US09061457B2
There is provided a molding stack (102). The molding stack (102) comprises a stripper sleeve (122) that is movable to contact a molded article (114) after the molding thereof; the stripper sleeve (122) having a first surface (204) and a second surface (206) for simultaneously contacting a side and an underside surface, respectively, of the molded article (114) during the stripping of the molded article (114).
US09061454B2
A method for manufacturing a sensor in which a sensor element, which comprises at least a first housing, is at least partially encapsulation-molded in an encapsulation-molding process. As a result of the encapsulation-molding process a sensor housing is formed. The sensor element is mechanically connected to a support element and/or accommodated by the support element, after which the sensor element and the support element are encapsulation-molded in a common encapsulation-molding process for forming the sensor housing.
US09061451B2
A quick-drying print and environmental-friendly biaxially orientated polypropylene synthetic paper is produced from a polypropylene resin composition comprising a high crystalline polypropylene resin, calcium carbonate composite particles, titanium dioxide composite particles, antistatic agents, UV absorbers and anti-blocking agent, which are fed into one twin-screw primary extruder and two twin-screw secondary extruders respectively, convergently flowed through the same T-die, co-extruded into a three-layer structure substrate film, after cooling and setting, this film is first longitudinally orientated, then laterally orientated; thereafter the three-layer film is high-frequency corona treated and winded up to gain the film having thickness less than 250 μm. At the end the three-layer film is coated a thickness below 10 μm with a water-based paper-like surface processing agent containing acrylic resin, calcium carbonate, clay, titanium dioxide, water, antistatic agent via a gravure coating roller to acquire an improved synthetic paper having a better printability.
US09061445B2
A forming tool, advantageously made from a metal with a forming contact surface (4, 5) and with one or several temperature regulation canals (T1) which are integrated in the tool (2, 2.1) and through which a fluid flows, characterized in that an electric conductor in the form of an inductor (9) is arranged at the internal wall of the temperature regulation canals (T1) and, if need be, with the insertion of a dielectric layer covering the temperature regulation canals (T1).
US09061443B2
A method of separating foreign polymers from a polymer mixture that comprises amorphous PET particles and crystalline PET particles, wherein the softening point of the foreign polymers is lower than that of the crystalline PET particles, and wherein the method includes separating the amorphous PET particles from the polymer mixture, heating the resulting polymer mixture to a temperature between the softening point of the foreign polymers and that of the crystalline PET particles, and separating the foreign polymers from the resulting polymer mixture. Also, a device for separating foreign polymers from a polymer mixture that comprises amorphous PET particles and crystalline PET particles, the device including a first separation unit for separating the amorphous PET particles from the polymer mixture, and a second separation unit for separating the foreign polymers from the resulting polymer mixture.
US09061438B2
Device for the artificial aging of stones with at least an aging channel arranged on a support, a vibration device to set the support in motion, and a conveying device to move the stone through the aging channel. The aging channel has at least a first and a second impacting surface, which apply the aging effect to the stone. The aging channel comprises at least two sections, wherein the stone moves through a first section in a first feed direction and wherein a second section runs at an angle to the first section, so the stone is deflected in its feed direction to move into a second feed direction.
US09061431B1
A cutting tool apparatus, methods, and kit for removing damaged surfaces, more specifically, a portable cutting tool for removing cracked inner wing spars from hard to access surfaces. The portable cutting tool assembly includes at least one cutting tool, at least one alignment cutting mechanism, at least one cutting mechanism, angle plate assembly, and at least one fastening means, where fastening means secures the angle plate assembly to an aircraft wing, and where at least one cutting tool cuts a desired shape from an aircraft wing.
US09061415B2
A two degree-of-freedom parallel device for orienting or pointing an end effector with vibration suppression is described. The two end effector degrees-of-freedom are decoupled by connecting fast actuators to the effector by passive joints. The stiffness of the linkages and the high speed of the revolute and prismatic actuators employed permit the application of large feedback useful for disturbance rejection.
US09061414B2
A device (3) for guiding a power tool (2) along an advancing direction (15), including a baseplate (9) that can be fastened to a substrate (8) by a fastener, of a guide rail section (21) that can be joined to the baseplate (9) by a joining mechanism (12) and that has a contour (18), and a guide carriage (13) for guiding the power tool (2) along the advancing direction (15), whereby the guide carriage (13) has a counter-contour (19) that can be made to engage with the contour (18), whereby a second guide rail section (22) is provided that can be joined to the first guide rail section (21) and that is configured so that it can rotate relative to the first guide rail section (21) around a rotational axis (23) that is parallel to the advancing direction (15).
US09061412B2
A handle assembly for a power tool is disclosed. The handle assembly has a handle (84), a metal strip (82) for releasably mounting the handle assembly to the housing of a power tool, and a fastening mechanism (80, 100, 104) for tightening and loosening the metal strip on the housing of the power tool. Vibration dampers (124, 126) are located between the handle and the fastening mechanism to damp vibrations transmitted from the fastening mechanism to the handle. Limited rotation of the handle relative to the metal strip is possibly, but rotation beyond predetermined limits causes the fastening mechanism to tighten and/or loosen the metal strip on the housing.
US09061410B2
The present disclosure provides a power tool having a clamping device for a working element. The power tool includes an output shaft, a fastening piece having a flange portion for clamping the working element and a protruding shaft substantially perpendicular to the flange portion. A locking assembly comprising a locking member having a first position in which the protruding shaft is locked and a second position in which the protruding shaft is loosened is provided, wherein a pressing member can press the working element between the pressing member and the flange portion when the locking member is in the first position. The power tool can fasten the working element to the output shaft in a simple and reliable manner without the necessary use of such auxiliary tools as a spanner etc. and can achieve a stronger clamping force even under impact conditions.
US09061403B2
An elastic tube alignment system for the mating an emblem lens to an outer bezel utilizing the principle of elastic averaging. A plurality of geometrically separated elastic tube (male) alignment features are disposed on a first side of the emblem lens, while a plurality of one-to-one corresponding aperture (female) alignment features are provided in the outer bezel. During the mating, each elastic tube and its respective aperture provide elastic deformation, which, on average, precisely aligns the emblem lens with respect to the outer bezel.
US09061401B2
A hex wrench includes a handle with a first twist portion having a substantially helical profile through an entire length thereof, a head with a second twist portion having a substantially helical profile through an entire length thereof, and a curved transition portion connected between the handle and the head. A first mounting portion which is a regular hexagonal prism and non-twisted extends integrally from the handle, and a second mounting portion which is a regular hexagonal prism and non-twisted extends integrally from the head. As such, the hex wrench has greater strength and stiffness without reducing its malleability so as to prevent the hex wrench from being cracked or broken due to an excessive applying force.
US09061397B2
There is provided a diamond film for cutting-tools which has high toughness, excellent adhesiveness, high hardness, and in which tool service life is considerably improved in relation to cutting ultra-hard alloys and other very hard work materials. A diamond film for cutting-tools formed on a base material, in which at least one or more multilayered film layers [A] are included in which the layers are constituted by layering a film layer [α] having a film thickness of 1 μm or more and 15 μm or less and a film layer [β] having a film thickness of 1 μm or more and 20 μm or less so that the film layer [α] is disposed on the base material side and the film layer [β] is disposed on the surface layer side; the film thickness of the entire film body is set to 4 μm or more and 30 μm or less; and the film layer [α] and the film layer [β] have predetermined film compositions.
US09061390B2
A production line system includes a cooling processing step of cooling a coolant for processing machines (lathes) of work, and a heating processing step of heating washing fluid for a washing machine which washes the work after processing by the lathes. The heating processing step and the cooling processing step are performed by a heat pump in one heat pump cycle. Further, a heat balance between heating in the heating processing step and cooling in the cooling processing step is adjusted with the setting temperature of the washing fluid and the setting temperature of the coolant.
US09061389B2
To provide a working unit ejecting mist of the excellent quality. A working unit includes a body, a ram, a forward and backward moving mechanism moving the ram forward and backward, a tool, a holding section holding the tool and moving forward and backward integrally with the ram, a spindle motor rotating the holding section, and a mist supply portion supplying mist mixed with air and cutting oil to the tool and works a workpiece while supplying the mist. The tool has through-holes supplying the mist to a cutting blade portion. The holding section includes a collet holding the tool and a collet holder having an inner cylindrical portion into which the collet is inserted with a communication hole to which the mist supplied from the mist supply portion 10 is introduced being formed from the inner cylindrical portion to an outer peripheral portion. A flow path guide plug having a mist supply path formed from an inner opening end of the communication hole toward the through-holes of the tool is internally fitted to the inner cylindrical portion.
US09061388B2
A workpiece holding fixture for receiving a workpiece and for use in a device for the machining of a workpiece with: a tool holding fixture for receiving the tool, a workpiece holding fixture for receiving the workpiece, characterized in that, during the machining, at least one first oscillation component in a Z-direction and a second, in particular simultaneous, oscillation component in the X- and/or Y-direction can be introduced by means of oscillation components.
US09061386B2
A machine tool for machining workpieces, comprising a dimensionally rigid machine base, a traveling stand that can be moved on the machine base, a machining unit that is mounted movably on the traveling stand and has at least one cutting tool and a supporting structure provided on the front longitudinal side of the machine base for fastening at least one workpiece. The supporting structure has a dimensionally stable frame, the longitudinal members of which arranged at a transverse distance delimit a clear space for the chip clearance, and wherein different workpiece carriers can be mounted at or on the frame.
US09061382B2
A heat sink, and cooled electronic structure and cooled electronics apparatus utilizing the heat sink are provided. The heat sink is fabricated of a thermally conductive structure which includes one or more coolant-carrying channels coupled to facilitate the flow of coolant through the coolant-carrying channel(s). The heat sink further includes a membrane associated with the coolant-carrying channel(s). The membrane includes at least one vapor-permeable region, which overlies a portion of the coolant-carrying channel(s) and facilitates removal of vapor from the coolant-carrying channel(s), and at least one orifice coupled to inject coolant onto at least one surface of the coolant-carrying channel(s) intermediate opposite ends of the channel(s).
US09061373B2
A component of an implantable medical device may include a first member, a second member, and a composite seam weld formed between the first member and the second member. In some examples, the composite seam weld includes a continuous wave (CW)-welded portion formed using CW welding and a pulse-welded portion formed using pulsed welding. A first end of the pulse-welded portion may partially overlap a first end of the CW-welded portion and may be offset from the first end of the CW-welded portion in a direction substantially perpendicular to a longitudinal orientation of the first end of the CW-welded portion. Techniques for forming composite seam welds are also described.
US09061367B2
A weld electrical and gas connector with sealed gas flow is provided. In an exemplary embodiment, a welding cable connector system includes a male connector having a conductive body for conveying welding power. The male connector includes a sealed passageway disposed coaxially of the conductive body for conveying shielding gas, and a gas sealing valve configured to seat to stop flow of shielding gas when the male connector is not engaged. The system also includes a female connector having a conductive body for conveying welding power. The female connector includes a sealed passageway disposed coaxially of the conductive body for conveying shielding gas, and a gas sealing valve configured to seat to stop flow of shielding gas when the female connector is not engaged. The male and female connectors are mutually engageable to conduct welding power and shielding gas therethrough.
US09061365B2
In pulse arc welding, a welding wire is fed at a rate corresponding to a current average set value. An arc is struck by passing a peak current for a peak period and a base current for a base period, where the peak and base periods make one pulse period. The arc transfers a droplet from the wire. The peak period includes a first peak period for a first peak current and a second peak period for a smaller second peak current. The first peak period and current are determined so that an arc anode point is formed at the top of the droplet even if the shield gas mixing ratio deviates from a standard value. The second peak period and current are determined so that one droplet is transferred during every pulse period, and beads are formed with no undercuts.
US09061364B2
A TIG welding method and apparatus which enable a higher aspect ratio weld zone cross-sectional shape to be obtained and which further can prevent the heat radiated from the weld arc causing the permanent magnets to overheat, specifically a TIG welding method which causes an arc discharge between a workpiece and an electrode of a welding torch to cause the generation of a weld arc, uses permanent magnets to generate a magnetic field around the weld arc, and causes an electromagnetic force which is generated by electromagnetic interaction between the magnetic field and a current to act on a weld pool of the workpiece in welding, the TIG welding method arranging the permanent magnets around the electrode of the welding torch and moving the permanent magnets to make the magnetic field fluctuate and thereby make the drive force of convection which is applied to the weld pool fluctuate.
US09061362B2
A simple, compact, lightweight, and inexpensive pipe assembling device (1) for welding and affixing connection flanges (3, 4) to both ends of a connection pipe (2) with high reproducible accuracy on the basis of electronic data for manufacturing design pipes, the connection pipe (2) comprising a straight pipe or a bent pipe for conveying fluid such as gas or running water. The pipe assembling device comprises a pair of left and right, the first and second flange positioning mechanisms (5, 6), at least one of which can move on a horizontal plane so as to approach and separate from each other in the direction in which the pair is separated from each other. The flange positioning mechanisms comprise: flange placement bases (7, 8) which are provided with X-direction slide mechanism (10) for sliding the flanges in the X-direction with the flanges affixed; θ1-direction rotation mechanism (11) which rotate the flange placement bases in a plane; θ2-direction rotation mechanism (12) which rotate the θ1-direction rotation mechanism in the vertical direction; and θ3-direction rotation mechanism (13) which rotate the θ2-direction rotation mechanism in the horizontal direction.
US09061360B2
A hub device for a pair of saw blades, which saw blades are arranged to rotate about the same rotational axis and in an opposite direction to one another. The hub device includes a first blade adapter, which has a support surface for the first saw blade, and a second blade adapter, which has a support surface for the second saw blade and a central fastener for a blade lock, which is arranged to secure both blades. The support surface of the first blade adapter is designed to engage the first saw blade. The support surface of the second blade adapter is designed to engage the second saw blade.
US09061359B2
A table saw assembly in one embodiment includes a base portion with a base work piece support surface defining a support plane and a saw blade opening defined in the base work piece support surface, a saw assembly, a first extension and a first sliding support assembly. The saw assembly includes a saw blade positionable to extend upwardly through the saw blade opening. The first extension includes a first extension work piece support surface pivotable with respect to the base portion between a first position and a second position. In the first position, the first extension work piece support surface is coplanar with the base work piece support surface. In the second position, the first extension work piece support surface is located above the support plane. The first sliding support assembly is movable along the support plane and is configured to support the first extension in the first position.
US09061356B2
The invention relates to a tool holder comprising a tool receptacle for frictionally clamping a tool shaft. A sleeve is arranged between the tool shaft and the clamping surface of the tool holder, said tool holder applying pressure to the tool shaft via the sleeve, producing the friction fit. At least one of the bearing surfaces of the sleeve is interrupted by open surfaces that are designed and arranged such that they form the damping cavities.
US09061354B2
A lathe (1) in which the work piece (16) to be lathed with a tool (18) is clamped with the longitudinal axis of the work piece parallel to the rotational axis (29) of the rotating clamping device (15) such that the rotational axis (29) does not intersect the work piece (16), and between two machining steps of the machining process by lathing, a position of the work piece (16) in the clamping device (15) is changed such that surface areas (30, 36) not previously machined are moved into the working area of the tool (18).
US09061351B2
A process for fabricating sintered, substantially pore-free titanium aluminide articles with minor alloying element additions is disclosed. Such articles may find application as automobile engine valves and connecting rods and may be fabricated by rapidly sintering intimately mixed powders of substantially pure titanium and rapidly-cooled particles of aluminum alloyed with the minor alloying element(s).
US09061345B2
In a continuous screw conveyor or auger, the rotatable screw member comprises a helical radial blade (“flighting”) carried on a central driving shaft. The flighting is formed by providing a raw metal strip, generally of uniform thickness, performing optional compression and flaring of the metal strip, and rolling the metal strip between a pair of opposed, preferably offset, conical rolls. In contrast to prior art rolls, the present invention provides on at least one of those rolls a stepped conical rolling surface formed so as to exert a lesser and reducing rolling pressure on an outer portion of the helical blade being formed, thereby to produce a blade in which the outer portion tapers to a thickness which is preferably 125% of the thickness of the ingoing material to provide a greater wear resistant surface, a longer working life to the flighting and improved output performance.
US09061334B2
A device for handling and/or transporting work rolls and/or support rolls of a roll stand, by which the work rolls and/or support rolls can be brought from the roll stand into a roll workshop by a locomotive movable on a track. In order to be able to handle and transport different rolls using just one locomotive, without complicated coupling mechanisms, at least two tracks disposed at different heights are provided, on which a roll can be moved by the locomotive, and a lifting table is available, which is intended and suitable for raising or lowering the locomotive to one of the at least two different heights in order to bring it onto the respective track.
US09061331B2
Method and an anti-attachment device configured to be provided on a streamer. The anti-attachment device includes a body configured to be provided around the streamer and a first end is configured to be rotatably attached to the streamer.
US09061327B1
A hard floor surface care process comprising a process of identifying, cleaning, polishing, and protecting manmade and natural stone hard floor surfaces having a single surface or multi-surface quality. The hard floor surface care process comprising an acid reactive or nonreactive hard floor surface identifying process; an emulsifying solution, agitating, nano-scale particle impregnated polishing pad oscillating and toweling cleaning process; a polishing process utilizing a lubricating solution with a polishing chemistry or nano-scale particle impregnated polishing pad, and a protecting process utilizing a protecting chemistry selected as a function of the identifying process.
US09061325B2
The present disclosure includes an automatic portable misting apparatus for the dispersal of fluids. The misting apparatus is customizable to a specified use and is highly portable. The misting apparatus includes a pressurizable fluid tank, an automatic air compressor mounted to the fluid tank, a fluid conduit and a hose or wand coupled to a plurality of nozzles. Fluid may be distributed in the form of a corresponding number of fine spray streams, and a valve for controlling the flow of fluid from the fluid tank to the fluid conduit. The fluids dispersal apparatus is easy to operate, easy to maintain, unobtrusive and economical.
US09061323B2
A cleaning system comprising a liquid source configured to provide a feed liquid at a first temperature, and an electrolysis cell configured to receive the feed liquid and to electrochemically activate the feed liquid to provide an electrochemically-activated liquid, wherein the electrochemical activation also heats the feed liquid such that the electrochemically-activated liquid is at an elevated temperature that is greater than the first temperature. The cleaning system also includes a dispenser configured to dispense the electrochemically-activated liquid.
US09061321B2
The invention relates to equipment for sorting loose solids, in particular the seeds of grain, vegetable and herb crops using airflows.A separating machine for separating loose mixtures in a fluid, comprising loose mixture loading and feeding means, a fluid oscillator with nozzles and air blowers placed thereunder, a separation chamber with a cover, an air flow baffle placed on the separation chamber rear wall and ready and recycled fractions collectors placed on its bottom, wherein the separation chamber bottom is provided with an ascending air flow generator performed as ejection openings for outside air inflow, placed between the fractions collectors.
US09061318B2
Complementary metal oxide semiconductor (CMOS) ultrasonic transducers (CUTs) and methods for forming CUTs are described. The CUTs may include monolithically integrated ultrasonic transducers and integrated circuits for operating in connection with the transducers. The CUTs may be used in ultrasound devices such as ultrasound imaging devices and/or high intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) devices.
US09061313B1
A fluid applicator for applying a fluid to a surface protrusion. In one embodiment, an anticorrosion substance is applied to a structural fastener.
US09061307B2
The present invention is a display apparatus for affixation to a shower or bath water supply piping or incorporated within a shower, or bath or faucet head, in an aesthetically pleasing format and comprised of fabrication materials e.g., a polymeric or metallic bases with chrome, brass white or colored finishes or combination of these finishes and materials of construction. The display apparatus includes a power generation, CPU or microprocessor, temperature sensor and/or water flow sensors, timing circuits and a display means. The present invention can include a remotely located wireless receiver apparatus. Ergonomically placed buttons can be incorporated into the display means to change parameter units (e.g. metric to US), set alarm conditions (e.g. temperature over set point, time past a set point, flow rate set points). The display means must be able to provide sufficient lighting in shower conditions. In addition, the display means must be able to sustain capability in moist wet conditions. In the embodiment defined by the attached shower display apparatus, know piping joint technology will be used for installation into both new and presently installed shower systems. In the embodiment defined by the display means incorporate into the shower head the shower head/display assembly can also be installed in both new and presently installed shower systems.
US09061305B1
The present invention relates to a paint guard and installation tool for use in protecting sprinkler heads of an automatic sprinkler system when painting ceilings. The paint guard includes a magnet for releasably engaging with an annular metal rim of the sprinkler head to provide a tight seal and prevent paint from coming into contact with the sprinkler head. The installation tool provides a quick and easy hands-free method of installing and removing the paint guard.
US09061296B2
A multi port nozzle may be provided. The multi port nozzle may include a main inlet. In addition, the multi port nozzle may include a first chamber branching off from the main inlet. The first chamber may have a first port. Moreover, the multi port nozzle may include a second chamber branching off from the main inlet. The second chamber may be separated from the first chamber by a partition and may have a second port. The first chamber may include a first plurality of mixing elements and the second chamber may include a second plurality of mixing elements.
US09061294B2
A ball joint connector is provided for linking a showerhead to a water supply pipe. The connector has an internal venturi that draws air into the connector to aerate water being provided to the showerhead. A flow control member is disposed in a fluid pathway connected to the venturi, preventing spraying or leaking out the air inlet, while reducing noise associated with the air induction.
US09061291B2
The present invention relates to a separator and more specifically, but not exclusively, to a centrifugal separator for the cleaning of a gaseous fluid. A centrifugal separator is provided as comprising a housing defining an inner space, and a rotor assembly for imparting a rotary motion onto a mixture of substances to be separated. The rotor assembly is located in said inner space and is rotatable about an axis relative to the housing. The rotor assembly comprises an inlet for receiving said mixture of substances, an outlet from which said substances are ejected from the rotor assembly during use, and a flow path for providing fluid communication between the inlet and outlet, wherein the outlet is positioned more radially outward from said axis than the inlet.
US09061287B1
An improved wood chipper and storage dump box assembly is provided on a trailer adapted to be towed behind a truck. The dump box is pivotally mounted on the trailer for movement between an upright fill position and a sideways tilted dump position. The brush chipper is mounted on a trailer behind the dump box to discharge chipped brush and material into the dump box through an opening in the back wall. The top of the dump box is open for loading logs and other unchipped material. The dump box includes a discharge opening in one side wall, with a door movable between open and closed positions relative to the discharge opening. Hydraulic actuators control movement of the door and tipping of the dump box, and are connected to the hydraulic system of the chipper.
US09061279B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for in-system priming of microfluidic devices. Aspects of the present invention relate to compositions and methods for in-system priming of microfluidic devices utilizing a priming solution comprising adding and/or increasing concentrations of surfactant in a buffer solution.
US09061275B2
Methods of removing or softening calcium material from a substrate (e.g., a catalytic converter) and regenerating a catalytic converter are provided. A substrate (e.g., a catalyst support material) having a calcium containing material (e.g., calcium-containing fly ash) embedded or deposited thereon can be treated with a composition including one or more organosulfur oxoacids or salts thereof.
US09061273B2
Catalysts amenable to oxidizing sulfur compounds and systems and methods of using these catalysts to effect the removal of sulfur from crude oil and crude oil distillates are disclosed. The catalyst is disposed with a titanyl moiety which serves to selectively coordinate sulfur compounds and affect their oxidation. The titanyl may be bound within a polymer or on the surface of a polymer or on the surface or in the pores of an inorganic support. The resulting oxidized sulfur compounds are readily separated from the initial crude oil or crude oil distillate streams by traditional separation techniques arrayed as described in the systems and methods disclosed.
US09061272B2
The present invention relates to a copper ion-modified tungsten oxide photocatalyst subjected to chemical etching treatment with a basic aqueous solution in which a rate of change in diffuse reflectance of the photocatalyst as measured at a wavelength of 700 nm between before and after irradiated with an ultraviolet light in atmospheric air is less than 10%; and a process for producing a copper ion-modified tungsten oxide photocatalyst which includes a copper ion modifying step of modifying a tungsten oxide powder with a copper ion; a chemical etching step of subjecting the tungsten oxide powder to chemical etching treatment with a basic aqueous solution, the chemical etching treatment being carried out either before or after the copper ion modifying step; and a drying step of drying the product obtained after the above steps at a temperature of 200° C. or lower.
US09061263B2
This invention relates to a method of improving the crystalline perfection of IIa diamond crystals by heating the grown diamond crystals at an elevated temperature and an elevated pressure. The invention extends to grown diamond material having a low extended defect density with low nitrogen concentration.
US09061262B2
A device having a first substrate and a second substrate separated from the first substrate to form a volume between the first and second substrates, electrodes disposed on the first and second substrates and facing the volume, each substrate comprising at least one electrode, and a first insulating layer disposed on the first substrate and a second insulating layer disposed on the second substrate to separate the electrodes from the volume.
US09061260B2
This invention relates to a method for additivating polymer resins with antioxidants and antiUV stabilsers. It is particularly suitable for resins used for rotomoulding applications.
US09061257B2
A discharge apparatus for discharging a fluid product comprises a housing (1) having an outlet (6) at a front housing end, a discharge member (3) which is mounted movably in the housing and the rear end of which protrudes from the rear housing end, and a mixing device (2) for mixing the fluid product inside the housing. The fluid product is provided in a housing volume (25) formed between the outlet and the discharge member. The fluid product is discharged through the outlet out of the housing by advancing the discharge member inside the housing from a rear position into a front position in the direction of the outlet. The mixing device comprises a mixing tube (11), which is mounted movably between the housing and the discharge member in the housing, and at least one mixing element (12), which is provided at the front end of the mixing tube and disposed inside the housing volume.
US09061252B2
Processes for removing water from organic compounds, especially polar compounds such as alcohols. The processes include a membrane-based dehydration step, using a membrane that has a dioxole-based polymer selective layer or the like and a hydrophilic selective layer, and can operate even when the stream to be treated has a high water content, such as 10 wt % or more. The processes are particularly useful for dehydrating ethanol.
US09061245B2
An exhaust gas aftertreatment system, in particular for V-type diesel engines, is provided. The system includes, disposed in the exhaust line of the engine in the direction of the exhaust gas flow, a first SCR stage, a catalytically activated particulate filter (cDPF), a second SCR stage, and an ammonia slip catalyst (ASC). A method for purifying diesel engine exhaust gases containing hydrocarbons, carbon monoxide, soot particles, and nitrogen oxides consisting of NO and NO2 is also provided.
US09061240B2
The invention relates to an on-site medical gas production plant (100) comprising a unit (50) for purifying gas, such as air, a first vessel (A) for storing purified gas, and a main gas line (10) fluidically connecting the gas purification unit (50) to the said first storage vessel (A). It furthermore comprises a three-way solenoid valve (VA) arranged on the main gas line (10) upstream of the first storage vessel (A), and furthermore connected to the atmosphere (at 12) via a vent line (11), as well as an operating device (4) which controls at least the three-way solenoid valve (VA), and at least a first gas analysis device (D1) of which a first measurement line (29) is fluidically connected (at 28) to the main line (10), upstream of the three-way solenoid valve (VA), and which is electrically connected to the said operating device (4).
US09061237B2
A system for removing carbon dioxide from an atmosphere to reduce global warming including an air extraction system that collects carbon dioxide from the atmosphere through a medium and removes carbon dioxide from the medium; a sequestration system that isolates the removed carbon dioxide to a location for at least one of storage and which can increase availability of renewable energy or non-fuel products such as fertilizers and construction materials; and one or more energy sources that supply process heat to the air extraction system to remove the carbon dioxide from the medium and which can regenerate it for continued use.
US09061236B2
A device for gel electrophoresis is provided having larger wells for loading an increased sample volume with improved gel resolution. The device includes a gel cassette having a front plate and a back plate, wherein at least one plate has a stepped inner surface to create a wider opening at the top of the gel cassette, a gel matrix, and a comb with teeth having a thickness substantially equal to the spacing at the top opening of the gel cassette. Using this device, the sample volume in each well can be increased and the sample height in each well can be significantly reduced, as compared to loading the same volume in the wells of a standard gel cassette.
US09061234B2
A gas filter assembly includes a housing and a gas filter positioned in the housing. The gas filter includes a pleated filter pack, a spacer arrangement which includes solidified bonding material between adjacent pleat legs on the upstream surface of the filter pack, and insert spacers between adjacent pleat legs on the downstream surface of the filter pack.
US09061232B2
Provided is an exhaust gas filter, including: an external case connected with an exhaust pipe; a filtering unit provided in the external case; a filtering path supplying exhaust gas to the filtering unit; and a pressure relief flange provided in the external case to discharge exhaust gas by bypassing the filtering unit.According to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, an exhaust gas filter can prevent the exhaust gas filter from being broken by circuitously discharging exhaust gas even when particular matters collected in the exhaust gas filter increase and thus, pressure in the exhaust gas filter excessively increasesFurther, engine components such as an EGR, a turbocharger, and the like can be prevented from being broken or outputs thereof can be prevented from deteriorating.
US09061226B2
A filter assembly and method of filtering a fluid containing particulates is provided having a filter element mounted on a horizontal mandrel, whereby the filter element and mandrel are rotatable within a housing during a self-cleaning step, wherein the filter element is immersed and agitated in a cleaning liquid followed by high speed rotation while a rinsing liquid is delivered to the core of the filter element. An ultrasonic transducer in the housing may be activated while the filter element is immersed in the cleaning liquid to assist in removing accumulated particulates from the filter element.
US09061219B2
A convertible flower doll has garment including a skirt with layers that may be raised or lowered to convert the doll between a figure resembling a flower and a figure resembling a character. In flower form, the doll sits within a container resembling a flower pot. The doll has legs that wrap together and attach at the ankles to resemble a flower stem. The skirt has features resembling flower petals, and elastic in the lowest layer of the skirt bunches up the skirt layers when raised to resemble a flower.
US09061212B2
A game device includes an input receiving unit for receiving the input of user's operations, a control unit for controlling a game where a player's character plays golf, according to the input of the user's operation, and a screen generating unit for displaying a game screen. The control unit includes an impact determining unit for acquiring the position of an input device at the start of a shot and the position of the input device at the time of an impact, when the user swings the input device while holding it and then comparing the respective positions with each other so as to determine the impact position, and a ball path calculating unit for calculating the path of a ball hit in the impact.
US09061206B2
A method and related system of generating a frame of video is disclosed. In the method, a request is received. For instance, the request may initiate a video game. A motion search between an object in a subsequent frame of video and the object in a current frame of video is performed. A pre-determined motion vector for the object is selected. The object in the subsequent frame of video may correspond to a set of pre-encoded macro-blocks and the performing the motion search may include searching a corresponding set of macro-blocks associated with the current frame of video. The pre-encoded macro-blocks may be pre-encoded prior to the request. The motion vector may be pre-determined prior to the request.
US09061190B2
A baseball swing training device that is operable to teach an improved baseball swing plane wherein the baseball swing training device is tiltably adjustable in a first direction and a second direction. The baseball swing training device further includes a base member having a telescoping support arm extending upward therefrom. Secured to the telescoping support arm is an upper frame assembly that includes a support arm that is u-shaped. An upper bat guide member and a lower bat guide member are secured to the support arm and are parallel in configuration having a void therebetween. A pair of ball grip members are mounted intermediate the lower bat guide member and upper bat guide member. A speed sensor is present and is operable to detect the speed of either the ball or the bat during use of the baseball swing trainer and display the speed on a LCD screen.
US09061186B2
Golf club heads include an iron type golf club head body having a rear surface (e.g., a perimeter weighting member) that defines a first weight receiving portion, and a weight member is mounted in the first weight receiving portion. The club head body further defines a second weight receiving portion independent of the first weight receiving portion, and a second weight member is removably engaged with the golf club head body at this second weight receiving portion. The weight members may be interchangeably mounted in the two weight receiving portions to thereby allow selective placement of the center of gravity characteristics of the club head body. Golf clubs including these club heads and methods of making such golf club and golf club heads also are described.
US09061184B2
A high performance golf ball includes a resin inner core, a rubber outer core, and a cover. The resin inner core is made of highly neutralized polymer, and may include a blend of different highly neutralized polymers. The cover is a two layer cover, with a hard inner cover and a thermoplastic polyurethane outer cover. The ball as a whole has properties to maximize performance and aesthetic properties, such as feel and sound.
US09061174B2
The present invention relates to a bike saddle structure in which the oscillation angle and height of a bike saddle are adjustable, and to an exercise bicycle comprising same. Vibrations in the bike saddle are minimized and the stability thereof is ensured during the left and right oscillation of the bike saddle, thus enabling a rider to exercise his/her whole body including the legs, pelvis, spine, abdomen, etc. over a long period of time. The forward and backward direction and height of the bike saddle are adjustable by the rider, thus providing a wide range of exercise.
US09061168B2
A fire-fighting device includes an extinguishing device arranged on an end region of a cantilever arm and is adjustable in at least one spatial direction. A penetration fixture is adjustable relative to the extinguishing device and has a double-acting pressure cylinder subjectable to pressure by a pressure medium from a hydraulic system via at least one control valve. The cylinder has a tubular continuous piston rod having a penetration tool on a protruding end having a through-hole and a nozzle head. At another end, the piston rod is connected in line with a supply mechanism for an extinguishing medium. Pressure accumulator elements are in fluid communication with a pressure chamber of the pressure cylinder for extending the penetration tool and with a return line for the pressure medium from another pressure chamber for retracting the penetration tool.
US09061144B2
A charged particle irradiation system is capable of shortening the irradiation time and the treatment time by performing efficient irradiation even when irregular variation occurs in the irradiation object during the gating irradiation. The extraction of the beam is stopped upon reception of a regular extraction permission end signal which is outputted based on a regular movement signal. An extractable state maintaining function operates upon the reception of the extraction permission end signal. When a preset standby time elapses without receiving an extraction permission start signal again during the standby time, the extractable state maintaining function finishes its operation and a charged particle beam generator decelerates the beam. Also, the extraction of the beam is stopped due to reception of an irregular extraction permission end signal during the irradiation. When the extraction permission start signal is received again during the standby time, the extraction of the beam is restarted.
US09061142B2
The present invention is directed to a data processing method for determining a treatment plan for radiation therapy treatment of at least two spatially separate targets by means of a treatment device constituted to treat the at least two targets by means of one or more sub-beams during a treatment time, the one or more sub-beams constituting at least one treatment beam which is to pass through the at least two targets in accordance with a treatment plan during the treatment time, the treatment device being further constituted to allow for simultaneous treatment of the at least two targets by at least two of the sub-beams at least during a time interval during the treatment time.
US09061140B2
Sample and hold circuitry for monitoring electrodes and other voltages in an implantable neurostimulator is disclosed. The sample and hold circuitry in one embodiment contains multiplexers to selected appropriate voltages and to pass them to two storage capacitors during two different measurement phases. The capacitors are in a later stage serially connected to add the two voltages stored on the capacitors, and voltages present at the top and bottom of the serial connection are then input to a differential amplifier to compute their difference. The sample and hold circuitry is particularly useful in calculating the resistance between two electrodes, and is further particularly useful when resistance is measured using a biphasic pulse. The sample and hold circuitry is flexible, and can be used to measure other voltages of interest during biphasic or monophasic pulsing.
US09061139B2
A TANK filter is provided for a lead wire of an active medical device (AMD). The TANK filter includes a capacitor in parallel with an inductor. The parallel capacitor and inductor are placed in series with the lead wire of the AMD, wherein values of capacitance and inductance are selected such that the TANK filter is resonant at a selected frequency. In a preferred form, the TANK filter reduces or even eliminates the use of ferro-magnetic materials, and instead uses non-ferromagnetic materials so as to reduce or eliminate MRI image artifacts or the force or torque otherwise associated during an MRI image scan.
US09061134B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for producing and using electrodes, which may be flexible and/or stretchable, and interconnection structures that can be used both externally and/or implanted within the body. Electrodes according to various embodiments disclosed herein may be produced by depositing patterned layers of insulating and conductive polymers to form multi-layer circuits. The conductive materials and layers in the structure can be exposed on the surface of the structures for use as electrodes. A plurality of electrodes may be formed into an electrode array. In various embodiments, electrode arrays may be associated with telemetry modules configured to wirelessly transmit data collected by the electrode array to a receiver module.
US09061132B1
The present invention provides embodiments in which induced RF current heating along the length of a medical lead is reduced. Reduction of induced RF current heating in the medical lead is achieved by positioning a conductor about the exterior of an implantable medical device when the device is placed within an MRI environment. In one embodiment, an RF conductor is incorporated within a header assembly for connecting an implantable medical device to at least one conductor lead. The body of the RF conductor is positioned circumferentially around the implantable medical device. In another embodiment, the medical lead is positioned circumferentially around the exterior of the housing of the medical device. A series of clips or a sleeve holds the medical lead or RF conductor in place around the device.
US09061115B2
Methods and apparatus for creating an artificial arteriovenous fistula between an artery and an adjacent vein are disclosed. Methods include utilizing a hollow spiral shunt that defines a fluid passageway between a proximal port and a distal port thereof. The spiral shunt is loaded within a delivery device that is transversely advanced through a wall of the artery. A piercing end of the spiral shunt is than exposed and the delivery device is rotated to pierce an opposing wall of the artery and a wall of the adjacent vein with the spiral shunt piercing end. Rotation of the delivery device corkscrews the spiral shunt through the walls of the artery and the vein in order to position the spiral shunt to fluidly connect the artery and vein. Once so positioned, the spiral shunt is released to be deployed between the artery and vein lumens thereby forming an artificial arteriovenous fistula therebetween.
US09061114B2
A vaporizer filler includes a fill port. The fill port defines an open interior. The open interior is configured to receive the nozzle of an anesthetic bottle. An agent reservoir is configured to receive and store anesthetic agent. A valve is disposed between the open interior and the agent reservoir. At least one vent extends through the fill port. A method of filling a vaporizer includes inserting the nozzle of a bottle filled with anesthetic agent into a vaporizer filler. At least one vent is occluded from fluid communication. Fluid communication between and open interior and an agent reservoir is opened. Anesthetic agent is poured into an agent reservoir of a vaporizer. Fluid communication is closed between the open interior and the agent reservoir. At least one vent is opened to fluid communication with the open interior. Pressure within the open interior is released through the at least one vent.
US09061111B2
Described is a dry powder inhaler comprising an intake section; a mixing section, and a mouthpiece.
US09061107B2
In one aspect, a medical injector is provided herein having a body and an overcap releasably attached to the body configured to prevent mounting of a needle prior to mixing of components within the body. In a further aspect, a slidable collet may be provided useable to urge resilient members from an outward disrupted state inwardly to collectively define a needle mount. Advantageously, a medical injector is provided which ensures proper sequence in preparation of the device, particularly with respect to the step of allowing mounting of a medical needle to the device subsequent to preparation of the medicament to be administered.
US09061106B2
According to the invention, a safety device for a pre-filled syringe comprises of a support body adapted to mount the pre-filled syringe, a first needle shield slidably arranged with respect to the support body and a second needle shield slidably arranged with respect to the support body and releasably retained in a retracted position (PR). A proximal movement of the first needle shield with respect to the support body releases the retention of the second needle shield in the retracted position (PR), so that the second needle shield is allowed to slide in the distal direction towards an advanced position (PA).
US09061105B2
A needle assembly 1 includes a hub 4 retaining a cannula 3, a protective unit 5 advancing and retracting to surround the forward end of the cannula 3, and a cylindrical portion 6 surrounding the outer periphery of the protective unit 5; the protective unit 5 has a construction in which a protective cover 7 protruding from and retracting into the cylindrical portion 6 is formed integrally with a spring portion 8 so as to be in series therewith, with the hub 4 and the cylindrical portion 6 being coupled together to form a hub member.
US09061101B2
A method for providing decision-assist to medical staff resuscitating a burn patient includes receiving patient information, calculating an infusion rate, outputting the infusion rate, obtaining a urinary output, calculating a new infusion rate using infusion rate model based constants, and outputting the new infusion rate. In some embodiments, the method includes notifying medical staff when problems arise, displaying information regarding the resuscitation, and setting limits regarding the infusion rates.
US09061099B2
A method includes initiating a blood fluid removal session for a patient in need thereof; monitoring a cardiovascular parameter of the patient; determining whether the indicator of the cardiovascular state crosses a predetermined threshold; and altering a parameter of the blood fluid removal session if the indicator is determined have crossed the threshold.
US09061090B2
A stem 8 has the following elements made from FRP: an upper outer shell 4U, a main structure upper half 3U, a main structure lower half 3L, and a lower outer shell 4L when the stem is placed in a flat state. The elements are integrated into one piece by stacking the elements and applying heat and pressure to melt resins impregnated in the FRP structural elements. Each outer shell is a curved prepreg sheet formed by impregnating carbon fibers arranged at angle of ±45 degrees with a thermoplastic resin, and each upper and lower halve is an evenly stacked part in which prepreg sheets are stacked. Overlapping section 5 of the upper and lower outer shells are formed such that the left and right portions of a main structure 3 formed by integrating the upper and lower halves 3U, 3L does not have a stepped outer surface.
US09061088B2
Guide wire devices and methods for their manufacture. Guide wire devices include an elongate guide wire member that includes at least one section fabricated from a substantially titanium-free Co—Ni—Cr—Mo alloy. The substantially titanium-free Co—Ni—Cr—Mo alloy exhibits superior stiffness (i.e., greater Young's and shear moduli) as compared to stainless steel (e.g., 304V stainless steel) and nickel-titanium (Ni—Ti) and a greater yield strength as compared to stainless steel. Increasing the Young's and shear moduli can significantly improve torque transmission and steerability of the guide wire device and increasing the yield strength can significantly improve the kink resistance of the guide wire device.
US09061086B2
A photocatalyst element structure includes a photocatalyst element that includes a flat photocatalyst sheet and an undulating photocatalyst sheet overlapped on the flat photocatalyst sheet. The flat photocatalyst sheet and the undulating photocatalyst sheet include a porous titanium foil having a non-periodic spongy structure impregnated with anatase titanium dioxide particles. The photocatalyst element structure can include a plurality of the photocatalyst elements so that the flat photocatalyst sheet and the undulating photocatalyst sheet alternate.
US09061082B2
A system for sterilizing at least one surface of an object is provided. The system includes a set of ultraviolet radiation sources and a set of wave guiding structures configured to direct ultraviolet radiation having a set of target attributes to a desired location on at least one surface of the object. The set of wave guiding structures can include at least one ultraviolet reflective surface having an ultraviolet reflection coefficient of at least thirty percent. Furthermore, the system can include a computer system for operating the ultraviolet radiation sources to deliver a target dose of ultraviolet radiation to the at least one target surface of the object.
US09061080B2
Imaging agents comprising an isolated polypeptide conjugated with a radionucleide and a chelator; wherein the isolated polypeptide binds specifically to HER2, or a variant thereof; and methods for preparing and using these imaging agents.
US09061077B2
This disclosure relates to the methods of imaging the kidneys and measuring renal function using the renal tracer 99mTc(CO)3(NTA) (technetium-99m tricarbonyl-nitrilotriacetic acid). The disclosure encompasses methods of imaging the kidneys and measuring effective renal plasma flow (ERPF) in an animal or human subject using renal scintigraphy, comprising administering to an animal or human subject an amount of a renal tracer, wherein the renal tracer comprises 99mTc-(CO)3(NTA). Another aspect of the disclosure are methods of measuring effective renal plasma flow in an animal or human subject, comprising administering to an animal or human subject an amount of a renal tracer, wherein the renal tracer comprises 99mTc-(CO)3(NTA), isolating a series of plasma samples from the animal or human subject after administering the renal tracer and quantitatively detecting the amount of the renal tracer in the biological samples.
US09061068B2
Disclosed is a polymer-siRNA delivery carrier in which a siRNA is combined with a polymer and the use thereof. More specifically, there is disclosed a stable in vivo polymer-siRNA delivery carrier in which a polymer and a siRNA are combined by using charge interaction and biodegradable covalent bonding at the same time and the use thereof.The polymer-siRNA delivery carrier in which a polymer and a siRNA are combined by using charge interaction and biodegradable covalent bonding at the same time has a high siRNA deliver efficiency to a target portion in vivo. Hence, according to the polymer-siRNA binder, the siRNA for treatment can be effectively delivered to a target portion such as in vivo cancer tissue, and the like even with administration of a relatively low concentration, and thus widely used for the treatment of various kinds of diseases.
US09061066B2
Cyclic beta glucan compounds function as an immunoadjuvant when administered prior to, concommitantly with, or subsequent to the administration of one or more antigens to a subject. These adjuvant compounds may be effectively used as dendritic cell activating molecules.
US09061060B2
Provided are compounds having an inhibitory effect on sodium-dependent glucose cotransporter SGLT. The invention also provides pharmaceutical compositions, methods of preparing the compounds, synthetic intermediates, and methods of using the compounds, independently or in combination with other therapeutic agents, for treating diseases and conditions that are affected by SGLT inhibition.
US09061057B2
The present disclosure relates to compounds that are useful as near-infrared fluorescence probes, wherein the compounds include i) a pteroyl ligand that binds to a target receptor protein, ii) a dye molecule, and iii) a linker molecule that comprises an amino acid or derivative thereof. The disclosure further describes methods and compositions for making and using the compounds, methods incorporating the compounds, and kits incorporating the compounds.
US09061055B2
The present invention involves compositions and methods for treating cancer using a mutant adenovirus comprising a polynucleotide encoding a therapeutic polypeptide that is targeted to cells with a mutant retinoblastoma pathway. The mutant adenovirus is able to kill the tumor cells without harming cells with a wild type retinoblastoma pathway.
US09061054B2
The ErbB-2 receptor, a member of the tyrosine kinase type 1 family of receptors, has been implicated in many human malignancies. Bacteriophage display technology was employed to identify peptides that bound to the extracellular domain of human ErbB-2. The peptide KCCYSL, most frequently occurring in the affinity selected population, was chemically synthesized and characterized for its binding activities to the recombinant extracellular domain of ErbB-2. The synthetic peptide exhibits high specificity to ErbB-2 as well as to ErbB-1, another member of ErbB family. Thus, this peptide can be employed in cancer imaging or therapeutic agent targeting to malignant cells ErbB-2 receptor.
US09061053B2
A pharmaceutical or nutraceutical composition comprising a cell line callus culture of grape berry cells grown in vitro, whereby the cell line callus culture of grape berry cells is derived from one or more of grape-berry cross section, grape-berry skin, grape-berry flesh, grape seed, grape embryo of seeded or seedless cultivars or grape seed coat.
US09061048B2
Methods of modulating type-I interferon production in a cell are provided. Aspects of the methods include modulating cytosolic cyclic di-adenosine monophosphate (c-di-AMP) activity in the cell in a manner sufficient to modulate type-I interferon production in the cell. Additional aspects of the invention include c-di-AMP activity modulatory compositions, e.g., c-di-AMP, mutant Listeria bacteria, cyclase and/or phosphodiesterase nucleic acid or protein compositions, etc. The subject methods and compositions find use in a variety of applications, including therapeutic applications.
US09061047B2
The present invention generally relates to methods, compositions and materials for treatment of and promotion of neurological functional recovery from neurological conditions including central nervous system injuries and/or diseases.
US09061042B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a composition for suppressing expression of a target gene, and the like. A composition comprising an RNA-encapsulated liposome, wherein the RNA contains a sequence consisting of 15 to 30 contiguous bases of a target gene mRNA (hereinafter, sequence X) and a base sequence (hereinafter, complementary sequence X′) complementary to the sequence X, 1 to 90% of all sugars binding to the bases of the sequence X and the complementary sequence X′ being ribose substituted by a modifying group at 2′ position, and the lipid particle being capable of reaching a tissue or an organ containing an expression site of the target gene is provide.
US09061037B2
Multi-dose formulations for bortezomib are presented in which bortezomib has significantly improved stability. Especially preferred formulations include those in which bortezomib is in a liquid form suitable for injection, wherein the solvent system predominantly comprises propylene glycol. In other preferred aspects, bortezomib is present as a Lewis donor-acceptor complex with a hetero-bifunctional Lewis base.
US09061033B2
A therapeutic composition for the treatment of the symptoms of prion diseases and the method for preparing the therapeutic agents is disclosed. The therapeutic composition is a stable pharmaceutical composition comprising one or more digestive and/or pancreatic enzymes. The therapeutic composition may be manufactured by a variety of encapsulation technologies. Delivery of the therapeutic composition may be made orally, through injection, by adherence of a medicated patch or other method. Further, a method of using fecal chymotrypsin level as a biomarker for the presence of a prion disease, or the likelihood of an individual to develop a prion disease is disclosed.
US09061032B2
Methods and compositions relating to TIC10 are described according to aspects of the present invention. The compositions and methods have utility in treating disease, particularly cancer in a subject in need thereof, including a human subject as well as subjects of other species. The compositions have utility in treating brain cancer in a subject in need thereof.
US09061031B2
The present invention provides compositions comprising retroviral vectors, transduced cells, and methods of using the same for gene therapy. In particular, the present invention relates to lentiviral vectors and cells transduced with those vectors to provide gene therapy to subjects having an adrenoleukodystrophy and/or adrenomyeloneuropathy.
US09061025B2
A method for treating a headache by selecting a patient determined to be responsive to administration of a botulinum neurotoxin for treatment of a headache by determining that the patient has or has a propensity to have an imploding headache and/or an ocular headache pain and administering a botulinum toxin to the patient, thereby treating the headache. A method for selecting from a population of patients with headache or with a propensity to have a headache, those patients whose headache will respond to administration of a botulinum neurotoxin by identifying from a population of patients with headache or with a propensity to have a headache those patients who have or who have a propensity to have an imploding headache pain and/or an ocular headache pain.
US09061021B2
Compositions for modulating the expression of a protein in a target cell comprising at least one RNA molecule which comprises at least one modification conferring stability to the RNA, as well as related methods, are disclosed.
US09061020B2
Methods of treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) with PPARγ agonists, and in particular with the compound of formula (I) known as INT131:
US09061015B2
This invention relates to solid and stable dispersions of a hydrosoluble derivative of vinca alkaloids in at least one polyethyleneglycol with a molecular mass between 800 and 30 000.
US09061013B2
This invention recites isoxazoline substituted derivatives of Formula (1) stereoisomers thereof, geometric isomers thereof, veterinarily acceptable salts 5 thereof, compositions thereof, and their use as a parasiticide in animals. The variables A, W, R 1a, R 1b, R 1c, R 2, R 3, R 5, and n are as described herein.
US09061005B2
Multiple-variable dose methods for treating TNFα-related disorders, including Crohn's disease and psoriasis, comprising administering TNFα inhibitors, including TNFα antibodies, are described. Multiple-variable dose methods include administration of a TNF-inhibitor in an induction or loading phase followed by administration of the agent in a maintenance or treatment phase, wherein the TNF-inhibitor is administered in a higher dosage during the induction phase.
US09060994B2
The effectiveness of interferon for treating multiple sclerosis and other demyelinating diseases is synergistically potentiated by concomitant administration of a compound of Formula (I): wherein R1 is H, alkyl or OH, R2 is hydroxyalkyl or alkyl-O-L1, R3 is H or OH, X is C(═CH2), CH(OH), or spirooxirane-2, Z is CH2CH(OH) or C(=0), and R4 is an optionally substituted L2-alkyl or L2-alkenyl, wherein L2 is an optionally substituted 3-furanyl or 3-fur-3-enyl moiety.
US09060984B2
The present invention provides a recombinant HIV Env antigenic protein, a virus-like particle and a recombinant HIV virus. The present invention further provides a vaccine comprising the recombinant HIV Env antigenic protein, the virus-like particle or recombinant HIV virus.
US09060982B2
The present invention relates to, inter alia, pharmaceutical compositions comprising a polyunsaturated fatty acid and to methods of using the same to treat or prevent cardiovascular-related diseases.
US09060969B2
Disclosed herein are compositions and methods for treating or preventing a cardiac arrhythmia in a subject.
US09060961B2
The invention provides a method for inhibiting proliferation of cancer cells, as well as methods for detecting and treating various cancers, including cancer of the ovary, breast, prostate and colon. The method comprises contacting a cancer cell with an IGF-related molecule of the invention or administering an IGF-related vaccine to the cancer patient. In one embodiment, the molecule is an immunogenic peptide derived from IGFBP-2 or from IGF1 R. The invention additionally provides methods for detecting and treating cancer using IGF-related molecules.
US09060958B2
The present invention provides a highly safe tyrosinase inhibitor having excellent tyrosinase-inhibiting action, and a method for producing the tyrosinase inhibitor. The method for producing a tyrosinase inhibitor comprises the steps of contacting a live earthworm with hydroxycarboxylic acid powder, diluting the resulting mixture with water to adjust the pH to 2 to 5, and then leaving the resulting dilution to stand for 3 to 180 minutes, or contacting a live earthworm with an aqueous solution of hydroxycarboxylic acid having a pH of 2 to 5 and then leaving the resulting mixture to stand for 3 to 180 minutes; followed by washing the live earthworm with water, grinding the washed earthworm, and then freeze-drying the obtained ground product.
US09060956B2
Provided are healthcare compositions comprising a low-DP polymerized surfactant, a micellar thickener, and a cosmetically-acceptable or pharmaceutically-acceptable carrier. Also, provided are methods of cleansing or treating a mammal by applying healthcare compositions of the present inventions to the mammalian body.
US09060954B2
Hair treatment agents include a synergistic combination of selected fatty acid amides and further selected hydroxycarboxylic acids.
US09060952B2
The present invention is a preservative formulation which includes a combination of at least two (2) compounds having bactericidal and/or fungicidal properties wherein the at least two (2) compounds is selected from the group consisting of methylisothiazolinone/piroctone olamine; caprylyl glycol/dehydroacetic acid; undecanol/dehydroacetic acid and lauryl alcohol/sorbic acid. The invention also includes preparations including such combination as well as a method of using the combination to reduce bacterial and fungal load of preparations.
US09060949B2
The present invention relates to the cosmetic, dermatological or pharmaceutical (therapeutic) use of compounds of formula (I) or a cosmetically acceptable salt of a compound of formula (I) or a mixture containing two or more of these compounds or the salts thereof wherein R1 denotes hydrogen or an organic radical having 1 to 14 carbon atoms, R2 denotes an organic radical having 1 to 14 carbon atoms, and wherein optionally R1 and R2 are covalently bonded to one another, preferably so that a 3 to 8 membered ring is formed, for the lightening of skin and/or hair. The invention further relates to compositions and cosmetic, dermatological or pharmaceutical preparations (compositions) comprising one or more compounds of formula (I) suitable for lightening human skin and/or hair and corresponding methods. The invention further relates to compounds of formula (I) as a drug, their use for the preparation of a pharmaceutical composition for lightening human skin and/or hair and to certain novel compounds of formula (I).
US09060946B2
A white, color-stable, stain-free emulsion formulation containing vanillin for sunless tanning. The amount of vanillin can be adjusted, from about 1% up to about 45%, to provide light or dark tanning of the skin. Lime oil and lime juice form a preferred white emulsion foundation.
US09060941B2
A pharmaceutical dosage form comprising a controlled release component comprising an antihyperglycemic drug in combination with a second component comprising a thiazolidinedione derivative is herein disclosed and described.
US09060937B2
A process for the production of a composition comprising a water-insoluble sartan which comprises the steps of: a) providing a mixture comprising: i) a water-insoluble sartan, ii) a water soluble carrier, iii) a solvent for each of the sartan and the carrier, and b) spray-drying the mixture to remove the or each solvent and obtain a substantially solvent-free nano-dispersion of the sartan in the carrier.
US09060934B2
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.
US09060933B2
The present invention relates to formulations of nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs), preferably [2-(6-Amino-purin-9-yl)-1-methyl-ethoxymethyl]-phosphonic acid (tenofovir, PMPA), or a physiologically functional derivative thereof, suitable for topical application and their use in the prevention of HIV infections.
US09060932B2
Provided is a matrix carrier composition for use in pharmaceutical delivery system, the composition comprising an intermolecular association of at least a first solid phase comprising nanoparticles having hydrophobic surface, wherein the size of the nanoparticles is in the range of about 5-1000 nm, a second solid phase, comprising a biopolymer having hydrophilic and hydrophobic parts, and a continuous phase comprising oil associated with the first and said second solid phases.
US09060930B2
The present disclosure relates to a novel process for making oral solid gastro-retentive forms, including the steps of providing a powder mixture including a hydrophobic powder, overgranulating this powder mixture with a granulating solution into an overgranulated paste, and drying all paste into a solid, as well as to pharmaceutical solid dosage forms which are retained in the stomach or upper gastrointestinal tract for a controlled delivery of a drug.
US09060922B2
An optical medical tube and control unit assembly and methods of using the same are provided. The optical medical tube may include a steering mechanism and an imaging device which provides the user a visual aid when placing a tube in the body of a patient. The optical medical tube may be coupled to a coupling adaptor to enable quick and easy connecting of the imaging device and steering mechanism of the tube with a control unit such that a single control unit may be used to place multiple feeding tubes or confirm that a feeding tube remains in its proper position without the need for lengthy sterilization procedures between uses.
US09060916B2
A micro bubble generating system includes a shell having a well for retaining a first liquid to immerse an object. A micro bubble apparatus is provide to the shell for providing a pressurized mixture of a second liquid and a dissolved gas into the well so as to create a plurality of micro bubbles within the first liquid for engaging the object.
US09060915B2
Improving cell therapy and tissue regeneration in a patient suffering from a cardiovascular or a neurological disease by treating a tissue of the patient with shock waves and/or applying to the patient a therapeutically effective amount of stem cells and/or progenitor cells. Such treatment increases expression of chemoattractants, pro-angiogenic factors, and pro-survival factors. The chemoattractants can be, for example, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) or stromal cell derived factor 1 (SDF-1). For example, the treated tissue can be located in the patient's heart or in a skeletal muscle of the patient, and the shock waves can be extracorporeal shock waves (ESW) or intracorporeal shock waves. The cardiovascular disease can have an ischemic or non-ischemic etiology. For example, the cardiovascular disease can be a myocardial infarction, ischemic cardiomyopathy, or a dilatative cardiomyopathy. For example, the neurological disease can be a peripheral neuropathy or neuropathic pain.
US09060914B2
A robotic module which can be attached to an exercise apparatus provides enhanced physical therapy for victims of stroke or other maladies or accidents by simulating normal or arbitrarily modified profiles of angular position of an extremity such as a foot in accordance with a position of that extremity along a locus of repetitive motion. A closed-loop control system which is included in the module provides regulation which reduces or avoids spastic responses often found in poststroke patients during gait rehabilitation.
US09060912B2
A combination casket and casket display comprises a reduced height casket shell adapted to receive the remains of a deceased and having a pair of side walls, a pair of end walls, and a bottom wall, the side walls and end walls having lower edges, the bottom wall extending below the lower edges of the side walls and end walls, a casket lid closable on the reduced height casket shell, and a casket display base having a pair of side walls and a pair of end walls, the side walls and end walls having upper edges. The reduced height casket shell is supported by the casket display base such that the lower edges of the side walls and end walls of the reduced height casket shell are at about the same height as the upper edges of the side walls and end walls of the casket display base, and the bottom wall of the reduced height casket shell extends below the upper edges of the side walls and end walls of the casket display base so as to nest within the casket display base. A combined height of the reduced height casket shell and display base is about equal to a height of a conventional height casket shell.
US09060911B2
Systems, devices, and methods are described for providing, among other things, a stand-up wheel chair having automatic stability control.
US09060910B2
A seat for a wheelchair is provided. An exemplary embodiment of the seat includes a seat back portion, a bottom portion, and a linkage coupling the bottom portion to the seat back portion such that the seat back portion is movable relative to the bottom portion. The linkage generally includes a first link and a second link. The first link is generally pivotally connected to the bottom portion and the seat back portion. The second link is generally pivotally connected to the bottom portion and the seat back portion. The first link and the second link pivot relative to the seat back portion and the bottom portion as the seat back portion is moved relative to the bottom portion.
US09060906B2
The present invention relates to a wheelchair wheel attachment and gear change adaptor unit for a geared wheelchair wheel having a hub which comprises an attachment shaft protruding to one side thereof, and where gear change is actuated by axial manipulation of a rod running within the shaft in a cylindrical bore which is concentric with the shaft. An adaptor housing (1) is designed to receive and support the shaft in an opening (19). Locking means are provided for releasably locking the shaft to the adaptor housing (1) such that the shaft cannot move out from the adaptor housing (1) until the locking means are released. A gear shift plunger (5) is arranged for hydraulic activation within the adaptor housing (1) such as to, upon activation when the wheelchair wheel is attached to the adaptor unit, push the rod outwards of the adaptor housing (1) towards the hub for effecting gear change in the hub.
US09060902B2
A disposable absorbent article intended to be worn around the waist of a wearer. The article includes a chassis having a front portion, a back portion, and a crotch portion there between, and optionally includes a waistband. A printed tag is arranged on the inner wearer facing side of the chassis in at least one of the front portion, back portion or the waistband. The tag has a Surface roughness or Friction according to Kawabata which differs at least 10% from the Surface roughness or Friction respectively according to Kawabata of the surrounding area of the chassis to which the tag is attached. This enhances the possibilities to localize the tag by the fingertips and thus make it possible for a person with poor eyesight and under bad light conditions to differentiate between the front and back of the article.
US09060898B2
A device for manufacturing an absorbent body by depositing on a deposit portion liquid absorbent fiber contained in a first gas flowing through a duct. The device for manufacturing an absorbent body includes the deposit portion that travels along a predetermined travel path, the duct that distributes the liquid absorbent fiber from a distribution opening placed opposing the travel path, a particulate matter discharge tube, a tip end thereof being introduced into the duct, that discharges a second gas having particulate matter mixed therein from a discharge hole of the tip end, and an operable throttle portion that throttles a flow path of the particulate matter discharge tube to change discharge distribution of the particulate matter. The operable throttle portion is operated in conjunction with the travel of the deposit portion.
US09060889B2
A stent includes a continuous wave form having a plurality of struts and a plurality of crowns throughout the wave form. Each crown connects two adjacent struts. The wave form is wrapped around a longitudinal axis to define a central portion and two end portions located on opposite sides the central portion. The central portion includes a plurality of turns wrapped around the longitudinal axis and oriented at a first pitch angle relative to the longitudinal axis. The end portions each include a plurality of turns wrapped around the longitudinal axis and oriented at different pitch angles, and an end turn oriented at an angle relative to the longitudinal axis. The different pitch angles of the end portions are between the first pitch angle and the angle of the end turn relative to the longitudinal axis.
US09060884B2
An impedance simulating motion controller for orthotic and prosthetic devices includes an equilibrium trajectory generator that receives locomotion data regarding the locomotion of a user, a dynamic trajectory compensator that generates one or more control parameters based on the locomotion data and one or more physiological characteristics of the user, and a dynamic gain tuner that adjusts the one or more control parameters based on a gain scaling factor that is calculated using a measured deflection point and an expected deflection point. The adjusted control parameters are used to control movement of an actuator of an orthotic or prosthetic device.
US09060883B2
In a powered actuator for supplying torque, joint equilibrium, and/or impedance to a joint, a motor is directly coupled to a low-reduction ratio transmission, e.g., a transmission having a gear ratio less than about 80 to 1. The motor has a low dissipation constant, e.g., less than about 50 W/(Nm)2. The transmission is serially connected to an elastic element that is also coupled to the joint, thereby supplying torque, joint equilibrium, and/or impedance to the joint while minimizing the power consumption and/or acoustic noise of the actuator.
US09060874B2
A method of inserting and positioning an intervertebral spacer is provided. The spacer includes a longitudinal axis, an on-axis interface coincident with or parallel to the longitudinal axis, and an off-axis interface angled to the longitudinal axis. The spacer's front end may be curved. The method may include inserting the spacer into the disc space utilizing a tool to engage an on-axis interface and then to engage one or more of the off-axis interfaces, which may be used for further modification of the spacer. The tool is moved substantially along a single insertion direction, which may be substantially parallel to a posterior-anterior axis of the disc space. The method may result in the longitudinal axis of the spacer being perpendicular to the insertion direction, or substantially parallel to a medial-lateral axis of the disc space. The spacer may also be positioned in an anterior aspect of the disc space.
US09060870B2
An in-situ formed spinal implant is provided, including an elongate strip having a proximal end and an opposite distal end, the strip having a plurality of spaced teeth disposed along edges of the strip. The strip has a generally arcuate or concave cross-section and is configured for being coiled into a spiral from the proximate end to the distal end for placement between adjacent spinal vertebrae, such that upon formation of the coiled shape, the teeth on a first edge engage one of the vertebrae, and teeth of an opposite, second edge engage the other of the vertebrae.
US09060869B1
An assembly for applying a tension ring to a penis includes an elongate base having a top and a flange just below the top. An applicator is releasably coupled to the top of the base. The applicator has a projecting tab which is smaller than the diameter of the tension ring. The applicator and the base cooperate to define a channel between the tab and the flange which is sized to receive the tension ring. A user can easily apply the tension ring over the tab and then stretch the tension ring over the entire applicator into the channel, whereupon the applicator is moved off the base and onto an erect penis so that the tension ring can be moved from the applicator onto the penis.
US09060859B2
A method of delivering a replacement prosthetic valve to a previously implanted prosthetic valve including the steps of compressing a replacement prosthetic valve having an expandable stent within a sheath of a delivery system, wherein the delivery system comprises a proximal end, a distal end, and a centering structure positioned between the proximal and distal ends, advancing the delivery system and compressed replacement prosthetic valve into a vessel of a patient until the distal end of the delivery system is positioned adjacent to a second side of a previously implanted prosthetic valve, deploying the centering structure to radially reposition the distal end of the delivery system, further advancing the delivery system toward the previously implanted prosthetic valve, and deploying the replacement prosthetic valve.
US09060845B2
Systems and methods are provided for ablating a lens of an eye. An access incision is made through outer eye tissue to access the lens. A laser tool is inserted through the access incision. Electromagnetic energy is focused using the inserted laser tool to ablate a portion of the lens, where said ablation breaks the lens into a plurality of pieces for removal from the eye.
US09060841B2
An enhanced flow ophthalmic surgical probe for ophthalmic microsurgery, such as vitrectomy, in an eye of a patient is disclosed. The enhanced flow probe includes a body, a needle, a cutter, and an optional stiffening sleeve. The needle, the cutter, and the optional stiffening sleeve each possess a widened diameter at its proximal portion relative to the diameter at its distal portion, thereby providing an enhanced ophthalmic surgical probe that allows adequate stiffness, reduced flow resistance, and an increased flow rate while maintaining a less invasive, large gauge diameter needle and cutter.
US09060840B2
A needle targeting apparatus comprises a sense head configured to locate an implanted device and a guide. The guide is associated with the sense head and comprises an upper surface, a lower surface, and a support member. The support member comprises a channel extending through the support member that provides access to an injection site. In some versions, a needle targeting apparatus comprises a locating feature, an alignment feature, and a support feature. The locating feature is configured to locate an implanted device. The alignment feature is configured to align a syringe needle with the implanted device. The support feature is configured to support a syringe upon insertion of the syringe needle into the implanted device. In some versions, a needle targeting apparatus comprises a sense head configured to locate an implanted device and a guide. The guide is configured to identify the center of the sense head.
US09060831B2
The invention includes a support frame for producing a dental workpiece. The frame has a Z axis and comprising wall sections defining a hole that extends along the Z axis through the frame. At least one of the wall sections comprises an adhesive-directing surface extending along the Z axis in a non-parallel relationship. Such a configuration provides optimized methods for affixing a blank to the support frame and optimized properties of the blank after fixation to the support frame.
US09060822B2
An orthopedic plate has a first end including a locking screw hole that receives a locking screw and spaced from that hole is a closed compression housing that extends from the bone-facing side of the plate and which receives a compression screw that forms an angle of from about 10° to about 70° with a longitudinal axis of the plate. The compression housing is not located on the medial line of the plate, but is peripheral to the medial line, either in the longitudinal or the medial direction of the plate.
US09060820B2
A segmented bone fixation device is provided with an elongate body having a longitudinal axis and having a first state in which at least a portion of the body is flexible and a second state in which the body is generally rigid. Methods of repairing a fracture of a bone are also disclosed. One such method comprises inserting a segmented fixation device into an intramedullary space of the bone to place at least a portion of the fixation device in a flexible state on one side of the fracture, providing rigidity across the fracture, and operating an actuator to deploy at least one gripper to engage an inner surface of the intramedullary space to anchor the fixation device to the bone. Various configurations allow a segmented device body to change shape as it moves from a flexible state to a rigid state.
US09060814B2
The bottom loading fastening system that consists of the polyaxial ball and socket joint used in conjunction with a bone screw having threads on one end for use in anchoring to the spine and a spherical connector on the other end operating as a pivot point about which a connecting assembly moves in a polyaxial fashion. A substantially U-shaped connecting assembly has a lower receptacle having a retainer ring within a retaining ring groove for use in securing the spherical connector to the connecting assembly.
US09060810B2
Growing rod systems and methods for correcting spinal deformities include at least one growing rod assembly and at least one fluid delivery assembly. Each growing rod assembly includes a fluid actuator that is operable to extend first and second rod segments in opposite directions along the spine. The fluid actuator can be provided by, for example, a piston-cylinder actuator. Each fluid delivery assembly includes a fluid pump operably connectable to a fluid line, which in turn is connected to the fluid actuator. In one embodiment, the fluid actuator is of a linear design. In another embodiment, two linear or curvilinear fluid actuators are provided back-to-back and connected by a connecting rod that mounts to the mid-spine and is contourable. In another embodiment, the fluid actuator is of a curvilinear design to generally conform the normal spine. And in another embodiment, the fluid actuator includes a fluid-over-fluid shock absorber.
US09060805B2
A glucose monitoring system, includes a glucose sensor strip or package of strips. The strip includes a substrate and a glucose monitoring circuit that has electrodes and a bodily fluid application portion of selected chemical composition. An antenna is integrated with the glucose sensor strip. A RFID sensor chip is coupled with the glucose sensor strip and the antenna. The chip has a memory containing digitally-encoded data representing calibration and/or expiration date information for the strip.
US09060802B2
The present disclosure is directed to a device. The device may include a distal shaft defining a central lumen and an orienting element comprising at least one inflatable member. Wherein a first portion of the orienting element extending from the shaft in a first direction and a second portion of the orienting element extending from the shaft in a second direction. Further, wherein the second direction is substantially opposite the first direction.
US09060798B2
A surgical forceps includes a housing having one or more shafts attached thereto and an end effector assembly disposed at a distal end thereof. The end effector assembly includes first and second jaw members disposed in opposing relation relative to one another. At least one jaw member is moveable from an open position to a closed position for grasping tissue therebetween. The jaw members include at least one sensing component that determines an output of one or both of cross-sectional diameter and composition of tissue disposed between the jaw members. A processing component is configured to receive the output and determine a seal pressure for adequately sealing tissue disposed between the jaw members based upon the output. A regulating component regulates the movement of the jaw members between the first and second positions such that the determined seal pressure is applied to tissue disposed therebetween.
US09060796B2
A surgical robot system may include a slave device provided with surgical tools and a master device remotely controlling motion of the surgical tools. The master device may include handles controlling the motion of the surgical tools, a master external force estimator estimating external force applied to the handles, a force compensator generating a first force control signal to cancel out the estimated external force, and a master controller moving and rotating respective joints of the handles in such a way that the external force applied to the handles is canceled out using the generated force control signal.
US09060788B2
An orthopedic device includes a patient-specific acetabular guide that can be used for preparing an acetabulum of a patient to receive an acetabular implant. The acetabular guide has a dome-shaped body with a peripheral annular rim and an outer three-dimensional surface configured to match an acetabulum of a specific patient's hip joint from three-dimensional medical images of the patient's hip joint. A patient-specific registration guide is removably attached to the peripheral rim and has a longitudinal bore defining a patient-specific alignment axis with an alignment orientation configured for guiding an acetabular implant for the patient. The registration guide has a patient-specific undersurface configured to mate with a corresponding surface of periacetabular surface of the acetabulum of the patient.
US09060785B2
A catheter includes a braid assembly having a dual-laminate coating. The braid assembly includes a plurality of braid members interwoven to provide for interstices between the braid members, each braid member having an electrically conductive element, a flexible non-electrically-conductive polymer coating that insulates the electrically conductive element and a thermoplastic bonding adhesive coating. The braid assembly is formed between an inner polymer layer and an outer polymer layer. One or more of the braid members may be coupled to an energy delivery element.
US09060780B2
A surgical instrument includes a shaft formed via extrusion. The shaft has one or more lumens extending therethrough. The lumen(s) each define a cross-sectional configuration. An end effector assembly is coupled to a distal end of the shaft. One or more components are coupled to the end effector assembly. The component(s) extend proximally from the end effector into the lumen(s) of the shaft. One or more of the components is formed via stamping. The component(s) define a cross-sectional configuration substantially complementary to the cross-section configuration of the lumen into which they extend.
US09060777B1
Vaso-occlusive apparatuses, including implants, and methods of using them to treat aneurysms. For example, described herein are expandable vaso-occlusive implants that include one or more soft and expandable braided member coupled to a pushable member such as a coil that maybe inserted and retrieved from within an aneurism using a delivery catheter. In particular, the expandable implants described herein are configured to allow relatively soft and elongate implants to be pushed out of a cannula without binding up within the cannula.
US09060776B2
In accordance with various embodiments, methods for controlling electrical power provided to tissue via a surgical device may comprise providing a drive signal. A power of the drive signal may be proportional to a power provided to the tissue via the surgical device. The methods may also comprise periodically receiving indications of an impedance of the tissue and applying a first composite power curve to the tissue, wherein applying the first composite power curve to the tissue comprises. Applying the first composite power curve to the tissue may comprise modulating a first predetermined number of first composite power curve pulses on the drive signal; and for each of the first composite power curve pulses, determining a pulse power and a pulse width according to a first function of the impedance of the tissue The methods may also comprise applying a second composite power curve to the tissue. Applying the second composite power curve to the tissue may comprise modulating at least one second composite power curve pulse on the drive signal; and for each of the at least one second composite power curve pulses, determining a pulse power and a pulse width according to a second function of the impedance of the tissue.
US09060770B2
A surgical severing and stapling instrument, suitable for laparoscopic and endoscopic clinical procedures, clamps tissue within an end effector of an elongate channel pivotally opposed by an anvil. Various embodiments are configured to be operably attached to a robotic system to receive actuation/control motions therefrom.
US09060766B2
A suture fixation system that is configured to secure a suture includes a pad and a suture fixation device configured to clamp and retain at least one end of a suture. The pad includes a suture surface opposite a tissue surface and defines an opening formed through the suture and tissue surfaces that is sized to provide a margin around a tissue lesion to be sutured. The suture is employed to stitch the tissue lesion closed, the suture having at least one free end that is held in place by the suture fixation device, and the pad configured to elevate a portion of the suture away from the tissue.
US09060759B2
Among other things, there is disclosed a biopsy needle system in which the needle is capable of obtaining more than one length of sample. Generally, the needle includes an inner stylet, an outer cannula, and a handle connected to the stylet and cannula. The stylet has a notch that is extendable from the cannula to accommodate a tissue sample. An insert member is provided for attachment to the handle to make the amount of exposed notch smaller. Consequently, when the insert member is not attached to the handle, the needle can obtain a larger sample of tissue, and when the insert member is attached to the handle, the needle can obtain a smaller sample of tissue.
US09060739B2
The present invention relates to a photographing device including a power transmission unit. The power transmission unit includes a frame unit which is connected to the second drive body, an adaptor unit which is connected to the frame unit and is selectively connected to the first drive body or the support body by external power, an actuating unit which operates the adaptor unit, and a power unit which transmits power to the actuating unit. According to the power transmission unit of the X-ray mammography device, since biopsy photography and tomography can be performed using only one power transmission unit, the weight and size of the rotating arm may be reduced, and the vibration and noise produced thereby may be reduced. Thanks to the simple operation mechanism of the power transmission unit, power loss may be reduced, and the durability of each component may be improved.
US09060736B2
An X-ray imaging apparatus includes a diffraction grating that forms an interference pattern by diffracting X-rays emitted from an X-ray source, an absorption grating that shields a portion of the interference pattern, a detector that detects the X-rays emitted from the absorption grating, and a moving unit that changes relative positions of a sample object and the absorption grating. The moving unit changes the relative positions of the sample object and the absorption grating from first relative positions to second relative positions. The detector detects the X-rays at least when the sample object and the absorption grating are at the first relative positions and when the sample object and the absorption grating are at the second relative positions.
US09060726B2
Integrated lancing and analyte measurement systems are provided which minimize the number of actions required to operate the systems, accomplished in part by combining two or more user steps into one.
US09060725B2
An apparatus includes a housing, a flow control mechanism, and an actuator. At least a portion of the flow control mechanism is movably disposed within the housing. The apparatus further includes an inlet port and an outlet port, and defines a fluid reservoir. The outlet port is fluidically coupled to a second fluid reservoir and is fluidically isolated from the first fluid reservoir. The actuator is configured to move the flow control mechanism between a first configuration, in which the inlet port is placed in fluid communication with the fluid reservoir such that the fluid reservoir receives a first flow of bodily-fluid, and a second configuration, in which the inlet port is placed in fluid communication with the outlet port.
US09060723B2
An arrangement for producing a sample of body fluid from an opening created in a skin surface at a sampling site including a cartridge with a plurality of compartments and a plurality of sampling sites, and a detector assembly. Each sampling site includes a skin-penetration member having a first end configured to pierce the surface of the skin and an inner lumen in communication with the first end, a spring actuator operatively associated with the skin-penetration member, and a needle hub connecting the skin-penetration member and the spring actuator. The needle hub includes a reagent pad and the spring actuator is configured to drive the skin-penetration member to form the wound opening. Each compartment at least partially encloses the skin-penetration member, the spring actuator, and the needle hub of a respective sampling site.
US09060721B2
Optical coherence tomography (herein “OCT”) based analyte monitoring systems are disclosed. In one aspect, techniques are disclosed that can identify fluid flow in vivo (e.g., blood flow), which can act as a metric for gauging the extent of blood perfusion in tissue. For instance, if OCT is to be used to estimate the level of an analyte (e.g., glucose) in tissue, a measure of the extent of blood flow can potentially indicate the presence of an analyte correlating region, which would be suitable for analyte level estimation with OCT. Another aspect is related to systems and methods for scanning multiple regions. An optical beam is moved across the surface of the tissue in two distinct manners. The first can be a coarse scan, moving the beam to provide distinct scanning positions on the skin. The second can be a fine scan where the beam is applied for more detailed analysis.
US09060718B2
In exemplary implementations, this invention comprises apparatus for retinal self-imaging. Visual stimuli help the user self-align his eye with a camera. Bi-ocular coupling induces the test eye to rotate into different positions. As the test eye rotates, a video is captured of different areas of the retina. Computational photography methods process this video into a mosaiced image of a large area of the retina. An LED is pressed against the skin near the eye, to provide indirect, diffuse illumination of the retina. The camera has a wide field of view, and can image part of the retina even when the eye is off-axis (when the eye's pupillary axis and camera's optical axis are not aligned). Alternately, the retina is illuminated directly through the pupil, and different parts of a large lens are used to image different parts of the retina. Alternately, a plenoptic camera is used for retinal imaging.
US09060707B2
An air gap retractor illumination system includes any suitable retractor with a channel in the blade to accommodate an air gap illuminator. The illuminator is preferably made from a suitable light conducting plastic material. The illuminator has active portions in which light passes and inactive or dead zones in which light does not pass. The illuminator is formed to have an air gap surrounding any active portion of the illuminator extending from the light input to the light output portion. The dead zones may include elements to allow the illuminator to securely engage the retractor. The light output portion of the illuminator contains from two to eight output zones, each zone having specially designed output optical structures that control and direct light to escape the illuminator to shine onto a predetermined area of interest or to form one or more predetermined shapes or footprints.
US09060686B2
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus which performs diagnosis of a subject to be examined by using an ultrasound probe which emits ultrasound waves and receives the ultrasound waves reflected by the subject, includes a measuring section which measures a motion velocity of local tissue of the subject by using an ultrasound waves transmitted/received by the ultrasound probe, an acquiring section which acquires motion information representing a strain or displacement of the tissue on the basis of the motion velocity, and a calculating section which calculates a parameter value representing a change amount of motion of the tissue with a change in load on the basis of two pieces of motion information acquired by the acquiring section in two load states in which different loads are applied to the subject.
US09060679B2
Systems and methods for animal health monitoring are described. In one embodiment, an animal health monitoring system includes a ruminant bolus transponder, a high frequency radio frequency transceiver device, and at least one base station including a high frequency radio frequency transceiver, wherein the high frequency radio frequency transceiver device is proximally located to the bolus transponder, wherein the ruminant bolus periodically emerges from a low power dormant state and measures data including at least one sensor measurement including time and date data, wherein the ruminant bolus is configured to store the measured data using the memory connected to the microcontroller in the ruminant bolus, wherein the ruminant bolus periodically emerges from a low power dormant state and transmits the stored data in the memory to the proximally located device via high frequency RF transmission, and wherein the ruminant bolus can be spontaneously activated by a low frequency scanner.
US09060663B2
A method for cleaning items to be washed in a dishwasher operational using at least one first predetermined wash program sequence including an intensive, low-temperature, automatic or standard program, using a specific mechanical and/or thermal soiling removal energy to achieve a specific cleaning and/or drying result, for carrying out such program steps as pre-rinse, cleaning, intermediate rinse, final rinse and drying, with the predetermined wash program being configured for substantially minimizing the quantity of water and energy used, the method including the steps of applying at least one second predetermined wash program sequence including a rapid intensive, rapid low-temperature, rapid automatic or rapid standard program, using substantially similar mechanical and/or thermal soiling removal energy as first wash program sequence to achieve the substantially similar specific cleaning and/or drying result as first wash program sequence, with second program sequence occurring in less time than first wash program sequence.
US09060661B2
A female electrical receptacle for mounting behind an inlet valve of a central vacuum cleaning system, having a base portion and a cover portion wherein the base portion defines three open topped channels and two side channels include an electrically conductive bayonet extending into said channel. The central channel retains the ground wire. Each bayonet is electrically connected to a female pin receptacle located toward one end of said base portion. The cover is sized and shaped to be field securable to said base portion to close said open top channels onto said bayonets, The female electrical receptacle further includes attachment features adjacent the pin receptacles, which are sized and shaped to engage with said inlet valve to permit said one end to be mounted behind said inlet valve and connected to a plug opening in said inlet valve. An electrical wire may be field inserted between the cover and the base so that when the cover is secured to the base an electrical connection is completed by the bayonets between the wire and the pin receptacles to electrify the plug opening in the inlet valve.
US09060658B2
Disclosed are a mobile robot with a single camera capable of performing a cleaning process with respect to surroundings, and capable of more precisely making a 3D map of the surroundings including a plurality of feature points, and a method for recognizing 3D surroundings of the same. According to the method, images of the surroundings are captured, and a preset number of particles with respect to feature points of a first image are projected to a second image based on matching information of feature points extracted from the two images sequentially captured, thereby extracting 3D information of the surroundings.
US09060652B2
Transportable unit for forming a straight parallelepiped-shaped residential space, provided with a bottom and a covering, and upright walls extending in between them, which walls can be converted between a—particularly retracted—transport position and a—particularly extended—operational position, in which the unit has a larger height, wherein the unit is equipped as a sanitary unit having a series of toilet bowls, urinals and/or showers.
US09060647B2
An apparatus for making beverages including a frothing device fluidly coupled to an outlet of a wand fluidly coupled to a boiler. The frothing device includes a nozzle configured to be positioned below the surface of the liquid, and a valve member movable between a first position in which steam is prevented from moving between the outlet of the wand and the nozzle and a second position in which steam is permitted to move between the outlet of the wand and the nozzle. The frothing device also includes a float device that maintains the frothing device on the surface of liquid.
US09060645B2
This invention is a manually operated beverage brewer that is powered by a user articulating or turning a lever a multiple of times. The lever forces a small piston into a cylinder, which in turn pressurizing a hot liquid poured into the machine. The pressurized liquid flows through a pack of coffee grounds and out of the machine after the user has generated a minimum pressure to overcome an under-pressure valve. The user continues to articulate or turn the lever until the desired amount of coffee exits the machine.
US09060633B1
This invention relates to a napkin holder for holding and dispensing sheet stock and in particular to a dual sided napkin holder-dispensing device that maintains the napkins in an upright position which facilitates removal therefrom. The invention comprises a napkin holder with slanted side walls, a divider between the side walls that is also parallel to the side walls, and a slanted base on each side, between the side wall and the center divider. The slanted base “forces” the napkins to lean towards the outside slanted walls. In so doing, the napkins lean against and are supported by the slanted side walls. The slanted base causes the napkins to be somewhat higher on the center side of the holder. Thus, the top of the centermost napkin on each side of the napkin holder always sticks up just a little more than the tops of the adjacent napkins. This makes it very easy to grasp just one napkin at a time, without disrupting the other napkins.
US09060630B2
A napkin having a pliable silicone insert, said napkin being sized to fit in one's hand. The napkin being fashioned with at least one absorbent side and optionally a non-absorbent or non-skid side. The napkin further may be embroidered with a friction point formed with silicone or rubberized thread. Optionally, a pair of windows may be provided on one side of said napkin to expose the silicone insert allowing a grip function for said napkin.
US09060627B2
An apparatus for hanging an article from a door. In one aspect, the inventive apparatus can comprise a mounting system that can be used to hang a mirror, piece of art, or other flat article to a door without the need for a screw driver or any other tools.
US09060624B2
A product management display system for merchandising products on a shelf includes a rail mounting clip structure for removably coupling a front rail to a shelf, the shelf having a channel structure extending along a portion of a front edge. Upon removable engagement with the shelf, the front rail may be used to engage with one or more divider and pusher devices configured to display products on a shelf.
US09060620B1
An article or apparatus is described for restraining a baby. The article may include a special-purpose sheet, restraint(s) such as strap(s) that are anchored to the sheet and/or to a mattress, and connector(s) such as buckle(s). The sheet is designed to have a plurality of attached bases that allow the restraints to be anchored to the sheet and/or to the mattress. The baby may be placed on the sheet on his back, the restraints may be lightly tightened around the baby, and the connectors at the ends of the restraints may join to lock the baby on his back. The connectors may then be unlocked in the morning so that the baby may be safely retrieved from the sheet. The sheet may also include strap(s) that wrap around the mattress and connect in the front or back.
US09060619B2
A siderail comprises a rail having a lower edge extending longitudinally from a head end to a foot end, and a longitudinally outer link comprising a head side outer link segment and a foot side outer link segment. Each segment is connected to the rail at a joint OR and connected to a host frame at a joint OF. The siderail also includes an inner link longitudinally intermediate the outer link segments and connected to the rail at a joint IR and to the host frame at a joint IF. The head side outer link segment extends longitudinally from approximately the head end of the rail lower edge toward the inner link without longitudinally overlapping the inner link. The foot side outer link segment extends longitudinally from approximately the foot end of the rail lower edge toward the inner link without longitudinally overlapping the inner link.
US09060610B2
A spring back hinge interconnects a backrest frame to a chair seat frame or is mountable to just the chair base frame, the spring back hinge being optionally fittable with a lever actuated locking assembly and the spring back hinge being fittable on a single side or both sides, alternative back rest frames being fittable to the spring back hinge.
US09060609B1
A base assembly including a pan member having a top surface, a bottom surface, an outer edge, a central portion and a peripheral portion, the outer edge forming a shape, the top surface concave upward, the pan member forming a plurality of openings that are spaced about the peripheral portion and located at a height above the bottom surface of the central portion, a bottom ring having a shape that is substantially similar to the shape of the pan member, a plurality of pintle mounts extending downward from an undersurface of the bottom ring, the bottom ring mounted to the top surface of the pan member and each pintle mount extending through one of the openings formed in the pan member, a central hub forming an opening in a top surface for receiving a lower portion of a chair mounting assembly, and a plurality of leg members extending upward and from spaced apart locations of the bottom ring to the central hub to support the central hub above the central portion of the pan member.
US09060604B2
The device (10) for laterally centring a drawer (13) or the like on a pull-out guide (11) comprises a first and a second coupling part (26, 27) respectively connectable to a hooking device (12) for fastening the drawer (13) and to the pull-out guide (11); at least one of the coupling parts (26, 27) is conformed with elastically yieldable means in a lateral direction for causing a forced engagement and/or a shape engagement between the coupling parts (26, 27) such as to compensate for any lateral play between the hooking device (12) and the pull-out guide (11).
US09060598B2
Laboratory table has a frame with front and rear frame parts, at least one detent element, at least one detent extension and at least one replaceable tabletop element on the frame. Each tabletop element has at least one fixing mechanism for interacting with the frame parts and for holding a corresponding detent element and detent extension in fixing positions. A detent element or detent extension in each case is spaced apart from the fixing mechanism. The frame part opposite to the frame part the fixing mechanism is interacting with comprises a detent element or a detent extension that in each case is brought into a mutual fixing position with a corresponding detent extension or detent element of the corresponding tabletop element. The corresponding detent extension is thus guided in a detent element parallel to a tabletop axis of the corresponding tabletop element.
US09060597B1
A reconfigurable banquet table includes a table top, a plurality of retaining clips, and two or more base members. The table top bottom surface includes a plurality of pairs of openings. A corresponding plurality of retaining clips are secured thereat. Each retaining clip includes a first flange and a second flange extending from a plate. Each base member includes first and second legs connected a set distance apart. The first and second legs of each base member are received in one pair of the table top openings, and releasably secured therein by the corresponding retaining clips, with one side of each of the first and second legs engaged by the second flange of the respective retaining clip, to cause deflection of the second flange to provide suitable retaining forces. Easy removability of the base members permits interchangeability without requiring tools, for greater functional/aesthetic versatility, easier transport, and more compact storage.
US09060587B2
A pencil has a shaft with a rear portion and a front portion which bears an application element on its front end. The pencil further has a cap which has on its rear end facing the shaft an opening, by way of which it is placed onto the front portion in the non-use state of the pencil. Inside the cap is a receiving sleeve, which receives the application element and has on its rear end facing the shaft an insertion opening for the application element. The receiving sleeve is guided so as to be axially movable between a first end position and a second end position. The receiving sleeve is arranged fully inside the cap in the first end position and its rear end projects out of the opening of the cap with a projection in the second end position.
US09060586B1
An applicator package (40), consisting of an applicator and a substance (48) in the applicator, so a user can apply the substance (48) to a target region. A set of components for being assembled as the applicator, and a method for making the applicator package (40). The applicator package (40) includes a platform (42) having an outer side (56) and having an inner side (54) defining a substance support surface (55). The substance (48) is supported on the platform support surface (55). The platform (42) defines (1) at least one fill passage (58) that extends from the platform outer side (56) to the platform inner side (54), and (2) at least one channel (60) that is located between portions of the substance support surface (55) and that communicates between the platform inner side (54) and the platform outer side (56). An inner side cap (46) is initially, releasably mounted on the platform (42) over the substance (48) at the platform inner side (54). A lid (44) may be attached to the platform (42).
US09060573B2
The instant disclosure relates to a zipper head. The zipper head includes a main structure, a flexible member, a securing member, a pull tab, a guiding member, and a shaft. The main structure has a first fixing portion and receives the flexible member. The securing member has a second fixing portion corresponding to the first fixing portion. The securing member contacts with the flexible member. The guiding member is pivotally connected to one end of the main structure and contacts with the securing member. A receiving space is cooperatively defined by the main structure, the securing member, and the guiding member. A fixing end of the pull tab is disposed in the receiving space. The shaft penetrates the main structure and is pivotally connected to the securing member. The instant disclosure also discusses a method for replacing the pull tab of the zipper head.
US09060571B2
This invention provides a combined fashion accessory and key. The fashion accessory includes a decorative head having front and back sides, an elongate shaft having first and second opposed ends. The first end of the elongate shaft is attached to the back side of the decorative head, and an elongate bar is pivotally connected to the second end of the elongate shaft. The elongate bar has at least one key feature at a first end thereof so that the elongate bar is a key. When the elongate bar is longitudinally aligned with said elongate shaft in a second locking position, the decorative head, in combination with the elongate shaft and the elongate bar provides a key functionality such that when the key feature is inserted into a lock and a user grips a grippable peripheral portion of the decorative head and rotates it, torque is applied to the elongate bar thus rotating it and the key feature to unlock the lock.
US09060565B2
A foot has a medial side, a lateral side, a sustentaculum tali, a lateral calcaneus, a fifth metatarsal ray and a forefoot. The support system for a foot comprises of the following. A first portion configured to support an underside portion of the sustentaculum tali at or below the sustentaculum tali on the medial side of the foot to provide a force on the sustentaculum tali. A second portion configured to support the lateral calcaneus on the lateral side of the foot. A third portion configured to support the fifth metatarsal ray on the lateral side of the foot.
US09060560B2
Disclosed herein are engineered composite materials suitable for applications that can benefit from a composite material capable of interacting with or responding to, in a controlled or pre-determined manner, changes in its surrounding environment. The composite material is generally includes a gradient layer structure of a sequence of at, e.g., three or more gradient-contributing layers of microscale particles, wherein a mean particle size of particles of neighboring gradient-contributing layers in the cross section of the gradient layer structure varies from layer to layer, thereby forming a particle size gradient, and in contact with the gradient layer structure, a densely packed particle structure including densely packed microscale particles, wherein a mean particle size of the densely packed microscale particles does not form a particle size gradient in the cross section of the densely packed particle structure.
US09060553B2
A stowable outerwear garment is provided. The outerwear garment includes a shortened torso portion that deploys from an integral pouch to provide protection to a wearer's upper torso when worn in combination with a load-bearing vest. The shortened torso portion can include an elastic band extending about the wearer's torso and a plurality of fasteners supported by the elastic band to detachably secure the garment to the load-bearing vest. Sleeves can extend from the torso portion and can include an outer waterproof shell, an inner lining and an insulating material therebetween.
US09060549B2
A method and device for securing arms an infant. The device includes a pouch having an open end and a closed end, the pouch configured to receive the infant through the open end, an elongate piece of material with vertical and horizontal axes, a right wing having a right fastener at a distal right end, the right fastener part disposed along the horizontal axis and on the back side of the material; a left wing having a left fastener part at a distal left end, the left fastener part disposed along the horizontal axis and on the front side of the material, the sleeve attaching component including a pair of sleeves symmetrically disposed about the vertical axis, the pair of sleeves including a right sleeve and a left sleeve, the sleeves disposed and configured to respectively retain right and left arms of the infant.
US09060547B2
The invention relates to a device for smoking cessation, consisting of a cylindrical sleeve (2), the inside diameter dI of which is dimensioned such that the sleeve can be placed positively and completely on a cigarette (1) so that the cigarette (1) projects beyond both free ends (22) of the sleeve (2), and the sleeve jacket (3) has a thickness SQ of at least 1 mm. The invention further relates to a use of such a device as a cigarette holder.
US09060545B2
A smoking article has an outer surface and a plurality of frangible microcapsules provided on the outer surface, wherein the microcapsules are capable of being manually ruptured by a consumer to release an odorant encapsulated therein. The smoking article preferably comprises a wrapped tobacco rod; and a filter attached to the wrapped tobacco rod by tipping paper, a mouth end portion of which is “over tipped” with a band or strip of “Peel and Sniff” microcapsules and/or a band or strip of “Scratch and Sniff” microcapsules.
US09060543B2
The present invention relates to an improved apparatus and method for delivering a coating substance and to an improved apparatus for delivering a powder coating to glutinous products such as confectionery/bakery, gum and dough-like products in a manufacturing and/or packaging procedure. Chewing gum is typically produced by combining chewing gum components, extruding and subsequently rolling a gum composition into a uniform flat sheet of a desired thickness and width. During processing, the extruded material must pass through a series of rollers to produce the ultimate product. In a conventional process, a rolling compound or powdered non-stick agent may be applied to the sheet during processing to avoid fouling of the rollers by a tacky material. Present systems for the application of dusting are inefficient and lead to the loss of much powder. The present invention seeks to provide an improved system.
US09060537B2
A clear Reb D solution is prepared by adding Reb D powder to water and heating to completely dissolve the Reb D powder, or by extracting Reb D from stevia plant using hot/boiling water or water/ethanol, wherein the temperature of the clear Reb D solution is above 70° C. Ideally, the clear Reb D solution is mixed with a solubilizing enhancer, wherein the temperature of the enhanced Reb D solution is maintained above 70° C., and wherein the solubilizing enhancer is a hydroxyl-containing sweetener. A stabilizer is then added to the Reb D solution to produce a stabilized Reb D solution; wherein the stabilizer comprises a thickener or anti-agglomeration agent. The stabilized Reb D solution is spray dried to form a powder. The solubility of Rebaudioside D is enhanced in water-based fluids, in particular in beverage concentrates and syrups 1.
US09060524B2
The present invention relates to a bacterial cell with texturizing property, starter cultures comprising the cell, and dairy products fermented with the starter culture.
US09060510B2
A microcapsule can be produced easily by (a) pulverizing a solid pesticidal compound in a fatty acid ester represented by formula (I) to form a suspension wherein X denotes either —CH2—CH2— or —CH═CH— and R1 and R2 each denote a C1-C4 alkyl group, (b) mixing the resulting suspension and water to prepare a liquid droplet, and (c) forming a coating film around the liquid droplet. A microcapsule obtained in such a way contains most of the solid pesticidal compound within the microcapsule.
US09060508B2
Reusable and recyclable target temperature storage and shipping containers designed to maintain the content therein within desired temperature levels for greatly extended periods of time are disclosed. A First species is customized to maintain refrigeration temperatures for extended periods of time and the Second species maintains freezing temperatures for extended periods of time. Both species models include containers having outer protective layers and inner insulating layers as well as a cavity for holding payload being stored or shipped, and one or more areas for holding passive coolants in a predetermined relationship to the products within specific target temperatures. The different species provide cold or freezing temperatures in reusable or disposable models for various applications. The main containers are substantially airtight when sealed for storage or shipping and includes an outer box, inner insulation, internal dividers, and different temperature controlling coolants designed for various temperature maintenance requirements of temperature-sensitive content.
US09060500B2
A monomanual electric fishing rod and reel that includes a control module having a power button and a throttle button disposed thereon, said power and throttle buttons operationally communicating with a CPU disposed in a rear rod section, said CPU operationally communicating with a silent direct-drive electric gear motor disposed within a housing upon an electric reel, wherein the electric reel is alternatively activated and deactivated by a user, an extant cast line is reeled in at different speeds selectable by the user, and a rechargeable Lithium-ion battery is disposed in an attachable handle for extended use capacity whereby one-handed operation of the device is enabled.
US09060499B2
A fishing rig for use in catching fish is described herein. The fishing rig includes a leader that extends between a first end and a second end, and a plurality of bait elements that are coupled to the leader. The plurality of bait elements includes a first bait element that is coupled to the leader and is oriented between the leader first end and the leader second end. At least one second bait element is coupled to the leader and oriented downline of the first bait element along the leader such that the first and second bait elements display a schooling-type action to facilitate attracting fish to the fishing rig.
US09060498B2
Provided is a pterygium animal model produced by injecting human-derived pterygial epithelial cells that are isolated and cultured in vitro. The animal model has characteristics similar to those of pterygium, which are observed only in humans, wherein such characteristics are caused in such a way that pterygial epithelial cells are isolated from human pterygium corneal tissues and cultured, the cultured pterygial epithelial cells are sub-cultured, and human-derived pterygial epithelial cells of which identify is confirmed are injected into the nasal subconjunctival space of mice. The pterygium animal model allows a pterygium therapeutic agent to be effectively screened.
US09060482B1
A soybean cultivar designated 20364935 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of soybean cultivar 20364935, to the plants of soybean cultivar 20364935, to the plant parts of soybean cultivar 20364935, and to methods for producing progeny of soybean cultivar 20364935. 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 20364935. The invention also relates to methods for producing other soybean cultivars, lines, or plant parts derived from soybean cultivar 20364935, 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 20364935 with another soybean cultivar.
US09060475B2
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to methods and compositions for identifying, selecting, and/or producing drought tolerant maize plants or germplasm. Maize plants or germplasm that have been identified, selected, and/or produced by any of the methods of the presently disclosed subject matter are also provided.
US09060471B2
Disclosed therein is a binder for horticultural use, which is to be used to tie stems and branches to pros or guiding strings such that garden or agricultural products can be properly grown up. The binder for horticultural use that, instead of a stapler for supplying staples, includes: a taper frame having a holder groove disposed at one side thereof; a binding heating cable unit having a binding heating cable therein for receiving an electric current from a power supply unit; and a holder to which the binding heating cable unit is detachably attached, the holder being inserted into the holder groove, so that the binder can bind both ends of a tape together by partially melting the tape made of synthetic resin material by heat without using the staples.
US09060468B2
Embodiments described herein provide systems and methods for promoting plant growth that combine beam angle control with spectral control. In one embodiment, an optical device can be configured to emit multiple colors of light at particular wavelengths. The optical device may also be configured to generate an emission spectrum with multiple peaks. The spectrum can be selected based on stimulating biological processes of a plant.
US09060464B2
A method and apparatus for dredging sediment from aquatic environments and cutting aquatic vegetation therein includes using a cutterhead mounted to a dredge. The cutterhead may be mounted to a shroud, the cutterhead including a rotating drum having an array of teeth assemblies which auger cut vegetation toward a port in the shroud for discharge via a pump. The shroud also includes stationary cutterbars having cutterbar teeth assemblies. The teeth assemblies preferably include back-to-back tooth pairs wherein individual teeth have a flat backside and a raised or convex front side which may be provided with serrated cutting margins. Using back-to-back tooth pairs enables cutting of more types and sizes of aquatic vegetation, reducing downtime due to clogging, bending or breakage versus conventional single teeth cutterheads. The shroud may include an upwardly and/or forwardly extending shield along its top front edge to deflect water and/or vegetation back toward the drum.
US09066455B2
A flexible printed wiring board capable of preventing plated leads from peeling off due to repeated insertion and extraction of a connector connecting portion into and from a connector without bringing about an increase in the whole length of the flexible printed wiring board even when the flexible printed wiring board is a one-sided or double-sided one. First plated leads are provided in a manner extending from conductor patterns located outermost in a width direction of the connector connecting portion among a plurality of conductor patterns and reaching sides of the flexible printed wiring board in a width direction. Second plated leads are provided in a manner extending from leading ends of the other conductor patterns among the plurality of conductor patterns in a direction in which the connector connecting portion is inserted into the connector and reaching a leading end face of the flexible printed wiring board.
US09066445B2
Disclosed are a cooling system for an electric vehicle and a control method thereof. The electric vehicle equipped with electronic parts including an electric motor. The electric vehicle includes a motor control unit to control the electric motor, a main control unit to control the electronic parts and the motor control unit, a water pump to circulate a cooling water cooling the electronic parts, the motor control unit, and the main control unit, and a temperature sensor to detect a temperature for an operation of the water pump and output the temperature to the motor control unit. The motor control unit generates a control signal to operate or stop the water pump according to a detection result of the temperature sensor.
US09066444B2
A fan assembly is flexibly attached to an electronic device enclosure. The fan assembly is configured to pivot with respect to the electronic device enclosure from a horizontal position to an angled position during insertion of the enclosure into the chassis. The horizontal position is to facilitate insertion of the electronic device enclosure into a chassis. The angled position is maintained when the electronic device enclosure is fully inserted into the chassis.
US09066439B2
A wiring board has a first wiring board having a first solder-resist layer, a second wiring board connected to the first wiring board and positioned in a first opening portion formed in the first solder-resist layer of the first wiring board, and a third wiring board connected to the first wiring board and positioned in a second opening portion formed in the first solder-resist layer of the first wiring board such that the second wiring board and the third wiring board are on the same side of the first wiring board. The first opening portion of the first wiring board and the second opening portion of the first wiring board form either a common opening portion accommodating the second and third wiring boards in the first solder-resist layer or separate opening portions separately accommodating the second wiring board and the third wiring board in the first solder-resist layer.
US09066436B2
A flexible wiring board includes a base member having flexibility, a write terminal section which is formed on the base member and which is a section to be protected, a protecting section which is integrally formed with the base member and which is folded back so as to cover the write terminal section, and a slit which is formed in the base member in a position that overlaps with the protecting section in a folded state and into which the protecting section can be inserted.
US09066430B2
A mobile terminal includes a first case having a groove recessed along one region, a second case coupled to the first case to cover the one region, and a sealing member filled in the groove, the sealing member closely adhered onto the second case to seal the one region, wherein a volumetric center of the sealing member is located more adjacent to a surface of the sealing member than to an inner side of the sealing member, such that the surface of the sealing member is formed earlier than the inner side of the sealing member to prevent or reduce formation of a weld line on the surface of the sealing member.
US09066428B2
A display panel includes a periphery area, an active display area adjacent to the periphery, a driving chip disposed out of the active display area for driving the active display area, and a plurality of wires electrically connecting the driving chip and the active display area. The width of at least one wire at a portion adjacent to the driving chip is smaller than the width of the at least one wire at the other portion adjacent to the active display area.
US09066422B2
In an electronic component in which a semiconductor chip (semiconductor element) and a passive component are integrated on a multilayer wiring board and the semiconductor chip and the passive component constitute a feedback circuit, an input end and an output end of the semiconductor chip (semiconductor element) are electrically separated from each other. The electronic component includes the multilayer wiring board, the semiconductor chip disposed on the main surface of or inside the multilayer wiring board, and the passive component having a first terminal and a second terminal connected to the input end and the output end of the semiconductor chip respectively, and is configured such that a conductive member constituting the multilayer wiring board is located at a position where a distance from at least one of the first terminal and the second terminal is smaller than a distance between the first terminal and the second terminal.
US09066417B2
A method for manufacturing a PCB includes certain steps. A printed circuit board sheet is provided. The printed circuit board includes an unwanted portion and a printed circuit board unit which includes a plurality of contact pads. An imaginary boundary line is defined between the printed circuit board unit and the unwanted portion. Each of the contact pads defines an outline. A nearest distance between the outline and the imaginary boundary line is less than 4 millimeters. The printed circuit board sheet is punched along the imaginary boundary line, forming one hollow portion or a plurality of through slots. A plurality of burrs is generated on an inner surface of the hollow portion or the through slots. The burrs are removed using a low-energy laser cutting process, thereby obtaining a printed circuit board. A laser power used in the low-energy laser cutting process is 5-8 watts.
US09066415B2
A device for absorption of electrical noise on lines contains a housing which is formed from two half-shells, which are connected to one another with the aid of a film hinge and, in the area of their opposite edges, have a locking device, which locks the two half-shells. A ferrite element is held in each half-shell. An aperture or a window is formed in the wall of one half-shell, through which the locking device can be seen, which locking device acts per se in a depression within the wall. Through this aperture it is possible to check and to inspect whether two elements which form the locking device are correctly seated.
US09066413B2
A plasma generation apparatus includes a vacuum container, dielectrics connected to through-holes formed in the vacuum container, RF coils of the same structure disposed in the vicinity of the respective dielectrics and electrically connected in parallel, an RF power source to supply power to the RF coils, an impedance matching circuit disposed between the RF power source and the RF coils, and a power distribution unit disposed between the impedance matching circuit and one ends of the RF coils to distribute the power of the RF power source to the RF coils. The power distribution unit includes a power distribution line and a conductive outer cover enclosing the power distribution line. Distance between an input end of the power distribution unit and the RF coils are equal to each other, and the other ends of the RF coils are connected to the conductive outer cover to be grounded.
US09066412B2
Devices are described herein which may comprise an optic having a non-planar surface, the non-planar surface having an optically active portion; and a flow guide directing gas upon the non-planar surface to produce turbulent flow on at least a portion of the optically active portion of the non-planar surface to cool the optic.
US09066410B2
The present invention relates to organic electroluminescent devices which comprise aromatic nitrogen heterocyclic compounds, in particular in a hole-injection layer and/or in a hole-blocking layer and/or in an electron-transport layer and/or in an emitting layer.
US09066377B2
A high frequency cooking apparatus supplies electric power through a relay contact to a high frequency generator, sets cyclic ON time and OFF time of the relay contact based on set heating time and heating power, and controls the heating power of the high frequency generator. The high frequency cooking apparatus includes a unit for determining whether the time corresponding to the last cycle in the heating time is more than the set ON time of the relay contact, and a unit for increasing the ON time of the relay contact in a cycle just before the last cycle by the ON time of the relay contact in the last cycle and abbreviating the ON time of the relay contact in the last cycle, when the determining unit determines that the time is not more than the set ON time of the relay contact.
US09066374B2
A method for holding and warming food. The method includes the steps of: using a container formed of 300-series stainless steel, wherein the container is formed by a cold working process; and applying to the container a magnetic field from an induction coil, wherein the magnetic field is sufficient to induce a current in the container to heat the container.
US09066370B2
System and method of providing data to a mobile application accessible at a mobile device via different network connections without interruption are disclosed. The method, which may be implemented on a system includes, receiving data for the mobile application over a network connection different from a first network connection, and/or providing the data received over the network connection including any other data received from the first network connection, to the mobile application in a manner that is without interruption in data flow. The data is provided to the mobile application without interruption even when connections to the different network connections require change in IP addresses.
US09066369B1
This disclosure describes techniques and/or apparatuses for coexisting radio communication. In some aspects, a first radio module transmits a protection frame to a remote entity through an antenna effective to prevent the remote entity from transmitting a signal to the first radio module while a second radio module has access to the antenna.
US09066366B2
A method for traffic control in a cellular telephony system (100), each cell comprising at least one node, an RBS (130), for the control of traffic to and from users (150) in the cell. The traffic to each UE (150) can comprise at least one flow, and the method is intended for control of the flows in the traffic to UEs (150) in the system (100), and comprises one control function for each controlled flow to each of said UEs (150). Said control function comprises a congestion avoidance function (240, 440) which detects the presence or absence of congestion in a flow to an UE (150), and which, upon congestion or low utilization of the network reduces the bit rate to the UE (150) in a non-linear fashion, and which, in the absence of congestion, linearly increases the bit rate of the traffic to the UE (150).
US09066364B2
The invention relates to a method and arrangement for improving predictability of inter-cell interference in wireless communication systems. A first network radio entity (104, 116) receives (1002) data and estimates (1004) an amount of frequency resources needed to transmit the data. A resource limitation condition is determined (1006) and applied when scheduling (1008) the data for transmission. The resource limitation condition prolongs a time needed to transmit the data by at least one transmission time interval as compared to the time needed to transmit the data using a maximum amount of frequency resources available per scheduling occasion. The data is scheduled within a scheduling time interval that depends on the resource limitation condition and on the estimated amount of frequency resources and that extends over at least two scheduling occasions, and then transmitted (1010) by the first network radio entity (104, 116) on the estimated amount of frequency resources.
US09066350B2
A method of discontinuous reception (DRX) in a wireless transmit receive unit (WTRU) includes the WTRU receiving DRX setting information over a radio resource control (RRC) signal, and the WTRU receiving DRX activation information over medium access control (MAC) signal.
US09066344B2
Embodiments describe synchronizing access routers with wireless terminal state information. According to an embodiment is a wireless terminal that transmits a message that includes an address for at least two access routers. State change information can optionally be included in the message. According to another embodiment is an access router that receives a state change notification from a wireless device or another access router. The state change notification is updated in the access router. An acknowledgment confirming the updated state change may be sent to the wireless terminal. Dynamic state synchronization is provided with minimal communication with wireless terminal.
US09066336B2
A method and system for determining physical uplink control channel resources are disclosed in the present document, a terminal determines a frequency domain resource, namely a location of a physical uplink control channel format 3 in total physical uplink control channel areas, used when the physical uplink control channel format 3 is sent according to parameters configured by a base station, and the location is determined according to a set location relationship. One location relationship is: from a bandwidth edge to a bandwidth center, the total physical uplink control channel areas including in turn a physical uplink control channel format 3 area, a physical uplink control channel format 2/2a/2b area, a hybrid resource block and a physical uplink control channel format 1/1a/1b area. In the present document, a feasible scheme is provided for determining resources of the physical uplink control channel format 3, which improves the system performance.
US09066330B2
Methods, systems and devices are provided for controlling a communication device. Embodiments include receiving, through the transceiver, a voice call from a first network subscription associated with a first SIM of the communication device. The voice call may interrupt an active data services session through the transceiver with a second network subscription associated with a second SIM of the communication device. Also, embodiments include establishing an active voice communication connection for the voice call on the transceiver with the first network subscription. Additionally, reestablishing the active data services session through the transceiver with the first network subscription while maintaining the active voice communication connection for the voice call with the first network subscription.
US09066322B2
A mobile station for use in a Radio Access Network, RAN, connected to a core network in which there is one or more Public Land Mobile Networks, PLMNs. The mobile station is arranged to select one of said PLMNs, and is arranged to communicate with its RAN by means of Radio Link Control, RLC, data blocks. The mobile station is arranged to include the identity, ID, of its selected PLMN in an RLC data block, and to inform the RAN of the presence of the ID of the chosen PLMN in the RLC data block by means of including a reserved or pre-defined value in the length indication field of the RLC data block.
US09066313B2
A base station includes a connection processing unit that performs connection processes between user terminals registered in a user terminal registration unit and the base station, and between user terminals other than the user terminals registered in the user terminal registration unit and the base station; a resource amount measurement unit that measures an amount of resources utilized by the base station; and a call disconnection user terminal selecting unit that selects, when the resource amount measurement unit measures that the amount of the resources is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value, the user terminal for which a call is to be disconnected, among the user terminals other than the user terminals registered in the user terminal registration unit. The connection processing unit disconnects a connection with the user terminal for which the call is to be disconnected.
US09066311B1
A system and method for calculating a range delay is presented. A method begins by transmitting a first message at a first transmit time at a lower layer of a first node to a second node. A first service primitive is sent is sent to an upper layer associated with the first node with the first transmit time. A second message is received at the lower layer containing a first receive time of the first message at the second node. A second receive time of the second message is determined and sent with a second service primitive with the first receive time to the upper layer. A range delay is calculated in the upper layer based on one or more of the first transmit time, the first receive time and the second receive time.
US09066306B2
Interference that occurs during wireless communication may be managed through the use of fractional reuse and other techniques. In some aspects fractional reuse may relate to HARQ interlaces, portions of a timeslot, frequency spectrum, and spreading codes. Interference may be managed through the use of a transmit power profile and/or an attenuation profile. Interference also may be managed through the use of power management-related techniques.
US09066302B2
A method and apparatus for operating a high speed uplink base station is provided. The base station is adapted to communicate with a first type of user entities and a second type of user entities. The first type of user entities communicate in a first transmission interval and the second type of user entities communicate in a second transmission interval.
US09066295B2
Techniques are provided which may be implemented in various methods, apparatuses, and/or articles of manufacture for use in and/or with an electronic device that is operable in a plurality of selectable power modes, including at least a “higher power mode” and a “lower power mode”. In an example implementation, with an electronic device operating in a higher power mode may selectively transition to a lower power mode based, at least in part, on at least phase value obtained from a signal acquired from a ground-based transmitter. Further techniques are provided which may be implemented to allow electronic device to selectively transition from a lower power mode to one or more other selectable power modes, e.g., including various “medium power modes”, and various “higher power modes”.
US09066292B2
A method of operating a mobile device is provided, the method comprising: pairing the mobile device with a second device; having the second device poll a network service on behalf of the mobile device; and obtaining data provided by the network service. A method of operating on behalf of a mobile device is also provided, the method comprising: pairing a second device with the mobile device; polling a network service on behalf of the mobile device; and enabling data provided by the network service to be sent to the mobile device.
US09066288B2
An apparatus and method are disclosed for utilizing a supplemental downlink channel in a GSM network. The supplemental downlink channel may be referred to as a GSM Prime channel. The GSM Prime channel utilizes idle frames that are otherwise unused in the GSM network to carry control and data information. A receiving unit capable of receiving the GSM Prime channel is also disclosed. Some embodiments may be mobile devices configured for conventional GSM communication in addition to the receiving of the GSM Prime. Other embodiments may be dedicated GSM Prime receiving units. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US09066285B2
A modem comprising: a wireless transceiver for connecting to a wireless cellular network; second interface apparatus for connecting to a terminal; and processing apparatus which performs operations of a wireless cellular modem to enable the terminal to access a further, packet-based network via access points of the wireless cellular network. The processing apparatus receives a modem command from the terminal, the modem command comprising a field for specifying the name of one of the access points in the form of a text string. The field comprises the names a plurality of the access points and one or more separator characters between them. The processing apparatus is configured to extract each of the names from the field based on the one or more separator characters, and to establish a different respective channel with each of the plurality of access points based on the extracted names.
US09066280B2
The present application relates to a method in which a terminal performs a cell access procedure in a wireless communication system. More particularly, the method comprises: a step of receiving, from a first cell, a message including one or more access-restricting network identifiers or one or more access-restricting area identifiers: a step of restricting, for a predetermined period of time, access to at least one second cell belonging to the network corresponding to said one or more access-restricting network identifiers or the area corresponding to said one or more access-restricting area identifiers, as well as access to said first cell; and a step of restarting access to the first cell and to said at least one second cell after said predetermined period of time elapses.
US09066277B2
A method and an apparatus for controlling network access of a User Equipment (UE) based on the network's load and time tolerance (delay tolerance) are provided. A network access method for a terminal in a wireless communication system includes sending an access request message containing a time-tolerant indicator at a predefined time, determining, when a reject message is received, a cause value and a hold time contained in the reject message, and re-sending the access request message after the hold time elapses.
US09066269B1
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media for network handovers are provided. An eNodeB of a fourth generation mobile telecommunications network identifies available channels of a third generation mobile telecommunications network in which to handover user devices. Once an available channel is identified, the user device may be handed off to the available channel without unnecessary latency.
US09066264B2
A method for status report triggering in a wireless communication entity is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a data unit segment wherein the data unit segment is a portion of an original data unit that has been re-segmented for transmission into a plurality of data unit segments. Then, determining that the data unit segment includes a last segment flag indicating that the data unit segment is a last segment of the plurality of data unit segments. Further, transmitting a status report containing a status report for the re-segmented data unit in response to determining that the data unit segment includes a last segment flag indicating that the data unit segment is a last segment.
US09066259B2
The embodiment of the invention discloses a method for re-balancing a load, a method for migrating a load, a device and a system using the same. The method for re-balancing a load comprises: determining a type of a UE after receiving an access request from the UE by a first network device; determining whether the UE is to be migrated according to the type of the UE; and if yes, migrating the UE to a second network device whose type corresponds to the type of the UE. According to the embodiments of the present disclosure, the CN nodes may be balanced according to the type of the UE.
US09066256B2
A method, a device, and a system for offloading network traffic are provided, which are applied in the field of mobile communications. An offloading device located before a Serving General Packet Radio Service Support Node (SGSN) receives a data stream of a user sent by a base station, obtains an offloading policy of the user from the offloading device and/or obtains the offloading policy of the user from a policy server, and forwards the data stream according to the offloading policy. Accordingly, the offloading device can obtain the corresponding offloading policy according to the data stream sent by a forwarding plane, send a data stream of low value, low real-time performance requirement, or low priority to the Internet or another specific networks, and send a data stream of high value, high real-time performance requirement, or high priority to high-value devices, thereby reducing the networking cost.
US09066255B2
A base station determines whether the base station is in an overload state on the basis of an available resource of the base station and a load state of a mobility management entity (MME), and transmits the call setup request to MME if the base station is determined to be in a non-overload state. MME determines whether MME is in the overload state on the basis of an available resource of MME and a load state of a gateway according to the call setup request transmitted from the base station, and transmits the call setup request to the gateway if MME is determined to be in the non-overload state. The gateway determines whether the gateway is in the overload state according to the call setup request transmitted from MME, and performs a call setup procedure if the gateway is determined to be in the non-overload state.
US09066248B2
Aspects of a method and system for processing control channel signals may include calculating at a receiver, for a portion of a sub-frame of each one of a plurality of control channels, first and second quality metrics. A control channel may be selected on the basis of the quality metrics. The calculating and selecting may be done for a first slot of a corresponding sub-frame. A validity of a selected control channel may be determined based on a CRC derived from decoding the selected control channel's sub-frame.
US09066241B2
The embodiments of the present invention provide a method, a device and a system for common channel processing, and the method includes: generating a first set of common channel spectrum candidates according to location information of available sub-carriers and attribute information of the available sub-carriers retrieved from a first database of spectrum statuses; transmitting the first set of the common channel spectrum candidates to a terminal; and determining candidate sub-channels for common channels from a third set of common channel spectrum candidates returned by the terminal, so as to generate and transmit a set of common channel spectrums to the terminal. With the embodiments of the present invention, the base station and the terminal acquire respectively local sub-carriers which are available currently, and perform spectrum negotiation. A set of common channel spectrums is determined by the base station, and a common channel mechanism is enabled in a dynamic spectrum environment.
US09066238B2
Spectrum that overlaps in time, geography and frequency is allocated to more than one radio network. The networks share the spectrum by employing spectrum sharing in accordance with spectrum sharing control data to avoid collisions between the transmissions of the networks.
US09066234B2
Systems and methods that regulate range of access to personal information of a mobile unit's owner. The access control component can designate granularity for access levels and/or a spectrum of access modes—(as opposed to a binary choice of full access or no access at all). Such access can be based on a spectrum and/or discrete trust relationship between the owner and user of the mobile unit. A profile definition component can exploit an owner's trust relationships to designate levels of security. The profile definition component can further define a profile based on a set of applications, such as entertainment mode, browser mode, and the like.
US09066232B2
Access by a mobile station to a femto access point (FAP) of a wireless communication system is controlled by an enforcement point in response to mobile station authorization data provided from a storage point that is remote from the FAP. The authorization data is provided in response to FAP authentication data. The authentication data may include a FAP identifier and a message authenticator that the FAP generates by hashing shared secret information. The storage point may provide the authorization data in response to determining that the message authenticator is a hash of the shared secret information.
US09066229B2
In a base station, a configurable radio unit allows for communication with a baseband processor that satisfies a CPRI standard while allowing personalization and customization by the end user in order to prevent undesired usage and/or access by other users/competitors. The radio module is programmable to allow for specific designation of the location, lengths, and types of signal and control information within CPRI basic frames. By being configured to allow for the adjustment of these parameters, the radio module can be commonly and mass produced while allowing for end users of the processors to personalize their use without additional hardware components, such as FPGA circuits. In addition, by generating a container frame, the radio module can allow for asynchronous communication between the CPRI standard and an employed communication scheme.
US09066228B2
In a communication control method for wireless communication between a first communication device and a second communication device through a wireless communication unit, identification information is notified from the second communication device to the first communication device by using a communication unit other than the wireless communication unit. Wireless communication between the first and second communication devices is performed by the wireless communication unit using the first communication parameter shared in advance, and authentication processing based on identification information is performed. When authentication is acquired by this authentication processing, the second communication parameter to be set with respect to a wireless communication unit is shared by the first and second communication devices through the above wireless communication. Parameters for wireless communication between the first and second communication devices are set in the wireless communication unit by using the second communication parameter shared in this manner.
US09066224B2
The disclosed embodiments include methods and systems for distributing a broadband wireless signal in a building. The disclosed methods and systems feature a wireless broadband transmitter associated with multiple base antennas, where the base antennas are inserted into one or more ducts of the ventilation system of the building. Communication between the transmitter and receivers within the building may be optimized by selecting, modifying or controlling a configuration parameter of at least one of the multiple base antennas to enhance distribution of the wireless broadband signal within the ducts of the ventilation system and between the transmitter and device receivers.
US09066218B2
A method and apparatus for allocating resources in a wireless communication system is provided. A Base Station (BS) allocates persistent resources in a Hybrid Automatic Repeat Request (HARQ) region to a Mobile Station (MS), changes a location of the HARQ region, changes location of persistent resources in the HARQ region to location of persistent resources in a new HARQ region, and allocates the persistent resource to the MS. The new HARQ region is the location-changed HARQ region.
US09066217B1
Computer media, systems, and computer-implemented methods for enhancing SMS messaging sessions with user data are provided. A data sharing agreement between a service provider and a receiving entity, such as broadcaster or a consumer goods manufacturer, is established. A user with a wireless device sends an SMS message to the receiving entity. Data associated with the user is retrieved by the service provider in accordance with the data sharing agreement and is transmitted to the receiving entity along with the SMS message.
US09066200B1
The systems and methods allow users of mobile computing devices to generate augmented reality scenarios. Augmented reality content is paired with a real world trigger item to generate the augmented reality scenario. The augmented reality content is overlaid onto frames on a video when a trigger item is detected. Each mobile computing device may have an augmented reality application resident on the mobile computing device to allow a user to generate the augmented reality scenarios.
US09066195B2
Various methods and devices are provided to address the need for improved neighbor detection. In a first method, a node (e.g., a mobile node or a network transceiver node) transmits (401) a neighbor discovery message that indicates a time at which neighbor discovery signaling is to occur. Then during the neighbor discovery signaling time, the node receives (402) signaling indicating a signature of at least one neighbor node. In a second method, a neighbor node receives (501) a neighbor discovery message that indicates a time at which neighbor discovery signaling is to occur. Then during the neighbor discovery signaling time, the neighbor node transmits (502) a signature identifying itself.
US09066193B2
The present invention discloses a virtual trunking system developed on a value-added platform. At present, information islands are formed among different modes of trunkings, so that interconnection and intercommunication cannot be realized and interconnection and intercommunication of various trunkings with common communication network cannot be realized either. In the technical scheme adopted by the present invention, the virtual trunking system is characterized by comprising a mobile phone software module, a trunking dispatching desk, a terminal access server, a database server, an application server, a virtual trunking business module, a platform support module and a value-added platform, wherein the value-added platform is a CPCI (Compact Peripheral Component Interconnect) value-added platform which provides PCI (Peripheral Component Interconnect) slots and bus exchange; and the value-added platform accesses a public network through a digital relay or an IP (Internet Protocol). In the present invention, the value-added platform is interconnected with a public communication network and the mobile phone terminal serving as a client of the value-added platform is combined with the value-added platform, so that wireless trunking communication is realized.
US09066192B2
Disclosed is a method and system for delivering device specific service information to a mobile platform. According to an exemplary system, a mobile phone and a Device Assist Server are operatively connected to prompt a user to capture relevant device information using a camera associated with the mobile phone. A remote Device Assist Server processes this device information and provides service related information to the user via the mobile phone.
US09066190B2
A hearing aid comprising a behind-the-ear unit comprising a pump arrangement which is fluidly connected to an inflatable part of an in-the-ear unit. The pump arrangement comprises one inlet valve and two outlet valves which are arranged in series. The valve leakage of the two outlet valves is not identical.
US09066186B2
A light-based skin contact detector is described, including a boot having an index of refraction less than or equal to another index of refraction associated with skin at a frequency of light, a light emitter and detector coupled to the boot and configured to measure an amount of light energy reflected by an interface of the boot, and a digital signal processor configured to detect a change in the amount of light energy reflected by the interface. Embodiments relate to methods for detecting skin contact by measuring an amount of energy reflected by an interface when a boot is not in contact with skin, measuring another amount of energy reflected by another interface when the boot is in contact with the skin, and detecting a change between the amount of energy and the another amount of energy using a digital signal processor.
US09066185B2
A hearing aid microphone assembly is configured for implantation into a subject and includes a microphone housing, the housing having a generally conical sound gathering portion with a proximal end and a distal end and a microphone support portion with one or more ports configured to receive a microphone and acoustically coupled to the distal end. A diaphragm is disposed over the proximal end of the housing to hermetically seal the sound gathering portion of the housing and create a first chamber. The microphone assembly is configured with either: (1) at least a first and a second port each coupled to a microphone; or (2) at least a first port coupled to a microphone and an accelerometer coupled to the housing. Each of the ports is configured to communicate acoustically with the first chamber. Any unused ports are sealed.
US09066182B2
A ZONE4 left audio signal Z4L is output without releasing a connection of a surround left speaker SSL. When determining that a playback of the ZONE4 left audio signal Z4L is set by a user manipulation, a controller 2 controls switches S11b and S13b in an on state, and controls switches S11a, S13a, and S13c in an off state. Accordingly, the ZONE4 left audio signal Z4L is supplied from a DSP to an amplifier 12a through the switch S11b, amplified by the amplifier 12a, and supplied to a surround back left/ZONE4 left SP terminal 14b through the switch S13b. A surround left SP terminal 14a is an output terminal dedicated to a surround left audio signal, so that the ZONE4 left audio signal Z4L can be output without releasing the connection of the surround left speaker SSL.
US09066181B2
An interchangeable, extendable and retractable audio earpiece cable assembly for a mobile electronic or sound device having an audio output port. A protective casing assembly is adapted to attach to the mobile communication or sound device. A platform assembly having a cable reel housing is removably attached to the protective casing assembly. A cable attached at one end to an earpiece retractably extends from the cable reel housing at another end.
US09066180B2
A micromechanical microphone structure configured as a layered structure includes: a semiconductor substrate; a diaphragm structure having an acoustically active diaphragm which at least partially spans a sound opening in the back side of the substrate and is provided with a movable electrode of a microphone capacitor, which diaphragm structure has openings via which pressure compensation occurs between the back side and the front side of the diaphragm; a stationary acoustically permeable counterelement having vents, which counterelement is situated in the layered structure above the diaphragm and which functions as a carrier for a nonmovable electrode of the microphone capacitor; and at least one ridge-like structural element which is situated at the outer edge area of the diaphragm, and which protrudes from the diaphragm plane into corresponding recesses in an adjoining layer.
US09066176B2
In accordance with method and systems of the present disclosure, a processing circuit may implement an adaptive filter having a response that generates the anti-noise signal from the reference microphone signal to reduce the presence of the ambient audio sounds heard by the listener, a coefficient control block that shapes the response of the adaptive filter in conformity with the error microphone signal and the reference microphone signal by adapting the response of the adaptive filter to minimize the ambient audio sounds in the error microphone signal, and a coefficient bias control block which biases coefficients of the coefficient control block towards zero in a range of frequencies outside of a frequency response of the source audio signal.
US09066173B2
A method for producing an optimum sound field of loudspeakers is revealed. Firstly enclose a surface of a human head with a first closed geometric shape. Then enclose the first closed geometric shape with at least one second closed geometric shape. Next set up reference points on the first and second closed geometric shapes respectively. Use signal strength of the reference point on the second closed geometric shape and a gradient of the corresponding reference points on the first and second closed geometric shapes to obtain a transfer function of each point between a virtual loudspeaker/a real loudspeaker and the sound field respectively. Then create a virtual sound field and a real sound field according to the above transfer functions. Finally, get an optimum signal of the real loudspeaker by minimizing an error between the virtual sound field and the real sound field with a boundary condition.
US09066171B2
An apparatus comprises at least one processor; and at least one memory including computer program code; the at least one memory and the computer program code configured to, with the at least one processor, cause the apparatus at least to: determine at least one parameter of a transducer on the basis of received information; and modify a received signal for actuating the transducer on the basis of the determined parameters of the transducer and a frequency spectrum of the received signal. The apparatus protects the transducer from damage due to excessive displacement caused by the received signal.
US09066168B2
A sound generator 103 for an anti-noise system for influencing sound waves propagating in exhaust systems or intake systems of vehicles driven by an internal combustion engine includes a loudspeaker basket 123, a membrane 122 supported by the loudspeaker basket 123, a permanent magnet 121 supported by the loudspeaker basket 123, a voice coil 126 supported by a voice coil carrier 125 and a membrane stop 150. The voice coil 126 is located within a constant magnetic field generated by the permanent magnet 121. The voice coil carrier 125 is supported by the membrane 122. The membrane stop 150 is located on the loudspeaker basket 123 adjacent to the membrane 122. The membrane stop 150 includes a projection 151 extending towards the membrane 122. An anti-noise system using the sound generator and a vehicle using the anti-noise system are also provided.
US09066164B2
Embodiments of the present invention relate system and method for handling large dynamical signals in a passive optical network system and in particular for determining scheduling of bursts from a plurality of optical network units. More particularly, embodiments of the present invention relate to a system and method for determining a bit error ratio, i.e. BER in received communication data, determining, using the BER, optimized transmission scheduling of communication bursts from the optical network units, and providing a signal to the optical network units indicating the transmission scheduling of transmission bursts in accordance with the determined optimized transmission scheduling.
US09066161B2
A system for physical link routing includes a link routing block, comprising a volume of solid material, that defines a set of link routing paths; and a first link interface, comprising a set of access points arranged in a pattern, wherein each access point of the set of access points is associated with an endpoint of a link routing path.
US09066159B2
During or prior to streaming of video content to a client device, a server provides data configuring an interactive object on the client device. When activated by user input, the interactive object enables a user to select one or more video ads to be streamed to the client device during an upcoming ad break, during play of the streaming video. The interactive object enables the user to perform the selection without interrupting viewing of the video.
US09066153B2
Methods and apparatus for providing persistent multicast delivery of content to devices within a network. In one embodiment, a webserver is provided to determine whether requested content is to be provided via a persistent multicast. If a multicast is not to be provided, the requesting device is instructed to query a unicast server. If a multicast is to be provided, the requesting device is instructed to query an entity for joining the multicast. After joining the multicast, the entity processes and provides the content to the requesting device as a unicast stream. In one variant, a web persistent port which is assigned by the entity to receive the multicast comprises a WebSocket compatible TCP port and the requesting device runs a WebSocket compatible media player. The webserver tracks requests to identify “popular” content to be delivered as a multicast. Content protection schemes and trick mode functions are also provided.
US09066152B2
An apparatus for Internet-Protocol based communications in a wireless network includes a network interface, a controller, and memory. The interface receives a series of multicast data packets. The controller identifies one or more receiving nodes in the wireless network requesting data corresponding to the series of multicast data packets and determines that the effective unicast rate for one or more unicast data packets exceeds a minimum data rate of the series of multicast data packets using an 802.x protocol. The memory stores instructions that may be executable by a processor. Upon execution of the instructions by a processor, the received series of multicast data packets is converted into one or more unicast packets, the execution and conversion occurring in response to instructions received from the controller. A system for Internet-Protocol based communications in a wireless network implements such an apparatus in the context of an access point.
US09066140B2
It is disclosed a video system comprising a video unit (101) and an external device (106) operable by the same user of the video unit (101). The video unit (101) comprises a video receiver (114) for receiving video signals and a decoder (115) operatively connected to the video receiver (114) to decode the received video signals, a control unit (113) configured to generate an interactive interface to be displayed on a first screen and to display one of the received video signals on the first screen, a receiving unit (112) operatively connected to the control unit (113) to receive a selection of the user when the interactive interface is displayed, a data unit (114) operatively connected to said control unit (113) for transmitting data to the external device (106). The external device (106) comprises a connection unit for connecting to an external network (105) and a screen for displaying data retrieved from the external network. The control unit (113) triggers the external device (106) to run an application retrieving data from an external network (105), when said user selection is received. Data retrieved from the external network (105) are then displayed on a screen of the external device (106). A method for controlling the video system and a video unit for use in the video system is also disclosed.
US09066139B2
A multi-platform television comprises at least one television signal interface to receive premium television services from at least two different television service providers. The television further comprises a programmable conditional access system to enable conditional access to the premium television services received by the at least one television signal interface from the at least two different service providers.
US09066119B2
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting/receiving contents through a network such as the Internet, and to a transmitter/receiver using same, the transmission method comprising: converting content stored in a file format into a delivery format; and transmitting the content converted into the delivery format using an IP packet, wherein the file format and/or the delivery format includes priority information for expressing whether data that makes up the content is played back in default.
US09066109B2
Obtaining one or more motion vector predictor candidates includes: (a1) generating a motion vector predictor candidate, based on motion vectors of first adjacent blocks adjacent to a block to be processed in a first direction; and (a2) generating a motion vector predictor candidate, based on motion vectors of second adjacent blocks adjacent to the block to be processed in a second direction, and step (a2) (S500) includes: (S520) determining whether the first adjacent blocks include an inter-predicted block; and (S530) searching for a motion vector on which scaling processing can be performed from among the motion vectors of the second adjacent blocks when it is determined that the first adjacent blocks do not include an inter-predicted block, and executing, when the motion vector on which scaling processing can be performed is obtained in the search, scaling processing on the motion vector obtained in the search.
US09066105B2
According to one embodiment, an image processing device includes an encoder, a sub-block selector, an image processor, and a decoder. The encoder generates coded data by encoding an input bit stream of image data including plural blocks in a block unit of a predetermined number. The sub-block selector selects at least one sub-block from the coded data. The sub-block includes a request area on which an image processing is performed, and which is smaller than the block. The decoder decodes the sub-block to generate decoded data. The image processor performs the image processing on the decoded data to generate processed image data.
US09066099B2
A method for selecting a picture prediction mode from a candidate pool of picture prediction modes for video compression takes advantage of similarity in implementation between SKIP and DIRECT modes and one other inter-picture prediction modes, namely, the 16×16 partition mode. The SKIP/DIRECT modes are considered if and only if the final prediction information of the 16×16 partition mode, including motion vector, reference picture index, and prediction direction, is the same as that of the respective SKIP and/or DIRECT modes. The same motion prediction, reference picture index and prediction direction are used for the 16×16 partition mode and the SKIP/DIRECT modes, and therefore, the same interpolation scheme can be used for both SKIP/DIRECT and 16×16 partition modes.
US09066098B2
Disclosed are an apparatus and a method of encoding/decoding a video, particularly a method and an apparatus for storing a quantization parameter differential value in a largest coding unit (LCU) based on quadtree splitting and adaptively predicting a quantization parameter value based on context information on neighboring CUs. Quadtree-based quantization parameter encoding and decoding methods and apparatuses effectively show information on a block having a quantization parameter differential value based on splitting information on a CU and adaptively predict a quantization parameter value using context information including a block size, block partition and a quantization parameter of a neighboring CU.
US09066095B2
A display control device (2) disclosed includes (i) a display/non-display video image determining section (70) that determines, on the basis of (i) video image information about a video image displayed by a display device (400) and (ii) viewing mode information indicative of a viewer's desired mode of viewing a video image, whether the video image displayed by the display device (400) is a display video image or a non-display video image and (ii) a shutter operation control section (80) that closes a right-eye shutter and a left-eye shutter of a liquid crystal shutter (500) when a video image determined as a non-display video image, which is unnecessary for the viewing mode and which is thus not to be displayed to the viewer, is displayed by the display device (400). The display control device (2) thus closes the right-eye shutter and the left-eye shutter of the liquid crystal shutter (500) when a non-display video image is displayed by the display device (400). This arrangement allows each viewer to view a video image in a mode suitable for the viewer.
US09066092B2
A communication system is described that allows co-located viewers to simultaneously consume different media content, such as different video content, via the same display screen, wherein video content delivered to at least one co-located viewer is not visible to the other co-located viewer(s). The communication system comprises an infrastructure that includes multiple pathways for delivering media content from one or more media sources to the eyes of each of the co-located viewers, wherein each pathway passes through the pixels of a pixel array included in the shared display screen. The pathways also include distributed or non-distributed processing circuitry that manages certain resources that are shared among the multiple pathways, wherein such shared resources may include shared display resources (e.g., pixels of the pixel array and light generated thereby) and shared data communication resources (e.g., bandwidth on data communication links and processing resources of nodes located on such links).
US09066091B2
A three-dimensional display system including a display and a pair of three-dimensional glasses having a light sensor is provided. The display includes a backlight driving module and a backlight module, wherein the backlight driving module modulates an original synchronization signal to generate a modulated backlight driving signal for driving the backlight module to generate a backlight. The display alternatively generates a left eye image and a right eye image according to a three-dimensional image signal. The three-dimensional glasses then determines whether the image output from the display is the let-eye image or the right-eye image based on the variation in brightness of the backlight generated by the backlight module of the display.
US09066086B2
Methods for generating stereoscopic views from monoscopic endoscope images and systems using the same are provided. First, monoscopic images are obtained by capturing images of organs in an operating field via an endoscope. A background depth map of the operating field is obtained for each image. An instrument depth map corresponding to an instrument is obtained for each image, wherein the instrument is inserted in a patient's body cavity. The background depth maps and the instrument depth maps are merged to generate an integrated depth map for each image. Stereoscopic views are generated according to the monoscopic images and the integrated depth maps.
US09066085B2
A system, controller, and method for aligning a stereo camera of a vehicle mounted object detection system that includes a first camera and a second camera mounted spaced apart on a vehicle. An image from each camera at two different times is used to determine an observed displacement of an object relative to the vehicle. A predicted displacement of the object relative to the vehicle is also determined using either a difference of vehicle position measured based on other vehicle measurements or GPS, or a difference of size of the object in images taken at the two different times. Alignment is provided by determining a triangulation correction based on a difference of the observed displacement and the predicted displacement to correct for misalignment of the cameras.
US09066077B2
The present invention relates to a device for reproducing a 3D image, and provides a 3D image reproduction device capable of selecting a 3D mode for a 3D image, comprising: a formatting unit which generates and transmits 3D image data for an inputted image signal; a mode input unit which receives the selection from a user for a 3D mode that the user wants to reproduce; and a user input processor which enables the formatting unit to generate the 3D image data in the 3D mode that is inputted from the user.
US09066070B2
In layered VDR coding, inter-layer residuals are quantized by a non-linear quantizer before being coded by a subsequent encoder. Several non-linear quantizers are presented. Such non-linear quantizers may be based on sigmoid-like transfer functions, controlled by one or more free parameters that control their mid-range slope. These functions may also depend on an offset, an output range parameter, and the maximum absolute value of the input data. The quantizer parameters can time-vary and are signaled to a layered decoder. Example non-linear quantizers described herein may be based on the mu-law function, a sigmoid function, and/or a Laplacian distribution.
US09066065B2
A reproduction apparatus and method for controlling the reproduction apparatus includes acquiring an image capable of refocusing, acquiring audio associated with image capable of refocusing, and controlling a the timing of an output of the audio in accordance with the refocus position of the image.
US09066064B2
Techniques for providing conversations on time-shifted contents for social interaction include playing a time-shifted content with a timeline in a window of an application; and displaying one or more comments and respective time points sequentially over the time-shifted content in the window as the time-shifted content is played to the respective time points along the timeline, the one or more comments associated with the respective time points in a database associating respective comments to respective time points of the time-shifted content.
US09066063B2
A user is provided with the capability to view only those segments of TV broadcast programs and/or pre-recorded digital programs that are identified by the user (or other persons, e.g., parents) as acceptable. Preferences for the types of material that is desired for viewing are provided. The provider analyzes a selected program and creates a user specific segmentation file that, when played along with the recorded program, causes the program to automatically skip specific types of material (e.g., commercials, violence, pornography, etc.) and/or jumps to specific material desirable without the user having to intercede during the viewing. The segmentation file is distributed to the user and the user provides a fee to the provider for making and distributing this customized segmentation file.
US09066045B2
A display control apparatus and display control method are provided. The display control apparatus includes an acquisition unit which is configured to acquire content data, a registration unit which is configured to register at least a part of the content data, a comparison unit which is configured to compare the content data acquired by the acquisition unit and the content data registered by the registration unit and to detect an updated portion of the content data, and a display unit which is configured to display the updated portion of the content data detected by the comparison unit on a display screen.
US09066041B2
Media rendering system including a remote control device and associated docking station. The remote control device interfaces with a remote server to stream media content for local and/or external playback. The remote control device may interface with a docking station to playback rendered media on one or more entertainment appliances. The portable device preferably has standard remote control capability in order to enable advanced features and functions for media playback.
US09066037B2
A threshold generation device sets a ratio of a length along a main scanning direction to a length along a sub-direction based on a relation between image reproducibility in the main scanning direction and image reproducibility in the sub-direction of an image processing device for forming an image on a paper based on an image data obtained by the halftone processing. The device determines spatial frequency characteristics having a domain of an ellipse shape having set major axis and minor axis as peak values. The device sets a threshold value of each pixel of the threshold matrix in accordance with the determined spatial frequency characteristics.
US09066036B2
Disclosed is a method of generating an electronic document having an enclosed region with a fill color. The method receives a digital representation of a source document, the source document containing an enclosed region and at least one corresponding background region, the enclosed region overlapping at least a portion of the background region. A fill color is determined for the enclosed region from the digital representation as is a reference background color for the enclosed region from the corresponding background region of the digital representation. The method assigns a transparent fill color to the enclosed region based on a comparison of the determined fill color for the enclosed region with the reference background color and stores enclosed region with the transparent fill color to generate an electronic document.
US09066028B1
Methods and systems for converting an image contrast evolution of an object to a temperature contrast evolution and vice versa are disclosed, including methods for assessing an emissivity of the object; calculating an afterglow heat flux evolution; calculating a measurement region of interest temperature change; calculating a reference region of interest temperature change; calculating a reflection temperature change; calculating the image contrast evolution or the temperature contrast evolution; and converting the image contrast evolution to the temperature contrast evolution or vice versa, respectively.
US09066014B2
In one embodiment, a method includes determining one or more motions of a camera, where the motions correspond to movements of the camera during recording of a multimedia clip. The method also includes determining one or more amounts of light present during the recording, and from the determined motions and amounts of light, determining a motion-blur metric for the multimedia clip. The method further includes determining whether to apply a video-stabilization routine to the multimedia clip based on the motion-blur metric.
US09066009B2
A computer-implemented method, computer program product, and computing system is provided for interacting with images having similar content. In an embodiment, a method may include identifying one or more event attributes associated with an ongoing event. The method may also include determining one or more statistical characteristics associated with the one or more of the event attributes. The method may further include generating a prompt to an event participant to take a photograph during the ongoing event based on, at least in part, the one or more statistical characteristics.
US09066005B2
A photographing device is disclosed. The photographing device includes a display configured to display live view of a subject, a focus adjuster configured to adjust a focus in a manual focus mode according to a user manipulation, a focus calculator configured to automatically calculate a target focus which corresponds to the subject, and a controller configured to display a manual focus guide including a first indicator indicating a current focus and a second indicator indicating the target focus on the display, and in response to the focus being adjusted by the user manipulation, change location of the first indicator within the manual focus guide according to the adjustment state.
US09066004B2
Disclosed is an auto-focus apparatus utilized for an image pickup apparatus having a focus ring. The auto-focus apparatus includes an evaluation value calculator periodically calculating a plurality of evaluation values for a plurality of areas of a subject image based on high frequency components of image signals of the plurality of areas of the subject image; and a control unit, after detecting that the focus ring has been stopped, performing image processing on an area of the subject image where fluctuations of the evaluation values obtained just before the focus ring has been stopped exhibit a predetermined history, based on an evaluation value obtained in the area of the subject image exhibiting the predetermined history, and outputting instruction signals for moving a focus lens base on a peak of the evaluation values obtained by the image processing.
US09066001B2
A focus adjusting device which includes an edge detection unit that detects edges of a subject image for each color component forming an image including the subject image; a distribution detection unit that detects distributions of a focalized state and an unfocused state of the image based on the edges detected by the edge detection unit; and a control unit that moves a lens based on the distributions detected by the distribution detection unit, wherein the subject image is incident from an optical system having the lens, the control unit moves the lens, and thus the subject image is focused on.
US09065992B2
A solid-state image sensor includes a semiconductor region including a plurality of photoelectric converters from which signals are allowed to be independently read out; a first microlens; and a second microlens which is arranged between the first microlens and the semiconductor region, wherein the second microlens includes a central portion and a peripheral portion that surrounds the central portion, and a power of the peripheral portion is a positive value and larger than a power of the central portion.
US09065988B2
An image pickup apparatus 100 includes an image pickup element 101 including a plurality of image pickup pixels that perform a photoelectric conversion for an image formed by a light beam from an image pickup optical system and a plurality of focus detection pixels that perform a photoelectric conversion for an image formed by a divided light beam of the light beam from the image pickup optical system, and a DSP 103 configured to perform a shading correction for a pixel signal from the image pickup element 101, the image pickup element 101 generates a first pixel signal by adding signals from the plurality of image pickup pixels, and generates a second pixel signal without adding a signal from the focus detection pixel, and the DSP 103 performs the shading correction for the first pixel signal and the second pixel signal using correction data different from each other.
US09065983B2
A method for substantially simultaneously remote monitoring including receiving, at a server, one or more video data streams, and providing, from the server, the one or more video data streams to multiple users, each one of the multiple users being able to view and manipulate the one or more video data streams. Systems that implement the method are also disclosed.
US09065981B2
A passenger monitoring and directing system for use in an aircraft cabin is provided. This system includes at least one information unit to be arranged in the aircraft cabin and at least one passenger monitoring device. The information unit includes at least one monitoring portion and the passenger monitoring device is assigned to the information unit and arranged relative to its monitoring portion in order to monitor the passengers through the monitoring portion of the information unit.
US09065976B2
Multi-device capture and spatial browsing of conferences is described. In one implementation, a system detects cameras and microphones, such as the webcams on participants' notebook computers, in a conference room, group meeting, or table game, and enlists an ad-hoc array of available devices to capture each participant and the spatial relationships between participants. A video stream composited from the array is browsable by a user to navigate a 3-dimensional representation of the meeting. Each participant may be represented by a video pane, a foreground object, or a 3-D geometric model of the participant's face or body displayed in spatial relation to the other participants in a 3-dimensional arrangement analogous to the spatial arrangement of the meeting. The system may automatically re-orient the 3-dimensional representation as needed to best show a currently interesting event.
US09065975B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a method for intuitively controlling a far-end camera via physical movements. The method includes the steps of receiving an image captured by a first camera and including a digital representation of at least a portion of a user of the first camera, analyzing the digital representation to identify a position of the user relative to the first camera, computing a value associated with a first property of a second camera based on the position of the user, and transmitting the value to the second camera, wherein, in response to receiving the value, a perspective of the second camera is modified based on the value.
US09065973B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a method for displaying a videoconference includes receiving a first video feed. The first video feed includes a first plurality of video signals, each video signal from at least one source and originating from one or more sites. The method also includes assigning for a videoconference each video signal of the first plurality of video signals to a zone of a plurality of zones of a display window. Each zone of the plurality of zones is able to display one video signal at a time. The method further includes, for each zone of the plurality of zones of the display window to which more than one video signal has been assigned, switching the current video signal to be displayed in the zone to another video signal assigned to the zone based on a switching protocol.
US09065966B2
A telepresence system enhances the perception of presence of a remote person involved in a video conference. The system preferably has a two-way mirror, which is between the observer and the display device, positioned at an angle to reflect a backdrop surface. The backdrop surface may or may not appear superimposed in a position behind the image of a person from the remote location. The system preferably minimizes image distortion via an optical path for the camera line of sight that is substantially longer than the physical distance between the user and the camera. The system may be asymmetrical, in that one camera is on axis with the user's line of sight while the other camera is off axis with the user's line of sight.
US09065964B1
A multi-wavelength CATV transmission system includes transmitters adapted to emit carrier wavelengths on a 12.5 GHz+/−20% ITU grid with a minimum spacing between carriers and/or carriers and their beat product groups of 37.5 GHz+/−20%.
US09065959B2
In an image sensor unit, sensor substrates include a plurality of edges arranged on a substrate holder in a longitudinal direction at predetermined intervals, sensor chips at the edges are mounted beyond the edges, and the substrate holder includes positioning portions that position the sensor chips.
US09065957B2
Computer readable instructions cause the server to generate, in response to receiving a request, first specific data. The first specific data comprises a first location information for location of first web data configured to display a message screen for specifying new setting information including the first setting information for the communication device. The first specific data is configured to be in a format for transmission using the protocol. The computer readable instructions further cause the server to generate, in response to receiving new setting information, a second specific data. The second specific data comprises second location information for location of second web data configured to display one or more instructions for transmitting the new setting information from the terminal device to the communication device using a short-range wireless communication. The second specific data is configured to be in a format for transmission using the protocol.
US09065950B2
Systems and methods are described that facilitate counterfeit deterrence in a printer or the like. A final image is scanned from a photoreceptor belt before or after transfer of the image to a print medium or from the print medium itself prior to output, and the scanned image data is assessed using a set of stored criteria to detect counterfeit signatures in the scanned image. Upon a determination that the scanned image includes a restricted image, and therefore contains one or more counterfeit image, the printer is shut down, electronically locked until serviced, and/or caused to damage or mark the printed counterfeit image(s).
US09065947B2
An image reading apparatus includes a housing, a first guide, a second guide, a first conveyor, and a reader. The first guide provides a first path between a first opening and a second opening. The second guide provides a second path between a third opening and a junction where the first path intersects the second path. The first conveyor includes first and second drive rollers, first and second driven rollers, first and second springs. The first drive roller is disposed inside a path, which includes at least the second path, between the third opening and the second opening, while the second drive roller is disposed outside the path. The first spring biases the first driven roller toward the first drive roller with a first biasing force (F1). The second spring biases the second driven roller toward the second drive roller with a second biasing force (F2), where F2>F1.
US09065946B2
An image forming apparatus includes: document reading device; document holder; and first locking device. Document reading device is provided so as to be openable and closable relative to apparatus body. Document holder is provided so as to be openable and closable relative to document reading device. First locking device locks document holder so as to prevent document holder from performing opening operation in the case of the document reading device performing opening operation. Document reading device includes an opening. First locking device includes: locking member, first hook member, and lid member. Locking member is inserted into the opening in a state where document holder is closed relative to document reading device. First hook member is engaged with locking member inserted in the opening, below document placing surface. Lid member is movable between closing position at which the opening is closed, and opening position at which the opening is opened.
US09065939B2
A printing system includes at least one image forming apparatus and a management apparatus, each of the image forming apparatus and the management apparatus connected to an information system. The management system includes a receiving unit, an association relationship registration unit, and a user setting unit. The image forming apparatus includes a print data retrieval unit, a converter unit, and a control unit.
US09065933B2
An apparatus used to interface to a communications network is provided. Specifically, the apparatus is for placement in a network interface device (NID). An interface module that may be used as a splitter and balun for telephone and data services is also provided. The interface module may include a housing containing a pivotal rearward extending portion, in which a bottom of the pivotal rearward extending portion is above a bottom of an adjacent portion of the housing providing an open region below the bottom of the pivotal rearward extending portion, at least one wire extending from a front portion of the housing and connecting a balanced pair of telephone wires from the telephone company to the customer premises, and a coaxial connector disposed on a side of the pivotal rearward extending portion.
US09065926B2
Provided is a portable electronic device capable of promptly inputting a character string from the initial screen to create text and capable of launching an e-mail with the text as a message. A control unit executes conversion processing for a first type character if a second key is depressed when controlling so as to display the first type character and a second type character on an LCD display unit, then determines whether or not the text created by the conversion processing is in conformity with the format defined by the application if a third key is depressed and a predetermined application is selected, and adjusts the created text so that the created text is in conformity with the format when determining that the created text is not in conformity with the format.
US09065916B2
The present method and system provides a virtual queuing technique including the method and system providing for receiving a communication request from a user for telephonic communication with a communication agent, wherein the communication request includes user information. The method and system includes receiving a call back request from the user to avoid the on-hold wait time and based on the call back request, placing the communication request and the user information associated therewith into a queuing system. The method and system thereby meters the communication request in the queuing system for a metered wait time based at least on a queuing factor relating to at least one of: the on-hold wait time and the user information and after expiration of the metered wait time, bridges a communication connection with the user and the communication agent based on the communication request.
US09065915B1
Various embodiments of the invention provide a callback text message to a party who has placed an inbound call received by a contact center. Specifically, the inbound call is received by the contact center and placed into a queue to wait for an available agent. At this point, a condition is detected such as the call remaining in the queue for at least a minimum amount of time, the call expected to remain in the queue for at least a minimum amount of time, and/or the call becoming disconnected with the contact center. Accordingly, one or more parameters associated with inbound calls received by the contact center are monitored in particular embodiments and after the condition is detected and upon the one or more parameters reaching threshold values, a text message is sent to the party recommending to the party to place a subsequent inbound call to the contact center.
US09065908B2
A mobile device may communicate with a location server during location based services (LBS) operations using a secure identifier. The secure identifier abstracts identification information of the mobile device and/or identification information of a user of the mobile device in instances that the mobile device and/or user identification information are deemed protectable from the location server. The location server may be operable to store location data corresponding to the mobile device and/or the user in a location reference database based on the secure identifier. The secure identifier may comprise a unique value, which may be randomly generated. The secure identifier may also be generated based on the mobile device and/or user identification information, by applying, for example, encryption algorithms to the mobile device and/or user identification information. Service providers for the mobile device may retrieve the abstracted mobile device and/or user identification information from the secure identifier.
US09065902B2
Described is a system and method for updating a contact and adding a new contact from a call log in a communications device. The system includes a contact manager that is directed towards creating and updating call contact cards in a contact database with information retrieved from call logs of phone calls made to or from the communications device. In one embodiment, information is pre-populated into a predetermined data field of the contact card, thereby reducing workload to a user. The method includes determining if a request is for updating an existing contact card or for adding a new contact card to the contact database. The update or addition is made with information retrieved from call logs. Call information is pre-populated into a predetermined data field of the contact card, when it is determined that the request is to add a new contact card to the contact database.
US09065900B2
A method and system for protecting a user from exposure from radio waves emitted from a wireless transmitter include at least a layer of dielectric material to operate on the radio wave through reflection, refraction, diffraction, absorption, polarization and/or scattering of the wave. The characteristics and arrangement of multiple layers of shielding on portions of or all of a face plate may significantly reduce exposure to electromagnetic waves and the deleterious effects associated with over exposure. The shielding can be applied subsequent to manufacture, during manufacture or incorporated into structures which may form the transmitting device.
US09065895B2
A two-stage structure for performing non-linear echo cancellation is described in which a first echo canceller is used to attenuate linear echo components of a microphone signal and a second echo canceller is used to attenuate non-linear echo components of the output signal generated by the first echo canceller. One or both of the echo cancellers may be implemented using closed-form solutions, including a closed form solution for a hybrid method in the frequency domain.
US09065892B2
A receiver, a mobile terminal including the receiver, and a method of disposing the receiver on the mobile terminal are disclosed. The mobile terminal including: a receiver including: a casing including walls and an inner space defined at least partially by the walls, a diaphragm driving unit disposed in the casing, a diaphragm including a central region disposed in the casing, a projection unit extending from the casing, the projection unit including walls and a receiver hole disposed in one of the walls, and an audio path defined within the casing walls and the projection unit walls; and a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) including a cutout along an edge. The diaphragm may be disposed between the diaphragm driving unit and the inner space, and the audio path extends from the diaphragm central region through the inner space to the receiver hole. The receiver may be disposed in the cutout in the PCB.
US09065888B2
A method and apparatus are provided for optimizing routing of communications between a plurality of telephony domains. The method includes: detecting a congestion or congestion-risk phenomenon in a first telephony domain; and a phase for transmitting, in a signalling message, at least one information concerning the congestion or congestion-risk phenomenon, or congestion information, to at least a second telephony domain.
US09065883B2
An apparatus and method for a connection method of a support sub-layer in a packet communication system are provided. In the method, whether a timeout occurs is determined while communication is performed with a destination node. When the timeout occurs, a first connection to the destination node is tried using a first address set having a highest priority in an address management table. When the first connection fails, a second connection to the destination node is tried in a pipeline manner on the basis of address sets inside the address management table. Valid address sets are generated via the second connection.
US09065878B2
A system for virtual screen view service, comprising a monitored computer platform, a monitoring computer platform, a server installed on the monitored computer platform, a client installed on the monitoring computer platform, and a one-way data link for unidirectional data transfer from the server to the client, wherein the server is configured to periodically collect screen image data from the monitored computer platform and send it to the client via the one-way data link, and the client is configured to process the image data received from the server via the one-way data link and cause it to be displayed on the monitoring computer platform. An alternative configuration is also disclosed for allowing a remote client to securely monitor the screen of a locally monitored computer platform via an intermediary server.
US09065870B2
There is provided a system for pairing a medium with a user account comprising a media player configured to retrieve a medium identifier from the medium and a player identifier from a memory of the media player. The media player is further configured to transmit the medium identifier and the player identifier to a server. Additionally, the media player is further configured to receive a key associated with the medium identifier and the player identifier from the server. The server is configured to receive the key and the user account for pairing the user account with the medium associated with the key. A computer may be utilized to transmit the key and the user account to the server, after the key has been provided to a user by the media player. The media player and the computer may communicate with the server via the Internet.
US09065855B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for quickly providing Whois services to a new top level domain after it is provisioned in a registry. In one embodiment, domain data is received at a first system regarding a top level domain (TLD). The domain data is assigned an authoritative port of a Whois server and is provisioned in a registry database. In certain embodiments, the Whois server provides information relating to domain name registrations of the TLD in the database, according to the authoritative port. The Whois server determines that a Whois query is received at the authoritative port for the queried TLD and responds with the queried information. To the requester, the responses appear as if they are sent from a unique Whois server for each TLD, but the Whois server is actually shared among the TLDs.
US09065845B1
Misuse of a trusted seal by a website is detected. Web browsing activities at a client are monitored. Upon detecting a website visited by the client, the client requests evaluation of the website by a security server. The security server replies with a reputation score indicating whether the website is trustworthy. If the website is not trustworthy, perceptual hashes of selected images in the website are computed and compared with perceptual hashes of known trusted seals. If there is a match between the hash of a website image and the hash of a seal image, a query is made as to whether the website is authorized to use the trusted seal. If the website is not authorized to use the seal, the website is reported to be misusing the trusted seal.
US09065833B2
Embodiments provide IP address partitioning features that can be used to source outbound email communications, but the embodiments are not so limited. In an embodiment, a computer-based method operates to remove blocked or potentially misused IP addresses from a partition and/or move good or reputable IP addresses from other partitions to account for volumetric shortfalls. A method of one embodiment operates to repair removed IP address reputations as part of recycling and reusing IP addresses. A system of an embodiment is configured in part to remove misused IP addresses from one or more partitions, source reputable IP addresses from other partitions, and/or repair and reuse IP addresses as needed. Other embodiments are included.
US09065831B2
Techniques are provided herein for a device in a network to receive information configured to indicate a control plane traffic load level for one or more server devices that are configured to manage traffic for messaging and presence clients communicating via a messaging and presence protocol. The control plane traffic is associated with the messaging and presence protocol. A determination is made as to when the control plane traffic load level has become unbalanced among the two or more server devices and in response to determining that the control plane traffic load level has become unbalanced, sending a transfer message to one or more clients comprising information configured to initiate migration of one or more clients from a server device that is relatively overloaded to a server device that is relatively underloaded in order to balance the control plane traffic load level among the two or more server devices.
US09065827B1
Various features are disclosed for generating and presenting users with resource metadata regarding the usefulness or predicted usefulness of particular pages, sites, and/or other network resources. The metadata may be based partly or wholly on the monitored browsing behaviors of many users, including behaviors reflective of whether particular resources were useful to the users. The metadata may, in some cases, be personalized for particular users based, for example, on their browsing environments or contexts. For example, the metadata presented to a smartphone user regarding a particular link may reflect a determination of whether the target resource is well suited for display on smartphones generally or on the user's particular model of smartphone.
US09065825B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to methods, apparatus and systems, including computer program products for license management in one or more computer systems. A first computer runs a master license server process instance. The master license service process instance is associated with a hardware identifier relates to the first computer and has a license to run a predefined number of concurrent production license server process instances that are responsible for license management towards clients. A request is received by the master license server process instance for a license from a production license server process instance in a second computer. The master license server process instance provides a virtual identifier to the production license server process instance to be used as a unique identifier for license management purposes towards clients by the production license server process instance. The virtual identifier is cryptographically secured against modification.
US09065818B2
Techniques are described for enabling administrators of teams that use a particular service to specify which sign-on options, of multiple possible sign-on options, are assigned to the members of the teams to which the administrators belong. For example, an administrator may assign a first sign-on option, which only allows users to use native authentication, to one set of members of the team. At the same time, the administrator may assign a second sign-on option, which only allows users to use third-party single-sign-on authentication, to another set of members of the same team.
US09065815B2
A computer system according to the present invention includes a controller, and a switch which carries out a relay operation on a received packet which conforms to a flow entry which is set by the controller, the relay operation being regulated with the flow entry. The switch transmits a received packet which does not conform to the flow entry which is set by the switch to the controller. The controller queries authentication information which is included in the received packet and authenticates the received packet. From among the header information of the received packet which is determined to be valid, the controller sets the switch to the flow entry which regulated the relay operation for the packet which includes information which identifies the transmission source of the received packet. Network access policy control in a computer system of an open flow protocol environment is thus made easy.
US09065810B2
A method and a system to provide daisy chain distribution in data centers are provided. A node identification module identifies three or more data nodes of a plurality of data nodes. The identification of three or more data nodes indicates that the respective data nodes are to receive a copy of a data file. A connection creation module to, using one or more processors, create communication connections between the three or more data nodes. The communication connections form a daisy chain beginning at a seeder data node of the three or more data nodes and ending at a terminal data node of the three or more data nodes.
US09065805B2
Methods and systems of authenticating electronic identification (ID) documents may provide for receiving a decryption key and an encrypted ID document from a certificate authority server at a mobile device, wherein the encrypted ID document includes a read only document having a photograph of an individual. Additionally, the decryption key may be applied to the encrypted ID document to obtain a decryption result in response to a display request. The decryption result can be output via a display of the mobile device, wherein the encrypted ID document can be sent to a challenge terminal if a challenge request is received.
US09065804B2
Computer systems and methods are provided in which an agent executive, when initially executed in a virtual machine, obtains an agent API key from a user. This key is communicated to a grid computer system. An agent identity token, generated by a cryptographic token generation protocol when the key is valid, is received from the grid and stored in a secure data store associated with the agent executive. Information that evaluates the integrity of the agent executive is collected using agent self-verification factors. The information, encrypted and signed with a cryptographic signature, is communicated to the grid. Commands are sent from the grid to the agent executive to check the security, compliance, and integrity of the virtual machine processes and data structures. Based on these check results, additional commands are sent by the grid to the agent executive to correct security, compliance or integrity problems and/or to prevent security compromises.
US09065802B2
A method for performing policy-based configuration of Internet Protocol Security (IPSec) for a Virtual Private Network (VPN) is provided. According to one embodiment, a browser-based interface of a network device displays a policy page through which multiple settings may be configured for a VPN connection. The settings include a type of IPSec tunnel to be established between the network device and a peer. One or more parameter values corresponding to one or more of the settings are received and responsive thereto a policy file is created or modified corresponding to the VPN connection. The policy file has contained therein multiple parameter values corresponding to the settings. Establishment of the VPN connection between the network device and the peer is requested based on the parameter values contained within the policy file by sending a notification request, including the policy file, from the network device to the peer.
US09065789B2
A remote communication method is provided. A service end generates a communication message. The service end attaches a first data to the communication message. The first data denotes a content of a first message which comprises a parameter. The service end attaches a second data to the communication message. The second data denotes a content of a second message which is used for substituting the parameter of the content of the first message and for restoring a content of an original message. The service end transmits the communication message containing the first data and the second data to the user end.
US09065775B2
A network device comprises a plurality of physical ports and a packet processing pipeline. The packet processing pipeline is configured to assign a virtual port from a plurality of virtual ports to a packet received via one of the physical ports, wherein a quantity of the virtual ports is larger than a quantity of the physical ports, and wherein, for each of at least some of the physical ports, multiple virtual ports correspond to one physical port. The packet processing pipeline is also configured to assign a virtual domain from a plurality of virtual domains to the packet based on the assigned virtual port, and process the packet based on one or more of i) the assigned virtual port, ii) the assigned virtual domain, and iii) a header field of the packet, including determining zero, one, or more physical ports to which the packet is to be forwarded.
US09065774B2
A data management apparatus for a data management system including first and second networks interposed by a communication control apparatus includes a reception unit receiving response request data pertaining to an electronic device from an external apparatus and response result data from the communication control apparatus, a transmission unit transmitting the response request data to the communication control apparatus, and a management unit managing a series of response status history data during a period between receiving of the response request data and receiving of the response result data responsive to the response request data based on the response request data and the response result data. The data management apparatus being connected to the first network and managing history data of the response request data. One or more service management apparatuses being connected to the second network and managing a response service corresponding to the response request data.
US09065771B2
Some aspects of what is described here relate to managing application execution and data access on a mobile device. A request to access data is received from an application associated with a first perimeter on a device. The data is associated with a second, different perimeter on the device and has a data type. It is determined, based on the data type, that a management policy associated with the first perimeter permits the application to access the data independent of a second, different management policy assigned to the second perimeter. Based on the determining, the application is provided access to the data.
US09065769B2
An apparatus and a method are described for zero packet loss task migration in an network switch in a computer network. The invention relates to active or programmable networks, i.e. networks based on packet switching algorithms and switch configurations which are subject to change. A well-defined protocol enables an intelligent switch to migrate tasks from one forwarding engine to another without any packet loss. This enables the algorithms and configurations of the switch to be updated or modified arbitrarily.
US09065766B2
Upon obtaining a packet including a broadcast/multicast MAC address from a virtual machine, a packet conversion apparatus obtains, based on first association information, a subnet identifier corresponding to the MAC address of the obtained packet, also obtains, based on second association information, a packet type identifier corresponding to the MAC address of the obtained packet, converts the packet to be transmitted to a different computer via a network into a multicast packet by setting the subnet identifier obtained based on the first association information and the packet type identifier obtained based on the second association information in a field of the MAC address of the packet to be transmitted, and transmits the packet to be transmitted, which is obtained by being converted, to the different computer via the network.
US09065760B2
An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for handling data being communicated over lossless Ethernet that is sensitive to delays. Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) is one example of an environment where data may be subject to unacceptable delays. The method involves designating certain data as low latency data that is sensitive to delays in transmission. The low latency data is then transmitted in such a manner that the receiving devices are aware that they are receiving low latency data. If a delay in the transmission of low latency is detected, commands are issued that pause or slow standard data in order to free up bandwidth for the low latency data. The commands may be, for example, backward congestion notifications and priority flow control. Low latency data is exempted from backward congestion notifications and priority flow control. Priority 7 priority group 15 may be reserved exclusively for low latency data.
US09065757B2
A method for routing switch is disclosed. The method comprises: when a network device forwards traffic through N equal-cost multi-path (ECMP) routes to a destination, if M of these routes are inactive, then for each inactive route, determining an alternative route for replacing the inactive route from N-M active routes, and modifying the inactive route to the alternative route so as to switch the traffic of the inactive route onto the alternative route, wherein N and M are positive integer numbers, with N being greater than or equal to 2 and M being greater than or equal to 1 and smaller than N.
US09065750B2
In one embodiment, once activation of use of a backup tunnel is detected for a primary tunnel, then a level of congestion of the path of the backup tunnel may be determined. In response to the level being greater than a threshold, a head-end node of the primary tunnel is triggered to reroute the primary tunnel (e.g., requesting to a path computation element). Conversely, in response to the level not being greater than the threshold, the backup tunnel is allowed to remain activated.
US09065740B2
The invention relates to a system and method for prioritizing one or more data processing operations in a computer storage system, the computer storage system including a plurality of modules, the method comprising receiving a command indicating one or more data processing operations to which priority is to be assigned and interfacing with each of the modules so as to prioritize the one or more data processing operations over other data processing operations.
US09065737B1
Systems, methods, and computer storage media for measuring traffic utilization are provided. The method includes timing predetermined time intervals that are relatively small to provide for real-time monitoring of a system. A count of the bytes received is identified in order to monitor a number of bytes received within the predetermined time interval. When the number of bytes received exceeds a predetermined threshold, a larger time interval is captured such that the system can identify how many times the number of bytes received exceeded the predetermined threshold within the larger time interval. When the number of bytes received exceeds the predetermined threshold a number of times greater than a violation threshold, an alarm is generated. This allows a system to monitor high frequency violations. Also, the counts for each time interval are continuously zeroed out after the time interval expires, thus, eliminating a need for calculations.
US09065734B2
A computing device determines an optimal allocation of network bandwidth on a plurality of communications links for a plurality of virtual machines (VMs) in a multi-tenant cloud network based upon a set of bandwidth requirements for the plurality of VMs. The computing device generates a plurality of spanning tree data structures (TDSs). Edges in the TDSs include computed bandwidth values indicating an amount of bandwidth to be reserved over a communications link represented by that edge for the plurality of VMs. The computing device generates a weighted distance value for each TDS of the plurality of TDSs, and selects a TDS of the plurality of TDSs having a smallest weighted distance value as the TDS having computed bandwidth values representing the optimal allocation of network bandwidth.
US09065728B2
Systems, methods and devices for failure analysis are provided. Using aggregation flow mining (AFM) or a similar method, an integrated mining of flow (IMF) acquires, from each router to be tested, information relating to each flow. The IMF, in relation to each of the routers, obtains distributions of statistical information such as throughput or difference for each flow; calculates, in relation to each of the distributions, a Mahalanobis distance in relation to the expected value of a reference distribution; and makes a comprehensive assessment of the distributions to perform a fault determination. When the fault determination is performed, a normal value of the distribution used for comparison is acquired from AFM and updated through feedback as needed. After the results of fault determination relating to other routers are assessed, the expected value of the standard deviation and the average value of the reference distribution used for comparison are updated.
US09065725B1
Techniques for virtual environment-based web client management are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for virtual environment-based web client management comprising monitoring web requests of a first web client of a first virtual machine, detecting a web request from the first web client matching one or more indicators, the one or more indicators corresponding to content to be handled on a second virtual machine, capturing a state of the first web client on the first virtual machine, transferring captured state information and web request information to a second web client on the second virtual machine, transitioning a user interface from the first web client to the second web client automatically using at least one of a keyboard controller driver and a hypervisor API, the second web client handling the web request from the first web client.
US09065722B2
An electronic assembly includes horizontally-stacked die disposed at an interposer, and may also include vertically-stacked die. The stacked die are interconnected via a multi-hop communication network that is partitioned into a link partition and a router partition. The link partition is at least partially implemented in the metal layers of the interposer for horizontally-stacked die. The link partition may also be implemented in part by the intra-die interconnects in a single die and by the inter-die interconnects connecting vertically-stacked sets of die. The router partition is implemented at some or all of the die disposed at the interposer and comprises the logic that supports the functions that route packets among the components of the processing system via the interconnects of the link partition. The router partition may implement fixed routing, or alternatively may be configurable using programmable routing tables or configurable logic blocks.
US09065721B2
A network device includes a communication interface. A processing system is coupled to the communication interface. A memory system is coupled to the processing system and includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system to receive first traffic though the communication interface and forward the first traffic downstream though the communication interface using a first path. The memory system also includes instructions that, when executed by the processing system, cause the processing system receive a congestion notification from a downstream network device through the communication interface and determine whether the congestion notification is associated with the first traffic. In response to the first traffic being associated with the congestion notification, the processor determines whether a second path exists for forwarding subsequent traffic that is associated with the congestion notification downstream though the communication interface.
US09065700B2
A system, method, and media edge proxy, MEP, for providing media data such as Internet Protocol Television, IPTV, or Internet radio channels to a media client. The MEP obtains the media data from a media server utilizing a temporary unicast connection and provides the media data obtained from the server to the media client for an initial time period. Upon determining that the initial time period has expired, the MEP obtains the media data via multicast from a multicast router, provides the media data obtained from the router to the media client, and releases the temporary unicast connection. The invention reduces channel switching delay and thus improves quality-of-experience for the end-user. The invention also avoids excessive IGMP JOIN/LEAVE signaling when a user switches quickly through channels.
US09065694B2
An embodiment of the time-variant channel estimation in an OFDM transmission system envisages the operations of: a) determining the received signal vector Yj,k for one or more of R receiving antennas, j=1, . . . , R, and at the current time instant k together with the frequency-domain channel-estimate vector Ĥj,k−1 at a preceding time instant k−1 and for each antenna j of one or more of R receiving antennas; b) producing a first estimate Âk of the transmitted digital symbols at the current time instant k on the basis of the aforesaid frequency-domain channel-estimate vectors Ĥj,k−1 at the preceding time instant k−1; c) computing an updated version of the frequency-domain channel-estimate vectors Ĥj,k at the current time instant k and for each antenna j of one or more of R receiving antennas on the basis of the received signal vectors Yj,k at the current time instant k and for each antenna j of one or more of R receiving antennas, using the aforesaid estimate Âk of the transmitted digital symbols at the current time instant k as set of known transmitted digital symbols; d) using the aforesaid updated version of the frequency-domain channel-estimate vectors Ĥj,k at the current time instant k and for each antenna j of one or more of R receiving antennas, for equalizing the paths of the transmission channel and decoding the received signal vectors Yj,k at the current time instant k and for each antenna j of one or more of R receiving antennas; and e) storing the updated versions of the channel-estimate vectors for using them in steps a) and b) at the next time instant k+1.
US09065690B2
A method for performing channel shortening equalization with frequency notch mitigation is provided, where the method is applied to an electronic device. The method includes: obtaining channel response information from channel estimation to determine a relaxed channel convolution matrix corresponding to the channel response information, with the relaxed channel convolution matrix being a partial matrix of a channel convolution matrix corresponding to the channel response information, wherein the relaxed channel convolution matrix is obtained from omitting a portion of matrix elements of the channel convolution matrix; and based upon the relaxed channel convolution matrix, jointly performing time domain channel shortening control and frequency domain flatness control over the TEQ to perform channel shortening equalization with frequency notch mitigation by utilizing the TEQ. In particular, the portion of matrix elements includes a plurality of rows of matrix elements within the channel convolution matrix. An associated apparatus is also provided.
US09065684B2
A transfer unit transfers a message between a network and an external terminal. An input unit inputs a user ID for identifying a user. A generating unit generates a registration message requesting a registration of address information of the user. A transmitting unit transmits the registration message to a server. A receiving unit receives a response message including registration information and connection information from the server. When the connection information indicates a permission of a connection of the external terminal to the network, a control unit controls the transfer unit to transfer the message between the network and the external terminal.
US09065682B2
A media access controller (MAC) generates a composite packet having an optimized format for carrying audio, video, and data traffic. A header portion of the composite packet is encoded separately from a data portion of the composite packet. A physical device interface (PHY) is coupled to the MAC. The PHY encodes and decodes between a digital signal and a modulated analog signal. The PHY comprises a high rate physical layer circuit (HRP) and a low rate physical layer circuit (LRP). A radio frequency (RF) transmitter is coupled to the PHY to transmit data.
US09065676B2
A communication circuit, a relay connecting circuit, and a communication network transmit/receive contact signals usable for automatic control. A transmitting section transmits a contact signal input into an input/output section to a communication line, and a receiving section receives a signal via the communication line. An input/output circuit outputs the contact signal received by the receiving section via the input/output section and performs an interlocking function to prevent input of another contact signal via the input/output section. A time division communication control section switches a communication direction among the transmission section, the receiving section and the input/output circuit at a time-divided timing.
US09065655B2
The systems, methods and apparatuses described herein provide a computing environment for authenticating a user. An apparatus according to the present disclosure may comprise a non-volatile storage, a user interface, and a password engine. The password engine is configured to retrieve two or more predetermined prompts from the non-volatile storage, present the two or more predetermined prompts on the user interface to a user in a random order, receive a first set of input(s) in response to the two or more predetermined prompts, create an encryption keyword from the received first set of input(s) according to an original order of the two or more predetermined prompts stored in the non-volatile storage, and use the encryption keyword to authenticate the user.
US09065644B2
An integrated circuit (IC) for a backplane serializer/deserializer (SerDes) system, comprising a first transmitter configured to send first data at a data rate to a second receiver in a second IC, a first receiver configured to receive second data at the data rate from a second transmitter in the second IC, wherein each of a first link and a second link is to the first transmitter, the first receiver, the second transmitter, and the second receiver, and wherein both the first link and the second link combined are configured to transfer the first data from the first transmitter to the second receiver and transfer the second data from the second transmitter to the first receiver at the data rate.
US09065642B2
In some implementations, a method for providing a session key to a third party includes identifying a private key associated with a public key certificate in response to an event. A session key for a communication session is based, at least in part, on the private key, an associated seed for a random number generator, and public keys assigned to user equipment participating in the communication session. The private key associated with the public key certificate is automatically transmitted to an interception authority. The interception authorities are configured to grant a third party access to the private key and the associated seed to in response to a request from a third party authorized to access the communication session.
US09065640B2
A method and apparatus for generating a non-interactive key, and a method for communication security using the same. A event is detected, and keys are generated based on the detected event. Thus, keys are generated using a small number of calculating operations with a simple interface and thus a user may easily generate the keys, and the performance of an apparatus using the keys is improved. In addition, the keys are generated without wireless interaction between nodes, thereby improving communication security.
US09065638B2
A system and method of decrypting is provided. The method includes grouping domain data of the domain for authorized parties, encrypting a group of leaves in the grouped data having a tree structure using a common key, generating first public data, obtaining a common key by decrypting the first public data using a secret key of a link creator and decrypt the groups using the common key and the secret key, generating a, propagating records, generating second public data by encrypting the table using a common key, obtaining a common key by decrypting the first public data and the second public data using a secret key and generating a view by decrypting data received from a method for the link creator using the common key obtained by decrypting the first public data and the second public data using the secret key.
US09065637B2
A system and method where the “dealer” of a split Master Secret becomes the Master Key Server, whose role is to initially compute the Master Secret, create and distribute shares of the Master Secret to two Distributed Private Key Generators (D-PKG), initialize and route the inter-process communication between the nodes, co-ordinate and computationally participate in the User System's IBE Private Key generation process.
US09065634B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to apparatuses and methods capable of selective acknowledgement of packets from an access probe. In one aspect, an apparatus includes: a transceiver configured to receive a set of frames associated with an access probe message from a wireless node, wherein the access probe message includes a plurality of frames, and the set of frames comprises a subset of the plurality of frames; and a processing system configured to generate a selective acknowledgement message based on a determination of whether each frame in the set of frames is received correctly. The acknowledgement includes an indication of receipt for at least one frame in the set of frames. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US09065629B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to methods and circuits for controlling the sampling phase of a signal that is to be regenerated by sampling, particularly a serial communication signal, having method steps or means for oversampling the signal in order to ascertain samples of the signal during predetermined sampling phases, for determining differential errors between the samples during different instances of the predetermined sampling phases, for determining a differential error rate between the samples to at least one first and at least one second sampling phase on the basis of the ascertained differential errors, and for comparing at least two differential error rates based on at least two different sampling phase pairs in order to ascertain a decision concerning which of the predetermined sampling phases can be selected as a reference sampling phase for correctly regenerating the signal.
US09065627B2
Transfer of differential timing over a packet network is provided. A transmitting service interface receives a service clock and is coupled to a receiving service interface through a network backplane. A primary reference clock is provided to time the network backplane. The primary reference clock and the service clock are used to synthesize a copy of the service clock connected to the transmitting service interface. A first control word containing an error differential between the service clock and the synthesized copy of the service clock is generated and transmitted through the network backplane via a packet. The first control word, together with the primary reference clock, is used to recreate the service clock for timing the receiving service interface.
US09065620B2
The present invention relates to a method for transmitting downlink hybrid automatic repeat request (HARQ) confirmation response information in a wireless communication system comprises the steps of: receiving, on an uplink data channel, a plurality of codewords from an uplink transmitter; generating items of confirmation response information for each of the plurality of codewords, in accordance with the results of decoding of the plurality of codewords; and transmitting each of the generated items of confirmation response information to the uplink transmitter on each of a plurality of physical HARQ indicator channel (PHICH) resources; wherein each of the plurality of PHICH resources can be allocated for the transmission of confirmation response information for each of the plurality of codewords, based on parameters having different values for each of the codewords.
US09065619B2
The present invention relates to a wireless communication system. More particularly, the present invention relates to a method for transmitting acknowledgement/negative ACK (ACK/NACK) in a wireless communication system which supports carrier aggregation, and to an apparatus for the method. A method in which a terminal transmits ACK/NACK in a wireless communication system that supports carrier aggregation comprises the following steps: receiving a physical downlink control channel (PDCCH); receiving a physical downlink shared channel (PDSCH) indicated by the PDCCH; and transmitting ACK/NACK for the PDSCH via a physical uplink control channel (PUCCH). A PUCCH format for transmitting ACK/NACK is selected by taking the number of aggregated carriers into account.
US09065617B2
Certain aspects of the present disclosure relate to techniques for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) related signaling in a wireless communication system. In an aspect, a method for wireless communication is provided which includes receiving a signal associated with a downlink control channel, the signal including information specific to a user equipment (UE); and selecting, based on the information, a UE-specific reference signal (RS) pattern from a plurality of UE-specific RS patterns.
US09065612B2
In a wireless transmission system that transmits and receives a modulated signal between a transmitter and a receiver that are coupled through a wireless transmission path, the transmitter includes a spectrum division filter bank dividing the modulated signal and generating a plurality of sub-spectrum signals each of which is arranged at a predetermined frequency position, and subjects the plurality of sub-spectrum signals arranged in spectra to a direct spectrum division transmission, and the receiver includes a spectrum combination filter bank extracting the plurality of sub-spectrum signals from the received signals arranged in spectra and subjected to the direct spectrum division transmission to combine the sub-spectrum signals into an original modulated signal.
US09065609B2
A mechanism for blind estimation of parameters for correcting I/Q impairments. Complex samples of a complex baseband signal are received from a receiver. A cross-correlation is computed between an I component and a Q component of the complex samples. A mean square value is computed for the I component of the complex samples; and a mean square value is computed for the Q component of the complex samples. A cross-channel gain estimate is: computed based on the cross-correlation value and one or both of the mean square values; and used to apply a cross-channel gain correction to the complex samples. An estimate of an I/Q gain imbalance is computed based on the mean square values. The gain imbalance estimate is useable to correct an I/Q gain imbalance present in the complex samples. The parameters may be supplied to the receiver, enabling the receiver to apply online corrections.
US09065592B2
Methods and apparatus are provided for communication between a User Equipment (UE) and a Node B in a communication system by receiving a control signal including a resource allocation type, a resource allocation and a Modulation and Coding Scheme (MCS) from the Node B, and transmitting data based on the control signal to the Node B. The resource allocation type indicate that the resource allocation allocates a first set of at least one contiguous resource block or the resource allocation allocates second sets of resource blocks, and each of the second sets include one or more consecutive resource block groups.
US09065586B2
A wireless communication apparatus is arranged to detect, among a plurality of modulated carrier signals of different frequencies, at least one of the modulated carrier signals modulated with a tone burst. A receiver provides a composite signal comprising the plurality of modulated carrier signals received simultaneously. An ADC generates samples of the composite signal, and the samples of the composite signal are divided into a plurality of blocks. The samples of each block are transformed into frequency domain components, and the frequency domain components of each block are divided into a plurality of groups, each group corresponding to a range of frequencies occupied by a different one of the modulated carrier signals. Tone burst detection is performed on each group, and it is determined which of the modulated carrier signals is modulated with the tone burst, according to which of the groups the tone burst is detected in.
US09065573B2
A digital coherent optical receiver executing coherent reception of a phase-modulated optical signal, includes: a moving average section configured to execute a moving average for received data obtained by sampling of the phase-modulated optical signal; a compensator configured to compensate a wavelength dispersion value of the phase data having been executed with the moving average; and a control section configured to determine a moving average frequency to be executed by the moving average section based on the compensated wavelength dispersion value.
US09065572B1
A robustly stabilized communication laser can output a multimode optical signal remaining aligned to a coordinate of a dense wavelength division multiplexing (“DWDM”) grid while responding to a fluctuating condition or random event, such as, without limitation, exposure to a temperature fluctuation, stray light, or contamination. Responsive to the fluctuating condition, energy can transfer among individual modes in a plurality of aligned longitudinal modes. Modes shifting towards a state of misalignment with the DWDM coordinate can attenuate, while modes shifting towards a state of alignment can gain energy. Fabrication processes and systems and light management, such as beam steering, epoxy scaffolds, spectral adjustments, mode matching, thermal expansion control, alignment technology, etc. can facilitate nano-scale control of device parameters and can support low-cost fabrication.
US09065571B2
A controller for optical components. A controller includes an analog interface that is configured to connect to an optical component external to the controller. The analog interface is able to deliver and/or receive signals to and/or from the optical component. The controller includes a digital interface that is able to connect to a memory external to the controller. The digital interface may receive a digital representation of operating characteristics of the optical component. The controller is configured to deliver and/or receive signals to and/or from the optical component based on the digital representation of operating characteristics.
US09065570B2
In an optical amplification apparatus an optical amplifier amplifies an optical signal at set gain. An equalizer changes loss of the amplified optical signal according to wavelengths. A processor controls the equalizer so as to make the equalizer have a loss-wavelength characteristic corresponding to a gain tilt of the optical amplifier which occurs according to the set gain.
US09065567B2
Communications apparatus is disclosed which is arranged to configure a signal for transmission on a first carrier frequency from a transmit station, configure said signal for transmission on a second carrier frequency to a remote repeater station for retransmission on said first carrier frequency to form a repeated signal, and delay said signal for transmission on a first carrier frequency from a transmit station.
US09065566B1
Systems and methods of this disclosure can operate to provide digitization and optical transport of legacy and extended return path signals in hybrid fiber-coax (HFC) based broadband networks. A common radio frequency (RF) front-end can be used for the digitization of return path signals comprising analog to digital converters (A/Ds) with a precision and sampling rate to meet the SNR requirements of the communication system. Additionally the same digital signal processing logic can also be used through the implementation of digital filter(s) in FPGA technology where different FPGA images can be used to support different digital filtering configurations.
US09065564B2
A communication system for providing world-wide, mobile Internet communication to a plurality of users and a method therefore. The system includes ground-based, multi-channel, radio frequency transmitting and receiving broadcasting grids that are capable of providing content to multiple users via cell towers and low-altitude, optical transmitting and receiving satellites that are in optical communication with the ground-based, multi-channel, RF transmitting and receiving broadcasting grids. The method includes transmitting optical and/or RF signals between at least one of the ground-based, multi-channel, RF transmitting and receiving broadcasting grids and at least one of the low-altitude, optical transmitting and receiving satellites.
US09065560B2
A method for checking the operation of a PSI5 reception unit in a motor vehicle controller is presented, wherein the PSI5 reception unit receives signals from a connected PSI5-compliant PSI5 transmission unit, wherein a check signal transmission unit is provided and this check signal transmission unit sends a prescribed check signal to the PSI5 reception unit at prescribed check times at which no signal can be expected from the PSI5 transmission unit, in particular—together with the sending of one or more synchronization pulses to the transmission unit—the check signal transmission unit sends the check signal in this defined period.
US09065555B2
A method includes receiving a signal over a multi-path channel, generating a plurality of observation vectors of the received signal, generating a channel covariance matrix of the plurality of observation vectors, and identifying a first path by projecting a pulse shaping vector on the channel covariance matrix at different time offsets and selecting the maximum thereof as the first path. Thereafter, further paths can be identified. In each case, an n-th path is identified by projecting the pulse shaping vector into a null space of n-1 previously identified paths at different time offsets and the maximum thereof is selected as an n-th path.
US09065553B2
The various embodiments provide systems, devices, and methods which include an acoustic tag configured to transmit an acoustic signal through a contact medium that may be received by an acoustic modem, with the acoustic signal configured to transmit information. By modulating sound traveling through an acoustic connection between the fluid container and a pump, meter or valve, information such as an identifier of the fluid or container may be transmitted without risk of confusion with other fluid containers in the vicinity. In a medical embodiment, IV fluid and the IV drip tube provide a fluid and plastic acoustic connection to an IV pumping or metering device and an IV bag through which sound may be transmitted. The transmission of identification information through this physical connection may insure that the pumping or metering device only communicates with the IV bag coupled to the pump. Acoustic tags may be active or passive.
US09065544B2
Systems and methods for pulse-based binary communication are provided. An example system may include a transmitting device and a receiving device. The transmitting device may be configured to generate a supply voltage for use in operating the receiving device and to cause at least one pulse to occur in the supply voltage, the at least one pulse being based on a binary value. The at least one pulse may comprise, for example, a temporary change in the supply voltage. The receiving device may be configured to receive the supply voltage from the transmitting device, to detect the at least one pulse in the supply voltage and to determine the binary value based on the at least one pulse. The receiving device may then perform an action based on the binary value.
US09065540B2
Methods and system for using a multifunctional filter to minimize insertion loss in a multi-mode communications system are described. Specifically described is a multifunctional filter that is configurable to operate in a band-pass mode when a first type of signal is propagated through the multifunctional filter, and to operate in a low-pass mode when a second type of signal is propagated through the multifunctional filter. The multifunctional filter presents a lower insertion loss to the second type of signal when operating in the low-pass mode than in the band-pass mode.
US09065537B2
Methods and systems for calibrating a multi-mode, multi-standard transmitter and receiver are disclosed. Aspects of the method may include configuring calibration paths in a transceiver on a chip including a plurality of Tx and Rx paths. IP2 distortion may be calibrated for the Rx paths utilizing a phase locked loops in the chip and the configurable calibration paths. Local oscillator leakage, Rx path DC offset and RSSI, Tx and Rx I and Q mismatch, and Tx and Rx path filters may be calibrated utilizing the plurality of configurable calibration paths. Cutoff frequency of the filters in the Tx and Rx paths may be calibrated. Blocker signals may be mitigated by calibrating amplifier gains in the Rx paths. The calibration paths may include an envelope detector. Local oscillator leakage and I and Q mismatch may be mitigated utilizing pre-distortion generated by an on-chip digital signal processor in the Tx paths.
US09065532B2
A fixed bump button may: (1) report its identification to a server connected to the internet when the button is bumped by a mobile device; and/or (2) emit a beacon signal identifying the button to a mobile device.
US09065528B2
A method is performed by an intermediate device in a multi-hop wireless network. The method includes receiving a transmission to forward to another device and synchronizing with the transmission based on a format of the transmission. The method further includes selecting a resource portion of the transmission based on information included in the transmission or information previously received, and inserting a signal in the selected resource portion of the transmission. The method also includes forwarding the transmission that includes the signal to the other device.
US09065527B2
Provided is a relay station that is capable of improving PDSCH channel estimation accuracy, even in a case where a DL grant is provided that gives instructions for downlink data allocation for R-PDCCH. In this device, a signal separation unit (203) receives, of the control information and data and reference signals sent from a base station (100), the reference signals disposed in a first region and a second region within a pre-coding RB group (PRG) comprising one or more PRBs of the plurality of PRBs constituting a divided frequency region; the control information disposed in the first region; and the data disposed in the second region. A demodulation unit (204) demodulates the data on the basis of the reference signals. The demodulation unit (204) demodulates the data using the reference signals disposed in the second region.
US09065511B2
A wireless communication method used by a wireless communication apparatus is disclosed. The wireless communication method transmits and receives control information divided into a second control information containing information related to the demodulation and decoding of traffic channel and a first control information containing information related to the MIMO separation of the second control information.
US09065510B2
A method and system for improving closed loop feedback in transmit diversity communication. In one embodiment of the invention, a predetermined variation of one or more transmit diversity parameters is performed at the transmit diversity transmitter. The receiver compares the transmit diversity parameter values of the received signals to the predetermined variation and transmits to the transmitter a value of a transmit diversity correction parameter. The transmitter may use this correction value to modify the transmit diversity parameter in a subsequent transmission.
US09065496B2
A system and method for diversity implementation are provided, where diversity gains are obtained by using a hybrid of the switching technique and the combining technique in conjunction with the use of a modal antenna. The antenna system includes multiple antennas including at least one modal antenna that has multiple modes, and a processor for selecting one or more modes from the multiple modes associated with each of the at least one modal antenna, combining modes to form one or more combinations of modes, the modes in each of the one or more combinations including one of the one or more selected modes associated with each of the at least one modal antenna, and selecting one of the one or more combinations that optimizes correlation and/or a quality metric for diversity.
US09065492B2
A probe system includes a probe and a transmission/reception element. The probe and the transmission/reception element are configured such that information is transmittable between them in wireless fashion via a radio signal. The transmission/reception element or the probe has two antennas, set apart from each other, for receiving the radio signal, so that the information received by the two antennas via the radio signal is able to be processed concurrently.
US09065490B2
A shortwave communication device includes first and second carriers, a processing unit, first and second transmission units and a flexible connecting portion, and the first and second transmission units are installed on the first and second carriers respectively, and the first transmission unit is coupled to the processing unit, and the flexible connecting portion is coupled between the first and second carriers, and the flexible connecting portion has a connected line for constituting an electric connection between the processing unit and the second transmission unit. With the flexible connecting portion, relative position of the first and second carriers can be changed freely to expand the transmission range and enhance the transmission effect.
US09065486B2
Detecting, avoiding and/or correcting problematic puncturing patterns in parity bit streams used when implementing punctured Turbo codes is achieved without having to avoid desirable code rates. This enables identification/avoidance of regions of relatively poor Turbo code performance. Forward error correction comprising Turbo coding and puncturing achieves a smooth functional relationship between any measure of performance and the effective coding rate resulting from combining the lower rate code generated by the Turbo encoder with puncturing of the parity bits. In one embodiment, methods to correct/avoid degradations due to Turbo coding are implemented by puncturing interactions when two or more stages of rate matching are employed.
US09065463B2
A circuit may include a plurality of primary digital-to-analog (DAC) elements for converting a digital input signal into an analog output signal. A control circuit may control each primary DAC element to switch between a first state and a second state based on the digital input signal to provide the analog output signal at an output representing the digital input signal. A plurality of corrective DAC elements may be coupled in parallel to the plurality of primary DAC elements between the control circuit and the output. The plurality of corrective DAC elements may be controlled to mitigate for intersymbol interference (ISI) due to parasitic capacitance in the primary DAC elements. The plurality of corrective DAC elements may not contribute a direct current to the analog output signal.
US09065461B1
An isolation device having first and second semiconductor is disclosed. The first semiconductor die may be adapted to transmit a first signal to the second semiconductor die that is electrically isolated. The first semiconductor die may comprise input terminals, a bitstream encoding circuit, a self-synchronizing encoding circuit and a transmitter. The second semiconductor die may comprise a receiver, a self-synchronizing decoder, a bitstream decoding circuit and an optional digital filter. The bitstream encoding and decoding may enable a plurality of signals to be encoded and transmitted through an isolation material.
US09065459B1
An apparatus includes a phase locked loop (PLL) circuit configured to generate a PLL output signal from an oscillator signal and a control circuit configured to generate a measure of a difference between the PLL output signal and an input clock signal at a control output thereof. The apparatus further includes a dynamic range shifter circuit coupling the control output of the control circuit to a control input (e.g., a feedback divider control input) of the PLL circuit and configured to shift a dynamic range of the control output of the control circuit with respect to a dynamic range of the control input of the PLL circuit. The apparatus may be implemented with an oscillator, such as a MEMs oscillator, in a single chip.
US09065457B2
Disclosed are circuits and method for reducing or eliminating reference spurs in frequency synthesizers. In some implementations, a phase-locked loop (PLL) such as a Frac-N PLL of a frequency synthesizer can include a phase frequency detector (PFD) configured to receive a reference signal and a feedback signal. The PFD can be configured to generate a first signal representative of a phase difference between the reference signal and the feedback signal. The PLL can further include a compensation circuit configured to generate a compensation signal based on the first signal. The PLL can further includes a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) configured to generate an output signal based on the compensation signal. The compensation signal can include at least one feature for substantially eliminating one or more reference spurs associated with the PLL.
US09065444B2
A power-up initial circuit includes a power-up control unit, a first switch and a second switch. The power-up control unit is used for receiving a high voltage start-up signal, and generating a first power-up control signal. The first switch has a first terminal for receiving an external voltage, a second terminal for coupling to the power-up control circuit for receiving the first power-up control signal, and a third terminal. The second switch has a first terminal coupled to the third terminal of the first switch, a second terminal for coupling to the power-up control circuit for receiving the first power-up control signal, and a third terminal for coupling to a high voltage generator.
US09065441B2
A circuit for scaling down first and second input voltages includes first and second voltage scale-down circuits that scale down the first and second input voltages, respectively. The first voltage scale-down circuit includes a transistor that receives the first input voltage at its gate and, operating in a source-follower configuration, scales down the first input voltage to generate a first output voltage at its source. The second voltage scale-down circuit is identical to the first voltage scale-down circuit and generates a second output voltage based on the second input voltage.
US09065430B2
Architecture for VBUS pulsing in an Ultra Deep Sub Micron (UDSM) process for ensuring USB-OTG (On The Go) session request protocol, the architecture being of the type wherein at least a charging circuit is deployed, uses a diode-means connected in a forward path of the charging circuit. The architecture might include a diode-divider including nodes and connected from VBUS in said charging circuit. One embodiment uses both charging and discharging circuits comprising transistors. The charging circuit transistor might comprise a PMOS transistor and the discharging circuit transistor might comprise a NMOS transistor. The architecture might include a three resistance string of a total resistance value approximating 100K Ohms connected between said VBUS and ground, wherein the discharging circuit transistor might comprise a drain extended NMOS transistor. The charging and discharging circuit transistors have VDS and VGD of about 3.6V, whereby high VGS transistors are not needed.
US09065429B2
The present invention relates to a bidirectional semiconductor switch (M1, M2) with extremely low control power consumption and a bootstrap circuit which allows reliable start of operation of the switch and the hosting device after unlimited duration of mains interruptions. Intelligent control options are provided by operating from a small energy storage and no extra means are required to recover from a depleted energy storage condition. The absence of audible noise and mechanical wear also enables more frequent recharging cycles and allows smaller and thus cheaper energy storage components.
US09065427B2
A controller for an SMPS is disclosed. The controller applies a frequency jitter to the SMPS to reduce Electromagnetic Interference (EMI) and/or audible noise. A second input variable is multiplied by a correlated jitter signal, in order to compensate the output power for the frequency jitter. A corresponding method is also disclosed. Since the jitter compensation occurs within the controller, the method is particularly suitable for controllers operating under different control modes for different output powers (or other output criteria). The multiplicative compensation is applicable across a wide range of converter types.
US09065425B2
A method and system for providing a finite impulse response, FIR, filter in a power amplification system are disclosed. An FIR filter includes a first signal path having a first delay, τ1. The first signal path is configured to receive an output from a power amplifier. A second signal path is in parallel with the first signal path has a second delay, τ2, and a first scalar multiplier, α1. A third signal path in parallel with the first and second signal paths has a third delay, τ3, and a second scalar multiplier, α2. The second and third signal paths are configured to receive a sum of the output of the power amplifier and a reference signal. Delays τ1, τ2, and τ3 are integer multiples of a period of time. An output is a sum of a signal from each of the first, second and third signal paths.
US09065424B2
In an acoustic wave device, a high-order transverse mode wave which is an unnecessary wave is suppressed. The acoustic wave device includes: a piezoelectric substrate; at least one pair of IDT electrodes formed on the piezoelectric substrate; and a dielectric film which covers at least a part of the piezoelectric substrate and the IDT electrodes, and the IDT electrodes each has a plurality of electrode fingers. The dielectric film covers at least an area in which the electrode fingers are arranged interleaved with each other. An acoustic velocity of an acoustic wave in an intersection area, within the region, which is a portion from ends of the electrode fingers to a predetermined length or more inward from the ends, is greater than an acoustic velocity of an acoustic wave in an edge area including end portions of the electrode fingers.
US09065421B2
A thin film bulk acoustic resonator (FBAR) includes a first electrode, a first piezoelectric layer having a first c-axis orientation and on the first electrode, a second piezoelectric layer having a second c-axis orientation over the first piezoelectric layer, and a second electrode on the second piezoelectric layer. The first and second piezoelectric layers are made of respective different piezoelectric materials. The FBAR can be set to have different resonance frequencies by selecting the first and second c-axis orientations to be respectively the same or different. The high and low frequency range of the FBAR can thus be extended.
US09065419B2
A ladder filter includes at least one series resonator connected in series between an input terminal and an output terminal, at least one parallel resonator connected in parallel with the at least one series resonator, and an inductor connected in parallel with the at least one series resonator. The at least one series resonator and the inductor generate a first attenuation pole at a frequency equal to or lower than a frequency band defined by the at least one series resonator and the at least one parallel resonator. The first attenuation pole is located at a frequency that is equal to or higher than a resonance frequency of a parallel resonator that is included in the at least one parallel resonator and has a highest resonance frequency and that is equal to or lower than a high-frequency end of the pass band.
US09065413B2
An apparatus comprises a selected volume detector that detects a selected output volume; an analog output signal amplifier; a digital volume amplifier; a boost gain control element coupled to the selected volume detector; the analog output signal amplifier; and the digital volume amplifier; wherein the boost gain control element is configured to: keep a gain of a path of the digital volume amplifier and the analog output signal amplifier substantially constant, wherein the boost gain control element can adjust both: a) a gain of the digital volume control; and b) a gain of the analog output signal amplifier; to keep the gain of the path of the digital volume amplifier and the analog output signal substantially constant and equal to the selected output volume.
US09065408B2
A simplified VCA circuit is presented. The VCA of the present invention uses fewer components and is less complex than prior art OTA-based VCAs. Further, the VCA of the present invention has improved total harmonic distortion (THD) and DC offset characteristics as compared to prior art VCAs. The VCA may be used to prevent clipping with the addition of clipping detection circuitry.
US09065398B2
An amplifying circuit capable of suppressing spikes of an audio signal includes an integration module, a comparison module, an output module, a feedback module, and a limiting module. The integration module is used for receiving an input signal and generating a first voltage signal corresponding to the input signal. The comparison module is coupled to the integration module for receiving the first voltage signal and a reference signal, and generating a comparison signal. The output module is coupled to the comparison module for generating an audio signal according to the comparison signal. The feedback module is coupled between the output module and the integration module for feeding back an output signal to the integration module. The limiting module is coupled between the feedback module and the integration module for limiting the comparison signal to be within a predetermined range.
US09065389B2
A radio frequency (RF) power amplifier with no reference voltage for biasing is disclosed. The RF power amplifier includes a three-terminal current source circuit, a current mirror circuit and an output-stage circuit. The three-terminal current source circuit receives a first system voltage and accordingly outputs a first current and a second current, and a source voltage exists between a first output terminal of the first current and a second output terminal of the second current. The current mirror circuit receives the first current and the second current and accordingly generates a bias current. The output-stage circuit receives the bias current so as to work at an operation point. The RF power amplifier utilizes the source voltage of the three-terminal current source circuit so the first system voltage is between a first voltage and a second voltage, and then the output-stage circuit outputs an output current which does not vary with a deviation of the first system voltage also with temperature compensation.
US09065385B2
A radio frequency (RF) power amplifier circuit with spur cancellation for GSM/GPRS/EDGE transceivers is disclosed. There is a power amplifier with an RF input, an RF output, and a voltage supply input. Additionally, there is an adjustable DC-DC converter with an input connected to a battery, an output connected to the voltage supply input of the power amplifier with a DC supply voltage signal generated thereby. A spur compensator generates an error control signal responsive to spurs in the DC supply voltage signal. The error control signal is applied to the RF input of the power amplifier.
US09065375B2
A microcomputer calculates an internal resistance value of a motor, and subsequently calculates an internal resistance value of a switching element of a motor drive circuit. When the internal resistance value of the motor is a semi-abnormal value, the microcomputer sets an upper limit current. When the internal resistance value of the motor drive circuit is a semi-abnormal value, the microcomputer sets an upper limit current. The microcomputer sets a smaller one of the upper limit current and the upper limit current as an upper limit current of the motor. In this manner, the progress of degradation of the motor and the motor drive circuit can be suppressed.
US09065374B2
A LPF extracts DC component of a current detection value of an inverter input current. A subtracting section 4 calculates a difference between a current command value and the DC component of the current detection value. A current controller 5 produces two-phase PWM signals Sa and Sb complementary to each other, from the current difference. Further, an integrating circuit 7 integrates output terminal voltages Vu, Vv and Vw of the inverter to convert the output terminal voltages Vu, Vv and Vw into a magnetic-flux information Φu, Φv and Φw. A logic conversion section 8 converts the magnetic-flux information Φu, Φv and Φw into 120-degree conduction patterns S1′-S6′ to output the 120-degree conduction patterns S1′-S6′. Then, a logic circuit section 9 executes a logic synthesis between the PWM signals Sa and Sb and the 120-degree conduction patterns S1′-S6′ to output gate signals S1-S6.
US09065363B2
A method for starting a permanent magnet single-phase synchronous electric motor which includes a permanent magnet rotor and a stator with windings, and which is connected to an electrical grid by a switch. The method includes: a first starting attempt in which the windings are fed in current with first starting impulses generated only during the half-periods of a first polarity of the voltage of the electrical grid; a first control step which detects whether a starting condition has been obtained in the first starting attempt; and, if the first control step does not detect that the starting condition has been obtained within the term of the first starting attempt, a second starting attempt in which the windings are fed in current with second starting impulses generated only during the half-periods of a second polarity that is opposite to the first polarity of the voltage of the electrical grid.
US09065362B2
Methods of providing a control band for a hysteresis controller are presented. A method can determine a control band analytically to avoid the time and costs associated with manual calibration of a hysteresis controller. By way of example, a method can include modeling a machine output, such as stator flux or machine torque, modeling the variation rate for the machine output, and providing a control band based on the variation rate modeling.
US09065347B2
A controller for a switched mode power supply, the switched mode power supply comprising one or more windings. The controller comprising a fixed speed timer; a threshold setter configured to set a threshold for the timer in accordance with a peak value of a current through one of the one or more windings; a secondary stroke detector configured to start the fixed speed timer upon detection of the start of a secondary stroke of the switched mode power supply; a sampler configured to sample a voltage across one of the one or more windings when a count of the fixed speed timer reaches the threshold.
US09065339B2
Methods and apparatus of dynamic transient optimization in a voltage regulator according to various aspects of the present invention may comprise a transition detector configured to compare an output voltage error to an amplitude threshold. The voltage regulator may further comprise a frequency detector configured to measure the frequency of the amplitude threshold being exceeded and to compare the frequency to a frequency threshold and a response circuit configured to activate a response according to a comparison between the frequency threshold and the frequency of the amplitude threshold being exceeded.
US09065338B2
There is provided a DC-DC converter which converts an input voltage into an output voltage for supply to a load, in which an input terminal receives the input voltage, an output terminal outputs the output voltage, power stages each includes: a high side switch, a low side switch and an inductor, the control unit executes a first mode and a second mode wherein the first mode controls the high side switch and the low side switch in each of the power stages so that a ratio of an output current in each of the power stages to a load current flowing through the load becomes a set value and the second mode controls the high side switch and the low side switch in each of the power stages so that duty ratios of the high side switch and the low side switch are equalized among the power stages.
US09065334B2
A voltage converter has an input terminal and only N output terminals, and includes a DC-DC power supply block having an input node and an output node, (N+1) switches including N main output switches and an auxiliary switch each having a first end and a second end, and a switch control circuit. The DC-DC power supply block includes an inductor, and a switch module configured for alternating between a first interconnection configuration and a second interconnection configuration during a predetermined time period. First ends of the (N+1) switches are coupled to the output node, and second ends of the N main output switches are coupled to the N output terminals, respectively. The switch control circuit is configured for controlling the switch module and the (N+1) switches, wherein the (N+1) switches are switched on alternately during the predetermined time period.
US09065326B2
A switching module, intended to be used in a medium or high voltage DC breaker or a DC current limiter, includes at least one power semiconductor switching element, a gate unit arranged to turn the at least one power semiconductor switching element on and off, respectively, according to a switching control signal, and an energy storage capacitor arranged to provide power to a power supply input of the gate unit. The switching module further includes a power transformation device arranged to receive an optical power signal, to transform the optical power signal into an electrical power signal and to provide the electrical power signal to the energy storage capacitor.
US09065320B2
A passive drive motor is disclosed. A stator assembly is connected to a base. A rotating shaft is rotatably connected to the base. A rotor assembly is connected to the rotating shaft. The rotor assembly interacts with the stator assembly to rotate the rotating shaft. A first metal disk is rotated by the rotating shaft. At least one first magnet pair is disposed on the first metal disk. A second metal disk opposes the first magnet pair. When the rotating shaft rotates to drive the first metal disk to rotate, the first magnet pair disposed on the first metal disk magnetically interacts with the second metal disk, driving the second metal disk to rotate with respect to the first metal disk.
US09065319B2
A rotor placed inside or outside of a stator in the radius direction includes a fixed rotor fixed in a position along a rotation axis of the rotor, and a movable rotor allowed to approach/separate from the fixed rotor and to move in a direction along the rotation axis.
US09065316B2
A stator structure for a rotary electric machine includes a stator core having a cylindrical shape in which slots and pole pieces are formed on an inner peripheral side and alternately arranged in a circumferential direction, a conductor segment which is a conducting wire having a rectangular cross section inserted in one of the slots through an insulator being connected with a conductor segment similarly inserted in another slot to form a coil. Each insulator has a shape including a pair of opposite side surface portions connected with an intermediate portion along a wall surface defining the slot. Each insulator includes end protrusions facing each other at free ends of the side surface portions to position the conductor segments. The insulators are made of an insulating and elastic material.
US09065315B1
A rotating portion of a motor includes a magnet, a yoke including a yoke cylindrical portion, and a hub including a hub cylindrical portion. A first radial gap, which is a radial gap between the magnet and the yoke cylindrical portion, is filled with an adhesive from an upper axial end to an axial middle portion thereof, and includes a tapered gap gradually increasing in radial width with decreasing height. An upper axial end of the tapered gap is located above the axial middle portion of the first radial gap. In addition, no adhesive is provided from a lower axial end to an axial middle portion of a second radial gap, which is a radial gap between the yoke cylindrical portion and the hub cylindrical portion.
US09065292B2
The invention provides systems and methods for charging an electrochemical device, such as a secondary electrochemical cell. Charging systems and methods of some embodiments provide charging parameters, such as charging voltage and charging current, that vary in a preselected manner as a function of time so as to enhance the overall device performance (e.g., specific capacity, discharge rate, etc.) cycling properties and useful lifetime of a secondary electrochemical cell. Charging systems and methods of some embodiments provide charging parameters, such as time varying charging voltages and charging currents, that take into consideration important electrochemical cell properties that impact device performance, cycling and lifetime, such as the state of health of an electrochemical cell, and/or the health and/or composition of specific system components such as anode, cathode, and electrolyte and/or the cycle history of the electrochemical cell (e.g., cycle number, etc.).
US09065286B2
Described herein are embodiments of a source high-Q resonator, optionally coupled to an energy source, a second high-Q resonator, optionally coupled to an energy drain that may be located a distance from the source resonator. A third high-Q resonator, optionally coupled to an energy drain that may be located a distance from the source resonator. The source resonator and at least one of the second resonator and third resonator may be coupled to transfer electromagnetic energy from said source resonator to said at least one of the second resonator and third resonator.
US09065273B2
A power adaptor for converting an alternating voltage into a direct voltage to a load is disclosed. The power adaptor includes a primary side circuit including a hot line, a neutral line for receiving the alternating voltage, and a return terminal, a secondary side circuit including a positive output terminal and a negative output terminal for outputting the direct voltage, and a protection circuit including a first non-linear resistor coupled to the return terminal of the primary side circuit and the negative output terminal of the secondary side circuit forming an electrostatic discharge path for an electrostatic current generated by the load.
US09065272B2
A power supply circuit and method for supplying power are provided. The power supply circuit includes a front end circuit, a power factor correction circuit, and a drive circuit. The front end circuit is configured to generate a direct current voltage based on an input voltage. The front end circuit includes a first surge protection circuit. The power factor correction circuit is configured to generate a driving voltage based on the generated direct current voltage. The power factor correction circuit includes a second surge protection circuit and an over-temperature protection circuit. The drive circuit is configured to generate an output voltage for a load based on the driving voltage. The drive circuit includes a third surge protection circuit, a startup circuit, and an open-circuit protection circuit.
US09065271B2
The invention relates to a protective circuit (10) in a screen wiper drive (1), consisting of a parallel circuit having two circuit elements (16, 17), wherein one circuit element (16) consists of a capacitor (18) and the other circuit element (17) consists of a series-connection of a diode (19) and a Zener diode (20), wherein the forward direction of the diode (19) and the Zener diode (20) is different and the Zener diode (20) inhibits in the direction of a plus pole.
US09065269B2
A digital thermal model for compensating for error in a current transformer used in a solid-state overload relay. The thermal model implements a difference equation that determines using a low-pass filter two parameters corresponding to calibration points along an overload trip curve. The trip curve is adjusted at an ultimate trip current (one calibration point) independently of a trip time at a locked rotor current (another calibration point) of a motor protected by the overload relay. The ultimate trip current and trip time can be adjusted based on a motor full load current set by a user. Large CT error will cause the thermal model to adjust the trip time at the locked rotor current, increasing the range of acceptable CT error, allowing the overload relay to have a wider adjustment range.
US09065268B2
An inrush-current suppressing device includes a residual-magnetic-flux calculation unit that obtains a residual magnetic flux generated within a three-phase transformer, an input magnetic-flux-error calculation unit that obtains a closing-phase input magnetic-flux error, a closing-order determination unit that determines a closing order of phases of a three-phase breaker, a target-closing-phase/time setting unit that sets a time from a reference point to a target closing phase of a first closing phase as a first target closing time, and sets a time obtained by adding up a time from the reference point to a target closing phase of a second closing phase and a delay time set to exclude a period in which a magnetic flux in the first closing phase possibly saturates as a second target closing time, and a closing control unit that generates and outputs a closing control signal to close each phase at the target closing time.
US09065265B2
A headset can include a cable structure connecting non-cable components such as jacks and headphones. The cable structure can include several legs connected at a bifurcation. An extrusion process can be used to manufacture legs of a multi-segment cable structure. As material is processed by an extruder, one or more system factors of the extruder can be dynamically adjusted to change a diameter of the resulting leg (e.g., to provide a smooth leg having a changing size). Once the leg is extruded, portions of the leg can be reformed to create undercuts used to connect the legs at a bifurcation region. In some cases, an extrusion process can be used to construct a jointly formed multi-leg cable structure having an integral bifurcation region and split.
US09065259B2
The embodiments herein provide a device for sealing an interface having an opening for a wire to pass through the interface. A pair of sealing blocks may be used where one block contains a protrusion and the opposing block contains a recess. The protrusion and recess preferably have an apex with a round having approximately the same dimension as the radius of the wire. A pair of posts may be positioned on opposing sides of the opening. One sealing block may contain an aperture for accepting one of the posts while the second sealing block may contain an aperture for accepting the opposing post. The posts may be threaded so that they can accept a threaded fastener. Exemplary embodiments may utilize mounting plates which may contain a flange such that squeezing the opposing flanges together can cause inward forces on the sealing blocks.
US09065250B2
There is provided an optical amplifier including a diffusing unit configured to be driven by a first current density and to increase a beam diameter of an incident laser beam that passes through a first waveguide that guides the laser beam, and an amplifying unit configured to be driven by a second current density that is higher than the first current density and to amplify intensity of the laser beam that passes through a second waveguide that guides the laser beam whose beam diameter has been increased by the diffusing unit. The first waveguide of the diffusing unit has a tapered shape in which a cross-sectional area of the first waveguide is gradually increased toward a travelling direction of the laser beam.
US09065232B2
A commutator includes a substantially tubular insulating core, a first slip ring fixed to the core, a plurality of first bars electrically connected to the first slip ring, a second slip ring fixed to the core, and a plurality of second bars electrically connected to the second slip ring. The first bars and the second bars are fixed to the outer surface of the core and are alternately arranged at equally spaced intervals in the circumferential direction of the core. The first slip ring and the second slip ring are arranged on the same side of the first bars and the second bars. The first and second slip rings respectively comprise a contact surface that is substantially perpendicular to the axis of the commutator and is configured for contacting brushes.
US09065228B2
A connector is mateable with a mating connector along an up-down direction under a mounted state where the connector is mounted on a circuit board. The mating connector is mounted on a mating circuit board. The connector comprises a housing, a regulation member and a contact. The regulation member has an insulation portion and a metal portion. The insulation portion is supported by the metal portion. The metal portion is fixed to the housing. The contact is press-fit in the housing from below to be held by the housing. The contact has a connection portion and a resilient portion. The connection portion is fixed to an upper surface of the circuit board under the mounted state. The resilient portion has a lower-end portion. The lower-end portion of the resilient portion is located below the connection portion and located right above the insulation portion. The resilient portion is resiliently deformable downward.
US09065227B2
When an actuator is tilted to the rear so that a signal contact and a contact portion of a plate-like connection object are brought into contact with each other, a terminal portion, connected to a connecting portion of a board, of the signal contact is covered with a conductor member held in the actuator.
US09065221B2
A connector is fixable to an object such as a circuit board. The connector comprises a housing having a land extending long in a lengthwise direction, a power contact, a metal plate for protecting the connector from ESD, a shell (connection member) configured to be fixed and connected to the circuit board, and a coupling member coupling the metal plate and the shell with each other. The metal plate is inserted in and held by the land. The connector is thus configured so that a static electricity is grounded to the circuit board through the metal plate, the coupling member and the shell. Moreover, the power contact is locatable at an end of the land in the lengthwise direction so that it is possible to reduce the size of the connector.
US09065216B2
An electrical connector electrically connecting a chip module to a printed circuit board includes an insulative housing including a number of receiving slots and a number of passageways spaced with the receiving slot and located beside the receiving slot and a number of terminals each received in the receiving slot of the insulative housing, the electrical connector further includes a number of absorbing material blocks received in the passageways, the passageway has an inner surface coated with an metal layer and the absorbing material block is located inside the metal layer.
US09065213B2
Electrical connector including a connector body having a pathway assembly extending between mating and mounting faces of the connector body. The pathway assembly includes a signal conductor having separate conductor segments and a dielectric body that holds the conductor segments of the signal conductor. The conductor segments have respective interior ends that are positioned adjacent to each other with a signal gap therebetween. The pathway assembly also includes a signal-control component that electrically joins the conductor segments and is configured to modify current flowing through the conductor segments. The dielectric body forms an open channel having at least one of the conductor segments disposed therein. The at least one conductor segment has an exposed surface that interfaces with an air gap in the connector body.
US09065211B2
This lever-type connector (1) having: a first connector (11); a second connector (21); and a lever (31) that fits the connectors (11, 21) together by being rotated. The first connector (11) has an engagement lock part (14) that is inserted through an attachment hole (52) by being bent and deformed toward the inner surface side at the time of attaching the first connector to the attachment hole (52). The lever (31) has an arm part (32) that is located on the inner surface side of the first connector (11) during the rotation of the lever (31). The arm part (32) has: a deformation permitting part (37) that permits the bending deformation thereof when the lever (31) is at a rotation position where the connectors (11, 21) are in a half-fitted state; and a deformation preventing part (36) that prevents the bending deformation thereof.
US09065209B2
An electrical connector provides for terminating an electrical conductor. The connector includes an elongate connector body having an elongate barrel portion for accommodating one end of an electrical conductor. A transition portion extends from the barrel portion. A connection portion extends from the transition portion. The connection portion has an elongate aperture therethrough and an extending projection adjacent the aperture. The projection of one connector body is insertable into the aperture of another identically formed connector body so as to place the one connector body in electrical engagement with the other connector body.
US09065198B2
A connector includes a first housing (30) and a second housing (50) with an accommodating portion (52) fittable to a fitting (31) on the first housing (30). Terminals (56) cross first and second connecting surfaces (34, 60) facing in a connecting direction in a connected state of the housings (30, 50). A lock arm (36) on the first housing (30) locks the housings (30, 50) in the connected state. A projection (63) is provided on the second connecting surface (60) at a position of projection of the lock arm (36) and has a second blocking surface (64) facing a first blocking surface (40) of the fitting (31). Foreign substance entrance projecting projections (65) on the second connecting surface (60) cover the intermediate terminals (56) crossing the first and second connecting surfaces (34, 60) and engage in foreign substance entrance preventing recesses (41) of the first connecting surface (34).
US09065197B2
An implantable connector includes: first and second detachable mating parts configured to be implantable in living tissue, to terminate first and second segments of a cable, and have first and second interfacing surfaces, respectively; and a protection structure configured to protect against contaminant intrusion between the first and second interfacing surfaces. And a device for decoupling and re-coupling the detachable mating parts in an environmentally controllable volume is provided.
US09065196B2
An electric wire with terminal is provided to include: an inner terminal including a crimp part that is crimped to compress a conductor part of a covered electric wire; an outer terminal that is compressed to the inner terminal by a front part thereof and is compressed to the covered electric wire by a rear part thereof; and a waterproof seal sleeve that is attached to a tip of the conductor part of the covered electric wire, wherein the seal sleeve is crimped by the crimp part of the inner terminal.
US09065195B2
A front plug for a PLC module, where the front plug includes a top and bottom contact strip that is connected to the top contact strip by a hinge for moving the top contact strip between an open and closed condition, the contacts of the top and bottom contact strip are in the closed condition arranged electrically insulated laterally mutually offset and enable contact with mating contacts of the PLC module requiring to be connected via the front plug, and contact with the mating contacts is enabled at least partially on a side of the bottom contact strip that side faces away from the top side.
US09065192B2
A power terminal connector includes a terminal having a terminal body defining a receptacle. The terminal body has a front end open to the receptacle that receives a power terminal. The terminal body has a series of notches separated by posts at the front end. A contact spring is received in the receptacle and has a first band and a second band with spring beams extending between the first and second bands. The spring beams resiliently engage the power terminal. The bands engage the terminal body to create a power path between the terminal body and the power terminal. The first band has a series of tabs extending therefrom separated by gaps. The tabs are received in corresponding notches and the gaps receive corresponding posts to secure the contact spring in the terminal box.
US09065187B2
Connectors for a lighting board are disclosed, adapted for receiving electrical energy from a power source, and via one or more conductive fasteners, both mechanically connecting a lighting board to a lighting frame and transmitting power from a power source into electrical contacts in a lighting board to power a lighting board.
US09065185B2
A connector for connecting a coaxial cable to a components box is disclosed, the connector is adapted to receive a central conductor of the coaxial cable and to firmly connect it to a central pin in the connector using a seizing force of a springy element, without needing to use a fastening screw or the like and without needing to open the component box. The connector of the invention is further adapted to allow releasing the central conductor from the central pin without needing to unfasten a screw or opening the component box. The connector is further adapted to facilitate the connection of the coaxial cable to the connector in another orientation similarly, without needing to use a fastening screw or the like and without needing to open the component box.
US09065179B2
An electrical conductive member is provided with a base layer and a conductor. The base layer includes a first portion, a second portion extending at an angle relative to the first portion, and a curved portion connecting the first portion and the second portion. The conductor is arranged on a portion of the base layer.
US09065175B2
An electronic device may have a conductive housing with an antenna window. Antenna structures may be mounted adjacent to the antenna window. The antenna structures may have a dielectric carrier. Patterned metal antenna traces may be formed on the surface of the dielectric carrier. A proximity sensor may be formed from a flexible printed circuit mounted on the dielectric carrier. The flexible printed circuit may have a tail that contains a transmission line for feeding the antenna structures. The transmission line may include a positive signal conductor that is maintained at a desired distance from the conductive housing using a polymer sheet. A portion of the antenna structures may protrude between a microphone and a camera module. Plastic camera module housing structures may have an inner surface coated with a shielding metal. A U-shaped conductive fabric layer may be used as a grounding structure.
US09065173B2
A multiple-reflector antenna for telecommunications satellites including a shaft, to which are attached at least two sub-reflectors, rotating in relation to a load-bearing structure, and a motor including a rotor able to drive the shaft in rotation, and a stator attached to the load-bearing structure, wherein the multiple-reflector antenna also includes two bearings enabling the shaft to rotate in relation to the load-bearing structure, a torsionally rigid mechanical filter placed between the shaft and the rotor, enabling the rotor to transmit the rotational movement to the shaft, and able to dampen the stresses generated by the shaft on the motor, and locking means able to hold the angular position of the shaft in relation to the load-bearing structure.
US09065172B2
An antenna hub for a reflector dish has a frame with a feed aperture. A plurality of feet are coupled to the frame; each of the feet provided with a dish fastener coupling axis normal to a dish surface contacting each of the feet when the reflector dish is seated upon the feet, the feed bore of the reflector dish aligned coaxial with the feed aperture. The frame and feet may be formed via extrusion.
US09065170B2
Systems (300) and methods (900) for packaging an antenna (702) in a communication device (300). The methods involve coupling the antenna to a Printed Circuit Board (“PCB”) such that the antenna is mechanically supported thereby. A hollow shaft (510) of a control knob (304) is positioned over the antenna and at least a portion of PCB (706) such that the antenna is embedded within the control knob. Thereafter, the control knob is mechanically secured to a housing (308) of the communication device. The control knob is arranged such that it can move in a radial direction and a vertical direction (516) relative to the chassis. The control knob is also arranged such that the hollow shaft is able to move freely over the antenna without coming in contact therewith.
US09065164B2
There is provided a high frequency switch which is satisfactory in terms of both insertion loss characteristics and harmonic characteristics. The high frequency switch includes: a common port outputting a transmission signal to an antenna; a plurality of transmission ports each having the transmission signal input thereto; and a plurality of switching units each connected between the plurality of transmission ports and the common port to conduct or block the transmission signal from each of the transmission ports to the common port, wherein each of the switching units includes a plurality of series-connected MOSFETs formed on a silicon substrate, the plurality of MOSFETs are any one of body contact-type FETs and floating body-type FETs, and each of the switching units includes both of the body contact-type FETs and the floating body-type FETs.
US09065156B2
A method and device for harvesting and storing solar energy is provided. The device converts solar energy to electrical energy via the photovoltaic effect. The device includes a pair of electrodes, at least one of which is transparent to allow solar energy to pass through. A medium is disposed between the electrodes which exhibits a combination of photovoltaic and ferroelectric properties. When solar energy passes through the transparent electrode and is received by the medium, electron-hole pairs establish a voltage potential between electrodes in the device via the photovoltaic effect. The voltage potential may be retained and the mobile charge may be stored in the absence of solar energy via the ferroelectric effect.
US09065155B2
When a battery pack having an output voltage of 14.4 V that is connectable to an electric tool in a sliding manner is used as a power supply source for the electric tool that is connectable to a battery pack in an insertion manner and has a rated voltage of 12 V, the electric tool and the battery pack are connected to each other with an adaptor interposed therebetween. The adaptor has an FET that is switched at a predetermined duty of a predetermined frequency. The battery pack and the electric tool are connected or disconnected to or from each other by the switching operation, thereby dropping the output voltage of the battery pack. When the detected voltage is out of a predetermined value range, it is judged that the overcurrent or overdischarge has occurred. Then, the FET is turned off to stop the electric tool.
US09065152B2
A secondary battery comprising a battery package which encloses the outer perimeter of the secondary battery and covers the entire outer surface of positive and negative electrodes and a portion of each terminal of the positive and negative electrodes, wherein the battery package is formed of a laminate film comprising an outer polymer layer, an inner aluminum layer and an adhesive layer formed on a portion of the inner surface of the aluminum layer, the aluminum layer of the battery package being electrically connected with either of the positive and negative is provided. Alternatively, at least one electrically conductive metal foil on at least one of the outer upper and lower surfaces of the battery package is provided.
US09065147B2
A battery system includes a lithium ion rechargeable battery including a power generating element having a laminated part, a positive electrode extended part, and a negative electrode extended part. The battery system further includes a controller and a detector that detects the temperatures of a central laminated part in the laminated part, and at least one of a positive-side temperature detector that detects the temperatures of a positive side-laminated part in the laminated part and a negative-side temperature detector that detects the temperatures of a negative-side laminated part in the stacked part. The controller controls the lithium ion rechargeable battery using the temperature of the central laminated part, and at least one of the temperature of the positive-side laminated part and the temperature of the negative-side laminated part.
US09065143B2
A sheet-form electrode for a secondary battery, includes a current collector; an electrode active material layer formed on one surface of the current collector; a conductive layer formed on the electrode active material layer and including a conductive material and a binder; and a first porous supporting layer formed on the conductive layer. The sheet-form electrode for a secondary battery has supporting layers on at least one surfaces thereof to exhibit surprisingly improved flexibility and prevent the release of the electrode active material layer from a current collector even if intense external forces are applied to the electrode, thereby preventing the decrease of battery capacity and improving the cycle life characteristic of the battery.
US09065139B2
Provided is a method for mass manufacturing, at low cost, of a fiber positive electrode for a lithium secondary battery, which has excellent charge/discharge cycle characteristics, and which is capable of charging/discharging with high current density, and a main active material of which is a lithium-doped transition metal oxide. The method includes the steps of: (a) forming a tubular coating of either a transition metal oxide or a transition metal hydroxide on a carbon fiber current collector; and (b) performing, in a lithium ion containing solution in a sealed system under presence of an oxidant or a reductant, heat treatment at 100 to 250° C. on the carbon fiber current collector, on which the tubular coating of either the transition metal oxide or the transition metal hydroxide is formed, to obtain a coating of a lithium-doped transition metal oxide on the carbon fiber current collector. Further provided are: a fiber negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery, which has high current density, high energy density, and excellent charge/discharge cycle characteristics, and which can be fabricated in a relatively easy manner; and a method for fabricating the fiber negative electrode. The fiber negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes: (c) a carbon fiber current collector; (d) an outer layer which is a tubular composite layer of a Sn oxide and MXOy formed on the carbon fiber current collector; and (e) an intermediate layer formed of a Sn alloy, which has a lithium occlusion capacity and which is present at an interface between the carbon fiber current collector and the outer layer. The method for fabricating the fiber negative electrode for a lithium secondary battery includes: forming a coating of one of Sn and a Sn alloy, and a coating of at least one kind of metal selected from the group consisting of Fe, Mo, Co, Ni, Cr, Cu, In, Sb, and Bi, on a carbon fiber current collector by an electroplating method; and then performing heat treatment on the carbon fiber current collector under a trace oxygen atmosphere at 350 to 650° C. Moreover, the lithium secondary battery includes: the fiber positive electrode and the fiber negative electrode fabricated in the above methods; and an electrolyte.
US09065137B2
The present invention relates to primary and secondary electrochemical energy storage systems, particularly to such systems as battery cells, which use materials that take up and release ions as a means of storing and supplying electrical energy.
US09065130B2
A rechargeable battery includes: an electrode assembly including a first electrode and a second electrode; a case housing the electrode assembly; and a safety member including a short circuit guide portion between the case and the electrode assembly, the short circuit guide portion including a plurality of holes and a connection portion electrically connecting the short circuit guide portion and the second electrode.
US09065124B2
A battery pack with a reduced resistance connection arrangement in which battery cells are arranged in rows in an insulating case and an electrode of each battery cell is coupled to an electrode of another battery cell through a connecting metallic plate. The connecting metallic plate is made of copper and is disposed on a positive electrode of one battery cell and a negative electrode of another battery cell to form a lap joint. Welds are formed in predetermined positions on the connecting metallic plate above the positive and negative electrodes by arc spot welding. The electrodes are formed of nickel-coated steel. The depth h of weld penetration in the weld is greater than the thickness T1 of the connecting metallic plate and smaller than the thickness T1 plus the thickness T2 of one of the electrodes, that is, T1
US09065123B2
The present invention aims to decrease in the number of components and to achieve An improvement in terms of workablility for assembly.Bus bars (11) and (12) electrically connecting the positive and negative poles of adjacent unit batteries (1) and a detection circuit (13) configured to detect the voltage of the unit batteries (1) are integrally molded with resin into a bus bar module (10). One bus bar (11) of the bus bar module (10) connects the positive pole of one unit battery (1a) and the negative pole of a positive pole side unit battery (1b) situated on the positive pole side of the unit battery (1a) in the battery module; and the other bus bar (12) connected to the negative pole of the unit battery (1a) is connected to the positive pole of a negative pole side unit battery (1c) situated on the negative pole side of the unit battery (1a) in the battery module. The detection circuit (13) is arranged between the bus bar (11) and the bus bar (12), and detects the voltage of the unit battery (1a) and of the positive pole side unit battery (1b).
US09065119B2
An object of the invention is to provide a separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery, which has good adhesion to electrodes, is capable of ensuring sufficient ion permeability even after attachment to electrodes, and further includes an adhesive porous layer having dynamic physical properties sufficient to withstand heat pressing and a uniform porous structure. The separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery of the invention includes a porous substrate and an adhesive porous layer that is formed on at least one side of the porous substrate and contains a polyvinylidene-fluoride-based resin. The separator for a nonaqueous secondary battery is characterized in that the adhesive porous layer has a porosity of 30 to 60% and an average pore size of 1 to 100 nm.
US09065101B2
A fuel injection system and method for injecting hydrocarbon fuel into a fuel reformer for generating hydrogen rich gas from hydrocarbon fuel are provided. The hydrocarbon fuel is injected into the fuel reformer as spray having a pulsating pressure.
US09065100B2
A performance recovery operation for a fuel cell system effectively restores a fuel electrode such that, upon starting or stopping of operation of the fuel cell, both fuel and oxidizing electrodes are disposed in a hydrogen atmosphere and then the fuel electrode is maintained at a higher potential level than in a normal operation.
US09065094B2
A fuel cell system includes at least one fuel cell arranged in a housing and an conveyor means for air supply for a cathode region of this fuel cell. A partial air flow branches off from the supply air to the fuel cell after the conveyor, the partial air flow flowing as bearing air and/or cooling air at least through a part of the conveyor. The partial air flow flows in the flow direction before or after the conveyor as scavenging air through the housing of the fuel cell.
US09065093B2
Porous electrodes in which the porosity has a low tortuosity are generally provided. In some embodiments, the porous electrodes can be designed to be filled with electrolyte and used in batteries, and can include low tortuosity in the primary direction of ion transport during charge and discharge of the battery. In some embodiments, the electrodes can have a high volume fraction of electrode active material (i.e., low porosity). The attributes outlined above can allow the electrodes to be fabricated with a higher energy density, higher capacity per unit area of electrode (mAh/cm2), and greater thickness than comparable electrodes while still providing high utilization of the active material in the battery during use. Accordingly, the electrodes can be used to produce batteries with high energy densities, high power, or both compared to batteries using electrodes of conventional design with relatively highly tortuous pores.
US09065087B2
An electrode plate is disclosed. The electrode plate includes a plate having an active area, a feed region in fluid communication with the active region, and a tunnel region in fluid communication with the feed region and a manifold region, an ultralyophobic coating on one or more of at least a portion of the tunnel region, at least a portion of the feed region, and an interface between the tunnel region and the manifold region. Fuel cells using the electrode plate and methods of making electrode plates are also described.
US09065086B2
A method of manufacturing a fuel cell bipolar plate comprising first and second thermoformed plates. The thermoformed plates comprise at least one thermoplastic polymer. The method includes providing film cast resin mixture and forming it into a substantially flat sheet having first and second opposing major surfaces. The sheet may be preheated to a predetermined temperature and thermoformed thereby creating separator plates of a desired size and shape. First and second plates are joined to form an integral bipolar plate.
US09065085B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a battery pack comprising a plurality of battery cells; a protective circuit module coupled to at least two battery cells; and a case accommodating the battery cells and the protective circuit module, wherein the two battery cells are disposed on a surface of the case, and the protective circuit module is disposed between the two battery cells on the surface of the case.
US09065083B2
Disclosed is a lithium polymer battery, which includes: an electrode assembly; an outer case receiving the electrode assembly, where an electrode tab of the electrode assembly is withdrawn out of the outer case; a protection circuit module provided at one side of the outer case, where an inner connection terminal of the protection circuit module is connected to the electrode tab of the electrode assembly and provided in parallel to the withdrawn direction of the electrode tab. The lithium polymer battery can improve reliability and safety of an electrical coupling state between a bare cell and a protection circuit module and assembling workability between the electrode tab and connection terminals by mechanically and electrically coupling them to each other without bending the electrode tab.
US09065080B2
A vehicle propulsion system comprising a plurality of solid state rechargeable battery cells configured to power a drivetrain is disclosed. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, a transportation system that is powered at least in part by electricity stored in the form of rechargeable electrochemical cells. According to an embodiment of the present invention, these cells are combined in series and in parallel to form a pack that is regulated by charge and discharge control circuits that are programmed with algorithms to monitor state of charge, battery lifetime, and battery health.
US09065079B2
A fabrication method of a pixel structure of an electroluminescent display panel includes the following steps. A substrate is provided. A first anode, a second anode and a third anode are formed in a first sub-pixel region, a second sub-pixel region and a third sub-pixel region respectively. A first organic light-emitting layer is formed in the first sub-pixel region by using a first fine metal mask. A second organic light-emitting layer is formed in the second sub-pixel region and the third sub-pixel region by using a second fine metal mask. A first cathode, a second cathode and a third cathode are formed in the first sub-pixel region, the second sub-pixel region, and the third sub-pixel region, respectively. The first micro cavity in the first sub-pixel region, the second micro cavity in the second sub-pixel region and the third micro cavity have different cavity lengths.
US09065073B2
Provided are an organic light-emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the organic light-emitting display device, the method including operations of forming pattern layers in an active area and a pad area, respectively, on a substrate; and forming an encapsulation thin-film layer that covers the pattern layers on the substrate, wherein the operation of the encapsulation thin-film layer may include an operation of forming the encapsulation thin-film layer on the substrate by using a raw material of the encapsulation thin-film layer that is a single layer comprising an inorganic material.
US09065071B2
There are provided an organic light emitting diode and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light emitting diode includes: an anode formed on a substrate; a protective layer having at least one inorganic material layer stacked therein, the at least one inorganic material layer containing at least one of a nano-clay and a graphite oxide; a light emitting polymer layer formed on the protective layer; and a cathode formed on the light emitting polymer layer. In the case of the organic light emitting diode, the injection concentration of holes may be controlled, such that the stability of an element may be improved and the lifespan thereof may be increased.
US09065063B2
Compounds comprising phosphorescent metal complexes comprising cyclometallated imidazo[1,2-f]phenanthridine and diimidazo[1,2-a:1′,2′-c]quinazoline ligands, or isoelectronic or benzannulated analogs thereof, are described. Organic light emitting diode devices comprising these compounds are also described.
US09065061B2
Provided are organometallic complexes that can exhibit phosphorescence. One of the novel organometallic complexes is represented by General Formula (G1). In General Formula (G1), R1 represents any of an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 5 to 8 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, and an aralkyl group having 7 to 10 carbon atoms which may have a substituent. In addition, R2 represents any of an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms, a cycloalkyl group having 5 to 8 carbon atoms which may have a substituent, and an aryl group having 6 to 12 carbon atoms which may have a substituent. Further, Ar represents an arylene group having 6 to 13 carbon atoms which may have a substituent. Further, M represents a Group 9 element or a Group 10 element.
US09065057B2
An aryl amine derivative and an organic electroluminescent device using the aryl amine derivative as a hole transport material, the aryl amine derivative being represented by the following Chemical Formula 1.
US09065046B2
A semiconductor device includes a first conductive layer; a second conductive layer; and a resistance variable element interposed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer and includes a doped first metal oxide layer and a second metal oxide layer. A density of oxygen vacancies of the second metal oxide layer is higher than that of the doped first metal oxide layer. The doped first metal oxide layer includes a doping material implanted thereto to suppress grains in the doped first metal oxide layer from increasing in size.
US09065030B2
According to the present invention, there is provided a diode package in which a diode chip is sealed by a molding compound and a lead wire connected to the diode chip is led outside the molding compound, wherein the lead wire is divided into an upper lead wire and a lower lead wire, both lead wires each being formed in a long, flat plate and having a first stage and a second stage, both stages being opposite from each other, the upper side of the diode chip is attached to the lower side of the first stage of the upper lead wire, the lower side of the diode chip is attached to the upper side of the first stage of the lower lead wire, and the second stage of the upper lead wire and the second stage of the lower lead wire are led out in the lateral direction of the molding compound.
US09065008B2
A method of manufacturing electrically interconnected solar cell assemblies, including the steps of: positioning at least a first interconnect element (64) in an alignment feature of a top carrier and facing a top surface of a first photovoltaic cell (60); adhering the first interconnect element to a location on the top surface of the first cell, wherein a length of the first interconnect element extends beyond a trailing edge (68) of the first cell; and adhering a portion of the length of the first interconnect element that extends beyond a trailing edge of the first cell to the bottom surface of a second cell (62). In one aspect, a system is provided for assembling solar cell strings, including cell transfer equipment, a bottom pallet including grooves, multiple top pallets including grooves, an adhesive dispensing system, a ribbon supply mechanism, and a system for moving ribbons and top pallets.
US09065004B2
In general, according to one embodiment, a semiconductor light emitting element includes: a first semiconductor layer; a second semiconductor layer; a light emitting layer. The light emitting layer includes a well layer with a thickness of t1 (nanometers). The well layer includes InxGa1-xN having an In composition ratio x higher than 0 and lower than 1. The first semiconductor layer has a tensile strain of not less than 0.02 percent and not more than 0.25 percent in a plane perpendicular to a stacking direction. A peak wavelength λp (nanometers) of light satisfies a relationship of λp=a1+a2×(x+(t1−3.0)×a3). The a1 is not less than 359 and not more than 363. The a2 is not less than 534 and not more than 550. The a3 is not less than 0.0205 and not more than 0.0235.
US09065002B2
Techniques and apparatus for using single photon avalanche diode (SPAD) devices in various applications.
