US09117155B2
Weighted transaction cards and methods of manufacturing the same. The weighted transaction cards may include a tungsten member that comprises at least a portion of a layer of the transaction card. The tungsten member may be encapsulated and/or disposed in an opening of a surround to define and inlay. The inlay may be laminated with one or more additional layers according to traditional card manufacturing techniques (e.g., a hot lamination process). The weighted transaction cards may have a weight significantly greater than traditional plastic transaction cards such that the weighted transaction cards.
US09117153B2
A data carrier having a main card body and a contact plate included on a surface of said main card body, wherein an area of the contact plate has a printed image thereon. In particular the image on the contact plate of the card is personalized and matches an image on the main card body so providing a further security feature for the data carrier.
US09117151B2
Embodiments of the present invention include systems, methods, and non-transitory computer program products for information exchange using color space encoded images. A color space encoded image can be displayed, for example on media such as posters, billboards, or paper, or on a display of a first device such as smartphone displays, palmtop displays, camera displays, tablet displays, or e-reader displays. A second device can acquire the displayed encoded image, for example by photographing the image. The second device can decode the color space encoded image or transfer the color space encoded image to a device that decodes the image.
US09117150B2
An optical-reading code preparation device includes: a storage unit able to receive data to be coded, and parameter data including presentation data, an encoding unit, able to produce code data on the basis of data to be coded and of parameter data, an imaging unit, able to produce data defining an image plane on the basis of presentation data and/or of code data, a scheduler devised so as to, in response to the receipt of data to be coded and of parameter data comprising presentation data: call the encoding unit with the data to be coded and the parameter data received so as to produce associated code data, call the imaging unit with the associated code data, selectively with some at least of the presentation data, call the imaging unit, and prepare an optical-reading code.
US09117146B2
Systems and methods for modeling the occurrence of common image components (e.g., sub-regions) in order to improve visual object recognition are disclosed. In one example, a query image may be matched to a training image of an object. A matched region within the training image to which the query image matches may be determined and a determination may be made whether the matched region is located within an annotated image component of the training image. When the matched region matches only to the image component, an annotation associated with the component may be identified. In another example, sub-regions within a plurality of training image corpora may be annotated as common image components including associated information (e.g., metadata). Matching sub-regions appearing in many training images of objects may be down-weighted in the matching process to reduce possible false matches to query images including common image components.
US09117131B2
In a system and method of recognizing a barcode from a stream of video frames, a processor-implemented camera module receives a stream of video frames, with at least one video frame including a barcode. A processor-implemented barcode blur estimate module estimates an amount of defocus blur in a video frame. The processor-implemented barcode blur estimate module further estimates an identity of the barcode. A processor-implemented barcode localization module identifies a region of the video frame containing the barcode. A processor-implemented barcode geometric modeler module generates a geometric model of the barcode that includes an identified barcode deformity. A processor-implemented barcode decoder module decodes the barcode from the video frame using the estimated amount of defocus blur, the estimated identity of the barcode, and the geometric model of the barcode.
US09117129B1
A method and apparatus with predictive triggering includes a housing including electronics operable to perform a process that can be activated by a user depressing a trigger with a finger. A trigger is operable to activate the electronics to perform the process. A proximity sensor is operable to detect a user's finger in proximity to the trigger. A processor coupled to the electronics, trigger, and proximity sensor, wherein when the proximity sensor detects a user's finger in proximity to the trigger, before the user's finger actually depresses the trigger, the processor initiates activation of the electronics to perform a portion of the process, and when the user's finger depresses the trigger, the processor directs the electronics to complete the process.
US09117126B2
Systems and methods for implementing and utilizing a tamper resistant 3D magnetic stripe reader integrated circuit in accordance with embodiments of the invention are disclosed. In one embodiment, a three-dimensional magnetic stripe reader integrated circuit (IC) includes at least one magnetic read sensor configured to generate a signal representative of information on a magnetic stripe, a decoding circuit configured to receive the signal from the at least one magnetic read sensor and generate a data signal, an encryption circuit configured to receive the data signal from the decoding circuit and generate an encrypted signal, a substrate layer, where the at least one magnetic read sensor, decoding circuit, and encryption circuit are mounted to the substrate layer, and IC packaging at least partially enclosing the at least one magnetic read sensor.
US09117125B2
According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a display processor, a transmitter and a receiver. The display processor displays on a screen a handwritten document including a plurality of strokes described by handwriting. The transmitter transmits to a system a handwritten part designated by a select range on the screen. The receiver receives from the system a reshaping result corresponding to the handwritten part. The display processor displays the reshaping result on the screen, the reshaping result and the handwritten part associated with each other.
US09117122B2
An apparatus and a method for tracing a parking-lot is provided that includes a controller configured to recognize at least one parking-lot from a previous image frame which photographed a surrounding of a vehicle and extract a template according to a type of a parking-lot line of the recognized parking-lot. In addition, the controller is configured to generate a template transformed based on a position information of the parking-lot and calculate similarity by comparing a template generated from a previous image frame with a parking-lot line recognized from a current image frame. A position of a parking-lot is determined according to the calculated similarity and the controller is configured to correct the template based on an information of a parking-lot line extracted from the determined position.
US09117121B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer readable media for detecting abnormalities in a characteristic of an eye using eye-imaging methods are presented. A plurality of images of the eye are received over time. Each image includes a plurality of pixels, which can be partitioned into blocks of pixels with varying sizes, called pixel partitions. A value is determined for each pixel partition, e.g., an average of the pixel values. A pixel partition set may be identified, which includes a pixel partition from each image, corresponding to a common region of a patient's eye. A regression model is computed for each pixel partition set using the values determined for each pixel partition. The regression model computes a rate of change of the retinal nerve fiber thickness at individual pixel partitions over time. An abnormality may be identified by comparing the rates of change of the model and the expected age-related rate of change.
US09117115B2
There are provided an environment recognition device and an environment recognition method. An exterior environment recognition device obtains an image in a detection area, generates a block group by grouping, based on a first relative relationship between blocks, multiple blocks in an area extending from a plane corresponding to a road surface to a predetermined height in the obtained image, divides the block group into two in a horizontal direction of the image, and determines, based on a second relative relationship between two divided block groups, whether the block group is a first person candidate which is a candidate of a person.
US09117114B2
An image processing device for detecting a skin region representing a skin of a subject from a pickup image obtained by imaging said subject, the image processing device includes: a first irradiating section; a second irradiating section; an image pickup section; an adjusting section; and a skin detecting section.
US09117112B2
Methods and systems are provided allowing for background identification and gesture recognition in video images. A computer-implemented image processing method includes: receiving, using at least one processing circuit, a plurality of image frames of a video; constructing, using at feast one processing circuit, a plurality of statistical models of the plurality of image frames at a plurality of pixel granularity levels; constructing, using at least one processing circuit, a plurality of probabilistic models of an input image frame at a plurality of channel granularity levels based on the plurality of statistical models; merging at least some of the plurality of probabilistic models based on a weighted average to form a single probability image; determining background pixels, based on a probability threshold value, from the single probability image; and determining whether the plurality of image frames, when examined in a particular sequence, conveys a gesture by the object.
US09117110B2
A face detection-processing circuit includes a down-scaler, a face detection unit, a control unit and a down-scaling ratio controller. The down-scaler is configured to scale down a resolution of an input image including at least one subject person according to a down-scaling ratio to provide a first image. The face detection unit is configured to detect a face of the least one subject person in the first image and generate coordinate information on a region of the detected face part (face region). The control unit is configured to calculate a face detection index indicating a ratio of the face region to the first image based on the coordinate information to provide control signals based on the face detection index and a face detection signal indicating whether a face is detected. The down-scaling ratio controller is configured to adjust the down-scaling ratio in response to the control signal.
US09117109B2
An example method includes receiving a first image and a second image of a face of a user, where one or both images have been granted a match by facial recognition. The method further includes detecting a liveness gesture based on at least one of a yaw angle of the second image relative to the first image and a pitch angle of the second image relative to the first image, where the yaw angle corresponds to a transition along a horizontal axis, and where the pitch angle corresponds to a transition along a vertical axis. The method further includes generating a liveness score based on a yaw angle magnitude and/or a pitch angle magnitude, comparing the liveness score to a threshold value, and determining, based on the comparison, whether to deny authentication to the user with respect to accessing one or more functionalities controlled by the computing device.
US09117107B2
A device for biometrically controlling a face surface includes a camera, a unit for displaying a face position, a computer and an illumination unit. The illumination unit includes a transparency and an objective lens for projecting the transparency image on the face, which is located in such a way that the optical axes of the objective of the illumination unit and of the camera are disposed on the same plane at an angle with respect to each other. The unit for displaying the face position is embodied and disposed in such a way that it makes it possible to display the symmetrical face position with respect to the plane formed by the optical axes of the objective lenses of the illumination unit and the camera.
US09117105B2
A 3D face recognition method based on intermediate frequency information in a geometric image as follows: (1) preprocessing a library and test models of 3D faces, including 3D face area cutting, smoothing processing and point cloud thinning, and discarding the lower portion of the face; (2) mapping the remainder of the face to a 2D grid using grid parameters, and performing linear interpolation on the 3D coordinates of the grid top to acquire the 3D coordinate attributes and generating a geometric image of a 3D face model; (3) performing multi-scale filtering with a multi-scale Haar wavelet filter to extract horizontal, vertical, and diagonal intermediate frequency information image images as invariable facial features; (4) calculating the similarity between the test model and the library set model with a wavelet domain structuring similarity algorithm; and (5) judging the test and library set model models with the maximum similarity belong to the same person.
US09117103B2
An image information processing apparatus performs three-dimensional measurement of an object using a captured image obtained by projecting onto the object a projection pattern containing a two-dimensional symbol sequence that is obtained by assigning a predetermined symbol to each code in a projection code string in which a plurality of types of codes are arranged two-dimensionally and capturing an image of the object. The apparatus obtains an imaging pattern by extracting a symbol sequence from the captured image, and converts symbol dots in the imaging pattern into corresponding codes, thereby obtaining an imaging code string. The apparatus obtains a predetermined number of codes according to one sampling feature selected from a plurality of types of sampling features, generates an information code string by arranging the obtained codes, and determining the correspondence between the information code string and a part of the projection code string, thereby performing three-dimensional measurement.
US09117099B2
The present invention relates to nonlinear signal processing, and, in particular, to adaptive nonlinear filtering of real-, complex-, and vector-valued signals utilizing analog Nonlinear Differential Limiters (NDLs), and to adaptive real-time signal conditioning, processing, analysis, quantification, comparison, and control. More generally, this invention relates to methods, processes and apparatus for real-time measuring and analysis of variables, and to generic measurement systems and processes. This invention also relates to methods and corresponding apparatus for measuring which extend to different applications and provide results other than instantaneous values of variables. The invention further relates to post-processing analysis of measured variables and to statistical analysis. The NDL-based filtering method and apparatus enable improvements in the overall properties of electronic devices including, but not limited to, improvements in performance, reduction in size, weight, cost, and power consumption, and, in particular for wireless devices, NDLs enable improvements in spectrum usage efficiency.
US09117097B2
An electronic device includes a washer, a printed circuit board, and a screw. The printed circuit board includes a copper foil, a detecting unit and a processing unit. The copper foil comprises a plurality of electrical signal interfaces surrounding a first via defined in the copper foil. The washer defines a second via and includes a transmission metal. The screw combines the printed circuit board and the washer through the second via and the first via. The detecting unit stores an original logic level signal, and detects logic level signals of the electrical signal interfaces in real-time. The processing unit compares the original logic level signal and the detected logic level signal, to determine whether the electronic device is disassembled. If the electronic device is disassembled, the electronic device stops working.
US09117095B2
A computing system includes data encryption in the data path between a data source and data storage devices. The data encryption may utilize a key which is derived at least in part from an identification code stored in a nonvolatile memory. The key may also be derived at least in part from user input to the computer.
US09117094B2
Programs running on an open architecture, such as a personal computer, are vulnerable to inspection and modification. This is a concern as the program may include or provide access to valuable information. As a defense, the actual location of data can be hidden throughout execution of the program by way of periodic location reordering and pointer scrambling, among other things. These techniques serve to complicate static data flow analysis and dynamic data tracking thereby at least deterring program tampering.
US09117093B2
In a method of operating a computing system, a disk image corresponding to a production managed machine is mounted on a service managed machine that performs operations distinct from those performed by the production managed machine in providing a computing service. The disk image is scanned at the service managed machine to determine a corrective action to be performed with respect to the disk image, and performance of the corrective action for the disk image of the production managed machine is initiated at the service managed machine. Related systems and computer program products are also discussed.
US09117092B2
Techniques for securing a client. Two or more varieties of location information for a client may be received. The present location of the client is determined using the two or more varieties of location information. A determination is made as to whether any of the varieties of location information were received during an immediately preceding bounded interval of time having a predefined length. A weight associated with each variety of location information that was received during the immediately preceding bounded interval of time is determined. The present location of the client is calculated using a weighted arithmetic mean for the varieties of location information that were received during the immediately preceding bounded interval of time.
US09117081B2
Described systems and methods allow protecting a host system, such as a computer or smartphone, from malware. In some embodiments, an anti-malware application installs a hypervisor, which displaces an operating system executing on the host system to a guest virtual machine (VM). The hypervisor further creates a set of virtual containers (VC), by setting up a memory domain for each VC, isolated from the memory domain of the guest VM. The hypervisor then maps a memory image of a malware scanner to each VC. When a target object is selected for scanning, the anti-malware application launches the malware scanner. Upon intercepting the launch, the hypervisor switches the memory context of the malware scanner to the memory domain of a selected VC, for the duration of the scan. Thus, malware scanning is performed within an isolated environment.
US09117077B2
Described systems and methods allow protecting a computer system from malware, such as viruses, Trojans, and spyware. A reputation manager executes in conjunction with an anti-malware engine. The reputation manager determines a reputation of a target process executing on the computer system according to a reputation of a set of executable modules, such as shared libraries, loaded by the target process. The anti-malware engine may be configured to employ a process-specific protocol to scan the target process for malware, the protocol selected according to process reputation. Processes trusted to be non-malicious may thus be scanned using a more relaxed protocol than unknown or untrusted processes. The reputation of executable modules may be static; an indicator of module reputation may be stored and/or retrieved by a remote reputation server. Process reputation may be dynamically changeable, i.e. re-computed repeatedly by the reputation manager in response to process life-cycle and/or security events.
US09117074B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for detecting and/or mitigating a potentially compromised online user account. One or more baselines can be established for a user's online account to determine a normal usage pattern for the account by the user (e.g., frequency of incoming/outgoing emails, text messages, etc.). The online user account can be periodically or continually monitored for use of the same resources used to determine the baseline(s). If a deviation from the baseline is detected, the deviation may be compared against a threshold to determine whether the deviation indicates that the account may be compromised. When an indication of a potentially compromised account is detected, the user can be notified of the indication, so that one or more actions can be taken to mitigate the potentially compromised account.
US09117061B1
Techniques for securing authentication credentials on a client device during submission in browser-based cloud applications are disclosed. In one particular embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for securing authentication credentials on a client device comprising: detecting, on the client device, display of an authentication form in a browser window associated with a first flow to a target server; accessing, on the client device, one or more authentication credentials associated with a user of the client device; and submitting, to the target server, the one or more authentication credentials via a second flow to the target server.
US09117053B2
An enhanced optical proximity correction method is provided. The method includes providing a mask substrate and a substrate and obtaining a customer target pattern. The method also includes obtaining a production layout by performing an optical proximity correction process onto the customer target pattern using the pattern and a pattern formed on the substrate. Further, the method includes obtaining the light intensity information instead of dimension of the production layout. Further, the method includes storing the light intensity information of the production layout, the production layout and surrounding coherence radius in an optical proximity correction model database if the light intensity information of the production layout does not coincide with light intensity information of original modeling patterns already stored in the optical proximity correction model database. Further, the method also includes generating actual patterns using the stored optical proximity correction model corresponding to the stored light intensity information.
US09117052B1
Some aspects enable users to interactively define a region in an electronic design, identify or generate a track pattern, and assign the track pattern to the region for subsequent physical implementation for the region. Another aspect interactively represents various results on a display apparatus using one or more distinguishing representation schemes. Another aspect is directed at interactive editing a component of an electronic design having track patterns by iteratively modifying a set of track patterns to reach a reduced set of track patterns and by automatically snapping the component to active track(s) in the reduced set for the physical implementation.
US09117038B2
A system and method for determining optimal values for the geometrical features of an ultrasonic transducer having one or more elements, the method including backprojection ray-tracing to determine the parameters required for apertures located on an ultrasonic probe surface. The ultrasonic probe design system includes an interface for inputting statement parameters, insonification requirements, and geometric constraints, with an engine responsive to the interface and configured to determine and provide an optimized transducer geometric design output.
US09117037B2
An interface apparatus, a cascading system thereof, and a cascading method thereof are provided. The cascading system includes a host, a first-type interface apparatus, and a second-type interface apparatus which are serially connected. The host provides data transmission of a first and a second channel by a first controller through a first interface port. In the first-type interface apparatus, data of the first channel is transmitted to a second controller through a second interface port and then to a third interface port, and data of the second channel is directly transmitted to the third interface port through the second interface port. In the second-type interface apparatus, the data of the second channel are transmitted to a third controller through a forth interface port and then to the fifth interface port, and the data of the first channel is directly transmitted to the fifth interface port through the forth interface port.
US09117031B2
Described are a system and method to control interface timing and/or voltage operations of signals transmitted between devices. A processor may be coupled through one or more bus interfaces of a bus to one or more corresponding interface timing and/or voltage comparison circuits and corresponding interface timing and/or voltage adjustment circuits.
US09117011B2
Guardband validation for a device having a critical path monitor involves first applying multiple calibration settings to the monitor during functional operation of the processor, and recording corresponding guardbands which result in reduced timing margin. A desired guardband can later be selected for validation. The calibration settings can be based on delays for a critical path. A calibration test procedure can be used to determine the calibration delays for different operating frequencies or voltages that are set or, alternatively, the calibration delays can be set and resultant frequencies measured which are used to calculate the guardband amounts. The critical path monitor may include a modified calibration delay circuit which provides a calibrated delay signal to a critical path synthesis circuit, and the multiple calibration settings can be applied by changing delay taps of the calibration delay circuit in response to a bias delay signal from a power management controller.
US09117003B2
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for navigating content on a single page. These mechanisms and methods for navigating content on a single page can enable optimized navigation of displayed content, more efficient content processing and resource use, increased content display speed, etc.
US09117002B1
A browsing process is directed to the generation and management of a browse session at a network computing provider. A client computing device requests a remote browse session instance at a network computing provider. The browse session instance may correspond to requested network content. The network computing provider retrieves the requested content through an instantiated network browse session instance, and performs a first set of processing actions to generate a processing result. The processing result may be provided to the client computing device for display, including performing a second set of processing actions on the processing result at the client computing device. Metrics related to the retrieval, processing, and use of requested network content may be recorded and transmitted to a metric reporting server.
US09116995B2
Methods, systems, and techniques for cluster-based content recommendation are described. Some embodiments provide a content recommendation system (“CRS”) configured to recommend news stories about events or occurrences. In some embodiments, a news story about an event includes multiple related content items that each include an account of the event and that each reference one or more entities or categories that are represented by the CRS. In one embodiment, the CRS identifies news stories by generating clusters of related content items. Then, in response to a received query that indicates a keyterm, entity, or category, the CRS determines and provides indications of one or more news stories that are relevant to the received query. In some embodiments, at least some of these techniques are employed to implement a news story recommendation facility in an online news service.
US09116992B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage medium, for providing time series information with search results. In one aspect, a method includes determining that a first query is indicative of a request for time series information; generating a cost estimate that quantifies one or more costs of including the time series information with one or more search results, each search result including a resource locator that references a corresponding resource determined to be responsive to the query; generating a benefit estimate; determining to generate the time series information when the benefit estimate is greater than the cost estimate and generating the time series information in response to the determination, wherein generating the time series information includes collecting responsive time series information from one or more resources; and determining to not generate the time series information when the cost estimate is greater than the benefit estimate.
US09116990B2
Methods, systems, and computer-storage media for improving the freshness, or the apparent freshness, of search results are described. In an embodiment, the first portion of search results presented on a search results page are based on responsiveness to the search query and a second portion of results describe only recently published documents that are responsive to the search query. In an embodiment, a more recent version of the document, which is not directly used to determine responsiveness, is used to build the caption for a search result. Another way to make search results appear fresh is to include a publication time within the search result caption. In one embodiment, the publication time is generated by calculating a point in time between when a document is first added to a search index and the previous time the search engine visited the site where the document was found.
US09116973B2
An in-memory computing system for conducting on-line transaction processing and on-line analytical processing includes system tables in main memory to store runtime information. A statistics server can access the runtime information to collect monitoring data and generate historical data and other system performance metrics.
US09116972B2
A technique for synchronizing instances of sets of information stored on different devices may involve comparison of update digests of the different instances and comparisons of version data of information within the different instances of the sets to determine what information may need to be updated and in which of the instances.
US09116970B2
A method determines the connectivity components defined by a set of relations over a set of data elements. For each first data element of a selected subset of data elements, a second data element that is linked to the first data element by a path of relations is selected as its representative, using a randomization process. A new set of relations is created by replacing each first data element of the subset by its representative in at least part of the set of relations.
US09116962B1
Context data can be used to determine the current context and/or to predict the future context of a user. When the disclosed technology knows of the user's likely context, it can prepare for object recognition (e.g., image recognition, speech recognition, etc.) by (downloading and) locally storing (i.e., holding) object data related to the context. This allows for the object recognition to be performed locally and for any additional information about the object to be provided without communication over a network, thereby reducing resources such as time, cost, and processing power. If, however, the object data related to the context is not available locally, such object data can still be downloaded from a server/cloud. In some embodiments, if a likely future context is predicted and the object data related to that future context is not available locally, the object data can be downloaded from a server/cloud prior to the future context.
US09116957B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on a computer storage media are disclosed that involve a server receiving a search query including a query term and a substitute term for the query term and data corresponding to a set of documents. The server accesses a value corresponding to a relevance of the search query to a selected document from the set of documents and determines that the value satisfies a predetermined threshold. The server then generates a score for the selected document according to a first scoring model, the first scoring model including a first increment value for the substitute term. The first scoring model is different than a second scoring model used to generate scores for one or more other documents from the set of documents.
US09116956B2
A method includes determining, using a processor, a set of aggregate queries to be executed on a data stream, the set of aggregate queries comprising queries that perform respective sets of aggregation operations on respective sets of attribute values over respective time intervals. The method also includes generating, using the processor, at least one intermediate aggregate query for a subset of the set of aggregate queries, the at least one intermediate aggregate query combining a subset of aggregation operations for the subset of aggregate queries and a subset of attribute values. The method further includes executing, using the processor, the at least one intermediate aggregate query to generate pre-aggregated data from the data stream for the subset of aggregate queries and executing, using the processor, the subset of aggregate queries subsequent to executing the at least one intermediate aggregate query on the pre-aggregated data.
US09116949B2
A method of performing a query on a cube of data is provided. An access key associated with a user is created at a computing device. The access key defines the user's access to a cube of data distributed onto a plurality of computing devices with each computing device of the plurality of computing devices storing a different portion of the cube of data. A plurality of access masks is stored in association with the portion of the cube of data stored on the computing device. A process space associated with the user is created. A query on the cube of data is received by the computing device. The query is associated with the user. The query is processed while masking the created access key with the stored plurality of access masks, wherein the masking controls access to the stored portion of the cube of data. A result of the processed query is sent to a requesting computing device.
US09116940B1
Systems and techniques are provided for receiving an input column and a search keyword and providing one or more suggested columns with which to merge the input column. A coverage score and a refinity score are calculated for potential columns based on the input column as well as a search score based on the search keyword. The one or more suggested columns may be determined based on the coverage score, refinity score, and/or the search score. The input column and/or a potential column may be modified based on a function and the modification may result in a plurality of modified input and/or potential columns. Coverage, refinity, and search scores may be calculated based on the modified columns.
US09116917B1
Provided is a process for augmenting a geographic information system. Some examples of the process include comparing, with a computer system, street addresses to a geographic information system to identify addresses having a term that is not recognized by the geographic information system; removing, with the computer system, the term from the identified addresses to form redacted addresses; retrieving, with the computer system, a plurality of geolocations corresponding to the redacted addresses from the index; determining, with the computer system, a bounding area of the plurality of geolocations; and augmenting, with the computer system, the geographic information system with an entry associating the bounding area with the term.
US09116916B2
An information organizing system includes a reference information database storing reference information, a generalized expression unit to map measurement data and non-measurement data in a space in such a manner that the more they resemble each other, the shorter a distance between them becomes, an extended reference database in which the reference information is expressed in an extended manner by using the generalized expression unit, extended log data in which log data is expressed in an extended manner by using the generalized expression unit, a relevance detection unit to detect extended reference information having high relevance with the extended log data, and a template creation unit to create a predetermined template in which the log data is summarized by using the detected extended reference information.
US09116911B2
Embodiments of the invention include a system, method and computer program product for accessing a remote file system in which files in the remote file system are mapped to a local file system that is coupled to the remote file system by a network, wherein the mapped files meet a filtering criterion and are used in subsequent file operations at the local file system.
US09116898B2
Information conversion device, computer-readable recording medium, and information conversion method
An information conversion device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor executes a process including generating a conversion rule for converting a feature quantity vector into a binary string that is longer than a predetermined bit length. The process includes converting each of the feature quantity vectors into a binary string by using the conversion rule generated at the generating. The process includes calculating importance levels of the respective bits in the binary strings based on the distance-based relations among the feature quantity vectors. The process includes correcting the conversion rule into one that converts each of the feature quantity vectors into a binary string having the predetermined bit length based on the calculated importance levels. The process includes changing the feature quantity vectors into a binary string having the predetermined bit length by using the conversion rule corrected at the correcting.
US09116897B2
Techniques for power analysis for data centers are disclosed. In one particular exemplary embodiment, the techniques may be realized as a method for power analysis for a plurality of computing platform components comprising receiving information associated with a component, retrieving, using a computer processor, electronically stored data associated with the component, estimating power usage of the component based at least in part on the stored data, and outputting an indicator of power usage.
US09116892B2
A method for improving the responsiveness of a client application by providing that application with a local database which is a replicated subset of a database held on a remote server.
US09116871B2
Technologies are generally provided for converting handwritten ink input to text annotations. A user may provide handwritten ink input to content displayed on a computing device to edit and mark up the content. The ink input may be provided employing touch or an electronic stylus on a user interface of the computing device to edit the content. The ink input may be processed to identify insertion of comments, deletion of text, and to identify insertion of markup symbols and shapes. The ink input may be converted to a text annotation based on a context of the ink input and a grammar and proofreading analysis. The text annotation may be displayed in an annotation view. The ink input may be converted periodically after predefined periods of time and upon detection of selection of a conversion button to activate conversion of the ink input.
US09116866B2
The invention provides methods for identifying rare variants near a structural variation in a genetic sequence, for example, in a nucleic acid sample taken from a subject. The invention additionally includes methods for aligning reads (e.g., nucleic acid reads) to a reference sequence construct accounting for the structural variation, methods for building a reference sequence construct accounting for the structural variation or the structural variation and the rare variant, and systems that use the alignment methods to identify rare variants. The method is scalable, and can be used to align millions of reads to a construct thousands of bases long, or longer.
US09116859B2
According to the conventional art disk array system, when a drive box of a first chassis is blocked, all the drive boxes of a second chassis connected subsequently therefrom will be blocked, and the data in the drive boxes arranged subsequently therefrom cannot be recovered based on the RAID configuration. Even if the data could be recovered based on RAID configuration, it is necessary to perform the recovery process based on RAID in all the subsequently arranged drive boxes, according to which the performance is deteriorated. The present system stores a first drive box in a first chassis out of a plurality of chassis, and a second drive box and a third drive box are stored in a second chassis. One of a plurality of expander controllers within the first drive box is connected to an expander controller in the second drive box, and the other expander controller is connected to an expander controller in the third drive box.
US09116854B2
An image correlation for images having speckle pattern is evaluated. Modulation transfer function (MTF) curves of speckle-pattern images captured at different times are figured out. Whether a correlation value between the MTF curves meets a threshold is checked. If the correlation value is smaller than the threshold, speckle-pattern images are re-selected for re-figuring out the MTF curves and the correlation value. Thus, error of strain and displacement for digital image correlation owing to blurring images of the on-moving target object is figured out; calculation time of the digital image correlation is reduced; and accuracy on measuring physical parameters of the target object before and after movement is improved for digital image correlation.
US09116848B1
A system and method for improving data loss prevention (DLP) using multiple references to a file in a deduplication backup system is described. In one embodiment, a deduplication backup system generates multiple references to a file. A detection system, operating in the deduplication system or in a data loss prevention (DLP) system coupled to the deduplication system, detects the multiple references, generated by the deduplication system, determines whether the file of at least one of the multiple references is stored outside a domain as specified by a DLP policy, and detects a violation of the DLP policy when the file is stored at a location outside of the specified domain.
US09116845B2
A system and method are disclosed for determining whether to allow or deny an access request based upon one or more descriptors at a local memory protection unit and based upon one or more descriptors a system memory protection unit. When multiple descriptors of a memory protection unit apply to a particular request, the least-restrictive descriptor will be selected. System access information is stored at a cache of a local core in response to a cache line being filled. The cached system access information is merged with local access information, wherein the most-restrictive access is selected.
US09116838B2
Systems and methods for calculating the Lyapunov exponent of a chaotic system are described. In one particular embodiment, a Lyapunov exponent calculating method includes obtaining a value indicative of a condition of a chaotic system and assigning the value to first and second precision levels, the second precision level having a higher level of precision than the first precision level. The method also includes iterating the chaotic system over time and comparing the value at the first precision level with the value at the second precision level. From the comparison of values at the first and second precision levels, the method calculates the Lyapunov exponent for the chaotic system.
US09116836B2
The present disclosure describes apparatuses and techniques for tunneling transaction packets. In some aspects a packet is received from a peripheral device via a first data interface of a device. The packet includes an address for resource access and an identifier that identifies the peripheral device or a function thereof. Based on this identifier, it is determined whether the peripheral device is attempting to access an internal resource of the device or a resource of a host device connected to a second data interface of the device. If the peripheral device is attempting to access the resource of the host device, the packet is routed to the host device via the second data interface without modifying the address for resource access. By so doing, the peripheral device can exchange data with the host device without using address translation.
US09116830B2
This invention is a method to extend data retention for FLASH based storage in a real time device embodied in generic semiconductor technology. This invention provides a manner to re-energize the Flash memory array to improve the retention characteristics of the memory without altering the clock cycle determinism of the system. Under certain conditions the Flash memory bit cells will lose their charge/non-charge over time. In this particular FLASH technology, an ECC is used to correct single bit errors within a 32 bit word. If there is time before multiple errors occur within a word, the single error cases are identified and “ReFlashed” to bring the value of the cell back to its “newly” programmed levels. This dramatically improves the long term retention characteristics of the memory while requiring some control logic and an area of non-volatile scratch/status information.
US09116829B2
The prioritization of large memory page mapping is a function of the access bits in the L1 page table. In a first phase of operation, the number of set access bits in each of the L1 page tables is counted periodically and a current count value is calculated therefrom. During the first phase, no pages are mapped large even if identified as such. After the first phase, the current count value is used to prioritize among potential large memory pages to determine which pages to map large. The system continues to calculate the current count value even after the first phase ends. When using hardware assist, the access bits in the nested page tables are used and when using software MMU, the access bits in the shadow page tables are used for large page prioritization.
US09116825B2
A memory controller is provided. The memory controller includes a memory interface and an encoding module. The memory interface is configured to couple to a memory chip. The encoding module is coupled to the memory interface and includes a shared memory and a parity generation module. The parity generation module is coupled to the shared memory. The parity generation module reads at least one basic vector from the shared memory, determines a dimension of the at least one basic vector, generates a generation matrix according to the at least one basic vector, converts a raw data into a codeword through the generation matrix, and stores the codeword into the memory chip through the memory interface.
US09116823B2
A storage module is configured to store data segments, such as error-correcting code (ECC) codewords, within an array comprising a plurality of columns. The ECC codewords may comprise ECC codeword symbols. The ECC symbols of a data segment may be arranged in a horizontal arrangement, a vertical arrangement, a hybrid channel arrangement, and/or vertical stripe arrangement within the array. The individual ECC symbols may be stored within respective columns of the array (e.g., may not cross column boundaries). Data of an unavailable ECC symbol may be reconstructed by use of other ECC symbols stored on other columns of the array.
US09116822B2
The present disclosure includes apparatuses and methods related to stopping criteria for layered iterative error correction. A number of methods can include receiving a codeword with an error correction circuit, iteratively error correcting the codeword with the error correction circuit including parity checking the codeword on a layer-by-layer basis and updating the codeword after each layer. Methods can include stopping the iterative error correction in response to a parity check being correct for a particular layer.
US09116818B2
Mobile device systems and methods for monitoring geofences cache a subset of geofences within a likely travel perimeter determined based on speed and direction of travel, available roads, current traffic, etc. A server may download to mobile devices subsets of geofences within a likely travel perimeter determined based on a threshold travel time possible from a current location given current travel speed, direction and roads. Mobile device may receive a list of local geofences from a server, which may maintain or have access to a database containing all geofences. The mobile device may use the cashed geofences in the normal manner, by comparing its location to the cached list of local geofences to detect matches. In an embodiment, the mobile device may calculate or receive from the server an update perimeter, which when crossed may prompt the mobile device to request an update to the geofences stored in cache.
US09116809B2
A method and system for allocating memory to a memory operation executed by a processor in a computer arrangement having a first processor configured for unified operation with a second processor. The method includes receiving a memory operation from a processor and mapping the memory operation to one of a plurality of memory heaps. The mapping produces a mapping result. The method also includes providing the mapping result to the processor.
US09116808B2
A method and system for determining and updating configuration settings on a device are provided herein. In some embodiments, a method for updating configuration settings on a device may include detecting an error condition produced by executing an app on the device, collecting information associated with the error condition, the app and the device responsive to the detected error condition, sending a request for new configuration settings, wherein the request includes the collected information, receiving one or more new configuration settings in response to the request, and updating one or more configuration settings of at least one of the device or the app using the new configuration settings received.
US09116804B2
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with transient detection for predictive health management are described. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving a health signal from a data outlet. The health signal corresponds to a derivative variable derived from a combination of data processing system metrics not exposed beyond the data outlet. A transient is detected in the health signal. In response to detecting the transient, the method includes performing a corrective action. The example method may also include detecting the transient in a health signal from a data processing system by collecting historical values of the health signal; selecting a first statistical model that best fits the historical values; receiving a present value of the health signal; and applying the first statistical model to the present value of the health signal to determine whether the present value of the health signal is a transient.
US09116795B2
Storage devices herein include a non-volatile memory and a controller configured to perform a read operation on a physical page of the non-volatile memory in response to a read request on a logical page of the non-volatile memory from a host. The controller may include a mapping manager configured to manage a plurality of logical blocks by a logical unit. The mapping manager may include a unit map table including a correlation between the logical unit and a physical unit corresponding to the logical unit. Additionally, the mapping manager may be configured to change a mapping method according to whether the unit map table includes a physical unit corresponding to a logical unit including a logical page requested by the host. Related user devices and electronic devices are also provided.
US09116790B2
A data array 20 to be stored is first divided into a plurality of blocks 21. Each block 21 is further sub-divided into a set of sub-blocks 22, and a set of data for each sub-block 22 is then stored in a body data buffer 30. A header data block 23 is stored for each block 21 at a predictable memory address within a header buffer 24. Each header data block contains pointer data indicating the position within the body buffer 30 where the data for the sub-blocks for the block 21 that that header data block 23 relates to is stored, and data indicating the size of the stored data for each respective sub-block 22.
US09116789B2
An abstraction for storage class memory is provided that hides the details of the implementation of storage class memory from a program, and provides a standard channel programming interface for performing certain actions, such as controlling movement of data between main storage and storage class memory or managing storage class memory.
US09116782B2
A system for a vehicle includes a vehicle support subsystem in communication with the GPS subsystem, the vehicle support subsystem operable in response to the GPS subsystem. The system can control a vehicle characteristic (e.g., tire inflation pressure, suspension system, suspension damping system, ride height adjustment system) based at least in part on terrain obtained from a global positioning system (GPS), current weather information, and/or historical weather information.
US09116778B2
Aspects of the subject matter described herein relate to remote project access. In aspects, project data for a project that is hosted on a server is provided to a client for use in a development environment of the client. A development environment may be instantiated and configured to allow a user to interact with the project as if the project existed solely on the client. Components on the client and server take care of transferring data and messages to and from the server to ensure that the user experience is seamless.
US09116776B2
Updating of a software object is described. A first version of a software object is instantiated. User-inputted data used by the first version of the software is received from a user, and a current configuration state and the user-inputted data are registered. A second version of the software object is instantiated and the current configuration state and the user-inputted data of the first version of the software object are exported to the second version of the software object.
US09116773B2
Provided is an information processing apparatus that allows program updating to be promptly completed. In the information processing apparatus, a memory of at least one of a plurality of devices or a storage portion stores program updating order information specifying an order for updating a program in each device group. Upon an acquisition portion acquiring update data, in accordance with an order of priority in each device group represented by the program updating order information, each of the plurality of devices classified into a plurality of device groups performs program updating with respect to itself.
US09116770B2
An installation package associated with an application is obtained. Installation of the application in a first type of system is analyzed based at least in part on the installation package. A first set of changes made to the first type of system resulting from installation of the application in the first type of system is identified. Based on the first set of changes, a second set of changes made to a second type of system resulting from installation of the application in the second type of system is identified, and a recipe identifying the second set of changes is generated. A new installation package associated with the application can also be generated. This new installation package is configured for installation of the application on the second type of system, and is based at least in part on both the recipe and the installation package.
US09116769B2
A novel and useful apparatus for and method of software based phase locked loop (PLL). The software based PLL incorporates a reconfigurable calculation unit (RCU) that is optimized and programmed to sequentially perform all the atomic operations of a PLL or any other desired task in a time sharing manner. An application specific instruction-set processor (ASIP) incorporating the RCU includes an instruction set whose instructions are optimized to perform the atomic operations of a PLL. The RCU is clocked at a fast enough processor clock rate to insure that all PLL atomic operations are performed within a single PLL reference clock cycle.
US09116768B1
The disclosed computer-implemented method for deploying applications included in application containers may include (1) identifying an application container that includes an application and facilitates transferring the application to a deployment environment, (2) performing a reconnaissance analysis on the deployment environment by identifying one or more properties of the deployment environment, (3) determining, based at least in part on the reconnaissance analysis, that the deployment environment meets a predetermined threshold of requirements for securely executing the application, and then (4) transferring the application included in the application container to the deployment environment in response to determining that the deployment environment meets the predetermined threshold. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.
US09116767B1
A computer system can detect a request for status information relating to a particular deployment pattern; query, in response to the request, a deployment pattern registry for deployment configuration information about the particular deployment pattern; test deployment capabilities for the particular deployment pattern by: verifying installation files for the particular deployment pattern are accessible; identifying one or more candidate deployment components for a hypothetical deployment of the particular deployment pattern; installing, on the one or more candidate deployment components, a virtual machine that is configured to test computing resources of the one or more candidate deployment components; and deleting the virtual machine in response to receiving test results regarding the resources of the one or more candidate deployment components. The system can generate a notification in response to detecting a failure in the testing.
US09116763B2
A transaction module having a summary interface is provided as part of a software suite for enabling viewing and manipulation of multiple categories of aggregated data compiled from a plurality of data sources and accessible through a single interfacing node operated on a data-packet-network. The transaction module comprises, an interactive main interface accessible through the summary interface, the main interface for listing new transactions related to registered financial accounts, an interactive history link embedded in the main interface for providing access to a secondary interface for viewing transaction history, an interactive menu provided within the main interface for assigning categories to the listed transactions, an interactive save feature for saving category assignments to the listed transactions; a interactive bill-payment link provided within the main interface for linking the interface to a bill-payment module and an interactive transfer-funds link provided within the summary interface of the module for linking the summary face of the module to a secondary interface for transferring funds from one account to another. A user operating the main interface from a remote node having access to the data-packet-network may view all transactions according to option of category, account, and time period.
US09116761B2
A transactional middleware system can exchange messages between a local machine and a remote machine using Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) protocol to achieve short latency in a manner like a local message transfer. The transactional middleware machine environment can prevent single-point bottleneck and achieve short latency. The transactional middleware machine environment comprises a first message queue associated with a server in a first transactional machine, wherein the server operates to be accessed using a queue address in the first message queue. The transactional middleware machine environment further comprises a second message queue associated with a client in a second transactional machine. The client operates to send a service request message to the server directly using the first message queue, and the server operates to receive the service request message from the first message queue and send a service response message directly to the client using the second message queue.
US09116760B2
Various systems, processes, and products may be used to filter multicast messages in virtual environments. In particular implementations, a system, process, and product for filtering multicast messages in virtual environments may include the ability to determine whether a multicast message has been received, examine a local filtering store for a match for the destination address of the multicast message, and send the message to a number of virtual machines if a match for the address is found. The system, process, and product may also include the ability to analyze a filtering store of at least one of the virtual machines for a match for the address if a match is not found in the local filtering store and send the message to a number of the virtual machines if a match for the address is found in a filtering store of one of the virtual machines.
US09116756B2
A method, apparatus, and system for performing image sharing. A first computer is coupled to an external device capable of acquiring data. A second computer is coupled to the first computer. A direct access to data acquired by the external device is provided to the second computer.
US09116754B2
A hierarchical scheduling apparatus for a cloud environment includes a schedule configuring unit configured to classify a plurality of tasks into one or more local tasks and one or more remote tasks; a schedule delegating unit configured to transmit, to another resource, a list of the remote tasks and a list of available resources to delegate scheduling authority for the remote tasks to the other resource; and a scheduling unit configured to schedule the local tasks.
US09116750B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for optimizing collective communications within a parallel computer comprising a plurality of hardware threads for executing software threads of a parallel application are provided. Embodiments include a processor of a parallel computer determining for each software thread, an affinity of the software thread to a particular hardware thread. Each affinity indicates an assignment of a software thread to a particular hardware thread. The processor also generates one or more affinity domains based on the affinities of the software threads. Embodiments also include a processor generating, for each affinity domain, a topology of the affinity domain based on the affinities of the software threads to the hardware threads. According to embodiments of the present application, a processor also performs, based on the generated topologies of the affinity domains, a collective operation on one or more software threads.
US09116743B2
A computer-readable storage medium stores program code for causing a computer to perform a method. The method includes steps of creating a redundant configuration including a physical device used by an operating system of the computer and a virtual device of a virtual machine running on another computer connected via a network to the computer, based on identification information of the virtual device; and transferring memory contents of the operating system to the other computer.
US09116742B1
Systems, methods, and other embodiments associated with reducing interrupt latency are described. According to one embodiment, an apparatus includes a buffer storing instructions awaiting execution by an execution device. The apparatus also includes an interrupt logic that, in response to receiving an interrupt, classifies instructions as either safe or unsafe. An unsafe instruction will cause the instructions to execute in a manner inconsistent with an instruction set architecture. The interrupt logic also establishes an interrupt boundary between safe and unsafe instructions, and causes the interrupt to be processed at the interrupt boundary such that the interrupt is processed before processing of the unsafe instructions.
US09116741B2
According to an embodiment, a computer program product includes a computer-readable medium including program, when executed by a computer, to have a plurality of modules run by the computer. The computer includes a memory having a shared area, which is an area accessible to only those modules which run cooperatively and storing therein execution module identifiers. Each of the modules includes a first operation configured to store, just prior to a switchover of operations to an other module that runs cooperatively, an identifier of the other module as the execution module identifier in the shared area; and a second operation configured to execute, when the execution module identifier stored in the shared area matches with an identifier of own module immediately after a switchover of operations from the other module, a function inside the own module.
US09116738B2
A graph analytics appliance can be employed to extract data from a graph database in an efficient manner. The graph analytics appliance includes a router, a worklist scheduler, a processing unit, and an input/output unit. The router receives an abstraction program including a plurality of parallel algorithms for a query request from an abstraction program compiler residing on computational node or the graph analytics appliance. The worklist scheduler generates a prioritized plurality of parallel threads for executing the query request from the plurality of parallel algorithms. The processing unit executes multiple threads selected from the prioritized plurality of parallel threads. The input/output unit communicates with a graph database.
US09116732B1
A virtual space may be presented within a plurality of virtual environments provided by different platforms without requiring idiosyncratic APIs associated with the virtual space for each different platform. An API adaptor module may be configured to facilitate interfacing between a single virtual space API and platform APIs associated with two or more different platforms. A space module may be configured to execute an instance of a virtual space, and to implement the instance of the virtual space to determine view information defining views of the instance of the virtual space for presentation via two or more virtual environments provided by the two or more platforms. Facilitating user interactivity with the virtual space via a given virtual environment provided by a given platform may include interfacing between the virtual space API and a platform API associated with the given platform.
US09116731B2
A computing device implemented method, in one embodiment, can include a cloud transformation module transforming content for a compute platform. Additionally, the method can include a cloud control module receiving the content from the cloud transformation module. The method can also include the cloud control module provisioning a virtual machine appliance to form the compute platform. Furthermore, the method can include a cloud instantiation module executing the provisioning of the cloud control module. In addition, the method can include a cloud appliance module adding middleware to a virtual machine to create the virtual machine appliance. Moreover, the method can include a cloud virtualization module producing a virtualized representation of the compute platform.
US09116719B2
Described herein are technologies for optimizing computer code. A code generator can optimize a portion of original code to create optimized code. The code generator can create a partial commit point to indicate that execution of the optimized code produces an invalid architectural state. The code generator can create recovery information recover a valid architectural state at a recovery point. The code generator can associate the partial commit point and recovery information with the optimized code.
US09116717B2
The present disclosure involves systems and computer-implemented methods for installing software hooks. One process includes identifying a target method and a hook code, where the hook code is to execute instead of at least a portion of the target method, and wherein the target method and the hook code are executed within a managed code environment. A compiled version of the target method and a compiled version of the hook code are located in memory, where the compiled versions of the target method and the hook code are compiled in native code. Then, the compiled version of the target method is modified to direct execution of at least a portion of the compiled version of the target method to the compiled version of the hook code. The non-compiled version of the target method may be originally stored as bytecode. The managed code environment may comprise a managed .NET environment.
US09116715B2
Techniques for providing faster and more efficient ways to deploy virtual server configurations in a hosted virtual server service are described. Broadly, a base machine image is created with essential or standard virtual server functionality, and a configuration manager, which allows the virtual server to be customized after instantiation. This post-instantiation customization, which can include network or system parameters, software upgrades or modifications, role specification, specification of locations of other virtual servers, software installation, and loading of application data, allows virtual servers to be customized without the need for separate machine images for each virtual server instance.
US09116709B2
The present invention provides a computationally efficient system and method for developing extensible and configurable Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs) for Database-centric Business application Product Lines using model driven techniques and also reduce the cost as well as time for creating new GUIs for Database-centric Business application Product Lines that enables effective maintenance and smooth evolution using model driven technique. The invention provides modeling of commonality and variability of GUI thus leading to a single GUI for Database-centric Business application Product Lines. The invention enables a model-based solution to address extensibility and configurability of both structural and behavioral aspects in a GUI of Database-centric Business application Product Lines and it also support to realize variations at runtime in the presentation layer by using the variable fields which can check the configuration data from a configuration database and decide whether to render itself or not.
US09116701B2
A memory unit comprises at least two volatile memory elements, analyzing circuitry and power gate. The memory elements may for example be latches, flip-flops, or registers. Each of the memory elements has at least two different states including a predefined reset state. The analyzing circuitry generates a power-down enable signal in response to each of the memory elements being in its reset state. The power gate powers down the memory elements in response to the power-down enable signal. The memory elements may be arranged to assume their reset states upon powering up the memory unit.
US09116690B2
A method, apparatus, article of manufacture, and system, the method including, in some embodiments, processing a computational load by a first core of a multi-core processor, and dynamically distributing at least a portion of the computational load to a second core of the multi-core processor to reduce a power density of the multi-core processor for the processing of the computational load.
US09116688B2
For efficient issue of a superscalar instruction a circuit is employed which retrieves an instruction of each instruction code type other than a prefix based on a determination result of decoders for determining instruction code type, adds the immediately preceding instruction to the retrieved instruction, and outputs the resultant. When an instruction of a target code type is detected in a plurality of instruction units to be searched, the circuit outputs the detected instruction code and the immediately preceding instruction other than the target code type as prefix code candidates. When an instruction of a target code type cannot be detected at the rear end of the instruction units, the circuit outputs the instruction at the rear end as a prefix code candidate. When an instruction of a target code type is detected at the head in the instruction code search, the circuit outputs the instruction code at the head.
US09116682B2
An uninterruptible power supply device has a main power source and a backup power source and supplies power to a computer. The uninterruptible power supply device has an output power detection circuit and a control circuit which measures time until a completion of the power-off process of the computer. The control circuit alerts or extends a set time until the power-off according to the measured time.
US09116679B2
A storage device including a communications interface configured to receive data and power, a plurality of disk drives configured to be powered only by the power received by the communications interface, a controller configured to configure the plurality of disk drives as a redundant array of independent disks, a power regulator configured to transmit the received power from the communications interface to the plurality of disk drives, and a peak current reduction circuit configured to reduce peak current usage by the plurality of disk drives.
US09116663B2
The present disclosure provides a docking station for docking one or multiple portable electronic devices, such as a tablet and a mobile telephone or smartphone. The present disclosure provides a method for changing device modes of an electronic device connected to a docking station, as well as an electronic device and a docking station configured for same.
US09116659B2
A server comprises a frame, a middle plate fixed inside the frame, a vertical plate vertically erected on the middle plate and electrically connected to the middle plate, a mainframe detachably disposed inside the frame, a hard disk module and a power supply detachably disposed inside the frame. The vertical plate comprises a first electrical connector. The mainframe comprises a second electrical connector. The second electrical connector is electrically connected to the first electrical connector. The hard disk module can be detachably disposed inside the frame and electrically connected to the middle plate so that the hard disk module can transmit data to the mainframe via the middle plate and the vertical plate. The power supply is disposed below the mainframe and electrically connected to the middle plate so that the power supply can transmit electric current to the mainframe via the middle plate and the vertical plate.
US09116658B2
A mobile terminal including a display unit outputting an image, a communication unit transceiving data with an external mobile terminal, and a controller controlling the communication unit to receive a screen information of the mobile terminal and a 1st control information of the screen information from the mobile terminal and to transmit a 2nd control information of the screen information to the mobile terminal, the controller controlling the display unit to transform the 1st control information of the screen information and to output the transformed screen information to a user. The 1st control information includes an image size transformation information of the screen information and an image compression format information of the screen information. The 2nd control information includes a supportable compression format information.
US09116648B1
Automatic photo-album layout methods create printed pages by assigning each image in an ordered series of images to a position on one of several rows (or positions in one of several columns). Images in each row (or each column) are scaled so that the widths of the rows (or the heights of the columns) are equal, while the heights of the rows (or the widths of the columns) are unequal. The rows or columns form a rectangle, which is centered in a rectangular drop zone, and a physical page is printed containing the array of images as arranged and scaled. Other transformations may be applied to the images, the rows or columns, or the array of images in the drop zone prior to printing.
US09116644B2
An image forming system includes at least one transmission apparatus, and plural image forming apparatuses, wherein the transmission apparatus includes a transmission section that transmits printing data to a first image forming apparatus of the plural image forming apparatuses, wherein the first image forming apparatus includes a receiving section that receives printing data from the transmission apparatus or other image forming apparatuses, and a printing data transmission section that transmits the printing data or substantially identical printing data generated on the basis of the printing data, to the image forming apparatuses other than the own apparatus among the plural image forming apparatuses, when printing data which is substantially identical to the printing data received by the receiving section cannot be acquired from the image forming apparatuses corresponding to the predefined reference number among the plural image forming apparatuses.
US09116641B2
A market-based labeling system and method provides tools to assist a user in accurately generating labels. The system includes a processor-based device, such as a computer, that has associated input/output devices, such as a keyboard and a display. The processor-based device also includes a user-friendly labeling application, which may be implemented as a set of instructions to be executed by the processor. The labeling application may guide the user through a series of steps to produce a set of labels. The labeling application preferably generates the user interfaces and a file that may be viewed, edited, saved and/or printed on an associated printer. The labeling application may include one or more modules, each module being geared toward labels for a particular market. This labeling application tool may run on a general purpose processor, such as a computer, and may interface with general purpose labeling software. Alternatively, the labeling application tool may be embedded in a labeling device, such as a portable hand-held printer. Also, methods are provided for quickly and accurately generating labels by adapting a labeling application tool to the user and the user's market. For example, one method allows a user to select between a guided, interview-type process for identifying labeling requirements and a user-directed process for identifying labeling requirements. The methods may be implemented in software.
US09116639B2
Embodiments of an apparatus for implementing a display port interface are disclosed. The apparatus may include a source processor and a sink processor coupled through an interface. The interface may include a primary link, an auxiliary link, and a hot plug detect link. The source processor may be operable to send a wake-up command to the sink processor via the auxiliary link. The source processor may send initialization parameters to the sink processor via the primary link. The initialization parameters may include a clock data recovery lock parameter and an idle parameter. Following the initialization parameters, the source processor may send a synchronization signal to the sink processor via the primary link. The source processor may then send a sleep command via the primary link to the sink processor.
US09116624B2
Techniques using scalable storage devices represent a plurality of host-accessible storage devices as a single logical interface, conceptually aggregating storage implemented by the devices. A primary agent of the devices accepts storage requests from the host using a host-interface protocol, processing the requests internally and/or forwarding the requests as sub-requests to secondary agents of the storage devices using a peer-to-peer protocol. The secondary agents accept and process the sub-requests, and report sub-status information for each of the sub-requests to the primary agent and/or the host. The primary agent optionally accumulates the sub-statuses into an overall status for providing to the host. Peer-to-peer communication between the agents is optionally used to communicate redundancy information during host accesses and/or failure recoveries. Various failure recovery techniques reallocate storage, reassign agents, recover data via redundancy information, or any combination thereof.
US09116618B2
A terminal having a touch screen and a method for displaying a key corresponding to an area in which an input event by a user is detected on the terminal are provided. The method includes in a character input mode, determining whether a touch event is detected in a key display area including at least one key area, when the touch event is detected, confirming a key area of the key display area in which the touch event is detected, and displaying a key recognition item on the key area.
US09116614B1
Aspects of the subject technology relate to determining whether finger movements detected by a touch-sensitive input device are intended to be a pointer gesture or a scroll gesture. Movements may be categorized as a pointer gesture or a scroll gesture based on one or more factors such as the number of fingers detected, differences between the fingers, the alignment of the fingers, the distance between fingers, the location of the fingers, the area of contact with the surface of the input device for each finger, and the movement of the fingers. In one aspect, after an initial determination is made about whether finger movements are pointer gestures or scroll gestures, further movements may be detected and used to determine whether to correct the initial determination.
US09116613B2
The present disclosure relates to a mobile terminal, and more particularly, to a mobile terminal and control method thereof capable of performing a handwriting input. A mobile terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a display unit configured to display a virtual keypad, and a controller configured to implement a handwriting mode when a drag across the virtual keypad is sensed, and recognize a trace of the drag as a handwriting character when the drag is completed in the handwriting mode.
US09116602B2
Context based menus are customizable to extend features to meet user demand. An application providing the context based menu reads a custom configuration from an XML file or receives input through a user interface to construct a context based menu. The custom configuration hosts attribute information for placement of controls, visualization or controls, and/or behavior of controls in the menu. Custom configuration is editable and provides features to add and remove controls from a default context based menu.
US09116597B1
Computer systems are managed by providing systems programmers with visual displays and user interfaces that identify certain issues and allow the system programmer to readily apply fixes, patches, and other updates without tediously sifting through a mountain of information and manually addressing those issues. The systems herein, provide a more streamlined approach for the system programmer by reducing the possibility of overlooking a particular issue that may adversely affect the system.
US09116595B2
According to an aspect, a device includes a touch screen display and a controller. The touch screen display displays a home screen. When a flick gesture in a first direction is performed on a first home screen displayed on the touch screen display, the controller changes the first home screen to a second home screen according to a first rule. When a flick gesture in a second direction is performed on the first home screen displayed on the touch screen display, the controller changes the first home screen to a third home screen according to a second rule.
US09116586B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus includes one or more drive electrodes and one or more sense electrodes of a touch sensor. Each drive electrode and each sense electrode includes a number of first and second conductive regions made of a conductive mesh of lines of conductive material. The first conductive regions have a first mesh density. The second conductive regions have a second mesh density. The first mesh density is greater than the second mesh density. The apparatus also includes one or more crossover areas of the touch sensor. Each crossover area includes at least a portion of a second conductive region of a drive electrode crossing over or under at least a portion of a second conductive region of a sense electrode. Each crossover area has a combined mesh density of the portions of the second conductive regions within it that is substantially equal to the first mesh density.
US09116583B1
In one aspect of the present disclosure, a system for dampening movement of a thumb on the surface of a touch-sensitive input device is provided. A dampening region may be defined on the surface of the input device, within which movement of a finger detected on the surface of the input device is prohibit from causing movement of a pointer on a screen unless the speed of the detected finger exceeds a speed threshold. In one aspect, the dampening region may be divided into multiple regions where each region may have a different speed threshold. In another aspect, the speed threshold may vary, for example, as a function of location on the surface of the input device or other function.
US09116580B2
The present invention discloses a capacitive touch panel, comprises a touch sensing pattern form on a substrate, which could generate a sensing signals in response to a touch on the capacitive touch panel; a plurality of first signal lines and a second signal line for conducting the sensing signals; the touch sensing pattern comprises a plurality of first conductive assemblies arranged in a first direction, a first end of each first conductive assembly respectively connects to a corresponding first signal line; the second signal line connects the second ends of all of the first conductive assemblies together.
US09116564B2
A touch screen panel, which may be included in a display device, is capable of removing influence due to static electricity applied from the outside by forming a guard ring pattern at an edge of one surface of a window substrate and by implementing a connection part electrically connected to the guard ring pattern so as to directly contact a bezel supporting the touch screen panel. The touch screen panel includes: a transparent substrate divided into an active area and a non-active area positioned at an outside portion of the active area; sensing patterns formed in the active area of a first surface of the transparent substrate; sensing lines formed in the non-active area of the first surface of the transparent substrate and connected to the sensing patterns; and a window substrate provided with a guard ring pattern attached to a second surface of the transparent substrate and formed at an edge of a surface thereof attached to the transparent substrate, and at least one connection part extended from one side of the guard ring pattern.
US09116561B2
A time reference system includes a master clock, generating a clock reference, interface logic and a CPU-based subsystem. The interface logic receives the clock reference and generates the clock, pulses, and timestamp signals. The CPU-based subsystem includes an internal counter, a CPU and a clock synthesizer, the CPU and receiving the pulses and timestamp signals. The clock synthesizer receives the clock signal and generates a CPU clock signal. Some examples include an FPGA-based subsystem having an FPGA-based card coupled to the interface logic for receipt of the clock, pulses and timestamp signals. In a method the timestamp value TO is generated by the CPU upon receipt of the timestamp signal. Upon receipt by the CPU of the next pulse signal, a timestamp counter baseline value TSCO is generated so the CPU internal counter is calibrated to the clock signal.
US09116559B2
The invention relates to mechanical construction of the optics for a pencil optical input peripheral device for fast and comfortable computer control. The input light reflecting element and at least one convex or aspherical lens is fitted above the input opening aslant to the axis of the longitudinal pencil body in the angled tube. There is a scan sensor fitted behind the output opening of the angled tube. There is also the light source beside the input opening of the angled tube in the recessed opening of the longitudinal pencil body. Axes of the light source and the input opening of the angled tube are at an acute angle. The output light reflecting element can be fitted before the scan sensor aslant to the axis of the longitudinal pencil body in the angled tube and the light permeable cover can be fitted before the input opening of the angled tube and/or behind the light source. The input light reflecting element and/or the output light reflecting element consist of plane mirrors or light reflecting prisms.
US09116554B2
A portable input device includes a casing, a light sensing module and a printed circuit board. The casing includes a reflecting member. The light sensing module is movably mounted on the reflecting member and exposed from the casing. The light sensing module includes a lighting member and a sensor both facing the reflecting member. The lighting member is adapted for emitting light to the reflecting member. The sensor is adapted for receiving the light reflected by the reflecting member and configured for transmitting a sensing signal. The printed circuit board is mounted on the casing and electrically connected to the light sensing module. The printed circuit board is configured for processing the sensing signal to compute a value of movement of the light sensing module moving with respect to the reflecting member.
US09116551B2
The present invention provides a text input method, which is integrated in a text input program or device supporting word input (e.g., software/hardware keyboard, input method, etc.) and assists a user in easily inputting a word or a phrase (e.g., various tense forms of a verb, etc.) relating to a certain word. The user may fast input a specific word relating to the certain word by a specific operation (e.g., clicking a software or hardware key, moving a screen contact point, etc.) or by a combination of a plurality of operations.
US09116548B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer program products, in which an input method editor (IME) communicates with a central data store and stores user data, e.g., typing patterns and user-generated words associated with the user, in a user profile. A client device associated with the user may instantiate an IME environment and access the user profile by a client login over a network.
US09116547B2
A traffic information presentation system according to an embodiment is a system for presenting a tactile sensation to a user based on traffic information, including: a touch section; a tactile presentation section; an input section for receiving traffic information; and a control section for controlling the tactile presentation section based on the traffic information. The control section monitors a status of touch with respect to the touch section, and accepts an instruction from the user that corresponds to the touch input operation when detecting that an amount of change in touched position equals to or exceeds a certain amount. When detecting that the amount of change in touched position is less than the certain amount and that the touch duration equals to or exceeds a certain length, the control section causes the tactile presentation section to present a tactile sensation based on the traffic information.
US09116542B2
A system and method can support a hybrid application development environment. The system can provision a framework instance for a dynamic module system in the application runtime environment. Furthermore, the system can associate a host application in the application runtime environment with a system bundle in the dynamic module system, wherein an application class loader can be used to load the framework instance when the host application is started/loaded. Then, the host application can export one or more resources associated with the host application to the dynamic module system, and/or consume one or more services provided by the dynamic module system.
US09116538B2
A power factor correction (PFC) controller includes a capacitor, an error amplifier, a switching frequency adjuster, a comparator, and a drive signal generator. The current source generates a current that is representative of an instantaneous input voltage of a PFC converter to charge the capacitor when a power switch of the PFC converter is off. The switching frequency adjuster generates an adjusted error signal in response to an error signal generated by the error amplifier. The comparator compares a voltage on the capacitor with the adjusted error signal to generate a first signal to end an off time of the power switch. The drive signal generator controls switching of the power switch in response to the first signal. The switching frequency adjuster changes the adjusted error signal in response to changes in the error signal to adjust an average switching frequency of the power switch.
US09116531B2
A system includes a triple modular redundant (TMR) control system comprising three controllers. Each controller of the three controllers includes a current driver system configured to detect and regulate a portion of a total current output of the TMR control system, and a universal input-output (UIO) system comprising a plurality of universal input-output (UIO) ports, wherein the universal input-output (UIO) system is configured to detect the portion of the total current output and the total current output of the TMR control system via one or more of the plurality of the UIO ports, compare the portion of the total current output and the total current output of the TMR control system, and adjust the portion of the total current output according to a predetermined total current output threshold.
US09116525B2
A reference angle detecting device includes a control shaft connected to a controlled object, an electric motor causing the control shaft to rotate via a worm gear mechanism, a stopper disposed on a motion track of a worm wheel, an angle sensor that can detect a rotation angle of the control shaft, and a controller. The stopper includes a spring member which is elastically deformable in an operation direction of the worm wheel. The controller drives the electric motor to operate so that the worm wheel may face the stopper, and stores the rotation angle at a time point when a change rate ω of the rotation angle θ detected by the angle sensor changes to a value less than a predetermined threshold ω1 as a reference angle θ0. Therefore, the reference angle can be detected with high accuracy for control of an angle of the control shaft.
US09116522B2
An improved sequencing fluid control valve comprising a housing having an inlet port and an outlet port, a valve seat disposed within the housing, a collapsible valve member disposed within the housing and forming a chamber and a bulb. A sequencing means disposed within the chamber that controls the axial motion of the valve member in response to application of fluid pressure at the inlet such that the motion of valve member alternates between an open free flowing state and a closed restricted flow state. Housing and valve member cooperate in the open position to provide an annular flow path that does not require the fluid flow direction to change by more than 45 degrees while flowing from inlet to outlet. Housing and valve member bulb cooperate in the closed position to form a circumferential seal to restrict the fluid flow.
US09116518B2
After the control system has been started, which system has two control paths that are used as alternatives for delivering a control electric current to an electrohydraulic member for transforming said current into hydraulic power that is delivered to the actuator, and before powering a starter-generator of the engine, the detection method comprises implementing the following steps for each of the control paths in succession: delivering a predetermined test electric current over said path; evaluating a difference between the test electric current and a measurement of the electric current as transformed into hydraulic power by the electrohydraulic member; and if said difference is greater than a predefined threshold, detecting an electrical failure on said path.
US09116513B2
A path of a security checkpoint may lead from an entrance to an identification checkpoint, and from the identification checkpoint to at least one recomposure station. A display may display an expected wait time for at least one person to pass from the entrance to the exit, the person using at least the first portion of the path. A first audio system may provide a type of music to a first area covering at least a second portion of the path, a location of the first area and the type of music determined based on proximity of the second portion of the path to the identification checking station. A second audio system may provide instructions to a second area covering at least a third portion of the path, a location of the second area determined based on proximity of the third portion to the identification checking station.
US09116502B2
An image forming apparatus includes a cartridge and a casing. The cartridge includes a photosensitive drum, a developing roller, a developing frame, and a drum frame. The developing frame is movable between a contact position and a separated position. A separating member provided on the drum frame acts on the developing frame, so that a reaction force is exerted in a reaction force direction. The casing includes a positioning member, an urging member, and a separation pressing member. The positioning member has a first surface and a second surface. The urging member is configured to urge an end portion of the photosensitive drum toward the positioning member in an urging direction. The first surface is configured to support the end portion at a position downstream of the urging direction. The second surface is configured to support the end portion at a portion downstream of the reaction force direction.
US09116496B2
An image forming apparatus according to one aspect of the present disclosure includes print engine portion, paper sheet detectors, and control portion. Control portion stop paper sheet conveyance, when detecting occurrence of jam. Control portion determines fixing nip position which is position of the fixing nip portion on fixing stop paper sheet, on basis of outputs of paper sheet detectors. When fixing nip position is located at leading end side half of fixing stop paper sheet in paper sheet conveying direction, control portion rotates fixing motor in reverse direction to convey fixing stop paper sheet to upstream side in paper sheet conveying direction. When fixing nip position is located at rear end side half of fixing stop paper sheet in paper sheet conveying direction, control portion rotates fixing motor in a forward direction to convey fixing stop paper sheet toward a downstream side in paper sheet conveying direction.
US09116489B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image forming unit configured to form a density detection pattern and a reference pattern on an image carrier by a developer; a light-receiving unit configured to receive reflection light of light emitted toward the image carrier, and output a signal corresponding to an amount of received light; a sampling unit configured to sample the signal output from the light-receiving unit, and store sampling values in the storage unit; a detection unit configured to detect the reference pattern; and a determination unit configured to determine a sampling value corresponding to reflection light from the density detection pattern of the color among the sampling values stored in the storage unit, based on a detection time of the reference pattern.
US09116482B2
A heating member has a multi-layered structure of n layers in total to which layer numbers are assigned sequentially from one on a heat source side to a surface in contact with a recording medium. An n−th layer is heated by the heat source. The thermal permeability of the n−th layer is larger than the thermal permeability of a n−1−th layer and satisfies the following relationship: √{square root over (αnt)}≦dn where, αn[m2/s] is the thermal diffusivity of the n−th layer, and dn[m] is the thickness of the n−th layer.
US09116477B2
A fixing unit which may be disposed in an image forming apparatus includes a heating roller, at least one pressure roller being in pressure contact with the heating roller to form a nip together with the heating roller, and a pressure releasing member partially restricting application of pressure to the nip. The nip includes an effective fixing section used for fixing. The pressure releasing member includes a pair of pressure releasing parts inserted into sections of the nip other than the effective fixing section, a connection part connecting the pair of pressure releasing parts, and guide parts extending from the connection part in the same direction as the pair of pressure releasing parts. The pressure releasing member prevents deformation of a portion of an elastic layer formed on the heating roller which corresponds to the effective fixing section.
US09116468B2
A powder storage container capable of preventing erroneous opening of a powder loading port. The powder storage container includes a powder storage part configured to store a developer used for image forming, a powder discharge part provided on one end part of the powder storage part to discharge the developer stored in the powder storage part, a gripping part protruding through an end face of the one end part side of the powder storage part, a powder loading port causing an inner space of the powder storage part and an outer portion of the powder storage part to communicate with each other, and a sealing member capable of sealing the powder loading port. The powder loading port is enclosed by the gripping part.
US09116459B2
An electrophotographic image forming apparatus includes an electrophotographic photosensitive member configured to bear an electrostatic latent image, and a developer carrying member configured to develop the electrostatic latent image. The electrophotographic photosensitive member and the developer carrying member are separated from each other during non-image formation and brought into contact with each other after the electrophotographic photosensitive member and the developer carrying member start to be rotated. During a time period between a time when the electrophotographic photosensitive member and the developer carrying member start to be rotated and a time when the electrophotographic photosensitive member and the developer carrying member are brought into contact with each other, a number of revolutions of the developer feed member is larger than a number of revolutions of the developer carrying member.
US09116456B2
An image forming apparatus includes an exposure device configured to expose image bearing members charged by charging devices to form latent images on the image bearing members, and a control unit configured to, in ether one or both of an image forming unit A and an image forming unit B, adjust an amount of exposure by which the image bearing member is exposed and a charging voltage based on information about the image bearing members of the image forming units A and B. The control unit is configured to make the charging voltage and the amount of exposure in the image forming unit A different from the charging voltage and the amount of exposure in the image forming unit B.
US09116449B2
An electrostatic charge image developing toner includes an amorphous polyester resin and a crystalline polyester resin as a binder resin, and by differential scanning calorimetry, which undergoes processes of a first temperature rise, cooling at a rate of −10° C./min and a second temperature rise, an endothermic peak (1) derived from a resin in which at least the amorphous polyester resin and the crystalline polyester resin are compatible is present in the first temperature rise, an exothermic peak having an intensity of 0.1 J/g or more is not present during the first temperature rise, and at least one exothermic peak (2) is present in a temperature range which is lower than that of the endothermic peak (1) by from 5° C. to 15° C. during the second temperature rise.
US09116448B2
Provided is a toner exhibiting satisfactory fixability even in high-speed fixing process involving a double-sided printing mechanism, keeping stable toner image even after a conveyance step, and doesn't cause curling to a fixing roller even in thin paper. In a toner including toner particles, each of which contains polyester resins A and B, a coloring agent, and a resin composition C, the resin A includes a crystal nucleating agent bonded to a polyester molecular chain including a moiety capable of forming a crystalline structure. The resin B doesn't include a moiety capable of forming a crystalline structure. The composition C is obtained by copolymerizing a vinyl-based resin component with a polyolefin resin component. SP values the resin A, the resin B, the agent, the polyolefin component, and the vinyl-based component satisfy the particular relationships.
US09116447B2
A mask inspection microscope for variably setting the illumination. It serves for generating an image of the structure of a reticle arranged in an object plane in a field plane of the mask inspection microscope. It comprises a light source that emits projection light, at least one illumination beam path, and a first diaphragm for generating a resultant intensity distribution of the projection light in a pupil plane of the illumination beam path, that is optically conjugate with respect to the object plane. The mask inspection microscope has at least one further diaphragm for generating the resultant intensity distribution. The first diaphragm and the at least one further diaphragm influence the resultant intensity distribution of the projection light at least partly at different locations of the pupil plane.
US09116435B2
An EUV mask includes a low thermal expansion material (LTEM) substrate, a reflective multilayer (ML) above one surface of the LTEM substrate, and a conductive layer above an opposite surface of the LTEM substrate. A capping layer is provided above the reflective ML, a buffer layer is provided above the capping layer, and an absorption stack is provided above the buffer layer. The absorption stack comprises multiple layers. A multiple patterning process is performed on the absorption stack to form multiple reflective states.
US09116427B2
A composition for forming a resist underlayer film includes a polysiloxane and a solvent. The solvent includes an organic solvent having a standard boiling point of no less than 150.0° C., and water. A content of the organic solvent is no less than 1% by mass and no greater than 50% by mass with respect to a total amount of the solvent. A content of water is no less than 1% by mass and no greater than 30% by mass with respect to the total amount of the solvent.
US09116426B2
The invention provides a dye compound having a partial structure represented by the following formula (5): wherein in formula (5), Dye represents a dye structure; G1 represents NR or an oxygen atom; G2 represents a monovalent substituent group having an −Es′ value as a steric parameter of 1.5 or more; p represents an integer from 1 to 8; when p is 2 or greater, the two or more structures represented by p may be the same or different from each other; and R represents a hydrogen atom or a monovalent substituent group.
US09116423B2
An imprint lithography apparatus is disclosed that includes a structure located away from a substrate holder and extending across the substrate holder, and such that an imprint template arrangement is, in use, located between the structure and the substrate holder, wherein the structure has one or more arrays of lines or one or more encoders, and the substrate or substrate holder and the imprint template have a corresponding one or more encoders that face towards one or more of the one or more arrays of lines or one or more arrays of lines that face towards one or more of the one or more encoders, and the configuration determination arrangement is configured to determine a relative configuration between the substrate or substrate holder and the structure, and/or a relative configuration between the imprint template arrangement and the structure, and/or a relative configuration between the imprint template arrangement and the substrate or substrate holder.
US09116422B2
A display apparatus for displaying multiple images of viewing angles is disclosed. The display apparatus comprises a display screen and a projector. The projector has at least one light source module, an optical component module, a first light modulator, a second light modulator and a projection lens. The light source module generates a light beam, which is divided into a first portion light and a second portion light after passing through the optical component module. The first portion light and the second portion light are respectively received by the first light modulator and the second light modulator, and transformed into the image of the first viewing angle image and the second viewing angle respectively. Then, the image of the first viewing angle and the second viewing angle are projected to the display screen by the projection lens simultaneously.
US09116421B1
An optical system has projector optics aligned on a projection axis that is orthogonal to an offset axis. A first laser is positioned in a first plane orthogonal to the projection axis. First folding optics are positioned in the first plane to fold a first beam from the first laser to a first portion of the projector optics. A second laser is in a second plane parallel to, and offset along the offset axis from, the first plane. Second folding optics is positioned in the second plane to fold a second beam from the second laser to a second portion of the projector optics to synthesize the first and second beam.
US09116413B2
Electro-optic modulator includes a substrate, a waveguide formed in a top surface of the substrate, first modulating electrodes and second modulating electrodes. The waveguide includes a Y-shaped incident member, a Y-shaped output member, and first and second connection members. The Y-shaped incident member includes an incident portion, first and second incident branches. The Y-shaped output member includes an output portion, a first and second output branches. The first connection member includes a first branch and a second branch. The second connection member includes a third branch and a fourth branch. The first branch and the second branch are interconnected between the first incident branch and the first output branch and arranged in parallel. The third branch and the fourth branch are interconnected between the second incident branch and the second output branch and arranged in parallel.
US09116408B2
A liquid crystal element with a high contrast ratio and a method for manufacturing thereof is provided. A liquid crystal element includes a structure body containing a liquid crystal through which diffracted light of the same or substantially the same wavelength is emitted in a blue phase, i.e., a structure body containing a liquid crystal which shows platelet texture which is not varied.
US09116399B2
A blue-phase liquid crystal panel is described which includes a first substrate, a second substrate, a blue-phase liquid crystal layer between the first substrate and the second substrate; a first electrode located on one surface of the first substrate, a first substrate coupling film located on another surface of the first substrate; a second electrode located on one surface of the second substrate; the first electrode and the second electrode forming a vertical electric field; the first substrate coupling film converting the direct front light of the backlight module into slant front light having a predetermined angle with the perpendicular electric field direction. By generating a vertical electric field, the liquid crystal panel enhances the electric field strength and uniformity of the blue-phase liquid crystal layer, and by changing the angle of light of the backlight source entering the liquid crystal cell, subjecting the incident light to phase retard, thus lowering the operating voltages of the blue-phase liquid crystal panel.
US09116395B1
A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display panel avoids or reduces non-uniformity in an alignment layer in a liquid crystal display panel so as to achieve a liquid crystal display panel meeting process requirements for a narrow bezel or super narrow bezel design. The method includes the steps of: forming a first alignment layer on a first mother plate entirely covering the first mother plate; forming a second alignment layer on a second mother plate entirely covering the second mother plate; and celling and then cutting the first mother plate formed with the first alignment layer and the second mother plate formed with the second alignment layer, so as to form at least two liquid crystal display panels separated from each other.
US09116391B2
An embodiment of the present invention relates to a liquid crystal display. An upper surface alignment layer in the liquid crystal display is arranged to comprise, in the direction from a color filter substrate to a liquid crystal layer, a first upper surface alignment layer, a color washout compensation film layer and a second upper surface alignment layer; an alignment direction of the color washout compensation film layer is opposite to the pre-alignment direction of the liquid crystal layer. In the technical solution, the color washout compensation film layer is used to rectify the color washout problem occurring when the screen of a liquid crystal display screen of a fringe field switching mode is viewed from both the left side and right sides.
US09116390B2
A touch sensing liquid crystal display is made with a stack of layers that has controlled or low birefringence. The final layers of the output of the touch sensing liquid crystal display circularly polarize the output light. The combination of low birefringence and circularly polarized output light provides a touch sensing LCD that can be viewed from many angles with low visible artifacts, even through linear polarizing objects, such as sunglasses.
US09116385B2
A light source unit base material for manufacturing a plurality of light source units includes a board base material formed in substantially a rectangular shape, and a plurality of light sources provided on the board base material in a row direction and in a column direction and connected electrically in series in the row direction and in the column direction.
US09116380B2
A display panel device has a window, a touch panel laminate and a display panel. The touch panel laminate has: a transparent first substrate layer; a first transparent conductive layer laminated to the first substrate layer through a first undercoat layer; a transparent second substrate layer; and a second transparent conductive layer laminated to the second substrate layer through a second undercoat layer. The second conductive layer faces the first conductive layer through at least the first substrate layer and the first undercoat layer. The first conductive layer is closer to the window than the first substrate layer. A polarizing film layer is bonded to the window, and a λ/4 retardation film layer is disposed between the polarizing film layer and the touch panel laminate. The display panel is disposed on a side opposite to the window with respect to the touch panel laminate.
US09116378B2
A liquid crystal display with an integrated mounting portion for receiving a printed circuit board is presented. A liquid crystal panel has a first surface on which an image is displayed and a second surface opposite the first surface, a printed circuit board is connected to the liquid crystal panel and has a front surface and a rear surface, and an intermediate receiving container includes a frame and a printed circuit board mounting portion positioned on a sidewall of the frame. The printed circuit board is mounted on the printed circuit board mounting portion such that the front plane of the printed circuit board and the first plane of the liquid crystal panel face the same side.
US09116377B2
A liquid crystal display and an outer frame assembly are disclosed. The outer frame assembly includes a front frame and a back frame. The front frame includes a plurality of inserting portions having clasp portions. The back frame includes a first cover, a second cover and a looking plate between the first cover and the second cover. The first cover, the locking plate, and the second cover respectively includes a plurality of first through holes, a plurality of second through holes, and a plurality of locking recesses. The inserting portions are inserted into the first through holes, the second through holes and the locking recesses. The locking plate is pulled to engage with the clasp portions. The locking plate is positioned so as to fix the front frame and the back frame with respect to each other. The outer frame assembly of the liquid crystal display may be assembled and disassembled in an efficient way.
US09116372B2
An exemplary driving substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of first and second signal transmission lines, a first insulation layer and a plurality of switch devices. The first signal transmission lines are disposed on the substrate, and each includes a first line segment(s) and a first connecting segment(s). The first insulation layer is disposed between each first line segment and each first connecting segment, and each first connecting segment is electrically connected to the adjacent first line segment(s) through an opening(s) of the first insulation layer. The second signal transmission lines are disposed on the substrate and electrically insulated and intersected with the first signal transmission lines thereby defining a plurality of pixel regions on the substrate. The switch devices are respectively disposed in the pixel regions, and each is electrically connected to corresponding first and second signal transmission lines. The driving substrate has better reliability.
US09116371B2
A thin-film transistor includes a gate electrode made of metal, a light transmissive gate insulating film that covers the gate electrode, a semiconductor film that overlaps with the gate electrode through the gate insulating film, and a source electrode and a drain electrode, made of metal, and spaced from each other. The gate electrode and the semiconductor film have respective through-holes communicated with each other so that the gate insulating film enters an inside of the through-holes. The gate insulating film has an area of the inside of the through-holes of the gate electrode and the semiconductor film. The source electrode and the drain electrode pass through the inside of the through-holes of the gate electrode and the semiconductor film so as to overlap with a part of the area of the inside of the through-hole of the gate insulating film and avoid a remaining portion thereof.
US09116370B2
Provided is a liquid crystal light variable device having a liquid crystal cell, comprising a mixture of a liquid crystal material and one or more dichroic dyes interposed between a first and a second substrate, each substrate having a conductive layer disposed thereon. The device further includes a voltage supply or controller coupled with the conductive layers for application of a voltage waveform across the liquid crystal cell. The liquid crystal cell is configured so that based on the voltage waveform applied, the device transitions between a low-haze low-tint state (“clear state”), a low-haze high-tint state (“tinted state”), and a high-haze high-tint state (“opaque state”). The high-haze state is caused by dynamic scattering in the liquid crystal-dye mixture.
US09116365B2
Method includes: (a) placing on a user's head an accessory including at least one brightness calibration element having at least two contrasted zones; (b) capturing an image of the user's head with the accessory thereon with a device; (c) determining the position of the image of the brightness calibration element of the accessory on the captured image; (d) determining a measured value of the brightness of one part of the image of the brightness calibration element or of the image located close to the brightness calibration element; (e) modifying a parameter for adjusting the optical image-acquisition conditions of the device as a function of the measured value to improve the contrast of the image of contrasted zones of the calibration element; (f) capturing another image with the modified parameter for adjusting the optical acquisition conditions; and (g) determining the required geometric/physiognomic mounting parameter on the basis of the other image.
US09116364B2
An eyewear article having a flexing portion including first and second longitudinally disposed ribs is disclosed. In another exemplary embodiment, the flexing portion has a maximum height (H), in a direction parallel to a mid-sagittal plane bisecting the eyewear into imaginary left and right halves, that is greater than 10 mm. The eyewear article of the present invention provides a balance of fit and comfort suitable for a range of user head sizes.
US09116363B2
A method and a system for the selection and programming of an energized ophthalmic lens are disclosed. More specifically, the energized ophthalmic lens which can include a variable state arcuate shaped liquid meniscus lens capable of changing vision correction properties upon the receipt of an activation signal. According to some aspects of the disclosure, the system and method comprise vision simulation software configured to use patient's eye related data and product design options to select the ophthalmic lens and an operational protocol for the change of optical properties.
US09116356B2
A system for reproducing stereographic images is provided that includes a display unit that has a pixel array for representing image data which reproduces the same when controlled with stereoscopic image data, and a light source for fully illuminating the pixel array. The system further includes a pair of glasses that are suitable to make the reproduced stereoscopic image data available to a wearer of the pair of glasses in an eye-selective manner. The display unit has at least one additional light source for fully illuminating the pixel array. Every light source is additionally configured to emit light in a plurality of narrow spectral ranges, thereby defining a color range, the spectral ranges of the light sources being orthogonal to each other. The system also includes a control unit that sequentially operates the light sources. The pair of glasses has optical glasses, spectral transmission ranges of which are orthogonal to each other and correspond to the spectral ranges of the light sources in such a manner as to allow the reproduction of stereographic images in a reliable and cost-effective manner.
US09116351B2
Provided is an optical scanning device including: a plurality of light sources; an optical deflector that includes reflection surfaces that deflect different light beams toward opposite sides of the optical deflector; and a light-shielding member provided in an area between incident light beams emitted from the plurality of light sources. The light-shielding member is positioned such that a portion of the light-shielding member is in a light-shield area surrounded by a circumscribed circle of the optical deflector, a line tangent to the circumscribed circle and orthogonal to a Y direction, and the incident light beam, the Y direction being a direction parallel to a main scanning direction and passing through a rotation center of the optical deflector, the main scanning direction being a direction, in which surfaces of image carriers are scanned.
US09116349B2
An image display device having a scanning characteristic excellent in the linearity without being upsized is provided. The image display device includes: an optical scanning unit that scans a light emitted from a light source in a first direction and a second direction of an image plane due to a rotational movement of reciprocation of a reflecting surface of the light; and an optical system enlarges a scanning angle of the scanned light, in which the optical system has a free curved surface lens on an optical scanning unit side, and has a free curved surface mirror on an image plane side. The free curved surface mirror may be arranged so that the first direction is substantially parallel to a first plane defined by an incident optical beam and a reflected light in the free curved surface mirror when the optical scanning unit remains static in the center of the scanning range.
US09116348B1
A platform mapping tool for mapping a weapon platform includes a mandrel inserted in one of a weapon barrel and a weapon replacement fixture barrel. The tool generates a laser cone centered on the bore centerline of the weapon. The laser cone illuminates a defined cone of dispersion of ammunition. Areas where the laser cone intersects the weapon platform correspond to undesirable weapon firing positions. The undesirable firing positions can be digitized and loaded into the weapon's fire control system.
US09116343B2
A display substrate includes a base substrate, a high reflective layer, a metal light reflective layer and a low reflective layer. The high reflective layer is on the base substrate, and includes a high refractive layer and a low refractive layer which alternate with each other. The high refractive layer has a first refractive index, and the low refractive layer has a second refractive index smaller than the first refractive index. The metal light reflective layer is between the high reflective layer and the low reflective layer, and reflects a light. The low reflective layer comprises a light absorbing layer which absorbs a light, and at least one insulating layer. Accordingly, a light utilizing efficiency and a display quality may be increased.
US09116333B2
A zoom lens includes a first lens group having positive refractive power, a second lens group having negative refractive power, a third lens group having positive refractive power, and a fourth lens group having positive refractive power, which are in this order from an object side, and a stop located between a most image-side surface of the second lens group and a most image-side surface of the third lens group. Distances between the lens groups change when magnification is changed from a wide angle end to a telephoto end. The third lens group consists of a positive lens, a cemented lens of a positive lens and a negative lens, a negative meniscus lens with its concave surface facing the object side, and a biconvex lens, which are in this order from the object side. Further, a predetermined conditional formula is satisfied.
US09116320B1
A communication cable can comprise twisted pairs of electrical conductors for transmitting electrical signals and bundles of optical fibers for transmitting optical signals. The electrical signals and/or the optical signals can support voice and digital communication or data transmission. The twisted pairs can be disposed along a central axis of the communication cable. Each bundle of optical fibers can be disposed in a respective buffer tube. The buffer tubes can be arranged in a ring around the twisted pairs. The communication cable can be configured to manage strain on the optical fibers without subjecting the twisted pairs to deleterious tensile stress. The communication cable can include an outer jacket sized for insertion in a conduit running along a railway or other transportation line.
US09116317B2
In an integrated optical receiver or transmitter, both the displacement of an optical axis caused by thermal changes and the property degradation of an optical functional circuit are inhibited. A planar lightwave circuit having a substrate and a waveguide-type optical functional circuit formed thereon composed of a material different from that of the substrate, and includes a waveguide region formed only of an optical wavelength that is in contact with a side forming an emission-end face of the optical waveguide for propagating the light emitted from the optical functional circuit or an incident-end face of an optical waveguide for propagating the light incident on the optical functional circuit. The planar lightwave circuit is fixed to a fixing mount only at the bottom of the substrate where the waveguide region is formed.
US09116314B2
A photoelectric conversion device includes an optical fiber, a molded portion covering an end portion and an end face of the optical fiber, the molded portion including a transparent resin transparent to light inputted and outputted through the optical fiber and a light input/output surface perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical fiber, electric wirings oppositely formed on the light input/output surface of the molded portion so as to sandwich a light input/output portion through which the light inputted and outputted through the optical fiber passes, and an optical device mounted on the electric wirings so as to stride over the light input/output portion. The optical device includes a surface light-emitting element or a surface light-receiving element optically coupled to the optical fiber through the molded portion.
US09116310B2
A cable pass-thru assembly includes a fiber optic cable and a cable pass-thru fitting. The fiber optic cable includes an optical fiber and a strength member. The cable pass-thru fitting is adapted to receive at least a portion of the fiber optic cable. The cable pass-thru fitting includes a fitting assembly having a body defining a thru-bore that extends through the body. The thru-bore includes a tapered portion. The cable pass-thru fitting further includes a cable retention member adapted for engagement with the tapered portion of the body. The cable retention member defines a plurality of through which the strength member of the fiber optic cable is routed. The plurality of grooves is adapted to secure the strength member when the cable retention member is inserted into the thru-bore.
US09116302B2
An optical metapolarizer device polarizes light while mitigating the absorptive or reflective losses associated with traditional polarizers. The metapolarizer device transmits light of one polarity and rotates the other polarity so that it is closer to the transmitted polarity. As a result, although the light exiting the metapolarizer device is highly polarized, the total transmissivity of the device can be well in excess of 50%, and can approach 100% in the theoretical limit.
US09116300B2
Technologies are generally described for techniques useful in an interferometer system. In some examples, a system may include a first waveguide effective to propagate a first wave in a first mode. In some examples, the system may include a second waveguide effective to, in response to the first wave, propagate second and third waves in second and third modes, respectively. In some examples, the second waveguide may be effective to reflect the second and third waves off a reflection surface to produce first, second, third and fourth reflected waves. In some examples, the second waveguide may be effective to propagate the first and third reflected waves in the second mode and propagate the second and fourth reflected waves in the third mode.
US09116298B2
A multi-mode interference (MMI) device includes a substrate layer, a core layer grown on the substrate layer for propagating an optical signal, and a cladding layer grown on the core layer for guiding the optical signal. The MMI device also includes a non-uniform pattern of patches forming a non-uniform refractive index distribution within the MMI device.
US09116289B2
A transparent conductive element is provided and includes a conductive layer having a first surface and a second surface and a medium layer formed on at least one of the first surface and the second surface. In the transparent conductive element, at least one of the first surface and the second surface is a wave surface with a wavelength shorter than or equal to that of visible light; the ratio (Am/λm) of a mean peak-to-peak amplitude Am to a mean wavelength λm of the wave surface is 1.8 or less. The mean thickness Dm of the conductive layer is larger than the mean peak-to-peak amplitude Am of the wave surface.
US09116282B2
A solid-state light source includes a semiconductor light source for emitting light and an optical system having a fiber optic element. The fiber optic element has an input for receiving emitted light from the semiconductor light source. The fiber optic element also has an output for emitting light received from the solid-state light source. The semiconductor light source and the fiber optic element in aggregate form an illumination path.
US09116281B2
Provided are a complex optical film and a light source assembly including the same. The complex optical film includes a first substrate, a light shielding layer formed on a bottom surface of the first substrate, an optical pattern layer formed on a top surface of the first substrate and including concavo-convex portions, a second substrate disposed on the first substrate, and a first adhesive layer disposed under the second substrate, wherein the light shielding layer includes a binder and organic particles and inorganic particles dispersed in the binder, the convex portions of the optical pattern layer at least partially penetrate into the first adhesive layer to be combined with the first adhesive layer, and a low-refraction area having a lower refractive index than the optical pattern layer and the first adhesive layer is defined between the first adhesive layer and the optical pattern layer.
US09116277B2
The edge light type backlight device (12) includes a light guide plate (19); an LED light source (17); a reflective sheet (25), the edge thereof on the side facing the LED light source (17) extending toward the LED light source (17) beyond the surface of the light-guiding plate (19) that faces the LED light source (17); and a chassis (14) that has a bottom plate (14a) and side plates (14b) rise from one surface of the bottom plate (14a) and that stores therein the LED light source (17), the reflective sheet (25), and the light guide plate (19). The LED light source (17) is affixed to the side plate (14b) of the chassis (14). In the reflective sheet (25), near an edge of the reflective sheet (25) on a side facing the LED light source (17), a fold line (25a) for bending is disposed across two edges connected to that edge.
US09116273B2
The present invention provides a backlight module and a display apparatus. The display apparatus comprises the backlight module and a display panel. The backlight module comprises a light collector, optical fibers, a fiber light-outputting substrate and a light guide plate. The optical fibers are connected between the light collector and the fiber light-outputting substrate. The light guide plate is disposed at one side of the fiber light-outputting substrate. The fiber light-outputting substrate includes a plurality of light-outputting openings and a plurality of light sources. The present invention can use ambient light rays to form a backlight source.
US09116261B2
Illumination converters that are capable of converting light from one geometrical format to another is provided. In particular, the described illumination converters are capable of converting a circular source such as an LED to a linear source useful in an edgelit waveguide, which can be used in a backlight for a display.
US09116256B2
Apparatus, computer instructions and method for processing seismic data related to a subsurface of a body of water. The method includes receiving input data for a vertical direction and radial direction and/or from a hydrophone, applying a radon transform to the input data, separating primary signals from ghosts signals based on the vertical and radial components, applying an inverse radon transform to determine up-going and down-going wave fields in a time-distance domain, and separating interfering up-going and down-going wave fields that are recorded by the same receivers.
US09116253B2
Systems and methods comprise marine geophysical equipment with polyurethane-based material at least partially covering a surface. The surface also at least partially coated with a suspension medium and with a biocide. A method comprises disposing such marine geophysical equipment in a body of water. A method comprises applying a suspension medium and a biocide to a surface at least partially covered with a polyurethane-based material.
US09116252B2
An improved seismic exploration system and method involves an overpressure wave generator for generating an overpressure wave and a coupling component for converting a pressure of said generated overpressure wave into a force that produces a conducted acoustic wave in a target media. The coupling component includes a coupling chamber, a push plate assembly including a top plate, piston rod, and an earth plate, a movement constraining vessel including a stabilizing component for constraining movement of the push plate assembly and a sealing component for substantially sealing the coupling component, and a stop component for preventing the movement constraining vessel from striking the earth plate.
US09116245B2
In order to provide a high accuracy radiation dose rate measurement system by good energy characteristics without deteriorating the original energy characteristics of a low dose rate range due to widening range, the dose rate measurement system is composed of: a radiation detector which sends a discrete current pulse having electric charge proportional to incident radiation energy and a DC voltage in which a DC current proportional to the radiation energy is converted; a high voltage power source which supplies a high voltage that operates the radiation detector; and a measurement unit in which the current pulse and the DC voltage are applied from the radiation detector to be converted to a low range dose rate and a high range dose rate respectively, and the low range dose rate and the high range dose rate are switched to be sent depending on the dose rates.
US09116244B1
The method includes providing a first radar pulse at a first beam position during a radar scan and receiving a first return, the first radar pulse being a velocity sampling beam. The method also includes providing a second radar pulse at a second and different beam position during the radar scan and receiving a second return, the second radar pulse overlaps and is not identical to the first radar pulse. The method further includes providing a third radar pulse using a lower gain wider beam width beam pattern at the first beam position during the radar scan and receiving a third radar return, the third radar pulse being a side lobe detection beam. The method can also include processing the first return, the second return and the third return and using data associated with the first return, the second return and the third return to determine a presence of weather phenomenon and to identify and remove returns from non-weather targets.
US09116221B2
A secure location sharing system is disclosed that allows publishers to share their locations with subscribers. Each publishing device generates, encrypts and publishes its location information with a specified precision to a distribution service for distribution to one or more subscribing devices. The distribution service provides secure distribution of the location information to the distribution list but cannot access the publisher's precise location information, which remains encrypted until decrypted at the subscribing devices. Publishers can share their location information with varying levels of precision for different subscribers. Publishers can select at least two dimensions of location information precision: spatial and temporal. For less precise location sharing, the publishing device can randomize or otherwise obscure the precise location of the publishing device. The publisher can move a subscriber or a group of subscribers to a lower or higher level of location precision by generating new key pairs at the publishing device.
US09116214B2
A system including a plurality of coil elements is provided. Each coil element is arranged with a first switch and a second switch. In a first mode, the first switch and the second switch are turned off to split each coil element into a first upper coil portion and a second lower coil portion, to transmit first radio frequency signals. In a second mode, the first switch and second switch are turned on to transform each coil element into a loop coil to simultaneously transmit or receive multiple second radio frequency signals.
US09116213B2
A current detecting unit (current sensor 12) detecting a current value of a current flowing in a secondary battery 14; an extreme value detecting unit (CPU 10a) detecting a first extreme value of a current after an inrush current flows from the secondary battery to a starter motor after electricity to the starter motor is turned on based on the current value; an inflection point detecting unit (CPU 10a) detecting a first inflection point of the current after the inrush current flows based on a variation of the current value per a predetermined time; and a calculation unit (CPU 10a) selecting the inflection point when timings when the extreme value and the inflection point are detected are separated for a predetermined time or more, and selecting either one of the extreme value or the inflection point in the other cases to set as a starting current, and calculating a starting voltage from the starting current, an internal resistance of the secondary battery, and a voltage before starting being a voltage of the secondary battery before the electricity to the starter motor is turned on, are included.
US09116201B2
A zero-field paramagnetic resonance magnetometer (ZF-PRM) system and method for quickly and efficiently finding and optimizing the zero-field (ZF) resonance is described. In this system and method a magnetic coil is used to apply a magnetic bias field in the direction of the pump beam to artificially broaden the width and maximize the strength of the ZF resonance. By making the ZF resonance easy to detect, the ZF resonance may be found quickly found without the use of additional components and complex algorithms. Once the ZF resonance is found, a compensating magnetic field can be applied to null the magnetic field in the vicinity of the vapor cell in the ZF-PRM, thereby initializing it for operation.
US09116189B2
A measuring system for determining scatter parameters of an electrical measurement object on a substrate, having a measuring machine having at least one measuring channel and at least one measuring probe electrically connected to at least one measuring channel and designed for non-contacting or contacting connection to an electrical signal line of the electrical measurement in the electronic circuit. A first positioning device is provided for at least one measuring probe, wherein at least one sensor detects a position of at least one measuring probe and outputs a position signal.
US09116188B2
A capacitance evaluation circuit includes a capacitive voltage divider, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) and a processing module. The capacitive voltage divider includes a switch circuit, a known capacitor and a capacitor under test. The switch circuit is controlled by first and second clock signals. A voltage variation at a first terminal of the known capacitor is coupled to a first terminal of the capacitor under test based on a conduction state of the switch circuit. The ADC converts a voltage on the first terminal of the capacitor under test into a digital signal. The processing module detects a capacitance and a capacitance variation of the capacitor under test according to the digital signal from the ADC and a parameter of the ADC.
US09116186B2
Described herein is a method and apparatus for the detection of signals in an area of interest. Three sensor channels are provided for sensing radiated emissions in an area of interest, each channel having a sensor and a processor, the three channels sensing radiated emissions in the very low frequency band, the high/very high frequency band, and the ultra high frequency band respectively. The first and third sensor channels provide input signals to the processor in the second sensor channel so that accumulated signal data can be processed to produce an input signal for a comparator. The comparator compares the input signal with data stored in a database to indicate presence of equipment having known modes of operation.
US09116184B2
A system and method are presented for verifying the operating frequency of digital control circuitry. The system and method according to the present disclosure provide for a digitally controlled system, such as an electrosurgical system, to confirm or verify its operating frequency using a single external device, and software and/or firmware.
US09116174B2
An electrical connecting apparatus includes a wiring base plate having a first surface coupled with a reinforcing plate and provided on an opposite surface with first electrical connection portions, a probe base plate provided on a first surface with second electrical connection portions corresponding to the first electrical connection portions and provided on a second surface with probes electrically connected to the second electrical connection portions, anchor portions formed on the first surface of the probe base plate and provided with screw holes, cylindrical spacers having first ends removably coupled with the anchor portions, having screw grooves, and passing through the wiring base plate and the reinforcing plate, reference plates having reference planes to receive the spacers and removably coupled with the reinforcing plate, shims inserted between the respective reference plates and the reinforcing plate, and bolt screwed in the screw groove of the spacer.
US09116169B2
One plate-like member and the other plate-like member to be aligned with each other are provided with guide holes and guide portions to be received in the guide holes, respectively. The plate-like members are aligned appropriately, and in a state in which this alignment is held, the guide portions are formed on land portions provided on the other plate-like member so as to be aligned with the guide holes. Accordingly, regardless of presence/absence or size of a process error in the guide holes, the guide portions appropriate to the respective guide holes can be formed. Consequently, by aligning the guide portions with the guide holes, the plate-like members can be aligned appropriately without relative fine adjustment between the members.
US09116167B2
An apparatus and method of automatically determining an operating frequency of a scanning probe microscope such as an atomic force microscope (AFM) is shown. The operating frequency is not selected based on a peak of the amplitude response of the probe when swept over a range of frequencies; rather, the operating frequency is selected using only peak data corresponding to a TIDPS curve.
US09116166B2
A system and method are disclosed for automatically calibrating capacitive transducers to neutralize feed-through capacitance using linear actuation. The method includes starting with an initial neutralization capacitance, applying no electrostatic force and two known electrostatic forces to a proof mass of the transducer, recording the transducer output changes due to the applied forces; and determining how to revise neutralization capacitance based on the changes. The method can use a binary search to find a final neutralization capacitance providing the best linearity. The method can include comparing the final linearity to a threshold linearity. The electrostatic forces can be applied using a charge control method where the electrostatic force is a linear function of the actuation duration. The linear actuation can be used for continuous self-test of capacitive sensors.
US09116165B2
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) package is disclosed herein. The MEMS package includes a movable mass. The MEMS package further includes a first and second sense electrodes spaced apart from the movable mass. The first and second sense electrodes are configured to be electrically coupled with a controller. The MEMS package further includes a first test electrode and a second test electrode spaced apart from the movable mass. The first and the second test electrodes are configured to be electrically connected to first and second external electrical connectors, respectively. The first and second test electrodes are biased at a first voltage and a second voltage, respectively, when the first and second external electrical connectors are connected to external voltage sources.
US09116162B2
A probe for measuring the total pressure of a flow and a method for implementing the probe is provided. The probe is intended to be fitted in an aircraft. The probe comprises a Pitot tube and means for reheating the probe assembly. The probe also comprises means for measuring a local temperature of regions of the Pitot tube likely to accumulate particles conveyed by the flow independently of the means for determining the average temperature of the probe. If the temperature delivered by the means for measuring a local temperature of regions of the Pitot tube likely to accumulate particles conveyed by the flow is less than the first reference temperature, then an additional reheating of regions of the Pitot tube likely to accumulate particles conveyed by the flow is triggered.
US09116154B2
The invention generally relates to systems and methods for mass spectrometry analysis of samples. In certain embodiments, the invention provides a mass spectrometry probe including at least one porous material connected to a high voltage source, in which the porous material is discrete from a flow of solvent.
US09116139B2
A technique is disclosed for sample management for use in conjunction with sequencing devices that sequence biological samples, e.g., DNA and RNA. A sequencing device or a network of sequencing devices may be scheduled according to the characteristics of the samples in queue and the capabilities and availability of sequencing devices. Biological samples may be automatically queued and loaded via a sample distribution system. A sample distribution system may be used to reduce operator intervention.
US09116138B2
The exhaust gas analysis system urges a user to conduct a purge in an exhaust gas flow line by not only informing the user of the timing that the purge is necessary from the exhaust gas analysis system but also making it easy for the user to recognize the information. The exhaust gas analysis system comprises an exhaust gas flow line (L) where an exhaust gas flows, a measurement device 2, 3 that is arranged in the exhaust gas flow line (L) and that includes a pollutant component meter to measure a pollutant component to be a cause of pollutant of the exhaust gas flow line, and a display control device 5 that compares a measurement signal value obtained by the pollutant component meter or its arithmetic value with a predetermined pollutant tolerance and that displays a warning window on a display 21 in case that the measurement signal value or the arithmetic value exceeds the predetermined pollutant component tolerance.
US09116134B2
An inspection apparatus includes: a camera for acquiring an image of the whole area of an end face of the tubular product; a first light source for illuminating an outer peripheral edge of the end face side of the tubular product over the entire circumference thereof, a second light source for illuminating an inner peripheral edge of the end face side of the tubular product over the entire circumference thereof; and a third light source for illuminating an inner peripheral surface of the end face side of the tubular product over the entire circumference thereof. The apparatus uses the image of the tubular product using the first and second light sources to calculate an outer diameter and a wall thickness of the tubular product and illumination from the third light source for detecting a surface defect on the inner peripheral surface of the tubular product.
US09116132B2
A surface scanning wafer inspection system with independently adjustable scan pitch and associated methods of operation are presented. The scan pitch may be adjusted independently from an illumination area on the surface of a wafer. In some embodiments, scan pitch is adjusted while the illumination area remains constant. For example, defect sensitivity is adjusted by adjusting the rate of translation of a wafer relative to the rate of rotation of the wafer without additional optical adjustments. In some examples, the scan pitch is adjusted to achieve a desired defect sensitivity over an entire wafer. In other examples, the scan pitch is adjusted during wafer inspection to optimize defect sensitivity and throughput. In other examples, the scan pitch is adjusted to maximize defect sensitivity within the damage limit of a wafer under inspection.
US09116127B2
The method of the present invention includes: preparing a sample solution containing the target particles and luminescent probes to be bound to the target particles, and binding these in the sample solution; moving a position of a light detection region of the optical system in the sample solution using a confocal microscope or a multiphoton microscope, and detecting light signal emitted from the luminescent probe in the light detection region while moving the position of the light detection region, and individually detecting the target particles directly or indirectly; and counting the number of the detected target particles, and calculating the concentration of the target particles in the sample solution from the number of the counted target particles on the basis of a calibration curve that approximates the correlation between the concentration or quantity of the target particles in the sample solution and the number of the target particles.
US09116120B2
A method and apparatus are disclosed for providing image data for constructing an image of a region of a three dimensional target object. The method includes the steps of providing incident radiation, via at least one detector detecting an intensity of radiation scattered by the target object, repositioning incident radiation relative to the target object, subsequently detecting the intensity of radiation scattered by the target object, determining a probe function indicating an estimate of at least one characteristic of the incident radiation at one or more depths of the object and providing image data from which an image of one or more regions of the object may be constructed via an iterative process using the probe function.
US09116119B2
The present invention relates to a Brillouin optoelectronic measurement method comprising the step of, providing a signal (s1) in an optical fiber (100), wherein said signal (s1) is time-frequency coded. The present invention further relates to a corresponding device for use in such a method.
US09116109B2
One embodiment relates to a method of detecting a buried defect in a target microscopic metal feature. An imaging apparatus is configured to impinge charged particles with a landing energy such that the charged particles, on average, reach a depth within the target microscopic metal feature. In addition, the imaging apparatus is configured to filter out secondary electrons and detect backscattered electrons. The imaging apparatus is then operated to collect the backscattered electrons emitted from the target microscopic metal feature due to impingement of the charged particles. A backscattered electron (BSE) image of the target microscopic metal feature is compared with the BSE image of a reference microscopic metal feature to detect and classify the buried defect. Other embodiments, aspects and features are also disclosed.
US09116107B2
The X-ray detection apparatus is equipped with an X-ray irradiation unit, an X-ray detector, a movable collimator and a shield for blocking X-rays. The shield blocks X-rays, which are to enter the X-ray detector directly from the X-ray irradiation unit. The shield also blocks fluorescent X-rays and scattered X-rays generated by irradiation of the collimator with X-rays. In such a manner, it is possible to prevent X-rays other than fluorescent X-rays from the sample S from being detected by the X-ray detector. The shield is joined with the collimator, so that the collimator and the shield move as a unit. It is possible to locate the shield even in a downsized X-ray detection apparatus.
US09116105B2
A sensor for measuring water fraction in a fluid mixture flowing in a conductive tubing within a borehole. The sensor comprises: an active probe, a reference probe, and an electronic unit. The active probe includes a first electrode and a second electrode isolated from each other by a first insulating layer, the first and second electrodes are preferably in contact with the fluid mixture. The reference probe is formed from an internal wall of the conductive tubing contacting the fluid mixture and isolated from the reference probe by a second insulating layer. The electronic unit is coupled to the first and second electrodes, and to the reference probe, the electronic unit preferably includes a capacitance module for measuring a capacitance between the active probe and the reference probe.
US09116099B2
A conductivity meter for measuring the conductivity of a fluid is provided. The conductivity meter has a cell circuit and a control unit circuit. The cell circuit has a square wave drive amp, a cell, and a trans-impedance amplifier. The fluid flows through the cell. The control unit circuit and the square wave drive amp are configured to apply a square wave pulse train having a voltage to the fluid of the cell, thereby inducing a flow of current through the fluid in the cell. The cell circuit trans-impedance amplifier and the control unit circuit are configured to obtain a plurality of measurements of current flowing through the fluid in the cell and estimate a raw conductivity of the fluid in the cell using the current flow measurements. A method for measuring the conductivity of a fluid is also provided.
US09116098B2
An ultrasonic detection method and system are disclosed. The ultrasonic detection method includes providing an ultrasonic detection system having a first ultrasonic device arrangement and a second ultrasonic device arrangement, positioning the ultrasonic detection system in a peripheral offset position with respect to an object to be measured, and transmitting and receiving an ultrasonic beam between the first ultrasonic device arrangement and the second ultrasonic device arrangement, thereby obtaining ultrasonic detection information about the object. Additionally or alternatively, the transmitting and receiving of the ultrasonic detection method obtains data on a volume greater than that which is capable of being analyzed by a single probe arrangement. The ultrasonic detection system includes the first ultrasonic device arrangement and the second ultrasonic device arrangement positioned in a peripheral offset position with respect to an object to be measured.
US09116094B1
In an embodiment, a method of non-destructively testing a polycrystalline diamond (“PCD”) element includes providing a PCD element including a plurality of bonded diamond grains defining a plurality of interstitial regions, at least a portion of the plurality of interstitial regions including one or more interstitial constituents disposed therein. The method further includes exposing the PCD element to neutron radiation from a neutron radiation source, receiving a portion of the neutron radiation that passes through the PCD element, and determining at least one characteristic of the PCD element at least partially based on the portion of the neutron radiation received. For example, the at least one characteristic may be the presence and distribution of metal-solvent catalyst, residual metal-solvent catalyst, an infiltrant, residual infiltrant, or other interstitial constituents within a PCD element.
US09116080B2
A compression testing assembly for compression testing of a test material includes a testing stage with a first surface and a second surface. The test material is disposed between the first and second surfaces. The assembly also includes a thickness detector that automatically detects a thickness of the test material. Moreover, the assembly includes an actuator that moves at least one of the first and second surfaces toward the other of the first and second surfaces to compress the test material to a predetermined percentage of the detected thickness of the test material. Additionally, the assembly includes a load detector that detects a compression load of the test material and that detects a change in the compression load over time.
US09116078B1
An automatic soil sampler for taking samples of topsoil has a soil breakdown assembly that cuts a shallow furrow in the soil and moves debris to the side. Soil is collected with a sampling knife having a series of empty chambers adapted to receive samples of topsoil. A rotating discus is disposed opposite the soil sampling empty chambers for urging soil into the soil sampling empty chambers. A cup carrousel carries empty identified cups for receiving soil samples. A delivery assembly places one of the empty identified cup in a cup receiving station. A filling assembly connects the knife chambers carrying collected soil samples with the cup receiving station. The cups are filled with soil samples in a collecting station. Each filled cup has its identifier sent to memory along with the location at which the sample was taken.
US09116067B1
A method whereby a seal, such as a door or window seal including a joint or seam, is tested for leaks. An aerosol can has an environmentally safe propellant and a liquid therein that exits the can as a tracer mist, which tracer mist may contain a disappearing dye. The can is positioned on one side of the seal being tested and is sprayed at this side with the opposite side observed, either visually, or with the aid of a marker strip, in order to determine if any of the tracer mist passes from the one side of the seal to the other side.
US09116059B2
In a torque sensor that detects torque acting on a torsion bar on the basis of a magnetic flux density conducted to a magnetism collecting ring provided in a housing, the magnetism collecting ring is an annular member formed such that an axial direction end portion thereof is thinner than a central portion. The housing includes an annular groove formed to be capable of accommodating the magnetism collecting ring and provided as a recess in an inner peripheral wall of the housing so as to be deeper than a thickness of the end portion of the magnetism collecting ring, and a caulk portion provided in the inner peripheral wall to caulk the magnetism collecting ring by covering the end portion of the magnetism collecting ring that is fitted into the annular groove.
US09116053B2
A system is provided for measurement with one or more sensors including at least one signal conductor and at least one pearl, wherein the pearl a device configured to change an impedance mismatch with an external environmental effect.
US09116043B2
An electronic device may have a display with a brightness that is adjusted based on data gathered from one or more ambient light sensors (ALSs). In one suitable arrangement, an ALS may include a photodiode, a temperature sensor, a scaler, an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), and a subtractor. The subtractor may have a first input coupled to the photodiode via the ADC, a second input coupled to the temperature sensor via the scaler, and an output on which a leakage-compensated sensor output is provided. In another suitable arrangement, the ALS may include first and second photodiodes, a light blocking layer formed over the second photodiode, a scaler, and a subtractor. The subtractor may have a first input coupled to the first photodiode, a second input coupled to the second photodiode via the scaler, and an output on which a leakage-compensated sensor output is provided.
US09116040B2
A pixel comprises a photodetector and a control circuit. The pixel is provided with an output terminal designed to connect an analysis circuit. The photodetector is configured to have two different operating modes associated with different biasing conditions. A switch connecting the photodetector to the output terminal of the pixel and a circuit for a connecting/disconnecting the control circuit with the output terminal of the pixel and with the photodetector allow to switch between the two operating modes. A comparator compares the voltage across the capacitive load with respect to a threshold value and outputs first and second signals according to the comparison. The comparator is connected to the circuit for connecting/disconnecting the control circuit and to the switch.
US09116039B2
The present disclosure is directed to electromagnetic radiation sensors including micro-lenses and to methods of constructing and utilizing such electromagnetic radiation sensors. In one embodiment there is provided an electromagnetic radiation sensor comprising a dielectric substrate including a front surface and a rear surface, an electromagnetic radiation detector element disposed on the rear surface of the substrate, and a lens comprising a three dimensional polaritonic metamaterial structure including a pattern of features formed in the front surface of the substrate, the lens configured to focus electromagnetic radiation incident on the front surface of the substrate onto the electromagnetic radiation detector element.
US09116023B2
A pointer structure including: a pointer main body 55 arranged for propagating a ray of light, incident from a light source through a light incident region 65 provided closer to a pointer base end, to a pointer visualizing portion 81 closer to a tip thereof; a light-receiving portion 91 provided in the light incident region 65 in one of opposite surfaces of the pointer main body 55; a recess 97 provided in the other surface of the pointer main body 55 and having an inclined bottom surface 93 whose backside serves as a reflection surface 95 for a ray of light incident through the light-receiving portion 91; and extension portions 101 provided in the light incident region 65 in respective side surfaces 99 sandwiched between the one surface and the other surface.
US09116010B2
Methods are provided for determining an energy optimized route for a vehicle. In one example, the method includes providing a plurality of cost factors, each cost factor influencing the energy consumption of the vehicle. At least one cost factor is selected from among the cost factors. A composite cost factor is determined using the selected at least one cost factor. An energy optimized route is then determined based on the composite cost factor. Systems are also provided for determining an energy optimized route for a vehicle. An example system includes a set of cost factors, each cost factor influencing the energy consumption of the vehicle. A classification unit is included for selecting cost factors for the route and for including the selected cost factors in a composite cost factor for the route. A calculator is also included for calculating the energy optimized route based on the composite cost factor.
US09116007B2
A method and apparatus for selecting a path defining a journey through a time-tabled transportation network comprises determining forming a data set comprising a sequence of K shortest paths through the transportation network from an origin location “o” to a destination location “d”, each path with an increasing cost; and selecting a path from the K shortest paths based upon a filter criteria which may be one not used in the determination of the K shortest paths. The network comprises a public transportation network. The filter criteria not used in the determination of the K shortest paths may be one that does not obey the principal of optimality. The determining step is performed utilizing an algorithm that filters the available paths through the network according to a selected filter criteria plus a selected buffer amount Δ of the filter criteria. The selecting step utilizes only the rankings of the K shortest paths.
US09115997B2
Methods and apparatuses for modeling characteristics of a venue are disclosed. The method comprises identifying a set of constraints associated with the venue, determining a plurality of paths to be traveled by one or more mobile devices in accordance with the set of constraints, directing the one or more mobile devices to navigate the venue using the plurality of paths, receiving data collected by the one or more mobile devices, and generating a model of the venue using the data collected by the one or more mobile devices.
US09115996B2
A method and system for managing an aircraft's flight path by identifying and categorizing potential threats in the aircraft's original flight path and determining an alternate flight path. The alternate flight path is selected from potential flight paths and has a threat value lower than any of the potential flight paths. The potential flight path candidates are generated from combinations of the original flight path coordinates, and coordinates that vary from the original coordinates by a set range.
US09115988B2
An image projecting apparatus that includes an illumination measuring unit that measures illumination of light illuminated on a side of the image projecting apparatus opposite a supported surface of the image projecting, an illumination calculator that calculates illumination at the projection surface based on the measured illumination, and a projection light intensity determining unit that determines luminous intensity of projection light from an image projecting unit that projects an image on the projection surface. The illumination calculator calculates illumination at the projection surface based on optical reflecting characteristics of the installation environment of the image projecting apparatus.
US09115977B2
A variable near-null compensator for measuring aspheric surfaces by subaperture stitching includes a pair of counter-rotating CGH phase plates, each of the phase plates having a phase function including two terms Z5 and Z7 of Zernike polynomials. The phase plates are mounted on a pair of precision rotary center-through tables, wherein rotational axes of the pair of precision rotary center-through tables coincide with the optical axes of the phase plates. A figure metrology apparatus includes a wavefront interferometer, the test mirror mount, the near-null compensator and the mechanical adjustment components therefor. The optical axis of the near-null compensator coincides with the optical axis of the interferometer. A method for measuring aspheric surfaces by subaperture stitching includes the steps of mounting the test mirror, measuring the subapertures with the figure metrology apparatus, and finally processing the data by stitching.
US09115970B2
A high voltage firing unit may comprise a high voltage converter, a capacitive discharge unit, and a control unit. The high voltage converter may be configured to generate a high voltage output signal from a lower voltage input signal. The capacitive discharge unit may be configured to store energy from the high voltage output signal across an energy storage device, and to discharge energy from the energy storage device in response to a fire control signal. The control unit operably may be configured to communicate with an external ordnance controller and control internal operations of the high voltage firing unit. An ordnance system, may comprise a high voltage firing unit and an ordnance controller configured to communicate data with the control unit and at least one power signal to the high voltage converter. A method for operating a high voltage firing unit is also disclosed.
US09115967B2
A radome comprises a substrate comprising a first material and an outer layer comprising a second material and positioned adjacent to the substrate. Methods for making and using the radome are also disclosed.
US09115964B2
A projectile includes a propulsion booster for producing pressurized gases, a nozzle for expelling the pressurized gases produced by the booster, and a supplementary integrated actuation system. The integrated actuation system selectively directs propellant from a storage reservoir of the integrated actuation system through an interiorly-located outlet of the integrated actuation system located at the nozzle and into the nozzle, thus changing a direction of the pressurized gases expelled by the booster. The integrated actuation system also selectively directs propellant from the storage reservoir through a peripherally-located outlet of the integrated actuation system, to produce thrust at an external periphery of the projectile, thus diverting the projectile. The integrated actuation system may also selectively direct propellant to a nozzle actuation system for positioning the nozzle, to a stage separation system for separating portions of the projectile, or to a power generator for generating electric power for the projectile.
US09115959B2
Exemplary embodiments of a quick release garment can be provided. The exemplary garment can include a plurality of co-operable garment panels, which when interconnected, can form a garment in a condition wrapped about an upper torso of a person, a plurality releasable mechanical latches, each latch having a first and a second portion and at least one latch element biased towards an engaged condition, releasably engageable to interconnect the garment panels, and a release arrangement operable in a single operation to release the latches. Further, the latches can be structured so that the single operation allows the garment to fall from the upper torso, and the garment can thereafter be rapidly restorable to the condition wrapped about the upper torso by re-engaging each of the latches by pushing the first and second portions together against the bias to re-engage the latch element(s).
US09115957B1
An improved alignment device and method of use thereof that provides a simple, inexpensive and accurate leveling device that can be used by non-technical people to align a rifle scope to the bore of the rifle and set the vertical crosshair or turret axis plumb to the Earth. The device and method allows the rifle scope to be quickly, conveniently and accurately aligned such that the vertical reticle axis or elevation turret axis is projected through the center of the rifle bore. The device and method can be used to level or plumb a flat surface on the scope by first locating an edge of the device parallel to a flat surface on the rifle scope. The device has a low center of gravity that allows the device to stand inverted, resting on a flat horizontal surface.
US09115948B2
A support apparatus includes a main element supported by lanyard. The main element includes one or more channels for supporting an object such as a firearm in a substantially vertical position. The support apparatus may include a hook or other fastener for removably coupling to a vehicle or other fixed object. In some embodiments, channel dividers are semi-spherical in shape, and may be generally semispherical with a teardrop (i.e., drooping) shape. The channel dividers may be sacks or vessels filled with an elastic type substance (e.g., silicon) and be firmed to elastically grip the firearm and provide a firm support.
US09115943B1
An apparatus for facilitating rapid loading of cartridges into a firearm magazine includes a curved outer strip and a curved inner strip. The curved outer strip and the curved inner strip are adjacently connected to the each other, where the curved inner strip is positioned within the curved outer strip. Users can load rifle cartridges into a pair of recess tracks as the pair of recess tracks is formed by the curved outer strip and the curved inner strip. Then the rifle cartridges are manually loaded into the firearm magazine from the curved outer strip and the curved inner strip.
US09115938B2
A heat exchanger is described comprising a distributor having an outer housing and including a plurality of substantially parallel plates disposed within the housing and configured to partition an input two-phase flow into a series of primarily single-phase layers. A heat exchanger is described comprising a distributor having an outer housing including a plurality of substantially parallel channels disposed therein, each channel configured to uniformly and independently convey a portion of a homogenous input two-phase flow from an input of the distributor to an output of the distributor.
US09115934B2
A heat exchanger, such as a radiator, may transfer heat from a liquid and employ a first header tank, a second header tank, a plurality of tubes fluidly joining the first and second header tanks, and a baffle within one of the first or second header tanks. The baffle may be located in a header tank positioned substantially parallel or perpendicular to a surface upon which a vehicle employing the hear exchanger rests. The baffle may be a wall defining only one slot, a wall defining only one slot that is open through one side of the wall, a wall that defines a plurality of slots, or a wall that defines a plurality of holes. The heat exchanger may further employ fluidly isolated first and second tube and fin sections each defining a self-contained flow path for cooling different liquids. The baffle may slow coolant flow in a flow path.
US09115932B2
An indicator for a dispenser is disclosed. The indicator includes at least one display layer having at least one display surface surrounded by at least one edge surface, the at least one display layer being transparent in a direction of the at least one edge surface; at least one light source configured to transmit light through the at least one display layer in the direction of the at least one edge surface; and at least one pattern portion disposed in the at least one display surface such that light from the at least one light source is redirected through the at least one pattern portion.
US09115922B2
A refrigerator includes a refrigerator cabinet, an ice maker disposed within the refrigerator cabinet, an ice storage bucket, a heater thermally coupled to the ice storage bucket to melt ice stored in the ice storage bucket, and a drain positioned to capture water from the ice melted by the heater.
US09115906B2
There is provided an air blowing device that is easy to carry and is convenient, the air blowing device that has little adverse effect on the blowing function and is configured to be able to disperse electrically-charged particles while ensuring safety.A fan 4 coupled to an output shaft 33a of a motor 33 is rotated by the motor 33 to send air. The motor 33 is housed in a motor housing portion 3, and a fan cover rear separate body 72 in the shape of a flange, the fan cover rear separate body 72 covering an outer edge portion of the fan 4 and a lateral part of the fan 4 on the side where the motor 33 is located, is fixed to an end of the motor housing portion 3 on the side where the output shaft 33a is located. A handle portion 2 is provided in a standing manner in an intermediate portion of the output shaft 33a in a direction of an axis thereof on an outer surface of the motor housing portion 3, and the fan cover rear separate body 72 has a tapered portion T which faces the handle portion 2 and whose outer peripheral side is inclined toward the fan 4. A passage 25 that allows air to pass therethrough is provided in an intermediate portion of the handle portion 2, and an ion generator 9 that generates positive and negative ions to be released into the passage 25 is provided in the handle portion 2 in a base end portion thereof.
US09115904B2
A home appliance includes a housing having a cavity accessible by an opening formed in a sidewall of the housing, a door movable for accessing or closing the opening of the housing, and a deployable rating label plate having a label surface, the deployable rating label plate being movable between a first position in which the label surface of the rating label plate is hidden from view by the housing and a second position in which the label surface of the rating label is exposed and visible to a user.
US09115902B2
Household appliance (10, 40), in particular an oven, comprising a casing (12, 42), which defines a cavity (14, 44) having an opening (16, 46), and a door (18, 48) for opening and closing said opening (16, 46), wherein the door (18, 48) comprises a front wall (20, 50) and a frame (22, 52), wherein the frame (22, 52) comprises at least one window portion (30, 60) made of a transparent material and being visible from outside the appliance (10, 40), and in that an optical deflecting device (32, 62) is provided for projecting an image of the interior of the cavity (14, 44) on the window portion (30, 60).
US09115900B2
The present invention may be embodied as a biofuel heating system for converting biofuel to heat energy to be delivered to a load comprising a combustion chamber defining a combustion zone, an under-fire zone, and an over-fire zone. A controller operates at least one of a fan, an under-fire damper, and an over-fire damper based on at least one operating parameter such that air flows along a flow path extending from at least one of an under-fire port and an over-fire port, through the combustion chamber, through a burn-out port, through a burn-out chamber, through a heat exchange port, through a heat exchange chamber, and out of an exhaust port. The heat exchange system transfers heat energy from air flowing through the heat exchange chamber to the working fluid.
US09115898B2
A system for mounting a fuel injector to an engine casing with an aperture includes a fuel injector having a flange for mounting to the casing at the aperture. The flange allows it to pass through the aperture. An intermediate ring mediates the mounting of the flange to the casing at the aperture. The intermediate ring is inside the casing at the aperture and defines an opening from which the fuel injector extends into the engine with the flange positioned inward of the ring. The flange is dismountably sealed to an inner side of the ring, and the ring is dismountably sealed to an inner side of the casing to mount the fuel injector to the casing. On dismounting the flange from the ring, the fuel injector can be displaced to allow the ring, to be moved away from the aperture. The fuel injector can then be withdrawn.
US09115893B2
This invention relates to a process for incinerating NH3 in an NH3 incinerator comprising a first incineration step at controlled sub-stoichiometric incineration conditions and a second incineration step with at a greater than stoichiometric amount of oxygen, whereby a product stream is produced with reduced NO formation. The invention also relates to an NH3 incinerator.
US09115886B2
A rotary lighting fixture having a speaker with a playback function is revealed herein, comprising a shell having an opening, a speaker fitted inside the shell, and an annular LED module having plural LEDs fitted at the opening of the shell for illumination and playback functions. In addition, the lighting fixture also combines with a power supply base with a rotary function embedded in a ceiling and a wall for substantially saving space in use thereof, promoting interior designs by its aesthetic appearance and adjusting angles of incidence from the LEDs as desired.
US09115884B2
A device having a flame bowl surrounded by a first, inner shroud. The device includes a shell having a second, outer shroud on an upper portion thereof, the outer shroud circumscribing at least a portion of the first shroud, and a support supporting the flame bowl and the first shroud in a fixed relationship with respect to the outer shroud.
US09115875B2
A light-emitting lamp has a bulb shell, a convective accelerator, a light-emitting filament and a bulb base. The bulb shell defines an interior volume filled with a filling gas, and comprises a first transparent material. The convective accelerator is disposed within the interior volume, and comprises a second transparent material. The convective accelerator contains a flue with first and second openings. The light-emitting filament is disposed within the flue, comprising a plurality of semiconductor light-emitting elements. When the light-emitting filament emits light to generate heat, the flue allows a convection flow of the filling gas to pass into one of the first and second openings. The bulb base supports the bulb shell and the light-emitting filament, and has electrical conductors in electrical communication with the light-emitting filament. The first and the second openings have different distances apart from the bulb base.
US09115870B2
A lamp comprises an enclosure having a reflective surface and an exit surface through which light is emitted from the enclosure and a base. A plurality of LEDs are located in the enclosure and are operable to emit light when energized through an electrical path from the base. The reflective surface comprises a first reflective layer applied to the enclosure and a second reflective layer over the first reflective layer. The first reflective layer is a metalized surface. The second layer comprises a transparent carrier such as silicone mixed with a reflective media such as TiO2, Barium Sulfate and/or ZnO or silver.
US09115864B2
A multilayer coating systems suitable for use as optical interference filters in lighting systems, for example, halogen lamps. Such an optical interference filter contains alternating layers of a high refractive index material and a low refractive index material. The high refractive index material consists of niobia, titania, and incidental impurities and contains either about 25 to less than 50 mol % titania and the balance niobia and incidental impurities, or contains about 60 to about 80 mol % titania and the balance niobia and incidental impurities.
US09115860B2
An interior lamp includes a design portion and a function portion. A circuit board is attached to the function portion. A light source is mounted on the circuit board. Terminals are mounted on a side portion of the circuit board. A connector is disposed on a side portion of the function portion. Connector terminals are provided on the connector. A switch has a switch knob and a switch body. The switch knob is attached to a side portion of the design portion. The switch body is attached to the side portion of the function portion. The switch knob and the switch body are operated in an interlocked manner to perform electrical connection between the terminals and the connector terminals selectively so as to perform a tuning on or off of the light source.
US09115854B2
A light emitting diode bulb is described, which includes a lamp housing, a light source module, a lampshade and a lamp cap. The lamp housing includes a first adjusting member and a second adjusting member. The first adjusting member includes a first engaging structure, a first acting surface and a second acting surface. The first acting surface and the second acting surface are located on the first engaging structure. The second adjusting member can be moved in relation to the first adjusting member. The second adjusting member includes a second engaging structure corresponding to the first engaging structure, and the second engaging structure has an upper opposing surface and a lower opposing surface. The light source module is disposed on the second adjusting member and can be moved as the second adjusting member is moved. The lampshade and the lamp cap are disposed on the lamp housing respectively.
US09115852B2
A method for producing a plurality of LED illumination devices which each emit light having an average value of a first photometric parameter including producing a plurality of LED chips which emit light of the same color; measuring values of the first photometric parameter of the LED chips; combining the LED chips to form groups of at least two LED chips which have different values of the first photometric parameter such that differences in the average values of all the LED illumination devices are imperceptible to the human eye; and equipping a respective LED illumination device with a group of LED chips.
US09115851B2
A method is provided for enhancing the shear stability of a high-viscosity fluid-water flow system, such as a core annular flow system. The method employs a family of demulsifier additives for maintaining separation of the fluids in biphasic flow. The additive family is sodium salts of polynuclear aromatic sulfonic acids. In one aspect, the high-viscosity fluid is heavy oil. A method to flow oil through a biphasic flow system is also provided. The method includes locating an oil in the biphasic flow system; placing water within the biphasic flow system; flowing the oil through the biphasic flow system within an annular flow of water; and subjecting the water in the biphasic flow system to a salt of a polynuclear aromatic sulfonic acid additive so as to improve shear stability of the oil and water.
US09115849B2
An alarm mat includes a sheet, and sound producer from which sound is produced by air inflow and outflow. The sheet is provided with a plurality of projections made of an elastic material, projecting toward an upper-surface side of the sheet with top portions thereof continuously extending, and each having a sealed cavity inside. The plurality of projections are juxtaposed to each other. The sound producer is loaded in the sheet in a manner that air flows in and out of the projections through the sound producer alone.
US09115843B2
A holder including a fixed base, a rotational base, a first arm and a second arm is provided. The rotational base is rotatably disposed on the fixed base and has a supporting plane and two openings. The first arm and the second arm are disposed in the rotational base, and pass through the two openings, respectively, wherein the first arm is coupled with the fixed base. When a hand-held electronic device is located between the first arm and the second arm and is rotated along with the rotational base relative to the fixed base, the fixed base drives the first arm to move relative to the rotational base so as to hold the hand-held electronic device by the first arm and the second arm.
US09115836B2
A retaining clamp for retaining a tube on a barbed connector. The clamp includes a collet, having a first portion sized to fit over a tube on a barbed connector, and a plurality of fingers extending from the first portion for fitting behind the barb of a connector, the fingers having inward extensions at their distal ends for urging the tube against the connector behind the barb. The clamp also includes a sleeve, sized to fit over the collet and to urge the fingers on the collet inwards to retain the tube on the connector. The collet and sleeve are held in position with a ratchet. In addition, one of the sleeve or the collet includes an inward projection for urging the tube against the end of the barb on the barbed connector in use.
US09115832B2
Disclosed is an assembly (10) for fastening, with fluid connection, a mold bottom to a holder (12), in which the mold bottom, of principal axis (O), is able to be removably fastened to a plate (14) forming an interface between the mold bottom and the holder (12), the assembly (10) including at least one locking device and a fluid connection device, respectively placed between the plate (14) and the holder (12), characterized in that the movement of a first locking element (44) and a first connecting element (46) is coupled via a moveable part (88) so that together they form a moveable element.
US09115826B2
A cable fastener with cable management function is revealed. The cable fastener is a hollow frame formed by two first side walls disposed at an interval along the length direction and two second side walls. The frame has an opening perpendicular to a length direction and two convex bodies arranged symmetrically on inner surfaces of the second side walls. A plurality part of a cable with equal length is respectively mounted into the opening of each cable fastener, passed through the convex bodies and secured in the frame. A plurality of bend points is formed on the cable along the length direction so that the cable is bent into bundles. The cable management and positioning is achieved.
US09115822B2
A remote drain plug system is described. The system includes a control cable having an inner wire and an outer layer, a cable actuator coupled to a first end of the control cable, the cable actuator adapted to move the inner wire within the outer layer, a drain plug housing coupled to a second end of the control cable, and a drain plug coupled to the inner wire at the second end of the control cable, the drain plug adapted to be able to be positioned relative to the drain plug housing. A method of operating the remote drain plug system includes providing an actuator controller, receiving a selection of “open” from the actuator controller, and extending the remote drain plug away from a drain plug housing such that water is able to flow through the drain plug housing.
US09115804B2
There is provided a shift range switching apparatus that can perform appropriate fail-safe control when a power source supplied to an electronically controlled shift range switching apparatus is instantaneously interrupted. When due to instantaneous interruption of a power source supplied to the shift range switching apparatus, the shift range switching apparatus is reactivated, a target shift range is determined based on a rotation position of a detent plate detected by a detent position sensor immediately after the reactivation, and the rotation position of the detent plate is controlled.
US09115798B2
A drive device for the road wheels of a vehicle, with a stationary housing partially filled with a lubricating liquid, and a rotatably drivable driveshaft inserted into the housing interior and with a differential unit having a crown wheel with a differential housing. The crown wheel is rotatably drivable by the driving gear wheel, by means of which crown wheel a plurality of differential gear wheels of the differential unit are rotatably drivable, driven gear wheels being rotatably drivable in turn by these differential gear wheels. The driven gear wheels being drivingly connected in each instance to driven shafts for driving the road wheels of the vehicle. The differential unit is enclosed in the housing interior by a shielding housing, wherein the stationary housing interior is connected to the shielding housing interior via one or more apertures.
US09115797B2
A method of setting a reference position of an actuator in an automated manual transmission, may include acquiring a full stroke by checking both ends in a shifting direction, determining whether or not the full stroke is within a normal range, moving a finger to a position that is half of a previous full stroke when the full stroke acquired at the procedure of acquiring the full stroke exceeds the normal range as a result of determining whether or not the full stroke is within the normal range, and determining whether or not a selection operation is carried out at the position that is half of the full stroke after moving the finger to the position that is half of the previous full stroke.
US09115791B2
A shifting apparatus for an electric vehicle includes: a sun gear freely rotated on a motor driving shaft of the electric vehicle; a brake device fixed to a transmission housing and fixing the sun gear at the time of being driven; a carrier fixed to the motor driving shaft and moving a planetary gear along the sun gear; a ring gear rotated by the movement of the planetary gear while enclosing the planetary gear; an output gear connected to the ring gear and connected to the motor driving shaft by a one-way clutch; and a controlling part having a first speed mode and a second speed mode and transferring driving force directly to the output gear through the one-way clutch at the time of the first speed mode and driving the brake device at the time of a change to the second speed mode to fix the sun gear.
US09115778B2
A holder (5) for a spring (2) which has a spring fastening area (10) for fastening the spring (2) to the holder (5) and a wheel carrier fastening area (9) for fastening a wheel carrier (4) to the spring. The holder (5) further has a deformable zone (23) for transmitting force from the spring fastening area (10) to the wheel carrier fastening area (9).
US09115772B2
System and method for automatically calibrating the clutches within a transmission of a work vehicle
In one aspect, a computer-implemented method for automatically calibrating clutches within a transmission of a work vehicle may include determining, with a computing device, whether a plurality of predetermined conditions are satisfied for performing a clutch calibration on a clutch of the transmission. The predetermined conditions may require that the work vehicle be in park and that a predetermined time period has elapsed since a previous clutch calibration was performed on the clutch. In addition, the method may include automatically initiating the clutch calibration without requiring operator input when the predetermined conditions are satisfied and performing the clutch calibration in order to calibrate the clutch.
US09115771B2
A flanged freewheel (1) with an outer ring (2) which is configured as an angled flange part and which has an axially oriented ring flange (5) that forms a running surface (7) for clamping elements and a radially oriented flange area (3) for attaching the flanged freewheel (1). In order to retain or improve the strength of the outer ring (2)—despite a reduced wall thickness (x)—a ring collar (13) that faces radially inwards is provided at the free end face (12) of the ring flange (5).
US09115769B2
A torque converter of the present invention includes a pump impeller, a turbine impeller, a first stator impeller, a second stator impeller, a first one-way clutch annularly provided on the inner periphery of the first stator impeller, and a second one-way clutch annularly provided from the inner periphery of the first one-way clutch to the inner periphery of the second stator impeller. The first stator impeller is coupled to a fixed shaft via the first and second one-way clutches, and the second stator impeller is coupled to the fixed shaft only via the second one-way clutch.
US09115765B2
A torque transmission device for a motor vehicle, having a torque input element (7), a torque output element (24), and at least two elastic members (10a, 10b) mounted between the torque input and output elements (7, 24) and counteracting rotation of input and output elements with respect to one another. The elastic members (10a, 10b) are arranged serially by means of a phasing member (30) so that the elastic members (10a, 10b) deform in phase with one another. The stiffness K1 of the elastic member (10a) mounted between the torque input element (7) and the phasing member (30) is less than the stiffness K2 of the elastic member (10b) mounted between the phasing member (30) and the torque output element (34), the ratio K2/K1 being equal to at least 2.
US09115750B2
A hinge apparatus connects a first member and a second member to each other so that the first and second members are mutually foldable, and is usable with a computing apparatus. The hinge apparatus includes first and second main gears which are disposed on the first and the second members, respectively, a plurality of idle gears which are disposed between the first and the second main gears so that the first and the second main gears are interlocked with each other, and a pressure member which reinforces a mesh force between the first and the second main gears and the plurality of idle gears.
US09115743B2
A fixing apparatus is provided with a clip body. The clip body includes a body leg. A body engagement hook is formed at the body leg. A groove having a groove bottom surface is formed at the body engagement hook. The groove bottom surface extends from an outside surface to an inside surface of the body engagement hook at a central portion in a width direction of the body engagement hook. A portion of the groove bottom surface including a center axis line-side end is open toward the body head through a lock pin inserting hole. A fixing apparatus removing structure includes the fixing apparatus and a tool. A CSA fixing apparatus includes the fixing apparatus and a CSA. At a time of removing the fixing apparatus, the body engagement hook is displaced inward using the tool. Then, by pulling the tool, the clip body is removed from a body.
US09115742B2
Improved connection systems for pinned connections are disclosed. Although the connection systems may be utilized in dragline excavating systems, the connection systems may also be utilized for pinned connections in a variety of other types of mining, dredging, forestry, and construction equipment. An insert utilized in the connections systems has a frustroconical shape that joins with an aperture in an element being joined by the connection system.
US09115738B2
A connector for a straw construction kit includes a body having a central base portion and a plurality of fingers extending radially outward from the central base portion and spaced apart from one another. The central base portion has a notch formed therein and being accessible between a pair of fingers. The finger is configured for insertion into one straw. The connector can be mated to another connector to form another connector having a different shape.
US09115737B2
Attachment part or trim part for vehicles are typically provided with a plurality of fastening points of which several are provided with through-holes for receiving aligning or fastening devices, in particular welded bolts, screws or rivets. Some of the fastening points are additionally designed to be movable in a premounted situation in a latching manner between a plurality of predetermined positions relative to the aligning or fastening devices used, in order to permit thereby an adjustment of the attachment part or trim part relative to the attachment point on a vehicle. In order to achieve the simplest possible design, it is proposed that the positions are predetermined by the internal contour of the through-holes.
US09115730B2
A valve device includes a valve housing (2) and a valve piston (4) axially displaceably in a housing bore (3). By valve piston movement, load connections (A, B) can alternately be connected to a pressure connection (P) and to a tank connection (T1, T2) by solenoid magnets (5, 6). Pilot control chambers (8, 10) pressurize piston back sides (9, 11). The control chambers (8, 10) are connectable via fluid-conducting connections (12, 13) to the pressure connection (P). Pilot control pistons (14, 15) release or close fluid-conducting connections (16, 17) between control chambers (8, 10) and the tank connection (T1, T2). One pilot control piston (14, 15) includes a ring channel (19) controlling a fluid-conducting connection (16, 17) between a pilot control chamber (8, 10) and a tank connection (T1, T2).
US09115727B2
A master cylinder apparatus A1 includes a master cylinder 1 and a reservoir 3. The master cylinder 1 transduces an input to a brake operator into a brake fluid pressure. The reservoir 3 includes a fluid supply hole 3a that is connected to the master cylinder 1. A base body 10 of the master cylinder 1 includes a first cylinder hole 11a into which a piston is inserted, a reservoir union port 13a to which the fluid supply hole 3a is connected, and a communication hole 13d. The communication hole 13d has one end opening in a bottom surface of the reservoir union port 13a, and the other end opening in an inner circumferential surface of the first cylinder hole 11a. A center axis O3 of the reservoir union port 13a passes through a position being apart from a center axis O1 of the first cylinder hole 11a.
US09115726B2
An exemplary housing of a cooling fan includes a metallic base plate and a plastic bear seat. Clasps extend upwardly from the base plate. The bear seat is formed on the base plate via injection process. A bottom end of the bear seat directly contacts the base plate. The clasps are embedded in the bear seat.
US09115722B2
The presence or absence of boost pressure is determined from an error between F-P characteristics showing the relationship between the output frequency of an inverter and the power consumption and an actual operating point. When there is boost pressure, an amount of correction of linearized characteristics showing the relationship between quantity and discharge side pressure is automatically calculated based on the error, and the linearized characteristics are corrected. Subsequently, by carrying out a PID control in accordance with a target pressure obtained from post-correction linearized characteristics, the output frequency of an inverter unit is controlled, and an estimated constant end pressure control is carried out. Because of this, a pressure sensor or quantity sensor on a pump intake side is rendered unnecessary, and a simplification and reduction in cost of a feed water pump control device are possible.
US09115716B2
There is provided a vane compressor with a plurality of vanes having a structure in which a rotor portion and a rotary shaft are unitarily formed so as to reduce bearing sliding loss of the rotary shaft and reduce gas leakage loss by narrowing a space formed between the rotor portion and the inner peripheral surface of a cylinder. In the vane compressor with the plurality of vanes according to the present invention, an angle α of a circular arc constituting the partial ring shape of each vane aligner satisfies a relationship of [ Equation 9 ] α < 2 tan - 1 { R sin ( π N ) R cos ( π N ) + e } ( 1 ) where R is a distance between the rotational central axis of each bush and the rotational central axis of the rotor portion, e is a distance between the central axis of the inner peripheral surface of the cylinder and the rotational central axis of the rotor portion, and N (a natural number of two or greater) is the number of the vanes.
US09115712B2
A swing barrel type positive displacement pump using a cross shaft joint bearing includes a main shaft (1) for connecting with a motor. The upper part of the main shaft (1) is slantwise provided with a rotating barrel (2) which swings along with the rotation of the main shaft (1). The periphery of the rotating barrel (2) is evenly provided with more than three pin shafts (3). Each pin shaft (3) is sleeved with a cross shaft joint bearing (4). Each cross shaft joint bearing (4) includes a bearing (41) sleeved on the pin shaft (3). The outer ring of each bearing (41) is fixedly connected with a swing sleeve (42). Fixed shafts (421, 421′) with the same axis extend along the left and right sides of the swing sleeve (42), respectively. The fixed shafts (421,421′) are sleeved with a left and right bearing (43, 43′), respectively. The outer rings of the left and right bearings are fixedly connected with left and right cross shaft swing sleeves (44, 44′), respectively. The top ends of the left and right cross shaft swing sleeves (44, 44′) are fixedly connected with each other. The bottom ends of the left and right cross shaft swing sleeves (44, 44′) are fixedly connected with a connecting bar (5) which is hinged with a piston in a displacement chamber. The positive displacement pump has low wear, low energy consumption, sensitive rotation, high rotation speed, and long service life.
US09115709B2
The present invention involves, in some embodiments apparatus, such as dialysis apparatus, and methods for pumping fluid. Certain embodiments comprise a housing enclosing a pump drive assembly for actuating at least one pump on a removable fluid pumping cassette. The housing may comprise a door connected to the housing for enclosing an installed cassette in the housing upon closure of the door. The pump drive assembly may comprise a mating block configured for operative association with an installed cassette and to may be configured to permit a sealing engagement with an installed cassette upon closure of the door. To facilitate sealing, certain embodiments of the door include a movable compression plate configured to exert a compressive force on an installed cassette against the mating block when the door is in a closed position.
US09115708B2
Hemodialysis dialysis systems are disclosed. Hemodialysis systems of the invention may include a dialysate flow path including a balancing circuit, a mixing circuit, and/or a directing circuit. The circuits may be defined within one or more cassettes. The fluid circuits may be at least partially isolated, spatially and/or thermally, from electrical components of the system. A gas supply may be provided in fluid communication with the dialysate flow path and/or the dialyzer to, urge dialysate through the dialyzer and blood back to the patient. The hemodialysis systems may include fluid handling devices actuated using a control fluid, optionally delivered using detachable pump. Fluid handling devices may be generally rigid and of a spheroid shape, optionally with a diaphragm dividing the device into compartments.
US09115703B2
A hydraulic pump includes an adjustment device configured to adjust a delivery volume. The adjustment device is configured to be connected via a shuttle valve to a control pressure supply and to a working line. The working line is supplied by the hydraulic pump. The adjustment device is configured to be alternately supplied with control pressure by the control pressure supply and by the hydraulic pump. The hydraulic pump also includes a nozzle. The nozzle is configured to connect the working line to the control pressure supply in a zero stroke operating mode. The nozzle is formed in or on a valve body of the shuttle valve.
US09115691B2
A jet stream wind energy capture device including two pair of parallel sail line tracks. Each track pair includes chain support beams; a plurality of rotatable chain gears connected to the support beams of each track; and sail-line chains that ride upon the chain gears. Generator(s) are attached to the gears. At least one sail is attached to the chains whereby the sails move along the tracks in a cyclical downwind and upwind path thereby moving the chains to rotate their chain gears, which in turn provides energy to the generator(s).
US09115690B2
Systems and methods for maintaining the active power production of a fluid turbine and regulating the temperature of an electrical generating component by controlling the reactive power production are disclosed. A thermal parameter of the electrical generating component is monitored. If the electrical generating component exceeds a thermal parameter the reactive power production of the turbine is reduced. A fluid turbine may be de-rated to further reduce an electrical generating component's thermal parameter. A fluid turbine may shut down to further reduce an electrical generating component's thermal parameter. A fluid turbine's power production is re-started when the electrical generating component returns to an acceptable thermal parameter.
US09115680B2
A hand-operating starting device with clutch structure is mounted to one side of an engine and includes a driving portion and a driven portion. The driving portion includes a housing. A rotary member that is received in the housing and has a pull cord wounded thereon is provided with an elastic member and an axle having a positioning pin projecting therefrom. The driven portion includes a cover that covers the housing. The cover receives therein a sleeve for driving the engine. The sleeve includes a helical channel and is fit over the axle with the positioning pin received in and guided by the helical channel. A bearing arranged between the driving and driven portions for rotatably coupling with the axle and an O-ring is arranged around the bearing. The engine has a main shaft having an eccentric peg having a slope surface formed on an outer end thereof.
US09115679B2
A fuel injector mounting assembly including a mounting clip. The mounting clip includes a frame, a first leg, a second leg, a first arm, and a second arm. The frame includes a first side, a second side, and a generally planar surface extending between the first side and the second side. The first arm extends from the first side of the frame. The first arm includes a fuel cup support portion aligned with the first leg and extending in generally the same direction as the first leg, a raised surface of the fuel cup support portion configured to cooperate with the fuel cup, and a flange at an end of the fuel cup support portion, the flange extending away from the first leg. The second arm extends from the second side of the frame and is at least substantially similar to the first arm.
US09115677B2
A vacuum assist system attaches to an intake line and an intake manifold of an internal combustion engine having a throttle. The vacuum assist system includes a venturi valve, a reservoir, and a proportionally controlled valve. The proportionally controlled valve is movable between an open position and a closed position. The proportionally controlled valve moved to the open position when the throttle is in the partially open position such that air is flows from the inlet to the intake manifold, from the inlet to the venturi valve, from the venturi valve to the intake manifold, and from the reservoir to the venturi valve. The proportionally controlled valve moves to the closed position when the throttle is in the almost-closed position such that air flows from the inlet to the intake manifold via the intake line and from the reservoir to the intake manifold to reduce the pressure within the reservoir.
US09115672B2
This invention provides a control apparatus for an internal combustion engine that can accurately determine the existence or non-existence of an operational abnormality of a WGV in an internal combustion engine with a turbocharger that is equipped with an EGR system. The internal combustion engine includes a turbocharger, a WGV arranged in an exhaust bypass passage, an EGR valve arranged in an EGR passage, and a pressure sensor that acquires an intake pipe pressure of the internal combustion engine. The existence or non-existence of an operational abnormality of the WGV is determined based on a change in an intake pipe pressure when a valve opening request to the WGV is acquired. At such time, the EGR valve is controlled so as to enter a predetermined open state prior to the valve opening request to the WGV. Further, the existence or non-existence of an operational abnormality of the EGR valve is also jointly determined based on a change in the intake pipe pressure when a valve opening request to the EGR valve is acquired.
US09115669B2
A cooling system for a gas turbine engine includes a first structure movable relative to a second structure. The first structure has a cavity. A valve selectively controls fluid flow from a cooling source to the cavity. A valve is configured to move between first and second fluid flow positions in response to movement of the first structure. The first fluid flow position provides a greater amount of cooling fluid from the cooling source to the cavity than in the second fluid flow position.
US09115662B1
Methods and apparatuses are provided for managing a plurality of thrusters in a platform. The method and apparatuses comprise operating the plurality of thrusters in the platform with a thruster control system. The methods and apparatuses comprise estimating a vehicle response resulting from the operation of the plurality of thrusters to form an estimated vehicle response. The methods and apparatuses also comprise comparing the estimated vehicle response to a desired vehicle response to develop objective function errors. Also, the methods and apparatuses comprise developing a number of commands configured to correct the objective function errors.
US09115652B2
An oil control valve includes a housing having a control port and a drain port, a first seat with a first penetration hole forming a first chamber, a second seat with a second penetration hole forming a second chamber communicated with the control port, the second seat with the housing forming a third chamber communicating with the drain port, a first check valve within the first chamber selectively closing the first penetration hole, a second check valve within the third chamber selectively closing the second penetration hole, and a third penetration hole, a control portion selectively opening the first check valve and simultaneously closing the second check valve or selectively closing the first check valve and simultaneously opening the second check valve and an orifice connecting the first chamber with the second chamber.
US09115645B2
A handheld engine-driven cutter is provided with a disk blade and a main body that drives the disk blade. The main body comprises a four-stroke engine, an oil supplying opening from which engine oil is supplied, and an oil exhausting opening from which the engine oil is exhausted. In this engine cutter, the oil supplying opening and the oil exhausting opening are both disposed on one side of the main body where one end of a driving axis of the four-stroke engine is located.
US09115637B2
A radiator apparatus for a vehicle may include an inlet tank receiving coolant from an engine, a heat-exchanging portion fluidly connected to the inlet tank and provided with a plurality of tubes and radiation fins so as to cool the coolant flowing in the tubes by exchanging heat with air, and an outlet tank disposed apart from the inlet tank and fluid-connected to the heat-exchanging portion, wherein the outlet tank receives the coolant from the heat-exchanging portion and discharges the coolant back to the engine, a bubble separating unit mounted on a connecting hose supplying the coolant from the engine to the inlet tank, wherein the bubble separating unit separates bubble contained in the coolant and supplies the coolant from which the bubble may be separated to the inlet tank so as for the coolant to pass through the heat-exchanging portion.
US09115632B2
A cover for the upper end of an exhaust stack pipe comprises a curved cover pipe of greater diameter than the stack pipe. The curved cover pipe has a proximal end to fit over the end of the stack pipe and a distal end from which exhaust gases are discharged. The cover pipe is shaped to prevent rain from falling directly onto the end of the stack pipe. A flow diverter of lesser diameter than the cover pipe is mounted within the proximal end of the cover pipe to overlie the end of the stack pipe. The flow diverter comprises an extension tube for mounting onto the end of the stack pipe having lateral openings and a tapering deflector extending into the extension tube to divert exhaust gases to flow into the cover pipe through the lateral openings in the extension tube.
US09115631B2
Components in an exhaust after treatment system (EATS) for a diesel engine are monitored by measuring heat released (QDOC) across a diesel oxidation catalyst (DOC) and heat released (QEATS) across the DOC and a diesel particulate filter (DPF) during an A Hi injection event, by calculating heat input from AHI fuel (QAHI) during performance of the AH I injection event with a fully functioning AHI nozzle, and by measuring NOX conversion efficiency (nSCR) from NOX to N2 by a selective catalytic reduction system (SCR) at a condition where a SCR is sensitive to feeding gas compositions while AHI is not in use. Malfunctioning components are identified using these measurements and calculations.
US09115630B1
A system and method are disclosed for a selective catalytic reductant (SCR) catalyst with an NH3 sensor operationally coupled mid-catalyst of the SCR catalyst and a controller in electronic communication with the NH3 sensor configured to interpret a diagnostic enablement condition of the NH3 sensor. The controller is configured to control a reductant injector to inject varying reductant amounts over a range of ANR values in response to the enablement condition being satisfied. The controller also is configured to determine a lower bound of estimates of the NH3 amount at the mid-bed catalyst position for the reductant amounts, and determine an NH3 sensor fault condition in response to actual sensor outputs and the NH3 lower bound value.
US09115629B2
A method for diagnosing a particulate matter sensor is described. In one example, a liquid is purposefully injected into the exhaust system to verify operation of the particulate matter sensor. Reliability of particulate matter diagnostics may be improved by way of the approach, at least during some conditions.
US09115626B2
A method for monitoring a discrete substrate element from an ammonia-selective catalyst reduction device configured to treat an exhaust gas feedstream of an internal combustion engine includes monitoring amounts of ammonia that are adsorbed, desorbed, and oxidized and an amount of ammonia that is consumed in reducing NOx in the exhaust gas feedstream from the discrete substrate element. An amount of ammonia consumption for the discrete substrate element is determined based on the amount of ammonia that is oxidized and the amount of ammonia that is consumed in reducing NOx in the exhaust gas feedstream. The amount of ammonia that is adsorbed and the amount of ammonia that is desorbed for the discrete substrate element are compared and the amount of ammonia consumption for the discrete substrate element is adjusted when the amount of ammonia that is adsorbed is less than the amount of ammonia that is desorbed.
US09115622B2
A heating module (1) for an exhaust-gas purification system connected to the outlet of an internal combustion engine comprises a catalytic burner, with an HC injector (14) and with an oxidation catalytic converter (12) positioned downstream of the HC injector (14) in the flow direction of the exhaust gas, for supplying thermal energy to an exhaust-gas purification unit of the exhaust-gas purification system. It is provided here that the heating module (1) has a main section (2), a secondary section (3) which comprises the catalytic burner (12, 14), and a device (4, 5) for controlling the exhaust-gas mass flow flowing through the secondary section (3). In a first embodiment, the main section (2) has, in the inlet region or the heating module (1), an overflow pipe portion (6) which has overflow openings (7), between which overflow diverting chambers (8) is situated, parallel to the main section (2) of the heating module (1), the secondary section portion (11) with the oxidation catalytic converter (12). In another embodiment, it is provided that the secondary section (3) has, at the inlet side and outlet side, in each case one diverting chamber (8) which extends in the radial direction from the main section (2), between which diverting chambers (8) is situated, parallel to the main section (2) of the heating module (1), the secondary section portion (11) with the oxidation catalytic converter (12).
US09115610B2
A variable engine valve timing control system has a cam phase actuator, with first and second actuator ports, to adjust a rotational phase of a camshaft relative to a crankshaft. A first control valve selectively couples the first actuator port to either an engine oil pump or a first valve port. A second control valve selectively couples the second actuator port to either the engine oil pump or a second valve port. Separate check valves prevent oil flow backwards through the first and second control valves from the cam phase actuator to the engine oil pump. In one implementation, the first valve port and second valve port are connected to a fluid reservoir. In another implementation, the first valve port is connected by another check valve to the second actuator port, and the second valve port is connected by a further check valve to the first actuator port.
US09115609B2
A finger lever is provided for a valve train of an internal combustion engine. The finger lever comprises an inner lever, at least one arm pivotally coupled to the inner lever, and a coupling device operatively displaceable to control movement of the at least one arm relative to the inner lever. The coupling device includes a slide and a piston disposed in a longitudinal bore of the inner lever, the piston having an entraining slot in which at least part of the slide is received, and at least one biasing member arranged to bias the piston relative to the inner lever. The slide is constructed to be displaced in a coupled position or an uncoupled position. In the coupled position the slide is entrained by the at least one arm, and in the uncoupled position the slide is not entrained by the at least one arm.
US09115593B2
An example turbomachine assembly includes, among other things, a nose cone of a turbomachine, and a pump that is selectively driven by a motor or a shaft to communicate air to an interior of the nose cone. The pump shaft is driven by a dedicated geared architecture.
US09115580B2
A downhole fluid separation assembly, including a body having greater affinity to a first fluid than a second fluid. The body is operatively arranged with openings for enabling fluid flow therethrough. A member is included that is movable with respect to the body and operatively arranged to compress a section of the body adjacent to the member for urging fluid out of the body and toward a target location. The body is configured to expand when not adjacent to the member for enabling fluid to reenter the body. A method of separating fluids is also included.
US09115571B2
A downhole tool for a wellbore within a geological formation may include a housing to be lowered into the wellbore, a probe carried by the housing, and a packer carried by the probe. The packer may include a rigid base, an elastomeric member carried by the rigid base and having a recess therein, and a support member within the recess and comprising a plurality of rigid segments interconnected to allow relative movement between adjacent rigid segments. The rigid base, the elastomeric member, and the support member may each have respective aligned openings therein defining a fluid sampling inlet.
US09115570B2
An example system for capturing fluid samples from a borehole includes an outer pipe and an inner pipe disposed within the outer pipe. A removable capture assembly may be disposed within the inner pipe proximate to a top of the inner pipe. A flow port may provide fluid communication with the inner pipe. The system may also include a flow mandrel disposed around the outer pipe. The flow mandrel may include a flow path in fluid communication with an annular space within the outer pipe, and the removable capture assembly may be at least partially disposed within the flow mandrel.
US09115567B2
A downhole tool includes a pump to facilitate a flow of sampling fluid through the downhole tool. The sampling fluid flows from an inlet of the downhole tool toward an outlet of the downhole tool or to a sampling chamber. The downhole tool also includes a sensor located in the pump. The sensor facilitates a calculation of a pumping efficiency of the downhole tool.
US09115565B1
Disclosed are circulating sleeves that can be opened and closed and permanently closed. A disclosed completion system includes a completion string having a circulating sleeve movably arranged therein, the circulating sleeve having a locking profile defined on an outer radial surface thereof and a shifting profile defined on an inner radial surface thereof, a service tool configured to be arranged at least partially within the completion string and including a shifting tool having one or more shifting keys configured to mate with the shifting profile, wherein, when the shifting keys locate and mate with the shifting profile, an axial load applied on the service tool axially moves the circulating sleeve, and a release shoulder assembly arranged within the completion string and comprising a release shoulder that defines a channel configured to receive a locking mechanism occluded within the channel until the release shoulder is moved axially.
US09115553B2
A method of re-processing used TSP material layers to form cutting elements, bits with such cutting elements mounted on their bodies, and bits having re-processed TSP material layers attached to their bodies, as well as such cutting elements and bits are provided. The method includes providing a used TSP material cutting element having a TSP material layer and substrate, or a bit having a TSP material layer attached to the bit, removing the used TSP material layer from the cutting element or bit, cutting the used TSP material layer to a new shape, if necessary, optionally re-leaching the used TSP layer and re-using the TSP material layer to form a cutting element, or in forming a bit body. The formed cutting element may be mounted on a bit body.
US09115547B2
A method to add a joint of pipe to a conductor string includes securing the conductor string with a spider, grasping an upper end of the joint of pipe with a segmented-ring elevator, engaging a plurality of slips of the elevator with an outer profile of the joint of pipe, raising the grasped joint of pipe from non-vertical to vertical, positioning the vertical joint of pipe atop the secured conductor string, attaching the joint of pipe to the conductor string, releasing the conductor string from the spider, and retaining the joint of pipe and the conductor string with the segmented-ring elevator.
US09115541B2
An impulse-type underground supercharged jet drilling method and device. The impulse-type underground supercharged jet drilling method uses up and down vibrations of a drill string or weight on bit variation during the drilling process, so that an upper joint connected to the drill string drives a housing and a supercharging cylinder block to move up and down relative to a supercharging piston, while the supercharging piston, a high pressure line, and a drive shaft disposed outside the high pressure line make a reciprocally retractable movement relative to the housing. As a result, some working fluid entering the supercharging cylinder block is intermittently supercharged, and discharged from a high pressure fluid passage disposed in the supercharging piston and the high pressure line. The device effectively imparts an underground supercharging to parts of the drilling fluid, thus improving the rock breaking efficiency and the drilling speed.
US09115538B2
The screening device comprises a tubular element with an axis of rotation and rotatable in relation to a shaft device. It further comprises a screening body with one end secured to said tubular element and a free opposite end, which on rotation of said tubular element is adapted to move between a first position, in which the screening body is completely rolled up on said tubular element, and a second position, in which the screening body extends over said aperture in order to screen it. A drive unit for driving said tubular element comprises a motor connected to said tubular element and said shaft device such as to provide said rotation of said tubular element in relation to said shaft device. A control unit controls operation of said motor and comprises a printed circuit board with an electronic motion sensor. Said printed circuit board is located in a fixed position in relation to said axis of rotation of said tubular element and/or in relation to said shaft device.
US09115533B2
A pull clip for the bottom bar of a window shade, the pull clip comprising a pair of arms joined by a bridge portion, the arms flexibly biased toward a rest position when displaced therefrom, at least a portion of the arms releasably receivable within one or more channels on the bottom bar, at least one of the arms or the bridge portion including an engagement member, the engagement member frictionally engaging the bottom bar when the arms are received within the one or more channels to restrain the movement of the pull clip along the one or more channels, the pull clip including a receiver, the receiver facilitating the attachment of a cord or wand to the pull clip.
US09115530B2
A door opener for mounting on a door, including a mounting plate, a frictional engagement beam and an upwardly projecting ledge spaced apart from the mounting plate. A user steps onto the device contacting their shoe with the engagement bar and the upwardly projecting ledge to frictionally engage the shoe to the opener. The user then forcibly retracts their foot towards their body to lever the door open.
US09115523B2
A roller hinge assembly for connecting articulating door panels and simultaneously supporting a laterally extending panel support roller assembly includes multiple uniformly sized hinges having a male hinge strap and a female strap. Two or more such uniformly sized hinge units are arrayed laterally or side by side co-joined by a single hinge pin. Further, to insure appropriate alignment, a tubular roller bushing co-joins the male or the female hinge straps.
US09115520B2
A system and apparatus for construction interior partitions including a generally U-shaped horizontal track profile including a horizontal base extending to outside rails, a central channel in which to receive a shim and/or panel element and opposing channels in which to secure a gasketed panel retainer. Vertical framing elements at each end of a partition likewise provide side mounted channels with a cooperative channel in which a panel retainer may be secured. With track and framings in place the panel retainers on a first side are installed followed by the panel elements, optionally butt-jointed, and finally the opposing panel retainers. Additionally, a track support element and fastener catch is disclosed to allow a side-mounted sliding door track or other component to be face mounted (screwed) directly therein.
US09115519B2
A damping mechanism has a housing body defining a cavity with a central axis, a threaded section disposed with female threads revolving about the central axis and a smooth section; a rotating shaft inserted into the cavity; and a piston, wherein the piston comprises a threaded section disposed with male threads revolving about the central axis and a piston head. The threaded section of the cavity and the threaded section of the piston constitute a screw-on fit relationship between the female and male threads. The piston head is clearance-fitted or seal-fitted with the smooth section of the cavity. An axial hole section of the piston is clearance-fitted or seal-fitted with the rotating shaft. The rotating shaft is provided with a radially outwardly-opening and axially-extending oiling slot on the sliding path of the piston head while the depth and/or width of the oiling slot changes gradually.
US09115508B2
An elongated segmented binding cord (SBC) for reversibly housing and securing articles of manufacturing. The SBC reversibly houses and secures objects to a specified location while maintaining a predetermined amount of tension applied on the objects. The SBC includes a main longitudinal axis that includes a plurality of interlockable segments and abutments at opposing ends. Each abutment is adapted to at least reversibly attach at the specified location.
US09115507B2
A landscaping post guard comprising a base, a lower collar and an upper collar is disclosed. The base comprises a side wall having an upper lip, a tray extending inwardly from the side wall below the upper lip, a central opening, and a raised lip around said central opening. The lower collar fits inside of the side wall, below the tray. The upper collar fits inside of said raised lip around said central opening. A guard comprising a planar sheet that connects a raised peripheral rim to a central upwardly extending wall is also disclosed. Tabs extend inwardly from an upper portion of the inner wall and a slit extends from the raised peripheral rim to the central wall. A spike band may be secured to the peripheral rim.
US09115506B2
A bracket is formed from a front member and a back member. The front member includes a curvilinear portion flanked by first and second wing portions. The back member includes a central portion flanked by first and second end portions. The first and second wing portions of the curvilinear portion are secured by fasteners to the first and second wing portions, respectively, in a manner which forms a clamping area between the curvilinear portion and the central portion to frictionally attach the bracket to a received pipe/pole member. First and second upright members extend from the first and second wing portions, respectively. The first and second upright members support attachment of covering for boxing in of the received pipe/pole member and concealment of the bracket.
US09115503B2
A connector for a pair of opposed spaced concrete forming panels. The connector comprises an elongate spacer member having flanges formed thereon intermediate a central portion thereof and each opposite end thereof. A portion of at least one end of the spacer member is sized and shaped to selectively engage an elongate panel bracing member. A composite insulated concrete form and a method of using the insulated concrete form are also disclosed.
US09115498B2
A roof system is secured to a roof deck on a building. The roof system has a thermal energy absorbing product including a desiccant located between the roof deck and a roof barrier. The desiccant reversibly absorbs moisture, and in response thereto, heat is released and absorbed by the desiccant to effect a thermal management of the roof system.
US09115495B2
The disclosed subject matter is a reflector assembly for a skylight curb and the method of installing same through a safety grid from the roof. The purpose of the disclosed subject matter is to improve the optical performance of skylight curbs. The reflector assembly is manufacture from metallized polymer film, trimmed to match the desired interior curb surface where it will be mounted, and equipped with attachment devices to facilitate installation. The reflector assembly is configured by folding or rolling into a compact shape, passing it through an opening in the safety grid, unfolding it, and securing it in its proper position using the integrated attachment devices.
US09115493B2
Itaconic acid polymers for improved dirt and water resistance for elastomeric wall and roof coatings
The present invention provides aqueous coating compositions comprising one or more emulsion copolymer made from itaconic acid, a sulfonic acid or sulfonate ester monomer and an additional acid monomer which is a carboxylic acid and having a glass transition temperature of from −45° C. to −10° C., and one or more pigment, opacifier, filler, extender, or mixture of any of these at a % PVC of from 20 to 55, preferably 30 to 50, wherein coatings made from the coating compositions provide improved resistance to water swelling and dirt pickup resistance. The improvements are observed regardless of whether the compositions contain or are substantially free of zinc or divalent metal ions, or salts or compounds containing them. The present invention also provides roofing substrates coated with the aqueous compositions.
US09115488B2
A clip is provided for securing a cross tee to a main runner in a suspended ceiling grid system. The clip comprises a first leg configured to extend through the slot in the web of the main runner so as to lie alongside the web of a cross tee whose connector extends through the slot in a direction opposite to that of the first leg; a second leg extending generally perpendicularly to the first leg so as to lie alongside the web of the main runner; and a third leg extending generally perpendicularly to the second leg and generally parallel to the first leg. The third leg is sized to extend through an aperture in the web of the main runner and then be bent to lie alongside the web of the main runner on a side opposite to that of the second leg.
US09115486B2
A pump assembly for connection with a water source inlet (4), a sewer outlet (5) and a toilet (1), said toilet (1) comprising a toilet flush water inlet (2) and a toilet waste outlet (3), said pump assembly comprising: a pump housing with a pump flush water inlet (27), a pump flush water outlet (28), a pump waste inlet (25) and a pump waste outlet (26), and with means arranged to selectively allow water to flow from said pump flush water inlet (27) to said pump flush water outlet (28), and with means arranged to selectively pump waste from said pump waste inlet (25) to said pump waste outlet (26), characterized in that said pump assembly further comprises a connection system comprising two connection members (6, 7) that can be connected to each other: said first connection member (6) comprising a toilet waste outlet port (21) arranged to be connected to said toilet waste outlet (3), and a sewer outlet port (20) arranged to be connected to said sewer outlet (5), said second connection member (7) comprising said pump waste inlet port (25) and said pump waste outlet port (26), wherein in the connected state of said connection members (6, 7) said respective ports (20, 25) on said first connection member (6) are arranged in alignment and in watertight communication with the corresponding respective ports (21, 26) on said second connection member (7), such that said respective pairs of ports (20, 25; 21, 26) are connected or disconnected from each other simultaneously by connecting or releasing said second connection member (7) to/from said first connection member (6).
US09115477B2
A drill assembly for forming in ground granular columns without the need for vibratory compaction, the drill assembly includes a first drill (10) and a second drill (11), where the first drill is a tube (7), and the second drill includes a drill flight (26), wherein the first and second drills are concentric, and the second drill (11) is configured to lie at least partially within the first drill (10); such that the drill assembly is configured to form the granular column with primarily vertical compaction; when the drill assembly arrives at the required depth, the second drill (11) is used to feed an aggregate to a lower terminal end of the drill assembly, thus forming the granular column as the drill assembly is withdrawn.
US09115465B2
The invention relates to the use of polycarboxylate ethers for dispersing disperse dyes and UV absorbers. The invention also relates to a preparation containing a disperse dye and/or a UV absorber, further comprising a polycarboxylate ether as a dispersant.
US09115447B2
Device intended for extracting weft threads (T) arranged transversely in a straight grain reinforcing ply (F) comprising a hook capable of gripping a weft thread (T) by performing an alternating movement between a high position and a low position, characterized in that the hook engages with a disengageable anvil capable of moving along the path (XX′) of the hook so that when the device is in operation, the anvil is engaged in contact with the hook during all or part of the descending movement of said hook, forming a clamp capable of holding a section of weft between the hook and the anvil the anvil is disengaged from contact with said hook during the remainder of the travel of the hook, so as to enable the hook to engage a weft thread (T) and to release a section of weft (T).
US09115438B2
The invention relates to a self-supporting composite element and to a method of producing same. The composite element comprises a substrate of electronic conductive material which is covered with metal nanowires that are essentially oriented along a plane that is perpendicular to the substrate. The element is produced in a cell comprising a cathode which is formed by the substrate to be covered, one or more anodes and an electrolyte which is formed by a solution of a precursor of the metal material and optionally containing a conductive ionic salt, a flat porous membrane which is placed between the cathode and each of the anodes and a spacer element between each membrane and the anode adjacent thereto, the different constituent parts of the cell being maintained in contact.
US09115437B2
A raw gas collection system (15) for collecting raw gas from a plurality of aluminum smelting pots (4) is equipped with a plurality of branch ducts (16, 16a-d). Each branch duct (16, 16a-d) is arranged to channel a respective branch flow (32, 32a-b) of raw gas from an aluminum smelting pot (4) to a collecting duct (20a), which is common to and shared by branch ducts (16, 16a-d). Several of the branch ducts (16, 16a-d) are equipped with a combined heat transfer and flow resistance generating element (17) to remove heat from the respective branch flow (32, 32a-b) of raw gas and to balance the flow of raw gas in the raw gas collecting system (15). The combined heat transfer and flow resistance generating elements (17) reduce the need for adjusting the respective branch duct (16, 16a-d) flow volumes using dampers, thereby reducing the power required to transport the raw gas through the system.
US09115434B2
A water splitting oxygen evolving catalyst including: a metal oxide particle including a metal oxide represented by Formula 1: Co1-xMxOY Formula I wherein M is at least one selected from Al, In, Ga, Si, and Sn, x and y respectively satisfy the inequalities 0≦x<0.5 and 1
US09115430B2
A method and device for facilitating maintenance of an anode of a marine engine cooling system, the device including an anode for use with an anode plug such as, for example, an anode plug that has a detachable component with a threaded end for mounting to a threaded bore of a cooling system structure, and a connector that holds the anode, the anode having an indicator for indicating a condition of the anode which is indicative of a need to replace the anode The method permits changing the anode by removing and/or reinstalling an anode while preventing or minimizing water from exiting the cooling system of the marine engine.
US09115428B2
The invention relates to a method for enhancing a metallic coating on a steel strip or steel plate, the coating being melted by heating to a temperature above the melting temperature of the material of the coating, the heating taking place by irradiation of the surface of the coating with electromagnetic radiation having a high power density over a limited irradiation time of not more than 10 μs, and the mandated irradiation time and the energy density introduced into the coating by the electromagnetic radiation being selected such that the coating melts completely over its entire thickness down to the boundary layer with the steel strip, thereby forming a thin alloy layer at the boundary layer between the coating and the steel strip. The invention further relates to a steel strip or steel plate having a metallic coating, more particularly a coating of tin, zinc or nickel, in which, at the boundary layer between the steel and the coating, an alloy layer which is thin—compared with the thickness of the coating—and at the same time is dense, and is composed of iron atoms and atoms of the coating material, is formed, the thickness of the alloy layer corresponding to an alloy-layer add-on of less than 0.3 g/m2.
US09115424B2
Efficient methods for producing a superhydrophobic carbon nanotube (CNT) array are set forth. The methods comprise providing a vertically aligned CNT array and performing vacuum pyrolysis on the CNT array to produce a superhydrophobic CNT array. These methods have several advantages over the prior art, such as operational simplicity and efficiency.
US09115422B2
The present invention relates to a liquid indium alkoxide-containing composition comprising at least one indium alkoxide and at least three solvents L1, L2 and L3, in which the solvent L1 is selected from the group consisting of ethyl lactate, anisole, tetrahydrofurfuryl alcohol, butyl acetate, ethylene glycol diacetate and ethyl benzoate, and the difference between the boiling points of the two solvents L2 and L3 under SATP conditions is at least 30° C., to processes for preparation thereof and to the use thereof.
US09115417B2
A method for peening a surface of a material is disclosed. The method may include producing repeated, separated and high speed liquid drops and moving the liquid drops across the surface to be peened. The liquid drops are essentially free of air bubbles and the velocity of the liquid drops is at least 500 ft/sec. A peening apparatus to produce repeated, separated and high speed liquid drops is also disclosed. The apparatus may comprise a storage tank, a nozzle, a pump, an accumulator, a regulator and an actuator. The apparatus may control the volume and velocity of the produced liquid drops as well as the frequency of the liquid drop production.
US09115415B2
A case hardened steel with excellent cold forgeability and excellent impact properties after case hardening processing contains C, Si, Mn, S, Cr, Al, Ti, Nb, B, and N, with the balance being iron and unavoidable impurities. Of precipitates containing Ti and/or Nb, precipitates having a size of not less than 20 μm2 are at a number density of not more than 1.0/mm2. Of precipitates containing Ti and/or Nb, precipitates having a size of more than 5 μm2 and less than 20 μm2 and containing Mn and S are at a number density of more than 0.7/mm2 and not more than 3.0/mm2. The ferrite fraction is more than 77% by area.
US09115404B2
The invention pertains to a RNA molecule transcribed form a long terminal repeat (LTR) sequence, comprising a sequence encoding a gene, such as CSF1R, and a sequence that is at least in part found in the LTR, in particular for detecting cancer in a subject.
US09115403B2
The present invention provides a method for detecting mutations in the PALB2 gene in pancreatic cancer patients and in individuals having a family history of pancreatic cancer. Methods are also provided for diagnosing a predisposition to pancreatic cancer, for predicting a patient's response to pancreatic cancer therapies, and for treating pancreatic cancer, based on presence of a PALB2 mutation or abberant PALB2 gene expression in a patient.
US09115379B2
The present invention describes a process comprising a) subjecting a microorganism to autolysis under conditions at which a substantial part of the RNA remains in a form degradable into 5′-ribonucleotides; b) subjecting the autolysate to solid/liquid separation and recovering the RNA-containing cell wall fraction; and c) converting the RNA in the recovered RNA-containing cell wall fraction into 5′-ribonucleotides, whereby the solid/liquid separation in step b) is done at a pH of lower than 5.1. Said process is simple and allows for the production of a very pure composition of 5′-ribonucleotides. It also allows for the production of a very clear yeast extract.
US09115374B2
Disclosed are aqueous and lyophilized formulations containing SYN3 and methods of their use for treating bladder cancer.
US09115370B2
The present invention relates to polynucleotides encoding adult plant pathogen resistance proteins. Also provided are transgenic plants expressing these polynucleotides to enhance the resistance of the plants to pathogens.
US09115366B2
The invention concerns a method for producing terpenes of interest in plants having glandular trichomes, as well as plants useful for producing said terpenes of interest. Said plants comprise a sequence encoding a heterologous terpene synthase under the control of a promoter enabling it to be specifically expressed in the trichomes. Moreover, the pathway for producing endogenous diterpenes is preferably blocked in the trichomes of the plants, to increase the flow in the heterologous pathway. The secretion of heterologous terpenes is spontaneous resulting in easy collection. The present invention also concerns plants exhibiting a blocked production of a compound having antibiotic properties at the surface of leaves exhibiting enhanced efficiency of transformation by a bacterium.
US09115365B1
A novel sorghum variety designated PHA94QBKT and seed, plants and plant parts thereof. Methods for producing a plant that comprise crossing sorghum variety PHA94QBKT with another plant. Methods for producing a plant containing in its genetic material one or more traits introgressed into PHA94QBKT through backcross conversion and/or transformation, and to the sorghum seed, plant and plant part produced thereby. Hybrid sorghum seed, plant or plant part produced by crossing the sorghum variety PHA94QBKT or a locus conversion of PHA94QBKT with another sorghum variety.
US09115360B2
Disclosed are cells and methods for treating or preventing tumor formation or infections with pathogens in a patient. The cells of the invention are antigen-presenting cells (e.g., dendritic cells or macrophage) that have been loaded with RNA derived from tumors or pathogens. By administering the RNA-loaded antigen-presenting cells to a patient, tumor formation or pathogen infections can be treated or prevented. Alternatively, the RNA-loaded cells can be used as stimulator cells in the ex vivo expansion of CTL. Such CTL can then be used in a variation of conventional adoptive immunotherapy techniques.
US09115359B2
The invention relates to methods for producing secondary metabolites using transformed Synechocystis sp. bacteria, and secondary metabolites produced by transformed Synechocystis sp. bacteria. The invention further relates to phosphopantetheinyl transferase enzymes.
US09115352B2
The present invention is related to a method for preparing a nucleic acid library comprising a plurality of various elements or nucleic acid molecules that differ in a controlled manner at one or several distinct nucleotide positions.
US09115337B2
The present invention relates to oncolytic adenoviruses having therapeutic applications. Recombinant chimeric adenoviruses, and methods to produce them are provided. The chimeric adenoviruses of the invention comprise nucleic acid sequences derived from adenoviral serotypes classified within the subgroups B through F and demonstrate an enhanced therapeutic index.
US09115336B2
Described are methods, cell growth substrates, and devices that are useful in preparing cell-containing graft materials for administration to patients. Tubular passages can be defined in cell growth substrates to promote distribution of cells into the substrates. Also described are methods and devices for preparing cell-seeded graft compositions, methods and devices for preconditioning cell growth substrates prior to application of cells, and cell seeded grafts having novel substrates, and uses thereof.
US09115334B2
The present invention relates to a method for preparing an extract containing omega fatty acids from a plant containing omega fatty acids, including the following steps: drying the plant containing omega fatty acids to prepare a powder; and extracting omega fatty acids from the prepared plant powder by using supercritical carbon dioxide as a solvent at an optimum temperature and pressure, a dietary supplement and a cholesterol-lowering pharmaceutical composition containing plant-derived omega fatty acids extracted by the method, and omega fatty acids-containing plant extract containing a predetermined or greater amount of omega-3 fatty acids.
US09115330B2
The present invention is directed to novel diethyl-methyl-hexahydro-isobenzofuran compounds and a method of improving, enhancing or modifying a fragrance formulation through the addition of an olfactory acceptable amount of these novel compounds.
US09115328B2
A particular gear oil composition is provided that contains (A) a base oil, (B) an ethylene-α-olefin copolymer, (C) a sulfur-containing compound, (D) an organomolybdenum compound and (E) a phosphorus-containing compound, which is excellent in extreme pressure properties, shear stability and wear resistance, and is excellent in fuel saving properties.
US09115324B2
An enhanced Fischer-Tropsch process for the synthesis of sulfur free, clean burning, green hydrocarbon fuels, examples of which include syndiesel and aviation fuel. Naphtha is destroyed in a hydrogen generator and recycled as feedstock to a syngas (FT) reactor in order to enhance the production of syndiesel from the reactor. A further variation integrates a second hydrogen generator capturing light hydrocarbon gas for conversion to hydrogen and carbon monoxide which supplements the Fischer-Tropsch reactor. The result is a considerable increase in the volume of syndiesel formulated. A system for effecting the process is also characterized in the specification.
US09115322B2
A gasification reactor comprising a pressure vessel encasing a gasifier. Strain gauges are provided in the space between the gasifier tubular wall and the pressure vessel on one or more parts loaded by weight of slag within the gasifier, at the exterior surface of the gasifier tubular wall and/or coolant supply lines. Formation of slag deposits and/or pressure within the gasifier is monitored by measuring strain development in parts exposed to stress induced by weight of the slag deposits or induced by internal pressure, respectively.
US09115319B2
The present invention relates to the field of processing hydrocarbons which causes corrosion in the metal surfaces of processing units. The invention addresses the technical problem of high temperature naphthenic acid corrosion and sulphur corrosion and provides a solution to inhibit these types of corrosion. The three combination compositions are formed by two mixtures separately, with one mixture obtained by mixing compound A, which is obtained by reacting high reactive polyisobutylene (HRPIB) with phosphorous pentasulphide in presence of catalytic amount of sulphur with compound B which is thiophosphorous compound such as phosphorous thioacid ester of Formula (1) and second mixture obtained by mixing compound A with compound C of Formula (2) which is obtained by reacting compound B with ethylene oxide, wherein each of these two mixtures independently provide high corrosion inhibition efficiency in case of high temperature naphthenic acid corrosion inhibition and sulphur corrosion inhibition. The invention is useful in all hydrocarbon processing units, such as, refineries, distillation columns and other petrochemical industries.
US09115316B2
A method and system for controlling an interface emulsion layer and mud layer within a desalter vessel includes injecting a water flow through a plurality of nozzles arranged about a piping circuit located in the brine water layer. Each nozzle is oriented toward an interior space of the desalter vessel and is arranged oblique to the piping circuit. The water flow through the plurality of nozzles causes a horizontal and vertical rotation of a volume of water that is effective for suspending solids in the water and promoting a collapse of the interface emulsion layer. The water velocity through each nozzle, which may be a recycled water flow, is preferably in a range of 1 to 3 fpm and each nozzle is preferably oriented at an angle of about 15° and 60° in a horizontal plane and a downward angle of about 15° and 60° in a vertical plane.
US09115306B2
In some embodiments, the instant invention provides a chemiluminescent system, including: an oxalate system, including: (a) at least one oxalate ester in an amount ranging from 3 to 60 percent by weight based on a total weight of the oxalate system, (b) at least one first solvent selected from the group consisting of: alkyl benzoates, dialkyl phthalates, trialkyl acetylcitrates, 2-acetyloxy isobutyrates, paraffinic liquids, isoparaffinic liquids, toluene, nitroethane, in an amount ranging from 10 to 97 percent by weight based on the total weight of the oxalate system, (c) at least one second solvent is selected from the group consisting of: dialkyl malonates, dialkyl dialkylmalonates, dialkyl arylalkylmalonates, dialkyl succinates, dialkyl glutarates, dialkyl adipates, dialkyl pimelates, dialkyl polyalkylmalonates, (d) at least one fluorescer, and (e) at least one inorganic salt in an amount ranging from 0.1 to 30 percent by weight based on the total weight of the oxalate system.
US09115296B2
The present invention is directed to bituminous emulsions comprising bitumen, water, one or more emulsifiers systems and a diblock copolymer including one block of a monovinylaromatic hydrocarbon and one block of a conjugated diene, wherein the conjugated diene has a peak molecular weight from 30,000 to 78,000 and a vinyl content from 35 to 80 mol percent based on the number of repeat monomer units in the conjugated diene block. A block copolymer comprising at least two blocks of monovinylaromatic hydrocarbon and at least one block of conjugated diene, the block copolymer selected from linear triblock copolymers having a peak molecular weight that is 1.5 to 3.0 times the peak molecular weight of the diblock copolymer, multiarm coupled block copolymers having a peak molecular weight that is 1.5 to 9.0 times the peak molecular weight of the diblock copolymer, and mixtures thereof, wherein each block copolymer has a vinyl content from 35 to 80 mol percent based on the number of repeat monomer units in the conjugated diene block, wherein the ratio of (i) to (ii) in the block copolymer composition is greater than 1:1.
US09115294B2
The present invention relates to acrylic compositions capable of bonding directly with an isocyanate-containing composition, e.g. polyurethane, and methods for manufacturing the same. The acrylic compositions of the invention have multifunctional chain transfer agents and/or multifunctional crosslinkers with isocyanate-reactive groups.
US09115292B2
The instant invention provides a crosslinkable aqueous composition, method of producing the same, crosslinked compositions, and method of producing the same. The crosslinkable composition comprising: an aqueous dispersion comprising; (a) water; (b) a polycarbamate comprising at least an average of 2.0 carbamate functional groups; (c) a polyaldehyde comprising at least two aldehyde groups; (d) an acid catalyst; and (e) optionally one or more surfactants; wherein said aqueous dispersion has a pH in the range of less than 7; and wherein said composition is capable of being crosslinked at a temperature in range of less than 80° C. upon substantial removal of water.
US09115288B2
The present invention relates to a water-containing coating composition thickened with a hydrophobically modified alkali soluble emulsion, wherein the composition is neutralized by a combination of an alkali metal hydroxide or ammonium hydroxide and a low VOC alkanolamine.
US09115283B2
Provided herein are polycarbonate blend compositions, methods for making polycarbonate blend compositions and articles containing the polycarbonate blend composition, wherein the polycarbonate blend composition comprises a first polycarbonate and a second polycarbonate wherein the polycarbonate blend has a glass transition temperature (Tg) between 148° C. and 155° C. as measured using a differential scanning calorimetry method; a percent (%) haze of less than 3.5% and a % transmission of greater than 80% as measured using a method of ASTM D 1003-07, and wherein the blend composition possesses 80% or greater ductility in a notched izod test at −20° C. at a thickness of 0.125 inches according to ASTM D256-10.
US09115282B2
A thermoplastic elastomer (TPE) composition is provided which contains a blend of a hydrogenated styrenic block copolymer (SBC) having a number average molecular weight (Mn) greater than about 200,000 Daltons (Da), a polypropylene, a mineral oil, and at least one filler. The composition has a hardness less than about 80 Shore A and is resealable. An article produced from such a TPE composition reseals itself so as to exhibit no leakage after puncture. A method for preventing leakage in an elastomeric article involves providing an elastomeric article formed from the TPE composition, puncturing the elastomeric article by inserting a sharp object, and removing the sharp object; the article reseals itself such that no leakage occurs from the punctured article after removal of the sharp object.
US09115279B2
The present invention relates to polypropylene compositions with a balance of high strength, good clarity, excellent stress whitening resistance, and excellent impact properties—especially at low temperatures—for use in demanding plastics applications. Blends consist of both homopolymer and random copolymer polypropylene fractions, as well as propylene-ethylene elastomers and styrenic based elastomers. The invention also covers molded articles made from these blends.
US09115277B2
The purpose is to provide a porous polyolefin resin film which has high gas permeability and a high porosity, and which can exhibit excellent properties including break down properties when used as a separator for a non-aqueous electrolyte secondary battery. The present invention relates to a porous polyolefin resin film which is produced from a resin composition (a) containing a polyolefin resin as the main component and additionally containing organic-inorganic hybrid particles (f).
US09115275B2
The instant invention provides a polyolefin composition suitable for packaging applications, films, multilayer structures and packaging devices made therefrom. The polyolefin composition according to the present invention comprises: an ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer composition comprising (a) from 50 to 75 percent by weight of a first ethylene/α-olefin copolymer fraction having a density in the range of 0.894 to 0.908 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) in the range of from 0.2 to 1 g/10 minutes, and (b) from 25 to 50 percent by weight of a second ethylene/α-olefin copolymer fraction, and wherein said ethylene/α-olefin interpolymer composition has a density in the range of 0.910 to 0.924 g/cm3, a melt index (I2) in the range of from 0.5 to 2 g/10 minutes, a zero shear viscosity ratio (ZSVR) in the range of from 1.15 to 2.5, a molecular weight distribution, expressed as the ratio of the weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight (Mw/Mn) in the range of from 2.0 to 4.0, and tan delta at 0.1 radian/second and 190° C. in the range of from 6 to 43.
US09115268B2
The correlation between the aggregation structure of inorganic fillers such as silica microparticles in silicone rubbers and tensile strength and tear strength still has not been elucidated. The purpose of the invention is to provide a curable silicone rubber composition with which a silicone rubber of superior tensile strength and tear strength can be obtained. The invention provides a curable silicone rubber composition that is characterized in that the aggregate size of the inorganic filler prior to extending as determined by synchrotron X-ray diffraction measurement is 20-25 nm and the maximum value for the orientation coefficient of the curable silicone rubber composition when drawn as determined by synchrotron X-ray diffraction measurement is 0.25-0.35.
US09115264B2
The present invention relates to filled polymeric materials 16 including a thermoplastic polymer 18 and a metallic fiber 20 and to light weight composite materials 10, 12 which comprise a metallic layer 14 and a polymeric layer, the polymeric layer containing the filled polymeric material 16. The composite materials of the present invention may be formed using conventional stamping equipment at ambient temperatures. Composite materials of the present invention may also be capable of being welded to other metal materials using conventional welding techniques. The composites exhibit resistance to delamination.
US09115262B2
The present invention provides a CICP that maintains high durability and excellent color properties inherent in chromium-containing CICP while allowing a reduced amount of hexavalent chromium elution from the pigment. The CICP with reduced elution of hexavalent chromium therefrom characterized in that the pigment consists of: a pigment component selected from the group consisting of Color Index (C.I.) Pigment Blue 36, C.I. Pigment Green 17, C.I. Pigment Green 51, C.I. Pigment Green 26, C.I. Pigment Yellow 162, C.I. Pigment Yellow 163, C.I. Pigment Red 233, C.I. Pigment Red 235, C.I. Pigment Red 236, C.I. Pigment Red 230, C.I. Pigment Brown 24, C.I. Pigment Brown 33, C.I. Pigment Brown 35, C.I. Pigment Brown 39, C.I. Pigment Brown 40, C.I. Pigment Brown 46, C.I. Pigment Black 27, C.I. Pigment Black 28, C.I. Pigment Brown 29, and C.I. Pigment Black 30; and an additive component in an amount of 0.1 to 5% by weight consisting of an oxide of at least one element selected from the group consisting of phosphorus, boron, tungsten, vanadium, magnesium, lithium and molybdenum.
US09115255B2
Surface-modifying layers, including neutral layers for vertical domain-forming block copolymers of styrene and methyl methacrylate are provided. Also provided are self-assembled block copolymer structures incorporating the surface modifying layers, methods of fabricating such structures and methods of using the structures in BCP lithography applications. The surface-modifying layers comprise a crosslinked copolymer film, wherein the crosslinked copolymers are random copolymers polymerized from styrene monomers and/or (meth)acrylate monomers and crosslinkable epoxy group-functionalized monomers. The crosslinked copolymer films are characterized by a high content of the crosslinkable epoxy group-functionalized monomer.
US09115252B2
Crosslinked foams having high filler loadings, which may be formed from A) a polyolefin having a crystallinity of 21 percent or less, an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer having a vinyl acetate content of less than 15 mole percent, or a combination thereof; B) a polyolefin having a viscosity between 500 and 20,000 cP, as measured using ASTM D1084 (Brookfield Viscosity at 350° F.); and C) a filler, wherein the crosslinked foam includes from 10 to 80 parts filler per hundred parts of components A, B, and C, by weight. In other aspects of embodiments disclosed herein, the crosslinked foam may optionally include one or more of: D) at least one polyolefin having a crystallinity of greater than 21 weight percent, an ethylene vinyl acetate copolymer having a vinyl acetate content of 15 mole percent or greater, or a combination thereof; and E) a scorch retarder.
US09115243B2
A solution is a liquid organosilicon compound represented by general formula (1) as described below: wherein, X is each independently a group represented by formula (I), formula (II) or formula (III) as described below, and when the number of the group represented by formula (I) per one molecule of the liquid organosilicon compound represented by general formula (1) is defined as a, the number of the group represented by formula (II) per one molecule thereof is defined as b, and the number of the group represented by formula (III) per one molecule thereof is defined as c, 0≦a≦3.5, 0≦b≦3.5, and 0≦c≦1 are obtained, and also a+b+2c=4 is obtained:
US09115238B2
A cell culture microcarrier includes a polymer formed from copolymerization of a mixture including (i) an uncharged hydrophilic unsaturated monomer having a hydroxyl group; (ii) a hydrophilic carboxylic acid containing unsaturated monomer; and (iii) a hydrophilic multifunctional unsaturated monomer. The microcarrier may further include a polypeptide, such as a polypeptide that promotes cell adhesion, conjugated to the surface of the microcarrier; e.g. via the carboxyl group from the hydrophilic carboxylic acid containing unsaturated monomer. Some of the microcarriers support attachment of human embryonic stem cells.
US09115230B2
The invention concerns a radiopaque, non-biodegradable, water-insoluble iodinated benzyl ether of poly(vinyl alcohol) consisting of a PVA having covalently grafted thereon iodinated benzyl groups comprising 1-4 iodine atoms per benzyl group, a process for preparing the same comprising reacting a 0-100% hydrolyzed PVA with a iodinated benzyl derivative comprising 1-4 iodine atoms per benzyl group in a polar aprotic solvent in the presence of a base in anhydrous conditions. Said iodo-benzylether-PVA is particularly useful as embolic agent in an injectable embolizing composition. The invention also concerns an injectable embolizing composition comprising said iodo-benzylether-PVA and capable of forming a cohesive mass upon contact with a body fluid by precipitation of the iodo-benzylether-PVA. Said injectable embolizing composition is particularly useful for forming in-situ a cohesive mass in a blood vessel or into a tumor. The invention further concerns a coating composition containing said iodo-benzylether-PVA and capable of forming a radiopaque coating on a medical device. The invention further concerns particles formed of said iodo-benzylether-PVA.
US09115228B2
The extensional viscosity of a styrenic resin is enhanced by increasing the Z+1 average molecular weight (Mz+1) of the resin. In one embodiment, an enhanced extensional viscosity resin is provided that has an Mz+1 molecular weight of at least approximately 745,000 and an extensional viscosity having a minimum value of approximately 360,000 Pascal-seconds (Pa-sec).
US09115215B2
The invention discloses a method for completely dissolving and rapidly hydrolyzing cellulose, and uses thereof. Cellulose is placed in an acidic aqueous solution with a [H+] concentration of 10−7˜1 M or an alkaline aqueous solution with a [OH−] concentration of 10−7˜1 M as sample A, wherein the volume ratio of solid to liquid is (0.003˜1.05):1. The acidic aqueous solution with a [H+] concentration of 10−7˜1 M or the alkaline aqueous solution with a [OH−] concentration of 10−7˜1 M is heated up to 261˜352 as sample B. Sample A and sample B obtained from step 1 and step 2 are mixed in a reactor to a concentration of cellulose of 0.1%˜35%, the concentration of the mixed solution is adjusted to an acidity of 10−7˜1 M [H+] or an alkalinity of 10−7˜1 M [OH−], and a water density of 587˜997 kg/m3, pressure is set at 6˜584 MPa. The mixture is rapidly heated up to 261˜352 at heating rate of 7.8˜14.8 /s, and then cellulose is dissolved completely in 0.8˜2 sec and hydrolyzed in 5 sec. Using this technique, it is the first time for achieving complete dissolution and rapid hydrolysis of cellulose at a lower temperature, which not only dramatically reduces the cost of hydrolysis but also improves the safety of production and extends the service life of equipment, thus possessing a good application prospect.
US09115212B2
The bifunctional peptide is capable of activating collagen synthesis and inhibiting the production of matrix metallo-proteinases. The peptide has a sequence including three peptide parts A, B and C. The first peptide part A corresponds to a hexapeptide repeated at least three times, the part A being capable of bonding to a receptor elastin-binding protein in order to stimulate collagen synthesis. The second peptide part B corresponds to a tetrapeptide capable of acting as a competitive inhibitor of urokinase protease and of being cleaved by said protease. The third peptide part C corresponds to a tripeptide occupying at least one active site of the matrix metallo-proteinases in order to enable inhibition of the proteinases. The present invention further concerns a cosmetic and/or pharmaceutical composition incorporating the bifunctional peptide.
US09115200B2
According to the present invention, a cancer antigen protein to be specifically expressed on the surfaces of cancer cells is identified and thus the use of an antibody targeting the cancer antigen protein as an agent for treating and/or preventing a cancer is provided. Specifically, the present invention provides a pharmaceutical composition for treating and/or preventing a cancer, which comprises an antibody or a fragment thereof as an active ingredient having immunological reactivity to a partial polypeptide of CAPRIN-1, which is represented by any of even-numbered sequences of SEQ ID NOS: 2 to 30, wherein the polypeptide has the amino acid sequence represented by SEQ ID NO: 37 or an amino acid sequence having 80% or more sequence identity with the amino acid sequence.
US09115192B2
The invention provides therapeutic methods featuring the use of chimeric human/mouse antibodies for the treatment of neoplasia.
US09115191B2
The invention provides anti-EphrinB2 antibodies, and compositions comprising and methods of using these antibodies.
US09115189B2
The present invention relates to novel monoclonal antibodies which may be used in the detection of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). These antibodies exhibit an unusually high degree of sensitivity, a remarkably broad range of specificity, and bind to novel shared, non-cross-reactive epitopes. In particular, the monoclonal antibodies of the present invention may be utilized to detect HIV-1 antigen and HIV-2 core antigen in a patient sample.
US09115187B2
Described herein is a method of identifying a monoclonal antibody (or antigen-binding fragment thereof) that specifically binds a plurality of lyssaviruses for use in post-exposure rabies prophylaxis or in the treatment of clinical rabies. The method includes using a naïve antibody phage display library to screen for phage clones that bind whole recombinant rabies virus or cells expressing glycoprotein from multiple lyssaviruses (such as RABV, MOKV and WCBV) and/or specifically bind recombinant glycoprotein from different lyssaviruses.
US09115181B2
The present invention relates to a process of enriching one target compound from a liquid, which process comprises at least one step of isolation performed by differentially partitioning between two aqueous phases. In the present invention the phases are formed by adding a thermally responsive, self-associating (i.e. clouding) hydrophilic polymer, and if needed some additional salts, to an aqueous biotechnical solution (such as a fermentation sample or bioseparation process stream) under thermal and other conditions where the solution separates into a one polymer, two-phase system with one phase enriched in the polymer. The target compound is to be found in the phase not enriched in the polymer, while a significant though varying percentage of contaminants may differentially partition to the phase interface or the polymer enriched phase. With minor or no modification the target containing phase solution can be further processed via standard unit operations such as precipitation, chromatography, and filtration to further purify target and remove any residual polymer.
US09115170B2
Disclosed are compositions and methods useful for targeting tissue undergoing angiogenesis or to cells or tissue expressing αv integrins. The compositions and methods are based on peptide sequences that selectively bind to and home to tissue undergoing angiogenesis or to cells or tissue expressing αv integrins in animals. The disclosed targeting is useful for delivering therapeutic and detectable agents to tissue experiencing angiogenesis or to cells or tissue expressing αv integrins.
US09115167B2
This invention relates to interfering RNA (iRNA) molecules and their applications, especially multi-targets iRNA molecules and their applications. The said multi-targets iRNA molecules comprised of a sense strand annealed onto at least one antisense strand, each strand is at least 30 nucleotides in length, the sense or antisense strand has at least two segments, which can target at least two RNAs of different genes, or can target at least two portions of an RNA, and wherein the iRNA does not induce an interferon-response when transfected into a cell. The iRNA molecule can interfere with the translation procedure post-transcription, and the target gene is inhibited or blocked, the iRNA does not induce an interferon-response in vivo. The RNA molecules are the active ingredient in preparation of the drug which can regulate one or many genes function.
US09115165B2
The present invention relates to tetracyclic anthraquinone antibiotic derivatives with anticancer activity. The tetracyclic anthraquinone antibiotic derivatives as provided in the present invention have the same or higher activity than that of the known drugs such as doxorubicin, daunorubicin and the like in the cellular level while having better tolerance than that of doxorubicin and daunorubicin in the animal body.
US09115156B2
Novel biodegradable phosphoester polyamines are disclosed. The biodegradable phosphoester polyamines may be utilized as cross-linkers for sprayable compositions which may be used as tissue adhesives or sealants.
US09115147B2
This application relates to tricyclic compounds of Formula I: including all stereoisomeric forms, all mixtures of stereoisomeric forms, and salts of these compounds. This application also relates to compositions comprising compounds of Formula I, stereoisomeric forms, all mixtures of stereoisomeric forms, and salts thereof and uses therefor.
US09115143B2
The present invention is concerned with novel substituted indole derivatives of Formula (I) wherein R1, R2, R3, A1, A2, A3, Y and X have the meaning defined in the claims. The compounds according to the present invention are useful as gamma secretase modulators. The invention further relates to processes for preparing such novel compounds, pharmaceutical compositions comprising said compounds as an active ingredient as well as the use of said compounds as a medicament.
US09115133B2
The present invention relates to substituted fused tricyclic compounds of formula (I) or (Ia), their tautomers, polymorphs, stereoisomers, prodrugs, solvates, co-crystals, pharmaceutically acceptable salts, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and methods of treating conditions and diseases that are mediated by JAK activity. The compounds of the present invention are useful in the treatment, prevention or suppression of diseases and disorders mediated by JAK activity. Such conditions include, but not limited to, arthritis, Alzheimer's disease, autoimmune thyroid disorders, cancer, diabetes, leukemia, T-cell prolymphocytic leukemia, lymphoma, myleoproliferation disorders, lupus, multiple myeloma, multiple sclerosis, osteoarthritis, sepsis, psoriatic arthritis, prostate cancer, T-cell autoimmune disease, inflammatory diseases, chronic and acute allograft transplant rejection, bone marrow transplant, stroke, asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, allergy, bronchitis, viral diseases, or Type I diabetes, complications from diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, asthma, Crohn's disease, dry eye, uveitis, inflammatory bowel disease, organ transplant rejection, psoriasis and ulcerative colitis. The present disclosure also relates to process for the preparation of such compounds, and to pharmaceutical compositions containing them.
US09115129B2
The present invention provides substituted pyrido[2,3-b]pyrazines which activate the IP receptor. Activating the IP receptor signaling pathway is useful to treat many forms of PAH, pulmonary fibrosis and exert beneficial effects in fibrotic conditions of various organs in animal models and in patients. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising such substituted pyride[2,3-b]pyrazines are also encompassed.
US09115128B2
Synthesis of the novel compound 3 (3-(5-substituted Oxy-2,4-dinitro-phenyl)-2-oxo-propionic acid ester) to make Pyrroloquinoline quinone (PQQ) and using it for pharmaceutical purposes is described. More specifically, this disclosure relates to synthesizing the PQQ in an efficient method by using a novel intermediate Formula 1 resulting in a shorter process and higher yield of PQQ. A unique process to make sodium compound of PQQ using either sodium hydroxide and/or sodium carbonate is also shown.
US09115127B2
Compounds of Formula (I) are useful inhibitors of anaplastic lymphoma kinase. Compounds of Formula (I) have the following structure: where the definitions of the variables are provided herein.
US09115114B2
The present invention relates to substituted heterocyclic derivative compounds, compositions comprising said compounds, and the use of said compounds and compositions for epigenetic regulation by inhibition of bromodomain-mediated recognition of acetyl lysine regions of proteins, such as histones. Said compositions and methods are useful for the treatment of cancer and neoplastic disease.
US09115111B2
The present invention concerns a compound of following formula (I): where: R1 is H or an alkyl group, A1 is a divalent straight-chain or branched alkylene radical, and A2 is a —O-A4-O— radical, A4 is a divalent straight-chain or branched alkylene radical.
US09115110B2
Process for obtaining ditrimethylolpropane and trimethylolpropane-enriched product streams from the high-boiling fractions and residues which are obtained in the distillative purification of trimethylolpropane includes three stage distillation characterized in that second and third stages are configured as thin film evaporators with a column attachment with the second stage facilitating trimethylopropane recovery and the third stage facilitating ditrimethylolpropane recovery.
US09115106B2
The present invention refers to the use of HMP (a secondary metabolite obtained from Aspergillus fungi) as an agent that intensifies the mechanism of macrophage activation, leading to the death of L. (Leishmania) amazonensis, the etiologic agent of cutaneous leishmaniasis. The main mechanism of action of this agent is the activation of the microbicidal activity of host cells, through increased superoxide production, number of lysosomes, actin and microtubule filament polymerization and increased spreading, typical of activated cells. Additionally, HMP represents a molecule of easy acquisition, presents an efficient combat mechanism with no adverse reactions and capacity to inhibit the development of promastigotes and amastigotes forms. Finally, results suggest HMP to be a potential candidate for use against cutaneous leishmaniasis at a minimal concentration of 50 μg/mL.
US09115104B2
The invention is directed to a catalyst useful in the epoxidation of an olefin to an olefin oxide, the catalyst comprising a support having a multimodal pore size distribution comprising a first and a second distribution of pore sizes wherein each distribution of pore sizes possesses a different mean pore size and a different pore size of maximum concentration, the support having a catalytically effective amount of silver, a promoting amount of rhenium, and cesium in an amount up to, but not exceeding 700 ppm disposed thereon. The invention is also directed to methods for using the catalyst for the commercial production of an olefin oxide from olefin and oxygen-containing feed gases.
US09115098B2
The present invention provides 4-(3-Amino-phenyl)-5,6-dihydro-4H-[1,3]oxazin-2-ylamines of formula I having BACE1 and/or BACE2 inhibitory activity, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as therapeutically active substances. The active compounds of the present invention are useful in the therapeutic and/or prophylactic treatment of e.g. Alzheimer's disease and type 2 diabetes.
US09115092B2
The present application provides novel substituted quinazoline and pyrido-pyrimidine compounds and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof. Also provided are methods for preparing these compounds. These compounds are useful in co-regulating PI3K and/or mTOR activity by administering a therapeutically effective amount of one or more of the compounds to a patient. By doing so, these compounds are effective in treating conditions associated with the dysregulation of the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway. Advantageously, these compounds perform as dual PI3K/mTOR inhibitors. A variety of conditions can be treated using these compounds and include diseases which are characterized by inflammation or abnormal cellular proliferation. In one embodiment, the disease is cancer.
US09115083B2
The present invention relates to compounds from Antrodia cinnamomea. The present invention also relates to a composition and a method for treating or prophylaxis of hepatitis C virus (HCV) or human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection.
US09115080B2
Processes for producing caprolactam (CL) and derivatives thereof from adipic acid (AA) obtained from fermentation broths containing diammonium adipate (DAA) or monoammonium adipate (MAA).
US09115078B2
This invention relates to methods for administering an effective amount of a dietary or nutritional supplement composition that effectively changes the quality of the meibum lipid composition of inflamed or dysfunctional meibomian glands so as to improve or increase tear break up time, reduce tear osmolarity, and elevate the omega-3 index, while reducing or eliminating the symptoms associated with dry eye or meibomianitis. The dietary or nutritional supplement composition administered to the patient suffering from inflamed or dysfunctional meibomian glands comprises an effective amount of omega-3 fatty acids.
US09115074B2
A fluorinated monomer has formula (1) wherein R1 is H, F, methyl or trifluoromethyl, R2 and R3 are H or a monovalent hydrocarbon group, R4 to R6 each are a monovalent fluorinated hydrocarbon group, A is a divalent hydrocarbon group, and k1 is 0, 1 or 2. A polymer derived from the fluorinated monomer may be endowed with appropriate water repellency, water slip, acid lability and hydrolysis and is useful as an additive polymer in formulating a resist composition.
US09115070B2
A process for preparing acrylic acid from ethylene oxide and carbon monoxide, in which ethylene oxide is carbonylated in an aprotic solvent with carbon monoxide in the presence of a cobalt catalyst system to give poly-3-hydroxypropionate, the cobalt content in the poly-3-hydroxypropionate formed is reduced with the aid of water and/or an aqueous solution as a precipitation and/or wash liquid, and the poly-3-hydroxypropionate is subsequently split by thermolysis to give acrylic acid.
US09115068B2
Disclosed herein is a process for producing phenol. The process includes oxidizing at least a portion of a feed comprising cyclohexylbenzene to produce an oxidation composition comprising cyclohexyl-1-phenyl-1-hydroperoxide. The oxidation composition may then be cleaved in the presence of an acid catalyst to produce a cleavage reaction mixture comprising the acid catalyst, phenol and cyclohexanone. At least a portion of the cleavage reaction mixture may be neutralized with a basic material to form a treated cleavage reaction mixture. In various embodiments, the treated cleavage reaction mixture contains no greater than 50 wppm of the acid catalyst or no greater than 50 wppm of the basic material.
US09115066B2
Provided herein are trisubstituted methyl alcohols, preferably pH indicators that are substituted with optionally substituted aryl and or optionally substituted heteroaryl groups, and optionally include one or more polymerizable substituents.
US09115061B2
Methods of using apogossypol and its derivatives for treating inflammation is disclosed. Also, there is described a group of compounds having structure A, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, hydrate, N-oxide, or solvate thereof are provided: wherein each R is independently selected from the group consisting of H, C(O)X, C(O)NHX, NH(CO)X, SO2NHX, and NHSO2X, wherein X is selected from the group consisting of an alkyl, a substituted alkyl, an aryl, a substituted aryl, an alkylaryl, and a heterocycle. Compounds of group A may be used for treating various diseases or disorders, such as cancer.
US09115047B2
The present invention provides a synthesis system that can synthesize aniline and/or styrene efficiently, a synthesis system that can synthesize butadiene (1,3-butadiene) efficiently, a rubber chemical for a tire which is synthesized from the aniline obtained by the synthesis system, a synthetic rubber for a tire which is synthesized from the styrene and/or butadiene obtained by the synthesis systems, and a pneumatic tire produced using the rubber chemical for a tire and/or the synthetic rubber for a tire. The present invention relates to a synthesis system for synthesizing aniline and/or styrene from an alcohol having two or more carbon atoms via an aromatic compound.
US09115040B2
The present invention is a process to make isoprene comprising: a) providing a reaction zone comprising an acidic aqueous solution, b) introducing, continuously or intermittently, in said reaction zone a mixture comprising (i) isobutanol and optionally (ii) t-butanol or an iso-butene precursor which is not isobutanol and not t-butanol or iso-butene or any combination of two or three of these (ii) components, an aqueous solution of formaldehyde, c) operating said reaction zone at conditions effective to dehydrate isobutanol and optionally (ii) t-butanol and optionally the iso-butene precursor to iso-butene and produce isoprene by reaction of formaldehyde and iso-butene while distilling away a mixture comprising produced isoprene, water, unreacted starting materials and other low boiling point components from this reaction zone to the outside of the reaction zone. In another embodiment isobutanol provides 10% or more of the iso-butene for the isoprene synthesis.In another embodiment isobutanol provides 20% or more of the iso-butene for the isoprene synthesis.In another embodiment isobutanol provides 30% or more of the iso-butene for the isoprene synthesis.In another embodiment isobutanol provides 40% or more of the iso-butene for the isoprene synthesis.In another embodiment isobutanol provides 50% to 100% of the iso-butene for the isoprene synthesis.
US09115038B2
The present discloses a process and catalyst therefor to selectively remove acetylenes from gaseous streams in the vapor phase. The process is particularly suitable for high yield recovery of olefinic hydrocarbons from gaseous streams in refinery processes.
US09115024B2
Microparticles having crystalline needle or rod-shaped structures of, for example, an ettringite mineral grown and attached radially from their surface. A method including nucleating and growing crystalline needles/rods from the surface of a particle in the presence of a solution of calcium, sulfur, and aluminum such as calcium sulfoaluminate, lime and calcium sulfate is described. One example is the radial growth of ettringite needles on the surface of fly ash particles in calcium sulfoaluminate-based cement paste and concrete.
US09115014B1
A water conditioning composition includes water; at least one gluconate compound; at least one carbonate compound; a non-ionic preservative; and a phosphate buffer. For example, the composition can include 87-95 wt. % water; 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % gluconate compound; 3 to 8 wt. % carbonate compound; 0.5 to 1.5 wt. % non-ionic preservative; and 0.5 to 2.5 wt. % phosphate buffer.
US09115012B2
A method for improving water quality in aquatic ecosystems is described. An effective amount of Quercus infectoria nut gall powder is added to the ecosystem to prevent excessive proliferation of pathogenic bacterial species thereby improving the health of aquaculture species in the ecosystem.
US09115009B2
There is described a fluid treatment system comprising: (i) a fluid inlet; (ii) a fluid outlet; and (iii) a fluid treatment zone in fluid communication with the fluid inlet and the fluid outlet. The fluid treatment zone comprises a housing within which is disposed a fluid separation section (the separation section may include a single separation device or a combination of two or more similar or dissimilar separation devices) and a fluid radiation section in fluid communication with one another. The fluid separation section removes solids in the fluid and the fluid radiation section irradiates the fluid to deactive microorganisms in the fluid. The fluid separation section and the fluid radiation section are configured to have a substantially common fluid flow path which significantly reduces the space or footprint requirement of and/or significantly reduces hydraulic head loss (pressure drops) in the overall fluid treatment system while allowing the two sections to perform their respective functions.
US09115008B2
An apparatus for water filtration, that includes a macroalgal attachment means defining a first macroalgal attachment surface and a bubbling means including, a housing defining a gas inlet and a set of gas bubble ports, and a coupling means. The coupling means secures the macroalgal attachment means to the bubbling means and aligns the first macroalgal attachment surface with the set of gas bubble ports such that a first portion of the gas bubbles to be produced by the gas bubble ports are directed to travel along the first macroalgal attachment surface in contact with the first macroalgal attachment surface.
US09115003B2
A method for increasing the evaporation rate of an evaporative pond comprising a pond liquor comprising water and at least 1% by weight of sodium carbonate, said evaporative pond being in contact with an ambient air at an ambient air temperature of more than 0° C., the method comprising the following steps: feeding part of the pond liquor to a heat exchanger; heating the pond liquor in the heat exchanger with heat and producing a heated pond liquor; feeding the heated pond liquor into a spraying device at a temperature called hereafter ‘operating temperature’ of at least 10° C. above the ambient air temperature; and spraying the heated pond liquor into an open area of the evaporative pond with the spraying device, so as to evaporate at least part of the water of the pond liquor when sprayed.
US09114998B2
Methods for forming a nanoperforated graphene material are provided. The methods comprise forming an etch mask defining a periodic array of holes over a graphene material and patterning the periodic array of holes into the graphene material. The etch mask comprises a pattern-defining block copolymer layer, and can optionally also comprise a wetting layer and a neutral layer. The nanoperforated graphene material can consist of a single sheet of graphene or a plurality of graphene sheets.
US09114997B2
Processes for producing polycrystalline silicon by thermal decomposition of silane are disclosed. The processes generally involve thermal decomposition of silane in a fluidized bed reactor operated at reaction conditions that result in a high rate of productivity relative to conventional production processes.
US09114986B2
A mixing device for a fuel reformer for mixing at least two fluids is provided. The mixing device includes at least a first plurality of holes which is arranged along a first row, and a second plurality of holes which is arranged along a second row. The mixing device can be used in a fuel reformer for converting hydrocarbon fuel into hydrogen rich gas by auto-thermal reaction process having a, preferably cylindrically shaped and double walled, housing with two side walls forming a reaction chamber of the fuel reformer, wherein hydrocarbon fuel and an oxidizing agent are mixed by the mixing device.
US09114975B2
A micromechanical component having a substrate, a micromechanical functional layer situated above the substrate, and an encapsulation layer situated above the functional layer, and a method for producing the micromechanical component are provided, the encapsulation layer having at least one trench, and a bridging of the trench by at least one electrically insulating connection link is provided.
US09114971B2
A self regulating and constant pressure maintaining product dispenser assembly comprises a dispensing device and a product container defining an inner space comprising a product space being filled with a fluid product constituting a carbonated beverage, and a pressure space being filled with a propellant gas having an initial pressure of preferably 0.5-1.8 bar above the atmospheric pressure when subjected to a specific temperature range of preferably 3° C.-50° C. The pressure space further comprises an amount of an adsorption material having adsorbed an amount of the propellant gas, which is sufficient for allowing the pressure space to increase in volume and to substitute the product space. The particular amount of adsorption material is inherently capable of substantially maintaining the initial pressure in the pressure space by releasing the propellant gas into the pressure space and adsorbing the propellant gas from the pressure space.
US09114970B2
A dispensing device that achieves both of preventing cross-contamination between reagents and attaching a lid to a reagent container is provided.The dispensing device of the present invention includes a dispensing nozzle 10 that aspirates and discharges liquid, a lid opening and closing part 26 that projects downward to be lower than the dispensing nozzle 10, and a drive unit that makes the dispensing nozzle 10 and the lid opening and closing part 26 drive in the vertical direction, in which the dispensing nozzle 10 drives in the vertical direction independently of the lid opening and closing part 26. The dispensing device that achieves both of preventing cross-contamination between the reagents and attaching the lid to the reagent container can be provided.
US09114962B2
A component handling system for use in assembling a vehicle is described herein. The vehicle includes a vehicle frame and at least one component adapted to be coupled to the vehicle frame. The component handling system includes a lifting assembly that is slideably coupled to a support frame. The lifting assembly is configured to receive a component and to support the component from the support frame. A positioning assembly is coupled to the lifting assembly, and is configured to move the lifting assembly along the support frame to bias the component towards the vehicle frame.
US09114961B2
A method for relative positioning of land vehicles under a crane in order to load and unload a load, such as a container, onto and from the vehicles, includes guiding a first vehicle relative to the crane and guiding other vehicles relative to the first vehicle that is already positioned or is still being guided under the crane, so that the second vehicle following the first vehicle is correctly placed behind it.
US09114959B1
A removal system is configured to remove plywood from ground. The removal system includes a gripping assembly that is configured to fit around the plywood. A pressure assembly is attached to the gripping assembly and configured to apply pressure onto the plywood in order to trap the plywood between the pressure assembly and the gripping assembly. A tether is attached to the pressure assembly and configured to provide an upward force on the gripping assembly and a lateral force on the plywood in order to remove the plywood from the ground.
US09114951B2
A sheet processing apparatus includes an alignment unit configured to align sheets stacked on a stack tray. The sheet processing apparatus determines whether or not a part of sheets stacked on the stack tray has been removed from the stack tray. When it is determined that a part of sheets stacked on the stack tray has been removed from the stack tray, the sheet processing apparatus inhibits an alignment of the sheets using the alignment unit.
US09114928B2
The present invention provides a jointed liquid crystal glass panel package box, which includes a box body and a plurality of brackets mounted to the box body. The box body includes a frame and a hollow plate arranged inside the frame. The frame includes two opposite first frame members, two opposite second frame members, and four L-shaped connection members connecting between the first frame members and the second frame members. The two first frame members, the two second frame members, and the connection members circumferentially delimit a receiving compartment. The hollow plate is received in the receiving compartment. The brackets are mounted to the two first frame members and the two second frame members. With the frame being formed by jointing the first and second frame members and the connection members, the size is adjustable so as to be fit to packaging of liquid crystal glass panels of different sizes.
US09114921B2
A container for dispensing beverages is provided. The container includes at least six side walls coupled together along a plurality of parallel fold lines. The at least six side walls include two end panels and at least two side panels, and the at least six side walls define a substantially cylindrical shape of the container. A bottom wall is coupled to at least one of the two end panels, wherein a shape of the bottom wall corresponding to a cross-sectional shape of the at least six side walls. The container further includes a spout cutout removably defined in a first end panel of the two end panels proximate to a fold line connecting the first end panel to the bottom wall.
US09114917B1
A beverage lid system structured and arranged to assist shifting the temperature of a consumable liquid towards room temperature prior to delivery to the mouth of a consumer.
US09114912B2
The present invention relates to a tamper evident closure in which the outer portion (10) rises upon first opening, and having means that prevent such outer portion from falling back to the original position once it has risen. Therefore, the tamper evident effect is given by the misalignment of the outer portion and the central portion (8). The closure may be made of cork, possibly of synthetic nature, or of screw type, adapted to be tightened to a threaded pouring device applied to the neck of the bottle.
US09114911B2
A container may include a neck including an external surface and at least one handle retention feature with axially lower and upper handle retention surfaces. A handle for a container may include a collar including spaced apart container retention features having axially lower and upper container retention surfaces to cooperate with the corresponding handle retention feature of the container to prevent axial movement of the collar with respect to the container.
US09114899B2
The plastic bottle (1) is filled with liquid and provided with a neck (4) that defines a narrow opening (5) with an inner diameter typically inferior to 40 mm. A flexible sheet-like cover member (C), having a lower closing element (C1) and an upper label element (C2), is provided to seal the opening. A first portion (10) that defines a first surface of the label element is directly fastened to a central portion (6) of the closing element in contact with the upper face of the neck and reinforces this central portion. A second portion (L), which is entirely offset relative to the upper face of the neck, defines a second surface of the label element. The ratio between the second surface (S2) and the first surface (S1) is at least 1:2, and preferably at least 1:1. The second portion (L) extends above the shoulder 3 of the bottle.
US09114895B2
A method of providing an oxygen barrier for a product includes placing a product in an injection molded article which includes 10 to 60% by mass of a polyamide resin (A) and 40 to 90% by mass of a mixed polyolefin (E), wherein the polyamide resin (A) includes a diamine unit 70 mol % or more of which is one or more m-xylylenediamine units and a dicarboxylic acid unit 70 mol % or more of which is one or more dicarboxylic acid units including a C4 to C20 α,ω-linear aliphatic dicarboxylic acid and isophthalic acid at a molar ratio of from 30:70 to 100:0, the mixed polyolefin (E) includes 40 to 100% by mass of a polyolefin (C) and 0 to 60% by mass of a modified polyolefin (B), and at least a portion of the polyamide resin (A) is dispersed in a layered state.
US09114891B2
A method and system of using a common set of coils to provide at least two of magnetic flux, heat and degaussing in a mobile platform are provided. In accordance with one embodiment, the method involves oscillation of current in the coils at a frequency higher than a defined pointing requirement to provide heat. In accordance with another aspect, the coil functions as a degausser by energizing the coil with an oscillating current that decreases in amplitude over time.
US09114890B1
Embodiments of the present invention provide an ion-thruster stationkeeping method and mounting configuration that reduces the propellant penalty when a single thruster fails, e.g., in the case where only three of a spacecraft's four ion thrusters are available. By improving firing efficiency for the single-thruster failure case, on-board propellant is reduced, thereby allowing increased payload mass. Also, the configuration supports both N/S and E/W stationkeeping using four ion thrusters (or three thrusters for the failure case) and therefore does not require a separate propulsion system or thrusters for E/W stationkeeping.
US09114888B2
An electrical power generation and distribution system includes a RAM air turbine a first direct current essential bus, a second direct current essential bus, a third direct current essential bus, a first contactor disposed between the first and third direct current essential buses, a second contactor disposed between the second and third direct current essential bus, a third contactor disposed between the RAM air turbine and the third direct current essential bus, a RAM air turbine smoke isolation system, including a first drive circuit coupled to the first contactor, a second drive circuit coupled to the second contactor, a third drive circuit coupled to the third contactor and a transfer inhibit switch coupled to the first, second and third drive circuits.
US09114881B2
A modular expandable cooling system including a rack sized for receiving multiple modular cooling units having a ram air inlet connected to a ram air source. The system also includes a modular cooling unit having a housing for receipt in the rack, a ram air inlet and outlet, and a refrigerant inlet and outlet. The system includes a condenser mounted in the housing in fluid communication with the ram air inlet, a compressor mounted in the housing downstream from the condenser, an accumulator in fluid communication with the compressor inlet.
US09114879B2
The invention essentially relates to an aeroplane seat base (110) characterized in that said base comprises: a plate (1) suitable for moving along a horizontal path between an extended position and a stored position, a supporting arm (4) of variable length having a first end (4.1) connected to the seat (8) by means of a first hinged joint having a vertical pin and a second end (4.2) connected to the plate (1) by means of a second hinged joint having a vertical pin, and a guide device (121) controlling the path of the plate (1) following a unique path.
US09114877B2
A method and system for thermal management includes an engine heat exchanger configured to transfer waste heat from an engine to a heat transfer fluid and an engine exhaust heat exchanger coupled in flow communication with the engine heat exchanger wherein the engine exhaust heat exchanger is configured to transfer heat from an exhaust of the propulsive engine to the pumped heat transfer fluid. A bypass valve is coupled in parallel with the engine exhaust heat exchanger wherein the bypass valve is selectable to modulate a flow of the heat transfer fluid through the engine exhaust heat exchanger and a plurality of accessory heat exchangers that are coupled in flow communication with at least one of the engine heat exchanger and the engine exhaust heat exchanger and each of the plurality of accessory heat exchangers flow is controllable using a modulating valve.
US09114876B1
A rapid personnel deployment/extraction rope assisting apparatus for an aircraft includes at least one deployment rope support assembly including a main support member adapted for installation in the aircraft, an assembly arm carried by the main support member and a rope securing mechanism carried by the assembly arm, the rope securing mechanism adapted to secure a rapid personnel deployment/extraction rope/cable to the assembly arm.
US09114869B1
A decompression panel for use in a door of an aircraft disclosed herein includes bi-directional latching mechanisms. A differential pressure sensor disengages upon a decompression event in a compartment of an aircraft, allowing latch hooks to disengage from a panel latch of the decompression panel. Once disengaged, the decompression panel can rotate to vent air in a compartment of higher pressure to the compartment experiencing the decompression event.
US09114868B2
A method of manufacturing a structure, in particular an aircraft fuselage of composite materials comprising a skin (2) and V-section members fastened to the skin (2) referred to as stiffeners (4). The method comprises a step of positioning punches on a mandrel in order to form channels between the punches. The channels are disposed in at least two networks (6a, 6b, 6c), each channel of the same network (6a, 6b, 6c) meeting at least one channel of another network at a node (8). The method also comprises a step of positioning preforms for stiffeners in the channels such that at least two stiffeners (4) meet at said node (8) and a step of injecting resin so as to assemble the stiffeners (4). A structure made as a single piece is thereby obtained.
US09114859B2
A filling platform connected to a ship, and at least one manifold which opens onto the platform. A detachable tubular connector connects the manifold to a fluid delivery hose carried by a delivery installation. At least one carriage conveys the connector over the platform. The carriage is moveable across the platform to convey the tubular connector over the platform between a storage position and an active position, in which latter position, the connector is fixed to the manifold. The system is applicable to the transfer of liquefied natural gas from offshore storage installations to tanker ships.
US09114857B2
Various designs and arrangements of preferably tubular handle members are detachably mounted upon the swim platform of a boat for aiding swimmers to enter and/or exit from the water. In one embodiment the handles have an end, or ends, thereof slidably mountable within a tubular portion of a socket member that is preferably secured in a counter-sunk fashion in the swim platform. In a further embodiment handles are provided with an end lug for detachably mounting the handle to a mounting plate. When not in use, the handle members are slidably detached from the mounting members thereby providing an unencumbered surface on the swim platform.
US09114855B2
A folding arch system for a boat includes an arch member pivotally connected to a boat hull and pivotally positionable relative to the boat hull between a raised position and a lowered position. A lateral support is pivotally connected to the vertical arch. A rigid canopy is pivotally connected to the arch member and yieldably coupled to the lateral support. The vertical arch member and the lateral support supportably position the rigid canopy in a predetermined horizontal orientation.
US09114850B2
A motor drive control device of an electric power-assisted vehicle that has a gear shifter and a motor, and in which a first ratio of the number of drive rotations in the motor to the number of drive rotations of a pedal changes based on changes in a gear ratio in the gear shifter, includes: a gear ratio obtaining part that obtains the gear ratio of the gear shifter; and a calculating part that calculates an assist torque, which is a target value for a drive torque of the motor, from the pedal input torque based on the gear ratio obtained by the gear ratio obtaining part.
US09114848B2
A pedal-drive system for propelling multi-wheeled cycles includes two pedal level arms connected to a pair of two-bar linkages, which are drivingly attached to corresponding crank pins on each respective side of a common drive spindle, perpendicular to the cycle frame. The linkages rotate the said spindle per each pedal's downward stroke so that when one pedal arm is all the way down, the opposite pedal's crank pin is already beyond full up position, thus ensuring continuous rotation of the drive system. A sprocket on the spindle drives a chain, that drives a sprocket on a back wheel. For higher speeds, a typical bicycle multi-sprocket-cone and speed changing chain-derailleur may be incorporated. The pedal system may be used for small to large manually powered cycles, particularly scooters and bicycles, and may also include an auxiliary electric motor and battery for propulsion.
US09114837B2
A force deflecting component (100) for a motor vehicle for protecting an underside of the motor vehicle against an impact of a curb edge, wherein the force-deflecting component (100) is configured to be arranged on a motor vehicle longitudinal member (102) on the underside of the motor vehicle in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle and connected in the longitudinal direction of the motor vehicle by a support (104) connected to the body of the motor vehicle, wherein the force-deflecting component (100) comprises an impact surface (112) and is elastically deformable in the vertical direction of the motor vehicle to completely absorb forces acting on the impact surface (112) in the event of a sudden movement of the motor vehicle in the direction of the curb edge caused by a curb departure of the motor vehicle.
US09114822B2
Method for automatic headland turn correction of farm implement steered by implement steering system
A method for disabling the implement steering system of a towed implement includes monitoring the axle of a steerable axle of the towed implement and therefrom, determining if the implement is making a headland turn. The method further includes automatically centering the implement following a headland turn.
US09114821B1
A multi-function baby stroller comprising a headstock tube component, which further comprising a front wheel, a handle and a headstock tube; a frame plate; and a frame tube component further comprising a rear wheel and a frame tube; wherein the headstock tube component and the frame plate are fixed by a broaching positioning device, the frame plate and frame tube component are removably connected.
US09114811B2
A switch for a cable transportation system has a movable guide with one degree of freedom, along an operating plane, between two designated or given positions; and an actuating assembly having a rotary actuator, and a crank which is rotated by the rotary actuator between two limit stops about an axis of rotation perpendicular to the operating plane, and is connected to the movable guide in such a manner as to define a mechanism having two stable positions corresponding to the designated or given positions of the movable guide when the crank is in the limit stop positions.
US09114809B2
A cruise controller and method are provided for motor vehicles for the purpose of adjusting the vehicle speed on the basis of a predefined setpoint speed. The cruise controller includes a monitoring device, which is designed to evaluate the vehicle state variables steering wheel angle, lateral acceleration, and/or yaw rate. If one of the evaluated vehicle state variables exceeds a predefined first vehicle state variable limit value, the cruise control function is switched into a standby mode.
US09114808B2
The power transmission apparatus may include a control device to carry out idling stop control in such a manner that, when it is detected that an operating means is not operated for a predetermined time or more, an engine is stopped, and a clutch is disconnected, and the supply of the electric power from a battery to a motor generator is interrupted, and when it is detected that the operating means is operated afterwards, the engine is started by a cell motor, and the supply of the electric power from the battery to the motor generator is permitted, and the clutch is connected after the number of revolutions Ne of the engine reaches a predetermined value or more, and the supply of the electric power from the battery to the motor generator is interrupted.
US09114805B2
In the course of starting up an engine during electric travel node, this engine startup system performs a semi-engagement operation (S2) of engaging the clutch while making same slip in order to crank the engine, and then performs a disengagement operation (S4, S5) of disengaging the clutch after starting to crank the engine. The timing for starting the disengagement operation of the clutch is varied depending on the driving force required.
US09114804B1
One embodiment provides a vehicle drive. The vehicle drive includes a first gear set and a second gear set. Each gear set includes a sun gear, a ring gear, planetary gears, and a planetary gear carrier. The vehicle drive includes a first motor/generator coupled to the sun gear of the first gear set. The vehicle drive includes a second motor/generator coupled to the planetary gear carrier or the ring gear of the first gear set. The second motor/generator is electrically coupled to the first motor/generator. The motor/generators are electrically coupled without an energy storage device. The vehicle drive includes an engine coupled to the ring gear of the first gear set and selectively coupled to the second motor/generator. The vehicle drive includes a first and a second clutch configured to selectively engage the second motor/generator to the planetary gear carrier of the first gear set or the engine.
US09114803B2
An engine, a first motor generator and a second motor generator are controlled by calculating an engine power target from a driving power target required for a vehicle, and finding a target engine operating point expressed by a set of an engine speed target and an engine torque target on a target operating line determined in response to the engine power target. When the found target engine operating point is different from the previously found one, a change in engine speed target is limited to a predetermined amount of change and the engine torque target of the set is reset versus an engine speed target involving the limited change based on the determined target operating line. Consequently, the engine power target and thus the driving power target are ensured so as to restrain or prevent sudden or frequent changes in engine speed with the efficiency kept high.
US09114798B1
An electric actuator for use with a drive apparatus is disclosed herein. The electric actuator has a rotary design incorporating a position sensor disposed to engage the end of a control shaft. An electric motor drives a reduction gear train to position the control shaft, the reduction gear train having a worm drive that motivates a spur gear reduction. A slip clutch is disposed between the worm drive and spur gear reduction to protect the components of the reduction gear train, and to also place a limit on the torque applied to the control shaft. The housing of the electric actuator features a motor chamber to accommodate the electric motor and is sealed by a cap having an electric connector. The actuator gears may be integrated in a common sump with the drive apparatus.
US09114797B2
An engine control apparatus includes a first operation member and a second operation member for braking a front wheel and a rear wheel of a saddle-type vehicle, and an engine controller that automatically stops and restarts an engine mounted in the saddle-type vehicle in response to the operational state of the first operation member and the second operation member. When a prescribed amount of time has passed while the first operation member and the second operation member are both in an operated state, the engine controller automatically stops the engine; when the first operation member and the second operation member are both released, the engine controller restarts the engine; and when either one of the first operation member and the second operation member is operated after the engine has automatically been stopped, the engine controller allows the engine to continue in the automatically stopped state.
US09114795B2
In a control device for four-wheel drive vehicle, yaw moment for suppressing understeer tendency of the vehicle is calculated as target yaw moment. If the average wheel speed of right and left wheels of a front shaft is more than the wheel speed of a turning outer wheel of a rear shaft, a control unit performs control as follows: when the target yaw moment Mzt is applied to the vehicle, a wheel clutch of the turning outer wheel is engaged, and a wheel clutch of a turning inner wheel is disengaged, so that the engaging force of a transfer clutch 15 is controlled based on the target yaw moment Mzt. If the average wheel speed of the right and left wheels is not more than the wheel speed of the turning outer wheel, the transfer clutch 15, right wheel clutch and left wheel clutch are disengaged.
US09114784B2
The present invention relates to the control of a window washer system associated with a system for wiping a glazed surface of a motor vehicle, said wiper system comprising a wiper motor for rotating at least one wiper blade holder arm, and this window washer system comprising a liquid reservoir connected to at least one nozzle designed to deliver, over a wiping cycle, at least one liquid jet for at least a first window washer system activation period defined between an instant (td1) for initiating the spraying of the liquid and an instant (ta1) for stopping the spraying of the liquid, these instants each being determined as a function respectively of a first angular position and of a second angular position of the wiper blade holder arm defining a first angular sector in which the spraying of the liquid is continuous. According to the invention, the instant (td1) for initiating the spraying is advanced by a compensation period (t1) corresponding at least to the period for feeding the liquid from the reservoir to the nozzle.
US09114769B1
A fascia assembly may include a fascia having an inner surface, a sensor assembly including a housing integrated with the inner surface, a sensor having a connector, and a lever rotatably attached to the sensor. The lever may be configured to selectively rotate between first and second positions when inserted into the housing, and may include a tab to prevent mating access to the connector when the lever is in the first position but not in the second position.
US09114763B2
A battery pack includes a main battery pack and a sub-battery pack. Each of the main battery pack and the sub-battery pack includes a power supply including a plurality of unit cells, a service plug connector including shutoff terminals of the power supply, and an output connector including output terminals of the power supply. The output connector is in a form of a connector capable of being mated with the service plug connector and a power supply connector of a vehicle.
US09114762B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a waterproof box capable of improving waterproof performance, and workability and space-saving. The washing water hits the lower face of the first waterproof part in the upper cover, and the upper cover is uplifted, at this time the tapered outer face and the inner face in the first waterproof part and are abutted and engaged to each other, causing the inlet of the small passage to close. Even if water infiltrates, the water infiltrates into the dead end to let the momentum thereof reduce. Further, the water infiltrates into the dead end let the momentum thereof reduce. The water its momentum have been reduced falls. Consequently, it is effective for enhancing waterproof performance to include the dead end.
US09114757B2
A drawer apparatus comprises a base member (2) having a base wall (3a) and two side walls (3b) that extend in the same direction from opposed ends of the base wall (3a); a drawer (4); a guide structure (10) by which the drawer (4) is guided to move in the base member (2) between an open position and a storage position; and a coil spring (6, 26) that is compressed between the base wall (3a) of the base member (2) and a rear wall (5a) of the drawer (4) to bias the drawer (4) toward the open position, wherein the coil spring (6, 26) includes continuous circular elements of which diameters gradually change in accordance with a positional change in an axial direction.
US09114753B2
An apparatus for use with a motor vehicle to simulate fuel loss to encourage early refueling to prevent stranding. The apparatus may cause stumbling and hesitation by interrupting various engine management systems to simulate low fuel in the tank by cutting either spark or fuel momentarily or applying the brakes.
US09114752B2
An automotive safety device is provided including a housing having a plurality of support members pivotally attached thereto and moveable between a first, closed position and a second, open position. In the second position, the support members allow the device to be freestanding. A first light source is arranged on the housing such that the device may function as an emergency roadside light. The device further includes a tire pressure gauge, including a pressure sensor, a processor, and a display, wherein the processor is configured to output a value on the display indicative of a measured pressure.
US09114740B2
A latch triggering mechanism for actuating a rear interior row seatback dump including a first generally cylinder shaped module mounted within a trunk of a vehicle, the module including a downwardly extending and displaceable bracket. A latch assembly is secured to a package surface separating the trunk from a passenger interior of the vehicle. A release lever associated with the latch extends in abutting contact with the bracket such that, upon actuating the bracket into contact with the lever, the latch disengages a striker associated with a foldable seatback.
US09114738B2
A harness assembly for a child safety seat is provided that is configurable between an engaged state and a disengaged state. The harness assembly may include a plurality of shoulder straps, each having a buckle tab. The harness assembly may further include a buckle assembly having a buckle that can receive the buckle tabs for securing the shoulder straps in the engaged state. The buckle assembly may also include a buckle pad, at least a portion of the buckle pad being generally aligned with and adjacent to the buckle. A buckle webbing may extend from the buckle for attaching the buckle to the child safety seat, and a biasing member may be engaged with the buckle pad to bias the buckle assembly toward a first position away from an occupant of the child safety seat in the disengaged state. A corresponding child safety seat is also provided.
US09114735B2
A longitudinal adjuster for a vehicle seat, has a pair of seat rails, with a first seat rail which is fixed on the structure, a second seat rail which is guided in said first seat rail and is connected to the vehicle seat, and a releasable locking device with at least one latching plate for releasably locking the position of the first seat rail in relation to the second seat rail. A four-bar linkage, which interacts with the latching plate or the latching plates in order to unlock the longitudinal adjuster, is provided within the second seat rail.
US09114725B2
In a method of obtaining a rotation speed of a right wheel (RWr), the method includes: detecting a motor rotation speed detection value (LMa) using a resolver (20A); detecting a wheel rotation speed detection value (LWa) using a wheel speed sensor (13A); obtaining a ring gear rotation speed conversion value (Rb) based on the motor rotation speed detection value (LMa) and the wheel rotation speed detection value (LWa); detecting a motor rotation speed detection value (RMa) using the resolver (20B); obtaining a wheel rotation speed conversion value (RWb) based on the ring gear rotation speed conversion value (Rb) and the motor rotation speed detection value (RMa); detecting a wheel rotation speed detection value (RWa) using a wheel speed sensor (20B); and selecting the wheel rotation speed conversion value (RWb) or the wheel rotation speed detection value (RWa), whichever is greater, as the rotation speed of the right wheel (RWr).
US09114723B2
Level voltage levels/states of charge are maintained among a plurality of high voltage DC electrical storage devices/traction battery packs that are arrayed in series to support operation of a hybrid electric vehicle drive train. Each high voltage DC electrical storage device supports a high voltage power bus, to which at least one controllable load is connected, and at least a first lower voltage level electrical distribution system. The rate of power transfer from the high voltage DC electrical storage devices to the at least first lower voltage electrical distribution system is controlled by DC-DC converters.
US09114716B2
A portable charging device can provide controllable fast DC charging of an electric vehicle (EV) high voltage battery by a separate EV high voltage battery. The charging device can be configured to comply with universal standards for EV charging so as to be compatible with various automobile models of various manufacturers. The device can be configured to establish a communication link with a donor and recipient vehicle and conduct a voltage matching process between the batteries of the two vehicles prior to transferring power to the recipient vehicle battery. To prevent energy theft, control of a charging process can be shared among the charging device and the donor and receiver vehicles. A charger device can be configured to enable a charging process only when no faults are detected. A charger device can allow a motorist to quickly recharge a depleted high voltage battery at a convenient time and location.
US09114708B2
Reference speed values for a vehicle's control system are determined by: determining, using map and location data, route segments, each with route characteristics; performing, simulation cycles, each comprising simulation steps of: predicting the speed when the set speed is imparted as the reference speed; comparing with first lower and upper limit values, which define an engine torque, for use in the next simulation cycle; making a second prediction of the speed when the engine torque is a value that depends on the result of said first comparison in the immediately preceding simulation cycle; comparing the second predicted vehicle speed with second lower and upper limit values, which delineate a range within which the speed is maintained, with an offset added if the vehicle is in a route segment with a steep hill; and determining the reference value based on the second comparison and/or the second predicted vehicle speed.
US09114705B2
An articulated machine having a first frame and a second frame supported by first and second wheel assemblies respectively is provided. The machine includes a first sensor and a second sensor to provide position information of the first frame and the second frame respectively. The machine includes a drive train to couple the front and rear wheel assembly, and having an inter axle differential to facilitate the front and the rear wheel assembly to move at different speeds. The machine includes a controller to compare position of the first frame with position of the second frame to determine relative position of the second frame with respect to the first frame. The controller compares the relative position of the second frame with a predefined position limit. The controller selectively locks the inter axle differential when the determined relative position of the second frame is greater than the predefined position limit.
US09114704B2
A movement prevention system preventing undesired travel of a vehicle. A transmission gear sensor senses an out of park position of a vehicle transmission. An occupant detection system senses a presence of a driver in a driver seat of a vehicle in response to the vehicle transmission being out of the park position. A processor determines whether movement of the vehicle is likely to occur in response to a determination of the non-presence of the driver. A vehicle movement prevention device prevents movement of the vehicle in response to the processor determining whether movement of the vehicle is likely to occur.
US09114703B1
A modular transmission assembly is disclosed, including a bracket having separate, integrally formed pump and motor mounting areas disposed generally perpendicular to one another, a pump assembly engaged and fastened to the bracket proximate to the pump mounting area, the pump assembly having an end cap secured to a pump housing and having at least two system ports on one side of the end cap, a motor assembly engaged and fastened to the bracket proximate to the motor mounting area, the motor assembly having a front housing with at least two motor system ports and an output shaft and at least two hoses connecting the pump system ports to the motor system parts to form a hydraulic circuit.
US09114701B2
Barrier apparatus for use with fuel tanks are described. An example barrier apparatus includes a protective barrier having a support surface and a wall protruding from the support surface to define a cavity. The support couples the protective barrier to a surface of the fuel tank. A weld pad is disposed within the cavity adjacent the support surface.
US09114695B2
An improved personal propulsion device that imparts thrust directly to the user when operating a human powered vehicle to improve mobility thereof. The device allows hands free control of thrust magnitude and direction so both hands can grasp and control bicycle handlebars and brakes, watercraft paddles, ski poles or other apparatuses. In another embodiment, the device can be attached directly to the vehicle. The device can be provided with a collapsible shrouded propeller assembly comprising a shroud made up of interlocking panels that are each removably attached to the end of an elongated strut, with each the struts being pivotally and/or telescopically disposed relative to the propulsion mechanism. The panels can be slidably engaged with the struts. A gradiently flexible garment can be worn by a user and utilized with a gradiently flexible fairing attached to the user and a bicycle to improve aerodynamics when riding the bicycle.
US09114692B2
A vehicle includes sidewalls, a tailgate located proximate to rear ends of the sidewalls, and a tailgate energy management system. The tailgate energy management system includes a governor coupled to one of the sidewalls and to the tailgate. The governor selectively applies a governing force to the tailgate to reduce an opening speed of the tailgate. The tailgate energy management system also includes a speed sensor sensing an opening speed of the tailgate and an electronic control unit electronically coupled to the governor and the speed sensor. The electronic control unit includes a processor and memory storing an instruction set. The electronic control unit receives a speed signal indicative of the opening speed of the tailgate and the processor executes the instruction set to cause the electronic control unit to transmit a control signal to the governor to slow the opening speed of the tailgate based on the speed signal.
US09114687B2
A dual joint block for pressing a seal against an air conditioner thermal expansion valve housing. The dual joint block includes a body having an inner face and an outer face. The body defines a first aperture and a second aperture. The first aperture extends through the body between the inner face and the outer face. The first aperture is configured to completely surround a first conduit extending therethrough. The second aperture extends through the body between the inner face and the outer face, and is configured to completely surround a second conduit extending therethrough.
US09114684B2
A vehicle 10 includes an electric actuator system 11 that operates according to a method 12 to move the vehicle 10 from an un-level condition to a level condition. The system 11 includes electric actuators 22-25 disposed substantially near the four corners of the vehicle 10 and a controller 32, 33 in electric communication with each of the actuators. The method 12 includes providing electric power at a first predetermined power level to two of the actuators to level the vehicle 10 along one of its X and Y axes. The method 12 further includes simultaneously sensing the attitude of the vehicle 10 along the other of its axes, and changing the power level provided to at least one of the powered actuators to a second predetermined power level to maintain the attitude along the other axis within a predetermined range.
US09114683B2
A power source attitude control is performed to suppress changes in the sprung mass behavior of a vehicle, and damping force control for damping force variable shock absorbers is performed to suppress changes in the sprung mass behavior. When the stroke speed is low, the saturation degree of the damping force variable shock absorbers is set smaller than the saturation degree when the stroke speed is high.
US09114681B2
A suspension assembly for an automotive vehicle includes a fixed bracket, a suspension arm mounted between two mounting flanges of the bracket, a spacer mounted in a bore of a flange of the bracket, and an articulation shaft mounted through the flanges, the suspension arm and the spacer. The spacer includes an inner ring in which the articulation shaft is mounted An end face of the inner ring is adapted to be pressed, along a longitudinal axis of the shaft, against a lateral face of the suspension arm. The spacer includes, between its inner ring and the bore in which the spacer is mounted, a deformable sleeve, deformable along die longitudinal axis under a shear effort and adapted to slide with respect to the inner ring or to the bracket, along the longitudinal axis.
US09114673B2
An air maintenance tire and pump assembly includes a tire having a tire cavity, first and second sidewalls extending from first and second tire bead regions, respectively, to a tire tread region, an elongate substantially annular air passageway enclosed within a bending region of the sidewalls, the air passageway operatively closing and opening, segment by segment, as the bending region of the sidewalls passes adjacent a rolling tire footprint to pump air along the air passageway, an air inlet port assembly coupled to, and in air flow communication with, the air passageway, the air inlet port assembly being operable to channel inlet air from outside of the tire into the air passageway, the air inlet port assembly including an inlet control valve and an outlet tee structure positioned 180° opposite the inlet control valve in the air passageway for moving air into the tire cavity, the inlet control valve including two inlet check valves for ensuring air flow only into, and not out of, the inlet control valve, the air passageway, a corresponding plain tee inlet structure, and the tire cavity, and a pressure relief valve for relieving a volume equal to a last segment volume of the air passageway plus a volume of the outlet tee structure.
US09114669B2
The invention relates to a method for locating the wheels (R1, R2, R3, R4) of a motor vehicle (1), each one including a wheel unit (WU1, WU2, WU3, WU4) having its own identifier and the vehicle including at least three antennas. The determination of the location of the wheel unit by the central processing unit (2) of the vehicle includes: applying, for each identifier and to the number of signals received by the central processing unit, a transfer function specific to each antenna; calculating a number by multiplying the transfer function by one another such that they represent the specific front right, front left, rear right and rear left positions on the vehicle (1); and locating the wheel units by determining, for each specific position represented by the transfer functions, the identifier corresponding to the highest number P.
US09114667B2
A tank wheel includes a main body, rollers and an object supporting member. The main body includes a containing groove concavely formed at the main body and having an opening facing downward, and a rail installed at the top of the main body. The rollers, parallel to one another, are axially coupled into the containing groove of the main body and slightly protruded out from the opening of the containing groove. The object supporting member includes a rail corresponding seat and an object support platform. The rail corresponding seat is movably installed in the rail of the main body, and the top of the rail corresponding seat has an assembling part, and the bottom of the object support platform has a hemispherical base corresponding to the assembling part, the object support platform can be disposed on the rail corresponding seat, and the object support platform can be tilted.
US09114661B2
A hanging file including a hanging member configured for hanging from a support structure, a tab mechanism including a support portion supported by and extending over the hanging member, and an indexing portion that extends from the support portion, and a file cover including a cover panel having a first folded-over edge portion that is supported in a hanging configuration from the tab mechanism support portion. Also, a hanging file including a hanging member configured for hanging from a support structure, a file cover including a cover panel having a folded-over edge portion that is supported in a hanging configuration from the hanging member, and a support portion supported by and extending over the hanging member, and positioned between the folded-over edge portion and the hanging member.
US09114653B2
There is provided an image recording method including modifying a surface to set a wetting tension index of a recording surface to 40 mN/m or more by carrying out a surface modification of the recording surface of an ink low-absorbing or non-absorbing recording medium, adhering a reaction liquid containing a flocculant to the recording surface after the modifying of the surface, and recording an image on the recording surface using an ink composition for ink jet recording containing a color material and water after the adhering of the reaction liquid.
US09114652B1
An apparatus detects inoperative inkjets during printing operations. The apparatus includes a supply of thermal substrate that is exposed to heat to darken the substrate. The thermal substrate is printed with materials ejected from a printhead to form a test pattern. The contrast between the ejected materials and the exposed thermal substrate are imaged by an optical sensor to generate image data that are analyzed to identify inoperative inkjets.
US09114643B2
A belt feeding device for an image forming apparatus includes a movable endless belt, and a steering unit configured to be tilted for moving the endless belt in a widthwise direction crossing with a moving direction of the endless belt. The steering unit includes a rotatable roller configured to stretch the endless belt and to be rotatable with a movement of the endless belt, a shaft configured to rotatably support the rotatable roller, and a pair of supporting members configured to support the shaft at end portions with respect to the widthwise direction. The supporting members having sliding surfaces respectively for applying frictional forces by sliding relative to an inner surface of the endless belt. In addition, a frame is configured to tiltably support the steering unit.
US09114640B2
The problem addressed by the present invention lies in obtaining printed material having higher brightness using an ultraviolet-curing metallic ink. In order to solve this problem, the printing method includes: an ink ejection process, in which an ultraviolet curing type metallic ink including metal particles is ejected on a recording medium, and the recording medium is swelled by the metallic ink, soaked with the metallic ink, or dissolved by the metallic ink; a leveling process, in which the metallic ink on the recording medium is leveled; a temporary curing process, in which ultraviolet rays are irradiated to the metallic ink on the recording medium to cure in such a degree that the metallic ink is not completely cured; and a main curing process, in which ultraviolet rays are irradiated to the metallic ink on the recording medium for curing after the temporary curing process.
US09114638B2
A droplets drying device includes: an illuminating unit that applies infrared laser light to droplets that have been ejected onto a recording medium by an ejecting unit that ejects droplets in accordance with an image to be formed; and a control unit that controls at least one of timing, a position or positions, and an amount or amounts of application of infrared laser light to the droplets by the illuminating unit in accordance with an attribute that influences image quality of an image formed.
