections can protect the shoulders and arms when worn in an outer protective garment configuration. However, the arm-covering sections extend only to end sections which remain open in a neck scarf accessory configuration to allow the garment to resemble an ordinary neck scarf.
US09055771B2
To provide a brassiere with an excellent effect of reducing motion of the breasts during movement, or in other words, excellent vibration resistance, and preferably a brassiere that also has excellent beauty appearance and comfort. The brassiere comprises a pair of cup sections, a joint linking together the front center sides of the cup sections, wing sections, and straps whose edges are connected to the pair of cup sections and the wing sections, and having an anti-vibration section at a specific location.
US09055767B2
A coating system (20) includes a conveyor system (22), a coating distribution assembly (24), and a coating adherence system (26). The coating material (M) may be recycled via a coating collection and return system (30). The coating distribution assembly (24) includes a container (64) for receiving and distributing the coating using a coating distribution roller (74). The roller (74) has a plurality of longitudinal channels (78) extending along the length of the roller to receive the coating material and apply the coating material onto food products by rotation of the distribution roller. A coating distribution device distributes the material metered by the coating distribution roller onto the food products.
US09055752B2
A shelf-stable concentrated dairy product, such as concentrated milk, with improved flavor, color and mouthfeel, and a method of production thereof is provided. The method eliminates any thermal treatment prior to and during concentration that may substantially cross-link casein to whey and preferably utilizes microfiltration to produce a stable concentrated dairy liquid with reduced amounts of whey and lactose. The resulting products have a sterilization value Fo of at least 5 and are also resistant to gelling and browning during high temperature sterilization and also resistant to gelling during extended storage.
US09055751B2
Provided is a photocatalytic composition comprising zinc (Zn) doped titanium dioxide (TiO2) nanoparticles, wherein the ratio of titanium dioxide nanoparticles to zinc is from about 5 to about 150. The photocatalytic composition absorbs electromagnetic radiation in a wavelength range from about 200 nm to about 500 nm, and the absorbance of light of wavelengths longer than about 450 nm is less than 50% the absorbance of light of wavelengths shorter than about 350 nm. Further provided is a method for treating or preventing microbial diseases and infestations in a plant and a method for increasing crop yield of a plant by applying the photocatalytic compositions taught herein to the surface of a plant. Also provided is a method for treating microbial diseases on a surface by applying the photocatalytic compositions taught herein to a surface illuminated by artificial light.
US09055750B2
The present invention relates to fungicidal pyrimidine compounds I, to their use and to methods for combating phytopathogenic fungi. The present invention also relates to seeds treated with at least one such compound. Furthermore the invention relates to processes for preparing compounds of formula I.
US09055747B2
Disclosed are methods of enhancing growth of corn plants, comprising treating corn seed or the corn plant that germinates from the seed with an effective amount of at least one chitooligosaccharide, wherein upon harvesting the corn plant exhibits at least one of increased plant yield measured in terms of bushels/acre, increased root number, increased root length, increased root mass, increased root volume and increased leaf area, compared to untreated corn plants or corn plants harvested from untreated corn seed.
US09055742B2
Provided herein are herbicide granules containing non-petroleum derived built-in adjuvant.
US09055741B2
Provided are methods of treating specific crop plants when those plants have reached specific developmental stages. Also provided is a method for improving the yield of a crop produced by a plurality of plants, which may or may not be any of the specific plants mentioned herein above, wherein said method comprises contacting said plants with at least one composition that comprises at least one cyclopropene.
US09055740B2
The invention provides, in various embodiments, systems and devices relating to a blood product heater for use in an ex-vivo organ care. In certain embodiments, the invention relates to maintaining a perfusion fluid flowing through the heater at near-physiologic conditions.
US09055733B2
An animal tracking system is provided for remotely monitoring animal positioning, The system includes an implant device, a global positioning system, a network, one or more remote servers, and at least one wireless computing device. The implant device acts as a GPS receiver, calculating the animal's position and then transmitting the results to the remote server where they are stored in a database. Owners can remotely access the database via a software application installed on a wireless computing device. Users can select an acceptable roaming range for the animal, an acceptable range between the animal and other animals being tracked, a lack of movement, or substantial changes in body temperature. Additionally, the implant device can directly connect with the wireless computing device via a Bluetooth connection. In this way, the computing device can access or transfer data regarding the owner's contact information, and an animal's medical history.
US09055725B1
A soybean cultivar designated 37173872 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 37173872, to the plants of soybean cultivar 37173872, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 37173872, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 37173872. The invention also relates to methods for producing a soybean plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic soybean plants and plant parts produced by those methods. The invention also relates to soybean cultivars or breeding cultivars, and plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 37173872. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 37173872, and to the soybean plants, varieties, and their parts derived from use of those methods. The invention further relates to hybrid soybean seeds, plants, and plant parts produced by crossing cultivar 37173872 with another soybean cultivar.
US09055724B2
A poblano pepper inbred line designated Line 347 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of pepper Line 347, to the plants of pepper Line 347, and to methods for producing a hybrid plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing the pepper Line 347 with itself or another pepper plant. The invention further relates to methods for producing a pepper plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other pepper lines, cultivars or hybrids derived from the pepper Line 347.
US09055717B2
An attachment is disclosed for vacuuming particulate material from a storage bag having a perimeter wall with an opening. The attachment may comprise a mobile base for moving across a ground surface and having a front and a rear. The attachment may comprise an intake assembly positioned toward a rear of the mobile base and may include a gathering conveyor configured to move material in a laterally inward direction toward a center of the intake assembly. The attachment may comprise a vacuum conduction assembly configured to conduct a vacuum condition from an outlet opening to an inlet opening positioned adjacent to the center of the intake assembly.
US09060455B2
A wiring board includes: a first wiring layer; a first insulating layer formed on the first wiring layer and including a reinforcing material therein, the first insulating layer having a first opening; a contact layer formed on the first insulating layer and having a second opening communicated with the first opening; and a second wiring layer comprising a second via and a second wiring pattern connected to the second via. The second wiring pattern is formed on the contact layer, and the second via is filled in the first and second openings. An adhesion property between the contact layer and the second wiring pattern is higher than that between the first insulating layer and the second wiring pattern, and a thickness of the contact layer is smaller than that of the first insulating layer.
US09060451B2
A method of cooling electronic equipment is disclosed and includes substantially continuously circulating ambient air across a plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices, monitoring the temperature of air in or around a group of devices in the plurality of rack-mounted electronic devices, and providing substantially cooler-than-ambient air to the group of devices when the monitored air temperatures rises above a set value.
US09060450B2
A method of operating a fan control of a cooling arrangement having at least one exhaust air unit that withdraws air heated by electrical or electronic parts of a plurality of plug-in components, and having at least one cooling unit that cools air used for cooling purposes including determining a selected temperature difference for the air used for cooling the server rack relative to power consumption of the at least one exhaust air unit and the at least one cooling unit depending on the temperature difference; measuring at least one actual temperature difference between at least two temperatures of the air used for cooling purposes; and adjusting the speed of a fan for the at least one exhaust air unit depending on a deviation between the determined optimized temperature difference and the actual temperature difference measured.
US09060447B2
A substrate structure includes: a first substrate; a second substrate including a front face disposed so as to face a front face of the first substrate, a substrate spacing holding member provided between the front faces of the substrates facing each other, and holds a spacing between the two substrates at a predetermined value; a mounted component including a signal wire mounted on the second substrate, the signal wire, including an end portion electrically connected to the second substrate and extending from the substrate to an outside along the front face of the second substrate; a through hole provided in the first substrate, the through disposing a projecting part of the mounted component therein; and a shielding member being provided on a back face side of the first substrate and covering an entirety or at least a part of an opening of the through hole.
US09060445B2
An electronic apparatus includes a body and a display panel installed at a front side of the body to display an image. The body includes a first member to form a portion of the body and allowing the display panel to be installed thereon, and a second member to form a remaining portion of the body and rotatably installed at the first member. As the second member serves as a support, the electronic apparatus may be disposed in a second mode for a user to conveniently use the electronic apparatus.
US09060441B2
A power supply positioning apparatus includes a bracket and a circuit board mounted in the bracket. The bracket defines a receiving slot for receiving a power supply unit. A connector is mounted on the circuit board and aligns with the receiving slot. A first end of the bracket is rotatably connected to a chassis of an electronic device, and a second end of the bracket can be latched to the chassis. The bracket faces outside of the chassis.
US09060437B2
A material applicator includes a printing device configured to deposit viscous material upon a circuit board, and a controller operatively coupled to the printing device. The controller is configured to control a plurality of system components, including an operating system component configured to operate the printing device, and a remote interface component configured to exchange printer operation data between the operating system component and at least one plug-in application. The plug-in application is configured to extend capabilities of the operating system component.
US09060429B2
Provided is a circuit board in which visibility of an alignment mark is improved.In a case of manufacturing a substrate module in which a touch panel (20) and an FPC (50) are electrically connected, an alignment mark in the FPC (50) is formed by an opaque metal film, so that visibility is high. Consequently, when an alignment mark (25) in the touch panel (20) is also formed by an opaque metal film, the visibility of the alignment mark (25) also becomes high. By performing alignment using the alignment marks having high visibility, alignment between the touch panel (20) and the FPC (50) can be performed easily with high precision. As a result, the yield of the substrate module increases and modification of an alignment apparatus used for alignment becomes unnecessary, so that the manufacturing cost of the substrate module can be decreased.
US09060421B2
A projection device includes a housing, a projection module, a support member, and a cover. The housing includes a rear wall and a plurality of side walls extending from the rear wall. A cavity and an accommodating groove are defined in the rear wall. A projection module is pivotably mounted in the cavity and rotatable along a first direction. A support member is pivotably mounted in the accommodating groove and rotatable along a second direction that is reverse to the first direction. The cover is attached to the housing for covering an opening surrounded by the plurality of side walls.
US09060419B2
A method for forming an electronic device on a flexible substrate conditions at least one surface of a carrier to form at least one retaining feature on the surface for retaining a flexible substrate. The flexible substrate is provided by deposition or lamination f one or more layers of substrate material onto the carrier. A portion of the substrate is processed to form the electronic device on the processed portion of the substrate. At least the processed portion of the substrate is released from the carrier to provide the flexible substrate having electronic device formed thereon. An electronic device is formed on a flexible substrate in accordance with the method.
US09060417B2
A first planar prong adjacent to and parallel with, an exterior of the side of the enclosure. A second planar prong parallel to and spaced from an interior of the side of the enclosure and compress a first compressible gasket against the side of the enclosure. Furthermore, the second planar prong forms a first compartment between a first side of the second planar prong and the interior of the side of the enclosure, parallel to and spaced from an interior of the side of the enclosure. A planar base of the first planar prong and the second planar prong, adjacent to a cover of the enclosure. A first planar member having one end coupled perpendicular to a second side of the second planar prong and support a second compressible gasket in a second compartment formed between the planar member and the cover.
US09060407B2
A portable lighting device that provides different user interfaces that may be selected by the user. Each user interface may provide one or more operational modes, such as on mode, power save mode, strobe mode or momentary mode. After a user interface is selected, the user may select on of the operational modes. The portable lighting device may be a flashlight.
US09060406B2
A circuit for the power regulation of an LED comprises a converter having a switch. The LED is interconnected in an output circuit, wherein a control unit controls the magnetization of an inductor, in that it actively clocks the switch. A measured actual value representative of the average value of the LED current is returned to the control unit and compared to a reference value.
US09060395B1
A rectifier rectifies an alternating current power to obtain a direct current power. The rectifier sends the direct current power to a driving power and synchronous signal generation apparatus. The driving power and synchronous signal generation apparatus generates a driving power. The driving power and synchronous signal generation apparatus sends the driving power through a transmission line to a plurality of light emitting diode driving apparatuses to drive a plurality of light emitting diodes. The driving power and synchronous signal generation apparatus generates a synchronous signal regularly according to the direct current power. The driving power and synchronous signal generation apparatus sends the synchronous signal through the transmission line to the light emitting diode driving apparatuses. The light emitting diode driving apparatuses drive the light emitting diodes synchronously according to the synchronous signals.
US09060390B2
A cylindrical workpiece is mounted between opposing friction and non-friction guide rails and pushed through an induction coil arrangement by a pusher element positioned relative to the workpiece so that the pusher element introduces a force that moves the workpiece linearly forward within the induction coil arrangement between the two guide rails and rotationally by kinetic friction of the workpiece with the friction rail.
US09060385B1
The present invention relates to a universal wireless controller configured to generate control signals for controlling a plurality of devices. Such controller comprises a plurality of stretch sensors and switch sensors associated with at least one glove or similar structure configured for being associated with a users' hand. The controller detects finger and hand movements and generates the appropriate communication signal based on values contained in a configuration table. The same wireless controller can control a plurality of devices without the need for reprogramming or mode selections.
US09060384B2
A method of building a wireless communication network between a plurality of pre-defined devices which include spatially distributed inverters for feeding electric energy into an AC power grid and which each have a spatially limited range in wireless communication is provided. The method includes the steps of assimilating the pre-defined devices for a limited period of time, and in the step of assimilating, generating at least one network ID and persistently storing the at least one network ID in each pre-defined device participating in the step of assimilating. The method further includes, after the step of assimilating, connecting each pre-defined device exclusively to such other pre-defined devices in which network IDs originating from the same step of assimilating are stored.
US09060378B1
A touch screen/keyboard is positionable within a vehicle. The touch screen/keyboard has a cradle. A projector is positioned on a dashboard of the vehicle. In this manner data is displayed on a windshield of the vehicle. A receiver couples the touch screen/keyboard and the projector. In this manner digital data is transmitted and received. A handheld communication device is adapted to be received in the cradle. The handheld communication device, when wirelessly coupled to the standard touch screen/keyboard, is adapted to transmit data for display on the windshield.
US09060373B2
The present invention relates to a home arrangement (7). In accordance with an embodiment of the invention, the home arrangement comprises: —a radio access node (2) configured to operate a home cell (A), with detecting means for detecting a handover condition for a particular mobile device (1), and —a local data gateway (3) supporting at least one alive data bearer connection for connection of the particular mobile device to a local data network (11), wherein the local data gateway comprises releasing means for triggering the de-activation of the at least one alive data bearer connection upon detection of said handover condition. The present invention also relates to a method for releasing network resources.
US09060372B2
A method is provided for use in a communications network in which a plurality of accesses are available to a user entity for accessing a network resource, comprising: determining a set of active rules, each rule specifying respective preferences, at least relatively, for at least some of the plurality of accesses, with potential for conflict between the rules of the set concerning which access is most preferred; deriving from the set of active rules a new rule specifying respective preferences, at least relatively, for at least some of the plurality of accesses; and selecting an access for use by the user entity based on the new rule.
US09060363B2
An adaptive modulation and coding method includes selecting punctured Physical Resource Blocks (PRBs) to transmit downlink data for User Equipment (UE); determining Transport Block Size (TBS) and number of punctured PRB pairs for transmission to the UE based on the carried service; scheduling downlink data for the UE based on determined TBS, and transmitting the number of used punctured PRB pairs and a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) sequence number to the UE; and the UE converting number of the punctured PRB pairs to number of normal PRB pairs, determining modulation scheme and TBS sequence number based on the MCS sequence number, and determining TBS of the downlink data based on number of normal PRB pairs and TBS sequence number.
US09060362B2
A method and system for overriding Carrier-Sense-Multiple-Access/Collision-Avoidance (CSMA/CA) without harming the traffic that occupies the channel are provided. The system and method may include for example detecting at a communication node having a plurality of antennas, a preamble transmitted by a co-channel neighboring node operating in compliance with IEEE 802.11 standard within a clear channel assessment (CCA) range of the communication node; and setting uplink transmit weights of the antennas of the communication node, to isolate the communication node from the neighboring node after the neighboring node has transmitted the preamble, to allow the communication node to access the co-channel, by keeping a transmitted signal level of the communication node as received by the neighboring node, below the CCA signal level at one or more of the antennas of said neighboring node. The system may for example implement the method in software running on a baseband processor.
US09060361B2
A method for CSI report transmission includes detecting a collision in a subframe, between a first PUCCH CSI report of one serving cell with which a UE is configured in one of transmission modes 1 to 9, and a second PUCCH CSI report of another serving cell with which the UE is configured in transmission mode 10. Upon the reporting types of the collided PUCCH CSI reports having a same priority, the method transmits the first PUCCH CSI report if the CSI process index of the second PUCCH CSI report has a positive value other than 1. A method for CSI report transmission includes configuring, via a higher layer, a UE configured in transmission mode 10 whether to create a respective CSI report(s) for each aperiodic CSI process or not, using an information element including at least three one-bit variables.
US09060356B2
Random access technology is provided for establishing an individual channel between a radio communication terminal device and a base station device in a short time and a radio communication terminal device executing the random access method. A RACH sub-channel allocation unit allocates a transmission packet input from a replication unit to an arbitrary sub-carrier at the RACH arbitrary time slot at random. An allocation unit judges whether an overlap is generated in the allocation result obtained by the RACH sub-channel allocation unit.
US09060354B2
Methods and systems for a handheld portable communication device for configuring connection to and use of local and remote resources are disclosed and may include discovering available networks and resources, establishing a route between the handheld wireless communication device and a selected one or more of the available resources via a selected one or more of the available networks based on user preference criteria stored in the handheld wireless communication device, and communicating multimedia data between the handheld wireless communication device and the selected one or more of the available resources via the established route. The established route may be dynamically adjusted, based on network availability and bandwidth. The handheld wireless communication device may communicate utilizing a plurality of wireless protocols. The preference criteria stored in the handheld wireless communication device may be dynamically adjusted. The resources may be local or remote to the handheld wireless communication device.
US09060348B2
A system and method are provided that provide Push to talk over Cellular (PoC) service via a PoC server. The method includes receiving, by the PoC server, a PoC group call request for requesting a PoC connection for a PoC group from a first User Equipment (UE); extracting information regarding a cell where a second UE that belonged to the PoC group is located, according to the received PoC group call request; comparing a number of current PoC connections corresponding to a cell with a maximum number of PoC connections to the cell; and establishing a PoC connection with the second UE, if the number of current PoC connections is less than the maximum number of PoC connections.
US09060346B1
Enables a local positioning and response system that allows devices in a defined area to determine their local positions in the area, and to generate individual responses based on their positions, for example based on broadcast messages. Responses can include light, sound, shock, vibration, temperature or any other physical signal. Positioning may use overlapping shaped beam signals that permit each device to determine its local position. Response to broadcast messages with local position dependency enables efficient communication with potentially thousands or millions of response units over limited bandwidth channels. Efficient communication may also be supported by messages containing high-level graphical primitives, with devices determining their individual contributions to an aggregate image. The system may also provide correction for image distortions. Applications include stadium light or sound shows, virtual fences, feedback on performance that requires specific motions or positions, and contests for event spectators.
US09060344B2
Systems, methods, and devices for communicating data in a wireless communications network are described herein. One innovative aspect of the present disclosure includes a method of communicating in a wireless network. The wireless network includes an access point and a relay. The method includes receiving, at the access point, an association request from a client. The association request is forwarded by a relay. The method further includes determining a success or failure of association. The method further includes transmitting to the relay, when association fails, an indication that one or more subsequent messages from the client should be filtered.
US09060341B2
A hybrid wireless location system and method is disclosed for locating mobile stations (MSs). Multiple wireless location techniques (FOMs) are provided for MS location. One or more FOMs can be activated in various combinations (serially or parallelly) for outputting one or more MS location estimates with signal protocols being, e.g., CDMA, TDMA, or GSM. Resulting location estimates may be for, e.g.: 911 emergency calls, tracking, navigation, people and animal location, and/or applications for confinement to and/or exclusion from geographical areas. System components may be distributed on a network (e.g., the Internet). FOMs may be based on one or more of: TOA, TDOA, AOA, signal pattern recognition/fingerprinting, statistical analysis, base station coverage, GPS signals received at the MS, and/or input from mobile stations. Location estimates are enhanced by adjusting MS estimates (and/or confidences therefor) according to: a past performance of the FOM providing such estimates, and/or MS geolocation or velocity constraints.
US09060332B2
The present invention provides a method and device for selecting a resource processing manner, wherein the method is applied to a communication system including a user terminal, a relay station and a base station, and comprises the following operations: a configuring step of configuring a dedicated pilot, wherein the dedicated pilot is configured to measure parameters of a link from the relay station to the user terminal; an acquiring step of acquiring a first parameter value of a common pilot and a second parameter value of the dedicated pilot; a comparing step of comparing the first parameter value with the second parameter value; and a selecting step of selecting a resource processing manner according to the comparison result, wherein the resource processing manner comprises: a cooperation manner and/or a non-cooperation manner.
US09060321B2
A telecommunications system is configured to perform a method for mapping synchronization signals. The method includes transmitting data, reference signals, synchronization signals and control elements to at least one of the plurality of subscriber stations. The method also includes configuring DMRS parameters to avoid a collision between the DMRS and at least one of the synchronization signals in a middle 6 resource blocks (RBs) of a system bandwidth.
US09060318B2
A system and method for a connected wireless device to hand off from one network to another based on empirical data gathered from real live networks regarding the grade of service available on the network. The invention uses this information in combination with the user's choice of a preferred type of network connection to intelligently manage and conserve device battery life.
US09060316B2
Methods and systems for re-establishing radio contact include, for example, a method for performing a wireless handoff for user equipment (UE) as the UE performs a handoff from a source extended Node-B (e-NB) to a target e-NB is disclosed. The method includes detecting a radio link failure (RLF) between the UE and the source e-NB by the UE, and maintaining an active communication service at a service layer of the UE after detecting the RLF and as the UE performs the handoff from the source e-NB to the target e-NB such that the communication service remains continuously active during the handoff, the communication service supporting a first communication between the UE and a third party.
US09060314B2
A wireless cellular telecommunications device stores a first parameter obtained from system information of a first cell and measures an attribute of a signal received from a candidate cell, determines if the candidate cell is a closed subscriber group cell, and evaluates the candidate cell for re-selection. If the candidate cell is determined to be a closed subscriber group cell, the evaluation of the candidate cell for re-selection is based on at least the measured attribute irrespective of the first stored parameter, that first stored parameter indicating a minimum value for the measured attribute.
US09060310B2
An arrangement and a method that, for a given pair of nodes that wish to intercommunicate with a high QoS measure, converts a portion of the contention-based network into a contention-less subnetwork by sending a reservation message and a confirmation message between the given pair of nodes. All nodes that are on the paths used for communicating between the pair of nodes are protected from interference by causing all nodes that potentially can interfere to enter a non-transmitting state.
US09060308B2
A flow setup table in a basestation breakout component allows for servicing non-cacheable IP data flows at the breakout component without the need for network address translation. For each broken out IP flow at the breakout component, the flow setup table holds a mapping between tunnel IDs and the IP related information. The flow setup table data is sent to the breakout component at the gateway. The gateway breakout component uses the flow setup table to forward non-cacheable data requests to the internet and return data received from the internet back to the basestation breakout component. The basestation component then sends the non-cacheable data in the correct tunnel to the user equipment requesting the data.
US09060299B2
A system for obtaining information relating to an idle mobile station in a cellular network is provided. The system includes a computing platform which is in communication with a radio network controller of the cellular network. The computing platform is configured for (i) generating and sending an input signal through the radio network controller to the radio access network; and (ii) identifying in data outputted by the radio network controller an output signal resulting from the input signal, the output signal including information relating to at least one idle mobile station.
US09060290B2
The present invention relates to a system comprising a processing unit, a plurality of access nodes adapted to communicate with a plurality of mobile terminals and wireless backhaul links adapted to connect said access nodes and a wireless backhaul termination interfacing with a core network, According to the present invention:—said processing unit determining dynamically out of said plurality of access nodes, access nodes to remain unused and, access nodes to be used for supporting communication of said mobile terminals, said determination taking into account at least one optimisation criterion consisting in reducing the interference between active access nodes and mobile terminals; said processing unit determining a mapping between said mobile terminals and said active access nodes,—said wireless backhaul links consisting in point-to-multipoint connections between said wireless backhaul termination and said access nodes.
US09060286B2
A mobility gateway may authenticate a first wireless communication device (WCD) with a first wireless operator. The first WCD may subscribe to the first wireless operator, and may be served by a first wireless coverage area that is defined by a first carrier frequency. The first carrier frequency may be associated with the first wireless operator. The mobility gateway may also authenticate a second WCD with a second wireless operator. The second WCD may subscribe to the second wireless operator, may be served by a second wireless coverage area that is defined by a second carrier frequency. The second carrier frequency may be associated with the second wireless operator. The mobility gateway may route network traffic between a local network point of presence and at least one of the first and second WCD.
US09060275B2
Systems and techniques are provided for synchronizing automated reply configuration settings between different messaging services for an individual user of a mobile device. User account information and an authentication key are registered at a server of a first messaging service associated with the mobile device and a second messaging service associated with a client of the second messaging service. In response to a request for access to an automated reply function of the first messaging service from the client of the second messaging service, it is determined whether or not the client is authorized for access based on a comparison of authentication information included in the client's request with the authentication key registered for the mobile device. If the client is authorized successfully, the client is allowed to access the automated reply function in accordance with configuration information specified in the request from the client.
US09060269B2
A method, a computer readable medium and an apparatus for optimizing a cellular network architecture are disclosed. For example, the method obtains network traffic data for a plurality of different endpoint device types, wherein the network traffic data comprises network traffic data for each of the plurality of different endpoint device types, and predicts a future traffic pattern for one of the plurality of different endpoint device types based on the network traffic data. The method then adjusts a parameter of the cellular network architecture in response to the future traffic pattern predicted for the one of the plurality of different endpoint device types.
US09060268B2
A method for negotiating security capabilities during movement of a User Equipment (UE) includes the following steps: a target network entity receives a Routing Area Update (RAU) Request from the UE; the entity obtains Authentication Vector (AV)-related keys deduced according to a root key, and sends the selected security algorithm to the UE; and the UE deduces the AV-related keys according to the root key of the UE. A system, SGSN, and MME for negotiating security capabilities during movement of a UE are also disclosed. The present invention is applicable to security capability negotiation between the UE and the network.
US09060262B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and method of performing automated administrative operations on a mobile device. One example method may include determining via a hosted server that an action needs to be performed by a mobile device under management. The method may further include generating a message via the hosted server, the message includes the action, and transmitting the message to the mobile device under management, and receiving a result message from the mobile device under management responsive to the transmitted message, the result message indicating that the action has been satisfied.
US09060259B2
Methods, apparatus and systems for group paging of wireless devices are described. A wireless device is associated with a member identifier (MID) that is a unique identifier for the wireless device. The wireless device is associated with a group identifier (GID) that is a unique identifier for a group of which the wireless device is a member. The wireless device is woken up from a sleep mode at a wake-up time based on the GID.
US09060258B2
A method and system that support re-establishing a dropped call or communication is disclosed. A terminal may publish its parameters to other terminals through in-band or out-of-band signaling. Token values may then be determined by a weighted sum of parameters, where the terminal having the largest weighted sum possesses the token. If the call or communication drops, the terminal possessing the token then initiates communication to the other terminals. In addition, a plurality of tokens may be used when there are more than two terminals in a call. The terminals may be partitioned into groups, where one of the terminals in each group possesses a token.
US09060256B2
The invention relates to a digital telecommunication system for the access, navigation, and use of digital applications and services, referred to as a USSD CENTRE (14), that comprises at least one server for applications and services module (16), at least one access gateway module (17), at least one network gateway module (18), at least one integration gateway module (15) and at least one database and profiling module (19). The server for applications and services module (16), referred to as a Browser (16), is based on at least one USSD telecommunication protocol and on at least one VXML language interpreter (21). The USSD CENTER (14) further includes charging, billing, proxy, routing, observation, ranking, and self-learning modules that execute the respective operations in real-time or offline. The USSD CENTER (14) further includes a WEB-type environment module for creating multilingual services, for test and for development of services and for managing the versions of the said services either locally or remotely. A method is implemented using the system (14), thus enabling a user to access USSD services via existing or new non-USSD services and enabling a user to access existing or new non-USSD services via USSD services.
US09060252B2
Mechanisms are provided for broadcasting data to a plurality of receiver devices. A data broadcast transmission rate and a level of error correction to be used when broadcasting data are determined based on prior feedback received from the plurality of receiver devices. The feedback comprises channel condition information specifying conditions of one or more connections of a channel over which data was previously broadcast to the receiver devices. Data to be broadcast to the plurality of receivers is encoded in accordance with the determined level of error correction. The encoded data is broadcast at the determined data broadcast transmission rate over the channel to the plurality of receiver devices.
US09060249B2
Methods, systems, and apparatuses for comparing multi-dimensional datasets are provided. A multi-dimensional dataset comparison includes receiving a plurality of datasets, each including a plurality of coordinates, wherein a subset of coordinates defines a geo-fence. For a coordinate within a geo-fence of one of the plurality of datasets, determining analogous coordinates in each of the other datasets, the analogous coordinates defining a coordinate input set, and performing in parallel an operation on the coordinate input set to determine whether an entry is present at a coordinate of the coordinate input set.
US09060247B2
An apparatus may include a communication interface and a processor circuit. The apparatus may further include a location analyzing module operable on the processor circuit to receive a first set of location information including a first radio information item from a first radio of a first wireless terminal via the communication interface, to scan a second set of location information to identify a second radio information item matching the first radio information item, and to index the second radio information item to a location entry in the second set of location information to determine a refined location for the first wireless terminal. Other embodiments are disclosed and claimed.
US09060244B2
Apparatus for harvesting and using power in a near field communications mode, includes a host device with operating components. A first near field communication (NFC) device is contained in the host device and is configured to be selectively coupled to one of the operating components. The first NFC device harvests energy from a second NFC device and converts the harvested energy to electrical power. The first NFC device receives information from the second NFC device and power on the operating component as a function of the information received from the second NFC device. The first NFC device transfers data to or from the operating component when the operating component is powered on. The first NFC device powers off the operating component when the transfer of data between the first NFC device and the operating component has been completed.
US09060240B2
An apparatus, system and method for a multi-tier wireless home mesh network is described. The method may include formation of an infrastructure-less wireless home mesh networking environment comprising a collection of nodes that operate as a decentralized, ad hoc wireless network with multiple sub-networks or tiers that are responsible for different functions within the network. Each node of the multi-tier network is configured to forward data to other nodes and is assigned to a particular tier based on the node's performance capabilities. A further embodiment includes identification of a wireless home mesh network. Once identified, one or more proprietary messages may be exchanged in a secure manner to establish connections with a home electronics device as either a mobile node or a stationary node of the home network. A home electronics device may wirelessly communicate to route data within one or more nodes of the wireless home mesh network. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09060222B2
The invention relates to a process for determining an averaged frequency-dependent transfer function for a perturbed linear time-invariant system by means of an evaluation device, wherein the process comprises providing frequency-dependent reference signals derived from excitations input in a linear time-invariant system, providing frequency-dependent measuring signals for the linear time-invariant system associated with the frequency-dependent reference signals, and determining an averaged frequency-dependent transfer function for the linear time-invariant system, in that, using signal deconvolution of mutually associated measuring and reference signals, frequency-dependent transfer functions are determined and the frequency-dependent transfer functions are averaged, and wherein during determination of the averaged frequency-dependent transfer function at least a part of the determined frequency-dependent transfer functions is included in the averaging corresponding to a respectively associated frequency-dependent weighting. Furthermore the invention comprises an evaluation device for determining an averaged frequency-dependent transfer function for a perturbed linear time-invariant system and a computer program product.
US09060220B1
An audio speaker cabinet includes a side wall structure, a first wall, a second wall, a sound driver and a port structure. The first wall is fixed to a first end of the side wall structure. The second wall is fixed to the side interior surface of the side wall structure spaced apart from the first wall and spaced apart from a second end of the side wall structure. A portion of the side wall structure, the first wall and the second wall define a sealed audio chamber. Another portion of the side wall structure and the second wall define a non-sealed audio chamber. The sound driver is fixed to the second wall and covers a speaker opening therein. The port structure extends through the sealed audio chamber and an interior of the port structure is sealed relative to the sealed audio chamber.
US09060218B2
A failure detection device for a vehicle speaker includes a signal generator, an amplifier, a coupling capacitor, a detection circuit, and a determination section. The signal generator generates a sound signal corresponding to a sound outputted from the speaker. The amplifier amplifies the sound signal generated by the signal generator. The coupling capacitor supplies the sound signal amplified by the amplifier to the speaker. The detection circuit directly or indirectly detects a terminal voltage on a terminal of the speaker. The determination section determines whether an open-circuit occurs in the speaker based on a phase difference between a phase of the sound signal and a phase of the terminal voltage. The terminal of the speaker is coupled to the coupling capacitor.
US09060215B2
To facilitate routing and wavelength assignment (RWA) in an optical communications network having a given topology of associated nodes and links, a set of system characteristics associated with operating the optical communications network may be determined. Different sets of values may be selected for one or more parameters of an RWA algorithm defined for operating a set of services on the optical communications network, and associated sets of routes and wavelengths that may be assigned to the set of services via the RWA algorithm in accordance with the different sets of values and the set of system characteristics may be determined. The different sets of routes and wavelengths may be compared based on one or more fitness criteria and thereby selected between. A path computation engine of the optical communications network may then be provisioned with the selected set of values for the one or more parameters.
US09060213B2
A battery monitoring device attached to a vehicle battery includes a battery voltage sensor, motion sensor, location determination module, memory device, wireless modem, and controller. The battery voltage sensor senses the voltage level of the vehicle battery, the motion sensor senses movement of the battery monitoring device, and the location determination module determines the location of the battery monitoring device. The memory device stores a unique identification number associated with the battery monitoring device. Upon detection of an event as indicated by the battery voltage signal or the motion signal or the location information, the wireless modem transmits an alert message that includes the unique identification number and information regarding the event. The components of the device may be encapsulated in a potting compound within a cavity on the battery housing, or they may be enclosed in a housing that is separable from the battery housing.
US09060196B2
The subject disclosure is directed towards a technology by which background application code (e.g., provided by third-party developers) runs on a mobile device in a way that is constrained with respect to resource usage. A resource manager processes a resource reservation request for background code, to determine whether the requested resources meet constraint criteria for that type of background code. If the criteria are met and the resources are available, the resources are reserved, whereby the background code is ensured priority access to its reserved resources. As a result, a properly coded background application that executes within its constraints will not experience glitches or other problems (e.g., unexpected termination) and thereby provide a good user experience.
US09060189B2
A plurality of video streams is transmitted over a transmission link. At intervals, one determines for each video stream at each of a plurality of encoder settings, having regard to the amount of data buffered at a receiver for that stream, a bit rate sufficient to transmit the remainder of that stream at that encoder setting such as to avoid buffer underflow at the receiver. One determines also a critical point equal to the earliest time at which that bit rate can be reduced while still avoiding buffer underflow at the receiver. An encoder setting is chosen for each video stream such that the sum of said bit rates required for transmission of the streams does not exceed the capacity of the transmission link. Any surplus capacity of the transmission link is allocated to the stream that has the earliest critical point.
US09060188B2
Methods and systems for providing data such as content are disclosed. A method can comprise selecting a closed caption buffer and storing a service trace in the selected closed caption buffer. The closed caption buffer comprising the stored service trace can then be activated to provide service information.
US09060186B2
An audience selection type augmented broadcasting service providing apparatus and method is provided. The audience selection type augmented broadcasting service providing apparatus may include an augmented broadcast producing server to process a production process of augmented contents to provide the augmented broadcasting service, for broadcast contents, a broadcasting server to multiplex and transmit the broadcast contents and metadata for the augmented broadcasting service, and an augmented content receiving terminal to process the augmented contents based on the metadata for the augmented broadcasting service, while playing the broadcast contents.
US09060185B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting adaptive streaming mechanism-based content. Representations, which include content components, are combined into a group. At least two of the group, a representation, and a content component type are combined into a subset. The subset is transmitted.
US09060182B2
A method and apparatus is disclosed which reduces or removes the effectiveness of commercial skip systems such as presently found in VCRs, PVRs, etc. which are designed to delete commercials from signal material upon playback of a previously recorded version of the signal material. In an embodiment, the effectiveness of the commercial skip system is reduced or removed by adding a flat field of selected signal level to active line portions of video lines of the signal material. Other embodiments modify the normal fade to black signal indicative of a commercial to provide a fade to non-black signal. In further embodiments, a fade to non-black signal is inserted in an overscan area of the signal picture. Still further embodiments modify audio signals or selected signals in the horizontal blanking interval which may be used in commercial skip systems to detect the presence of commercials.
US09060171B2
An image processing system is adapted to compress a captured image having a plurality of regions of interest (ROIs). The image compression device includes an image dividing unit, a resolution distribution unit and an encoder. The image dividing unit divides the captured image into a number of blocks according to a predetermined size. The resolution distribution unit distributes a display resolution to each ROI of the captured image according to predetermined display information which includes a position and a resolution level of each ROI. The resolution distribution unit further obtains the blocks covered by each ROI according to the position of each ROI. The encoder separately encodes each block in the captured image according to the resolution level of each block using predetermined rules to obtain compression strings of each block, and generates compression image based on the compression strings and the predetermined display information.
US09060166B2
A method of positioning primary and secondary images on a stereoscopic display device involves ascertaining a perceived depth of the primary image and the secondary image; transforming the perceived depth of at least one of the primary and secondary image data by compressing the perceived depth of the at least one of the primary and secondary image data; and transforming at least one of the primary and secondary image data so as to position the perceived secondary image at a position that will be perceived by a viewer to be situated at a depth when viewed on the stereoscopic display such that the secondary image appears to be situated fully between the primary image and the viewer when viewed stereoscopically. This abstract is not to be considered limiting, since other embodiments may deviate from the features described in this abstract.
US09060161B2
A device receives user input to schedule a program to record at a future time and recording conflict resolution characteristics including at least one of: an indication whether the user wishes to watch the program soon after the program begins or whether the user wishes to watch the program a period of time after the program begins, an indication whether the user cares about viewing only the end of the program or the entire program, or an indication whether, if the program is to be recorded as part of a series, the series needs to be recorded sequentially. The device identifies a conflict in the scheduling of the recording of the program and one or more other programs, and resolves the identified conflict based on one or more of the recording conflict resolution characteristics.
US09060149B2
Disclosed is an image forming apparatus including an image forming unit which forms a toner image on an image carrier and transfers the formed toner image on a paper, a color conversion process unit to carry out a color conversion process to convert inputted image data to image data of an output color in the image forming unit, a paper type information obtaining unit to obtain at least one or more information among a size of a paper, a basis weight of the paper and whether the paper is coated or not and a control unit to control so as to change a maximum adhesion amount of a toner to a paper by selecting a color conversion process condition for the color conversion process unit based on the information obtained by the paper type information obtaining unit.
US09060143B2
A solid-state imaging device includes a first chip including a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a light sensing unit generating a signal charge responsive to an amount of received light, and a plurality of MOS transistors reading the signal charge generated by the light sensing unit and outputting the read signal charge as a pixel signal, a second chip including a plurality of pixel drive circuits supplying desired drive pulses to pixels, the second chip being laminated beneath the first chip in a manner such that the pixel drive circuits are arranged beneath the pixels formed in the first chip to drive the pixels, and a connection unit for electrically connecting the pixels to the pixel drive circuits arranged beneath the pixels.
US09060136B1
The present invention enhances the player's gameplay visual, feedback and other experiences by taking advantage of optical adapters, feedback mechanics, advancements in theatrical audio, frame rate throttle, meta-file object framework for storage and retrieval, calibration advancements, vocal command enhancements, voice object lookups, facial/body scan, color/clothing coordination, party or celebration capabilities, noise cancellation, interactive object placement, heart rate monitor, pan-tilt-zoom camera advances, cooperative gameplay advances and programming advancements.
US09060132B2
Provided is an imaging apparatus that is convenient for use with a combination of an optical finder and an electronic finder and is capable of minimizing manufacturing costs while preventing visibility in the finder from being lowered. In the EVF mode, a control unit 32 of a digital camera 10 moves members 18b, 18c, and 18d of an objective optical system 18 toward the subject along an optical axis L, and inserts a display unit 19 to a position of an imaging plane 21 with a distance between the member 18d and the imaging plane 21 secured to be long. In the OVF mode, the control unit 32 fixes the objective optical system 18 at a position determined in advance, and retracts the display unit 19 from a gap between the objective optical system 18 and an eyepiece optical system 20.
US09060125B2
An imaging system that includes a rotating unit that includes an imaging camera, an alignment camera and at least a first monitor. The rotating unit is rotatable between a home position and a finish position about a rotation axis such that the imaging camera can capture a first scan. The alignment camera is directed generally downwardly and is configured to capture a first alignment image of a subject positioned generally co-axially with the rotation axis. The first alignment image is displayed on the first monitor.
US09060123B1
The present invention is directed to various systems, methods, and embodiments resulting from the realization that the number of persons who are using a Wi-Fi computer network in a closed environment, e.g. a moving vehicle, can be verified to confirm that it coincides with the number of persons allowed pursuant to a license, by providing a system and method for determining the number of persons accessing a computer network in a closed environment, e.g. a moving vehicle and controlling the access based on that determination.
US09060121B2
A camera array, an imaging device and/or a method for capturing image that employ a plurality of imagers fabricated on a substrate is provided. Each imager includes a plurality of pixels. The plurality of imagers include a first imager having a first imaging characteristics and a second imager having a second imaging characteristics. The images generated by the plurality of imagers are processed to obtain an enhanced image compared to images captured by the imagers. Each imager may be associated with an optical element fabricated using a wafer level optics (WLO) technology.
US09060118B2
Image sensors include an array of image sensor pixels therein. This array of image sensor pixels includes a first focus detection pixel and at least a first color pixel. A switching network is provided, which is electrically coupled to the array. This switching network may be configured to generate a first mixed image signal by electronically mixing a focus detection signal generated by the first focus detection pixel with at least one color pixel signal generated by the at least a first color pixel. The first focus detection pixel can be a color-blind pixel, which may include a light-blocking shield mask therein.
US09060105B2
Provided are a filtering method and apparatus for removing blocking artifacts and ringing noise. The filtering method includes transforming video data on a block-by-block basis, and detecting the presence of an edge region in the video data by checking the distribution of values obtained by the transformation. Accordingly, it is possible to completely remove blocking artifacts and/or ringing noise by more effectively detecting the presence of an edge region in video data.
US09060099B2
In an interactive network-based personal video recording system, a user interface is provided that allows viewers to search a database of program guide information according to program title, indexed program attributes such as actor and director, and key word. Viewer interaction is by way of a remote control unit.
US09060096B2
A communication system includes a content repository 274 storing a content file and a video transport processing system 273 in communication with the content repository 274. The video transport processing system 273 receives a plurality of conditional access information, stores a relative time of arrival of each of the plurality of conditional access information and encrypts the content file using the plurality of conditional access information and the relative time of arrival to form an encrypted content file.
US09060091B2
An image processing apparatus includes a storage and a controller. The storage stores an additional program having an interface for switching processing using first-choice hardware to processing using an alternative to the first-choice hardware depending on usage of the first-choice hardware. In the case where processing related to the additional program is executed, the controller executes the processing related to the additional program on image data by using the first-choice hardware or the alternative depending on the usage of the first-choice hardware.
US09060076B2
Methods and systems are provided for managing call sessions on public and private networks. The methods and systems operate to receive and send voice over internet protocol (VoIP) communications using a network, such as an IP network. The methods and systems also operate to receive and send emergency information over IP and other data networks. Based on certain criteria, the methods and systems determine whether to transfer a VoIP communication and/or emergency information to another entity associated with the IP network.
US09060073B2
After a telephone captures a line, a facsimile apparatus detects a tone signal on the captured line. The facsimile apparatus counts a number of the detected tone signals. When the counted number reaches a predetermined number, the facsimile apparatus controls to start a facsimile reception. The facsimile apparatus detects a change of a hook state of the telephone. When the change of the hook state of the telephone is detected, the facsimile apparatus resets the counted number.
US09060068B2
A mobile terminal control apparatus and method is disclosed. The mobile terminal control apparatus includes a plurality of touch sensors formed on a rear of the mobile terminal, a touch recognition unit recognizing a touch of a finger sensed by the plurality of touch sensors and displaying a user interface on a front screen of the mobile terminal according to the recognized touch of the finger, and an execution unit recognizing a change in the touch of the finger, and executing the displayed user interface on the basis of the result of the recognition. The mobile terminal may control user interfaces of a mobile terminal without fingers overlapping a screen of the mobile terminal.
US09060063B2
This invention provides for a method of (or apparatus for) facilitating the delivery of advice to consumers using a server unit which can store and display the names and characteristics of experts and then rapidly assist in connecting the expert and consumer for real-time communication. The server can also have the ability to receive keywords from the consumer, match those keywords to one or more experts, and tell the consumer how to contact an expert.
US09060050B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for determining availability statuses for users of a communication service provider system. One of the methods includes obtaining data identifying a plurality of availability status features for a user of a communication service provider system and a respective weight for each of the availability status features; determining a respective current value of each of the availability status features; and determining an aggregate user availability status based at least in part on the current values of the availability status features and on the weights for the availability status features.
US09060047B2
In a method and system for managing at least one media stream from a media source to a media destination, where the media stream passes through at least one network, providing a media manager for managing the media stream and the at least one network for performing at least one of the management functions bandwidth management, media hairpin detection, media path control, equal access or preventing media backhauling. In the media manager at least one of the media stream information types media routing, receive transport address, routed receive transport address, source network, destination network, media stream identifier, or bandwidth of the media stream is stored for a time period during which the media stream exists in the at least one network. The media manager uses at least one of the stored information types for performing at least one of the management functions.
US09060031B1
Features are disclosed for modifying identifying data including, but not limited to, demographic information, user identifiers, and device identifiers, according to user-definable preferences prior to transmitting content requests to content servers. The information may be modified to protect a user's privacy. In addition, the modified information may allow the content provider to serve a customized or targeted version of content that is more relevant to the user than a version that may otherwise be generated without the aid of identifying data. Users may elect to share some, all, or none of their identifying data with content providers, or users may elect to generalize their specific identifying data. Additional features include providing generalized or customized identifying data to cooperating content providers. Custom headers and other data fields may be provided to content providers, and content providers may choose to use information in the custom data fields or ignore it.
US09060028B1
A method of accessing a communication system and a communication device for performing the same are disclosed. The method includes transmitting, by the communication device to a node of the communication system through a communication link between the communication device and the node, a registration request to register with the communication system, transmitting, by the communication device to the node, a request to disconnect the communication link, when receiving from the communication system a registration response in response to the registration request before receiving an authentication request from the communication system.
US09060020B2
A system, method and computer readable storage medium that receives traffic/packets from external devices attempting to access protected devices in a protected network. A determination is made to whether a received packet belongs to one of a plurality of packet classifications. Each packet classification indicative of different classes of IP traffic. Countermeasures are applied to a received packet to prevent attack upon the protected devices. Applying a countermeasure to a received packet determined to belong to one of the plurality of packet classifications includes countermeasure modification/selection contingent upon the determined packet classification for the received packet.
US09060008B2
A method for data storage includes defining a host cluster within a group of host computers, which access a storage system that includes multiple logical volumes. The host cluster includes two or more of the host computers. A single mapping instruction, which specifies the host cluster and a set of one or more of the logical volumes, is accepted. Responsively to the single mapping instruction, each of the host computers in the host cluster is mapped to access the logical volumes in the set. In another disclosed method, a single control instruction, which specifies the host cluster and a configuration operation to be applied to the host computers in the host cluster, is accepted. Responsively to the single control instruction, the configuration operation is applied to each of the host computers in the host cluster.
US09060003B2
The inventive system includes a host, a network including a security gateway, and a public application. Established are an access session between the network and the host and an application session between the public application and the network. An application session record is created for the application session, and includes the user's public user identity used to access the public application, the user's private user identity used to access the network, a host identity, and an application session time, To determine the private user identity for the application session, the security gateway sends a query with the host identity and the application session time. These are compared with the host identity and access session time in an access session record, if they match, then the private user identity in the access session record is returned, and it is stored as the private user identity in the application session record.
US09060002B2
Facilitating Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) phone calls where at least a portion of the phone call relies upon signaling exchanged as part of a Session Initiated Protocol (SIP) session conducted through a SIP Private Branch Exchange (SIP-PBX) is contemplated. Caller-ID and/or security measures may be implemented when to enable caller-ID when the SIP-PBX is untrusted.
US09059999B2
A non-transitory machine readable medium storing a program that configures a managed forwarding element to perform logical L2 switching and L3 routing is described. The program generates a first set of flow entries for configuring the first managed forwarding element to perform (1) a first logical L2 processing for a first logical L2 domain, (2) a logical L3 processing, (3) a load balancing processing to select a second managed forwarding element from a plurality of managed forwarding elements to which to forward packets and (4) a logical ingress L2 processing for a second logical L2 domain on the packets. The program generates a second set of flow entries for configuring the second managed forwarding element to perform a second logical L2 processing for a second logical L2 domain on the packets.
US09059995B2
A gatekeeper device delegates an ability to access a resource to an access device by transmitting metadata, which includes access information for accessing the resource. The access device uses the metadata to retrieve the associated resource from a resource server. By transmitting the metadata in lieu of the resource, flexible use of the resources is implemented while enabling compliance with various restriction schemes. The system may condition the delegation or transfer of resource access on one or more factors, such as proximity between the gatekeeper device and the access devices. Using information about an access device, the resource server may optimize the resources for the receiving access device.
US09059985B1
Method and systems for validating a client user in a secured network are provided. Upon authentication, a user is supplied a login cookie that includes verification data. When requesting access to a secured resource, the verification data is compared to the data in the request to confirm that the requestor is a legitimate user and not a user who has stolen the login cookie.
US09059983B2
Systems and methods are included for accessing resource objects in a multi-threaded environment. A request is received from a requester to perform an operation with respect to a resource object, where the requested resource object has multiple associations with other objects. A determination as to whether an authorization cache entry corresponding to the requested resource object contains sufficient permission data for granting or denying the request for access to the requested resource object is made. A grant or deny of access to the requested resource object is returned when the authorization cache entry corresponding to the requested resource object contains sufficient permission data.
US09059982B2
According to one embodiment, the ID provider device stores pieces of policy information for each service provider ID. The ID provider device outputs a policy evaluation request including the user ID used in the log-in processing and the service provider ID in the authentication federation request when the log-in processing is successful. The ID provider device reads the policy information in accordance with the service provider ID in the policy evaluation request. The ID provider device judges whether to permit the transmission of the service data in accordance with whether environmental conditions of the user for the execution of a service conform to the read policy information.
US09059979B2
In one illustrative example, a method in a communication device adapted for communications using Hypertext Transport Protocol (HTTP) involves setting, at the communication device, an HTTP cookie which includes a user identification of a user of the communication device and a message portion which is signed with a digital signature of the user. The communication device sends, to an application server site via the communication network, a request message which includes the HTTP cookie. If verification of the digital signature at the application server site is successful, the communication device will receive access to an application service of the application server site. In one variation, the HTTP cookie is alternatively set with a group identification of a group with which the user is associated, and the message portion is signed with a digital signature of the group. The group may be a plurality of users associated with a service provider which provides the communication device access to a communication service in the communication network. In this case, the HTTP cookie may be set with a token retrieved from the service provider, where the token includes the digital signature of the service provider.
US09059978B2
According to one embodiment, a client system supported by remote maintenance in an electronic network configured to serve a plurality of clients may include an electronic network, a plurality of storage resources, a first virtual machine, a second virtual machine, and a virtual machine manager. The electronic network may include a plurality of processing resources and a communication bus. The plurality of storage resources may be accessible by the plurality of processing resources. The plurality of storage resources may include a computer readable memory. The first virtual machine may handle a first data set associated with the client system. The first virtual machine may include an operating system and a reporting agent. The second virtual machine may handle a second data set associated with an external data center. The virtual machine manager may be configured to manage data transfer between the first virtual machine and the second virtual machine. The second virtual machine may be configured to assess a state of the first virtual machine and identify a software update for installation on the first virtual machine. The virtual machine manager may manage an attestation process for the first virtual machine prior to delivering or installing the software update on the client system using the first virtual machine.
US09059975B2
A method of providing network communications includes receiving, at a second device via a virtual network connection that virtualizes network capabilities of the second device, a packet transmitted by a first device, the packet including protocol information; determining a third device to which to transmit the packet, said determination being informed by the protocol information; and transmitting the packet to the third device using a virtual network connection, which virtualizes network capabilities of the second device, in accordance with the protocol information.
US09059973B2
Implementation of a secure network may be provided by analyzing packet traffic for sensitive information. Network processing elements found to be processing sensitive information may be classified as needing higher security. The classified network processing elements may be moved into a group of secure network processing elements.
US09059962B2
A user having remote device wants to access an application executing on an application server computer that is behind a firewall. During set-up, another firewall and a gateway computer are configured in front of the original firewall. During registration, users' remote devices are configured with security data. The security data includes user authentication cryptographic credentials, for establishing secure channels, and may include user application cryptographic credentials as needed by individual applications executing on the application server. During operation, the user provides a password to an application program executing on his/her remote device to use the security information on the remote device to establish a secure channel to the application, and then conducts a data session with the application. If the application needs to verify the identity of the user, the user's remote device performs a cryptographic operation using the user application cryptographic credentials, and sends the result to the application.
US09059958B2
The present invention relates to the field of communications technologies, and discloses a user registration method, an interaction method and related devices. The user registration method includes: receiving an invite request that is sent by a registered user of a system through a first system client, where the invite request includes an identifier of an unregistered user of the system; obtaining a temporary account allocated to the unregistered user of the system and valid in the system; sending, according to the identifier of the unregistered user of the system, the temporary account to a terminal used by the unregistered user of the system. By use of the present invention, registered users of one system are capable of interacting with unregistered users of the system.
US09059951B2
A method, apparatus and computer program product for spam message detection. The method includes collecting time domain transmission characteristic of a message source; computing frequency domain transmission characteristic of the message source with the time domain transmission characteristic of the message source; and identifying the message source to be a spammer in response to the frequency domain transmission characteristic of the message source satisfying predefined criteria; wherein the steps of the method are carried out using a computer device. An apparatus and computer program product for carrying out the above method is also provided.
US09059949B2
Methods, computer readable media, and apparatuses for monitoring regulated associates are presented. According to one or more aspects, a user command to send an electronic message using a mobile computing device may be detected. Subsequently, content of the electronic message may be analyzed to determine whether the message violates one or more policies. In response to determining that the message violates one or more policies, the message may be added to a listing of flagged messages. According to one or more additional aspects, at least one occurrence of an application installation event may be detected on a computing device. In response to detecting the at least one occurrence of the application installation event, an application corresponding to the at least one occurrence of the application installation event may be identified. Subsequently, it may be determined whether the identified application is approved for use on the computing device.
US09059947B2
A device and method for displaying received messages, such as email, SMS, IM, multimedia, and voicemail, are provided. Each of a plurality of received messages, initially unread, is associated with a value. The device concurrently displays a first message listing and a second message listing, the first message listing comprising entries for messages of the plurality of received messages associated with a value meeting a specified threshold, and the second message listing comprising entries for other messages of the plurality of received messages. When a message associated with a value meeting the specified threshold and having an entry in the first message listing is marked read, the displayed message listings are updated to remove the entry for the message from the first message listing and to include an entry for the message in the second message listing.
US09059946B2
A passive optical network (PON) packet processor for processing PON traffic includes a core processor for executing threads related to the processing of PON traffic and a plurality of hardware (HW) accelerators coupled to the core processor for accelerating the processing of said PON traffic. A memory unit is coupled to the core processor for maintaining program and traffic data. In an embodiment of the present invention, the PON packet processor includes a scheduler that optimizes the execution of PON related tasks.
US09059930B2
In a telecommunications network, loops are eliminated by deactivation of ports of data forwarding systems (130). When a port becomes active, topology change notifications are sent, and forwarding databases (204, 220) may have to be flushed. In some embodiments, a port may become active faster, without flushing and without topology change notifications. Other features and embodiments are also provided.
US09059929B2
In one embodiment, a system comprises a plurality of minimalistic data collection nodes in a computer network, the minimalistic data collection nodes configured to generate sensed data values of a particular type and to communicate the data values within the computer network in substantially real-time using distributed data acquisition (DA) packets specific to the particular type of the data values. The system also comprises a plurality of capable data collection nodes in the computer network, the capable data collecting nodes configured to store the data values of the minimalistic data collection nodes from the DA packets. One or more points of use of the system may be configured to request the data values, wherein one or more particular capable data collection nodes of the system are configured to service the request in substantially real-time on behalf of the minimalistic data collection nodes with the stored data values.
US09059923B2
A method includes receiving discovery messages from respective devices of an ad-hoc wireless network. The messages are received by a first device in the ad-hoc wireless network prior to a particular discovery interval. The discovery messages include information identifying the respective devices. The method further includes caching the information identifying the respective devices. During the particular discovery interval, a first discovery message is sent. The first discovery message includes a request to reserve a paging interval during the particular discovery interval. The first discovery message further includes an indication of the information.
US09059922B2
A switch for a switching network includes a plurality of ports for communicating data traffic and a switch controller that controls switching between the plurality of ports. The switch controller selects a forwarding path for the data traffic based on at least topological congestion information for the switching network. In a preferred embodiment, the topological congestion information includes sFlow topological congestion information and the switch controller includes an sFlow client that receives the sFlow topological congestion information from an sFlow controller in the switching network.
US09059912B2
A method, a device, and a storage medium provide for storing traffic policies pertaining to egress traffic to a network; receiving a traffic flow; computing a route for the traffic flow; identifying at least one of one or more labels associated with the traffic flow or a network address associated with a remote provider edge device associated with the traffic flow; selecting one or more traffic policies in response to at least one of an identification of the one or more labels or an identification of the network address; and transmitting along the route in the network according to the one or more traffic policies.
US09059901B1
An apparatus includes an access switch having a set of ports and configured to be operatively coupled to a multicast router via a first port from the set of ports. The access switch is configured to be associated with a network associated with the multicast router, and designate the first port as a multicast-router interface during a time period. The access switch is configured to send a message to the multicast router via each port from the set of ports in response to an indication of a change in a topology of the network after the time period. The access switch is configured to designate a second port from the set of ports as the multicast-router interface and dedesignate the first port as the multicast-router interface in response to receiving, via the second port and in response to the message, a signal from the multicast router.
US09059900B2
An example involves when a first logical circuit identifier of the dedicated logical circuit that is to communicate data only between a host device and a remote device does not match a second logical circuit identifier of a logical failover circuit comprising an alternate communication path for communicating the data, and when the dedicated logical circuit has failed: the second logical circuit identifier is renamed to identify the logical failover circuit using the first logical circuit identifier when the logical failover circuit is a dedicated logical failover circuit to communicate only when the dedicated logical circuit fails, and the dedicated logical circuit is renamed to identify the dedicated logical circuit using the second logical circuit identifier when the logical failover circuit is to communicate regardless of failure of the dedicated logical circuit.
US09059896B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for retrieving device information from a remote network device through a server-side network probe are provided. An operation is executed to capture data packets received over a network at a particular interface in a server computer. Device-related packets are retrieved from the captured data packets. The device-related packets may be embodied in a binary file. The binary file is converted into a human-readable file. The device information is extracted from the human-readable file. The device information may regard a network device sending the device-related packets over the network.
US09059880B2
A network element of a communication provider comprises transceiver apparatus arranged to receive a request message from an originating endpoint via a packet-based communication network; and processing apparatus configured to generate, in response to the request message from the originating endpoint, a push notification relating to a communication from the originating endpoint intended for a destination endpoint, the communication to be conducted over the packet-based network. The transceiver apparatus is arranged to send the push notification to the destination endpoint over the packet-based network. The processing apparatus is further configured to generate the push notification with a payload comprising an indication of an image representing an originating user, to be output by the destination endpoint in a user notification notifying a destination user regarding the communication. At least the indication of the image is determined and inserted into the payload of the push notification at the network element.
US09059866B2
A communications system are provided that provides integrated encryption capabilities. In particular, a digital microwave system, terminal and method are provided in which the encryption functions are integrated into the digital microwave terminals. The digital microwave system may also be implemented with external encryption units.
US09059865B2
Initiating, by USB host adaptors, USB connections over a non-USB network, including the steps of: Connecting non-collocated USB hosts with respective non-collocated USB host adaptors (USBHs), according to USB specification timings. Connecting non-collocated USB devices with respective non-collocated USB device adaptors (USBDs). Enabling the USBHs and the USBDs to communicate over the non-USB network that enables each USBD to discover the presence and capabilities of each USBH. Receiving, by the USBHs, information about the USB devices. And then initiating, by the USBHs, USB-over-network connections between the USB hosts and the USB devices.
US09059857B2
A method and apparatus for selectively securing records in a Near Field Communication Data Exchange Format (NDEF) message in a Near Field Communication (NFC) device are provided. The method includes generating a place marker signature record by setting a URI_present field to ‘0’ and setting a signature_type field to a predefined value, wherein a combination of the URI_present field set to ‘0’ and the signature_type field set to the predefined value indicates that a signature Record Type Definition (RTD) is a place marker signature record; and placing the place marker signature record in the NDEF message, wherein a set of records following the place marker signature record are secured.
US09059856B2
Embodiments are directed to the providing a cloud keying and signing service and to securing software package distribution on the cloud. In an embodiment, a computer system instantiates a signing service configured to sign software packages. The computer system receives a signing request from a computer user requesting that a selected software package be signed. The signing request includes a computed hash of the selected software package. The computer system generates a private and public key pair on behalf of the computer user and stores the private key of the generated key pair in a secure data store.
US09059854B2
A protocol provides authentication of peripheral devices by a computing device to which the peripheral device connects. Computing devices include a verifier with a public key that authenticates multiple associated private keys. Private keys are embedded on peripheral devices. When the verifier is able to authenticate a connected peripheral, particular functionality is enabled that may not be enabled for peripherals that do not authenticate.
US09059852B2
A mechanism is provided for validating an identity of a user. A signed electronic identification document is received from the user. A signature of the signed electronic identification document is compared utilizing a public key obtained from a certificate authority forming first information and a first image associated with the user. The first information and the first image associated with the user are presented via a user interface associated with a challenge terminal. Responsive to a positive indication that the first information and the first image are associated with the user and responsive to a request to perform additional validation of the user, a read of steganographic information embedded in the first image associated with the user is attempted. Responsive to reading the steganographic information embedded in the first image associated with the user, the identity of the user is validated.
US09059844B2
A high-speed Ethernet apparatus having a multiple lane configuration and method for selectively operating the multiple lanes to allow lanes to participate or not in data transmission and reception. The Ethernet apparatus includes: a transfer rate control unit to set a state of each of multiple physical coding sub-layer (PCS) lanes inside to be the same as a state of corresponding each of multiple physical transmission lanes based on state change information that indicates whether the each physical transmission lane is activated or not, and to remove idle blocks from data blocks which are received at a transfer rate of a physical transmission lane in active state among the multiple physical transmission lanes; and a block allocating unit to allocate the data blocks from which the idle blocks have been removed through PCS lanes in active state that correspond to the physical transmission lanes in active state.
US09059843B2
An apparatus for protecting information includes a hash value generating unit configured to identify a program file of a requester requesting information encrypted using a first hash value and to generate a second hash value of the identified program file, and a decryption unit configured to decrypt the information using the second hash value and if the information is successfully decrypted, to return the decrypted information to the requester.
US09059842B2
A method and system for providing a secure communication network using an electrical distribution grid is disclosed. A device connected to the electrical distribution grid initiates a request for a secured key token by signaling an intelligent communicating device residing at or near an edge of the grid. The intelligent communicating device forwards the request to a receiver at a distribution substation on the electrical grid. This receiver enhances the properties of the request such that a grid location for the request can be inferred. The enhanced request is forwarded to a server at the distribution substation, which compares the request grid location to a Grid Map and Policies of known secure grid locations. Any inconsistencies between the grid location inferred from the enhanced request and the Grid Map and Policies locations are considered evidence of tampering, and the server rejects the request.
US09059840B2
Private message system, method, and apparatus are described. A private message that includes encrypted data and identifying information indicating a recipient client device authorized to read the private message is stored at a server computer. Since the client devices perform all encryption and decryption processing, the server computer stores the private message in a platform agnostic manner and without performing any encryption/decryption related processes. Although any number of recipient devices can receive the private message, only a recipient client device authorized in accordance with the identifying information can read the private message.
US09059837B1
A clock data recovery circuit includes: a phase detector circuit configured to generate a phase detection signal indicating a first detection result between a phase of a reception data signal and a phase of a first clock signal; a clock signal generation circuit configured to generate the first clock signal and a second clock signal based on the phase detection signal, the second clock signal having a frequency substantially equal to a frequency of the first clock signal, a phase difference between the first clock signal and the second clock signal being less than 180°; a phase combining circuit configured to combine the first clock signal and the second clock signal in accordance with a phase relation and generate a recovered clock signal; and a recovered data generation circuit configured to sample the reception data signal and generate a recovered data signal based on the recovered clock signal.
US09059836B2
In an embodiment, a method for determining a word boundary in an incoming data stream includes initializing an N bit register with initial content, receiving a number of consecutive N bit words of the incoming data stream and processing each of the number of consecutive N bit words. The processing includes performing operations per bit position of the register, including performing an XOR operation on a corresponding received data bit and a next received data bit, performing an AND operation on a current state of the bit position of the register and a result of the XOR operation, and storing a result of the AND operation to update the state of the bit position of the register. The word boundary is defined based on the content of the register following the processing of the number of consecutive N bit words.
US09059829B2
In a receiver with a demodulator and a decoder performing iterative processing, a solution is provided for reducing the implementation cost of and improving the throughput of an interleaver and a deinterleaver. A receiver includes a symbol demapper outputting first extrinsic information by using one received symbol and a priori information, a check node decoder outputting second extrinsic information by using first extrinsic information and a priori information, a deinterleaver deinterleaving second extrinsic information, a variable node decoder outputting third extrinsic information by using deinterleaved second extrinsic information as a priori information, and an interleaver interleaving third extrinsic information output from the variable node decoder. The check node decoder outputs fourth extrinsic information by using interleaved third extrinsic information as a priori information and the fourth extrinsic information is used as a priori information by the symbol demapper. A plurality of deinterleave/interleaver modules are provided for parallel processing.
US09059828B1
This invention discloses an optimum form maximum likelihood MIMO detector (SFS ML Detector) that computes the LLR of the most likely received bit sequence from the received signal y, which consist of multiple signal stream from a MIMO channel H and an estimate of H. Through 5 simple steps of QR factorization, computation of partial Euclidean distance, sorting of the partial Euclidean distance, selection of surviving hypothesis by a set of algorithmic rule and computation of the full Euclidean distance of the survivors, and computation of the maximum likelihood from the surviving full Euclidean distance, the LLR of the received bit sequence can be obtained with a significantly lower number of computation and comparison than that is implied in the theoretical form of the maximum likelihood (ML) detector. There is no loss in performance of the SFS ML detector from the theoretical ML detector.
US09059826B2
An apparatus and method for transmitting/receiving a Channel State Information-Reference Symbol (CSI-RS) in a relay network system are provided. The method for transmitting a CSI-RS in a relay network system includes selecting a subframe to transmit a CSI-RS, from DownLink (DL) subframes, transmitting, to a receive end, identifying information indicating that a CSI-RS is transmitted at the selected subframe, and transmitting a CSI-RS at the selected subframe.
US09059822B2
Embodiments herein disclose a method in a user equipment (10) for communicating with a radio network node (12, 12′) in a radio communications network, which user equipment (10) is served by the radio network node (12, 12′). The user equipment receives first information from the radio network node (12, 12′) over a control channel, which first information comprises a pointer to which scheduling assignment element for the user equipment (10) to use. The scheduling assignment element is comprised in a set of scheduling assignments stored at the user equipment (10). The user equipment communicates data with the radio network node (12, 12′) using second information in the scheduling assignment element indicated by the pointer.
US09059817B2
A method and system that enhances a user's performance while interacting with an interactive internet application such as a Massively Multiplayer Online (MMO) game is provided. The network latency experienced by users participating in the MMO game is minimized by dynamically determining an optimal transmission action for a message generated by the MMO game. In one embodiment, determining the optimal transmission action for a message includes dynamically determining the optimal number of redundant Forward Error Correction (FEC) packets to add to a message prior to transmitting a message to a receiving device. The optimal number of FEC packets is determined based on a wide range of varying network conditions.
US09059812B2
A MicroTCA system is disclosed that includes an MCH, a clock card connected with the MCH, and multiple AMCs. The clock card includes a clock selecting unit, configured to select and output a clock source and a phase-lock unit, configured to generate a system synchronization clock according to the clock source selected by the clock selecting unit of the clock card. The MCH includes a clock drive unit, configured to drive the system synchronization clock generated by the clock card to multiple AMCs connected with the MCH. A clock card, a cascaded MicroTCA carrier, and a method for providing a clock are also provided. In this way, the implementation of the MicroTCA clock system is simplified, and the whole configuration cost of multiple cascaded MicroTCA carriers is reduced.
US09059796B2
A radio frequency (RF) noise-cancelling receiver includes first transconductance cells configured to produce respective weighted current signals proportional to an input voltage signal. The RF receiver includes frequency conversion cells coupled to the first transconductance cells and configured to mix the weighted current signals with a plurality of non-overlapping local oscillator (LO) signals to produce downconverted current signals. The RF receiver includes transimpedance amplifiers coupled to the frequency conversion cells and configured to produce output voltage signals proportional to the downconverted current signals. The transimpedance amplifiers include second transconductance cells. Each of the first and second transconductance cells has an effective transconductance of a first magnitude for frequency components of the input voltage signal arising from a first harmonic and an effective transconductance of a second magnitude less than the first magnitude for frequency components of the input voltage signal arising from harmonics at integer multiples of the first harmonic.
US09059793B2
Techniques for creating one or more notch frequencies in the power density spectrum of an output voltage generated by switching circuitry. In an aspect, high- and low-side switches are coupled to an output voltage via an inductor. The spectral power of the output voltage at one or more frequencies is estimated, and the estimated spectral power is provided to a switch controller controlling the switches. The switch controller may be configured to switch the switches only in response to detecting that the estimated spectral power at the notch frequency is at a minimum. In certain exemplary aspects, the techniques may be incorporated in an envelope-tracking system, wherein the switching circuitry forms part of a switched-mode power supply (SMPS) supplying low-frequency power to a power amplifier load.
US09059792B2
A method and system for removing noise due to bias electric power (MIC_Bias) or Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) noise are provided. The system includes an interface with a microphone contact, for connecting to an accessory, an Analog-to-Digital (AD) converter for converting an analog voltage level, input via the microphone contact, into a digital voltage level, an audio processing unit for processing an audio signal input via the microphone contact, a switch for at least one of connecting and disconnecting the microphone contact and the AD converter, and a controller. The controller compares the digital voltage level with voltage levels stored in a look up table. The controller identifies a type of accessory connected to the interface. The controller also switches off the switch to prevent noise from being introduced into the audio signal via a wire connecting the microphone contact and the AD converter.
US09059789B2
A signal processing method, a connector and a memory storage device are provided. The signal processing method is for the connector which does not include a crystal oscillator. The signal processing method includes: receiving a first signal stream from a host system; tracking a transmission frequency of the first signal stream, and obtaining a frequency shift quantity of the first signal stream relative to the transmission frequency; determining if a spread spectrum operation is performed on the first signal stream according to the frequency shift quantity to generate a determination result; generating a second signal stream according to the determination result and the transmission frequency. Accordingly, the spread spectrum operation is handled under the situation without a crystal oscillator.
US09059788B2
For determining paths in the scope of a multipath search, a device for use in a wireless communications system performs: obtaining a delay profile of a code division multiple access transmission signal, the delay profile being in a form of complex symbols, each complex symbols resulting from a despreading of said received signal after being delayed by a distinct delay; comparing the real part of said complex symbols forming the delay profile with a first threshold, the first threshold being determined on the basis of a noise level determined by the imaginary part of said complex symbols forming the delay profile; and determining said paths on the basis of the comparing.
US09059785B2
Timing acquisition may be performed without typical correlation computations by determining a power of a received signal at certain points in time and using the determined power to identify gaps in the received signal. By determining gaps in the received signal, frame timing may be estimated, particularly in time-division networks where the location of guard periods within a frame is known. Gap detection may thus be used for timing acquisition.
US09059782B2
Certain embodiments of the invention may be found in a method and system for antenna and radio front-end topologies for a system-on-a-chip (SOC) device that combines Bluetooth and IEEE 802.11 b/g WLAN technologies. A single chip radio device that supports WLAN and Bluetooth technologies receives a WLAN signal in a WLAN processing circuitry of the radio front-end and in a Bluetooth processing circuitry of the radio front-end. Signals generated by the WLAN processing circuitry and the Bluetooth processing circuitry from the received WLAN signal may be combined in a diversity combiner that utilizes selection diversity gain combining or maximal ratio combining (MRC). When a generated signal is below a threshold value, the signal may be dropped from the combining operation. A single antenna usage model may be utilized with the single chip radio device front-end topology to support WLAN and Bluetooth communications.
US09059772B2
The invention provides a method for self-interference suppression in a multi-antenna device that is part of a communication channel between a transmitter and a receiver of a wireless communication system. The communication system uses the multi-antenna device, the multi-antenna device is located between the transmitter and the receiver and uses antennas and a relay unit forwarding signals from the transmitter to the receiver. The communication channel has a transmit channel, defined by a transmit channel matrix between the transmitter and the multi-antenna device, a receive channel defined by a receive channel matrix, between the multi-antenna device and the receiver and a self-interference channel between an output and an input side of the multi-antenna device. The self-interference channel is defined by a self-interference channel matrix wherein the method comprises the steps of: • quipping the multi-antenna device with at least three antennas and; • suppressing the self-interference channel by using at least one filtering matrix arrangement being inserted between the antennas and the relay unit. The invention also provides a node in a wireless communication system comprising the multi-antenna device for self-interference suppression in the multi-antenna device module that is part of a communication channel.
US09059758B2
The invention relates to methods and arrangements for rank adaptation for transmissions over a multipie-input-muttipie-output, M1MO, channel in a wireless communications system. A receiving node (270) performs (310) measurements on reference signals received from a sending node (200), The receiving node performs (330a(330b) a first feedback computation for a first rank and at least one second feedback computation for at yeast one second rank based on the measurements. The first feedback computation includes applying a first relation between assumed transmitted energy for data and transmitted energy for the reference signals that is specific to the first rank. A second relation between assumed transmitted energy for data and transmitted energy for the reference signals is specific to the at least one second rank. The receiving node selects (340) one rank based on the feedback computations and indicates (350) the selected rank in a feedback report to the sending node.
US09059754B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for providing compressed feedback channel state information for beamforming. A beam transmitted by a transmission source is received at a receiving device. The receiving device computes a channel state matrix H of the transmission channel based on the received beam. Using the channel state matrix H, the receiving device performs a singular value decomposition procedure that produces a steering matrix V. The singular value decomposition procedure generates a set of angles (θV, φ) from which the steering matrix V can be computed. The receiving device transmits the set of angles (θV, φ) to the transmitting device. From the set of angles (θV, φ), the transmitting device can compute the steering matrix V.
US09059753B2
The specification and drawings present a new method, apparatus and software related product for using non-codebook based CSI feedback (e.g., in LTE wireless systems) using selection by a UE of one or more of the plurality of logical antenna ports based on a predefined procedure (e.g., SNR or SINR measurement), but without selecting any codeword (precoder) by the UE. This allows not to involve any standardization of codebooks for precoding due to reliance on an alternative CSI feedback framework which does not rely on standardized codebooks. The exemplary embodiments described herein aim at development of 3GPP LTE Release-12.
US09059752B2
In a multicellular cooperative radio communications method, the terminals estimate and communicate to all the access points of a cooperating cluster of access points information on the transmission channels between them and each access point of the cluster. The access points include homologous processor for scheduling the servicing of the terminals and operating in accordance with a particular criterion common to all the access points. Finally, the servicing of the terminals is effected jointly by said access points, in an order determined by the processor, using transmission parameters on the basis of the information on the transmission channels transmitted by the terminals.
US09059751B2
A method for using superposition in transmission of signals. The method may include receiving, at a first user equipment (UE), a product signal from a transmitter, wherein the product signal comprises a product superposition of a first baseband signal with a first encoded message and a first pilot signal configured for receipt by the first UE and a second baseband signal with a second encoded message and a second pilot signal configured for receipt by a second UE. The method may include estimating, by the first UE using the product signal, a first combined product of the second baseband signal and a first channel coefficient matrix intended for the first UE, wherein estimating is based on the first pilot symbol. The method may include decoding, by the first UE using the first combined product, the first encoded message by removing the second baseband signal from the product signal.
US09059746B2
According to one embodiment, a transmitter includes a signal dividing unit, a syndrome sending unit, a syndrome receiving unit and a decoding unit. The signal dividing unit divides an original signal into a first signal and a second signal based on a common dividing policy. The syndrome sending unit sends the first syndrome message calculated based on the first signal through a clear channel. The syndrome receiving unit receives a second syndrome message through the clear channel. The decoding unit decodes the second signal by using the second syndrome message to restore a fourth signal, the fourth signal being corresponding to the second signal received by a receiver through a noisy channel.
US09059734B1
A capacitive digital to analog converter (DAC) includes: a first capacitor including a first terminal and a second terminal, the second terminal connected to a common node; a first switching device: including a third terminal connected to the first terminal of the first capacitor; including fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh terminals that are connected to first, second, third, and fourth reference potentials, respectively; and selectively connecting the third terminal to the fourth, fifth, sixth, and seventh terminals; a second capacitor including an eighth terminal and a ninth terminal, the ninth terminal connected to the common node; and a second switching device: including a tenth terminal connected to the eighth terminal of the second capacitor; including eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth terminals that are connected to the first, second, third, and fourth reference potentials, respectively; and selectively connecting the tenth terminal to the eleventh, twelfth, thirteenth, and fourteenth terminals.
US09059731B2
For boosting decompressionin the presence of reoccurring Huffman trees, a compacted description of a Huffman tree is compared to recently used Huffman tree compactions for identifying matches rather than reconstructing a Huffman tree from a header of a compressed block for each data block to avoid overhead of a Huffman tree reconstruction.
US09059725B1
The present invention relates to a circuit for converting between an analog input voltage and a corresponding digital representation of the analog input voltage. First, second and third capacitors are used, the first and second capacitors being matched, the third capacitor serving as an accumulator. A first switch is coupled to one end of the first capacitor, and a second switch is coupled between the one end of the first capacitor and one end of the second capacitor. A third switch coupled between the one end of the second capacitor and one end of the third capacitor, with a discharge circuit being coupled between the one end of the third capacitor and an opposite end of the second capacitor. When the third switch is closed the discharge circuit fully discharges the second capacitor onto the third capacitor. The third switch is closed when the analog input voltage is greater than a reference voltage, and wherein the first switch is closed to discharge the first capacitor followed by opening the first switch and closing the second switch to cause charge on the second capacitor to divide equally between the first and second capacitors when the analog input voltage is not greater than the reference voltage.
US09059724B2
In an example embodiment, a signal processor is disclosed that is configured to decode a clock-first, change-on-zero differential Manchester encoded data stream. The data stream has no local clock, and both combinatorial and sequential logic is used to decode the stream into a clocked data signal and an optional error signal. Decoding comprises a parser that separates the input data stream into an intermediate data signal, an intermediate clock signal, and a conditioning signal. A data and error generator receives the three signals and outputs a clocked data signal and a clocked error signal.
US09059701B2
A data signal voltage on a signal line 102 is held in a voltage holding capacitor 106 through an n-type MOS transistor 103 switched on by a gate scan voltage, and supplied to an analog amplifier circuit 104-1. The analog amplifier circuit 104-1 is formed of an MOS transistor having a double gate structure, and the operating point thereof is set at an operating range in which dependence of Ids on Vds is substantially nullified. Even when Vds is varied due to a response of liquid crystal 109, Ids is substantially fixed. Accordingly, the pixel voltage which is substantially proportional to the data signal voltage can be applied to the liquid crystal 109.
US09059700B2
A voltage translator translates an input voltage signal in a low voltage domain into a output voltage signal in a high voltage domain using a latch that includes a pair of cross-coupled inverters. The bottom rail voltages for the cross-coupled inverters are varied dynamically to speed switching time for the voltage translator.
US09059697B2
A drive circuit including a second switching element that is connected in series to a source of a first switching element, that is switched ON when the first switching element is switched ON, and that is switched OFF when the first switching element is switched OFF. The drive circuit includes a conduction element that is provided between a drain of the second switching element and a power line, and that connects the drain of the second switching element to the power line in accordance with a signal that switches the second switching element OFF.
US09059688B2
System and method for generating one or more ramp signals. The method includes an oscillator configured to generate at least a clock signal, and a ramp signal generator configured to receive at least the clock signal and generate a first ramp signal. Additionally, the ramp signal generator is coupled to a first resistor including a first terminal and a second terminal. The first resistor is configured to receive an input voltage at the first terminal and is coupled to the ramp signal generator at the second terminal. Moreover, the first resistor is associated with a first resistance value. Also, the clock signal is associated with at least a predetermined frequency. The predetermined frequency does not change if the input voltage changes from a first magnitude to a second magnitude. The first magnitude is different from the second magnitude.
US09059679B2
Tunable interconnect structures, integrated circuits containing the tunable interconnect structures and methods of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The interconnect transmission line structure includes a signal conductor and a plurality of conductors in proximity to the signal conductor. The structure further includes one or more switchable conductors in proximity to at least the signal conductor. The one or more switchable conductors has a programmable wiring switch with a terminal connected to the one or more switchable conductors and another terminal connected to ground.
US09059678B2
A match circuit includes the following: a power input circuit coupled to an RF source; an inner coil input circuit coupled between the power input circuit and an input terminal of an inner coil, the inner coil input circuit including an inductor and a capacitor coupled in series to the inductor, the inductor connecting to the power input circuit, and the capacitor connecting to the input terminal of the inner coil, a first node being defined between the power input circuit and the inner coil input circuit; an inner coil output circuit coupled between an output terminal of the inner coil and ground, the inner coil output circuit defining a direct pass-through connection to ground; an outer coil input circuit coupled between the first node and an input terminal of an outer coil; and an outer coil output circuit coupled between an output terminal of the outer coil and ground.
US09059671B2
In an automatic gain control device, an average power detection circuit detects the average power of a received signal in a specific period, a peak to average power ratio calculation circuit calculates a peak to average power ratio value, a threshold calculation circuit obtains the maximum peak to average power ratio (PAPR) so as to determine as a threshold the result of subtracting the value of the PAPR from the full scale value of an A/D converter. A gain control circuit identifies the gain on the basis of the value of the average power and the determined threshold, and a variable gain amplifier amplifies the received signal which is input using the identified gain.
US09059667B2
A class D audio amplifier having: an audio control circuit configured to provide a switching signal based on an input signal and a reference signal; an input capacitor coupled between the input signal and the first input terminal of the audio control circuit; an inductor having a first terminal coupled to the switching terminal of the audio control circuit, and a second terminal; an output capacitor having a first terminal coupled to second terminal of the inductor and a second terminal coupled to a load; and a noise suppression circuit having a first terminal coupled to the first input terminal of the audio control circuit, and a second terminal coupled to the switching terminal of the audio control circuit, wherein the noise suppression circuit charges the input capacitor and the output capacitor to reach a preset value.
US09059660B1
A variable frequency oscillator device includes a first inverter stage that is designed to invert an input signal to generate a sawtooth signal by charging and discharging a capacitor using current sources that each provides a respective amount of current that is responsive to a control signal and to a dampening signal. A second inverter stage is designed to generate a first inverted signal from the sawtooth signal of the first inverter stage. A third inverter stage is designed to generate a second inverted signal from the first inverted signal, and dampen a signal transition rate for the first inverted signal based upon the control signal.
US09059658B2
An apparatus for controlling an electric motor is provided. A plurality of switches is provided for controlling a direction of current through motor coils of the electric motor. A brushless motor control circuit is connected to each of the plurality of switches. Responsive to a request to adjust one of an angular velocity and an angular acceleration of the electric motor, the plurality of switches are activated to place the motor coils in a predetermined configuration to maximize torque or reduce a total back electromotive force (BEMF) from the motor coils.
US09059646B2
A pulse processor includes a phase/pulse width sampler, a first calculator, a second calculator, a latching device, and a pulse width modulator. The phase/pulse width sampler generates an input direction signal, an input phase number and an input pulse width number according to a first signal and a second signal of the command pulse group. The first calculator is used for multiplying the input phase number by P/Q, thereby generating a target phase number, wherein P and Q are positive integers. The second calculator is used for multiplying the input pulse width number by Q/P, thereby generating a target pulse width number. The latching device receives the input direction signal and outputs a target direction signal. The pulse width modulator receives the target direction signal, the target phase number and the target pulse width number, and outputs a transferred pulse group.
US09059642B2
An integrated circuit for digital controlling switching noise spurs in a receiver by shifting a switching frequency (fs) to a clock frequency (fs+Δf) to move a Kth harmonic of the switching frequency (fs) is provided. The integrated circuit includes a spur controlled clock that operates the clock frequency (fs+Δf), and a DC-DC converter circuitry that includes a first power switch, and a second power switch. The first power switch and the second power switch are driven by the clock frequency (fs+Δf). Δf ranges from ( f RF - Kf s ) + BW K to ( f RF - ( K - 1 ) f s ) - BW K - 1 , and fRF is center frequency of a received channel. None of the harmonics of the clock frequency (fs+Δf) is present in a channel of interest. The switching frequency is larger than the channel bandwidth 2BW.
US09059639B2
A control circuit for a power converter includes a pulse width modulation signal generating circuit, a power estimation circuit, and a current limiting signal generating circuit. The pulse width modulation signal generating circuit generates pulse width modulation signals according to a current sense signal and a current limiting signal for configuring the conduction status of a switch circuit of the power converter. The power estimation circuit generates a power estimation signal for estimating the power which the power converter provides to a load. The current limiting signal generating circuit generates the current limiting signal according to the power estimation signal so that the power converter may provide suitable power to the load.
US09059632B2
A controller includes a ramp signal generator and control circuitry coupled to the ramp signal generator. The ramp signal generator provides a control current through a resistive component to control energy stored in a first energy storage component. The ramp signal generator further generates a ramp signal based on the energy stored in the first energy storage component. The control circuitry adjusts a voltage at one end of the resistive component thereby controlling the control current to indicate a voltage across a second energy storage component. The control circuitry further controls a current through the second energy storage component within a predetermined range based on the ramp signal.
US09059629B2
A power supply device system including: a switching power supply device converting an alternating voltage to a predetermined direct current by means of a switching operation of a switching element, and supplying the direct current to a load; a control parameter generation device generating a control parameter corresponding to at least one of the alternating voltage and the direct current; and a signal transmission unit disposed between the switching power supply device and the control parameter generation device, transmitting the control parameter to the switching power supply device, wherein the switching power supply device has a control unit detecting the direct current, storing the control parameter, and generating a driving pulse for the switching element to perform the switching operation so that the direct current becomes substantially constant, based on the direct current detected and the control parameter stored.
US09059626B2
An electric machine includes a magnetic pole piece array including a plurality of magnetic pole pieces spaced along a permanent magnet array. The permanent magnet array is in immovable relation with winding portions. The pitch of a plurality of permanent magnets and the pitch of a plurality of magnetic pole pieces are determined such that magnetic flux flows through two of the permanent magnets magnetized in the same direction and located in the permanent magnet array with one permanent magnet interposed between the two permanent magnets, and also flows through one or two of the magnetic pole pieces facing the one permanent magnet interposed between the two permanent magnets and magnetized in a direction of magnetization different from the direction of magnetization of the two permanent magnets.
US09059624B2
An active dynamic vibration absorber includes: a coil part provided inside a housing and wound with a coil; a yoke part that moves with respect to the coil part when current flows in the coil part, and includes an upper yoke, a lower yoke, and a permanent magnet provided between the upper yoke and the lower yoke; springs mounted to the yoke part so as to switch a movement of the yoke part to a vibration; first and second slide protrusions electrically connected to both ends of the coil of the coil part, upper and lower contact protrusions formed in the yoke part to correspond to the first and second slide protrusions; and first and second drive devices that generate a relative movement between the coil part and the yoke part by selectively applying current to the upper and lower contact protrusions according to a control signal.
US09059616B1
The invention discloses an insulation system for a stator bar in high voltage electric machines, comprising an anti-corona tape that is wound uniformly and continuously over the entire length of a bare bar. The anti-corona tape comprises a thin resistive sublayer engaged to a thick insulative sublayer. The insulative sublayer provides resistance against high voltage. The resistive sublayer protects the insulation against partial discharges. These partial discharges can occur in voids, such as delamination voids, transposition crossover gaps, strand corners, slot voids, overlap voids etc. The resistive sublayer also increases the thermal conductivity hence reduces the operating temperature. Such insulation using a single-tape approach can replace several layers used in prior-art, viz., an internal corona protection layer, an external corona protection layer, a stress-grading layer and mica layers. This single-tape approach also simplifies the process of manufacturing the stator bar and reduces its cost.
US09059608B2
A rotation assistance device (1) is equipped with a rotating shaft body (11) and multiple rotation assistance bodies (20), which are equipped with rotating bodies (40). The rotating bodies are equipped with a rotation-promoting body (22), having a mass that maintains rotation, and with a spring shaft (23), one end of which is connected to the shaft body (11) and the other end of which is connected to the rotation-promoting body (22), and which expands and contracts in the lengthwise direction by means of an elastic body. The rotation assistance bodies also are equipped with guide rails (21), which guide the rotation-promoting bodies (22) of the rotating bodies (40) so as to rotate in an elliptical orbit. The rotating bodies (40) are attached to the shaft body (11) such that their respective attachment angles around the axis of rotation are displaced with respect to each other.
US09059603B2
A system and method for charging batteries in a system wherein the output of the batteries is converted to alternating current utilizing inverters. The alternating current from the inverters is modified by transformers and variable speed drives to contain properties which enable the alternating current to be used in a power grid to operate conventional electrical appliances. At least two banks of batteries are employed in the system. A unique battery charging device is employed to maintain the two banks batteries in constant substantially full charge. The battery charging device switches between a charge mode for one bank of batteries and a rest mode for the other bank of batteries. The battery charging device constantly and rapidly switches the different banks of batteries between these two modes. A timer controls the amount of time that each mode is applied to each bank of batteries. A solar panel supplies electric power to the charging device to charge the batteries.
US09059599B2
A wireless multi charging method and system are disclosed. The wireless charging method selects a portion of mobile devices located in a charging region as a group, and provides energy for wireless charging to the selected group of mobile devices. Accordingly, group charging is possible, and thus it is also possible to selectively charge mobile devices which allow charging.
