US09208222B2
Note management methods and systems are provided. First, inputs are received along a timeline, and at least one note is generated according to the inputs. The at least one note is recorded and arranged along the timeline. In some embodiments, a thumbnail is generated for a respective predefined interval on the timeline according to the at least one note in the respective predefined interval, and the thumbnail of the respective predefined interval is displayed along the timeline.
US09208218B2
Methods, storage media, and apparatuses associated with evaluating a content item are disclosed herein. In various embodiments, a computer-implemented method may include receiving, by a search expression generator operated by a computer, the content item. Additionally, the method may include generating a search expression, by the search expression generator, based on the content item, to facilitate evaluating the content item based at least in part on searching other content items using the search expression. The search expression may indicate nested juxtapositions of sub-expressions of the search expression. In other embodiments, at least one storage medium may include instructions implementing a search engine that applies the search expression to a collection of other content items. In still other embodiments, an apparatus may include a configurator adapted to organize the collection of other content items. Other embodiments may also be disclosed and claimed.
US09208217B2
The system and methods described herein provide results previewing for an interactive text mining system in order to feedback partial query results to users before all results that are responsive to a query have been found. These partial results allow the user to see the progress of their text mining query much sooner.
US09208198B2
A technique for factoring uncertainty into cost-based query optimization includes: determining the degree of uncertainty involved in the cost estimates for the query, determining the degree of sensitivity the query has to that uncertainty, and determining if there is an access path that performs well across the range of possible conditions that could occur at execution time, reducing the risk of performance spikes and performance volatility. If such an access path exists, select that access path; if not, perform parametric query optimization or query re-optimization.
US09208196B2
A configuration information management apparatus includes a control unit which, generates a retrieval formula pattern representing a pattern of a first relationship retrieval formula which has been input, executes retrieval processing on the retrieval formula pattern, measures a state required for the retrieval processing which has been executed, determines whether or not the state satisfies a first condition, and when the first condition is satisfied, stores a retrieval condition relating to a retrieval subject configuration item in the retrieval formula pattern satisfying the first condition in a database as a short retrieval key, and retrieves, when a second relationship retrieval formula is input and a retrieval formula pattern of the second relationship retrieval formula satisfies a second condition, the retrieval subject configuration item in the second relationship retrieval formula, on the basis of the short retrieval key.
US09208194B2
One or more computer processors identify words in a natural language query that have previously-established associations with stored data upon which the query will be executed. The natural language query is formatted to a query template that includes at least one first component and at least one second component. One or more computer processors modify the at least one first component of the a query template based on at least one link between the one or more words in the natural language query and the at least one first component. One or more computer processors generate a new query by adding one or more values to the query template. The one or more values are added to the query template based on the modification of the at least one first component. One or more computer processors execute a search based on the new query.
US09208192B2
A method for consistent version of multiple information items is provided. The method includes receiving a conditional request to copy a version of multiple information items at a condition fulfillment point of time that is associated with a fulfillment of a condition of the conditional request. Then determining that the condition is fulfilled, and participating in generating a condition fulfillment point in time version of the multiple information items.
US09208191B2
At least one read operation of at least one object of an object graph is initiated. For each corresponding read operation, a reference count of the root object is incremented (with the reference count 1 for the root object initially reflecting a single anchor pointer pointing to the root object). Subsequently, one or more of the objects are changed. Incompatible changes result in the root object, at least one changed object, and any intervening objects within the hierarchy of objects being cloned. The anchor pointer is then linked to the cloned root object. The root object is later dropped when the reference count for the root object is zero. In addition, the object graph is traversed starting at the root object and ending at the at least one changed object removing any edges for such objects. Each object having a reference count of zero is then dropped.
US09208184B1
A system design support apparatus identifies design information elements each achieving a corresponding one of multiple requirements concerning a system to be newly designed, by using a first table. When multiple design information elements are identified with respect to a certain one of the requirements as a result of the identification, the system design support apparatus identifies a design information element that establishes a combination at a higher aptitude rank among the multiple design information elements, while referring to an aptitude rank of combined use of each of the multiple design information elements and design information elements identified with respect to another requirement among the multiple requirements, by using a second table. Then, the system design support apparatus outputs the design information elements, which are identified with respect to the multiple requirements, to a predetermined device.
US09208173B1
A technique for searching for an image includes calculating wavelet features of a plurality of images. A keyword included in radiographic interpretation information is extracted for each of the stored images. The calculated wavelet features and the extracted keywords are stored in association with the respective stored images. A newly taken image is acquired and a wavelet feature of the acquired image is calculated. A keyword included in radiographic interpretation information corresponding to the acquired image is extracted and a search for similar radiographic interpretation information from the stored keywords is performed. A wavelet feature-based spatial distance between the acquired image and each of images corresponding to the radiographic interpretation information found is calculated. A search result of any images for which the calculated wavelet feature-based spatial distance is shorter than a predetermined value is output, in ascending order of the calculated wavelet feature-based spatial distance.
US09208167B1
Described herein are methods, systems, and computer program products for data synchronization and conflict resolution in a distributed data storage system. A first data access node receives a first request to modify a data element and transmits a first lock event to each other node. A second data access node receives a second request to modify the data element at substantially the same time as the first request is received and transmits a second lock event to each of the other nodes. The system determines that the first node has priority to modify the data element. The first node modifies the data element and transmits a first unlock event to each other node. The second node determines whether the second request to modify conflicts with the prior modification and modifies the data element based upon the second request, if the second request does not conflict with the prior modification.
US09208152B2
A document retrieval apparatus includes a switching section that switches an operation mode between a first mode and a second mode, a processor, a storing section, and a retrieval section. In the first mode, when a document-related operation of a certain type is performed, the processor performs a process corresponding to the operation, and the storing section stores information indicating the operation and a document being a target or a result of the process into a memory so as to associate the information with the document. In the second mode, when the operation is performed, the retrieval section does not perform the process, and retrieves the document which was a target or a result of the process on the basis of data stored in the memory.
US09208119B2
A data transmitting device is provided. The data transmitting device includes plural bundles of signal lines, each of which includes flatly arranged plural signal lines and which are overlaid in such a manner that surfaces of the bundles of signal lines are contacted with each other while the signal lines extend in a same direction, wherein signal transmission and reception are performed through the signal lines; a transmission timing adjuster to adjust signal transmission timing for each of the plural bundles of signal lines; and a transmission timing controller to perform time division control such that the transmission timing adjuster adjusts the signal transmission timing under the time division control for each of the plural bundles of signal lines.
US09208114B2
A storage device being one of a plurality of storage devices storing data includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor executes determining, when having received a new request and a new priority information during a preparation for an execution of another update processing, whether a new priority indicated by the new priority information is higher than a priority of the update processing in the preparation. The process including canceling the update processing in the preparation when having determines at the determining that the new priority is higher than the priority of the update processing in the preparation. The process includes forwarding the new request and the new priority information to another storage device when having determined at the determining that the new priority is higher than the priority of the update processing in the preparation.
US09208106B2
A computer program product is provided and includes a tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and storing instructions for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method. The method includes detecting connections of two or more input/output (I/O) adapters, each of the two or more I/O adapters having one or more solid state devices (SSDs) connected thereto, and presenting a storage class memory address space for all of the connected SSDs that is independent of connections and disconnections between each of the one or more SSDs and each of the two or more I/O adapters and the processing unit.
US09208100B2
The present invention provides a directory replacement method and device. An HA receives a data access request including a first address from a first CA, if a designated storage where a directory is located is entirely occupied by the directory, and a first directory entry corresponding to the first address is not in the directory, the HA selects a second directory entry from the directory, deletes it and adds the first directory entry into the directory; before the HA replaces the directory entry in the directory, no matter what status (for example, I status, S status or A status) a share status of a cache line corresponding to an address in the directory entry to be replaced is, the HA does not need to request a corresponding CA to perform an invalidating operation on data, but directly replaces the directory entry in the directory, thereby improving replacement efficiency.
US09208098B1
A method, computer program product, and computing system for receiving a read request on a first cache system, wherein the read request identifies previously-written content included within a data array. The previously-written content identified in the read request may be obtained from the data array. The previously-written content identified in the read request may be compressed, thus generating compressed previously-written content. A compression ratio may be determined for the compressed previously-written content.
US09208095B2
A cache module for a central processing unit has a cache control unit with an interface for a memory, a cache memory coupled with the control unit, wherein the cache memory has a plurality of cache lines, at least one cache line of the plurality of cache lines has an address tag bit field and an associated storage area for storing instructions or data, wherein the address tag bit field is readable and writeable and wherein the cache control unit is operable upon detecting that an address has been written to the address tag bit field to initiate a preload function in which instructions or data from the memory are loaded from the address into the at least one cache line.
US09208093B2
Techniques are generally described for a multi-core processor with a plurality of processor cores. At least one cache is accessible to at least two of the plurality of processor cores. The multi-core processor can be configured for separately allocating a memory space within the cache to the individual processor cores accessing the cache.
US09208089B2
An information handling system (IHS) includes an operating system with a release-behind component that determines which file pages to release from a file cache in system memory. The release-behind component employs a history buffer to determine which file pages to release from the file cache to create room for a current page access. The history buffer stores entries that identify respective pages for which a page fault occurred. For each identified page, the history buffer stores respective repage information that indicates if a repage fault occurred for such page. The release-behind component identifies a candidate previous page for release from the file cache. The release-behind component checks the history buffer to determine if a repage fault occurred for that entry. If so, then the release-behind component does not discard the candidate previous page from the cache. Otherwise, the release-behind component discards the candidate previous page if a repage fault occurred.
US09208080B2
A technique includes identifying a dependency between a first persistent memory region and at least one other persistent memory region. The technique includes using a process having access to the first persistent memory region to selectively perform garbage collection for the first persistent memory region based at least in part on whether the process has access to the other persistent memory region(s) from which the first persistent memory region depends.
US09208079B2
In one aspect, data is stored in a solid state memory which includes first and second memory layers. A first assessment is executed to determine whether received data is hot data or cold data. Received data which is assessed as hot data during the first assessment is stored in the first memory layer, and received data which is first assessed as cold data during the first assessment is stored in the second memory layer. Further, a second assessment is executed to determine whether the data stored in the first memory layer is hot data or cold data. Data which is then assessed as cold data during the second assessment is migrated from the first memory layer to the second memory layer.
US09208076B2
A data storing method of a nonvolatile storage device that includes a plurality of nonvolatile memory devices electrically connected to a plurality of channels is provided. The data storing method includes allocating part of write data provided from a host to the nonvolatile memory devices to each channel; determining whether at least one channel among the channels is present that is connected to a nonvolatile memory device in a last page offset state; and when the at least one channel is determined to be present, scheduling erase commands on the plurality of channels, scheduling write commands on the plurality of channels with respect to the allocated write data, and executing the erase commands and the write commands on the plurality of channels.
US09208073B2
A mechanism is provided for improved firmware storage and maintenance. For each master device in a plurality of master devices: an amount of Flash memory space required by the master device is identified and the amount of Flash memory space from a Flash component is allocated to the master device as a virtual Flash memory allocation. An initial sector location of the virtual Flash memory allocation in a data structure is recorded as an offset into the Flash component and a length of the virtual Flash memory allocation and device information is also recorded in the data structure. Data that allows the master device to boot up is then loaded into the virtual Flash memory allocation.
US09208068B2
Disclosed is an information storing device which includes a first interface for connection with a host; a second interface for connection with the host; a first memory unit including a first controller controlling a first nonvolatile memory, the first controller communicating with the host via the first interface; and a second memory unit including a second controller controlling a second nonvolatile memory, the second controller communicating with the host via the second interface.
US09208063B1
The application testing system and method provide an efficient and effective way to test multiple application variants of an application on at least one mobile device. The application testing system may cause a first application variant selection indication to be transmitted to at least one mobile device having the application. The first application variant selection indication may be configured to cause the mobile device to interact with the application according to a first application variant of the plurality of application variants. The application testing system may analyze data corresponding to the usage of the first application variant by the at least one mobile device, and cause a second application variant selection indication to be transmitted to the mobile device, wherein the second application variant selection indication is configured to cause the mobile device to interact with the application according to a second application variant of the plurality of application variants.
US09208059B2
A computer-implemented ETL debugger for a data flow associated with an extract, transform and load (ETL) process that provides a user with a graphical representation of an ETL job. The graphical representation includes individualized representations of one or more data sources, one or more data destinations, and one or more transform operations for data flowing from a data source to a data destination. The user selects a subset of the transform operations. In response, the ETL debugger generates an execution script based on the received subset, and may initiate a debug process by executing the generated execution script.
US09208054B2
One embodiment presents a user interface to a first user, the user interface being configured to enable the first user to provide user input that: specifies a first web application, and a behavior exploration specification, a plurality of web browsers, and a set of comparison rules for the first web application; requests a plurality of models to be constructed with respect to the web browsers for the first web application based on the behavior exploration specification; requests the models of the first web application to be compared with each other based on the set of comparison rules; and requests one or more results of the comparison performed on the models of the first web application to be presented; and in response to each user input received from the first user, performs one or more operations for the first user.
US09208049B2
A mirror desktop is started to acquire desktop icons of an operation object desktop such that desktop icon content of the mirror desktop is substantially the same as that of the operation object desktop. The desktop icons of the mirror desktop are displayed in accordance with a saved arrangement manner of the mirror desktop without affecting the original arrangement mode of the operation object desktop so as to provide a personalized mirror desktop for the user. The operation object desktop is not directly operated, and therefore the loss and disorder of the content of the operation object desktop can be avoided.
US09208041B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for dynamic protection of a master operating system image are provided. Embodiments include monitoring, by an image deployment monitor, an operational state of a deployed copy of a master operating system (OS) image; detecting, by the image deployment monitor, a change in the operational state of the deployed copy of the master OS image; in response to detecting the change, generating, by the image deployment monitor, a configuration recommendation to prevent the change from occurring in operational states of future deployed copies of the master OS image; and providing, by the image deployment monitor, the configuration recommendation to the master OS image.
US09208027B2
Address error detection including a method that receives a read address corresponding to a read location in a memory. Data is read from the read location in the memory. The data is transformed at a computer based on the data and the read address to produce read data. Error correction codes (ECC) bits associated the read data are read from the read location in the memory. The ECC bits were generated based on the write data. It is determined whether the read data has an address error responsive to the read data and the ECC bits associated with the write data. An error is generated in response to determining that the read address has an address error.
US09208026B2
A method begins by a processing module encoding data based on a decode threshold parameter and a pillar width parameter to produce a set of encoded data slices and selecting a local area network (LAN) pillar width value of encoded data slices of the set of encoded data slices for storage in LAN available memories, wherein the LAN pillar width value is based on the decode threshold parameter, the pillar width parameter, and quantities of the LAN available memories. The method continues with the processing module selecting a wide area network (WAN) pillar width value of encoded data slices of the set of encode data slices for storage in a dispersed storage network (DSN) memory of a wide area network, wherein the WAN pillar width value is based on the decode threshold parameter and the pillar width parameter.
US09208023B2
Post-write reading of data stored in a memory is performed only after a threshold amount of time has elapsed from the time the data was programmed. The threshold amount of time is at least the relaxation time of the memory cells, so that memory cells have reached stable states when post-write reading is performed.
US09208020B2
A data storage system configured to efficiently search and update system data is disclosed. In one embodiment, the data storage system can attempt to correct errors in retrieved data configured to index system data. Metadata stored along with user data in a memory location can be configured to indicate a logical address associated in a logical-to-physical location mapping with a physical address at which user data and metadata are stored. The data storage system can generate modified versions of logical address indicated by the metadata and determine whether such modified versions match the physical address in the logical-to-physical mapping. Modified versions of the logical address can be generated by flipping one or more bits in the logical address indicated by the metadata. Efficiency can be increased and improved performance can be attained.
US09208019B2
Subject matter disclosed herein relates to read and write processes of a memory device. During a write process to a particular partition in a memory array, a response to a read request of contents of the particular partition may be delayed. In some embodiments, the contents of the particular partition may be indirectly read during the write process without delaying the response to the read request. The contents of the particular partition can be indirectly read by determining the contents of the particular partition based, at least in part, on an error correction code based, at least in part, on contents of memory partitions of the memory array.
US09208013B2
Approaches for problem determination and resolution process cross communication are provided. Embodiments provide cross communication of a problem determination and resolution among similar data center devices. Specifically, symptoms of an error condition encountered for one data center device are captured by a first enterprise group, along with an associated resolution solution, and made available to an another enterprise group managing a commonly configured data center device, which may be faced with a similar error condition. The error signature and resolution steps captured by the first enterprise group are subsequently made available within and across multiple management domains operating within a common model (e.g., a publication-subscription system). Within this model, both the originator of the error determination and resolution (i.e., publisher), and one or more commonly configured data center devices susceptible to the same error condition (i.e., subscribers), can filter, access, and control the flow of error resolutions.
US09208008B2
Embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for reduced pin cross triggering to enhance a debug experience. A time-division packetizing (TDP) technique may be employed to facilitate communication of triggers between integrated circuits (ICs) connected in series forming a TDP communication ring. The ICs on the TDP communication ring may each include a cross trigger interconnect structure for interpreting between trigger signals and hardware core instructions. The serial TDP communication across the ICs on the TDP communication ring allows the ICs to be connected in a manner that each cross trigger interconnect structure on each IC may function as if it were part of a single cross trigger interconnect structure across all of the ICs on the TDP communication ring. The individual ICs may operate asynchronously and a trigger clock may be passed along with other trigger data to implement the debugging techniques uniformly on each IC.
US09208002B2
A method for equalizing the bandwidth of requesters using a shared memory system is disclosed. In one embodiment, such a method includes receiving multiple access requests to access a shared memory system. Each access request originates from a different requester coupled to the shared memory system. The method then determines which of the access requests has been waiting the longest to access the shared memory system. The access requests are then ordered so that the access request that has been waiting the longest is transmitted to the shared memory system after the other access requests. The requester associated with the longest-waiting access request may then transmit additional access requests to the shared memory system immediately after the longest-waiting access request has been transmitted. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also disclosed.
US09207995B2
Various systems and processes may be used to speed up multi-threaded execution. In certain implementations, a system and process may include the ability to write results of a first group of execution units associated with a first register file into the first register file using a first write port of the first register file and write results of a second group of execution units associated with a second register file into the second register file using a first write port of the second register file. The system, apparatus, and process may also include the ability to connect, in a shared register file mode, results of the second group of execution units to a second write port of the first register file and connect, in a split register file mode, results of a part of the first group of execution units to the second write port of the first register file.
US09207992B2
Systems and techniques for computational load balancing. A problem space is partitioned into subspaces and the subspaces are assigned to processing nodes. The load of nodes associated with outer subspaces is compared with the load of nodes associated with inner subspaces, and partition boundary adjustments are made based on the relative loads of outer versus inner subspaces.
US09207990B2
A method and system for migrating at least one critical resource during a migration of an operative portion of a computer system are disclosed. In at least some embodiments, the method includes (a) sending first information constituting a substantial copy of a first of the at least one critical resource via at least one intermediary between a source component and a destination component. The method further includes (b) transitioning a status of the destination component from being incapable of receiving requests to being capable of receiving requests, and (c) re-programming an abstraction block to include modified addresses so that at least one incoming request signal is forwarded to the destination component rather than to the source component.
US09207989B2
Disclosed is a system and method for providing a virtual terminal. A virtual cloud server may configure a plurality of virtual terminals by employing a virtual machine in a cloud environment. The virtual cloud server may provide an application of a heterogeneous platform to a terminal that accesses the virtual cloud server. A cooperative middleware apparatus may determine a cloud server suitable for a mobile terminal among a plurality of cloud servers, based on content information of content and virtual terminal information stored in the plurality of cloud servers.
US09207988B2
A method, system, and device for managing hardware resources in a cloud scheduling environment includes a zone controller. The zone controller can manage groups of node servers in a cloud datacenter using a checkin service. The checkin service allows server groups to be created automatically based on one or more hardware characteristics of the node servers, server health information, workload scheduling or facilities management parameters, and/or other criteria.
US09207987B2
A method and apparatus for resource dispersion in a clusterware system is provided. The resource profiles for resources within a cluster of nodes are stored. Each resource profile includes attributes for a resource. One or more of the attributes in one of the resource profiles includes a dispersion dependency attribute that specifies that the resource is preferably not co-located with another resource. Resources are placed within the cluster based, at least in part, on the dispersion preference.
US09207984B2
Aspects of a data environment, such as various capacities of data stores and instances, can be managed using a separate control environment. A monitoring component of the control environment can periodically communicate with the data environment to obtain performance information. The information is analyzed, using algorithms such as trending and extrapolation algorithms, to determine any recommended scaling of resources in the data environment. The scaling can be performed automatically, or as authorized by a customer. A workflow can be instantiated that includes tasks necessary to perform the scaling. The scaling of storage capacity can be performed without affecting the availability of the data store.
US09207975B2
Techniques are described for managing distributed execution of programs. In some situations, the techniques include determining configuration information to be used for executing a particular program in a distributed manner on multiple computing nodes and/or include providing information and associated controls to a user regarding ongoing distributed execution of one or more programs to enable the user to modify the ongoing distributed execution in various manners. Determined configuration information may include, for example, configuration parameters such as a quantity of computing nodes and/or other measures of computing resources to be used for the executing, and may be determined in various manners, including by interactively gathering values for at least some types of configuration information from an associated user (e.g., via a GUI that is displayed to the user) and/or by automatically determining values for at least some types of configuration information (e.g., for use as recommendations to a user).
US09207972B2
Techniques are disclosed to identify concurrently used applications based on application state. Upon determining that usage of a plurality of applications, including a first state of a first application of the plurality of applications, satisfies a criterion for identifying concurrently used applications, the plurality of applications is designated as a first meta-application having a uniquely identifiable set of concurrently used applications. The first meta-application has an associated criterion for launching the first meta-application. Upon determining that the criterion for launching the first meta-application is satisfied, at least one of the plurality of applications is programmatically invoked.
US09207965B2
A method and system for managing software application states selects a plurality of stateful applications for reinstatement at a later time. A set of data contexts is generated based on the selected applications. The set of data contexts is pushed onto a data stack. Thereafter the set of data contexts is popped from the data stack for reinstatement. Each step or function may be initiated automatically or through user input, and may be used in a single-user, multi-user or collaborative setting.
US09207956B2
A class loading device for a Java runtime environment, wherein the class loading device is configured to load predetermined source code written in R programming language to parse the R source code and, based on the parsed R source code, generate corresponding bytecode at least of a first Java class and transfer same to the Java runtime environment.
US09207954B2
An aircraft data acquisition and/or transmission system comprises a memory having stored therein a first state machine configuration comprising a first allocation between a plurality of transition criteria objects stored in a first area of the memory and a plurality of state objects stored in a second area of the memory separate from the first area. A processor is coupled to the memory and at least one application executable by the processor causes a first data acquisition and/or transmission behavior in the aircraft by running the first state machine configuration, receives a second state machine configuration comprising a second allocation between the plurality of transition criteria objects and the plurality of state objects, and causes a second data acquisition and/or transmission behavior in the aircraft by running the second state machine configuration.
US09207946B2
An approach is provided in which a distributed runtime environment executes a software application that includes isolated runtime constructs corresponding to an isolated runtime environment. During the execution, the distributed runtime environment identifies isolated runtime constructs included in the software application and selects distributed runtime constructs corresponding to the isolated runtime constructs. In turn, the distributed runtime environment executes the distributed runtime constructs in lieu of executing the isolated runtime constructs.
US09207944B1
Methods and systems are provided for managing thread execution in a processor. Multiple instructions are fetched from fetch queues. The instructions satisfy the condition that they involve fewer bits than the integer processing pathway that is used to execute them. The instructions are decoded, and divided into groups. The instructions are processed simultaneously through the pathway, such that part of the pathway is used to execute one group of instructions and another part of the pathway is used to execute another group of instructions. These parts are isolated from one another so the execution of the instructions can share the pathway and execute simultaneously and independently.
US09207941B2
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for calculating a square of a data value of a first source operand, a square of a data value of a second source operand, and a multiplication of the data of the first and second operands only using one multiplication are described.
US09207940B2
Robust system call and system return instructions are executed by a processor to transfer control between a requester and an operating system kernel. The processor includes execution circuitry and registers that store pointers to data structures in memory. The execution circuitry receives a system call instruction from a requester to transfer control from a first privilege level of the requester to a second privilege level of an operating system kernel. In response, the execution circuitry swaps the data structures that are pointed to by the registers between the requester and the operating system kernel in one atomic transition.
US09207939B2
There is a need for providing the Xeon CPU with a two-level VM that is independent of VMM types and prevents the throughput from degrading when the OS operates the privilege register. A machine is provided with a processor and memory. The machine includes a first virtual machine manager for managing a virtual machine, a second virtual machine for managing an operating system, first management information, and second management information. The processor is provided with a register and a shadowing function. The machine uses a virtualization method. The first virtual machine manager detects a call from the second virtual machine manager. The first virtual machine manager enables the shadowing function when it is determined that an instruction for enabling the shadowing function caused the call.
US09207932B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a novel and non-obvious method, system and computer program product for uniform references to artifacts in a software configuration management tool. In one embodiment, a data processing system configured to resolve artifact references can include a software configuration management tool and uniform reference resolution logic coupled to the tool. In this regard, the uniform reference logic can be programmed to resolve a path name to a referenced artifact by processing a uniform reference specifying the referenced artifact.
US09207924B2
The invention provides a system, a method and a computer program product that facilitate access to one or more applications by a computing device. The invention includes determining one or more contexts associated with at least one of the computing device and a user of the computing device, such that the one or more contexts describe at least one of an environment and an activity of the at least one of the user and the computing device. Thereafter at least one contextual tag corresponding to the one or more contexts is generated. Subsequently, the one or more applications associated with the at least one contextual tag are identified and the computing device is enabled to access the one or more applications.
US09207923B2
Exemplary embodiments of the present invention disclose a method and system for replacing an unevaluated input that is constant at runtime to a group of instructions that calculates an output and can not modify the unevaluated input with invocation code that calls evaluation code. In a step, an exemplary embodiment identifies a group of instructions with an unevaluated input that is constant at runtime that calculates an output and can not modify the unevaluated input. In another step, an exemplary embodiment identifies an unevaluated input to the group of instructions that is constant at runtime. In another step, an exemplary embodiment generates an evaluation code that evaluates the unevaluated input. In another step, an exemplary embodiment replaces the unevaluated input with an invocation code that invokes the evaluation code.
US09207913B2
A protocol is provided for configuring and publishing an API on an API gateway using an API developer portal. An executable module is created on the API gateway that includes variables that control API runtime behaviors. A flag is included in the executable module indicating that the executable module may be published to the API developer portal. An API template is created on the API gateway that is linked to the flagged executable module, and that specifies the executable module variables that may be configured on the API developer portal. On the API developer portal, the API template is selected, the variables specified by the API template are configured, and the configured API template is saved and published as an API on the API gateway.
US09207910B2
A digital signal processor is provided having an instruction set with an xK function that uses a reduced look-up table. The disclosed digital signal processor evaluates an xK function for an input value, x, by computing Log(x) in hardware; multiplying the Log(x) value by K; and determining the xK function by applying an exponential function in hardware to a result of the multiplying step. One or more of the computation of Log(x) and the exponential function employ at least one look-up table having entries with a fewer number of bits than a number of bits in the input value, x.
US09207908B1
A specialized processing block on an integrated circuit includes a first and second arithmetic operator stage, an output coupled to another specialized processing block, and configurable interconnect circuitry which may be configured to route signals throughout the specialized processing block, including in and out of the first and second arithmetic operator stages. The configurable interconnect circuitry may further include multiplexer circuitry to route selected signals. The output of the specialized processing block that is coupled to another specialized processing block together with the configurable interconnect circuitry reduces the need to use resources outside the specialized processing block when implementing mathematical functions that require the use of more than one specialized processing block. An example for such mathematical functions include the implementation of vector (dot product) operations, FIR filters, or sum-of-product operations.
US09207899B2
A management apparatus designates a first installer program for installing a printer driver for a printer in an information processing apparatus, designates at least one second installer program for installing a program related to the printer driver in the information processing apparatus, designates an activation order of the first installer program and the second installer program, creates a setup program that includes the first installer program and the second installer program and is for activating the programs in the designated order, and registers the created setup program in a storage region in the printer.
US09207894B2
A sheet preview system generates a print preview of a sheet that has a layout specifying a position and orientation for each page. To generate the print preview of the sheet, the sheet preview system displays a representation of the sheet that includes an image of each page of the sheet. The sheet preview system positions and orients the images in accordance with the layout of the sheet. The sheet preview system then displays in association with each displayed image of a page the page number of that page. The sheet preview system may orient the page number of the page in accordance with the orientation of the page.
US09207888B2
A system and method are provided for methods for automatically detecting certain incidents in which customers attempt to circumvent costs associated with their managed service contracts for operations of image forming devices. Current monitoring capacities associated with fielded image forming devices are expanded to provide device manufacturers or suppliers with an opportunity to detect attempts at customer cost avoidance through printing on larger paper sizes. User actions that contravene certain requirements of the managed service agreement are detected. At a point of detection, the user is provided with certain alternatives for remediation or contract compliance. These alternatives include, but are not limited to, offering the user the opportunity to cancel the print job, print the print job on “right” sized paper, or otherwise to accept a calculation of the actual printing costs involved in, for example, printing two pages on a single larger sheet, when detected.
US09207880B2
A processor of an aspect includes an on-die programmable architecturally-visible storage. The processor also includes a decode unit to receive a data access instruction of an instruction set of the processor. The data access instruction to indicate a data address that is to be associated with data to be stored in the on-die programmable architecturally-visible storage, to indicate a data size associated with the data to be stored in the on-die programmable architecturally-visible storage, and to indicate a destination storage location of the processor. An execution unit is coupled with the decode unit and the on-die programmable architecturally-visible storage. The execution unit is on-die with the on-die programmable storage. The execution unit is operable, in response to the data access instruction, to store the data, which is associated with the data address and the data size, in the destination storage location that is to be indicated by the instruction.
US09207879B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a RAID controlled SSD-based system having a high-speed, non-volatile host interface. Specifically, in a typical embodiment, a RAID-controlled device is provided that comprises a high-speed host interface that is coupled to a redundant array of independent disks (RAID) controller. The RAID controller itself is coupled to a set of controlled memory units that each comprises: a main controller coupled to cache memory; and a set of SSD memory units (each having a set of blocks of memory) coupled to the main controller.
US09207877B1
A method for operating a virtual tape emulator that receives a request to access a directory in a disk array including a set of directories. The method includes determining whether the directory is stalled, and if so, preventing access to the directory. In another embodiment, a virtual tape emulator includes a request reception module configured to receive a request to access a directory in a disk array including a set of directories. The virtual tape emulator further includes a stall determination module configured to determine whether the directory is stalled, and an access prevention module configured to prevent access to the directory if the directory is stalled.
US09207876B2
Technologies for identifying data stored on a solid state drive (“SSD”) device that correspond to data associated with a delete event, and marking the deleted data stored on the SSD as invalid such that the SSD can avoid unnecessary operations on the invalid data. Included are interfaces operable to communicate invalid data information and providing a remove-on-delete command that provides invalid data information sufficient to identify the SSD data to be marked as invalid.
US09207871B2
A computing device can include a connector to connect with a removable storage device. A switch can control the connector to prevent in a first state and allow in a second state at least one of the writing and erasing of a removable storage device connected to the connector. The switch can be prevented from changing states when a component is in a first configuration. The state of the switch can be changeable when the component is in a second configuration. The component is operationally connected to the computing device in the first configuration, and the component is operationally disconnected from the computing device in the second configuration.
US09207870B2
A method begins by a processing module detecting a new storage unit within a dispersed storage network DSN. The method continues with the processing module determining to affiliate the new storage unit with a virtual memory vault, where the virtual memory vault is mapped to a set of storage units of the DSN, where data objects are dispersed storage error encoded into pluralities of sets of encoded data slices that are stored in the set of storage units. The method continues with the processing module determining virtual DSN addresses of the virtual memory vault to allocate the new storage unit. The method continues with the processing module updating vault information regarding the virtual memory vault to include the allocation of the virtual DSN addresses to the new storage unit.
US09207869B2
A method for data storage includes, in a host system that operates alternately in a normal state and a hibernation state, reserving a hibernation storage space in a non-volatile storage device for storage of hibernation-related information in preparation for entering the hibernation state. While the host system is operating in the normal state, a storage task other than storage of the hibernation-related information is performed using at least a portion of the reserved hibernation storage space.
US09207868B2
A director node of a plurality of nodes determines a plurality of data arrays, where the plurality of data arrays have been discovered at boot time. The director node determines global metadata information, based on reading boot sectors of at least one of the plurality of data arrays discovered at boot time. A determination is made from the global metadata information as to how many data arrays had been previously configured. In response to determining that the plurality of data arrays discovered at boot time is not equal in number to the previously configured data arrays, the director node determines that all configured data arrays have not been discovered.
US09207866B2
Techniques for chunk-level client side encryption are provided. In a content addressable storage system, a plurality of chunks is used to implement a hierarchical file system. The hierarchical file system supports both encrypted and non-encrypted volumes. A folders and files layer makes calls directly to a chunk system layer for operations involving non-encrypted volumes. The folders and files layer makes calls to a volume encryption layer for operations involving encrypted volumes. The volume encryption layer receives calls from the folders and files layer through an API that matches the API through which the chunk system layer receives calls from the folders and files layer.
US09207849B2
Described herein are techniques to facilitate efficient application navigation by a user. In one embodiment, two or more scrollable surfaces contain application icons. One surface may have a first type of application icon and may be a user-customized surface akin to a desktop. Usually, only one of the surfaces is active and displayed at a given time. The user can swap one surface into view and the other surface out of view. The active surface is independently scrollable; when a given surface is swapped out and then swapped back in, despite any scrolling of the intervening surface, when the given surface is swapped back into view it returns at the same position it had before being swapped out. Another embodiment may provide optimizations to enhance performance and responsiveness by pre-rendering imagery of an off-screen surface. Caching logic may be used to assure that the imagery is correct.
US09207847B2
In the image display device, The touch operation detection unit detects the touch operation of the user input through the touch panel; The image selection unit selects images in the category corresponding to the tag information specified through the touch operation from among the images stored in the image storage unit based on the tag information; and the display control unit extracts main subject areas of the images in the category selected by the image selection unit based on the frame information, and displays the extracted main subject areas on the screen of the touch panel in a predetermined order according to an image display procedure corresponding to the tag information specified through the touch operation.
US09207843B2
An example approach is provided for presenting content in a user interface associated with social networking messages based on gaze tracking information. A content presentation platform determines a rendering of a user interface presenting one or more social networking messages. The content presentation platform further determines a selection of at least one of the one or more social networking messages based, at least in part, on gaze tracking information. The content presentation platform also causes, at least in part, a presentation of content at the user interface based, at least in part, on the selection.
US09207834B2
Generally, a computer implemented layered multimedia assessment system which provides one or more server computers that allow one or more client devices and one or more administrator devices access to an layered multimedia assessment application which provides an administrator user interface and client user interface which serially provide one or more assignment events each having a first step in which the client user interacts with the client user interface to perform an assessment of assignment content and performs an interactive examination and a second step in which the client user participates to evaluate the performance of other client users.
US09207829B2
A method, device, and computer program product for smartly navigating hierarchical structure strings are provided. The method may include tokenizing a hierarchical structure string by a delimiter, reading a hierarchical path to a string pointed by a pointer device between two adjacent delimiters, and fetching and displaying all available sibling hierarchical paths at the level next to the current level.
US09207828B2
A touch input device of a resistance film system having a structure in which a plastic supporting plate (10), made from a polycarbonate resin or an acrylic resin, is bonded to an entire lower surface of a lower electrode film (7). An adhesive material (10g) is interposed between the lower electrode film and the plastic supporting plate. Also, a water-vapor barrier film (11), which is superior in moisture dimensional stability, is bonded with an adhesive material (11g) to the entire surface of the plastic supporting plate on the side opposite to the surface that is bonded to the lower electrode film.
US09207826B2
Provided is a touch panel configured to minimize electrode disconnection caused by swelling of the insulating layer during the production process. The touch panel is equipped with: an insulating substrate; first island-shaped electrodes (111) disposed along a first direction; second island-shaped electrodes (121) disposed along a second direction intersecting the first direction; a connecting member (112) for connecting together the first island-shaped electrodes (111); an insulating film (15) formed covering a portion of the connecting member (112); and a relay electrode (122) for connecting together the second island-shaped electrodes (121) over the insulating film (15). The relay electrode (122), in a section thereof that overlaps the connecting member (112) in a plan view, is narrower in width, in a direction perpendicular to the second direction, than the width of the insulating film (15). A pair of edges (15a) and (15b) of the insulating film (15) is covered by the first island-shaped electrode (111), the second island-shaped electrode (121), or the relay electrode (122).
US09207822B1
The capacitance sensing array comprising a plurality of nodes corresponding to intersections of a first plurality of electrodes with a second plurality of electrodes may be scanned. Capacitance values associated with one or more of the nodes may be measured. The capacitance values may be representative of a touch object proximate to the one or more of the nodes. A peak capacitance value of the capacitance values of one or more of the nodes may be identified. A set of capacitance values comprising cells based on the peak capacitance value may be generated. A portion of the cells of the set are associated with the nodes corresponding to the intersections of the first plurality of electrodes with the second plurality of electrodes and at least one of the cells of the set is associated with a virtual node that does not correspond to the intersections.
US09207815B2
A touch panel includes a transparent panel, a transparent electrode which is formed in a transparent input region on a first surface of the transparent panel, a decorative layer which is formed in a decorative region on the first surface, a wiring layer which is formed on a surface of the decorative layer, and a transparent conductive connection layer which electrically connects the wiring layer and the transparent electrode.
US09207810B1
A set of optical fibers can be used to enable touch input for a computing device. One or more light sources, such as infrared (IR) light emitting diodes (LEDs), can direct radiation into one or more fibers that propagates down the fibers and is detected by one or more sensors. If a user places a finger at a position where a portion of a fiber is exposed, a portion of the light propagating down the fiber will not undergo total internal reflection (TIR) and instead will be transmitted out of the fiber, causing a reduction in the amount of light received from that fiber to one of the sensors. By monitoring losses for the fibers and knowing the area at which each fiber is exposed, locations at which the losses occur can be determined. These locations can correspond to various types of user input.
US09207807B2
A vehicular optical touch apparatus includes a screen, an elastic layer, a detection light source, and an image detector. The elastic layer is disposed on the screen and includes a first surface facing away from the screen and a second surface facing the screen. The second surface includes a plurality of inclined surfaces inclined with respect to the first surface. The inclined surfaces totally reflect at least one portion of ambient light entering the elastic layer through the first surface, so that the portion of ambient light leaves the elastic layer through the first surface. The detection light source emits detection light toward the elastic layer. When an object presses the first surface to deform the second surface, the detection light sequentially passes through the elastic layer, is reflected by the object, passes through the elastic layer again, and is transmitted to the image detector.
US09207804B2
An apparatus for avoiding a damaged region on a touchscreen is disclosed. A method and a computer program product also perform the functions of the apparatus. The apparatus includes a damage location module that determines a location of an area of damage on a touchscreen of a computing device. The area of damage includes damage to the touchscreen. The apparatus, in one embodiment, includes a display location module that determines a location of one or more display items commanded to be displayed on the touchscreen. Each display item includes a location to be displayed on the touchscreen. The apparatus includes, in one embodiment, a rearrangement module that alters a location of a display item to be displayed in the area of damage where the display item is moved to a location on the touchscreen outside the area of damage on the touchscreen.
US09207795B2
Disclosed is a user interface system that includes a sheet that defines a surface and at least partially defines a fluid vessel arranged underneath the surface, a volume of fluid within the fluid vessel, a displacement device that influences the volume of the fluid within the fluid vessel to expand and contract at least a portion of the fluid vessel, thereby deforming a particular region of the surface, and a sensor system that is configured to receive a user input on the surface with a first sensitivity and configured to receive a user input substantially proximal to the particular region of the surface at with second sensitivity higher than the first sensitivity.
US09207793B2
A touch panel, which includes a plurality of signal input ends and a plurality of signal output ends, where the touch panel further includes at least one signal detecting unit which includes: a signal inputting unit, a preamplifier, and a signal separating unit; where the signal inputting unit is configured to input driving signals respectively having n frequencies, where n is an integer not less than 2; the preamplifier is configured to acquire the output signals outputted from the touch panel, and amplify and output the signals to the signal separating unit; the signal separating unit, which includes n band-pass filters, is configured to separate the signals respectively having n frequencies. In the touch panels according to embodiments of the present invention, the blind zone of the touch panel can be decreased or even eliminated, thus enlarging the detectable region and greatly improving the detection sensitivity of the touch panel.
US09207785B2
A voltage generator includes a DC/DC converter configured to output a first voltage during a first period of a frame period, the DC/DC converter being connected to a first power voltage and to a second power voltage lower than the first power voltage, a first transistor coupled between the DC/DC converter and an output terminal, the first transistor being configured to be turned on during the first period, a second transistor coupled between the output terminal and a third voltage source, the third voltage source being configured to supply a third voltage lower than the first voltage, and the second transistor being configured to be turned on during a third period of the frame period, and a voltage controller coupled to the output terminal, the voltage controller being configured to limit a voltage of the output terminal.
US09207781B2
An input apparatus includes a casing, an output section, a processing section, a judgment section, and a calibration section. The output section includes a reference potential and outputs, as a detection signal, a fluctuation of a potential with respect to the reference potential, that corresponds to a movement of the casing. The processing section executes processing for generating a control command for controlling a screen based on an output value of the output section. The judgment section judges an operational state of the input apparatus. The calibration section executes, when it is judged that the input apparatus is moving, a calibration mode as processing for correcting the reference potential by obtaining the output value over a data obtainment period that is a sampling period of the output value and calculating a correction value of the reference potential based on the obtained output value.
US09207779B2
A contactless user-interface (UI) motion recognizing device and method of controlling the same are provided. The method includes: obtaining a left-eye image and a right-eye image; determining an object position of an object in the obtained left-eye image and the obtained right-eye image; determining an object brightness of the object; determining depth information of the object using the determined object brightness; determining a three-dimensional (3D) object position of the object using the determined object position and the determined depth information; determining an object moving velocity based on the determined 3D object position and a previous 3D object position; and determining a UI pattern based on the determined 3D object position and the determined object moving velocity, and executing an operation according to the determined UI pattern.
US09207772B2
Systems, methods and computer storage mediums securely authenticate an identity of an individual based on a pattern that is traced by the individual. Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to prompting an individual with a pattern to trace when attempting to authenticate the identity of the individual during an identity authentication session. Motion-based behavior data that is generated by motions executed by the individual as the individual traces the pattern is captured via a motion-capturing sensor. The motion-based behavior data is unique to the individual and has a low likelihood of being duplicated by an unauthorized individual attempting to fraudulently pose as the individual. The captured motion-based behavior data is compared to previously captured motion-based behavior data from previous traces of the pattern completed by the individual. The identity of the individual is authenticated when the motion-based behavior data is within a threshold of the previously captured motion-based behavior data.
US09207768B2
A method and apparatus for controlling a mobile terminal through use of user interaction are provided. The method includes operating in a vision recognition mode that generates a vision recognition image through use of a signal output from a second plurality of pixels designated as vision pixels from among a plurality of pixels of an image sensor included in the mobile terminal; determining whether a predetermined object in the vision recognition image corresponds to a person; determining a gesture of the predetermined object when the predetermined object corresponds to the person; and performing a control function of the mobile terminal corresponding to the gesture of the predetermined object.
US09207765B2
Techniques and systems for inputting data to interactive media devices are disclosed herein. In some aspects, a sensing device senses an object as it moves in a trajectory indicative of a desired input to an interactive media device. Recognition software may be used to translate the trajectory into various suggested characters or navigational commands. The suggested characters may be ranked based on a likelihood of being an intended input. The suggested characters may be displayed on a user interface at least in part based on the rank and made available for selection as the intended input.
US09207763B2
Systems and methods for providing a haptic manipulandum are described. In one described system, a lever arm is pivotably coupled to a housing, and configured to apply a processor-controlled force to a substantially-spherical manipulandum to provide a haptic effect. The described system may include a processor in communication with an actuator for providing the haptic effect.
US09207756B2
An apparatus and method for controlling a 3-dimensional (3D) image using a virtual tool are provided. The apparatus may detect a user object that controls the 3D image, and determine a target virtual tool matching movement of the user object. In addition, the apparatus may display the determined target virtual tool along with the 3D image.
US09207754B2
Systems, methods, and computer-readable storage media for enabling immersive, interactive desktop image presentation are provided. Upon receiving a request for presentation of a background image of a search engine home page as a desktop image, the background image is transmitted for presentation on a desktop associated with a computing device. In embodiments, the background image, and likewise the desktop image, permits user interaction therewith. For instance, a user may zoom into the image, pan around the image or otherwise interact with enabled regions of the background and/or desktop image that offer additional content and/or navigate the user to another location where additional information may be found. In this way, the user is provided an immersive, interactive experience with the image whether at the search engine home page, the desktop, or both.
US09207744B2
The present invention discloses a method for adjusting device power consumption including: grouping multiple devices into at least one device group, setting a group power consumption ceiling threshold (PCCT) for the device group, and setting a device PCCT for each device in the group; obtaining current total power consumption of the group, and when the current total power consumption of the group exceeds the group PCCT, determining whether current power consumption of each device in the group exceeds the device PCCT of the device; when the current power consumption of each device exceeds the device PCCT of the device, reducing power consumption of each device to the device PCCT of the device; and when current power consumption of a device exceeds a device PCCT of the device, setting a new PCCT for the device, and reducing power consumption of the device to/or less than the new PCCT.
US09207739B2
A power system is coupled to a powered system and a system capacitance. The power system includes a power system output sensor, a power conversion device, and a power system output controller. The power system output controller includes a powered system threshold that is related to a power excursion capability of the powered system. The power system output controller is operable, in response to receiving a power system output signal from the power system output sensor that exceeds the powered system threshold, to control the power conversion device to increase the power system output from the power conversion device in order to increase the energy stored in the system capacitance for use by the powered system during a power excursion. The powered system may include processors that draw power from the system capacitance during power excursions so as to not exceed the limits of the power system.
US09207733B2
A data buffer system includes a plurality of data buffer modules and a plurality of switching units. The data buffer module is configured for buffering a corresponding data signal. The data buffer module includes a plurality of buffers. The buffers are electrically coupled in series. The switching unit is configured for supplying power to the corresponding buffer in accordance with a regulated voltage. Each of the switching units is electrically coupled between the corresponding one of the buffers and the supply voltage. A power control method for a data buffer system is also provided.
US09207730B2
An electronic device is configured to manage heat in the device using a multi level thermal management process. When the temperature of the device reaches a level that requires the device to take action to adjust its thermal behavior, a system level controller identifies a component in the device as being active and that can be controlled to adjust heat generation in the device. Once an active component is identified, a component level controller sets an activity limit for the identified active component that is at or above a minimum activity limit of the component and prevents the component from operating above this activity limit. Other embodiments are also described and claimed.
US09207726B1
An IT device includes a system board including at least one microprocessor. At least one 2.5″ disk drive is electrically coupled to the system board. At least one 3.5″ disk drive is electrically coupled to the system board. An enclosure is configured to house the system board and includes at least one native 2.5″ drive bay configured to house the at least one 2.5″ disk drive, and at least one native 3.5″ drive bay configured to house the at least one 3.5″ disk drive.
US09207723B2
A cable box docking station rack includes a frame carrying a series of shelves, and each shelf including a series of docking stations for connection with cable boxes. Each docking station includes a fixed back plate and a slide plate in sliding relation. The back plate includes a series of connectors that correspond with communications ports on the rear portion of a cable box, and after the cable box is placed into the sliding plate, it slides inwardly until the connectors engage the communication and power ports on the cable box. The rack houses a computer system, video monitors, and data entry tools, together with the docking stations, which is used for inspection and diagnostic analysis of cable boxes.
US09207722B2
Support systems and related methods for supporting tablets and monitors. A stand that includes a monitor support portion configured to support a monitor and a tablet support portion configured to support a tablet.
US09207720B2
A flexible touch screen panel with sensing electrodes formed of different materials is disclosed. In one aspect, the panel includes a substrate, a plurality of first and second sensing electrodes, a plurality of first and second position detection lines, and a pad portion. The substrate is divided into an active area, and first and second non-active area formed at the outside of the active area. The plurality of first sensing electrodes are arranged along a first direction and the plurality of second sensing electrodes are arranged along a second direction in the active area. The plurality of first and second position detection lines are formed in the first non-active area, and respectively connected to the plurality of first and second sensing electrodes. The pad portion is formed in the second non-active area, and has a plurality of pads electrically connected to the plurality of first and second position detection lines. The first and second sensing electrodes are formed of different materials from each other.
US09207718B2
A portable electronic device 100 includes a horizontally long casing, both ends of which are gripped by a user's both hands, respectively. The device further includes a LCD fit into the front face of the casing 10. Outwardly projecting bulges are respectively formed at both sides of the rear face of the casing where fingers of the user gripping the casing 10 placed. Since the fingers and palms are naturally flexed to fit to the dome-like bulges 42L, 42R, the portable electronic device 100 fits comfortably in the user's hands. The operability is hard to be degraded even if the device is vibrated strongly during a game play with the device.
US09207717B2
A dual-screen user device and methods for revealing a combination of desktops on single and multiple screens are disclosed. Selected desktops and/or running applications are displayed on dual screen displays. Desktops and applications can be shifted between screens by user gestures, and/or moved off of the screens and therefore hidden. Hidden desktops and screens can be re-displayed by yet other gestures. The desktops and applications are arranged in a window stack that represents a logical order of the desktops and applications providing a user with an intuitive ability to manage multiple applications/desktops miming simultaneously. One user gesture launches an applications management window that provides visual indications of all applications and desktops running at the time. Other gestures rearrange the order of the applications and desktops in the window stack. One particular gesture drags a selected application or desktop appearing in the applications management window to a selected screen.
US09207700B2
In a case in which a local solution to current-voltage characteristics is generated by way of a partial shade, it has been difficult to perform control for causing a solar cell to operate at a maximum power point efficiently in terms of power and at a low cost. During steady state operation, an MPPT control unit 1 for performing the normal hill climbing method is selected, and if the change amount of the output current of the solar cell is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold, an MPPT control unit 2 for increasing the variation width of the output voltage of the solar cell to greater than the hill climbing method is selected. By way of such control, it is possible to achieve both efficient operation in a steady state and avoidance of a local solution to a partial shade at a low cost.
US09207693B1
A method and device for compensating PVT (process, voltage temperature) variations are disclosed. In some embodiments an integrated circuit includes a buffer circuit and a PVT (process, temperature, voltage) compensation circuit configured to compensate a PVT variation of the buffer circuit, wherein the PVT compensation circuit includes adders and subtractors.
US09207687B2
A relief valve includes a valve body having an inlet and an outlet; a passageway formed between the inlet and the outlet in the valve body; a valve tube positioned in the passageway having a generally cylindrical portion including a first outside diameter and a second generally cylindrical portion including a first inside diameter that is larger than the first outside diameter; a valve seat; and a spring positioned about at least a portion of the valve tube and biasing the valve tube away from the valve inlet to seal against the valve seat. The valve tube and valve seat prevent flow through the passageway when pressure at the inlet is below a predetermined pressure and wherein the valve tube moves axially away from the valve seat at the predetermined pressure allowing flow through the passageway from the inlet to the outlet.
US09207684B2
A microfluidic surface processing system includes a microfluidic probe head having a processing fluid circuit configured to dispense a surface processing fluid from a processing fluid aperture thereof; a linkage mechanism, configured to apply a force to or modulate a force applied to the microfluidic probe head towards a surface to be processed; and a lifting fluid circuit integral with the microfluidic probe head and distinct from the processing fluid circuit, the lifting fluid circuit designed for dispensing a lifting fluid from a lifting fluid aperture thereof, with pressure such as to counter the force applied or modulated by the linkage mechanism, at the level of the surface.
US09207683B2
A flow meter device is coupled to at least one sensor that measures a flow speed and provides status signals from which the flow speed can be determined. The flow meter receives and processes the flow measurement data provided by the at least one sensor. The at least one sensor is enabled at defined time instances for a defined interval time. The flow meter receives at least one status signal from the sensor each time the sensor is enabled and processes the status signals to generate a trigger event when certain conditions arise. A processing unit wakes up from a sleep mode when a trigger event is generated by the flow meter device.
US09207681B2
A vision-based automatic recovery method including steps of: generating a reference trajectory connecting an align point and a recovery point that is provided through wireless communication; taking an image containing a target through a front vision camera, determining a position and a size of the target in the taken image, and calculating a distance between the target and the unmanned aerial vehicle; generating an attitude command for changing a direction of the unmanned aerial vehicle so as to center the target in an image taken by the front vision camera; and generating a virtual trajectory by combining the generated reference trajectory and the generated attitude command, a weight of the attitude command being increased as the unmanned aerial vehicle moving from the align point to the recovery point.
US09207680B1
A computing device may identify an object in an environment of a vehicle and receive a first three-dimensional (3D) point cloud depicting a first view of the object. The computing device may determine a reference point on the object in the first 3D point cloud, and receive a second 3D point cloud depicting a second view of the object. The computing device may determine a transformation between the first view and the second view, and estimate a projection of the reference point from the first view relative to the second view based on the transformation so as to trace the reference point from the first view to the second view. The computing device may determine one or more motion characteristics of the object based on the projection of the reference point.
US09207678B2
A method and apparatus for constructing a map for a mobile robot to be able to reduce a data amount and increase an approach speed. The method includes: searching for a plurality of feature data occupying an arbitrary space by scanning a surrounding environment of the mobile robot; performing quadtree segmentation on first feature data of the plurality of feature data to generate a plurality of first node information as a result of the quadtree segmentation; determining a position of second feature data of the plurality of feature data with respect to the first feature data; and performing a neighborhood moving algorithm for generating a plurality of second node information of the second feature data according to the position of second feature data by using the plurality of first node information.
US09207677B2
A vehicle positioning method and its system are disclosed. The vehicle positioning method has a camera adapted to be mounted in front of a vehicle, multiple visible marks mounted in a photographing-available range of a camera, and a vehicle positioning system. Each visible mark contains a position information related to a location of the visible mark. The vehicle positioning system receives an image of the visible mark captured from the camera and image-processes the image to read the position information of the captured visible mark. The vehicle positioning system further calculates a distance between the captured visible mark and the vehicle and then further corrects the position information of the captured visible mark to have GPS coordinates of the vehicle.
US09207670B2
A process variable transmitter includes a memory that stores a filtered sensor value that is calculated based on a prior received sensor value and a filtered rate of change value that is calculated based on a prior rate of change value. The process variable transmitter also includes a controller that receives a sensor value and compares it to the filtered sensor value to obtain a rate of change value. The controller also compares the rate of change value to the filtered rate of change value to obtain a deviation value, and generates an output indication, such as a sensor failure warning output, based on the deviation value. This is done within the process variable transmitter.
US09207669B2
A power saving apparatus adapted for electronic equipment is disclosed. The power saving apparatus includes a detection module for detecting a motion of an object in a detection field around the electronic equipment and generating a detection signal, a wireless transceiver unit, and a processing unit for transmitting a control signal to the electronic equipment via the wireless transceiver unit according to the detection signal so as to control the electronic equipment to operate in a working mode or a standby mode.
US09207667B2
Methods for producing a robot program for a substantially-symmetric product and corresponding systems and computer-readable mediums. A method includes receiving a first-side robot program. The first-side robot program is a robot program for processing a first side of the substantially-symmetric product. The method includes identifying one or more resources of the first-side robot program by and producing corresponding mirrored resources in a second-side robot program. The method includes identifying one or more robots for the first-side robot program and producing corresponding mirrored robots in the second-side robot program. The method includes processing machine data files of the first-side robot program and updating logic block signal connections from the first-side robot program to the second-side robot program. The method includes replacing references to objects in the second-side robot program and assigning tool mounts to the second-side robot program. The method includes producing and storing the second-side robot program.
US09207664B2
What is disclosed is a system for controlling a process, where the process is implemented by a machine system. The system includes a user interface device and a first transceiver coupled to the user interface device. The first transceiver is configured to receive communications from the user interface device and transfer the communications. The system also includes a second transceiver in communication with the first transceiver and configured to transfer power to the first transceiver, receive the communications from the first transceiver, and transfer the communications to control the process implemented by the machine system.
US09207661B2
A control system for a control module of a vehicle includes a first integrated circuit (IC) core of a primary processor that generates a first control signal using a central processing unit (CPU). A second IC core of the primary processor generates a second control signal using a second CPU and generates a remedial control signal based on the first control signal and the second control signal.
US09207658B2
A GPS-based energy management system for a home network is provided that includes a plurality of enemy consuming devices. The system comprises a central controller operatively connected to each energy consuming device, and one or more GPS-enabled devices configured to communicate with the central controller. The central controller is programmed to modify the behavior of the energy consuming devices based on the location of at least one member of a home network.
US09207651B2
Controlling the power state of an internet protocol (IP) network display device using the cumulative connection status of one or more client devices to presentation a gateway. The first client device to connect to the presentation gateway causes it to transmit an instruction over the IP Network to the display device to turn-on. When the last of the client connections to the presentation gateway has terminated, the presentation gateway transmits either a sleep or power-down instruction over the IP network to the display device, optionally, after a countdown timer expires.
US09207647B2
A personal alarm system that only wakes up the intended user includes an appliance worn near the eye. The personal alarm system emits radiation of a particular wavelength onto the eye or eyelid of the intended user and a predetermined moment to wake up the intended user.
US09207641B2
The invention relates to a rotating oscillator for a timepiece comprising a support element designed to allow the oscillator to be assembled on a timepiece, a balance, a plurality of flexible blades connecting the support element to the balance and able to exert a return torque on the balance, and a felloe mounted secured to the balance. The plurality of flexible blades comprises at least two flexible blades, including a first blade positioned in a first plane perpendicular to the plane of the oscillator, and a second blade positioned in a second plane perpendicular to the plane of the oscillator and intersecting the first plane. The geometric oscillation axis of the oscillator is defined by the intersection of the first plane and the second plane, said geometric oscillation axis crossing the first and second blades at ⅞th of their respective lengths.
US09207640B2
An escape mechanism including a flexible single-piece mechanism for transmission of impulses between an impulse pin of a balance, and teeth of an escape wheel. Each tooth includes a lever with a pin that can be actuated by a lifting piece, a low level of the wheel carrying the pins on a same level as stop members of a plate, and a high level carrying the lifting pieces. The impulse pin pivots a lever opposite thereto, either to cause the pin to cooperate in abutment with the second stop member, or to move the lifting piece thereof opposite the first stop member and to cause the pin to bypass the second stop member, allowing the wheel to rotate to a next tooth.
US09207638B2
An Interferometer for off-axis digital holographic microscopy includes a recording plane, and a grating located in a plane optically conjugated with the recording plane. The grating defining a first and a second optical path, the optical path corresponding to different diffraction order.
US09207637B2
A hologram recording and reproducing apparatus including: a coherent light source; a beam splitter which splits a beam emitted from the coherent light source into a signal beam and a reference beam; a signal beam forming unit which modulates the signal beam split and directs the modulated signal beam onto a hologram recording medium; and a reference beam forming unit which directs the reference beam to be irradiated onto a location on the hologram recording medium which overlaps with a location on the hologram recording medium on which the signal beam is incident, wherein the signal beam forming unit includes: a first light guide member which transmits the signal beam split by the beam splitter; a spatial light modulator (SLM) which modulates the signal beam transmitted through the first light guide member; and a holographic Fourier transformation optical device which focuses the modulated signal beam onto the hologram recording medium.
US09207634B2
An image formation apparatus includes: a developer image carrier configured to carry a developer image; a transfer unit provided in contact with the developer image carrier, and configured to transfer the developer image onto a medium which is conveyed along a medium conveyance path and passes through a contact between the developer image carrier and the transfer unit; a blower provided on one of upstream and downstream sides, in a medium conveyance direction, of the contact, and configured to cool the surface temperature of the developer image carrier; and a temperature sensor provided on the other of upstream and downstream sides, in the medium conveyance direction, of the contact, and configured to sense an ambient temperature around the developer image carrier.
US09207627B2
Frame-enhancing structure for a frame to support an image forming unit in an image forming apparatus
An image forming apparatus, including an image forming unit comprising a photosensitive drum configured to be rotatable about a rotation axis and a developer device configured to supply a developer agent to the photosensitive drum; a first frame made of a resin and formed in a shape of a plate, while the first frame is arranged on one end, along an axial direction of the rotation axis of the photosensitive drum, of the image forming unit; and a first beam made of a metal and formed in an elongated shape, while the first beam is arranged along and fixed to a planar face of the first frame, is provided. The first beam is arranged to overlap the image forming unit at a longitudinal central part thereof, when projected along the axial direction, while longitudinal ends of the first beam are arranged on outer sides of the image forming unit.
US09207625B2
A lubricant supply device includes a solid lubricant, a lubricant holder to hold the solid lubricant, a lubricant supply member to supply lubricant to a lubrication target, a pressing member to press the solid lubricant toward the lubricant supply member, and a pressing force adjuster to change an amount of pressing force exerted by the pressing member.
US09207623B2
The neutralization units 12a and 12b are arranged between the primary transfer positions and the cleaning units 11a and 11b, and, irradiate a region on the image supporting body 2a with first neutralization light 131, the regions spanning from a position facing the primary transfer position to a position facing the cleaning unit 11a. The neutralization units 12a and 12b irradiate a region on the image supporting body 2b with second neutralization light 132, the region spanning from a position facing the developing unit 16b to a position facing the primary transfer position. The neutralization units 12a and 12b include a first reflective part and a second reflective part provided at different positions on a side face of the light guiding body. The first reflective part forms the light 131 and the second reflective part forms the light 132 by reflecting the light from the neutralization light source.
US09207614B2
An image forming apparatus capable of reducing an image defect even when an container is rotated for checking. A development unit forms an image by developing an electrostatic latent image on a photosensitive member. A drive unit rotates the container mounted to a mounting portion for replenishing the toner to the development unit. An output unit outputs a specified signal when detecting a predetermined portion of the container. A determination unit determines whether the container is mounted to the mounting portion according to the specified signal. A decision unit decides a toner replenishing amount based on image data. A controller controls the drive unit to execute a detecting operation that rotates the container when the determination unit does not determine that the container is mounted. A correction unit corrects the toner replenishing amount based on the output of the output unit when the detecting operation is executed.
US09207608B2
An image forming apparatus includes a communication part that performs communication with an external device; an image processing part that processes image data that is received by the communication part and that is for forming an image; an image forming part that forms an image of the image data processed in the image processing part; and a power supply controller that controls power supplied to the communication part, the image processing part, or the image forming part. The communication part includes a memory part that stores status information of the image forming apparatus, and a server part that performs communication with the external device, and the power supply controller supplies power to only the communication part in a power saving mode during a standby period, and the server part responds to a status information reference request and a status information update request from the external device.
US09207599B2
A fixing device having: a first rotating member rotating in a first rotational direction; a second rotating member contacting the first rotating member and thereby forming a nip through which a printing medium passes, wherein the second rotating member rotates in a second rotational direction opposite to the first rotational direction; a heating unit heating the first rotating member in a heating section not overlapping with the nip when viewed in a plan view in the predetermined direction; and a first reflective member facing at least a part of a portion of the first rotating member that is located on a downstream side in the first rotational direction relative to the heating section but on an upstream side in the first rotational direction relative to the nip, the first reflective member having a reflection surface on the side facing the first rotating member.
US09207597B2
A fixing device includes a rotator having a heat generation layer, an excitation coil to inductively heat the heat generation layer, ferromagnetic cores to direct magnetic flux arising from the excitation coil to the rotator, and a holder to hold the excitation coil and the ferromagnetic cores. In the fixing device, the ferromagnetic cores include multiple cores disposed astride the excitation coil at a turning part on each end of the excitation coil in a longitudinal direction of the excitation coil.
US09207593B2
An image heating apparatus includes an image heating member configured to heat an image on a recording medium, a heat source heating the image heating member from an inside thereof, an image heating temperature detecting member detecting the surface temperature of the image heating member, an external heating member heating the image heating member from an outside of the image heating member, a cooling fan cooling a surface of the image heating member, and a control portion. The control portion is configured to execute a first mode of controlling the temperature detected by the image heating temperature detecting member under a predetermined control condition to a target temperature while executing a preceding job and a second mode of switching the predetermined control condition while maintaining the setting of the target temperature while processing the preceding job.
US09207592B2
A fixing device in accordance with the present invention comprises: a rotary member for transporting printing paper; a pressure member for press-contacting the rotary member to apply pressure onto the printing paper; and a cleaning member capable of freely moving into contact with, or away from, a peripheral surface of the rotary member and/or a peripheral surface of the pressure member. A toner image formed on the printing paper is fixed while the printing paper is being held between the rotary member and the pressure member. The fixing device further comprises a contact and separation unit for moving the pressure member into contact with, or away from, the rotary member. The cleaning member moves into contact with, or away from, the peripheral surface of the rotary member and/or the peripheral surface of the pressure member in conjunction with the contact and separation unit moving the pressure member into contact with, or away from, the rotary member.
US09207585B2
An endless belt includes an endless belt body, and a plurality of first tapes each wound around an outer peripheral surface of the belt body. Each of the first tapes has a length shorter than a full circumference of the endless belt, and the first tapes are superposedly applied onto the belt body so that positions of first edges of the first tapes and positions of second edges of the first tapes are different from each other, respectively. A recessed portion is formed in a region between the first edges and the other edges second. In addition, a second tape having a length longer than the length of a full circumference of the endless belt is wound around the first tapes so as to extend along the recessed portion, wherein a winding end edge of the second tape overlaps a winding start edge of the second tape.
US09207584B2
An improved image forming apparatus is described which can inhibit the quality of printed images from being degraded. A control unit performs a steering operation to shift an intermediate transfer belt toward a target belt position by controlling the inclination angle of a steering roller. Also, a memory stores the inclination angle of the steering roller in association with the operational states of rotary members facing the intermediate transfer belt. The control unit updates the values stored in the memory with an update value. When the result of detecting the belt edges indicate that the intermediate transfer belt falls in a predetermined range around the target belt position during the steering operation, the control unit determines the update value on the basis of the steering duration time and the inclination angle of the steering roller.
US09207581B2
A developer accommodating unit for accommodating a developer includes: an accommodating portion, provided with an opening, for accommodating the developer; a sealing member for sealing the opening; and an unsealing member rotatable for winding up the sealing member. The sealing member is peelable off from the accommodating portion to unseal the opening in a first unsealing direction and a second unsealing direction opposite to the first unsealing direction.
US09207575B2
A developer container includes: an accommodating frame, provided with an opening through which a developer is passable, for accommodating the developer; a first shutter and a second shutter which are movable between an open position where the opening opens and a closed position where the opening is closed; a first lever, provided on the first shutter, for moving the first shutter by being urged and moved; and a second lever, provided on the second shutter, for moving the second shutter by being urged and moved. Each of the first shutter and the second shutter is moved from the closed position to the open position by moving the first shutter and the second shutter in mutually spacing direction to open the opening.
US09207572B2
A developer container includes a casing having a developer accommodating chamber and a waste-developer accommodating chamber, conveying member, a conveying-member accommodating unit, and a supporting member. The conveying member conveys waste developer in a longitudinal direction of the waste-developer accommodating chamber. The conveying-member accommodating unit accommodates the conveying member therein and has a first opening and a second opening. The first opening is provided in an upstream end portion and allows the waste developer to move from outside of the conveying-member accommodating unit to the inside of the conveying-member accommodating unit. The second opening allows the waste-developer to move from the inside of the conveying-member accommodating unit to the waste-developer accommodating chamber. The supporting member is provided on the casing. The supporting member supports the conveying-member accommodating unit such that the conveying-member accommodating unit is movable in directions perpendicular to the longitudinal direction relative to the casing.
US09207571B2
This image formation device is provided with a toner case (6), a developer body (83) and a developer (12). The toner case (6) includes a case body (22) having a discharge port (35), and a case-side shutter (28) for opening and closing the discharge port (35). A replenishing port (88) for accepting the toner is provided to the developer body (83). The developer (12) includes a developer-side shutter (98) for opening and closing the replenishing port (88). When the toner case (6) has been mounted on the developer (12) and the case-side shutter (28) is displaced from a position where the discharge port (35) is closed to a position where the discharge port (35) is open, the case-side shutter (28) pushes and displaces the developer-side shutter (98) from a position where the replenishing port (88) is closed to a position where the replenishing port (88) is open.
US09207569B2
An image forming apparatus that is capable of reducing an effect of variation of specific inductive capacity of toner due to environmental variation with a small detection error when the remaining toner amount is detected. The image forming apparatus forms an image with an electrophotographic system. A container unit stores toner. A toner detection unit has sensor modules that are arranged at positions where the toner is stagnated in the container unit, and that show different electrostatic capacities with respect to the same toner thickness. An electrostatic capacity detection unit detects the electrostatic capacities of the sensor modules. A determination unit determines a remaining toner amount in the container unit based on the electrostatic capacities of the sensor modules that are detected by the electrostatic capacity detection unit.
US09207568B2
A developing unit employing a two-component developing agent is shown. The developing unit includes a first regulating member, a second regulating member, and a third regulating member forming first, second, and third regulating gaps respectively with a developing roller. The third regulating member forms a recovery path for recovering excessive developing agent that may not pass through the first and second regulating gaps to an agitating region between the third and second regulating members. A distance between a vertical line passing through an upstream side end portion of the second regulating member based on a rotating direction of the developing roller and a center of the developing roller is greater than a radius of the developing roller, and a downstream end of the third regulating member is located between a regulating pole and a catch pole.
US09207566B2
A development device includes: a developer carrier configured to develop an electrostatic latent image with a developer while rotating, the electrostatic latent image being carried on a surface of a rotating electrostatic latent image carrier; and first and second developer supply members configured to, while rotating, supply the developer carrier with the developer contained in a developer container. The first developer supply member and the second developer supply member are disposed at positions opposed to the developer carrier, and in contact with the developer carrier. The first developer supply member is disposed downstream of the second developer supply member in a rotational direction of the developer carrier. A first contact amount at which the first developer supply member is in contact with the developer carrier is set smaller than a second contact amount at which the second developer supply member is in contact with the developer carrier.
US09207564B2
An image forming apparatus includes an image carrier, a holding roller which holds thereon developer attached on the image carrier, a transfer member which transfers a developer image on the image carrier to a transfer medium, a collection device which collects the developer on the holding roller via the image carrier, and a control device which executes a collection control of causing the developer held on the holding roller to move to the image carrier such that the collection device collects the developer via the image carrier. The control device applies to the holding roller a first discharge bias having a polarity same as the developer after the collection control starts until a first time elapses and thereafter applies to the holding roller a second discharge bias having a polarity same as the developer and having an absolute value larger than the first discharge bias.
US09207563B2
To provide an image forming apparatus that includes a plurality of image forming units and executes a mode for image formation by using a selected image forming unit, the image forming apparatus being able to restrict a decrease in productivity and restrict an image defect such as a lack of part of an image output during the execution of the mode.In a monochrome mode for forming an image only with a black toner, in the first image forming unit, a toner is caused to adhere to a region on a photosensitive body corresponding to a sheet interval and hence the toner is supplied to a cleaning blade by applying a development bias to a developing unit without applying a direct-current voltage to a charger of a color image forming unit not used for the image formation. Also, an alternating-current voltage is applied to the charger when the region on the photosensitive body from which the toner is removed by the cleaning blade passes through the charger.
US09207560B2
A laser light control device includes: a photodiode disposed, along with a semiconductor laser, at a location capable of receiving laser light reflected on a polygon mirror after emitted from the semiconductor laser can be received; a semiconductor laser drive control section; and a comparison circuit configured to compare an output voltage of the photodiode and a reference voltage corresponding to a reference amount of light of the semiconductor laser. The semiconductor laser drive control section uses a timing with which the semiconductor laser drive control section receives from the comparison circuit an output indicating that the voltage output from the photodiode is larger than the reference voltage to generate a light emission start timing with which the semiconductor laser starts to emit laser light based on an image signal.
US09207559B2
A structure in which a shutter is moved in a first direction by a motor, an opening is provided in the shutter, and the shutter is moved in a second direction using an elastic force of a spring connected to an upper cover of a light scanning device and an inside wall at the opening of the shutter increases the size of the structure of the shutter and the structure of the light scanning device due to the position of the spring. Therefore, a recess 218b is provided in an opposing surface 218g of a cover 218 opposing a shutter 300, and a spring 310 for sliding the shutter 300 is connected to a connection portion 218e provided at the recess 218b. The recess 218b is provided at a side opposite to the light source units with a polygon mirror 203 being interposed therebetween.
US09207558B2
An image forming apparatus includes photosensitive drums, charging devices, an exposure unit configured to expose surfaces of photosensitive drums to generate a non-image portion potential and expose the surfaces to generate an image portion potential, developing members configured to make a developer adhere to an area where the image portion potential is generated to form a developer image on the photosensitive drums, a control unit configured to control an intensity of the charging voltage, and an acquisition unit configured to acquire thicknesses of photosensitive layers of the respective plurality of photosensitive drums, wherein the control unit is configured to set the intensity of a charging voltage applied to the common charging devices according to a maximum thickness among the thicknesses acquired by the acquisition unit, and individually control the output of the first laser power for the photosensitive drum according to surface potentials of the charged photosensitive drums.
US09207557B2
An image forming apparatus includes a photosensitive member (drum); a rotatable charging member for electrically charging the drum; a bias applying device for applying a charging bias to the charging member in the form of a DC voltage biased with an AC voltage; a current detector for detecting an AC current passing between the charging member and the drum; a temperature and humidity detector; a setting device for setting a condition of the charging bias on the basis of a plurality of detected AC currents passing between the charging member and the drum when a plurality of AC voltages depending on an output of the temperature and humidity detector are applied to the charging member; and a corrector for correcting the set condition of the charging bias on the basis of an output of the current detector when a predetermined AC voltage is applied to the charging member.
US09207556B2
An image formation apparatus includes an image carrier, a charge device configured to charge the surface of the image carrier, a development device configured to pass a developer to an electrostatic latent image on the image carrier formed by exposure, a transfer device configured to transfer a developer image formed on the image carrier onto a medium, a remover device configured to remove the developer on the image carrier, and a controller configured to control a cleaning mode for removing extraneous matter adhered to the surface of the charge device at a time other than the time for the process of exposing the image carrier, and to change the execution frequency of the cleaning mode in accordance with an environmental condition.
US09207548B2
A lithographic apparatus includes a radiation source configured to produce extreme ultraviolet radiation, the radiation source including a chamber in which a plasma is generated; a collector mirror configured to reflect radiation emitted by the plasma; and a debris mitigation system including a gas supply system configured to supply a first gas flow toward the plasma, the first gas flow being selected to thermalize debris generated by the plasma, and a plurality of gas manifolds arranged at a location proximate the collector mirror, the gas manifolds configured to supply a second gas flow in the chamber, the second gas flow being directed toward the plasma to prevent thermalized debris from depositing on the collector mirror.
US09207534B2
A chemically amplified positive resist composition of better performance can be formulated using a polymer having a quencher incorporated therein, specifically a polymer comprising recurring units having a carbamate structure which is decomposed with an acid to generate an amino group and optionally recurring units having an acid labile group capable of generating a carboxyl and/or hydroxyl group under the action of an acid. The polymer is highly effective for suppressing diffusion of acid and diffuses little itself, and the composition forms a pattern of rectangular profile at a high resolution.
US09207532B2
The present invention provides photosensitive compositions and methods of patterning a polymeric image on a substrate, said methods comprising; (a) depositing a layer of photosensitive composition of any one of claims 15 to 22 on the substrate; and (b) irradiating a portion of the layer of photosensitive composition with a light comprising a wavelength in a range of from about 220 to about 440 nm. The invention also relates to methods of metathesizing an unsaturated organic precursor comprising irradiating Fischer-type carbene ruthenium catalysts with at least one wavelength of light in the presence of at least one unsaturated organic precursor so as to metathesize at least one alkene or one alkyne bond.
US09207530B2
A method includes generating, using a data processor, information showing variations of a parameter across a photo mask relative to an average value of the parameter measured at various locations on the photo mask. For example, the information can include data points, and each data point can be determined based on a ratio between a measurement value and an average of a plurality of measurement values.
US09207527B1
A system and method for decorating a vegetable, such as a pumpkin, is provided. The system includes a base frame disposed within an aperture defined in the pumpkin, and a cover having a design or image associated therewith that is selectively coupled to the base frame. The base frame may be a flexible, frusto-conical ring that has an outer edge positioned adjacent to an outer surface of the pumpkin. The outer edge may be at least partially formed of a magnetic material, and the cover may be formed of a material that is attracted to the magnetic material of the base frame to selectively attach the cover to the base frame. The system may include a colored sheet positioned behind the cover, and a protective backing positioned behind the colored sheet to provide protection from the heat generated from the light source within the pumpkin.
US09207525B2
Disclosed is a phosphor wheel including a substrate, a first phosphor region on the substrate, and a second phosphor region on the substrate. The first phosphor region and the second phosphor region are concentric patterns without any space between their interface. Moreover, the second phosphor region is set to surround the first phosphor region.
US09207523B2
A projector includes a case, an optical engine, a heat sink, a circuit board, and a fan. The case includes two sidewalls, and each sidewall defines an air hole. The optical engine is received in the case. The heat sink is positioned on the optical engine. The circuit board is positioned between the heat sink and one of the sidewalls. The fan is received in the case. The air holes of the two sidewalls and the fan form a dissipating passage. The heat sink and the circuit board are positioned in the dissipating passage.
US09207521B2
An image projection apparatus includes a light source, light from which is used to form an image to be projected, a first flow path, a control unit configured to control a light emission from the light source, an electrical power stabilizing unit configured to stabilize an electrical power to be supplied to the light source, and an electrical power source unit configured to supply the electrical power to at least one of the control unit and the electrical power stabilizing unit. One or both of the electrical power source unit and the electrical power stabilizing unit is/are divided into a plurality of boards. The light source is arranged on a normal line of a surface of any of the plurality of boards. The plurality of boards configure surfaces of the first flow path except a surface nearest to the light source.
US09207516B1
A hybrid tunable filter includes an upper substrate comprising an upper lip and a lower substrate comprising a lower lip, a first conductive layer coated on a lower surface of the upper substrate, a second conductive layer coated on an upper surface of the lower substrate, a first high reflectivity layer formed on a portion of the first conductive layer, a first electrode layer formed on a portion of the first conductive layer under the upper lip, a second high reflectivity layer formed on a portion of the second conductive layer, a second electrode layer formed on a portion of the second conductive layer above the lower lip, and a band-pass filter layer that can pass the etalon cavity to produce an output light having a single spectral peak.
US09207512B1
A manufacturing method of a transparent display device including: forming a pixel between a first substrate and a second substrate facing the first substrate, the pixel including a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates, applying a first voltage having a frequency lower than a reference frequency to the liquid crystal layer to drive liquid crystal molecules of the liquid crystal layer as positive liquid crystal molecules, applying a second voltage having a frequency higher than the reference frequency to the liquid crystal layer to drive the liquid crystal molecules as negative liquid crystal molecules, and pre-tilting the liquid crystal molecules operated as the negative liquid crystal in a predetermined direction.
US09207509B2
Disclosed are a liquid crystal display device and a method for fabricating the same. The liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates joined to and facing each other, a TFT formed in each pixel of an active area on the first substrate, a first discharge line formed in a non-active area on the first substrate, a protective layer formed over the entire surface of the first substrate, including the TFT and the first discharge line, a second discharge line surrounding an outer region of the first discharge line in the non-active area on the first substrate, a plurality of contact holes passing through the protective layer to expose a portion of the first discharge line, a connection pattern branching from the second discharge line, and covering the respective contact holes, and an electrostatic discharge layer formed on the outside surface of the second substrate.
US09207506B2
A liquid crystal display includes: a first insulation substrate; a gate line disposed on the first insulation substrate; a first data line and a second data line disposed on the first insulation substrate; a color filter disposed on the first insulation substrate and disposed between the first data line and the second data line; a first light blocking member disposed on the first data line and the second data line; and a second light blocking member disposed on the color filter and the first light blocking member, extending in the same direction as the gate line, and overlapping the first light blocking member on the first data line and the second data line.
US09207497B2
A method for preparing an alignment film (6), a method for performing alignment of the alignment film (6), as well as a multi-dimensional liquid crystal display device manufacture using the alignment film (6). The alignment film (6) generated by the preparation method is a light sensitive alignment film (6), which can generate directions of orientation perpendicular or parallel to the polarization direction under different dosages of linearly polarized ultraviolet light (10). By adjusting the polarization direction or dosage of the linearly polarized ultraviolet light (10), multi-dimensional orientations of the alignment film (6) is achieved. Manufacture of a multi-dimensional liquid crystal display device using a substrate (1) having the alignment film (6) with multi-dimensional orientations avoids the manufacture of the multi-dimensional electrode, and reduces costs and difficulty of process.
US09207488B2
A liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a first polarizing element disposed under the first substrate, the first polarizing element including a first polarizing layer and a second polarizing layer having different refractive indexes, the first polarizing layer having been stretched in a direction substantially parallel to a transmitting axis of the first polarizing element, and a second polarizing element disposed on the second substrate, the second polarizing element having been stretched in a direction substantially perpendicular to a transmitting axis of the second polarizing element.
US09207487B2
In a first substrate, a first organic insulating film is arranged in an active area, and includes a first surface and a first concave portion in a peripheral area outside the active area. The first concave portion is located more close to a substrate end side than the first surface. In a second substrate, a shield layer is arranged in the peripheral area facing the first substrate. A second organic insulating film includes a second surface facing the first surface and a second concave portion facing the first concave portion. The second organic insulating film overlaps the shield layer in the peripheral area. A pillar-shaped spacer is arranged between the first surface and the second surface in the peripheral area. A seal material contains the pillar-shaped spacer and is arranged between the first surface and the second surface, and between the first concave portion and the second concave portion.
US09207477B2
A display module 1 of the present invention includes a first board 3, a second board 4, a base film 5, and a circuit member 2. The first board 3 and the second board 4 are bonded together to face with each other. The base film 5 is provided between the first board 3 and the second board 4 and extends outwardly from an end of the first board 3. The base film 5 has an insulating property and the extended portion is bent to an outer surface side of one of the first board 3 and the second board 4. The circuit member 2 is formed on the base film 5.
US09207472B2
A display device includes a substrate, a cover layer, a liquid crystal layer, at least one electrode, and a sealant layer. The cover layer is disposed on the substrate and includes a tunnel-shaped cavity. The liquid crystal layer is disposed in the tunnel-shaped cavity. The at least one electrode is configured to apply an electric field to the liquid crystal layer. The sealant layer is configured to seal the tunnel-shaped cavity. The liquid crystal layer includes a plurality of domains defined by liquid crystal molecules pre-aligned in different directions.
US09207459B2
A two-dimensional (2D)/three-dimensional (3D) switchable image display device is provided. The 2D/3D switchable image display device forms gradation of an image in a light modulation panel, provides color to light beams that penetrate a plurality of electro-wetting prisms arranged in correspondence to the plurality of pixels of the image, and adjusts the direction of the light beam such that the light beams of the pixels of the image are directed towards at least two different view zones in a 3D mode and such that the light beams maintain their paths in a 2D mode.
US09207458B2
The present invention discloses a backlight driving board for driving a backlight source, comprising a microprocessor and a constant current driver chip. The microprocessor receives a display mode switching signal and a synchronization signal from a liquid crystal driving board, and generating a first pulse width modulation signal corresponding to the backlight source according to the display mode switching signal and the synchronization signal. The constant current driver chip controls an operation state of the backlight source according to the first pulse width modulation signal. The present invention can reduce the signal lines between the backlight driving board and the liquid crystal driving board in order to avoid the backlight driving board from external interference because of too many signal lines, and thus be able to enhance the stability of the LCD device when operating.
US09207456B2
In a virtual image display device, since the frame section has the support section for detachably fixing the auxiliary mounting member, which is disposed adjacent to the optical members, on the observer side of the optical members, by providing a variety of functions such as an optical function to the auxiliary mounting member, the usefulness of the virtual image display device can be enhanced. Specifically, in the case of, for example, providing the auxiliary mounting member with a diopter correction function, it is possible for any observers with a variety of levels of vision to observe the image obtained by the video display element in a good condition without blur without using eyeglasses.
US09207455B2
A head mountable display (HMD) system comprises an eye position detector comprising one or more cameras configured to detect the position of each of the HMD user's eyes; a dominant eye detector configured to detect a dominant eye of the HMD user; and an image generator configured to generate images for display by the HMD in dependence upon the HMD user's eye positions, the image generator being configured to apply a greater weight to the detected position of the dominant eye than to the detected position of the non-dominant eye.
US09207450B1
Subject matter disclosed herein relates to arrangements and techniques that provide for controlling motion of an electrowetting oil within an electrowetting display device. An electrowetting display device comprises a substrate, an electrode on the substrate, a dielectric layer on a first portion of the electrode. The electrode extends along the substrate one of either entirely from a first end of a pixel area to a second end of the pixel area, or from the first end of the pixel area to the second end of the pixel area such that a portion of the substrate is an electrode free portion to thereby define a notch. A first fluid is disposed on a hydrophobic layer and a second fluid is disposed on the first fluid, the second fluid being immiscible with the first fluid. A dielectric constant of the dielectric layer is greater than a dielectric constant of the first fluid.
US09207445B2
A medical three-dimensional observation apparatus includes at least a pair of imaging units, a three-dimensional image processing unit, a calculating unit, and an index superimposing unit. The imaging units image a .specimen from different viewpoints. The three-dimensional image processing unit displays a three-dimensional image of the specimen on a display in accordance with images of the specimen. The calculating unit calculates a region of a three-dimensional reproduction space of the display in which the three-dimensional image of the specimen is to be reproduced. The index superimposing unit superimposes an annotation image on a depth position corresponding to the region in which the three-dimensional image is reproduced.
US09207444B2
In one example embodiment, a focusing device generates a first image associated with a sample having a first irregularity. The focusing device determines a second irregularity based on the generated first image. In this embodiment, the determined second irregularity corresponds to the first irregularity. For a lens, the focusing device determines a focusing position based on the determined second irregularity.
US09207443B2
A see-through free-form head-mounted display including a wedge-shaped prism-lens having free-form surfaces and low F-number is provided.
US09207429B2
A compact camera lens composed of the following five lenses in this sequence proceeding from the object side: a first positive meniscus lens, wherein the concave surface of the first positive meniscus lens faces away from the object side; a second negative lens, wherein the object-side surface of the second negative lens is concave; a third positive lens, wherein the image-side surface of the third positive lens is convex; a fourth biconvex lens; and a fifth negative lens. The fourth biconvex lens and the fifth negative lens are in each case cemented with one another. The object-side surface of the third positive lens and the image-side surface of the fifth negative lens are of aspherical form. The objective is particularly robust, compact, has a large aperture and very good imaging characteristics. It is suitable for example as an objective of an exterior mirror replacement camera in the automotive field.
US09207426B2
An imaging apparatus includes: a lens mount section; an imager having an imaging plane on which an image having an image height obtained through a lens device mounted to the lens mount section is formed; an imaging process section correcting transverse chromatic aberration of an imaging signal obtained by the imager; and a control section determining an imager size in accordance with the diameter of the lens device mounted to the lens mount section and correcting a correction coefficient for the correction of transverse chromatic aberration at the imaging process section according to the size thus determined.
US09207420B2
An enclosure cabinet for connecting optical fiber from a head end to each of the premises of multiple dwellings has a door on an opening in a front wall of the cabinet and a support member on top and bottom slides that supports both a compartment in a container for fiber optic splitter modules and a vertical support panel for premise drop components. The slide out support member moves from a position retracted within the hollow interior for closing of the door to an extended position where the vertical panel is presented at least partly forwardly of the front wall to allow unencumbered access to both sides of the panel where the premise drop components are installed across an opening in the panel for installation, testing and visual inspection.
US09207415B2
A cable connector assembly includes a connector and a cable electrically connected with the connector. The connector includes a shell, a first and a second printed circuit boards received in the shell, and an opto-electronic conversion module, the second printed circuit board including a first end electrically connected with the first printed circuit board and a second end opposite to the first end, the second end comprising a first connecting portion electrically connected with the opto-electronic conversion module and a second connecting portion. The cable includes a number of electrical wires electrically connected with the second connecting portion for transmitting electrical signal and a number of optical fibers or wires coupling with the opto-electronic conversion module for transmitting optical signal.
US09207414B2
An optical engine includes a fiber joint, a fiber pad, and a photoelectric module. The fiber joint, has a fiber installation part and an optical signal output part. The fiber installation part is for accommodating a plurality of fibers, the optical signal output part includes a plurality of fiber positioning through holes running through the optical signal part. Each fiber plugs into one terminal of each positioning through hole and outputs an optical signal via the other terminal of the positioning through hole. The fiber pad is disposed on the fiber installation part and has a plurality of fiber guiding grooves for guiding the fibers to the corresponding fiber positioning through holes. The photoelectric module has a plurality of photoelectric components. Each photoelectric component is aligned with one of the positioning through holes for converting the optical signals coming from the fiber positioning through holes into electric signals.
US09207411B2
A fiber connector includes a case, a light emitting element, and a fiber. The case includes a lower seat and a fiber receiving portion connected to one end of the lower seat. The lower seat defines a receiving recess with an end surface. An optical coupling portion protrudes downward from the end surface. The fiber receiving portion defines a blind hole. The light emitting element is received in the receiving recess and faces the optical coupling portion. The fiber is received in the blind hole. Light rays emitted from the light emitting element are converged to the fiber by the optical coupling portion.
US09207407B2
A fiber optic assembly includes a connector and a cover bonded to an end face of the connector. The connector includes a ferrule, where an optical fiber extends through the ferrule and to the end face of the connector. An end of the optical fiber is polished proximate to the end face. The cover is bonded directly to the end face of the connector, and overlays the polished end of the optical fiber such that the cover protects the optical fiber, limits access of dust to the end face of the connector, and draws loose particulates from the end face upon removal of the cover.
US09207401B2
The outage probability in an under-addressed optical MIMO system may be reduced by configuring an intra-link optical mode mixer to dynamically change the spatial-mode mixing characteristics of the link on a time scale that is faster than the channel coherence time. Provided that the MIMO system employs an FEC code that has a sufficient error-correcting capacity for correcting the amount of errors corresponding to an average state of the MIMO channel, this relatively fast dynamic change tends to reduce the frequency of events during which the number of errors per FEC-encoded block of data exceeds the error-correcting capacity of the FEC code.
US09207399B2
Embodiments of the invention describe systems, apparatuses and methods for providing athermicity and a tunable spectral response for optical filters. Finite impulse response (FIR) filters are commonly implemented in photonic integrated circuits (PICs) to make devices such as wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) devices, asymmetric Mach-Zehnder interferometers (AMZIs) and array waveguide gratings (AWGs). Athermicity of an FIR filter describes maintaining a consistent frequency transmission spectrum as the ambient temperature changes. A tunable spectral response for an FIR filter describes changing the spectrum of an FIR filter based on its application, as well as potentially correcting for fabrication deviations from the design. In addition, embodiments of the invention reduce energy dissipation requirements and control complexity compared to prior art solutions.
US09207375B2
A display panel and a liquid crystal display device, in which one of a plurality of color filters is a net-shaped color filter and the other color filters are island-shaped color filters, are provided. According to this approach, a thickness uniformity of the display panel may be achieved.
US09207374B2
A color filtering array substrate and the manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. The color filtering array substrate includes a glass substrate (20) having a display area and a non-display area, a first metallic layer above the glass substrate, an insulation layer (22) above the first metallic layer, a second metallic layer above the insulation layer (22), a color filtering layer (23) formed between the insulation layer (22) and the second metallic layer, and a transparent conductive layer above the second metallic layer. The first metallic layer is for forming a first peripheral metallic layer (21) in the non-display area and to form a first internal metallic layer in the display area. The second metallic layer is for forming a second peripheral metallic layer (26) in the non-display area and to form a second internal metallic layer in the display area. The color filtering layer includes a color portion arranged in the display area and a blocking portion arranged in an interleaved portion of the first peripheral metallic layer and the second peripheral metallic layer.
US09207369B2
An optical modulator includes a dielectric layer and a metal layer arranged on the dielectric layer. In the optical modulator, a first light of a first frequency and a second light of a second frequency that are incident upon the metal layer exit from the metal layer at different refractive angles due to surface plasmon generation.
US09207368B2
A light-shielding lens which can cut ultraviolet or visible radiation having wavelengths of 430 nm and shorter or of 500 nm and shorter and which can sufficiently satisfy users' demand for its color. The lens contains 0.01 to 2 parts by mass of an indole-based ultraviolet absorbing dye having a melting point of 140 to 150° C., based on 100 parts by mass of a synthetic resin forming the lens, and preferably further contains an oil-soluble dye, whereby the lens can cut ultraviolet and visible radiation having wavelengths of 430 nm and shorter. Since the predetermined amount of the indole-based ultraviolet absorbing dye is sufficiently dissolved in the synthetic resin, it efficiently reveals its expected function. The lens can thus cut ultraviolet and visible radiation having wavelengths of 430 nm and shorter, or even 500 nm and shorter, while keeping highly transparent light color.
US09207367B2
An apparatus comprising a deformable lens element can be provided wherein a deformable lens element can be deformed to change an optical property thereof by the impartation of a force to the deformable lens element.
US09207358B2
A device and associated methods for using surface electromagnetic waves (SEWs) generated at the surface of photonic band gap multilayers (PBGMs) in place of surface plasmons (SPs) in metal films. One device is a photonic circuit comprising a multilayer apparatus to generate surface electromagnetic waves, wherein the surface electromagnetic waves comprise the signal medium within the circuit. The circuit may be formed or etched on the surface of the multilayer apparatus.
US09207354B2
In one aspect, an apparatus for estimating a characteristic of a sensor is disclosed that in one embodiment may include a chamber housing sensor, wherein the sensor includes a suspended movable force mass having an opening therethrough, a first partially reflective member that moves with the force mass and a second partially reflective member spaced from the first partially reflective member, a source of buoyant fluid configured to supply the buoyant fluid to the chamber at a plurality of pressures, a device for directing light to the first and second partially reflective members at a plurality of angles, a detector for providing signals corresponding to light passing through the second partially reflective member corresponding to each of the plurality of angles and each of the plurality of pressures, and a processor for determining the characteristic of the sensor from the signals provided by the detector.
US09207345B2
Methods and devices for seismic data processing deblend seismic data gathered using simultaneous source acquisition by applying two different deblending techniques. The second deblending technique is applied to residual data obtained after applying the first deblending technique. At least one of these first and second deblending techniques uses a signal-to-noise map.
US09207340B2
A seismic streamer includes at least one elongated strength member. The seismic streamer further includes a substantially rigid sensor holder coupled to the strength member and fixed in position relative to the strength member. The streamer includes at least one particle motion sensor coupled to the sensor holder and fixed in position relative to the sensor holder.
US09207333B2
A positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, including a first detector portion arranged circumferentially around a patient pallet, the first detector portion having a predetermined axial extent and transaxially subtending more than 180 degrees, but less than 360 degrees with respect to a central axis of the scanner defined by the first detector portion; and a second detector portion arranged separately from and opposing the first detector section, the second detector portion having a radius of curvature smaller than a radius of curvature of the first detector portion, wherein the second detector portion transaxially subtends less than 180 degrees with respect to the central axis of the scanner.
US09207331B2
A system method for improving the accuracy of a tracking device is described where the tracking device cannot achieve an accurate GPS fix due to low observability. The system and method improves accuracy determining a current position for the tracking device using incomplete information from the GPS. The current position is added to a historical table of previous position determinations and a normalized center position is calculated from the current position and previous position determinations. The position of the tracking device is inferred from the normalized center position.
US09207328B2
Disclosed is a system for determination of attitude for a projectile in flight. The system includes at least one antenna mounted on the projectile. Each antenna is configured to receive Global Positioning System (GPS) signals. Further, the system includes a signal receiving unit communicably coupled to the each antenna to receive the GPS signals and to ascertain the earth referenced velocity vector. The system also includes a plurality of magnetometers for ascertaining a projectile referenced earth's magnetic field vector. Moreover, the system includes a processing unit. The processing unit is configured to utilize a known projectile referenced velocity vector and a stored prediction of the earth referenced earth's magnetic field vector along with the measured earth referenced velocity vector and the measured projectile referenced earth's magnetic field vector to determine the attitude of the projectile. Further disclosed is a method for determination of attitude for a projectile in flight.
US09207316B2
A multi-modal ground penetrating radar includes a radar set configured to launch predistorted double-sideband (DSB) suppressed-carrier modulated continuous waves (CW) to illuminate and penetrate a ground surface. A variable frequency modulator is connected to modulate a continuous wave (CW) carrier frequency generator within the radar set to yield a double-sideband suppressed carrier output. A lateral single-file array of antennas is configured to be flown closely over the surface of the ground. A multiplexing switch is connected to the array of antennas and configured to selectively switch individual ones of the antennas to the radar set. Any early arriving signals returned from geologic clutter and surface reflections are suppressed in synchronous detection in relation to signals received by the array of antennas from less shallow depths. Interesting objects below the ground surface are detected and located by the late arriving signal reflections.
US09207310B2
A locating device for locating at least one apparatus which is arrangeable on board a transport unit, for example an aircraft, a locating system having such a locating device and at least one apparatus to be located, an aircraft having a locating system of this type, an associated method for locating at least one apparatus which is to be located and is arrangeable on board a transport unit, for example on board an aircraft, and a computer program for carrying out the method. The locating device includes a detecting unit for detecting a wireless audio signal transmitted by the apparatus to be located; and a computing unit for determining the distance of the apparatus to be located from the detecting unit based on the wireless audio signal and on a first information signal assigned to the audio signal and transmitted via a first deterministic data connection.
US09207305B2
This invention relates to methods and devices for channel identification. The invention is particularly concerned with techniques for non-line of sight channel identification. In embodiments of the invention the methods and devices are used for channel identification in wireless geolocation systems. Embodiments of the invention make use of an entropy estimation of the channel to distinguish channel conditions and in particular to identify line-of-sight and non-line-of-sight channels and which can be used to solve the NLOS problem of determining relative distances between transmitter and receiver. In particular embodiments an entropy estimation of the channel impulse response (CIR) is used to construct a robust entropy-based channel identification technique. As a result, more accurate localization in indoor and other multipath environments may be possible.
US09207301B2
An apparatus and method for compensating for an artifact of higher order diffusion Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) are provided. The apparatus includes a construction unit configured to construct a diffusion q-space matrix, a correction unit configured to correct an image shift in a phase encoding direction in the constructed diffusion q-space matrix, a reconstruction processing unit configured to reconstruct a q-space of a Diffusion Spectrum Imaging (DSI) based on the corrected image shift, and a tracking processing unit to process a DSI fiber tracking using the reconstructed q-space of the DSI.
US09207298B2
The present disclosure provides various methods and systems for performing magnetic resonance studies. In accordance with many embodiments, image or other information of interest is derived from super radiant pulses.
US09207297B2
The exemplary embodiments are related to systems and methods for a mode balanced parametric amplifier. Exemplary embodiments relate to a balanced parametric circuit including a first resonant structure including a first plurality of varactor diodes and a second resonant structure including a second plurality of varactor diodes. The first and second resonant structures are coupled to form a coupled structure having at least two orthogonal resonant modes, where a first resonant mode is resonant at a first frequency of an input signal and a second resonant mode is resonant at a second frequency of a pump signal. Further, the pump signal is used to one of amplify the first signal at the first frequency or mix and amplify the first signal to a frequency higher than the first frequency.
US09207296B2
The present subject matter relates to methods and apparatus for using hyperpolarization to improve imaging. Am exemplary embodiment, a PASADENA polarizer, is capable of delivering 2.5-5 ml of highly hyperpolarized biological 13C and 15N imaging reagents in less than one minute, and capable of repeated delivery every 5-8 minutes. Exemplary quality control sequences are also provided to create versatile methods, systems, and apparatuses for a variety of biomolecules, capable of undergoing reaction with parahydrogen necessary for effective PASADENA. The subject matter simplifies the technology for routine liquid state generation of hyperpolarized molecules for 13C and 15N subsecond imaging and spectroscopy in vivo and further advance the clinical application of this technology. Methods and systems for providing magnetic shielding are also provided.
US09207295B2
An MRI apparatus provided with a support panel on which a subject is placed, the MRI apparatus including a noise cancelling unit movably installed at the support panel in a longitudinal direction of the support panel and configured to output a sound wave to cancel noise that reaches a target position, and a controller configured to control the noise cancelling unit to be moved to a target position and output the sound wave to cancel the noise.
US09207293B2
A magnetic sensor having no sensitivity differences between sensitivity axes, and an easy manufacturing method therefor are provided. The method includes a process of forming first stacked films for a magnetoresistive element on a substrate. This element has a sensitivity axis in a certain direction and includes a self-pinned ferromagnetic pinned layer in which first and second ferromagnetic films are antiferromagnetically coupled through an antiparallel coupling layer, a nonmagnetic intermediate layer, and a soft magnetic free layer. The method further includes a process of removing a region of the first stacked films from the substrate. The remaining region of the films includes at least a region to be left to form the element. The method furthermore includes a process of forming second stacked films for a magnetoresistive element, which has a sensitivity axis in a direction different from the certain direction and has the same structure, on the exposed substrate.
US09207289B2
A magnetic property analyzing apparatus calculates vector potentials of each of elements to which an analyzing target is segmented by meshing, using an average magnetization obtained for each of the elements, and performs a magnetic field analysis of sub-grids arranged along one direction within each of the elements. An average magnetization with respect to each of the elements is calculated by performing a time integral on a LLG (Landau Lifshitz Gilbert) equation using a magnetic field obtained from the magnetic field analysis in order to perform a magnetic property analysis.
US09207285B1
Baseline values for battery testing are automatically determined for individual batteries, battery cells, or networks of batteries. Impedance information is obtained from individual batteries and adjusted for operating conditions at a site of use (e.g., temperature, age, connection topology and user-entered information). Population-referenced baselines are automatically calculated from the group of individual-referenced baselines. All baselines can be continually updated and improved. The state of charge and state of health characteristics of batteries in the network can be automatically determined by comparison of measured impedance, and other values, to the baselines.
US09207283B2
A system and method for charging batteries. Stops are adjusted for each of the batteries to secure the number of batteries in place. The batteries are placed to abut the stops. Adjustable contacts of the battery charger are positioned against terminals of the batteries. The batteries are secured within the receptacles of the battery charger. The batteries are charged.
US09207282B2
Source measure units may operate as a voltage/current (V/I) source for a load, such as a device under test (DUT). Source measure units having a voltage controlled mode and a current controlled mode are described. The source measure units may have a suitable configuration to transition between the voltage controlled mode and current controlled mode in a smooth manner, and may be operated accordingly.
US09207275B2
A semiconductor chip may include a die having one or more circuits. The semiconductor chip may include a plurality of die bumps, each having a first geometry, a first vertical profile, and a first volume. The die bumps may be coupled to the die and in electrical communication with the one or more circuits. The semiconductor device may include a plurality of test bumps each having a second geometry, a second vertical profile, and the first volume. The test bumps may be coupled to the die and in electrical communication with the one or more circuits. The first geometry and the second geometry may be adapted for the plurality of test bumps to make connection with a wafer probe to the test bumps without making a connection to any of the die bumps during a die test.
US09207273B2
Disclosed herein is an apparatus for inspecting a touch panel and a method thereof, the apparatus includes a capacitance measuring unit measuring capacitance value of a number of regions set on a touch panel, and a defect determining unit determining whether or not a specific region is defective, by comparing the capacitance value of the specific region with the capacitance value of an adjacent region. According to the present embodiments, a touch panel having an improved defect detection ability and a method thereof, by comparing with capacitance of regions adjacent to each other, are provided.
US09207272B2
A test handler and a test method of a semiconductor device using the same includes a plurality of chambers to provide a sealed inner space accommodating a first tray on which semiconductor devices are mounted, a test module electrically connected to the semiconductor devices in the chambers to perform a test process of the semiconductor devices, and a sort part to load and unload the first tray in the chambers and to sort semiconductor devices determined to be failed in the test process. The plurality of chambers have a fluid path circulating a coolant or a heat medium in the walls so that a temperature of the plurality of chambers is rapidly changed at the test process of the semiconductor devices between a first temperature that is less than room temperature and a second temperature that is greater than room temperature.
US09207270B2
The present invention may include measuring energy usage of one or more appliances for a selected usage metric, receiving reference energy usage data indicative of energy usage of one or more reference appliances for the selected usage metric, comparing the measured energy usage of the one or more appliances for the selected usage metric to the one or more received sets of reference energy usage data for the selected usage metric, and reporting an amount of energy savings based on the comparison of measured energy usage of the one or more appliances and the one or more received sets of reference energy data.
US09207269B2
A test and measurement instrument according to an embodiment of the present invention automatically detects excessive in-band but out-of-span energy and notifies the user of the condition.
US09207266B2
A power consumption management system includes: a main part that is connected to a power line; a breaker that is electrically connected to the main part, and limits a current supplied to a load to a predetermined set value; a sensor unit including a current sensor and a signal processing part. The current sensor measures a current supplied from the main part to the breaker, and outputs a current detection signal based on the measured current. The signal processing part receives the current detection signal over a predetermined time, determines a range of a signal level from the received current detection signal, and adjusts an input range of the current detection signal in accordance with the determination result.
US09207261B2
A probe card for wafer level test includes a space transformer having a power line, a ground line, and signal lines embedded therein, wherein the space transformer includes a first surface having a first pitch and a second surface having a second pitch substantially less than the first pitch, a printed circuit board configured approximate the first surface of the space transformer, a first power plane disposed on the first surface of the space transformer and patterned to couple the power line and the ground line to the printed circuit board, and a second power plane disposed on a surface of the printed circuit board and patterned to couple the power line and the ground line of the space transformer to the printed circuit board, wherein the second power plane is in electrical connection with the first power plane.
US09207257B2
An inspection apparatus includes an insulating substrate, a socket in which a body portion having a through-hole in a wall thereof is integrally formed with a connection portion secured to the insulating substrate, and a contact probe detachably secured to the socket.
US09207251B2
A method of interaction between an automated analytical apparatus for performing an analytical process and a user is disclosed comprising displaying all features necessary for performing the analytical process on a display which is mounted on the apparatus.
US09207244B2
Devices, systems, and methods for detecting molecules of interest within a collected sample are described herein. In certain embodiments, self-contained sample analysis systems are disclosed, which include a reusable reader component, a disposable cartridge component, and a disposable sample collection component. In some embodiments, the reader component communicates with a remote computing device for the digital transmission of test protocols and test results. In various disclosed embodiments, the systems, components, and methods are configured to identify the presence, absence, and/or quantity of particular nucleic acids, proteins, or other analytes of interest, for example, in order to test for the presence of one or more pathogens or contaminants in a sample.
US09207243B2
Methods of treating cancer comprising administering inhibitors of glucose transporters (GLUTs) are provided. Methods of predicting whether a cancer will respond to treatment with a GLUT inhibitor also are provided.
US09207238B2
The present invention provides an anti-human FOLR1 antibody against diseases associated with human FOLR1-expressing cells, which specifically recognizes and binds to an amino acid sequence of human FOLR1 or a conformational structure thereof and also has a high effector activity such as antibody-dependent cellular cytotoxicity activity (ADCC activity). The present invention can provide a monoclonal antibody which specifically recognizes and binds to the amino acid sequence of human FOLR1 or the conformational structure thereof and also has ADCC activity and CDC activity, or an antibody fragment thereof, a DNA encoding the antibody, a vector comprising the DNA, a transformant obtained by introducing the vector, a method for producing the antibody or the antibody fragment thereof using the transformant, and a therapeutic agent and a diagnostic agent comprising the antibody or the antibody fragment as an active ingredient.
US09207237B2
The invention provides methods for characterizing cellular physiology by incorporating into an electrically excitable cell an optical reporter of, and an optical actuator of, electrical activity. A signal is obtained from the optical reporter in response to a stimulation of the cell. Either or both of the optical reporter and actuator may be based on genetically-encoded rhodopsins incorporated into the cell. The invention provides all optical methods that may be used instead of, or as a complement to, traditional patch clamp technologies and that can provide rapid, accurate, and flexible assays of cellular physiology.
US09207236B2
Highly simplified lateral flow chromatographic nucleic acid sample preparation methods, devices, and integrated systems are provided for the efficient concentration of trace samples and the removal of nucleic acid amplification inhibitors. Methods for capturing and reducing inhibitors of nucleic acid amplification reactions, such as humic acid, using polyvinylpyrrolidone treated elements of the lateral flow device are also provided. Further provided are passive fluid control methods and systems for use in lateral flow assays.
US09207233B2
An ELISPOT method for in vitro diagnosis and/or in vitro therapy monitoring of infections and/or infectious diseases comprising incubating eukaryotic cells with an antigen, measuring the number of immunocompetent cells which secrete at least two different cytokines as a reaction to the antigen, and in measuring the immunocompetent cells, visualizing the cells with the aid of at least two different dyes and at least two different filter sets, the filter sets comprising narrowband filters.
US09207225B2
An apparatus, a control unit and a method are provided for detecting a concentration of chlorate-ions in an aqueous solution containing different types of chlorine oxidants. By applying energy to a defined volume of the aqueous solution to trigger a transformation of substantially all chlorine oxidants and/or chlorine therein to chloride and/or chlorate, and detecting the concentration of chlorate-ions contained in the defined volume, a solution can be provided that enables a simple and cheap measurement for a concentration of chlorate ions in an aqueous solution and that is capable for online measurement of such chlorate concentrations.
US09207224B1
A method for expressing protein quality of a grain powder includes mixing the grain powder with water using a mixing apparatus to form a mixture. The torque applied to the mixing apparatus by the mixture during mixing is measured as a function of time. Mechanical energy applied to the mixture is calculated from the measured torque. The protein quality is expressed as the measured torque as a function of mechanical energy.
US09207218B2
There is provided a capillary column comprising a flat cross section and a desired theoretical plate number and having both high resolution and high sample load capacity. The capillary column 1 comprising a stationary phase on an inactivated inner surface, which is used in gas chromatography, comprises a narrow part 3 formed in a central part of a cross section of internal space and a bulge part 4 formed on each of both sides of the narrow part 3.
US09207211B2
An object is to improve the precision of estimating a blockage ratio or a deposited-scale thickness. In a deposit measurement apparatus that estimates a blockage ratio of a gap between a wall surface of a through-hole and an outer surface of a heat-conducting pipe or the thickness of a deposit deposited at the gap, an eddy-current flaw detection probe (61) acquires an eddy-current flaw detection signal by scanning inside the heat-conducting pipe with a sensor; and a processing device (62) estimates the blockage ratio at the gap or the thickness of the deposit deposited at the gap by using the eddy-current flaw detection signal for the gap of the pipe-supporting-plate protrusion in the through-hole.
US09207207B2
A drift tube ion mobility spectrometry sample introduction scheme allows introduction of a sample packet at ground voltages. The sample packet of ionized particles is captured by subjecting particles within a defined region to an electric field at an elevated voltage. The ionized particles in the captured packet then migrate through the drift tube down the voltage gradient according to their electrical mobility. The particles are directed to a high sensitivity detector, such as a condensation particle counter (CPC), for detection.
US09207203B2
The disclosed technology generally relates to a sensor and methods for making and using the same, and more particularly relates to a sensor configured to sense the presence of at least one fluidum. In one aspect, a sensor for sensing a fluidum in a space adjoining the sensor comprises a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) layer stack. The sensor additionally comprises a gate lying adjacent to at least part of the 2DEG layer stack and configured to electrostatically control the electron density of a two-dimensional electron gas (2DEG) in the 2DEG layer stack. The sensor further comprises a source electrode contacting the 2DEG layer stack for electrically contacting the 2DEG. The 2DEG layer stack of the sensor comprises a contact surface contacting the space and provided to contact molecules of the fluidum which is desired to be detected, and the gate of the sensor comprises a doped semiconductor bottom layer of the 2DEG layer stack in electrical contact with at least one gate electrode, where the doped semiconductor bottom layer being located at a side of the 2DEG layer stack opposing the contact surface.
US09207195B2
The application discloses systems and methods for X-ray scanning for identifying material composition of an object being scanned. The system includes at least one X-ray source for projecting an X-ray beam on the object, where at least a portion of the projected X-ray beam is transmitted through the object, and an array of detectors for measuring energy spectra of the transmitted X-rays. The measured energy spectra are used to determine atomic number of the object for identifying the material composition of the object. The X-ray scanning system may also have an array of collimated high energy backscattered X-ray detectors for measuring the energy spectrum of X-rays scattered by the object at an angle greater than 90 degrees, where the measured energy spectrum is used in conjunction with the transmission energy spectrum to determine atomic numbers of the object for identifying the material composition of the object.
US09207188B2
A system and a method for monitoring painting quality of components, for example of motor-vehicle bodies, comprises a robot which moves a monitoring head to follow the components to be monitored while they move along a production line. The monitoring head moves with respect to the surface to be monitored and comprises both a source of light and a camera which receives the light emitted by the source of light which is reflected by the monitored surface. An electronic processing unit receives the signals coming from the camera and processes them according to different processing algorithms for detecting various categories of defects, specifically small defects, medium defects, and large defects.
US09207172B2
Disclosed is a measurement system for a dry powder agent including a nozzle to direct the dry powder agent, and an indicator operable to recognize a dry powder agent discharge event. In an exemplary method, a velocity of the powder exiting the nozzle may be computed, and an agent concentration calibration curve may be selected.
US09207168B2
Problems of excessive fading in systems for monitoring single-mode optical fiber for disturbances are addressed by launching into the fiber polarized light having at least two different predetermined launch states of polarization whose respective Stokes vectors are linearly-independent of each other; downstream from the first location, receiving the light from the fiber; analyzing the received light using polarization state analyzer having at least two different analyzer states of polarization that are characterized by respective Stokes vectors that are linearly-independent and detecting the analyzed light to provide corresponding detection signals; deriving from the detection signals measures of changes in polarization transformation properties of the fiber between different times that are invariant under a non-reflective unitary transformation on either the launch states or the detection states; and, on the basis of predefined acceptable physical disturbance criteria determining whether or not the measures are indicative of a reportable physical disturbance.
US09207154B2
A method and system for monitoring creep in an object are provided. The creep monitoring system includes a creep sensor assembly that includes at least one image pattern pair disposed on a surface of the object. The creep monitoring method includes receiving information from the creep sensor assembly regarding an observed creep and an offset associated with the object, correcting the observed creep using the information regarding the offset and outputting the corrected information relative to the creep.
US09207144B2
Provided is a pinhole inspection apparatus for can bodies capable of effectively preventing entrance of ambient light to a photodetector side through a gap between a movable plate and a rotating turret that may be formed due to a surface condition or the like. The pinhole inspection apparatus of the present invention includes: a rotating turret having a penetrating through hole; a movable plate provided on a stationary frame opposite the rotating turret; a can body holding member supporting a can body; a photodetector detecting light leaking inside the can body; and a light source irradiating the can body with light. The pinhole inspection apparatus is characterized in that a detour path formed by a pair of shield parts spaced apart a predetermined distance and opposite from each other is provided as a shield mechanism in an entire outer peripheral region of the rotating turret.
US09207139B2
A method of monitoring a Mass Flow Controller (MFC) connected to a pressure chamber for supplying gas to the chamber, which is an unpumped condition, includes cyclically switching the MFC to create successive fill cycles for a test period and measuring the chamber pressure at intervals during the test period. The method is characterised in that the total switch time of the MFC is at least 10% of the fill cycle and in that the method includes obtaining the average of the pressure measurements and comparing them with historical data to determine whether or not the MFC is functioning properly.
US09207136B2
Systems and methods for identification of brake suppliers and vehicle models based on electrical resistance of the brake control unit are disclosed herein. Based on calculated values, both the brake supplier and model of vehicle can be determined.
US09207129B2
A preexisting voltage across a sensor is latched to a storage capacitor prior to any excitation current being applied to the sensor. Once the excitation current is applied, the voltage on the storage capacitor is directly subtracted from a differential voltage across the sensor. The subtraction is done before a measurement is converted to a digital value and passed to a transmitter. The subtraction is performed in hardware, and a time required to sample and hold the preexisting voltage across the storage capacitor is within a settling time used for collecting any sensor measurements.
US09207122B2
An apparatus for performing Raman spectral analysis of a sample is described, comprising a coherent light source, an first optical chain to direct the coherent light to impinge on the sample, a second optical chain to direct the scattered light onto a diffraction grating, and a third optical chain to direct the diffracted light onto detection array. The diffraction grating is a plurality of alternating-slope stairsteps, wherein the portion of the step disposed parallel to the base of the diffraction grating is disposed so as to be orthogonal to the path of the scattered light from the second optical chain. The zeroth-order fringe is selected by a slit and directed onto camera. The resultant interferogram is Fourier transformed to produce a representation of the Raman spectrum.
US09207119B2
A spectral feature of a pulsed light beam produced by an optical source is estimated by modifying the wavelength of the pulsed light beam based on a predefined repeating pattern having a pattern period including a plurality of steps, the modification including shifting the wavelength of the pulsed light beam by a wavelength offset from a baseline wavelength for each step in the pattern period; measuring the wavelength of the light beam for each step in the pattern period as the wavelength is modified across the pattern; and estimating a spectral feature of the pulsed light beam over an evaluation window that includes all of the steps within the pattern period based at least in part on the measured wavelength of the light beam for each step in the pattern period.
US09207114B2
A photoelectric conversion device includes a circuit board, a first light emitting module, a first light receiving module, a second light emitting module, a second light receiving module, and an optical coupling member. The light emitting modules and the light receiving modules are mounted on the circuit board. The optical coupling member includes a first reflective surface obliquely connected to the light incident surface, four converging lenses, a second reflective surface, and a third reflective surface. The converging lenses are formed on the light incident surface. The first reflective surface defines a recess for receiving the second and third reflective surfaces. The third converging lens is fed by the second reflective surface and the fourth converging lens is fed by the third reflective surface.
US09207109B2
A flow sensor assembly includes a flow sensor for sensing a flow parameter. The flow sensor may provide a flow sensor output signal that is related to the sensed parameter. A control block operatively connected to the flow sensor may receive a measure related to the flow rate of the fluid stream and drive the heater of the flow sensor to a heater temperature, such that the heater temperature may be dependent on the flow rate of the fluid stream, which causes the analog output of the flow sensor to be relatively linear over an expected operating range of flow rates.
US09207099B2
A computer implemented method, system and computer program product for estimating an offset of at least one sensor is disclosed. The computer implemented method, system and computer program product comprise calculating combinations of running sums to define for computing/or one or more slopes for the sensor. At least one of the one or more slopes provides an indication of the sensor offset changes with temperature.
US09207092B1
Computer-implemented methods and systems of displaying navigation information on a mobile device include determining navigation directions to a destination location and providing related navigation information for display on a primary user interface while the mobile device is operated in an active operating mode. Upon detecting a transition of the mobile device from the active operating mode to a passive operating mode, a subset of location information is configured for display on a secondary user interface. The passive location information can include one or more of a semantic place label associated with the mobile device's current location and a directions indicator in which a user of the mobile device should travel along the navigation directions in order to reach the destination location from the mobile device's current location and/or device orientation. The navigation information can be updated continuously, periodically and/or upon reaching turn points within the navigation directions.
US09207088B2
A method for operating a motor vehicle is disclosed which includes determining of a current position of the motor vehicle and accessing a data of map data stored in at least one vehicle-external storage device. The accessed data set contains map data of surroundings of the determined current position of the motor vehicle. The method further include, classifying objects contained in the map data according to stationary objects and moveable objects, and transmitting data contained in the map data of the accessed data set regarding objects classified stationary to at least one interface of the motor vehicle.
US09207078B2
A construction surveying device having a base, an upper part mounted on the base and can be rotated about an axis of rotation, a sighting unit having a laser source which is designed to emit a laser beam and a laser light detector, and an evaluation and control unit, a first rotary drive and a second rotary drive enable the upper part and the sighting unit to be driven and aligned, a spatial alignment of the sighting unit with respect to the base can be detected using two goniometers, and coordinates for space points can be determined using the evaluation and control unit, the construction surveying device has a horizontal line projection functionality which, at least sometimes, takes place automatically after triggering and is intended to measure and mark space points along a horizontal line, running in a horizontal plane, on an arbitrarily shaped surface.
US09207071B2
A pulley alignment apparatus is disclosed that includes a target component or a sighting component having a first contact surface shaped to detachably interface with a first pulley having a first diameter. The apparatus further includes an adaptor with a second contact surface shaped to detachably interface with a second pulley having a second diameter and a receiving surface shaped to detachably interface with the first contact surface of the target component or the sighting component. The target component or the sighting component is seated on the adaptor with the first contact surface detachably interfaced with the receiving surface of the adaptor, and the first diameter and the second diameter are different.
US09207054B2
A solid state ignition safety device for rocket assisted projectiles having a piezoelectric generator that charges a capacitor during the initial acceleration of the projectile by the launching propellant charge. The capacitor is then discharged after a delay to ignite an initiator, which ignites the rocket motor of the projectile. A time delay circuit can be integrated into the ignition safety device to further delay the ignition of the initiator until the projectile has reached the ideal point in its trajectory to ignite the rocket motor.
US09207053B2
A dual-mode, semi-active, laser-based and passive image-based seeker for projectiles, missiles, and other ordnance that persecute targets by detecting and tracking energy scattered from targets. The disclosed embodiments use a single digital imager having a single focal plane array sensor to sense data in both the image-based and laser-based modes of operation. A shuttering technique allows the relatively low frame-rate of the digital imager to detect, decode and localize in the imager's field-of-view a known pulse repetition frequency (PRF) from a known designator in the presence of ambient light and other confusing target designators, each having a different PRF.
US09207048B1
An armor system with a composite laminate having at least four alternating layers (two bi-layers) of a first material and a second material, the first material having a lower acoustic impedance than the second material. The first material is a viscoelastic polymer with a glass transition temperature less than the expected operational temperature range, and the second material can be a hard material such as steel, aluminum, or ceramic. The laminate can include many alternating layers of elastomer and hard material, and can be adhered or affixed to a thicker armor substrate. The second material layer can be a layer of hollow or solid spheres. Additional protective elements such as front surface hemispheres or conical projections, and corrugated panels can be added to improve resistance to armor piercing rounds, explosively formed penetrators, or other threats.
US09207047B2
Provided is an anti-ballistic protective assembly including a plurality of layers of anti-ballistic material including at least two types of anti-ballistic materials, and an enclosure which is at least partially injection molded over the plurality of layers of anti-ballistic material and retains the plurality of layers of anti-ballistic material in a mutually compressed operative orientation.
US09207042B1
Apparatus and methods relating to a device for increasing the firing rate of a firearm that may be retrofit to an existing firearm. The device includes an anchor mechanism affixed to a slidable butt stock of the firearm and also includes a finger hold connected to the anchor mechanism that translates forward to remove a user's finger from the trigger and translates backward to allow the user's finger to activate the trigger and fire the firearm.
US09207036B2
A crossbow is provided which has a frame and a firing assembly. The frame has a forward end and a rearward end. The firing assembly has a finger-pull mechanism. The finger-pull mechanism is positioned at, or forward of, a midway point of the frame between the forward end and the rearward end.
US09207022B2
A cooling jacket for cooling an electric motor is provided. The cooling jacket has one or more than one wave-shaped pipe, covering the electric motor, for conducting working fluid, wherein each wave-shaped pipe has a forwarding portion and a reversed portion, parallel to the axis of the electric motor, for conducting the working fluid to flow in opposite directions, wherein the forwarding portion includes at least two forwarding sub-pipes, and the reversed portion includes at least two reversed sub-pipes; and a turning portion, connected between the forwarding portion and the reversed portion.
US09207019B2
A system and process for recovering heat from a bitumen froth treatment plant use a sealed closed-loop heat transfer circuit. The system has a heat removal exchanger associated with the plant and receiving hot froth treatment process stream; heat recovery exchanger; the circuit; and an oil sands process fluid line. The circuit includes piping circulating heat exchange media having uncontaminated and low fouling properties. The piping includes a supply line to the heat removal exchanger and a return line for providing heated media to the recovery exchanger. The circuit has a pump for pressurizing the heat exchange media; a pressure regulator for regulating pressure of the media. The pump and the pressure maintain the media under pressure in liquid phase. The oil sands process fluid is heated producing a cooled media for reuse in the heat removal exchanger. High and low temperature heat removal exchangers can be used.
US09207014B2
A dehumidifying apparatus for a dryer is provided that includes a case, a drum disposed inside the case that receives objects to be dried therein, and a hot air supplier that supplies hot air into the drum and dries the objects to be dried. The dehumidifying apparatus includes a heat exchanger that heat exchanges with air flowing from the drum, and an injection nozzle portion disposed between the hot air supplier and the heat exchanger so as to inject a certain jet. When gas introduced into the dehumidifying apparatus from the drum passes through the jet, foreign substances such as lint, contained in the gas may be separated, thereby preventing accumulation of the foreign substances on the dehumidifying apparatus.
US09207012B2
The specification discloses a method for containing spills on shelving and the like, and the resulting support members made in accordance with the method, by providing the generally flat top surface of a support with a hydrophobic surface which is arranged in a spill containment pattern and which is generally in the plane of the top surface of the support. The majority of the top surface of the support consists of one or more spill containment areas which are of a non-hydrophobic nature and which are bounded by the hydrophobic surfaces, such that spills on the shelving collect in the non-hydrophobic spill containment area or areas and are prevented from spreading by the hydrophobic surfaces.
US09206997B2
An air heating system is for use with a mechanism for flowing air. The system includes a plenum and a solar absorber. The solar absorber defines a first boundary of the plenum. The solar absorber is permeable to air. The mechanism for flowing air is for pulling air into the plenum through the permeable solar absorber. The plenum has an axial direction, wherein along a cross section of said plenum normal to the axial direction the permeable absorber has an average shape that is substantially convex when the permeable absorber is viewed from outside of the plenum.
US09206994B2
Upon newly installing a system or installing an additional heat source apparatuses, manual adjustment of a number-of-units control device should be eliminated. Provided is a heat source system including a plurality of heat source apparatuses connected in parallel; and a number-of-units control device that controls on and off of the plurality of the heat source apparatuses and allocates a load to an active heat source apparatus according to a load demand, wherein the heat source apparatuses each possess COP map unique to the respective heat source apparatuses that indicates a relationship among operating status, coefficient of performance, and load factor, each of the heat source apparatuses sets the appropriate operating region in correspondence to the operating status from the COP map and sends it to the number-of-units control device, and the number-of-units control device performs number-of-units control of the heat source apparatus and load allocation on the basis of the appropriate operating region that is sent from each of the heat source apparatuses.
US09206990B2
The present invention relates to a device, a method and the use of the same for production or purifying of water. Present invention is based on the use of hygroscopic materials and heating thereof.
US09206986B2
A burner is provided. The burner may include a burner head having mixing pipes through which an air-gas mixture may flow, and a burner cap seated on the burner head and having an opening formed therein. The burner head may include a support wall along its periphery supporting the burner cap thereon and an inner wall formed within the periphery of the support wall, the inner wall having a plurality of flame holes. The center of the burner cap may be positioned within the opening.
US09206982B2
A gas valve unit for setting a gas volume flow supplied to a gas burner of a gas appliance includes a valve housing, and an actuation pin having an operating segment which projects from the valve housing. Received in the valve housing is a shutoff valve which is configured for actuation by axially displacing the actuation pin, and at least two on-off valves which are configured for actuation by rotating the actuation pin. The shutoff valve has a movable shutoff element. A deflection device converts an axial movement of the actuation pin into an axial movement of the shutoff element of the shutoff valve essentially at a right angle thereto.
US09206981B2
A gas valve unit for setting a gas volume flow supplied to a gas burner of a gas appliance includes a valve housing, an actuation pin for setting an opening cross section of the gas valve unit, a shutoff valve, and a linearly displaceable connecting element for transferring a movement of the actuation pin to the shutoff valve. The connecting element has at least one spring which can be embodied as a compression spring or as a coil spring.
US09206979B2
An oxy-fuel burner arrangement having a first conduit having a nozzle aperture with an aspect ratio, D1/D2, of greater than or equal to about 2.0. The first conduit is arranged and disposed to provide a first fluid stream, where the first fluid stream is a combustible fuel. The burner arrangement further includes at least one second conduit arranged and disposed to provide a second gas stream circumferentially around the first fluid stream, where the second gas stream includes oxygen. A precombustor is arranged and disposed to receive the first fluid stream and second gas stream where an oxy-fuel flame is produced. The geometry of the nozzle aperture and the cross-sectional geometry of the first conduit are dissimilar.
US09206978B2
A steam generator system for a pressurized water reactor which employs an external to containment steam drum and recirculation loop piping. The steam generator system changes the arrangement of a typical pressurized water reactor recirculation steam generator by relocating the functions of steam separation and feedwater preheating outside of the reactor coolant system. The steam generator system and thermal hydraulic conditions are selected in order to minimize the size of the steam generator heat exchanger component volume inside of the containment. The external steam drum component can be isolated in accident conditions when desired and is used as a source of secondary fluid inventory for improved decay heat removal capability and tolerance for loss of feedwater events. Thus, the steam generator component volume inside of the containment is reduced and the amount of maintenance required for the reactor coolant system components are similarly reduced.
US09206976B1
A light emitting diode (LED) lighting device including a circuit configured to energize a surface mount LED lamp having an integral LED heat sink with a source of power. The LED lighting device further includes a printed circuit board having a first side, a second side and a metallic thermal connector extending from the first side to the second side. The surface mount LED lamp is attached to the first side with the LED heat sink in contact with the metallic thermal connector. The LED lighting device further includes a fixture configured to hold the printed circuit board and position a metallic heat sink on the second side of the printed circuit board in contact with the metallic thermal connector.
US09206970B2
In various embodiments, a light emitting diode (LED) lamp tube is provided along with a method of installing the LED tube lamp into a lighting fixture. In various embodiments, the LED tube lamp comprises: a tube; at least one LED positioned within the tube; a driver circuit positioned within the tube, the driver circuit comprising a set of electrical connecting wires; and a passage formed through at least a portion of the tube, the passage configured to receive there-through the set of electrical connecting wires. In various embodiments, the LED lamp tube comprises: a tube; at least one LED positioned within the tube; at least one end cap disposed on an end of the tube and at least one pin secured thereon wherein at least part of the pin is disposed outside of the tube and the at least one pin is electrically isolated from the at least one LED.
US09206969B2
A compact lighting assembly includes a circuit board having a battery, a light, a switching circuit and a push button switch selectively powering the light with the battery via the switching circuit. The operating life of the compact lighting assembly is increased by using a rechargeable battery charged by a photovoltaic device such as a solar cell. Even greater operating life is achieved with the use of a light-actuated switch, such as a photocell or photodiode, which limits or cuts off battery draw and illumination of the light in daylight or lighted ambient conditions and enables illumination of the light in dark ambient conditions such as nighttime and low light environments.
US09206967B2
Discussed is a display device including a substrate having at least one of a first and a second electrode, a conductive adhesive layer configured to cover the wiring substrate, and a plurality of semiconductor light emitting devices coupled to the conductive adhesive layer, and electrically connected to the first and second electrode, wherein the conductive adhesive layer has a first conductive adhesive layer disposed in a first region and a second conductive adhesive layer disposed in a second region adjoining to the first region such that the conductive adhesive layer is partitioned into a plurality of regions on the wiring substrate.
US09206965B2
A method for assembling a semiconductor photonic package device includes bonding a portion of a first surface of a semiconductor die portion to a portion of a carrier portion, bonding a single mode optical ferrule portion to a portion of the first surface of the semiconductor die portion, and disposing a cover plate assembly in contact with the optical ferrule portion and the carrier portion.
US09206950B1
An assembly of LED luminaires is distributed at a sports venue, includes key, back, and fill light sources in such a way as to provide modeling within a significant portion of the playing area of the sports venue, uses beam types narrower than previously used, and achieves efficiencies higher than previously attained, while also reducing glare and spill light.
US09206948B1
A retrofitting kit for retrofitting an existing troffer light fixture having a troffer housing. The kit includes an adaptor bracket and a door assembly. The adaptor bracket includes a channel configured to rest on a T-bar of a ceiling system between the T-bar and the troffer housing, a slot configured to receive a portion of a troffer door assembly, and a latch surface configured to engage with a latch. The door assembly includes a latch configured to engage the latch surface of the adaptor bracket, a hinge configured to interface with the slot of the adaptor bracket, a housing including the latch and the hinge, and a light source within the housing.
US09206941B2
The preferred embodiments of the present invention provide an apparatus structured and arranged to securely clamp an object to a support structure. The most preferred embodiments of the present invention comprise a clamping apparatus configured to secure a long rifle or other firearm to a tripod, using a standard camera mounting bracket. In this embodiment, the clamping apparatus comprises a base with a pair of substantially L-shaped interlocking brackets and a pair of spring-loaded cam locking mechanisms used to fix the L-shaped brackets in position. Additional preferred embodiments of the present invention comprise rubber pads or other protective material affixed to the surface of the clamping apparatus to minimize damage to the object being clamped. A method of using the clamping apparatus is also disclosed.
US09206931B2
Substrate processing uniformity is improved in the surfaces of wafers and between the wafers. A method of manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: loading a substrate holder into an inner tube, the substrate holder holding a plurality of substrates in a state where the plurality of substrates are horizontally oriented and stacked; forming thin films on the plurality of substrates by supplying a source gas to an inside of the inner tube; and unloading the substrate holder from the inner tube, wherein the forming the thin films is performed in a state where a conductance of a space between an inner wall of the inner tube and a gas penetration preventing cylinder is smaller than a conductance of a region where the plurality of substrates are stacked.
US09206924B2
A stinger (1) for a pipeline laying vessel, the stinger includes at least one track (3) which in use at least partly surrounds a firing line along which the pipeline (5) is laid, and at least one pipeline support (6) for supporting the pipeline, which pipeline support is movable along said track.
US09206920B2
An electro-pneumatic device includes a sensor portion and a valve portion. The sensor portion, which includes a sensor, receives and transmits electronic control signals of a plurality of frequencies. The sensor portion is powered by a first of the frequencies of the received control signals. The valve portion electrically communicates with the sensor. The valve portion includes a valve that is alternately set to an open state and a closed state based on a second of the plurality of frequencies of the received control signals. The sensor senses a delivery pressure of the valve and transmits electronic data signals representing the delivery pressure at a third of the plurality of frequencies.
US09206911B1
A shutter comprising an actuator ring that rotates about a midpoint and three obturator elements movably coupled to the actuator ring. A housing defines a cavity for holding the actuator ring and the obturator elements. The system also includes a plurality of wipers. Each wiper comprises a seal material and acts as a seal disposed between a first or second surface of the obturator elements and a first or second planar surface of the housing. The system also includes curved grooves adapted for receiving a wall seal when valve moves between an open and closed position. When the valve moves between an open and closed position, one end of the obturator element contacts the wall seal and the plurality of wall seals prevent egress of fluid into at least a portion of the cavity of the housing.
US09206898B2
A method to control a clutch in a transmission includes monitoring a frequency response of the clutch including monitoring a response repeating one time per revolution of the clutch a response repeating more than one time per revolution of the clutch. A ratio of the response repeating more than one time per revolution of the clutch to the response repeating one time per revolution of the clutch is determined and compared to a first threshold ratio. A likely shudder condition is indicated based upon the comparing.
US09206896B2
An auxiliary hydraulic pressurization system for use with a vehicle including a transmission having a hydraulic reservoir, a hydraulic circuit, and a main pump is disclosed herein. The auxiliary hydraulic pressurization system includes an auxiliary pump and a controller. The auxiliary pump has a low side adapted to be coupled to the hydraulic reservoir and a high side adapted to be coupled to the hydraulic circuit. The controller is electrically connectable to the auxiliary pump and is configured to turn on the auxiliary pump in response to receipt of a signal indicating that the vehicle is in a stop condition to maintain hydraulic pressurization of the hydraulic circuit of the transmission when the vehicle is in the stop condition.
US09206888B2
An auto-tensioner includes: a stationary member having a first cylindrical portion; a rotatable member having a second cylindrical portion at least partially overlapping the first cylindrical portion in a radial direction; and a drainage mechanism provided at a boundary part of the first and second cylindrical portions, including a water inlet configured by a gap between an outer peripheral surface of the first cylindrical portion and an outer peripheral surface of the second cylindrical portion and being open along a peripheral direction, a water passage which is configured by a gap between a water collecting groove formed along the peripheral direction in the outer peripheral surface of one of the two cylindrical portions and the other cylindrical portion, and communicates with the water inlet, and at least one drainage port formed in a peripheral wall on an outside in the radial direction of the water passage.
US09206887B2
The present invention is to suppress wear of outer diameter surfaces of chain guiding rollers (41) in a chain guide and extend the life. Respective shaft ends of a plurality of roller shafts (31) are supported by pairs of facing side plate portions (22) of guide bases (21) arranged to face each other in a one-side part of a timing chain (5) for transmitting torque. Each of the rollers (41) formed by a plurality of chain guiding roller bearings is rotatably supported by each of the plurality of roller shafts (31). Rollers whose surface hardness is greater than surface hardness of the timing chain (5) by 4 points or more of Rockwell hardness are used as the rollers (41), so as to prevent earlier wear of the outer diameter surfaces of the rollers (41) due to contact with the timing chain (5).
US09206886B2
A chain tensioner includes a shoe including a first spring-receiving slot and a second spring-receiving slot. The first slot includes a first side wall and a first installation tab. The second slot includes a second side wall and a second installation tab. A stack of one or more leaf springs is installed into the first and second spring-receiving slots over first and second installation tabs, and a first end of the stack is laterally retained in the first slot between the first installation tab and first side wall, and a second end of the stack is laterally retained in the second slot between the second installation tab and second side wall. The installation tabs are necessarily lower in height than first and second side walls to allow the spring stack to be installed thereover. The first and second installation tabs are each located in an outboard position and the first and second side walls are located in an inboard position. The outboard position enables the installation tabs to capture the spring stack despite the lower height.
US09206879B2
[Problem to be Solved]To provide a balancer that can correct dynamic imbalance in rotatable bodies such as machine tools. The correction for low-speed rotation is possible to the same extent as that for high-speed rotation.[Solution to Problem]The balancer, attachable via its attaching portion to a rotatable body, and rotatable together therewith about its rotation axis, includes: weights of same mass and shape; and a weight holder with storage chambers for housing the weights, respectively, such that the weights can oscillate in arbitrary directions. The weight is shaped similar to and smaller than the chamber. The chamber is a cylindrical space extending alongside its central axis; and has concave curved ends perpendicular to the central axis. Midpoints of the central axes of the chambers are contact points on a circumference of a circle having the rotation axis as its center and being on an arbitrary plane perpendicular to the rotation axis; and are positioned so that they create a rotational symmetry around the rotation axis.
US09206871B2
Improved performance of arc coil springs by stress reduction when they are bottomed out is achieved by forming the coil spring wire in a substantially trapezoidal or other shape such that when bottomed, the side surfaces of the coil abut and carry the bottoming load which is distributed over a comparatively large surface area. The angles of the sidewalls of the substantially trapezoidal cross section wire are preferably coincident with lines of radius when the spring is installed in an arc in a clutch, damper or flywheel. The radius of the outer surface of the arc coil spring wire is matched to the radius of the inner surface of the guide or housing so that the area of contact is large, thereby distributing the outwardly directed spring force over a large area, reducing the force per unit area and improving lubrication retention on the contacting surfaces.
US09206861B2
An integrated switchable shaft bearing having an inner ring, a circumferentially extending clutch groove, and axially extending cam pin openings. An outer ring is located about the inner ring, and rolling elements are located therebetween. A clutch ring with clutch fingers is located in the clutch groove. Cam pins are located in pin openings and extend beneath the clutch fingers. An actuator moves the cam pins from an engaged position, where cam portions each engage a respective one of the clutch fingers forcing it outwardly above a race surface of the inner ring into engagement with the rolling elements to transfer torque from the outer ring to the inner ring, to a released position, in which cam pins are disengaged from the clutch fingers, which move beneath the race surface of the inner ring so that the outer ring is rotatable relative to the inner ring via the rolling elements.
US09206857B2
A compensating torque-transmitting coupling has a tubular base body extending in a longitudinal direction along a center axis and formed in one piece of an intermediate region and a pair of end regions longitudinally flanking the intermediate region. The intermediate region is of greater inside diameter and smaller outside diameter than the end regions and is formed with a plurality of angularly spaced transversely extending slots also spaced in the longitudinal direction. The slots each extend radially from an outer surface to an inner surface of the tubular base body. An elastomeric body filling each of the transverse slots.
US09206856B2
A coupling for transmitting torque from a drive element to a driven element has a drive-side connector rotatable about a drive-side rotation axis and a plurality of drive-side fasteners angularly spaced on the drive-side connector around the drive-side axis of the drive-side connector. A load-side connector rotatable about a load-side rotation axis carries a plurality of load-side fasteners spaced on the load-side connector around the drive-side rotation axis. A plurality of connecting elements each have a pair of opposite ends. Respective swivel joints are each connected without length compensation between one end of a respective one of the connecting elements and a respective one of the drive-side fasteners. Further respective swivel joints are each connected without length compensation between a respective one of the other ends of the connecting elements and a respective one of the load-side fasteners.
US09206853B2
A tolerance ring has a band (16) with outwardly extending corrugated protrusions forming waves (2) which engage a surface (8) of the bore (4) in a housing (5). At one end of the tolerance ring is an outwardly flared guide surface (15a) extending axially from the band (16). The guide surface (15a) acts as an enlarged entrance to the band (16) from a shaft (3) to be mounted in the bore (4) by insertion into the tolerance ring. The use of the guide surface (15a) assists assembly and reduces or eliminates particle production. It is also possible for the corrugated portions to extend inwardly, for the guide surface to be inwardly flared, and for the tolerance ring to be mounted on the shaft prior to insertion in the bore.
US09206852B2
A shaft coupling assembly retains a shaft end in a coupling element channel using a fastener inserted through a coupling element bore and a recess in an engagement segment of the shaft end to engage the coupling element to exert a clamping force on a shaft interface of the engagement segment. A projection having a smaller cross section than that of the shaft interface extends axially from the engagement segment and has sufficient length to protrude into the bore to interfere with fastener engagement prior to engagement of the shaft interface in the channel. A projection upper surface further interferes with the fastener bore to prevent engagement of the fastener when the shaft end has been engaged to the channel but not inserted to an installed position. The upper surface may be defined by an arcuate portion of the projection which may have a teardrop shaped cross section.
US09206840B2
The radial foil bearing for surrounding and supporting a rotary shaft includes a cylindrical top foil disposed so as to face the rotary shaft, a back foil disposed at a radially outer side of the top foil, and a cylindrical bearing housing accommodating the top foil and the back foil. Engagement-projecting portions are provided on both ends of an inner circumferential surface of the bearing housing. Engagement notches engaging with the engagement-projecting portions are formed on both ends of the back foil.
US09206834B2
A floating fastener includes a mounting base member affixed to a first panel member and including a relatively smaller lower outer perimeter, a relatively larger upper outer perimeter, an outer stop flange extending around a top side of the upper outer perimeter, a bottom mounting neck and a cushion ring mounted in a locating groove around the lower outer perimeter, a rotary fastening member inserted through the mounting base member for locking a second panel member to the first panel member through a rotary motion, and a cap member affixed to a head of the rotary fastening member outside the mounting base member and having an inside bottom stop flange coupled to the mounting base member and axially slidable along the upper and lower outer perimeters and stoppable at the bottom side of the outer stop flange of the mounting base member.
US09206832B1
A connection node comprising a base member and plug member. The plug member retracts into, and extends out of, the base member which can be installed in a floor, wall and/or ceiling. When the plug member is retracted, a cap may be used to conceal the base unit and plug member within the floor, wall and/or ceiling. The base member and plug member may be cylindrical whereby the plug member has a threaded exterior surface which mates with a threaded interior cavity of the base member. In such a configuration, the plug member may be removed from or inserted into said base member allowing a connection member (e.g., eye-hook) to be inserted. A series of connection nodes may be installed within the floor, walls and/or ceiling of a subject environment to create a system for connecting articles.
US09206831B2
Disclosed herein is an object that has two threads of different pitches. The two threads overlap and may have a common starting point. The object may be any type of threaded insert, including those commonly referred to as a type of nut or rivet such as a clinch-nut, a weld-nut and a rivet-nut. Also disclosed is a system having a part and the disclosed insert installed onto it. Embodiments of the invention reduce the likelihood of damage when a screw is miss-matched with a similarly sized but different threaded hole.
US09206825B2
A connecting structure for use between a wind wheel of a blower and a motor shaft in combination with the wind wheel (1) and the connecting structure including a shaft sleeve (3). The wind wheel (1) includes a bottom plate (11), and the bottom plate (11) is convex to form a sleeve cover (12). A bottom surface and a side surface of the shaft sleeve (3) is wrapped by the sleeve cover (12). A thread (21) is arranged on an end of the shaft (2). A shaft step (22) is arranged on the shaft (2) at an inner side of the thread (21). The thread (21) arranged on the end of the shaft (2) is inserted into a threaded hole (31) arranged inside the shaft sleeve (3). The shaft step (22) is attached to a top surface of the shaft sleeve.
US09206819B2
A fluid compression system is disclosed having a hermetically-sealed housing with at least a motor and a compressor arranged therein. The motor may drive both the compressor and a blower configured to circulate a cooling gas throughout the housing and thereby cool the motor and accompanying radial bearings. The cooling gas may be cooled in a gas-to-gas heat exchanger fluidly coupled to the blower and configured to receive a flow of process gas to cool the cooling gas. The process gas may be the suction process gas for the compressor, or the compressed process gas as discharged from the compressor.
US09206816B2
An axial fan has a hub whose axis coincides with the rotational axis of the fan, a plurality of vanes that extend from the hub, and an outer ring which is coaxial with the hub. The ring has a front portion and a rear portion. The outer ring defines within itself a passage towards the rear portion. The radially outermost ends of the vanes are connected to the inner surface of the passage. The rear portion of the ring has a plurality of appendages that extend axially away from the front portion of the ring, and which alternate circumferentially with corresponding intermediate recesses. Each vane has its radially outermost end connected to an inner surface of one of the appendages.
US09206808B2
A fan blade system with multiple spaced layers of blades and a centrifugal fan using same are disclosed. The centrifugal fan includes a housing, in which the fan blade system is mounted. The fan blade system includes a hub, and a first and a second blade group outward extended from a circumferential wall of the hub to axially space from each other. The housing includes a main housing portion and a secondary housing portion integrally formed on one side of the main housing portion. When the fan blade system is mounted in the housing, the two blade groups are separately located in the main housing portion and the secondary housing portion to produce higher airflow pressure and more air volume. With these arrangements, the centrifugal fan can have upgraded performance and be manufactured with reduced labor, time and material costs.
US09206788B2
[Problem] To provide a electrical generator capable of obtaining a more stable power generation by preventing a spindle body from tilting and swinging to the right and left due to centrifugal force acting on the spindle body.[Solution] A electrical generator (1) has: a rotating body (2) that rotates in a vertical plane about a rotating shaft (21) supported substantially horizontally; a rotation drive means (3) for rotating the rotating body (2); a plurality of power generation motors (4) disposed at equal intervals on the same circular orbit centered on the rotating shaft (21) of the rotating body (2); and a spindle body (5) hung at the motor rotating shaft (42) of each of the power generation motors (4). The spindle body (5) weighs such that when the rotating body (2) is rotated at a predetermined rotational speed, the gravity thereof is larger than the centrifugal force acting on the spindle body (5), and the center of gravity thereof is set close to the motor rotating shaft (42).
US09206779B2
The invention relates to an injection device, in particular for injecting fluid into an exhaust tract of an internal combustion engine, having a valve unit which comprises a valve needle, an injection chamber having at least one injection opening, and a control chamber, wherein the injection device is designed so that a pressure differential between the injection chamber and the control chamber brings about a displacement of the valve needle between an open position in which the valve needle releases a fluid flow through the injection opening, and a closed position in which the valve needle closes off the injection opening. The injection device also has a pump unit integrated in the injection device. The pump unit is designed so as to draw in fluid from the fluid inlet during operation and to provide said fluid to the valve unit under increased pressure.
US09206776B2
A fuel feeding system for storing liquefied gas and feeding gaseous fuel to be used in a piston engine, which fuel feeding system includes at least two cryogenic fuel tank arrangements having a first tank arrangement and a second tank arrangement in connection with each other. The fuel feeding system includes a gaseous fuel feed line connected at its first end to at least one piston engine, in which system the first tank arrangement is provided with a pressure build-up system having a first heat exchanger unit. The inlet of the heat exchanger unit is connected to a bottom section of the first tank arrangement the outlet of which is connectable to the top section of the first tank arrangement. The first tank arrangement and the second tank arrangement are both pressure vessels, and the first tank arrangement is selectively connectable to the fuel feed line by a gas line extending from an outlet in the top section of the first tank arrangement.
US09206773B2
A fuel system (1a, 1b, 1c, 1d, 1e, 1f) for a motor vehicle internal combustion engine, having a fuel tank (2) with a fuel vapor venting path (4) containing an activated carbon filter (3), in which a fresh air stream (7) blown or sucked in the direction of the tank venting valve (6) by an independent pump unit (5) arranged close to the activated carbon filter (3) can be made to flow through the activated carbon filter (3), at least at the periphery thereof and, in that case, preferably at the fresh air side to regenerate said filter.
US09206770B2
In an FFV (flexible fuel vehicle) on which an internal-combustion engine using alcohol blended fuel in mounted, the remaining amount of fuel vapor presumed to remain in a canister in accordance with a usual purge processing is presumed based on an alcohol concentration in the alcohol blended fuel. According to this remaining amount, the size of the tank side channel which is a channel in a canister near the connection section with a connection pathway (tank line) with a fuel tank is adjusted by a canister throttle control means, and/or, the timing of opening and closing of an intake valve is changed by a variable valve timing mechanism. Thereby, the desorption rate (the amount of desorption) of fuel vapor from adsorption material in a canister is adjusted, and the concentration of the fuel included in purge gas is adjusted. As a result, even when the change of the remaining amount of the fuel vapor adsorbed by the adsorption material in the canister and/or the uneven concentration distribution of an alcohol component within the canister occur, the accuracy of an air/fuel ratio control in the FFV can be raised, and the discharge of a toxic substance can be suppressed effectively.
US09206753B2
The invention relates to a method for restarting an internal combustion engine, in which a first cylinder (ZYL1) has a low air level and a second cylinder (ZYL2) has a high air level, and wherein a predefined speed threshold value (ns) is selected as a function of said air levels. A method for the restart is selected and carried out as a function of a comparison of the determined speed (n) of the internal combustion engine with the predefined speed threshold value (ns).
US09206741B2
A fluid system for use with a gas turbine engine includes a reservoir having a reservoir inlet and a reservoir outlet and includes a supply assembly positioned in the reservoir. The supply assembly includes a first passage, a second passage, and a valve disc. The first and second passages are fluidically connected to the reservoir outlet. The valve disc is positioned in the first passage. The valve disc is pivotable about an axis and is weighted to have a center of gravity offset from the axis.
US09206736B2
A stratified scavenging two-stroke engine includes a first scavenging passage that extends from a first scavenging intake that opens to the inside of the crankcase to a first scavenging port that opens to the inside of a cylinder, and a second scavenging passage that extends from a second scavenging intake that opens to the inside of the crankcase to a second scavenging port that opens to the inside of the cylinder. The first and second passages are formed so as to communicate with each other via a communicating portion. An air passage is connected to the first passage at a position closer to the first scavenging intake than the communicating portion. A first check valve inhibits a flow from the first passage to the inside of the crankcase, and a second check valve inhibits a flow from the first passage through the air passage to the outside.
US09206729B2
A throttleable exhaust venturi is described herein that generates strong suction pressures at an exhaust outlet by accelerating an incoming ambient fluid stream with the aid of a venturi to high gas velocities and injecting a combustion exhaust stream into the ambient fluid stream at an effective venturi throat. A mixing element downstream of the venturi throat ensures that the mixed fluid stream recovers from a negative static pressure up to local atmospheric pressure. A physical and the effective throat of the venturi are designed to promote mixing and stabilize the ambient fluid flow to ensure that high velocity is achieved and the effective venturi is operable over a variety of combustion exhaust stream mass flow rates.
US09206722B2
A method is described for reducing the nitrogen oxide levels in diesel engine exhaust gases with the aid of an exhaust gas treatment system, which includes a device for feeding ammonia and/or a compound decomposing to form ammonia, and two SCR units. An ammonia sensor is situated between the first and second SCR unit. A nitrogen oxide sensor is located in the exhaust pipe downstream from the second SCR unit. The signals of the ammonia sensor and the NOx sensor are combined in a defined manner to form the actual value of a virtual NOx/NH3 sensor, which is used as the input variable for a PI or PID controller, which regulates the quantity of reducing agent to be fed into the exhaust gas as needed.
US09206716B2
A mechanically controllable valve drive arrangement includes gas exchange valves each having cylinders associated therewith, a camshaft comprising a peripheral contour, a bearing, an adjusting lever comprising a first end and a second end, a valve lift adjustment device comprising a control shaft which acts on the first end, and a transmission arrangement associated with a respective gas exchange valve. The adjusting lever is supported in the bearing. Each transmission arrangement comprises at least one intermediate lever arrangement comprising an engagement element, and an intermediate lever comprising a working cam, and at least one pivot lever arrangement comprising a pivot lever. The working cam is operatively connected to the pivot lever. The intermediate lever is operatively connected to the peripheral contour. The engagement element is operatively connected to the valve lift adjustment device. The second end of the adjusting lever is operatively connected to the engagement element.
US09206715B2
A surface hardening material being excellent in impact resistance and having abrasion resistance is provided. Provided are: a high-toughness cobalt-based alloy containing 25.0 to 40.0 mass % of Cr, 0.5 to 12.0 mass % of a sum of W and/or Mo, 0.8 to 5.5 mass % of Si, and 0.5 to 2.5 mass % of B, 8.0 mass % or less of each of Fe, Ni, Mn, and Cu, and 0.3 mass % or less of C, the sum amount of Fe, Ni, Mn, and C being 10.0 mass % or less, and the remainder comprising 48.0 to 68.0 mass % of Co and unavoidable impurities; and an engine valve coated with the same.
US09206710B2
An integral combined cycle electric power generation system capable of generating electricity in any environment in which a fluid, such as air, moves relative to the system. Preferably this system is integrated with a hybrid airplane, though it is applicable in a number of other scenarios including, but not limited to, integration with: locomotives, ships, automobiles, trucks, and wind turbines. An exterior surface of the machine in which the system is thermally integrated is a condenser in a closed loop Rankine or Brayton cycle.
US09206700B2
A support ring for a row of vanes in an engine section of a gas turbine engine includes an annular main body portion for providing structural support for a row of vanes in the engine section, an aft hook, a forward wall, and a strong back plate. The aft hook extends from an aft side of the main body portion and is coupled to an outer engine casing for structurally supporting the support ring in the engine section. The forward wall extends generally radially outwardly from a forward side of the main body portion. The strong back plate spans between the forward wall and the aft hook and effects a reduction in dynamic displacement between the forward wall and the aft hook during operation of the engine.
US09206695B2
A cooled turbine blade having a base and an airfoil, the base including cooling air inlet and an internal cooling air passageway, and the airfoil including an internal heat exchange path beginning at the base and ending at a cooling air outlet at the trailing edge of the airfoil. The airfoil also includes a “skin” that encompasses a tip wall, an inner spar, a plurality of trailing edge cooling fins, and a perforated first and second trailing edge rib configured to meter cooling air passing there thorough.
US09206689B2
A rotary compressor having an improved supporting structure and a smaller size thereof, reducing the vibration and noise and providing various fields of application other than an air conditioner, the rotary compressor provided with a compression part and a driving part and including a first case forming an external appearance of the rotary compressor, a second case provided inside the first case and provided with the compression part and the driving part at an inner side thereof, and a supporting member configured to support the second case and provided at an inner side of the first case.
US09206683B2
Tracing fracking liquid in oil and gas wells using unique DNA sequences. For each of the DNA sequences, bonding to magnetic core particles, and encapsulating them with silica. Pumping the volumes of fracking liquid, each marked with one of the unique DNA sequences, into the well. Pumping fluids out of the well while taking fluid samples. For each of the plural fluid samples, gathering the silica encapsulated DNA using magnetic attraction with the magnetic core particles, dissolving away the silica shells, thereby separating the plural unique DNA sequences form the magnetic core particles, and analyzing the concentration of the unique DNA sequences in each of the plural fluid samples. Then, calculating the ratio of each of the volumes of fracking liquid recovered for each of the fluid samples, and thereby establishing the quantity of the volumes of fracking liquids removed from the fracture zones.
US09206675B2
A method can include interconnecting a well tool in a well tool assembly with a shock mitigating connection, the interconnecting being performed without threading, and positioning the well tool assembly in a wellbore. A well perforating assembly can include at least two perforating devices, a detonation train extending through the perforating devices, and a shock absorber positioned between the perforating devices. A method of assembling a perforating assembly can include, prior to installing the perforating assembly in a wellbore, pushing one perforating device connector into another perforating device connector without threading the connectors together, thereby: a) preventing disconnection of the connectors and b) making a connection in a detonation train. A well system can include a perforating assembly including multiple perforating guns and multiple shock absorbers. Each shock absorber may be interconnected between at least two of the perforating guns.
US09206674B2
An apparatus for carrying and releasing a liner downhole includes a tubular body; a latching member attached to the tubular body for coupling with the liner; and a release sleeve disposed between the tubular body and the latching member, wherein the release sleeve is axially movable relative to the tubular body to allow the latching member to disengage from the liner.
US09206669B2
A flow control device for control of fluid flow through a tubular member comprises a control chamber having a piston disposed therein, where the piston is moveable from an open piston position to a closed piston position by the application of a first fluid pressure, and a valve chamber having a valve therein, where the valve is moveable from a closed valve position to an open valve position by the application of a second fluid pressure. A seal preventing fluid flow through the control chamber into the tubular member is formed in the closed piston position, and a flow path through the valve chamber and into the tubular member is formed in the open valve position.
US09206656B2
The invention relates to a tubulars storage device (1) for storing a plurality of tubulars (2a-e), said tubulars storage device comprising spaced apart fingers (3, 4) forming therebetween a slot (5), and a plurality of pivotably mounted latch members (9a-e) arranged at spaced apart locations along the slot (5). A rotary camshaft (11) is provided for pivoting the latch members (9a-e) between a closed position and an opened position. A drive (12) is provided for driving the rotary cam shaft (11) and thus pivot the latches (9a-e), one after the other, from their closed position into their opened position. In a final angular position of the cam shaft, all latch members (9a-e) are retained, preferably by opening cams, in their opened position, and are thus all effectively locked in this position, located out of the path of displacement of tubulars (2a-e), thereby allowing displacement of the tubulars along the slot (5).
US09206650B2
An apparatus and method for drilling deeper and wider well bores is provided. The apparatus includes a motorized drill head for cutting and shredding ground material; a separate excavation line; a separate fluid delivery line; and a separate close loop engine cooling line. The excavation line consists of multiple connected stationary segments of the main pipe with periodical segments of an in-line excavation pump. Alternatively, in another embodiment, excavation line consists of multiple connected segments of the main stationary pipe with rotating continues screw inside. The close loop cooling line consists of one heat exchanger in the motorized drill head and one on the ground surface in the binary unit where fluid is cooled and in process electricity produced which can be used as a supplement for powering drill head, pumps, equipment, etc.
US09206645B2
The present invention relates to a navigation system for navigating a drill head out of or in collision with a casing in a first borehole. The system comprises a drill head drilling a second borehole; a drill string made of several tubulars mounted into one tubular string by means of a connection means, the drill head being mounted onto one end of the drill string; and a plurality of logging units arranged with one logging unit in or in relation to each connection means. Each logging unit comprises a data transmitter and a data receiver for sending and receiving data between the logging units; and a detector, at least one logging unit comprising an emitter. Furthermore, the invention relates to a navigation method using the navigation system.
US09206642B2
A turnstile personnel access-control device (1) has one or more blocking arms (2, 3) connected to a drive element (5) mounted on a carrier (4) such that the blocking arms are rotatable about a main axis or shaft (11). The blocking arms (2, 3) assume a blocking position and at least one free position in dependence upon the rotation of the drive element (5). Each blocking arm (2, 3) includes a flat component (6, 7) that is mounted to rotate about a longitudinal axis (8, 9) thereof in dependence upon the rotation of the drive element (5). In the blocking position of the blocking arms (2, 3), one such flat component assumes a pre-defined angular position with respect to the vertical, whereas in the free position, this flat component (6, 7) is rotated such that passage of a person is allowed.
US09206624B2
An electromechanical cable lock system comprising an electromechanical locking mechanism including a cable having at least one plug end receivable in the locking mechanism and a plurality of slidable locking plates engageable with the plug in said locking mechanism. At least one of the locking plates is capable of movement in a first direction different from the movement of a second of said locking plates in a second direction. The locking plates are driven by a motor-driven cam mechanism. The system includes a card reader or other credential verifying device and an electronic controller for activating the locking mechanism, The system also includes a barrel lock for over-riding the electronic controller. A plurality of features can detect and alarm in the event of tampering or unauthorized entry.
US09206615B2
A mobile support apparatus that includes one or more extension and retraction devices and a unit that is releasably attachable to vertical members of the apparatus such that the apparatus can be extended in one or more stages to a vertical height that is substantially greater than the height of the fully retracted apparatus. The mobile support apparatus is useful for a multitude of new and existing construction-related applications.
US09206614B2
An apparatus for a formwork assembly comprises a plurality of elongated panels connectable to one another in edge-adjacent relationship. The plurality of panels comprise first and second edge-adjacent panels connectable to one another at a connection between a male connector component of the first panel and a female connector component of the second panel. The female connector component comprises a female engagement portion which defines a principal receptacle and the male connector component comprises a male engagement portion which is received in the principal receptacle to form the connection. The female connector component comprises a first abutment portion and the male connector component comprising a second abutment portion which abuts against the first abutment portion to form the connection. The first and second abutment portions are located outside of the principal receptacle.
US09206611B2
A floor panel assembly includes sheet-shaped floor panels joinable by joining members, each panel being provided on a first edge with a first joining member and, on a second edge, with a second joining member. The first and second joining members of two panels are configured to be joined by a movement of the panels towards to each other. The joining members lock the panels vertically and horizontally. The joining members are provided with a locking element which is deformable, during said joining, from a first position allowing the joining members to be joined, to a second position in which it locks the joining members to each other at least horizontally.
US09206609B2
Exterior wall systems, cladding for same and components of such systems, including an adjustable clip for use in mounting cladding and a thermal block comprising a silica aerogel material.
US09206608B2
A lath securing system is provided that is configured to durably retain wire lath in a spaced position from a wall that is to be coated, the system comprising a retaining member for retaining a section of wire lath therein to restrain the wire lath in a secure position; and a fastening member comprising rigid means for securing the retaining member to the wall so that when the retaining member is fastened to the wall, the section of wire lath within the retaining means is secured in a spaced position away from the wall so as to permit application of wall coating without significant movement of the wire lath.
US09206595B2
A system of integrated structural components, designed to fit and connect together using no tools other than human hands, allowing persons with little or no construction experience to assemble floored/partitioned/roofed structures of variable shape(s) and surface area(s). Flooring panels are inserted and secured into flooring frames that have been inserted and secured into frame connectors. Flooring frames may be anchored into an outdoor installation surface for long term use. Certain configurations of the frame connector allow for the installation of variable height partition supports, as well as partition panels. A special configuration of the flooring frame allows for wheeled implement/conveyance access to the floored surface from the surrounding surface. Open, unfloored areas may be created within the periphery of a structure. Roof panels are installed onto and supported by roof brackets, roof beams and integrated gutter sections. Precipitation is conveyed to downspout pipes and fittings via downspouts.
US09206593B2
A drain assembly includes a receptacle body with a first end and a second end defining a cavity therebetween, an adjustable collar, and a grate. The first end of the receptacle body forms an opening into the cavity and comprises a peripheral step with a connection flange extending substantially perpendicularly therefrom, and a peripheral flange with a substantially horizontal support portion extending away from the connection flange. The connection flange includes a series of vertical slots for accommodating horizontally-oriented fastening members, and the connection flange and the peripheral flange define a channel therebetween. The adjustable collar comprises a first flange positioned adjacent to the connection flange of the peripheral step, and a second flange extending substantially perpendicular from the first flange. The first flange includes a series of holes which align with the series of vertical slots in the connection flange.
US09206590B2
The present invention provides a water supply apparatus capable of performing a backup operation, without lowering water supply capability, when a failure has occurred in one control substrate due to surge or noise caused by lightning or due to lifetimes of various sensors, by switching to the other control substrate, and capable of reliably performing the backup operation by means of devices that prevent failure of the control substrates. The water supply apparatus (1) includes: a plurality of pumps (3); a plurality of inverters (INV) each configured to change and control a rotational frequency of a corresponding one of the plurality of pumps (3); and a plurality of control substrates (CN) configured to control the plurality of inverters (INV). When an abnormality occurs in one control substrate, other control substrate backs up the one control substrate to thereby allow the water supply apparatus to continue its operations. The one control substrate, the plurality of inverters (INV), and the other control substrate are connected in series by communication lines. A switch (SW1) for turning on and off a communication is provided on the communication lines.
US09206586B2
A control system for a machine for digging and/or drilling earth, wherein the machine for digging and/or drilling earth comprises a digging head arranged to dig the soil, a flexible load-bearing cable arranged to support the digging head during normal operation, at least a first winch and a second winch, each of which in turn comprises a drum about which at least part of the flexible load-bearing cable can be wound, and a motor arranged to actuate the drum; the control system has an electronic control unit adapted for controlling the movement of the winches and a velocity sensor device arranged in each branch of load-bearing cable coming out from the winches adapted for monitoring the movement of the load-bearing cable.
US09206582B2
A locking mechanism to secure a coupler's jaw, and a coupler incorporating the locking mechanism.
US09206562B2
A grade propulsion system provided herein includes: a propel pump; a brake system; an operator control configured to receive and transmit a propel command and a Hill Mode activation; and a controller electronically coupled to the propel pump, the brake system, and the operator control, the controller configured, after activation of the Hill Mode and the propel command, to transmit a propel current to the propel pump and disengage the brake system when the propel current is equal to or greater than a cracking current plus an offset current.
US09206558B2
A rail vehicle includes a reciprocation system comprised of independently movable work heads for carrying out rail maintenance operations.
US09206553B2
A paperboard structure including a paperboard substrate having a first major surface and a second major surface and a basecoat applied to the first major surface and/or the second major surface, the basecoat including a pigment component, the pigment component including all pigments in the basecoat, wherein the pigment component has a median particle size between about 3 and about 8 micrometers, and wherein at most about 15 percent by weight of the pigment component has a particle size smaller than 1 micrometer.
US09206541B2
The present invention aims to provide a laundry processing device wherein detergent is supplied by means of the washing water. The present invention provides a laundry processing device comprising: a detergent box having a detergent storage unit which accommodates a detergent and which has an opening part; a washing-water supply device for supplying the detergent storage unit with washing water from the outside; and a regulating unit for closing the opening part of the detergent storage unit in which the detergent is accommodated, and opening the opening part by means of the washing water supplied by the washing-water supply device.
US09206525B2
Systems and methods for crystal growth are provided. One method includes producing a lateral thermal profile in a furnace having a crucible therein containing a material for growing a crystal. The lateral thermal profile has three zones, wherein the first and third zones have temperatures above and below a melting point of the material, respectively, and the second zone has a plurality of temperatures with at least one temperature equal to the melting point of the material. The method further includes combining the lateral thermal profile with a vertical thermal gradient produced in the furnace, wherein the vertical thermal gradient causes a point in a bottom of the crucible located in the third zone to be the coldest point in the crucible. The method also includes transferring heat from the first and second zones to the third zone to produce a leading edge of the interface.
US09206523B2
Embodiments of the invention describe energy storage devices, porous electrodes, and methods of formation. In an embodiment, an energy storage device includes a porous structure containing multiple main channels that extend into an electrically conductive structure at an acute angle. In an embodiment, an energy storage device includes a porous structure containing an array of V-groove or pyramid recesses.
US09206521B2
A method of forming a tool marking structure includes: a coloring step of coloring a predetermined position of the first protective layer so as to form a marking area with a color layer and forming the first protective layer on a bottom surface of the marking area, and a second-time surface processing step of forming a second protective layer on a non-marking area of the tool.
US09206514B2
Treatment apparatus has up-stream rollers 2 and down-stream rollers 3. Between the rollers are provided a pair of upper and lower treatment zone plates 4,5, spaced by a gap 6 through which sheet material to be treated can be passed. The plates have grooves 9 occupied by strips defining up- and down-stream even slots 14,15 for flow of treatment liquid into the gap 6. The ends of the upper plate 4 are smoothly rounded at 37. When sheet material is fed into the gap flow occurs on top of the sheet and up over the rounded edge of the plate. Then it flows sideways off the top of the plate without flowing over the top of the upper rollers.
US09206512B2
In some embodiments, a gas distribution system may include a body disposed within a through hole formed in a process chamber body, the body comprising an opening, wherein an outer surface of the body is disposed a first distance from an inner surface of the through hole to form a first gap; a flange disposed proximate a first end of the body, the flange having an outer dimension greater than an inner dimension of the through hole; a showerhead disposed proximate a second end of the body opposite the first end and extending outwardly from the body to overlap a portion of the process chamber body, the showerhead configured to allow a flow of gas to an inner volume of the process chamber, wherein an outer surface of the showerhead is disposed a second distance from an inner surface of the process chamber body to form a second gap.
US09206506B2
Provided are methods and systems for forming piezoelectric coatings on power line cables using sol-gel materials. A cable may be fed through a container with a sol-gel material having a piezoelectric material to form an uncured layer on the surface of the cable. The layer is then cured using, for example, infrared, ultraviolet, and/or other types of radiation. The cable may be suspended in a coating system such that the uncured layer does not touch any components of the system until the layer is adequately cured. Piezoelectric characteristics of the cured layer may be tested in the system to provide a control feedback. The cured layer, which may be referred to as a piezoelectric coating, causes resistive heating at the outer surface of the cable during vibration of the cable due transmission of alternating currents and environmental factors.
US09206501B2
A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: disposing an organic layer deposition apparatus to be apart from a substrate by a set distance; and depositing deposition material on the substrate while the organic layer deposition apparatus or the substrate is moved relative to the other, the deposition source apparatus including: a deposition source including a first deposition source and a second deposition source stacked on the first deposition source; a deposition source nozzle unit including a second deposition source nozzle unit at a side of the second deposition source to face the substrate and including a plurality of second deposition source nozzles, and a first deposition source nozzle unit at the side of the second deposition source to face the substrate and including a plurality of first deposition source nozzles formed to pass through the second deposition source; and a patterning slit sheet smaller than the substrate.
US09206493B2
The invention relates to a method for leaching copper oxide without using sulfuric acid, comprising the following steps consisting in: impregnating the copper oxide using a non-polluting organic leaching agent consisting of an aqueous solution formed by tricarboxylic acid (C6H807) combined with water in a mixture having an acidity varying between a pH of 1 and 5; obtaining copper citrate; and, optionally, again irrigating the copper oxide impregnated with the non-polluting organic leaching agent, thereby obtaining a more concentrated copper citrate.
US09206476B2
The invention provides a method of determining the nucleotide sequence of a target nucleic acid using a reversibly terminating nucleotide that is modified at the 2′ position.
US09206471B2
The invention provides micron and sub-micron scale particles designed to recognize and selectively interact with each other by exploiting the recognition and specificity enabled by DNA-sequence-encoded coatings. Such materials possess sufficient information coded in their chemical and physical interactions to self assemble and self replicate. The invention further provides methods of using such materials to create self replicating and organizing materials. Replicated copies are permanently linked and then thermally detached, freeing them to act as templates for further growth. This new class of condensed matter systems, provides means to design and control the structure and function of materials and machines from the microscopic to life-size. In another aspect of the invention, depletion type forces and depletion zones can be utilized in the implementation of the self assembly and self replication of materials, including without limitation colloidal particles. The invention further provides novel means of synthesis and materials built by such synthesis, which may be used in a variety of applications, including microelectronics.
US09206468B2
Described are reagents, methods, and kits for eluting, and amplifying and/or characterizing DNA from liquid and dried blood samples. A one-step DNA elution buffer has been developed that simplifies purification of DNA from blood samples. The purified DNA is suitable for use in subsequent widely used techniques such as enzymatic DNA amplification and quantitative analysis such as real-time PCR.
US09206466B2
The present invention provides compositions and means to identify compositions that increase −1 PRF programmed ribosomal frameshift (−1PRF) efficiencies and/or decrease peptidyltransferase activity in a cell, and thus directly affect viral replication or assembly of viral particles. Compositions identified in accordance with the invention specifically inhibit the interaction between ribosomal protein L41 and the ribosomes thereby resulting in decreased peptidyltransferase activity of the ribosomes. Decreases in peptidyltransferase activity have been associated with increased −1 PRF efficiencies, which in turn interfere with self assembly of −1PRF dependent viruses thereby interfering with virus propagation. Compositions in accordance with the invention are useful as antiviral therapeutics for treating a viral infection in a patient.
US09206460B2
The present invention relates to improved electrochemical biosensor strips and methods for determining the concentration of an analyte in a sample. By selectively measuring a measurable species residing in a diffusion barrier layer, to the substantial exclusion of the measurable species residing exterior to the diffusion barrier layer, measurement errors introduced by sample constituents, such as red blood cells, and manufacturing variances may be reduced.
US09206458B2
Many fungal secondary metabolites are of industrial interest, such as antibiotics, while others are undesirable compounds such as mycotoxins. Overexpression of mtfA enhances production of fungal compounds with applications in the medical field, and overexpression or impaired mtfA expression decreases the production of compounds that negatively affect health/agriculture/economy such as mycotoxins.
US09206454B2
The present invention relates to a genetically modified yeast cell comprising: —at least one recombinant promoter operably linked to at least one gene encoding a polypeptide or protein supporting the biosynthesis of polypeptides or proteins within said cell, said at least one gene being located at the native genomic locus of the genetically unmodified wild-type yeast cell, wherein the naturally occurring promoter of the at least one gene encoding the biosynthesis supporting polypeptide or protein is inactivated by at least one mutation within said naturally occurring promoter and, —a secretion cassette comprising a recombinant nucleic acid molecule encoding a protein or polypeptide of interest and a method for producing a recombinant protein or polypeptide of interest using such a cell.
US09206453B2
Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed to produce useful intermediates and products, such as energy, fuels, foods or materials. For example, systems are described that can use feedstock materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, to produce an intermediate or product, e.g., by fermentation.
US09206445B2
Disclosed herein are biocatalysts for the production of biofuels, including microorganisms that contain genetic modifications conferring tolerance to growth and fermentation inhibitors found in many cellulosic feedstocks. Methods of converting cellulose-containing materials to fuels and chemicals, as well as methods of fermenting sugars to fuels and chemicals, using these biocatalysts are also disclosed.
US09206441B2
A method for producing a cell having nucleic acid introduced therein and having low cytotoxicity is useful in primary cells and slowly dividing cells, for which nucleic acid introduction is difficult with conventional techniques. A method for introducing nucleic acid into a cell includes the steps of mixing a nucleic acid with a temperature sensitive material at a temperature lower than the cloud point of the temperature sensitive material, the temperature sensitive material being formed by adding 2-amino-2-hydroxymethyl-1,3-propanediol to a temperature-sensitive polymer material having 2-N,N-dimethylaminoethyl methacrylate and/or a derivative thereof as the main polymer component, flow coating a culture vessel with the resulting mixed liquid, and culturing a cell suspension provided to the culture vessel at a temperature higher than the cloud point.
US09206440B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for creation of vector nucleic acid sequences (e.g., retroviral nucleic acid sequences) that comprise two or more exogenous nucleic acid sequences that encode highly homologous (e.g., identical) polypeptide sequences, yet wherein at least one of the exogenous nucleic acid sequences has been mutated using degenerate codons for purpose of reducing homology between the two or more exogenous nucleic acid sequences while maintaining the encoded polypeptide sequence. Preferred nucleic acid sequences include those encoding multi-chimeric immune receptor (CIR) genes. Specific nucleic acid sequences of such CIR genes are also disclosed.
US09206434B2
Thermophilic gram-positive anaerobic host cells, for example Thermoanaerobacterium saccharolyticum (“T sacch”), express heterologous biomass degrading enzymes, such as cellulases, and are able to produce useful fermentation products from cellulose. Useful fermentation products include, for example, ethanol, acetic acid, lactic acid or CO2. In order to provide maximum expression and activity levels, biomass degrading enzymes can be expressed from codon-optimized nucleotide sequences, can be expressed under the control of a high-efficiency promoter, and/or can be fused to a signal peptide. In addition, the host cell, for example, a T sacch host cell, can be genetically altered to further improve ethanol production, for example by disrupting the production of organic products other than ethanol.
US09206429B2
Aptamers that bind IL-6 are provided. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising IL-6 aptamers are provided, as well as methods of treating conditions using the aptamers are also provided.
US09206427B2
The present invention is based, in part, on the discovery that galectin-1 (Gal1) plays a role in immune disorders, including Hodgkin lymphoma. Accordingly, the invention relates to compositions, kits, and methods for detecting, characterizing, modulating, preventing, and treating immune disorders, e.g., Hodgkin lymphoma.
US09206423B2
The present invention relates to method, system, and composition for modulating the compliance of the trabecular meshwork, which may provide treatment to glaucoma.
US09206420B2
This invention relates to compounds, compositions, and methods useful for reducing HIF-1α target RNA and protein levels via use of dsRNAs, e.g., Dicer substrate siRNA (DsiRNA) agents.
US09206415B2
Disclosed herein is a method for simply inducing an anti-apoptotic effect and/or an anti-necrotic effect in a living cell with good control without administering any drug. The method includes applying an alternating-current voltage to the living cell so that an electric current of 25 μA or higher but 75 μA or lower flows to induce an anti-apoptotic effect and/or an anti-necrotic effect in the living cell. The living cell used may be a cultured cell. The alternating-current voltage may be applied to a stage member on which a container holding the living cell is placed.
US09206413B2
Biomass (e.g., plant biomass, animal biomass, and municipal waste biomass) is processed for use in the production of useful products, such as fuels. For example, systems can use biomass materials, such as cellulosic and/or lignocellulosic materials, to enhance the production of a product, e.g., the production of ethanol and/or butanol by fermentation.
US09206411B2
Staphylococcus aureus is notorious for developing resistance to virtually all antibiotics to which it is exposed. Staphylococcal phage 2638A endolysin is a peptidoglycan hydrolase that is lytic for S. aureus when exposed externally, making it a new antimicrobial candidate. It shares a common protein organization with over 40 other staphylococcal peptidoglycan hydrolases: a CHAP endopeptidase domain, a mid-protein amidase 2 domain and a C-terminal SH3b cell wall binding domain. It is the first phage endolysin reported with a cryptic translational start site between the CHAP and amidase domains. Deletion analysis indicates that the amidase domain confers most of the lytic activity and requires the full SH3b domain for maximal activity. It is common for one domain to demonstrate dominant activity over another; however, the phage 2638A endolysin is the first to show high amidase domain activity dominant over the N-terminal CHAP domain, an important finding for targeting novel peptidoglycan bonds.
US09206403B1
A novel computational method and generation of mutant butyrylcholinesterase for cocaine hydrolysis is provided. The method includes molecular modeling a possible BChE mutant and conducting molecular dynamics simulations and hybrid quantum mechanical/molecular mechanical calculations thereby providing a screening method of possible BChE mutants by predicting which mutant will lead to a more stable transition state for a rate determining step. Site-directed mutagenesis, protein expression, and protein activity is conducted for mutants determined computationally as being good candidates for possible BChE mutants, i.e., ones predicted to have higher catalytic efficiency as compared with wild-type BChE. In addition, mutants A199S/A328W/Y332G, A199S/F227A/A328W/Y332G, A199S/S287G/A328W/Y332G, A199S/F227A/S287G/A328W/Y332G, and A199S/F227A/S287G/A328W/E441D all have enhanced catalytic efficiency for (−)-cocaine compared with wild-type BChE.
US09206393B2
This invention relates to isolated pluripotent adult stem cells which are obtained from exocrine glandular tissue as well as methods of isolating and culturing these pluripotent stem cells.
US09206384B2
A micro-incubator manifold for improved microfluidic configurations and systems and methods of manufacture and operation for a manifold and automated microfluidic systems.
US09206376B2
A galling-resistant threaded tubular component for drilling or operating hydrocarbon wells and a process for coating the component. The tubular component includes at one of its ends a threaded zone produced on its external or internal peripheral surface depending on whether the threaded end is male or female in type, at least a portion of the end being coated with a dry film including a fluorourethane matrix.
US09206374B2
Disclosed herein is a trunk piston engine lubricating oil composition comprising (a) a major amount of an oil of lubricating viscosity; (b) one or more carboxylate-containing detergents comprising a salt of an alkyl-substituted hydroxyaromatic carboxylic acid, wherein at least about 50% of the alkyl moiety of the alkyl-substituted hydroxyaromatic carboxylic acid comprises C26+ alkyl groups derived from one or more normal alpha olefins; and (c) one or more zinc dithiophosphates in an amount of about 0.02 to about 0.12 wt. % in terms of phosphorus content.
US09206368B2
A system and method are described for torrefaction of particulate biomass. The system comprises a reactor having mass flow characteristics, containing particulate biomass, and further is equipped with a heated gas input; a gas discharge output; a particulate solids inlet; and a particulate solids discharge.
US09206364B2
A gasification system method and apparatus to convert a feed stream containing at least some organic material into synthesis gas having a first region, a second region, a gas solid separator, and a means for controlling the flow of material from the first region to the second region. The feed stream is introduced into the system, and the feed stream is partially oxidized in the first region thereby creating a solid material and a gas material. The method further includes the steps of separating at least a portion of the solid material from the gas material with the gas solid separator, controlling the flow of the solid material into the second region from the first region, and heating the solid material in the second region with an electrical means.
US09206362B2
A process for the conversion of paraffins and olefins in a hydrocarbon feedstream to aromatics is presented. The process includes separating the hydrocarbon feedstream into two separate streams, a lighter hydrocarbon stream and a heavier hydrocarbon stream, and processing each of the streams separately. The process includes passing the light stream through a series of reforming units and adding the heavy stream at a downstream position to pass through a subsequent reforming unit.
US09206357B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide for production and recovery of volatile organic compounds and higher hydrocarbons from biomass material. One embodiment comprises contacting a solid component of a biomass material with a digestive solvent to form a digested biomass stream, and at least a portion of the digested biomass is further thermocatalytically treated to generate higher hydrocarbons. The solid component is generated by a method comprising introducing a biomass material to a compartment of a solventless recovery system, wherein the biomass material contains one or more volatile organic compounds; contacting the biomass material with a superheated vapor stream in the compartment to vaporize at least a portion of an initial liquid content in the biomass material; separating a vapor component and a solid component from the heated biomass material; retaining at least a portion of the gas component for use as part of the superheated vapor stream.
US09206347B2
Provided herein, inter alia, are novel compositions and methods having application in the field of enhanced oil recovery. In particular, the quaternary ammonium compounds and mixtures thereof presented herein can be used, inter alia, for the recovery of a large range of crude oil compositions from challenging reservoirs.
US09206346B2
The present disclosure is directed to compositions and methods that may be used for enhanced oil recovery, for modifying the permeability of subterranean formations and for increasing the mobilization and/or recovery rate of hydrocarbon fluids present in the formations. The compositions may include, for example, expandable cross linked polymeric microparticles having an unexpanded volume average particle size diameter of from about 0.05 to about 5,000 microns and a cross linking agent content of from about 100 to about 200,000 ppm of hydrolytically labile silyl ester or silyl ether crosslinkers and from 0 to about 300 ppm of non-labile crosslinkers.
US09206342B2
The present invention provides a phosphonate-containing polymer and use thereof and a phosphonate-containing polymer viscosity reducer for drilling fluid. The phosphonate-containing polymer comprises structural units expressed by formula (1), structural units expressed by formula (2), and structural units expressed by formula (3) and/or structural units expressed by formula (4), wherein, the ratio of the mole number of the structural units expressed by formula (1), mole number of the structural units expressed by formula (2), and total mole number of the structural units expressed by formula (3) and structural units expressed by formula (4) is 10-85:10-75:5-55. The phosphonate-containing polymer still has outstanding viscosity reducing effect after high-temperature aging when it is applied in brine drilling fluids and high-density drilling fluids.
US09206317B2
Release compositions comprising a blend of ethylenically unsaturated fluoroorganopolysiloxane polymers and ethylenically unsaturated non-fluorinated organopolysiloxane polymers are described. The release compositions are dispersed in a solvent system and also contain a catalyst and at least one crosslinker. Both fluoroorganohydrogenpolysiloxane and organohydrogenpolysiloxane are described. Release liners and adhesive articles including cured release compositions are also disclosed.
US09206315B2
The instant invention includes an article and a method of forming the article. The article includes a mixture of a thermoplastic polyurethane and polyamide 6/66 copolymer. The thermoplastic polyurethane has a Shore Hardness of at least 36D as determined using DIN EN ISO 1183-1.
US09206313B2
Provided is a polycarbonate resin composition that can exhibit an improved flame retardancy, flowability, rigidity, warping resistance, impact resistance, heat resistance, and wet heat stability all at the same time. This polycarbonate resin composition comprises 3 to 30 mass parts of (C) a phosphazene compound and 0.001 to 1 mass parts of (D) a fluoropolymer per 100 mass parts of the total of a component (A) and a component (B) formed of 40 to 95 mass % of (A) a polycarbonate resin and 5 to 60 mass % of (B) a filler selected from glass fillers and carbon fibers.
US09206312B2
A heat-shrinkable film having a layer made of a mixed resin containing a polylactic acid resin and a polyolefin resin as the main components, wherein the mass ratio of the polylactic acid resin and the polyolefin resin is 95/5 to 50/50, the polylactic acid resin is a copolymer of D-lactic acid and L-lactic acid or a mixed resin of the copolymer, the D/L ratio of D-lactic acid and L-lactic acid is 3/97 to 15/85 or 85/15 to 97/3, the storage elastic modulus of the polyolefin resin or the soft acrylic resin at 20° C. is ≦100 MPa as measured at an oscillation frequency of 10 Hz and a strain of 0.1%, the film is stretched in at least one direction, and the heat shrinkage ratio of the film in the main shrinking direction is ≧20% as measured after the film is immersed in 80° C. water for 10 seconds.
US09206311B2
The present invention relates to biodegradable polymer mixtures comprising i) 40% to 95% by weight, based on the total weight of components i to ii, of at least one polyester based on aliphatic or aliphatic and aromatic dicarboxylic acids and aliphatic dihydroxy compounds; ii) 5% to 60% by weight, based on the total weight of said components i to ii, of polyalkylene carbonate, particularly polypropylene carbonate; iii) 0% to 60% by weight, based on the total weight of said components i to iii, of at least one biodegradable homo- or copolyester selected from the group consisting of polylactic acid, polycaprolactone and polyhydroxyalkanoate, and/or of an inorganic or organic filler; iv) 0% to 10% by weight, based on the total weight of said components i to ii, of an epoxy-containing copolymer based on styrene, acrylic ester and/or methacrylic ester, and v) 0% to 15% by weight of an additive selected from the group consisting of lubricant, antiblocking agent, antistat, UV absorber, UV stabilizer, thermal stabilizer, dye, pigment, colorant, plasticizer, fertilizer and active crop protection ingredient. The present invention further relates to processes for producing biodegradable polymer mixtures, to the use of biodegradable polymer mixtures in the production of moldings, films or fibers and also moldings, films or fibers comprising biodegradable polymer mixtures.
US09206308B2
The problem to be solved by the invention is to provide an epoxy resin composition for a prepreg, which is used in the manufacture of a printed circuit board containing a multilayer printed circuit board, wherein the epoxy resin composition for a prepreg is characterized by containing as essential components, a phosphorus compound that has 1.8 or more and less than 3 on average of a phenolic hydroxyl group that is reactive to an epoxy resin in the molecule, and that has 0.8 or more on average of a phosphorus element; a bifunctional epoxy resin that has 1.8 or more and less than 2.6 on average of epoxy groups in the molecule; a multi-functional epoxy resin that contains 2.8 or more on average of epoxy groups in one molecule; a hardening agent; an inorganic filler; and a molybdenum compound, wherein the epoxy resin composition for a prepreg is obtained by blending a pre-reacted epoxy resin, which is obtained by reacting at least the phosphorus compound with the bifunctional epoxy resin and the multi-functional epoxy resin, or the bifunctional epoxy resin only in advance, the bifunctional epoxy resin or the multi-functional epoxy resin, the hardening agent, the inorganic filler, and the molybdenum compound, which is excellent in flame retardance, heat resistance, thermal stiffness, and excellent in hole position accuracy without the production of a harmful substance at the time of combustion, a prepreg using the epoxy resin composition for a prepreg, and a multilayer printed circuit board using the prepreg.
US09206306B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a resin composition improved in film formability and/or mechanical property, particularly tensile elastic modulus or tearing strength, of the film. The present invention provides a resin composition including at least (A) an aliphatic polyester-based resin and (C) a starch, the aliphatic polyester-based resin (A) forming a matrix phase and the starch (C) forming a dispersed phase, wherein the average particle diameter of the dispersed phase is 1 μm or less.
US09206304B2
Composition having a melt flow rate MFR2 (230° C.) measured according to ISO 1133 in the range of 15 to 30 g/10 min, said composition comprises a heterophasic propylene copolymer (H-PP1), a high melt flow polypropylene (HMF-PP), a styrenic block copolymer (SBC) and a mineral filler (F), wherein (a) the heterophasic propylene copolymer (H-PP1) has a xylene cold soluble (XCS) content measured according to ISO 6427 in the range of 22.0 to 50.0 wt.-% and comprises (a1) a polypropylene matrix (M1) and (a2) an elastomeric copolymer (E1) comprising units derived from propylene and ethylene and/or C4 to C12 α-olefin, (b) the melt flow rate MFR2 (230° C.) measured according to ISO 1133 of the high melt flow polypropylene (HMF-PP) is higher than the melt flow rate MFR2 (230° C.) measured according to ISO 1133 of the heterophasic propylene copolymer (H-PP1), and (c) the high melt flow polypropylene (HMF-PP) has melt flow rate MFR2 (230° C.) measured according to ISO 1133 of at least 40.0 g/10 min.
US09206298B2
The present disclosure provides a method for producing an aerogel, the method comprising reacting at least one acid monomer with at least one diamino monomer in a first solvent under conditions appropriate to form a polyimide polymer; conducting a solvent exchange wherein the first solvent is exchanged for a second solvent, said second solvent having a freezing point, wherein said solvent exchange further comprises (1) submersing the polyimide polymer in the second solvent in a pressure vessel and (2) creating a high pressure environment inside the pressure vessel for a first period of time; cooling the polyimide polymer to a first temperature below the freezing point of the second solvent; and subjecting cooled polyimide polymer to a first vacuum for a second period of time at a second temperature.
US09206297B2
The present invention relates to foam products made with blowing agent compositions comprising at least one hydrochlorofluoroolefin (HCFO) used in the preparation of foamable thermoplastic compositions. The HCFOs of the present invention include, but are not limited to, 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233zd), particularly the trans-isomer, 2-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233xf), dichloro-fluorinated propenes, and mixtures thereof. The blowing agent compositions of the present invention are used with coblowing agents including carbon dioxide, atmospheric gases, hydrofluorocarbons (HFC), hydrofluoroolefins (HFO), alkanes, hydrofluoroethers (HFE), and mixtures thereof. Preferred HFCs used as coblowing agents in the present invention include, but are not limited too, 1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane (HFC-134a), 1,1-difluoroethane (HFC-152a), 1,1,1-trifluoroethane (HFC-143a), pentafluorethane (HFC-125), difluoromethane (HFC-32). The blowing agent compositions are useful in the production of low density insulating foams with improved k-factor.
US09206294B2
Disclosed are an acrylic resin film maintaining a gloss and having good transparency, processing properties, and impact resistance after thermal molding, and a method for manufacturing same. The acrylic resin film according to the present invention includes 10 to 70 parts by weight of an acrylic resin having high fluidity, 10 to 70 parts by weight of an acrylic resin having high hardness, and 5 to 20 parts by weight of an acrylic impact reinforcing material based on 100 parts by weight of the total weight.
US09206292B2
A method for producing lignin derivatives from technical lignins by treatment with proteolytic enzymes (proteases), characterized in that the proteolytic treatment of the technical lignins significantly reduces the molar mass thereof.
US09206291B2
The invention relates to novel hybrid compounds containing at least one polysaccharide entity (PS), such as guar, in which at least one hydroxyl function is substituted by at least one A polyoxyalkylene entity (PEG). The swivel Ro between the entity PS and the entity A is obtained by click chemistry and has the following formula (IL1) or (IL2), in which Z is a carbon or nitrogen atom. These hybrid compounds can be used as emulsifiers, particularly in cosmetics.
US09206283B1
The invention relates to admixtures of thermoplastic polyurethane base polymers that resist surface dulling and fluorinated additives and their use in the manufacture of articles, such as medical devices. For example, the admixtures of the invention are useful in the manufacture of blood dwelling medical devices, such as catheters.
US09206279B2
Laser-inscribable film, comprising a contrast layer based on a cured acrylate coating composition and, arranged above the contrast layer, an engraving layer, where the cured acrylate coating composition is based on a composition comprising from 30 to 80% by weight of a trifunctional oligomer A, from 0 to 20% by weight of a trifunctional monomer B, from 1 to 30% by weight of a difunctional monomer C, and from 2 to 40% by weight of a colorant pigment.
US09206278B2
The cyclic olefin copolymer of the present invention contains (A) a repeating unit derived from one or more kinds of olefins represented by the following General Formula (I), (B) a repeating unit derived from a cyclic non-conjugated diene represented by the following General Formula (III), and (C) a repeating unit derived from one or more kinds of cyclic olefins represented by the following General Formula (V), wherein when a total mole number of the repeating units is regarded as 100 mol %, the (B) repeating unit derived from a cyclic non-conjugated diene is contained in an amount of 19 mol % to 36 mol %.
US09206276B2
A copolymer includes the polymerized product of a comonomer and a monomer having the formula (I): wherein c is 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5; Ra is H, F, —CN, C1-10 alkyl, or C1-10 fluoroalkyl; Rx and Ry are each independently an unsubstituted or substituted C1-10 linear or branched alkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted C3-10 cycloalkyl group, an unsubstituted or substituted C3-10 alkenylalkyl group, or an unsubstituted or substituted C3-10 alkynylalkyl group; wherein Rx and Ry together optionally form a ring; and Rz is a C6-20 aryl group substituted with an acetal-containing group or a ketal-containing group, or a C3-C20 heteroaryl group substituted with an acetal-containing group or a ketal-containing group, wherein the C6-20 aryl group or the C3-C20 heteroaryl group can, optionally, be further substituted. Also described are a photoresist including the copolymer, a coated substrate having a layer of the photoresist, and a method of forming an electronic device utilizing the photoresist.
US09206274B2
The present invention discloses an active metallocene catalyst system prepared with a hafnium-based metallocene catalyst system and an activating agent comprising an aluminoxane and a sterically hindered Lewis base.
US09206247B2
Described are means and methods for producing high-affinity antibodies against an antigen of interest, using stable B-cell cultures.
US09206232B2
The present application describes organic compounds of Formula (II) that are useful for the treatment, prevention and/or amelioration of human diseases.
US09206230B2
The present invention provides a protecting reagent that can be removed in a high yield even under acidic conditions and can afford a resulting product at a high purity in an organic synthesis reaction such as peptide synthesis and the like. The inventive protecting reagent is particular benzylic compound having only one hydroxyl group substituted by an organic group having an aliphatic hydrocarbon group having a carbon number of not less than 14.
US09206222B2
The present invention relates to the synthesis of depsipeptides on solid phase support. Said depsipeptides are then implicated in a solution phase O—N acyl shift enabling to obtain the corresponding peptide alcohols.
US09206211B2
The present invention provides, among other things, novel compounds and methods for metathesis reactions. In some embodiments, a provided compound has the structure of formula I or II. In some embodiments, the present invention provides compounds and methods for Z-selective olefin metathesis.
US09206210B2
An ionic liquid including a phosphazene compound that has a plurality of phosphorus-nitrogen units and at least one pendant group bonded to each phosphorus atom of the plurality of phosphorus-nitrogen units. One pendant group of the at least one pendant group comprises a positively charged pendant group. Additional embodiments of ionic liquids are disclosed, as are electrolyte solutions and energy storage devices including the embodiments of the ionic liquid.
US09206209B2
An exemplary emboidment is related to a pharmaceutical composition of the class of nucleotide analogues and antiviral pro-nucleotides useful in partial or complete inhibition of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). An exemplary embodiment is expressed in the formula (XVI): where X stands for N3 and B stands for thymidine-1-yl, or X stands for H and B stands for uracil-1-yl or adenin-1-yl or hypoxanthin-1-yl.A method of synthesis of the nucleotide analogue using a phosphorylating agent for synthesis of the nucleotide analogue is provided.
US09206208B2
The present invention relates to phosphonate compounds, compositions containing them, processes for obtaining them, and their use for treating a variety of medical disorders, e.g., osteoporosis and other disorders of bone metabolizm, cancer, viral infections, and the like.
US09206207B2
A method for purifying a crude PNPNH compound of the general structure R1R2P—N(R3)—P(R4)—N(R5)—H wherein R1, R2, R3, R4 and R5 are independently halogen, amino, trimethylsilyl, C1-C10-alkyl, substituted C1-C10-alkyl, C6-C20-aryl and substituted C6-C20-aryl, or any cyclic derivative wherein at least one of the P or N atoms of the PNPN—H structure is a member of a ring system, the ring system being formed from one or more constituent compounds of the PNPNH-structure by substitution, the method comprising the steps: A. a) dissolving the crude PNPNH-compound in a C1-C10 alcohol or mixture thereof under heating; b) cooling the solution obtained in step a), c) precipitating the PNPNH compound, separating and optionally drying, or B. (i) washing the crude PNPNH compound with C1-C10 alcohol or a mixture thereof, (ii) separating the PNPNH compound and optionally drying thereof.
US09206198B2
The present invention provides compounds of Formula I and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, which are inhibitors of the ROMK (Kir1.1) channel. The compounds may be used as diuretic and/or natriuretic agents and for the therapy and prophylaxis of medical conditions including cardiovascular diseases such as hypertension, heart failure and conditions associated with excessive salt and water retention.
US09206191B2
The invention provides novel compounds having the general formula: wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, R5, R7, A1, A2 and A3 are as described herein, compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds.
US09206185B2
The application relates to imidazopyridazines of formula (I) which are useful as Akt inhibitors suitable for the treatment of cancer, and processes for their production and the use thereof.
US09206181B2
The present invention related to compounds of formula (I) wherein n represents 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 or 5, R represents independent from each other hydroxyl, cyano, nitro, halogen, alkyl, alkoxy alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylamine, dialkylamine, alkylcarbonylamine, alkylcarbamate Y represents one of the following groups: (Ia) in free base or acid addition salt form, to processes for their production, to pharmaceutical compositions comprising them and their use in the manufacture of a medicament for the treatment and/or delay of progression of psychotic and neurodegenerative disorders.
US09206180B2
A quantitative model that describes the assembly of diketopyrrolopyrrole-based donors and a perylenediimide acceptor into chiral superstructures, as a result of both hydrogen bonding and π•••π stacking. This model provides thermodynamic parameters (ΔH° and ΔS°) for all noncovalent interactions involved in the assembly and explains the subtle supramolecular cues that convert disordered aggregates into well-defined helical assemblies.
US09206176B2
In one aspect, the invention relates to substituted N-(3-(pyrimidin-4-yl)phenyl)acrylamide analogs, derivatives thereof, and related compounds, which are useful as inhibitors of the BTK kinase; synthetic methods for making the compounds; pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds; and methods of using the compounds and compositions to treat disorders associated with dysfunction of the BTK kinase. This abstract is intended as a scanning tool for purposes of searching in the particular art and is not intended to be limiting of the present invention.
US09206170B2
Provided are compounds containing a phosphorescence unit, an emitting polymer, and an organic light emitting device (OLED) containing an organic layer including the emitting polymer. The OLED is useful in portable electronic equipment where low power consumption and low driving voltage are desirable.
US09206169B2
The present invention provides a method for producing a compound of Formula (4): wherein R1 is a hydrogen atom etc. by reacting a compound of Formula (2): wherein X1 is a leaving group, with a compound of Formula (3): wherein R1 is as defined above, in the presence of (a) a palladium compound and a tertiary phosphine or (b) a palladium carbene complex, in an inert solvent or without a solvent. The present invention can produce the compound of Formula (4), with high purity and high yield, and by a simple operation.
US09206163B2
The present invention relates to an improved process for the preparation of Sunitinb. The process involves the activation of 5-((Z)-(5-fluoro-2-oxoindolin-3-ylidene) methyl)-2,4-dimethyl-1 H-pyrrole-3carboxylic acid to corresponding suitable carboxylic acid activating group. The present invention also relates to novel acid addition salts of Sunitinb and preparation thereof.
US09206160B2
This invention relates to a novel phenyl triazole derivative, pharmaceutical compositions containing this compound, and methods of treatment therewith. The compound of the invention is in particular considered useful for the treatment of central nervous system diseases and disorders which are responsive to modulation of GABAA receptors containing the α5 subunit.
US09206154B2
TSHR inverse agonists and neutral antagonists that are useful for treating Graves' orbitopathy, Graves' hyperthyroidism and/or thyroid cancer.
US09206143B2
A series of novel compounds showing anticonvulsant activity is described. Such pharmaceutically active compounds may also show utility in the treatment of other central nervous system (“CNS”) diseases and disorders, such as anxiety, depression, insomnia, migraine headaches, schizophrenia, Parkinson's disease, spasticity, Alzheimer's disease, and bipolar disorder. Furthermore, such compounds may additionally find utility as analgesics (e.g., for the treatment of chronic or neuropathic pain) and as neuroprotective agents useful in the treatment of stroke(s), chronic neurodegenerative diseases (such as Alzheimer's disease and Huntington's disease), and/or traumatic brain and/or spinal cord injuries. Moreover, these/such compounds may also be useful in the treatment of status epilepticus and/or as chemical countermeasures.
US09206142B2
The present invention relates to novel Anilinopiperazine Derivatives of Formula (I), compositions comprising the Anilinopiperazine Derivatives, and methods for using the Anilinopiperazine Derivatives for treating or preventing a proliferative disorder, cancer, an anti-proliferative disorder, inflammation, arthritis, a central nervous system disorder, a cardiovascular disease, alopecia, a neuronal disease, an ischemic injury, a viral disease, a fungal infection, or a disorder related to the activity of a protein kinase.
US09206129B2
The present invention provides agents effective to treat eye diseases, pharmaceutical compositions comprising them, methods for preparing pharmaceuticals for treatment of eye diseases comprising using the agents, use of the agents in manufacture of pharmaceuticals for treatment of eye diseases and methods for treating eye diseases comprising administering the agents or the pharmaceutical compositions. The eye diseases treated by the present invention include particularly glaucoma, especially normal tension glaucoma, or retinitis pigmentosa. The present invention provides the compound of formula (I) wherein R is as defined in the description.
US09206127B2
The invention relates to substituted pyridine and pyrimidine compounds of Formula (I) and the pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, and solvates thereof, wherein R1, R2a, R2b, A1, A2, X, and Z are defined as set forth in the specification. The invention is also directed to the use of compounds of Formula (I) to treat a disorder responsive to the blockade of sodium channels. Compounds of the present invention are especially useful for treating pain.
US09206126B2
The present invention provides novel phenicol derivatives, their use for the treatment of infections in mammals, pharmaceutical composition containing these novel compounds, and methods for the preparation of the compounds of formula I
US09206107B2
As shown by the following formula (1), after methyl laurate (2 mmol) and water (8 mL) are added to an ammonium pyrosulfate catalyst (5 mol %), a hydrolysis reaction of methyl laurate is carried out by heating for 24 hours at 60° C. while stirring is performed, so that lauric acid can be obtained with a yield of 86%.
US09206102B2
A process for the preparation of an ether compound is disclose, wherein the ether compound is prepared via a reaction from at least an alcohol (I) and an alcohol (II), optionally using a catalyst X, wherein alcohol (I) and alcohol (II) are forming a biphasic liquid system when mixed together; comprising at least the following steps: a) Producing an alcohol (I)/alcohol (II) emulsion by using as stabilizing species amphiphilic solid particles of nanometric dimension; optionally comprising a catalyst X; b) Proceeding to the reaction of the ether compound by setting temperature, and c) Isolating the ether compound.
US09206099B2
Provided is a method for efficiently producing high-purity hydrogenated biphenol based on a simple method that can be industrially utilized using easily-available biphenol as a starting material. The method for producing hydrogenated biphenol according to the present invention is a method for producing hydrogenated biphenol by hydrogenating biphenol represented by the following formula (1): to obtain hydrogenated biphenol represented by the following formula (2): the method including: a reaction step of hydrogenating the biphenol represented by formula (1); and a purification step of washing or crystallizing a reaction product obtained from the reaction step using an aromatic hydrocarbon.
US09206094B2
Selective hydrogenation of a gasoline cut containing polyunsaturated hydrocarbons containing at least 2 carbon atoms per molecule and having an end point of 250° C. or less, by bringing said gasoline cut into contact with at least one catalyst the active phase of which comprises at least one metal from group VIII and at least one metal from group VIB deposited on a support.
US09206093B2
Embodiments disclose a process for converting gaseous alkanes to higher molecular weight hydrocarbons, olefins or mixtures thereofs wherein a gaseous feed containing alkanes may be reacted with a dry bromine vapor to form alkyl bromides and hydrobromic acid vapor. The mixture of alkyl bromides and hydrobromic acid then may be reacted over a synthetic crystalline alumino-silicate catalyst, such as a ZSM-5 or an X or Y type zeolite, at a temperature of from about 250° C. to about 500° C. so as to form hydrobromic acid vapor and higher molecular weight hydrocarbons, olefins or mixtures thereof. Various methods are disclosed to remove the hydrobromic acid vapor from the higher molecular weight hydrocarbons, olefins or mixtures thereof and to generate bromine from the hydrobromic acid for use in the process.
US09206092B2
The use of bio oil from at least one renewable source in a hydrotreatment process, in which process hydrocarbons are formed from said glyceride oil in a catalytic reaction, and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron. A bio oil intermediate including bio oil from at least one renewable source and the iron content of said bio oil is less than 1 w-ppm calculated as elemental iron.
US09206090B2
The present invention relates to a compound of general Formula (XX), its formation and its use in asymmetric catalysis. In Formula (XX) R and R31 are independently —COOR3, —R4COOR3, —R4CHO, —R4COR3, —R4CONR5R6, —R4COX, —R4OP(═O)(OH)2, —R4P(═O)(OH)2), —R4C(O)C(R3)CR5R6 and —R4CO2COR3. In addition, R31 may also be hydrogen. R3, R5 and R6 are independently hydrogen, an aliphatic group with a main chain having 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, an alicyclic group, an aromatic group, an arylaliphatic group or an arylalicyclic group, comprising 0 to about 3 heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of N, O, S, Se and Si. R4 an aliphatic bridge with a main chain having 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, an alicyclic bridge, an aromatic bridge, an arylaliphatic bridge or an arylalicyclic bridge, comprising 0 to about 3 heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of N, O, S, Se and Si, and X is halogen. In Formula (XX) R30 is —C(OH)R1R2 or —COOR14, wherein R1, R2 and R14 are independently hydrogen, an aliphatic group with a main chain having 1 to about 20 carbon atoms, an alicyclic group, an aromatic group, an arylaliphatic group or an arylalicyclic group, comprising 0 to about 3 heteroatoms independently selected from the group consisting of N, O, S, Se and Si.
US09206080B2
Non-aqueous hydraulic cement compositions comprise a non-aqueous mixture of a powder composition and a non-aqueous water-miscible liquid. In one embodiment, powder composition is a Brushite or Monetite-forming calcium phosphate powder composition. In another embodiment, the powder composition comprises porous β-tricalcium phosphate (β-TCP) granules and at least one additional calcium phosphate powder. In another embodiment, the powder composition comprises calcium silicate powder. In a further embodiment, the powder composition comprises calcium aluminate powder. In another embodiment, the powder composition is a cement composition and comprises nanopowders having a grain size of less than 1 micron. Hardened cements are formed from such hydraulic cement compositions, and methods of producing hardened cements, kits, and articles of manufacture employ such hydraulic cement compositions.
US09206079B2
The present invention aims to provide a chemically strengthened glass plate which has a good yield in a cutting process of the chemically strengthened glass plate and has sufficient strength. The chemically strengthened glass plate has a surface compressive stress of not less than 600 MPa at a surface of the chemically strengthened glass plate, and a compressive stress layer containing two types of stress patterns A and B. The stress pattern A is a stress pattern of a surface portion of the glass plate, and the stress pattern B is a stress pattern of an inside of the glass plate. The stress patterns satisfy the formula SA>SB where SA represents a slope of the stress pattern A and SB represents a slope of the stress pattern B when the stress patterns A and B are each approximated by a linear function.
US09206071B2
The present invention relates to pellets for use in the manufacture of glass.
US09206052B2
A method for making zeolite SSZ-35 having the framework structure STF is disclosed using a N,N-diethyl-2,3-dimethylpiperidinium cation or a N,N-dimethyl-2-isopropylpiperidinium cation as a structure directing agent.
US09206051B2
Apparatus and system of components to mechanically exfoliate particulate materials using a multi-axis approach to deliver predetermined forces to a particulate material, including containers to hold particulate material and media, also including media, and, the associated parameters for operating such equipment along with methods and compositions provided by the apparatus and methods.
US09206046B2
A hydrogen production process and a reactor for dehydrogenation in which it is possible to mix hydrogen with a raw material for a dehydrogenation reaction easily and simply and suppress a reduction in the performance of a dehydrogenation reaction catalyst when hydrogen is produced by combining the dehydrogenation reaction of organic hydrides or the like with a hydrogen separation membrane. A flow-type reactor for dehydrogenation of an organic compound includes a hydrogen separation membrane selectively permeable to hydrogen; and a dehydrogenation catalyst for promoting a dehydrogenation reaction of an organic compound which can release hydrogen upon the dehydrogenation reaction, including: a reaction side area through which the organic compound can flow and which includes the dehydrogenation catalyst and a permeation side area which is separated from the reaction side area by the hydrogen separation membrane and through which hydrogen that has passed through the hydrogen separation membrane can flow.
US09206043B2
A method of and apparatus for optimizing a hydrogen producing system is provided. The method of optimizing the hydrogen producing system comprises producing hydrogen gas using a hydrogen producing formulation and removing a chemical substance that reduces the hydrogen gas producing efficiency. Further, the hydrogen producing system comprises a hydrogen producing catalyst, a hydrogen generating voltage applied to the hydrogen producing catalyst to generate hydrogen gas, and a catalyst regenerating device to regenerate the hydrogen producing catalyst to a chemical state capable of generating the hydrogen gas when a hydrogen generating voltage is applied.
US09206040B2
A method for separating metal carbon nanotubes with a single graphene layer (m-SWNT) and semiconductor nanotubes with a single graphene layer (sc-SWNT) is provided. The method may comprise a step for grafting, notably by radical chemical grafting, a diazonium salt derivative on a mixture of m-SWNTs and sc-SWNTs so as to obtain a mixture of grafted m-SWNTs, and non-grafted sc-SWNTs, whereby the grafted m-SWNTs and the non-grafted sc-SWNTs separate because of differential chemical and/or physical properties caused by said grafting. In addition, a kit for separating m-SWNTs and sc-SWNTs is provided.
US09206034B2
A micromechanical component includes a substrate and a first oxide layer on the substrate, the first oxide layer having an aperture. The component further includes a conductive functional layer, which is provided on the first oxide layer in the region of the aperture, and a metal layer, which is provided on the functional layer, for producing a bond joint. A second oxide layer is provided on lateral faces of the functional layer for insulating the functional layer.
US09206012B2
Systems and methods for aligning preprinted images on a roll of substrate to the moving components of a web press are disclosed. A method in accordance with one embodiment includes determining the speed of the moving components of the press, determining the speed of the web of preprinted images and adjusting the speed of the web of preprinted image to match the speed of the web. In particular embodiments, a press which produces rolls of preprinted material can be modified to change the equivalent cutoff length of the press. In further embodiments, a method of pasting new rolls of material to expiring rolls of material is accomplished by modulating the drive speed of the new roll of material to match the expiring roll of material while at the same time aligning the images on the new roll with the expiring roll.
US09206006B2
In an image forming apparatus, a tray having first and second receiving portions is configured to move between a first position, at which at least part of the tray is positioned inside an apparatus body, and a second position, at which the tray is outside the apparatus body. The tray in the first position allows a first recording medium to be conveyed from the first receiving portion. When the tray is in the first position, the second receiving portion is configured to move between a third position, which is at an upstream side relative to a first opening of the apparatus body in a second direction, and a fourth position, which is at a downstream side relative to the third position in the second direction. The second receiving portion at the third position allows a second recording medium to be conveyed from the second receiving portion in the second direction.
US09205991B2
Chain links and methods for forming chain links are provided. A method may include inserting a pin into a pin hole defined in a boss insert, and introducing the boss insert to a mold cavity defined in a mold plate of a mold assembly. The method further includes flowing chain link substrate to the mold cavity, and cooling the chain link substrate such that a chain link is formed. The chain link includes a base portion, a platform extending from the base portion, and a rib assembly extending from the platform and including a plurality of ribs and defining a central pocket. The boss insert is disposed in the pocket, and the pin is disposed in the pin hole of the boss insert.
US09205989B1
A bottle or can gripper structure for use on a container filling machine, the structure having a molded, one piece elastomeric rectangular base from which longitudinal rows of flexible but recoverable fingers project upwardly, wherein the fingers have radiused tops, and wherein the tops lie in a plane which is angled laterally upwardly with respect to the upper surface of the base from a leading row of fingers to a trailing row of fingers.
US09205987B2
The invention relates to an apparatus (10) by means of which pharmaceutical products (1) in the form of tablets, hard gelatin capsules or the like are retained, and positioned, in a packaging installation (100), having a carrier element (11) which has a multiplicity of format-dependent holders (27) for the products (1), wherein the carrier element (11) can be fastened, preferably in an interchangeable manner, on a conveying apparatus (12) of the packaging installation (100). According to the invention, it is provided that there is a retaining element (30) in operative connection with the carrier element (11), the retaining element having, for each product (1), a respective clamping element (32) in alignment with the respective holder (27), and that the retaining element (30) is arranged for movement between two positions in relation to the carrier element (11) such that, in a first position, in order for the products (1) to be introduced into the holders (27) and/or discharged therefrom, the clamping elements (32) are not in contact with the products (1), and that, in a second position, the clamping elements (32) fix the products (1) in the holders (27).
US09205984B2
A drive roll for driving and engaging a belt is disclosed as well as a hay baler incorporating such a drive roll. The drive roll includes at least one set and typically many sets of drive ribs, which project from the outer cylindrical surface of the drive roll. The drive roll may be made from steel material while the drive ribs may comprise laser cladding such as tungsten carbide or other high hardness particles. The drive rib may have a tapering profile or other centering structure that corresponds to a belt having end regions with overlay or overlap ends of the drive ribs.
US09205970B2
An application device for multi-component substances, such as adhesives or sealants, having at least two interconnected cartridge receiving devices for receiving replaceable cartridges containing components to be mixed. One cartridge has a rigid outside wall, including a drive device for expelling the components in predetermined quantity ratios through outlets with the aid of pistons. A mixing device, connected to the outlets, mixes the expelled components and discharges them in a mixed state. At least one of the cartridge receiving devices can be loaded with cartridges on the discharge side. At least one of the cartridge receiving devices supports a cartridge having a rigid outside wall. A cover adapter is provided on the discharge side on the at least two cartridge receiving devices, and a cartridge cover is provided to receive or attach the replaceable mixing device.
US09205962B2
System for segregating and identifying contained material in a cooler and process for using the same
A system configured to segregate and identify contained materials in a cooler having a cooler lid. The system has a long panel with a long panel slot connected to a short panel slot on a short panel configured within the cooler and dividing the cooler into a four sections. A map is detachably coupled to the cooler lid and comprises map sections which coordinate with the cooler sections. The map sections are then marked to identify the contents in the cooler sections.
US09205956B2
A packaging material includes an oxygen scavenger material dispersed in bands in a polymer sheet.
US09205954B2
A portable cup holder includes: a cup-holding unit including a first cup-embracing wall that is formed with two first wall holes and a second cup-embracing wall that is formed with two second wall holes aligned with the first wall holes; and a handle string unit including first and second string parts, each of which extends from outside of the cup-holding space through one of the first wall holes into the cup-holding space and then through one of the second wall holes to the outside of the cup-holding space and then extends therefrom through the other of the second wall holes into the cup-holding space and then through the other of the first wall holes to the outside of the cup-holding space. Each of the first and second string parts is shiftable along a transverse direction.
US09205953B2
A container having a dual use as a receptacle for debris that can accommodate a sawhorse application. Square or U-shaped recesses are located in the rim of the container for securing a sawhorse support, such as a board. Sawhorse supports are friction fit, or securely mounted to the container by pin, screw, nail, or bolt attachment. A lid having a slotted structure for receiving a sawhorse support may be used to transform a common household container into a sawhorse.
US09205945B2
Apparatus and method for applying a label to an object. The apparatus includes a label assembly retaining device, a first object alignment element, and a second object alignment element movable with respect to the first object alignment element. The object alignment elements are movable to size the apparatus to the object, and desirably to form a chute through which the object can be lowered or dropped onto exposed adhesive of the label below.
US09205937B2
Filling element for filling containers with a liquid charge, having at least one liquid channel, which is formed in a filling element housing and in which, in the direction of flow of the charge, at least one liquid valve actuated by an actuating mechanism is provided upstream of a dispensing opening, specifically for dispensing the liquid charge in a controlled manner through the dispensing opening into the respective container. The liquid channel is designed with a venting system.
US09205934B2
Systems, media, and methods are provided for oscillation monitoring. An aircraft system includes a first oscillation monitoring module and a second oscillation monitoring module. The first oscillation monitoring module is configured to select first oscillating portions of an input signal, generate a frequency signal that indicates a frequency of the first oscillating portions, and generate a first failure signal in response to the frequency of the first oscillating portions exceeding first oscillatory fault detection requirements for the input signal. The second oscillation monitoring module is configured to select second oscillating portions of the input signal based on the frequency signal generated by the first oscillation monitoring module and to generate a second failure signal in response to a frequency of the second oscillating portions exceeding second oscillatory fault detection requirements for the input signal.
US09205933B2
A facility for assembling aircraft fuselages comprises a plurality of movable cradles. Each cradle is configured to support a fuselage keel structure and assemble a panelized fuselage from the keel structure to obtain a full fuselage contour in a single upright build position.
US09205926B2
A system and a method for ventilating a plant including an auxiliary power unit (APU) in an aircraft compartment are disclosed. The compartment is ventilated in an independent manner with individualized air feeds to each item of equipment concerned. According to one embodiment, a system for feeding and ventilating an aircraft auxiliary power source plant includes an APU and items of equipment mounted in connection with the APU. The APU is fitted with an exhaust nozzle which leads into a gas discharger mounted outside the compartment. Separate and independent ducts channel air between air inlets made through the compartment, and the APU and items of equipment. At least one ventilation duct that is separate and independent from the other ducts is coupled to an air inlet of the compartment in order to ventilate the APU and the items of equipment of the plant.
US09205920B2
Systems and methods are provided for a wiring harness for an aerial vehicle. A wing of the aerial vehicle comprises a pocket for insertion of the wiring harness. The wiring harness provides wiring and associated connections capable to attach to and power various components.
US09205915B2
A method for the guidance of a rotorcraft (1) in relation to a landing point (Pp) in accordance with a landing procedure. An approach route (R) is identified and an approach trajectory (T) is calculated in accordance with a ground slope (S) imposed by the approach route (R). An upstream segment (Sam) of the approach trajectory (T) is calculated through the application of a typical trajectory, as defined in accordance with the ground slope (S), the current mass of the rotorcraft (1), and a low-noise or noise-abatement criterion relating to the noise discomfort generated by the rotorcraft (1), taking into consideration a wind model (V) that represents the change in the wind between a current position of the rotorcraft (1) and the landing point (Pp). The position of the rotorcraft (1) is adjusted in proximity to the landing point (Pp) along the length of a transitional segment (St) of the approach trajectory (T), excluding, from the extension of the transitional segment (St), an application of the typical trajectory, and taking into consideration the ability of the rotorcraft (1) to perform a rapid maneuver toward a downstream segment (Sav) of the approach trajectory (T), as predefined in accordance with the ability of the rotorcraft (1) to reach the landing point (Pp) during stable flight.
US09205912B2
A compound motion structure (3) for connection between two surfaces comprising a first arm (5) and a second arm (7) swingable coupled together through a first hinge connection (13), a first surface (35) coupled to an opposite end of the first arm via a second hinge connection, a second surface (39) coupled to an opposite end of the second arm via a third hinge connection, the first arm (5) and the second arm (7) being movable thereby resulting in a compound motion of one or both surfaces.
US09205908B2
A locking mechanism, in particular suitable for use in a decompression arrangement, includes a pressure chamber surrounded by a delimiting wall, wherein at least a section of the pressure chamber delimiting wall is formed by an actuating element which is in a rest position when the pressure in the interior of the pressure chamber corresponds to the ambient pressure and moves into a differential pressure position when the pressure in the interior of the pressure chamber exceeds the ambient pressure by a predetermined differential value. The locking mechanism further includes a locking bar which is kept in a locked position when the actuating element is in its rest position and is movable into an unlocked position when the actuating element is in its differential pressure position.
US09205895B2
A securing device for a lowerable platform on a watercraft, wherein a lowering of the platform by way of a technical device that is mounted on the tail of the watercraft is only activated after the height and steering positions of the technical device have been adjusted and secured by sensors.
US09205880B2
A ROPS retention system for retaining a suspended cab frame relative to a chassis frame of a work vehicle may generally include a support bracket configured to be coupled to the chassis frame. The support bracket may be positioned relative to the cab frame such that a gap is defined between the support bracket and the cab frame. The system may also include a retention stake extending outwardly from a surface of one of the cab frame or the support bracket between a base end and a tip end. The stake may be configured to be received within a collar opening defined in the other of the cab frame or the support bracket. The stake may define a stake diameter at the tip end that is less than a diameter of the collar opening. In addition, the system may include a connection strap coupled between the cab frame and the support bracket.
US09205876B2
An object is to restrain an adhesive from dropping or from being scraped off when a joining portion is adhered to a joined portion. A panel joining structure of the present invention includes: a first panel including a stepped portion extending in an intersecting direction with a vertical direction, and a joining portion extending toward a vertical direction upper side from one end of the stepped portion in the intersecting direction; and a second panel including a facing portion extending in the intersecting direction and superimposed on the stepped portion from the vertical direction upper side, a joined portion extending toward the vertical direction upper side from one end of the facing portion in the intersecting direction and joined to the joining portion by adhesion and welding, and a suspended portion extending toward a vertical direction lower side from the other end of the facing portion in the intersecting direction.
US09205869B2
A system for determining an angular position of a steerable wheel of a vehicle can include a plurality of sensors and a controller in electrical communication with each of these sensors. The controller can be configured to compare a first data set and a second data set to respective straight path conditions, wherein the first data set includes data from a first set of the sensors and the second data includes data from a second set of the sensors. The controller can be configured to determine a substantially straight path of travel condition when the comparison of at least one of the first data set and the second data set satisfies the respective straight path conditions, and can then associate that data acquired from the steering angle sensor(s) with a neutral position.
US09205867B2
The turning angle of the left and right front wheels is controlled based on an SBW command turning angle corresponding to the steering angle of a steering wheel mechanically uncoupled from the left and right front wheels and a disturbance suppression command turning angle to suppress the yaw angle generated in the vehicle by disturbance. The steering reaction force to be applied to a column shaft is controlled based on the steering angle of the steering wheel.
US09205864B2
An object is to prevent a driving assistance system for a vehicle from causing a collision of the self-vehicle with a solid object by performing driving assistance. To achieve the object, when a solid object that can be an obstacle exists in the course of the self-vehicle, the driving assistance system according to the present invention determines a plurality of paths along which the self-vehicle can travel by changing the momentum thereof, designates an avoidance line along which the solid object can be avoided from among the plurality of paths, and changes the momentum of the self-vehicle in such a way that the self-vehicle travels along the selected avoidance line. If the plurality of path do not include a path along which the solid object can be avoided, the driving assistance system changes the momentum of the self-vehicle again in the middle of a path selected from among the aforementioned paths, thereby avoiding the solid object.
US09205863B2
A control apparatus of a motor-driven power steering (MDPS) includes: a torque sensor configured to measure a driver's steering torque inputted to a steering wheel and output a steering torque signal; a steering angle sensor configured to measure a steering angle of the steering wheel; a variable notch filter configured to reduce a torque ripple for the steering torque signal depending on a steering angle speed which is a change rate of the steering angle with respect to time; a vehicle speed sensor configured to measure vehicle speed; and a controller configured to receive the steering angle, the steering torque signal, and the vehicle speed from the steering angle sensor, the variable notch filter, and the vehicle sensor, respectively, and control drivability of a driving motor according to a driving speed of a vehicle.
US09205860B2
Disclosed is a reducer of an electric power auxiliary steering apparatus. According to embodiments of the present invention, impulse noise of a worm shaft bearing caused by fluctuation of a worm shaft can be reduced, and strength of a damping member in a direction toward a worm wheel and an opposite direction thereto is lower than that in other directions, so that the fluctuation of the worm shaft can be more effectively alleviated.
US09205856B2
The vehicle having a pair of left and right wheels includes a seating section configured such that a driver is able to take a seat by straddling the same, foot placement sections located beneath the seating section to be respectively provided at left and right positions with the seating section interposed therebetween, the foot placement sections being respectively supported by lower arms connected to the wheels, feet of the driver being placed on the foot placement sections, and a grip section gripped with a hand of the driver. Left and right steering may be performed by twisting the feet placed on the foot placement sections by the driver.
US09205827B2
An ECU selects, in accordance with operation by a driver, either one of a manual shift mode in which a shift range can be manually changed through the operation by the driver and an engine rotation speed is controlled in accordance with a selected shift range and an automatic shift mode in which the engine rotation speed is controlled so as to reduce an amount of fuel consumption as compared with that in the manual shift mode. The driver is recommended to make a change from the manual shift mode to the automatic shift mode when the manual shift mode is selected.
US09205818B2
The brake system for motor vehicles has a brake pedal unit having a sensor, which has an intelligence of its own in the form of an electronic processing unit, which directly calculates actuating signals for brake actuators. Furthermore, the brake system has a central electronic control unit, which ascertains actuating signals for the actuators on the basis of an analog or digital signal of the mentioned sensor or of an additional sensor. The actuators have an intelligence of their own in the form of an electronic processing unit, which verifies whether the actuating signal coming from the central electronic control unit is valid. If this is the case, then the actuators are controlled by this signal, otherwise on the basis of the actuating signal calculated by the sensor.
US09205817B2
A braking device and a controller are provided. The braking device individually adjusts braking forces that are respectively generated at wheels of a vehicle. The controller executes braking force distribution control for individually controlling the braking forces at the right and left wheels of the vehicle such that slip conditions of the right and left wheels are equal to each other through control of the braking device. The controller executes the braking force distribution control on the basis of an upper limit of a right and left braking force deviation that is a deviation in braking force between the right and left wheels.
US09205816B2
In a vehicle emergency evacuation device which stops a running vehicle automatically or keeps a stop state of a stopped vehicle in a driver's emergency, a stop keeping process is executed to keep the stop state without conducting an intention confirmation process of the execution start of an emergency evacuation process when the emergency evacuation process is required, e.g. when an abnormality or a deterioration in the driver's condition arises or when the driver requests the emergency evacuation process, under a condition that the vehicle has stopped before a signal, a road crossing or a railroad crossing, thereby ensuring the safety of the vehicle. Moreover, there are provided a structure in which the stop site of the vehicle in the execution of automatic vehicle stop control is determined depending upon whether the running road is a driveway, a highway, or a normal road; and a structure that judges whether or not to permit an override to the emergency evacuation process after the execution start of the emergency evacuation process based on a passenger's motion.
US09205815B2
A method for controlling a vehicle braking system includes commanding vehicle brakes to provide braking torque based on a driver braking request in response to a detected collision and an anticipated application of a driver-actuated brake pedal after the collision. The method additionally includes activating the vehicle brakes in the absence of application of the brake pedal in response to a subsequent application and release of the brake pedal while a motion sensor reading exceeds a predefined threshold.
US09205812B2
A parking lock device of a gearbox is provided. The device includes a gearbox shaft, a gearbox housing, a locking ring which may be displaced axially along the gearbox shaft, a control ring which may be moved axially relative to the locking ring and the gearbox shaft. A movement of the control ring relative to the locking ring axially along the gearbox shaft causes an axial movement of the locking ring axially along the gearbox shaft, and the control ring displaces the locking ring in an activated state axially along the gearbox shaft to a predetermined axial position along the gearbox shaft. The gearbox shaft, the gearbox housing and the locking ring are designed and adapted to one another in such a way that in an activated state of the locking ring there is a positive engagement between the gearbox shaft, the gearbox housing and the locking ring.
US09205811B2
A washer nozzle (1) includes a nozzle body (2), a nozzle tip (11) which is mounted within the nozzle body (2), and a nozzle holder (15) having a head portion (9) for storing the nozzle body (2) and also has a supply portion (10) for supplying a cleaning liquid. The nozzle body (2) has a partitioning plate (4) configured to partition the spray orifice into two-tiered parts, and also has a guide portion (3) for guiding liquid spray. The nozzle body (2) of the washer nozzle (1) is configured so that the relative angle between upper liquid spray and lower liquid spray can be changed by making the length (a) of a guide region variable, the guide region extending in the direction of the center axis (c) of the nozzle body from the front end surface of the partition plate to the front end surface of the guide portion (3).
US09205804B2
A method for preventing twisting of a strap of a car seat, the method comprising receiving the strap through a body portion of a device, wherein the body portion includes opposite open ends, and wherein the strap extends through the body portion and protrudes from each of the ends, and positioning the device below at least one of a chest clip and a bottom clip coupled to the strap.
US09205801B2
An airbag module includes an inflatable cushion, an inflator configured to provide inflation gas for inflating the cushion, and a diffuser for directing the inflation gas from the inflator into the airbag. The diffuser is tubular and includes a first opening at one end for connecting to the inflator. The diffuser includes second and third openings located at the other end of the diffuser so that inflation gas is distributed into the inflatable cushion in two different directions.
US09205798B1
An airbag module includes a base and an airbag supported by the base. The airbag is inflatable from an uninflated position to an inflated position and presents an impact surface spaced from the base in the inflated position. The airbag includes an extension having a perimeter surface extending transversely from the impact surface around a perimeter of the extension. A tether extends from the base to the extension in the uninflated position. The extension catches the head of the test dummy if the test dummy slides along the impact surface during a vehicle oblique impact to slow and/or stop movement of the head of the test dummy toward a driver side door and/or A-pillar of the vehicle.
US09205797B2
An airbag unit for a motor vehicle safety device includes an inflatable airbag formed of flexible material and provided in a rolled and/or folded package. The package is held under compression by a cover which extends around at least part of the package. The cover is formed from a ductile fabric material including polymeric fibers, at least some of the fibers fused to one another to impart a predetermined stable shape to the unit. A method of packaging the airbag includes providing an inflatable airbag formed of flexible sheet material; rolling and/or folding the airbag and at least partially wrapping it with an initially flexible cover to form an intermediate package, the cover formed from a ductile fabric material including polymeric fibers; simultaneously heating and pressing the intermediate package to form a compressed package in which at least some of the fibers are fused to one another, the compressed package having a stable shape defined by the fused fibers.
US09205796B2
An airbag cover includes a ceiling wall portion provided on a steering wheel, and covered an airbag. The ceiling wall portion has an attaching door portion and a non-attaching door portion opened to the left and the right, causing a predetermined fracture portion to facture by the inflating airbag. The attaching door portion has an ornament retained on an attaching seat. In the predetermined fracture portion, the common portion positioned at the center of the right and left door portions has a bypass portion on the circumference of the attaching seat. The attaching door portion is slightly opened toward the rear.
US09205795B1
A passenger protection device includes a panel trim that is fittable to a vehicle instrument panel and a flexible sheet attached to each of at least a portion of the panel trim and at least a portion of an edge of the instrument panel.
US09205787B2
A vehicle counting device including: a frequency analysis unit that analyzes a frequency of a surrounding sound detected by a vehicle sound detection microphone; a vehicle sound candidate selection unit that selects, as one or more vehicle sound candidates, one or more sounds included in the surrounding sound, based on the analysis by the frequency analysis unit, each of the one or more sounds being in a frequency band where a sound pressure is greater than or equal to a predetermined threshold value; a phase curve calculation unit that calculates, for each of the one or more vehicle sound candidates, a phase curve; and a vehicle count determination unit that classifies the one or more phase curves into at least one group, based on shapes of the one or more phase curves, and determines a total number of the at least one group as the number of the nearby vehicles.
US09205781B1
Improvements using a door sensors or monitoring the vehicle CAN bus to determine when a door is opened or closed to simplify installation of a retractable door step to send a wireless or wired command to a step. Upon door movement the transmitter sends an open status message to a receiver where the message data is stored and the controller determines the correct responses. The step remains lowered until the receiver stops receiving messages indicating a door is closed or the transmitter on an open door has timed out ceasing transmissions. The step extension mechanism is a two-bar link that transfers rotation from a sealed waterproof motor and transmission to extend and retract the step.
US09205777B2
A display system for an agricultural vehicle includes a display for displaying a representation of the vehicle's location in a field in which the vehicle is operating and a control device for receiving an indication of an operating state of the vehicle and for controlling a viewing mode of the display according to the operating state.
US09205774B2
A light assembly for use in a work area that is mountable, portable, can be powered by moveable work equipment, and is capable of providing light necessary to adequately illuminate a work area so that work tasks can be completed. The mountable light assembly includes a housing containing a light source for illuminating a work area and a hanger for hanging the light assembly. The mountable light assembly may include an extension cord designed to be held in a storage compartment and pivotable wing housings containing wing light sources. For example, the light assembly may be designed to mount on the tailgate of a pickup truck and to draw power from a trailer power outlet.
US09205769B2
A waste receptacle assembly moves wholly or partially into and out of a compartment in a motor vehicle. When deployed, the waste receptacle assembly has a receptacle (e.g., bag) formed by continuous tube of bag material that has been closed off on one end. The bag material pays out from a bag supply. Trash and other waste is placed in the receptacle by passing through an aperture in the bag supply. When retracted, the waste receptacle is disposed in a compartment in the vehicle's dashboard, with the compartment advantageously closed off by a door panel so as to contain potential odors from the waste. The bag material may be treated with a suitable sanitizing compound. When full, the bag material forming the receptacle may be pulled downward, cut from the adjacent bag material section, and disposed of. The “new” receptacle may then be placed in service.
US09205764B2
A recliner assembly for a vehicular seat of the type including a backrest hingedly connected to a seat base and capable of being reclined. The recliner assembly includes an outer gear and includes an internal teeth arranged circumferentially about an axis A. The assembly also includes an inner gear including at least one tooth engaging member selectively moveable into and out of engagement with the internal teeth of the outer gear. A retainer is attached to the outer gear in order to retain the inner gear from lateral movement along axis A. The retainer is configured for mounting to the outer gear and the inner gear is configured for mounting to at least one of a top plate and a base plate. The retainer, outer gear, and inner gears can be formed from a fine-blanked steel material and simply welded together to improve recliner strength while reducing assembly costs.
US09205763B2
A seat-track assembly is provided and may include a first track member having a series of locking features and a second track member slidably supported by the first track member. The seat-track assembly may also include a locking mechanism having at least two locking pawls movable between a locked state engaged with the locking features to restrict relative movement between the first and second track members and an unlocked state disengaged from the locking features to permit relative movement between the first and second track members. The at least two locking pawls may each include at least two locking elements that are received within respective ones of the series of locking features in the locked state such that each of the locking elements simultaneously restrict relative movement between the first track member and the second track member in two directions when the locking pawls are in the locked state.
US09205756B2
The controller calculates a first limit based on received information about the battery packs and the schedule for charging and discharging plan, and supplies the first limit which serves as a control command to a master battery management unit (BMU), a master BMU receives the first limit. The master BMU sets and distributes the second limit to each one of local battery management function blocks in the battery packs. As a result, each BMU receives the second limit respectively. Then, the each BMU supplies the third limit to a bidirectional power source circuit, respectively, based on failure information FAIL and capacity information SOC of the battery in the battery pack.
US09205746B2
An electric assist cart includes: a drive wheel provided in a body frame; a control handle used by an operator to input a driving force to the body frame; a torque sensor that detects a driving torque applied to the body frame from the control handle; a controller that computes an assisting force applied to the drive wheel based on the driving torque; an electric motor that applies the assisting force to the drive wheel; a brake that brakes the drive wheel and switches from a braking state to an unbraking state when a predetermined electric current flows; and a brake release switch manipulated by an operator to allow the controller to instruct the predetermined electric current to flow to the brake, wherein the controller maintains the braking state of the brake even when the brake release switch is manipulated without turning on power, and power is then turned on.
US09205738B2
A wheel end of a vehicle includes a knuckle and a wheel and wheel hub rotatably mounted to the knuckle. A CV-joint is positioned adjacent to the wheel hub. A clutch ring is slidable between engagement with one of the wheel hub and the CV-joint or both. A pneumatic annular actuator is connected to a shift fork that is engaged with the clutch ring for movement of the clutch ring between engaged and dis-engaged. The shift fork includes a base portion and an L-shaped section. The L-shaped section includes a plurality of slots therein to allow the shift fork to deflect and pivot when a misalignment occurs between the teeth of the constant velocity joint half shaft and the clutch ring during assembly of the CV-joint to the wheel hub. The pneumatic actuator includes an elastomeric diaphragm wall that includes a compliant stop extending axially therefrom.
US09205735B2
A power transmission device of a hybrid vehicle comprises: an electric differential portion having a first rotating element coupled to an engine, a second rotating element coupled to a first rotator, and a third rotating element coupled to a second rotator, the second rotator being disposed in a power transmission path including the third rotating element between the engine and drive wheels, the second rotator having a rotor shaft interposed in series in the power transmission path, a rotor of the second rotator being fixed, and making up a portion of the power transmission path.
US09205730B2
A soft top is provided for a cabriolet. The soft top includes, but is not limited to, a monofilament warp thread and a monofilament weft thread. The soft top also includes, but is not limited to, a filling material substantially filling the interstices between the monofilament warp thread and the monofilament weft thread to form a substantially translucent fabric.
US09205713B2
A bolt assembly provides a reciprocating bolt. The bolt assembly includes a bolt assembly body, a cap affixed to the bolt assembly body, and a base affixed to the bolt assembly body opposite the cap, wherein the bolt assembly body includes a bolt carrier having a cap end disposed proximally to the cap and a bolt receiving end disposed distally from the cap. The bolt assembly also includes a biasing mechanism biasing the bolt carrier in a retracted position relative to the bolt assembly, and an extension actuator including a diaphragm having a center portion disposed between the cap and the bolt assembly body, the center portion of the diaphragm being deflectable to enable the biasing of the bolt carrier in the retracted position, the center portion of the diaphragm being oppositely deflectable to apply an actuation force to the cap end of the bolt carrier so as to move the bolt carrier from the retracted position to an extended position relative to the bolt assembly.
US09205703B2
A hub or wheel assembly includes a retaining element, biasing element, and hand-maneuverable release mechanism. The housing includes an axle bore configured to receive an axle and a pin sleeve including a first end in fluid communication with the axle bore, a second end, and a conduit between the first end and the second end. The retaining element is within the conduit and is configured to operatively engage a groove in an axle. The biasing element is within the conduit and is configured to bias the retaining element towards the axle bore. The hand-maneuverable release mechanism is configured to displace the retaining element away from the axle bore.
US09205698B2
A method including a) forming a through-hole in a dummy substrate including a surface by radiating a laser to the surface of the dummy substrate in a state where the dummy substrate is moved relative to the laser along a direction parallel to the surface of the dummy substrate, b) determining an angle α (−90°<α<+90°) of the through-hole relative to a line perpendicular to the surface of the dummy substrate, and c) forming a through-hole in the insulating substrate with the same conditions as step a) except for radiating a laser at an angle β relative to a line perpendicular to a surface of the insulating substrate. The angle β is set to be line symmetric with the angle α relative to the line perpendicular to the surface of the insulating substrate and satisfy a relationship of β=−α.
US09205693B2
The invention provides a cloth material for marking including, in this order, a label cloth formed from a fiber, an intermediate layer including a resin having a softening point of 180° C. or higher, a transfer adhesive layer including a thermoplastic resin having a softening point of 170° C. or lower and having a melt flow rate of 100 g/10 min or lower; and a release sheet.
US09205691B1
A three-dimensional object printer compensates for variations in ejected material drop volumes by adjusting firing signal parameters. The printer includes an optical sensor that generates height measurement data of columns of material in a test pattern. Differences between the height of columns of material in the test pattern formed by the ejectors in the printhead and the expected height of the columns are compared to a predetermined range to detect drop variations that are out of tolerance. The modification of the firing signal parameter adjust the operation of the ejectors to bring the volume of the drops ejected by the ejector within tolerance range to reduce the ink drop velocities of the ejected drops within a predetermined range.
US09205685B2
An image forming apparatus includes a notification section that provides information to a user; a sheet feeding section that feeds a sheet; an image forming section that forms an image on a sheet; a first conveyance section that conveys a sheet fed from the sheet feeding section to the image forming section; a displacement detection section that detects a displacement of a sheet in the first conveyance section; a displacement correction section that corrects a lateral position of a sheet on the basis of a result of detection by the displacement detection section; and a control section that controls the notification section to notify an occurrence of a displacement error which cannot be corrected by the displacement correction section and a cause of the displacement error when the displacement error is detected by the displacement detection section.
US09205680B2
A printer includes: a media tray; a picker; a media guide for guiding the media sheets around a media feed path towards a print zone; a main drive roller assembly positioned upstream of the print zone; and an intermediary drive roller assembly positioned between the picker and the main drive roller assembly. The intermediary drive roller assembly includes: an intermediary idler roller mounted on an intermediary idler shaft; and an intermediary drive roller having a gripping surface engaged with the intermediary idler roller. An intermediary drive shaft is pivotally connected to a support shaft via a swing arm, such that the intermediary drive shaft is arcuately moveable relative to the intermediary idler shaft to provide a variable distance therebetween.
US09205679B1
A method for applying vacuum force across a width of a web of movable print medium as it moves through a printing system and determining if positions of a pair of adjustable edge seals do not correspond to the width of the movable print medium is disclosed. The method comprises defining a vacuum chamber and using a vacuum source to provide vacuum in the vacuum chamber. Sealing rollers and the adjustable edge seals define an opening in the vacuum chamber. An appropriate response curve from a plurality of response curves for different known print media are selected. A signal indicative of the vacuum level in the vacuum chamber is produced. The signal is compared to the response curve to produce an error signal indicating whether the position of the edge seals corresponds to the width of the print medium.
