US09268905B2
A computer-implemented method for monitoring one or more response variables in response to a media segment using brain wave frequency data includes displaying a media segment to a user. The media segment includes one or more embedded flags to flag one or more positions of the media segment. The method further includes acquiring brain wave frequency data of the user, acquiring amplitude data of the acquired brain wave frequency data in one or more frequency bands; and determining one or more response variables in response to the acquired amplitude data of the acquired brain wave frequency data correlating to flagged positions of the media segment.
US09268897B2
A process for manufacturing integrated circuit devices includes providing a set of original color rules defining an original color rule space and defining a design space. The improvement involves applying a perturbed color rule space to the router processing engine to expose double pattern routing odd cycle decomposition errors, and reconfiguring the router processing engine in accordance with the exposed decomposition errors.
US09268896B1
A method of forming a photomask comprises providing a predetermined fin array having a plurality of fin patterns to a computer readable medium in a computer system. First of all, a plurality of width markers is defined by using the computer system, with each of the width marker parallel to each other and comprising two fin patterns, wherein each of the width markers is spaced from each other by a space. Then, a number of the width markers is checked to be an even. Following this, a plurality of pre-mandrel patterns is defined corresponding to odd numbered ones of the spaces. Then, a plurality of mandrel patterns is defined by sizing up the pre-mandrel patterns. Finally, the mandrel patterns are outputted to form a photomask.
US09268891B1
Compiling a circuit design includes receiving the circuit design specified in a hardware description language, detecting, using a processor, a slice of a vector within the circuit design, and determining that the slice is defined by a left slice boundary variable and a right slice boundary variable. A hardware description is generated from the circuit design using the processor by including a first shifter circuit receiving the left slice boundary variable as an input signal, a second shifter circuit receiving the right slice boundary variable as an input signal, a control signal generator coupled to the first and second shifter circuits, and an output stage. The output stage, responsive to a control signal dependent upon an output from the first shifter circuit and an output from second shifter circuit, generates an output signal including newly received values from a data signal only for bit locations of the output signal corresponding to the slice.
US09268890B2
Designing a photonics switching system is provided. A photonic switch diode is designed to attain each performance metric in a plurality of performance metrics associated with a photonic switching system based on a weighted value corresponding to each of the plurality of performance metrics. A switch driver circuit is selected from a plurality of switch driver circuits for the photonic switching system. It is determined whether each performance metric associated with the photonic switching system meets or exceeds a threshold value corresponding to each of the plurality of performance metrics based on the designed photonic switch diode and the selected switch driver circuit. In response to determining that each performance metric associated with the photonic switching system meets or exceeds the threshold value corresponding to each of the performance metrics, the photonic switching system is designed using the designed photonic switch diode and the selected switch driver circuit.
US09268885B1
A method can include selecting integrated circuit (IC) device fabrication process source variations; generating relationships between each process source variance and a device metric variance; and calculating at least one IC device metric value from the process source variations and corresponding relationships between each process source variance and a device metric variance.
US09268883B2
A method and apparatus for managing variations in a product structure for a product comprising a data manager and a visualizer. The data manager is configured to manage variations in the product structure using a model. The model includes a group of master objects having a primary hierarchical organization and a group of configuration objects having a number of secondary hierarchical organizations. Each secondary hierarchical organization in the number of secondary hierarchical organizations is associated with the primary hierarchical organization and configured to represent a variant of the product. A number of configuration objects in a secondary hierarchical organization represents a number of variations in the product structure for the product. The visualizer is configured to visually present, in a graphical user interface, information for an object selected from one of a master object in the group of master objects and a configuration object in the group of configuration objects.
US09268876B2
A system and method is provided for processing and storing captured data in a wireless communication device based on detected biometric event data. The captured data may be acquired through a data acquisition system with devices or sensors in an integrated or distributed configuration. The captured data may include multimedia data of an event with time, date and/or location stamping, and captured physiological and behavioral biometric event data in response to the event. The captured data may be dynamically stored in a data binding format or as raw data in a local host device or communicated externally to be stored in a remote host or storage. At least one user preference may be specified for linking a biometric event data to the mapped, analyzed, categorized and stored captured data in a database. Captured data may be retrieved by matching biometric event data to at least one user preference from the database.
US09268870B2
An apparatus for developing web portals includes a portal decomposer configured to generate a plurality of modules from a web portal, a portal composer configured to generate a plurality of portal versions using a plurality of selections of the modules, wherein the selections of modules include a local module deployed on a host of the web portal and a remote module deployed on a second host coupled to the host of the web portal. An application for decomposing and composing web portals includes plurality of instructions that cause a processor to decompose a first web portal into a plurality of portal modules; and compose a second web portal that is a version of the first portal from a set of selected modules from the portal modules.
US09268856B2
The present invention is directed to system, methods and computer program products for generating a graphical module for the display of a query-specific content. The method according to one embodiment comprises receiving a query, determining a category identifier for the query and retrieving a category template corresponding to the category identifier for the query. At least one template query is performed, the template query corresponding to a request for data specified by the category template, and a template module is generated that comprises the data retrieved by the template query. The template module is combined with a search results page responsive to the query for display to a user.
US09268855B2
A packet classification system, methods, and apparatus are provided for packet classification. A processor of a router coupled to a network processes data packets received from a network. The processor creates a request key using information extracted from a packet. The processor splits the request key into an n number of partial request keys if at least one predetermined criterion is met. The processor also sends a non-final request that includes an i-th partial request key to a corresponding search table of an n number of search tables, wherein i
US09268848B2
Embodiments are directed to semantically navigating a data collection and to providing custom data mappings for a semantic group of data items. In one scenario, a computer system displays various data items of a data collection on a data presentation interface of a software application user interface. The user interface receives a first user input indicating that a semantic interface is to be displayed in the software application user interface, and displays the semantic interface which includes semantic headers that identify groups of data items. The user interface then receives a second user input that selects at least one of the semantic headers to display its corresponding group of data items and navigates the data presentation interface to the group of data items corresponding to the selected semantic header.
US09268845B1
Systems and methods audio matching using interest point overlap are disclosed herein. The systems include determining at least one matching reference segment based on a probe segment. Interest points for both the at least one matching reference segment and the probe segment can be generated. Probe segment interest points and matching reference segment interest points can be time aligned and frequency aligned. A count can be generated based on a number of overlapping interest points between each set of reference interest points and the set of probe segment interest points. The disclosed systems and methods allow false positive reference to be identified and eliminated based on the count. The benefits in eliminating false positive matches improve the accuracy of an audio matching system.
US09268841B2
Systems and methods classify, organize, and retrieve data from a variety of applications based on entities associated with the data. A data classification module is configured to retrieve stored information from a repository. The data classification module is configured to receive a request to retrieve the stored information. The data classification module is configured to search the repository based on the request. Based on the search, the data classification module is configured to retrieved stored information from the repository. The data classification module is configured provide the retrieved information to a requester of the information. For example, the data classification module can be configured to provide the retrieved information in a series of interactive cascading menus.
US09268840B2
Techniques are provided to allow users to define a global service that is offered across multiple replicated databases. Database clients connect to and use a global service just as they do with regular services on a single database today. Upon receiving a connection request, a collection of components, referred to collectively as the Global Data Service framework (GDS framework), automatically chooses the best database server instances to which to connect a client. Once those connections have been established, the clients determine which database server instance, of those database server instances to which they are connected, to send requests to based, at least in part, on advisory messages sent to the clients by the GDS framework.
US09268838B2
A probabilistic data structure is generated for efficient query processing using a histogram for unsorted data in a column of a columnar database. A bucket range size is determined for multiples buckets of a histogram of a column in a columnar database table. In at least some embodiments, the histogram may be a height-balanced histogram. A probabilistic data structure is generated to indicate for which particular buckets in the histogram there is a data value stored in the data block. When an indication of a query directed to the column for select data is received, the probabilistic data structure for each of the data blocks storing data for the column may be examined to determine particular ones of the data blocks which do not need to be read in order to service the query for the select data.
US09268835B2
Systems and methods are directed to an eventually consistent replicated data store that uses, for its underlying storage, a computer software library that provides a high-performance embedded database for data. The replicated data store employs a plurality of hosts interconnected to one another, allowing for writes to any host and full awareness of membership across all hosts. With the data replication framework, various modes are allowed to be built up on top of the core system.
US09268834B2
Distributed storage systems support SQL while also providing scalability and fault tolerance by utilizing an SQL library (the SQL execution component) layered on top of a transactional key-value system (the storage component). The SQL library comprises a parser and an execution engine running at the client, while the storage component comprises a key-value system for storing the data. The SQL library parses SQL queries received from client applications and maps them to transactions on the key-value system. The key-value system stores data items identified by key and provides concurrency control mechanisms to handle concurrent transactions. The key-value system may be a distributed system with several storage servers, each attached to one or more storage devices.
US09268833B2
A synchronization window for synchronizing data for a calendar in a client calendar data store on a calendar data client computer system with data for the calendar in a server calendar data store on a calendar data server computer system can be calculated using a current time. A request for synchronization data for calendar items for the calendar with calendar times that are within the synchronization window can be sent to the calendar data server. One or more responses to the request can be received from the calendar data server. The response(s) can include received records for calendar items that are at least partially within the synchronization window. The received records can include a master record of a recurring calendar item and an instance record of an occurrence of the recurring calendar item. The received records for the calendar items can be incorporated in the client calendar data store.
US09268832B1
An efficient and highly scalable method of sorting an input file in a processing system by using only a limited amount (i.e., a portion) of memory in the processing system, where that amount of memory is substantially smaller than the input file, is disclosed. The input file can be, for example, a fingerprint database for use in deduplication, and the processing system can be, for example, a network storage server. The merge phase is broken down into sub-phases, where each sub-phase takes a predetermined number of subsets of a fingerprint file to merge and writes them back as a sorted, merged group. The number of threads used to process these groups can depend on the number of central processing units (CPUs) present in the system and can be dynamically tuned to achieve desired level of performance.
US09268831B2
A system and method are provided for receiving extracted data from a transaction database. Extracted data is transformed into a predefined structure and used to populate a database. A set of measures are then provided for interrogating the database and these may be displayed to the user with dimensions which maybe applied to filter the data. Data presented to a user is relevant to his or her area of activity. The data is periodically refreshed and signals are presented in the data relating to issues requiring further investigation.
US09268818B1
Methods and systems are provided for presenting a user with a recommendation intent query in response to the user indicating that he or she recommends content. The recommendation intent query allows a user to designate (e.g., select, indicate, identify, choose, etc.) one or more components, subjects, characteristics, properties, etc., of the content to which the user's recommendation should be attributed. Therefore, the user's intent with regard to the recommendation can be determined, and a more detailed social annotation about the recommendation can be provided to other users in a social network. The recommendation intent query is in the form of a user interface containing a list of components, subjects, and characteristics of the recommended content, one or more of which may be designated by the user as being the intended target(s) of his or her recommendation.
US09268811B1
A system and method for replaying writes in a replication log is provided. The replay of writes in the replication log can begin at some point after detecting an imminent overflow condition is detected. One method involves detecting the imminent overflow condition, performing a first synchronization for regions of the first volume based upon information in a first subset of the replication log, processing information in a second subset of the replication log while the first synchronization is ongoing, and performing a second synchronization for regions of the first volume based upon information in the second subset of the replication log, subsequent to the first synchronization and subsequent to processing the information in the second subset of the replication log.
US09268809B2
Method and system for document update are provided. Information related to document update in the database is obtained. A stochastic model is generated based on the obtained information. An update sequence is determined based on the stochastic model. The update sequence indicates at least one document that needs to be updated in a time slot. One or more documents are retrieved from the database based on the update sequence. The retrieved one or more documents are updated in the time slot.
US09268807B2
Disclosed herein are system, method, and computer program product embodiments for implementing a bitmap for a column store database. An embodiment operates by creating, by at least one processor, a bitmap identifying rows in a column store database. The bitmap may include a list of bit chunks, a bit chunk including an offset being a natural number indicating a chunk size, and a bit specification including one of an ordered row id list, a contiguous row id sequence, and a bit vector. In addition, the embodiment includes performing database operations using the bitmap.
US09268794B2
Technologies are generally described herein for extracting a representative motion flow from a video. Technologies are also generally described herein for retrieving a video utilizing the representative motion flow. The representative motion flow may be extracted utilizing a sliding window approach to generate interesting motion flows. The representative motion flow may be generated based on the interesting motion flows.
US09268792B2
Described herein are techniques related to automatic selection of a group of one or more digital images from a set of digital images based, at least in part, upon weighted criteria regarding properties (e.g., metadata or content) of the digital images. This Abstract is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims.
US09268783B1
A computer-implemented method and system for improving efficiency in a delta compression process in a data storage system selects a data chunk to delta compress and selects a set of candidate data chunks using a first selection mechanism. Throughput or resource utilization is monitored. A change is made to a second selection mechanism that increases similarity of the set of candidates with the selected data chunk to improve compression in response to determining high resource availability or high throughput level. A change is made to a third selection mechanism that increases throughput of the delta compression process in response to determining low resources availability or low throughput.
US09268782B2
A computing device has multiple user profiles. While a particular user profile is the currently-active user profile of a computing device, the computing device determines whether a binary that is not associated with the particular user profile is already stored at the computing device. In response to determining that the binary is not already stored at the computing device, the computing device downloads the binary from a computing system other than the computing device and associates the binary with the particular user profile. If the binary is already stored at the computing device, the computing device associates the binary with the particular user profile without downloading the binary again.
US09268772B2
A document collaborating method among multiple users automatically notifies related users once a setting of sharing is finished and regularly reminds the related users according to a sharing time limit. In the document collaborating method, one or more types of message accounts correspondent to a username of each user is created; a document initial version number is allocated for one or more documents which the user shares with contacts of the user or a collaborative group of the user, and a correspondent sharing permission and a correspondent sharing time limit are set; thereafter, notification messages are sent to the contacts of the user or the collaborative group of the user by the message account, and the message accounts of all sharing users of the shared document regularly reminds the sharing users to notice the time limit according to the sharing time limit.
US09268765B1
Computer-implemented methods can transform a corpus of meaningful text sequences into a generalized computer-usable repository of neurolinguistic information that can be applied by one or more computer systems. The computer system(s) can use the neurolinguistic information to neurolinguistically analyze meaningful text sequences to derive statistical information and identify dominant cognitive motivation orientations expressed in those text sequences. The identified dominant cognitive motivation orientations can be used to improve the efficacy of both human-generated and machine-generated communications. The computer system(s) thereby transform a meaningful text sequence into actionable information about the dominant cognitive motivation orientation(s) of the author of that text sequence within the context in which the text sequence was composed. Computer systems and computer-program products for implementing the methods are also described.
US09268761B2
Techniques for configuring a dynamic document template and for generating formatted documents based thereon are provided. A data source is associated with a dynamic document template. Static text is inserted into the template. One or more placeholders are inserted in the template. Expressions may be associated with static text and placeholders in the template. Each expression may reference one or more data elements of the data source. One or more formatted documents may be generated based on the dynamic document template. In the case of placeholders, a data element referenced by an expression associated with a placeholder may be displayed in a formatted document in place of the placeholder in a display format (e.g., a color, a font type, etc.) selected according to the expression. Likewise, a display format of static text may be selected based on an expression associated with the static text.
US09268754B1
Systems and methods for improving automated processing of electronic media items are disclosed. In one embodiment, a computer system identifies a first set of regions of a page of an electronic media item, and a respective region type for at least one region of the first set, where the identification of the respective region type is based on one or more typographical features, historical data, and, optionally, the position and/or dimensions of the region. The computer system receives an identification by a user of a second set of regions of the page and a respective region type for at least one region of the second set, and then modifies the historical data when there is a difference between the regions and respective region types of the first set, and the regions and respective region types of the second set.
US09268746B2
A system and method for vector memory array transposition. The system includes a vector memory, a block transposition accelerator, and an address controller. The vector memory stores a vector memory array. The block transposition accelerator reads a vector of a block of data within the vector memory array. The block transposition accelerator also writes a transposition of the vector of the block of data to the vector memory. The address controller determines a vector access order, and the block transposition accelerator accesses the vector of the block of data within the vector memory array according to the vector access order.
US09268740B2
An external environment recognizing device for vehicle includes an image acquiring unit configured to acquire image obtained by picking up image of an area ahead of an own vehicle, a light-source extracting unit configured to extract light source from the acquired image, an own-vehicle-speed acquiring unit configured to acquire own vehicle speed, an oncoming-vehicle-presence-possible-region estimating unit configured to estimate oncoming vehicle presence possible region on the basis of own vehicle speed, and an oncoming-vehicle detecting unit configured to detect an oncoming vehicle on the basis of the oncoming vehicle presence possible region and the light source. The oncoming-vehicle-presence-possible-region estimating unit estimates oncoming vehicle presence possible region on the basis of the own vehicle speed, a minimum curvature radius of traveling road corresponding to a speed limit determined in advance, and traffic information indicating whether driving on the traveling road is driving on the right side or the left side.
US09268729B2
Systems and methods for efficient handling of data traffic and processing within a processing device
The present invention provides an improved platform hub that aims to, in some embodiments, optimize system resources to improve system performance and/or reduce consumption of power.
US09268721B2
The present invention includes a plurality of CPUs using memory as main memory, another function block using memory as a buffer, a CPU interface which controls access transfer from the plurality of CPUs to memory, and a DRAM controller for performing arbitration of the access transfer to the memory. Therein, the CPU interface causes access requests from the plurality of CPUs to wait, and receives and stores the address, data transfer mode and data size of each access, notifies the DRAM controller of the access requests, and then, upon receiving grant signals for the access requests, sends information to the DRAM controller according to the grant signals, whereupon the DRAM controller receives the grant signals, and on the basis of the access arbitration, specifies CPUs for which transfers have been granted so as to send the grant signals to the CPU interface.
US09268718B2
An exemplary signal collection system includes a signal transmitting module and a computer. The signal transmitting module outputs a high-speed signal with a high frequency. The signal collection system further includes a data collection module interconnecting the signal transmitting module and the computer. The data collection module includes a frequency reduction unit. The frequency reduction unit reduces the frequency of the high-speed signal output from the signal transmitting module and outputs the high-speed signal with a reduced frequency to the computer. A signal collection method based upon the signal collection system is also disclosed.
US09268717B2
Systems and methods for sharing a single root I/O virtualization (SR-IOV) device (106) amongst a plurality of roots (104) are described herein. The described systems implement a method which includes identifying a physical function (PF) and a plurality of virtual functions (VFs) associated with the SR-IOV device (106). The method also include generating at least one set of VFs from amongst the plurality of identified VFs, where each set of VFs include one or more VFs, and generating a pseudo PF (PPF) for each of the at least one set of VFs, where each PPF and a set of VFs associated with the PPF forms a projected SR-IOV device (106). The method further includes associating each of the projected SR-IOV device (106) with a root (104) from amongst the plurality of roots (104) to allow sharing of the SR-IOV device (106).
US09268713B2
A method for securely storing password information in a memory of a computer device. The stored password information is protected by a master password. The method includes receiving a text string corresponding to password information. The method also includes converting the text string to a media file. When the media file is passed to an output the password information is presented to a user. The method also includes storing the media file in the memory such that it is protected by the master password.
US09268710B1
One embodiment of the present invention provides a system that facilitates efficient transactional execution. The system starts by executing a transaction for a thread, wherein executing the transaction involves placing load-marks on cache lines which are loaded during the transaction and placing store-marks on cache lines which are stored to during the transaction. Upon completing the transaction, the system releases the load-marks and the store-marks from the cache lines which were load-marked and store-marked during the transaction. Note that during the transaction, the load-marks and store-marks prevent interfering accesses from other threads to the cache lines.
US09268708B2
This invention assures cache coherence in a multi-level cache system upon eviction of a higher level cache line. A victim buffer stored data on evicted lines. On a DMA access that may be cached in the higher level cache the lower level cache sends a snoop write. The address of this snoop write is compared with the victim buffer. On a hit in the victim buffer the write completes in the victim buffer. When the victim data passes to the next cache level it is written into a second victim buffer to be retired when the data is committed to cache. DMA write addresses are compared to addresses in this second victim buffer. On a match the write takes place in the second victim buffer. On a failure to match the controller sends a snoop write.
US09268706B2
A device includes a host including a main memory, and semiconductor memory including a nonvolatile semiconductor memory, memory unit, and controller. The nonvolatile semiconductor memory stores first address information. The memory unit stores second address information as part of the first address information. The controller accesses the nonvolatile semiconductor memory based on the second address information. Third address information is stored in the main memory, and is part or all of the first address information. The controller uses the third address information when accessing the nonvolatile semiconductor memory if address information to be referred is not stored in the second address information.
US09268705B2
A data storage device is provided. The data storage device includes a data storage medium having a plurality of data blocks, a cache having a plurality of cache blocks, wherein each cache block is identified by a cache block address, a cache control memory including a memory element for each data block configured to store the cache block address of the cache block in which data of the data block is written.
US09268698B1
System for working with shared memory includes a plurality of contexts, each having executable processes writing and reading data; a ring buffer in the shared memory for writing and reading data by the contexts; a software primitive manages access attempts by the contexts to the ring buffer. Each context, upon writing to the ring buffer, is allocated an amount of space up to a maximum available at that moment. The software primitive guarantees consistency of the data written to the ring buffer. The software primitive permits simultaneous writing into the buffer by multiple contexts. After finishing writing to the buffer, the context updates a state of the buffer by decrementing the count of the active writers and/or by shifting the permitting pointers for communicating with writers and readers. A context can read from the buffer only data is marked as valid for reading by the context that wrote that data.
US09268697B2
A processor is described that includes a plurality of processing cores. The processor includes an interconnection network coupled to each of said processing cores. The processor includes snoop filter logic circuitry coupled to the interconnection network and associated with coherence plane logic circuitry of the processor. The snoop filter logic circuitry contains circuitry to hold information that identifies not only which of the processing cores are caching specific cache lines that are cached by the processing cores, but also, where in respective caches of the processing cores the cache lines are cached.
US09268691B2
A mechanism implemented by a controller enables efficient access to an interleaved memory system that includes M modules, M being (2n+1) or (2n−1), n being a positive integer number. Upon receiving an address N, the controller performs shift and add/subtract operations to obtain a quotient of N divided by M based on a binomial series expansion of N over M. The controller computes a remainder of N divided by M based on the quotient. The controller then accesses one of the modules in the memory based on the remainder.
US09268687B2
A data writing method for a rewritable non-volatile memory module having a plurality of physical erasing units, and a memory control circuit unit and the memory storage apparatus are provided. The method includes: grouping the physical erasing units into at least a data area and a spare area; configuring a plurality of logical units for mapping to the physical erasing units of the data area; and dynamically reserving a predetermined number of physical erasing units dedicating to write sequential data. Accordingly, the method can fast write the sequential data with the page-based memory management.
US09268686B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure describe background reordering techniques and configurations to prevent wear-out of an integrated circuit device such as a memory device. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving information about one or more incoming access transactions to a memory device from a processor, determining that a wear-leveling operation is to be performed based on a cumulative number of access transactions to the memory device, the cumulative number of access transactions including the one or more incoming access transactions, and performing the wear-leveling operation by mapping a first physical address of the memory device to a second physical address of the memory device based on a pseudo-random mapping function, and copying information from the first physical address to the second physical address. Other embodiments may be described and/or claimed.
US09268684B2
A high performance computing (HPC) system includes computing blades having a first region that includes processors for performing a computation, and a second region that includes non-volatile memory for use in performing the computation and another computing processor for performing data movement and storage. Because data movement and storage are offloaded to the secondary processor, the processors for performing the computation are not interrupted to perform these tasks. A method for use in the HPC system receives instructions in the computing processors and first data in the memory. The method includes receiving second data into the memory while continuing to execute the instructions in the computing processors, without interruption. A computer program product implementing the method is also disclosed.
US09268676B2
Mechanisms are provided, in a storage system controller of a storage system, for writing data to a storage medium. The storage system controller receives a write request to write a block of data to the storage medium. The write request does not specify a location on the storage medium to which to write the block of data. The storage system controller determines a current position of a write mechanism of the storage system relative to the storage medium and determines a location on the storage medium to write the block of data based on the current position of the write mechanism. The storage system controller sends a notification to a host system identifying the location of the block of data on the storage medium as determined by the storage system controller. The writing mechanism writes the block of data to the determined location on the storage medium.
US09268675B2
A system, method, and computer program product for auditing script code is disclosed. The system may include a parser module on a computer, a rules module on a computer, and a reporting module on a computer. The parser module may be configured to parse the script code to generate script code metadata. The rules module may be configured to audit the script code by applying rules to the script code. The reporting module on a computer configured to use the script code metadata to generate a result of the audit.
US09268674B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for monitoring testing progress of a software testing project utilizing a data-warehouse architecture. In use, at least one current software testing project is monitored. Current information such as defect information and test case information associated with the at least one current software testing project are received. Additionally, test planning information associated with the at least one current software testing project is received, the test planning information including test plans for the at least one current software testing project. In addition, overall project planning information is received, including performance metrics associated with the at least one current software testing project. Further, the current defect information, the current test case information, the test planning information, and the overall project planning information associated with the at least one test are stored in at least one centralized data repository, the at least one centralized data repository further including historical test data associated with one or more past software testing projects. Furthermore, data associated with at least one user request is retrieved from the at least one centralized data repository, the data associated with at least one user request corresponding to at least one of the current defect information, the current test case information, the test planning information, the overall project planning information, or the historical test data. Still yet, the data associated with the at least one user request is transformed into a format for display. Moreover, one or more reports are generated utilizing the transformed data, the one or more reports including user modifiable reports and being associated with a test progress of the at least one current software testing project.
US09268660B2
Embodiments relate to matrix and compression-based error detection. An aspect includes summing, by each of a first plurality of summing modules of a first compressor, a respective row of a matrix, the matrix comprising a plurality of rows and a plurality of columns of output bits of a circuit under test wherein each output bit of the circuit under test comprises an element of the matrix, and is a member of a row of a column that is orthogonal to the row. Another aspect includes summing, by each of a second plurality of summing modules of a second compressor, a respective column of output bits of the matrix. Yet another aspect includes determining a presence of an error in the circuit under test based at least one of an output of the first compressor and an output of the second compressor.
US09268655B2
Technology is disclosed herein for resolving synchronization conflicts when synchronizing application state data between computing devices. According to at least one embodiment, a server detects a first set of application state data at a first computing device conflicting with a second set of application state data at a second computing device. The first and second sets of application state data represent application states of the same computer application running at the first and second computing devices, respectively. Accordingly, the first computing device presents a user interface prompting a user to choose a preferred set of application state data between the first and second sets of application state data. If the user chooses the second set of application state data as the preferred set, the first computing device uses the second set of application state data to overwrite the first set of application state data at the device.
US09268638B2
A memory control method is used for controlling a flash memory. The flash memory includes a first memory element and a second memory element. The second memory element includes multiple blocks and each block includes multiple pages. In this method, original data are written to the first memory element. Input data are obtained by reading the original data from the first memory element. The input data includes multiple input data rows. The input data rows are divided into data groups. Each input data row corresponding to each data row is written to a corresponding data page on the second memory element. A parity row corresponding to each data group is written to a data page on the second memory element. The number of data rows for each data group is smaller than the number of each block in the second memory element.
US09268634B2
A decoding method, a memory storage device and a memory controlling circuit unit are provided. The method includes: reading memory cells according to a first reading voltage to obtain first verifying bits; executing a decoding procedure including a probability decoding algorithm according to the first verifying bits to obtain first decoded bits, and determining whether a decoding is successful by using the decoded bits; if the decoding is failed, reading the memory cells according to a second reading voltage to obtain second verifying bits, and executing the decoding procedure according to the second verifying bits to obtain second decoded bits. The second reading voltage is different from the first reading voltage, and the number of the second reading voltage is equal to the number of the first reading voltage. Accordingly, the ability for correcting errors is improved.
US09268629B2
The present disclosure includes methods and apparatuses for dual mapping between program states and data patterns. One apparatus includes a memory and a controller configured to control a dual mapping method comprising: performing a base conversion on a received data pattern and mapping a resulting base converted data pattern to one of a first number of program state combinations corresponding to a first group of memory cells; and determining a number of error data units corresponding to the base converted data pattern and mapping the number of error data units to one of a number of second program state combinations corresponding to a second group of memory cells. The number of error data units are mapped to the one of the second number of program state combinations corresponding to the second group of memory cells without being base converted.
US09268624B2
Embodiments provide systems, methods, and computer program products for monitoring application performance in multithreaded environments. Monitoring data may be inserted into data structures that propagate and persist between threads involved in a processing event. Data related to specific methods executing on each thread may be output to a trace file. The trace file may be analyzed for application performance by associating the threads that contain the same tracking data from the propagated data structure.
US09268613B2
A personal datacenter system is described herein that provides a framework for leveraging multiple heterogeneous computers in a dynamically changing environment together as an ad-hoc cluster for performing parallel processing of various tasks. A home environment is much more heterogeneous and dynamic than a typical datacenter, and typical datacenter scheduling strategies do not work well for these types of small clusters. Machines in a home are likely to be powered on and off, be removed and taken elsewhere, and be connected by an ad-hoc network topology with a mix of wired and wireless technologies. The personal data center system provides components to overcome these differences. The system identifies a dynamically available set of machines, characterizes their performance, discovers the network topology, and monitors the available communications bandwidth between machines. This information is then used to compute an efficient execution plan for data-parallel and/or High Performance Computing (HPC)-style applications.
US09268611B2
Methods and apparatus to schedule applications in heterogeneous multiprocessor computing platforms are described. In one embodiment, information regarding performance (e.g., execution performance and/or power consumption performance) of a plurality of processor cores of a processor is stored (and tracked) in counters and/or tables. Logic in the processor determines which processor core should execute an application based on the stored information. Other embodiments are also claimed and disclosed.
US09268606B2
A method for managing resources of a processor device configured to control an automation installation includes using at least one first operating system and at least one second operating system, which preferably differs from the first operating system, to operate the processor device. The processor device includes at least two processor cores configured to operate the operating systems. The method further includes using at least one processor core to operate each operating system and freely selecting a number of processor cores used to operate the first operating system and a number of processor cores used to operate the second operating system.
US09268605B2
In accordance with embodiments, there are provided mechanisms and methods for facilitating sliding window resource tracking in message queues for fair management of resources for application servers in an on-demand services environment. In one embodiment and by way of example, a method includes monitoring, in real-time, in-flight jobs in message queues for incoming jobs from organizations in a distributed environment having application servers in communication over a network, applying local sliding windows to the message queues to estimate wait time associated with each incoming job in a message queue. A local sliding window may include segment of time being monitored in each message queue for estimating the wait time. The method may further include allocating, in real-time, based on the estimated wait time, thread resources to one or more of the incoming jobs associated with the one or more of the organizations.
US09268602B2
A system stores a snapshot and an associated data structure or index to storage media to create a secondary copy of a volume of data. In some cases, the associated index includes application specific data about a file system or other application that created the data to identify the location of the data. The associated index may include three entries, and may be used to facilitate the recovery of data via the snapshot. The snapshot may be used by ancillary applications to perform various functions, such as content indexing, data classification, deduplication, e-discovery, and other functions.
US09268601B2
One embodiment of the present invention sets forth a technique for launching work on a processor. The method includes the steps of initializing a first state object within a memory region accessible to a program executing on the processor, populating the first state object with data associated with a first workload that is generated by the program, and triggering the processing of the first workload on the processor according to the data within the first state object.
US09268596B2
Novel instructions, logic, methods and apparatus are disclosed to test transactional execution status. Embodiments include decoding a first instruction to start a transactional region. Responsive to the first instruction, a checkpoint for a set of architecture state registers is generated and memory accesses from a processing element in the transactional region associated with the first instruction are tracked. A second instruction to detect transactional execution of the transactional region is then decoded. An operation is executed, responsive to decoding the second instruction, to determine if an execution context of the second instruction is within the transactional region. Then responsive to the second instruction, a first flag is updated. In some embodiments, a register may optionally be updated and/or a second flag may optionally be updated responsive to the second instruction.
US09268595B2
In accordance with some embodiments, spatial and temporal locality between threads executing on graphics processing units may be analyzed and tracked in order to improve performance. In some applications where a large number of threads are executed and those threads use common resources such as common data, affinity tracking may be used to improve performance by reducing the cache miss rate and to more effectively use relatively small-sized caches.
US09268589B2
Method, system, and programs for automatically deploying a plurality of distributed application stacks on a target machine. A plurality of virtual environments isolated from each other are first created on the target machine through which a user has access to a plurality of clusters. A distributed application stack is deployed from the plurality of distributed application stacks in a respective virtual environment created on the target machine. The plurality of distributed application stacks are deployed in the plurality of clusters. Based on the deployed distributed application stack, each of the virtual environments is then associated with a corresponding cluster.
US09268586B2
Several different embodiments of a flexible virtual machine management system are described. The virtual machine management system is used to instantiate, wake, move, sleep, and destroy individual operating environments in a cloud or cluster. In various embodiments, the virtual machine management system uses single messages to perform complex operations, allowing for flexible and scalable use of virtual resources in a cluster while still reducing energy consumption to the minimum possible level. In one preferred embodiment, Wake-on-LAN packets are used as the messages.
US09268582B2
The invention especially relates to the execution of at least one transaction in a transaction processing system comprising a transaction-oriented monitor (205), said at least one transaction being executable in an open-type execution environment, by the sequential execution of a plurality of transaction-oriented components (235, 240). According to the invention, and owner-type execution space is created (275) for enabling the execution of at least one transaction-oriented component from said plurality of transaction-oriented components, said at least one transaction-oriented component being developed for an owner-type execution environment separate from the open-type execution environment, during the reception (255) of a corresponding execution control from the transaction-oriented monitor.
US09268573B2
Methods for encoding a program. Each program instruction in a program has one or more possible encodings, and each instruction encoding may have a different length. The instruction encodings are selected such that the resulting encoding of the program as a whole minimizes the number of program cycles used in a decoding stage of a processor. Instruction padding or program padding may be used to create instruction encodings of lengths.
US09268572B2
An modify next sequential instruction (MNSI) instruction, when executed, modifies a field of the fetched copy of the next sequential instruction (NSI) to enable a program to dynamically provide parameters to the NSI being executed. Thus the MNSI instruction is a non-disruptive prefix instruction to the NSI. The NSI may be modified to effectively extend the length of the NSI field, thus providing more registers or more range (in the case of a length field) than otherwise available to the NSI instruction according to the instruction set architecture (ISA).
US09268565B2
A method and apparatus for including in a processor instructions for performing logical-comparison and branch support operations on packed or unpacked data. In one embodiment, instruction decode logic decodes instructions for an execution unit to operate on packed data elements including logical comparisons. A register file including 128-bit packed data registers stores packed single-precision floating point (SPFP) and packed integer data elements. The logical comparisons may include comparison of SPFP data elements and comparison of integer data elements and setting at least one bit to indicate the results. Based on these comparisons, branch support actions are taken. Such branch support actions may include setting the at least one bit, which in turn may be utilized by a branching unit in response to a branch instruction. Alternatively, the branch support actions may include branching to an indicated target code location.
US09268561B1
An application binary is received at an intermediate federated service layer before deployment of the application binary at the application store. At the intermediate federated service layer multiple copies of application binaries are generated concurrently. At the intermediate service layer, program code of the copies of application binaries is concurrently parsed and features of copies of application binaries are matched with features of operating system. If the features match, corresponding program codes are flagged to switch off, and re-generated as custom application binary and deployed in application store. The custom application binary and a container along with features corresponding to operating system of a mobile device are downloaded to a mobile device. A request to access a set of features is received from the custom application binary at the container. If the set of features match the features of the operating system request is allowed through the container else it's blocked.
US09268554B2
A controlling method of a rewritable non-volatile memory module, and a memory controller and a data transmission system using the same are provided. The controlling method includes following steps. A command is received from a host system. Whether the command is a configuration command is determined according to a command code of the command. A plurality of action information in the configuration command and an execution sequence corresponding to the action information are analyzed. The action information is executed according to the execution sequence. Each action information is configured to request the rewritable non-volatile memory module to execute a predetermined action. Thereby, the functionality of a memory storage device can be dynamically extended.
US09268549B2
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to convert a machine to a virtual machine. An example method disclosed herein includes moving, via a processor, an original operating system to create free space on a storage device, installing a hypervisor in the free space on the storage device, generating a virtual machine in the free space on the storage device, and loading the hypervisor and the virtual machine, the virtual machine to execute the original operating system.
US09268534B1
A facility for rendering a dynamic electronic document is described. The dynamic electronic document has both a current and a future edition. The current edition incorporates a current version of a content item, while the future edition incorporates a future version of the content item. The facility receives a request to return the dynamic electronic document. In response to the request, the facility retrieves a template for the electronic document that contains a single identifier that identifies a group of content item versions containing both the current version of the content item and the future version of the content item. The facility uses the single identifier contained in the template, together with an indication of whether the current edition of the dynamic electronic document or the future version is being requested by the received request, to incorporate the appropriate version of the content item in the rendered dynamic electronic document.
US09268532B2
An approach that constructs a service oriented architecture (SOA) shared service is provided. In one embodiment, there is a service construction tool, including an input component configured to receive design input for a SOA shared service solution; and a construction component configured to construct a SOA shared service based on the design input for the SOA shared service solution.
US09268529B2
An apparatus and method for angle rotation is disclosed to rotate a complex input by the angle θ to produce a rotated complex output signal. A memory storage device generates control information based on a coarse angle θM. A coarse rotation butterfly circuit uses the control information to rotate the complex input signal by the coarse angle θM to produce an intermediate complex number. The control information controls one or more multiplexers and/or adders in the coarse rotation butterfly circuit to rotate the complex input signal. The fine rotation butterfly circuit uses the control information to rotate the intermediate complex number by a fine angle θL to produce the complex output signal. The control information controls one or more multiplexers and/or adders in the fine rotation butterfly circuit to rotate the intermediate complex number.
US09268513B2
A function providing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives a use request to use the function providing apparatus, the use request including identification information identifying an operation unit to be operated to use the function providing apparatus, and a user using the function providing apparatus, a denial unit that, if the use request is intended to use the function providing apparatus in an unauthorized mode, denies use of the function providing apparatus in the unauthorized mode, and a providing unit that, if the use request is intended to use the function providing apparatus in the unauthorized mode, provides information that limits use of another function providing apparatus responsive to the use request including the identification information.
US09268512B2
Structured language data as a processing target is acquired via a first communication path or a second communication path. A rule corresponding to a communication path used for the acquisition is selected from a first rule and a second rule which respectively correspond the first communication path and the second communication path and define processing methods for the structured language data. The acquired structured language data as the processing target is processed in accordance with a processing method defined in a selected rule. Processing is executed based on the selected rule in either case that the first rule or the second rule is selected.
US09268509B2
There is disclosed an automated computer controlled system for measuring the consumption of printer resources and transacting environmental offsets, and may comprise a printer resource tracking system (PRTS) collecting resource consumption data from printing equipment. A transactional server may retrieve the resource consumption data from the PRTS. A consumed resource associated with a customer may be consumed by the printing equipment downstream of a supplier of the printer resources. An offset project may communicate with the transactional server and be capable of planting an environmental offset upstream of the supplier and offset an environmental impact of the consumed resource. A scaling factor may be dependent on distinctive characteristics of at least one offset project. A calculator may apply the scaling factor to the consumed resource to calculate the environmental offset. A user interface may present to the customer an option to order the environmental offset from an offset project.
US09268500B2
A memory module includes a first storage module including a first module controller and a first memory unit. The first storage module is configured to receive first partial data from a host and write the first partial data to the first memory unit. A second storage module includes a second module controller and a second memory unit. The second storage module is configured to receive second partial data from the host and write the second partial data to the second memory unit. The first storage module and the second storage module are configured to connect to the host through a single host interface bus.
US09268498B2
A storage controller including a processor, wherein the processor: performs a copy process in which a destination virtual volume is created by copying a source virtual volume in accordance with a copy instruction, performs a release process in which allocation of a destination storage area to a corresponding area of the destination virtual volume that corresponds to an unallocated area to which a source storage area is not allocated, among areas of the source virtual volume at a time point when the copy instruction is received is released in the copy process, specifies a corresponding area that is an unallocated area including one or more update areas updated before the copy process and the release process after the copy instruction among one or more unallocated areas of the source virtual volume, and suppresses the release relating to the corresponding area that corresponds to the specified unallocated area.
US09268491B2
Methods, apparatus and computer program products implement embodiments of the present invention that include configuring one or more storage devices as a plurality of physical storage units, each of the physical storage units having a storage granularity, and configuring, on the one or more storage devices, a thin provisioned storage pool having a physical number of the physical storage units and a logical number of logical storage units, the physical number being less than the logical number. Upon receiving a request to create a thick data volume having a requested number of the physical storage units, an available number of the physical storage units that are available in the thin provisioned pool can be identified.
US09268490B2
A storage system 300a that has a volume, manages the volume as a plurality of logical volumes, and can operate as a plurality of logical storage systems having at least one logical volume. The storage system comprises an IO transmission-reception unit 1320a that communicates with a management computer 100, a host computer 200, and a storage system 300b and a processor 1310a that causes the IO transmission-reception unit 1320a to perform transmission to the management computer 100 and storage system 300b by using an identifier of the storage system 300a as an identifier indicating a representative logical storage system that is one predetermined logical storage system from among a plurality of the logical storage system when the storage system operates as a plurality of the logical storage systems.
US09268484B2
Techniques for push-pull type gestures are described. In one or more embodiments, a push gesture away from a cursor object that is displayed by a display device is recognized. An assisted location object is then displayed to assist a user in repositioning the cursor object based on the push gesture. In implementations, a prompt gesture is recognized effective to cause a prompt object having one or more options to be displayed. The options that are displayed are selectable to initiate a function that is operable using the cursor object. In addition, a motion select gesture that selects one of the options is recognized effective to replace the prompt object and initiate a function corresponding to the selected option.
US09268480B2
When it is determined that a touch position by a user has shifted on a scroll image display region in a direction different from a first direction (scrolling direction), a scroll target image is scrolled and displayed in the first direction (scrolling direction).
US09268477B2
Methods, systems, and computer-readable media for providing contextual menus are presented. In some embodiments, a computing device may receive user input. Subsequently, the computing device may determine, based on the received user input, that a drag-and-drop operation has been completed, where the drag-and-drop operation includes at least one item being dragged from a source palette to a target palette. In response to determining that the drag-and-drop operation has been completed, the computing device may cause a contextual menu associated with the at least one item to be displayed. In some arrangements, the contextual menu may be a configuration menu. Additionally or alternatively, causing the contextual menu to be displayed may include animating the contextual menu as a panel that slides into view from at least one edge of a displayed user interface.
US09268475B2
A solution for managing a graphical user interface including a panel area is provided. Content included in the graphical user interface can be generated for presentation to a user. The generating can include determining the content to be displayed using the panel area cannot be displayed completely within the panel area using a set of display settings. In response, data corresponding to a visible portion of the content can be added for display in the panel area and a graphical user interface scroll control can be provided for the panel area. The graphical user interface scroll control can enable a user to adjust the portion of the content displayed in the panel area in a first direction by manipulating the graphical user interface scroll control in the first direction.
US09268471B2
A method of directing sound in a mobile device equipped with a directional speaker includes determining a location of a target in relation to the mobile device, and adjusting a direction of sound output from the directional speaker toward the target, based on the location of the target. An apparatus for generating directional sound includes a directional speaker configured to control a direction in which sound is output, and a controller configured to determine a location of a target in relation to the mobile device, and adjust a direction of sound output from the directional speaker toward the target, based on the location of the target. Other embodiments are also disclosed.
US09268465B1
A system for managing a plurality of child profiles is provided that allows parents of children to capture a child's life events in media files, which are automatically imported into a life album for each child. The system also generates different views for the child's life album based upon both user-generated information and computer-generated information, and allows users to identify favorite media files for review using other tree structures. The system could automatically generate a face transformation video from life album media files, and could automatically generate expert queries from common issues gleaned from community discussions that are summarized and exported to experts for review.
US09268464B1
A system for link acquisition and usage using image recognition comprises an interface, a processor, and a memory. The interface is for receiving an image. The processor is configured to: determine one or more tags for the image; determine one or more links associated with the one or more tags; and cause an action associated with a selected link of the one or more links. The memory is coupled to the processor and is configured to provide the processor with instructions.
US09268463B2
Provided is a mobile terminal that includes a touch screen formed to enable a touch input, and a controller configured to generate a plurality of screen regions dividing the touch screen in which the touch screen is divided into a plurality of screen regions, and determine whether or not to display an icon in a first screen region based on whether or not the execution screen of a preset application is displayed in a second screen region among the plurality of screen regions, wherein the icon is an icon corresponding to a function of controlling the execution screen of the preset application displayed in the second screen region based on the execution screen of an application displayed in the first screen region.
US09268455B2
A system and method for user-controlled multi-dimensional navigation and/or subject-based aggregation of multimedia data, a multiplicity of node elements being generated and a node element including one or more search terms and/or weighting terms that can be logically combined. For each multimedia data element to be registered, a relevance index parameter is determined for each paired combination of node elements and allocated to the respective pair of node elements. In dependence on the relevance index parameters, one- or multi-dimensional distance factors are determined. Based on the registered multimedia data elements and/or node elements, a topological navigation map is generated and graphically displayed in dependence on the respective one- or multi-dimensional distance factors so that the user can navigate in the topological navigation map by an input device and can access required multimedia data elements and/or node elements.
US09268453B2
A touch sensor integrated type display device includes gate and data lines that cross over each other to form a plurality of pixel regions; first electrodes arranged in parallel in a first direction; second electrodes arranged in parallel in a second direction; first subpixel electrodes formed within the pixel regions on a different layer from the first electrodes and overlap the first electrodes; a second subpixel electrode formed on the same layer as the first electrodes and overlaps the second electrodes; first routing wires that group the first electrodes into m units; second routing wires that group the second electrodes into n units; first electrostatic discharging circuits that connect the first routing wires to a ground wire; and second electrostatic discharging circuits that connects the second routing wires to the ground wire, wherein the first subpixel electrodes and the second subpixel electrode constitute a unit pixel.
US09268451B2
The transfer film of the present invention has a temporary support and a colored layer, and the colored layer contains at least (A) a white inorganic pigment and (B) a silicone-based resin.
US09268445B2
Capacitive touch panels may include a plurality of positive voltage lines that are driven at a first phase. These positive voltage lines may be used to provide the drive capacitance signal sensed by one or more sense regions. The touch panels may also include a plurality of negative phase voltage lines that are driven at a phase that is different than the first phase. Both the positive and negative voltage lines may cross-under one or more sense regions. The negative phase voltage lines are able to counter act and reduce the static capacitance in the sense regions.
US09268431B2
Touch and hover switching is disclosed. A touch and hover sensing device can switch between a touch mode and a hover mode. During a touch mode, the device can be switched to sense one or more objects touching the device. During a hover mode, the device can be switched to sense one or more objects hovering over the device. The device can include a panel having multiple sensors for sensing a touching object and/or a hovering object and a touch and hover control system for switching the device between the touch and hover modes. The device's touch and hover control system can include a touch sensing circuit for coupling to the sensors to measure a capacitance indicative of a touching object during the touch mode, a hover sensing circuit for coupling to the sensors to measure a capacitance indicative of a hovering object during the hover mode, and a switching mechanism for switching the sensors to couple to either the touch sensing circuit or the hover sensing circuit. The device can switch modes based on a condition of the device, such as an expiration of a timer or a relative distance of an object from the panel.
US09268420B2
For a communication device having a touch module or a touch display module, a near field communicable NFC antenna pattern is disposed on a component above a touch sensor unit of the touch module or the touch display module, which places the NFC antenna pattern away from the shielding easily generated from the metallic frame or metallic housing of the communication device. The NFC antenna pattern may be printed on a bottom side, a top side, or in the interior of a cover lens of the touch module or the touch display module, or on a surface of a deco film outside the cover lens. A ferrite sheet may also be disposed between the NFC antenna pattern and the touch sensor unit for further preventing electromagnetic interference from the touch sensor unit or other internal components.
US09268415B2
A touch positioning method is adapted for use on a touch surface of optical identification (OID) technology. The touch surface has thereon multiple positioning marks which define multiple touch areas, and multiple identification patterns, each of which is disposed within a respective touch area and is indicative of a location of the respective touch area. The touch positioning method includes steps of capturing an image of at least one of the touch areas of the touch surface, determining, from among said at least one of the touch areas, a located touch area in which a center point of the image is located, and analyzing the identification pattern which is disposed within the located touch area, so as to obtain the location of the located touch area.
US09268412B2
Provided is an input apparatus, including: an infrared camera; an image capture unit configured to sequentially capture a plurality of temperature distribution images photographed at predetermined time intervals by the infrared camera; and an input recognition unit configured to detect, from among the plurality of temperature distribution images captured by the image capture unit, pairs of skin temperature image portions each corresponding to a temperature of skin of a person, recognize, from among the pairs of skin temperature image portions thus detected, pairs of skin temperature image portions as pairs of detection target images, from among which motions are observed, and recognize an operation input based on states of the motions of the pairs of detection target images.
US09268407B1
Approaches are described for enabling a user to utilize fingers or other features of both hands to interact with an interface on an electronic device. A user can hold an device such as a mobile phone in a first hand, and can use a finger of the other hand to navigate through an interface or other display, such as to move relative to the device to cause the interface to scroll, zoom, or otherwise adjust. The user can use a thumb or finger of the hand holding the device to select or interact with one or more user-selectable elements, objects, or portions of the interface displayed on a display element of the device, such as by touching the screen over one of the user-selectable elements for at least a determined period of time to activate or change a function associated with a gesture used to interact with the interface.
US09268406B2
Technology is described for providing a virtual spectator experience for a user of a personal A/V apparatus including a near-eye, augmented reality (AR) display. A position volume of an event object participating in an event in a first 3D coordinate system for a first location is received and mapped to a second position volume in a second 3D coordinate system at a second location remote from where the event is occurring. A display field of view of the near-eye AR display at the second location is determined, and real-time 3D virtual data representing the one or more event objects which are positioned within the display field of view are displayed in the near-eye AR display. A user may select a viewing position from which to view the event. Additionally, virtual data of a second user may be displayed at a position relative to a first user.
US09268404B2
In a gesture-based system, gestures may control aspects of a computing environment or application, where the gestures may be derived from a user's position or movement in a physical space. A gesture-based system may have a plurality of modes, each mode a hardware configuration, a software configuration, or a combination thereof. Techniques for transitioning a user's control, via the user's gestures, between different modes enables a system to coordinate controls between multiple modes. For example, while a first mode is active, the user's gestures may control aspects of the first mode. The system may transition the user's control from a control of the first mode to a control of a second mode. The transition may be between hardware, software, or a combination thereof. In another embodiment, reserved gestures that correspond to a first mode that may be executed whether or not a second mode is present.
US09268400B2
Apparatus and methods for enabling a user to interact with movable control elements of a graphical user interface (GUI) by moving a hand 12, or one or more fingers 16, 18 of said hand 12 relative to a thumb 14 on said hand, in which the apparatus comprises: a camera adapted to be releasably mounted to said hand, and a processor adapted to receive signals representative of successive images captured by the camera during movement of said hand, or movement of the finger(s) of said hand relative to said thumb, to analyze said successive images to determine said movement, and to communicate with the GUI to control elements thereof in accordance with the determined movement.
US09268395B2
A hierarchical power management circuit includes N power management circuits respectively included in N power domains each including at least one intellectual property (IP), wherein N is a natural number greater than one. The i-th (1
US09268389B2
Energy savings can be obtained by masking a computationally-intensive task from a processor performance management system which selects the processor performance state based on the load on the processor (CPU). By preventing the PPM system from reacting to the computational load the application places on the processor, the time to complete execution of the application increases but the energy used by the application may be greatly reduced and thermal stress on the CPU is also reduced (preventing noisy fans from operating). This approach makes it convenient to run a computationally intensive task as a background task. The masking can be achieved by running the task in tiny bursts, with micro-sleeps in between them, so that the average CPU load is low over a time period that the PPM system uses for measuring CPU activity/load.
US09268379B2
Embodiments of the present invention disclose a stylus and stylus holder for a computing device. According to one embodiment, the stylus holder includes a connector configured to attach to a port of the computing device for establishing an electrical connection therewith. The stylus holder further includes a fastener for facilitating attachment with the stylus while also providing at least one of data and power to said stylus.
US09268371B2
A hinge module for an electronic device includes a main body and an upper cover. The hinge module includes a biaxial hinge and a pad. The biaxial hinge includes a first rotary shaft, a second rotary shaft and a connecting member. One end of the first rotary shaft is fixed to the main body, and another end of the first rotary shaft being pivotally connected with the connecting member. One end of the second rotary shaft is fixed to the upper cover, and another end of the second rotary shaft is pivotally connected with the connecting member. The pad is disposed at the connecting member of the biaxial hinge. When the upper cover rotates with respect to the main body, the connecting member and the pad rotates using the first rotary shaft as a rotation axis.
US09268364B2
A data entry device includes a housing comprising a front and rear surface and laterally separated grip portions each configured to engage with a hand of a user. The user may thereby support the housing by engaging the grip portions of the housing. The rear surface includes first and second generally concave portions disposed proximate the first and second grip portions, which curve generally towards the hand of the user when the housing is supported by the user. The device further includes input keys positioned on each of the first and second generally concave portions of the rear surface such that the user may actuate the input keys with fingers of each hand while engaging the grip portions, and such that the generally concave portions facilitate ergonomic access to the input keys.
US09268361B2
A portable electrical device includes a tablet PC, a bottom plate, a support arm and a pivot portion. The tablet PC includes a breach and a first magnetic inducing member arranged inside the breach. One end of the support arm is pivoted to the bottom plate, and the other end of the support arm is pivoted to the pivot portion, and the other end of the pivot portion is with a second magnetic inducing member. When the second magnetic inducing member is moved into the breach to magnetize the first magnetic inducing member, the tablet PC is securely coupled with the pivot portion so that the tablet PC can be rotated; on the contrary, when the second magnetic inducing member is removed from the breach, the tablet PC can be totally independent to the support arm and the bottom plate.
US09268355B2
A faucet handle extender includes an attachment member configured to selectively couple with a faucet handle. The faucet handle extender also includes an extension member coupled with the attachment member. Movement of the extension member causes movement of the faucet handle.
US09268347B2
A method and apparatus are provided for implementing dynamic regulator output current limiting. An input power to the regulator is measured, and the measured input power is related to a regulator output current and a regulator over current trip point, and dynamically used for providing dynamic regulator output current limiting.
US09268345B2
The disclosure provides systems and methods of use of an HVAC graphical interface dashboard. In various embodiments, the dashboard includes a weather tab, wherein invoking the weather tab advances to a weather screen. The dashboard also includes an indoor humidity tab, wherein invoking the indoor humidity tab advances to a humidity screen which displays at least a current indoor humidity, wherein the humidity screen interprets a percentage of humidity for a user. A programs tab and a home tab are also provided. At least one of: a) a system mode; and b) a fan mode can be selected by pressing a correlated icon in the program tab.
US09268337B2
A method of measuring contamination in fluid that is expelled from a food processing system is presented. The method of measuring is carried out with fluorescence. The fluid is typically allowed to enter into an energy transfer system, but if the contamination exceeds a certain level, the fluid should be prevented from entering the energy transfer system. The fluid is generally comprised of water expelled from a sugar processing operation.
US09268331B2
A domestic robotic system that includes a robot, which is programmed to move within a working area defined by a boundary and has boundary distance sensors that enable it to estimate the current distance from the boundary; the robot is programmed to move across the working area and, secondly, so that when the boundary distance sensors indicate that the robot is a distance X away from the boundary and is approaching the boundary, the robot begins performing a gradual turn; this gradual turn is such that: the robot progressively changes direction while continuing to move across said working area; and the robot transitions from approaching the boundary to receding from the boundary; the robot is also programmed to calculate a path for the gradual turn such that, during the gradual turn, the robot approaches the boundary to a predetermined closest distance before receding from the boundary.
US09268327B2
A technique which, when transporting a substrate from one module to another, detects a displacement of the substrate on a holding member and transfers the substrate to another module with the displacement within an acceptable range. Displacement of a wafer on a fork of a transport arm from a reference position is determined when the fork has received the wafer from one module and, when the displacement is within an acceptable range, the wafer is transported by the transport arm to another module. When the displacement is out of the acceptable range, the wafer is transported by the transport arm to a wafer stage module, and then the transport arm receives the wafer from the wafer stage module so that the displacement comes to fall within the acceptable range. The wafer can therefore be transferred to another module with the displacement within the acceptable range.
US09268320B2
A user interface operable to connect to a device within an industrial control system includes a memory and a processing unit. The memory is operable to store a plurality of software applications for interfacing with the device and a configuration mask including access rights for at least a subset of the software applications. The processing unit is operable to establish a first connection with the device and disable selected software applications based on the configuration mask.
US09268313B2
An apparatus includes a monitor node and a first control node. The monitor node determines and broadcasts whether a non-system device is consuming an energy resource over a network. The first control node is coupled to the monitor node and a second control node via the network. The first control node has a node processor and a global schedule module. The node processor operates a first energy consuming device to maintain a first local environment. The global schedule module is coupled to the first node processor, and coordinates run times for the first energy consuming device and a second energy consuming device based on a replica copy of a global run time schedule disposed within the first and second control nodes, an adjusted first descriptor set characterizing the first local environment, an adjusted second descriptor set characterizing a second local environment, and energy consumption data broadcast by the monitor node.
US09268304B2
A multi-function printer includes a fuser unit which includes a heat roller and a pressure roller; a duct which is formed in a long shape in a direction along an axis of the heat roller, is disposed in the vicinity of the fuser unit along the axis of the heat roller, and is exhausted by an exhaust fan which is provided on one end side in a long-side direction; an exhaust port which is opened to a first side wall of the fuser unit side of the duct and causes the fuser unit and the duct to communicate with each other; and a planar filter which is attached to an inner wall surface of the duct and in which the surface of the filter is an irregular surface on which ditches and convex portions extending in a direction inclined to the long-side direction of the duct are alternately disposed in the long-side direction of the duct.
US09268303B2
A bearing member is configured to be arranged in an end portion of a columnar rotary body, in which a shaft member is attached to the bearing member. The bearing member includes a body which includes a cylindrical body and a holding portion which is arranged inside the cylindrical body, and an intermediate member which is held by the holding portion of the body. The holding portion includes an intermediate member guide which guides the intermediate member so that the intermediate member rotates. The intermediate member includes a portion in which the shaft member is arranged.
US09268296B2
An image forming apparatus and a cartridge to be used therein are provided. The image forming device includes a main casing, a CPU as a judgment unit, and a main electrode. The cartridge accommodating therein a toner is attachable to and detachable from the main casing, and has a moving member and a cartridge electrode electrically connectable to the main electrode. The CPU is configured to judge assembly or non-assembly of the cartridge with respect to the main casing and to judge whether or not the assembled cartridge is a new cartridge. The moving member is movable by a predetermined moving amount to permit the cartridge electrode to be movable. As a result of a movement of the main electrode in accordance with the movement of the cartridge electrode, the CPU determines that the assembled cartridge is a new cartridge.
US09268283B1
According to one embodiment, a toner supply device includes a motor and an estimating unit. The motor rotates a toner container that supplies a toner to an image forming apparatus. The estimating unit estimates a toner residual amount in the toner container at a second point in time on the basis of a total rotation time representing time in which the motor rotates in a period of use from a first point in time when the toner container is attached to the image forming apparatus to the second point in time.
US09268271B1
In accordance with one embodiment, a fixing device comprises a fixing belt configured to be provided with a conductive layer; an induction current generating section configured to face the fixing belt in a thickness direction to heat the conductive layer through electromagnetic induction heating; an auxiliary heating section configured to face the induction current generating section across the fixing belt to increase the calorific value in the electromagnetic induction heating process; and a friction reducing member configured to be nipped between the auxiliary heating section and the fixing belt; wherein a lubricant is supplied between the friction reducing member and the fixing belt.
US09268270B2
The fixing apparatus includes a sleeve, a nip portion forming member that contacts an inner surface of the sleeve, a pressure member, and a regulation member for regulating movement of the sleeve. The regulation member includes a first surface and a second surface. The first surface on an upstream side of the nip portion in a conveyance direction of the recording material includes a region in which the distance between the inner surface of the sleeve and the first surface in a radial direction of the sleeve increases toward a center portion of the sleeve in the generatrix direction, and in which the end surface of the sleeve contacts the region when the sleeve moves in the generatrix direction.
US09268267B2
A fusing apparatus includes a fusing section, a supplying section and a control section. The supplying section supplies airflow between a recording medium and the fusing section. The supplying section includes a supplying opening of the airflow divided in a plurality of blocks along a width direction of the recording medium. The control section controls at least any one of speed of the airflow and supply amount of the airflow individually for each of the plurality of blocks based on information regarding the recording medium.
US09268255B2
An image formation system includes: a first image forming apparatus; a sheet inversion section; a second image forming apparatus; an image density detection section configured to detect a density of a first pattern image for a highest density adjustment and a density of a second pattern image for a half-tone density adjustment, each of the first and second pattern images being formed on a sheet in each of the first image forming apparatus and the second image forming apparatus; and an inter-apparatus density adjusting section. The inter-apparatus density adjusting section corrects a density control point and a light exposure energy on a basis of detection results of the first and second pattern images of the image density detection section, respectively. The first and second density control sections correct the density control point or the light exposure energy in accordance with a coverage rate of an image.
US09268251B2
An image forming apparatus in which an image is formed on a recording material includes an exposure unit that forms a non-image section potential through exposure of a photoconductor at a first laser power and forms an image section potential through exposure of the photoconductor at a second laser power that is greater than the first laser power. A control unit controls an output of laser power of the exposure unit. The output of the first laser power is controlled during formation of the non-image section potential, so as to be of a first intensity at the middle of an image forming region of the recording material, and to be of a second intensity, stronger than the first intensity, at end sections of the image forming region.
US09268243B2
Provided is an electrophotographic member for an electrophotographic apparatus, which suppresses the occurrence of a banding image caused by uneven charging. The electrophotographic member includes: an electroconductive substrate; and a surface layer, in which: the surface layer includes a binder resin and an aggregate of at least one crystal particle selected from the group consisting of a flaky crystal particle of magnesium carbonate and a flaky crystal particle of calcium carbonate; an edge face of a card house structure formed of the crystal particle is exposed at a surface of the aggregate; a surface of the surface layer includes a convex portion derived from the aggregate; and a surface of the convex portion has unevenness reflecting a shape of the edge face of the card house structure exposed at the surface of the aggregate.
US09268236B2
A lithographic apparatus configured to project a patterned radiation beam onto a target portion of a substrate held on a substrate holder in an indent on a substrate table, the apparatus includes a liquid supply system configured to at least partly fill a space between a projection system and the substrate with liquid; a barrier structure configured to substantially contain the liquid within the space; and a heat pipe supplied, in use, with a temperature conditioned fluid and configured to thermally condition the substrate and/or the substrate holder at locations where localized cooling is likely to occur.
US09268235B2
An exposure method for exposing a mask pattern, which includes plural types of patterns, with a high throughput and optimal illumination conditions for each type of pattern. The method includes guiding light from a first spatial light modulator illuminated with pulse lights of illumination light to a second spatial light modulator and exposing a wafer with light from the second spatial light modulator, accompanied by: controlling a conversion state of the second spatial light modulator including a plurality of second mirror elements; and controlling a conversion state of the first spatial light modulator including a plurality of first mirror elements to control intensity distribution of the illumination light on a predetermined plane between the first spatial light modulator and the second spatial light modulator.
US09268223B2
A conductive metal pattern is formed in a polymeric layer that has a reactive polymer that comprises (1) pendant groups that are capable of providing pendant sulfonic acid groups upon exposure to radiation, and (2) pendant groups that are capable of reacting in the presence of the sulfonic acid groups to provide crosslinking. The polymeric layer is patternwise exposed to provide a polymeric layer comprising non-exposed regions and exposed regions comprising a polymer comprising pendant sulfonic acid groups. The exposed regions are contacted with electroless seed metal ions to form a pattern of electroless seed metal ions. The electroless seed metal ions are reduced to provide a pattern of electroless seed metal nuclei that are then electrolessly plated with a conductive metal.
US09268210B2
Double-exposure mask structure and photolithography method for performing a photolithography process on a substrate are provided. The substrate has a central region and a margin region. A double-exposure mask structure includes a plurality of parallel and spaced first masks corresponding to the central region, a plurality of parallel and spaced second masks corresponding to the central region, and a plurality of auxiliary masks. The second masks intersect with the first masks to form a plurality of overlapping regions. The auxiliary masks are not in contact with one another, and correspond to the Second masks to assist the overlapping regions neighboring to the auxiliary masks to have sufficient depth of focus for photolithography. With the auxiliary masks, the overlapping regions in the central region and neighboring to the margin region can have preferred photolithography and etching effect.
US09268203B1
A system may magnetically attach to a surface, such as a ceiling, wall, table, or other surface within an environment. For instance, a ceiling within an environment may include a magnet and a housing of the system may comprise a ferromagnetic material. Therefore, the system may magnetically couple to the ceiling for use. The system may be configured to move across the surface while remaining magnetically coupled to the surface.
US09268202B1
A generator and projector system for providing a test target for testing sensing apparatus includes an aperture stop located adjacent to the sensing apparatus. Also included are a spherical mirror having a concave side facing the aperture stop and an object disposed between the spherical mirror and the aperture stop. The object includes various test targets for testing the sensing apparatus. A longitudinal optical axis passes through the aperture stop, the spherical mirror and the object. Illumination of the object generates the test target, which is then reflected from the spherical mirror toward the aperture stop, for testing the sensing apparatus.
US09268201B1
A break-away camera mount comprising a support for supporting a camera case steadily above the surfboard, first and second magnetic connectors each configured to magnetically engage each other, but permit detachment upon sufficient shear and/or transverse force being applied to the mount, a base configured to secure the first magnetic connector to the surfboard, and a tether connecting the second magnetic connector to the surfboard.
US09268197B1
Methods and apparatus for providing an external flash and a global shutter for a device with an integrated rolling shutter camera entail synchronization of the external flash and shutter with the rolling shutter. Responsive to an indication from the device associated with the capture of one or more images, the external flash and shutter are controlled so that exposure is completed before the rolling shutter readout of the camera sensor begins. The disclosed methods and apparatus allow for high quality flash photography not previously possible with such cameras, commonly found in mobile devices, or the like.
US09268194B2
A technique for controlling the effects generated by the interaction of a plurality of laser pulses with a medium by selecting or varying the successive pulse parameters comprising: generating a plurality of laser pulses interacting with a medium; and selecting or varying the properties/parameters characterizing said laser pulses to control the effects resulting from the interaction among said plurality of laser pulses and said medium.
US09268189B2
A display panel includes a thin film transistor substrate, an opposite substrate and a liquid crystal layer. A thin film transistor is disposed on a substrate and has a drain. A first insulating layer is disposed on the drain and has a first via above the drain. A planarization layer is disposed on the first insulating layer and has a second via above the drain. The first via and the second via are partially overlapped to form an overlap portion. A second insulating layer is disposed on the planarization layer. A pixel electrode layer is disposed on the second insulating layer and in the overlap portion to connect to the drain. The opposite substrate is disposed opposite to the thin film transistor substrate. The liquid crystal layer is disposed between the thin film transistor substrate and the opposite substrate.
US09268182B2
Embodiments of the invention provide a color filter substrate, a TFT array substrate, a manufacturing method of the color filter substrate, a manufacturing method of the TFT array substrate, and a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel. The color filter substrate comprises color filter substrate units of different sizes. The manufacturing method of the color filter substrate comprises: coating a common electrode layer on a base substrate for forming the color filter substrate; and forming common electrodes of different thicknesses for the color filter substrate units of different sizes by a patterning process.
US09268166B2
A backlight device for a liquid crystal display containing a substantially planar light guide with a light emission surface and a light-collecting portion opposing the light emission surface. A pair of opposing side portions may define the periphery of the light guide. A first plurality of LEDs are placed so as to direct the emitted light into the light-collecting portion. An NVIS filter is preferably placed adjacent to at least one of the side portions. A second plurality of LEDs are placed to direct the emitted light through the NVIS filter and into a side portion of the light guide. Alternative embodiments can contain NVIS filters and LEDs along additional edge portions of the light guide. Some embodiments may use directing elements or slanted surfaces of the light guide to direct the light from the second plurality of LEDs into the edge portions of the light guide.
US09268163B2
A flexible display device includes a flexible display panel including a display unit; and a deformation member located on the flexible display panel. The deformation member is deformed due to external light that is incident on the flexible display device, and thus the flexible display device is deformed, thereby allowing the external light to be blocked.
US09268162B2
A method of manufacturing a thin-film electronic device includes applying a plastic coating to a rigid carrier substrate for forming a plastic substrate. The plastic material has a coefficient of thermal expansion greater in a first direction perpendicular to the substrate plane than in a second direction parallel to the substrate plane. Thin film electronic elements are formed over the plastic substrate and the rigid carrier substrate is released from the plastic substrate by a heating process which expands the plastic substrate preferentially in a direction perpendicular to the substrate plane.
US09268158B2
An optical window-filter includes a thermochromic material and a light absorbing material that can be bonded chemically. Absorption of light by the light absorbing material generates heat that causes phase transformation of the thermochromic material. A filter for an infrared imaging system has detectors sensitive to radiation in an infrared transmission spectrum. The filter includes a thermochromic material and a light-absorbing material. Absorption of high-power radiation in the infrared transmission spectrum by the light-absorbing material generates heat that causes phase transformation of the thermochromic material to attenuate the high-power radiation while transmitting substantially unaffected low-power radiation in the infrared transmission spectrum.
US09268156B1
The present invention generally relates to hand made sunglasses, and more particularly to a method and system for making sunglasses from recycled materials, e.g., skateboards.
US09268147B2
An autostereoscopic display method includes providing a plurality of projectors. Each of the projectors is configured for providing a lamp image unit, each of which has a plurality of lamp images actuated in sequence. The lamp images respectively project to different directions to form a projection angle therebetween. The lamp image units are projected onto a screen. The lamp image units are projected to a first lens array of the screen for respectively guiding the lamp image units to an image plane of the screen, such that the lamp image units are adjacent to each other and connected end to end on the image plane. At least two adjacent lamp image units are guided to the same second lenticular lens of a second lens array of the screen for enlarging and combining the projection angles and projecting the lamp image units to an observing surface.
US09268146B2
User interface having a sensor and a composite interface that floats. Embodiments of user interfaces described herein are useful, for example, as automobile components (e.g., dashboard components), appliance components (e.g., dishwasher components, stove components, oven components, microwave oven components, clothes washer components, and clothes dyer components), medical equipment, elevator buttons, laboratory equipment (e.g., scales), as well as consumer electronics (e.g., entertainment devices and cell phones), automatic teller machines, and the like.
US09268145B2
Provided is an image display system which can assuredly perform collaborative processing such as determination of a fatigue state of a viewer using three-dimensional eyeglasses and an image display apparatus, without increasing system scale, the image display system including: a transmitting and receiving unit included in a three-dimensional display TV which transmits to three-dimensional eyeglasses a specification-designating signal designating a specification which at least includes a data format for a communication signal; a transmitting and receiving unit included in the three-dimensional eyeglasses which receives the specification-designating signal transmitted from the three-dimensional display TV and, according to the specification designated by the received specification-designating signal, converts a biometric signal acquired by a biometric signal sensor into the communication signal, and transmits the communication signal to the three-dimensional display TV.
US09268141B2
A desktop electronic magnifier in a first embodiment includes a monitor and a control panel mounted to the monitor so that access to the control panel cannot be blocked by any position of the monitor. In a second embodiment, a monitor is positioned atop a flat platform that surmounts the camera so that access to the control panel cannot be blocked by any position of the monitor. In a third embodiment, the control panel is mounted to the camera and the monitor is supported by a support surface independent of the magnifier. Access to the control panel is blocked only if the user positions the monitor in blocking relation to the control panel.
US09268138B2
A head-mounted display includes a left-eye display panel that displays a left-eye image, a left-eye optical system that has an angle of view from 45 to 55 degrees and forms a virtual image of the left-eye image, a right-eye display panel that displays a right-eye image, a right-eye optical system that has an angle of view from 45 to 55 degrees and forms a virtual image of the right-eye image, and a display control unit that controls the screen display of the left-eye display panel and the right-eye display panel.
US09268132B2
An optical scanning device includes a mirror part including a mirror reflecting surface to reflect incident light, a pair of torsion bars configured to support the mirror part from both sides and configured to form a first axis around which to swing the mirror part by a torsional motion thereof so as to deflect the reflected light, and at least one stress alleviation area configured to alleviate a stress generated by the torsional motion of the torsion bars. The alleviation area is provided between an intersection of a second axis perpendicular to the first axis and passing through the center of the mirror reflecting surface and an edge of the mirror reflecting surface, and at least one of the torsion bars.
US09268131B2
An optical scanning device includes a housing and a cover. An engaging hole is formed in the housing and an engaging piece is formed in the cover. The engaging piece has a first portion following a side wall portion of the housing and a second portion folded so as to face the first portion at an interval. When the engaging piece has been inserted into the engaging hole, the first portion is elastically deformed toward the side wall portion of the housing, and the second portion is elastically deformed toward the first portion and abuts a lower portion of an inner edge of the engaging hole, so that the engaging piece and the engaging hole are engaged with each other and the cover is pressed with respect to the housing by the restoring force of the engaging piece.
US09268124B2
A microscope includes an illumination unit for illuminating a mask at a predetermined non-axial illumination angle, an imaging unit for imaging an aerial image of the mask within a predetermined defocus region, and an imaging field stop, in which as a result of the lateral displacement of the aerial image depending on the position within the defocus region and on the non-axial illumination angle, the opening of the imaging field stop is dimensioned such that the aerial image is either completely encompassed or circumferentially cut within the defocus region.A method for characterizing a mask having a structure includes illuminating the mask at at least one illumination angle using monochromatic illumination radiation such that a diffraction image of the structure is created, recording the diffraction image, establishing the intensities of the maxima of the adjacent orders of diffraction, and establishing an intensity ratio of the intensities.
US09268120B2
Provided is a zoom lens including, in order from an object side to an image side: a first lens unit having a positive refractive power which does not move for zooming; a second lens unit having a negative refractive power which moves during zooming; and an N-th lens unit having a positive refractive power which does not move for zooming and is arranged closest to the image side. In the zoom lens, the N-th lens unit includes in order from an object side: a first sub-lens unit; and a second sub-lens unit which is movable, and a lateral magnification at a wide angle end of the N-th lens unit and a lateral magnification at a wide angle end of the second sub-lens unit of the N-th lens unit when an axial ray enters from infinity in a state in which focus is at the infinity are appropriately set.
US09268117B2
An image capture device and a converter lens assembly thereof are provided. The image capture device includes a mobile phone and the converter lens assembly wherein the converter lens assembly is connected to the mobile phone. The converter lens assembly includes a first lens, a second lens, a third lens, a fourth lens and a fifth lens, all of which are arranged in sequence from an object side to an image side along an optical axis. The first lens is with positive refractive power. The fourth lens is with positive refractive power. The converter lens assembly satisfies the condition: 1<|f1/f2|<2 and/or the condition: 1<|f345/f2|<2, wherein f1 is the effective focal length of the first lens, f2 is the effective focal length of the second lens, f345 is the effective focal length of the combination of the third lens, the fourth lens and the fifth lens.
US09268114B2
The invention provides a dispersed composition including: (A) titanium black; (B) a polymer compound including a constituent component having a side chain structure to which an acidic group is linked via a linking group; and (C) a solvent. The (B) polymer compound is a polymer having a structure in which an acidic group is linked to a main chain part via a linking group.
US09268108B2
A lens barrel enables to improve the optical performance thereof while realizing size reduction, structure simplification, and cost reduction in the lens barrel. A second group holding frame 21, in a collapsed state, is rotated with respect to the second group base plate 22 in a direction retracting from the optical axis A, and in a photographing state, is rotated toward the optical axis A. A compression spring 23 regulates an optical axis A direction position of the second group holding frame 21 with respect to the second group base plate 22 by urging, in the optical axis A direction, a portion of the second group holding frame 21. An engaging pin 22d and an engaging groove 21e, in the photographing state, regulate the optical axis A direction position of the second group holding frame 21 with respect to the second group base plate 22.
US09268101B2
A pre-terminated optical fiber assembly with a ferrule having front and rear opposed faces and at least one fiber bore defined longitudinally therethrough includes a glass optical fiber is disposed within the at least one fiber bore with the fiber fused to the ferrule at a location at least 1 mm deep inside the bore. A method for fusing is also disclosed. The ferrule 14 is desirably composed of an inorganic composite material, the composite comprising a material gradient from at least 75% by volume of a first inorganic material to at least 75% by volume of second inorganic material in the radially inward direction, where the first inorganic material has a fracture toughness of at least 1 MPa·m1/2, and the second inorganic material has a softening point of no greater than 1000° C., desirably no greater than 900° C.
US09268096B1
An optical system includes a substrate and a first waveguide embedded on the substrate. The first waveguide has a first end. The optical system also includes an optical fiber optically coupled to the first waveguide and bounded to the substrate. The optical fiber has a first end with a flat portion forming a D-shaped cross section. The flat portion of the first end of the optical fiber is disposed adjacent to the first end of the first waveguide, thereby facilitating optical coupling between the first waveguide and the optical fiber.
US09268088B2
A waveguide coupler includes a first waveguide and a second waveguide. The waveguide coupler also includes a connecting waveguide disposed between the first waveguide and the second waveguide. The connecting waveguide includes a first material having a first index of refraction and a second material having a second index of refraction higher than the first index of refraction.
US09268082B2
The invention provides an illumination device (1) comprising (a) a waveguide element (20) comprising a first face (21), a second face (22), and a waveguide edge (23), and (b) a LED light source (10), arranged to generate light source light (17), with optional collimating optics (11). The LED light source (10) with optional collimating optics (11) is arranged to couple at least part of the light source light (17) into the waveguide element (20) via the waveguide edge (23) of the waveguide element (20). The first face (21) comprises structures (51) arranged to couple at least part of the light out of the waveguide element (20) via the second face (22) to provide second face light (37). The illumination device (1) further comprises a cavity (80), arranged to allow light to escape from the waveguide element (20) into the cavity (80), and a reflector (81), arranged to reflect at least part of the light in the cavity (80) in a direction away from the second face (22) to provide first face light (47). Such an illumination device may allow lighting a room, for instance via the ceiling with uplight, and lighting a specific area in the room with downlight. Further, a relatively thin illumination device may be provided, which may for instance suspend from a ceiling.
US09268080B2
Provided is a display device. The display device includes a light guide plate, a light source disposed on a side surface of the light guide plate, a light conversion member disposed between the light source and the light guide plate, and a first adhesion member closely attached to the light guide plate and the light conversion member. An air layer between the light source and the light guide plate is removed by the first and second adhesion members to improve light incident efficient into the light guide plate.
US09268076B2
Optical compensation layers are provided which have an optically compensating function imparted thereto upon coating fluid application or upon coating fluid application and subsequent uniaxial stretching and which have a small wavelength dependence of retardation.The invention provides: an optical compensation layer wherein the compensation layer is a coating layer comprising a maleimide resin and wherein when two arbitrary axes perpendicular to each other in the plane of the coating layer are referred to as x-axis and y-axis, respectively, and the out-of-plane direction is referred to as z-axis, then the coating layer satisfies the three-dimensional refractive-index relationship nx≈ny>nz, wherein nx is the refractive index in the x-axis direction, ny is the refractive index in the y-axis direction, and nz is the refractive index in the z-axis direction; an optical compensation film which comprises a coating layer (A) comprising a maleimide resin and a stretched-film layer (B); and an optical compensation layer, which is an optical compensation layer obtained by uniaxially stretching a coating layer comprising a maleimide resin, wherein when the direction of stretching axis in the coating layer is referred to as x-axis, the direction perpendicular to the stretching direction is referred to as y-axis, and the out-of-plane direction is referred to as z-axis, then the optical compensation layer satisfies the three-dimensional refractive-index relationship nx4>ny4>nz4,wherein nx4 is the refractive index in the x-axis direction, ny4 is the refractive index in the y-axis direction, and nz4 is the refractive index in the z-axis direction. (wherein R1 represents a linear alkyl group, a branched alkyl group, or a cycloalkyl group, having 1-18 carbon atoms, a halogen group, an ether group, an ester group, or an amide group).
US09268072B2
The present invention relates to an optical filter, a solid-state imaging element and an imaging device lens which contain a near infrared ray absorbing layer having a specific near infrared ray absorbing dye dispersed in a transparent resin having a refractive index of 1.54 or more, and also relates to an imaging device containing the solid-state imaging element or the imaging device lens. The near infrared ray absorbing layer has a transmittance of visible light of from 450 to 600 nm of 70% or more, a transmittance of light in a wavelength region of from 695 to 720 nm of not more than 10%, and an amount of change of transmittance of not more than −0.8.
US09268071B2
A sensing device with an odd-symmetry grating projects near-field spatial modulations onto a closely spaced photodetector array. The grating includes upper and lower features that define boundaries of odd symmetry. The features include upper and lower segments of various widths on opposite sides of each boundary, the upper segments at a height sufficient to induce one half wavelength of retardation in the band of interest relative to the lower segments. The resultant interference produces the spatial modulations for capture by the array. Photographs and other image information can be extracted from the captured data.
US09268067B2
A lens includes a plurality of raised portions and recessed portions in an arrangement, and includes an antireflection structure. The antireflection structure includes an area where a height of each of the raised portions is relatively low and a depth of each of the recessed portions is relatively shallow, and an area where a height of each of the raised portions is relatively high and a depth of each of the recessed portions is relatively deep. In the area where the height of each of the raised portions is relatively low and the depth of each of the recessed portions is relatively shallow, first and second flat surfaces are respectively provided at a top portion of the raised portion and a bottom portion of the recessed portion.
US09268062B2
An artificial electromagnetic material is provided. The artificial electromagnetic material includes at least one material sheet. Each material sheet includes a laminary substrate and a plurality of artificial microstructures attached to the substrate. The substrate is made from transparent material. Because the substrate is made from transparent material, therefore the artificial electromagnetic material is capable of generating responses to visible light wave and convergence, divergence, deflection of visible light wave and so on can be achieved.
US09268061B2
The invention relates to a method and device for calibrating or testing the detector surface (10) of a measuring device (1) detecting hydrometeors. According to the method, impulses are focussed on the detector surface (10) in a controlled manner, the responses caused by the impulses, detected by the detector of the measuring device (1), are measured, the measurement values of the responses are compared with the target values and the required corrections to the settings of the measuring device (1) are analyzed, and the measuring device (1) is adjusted on the basis of the analysis. According to the invention, an electromagnetic radiation pulse (70) of short duration is focussed on the detector surface (10), whereby this causes a thermal-expansion reaction in the detector surface (10), detected by the detector.
US09268038B2
A radiation detector includes a scintillator layer configured to absorb radiation emitted from a radiation source and to emit optical photons in response to the absorbed radiation. The radiation detector also includes a photodetector layer configured to absorb the optical photons emitted by the scintillator layer. The radiation detector further includes a reflector configured to reflect the optical photons emitted by the scintillator layer towards the photodetector layer and to absorb select wavelengths of optical photons associated with an afterglow emitted by the scintillator layer.
US09268034B2
A nuclear reactor fuel integrity monitor includes: a γ-ray detector which detects γ-ray of a specific radionuclide of a subject measurement medium of a nuclear reactor; a sample container which retains the subject measurement medium therein and surrounds the circumference of the γ-ray detector; and a measurement control device which performs a control so that a predetermined amount of the subject measurement medium is introduced into the sample container and calculates a concentration of the specific radionuclide from γ-ray data per each unit time detected by the γ-ray detector and a volume of the subject measurement medium introduced into the sample container.
US09268019B2
A convective weather graphic element generator system generates graphic elements associated with severe convective weather for presentation on a display on an aircraft. An exemplary system employs a weather radar and a processing system. The processing system determines a value associated with the detected convective weather based on the received weather radar returns detected by the weather radar, compares the value associated with the detected convective weather with a threshold, and generates a graphic element for a region of airspace when the value associated with the detected convective weather exceeds the threshold. The display is configured to concurrently present the weather reflectivity information generated by the weather radar and the graphic element associated with the convective weather, wherein portions of both the presented graphic element and the presented weather reflectivity information of the corresponding area are concurrently visible on the display.
US09268013B2
A method for measuring distances of targets by measuring the time of flight of pulses, in particular laser pulses, reflected on those targets, including the steps of; transmitting pulses having a pulse interval which varies according to a modulation signal as transmitted pulses, and concomitantly recording of reflected pulses as received pulses; determining a first series of distance measurement values from times of flight between transmitted pulses and those received pulses which are respectively received within a first time window following each transmitted pulse; determining at least a second series of distance measurement values from times of flight between transmitted pulses and those received pulses which are respectively received within a second time window following each transmitted pulse; and determining that series of distance measurement values which is least affected by the modulation signal as result of the distance measurement.
US09268012B2
An apparatus and a method are provided for 3-D imaging and scanning using a 2-D planar VCSELs source configured as a lightfiled optical source. VCSELs are configured in different 2-D spatial arrangements including single VCSEL, or preferably a group, cluster, or array each to be operated effectively as an independent VCSEL array source. A set of microlens and an imaging lens positioned at a pre-determined distance collimates radiation from each VCSEL array source to a set of parallel beams. The parallel beams from different VCSEL array sources generated in a rapid pre-determined timing sequence provide scanning beams to illuminate an object. The radiation reflected from the object is analyzed for arrival time, pulse shape, and intensity to determine a comprehensive set of distance and intensity profile of the object to compute a 3-D image.
US09268011B2
An optical system support, especially for an optical measuring device, includes a base on which a mechanism for fixing an electro-optical transceiver system is provided. The optical system support is a ceramic optical system support.
US09268000B2
A method is disclosed for reducing an influence of voltage ripple on battery test measurements of battery cells coupled in series that form a direct current (DC) bus. A calibration operation is used to obtain a ratiometric difference between first and second series connected battery cells of the DC bus, which is indicative of a variance in their respective output voltages. Voltage measurements across each of the two cells may then be obtained at least substantially simultaneously. The ratiometric difference may be used to modify the voltage measurement taken across the second cell to produce a modified voltage measurement of the second cell. A difference between the measured voltage across the first battery cell and the modified voltage measurement may then be determined, which represents a filtered DC test voltage that has substantially all of the voltage ripple removed therefrom.
US09267999B2
A test system for a battery pack having at least first and second battery modules is provided. The system includes a high voltage service disconnect assembly having a housing and an electrically-actuated switch. The system further includes a microprocessor that generates a first signal to induce the switch to have a closed operational position to electrically couple the first battery module to the second battery module. The sensor generates a second signal associated with the battery pack. The microprocessor stops generating the first signal to induce the switch to have an open operational position to electrically decouple the first battery module from the second battery module when the first signal is greater than a threshold level.
US09267998B2
A protective circuit for an arrangement which includes a plurality of individual cells in a rechargeable battery pack with a predefined number of individual cells being connected in series in a cell row and at least two cell rows being situated parallel to one another. The component current flowing in a first cell row when the rechargeable battery pack is subject to loading is compared with the component current flowing in a second cell row to generate a signal when there is an implausible deviation in the component currents with respect to one smother. The signal is used to disconnect a defective cell row or to switch off the entire rechargeable battery pack in order to protect the latter.
US09267997B2
Systems and methods for determining the damage level of a battery are provided. An exemplary method includes measuring a terminal voltage of the battery over time while discharging the battery at a predetermined current; calculating a slope of a natural logarithm of a rate of change of a first voltage of the battery over time based on the terminal voltage of the battery; and comparing the calculated slope to a threshold slope that is based on measurements of a plurality of similar batteries with known conditions. The first voltage of the battery may correspond to a voltage across an RC component of an equivalent circuit model for the battery.
US09267994B2
Systems and methods are provided for monitoring the deterioration of a rechargeable battery. A battery monitoring system may be used to store charging information, discharge information and storage information for a rechargeable battery to a data store. The charging information may include a number of charge cycles incurred by the rechargeable battery. The discharge information may include a number discharge cycles incurred by the rechargeable battery. The storage information may include information relating to periods when the rechargeable battery is not being actively charged or discharged. The battery monitoring system may be further used to determine an amount of deterioration of a battery performance characteristic based on the stored charging information, discharge information and storage information.
US09267984B1
Aspects of the present disclosure provide for a cable tester that tests a cable to determine the cable length. The cable tester can include a clock generator that generates a clock that has clock period that is a multiple of the data symbol period and a signal generator that injects the training signal, which can be synchronous with the clock, into the cable. The cable tester can also include a receiver that samples the returned signal from the cable and adaptively filters the returned signal based on the training signal and a controller that determines the cable length from the adaptive filter tap coefficients.
US09267973B2
Power generating component connectivity resistance monitoring techniques are disclosed. In an array of power generating components that are connected in parallel to a power bus, a power generating component measures an output current that it supplies to the power bus. Respective first and second power generating components measure a first voltage at an output of the first power generating component and a second voltage at an output of the second power generating component. A resistance in the array between first and second connection points in the array through which the output current flows is determined based on the measurements of the output current, the first voltage, and the second voltage.
US09267969B2
One embodiment includes a method for protecting from the accidental application of an electrical potential to an incorrect pin of a multipin electrical connector during testing. A sleeve is fitted around a pin that is not to have potential applied to it such that the pin is protected from accidental application of potential during testing.
US09267965B2
A method for performing test site synchronization within automated test equipment (ATE) is presented. The method comprises controlling a plurality of test program controllers (TPCs) using a plurality of bridge controllers (BCs), wherein each TPC can initiate multiple asynchronous events. For an asynchronous event initiated by a TPC, raising a busy flag while the asynchronous event is not yet complete and de-asserting the busy flag when the asynchronous event is complete, wherein the asynchronous event corresponds to a task requiring an indeterminate amount of time. It also comprises generating a busy signal in the first BCs in response to receiving a busy flag from any of the plurality of TPCs, wherein the busy signal remains asserted while any of the plurality of TPCs asserts a busy flag. Finally, it comprises transmitting the busy signal to the plurality of TPCs, wherein the TPCs use the busy signal to synchronize operations.
US09267961B2
A thermal convection-type accelerometer includes a first insulating substrate, a circuit formed on the first insulating substrate, a first acceleration-sensing device coupled with the circuit, and a first supporting layer attached on the insulating substrate. The first acceleration-sensing device includes two temperature-sensing components and a heater disposed between the temperature-sensing components. The temperature-sensing components and the heater are directly formed on the first supporting layer.
US09267953B2
Methods for determining an analyte in a sample by immunoassay in a one-step format without performing washing steps are described. The method includes a first analyte-specific receptor that contains at least two binding sites for the analyte, and a second analyte-specific receptor that selectively binds to an aggregate arrangement of at least two analyte molecules bound to the first receptor.
US09267941B2
The present invention refers to an aqueous solution for use as medium for the specific binding reaction of a binding pair, wherein a first binding member recognizes its complementary second binding member. The solution contains a) a buffer to control pH; b) a compound A selected from a compound defined by the general formula I R1—[[CR2R3]p—O]q—R4, wherein R1 is hydrogen or hydroxy group, R2 for each unit independently is hydrogen or hydroxy group, R3 is hydrogen, methyl group, or ethyl group, R4 is hydrogen or alkyl group, p is an integer of from 2 to 10 and q is an integer of from 1 to 100, with the proviso that the compound at least carries two hydroxy groups; a polyol; or saccharide; and c) a non-ionic detergent.
US09267938B2
The described invention provides an ex vivo dynamic multiple myeloma (MM) cancer niche contained in a microfluidic device. The dynamic MM cancer niche includes (a) a three-dimensional tissue construct containing a dynamic ex vivo bone marrow (BM) niche, which contains a mineralized bone-like tissue containing viable osteoblasts self-organized into cohesive multiple cell layers and an extracellular matrix secreted by the viable adherent osteoblasts; and a microenvironment dynamically perfused by nutrients and dissolved gas molecules; and (b) human myeloma cells seeded from a biospecimen composition comprising mononuclear cells and the multiple myeloma cells. The human myeloma cells are in contact with osteoblasts of the BM niche, and the viability of the human myeloma cells is maintained by the MM cancer niche.
US09267936B2
A method for forming neuromuscular junctions includes forming functional neuromuscular junctions between motoneurons and muscle cells by co-culturing one or more human motoneurons and one or more human muscle cells in a substantially serum-free medium. A synthetic mammalian neuromuscular junction includes a human motoneuron functionally linked to a human muscle cell in a substantially serum-free medium. An artificial substrate may be used to support the one or more neuromuscular junctions.
US09267933B2
A hanging droplet plate (1) comprises a predetermined number of droplet compartments (10) each being capable of receiving a droplet of a liquid. The respective droplet compartment (10) comprises a circumferential microfluidic wetting barrier (102) which is arranged to surround a respective cavity (100) and which prevents a droplet from spreading beyond the microfluidic wetting barrier (102). The respective compartment (10) comprises a closed bottom (101) and at least one additional circumferential microfluidic wetting barrier (104), each additional circumferential microfluidic wetting barrier (104) which is arranged to surround a preceding circumferential microfluidic wetting barrier (102). A wettable area (103) is arranged between two adjacently arranged microfluidic wetting barriers (102, 104).
US09267929B2
A method can be performed by adjusting a temperature of a gas sensor to a first temperature value for a first period of time and a second temperature value for a second period of time. The gas sensor signal may be measured during the first period of time to determine a first signal value and during the second period of time to determine a second value. Then, concentration information for at least one gas is calculated according to the first signal value and the second signal value. While the gas sensor signal may include information about a presence of a first gas and a second gas, the concentration information for the at least one gas may not substantially include concentration information for the second gas.
US09267926B2
An apparatus for inspecting a curved portion of a manufactured part comprises a frame, a sensor, a plunger, and a linking mechanism. The frame may include a first contact wall and an opposing second contact wall. Each contact wall may contact a planar portion of the part adjacent to the curved portion and may be oriented at an angle corresponding to an angle of the planar portions of the part adjacent to the curved portion. The sensor may transmit at least one signal to and receive at least one signal from the part. The plunger may contact the surface of the part and move as a radius of curvature of the part changes. The linking mechanism may couple to the plunger and may adjust the height of the sensor above a surface of the part in response to motion of the plunger.
US09267920B2
For ion mobility spectrometry applications, a desired shape of a sensor structure may be created by forming a desired shape from a ceramic material, such as aluminum nitride. In various embodiments, the sensor structure may be formed using discrete individual ceramic sheets and/or from a preformed ceramic tube. Via holes are formed into the sensor structure to provide for efficient circuitry configurations of the IMS drift tube and/or providing electrical connections between the interior and exterior of the drift tube.
US09267916B2
There is provided an electrolyte solution for extending shelf life, and/or accelerating or improving resolution or improving transfer efficacy for blot applications, or accelerating and improving resolution, or accelerating and improving transfer efficacy of gel electrophoresis and containing Tris(hydroxymethyl)aminomethane (TRIS), at least one zwitterion, and water. The electrolyte solution may be used in buffer systems for gel electrophoresis and the preparation of gels for gel electrophoresis, such as Western blot.
US09267912B2
A gas information estimation apparatus (100) is connected to a gas sensor element for detecting the concentration of gas flowing through an internal combustion engine (11), and estimates gas information other than the concentration. The apparatus includes gas sensor element provisional temperature calculation means (51) for calculating a provisional temperature of the gas sensor element using a predetermined simulation model, and inputting a reference value to the model as the parameter value; gas sensor element actual temperature measurement means (53), (54); gas information calculation means (55) for calculating the true value of the parameter value which can be input to the model in place of the reference value such that the provisional temperature of the gas sensor element approaches the actual temperature; and gas information obtaining means (57) for obtaining an estimative value of the gas information from the true value.
US09267911B2
An analyte test sensor strip is disclosed having information coded thereon as well as a method of forming the same and conducting an analyte test using the analyte test sensor strip. Information relating to an attribute of the strip or batch/lot of strips may be coded based on resistance values pertaining to electrical aspects of the strip, such as a primary resistive element and a secondary resistive element, the secondary resistive element having one of a plurality of states defined by a location of a closed tap to form a unique resistive path for the secondary resistive element that includes a portion of the primary resistive element depending on the location of the closed tap. The states may be formed on the strip by a secondary processing step in the manufacture of the strip in which a plurality of taps are severed leaving only one tap in a closed state.
US09267908B2
The present invention generally provides devices, systems, and methods for determination of one or more analytes. The analyte may be determined by monitoring, for example, a change in an electrical, optical, or other signal of a material (e.g., sensor material) present within the device, upon exposure to the analyte. The signal may be an electrical and/or optical property of the device. In some cases, devices described herein may be useful as sensors for the determination of analytes such as explosives, chemical warfare agents, and/or toxins.
US09267906B2
A system for monitoring electrical current passing through a cured bondline may include a current sensor network embedded in an adhesive layer of the cured bondline. The current sensor network may include a plurality of inductive coils and a plurality of current sensor nodes electrically interconnecting the inductive coils to form a plurality of current sensor loops generating induced current in response to a magnetic field associated with an electrical current passing through the adhesive layer. The current sensor nodes may generate current signals representative of the induced current. The current sensor network may include a digital data communications network located external to the cured bondline and receiving the current signals from the current sensor nodes and detecting and monitoring electrical current passing through the cured bondline based on the current signals.
US09267904B2
A device for analyzing a film on a surface of an electrode for a rechargeable lithium battery includes: an inert chamber capable of maintaining an inert atmosphere including controlled amounts of moisture and oxygen and including an inner space for pretreating a sample including the film on the surface of the electrode; a first analyzer coupled to the inert chamber through a connection tube, the first analyzer being configured to receive the sample and being configured to provide composition and thickness information of the film; an inert holder configured to be assembled around the sample in the inert chamber and configured to maintain the inert atmosphere around the sample; and a second analyzer mounted with the inert holder therein and configured to provide shape information of the film. A method of analyzing a film on a surface of an electrode using the device is also disclosed.
US09267903B2
Methods and apparatuses for inspecting a semiconductor device using electron beam are provided. The methods may include performing detection operations on a detection target pattern N times and determining a number of detection operations which have been performed until a maximum secondary electron amount of the detection target pattern is obtained. Each of the detection operations may include irradiating the detection target pattern with an electron beam, interrupting the irradiating and detecting a secondary electron amount of the detection target pattern after a detection waiting time has elapsed since the interrupting the irradiating.
US09267902B2
Provided is a sample analysis method of irradiating a sample with a primary ion beam to analyze a secondary ion emitted from the sample by mass spectrometry, the sample analysis method including the steps of cooling a sample placed in a chamber; forming an ice layer on a surface of the cooled sample by discharging one of water and an aqueous solution to the chamber; and irradiating the surface of the sample with the primary ion beam with the ice layer being formed thereon, wherein an amount of the water forming the ice layer is 0.1 ng/mm2 or more and 20 ng/mm2 or less.
US09267901B2
The present invention provides a method for estimating breaking energy of a rubber material, in particular breaking energy of a surface of a rubber material. The present invention also provides to a rubber composition excellent in crack resistance. The present invention relates to a method for estimating breaking energy of a rubber material, including determining a carbon-carbon double bond content in the rubber material.
US09267896B2
According to the present invention, there is provided a method of determining a concentration of uranium including: a) a primary measuring step of measuring luminescence intensity or luminescence attenuation of uranium (VI) of an oxidant added sample obtained by adding an oxidant composition to a detection target sample; b) a secondary measuring step of adding different volumes of standard solution containing uranium (VI) having a predetermined concentration to a plurality of oxidant added samples, respectively, and then measuring luminescence intensity or luminescence attenuation of uranium (VI) contained in each standard solution added sample; and c) a calculating step of calculating a concentration of uranium (VI) contained in the detection target sample by a standard addition method based on the primary and secondary measurements. With the method for determining a concentration of uranium according to the present invention, the concentration of uranium may be further rapidly and accurately analyzed.
US09267895B2
Provided is a chemical analysis device to analyze a chemical composition of a sample, including a main body including a laser light source, a chemical analysis unit, and a housing; an optical head that is arranged to be faced to the sample; and a pressureproof-feedthrough-equipped fiber that is extended from the housing to the optical head to guide laser light emitted from the laser light source to the optical head. The housing houses the laser light source and the chemical analysis unit as having a pressure-resistant function. The optical head includes a mirror system that causes the sample to be irradiated with laser light outgoing from the pressureproof-feedthrough-equipped fiber and to cause plasma emission light occurring at the sample owing to irradiation with the laser light to reenter to the pressureproof-feedthrough-equipped fiber. The chemical analysis unit performs spectroscopic analysis on the plasma emission light that reentered to the pressureproof-feedthrough-equipped fiber.
US09267886B2
In an optical sensor, a light emission system emits an irradiated light of a linear polarization in a first polarization direction toward a surface of a target object having a sheet shape from an incident direction which is inclined with respect to a normal direction of the surface. A first light detection system includes a first light detector arranged on a first light path of a specular reflected light, which is emitted from the light emission system and is specularly reflected from the target object. A second light detection system includes a second light detector arranged on a second light path of a diffuse reflected light which is diffusely reflected from an incident plane on the target object. The second light detector receives second light passed by an optical element which passes a linear polarization component of a second polarization direction perpendicular to the first polarization direction.
US09267884B2
A particle detection system including; at least one light source adapted to illuminate a volume being monitored at at least two wavelengths; a receiver having a field of view and being adapted to receive light from at least one light source after said light has traversed the volume being monitored and being adapted to generate signals indicative of the intensity of light received at regions within the field of view of the receiver; a processor associated with the receiver adapted to process the signals generated by the receiver to correlate light received at at least two wavelengths in corresponding regions within the field of view of the receiver and generate an output indicative of the relative level of light received at the two wavelengths.
US09267880B1
For cavity enhanced optical spectroscopy, the cavity modes are used as a frequency reference. Data analysis methods are employed that assume the data points are at equally spaced frequencies. Parameters of interest such as line width, integrated absorption etc. can be determined from such data without knowledge of the frequencies of any of the data points. Methods for determining the FSR index of each ring-down event are also provided.
US09267874B2
Corrosion Under Insulation (CUI) of an insulated iron or other corrosion prone object (1) is detected by taking a sample (8) of the pore fluid from the pores of a permeable insulation layer (2) that covers at least part of the object (1) and analyzing the composition of the sample (8) on the presence of any tracer fluid, such as phospines, mercaptans, alcohols, acids, ketones and/or aldehydes emitted or acetic acid and/or butoxyethanol absorbed by any corrosion of the corrosion prone object (1) by a tracer fluid detection sensor (6).
US09267860B2
The present invention provides a tire balance measuring device capable of minimizing the influence exerted on a measured value due to an inclination of a lock shaft even when the lock shaft (fitted shaft) is inclined in a random direction at an angle created by a gap corresponding to a fitting allowance every time a tire is supplied with gas. The tire balance measuring device of this invention comprises a sensor for measuring the inclination of the lock shaft, and a computing unit for computing an amount of change in a unbalance of the tire from an output value received from the sensor after the tire is supplied with gas, and correcting a result of measuring a balance of the tire using the computed amount of change in the unbalance.
US09267855B2
A method allowing the reliable and accurate calculation of the torque of a shaft using two phonic wheels and a sensor, the method including correlating the signal resulting from a rotation or one sixth of a rotation with the signal resulting from the subsequent rotation or one sixth of a rotation. The length of time between two passages of teeth is calculated by interpolating the cross-correlation function using least squares interpolation.
US09267853B2
Devices and methods are provided for a nanocomposite having a phase change polymer matrix and conductive nanoparticles to provide greatly enhanced responsivity to temperature and/or humidity. A sensing film includes carbon nanotubes (CNTs) and the polymer. Operation near the transition temperature increases the TCR by over an order of magnitude, thus providing a new platform for devices such as IR sensors, bolometers and imaging elements, MEMS devices, compensating or uncompensated circuit elements and other electronic devices. Nanocomposite films may be under about one micron thick, and coatings, constant environment chambers or mounts, and other engineered improvements and variations may be provided to further enhance the response, range, response times or sensitivity of the film-based devices. One embodiment employs a nanocomposite film under one micron in thickness to operate as an uncooled but highly sensitive infrared bolometer under ambient conditions.
US09267852B2
The invention relates to methods and devices for control of an integrated thin-film device with a plurality of microfluidic channels. In one embodiment, a microfluidic device is provided that includes a microfluidic chip having a plurality of microfluidic channels and a plurality of multiplexed heater electrodes, wherein the heater electrodes are part of a multiplex circuit including a common lead connecting the heater electrodes to a power supply, each of the heater electrodes being associated with one of the microfluidic channels. The microfluidic device also includes a control system configured to regulate power applied to each heater electrode by varying a duty cycle, the control system being further configured to determine the temperature of each heater electrode by determining the resistance of each heater electrode.
US09267846B2
In an infrared detection element 15, a first substrate 36 is bonded to a front side of a pyroelectric substrate 20. Since the thermal expansion coefficient of the first substrate 36 is lower than that of the pyroelectric substrate 20, deformation of the pyroelectric substrate 20 due to thermal expansion can be suppressed by the first substrate 36. Further, since a thermal expansion coefficient difference D is 8.9 ppm/K or less, the thermal expansion coefficient between the first substrate 36 and the pyroelectric substrate 20 is not excessively large, and this can suppress deformation of the infrared detection element 15 due to the thermal expansion coefficient difference between the first substrate 36 and the pyroelectric substrate 20.
US09267844B2
An apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a laser source and a ring-down optical resonator that performs cavity ring-down spectroscopy, the optical resonator receives coherent optical energy from the laser, wherein an extinction rate of optical resonance within the optical resonator is at least 100 times longer than an extinction rate of optical energy emitted from the laser source first following deactivation of the laser source.
US09267841B2
The color measurement device and an image forming apparatus using the same includes a light source for irradiating a color measurement object with white light; a diffraction grating for dispersing the light reflected from the color measurement object; and a line sensor formed of multiple pixels that generate an electric signal corresponding to the intensity of the light dispersed by the diffraction grating, wherein the light source includes a light-emitting diode having a peak value of emission intensity in a wavelength zone of 380 nm to 420 nm, and a plural types of fluorescent members each having a peak value of fluorescence intensity in a wavelength zone of 420 nm to 730 nm.
US09267840B2
A photoelectric conversion apparatus has: a plurality of pixels having mutually different color filters, and generating pixel signals by a photoelectric conversion; a color selecting switch for selecting the pixel signals generated by the plurality of pixels having mutually different color filters; a first amplifier circuit for amplifying at mutually different gains the pixel signals generated by the pixels having mutually different color filters and selected by the color selecting switch; a reference voltage connecting switch for selecting a reference voltage; and a second amplifier circuit for amplifying at mutually different gains the reference voltages correspondingly to the pixel signals of mutually different colors.
US09267834B2
A system and method effective to monitor an amount of material in a portable container. The system may comprise a material and sensor in a container. The sensor is effective to detect a first level of the material when the container is at a first location and to generate a first data signal in response. The sensor is effective to detect a second level of the material in the container when the container is at a second location and to generate a second data signal in response. The sensor is further effective to send the first and second data signal to a processor. The processor is effective to receive the first and second data signal and generate a report based on the first and the second data signal, the report relating to an amount of the material in the container.
US09267828B2
To provide a fluid flow rate detection device which can be evaluated as adequate from a medical point of view. The velocity of a fluid flowing through a luminal organ in vivo is to be obtained. Vθ(r, θ)=w·V−θ+(1−w)·V+θ is calculated to obtain a calculated value Vθ(r, θ) of the flow rate regarding a component of the fluid in the direction perpendicular to the ultrasonic beam direction. Here, the weight w is a value proportional to the distance d from the wall on one side of the organ at least when the distance is smaller than a predetermined distance from the wall on the one side, and the weight is a value proportional to the distance d′ from the wall on the other side of the organ at least when the distance is smaller than a predetermined distance from the wall on the one other side.
US09267825B2
A pointer structure including: a pointer main body having a pointer visualizing portion closer to a pointer tip and a pointer neck portion continuing to the pointer visualizing portion extending along from an edge region of a dial plate to a backside thereof; a main cover having a first sidewall having a bend piece portion covering an inner corner of the pointer bend portion and a second sidewall continuing to and confronting the first sidewall, having trough to sandwich the pointer main body; and a sub-cover having an L-shaped cover portion formed with a window through which the pointer visualizing portion is exposed and covering both side faces of the pointer visualizing portion, an outer corner of the pointer bend portion and both side faces of the pointer neck portion, wherein the L-shaped cover portion continues with a lid portion closing an opening between the first and second sidewalls.
US09267824B1
A sensor assembly includes a frame defining a sensor axis having opposing endplates with axially extending supports, wherein the opposing endplates are connected by a pair of axially extending side beams. A suspended mass is within an interior of the frame suspended from the supports of the frame. A plurality of spacers are operatively connected to the endplates and supports of the frame. A plurality of piezoelectric material layers are operatively connected to sides of respective spacers opposite the frame to damp vibrations.
US09267822B1
In some embodiments, a system for evaluating coupled components includes a first diffraction grating provided on a first component, a second diffraction grating provided on a second component, a light source that emits light having a wavelength that is larger than the grating periods of the first and second diffraction gratings, and a photodetector that senses the intensity of the light after it passes through the diffraction gratings.
US09267820B2
A two-dimensional absolute encoder includes a scale having marks arranged thereon along first and second directions different from each other, a detector configured to perform first detection that detects rows of a first number of marks arranged in the first direction and second detection that detects rows of a second number of marks arranged in the second direction, and a processor configured to determine absolute positions of the scale in the first and second directions based on outputs from the detector. Each of the marks has one of different characteristic values each corresponding to a combination of a quantized first code for indicating a position in the first direction and a quantized second code for indicating a position in the second direction, the number of the different characteristic values being smaller than the number of the combinations.
US09267817B2
A rotation angle detection device has a first yoke, an inside surface of which is formed of a first concave curved surface and a second concave curved surface, and a second yoke, an inside surface of which is formed of a third concave curved surface and a fourth concave curved surface. Each concave curved surface does not extend in a second direction but extends toward a first flat surface or a second flat surface in an inclined manner. The first flat surface and the second flat surface face each other sandwiching a Hall element therebetween and are parallel to each other. The magnetic flux, which leaks from the first yoke into an inside space and reaches the second yoke, flows in the second direction over a wider area around the Hall element.
US09267809B2
A first detector is configured to detect a state where a first area in a touch sensor mounted on a grip portion that a driver grips on a steering wheel is touched. A second detector is configured to detect a state where a particular input operation is performed on a second area located on the upper side of the first area in the touch sensor. A controller is configured to control an operation target device to be operated with the touch sensor according to the particular input operation when the first detector detects the state where the first area is touched and the second detector detects the state where the particular input operation is performed.
US09267807B2
An aspect of the present invention facilitates identification of custom rendezvous points between users and vehicles plying on custom routes. In one embodiment, a system on board the vehicle receives notifications from users while the vehicle is plying/in transit on the custom route. The system determines the respective transit states (capturing the static and/or dynamic aspects) of the vehicle corresponding to the notifications. The system then inspects the transit states to identify the rendezvous points between the users and the vehicle plying on the custom route. The users by providing the notifications at different time instances (that is, when the vehicle is at different locations/points on the custom route) can cause different “custom” rendezvous points to be identified based on the preferences of the users using the vehicle.
US09267806B2
Path-relevant information is provided by a backend server system to a vehicle without an input or request from the vehicle operator. Program applications, including a web browser application, records vehicle route data in a local memory during vehicle travel. Such vehicle route data may include current GPS coordinates, time of day, day of week, etc. The recorded vehicle route data may then be used to locally generate one or more route prediction models. A predicted vehicle route may be generated from the route prediction models. Once a vehicle route has been predicted, coordinate data corresponding to the predicted route may be transmitted to a backend server. Thereafter, path-relevant information, based on the transmitted coordinate data, may then be received from the backend server, and without the vehicle operator having to provide any input or request.
US09267803B2
Systems and methods of route guidance on a user device are provided. In one aspect, a system and method transmit partitions of map data to a client device. Each map partition may contain road geometries, road names, road network topology, or any other information needed to provide turn-by-turn navigation or driving directions within the partition. Each map partition may be encoded with enough data to allow them to be stitched together to form a larger map. Map partitions may be fetched along each route to be used in the event of a network outage or other loss of network connectivity. For example, if a user deviates from the original route and a network outage occurs, the map data may be assembled and a routing algorithm may be applied to the map data in order to direct the user back to the original route.
US09267800B2
A system for assisting a driver of a biomechanically-driven vehicle having at least one wheel (R), such as a bicycle, includes a device (DET1) for determining the speed of the vehicle, another device (DET) for determining the heading of the vehicle, a magnetometer (M) with at least two measurement axes for supplying data to determine the heading of the vehicle, and a device for supplying information relating to a movement of the vehicle, based on the speed of the vehicle, the slope of the rolling surface, and the heading of the vehicle.
US09267796B2
An optical device is disclosed that may be employed in distance measuring devices. In at least one embodiment, the optical device includes a control unit that is adapted to cause at least one control signal generator unit to generate at least one control signal according to a predetermined temporal function on the basis of an elapsed time from a predetermined point in time. On the basis of the generated at least one control signal, at least one parameter of a receiver unit may be adjusted during the travel time of the optical pulse, wherein the at least one parameter affects the dynamic range of the receiver unit. In this way, the dynamic range of the receiver unit may be increased. A method is further disclosed for operating such an optical device, along with a distance measuring device including such an optical device and a surveying instrument including such a distance measuring device.
US09267794B2
A method of determining a target spatial coordinate using an apparatus comprising a movable hand-held probe, having a body and a pointing element for pointing the target spatial coordinate, and a portable base unit provided with line-of-sight distance coupling means, wherein the hand-held probe is coupled to the base unit by said line-of-sight distance coupling means, coupled to the body at an attachment point, and wherein the base unit is provided with sensors providing measuring signals for measuring length or a change in length of the line-of-sight distance coupling means and rotation of said line-of-sight distance coupling means in at least one degree of freedom. Computer-controlled processing means are arranged for processing measuring signals. The method further comprising retrieving measuring signals wherein the target spatial coordinate is appointed from different orientations of the hand-held probe, and determining the target spatial coordinate from the measuring signals.
US09267793B2
A movement monitoring device attaches to equipment and includes a housing and a transmitter. The housing includes an integrated circuit with (a) a detector sensitive to physical movement of the equipment when the housing is attached to the equipment and (b) a processor for processing data of the detector to determine an event experienced by the equipment. The transmitter communicatively couples with the integrated circuit for communicating the event to a remote receiver.
US09267790B2
A measuring device that measures a measurement object includes a two-dimensional measuring unit that outputs two-dimensional image data by performing image pickup on the measurement object, a three-dimensional measuring unit that outputs three-dimensional data by three-dimensionally measuring the measurement object; and an obtaining unit that detects a temporary edge of the measurement object using the three-dimensional data, sets an edge detection range in a two-dimensional image using the detected temporary edge, and detects an edge of the measurement object in the edge detection range using the two-dimensional image data to obtain shape information of the measurement object.
US09267783B1
Split Integration Mode (SIM) acquisition schemes are presented that enable optical coherence tomography (OCT) imaging at multiple rates. SIM enables a system and method of operation having a first mode and a second mode, wherein the fundamental acquisition rate of the detector is the same in the two modes, but wherein the generated signals in the second mode are digitally combined prior to signal processing to create a data set with an effective acquisition rate less than the fundamental acquisition rate.
US09267773B2
Various embodiments of the present disclosure include a mechanical broadhead for use with an archery bow and arrow. In certain arrangements, a broadhead is provided that maintains the cutting blades in a retracted or closed position during flight of the arrow. Upon target contact, the blades expand outwardly from the closed position.
US09267772B2
An ammunition cartridge assembly including a case and a projectile positioned along a longitudinal axis towards the front end of the case. An endcap coupled to the front end of the case is adapted to retain the projectile entirely within the case. A primer is positioned along the longitudinal axis towards the base end of the case. A primer support is coupled to the base end of the case and is adapted to support the primer within the case. A groove is located on the interior surface of the primer support into which the primer expands under pressure during firing. Under firing pressure, the primer is deformed to create a retaining ring that locks the primer to the primer support after the pressure is released. The cartridge assembly includes at least one obturating lip seal to seal at least one of the endcap or the primer support to the case.
US09267766B2
The invention relates to an armored ventilation grille for an opening, the grille including an outer side to be exposed to a projectile shot and an inner side to be applied to the opening, the grille including a plurality of parallel bars, the bars having a V-shaped cross-section, each limb of the V being made of of a blade, the blades being arranged in chevrons in order to form baffles such that at least one blade is located in the trajectory of the projectile shot whatever the incidence may be. The grille according to the invention wherein the outer blades is made an armored material while the inner blades made of a ductile material, the blades all being fixed to transverse members in the bearing ranges in such a way that they can be disassembled.
US09267762B2
A system and method for marksmanship training comprises a screen, a computer having a processor and a memory connected to the processor and adjacent the screen, a set of modified video images stored in the memory, a set of projectors for projecting the set of modified video images onto the screen, connected to the computer and adjacent the screen, the set of modified video images including a moving clay target image and a phantom clay target image adjacent the moving clay target image at a lead distance from the moving clay target image, a camera connected to the computer and adjacent the screen, a weapon adjacent the screen, and a laser operatively mounted in the weapon. The phantom clay target image has a contrast level range from a fully opaque image to a fully transparent image.
US09267756B2
An impact-safe projectile launcher for use within an inflatable structure is presented. The projectile launcher comprises a launch tube having an inner end and an outer end. A mount connects the launch tube to the inflatable structure, e.g. a bounce house. An air inlet is provided at the inner end of the launch tube. A projectile inlet is provided downstream of the air inlet at the inner end of the launch tube. An air blower is connected to the inflatable structure and operatively connected such that air flows continuously from the air blower through the air inlet down the launch tube. The continuous flow of air propels impact-safe projectiles that are inserted into the projectile opening down the launch tube and out of the projectile launcher through the outer end of the launch tube.
US09267755B2
The invention relates to an archery system that launches an arrow from a position that is perpendicular to a direction of flight for the arrow. After release, the arrow rotates to a position that is parallel to the direction of flight to the target.
US09267754B2
The invention relates to a training weapon system (1) intended for a recoilless antitank rifle (2), the training weapon system (1) comprising a sub-caliber barrel (3) for firing sub-caliber practice projectiles (4) provided with base plates (5), the sub-caliber barrel (3) being arranged in a shell-like body (6) in the barrel (7) of the recoilless antitank rifle (2), the front part of the sub-caliber barrel (3) being fitted in a guide part (8) for centering the barrel (3), and a rear part of the barrel (3) being fitted in a breech (9), comprising a firing channel (10) and a nozzle screw thread (11) for fitting a nozzle screw (12), which is arranged in the rear part of the shell-like body (6). The invention is characterized in that the training weapon system (1) comprises at least one locking part (13, 14), the function of which is to prevent the nozzle screw (12) or the base plate (5) of the projectile (4) or part of the base plate (5) being expelled backwards through the nozzle funnel (21) of the antitank rifle (2) as loose flying projectiles.
US09267750B1
A drop-in adjustable trigger assembly has a camming safety linkage to selectively move and engage a bolt sear to positively prevent movement of the bolt sear. The drop-in trigger assembly housing carries a pivoting bolt sear engagement member which is connected to a sear safety linkage. The housing has a sear safety linkage slot defined therein which guides the pivoting sear safety linkage in response to actuation of an upwardly projecting thumb safety lever's actuation. A trigger bracket preferably carries a removable, reversible trigger shoe and is configured to pivot within the housing about a pivot point within the housing, and the trigger bracket carries an adjustable rocker having (preferably) a first stage movement adjustment and a second stage length adjustment. The pivoting safety mechanism's safety linkage pivots rearwardly to push upon or cam the bolt sear upwardly, thus disengaging the bolt sear from the trigger sear.
US09267746B2
A liquid-air cooling system (1) has at least one fan device (2) including at least one variable-speed fan motor (3) driving a fan impeller (4) to create a cooling power for a fluid (5) in a fluid cycle (6). To regulate the speed of the fan motor (3) by a control and/or regulation device (24), at least one actual value (Ta) downstream of a segmented heat exchanger (19) is compared to a predefined desired value (Tb). The control and/or regulation device (24) adjusts the cooling power according to the current power values of the respective machine unit (9).
US09267744B2
A gasification reactor with a heat exchange unit having a gas flow channel and one or more heat exchangers arranged within the gas flow channel, the heat exchangers having one or more heat exchange surfaces and one or more associated structures, such as a support structure or deflector plates. The associated structures are provided with fouling protection devices, such as blasters or flow guiding surfaces.
US09267743B2
A housing for electronic equipment includes a fan and a plurality of coolant channels in a passage of a cooling fluid introduced by the fan. A passage width defined by a cooling member blocking the passage, the member being one of the plurality of coolant channels closer to the fan, is smaller than a passage width defined by a cooling member blocking the passage, the member being one of the plurality of coolant channels farther away from the fan.
US09267729B2
Provided is a home appliance that outputs an operating sound, if a predetermined operating sound output condition is satisfied, the home appliance including: a storage unit that stores at least one sound; a manipulation unit through which a sound to be set as the operating sound is selected from among the at least one sound from a user; a sound output unit that outputs the operating sound; and a controller that controls the sound output unit to output the sound selected by the user to the operating sound, if the operating sound output condition is satisfied. The user directly inputs sounds to the home appliance and selects an operating sound from among the sounds so that the home appliance capable of providing various operating sounds according to a user's taste can be provided.
US09267717B2
A heat exchanger has an upper region, a lower region disposed vertically lower than the upper region, and a passive charge management device. The passive charge management device has an internal volume, an upper tube connecting the internal volume to at least one of the upper region and the lower region at a first vertical height, and a lower tube connecting the internal volume to at least one of the upper region and the lower region at a second vertical height that is vertically lower than the first vertical height.
US09267715B2
An icing protection system comprises a fuel cell, an evaporative cooling system, a thermal deicing device, a control unit and a device for measuring the pressure in the evaporative cooling system. The evaporative cooling system is in thermal contact with the fuel cell and with the thermal deicing device in order to conduct heat from the fuel cell to the thermal deicing device. The control unit controls the electrical power demanded from the evaporatively cooled fuel cell in dependence on a deviation of the pressure measured by the pressure measuring device from a predetermined NOMINAL pressure. In this way, an energetically very efficient and very well controllable icing protection system is made available that can be operated without bleed air supplied by engines or electrical energy provided by engine generators.
US09267713B2
A temperature control system, including a closed refrigerant circuit having an evaporator unit for absorbing heat via the refrigerant, thereby evaporating it, a compressor unit with a mechanical compressor for increasing the pressure of the refrigerant and a thermal collector for using an external heat source to increase the temperature of refrigerant within the circuit, and a condenser unit for rejecting heat from the refrigerant, liquefying it.
US09267700B2
A device for detecting and/or measuring air flow in a cooling air flow passageway of an appliance using solid-state flow detectors. Heat generating components of the appliance are controlled in response to detected air flow. More specifically, the disclosure provides a device for detecting the presence of airflow and/or the approximate rate of airflow in a cooling channel of an appliance chassis. Based on this information, the appliance can perform safety-related tasks, such as de-energizing associated heating elements if there is too-low (or no) airflow detected. The solid-state flow detectors are easily fabricated, installed, and calibrated and avoids the calibration, fabrication and/or installation difficulties associated with sail switches and other such approaches such as thermal limit switches.
US09267698B2
A mister fan includes a base, a motor supported by the base, a blade assembly supported by the base and driven by the motor, a first conduit extending from the base and configured to receive liquid from a first fluid source, and a second conduit extending from the base and configured to receive liquid from a second fluid source that is different than the first fluid source. The mister fan also includes a spray nozzle unit supported by the base adjacent the blade assembly. The spray nozzle unit is in fluid communication with the first conduit and the second conduit to selectively receive liquid from the first and second conduits.
US09267696B2
An air temperature and humidity control device is provided including a first heat pump having a compressor, an expansion valve, a condenser, and an evaporator. The first heat pump has a refrigerant circulating there through. A humidity controller includes a first contactor fluidly coupled to the evaporator and condenser. The first contact includes at least one contact module having a porous sidewall that defines an internal space through which a hygroscopic material flows. A first air flow is in communication with the porous sidewall of the first contactor. The device also has a second heat pump including a first polishing coil. The first polishing coil is substantially aligned with and arranged generally downstream from the first contactor relative to the first air flow.
US09267691B2
A clamp assembly for facilitating attachment and removal of a first component to or from a second component includes plural clamp bodies, each having at least two mutually perpendicular surfaces arranged about the first component. A substantially rigid ring is located between one surface of the clamp body and a surface of the first component. At least one fastener is provided for each of the plural clamp bodies, adapted to extend through a respective one of the plural clamp bodies and into the second component. Tooling is provided to allow for simultaneous tightening or loosening of all bolts on a single combustor.
US09267677B2
The present invention relates to a hand held device for producing large volumes of smoke from a smoke producing solution. The design allows for repeated, fast, and lengthy heating of the heating chamber, and thus is an improvement over prior devices which can only be utilized in short bursts.
US09267666B2
An illuminating apparatus includes a light source and an optical member that controls light distribution of light emitted from the light source in a forward direction. A plurality of prisms extending in one direction are provided on one principal surface of the optical member in regions on both sides when divided at a virtual plane that includes a reference axis. The plurality of prisms include reflecting prisms that reflect light from a light source that is disposed virtually on the reference axis and emit this light from the optical member. The light source is disposed such that its optical axis is shifted in one direction relative to the reference axis.
US09267664B2
A patterned color conversion film and a display device using the same are disclosed. The patterned color conversion film of the present invention comprises: a separator with plural openings; and plural pixel units disposed in the openings respectively, each pixel unit respectively comprising: a medium and scattering particles dispersed therein. Herein, at least one of the plural pixel units comprises quantum dots having the scattering particles sized of between 0.05 and 1 μm when a volume concentration of the quantum dots is in a range more than or equal to 5% and less than or equal to 80%, or having the scattering particles sized of between 0.2 and 2 μm when the volume concentration of the quantum dots is in a range less than 5% and more than or equal to 0%.
US09267655B2
A vehicle lamp includes: an LED mount on which an LED is placed; an attachment that fixes the LED to the LED mount; a power supply that supplies power to the LED; a first optical member that controls light emitted from the LED; and a second optical member that controls light emitted from the first optical member. The power supply and the first optical member are provided at the attachment.
US09267654B1
An electric candle assembly is disclosed comprising a body, a light, a power source conductively attached to a control element, control circuitry to control the conductivity between the power source and the light, the control circuitry comprises a threshold circuit to switch the light from an on mode to an off mode and the threshold circuit is configured to receive a force on the light from a gas whereby the force moves the light and moves the second threshold switch contact from an unflexed position to a flexed position and switches the light from the on mode to the off mode. In some embodiments the control element is an integrated circuit such as a 555 integrated circuit. Embodiments of methods to use the candle assembly are also disclosed.
US09267652B2
The present invention relates to a lighting module (20a, 20b, 20c), a modular lighting system (2) and a method of manufacturing such a lighting module. The lighting module comprises a board (21) having a central portion (24) and a peripheral edge (22) adapted to be coupled to the peripheral edge of the board of another lighting module, and a plurality of light sources (23) arranged at the board such that the pitch in proximity to the peripheral edge is larger than the pitch in proximity to the central portion. The present invention is advantageous in that it enables the realization of a modular lighting system whose luminance distribution is perceived as more homogenous. The pitch between the light sources of the board can be reduced while reducing the perception of any dark areas between neighboring lighting modules as illuminance interruptions (or discontinuities).
US09267644B2
A sensing mechanism (12) for detecting user contact with an active portion (26) of the power tool (10) is provided. In addition, a safety mechanism (14) for preventing prolonged user contact with the active portion (26) of a power tool (10) is provided. The safety mechanism (14) is configured to actuate upon receipt of a signal from the sensing mechanism (12). According to a first aspect, the safety mechanism (14) is arranged to rapidly displace the active portion (26) away from a user extremity. Alternatively, according to a second aspect, the safety mechanism (14) is arranged to rapidly urge an extremity of the user away from the active portion (26) of the power tool (10).
US09267632B1
Apparatus and methods for joining similar pieces of plastic pipe includes using the shape memory of the pipe pieces to slightly deform a “female” end to permit insertion therein of a non-deformed male end. The deformation is sufficient to permit the insertion but not so large as to preclude the substantially complete “recovery” of the female end's shape and size, using the “shape memory” of the pipe material. Embodiments include, without limitation, single-walled (or mono-walled) pipe, pipe formed from multiple material layers, corrugated pipe, flat-walled pipe, and others. Preferred tools and apparatus are disclosed for stretching the female end and maintaining the desired stretch during transportation and storage, for sealing the joint (via adhesive/sealant, flange gasket, O-ring, or the like), and for further protecting the resulting joint.
US09267620B2
The present disclosure presents a laying machine for laying at least one flexible casing or tube, cable, or wire. The laying machine includes a blade arrangement for making a trench in the ground. The laying machine can also include a consolidation and laying means being arranged behind the blade arrangement for clearing and safeguarding the trench from collapsing while laying at least one flexible casing or tube, cable or wire into the trench. Additionally, a blade assembly including compartments for cooling fluid and air is presented herein.
US09267613B2
A valve lockout device includes a body having a mount portion that defines a passageway. A cover positioned adjacent to the body defines a cover portion adjacent the mount portion thereby inhibiting access to the passageway in the mount portion. A position control arm extends through at least one of the body and cover, the position control arm defines a valve engagement portion and an adjustment portion. A lock aperture is formed in at least the other of the body and cover through which the position control arm extends. An adjustment member is positioned adjacent at least one of the body and the cover, the adjustment member defines an adjustment member aperture aligned with the lock aperture and is configured to engage the adjustment portion of the position control arm. Coupling the lock aperture and the adjustment member aperture inhibits relative movement of the body, cover, and adjustment member.
US09267607B2
An actuator for an adjustable damping valve device includes an armature which has an axial valve stem. At least one spring loads the armature in a direction opposite to the magnetic armature force generated by a magnetic coil. The position of the valve stem is adjustable with respect to a defined valve position of the damping valve device. The spring loading the armature is supported at a spring bearing which is accessible via a housing wall of the actuator and which can be adjusted with respect to its axial position.
US09267605B2
A pressure control valve assembly of a plasma processing chamber in which semiconductor substrates are processed includes a housing having an inlet, an outlet and a conduit extending between the inlet and the outlet, the inlet adapted to be connected to an interior of the plasma processing chamber and the outlet adapted to be connected to a vacuum pump which maintains the plasma processing chamber at desired pressure set points during rapid alternating phases of processing a semiconductor substrate in the chamber. A fixed slotted valve plate having a first set of parallel slots therein is fixed in the conduit such that gasses withdrawn from the chamber into the conduit pass through the first set of parallel slots. A movable slotted valve plate having a second set of parallel slots therein is movable with respect to the fixed slotted valve plate so as to adjust pressure in the chamber.
US09267604B2
A valve seat apparatus for use with fluid valves is described herein. An example valve seat apparatus includes a seat ring having a central passage therethrough and an outer wall. The outer wall comprises a threaded portion, having a first diameter, to engage a cage of a fluid valve. The outer wall also includes a sealing portion to capture a seal assembly between the sealing portion and a surface of a body of the fluid valve. The sealing portion has a second diameter greater than the first diameter. The outer wall of the example valve seat apparatus further includes a flange portion to capture the seal assembly between the cage and the flange portion. The flange portion extends toward the surface of the body and the sealing portion is to be positioned between the flange portion and the threaded portion. The flange portion has a third diameter greater than the second diameter.
US09267595B2
A drive device for a motor vehicle includes at least one electric machine having at least one rotor element which is configured to delimit an installation area in a radial direction. At least one transmission device is disposed, at least partly, in the installation area and configured to be driven by the electric machine via the rotor element. A fluid supply device having at least one fluid channel is provided for supply of fluid to at least one cooling or lubrication point of the drive device. The fluid channel has a first part area running in a stationary first component, and a second part area which adjoins the first part area in a flow direction of the fluid through the fluid channel and runs in a second component of the drive device. The second component is supported for rotation about an axis of rotation in relation to the first component.
US09267590B2
A hydraulic additional drive includes a hydraulic or having working ports configured to be connected to a pump via a high pressure branch and a low pressure branch. The hydraulic motor further includes a purging port to which a feed pressure is configured to be applied to set a “free-wheel mode” while the working ports are connected to a tank. The pressure at the purging port is limited to a comparatively low value between the feed pressure and the tank pressure by a pre-charging valve integrated into the hydraulic motor. The pre-charging valve is arranged in a free-wheel duct which hydraulically connects the purging port to one of the working ports.
US09267587B2
A roller screw mechanism provided with a screw having an external thread, a nut surrounding and coaxial with the screw, the nut including an internal thread, two gear wheels mounted in a non-threaded part of the nut, each gear wheel providing a first set of teeth having a plurality of internal teeth, and a plurality of rollers radially located between the screw and the nut, each roller having an external thread designed to engage the external and internal threads of the screw and the nut, and axially at each end a first set of teeth having a plurality of gear teeth designed to engage with the internal gear teeth of the gear wheels. The outer diameter of the gear teeth of each roller is less or equal to the diameter of the thread root of the external thread of the roller.
US09267573B2
This manual transmission includes a connection changeover mechanism which changes the state of connection between the output shafts of the motor generator and the transmission in accordance with a gear stage established by a driver's shift lever operation. When a gear stage for low speed travel is established, a power transmission system is established between the output shafts of the motor generator and the transmission, and the motor speed reduction ratio is set to a first speed reduction ratio. When a gear stage for intermediate speed travel is established, a power transmission system is established between the output shafts of the motor generator and the transmission, and the motor speed reduction ratio is set to a second speed reduction ratio. When a gear stage for high speed travel is established, no power transmission system is established between the output shafts.
US09267566B2
A reinforced rubber article containing a rubber article and a fibrous layer embedded into the rubber article. The fibrous layer contains monoaxially drawn tape elements having at least a first layer, an upper surface and a lower surface. The first layer comprises a blend of polyester and nylon 6. Methods of forming the reinforced rubber article are also disclosed.
US09267561B2
According to one embodiment, a rotor brake control system includes a temperature sensor operable to measure an operating temperature of a rotor brake and a rotor brake control unit operable to instruct a caliper to adjust, based on the measured operating temperature, an amount of friction generated between a brake pad and the rotor brake.
US09267552B2
A driven accessory (10) is provided that includes a first rotary clutch portion (50), a second rotary clutch portion (52), a wrap spring (56) and an actuator (60). The wrap spring (56) is configured to transmit rotary power between the first and second rotary clutch portions (50, 52). The actuator (60) is selectively operable for generating a drag force that is applied to the wrap spring (56) to control torque transmission through the wrap spring (56). The actuator (60) includes an actuator input member (140), a brake shoe (144) and a motor (142) that is configured to translate the brake shoe (144) axially along the rotary axis (70). The drag force is generated when the motor (142) is operated in a first mode so that transmission of rotary power between the first rotary clutch portion (50) and the second rotary clutch portion (52) is interrupted.
US09267551B2
The present invention comprises a safety mechanism (2, 3, 3a, 3b), which is related to and/or integrally formed with a safety coupling (1), wherein the safety coupling, with a related safety mechanism (3a) actuatable toward and into an initial active retaining position or toward and into a final inactive releasing position, is adapted, upon rotary motion, to allow for the transmission of torque between a first, driving coupling member (10) and a second, driven coupling member (20) and wherein said actuatable safety mechanism is adapted to be actuatable in a displacement from an initial active position, via a number of intermediate positions, to a final inactive position. The invention provides for the existence of a guided safety mechanism allocated to the safety coupling with means (40, 45), adapted, during a final operating cycle of the safety coupling, to allow the safety mechanism to be displaced in a direction toward and into the initial active position, and from there to again allow a limiting relative movement between the first and the second coupling members, during each subsequent operative cycle.
US09267549B2
An inner race and boot sleeve combination is provided. The inner race has an inner surface with a groove formed therein. The boot sleeve has a groove in an outer surface. A ring is located in both grooves to axially secure the inner race and boot sleeve together. Devices to prevent relatively rotation between the inner race and the boot sleeve are also provided.
US09267548B2
An inner race and boot sleeve combination is provided. The inner race has an inner surface with a groove formed therein. The boot sleeve has a groove in an outer surface. A ring is located in both grooves to axially secure the inner race and boot sleeve together. Devices to prevent relatively rotation between the inner race and the boot sleeve are also provided.
US09267540B2
A linear guide includes an elongated spacer, a plurality of rollers, and two sliding blocks. The spacer has a plurality of thru-holes arranged in a row along a longitudinal direction thereof. The spacer has two engaging portions respectively arranged at two opposite sides of the row of thru-holes. The rollers are respectively arranged in the thru-holes. Each sliding block has a rolling groove and an engaging groove formed on a bottom portion of the rolling groove, and each rolling groove has two track surfaces spaced apart from each other. The engaging portions are respectively inserted into the engaging grooves such that each sliding block slides with respect to another sliding block only. The track surfaces of each sliding block are respectively arranged at two opposite sides of the spacer, and the rollers are rollably clamped between the track surfaces of the sliding blocks.
US09267536B2
The integrated control device (1) for driving the control cable (20) of the derailleur and the brake cable (16) of a bicycle is provided. The device having a support body (4) connectable to the handlebar (2) and that can be gripped by the cyclist's hand, a cable-winding bush (19) about which the control cable (20) of the derailleur is wound/unwound and a first lever (9) rotatable with respect to the support body (4) about a first axis (X1) for actuating the brake cable (16) and rotatable about a second axis (X2) to drive the cable-winding bush (19) into rotation in a first direction of rotation (R2). An indexing mechanism (12) connected to the first lever (9) cooperates with the cable-winding bush (19) to define predetermined angular positions therefor. The support body (4) having a recess (25) for the passage of the control cable (20) of the derailleur.
US09267533B2
The present disclosure provides a multiple use threaded fastener having a plurality of redundant locking features. The fastener includes a threaded hollow lock bolt having a tapered internal wall constructed to threadingly engage a threaded aperture in a housing. A threaded lock stud having a tapered external wall is constructed to fit at least partially within the hollow lock bolt and threadingly engage the threaded aperture of the housing and engage the tapered wall of the hollow lock bolt.
US09267530B2
The cap structure includes a nut engaged with a bolt end portion formed in an end of a rotating shaft of a vehicle-use electric rotating machine to fix a pulley. The nut has a polygonal outer periphery including a step portion projecting radially outward at an axial position closer to a seating surface of the nut than an axial center of the nut. The cap structure further includes a cap for covering the nut and the bolt end portion engaged with the nut and protruding from the nut. The cap is made of casting resin so as to have a polygonal inner periphery and an annular claw portion, the number of sides of the polygonal inner periphery being equal to a natural number-multiple of the number of sides of the outer periphery of the nut.
US09267525B2
A quarter turn fastener employed to affix a component to a structural base plate includes bar code indicia to verify installation and locking of the fastener. The fastener is positionable in an insertion position relative to the base plate for insertion through a receptacle, and rotatable one quarter turn to releasably secure it, and the component to the base plate. It includes resilient arms to urge an attachment portion of the fastener against the rear surface of the base plate which are configured to obscure at least a portion of the bar code indicia in any position other than the locked position. When rotated to the locked position, the attachment portion is urged against the rear surface of the base plate the resilient arms do not obscure the bar code indicia. Anti-rotation lugs releasably engage the receptacle to releasably latch the fastener in the locked position.
US09267518B2
A holder mechanism for holding a handheld device is provided which includes a holder base and a gripping assembly. The gripping assembly is movably mounted on the holder base. The gripping assembly includes an elastic element, a first gripping module, and a second gripping module. The elastic element has a first end fixed to the first gripping module and a second end fixed to the second gripping module. Whereby, the second gripping module can move relative to the first gripping module to grip the handheld device when the elastic element is elastically deformed to apply a resilient force to the second gripping module.
US09267516B2
A clamping device includes a base body defining at least a portion of at least one pressure chamber, which has at least one opening oriented in a direction of action. A membrane is connected with the base body in a pressure-tight manner and seals the at least one opening in the direction of action. The membrane defines a first side wall section of the pressure chamber. A movable second side wall section partially delimits the pressure chamber and a constant amount of pressure fluid is sealed in the pressure chamber. At least one mechanical actuator displaces or deforms the second side wall section in order to cause the membrane to outwardly bulge.
US09267513B2
Method for controlling temperature of a turbine engine compressor and compressor of a turbine engine
According to one aspect of the invention, a method for temperature control of a turbine engine compressor includes directing a fluid from a first region proximate a main flow path in a downstream portion of a structure in a compressor to an upstream portion of the structure, wherein the fluid is cooled as the fluid flows through the upstream portion of the structure. The method further includes directing the fluid from the upstream portion of the structure downstream to a second region of the compressor to cool the second region, wherein the fluid is directed through passages in the upstream and downstream portions of the structure thereby substantially conserving an energy of the fluid within the structure and wherein a pressure of the second region is less than a pressure of the first region.
US09267510B2
A centrifugal fan includes a main plate that is driven to rotate around a rotational axis, a shroud that is disposed so as to be opposed to the main plate, including an intake port for taking in air, and plural blades that are disposed upright between the main plate and the shroud. An adjacent distance between trailing edges of two adjacent blades is gradually decreased in the direction from the shroud to the main plate, at least from a certain point in the direction from the shroud to the main plate, and further, in each blade, an inclination of a negative pressure surface of the blade that extends from the main plate toward the shroud is smaller at least in the vicinity of the trailing edge than an inclination of a pressure surface of the blade that extends from the main plate toward the shroud.
US09267504B2
A positive displacement rotary compressor is designed for near isothermal compression, high pressure ratios, high revolutions per minute, high efficiency, mixed gas/liquid compression, a low temperature increase, a low outlet temperature, and/or a high outlet pressure. Liquid injectors provide cooling liquid that cools the working fluid and improves the efficiency of the compressor. A gate moves within the compression chamber to either make contact with or be proximate to the rotor as it turns.
US09267500B2
The present invention relates to a method for detecting a permeability or patency of a section of an extracorporeal tube which is inserted in a tube pump, a detection device for executing a method according to the present invention, a medical treatment apparatus which comprises at least one detection device and/or is in signal transmission with it or is connected for signal transmission with it, a digital storage medium, a computer program product as well as a computer program.
US09267491B2
A rotor blade for a wind turbine is disclosed. The rotor blade may generally include a shell having a pressure side and a suction side. The shell may define an outer surface along the pressure and suction sides over which an airflow travels. The rotor blade may also include a spoiler having a fixed end and a free end. The fixed end is connected to the outer surface so as to enable a hinge action, such as a living hinge. The free end includes a top flange and a bottom flange configured to engage opposite sides of the shell and is pivotal relative to the fixed end between a recessed position and an elevated position. The free end has a range of motion limited by contact of the top flange and the bottom flange with the shell. Further, the spoiler is configured to separate the airflow from the outer surface when the spoiler is in the elevated position.
US09267490B1
Various technologies described herein pertain to a vertical axis wind turbine blade configured to rotate about a rotation axis. The vertical axis wind turbine blade includes at least an attachment segment, a rear swept segment, and optionally, a forward swept segment. The attachment segment is contiguous with the forward swept segment, and the forward swept segment is contiguous with the rear swept segment. The attachment segment includes a first portion of a centroid axis, the forward swept segment includes a second portion of the centroid axis, and the rear swept segment includes a third portion of the centroid axis. The second portion of the centroid axis is angularly displaced ahead of the first portion of the centroid axis and the third portion of the centroid axis is angularly displaced behind the first portion of the centroid axis in the direction of rotation about the rotation axis.
US09267483B2
The disclosure relates to a method for operating a spark ignition gas engine, with fuel gas in the form of biogas by setting an ignition time (ZZP) of the spark ignition gas engine. The method comprises to following steps: mixing of air and fuel gas to form a combustible gas mixture in a mixing arrangement, feeding in and igniting the combustible gas mixture in the combustion chamber while setting an ignition time (ZZP) and burning the combustible gas mixture while discharging exhaust gas from the combustion chamber. The method further comprises the steps of: detection of an exhaust gas temperature (T_AG) of the exhaust gas, predefining at least one reactor position (LRV) of a component of the mixing arrangement, setting the ignition time (ZZP) of the spark ignition gas engine as a function of the exhaust gas temperature (T_AG) and the reactor position (LRV). The reactor position (LRV) is predefined as a manipulated variable by a mixture controller.
US09267478B2
An engine starter including a motor, an electromagnetic switch, an auxiliary switch, a housing, and a mounting member for the auxiliary switch. The mounting member is disposed at the housing between the housing and the motor and electromagnetic switch. The mounting member includes a flange including a tab to mount the auxiliary switch.
US09267477B2
A fuel system comprises a fuel pump operable to deliver fuel through a supply line to a pressure raising valve, the pressure raising valve including a control chamber, the fuel pressure within the control chamber controlling a minimum pump pressure differential, and an actuator control servo-valve operable to control the supply of fuel from the supply line to an actuator control line, wherein the actuator control servo-valve further controls the pressure of fuel applied to the control chamber of the pressure raising valve.
US09267471B2
In an intake air flow control valve device a flange formed in a housing of the intake air flow control valve device is bolted to a cylinder head via a first gasket and a second gasket along opening outer peripheries of a first intake air passage and a second intake air passage, which are opened to a mount surface of the flange between the flange and a mount surface of the cylinder head.
US09267467B2
A system for a vehicle, comprising: a tank pressure control valve coupled in a first conduit between a fuel tank and a fuel vapor canister; a refueling valve coupled in a second, different, conduit between the fuel tank and the fuel vapor canister, the second conduit in parallel to the first conduit. In this way, two smaller, less complex valves may be utilized to control fuel tank vapor purging and fuel tank depressurization during refueling. This in turn may lower system cost and increase system functionality.
US09267463B2
A flexible panel assembly for a gas turbine engine selectively exhibits a range of positions to regulate exhaust of the engine.
US09267448B2
A running control device of a vehicle includes an engine with a plurality of cylinders, a clutch connecting/disconnecting a power transmission path between the engine and wheels, a fuel pump transferring fuel toward an injector, and a fuel pressure control device controlling a fuel pressure in a transfer path of the fuel. The running control device of a vehicle performs a neutral inertia running mode performed with the power transmission path between the engine and the wheels disconnected, and a cylinder resting inertia running mode performed by resting at least a part of the cylinders of the engine with the power transmission path between the engine and the wheels connected, the fuel pressure during the neutral inertia running mode being made higher than the fuel pressure during the cylinder resting inertia running mode.
US09267436B2
A fuel distribution manifold for a combustor of a gas turbine includes an annular flange having an outer surface that extends circumferentially around the flange. A primary fuel plenum extends circumferentially within the flange. A first orifice and a second orifice extend radially through the outer surface of the flange to provide for fluid communication into the primary fuel plenum. The first orifice includes an inlet that is adjacent to the outer surface. The second orifice includes an inlet that is adjacent to the outer surface. A fuel distribution cap extends partially across the outer surface of the flange. The fuel distribution cap includes an inlet port. A fuel distribution plenum is at least partially defined within the fuel distribution cap. The fuel distribution plenum is in fluid communication with the inlet port and with the first orifice inlet and the second orifice inlet.
US09267433B2
A system includes a turbine fuel supply system. The turbine fuel supply system includes a first turbine fuel mixer configured to mix a first liquid fuel and a first deaerated water to generate a first fuel mixture. The first fuel mixture is configured to combust in a combustor of a gas turbine engine. The turbine fuel supply system also includes a deaerated water flow path configured to route the first deaerated water to the first turbine fuel mixer and a liquid fuel flow path configured to route the first liquid fuel to the first turbine fuel mixer.
US09267431B2
A position regulating apparatus has a generator body made of an engine and a generator driven by the engine, and a frame surrounding the periphery of the generator body. The frame is provided with a bump stopper as a rod member. The bump stopper is attached to a housing of the engine and disposed horizontally. The bump stopper regulates the position in the horizontal direction of the generator body within a preset range. Receiving plates disposed so as to face both end faces of the stopper body are provided. The round bar as the body of the bump stopper has a crank shape which reduces an impact by generating bending moment.
US09267424B2
A system and methods for routing condensate collected in a heat exchanger reservoir to either an air intake system or a position in the engine exhaust based on the type of contaminate in the condensate and operating parameters of the engine or the catalyst are described. In one particular example, condensate is routed to a first position along the engine air intake system in a first mode of operation, and a second position upstream of the catalyst along the engine exhaust in a second mode of operation, and a third position downstream of the catalyst along the engine exhaust in a third mode of operation. When substantially no contaminates are detected, the condensate may be routed into the engine exhaust upstream of the catalyst in order to cool the catalyst.
US09267419B2
A convex fan shroud for use with an automotive engine cooling system having a fan and a fan-cooled, liquid-to-air radiator is disclosed. The convex fan shroud has an optimized shape that leads to high air flow rates through the radiator. The convex fan shroud includes a front frame that defines an air-intake opening, a convex top wall connected to the frame, a convex bottom wall connected to the frame, and a pair of opposed convex side walls connected to the frame and to the top and bottom walls. The interior surfaces of the walls are smooth. The convex walls define a barrel-shaped shroud body that includes a round engine-facing opening to accommodate the fan. In addition to generating a higher flow rate, the disclosed inventive concept for a smooth convex fan shroud is relatively low cost to produce and has a relatively high degree of rigidity.
US09267410B2
A cooling system for an injector tip for a diesel emission fluid (DEF) injection system is disclosed. The system uses a heat sink, such as a head for a regeneration system, to vaporize cooling fluid, in combination with a phase separation tank, to force cooling fluid backward through a cooling loop thereby allowing cooling of an injector tip following engine shutdown in a “hot” shutdown situation.
US09267407B2
An engine exhaust system attachment is provided that includes a housing a fan, a filter, and a conduit. The housing is configured to enclose an exhaust turbine, an exhaust manifold, and at least a portion of an exhaust pipe. The exhaust turbine, the exhaust manifold, and the exhaust pipe are connected to receive exhaust gas from an engine and are mounted to an engine frame of a device. The fan is configured for mounting to the device to move air. The filter is configured for mounting to the fan to receive the moved air and to provide filtered air. The conduit is configured for connecting the filter to the housing to provide the filtered air to the housing.
US09267405B2
A control housing cover for an internal combustion engine includes an engine block cover portion having a plurality of apertures, an oil separator for blow-by gases integrated into the control housing cover, an engine support plate operable for securing supporting the internal combustion engine in place and wherein the oil separator is arranged neighboring the engine support plate.
US09267404B2
A blow-by gas recirculating system for an internal combustion chamber, may include a cylinder including the combustion chamber, a ventilation passage that recirculates blow-by gas, which leaks from the combustion chamber, to the combustion chamber, a compressor that takes in and compresses outdoor air and supplies compressed air, and a supply passage that connects the compressor and the cylinder to mix the compressed air with the blow-by gas.
US09267397B2
The invention proposes a subassembly of a hydraulic variable valve train of an internal combustion engine, having a guide bushing (4) that can be installed in a hydraulic housing (3), and having a piston (5) supported therein so as to be axially movable for actuating a gas exchange valve (1), and having a valve element (7) that, together with the end face (10) of the piston distant from the gas exchange valve, defines a hydraulic pressure chamber (11) in the guide bushing, wherein the valve element is a throttle check valve that allows hydraulic medium to flow out of the pressure chamber throttled by a continuously open throttle opening (16) and allows hydraulic medium to flow into the pressure chamber with little throttling by a ball check valve (17). The subassembly is intended to be implemented as a modular unit assembled outside of the hydraulic housing, wherein the guide bushing and the valve element are fastened to one another, and the piston is secured in a captive manner in the guide bushing.
US09267396B2
A method of precision manufacture of an outer arm of a rocker arm assembly is performed by determining structures of a rough outer arm that would require precision processing and locations to support the structures as they are processed. Starting with at least one structure requiring precision processing, locations on the outer arm close to the structure to hold the outer arm during processing are determined that would cause minimal distortion of the outer arm during processing. The outer arm is then provided with clamping lobes at these locations. The clamping lobes of the outer arm are clamping into a fixture for manufacturing. The slider pad may now be precision ground while the outer arm is clamped in the fixture with minimal risk of distortion of the outer arm.
US09267392B2
A vacuum pump having substrates which can be wired together easily and cooled easily. A substrate unit structure is formed by covering the opening of the casing of the pump main unit with a plate functioning also as the casing of the control unit. Pins of a terminal fixed while penetrating the plate are soldered directly to an active magnetic bearing (AMB) control substrate and an aerial connection substrate in order to integrate these components. The casing and sealing structures can be of simple construction. A drip-proof structure can be made with the terminal at low cost without using expensive drip-proof connectors. Further, by cooling the plate, electronic components mounted respectively on the AMB control substrate in a vacuum atmosphere and the aerial connection substrate in an air atmosphere can be cooled simultaneously.
US09267383B2
A turbine airfoil includes an airfoil body with a leading edge, trailing edge, and an exterior surface including a suction side and a pressure side located opposite to the suction side. The exterior surface shows away from the interior of the airfoil body. A thermal barrier coating system is present on the exterior surface of the airfoil body in a coated surface region. The airfoil also includes an uncoated surface region where a thermal barrier coating system is not present. The uncoated region extends on the suction side of the exterior surface from the trailing edge towards the leading edge to a boundary line between the coated surface region and the uncoated surface region, wherein the boundary line is located on the suction side between the leading edge and the trailing edge. The airfoil body also includes a step in the exterior surface extending along the boundary line.
US09267381B2
In accordance with an exemplary embodiment, disclosed is an air-cooled turbine blade having an airfoil shape, including a convex suction side wall, a concave pressure side wall, the walls including an interior surface that defines an interior with the blade, a suction side flow circuit formed within the blade interior, a pressure side flow circuit formed within the blade interior; and a trailing edge pin bank positioned aft of the suction side and pressure side flow circuits. The turbine blade includes a wishbone-shaped architecture at a transition point between the suction side flow circuit and the pressure side flow circuit and the trailing edge pin bank.
US09267375B2
The present invention provides a device useful for supporting underground mine/tunnels. The device continuously monitors the roof load coming over the canopy and correspondingly yielding/convergence indicated by the pointer on graduate scale. The roof load coming on the canopy (9) is transmitted to the prop via a set of steel disc springs (5) to increase the yielding and longevity of the present device. The present invention has mechanism for preloading upto the desired load. It is a simple, easily transportable and user friendly device having quick release mechanism from a safe distance.
US09267374B2
An armored face conveyor includes a plurality of line pans positioned adjacent to one another, a plurality of flight bars, and a connecting member. Each line pan includes a race having an outer race face and an inner race face. The plurality of flight bars extend laterally across the line pans and are received by the race. Each flight bar includes an end having an upper guide surface and a lower guide surface. The connecting member extends through the plurality of flight-bars and couples the flight-bars to one another. Lateral movement of any one of the flight-bars that causes the upper guide surface to contact the outer race face substantially simultaneously causes the lower guide surface to contact the inner race face.
US09267368B2
One or more inflatables are used to initiate fractures in a formation. The onset of fractures after inflation to a predetermined pressure also results in damage to the inflatable and the ability to follow up the stress that initiated the fracture with high flow at high pressure to further propagate the initiated fractures at a location close to their origin. In another variation the inflatable can have openings that are small enough to allow inflation to initiate the fractures and yet continue to allow fluid flow through the openings to propagate the fractures. In yet another variation sliding sleeves with ball seats can be sequentially operated to inflate to fracture followed by opening an adjacent port to propagate.
US09267337B2
Electric connector, including first and second connector parts (10, 20) which can be coupled together and which comprise respectively first and second contact elements (11, 21) and first and second supports (1a, 3a) which support respectively the first and second connector parts and can be assembled together by means of screwing engagement. The first and second connector parts comprise, respectively, first and second support ring structures (13, 23) which carry the first and second contact elements respectively. Pins and corresponding locating and drive means (31, 32) are designed to make the first and second support rings structures rotationally integral during relative engagement of first and second supports and cause first and second contact elements to align with one another. The first connector part also comprises a base structure (15) on which the first support ring structure is movably mounted. Cam members (18) are arranged between base structure and support ring structure.
US09267333B2
A rotary drag bit for drilling subterranean formations includes a bit body having a face extending from a centerline to a gage. A plurality of blades may be disposed on the face, and may generally extend radially outwardly toward the gage. The bit may further include a plurality of discrete impregnated cutting posts, each of which may extend outwardly from an associated blade. Each discrete impregnated cutting post angles generally toward a front edge of the associated blade and generally toward the intended direction of rotation of the bit. The rotary drag bit may further include a plurality of matrix pockets disposed on the blades. The discrete impregnated cutting posts may be housed within corresponding matrix pockets.
US09267332B2
Impregnated drilling tools include elongated structures that provide enhanced properties. The drilling tools contain a diamond-impregnated cutting section that contains elongated structures made from carbon, glass, ceramic, and the like. The elongated structures can comprise tubes, fibers, or rods. In one or more implementations the elongated structures are nano-sized. The elongated structures can control the tensile strength and/or the erosion rate of the drilling tools to optimize the cutting performance of the tools. Additionally, the elongated structures may also weaken the cutting section in one or more implementations; thereby, allowing higher strength binders to be used. Such higher modulus binders can cost less and allow for tailoring of the cutting section to retain the diamonds for the desired amount of time. As the cutting section erodes, the elongated structures may also increase the lubricity at the face of the cutting section.
US09267330B2
A monitoring and detection system for use on high power laser systems, long distance high power laser systems and tools for performing high power laser operations. In particular, the monitoring and detection systems provide break detection and continuity protection for performing high power laser operations on, and in, remote and difficult to access locations.
US09267323B2
A decorative covering for covering a passageway gate, the covering including a sleeve bounding a gate-receiving area. The sleeve has a front, a back, and a perimeter between the front and back. The gate-receiving area is sized and shaped to receive and cover a gate between the front, back, and perimeter of the sleeve. The perimeter includes a bottom which is releasably coupled to the front of the sleeve to move between a closed position secured to the front of the sleeve and an open position away from the front of the sleeve, defining an entrance to the gate-receiving area sized to receive the passageway gate for application therethrough. Openings are formed in the perimeter in communication with the gate-receiving area.
US09267299B2
Disclosed is a pool jet fitting configured to direct flow of water in a closed loop pool pumping filtration system. The pool jet fitting may include a housing, and a valve positioned in the housing. The housing may include a housing body that defines a bore that extends through the housing body. The housing body may include a coupler that is configured to mate with a coupler of a wall mount so as to releasably couple the housing to the wall mount. The valve may be positioned in the bore of the housing and may be configured to receive water flow from a water pump. The valve may define an adjustable opening having a dimension capable of automatically adjusting between a first dimension and a second dimension to facilitate a predetermined outflow velocity of the water received from the pump.
US09267298B2
A tile alignment and leveling device for aligning and leveling tiles as they are being secured to a substrate. The device includes a flexible member, a bottom plate, and an intermediate member. The intermediate member spaces the flexible member and bottom plate a predetermined vertical distance. The flexible member has a first end and a second end. The first end is pivotally combined with the intermediate member thereby allowing the flexible member to pivot between a first position and a second (downward) position. In use and in its second position, the flexible member second end exerts force against the top of the tiles to help align and level the tiles as they are secured to the substrate.
US09267291B1
A portable air blower is selectively removably secured to the upper end of a length adjustable extension pole to blow twigs, leaves or other debris from a rain gutter or other elevated structures or surfaces.
US09267286B2
A hollow-core structure including: an inner mold that has a hollow cylindrical shell shape; an outer mold that has a hollow cylindrical shell shape to correspond to the inner mold, and in which the inner mold is disposed to be separated; and a filling member that is filled in a separation space between the inner mold and the outer mold.
US09267281B2
A false wall (7) is backlit by a plurality of light sources (6) positioned behind same and including at least one taut translucent flexible sheet (8) anchored via the borders thereof, which are provided with elements (9) for anchoring to a frame (10), the frame (10) including a wall rail (13) having headed profiles and including receiving members (14) capable of engaging with the anchoring elements (9) in order to hold the taut translucent flexible sheet (8). The wall rail (13) includes lighting elements (15) which are invisible when the light sources (6) are operating, and which provide an afterglow when the light sources (6) are no longer operating.
US09267279B2
A sheet (1), preferably for use in the building sector, and in particular, for sealing the shell of a building, comprising a planar sheet body (2) that has at least one elastic layer as a sealing layer (17) made of a material of such elasticity and such restoring force that, when the sealing layer (17) is penetrated by a fastener (4), the material of the sealing layer (17) surrounding the fastening means (4) encloses the fastener (4) and provides sealing in the region of the fastener (4). Alternatively, the sheet body contains a sealing material which, upon perforation of the sheet body, is able to automatically emerge or swell to an extent sufficient to close or seal the perforation.
US09267277B2
A urinal with a sanitation device capable of preventing the generation of a smell and urine scale with reliability without reducing a water conservation effect. In the urinal US, a liquid agent is ejected in different modes by predetermined timing according to areas on the urinal US.
US09267276B2
A water discharge device generates a large air bubble having a cross sectional area larger than a channel sectional area of a jetting port when the inside of a water storage chamber is viewed from the jetting port. The water discharge device intermittently forms the large air bubble to change a flow speed of a jet flow.
US09267275B2
Disclosed are various embodiments for a dual flush handle system. A first handle lever is configured to rotate in a direction by a first predetermined angle of rotation to initiate a first flush of a toilet. A second handle lever is configured to rotate in the direction about a second predetermined angle of rotation to initiate a second flush of a toilet.
US09267271B2
A universal faucet extender having an attachment member and a trough member to detachably attach to faucet spigots or aerators of various designs. The universal faucet extender extends the flow of water within arms' reach to allow children and other individuals who would have difficulty to reach and access the flowing water. The attachment member comprises at least two receiving openings, a first receiving opening on a rear end of the attachment member and a second receiving opening on a top surface of the attachment member, both of which are adapted to interchangeably receive a circumference of a faucet spigot.
US09267269B2
A target-input-torque determination unit determines the target input torque on the basis of the transmission required horsepower. The target input torque is a target value for the torque to be inputted to a power-transmission device. A target-output-torque determination unit determines the target output torque, which is a target value for the torque to be outputted by the power-transmission device. A command-torque determination unit uses torque-balance information to determine command torque for the motor from the target input torque and the target output torque. The target-input-torque determination unit determines the upper limit of the target input torque on the basis of an upper-limit-target-input-torque line and the engine rotation speed. The upper-limit-target-input-torque line sets a value smaller than the target output torque of the engine determined using the engine required horsepower and the engine rotation speed for the upper-limit value of the target input torque.
US09267268B2
A motor grader includes a fuel tank, a vehicle body frame, a left-side mount part, a right-side mount part, a rear-side mount part and a reducing agent tank. The left-side mount part and the right-side mount part are respectively disposed on a left lateral frame and a right lateral frame while being disposed on the both sides of the fuel tank in a vehicle width direction, and fix the fuel tank to the vehicle body frame. The rear-side mount part is disposed on the left lateral frame in the vehicle width direction while being disposed rearward of the fuel tank, and fixes the fuel tank to the vehicle body frame. The reducing agent tank is disposed rearward of and adjacently to the fuel tank while being disposed on the right lateral frame side, and accumulates a reducing agent for processing an exhaust gas from an engine.
US09267266B2
The present disclosure relates to an air cleaning system for an off-road excavation apparatus. The off-road excavation apparatus includes an excavating component and a shroud assembly that at least partially covers the excavating component. The shroud assembly includes a first shroud component and a second shroud component. The first shroud component is moveable relative to the second shroud component to allow access to the excavating component. The air cleaning system draws air from inside the shroud assembly and includes an air cleaner, an air conduit and an air moving device that are all carried by the first shroud component as the first shroud component is moved relative to the second shroud component.
US09267253B2
A land-mounted flap gate formed by arranging and connecting a plurality of door bodies alongside one another is disclosed. The front side of each of the plurality of door bodies is raised and lowered using the back end side of each door body as a support point. One end of a rope is attached to the back end surface of the door body and the other end of the rope is attached to a counter weight. At least one fixed pulley for guiding the rope is disposed below the back end side of the door body such that the counter weight assists the raising or lowering when starting the raising or lowering and acts as a resistance against the raising or lowering before completing the raising or lowering. The waterproof film that seals a space between neighboring door bodies in a waterproof manner is formed in a substantially trapezoidal shape.
US09267248B2
A hydraulic control arrangement for activating a double-acting actuating cylinder, which is connected on the piston side to a road finisher and on the piston-rod side to a screed of the road finisher, is provided. The hydraulic control arrangement includes a supply connection, a tank connection and two consumer connections, in which a loading pressure or a relief pressure is applied to the piston of the actuating cylinder via the consumer connections. The loading pressure or relief pressure is controlled as a function of a defined operating state, and, in a controlling-the-screed-load operating state, the relief pressure supplied to the actuating cylinder on the piston-rod side is controlled via a proportional pressure control valve.
US09267246B2
A screed assembly is disclosed for use with a paving machine having a machine frame. The screed assembly may have a main frame operatively connected to the machine frame, and a sub-frame with a body and a screed plate. The screed assembly may also have a vibration isolator disposed between the main frame and the sub-frame, and at least one adjustment mechanism disposed between the body and the screed plate. The at least one adjustment mechanism may be configured to adjust a flatness of the screed plate. The screed assembly may further have a vibration device connected to the body of the sub-frame and configured to vibrate the sub-frame.
US09267241B2
A method of manufacturing an absorbent sanitary paper product having a machine direction, a cross-machine direction orthogonal and co-planar thereto, and a Z-direction orthogonal to both the machine- and cross-machine directions is disclosed. The method provides the steps of: providing a first and second network of fibers each having opposing first and second sides where each fiber of the first network of fibers has a longitudinal axis generally disposed within the plane comprising the machine- and cross-machine-directions; applying a first bonding layer to one of the first and second sides of the first network of fibers; applying a first and second second network of fibers to the first bonding layer; and, placing the first and second network of fibers into face-to-face contacting engagement.
US09267238B2
Embodiments of the invention provide fiber mat facers, ceiling panels, and method of manufacturing the same. A fiber mat facer may include a non-woven web of fibers having a first group of fibers with an average fiber diameter from about 6 μm to about 20 μm and a second group of fibers with an average fiber diameter from about 0.5 μm to about 5 μm. The fiber mat facer may also include a binder to bond together the non-woven web of fibers into the fiber mat. The binder may include a water repellant additive. The binder and/or fiber mat facer may further include an additive that enhances the opacity of the fiber mat facer. The fiber mat facer may also include a paint applied to an outer surface of the facer. The paint may include an additive that enhances the visual appeal of the facer and/or ceiling panel.
US09267227B2
A system and method are disclosed for an odor removal treatment system that includes a liquid oxidizing agent that includes a peroxide and water, a liquid buffering agent that includes a carbonate salt and water, and a cleaning device, wherein the liquid oxidizing agent is stored separately from the liquid buffering agent in a pre-application mode, and combinable with the liquid buffering agent to form a solution in an application mode just prior to applying the solution to a textile. The cleaning device may be a portable vacuum cleaning mechanism onboard a vehicle. The peroxide may be hydrogen peroxide and the solution may have a hydrogen peroxide weight percent of about 1.5%.
US09267217B2
An object of the present invention is to provide a production method for an R—Fe—B based sintered magnet having a plating film excellent in adhesiveness on the surface thereof, by conducting a series of processes of acid cleaning and smut removal as pretreatments of an R—Fe—B based sintered magnet, and the subsequent plating treatment effectively without causing trouble. The production method of the present invention includes a series of processes of acid cleaning and smut removal of a magnet as pretreatments, and the subsequent plating treatment is conducted consistently with a state, in which the magnet is placed in a barrel made of synthetic resin. The smut removal is conducted by ultrasonic cleaning of the magnet with rotating the barrel in water in which the dissolved oxygen amount is set to 0.1 ppm to 6 ppm by degassing.
US09267205B1
A fastener system and method for supporting and retaining modular insulating quartz liners with gas apertures in close proximity to corresponding apertures in diffusers of gas showerheads. Tubular fasteners have a head, a tubular shank and a foot that extend through a liner plate nozzle into a diffuser plate. A keyway in the gas diffuser, aligned and coaxial with a diffuser nozzle, allows the foot to reach an arcuate concourse through a keyway where it can be locked by bayonet turning. The keyway is machined into the diffuser by EDM and is an inversion of the fastener tip geometry rotated about the axis of the tubular shank. Each fastener and nozzle set form a coaxial path for distributing processing gas to substrates through liner and diffuser plates from a plenum in showerheads of a MOCVD reactor.
US09267201B2
The invention is upon anti-static wrapper; specifically upon a new technology to manufacture anti-static wrapper using new materials which is different from those manufacture by spreading a surfactant or metallic materials. The aim of this invention is to manufacture a new and semi-permanent anti-static wrapper with excellent electric dissipation and adhesion to polymer film by depositing DLC film on polymer film. This invention also supplies the magnetic enhancing ion gun (MEIG) depositing device and high productive Roll-to-Roll device in which DLC film can be deposited on polymer film.
US09267198B2
Vapor phase coating techniques with improved control over the co-transfer and co-deposition of aluminum and reactive element(s) from sources to the article being coated. One method includes providing a reactive element source, wherein at least a portion of the reactive element source comprises a non-halide compound of a reactive element, providing an aluminum source, providing a halide activator, and heating an article having a metallic surface, the reactive element source, the aluminum source, and the halide activator under conditions effective to cause species comprising aluminum and the reactive element to be co-deposited onto said surface to form a coating.
US09267196B2
In a hot-rolled sheet, an average value of pole densities of an orientation group {100}<011> to {223}<110>, which is represented by an arithmetic mean of pole densities of orientations {100}<011>, {116}<110>, {114}<110>, {112}<110>, and {223}<110> in a thickness center portion of a thickness range of ⅝ to ⅜ from a surface of the steel sheet, is 1.0 to 6.5 and a pole density of a crystal orientation {332}<113> is 1.0 to 5.0; and a Lankford value rC in a direction perpendicular to a rolling direction is 0.70 to 1.10 and a Lankford value r30 in a direction that forms 30° with respect to the rolling direction is 0.70 to 1.10.
US09267192B2
A corrosion resistant, neutron absorbing, austenitic alloy powder is disclosed having the following composition in weight percent. C0.08 max. Mnup to 3 Siup to 2 P0.05 max. S0.03 max. Cr17-27 Ni11-20 Mo + (W/1.92) up to 5.2 BEq0.78-13.0 O 0.1 max. N up to 0.2 Yless than 0.005 The alloy contains at least about 0.25% B, at least about 0.05% Gd, and the balance of the alloy composition is iron and usual impurities. BEq is defined as % B+4.35×(% Gd). An article of manufacture made from consolidated alloy powder is also disclosed which is characterized by a plurality of boride and gadolinide particles dispersed within a matrix. The boride and gadolinide particles are predominantly M2B, M3B2, M3X, and M5X in form, where X is gadolinium or a combination of gadolinium and boron and M is one or more of the elements silicon, chromium, nickel, molybdenum, iron.
US09267190B2
Disclosed herein are a method and an apparatus for preparing a metal composite powder by using gas spraying. The method of preparing a metal composite powder by using gas spraying includes introducing a matrix phase in a chamber, including a reinforcing phase in the chamber, melting the introduced matrix phase to form a melt, adding the reinforcing phase in the melt, stirring the melt with the added reinforcing phase to form a melt mixture, atomizing the melt mixture together with a gas to form a metal composite powder containing the reinforcing phase, and collecting the metal composite powder formed.
US09267183B2
A hot-rolled wire rod excelling in wire drawability is provided, in which breakage can be suppressed even in heavy work from a large diameter. A hot-rolled wire rod contains C: 0.35 to 0.65% (percent by mass, hereinafter expressed as well), Si: 1.4 to 3.0%, Mn: 0.10 to 1.0%, Cr: 0.1 to 2.0%, P: 0.025% or less (exclusive of 0%), S: 0.025% or less (exclusive of 0%), N: 0.006% or less (exclusive of 0%), Al: 0.1% or less (exclusive of 0%), and O: 0.0030% or less (exclusive of 0%), with the remnant consisting of Fe and inevitable impurities; wherein the content of hydrogen in steel is 2.50 ppm (ppm by mass, hereinafter expressed as well) or less, and hardness (HV) is 460×C00.1 or less (C0 indicates the content of C (percent by mass) in a position of depth of D/4 (D: diameter of the wire rod)).
US09267178B2
Methods of detecting D. gatoi or D. cati, are disclosed. A sample suspected of containing a nucleic acid of D. gatoi or D. cati is screened for the presence or absence of that nucleic acid. The presence of the D. gatoi or D. cati nucleic acid indicates the presence of D. gatoi or D. cati. Determining whether the D. gatoi or D. cati nucleic acid is present in the sample can be accomplished by detecting hybridization between a D. gatoi or D. cati probe. Probes and primers for the detection of D. gatoi or D. cati are also disclosed. Disclosed are isolated nucleic acids that encode a D. gatoi or D. cati rRNA gene sequence. Kits and arrays that contain the disclosed probes and/or primers also are disclosed.
US09267176B2
[Problem] An object of the present invention is to elucidate a novel genetic mutation which is a cause of cancer, and thereby, to provide a method for detecting the genetic mutation, or a protein which has the mutation, a method for detecting the presence of cancer in a subject, a method for diagnosing cancer in a subject, and a primer set, a probe and a detecting kit for the methods.[Means for Solution] A method for detecting a fibroblast growth factor receptor 4 (FGFR4) mutant in a subject, which comprises a step of detecting the presence of the mutation of glycine at position 183 in a FGFR4 tyrosine kinase domain to cysteine in a sample obtained from the subject.
US09267172B2
The present invention is directed to compositions and methods for nucleic acid identification and detection. Compositions and methods of the present invention include extracting and fragmenting target nucleic acids from a sample, using the fragmented target nucleic acids to produce target nucleic acid templates and subjecting those target nucleic acid templates to amplification methods to form nucleic acid nanoballs. The invention also includes methods of detecting and identifying sequences using various sequencing applications, including sequencing by ligation methods.
US09267166B2
The invention provides methods of treating α-galactosidase A deficiency. Dosage forms, methods of administration, and methods of analyzing human α-galactosidase A are also included.
US09267165B2
The invention provides methods for determining the interactions between phage-displayed proteins and test molecules. The phage-displayed proteins are contacted with a reference moiety in the presence and absence of a test molecule; the behavior of the phage-displayed proteins as a function of concentration of the test molecule permits calculation of the binding affinity of the phage-displayed protein for the test molecule.
US09267164B2
A method for recombinantly expressing a macromolecule in a host cell is disclosed which involves culturing a host cell which contains two nucleic acid sequences, i.e., a first nucleic acid sequence encoding a membrane-permeabilizing agent and a second nucleic acid sequence encoding a desired macromolecule under the operative control of an inducible promoter, to a selected cell density that permits accumulation of the agent. Thereafter the host cell is exposed to an environmental condition that induces the agent to disrupt the integrity of the cell membrane without complete lysis of the cell membrane. The host cell thereby allows transport through the membrane of small molecular weight compounds. These resulting host cells are cultured in the presence of a nutrient cocktail that contains components that can transport through the disrupted cell membrane, e.g., an inducing agent that induces the tightly regulated promoter and metabolic requirements that permit expression of the macromolecule.
US09267153B2
Disclosed are methods of transforming dendritic cells with a chimeric adenovirus-5 (Ad5). A chimeric adenovirus includes a fiber comprising a tail, a shaft and a knob, wherein the knob is a porcine knob, and a nucleic acid comprising a promoter operably linked to a heterologous sequence encoding an antigen peptide.
US09267151B2
A non-human transgenic animal having a polynucleotide encoding an STXBP1 polypeptide, which polynucleotide is operably linked to a promoter, wherein said transgenic animal has greater than wild-type expression of the STXBP1 polypeptide in at least one brain region, as well as related vectors, methods of producing transgenic animals, in vitro and in vivo screening methods for potential therapeutic agents, and methods for treating and diagnosing neuropsychiatric illness are disclosed.
US09267144B2
A method is provided for transforming maize plants to express DNA sequences of interest from plant cell plastids. The method allows the transformation of maize plant tissue with heterologous DNA constructs by microprojectile bombardment of green light grown cultures and dark grown embryogenic cultures. The invention also provides for maize cells in which the plastids contain heterologous DNA constructs.
US09267142B2
Isolated polynucleotides are disclosed which increase the efficiency of gene expression in a heterologous cell. The polynucleotide sequences which encode polypeptides are adapted such that the average rate of translation of the first at least about 30 amino acids is slower by at least two fold than the average rate of translation of the remaining amino acids of the polypeptide.
US09267141B2
Compositions and methods are provided for converting chitin into N-acetylglucosamine, glucosamine and ethanol. The chitin may be used directly from the environment, for example, as occurs in invertebrate cuticles, fungal cells and/or algae. Mutant bacteria were created by knocking out or inactivating one or more genes preferably resulting in the chitin catabolic sensor maintaining an activated state. Methods are further provided for converting the N-acetylglucosamine into ethanol by means of a genetically engineered yeast strain which can be optionally co-cultivated with the Vibrionaceae to produce significant yields of ethanol.
US09267134B2
The present invention provides a method of treating or preventing pulmonary arterial hypertension in a subject in need thereof by administering to the subject an inhibitor of miR-145 expression or activity. Pharmaceutical compositions and kits comprising miR-145 inhibitors for treating pulmonary arterial hypertension are also disclosed.
US09267133B2
The present invention relates to compositions and methods for cancer diagnostics, including but not limited to, cancer markers. In particular, the present invention provides methods and compositions for phage microarray profiling of cancer (e.g., prostate, lung, or breast cancer). The present invention further provides novel markers useful for the diagnosis, characterization, and treatment of cancers.
US09267130B2
Polypeptides having nucleic acid binding activity are provided. Methods of using polypeptides having nucleic acid binding activity are provided. Fusion proteins and methods of using fusion proteins are provided. Fusion proteins comprising a polymerase and a nucleic acid binding polypeptide are provided. Fusion proteins comprising a reverse transcriptase and a nucleic acid binding polypeptide are provided. Methods are provided for amplifying a nucleic acid sequence using a fusion protein comprising a nucleic acid binding polypeptide and a polymerase. Methods are provided for amplifying a nucleic acid sequence using a fusion protein comprising a nucleic acid binding polypeptide and a reverse transcriptase.
US09267128B2
Gluten-degrading proteases derived from insects, including flour beetles, are isolated, and the purified, and recombinant forms can be used to make gluten-containing food safe for patients suffering from gluten intolerance.
US09267120B2
Disclosed are mutant DNA polymerases having increased 3′-mismatch discrimination relative to a corresponding, unmodified polymerase. The mutant polymerases are useful in a variety of disclosed primer extension methods. Also disclosed are related compositions, including recombinant nucleic acids, vectors, and host cells, which are useful, e.g., for production of the mutant DNA polymerases.
US09267116B2
The present invention relates to a novel amino acid dehydrogenase, DNA encoding the enzyme, and a transformant having the DNA introduced therein. The present invention also relates to a process for producing an L-amino acid, 2-oxo acid or D-amino acid, which includes allowing the amino acid dehydrogenase or a microorganism or transformant capable of producing the enzyme to act on a substrate compound. The amino acid dehydrogenase has good reactivity even with an amino acid or a 2-oxo acid each having a bulky side chain such as an aromatic-ring-containing group, which acids are poorly reactive with conventional amino acid dehydrogenases. The amino acid dehydrogenase enables the inexpensive and highly efficient production of a useful optically active amino acid.
US09267104B2
Provided herein are methods, devices and systems comprising a reactor that is operatively connected to: (a) a biogas production unit for converting waste to a biogas stream; and (b) an engine that utilizes the biogas stream from the biogas producing unit to produce energy and an engine exhaust.
US09267103B2
Multi-well plate (1) comprising a plurality of wells (4), a frame (5) for holding the plurality of wells (4) in a defined arrangement, a support element (50) for contacting a surface when the multi-well plate (1) is placed on the surface, wherein at least one well (4) of the plurality of wells is elastically displaceable relative to said support element (50).
US09267092B2
A motorcycle having an engine and a clutch may be lubricated by supplying to the engine, but not to the clutch a lubricant of an oil of lubricating viscosity, an overbased detergent, a dispersant, a metal salt of a phosphorus acid, and a hydroxyalkyl-substituted imidazoline having a hydrocarbyl substituent of at least about 8 carbon atoms and a hydroxyalkyl substituent having 2 to 8 carbon atoms.
US09267090B2
The present invention is generally directed to diester-based lubricant compositions comprising one or more isomeric mixtures of diester species. The present invention is also directed to methods of making these and other similar lubricant compositions. In some embodiments, the methods for making such diester-based lubricants utilize a biomass precursor material from which mono-unsaturated free lipid species can be provided or otherwise generated, wherein such mono-unsaturated free lipid species are converted to isomeric diol species en route to the synthesis of diester species for use as/in the diester-based lubricant compositions.
US09267087B2
The invention provides methods of operating thermal equipment, for example, gas turbines and methods for protecting hot parts of thermal equipment from, for example, corrosion by ash from an alkali metal or from lead; fouling by ash of an alkaline-earth metal, lead or a transition metal; and the combined effects of an alkali metal, lead, an alkaline-earth metal or a transition metal.
US09267078B2
The present invention relates to a liquid-crystalline medium based on a mixture of polar compounds having negative dielectric anisotropy (Δ∈), which is distinguished by the fact that it has a value for the ratio γ1/Δn2 in the range 6-45 with a clearing point of >60° C. and a Δ∈ of ≦−2.3. Media of this type are particularly suitable for electro-optical displays having active-matrix addressing based on the ECB, PA LCD, FFS or IPS effect.
US09267070B2
A method for breaking the viscosity of an aqueous fluid gelled with a viscoelastic surfactant (VES) includes: providing an aqueous fluid; adding to the aqueous fluid, in any order, components comprising: a VES comprising a non-ionic surfactant, cationic surfactant, amphoteric surfactant or zwitterionic surfactant, or a combination thereof, in an amount sufficient to form a gelled aqueous fluid comprising a plurality of elongated micelles, an unsaturated fatty acid comprising a monoenoic acid or a polyenoic acid; or a combination thereof; and a plurality of metallic particles to produce a mixture comprising dispersed metallic particles in the gelled aqueous fluid. The method also includes dissolving the metallic particles in the gelled aqueous fluid to provide a source of metal ions and heating the gelled aqueous fluid to a temperature sufficient to cause the unsaturated fatty acid to auto-oxidize to products present in an amount effective to reduce the viscosity.
US09267067B2
Disclosed herein is a heat transfer fluid, comprising a hydroxylated carboxylic acid of formula (OH)x(R1)(COOH)y, wherein x is 2 to 10, y is 3 to 10, and R1 is a C2-50 aliphatic group, a C6-50 aromatic group, or a combination thereof; and wherein the hydroxylated carboxylic acid comprises the hydroxylated carboxylic acid, an ester thereof, a salt thereof, an anhydride thereof, or a combination thereof. A heat transfer system comprises an aluminum component, a magnesium component, or an aluminum component and a magnesium component; and the foregoing heat transfer fluid.
US09267065B2
The present invention relates to azeotrope and azeotrope-like compositions comprised of 1-chloro-3,3,3-trifluoropropene (HCFO-1233zd) and 1,1,1,2,3-pentafluoropropane (HFC-245eb), and uses thereof.
US09267063B2
A method of treating a plurality of fines of a dusting material to prevent emanation of dust from the dusting material is described. An aqueous solution comprising a mixture of soluble non-ionic cellulose ether, a plasticizer, and a surfactant is provided. The aqueous solution is applied to a dusting material comprising a plurality of fines. The dusting material is transferred during the applying step from a first location to a second location as the aqueous solution is applied to the plurality of fines. The dusting material is mixed with the aqueous solution to coat the plurality of fines with the aqueous solution. The treated dusting material is accumulated into a mass of the material subsequent to the applying step wherein the aqueous solution is substantially evenly distributed throughout an interior portion of the mass of the treated dusting material.
US09267055B2
The present invention provides: a coating composition comprising a UV curable resin containing an acryloyl functional group, an isocyanate-based compound, an antioxidant, and a solvent, wherein the UV curable resin is prepared by copolymerization of an acrylate monomer containing an epoxy functional group and a silicone macromonomer and then performing addition reaction of an acrylic acid monomer; and a preparation method thereof. The present invention provides a transfer sheet comprising: a base film; and a coating layer formed on one surface of the base film, wherein the coating layer comprises a coating composition comprising a UV curable resin containing an acryloyl functional group, an isocyanate-based compound, an antioxidant, and a solvent, and the UV curable resin containing an acryloyl functional group is prepared by copolymerization of an acrylate monomer containing an epoxy functional group and a silicone macromonomer and then performing addition reaction of an acrylic acid monomer.
US09267054B2
Described is a solvent-containing clearcoat coating composition comprising (A) an OH-functional (meth)acrylate (co)polymer component composed of (A1) at least one OH-functional (meth)acrylate (co)polymer having an OH number of 60-200 mg KOH/g and a glass transition temperature Tg of 15° C. to 100° C., and (A2) at least one OH-functional (meth)acrylate (co)polymer having an OH number of 60-200 mg KOH/g and a glass transition temperature Tg of −100° C. to −20° C.; (B) a crosslinker component comprising at least one crosslinking agent having functional groups that are reactive toward OH groups; and also (C) at least one polyamide; and (D) at least one urea compound, which is an adduct of a polyisocyanate and methoxypropylamine.Also described is a process for preparing the solvent-containing clearcoat coating composition, to the use of the solvent-containing clearcoat coating composition and a clearcoat which has been produced using the clearcoat coating composition.
US09267037B2
Silicone composite particles are provided in which silicone elastomer spherical particles having a volume average particle size of 0.1-100 μm are coated with an organosilsesquioxane-based silicone resin containing inorganic nano-particles having a volume average particle size of up to 100 nm. The silicone composite particles are compounded in a cosmetic composition to exert a UV screening effect or bactericidal property inherent to inorganic nano-particles and to impart a pleasant feel on use. A preparing method and a cosmetic composition are also provided.
US09267033B2
The invention relates to a blend of one or more biodegradable polymers with one or more acrylic copolymers, for the purpose of improving the properties of the biodegradable polymer(s). The biodegradable polymer contains at least 10 weight percent of a biopolymer that is in less than ideal condition for processing. The “compromised” biopolymer may be undried biopolymer, may have a heat history (be “reprocessed”, “regrind” or “recycled”), or both. The acrylic copolymer(s) are present in the blend at a level of 0.1 to 15 weight percent, based on the weight of the total blend.
US09267032B1
A process for making a crystalline latex emulsion suitable for use in toner using phase invention emulsification (PIE) where solvent is reused is presented.
US09267029B2
There is provided a method of making a nano-composite having individual nano-sized silica particles dispersed in a polymer matrix, the method comprises the step of curing a substantially homogeneous mixture of surface-functionalized nano-sized silica particles, a polymerizable resin and a curing agent, wherein said substantially homogeneous mixture is substantially free of alcoholic solvent to form the nano-composite.
US09267028B2
The invention relates to a crosslinker composition comprising a reaction product of a cyclic urea U and a multifunctional aliphatic aldehyde A, and at least one crosslinker selected from the group consisting of reaction products of an aminotriazine and at least one aldehyde selected from the group consisting of aliphatic monoaldehydes and multifunctional aliphatic aldehydes having the structure Y(CHO)n, where Y is an n-functional aliphatic residue, and n is greater than 1; reaction products of urea and/or cyclic ureas and formaldehyde; alkoxycarbonyl-aminotriazines; multifunctional isocyanates which may be partially or completely blocked; reaction products of phenols and aliphatic monoaldehydes; multifunctional epoxides; multifunctional aziridines; and multifunctional carbodiimides, wherein any of the crosslinkers which have hydroxyl groups may be etherified with one or more linear, branched, or cyclic aliphatic alcohols.
US09267023B2
A method of using metallized and nonmetallized nanostructured chemicals as surface and volume modification agents within polymers and on the surfaces of nano and macroscopic particulates and fillers. Because of their 0.5 nm-3.0 nm size, nanostructured chemicals can be utilized to greatly increase surface area, improve compatibility, and promote lubricity between surfaces at a length scale not previously attainable.
US09267022B2
Rubber in its uncured state is very tacky and rubber forms such as pellets, sheets, etc., tend to be hard to process due to the agglomeration and sticking of these rubber forms. Aspects of the invention use cured rubber powder as an anti-tack agent in a molding rubber mixture. In one aspect, the cured rubber powder has a particle size between 50 and 250 μm in the uncured rubber forms, a diameter of between 1 and 10 mm, and a length of between 1 and 15 mm.
US09267016B2
Provided is a vinylidene fluoride polymer powder exhibiting excellent solubility in aprotic polar solvents, and a vinylidene fluoride polymer solution obtained from the powder and an aprotic polar solvent. The vinylidene fluoride polymer powder has an NMP penetration rate of 12 to 100% as measured by an NMP penetration test.
US09267014B2
A tire comprising a rubber composition based on at least one diene elastomer, a reinforcing filler predominantly comprising silica, a crosslinking system, and an alkali metal hydroxide or alkaline earth metal hydroxide. The rubber composition is essentially devoid of guanidine derivative.
US09267007B2
A method for adding an additive into a polymer melt, preferably a polyester polymer melt such as polyethylene terephthalate (PET), comprising: a. discharging a polymer melt from a reactor to form a discharged polymer melt stream, and b. solidifying said discharged polymer melt stream, and c. prior to solidification, feeding a portion of the discharged polymer melt stream to a slipstream to form a slipstream polymer melt, and d. feeding an additive into said slipstream polymer melt to form an additive containing slipstream, and e. feeding the additive containing slipstream to a location upstream from the feed location forming said slipstream.
US09267006B2
Provided according to some embodiments of the invention are methods of making co-condensed macromolecules that include forming a reaction mixture by combining at least one reactant and at least one reagent at a first temperature at which the at least one reactant is substantially unreactive in the presence of the at least one reagent; raising the temperature of the reaction mixture to a second temperature at which the at least one reactant is reactive in the presence of the at least one reagent, wherein the reaction of the at least one reactant in the presence of the at least one reagent produces co-condensed macromolecules such as co-condensed silica macromolecules.
US09267001B2
A telechelic macromer is disclosed having (meth)acrylic end-groups and a core. The macromer defined by Formula 1 comprises a core Y (Formulas 2 to 9) that is linked to (meth)acrylic groups by urethane, ester or anhydride bonds and has iodine value ranging from 5 to 75. The method involves a chemical reaction carried out in solvent, ranging 6-24 hours, wherein the precursor of a core (Formulas 2 and 3) reacts in two stages with compounds forming urethane bonds, or wherein the precursor of a core (Formulas 4 to 8) reacts in one stage with compounds forming ester bonds, or wherein the precursor of a core defined by Formula 9 reacts in one stage with compounds forming anhydride bonds. The urethane, ester and anhydride moieties comprise groups capable of free radical polymerization isolating the final product by evaporation. The composition disclosed provides the macromer, a photoinitiator and possibly a reactive diluent.
US09266991B2
A formulation for preparing a low density, full water blown polyurethane rigid foam includes an isocyanate component; an isocyanate-reactive component comprising from 30-50 wt % of a first polyether polyol having a functionality greater than 5 and an OH value from 350-550 mgKOH/g; from 5 to 25 wt % of a diol having an OH value from 100-300 mgKOH/g; and from 15 to 35 weight percent of a second polyether polyol having a functionality from 3 to 5; further including from 1.5 to 5 wt % of a catalyst selected from dimethylbenzylamine and/or 1,2-dimethyl-imidazole; from greater than 0 to 1 wt % of a trimerization catalyst selected from a glycine salt and/or tris(dimethyl aminomethyl) phenol; greater than 4.1 wt % water as a blowing agent; and any additional constituents selected such that the formulation, excluding the isocyanate component, totals 100 wt % and, the formulation absent the isocyanate component, has a dynamic viscosity from 540 to 864 mPa*s at 20° C. Processing under one-shot conditions can yield a rigid form having a molecular weight per crosslink ratio from 380 to 420. The formulation offers good processability, while the foam shows desirable dimensional stability and mechanical properties at unexpectedly low applied density.
US09266990B2
A method for producing polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers using fluidized bed reactor is provided. The fluidized bed reactor gives high conversion of feedstock during synthesis of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers. The product separation process includes pre-rectification, extractive rectification and vacuum rectification in series. In the pre-rectification process, the side-draw fraction PODE2 is recycled into the fluidized bed reactor, thus product distribution and selectivity to target components in the reactor can be improved. The extractive rectification process realizes coupling of neutralization, extraction, recovery of unconverted feedstock and products separation, thus significantly simplifies the process. The method for preparation of polyoxymethylene dimethyl ethers in this invention is simple, and has high conversion of feedstock, low energy cost and high selectivity to products.
US09266982B2
Provided are a process for preparing an N ortho acyl substituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound and an aminal iron (II) complex thereof, and the use of the complexes obtained by the process in an olefin oligomerization catalyst. The N ortho acyl substituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound in the present invention is for example 2-acyl-1,10-phenanthroline or 2,6-diacetyl pyridine as shown in formula b, and the N ortho acyl substituted nitrogen-containing heterocyclic compound in the present invention is produced by a reaction of a precursor thereof in a substituted or unsubstituted nitrobenzene. Preferably the precursor shown in formula I in the present invention is produced by 1,10-phenanthroline reacting with trialkyl aluminum, or a halogenoalkyl aluminum RnAIXm, or a substituted or unsubstituted benzyl lithium Ph′CH2Li, followed by hydrolysis. The preparation method provided in the present invention has a few synthetic steps, an easy process, a low toxic effect, and reduces the preparation costs of the catalyst, and has a promising outlook in the industrial application.
US09266975B2
The present invention provides a novel continuous polymerization apparatus which is able to efficiently produce a polymer composition suitable for obtaining a resin composition with high quality. In a continuous polymerization apparatus, at least, a first reactor of a complete mixing type and a second reactor of a complete mixing type (10, 20) are used. Each of the reactors (10, 20) is provided with a supply port (11a, 21a), an effluent port (11b, 21b), and a temperature detecting means (T) for detecting a temperature in the reactor, wherein the supply port (11a) of the first reactor (10) is connected to the supply sources (1, 3) of a raw material monomer and a polymerization initiator, and the effluent port (11b) of the first reactor is connected through a connection line (15) provided with a cooling means (16) to the supply port (21a) of the second reactor (20). The cooling means (16) is controlled to make the temperature in the connection line adjacent to the supply port (21a) of the second reactor lower than the temperature in the first reactor (10).
US09266973B2
Systems and methods for processing biological material utilizing chitosan are provided herein. Methods may include the steps of reducing the pH of an amount of culture to about 5 to 7, incorporating an amount of a chitosan solution into the culture to form a mixture, wherein chitosan in the chitosan solution binds to the biological material; increasing the pH of the culture to about 7 to 10, to flocculate biological material in the culture, concentrating the flocculates, reducing the pH of the concentrated flocculates to about 3 to 5, and separating the recovered chitosan solution from the concentrated biological material.
US09266972B2
The present invention aims to provide a polyrotaxane composition having excellent storage stability. The present invention relates to a polyrotaxane composition comprising: a polyrotaxane containing a cyclodextrin, a polyethylene glycol which is included in the cavities of the cyclodextrin molecules in a skewered manner, and a capping group that is placed at each end of the polyethylene glycol and prevents dissociation of the cyclodextrin molecules from the polyethylene glycol; and a polyphenol antioxidant.
US09266971B2
Novel nonionic cellulose ethers exhibit a reduced degree of thermal thinning and are efficient thickeners at elevated temperatures. The nonionic cellulose ether has hydroxyethyl groups and is further substituted with one or more hydrophobic substituents. The cellulose ether further has at least one of the properties a), b) or c): a) a retained dynamic viscosity, % η80/25, of at least 30 percent, wherein % η80/25=[dynamic solution viscosity at 80° C./dynamic solution viscosity at 25° C.] 100, the dynamic solution viscosity at 25° C. and 80° C. being measured as 1% aqueous solution; b) a storage modulus of at least 15 Pascals at 25° C. and a retained storage modulus, % G′80/25, of at least 12 percent, wherein % G′80/25=[storage modulus at 80° C./storage modulus at 25° C.] 100, the storage modulus at 25° C. and 80° C. being measured as a 1% aqueous solution; c) a critical association concentration of less than 15 ppm as measured by light-scattering.
US09266964B2
Plasma kallikrein binding proteins and methods of using such proteins are described.
US09266962B2
Herein is reported a fusion polypeptide according to formula (I): NH2—S2—X1—S1—COOH, wherein X1 comprises either a random amino acid sequence or an amino acid sequence derived from a first polypeptide, S2 and S1 are non-overlapping amino acid sequences derived from a second polypeptide, and denotes a peptide bond, wherein the second polypeptide is a polypeptide with peptidyl-prolyl cis/trans-isomerase activity (PPIase activity) or is derived from the FKBP-fold domain family, wherein X1 is inserted in place of the insert-in-flap-domain of the second polypeptide.
US09266957B2
This document provides methods and materials related to treating renal cell carcinoma. For example, methods and materials for assessing a cancer patient (e.g., a renal cell carcinoma patient) for tumor or peritumoral tissue containing CD14+ cells and proceeding with a cancer treatment option (e.g., a renal cell carcinoma treatment option) based on the presence, absence, or level of CD14+ cells present within the tumor or peritumoral tissue are provided.
US09266947B2
Compositions and methods are provided for alleviating cancer in a mammal by administering a therapeutic dose of a pharmaceutical composition that inhibits activity of AXL protein activity, for example by competitive or non-competitive inhibition of the binding interaction between AXL and its ligand GAS6.
US09266944B2
The present invention provides isolated polypeptides isolatable from a Staphylococcus spp. Also provided by the present invention are compositions that include one or more of the polypeptides, and methods for making and methods for using the polypeptides.
US09266940B2
The invention relates to a derivative of a GLP-1 analog, which analog comprises a first K residue at a position corresponding to position 27 of GLP-1(7-37) (SEQ ID NO: 1); a second K residue at a position corresponding to position T of GLP-1(7-37), where T is an integer in the range of 7-37 except 18 and 27; and a maximum of ten amino acid changes as compared to GLP-1(7-37); wherein the first K residue is designated K27, and the second K residue is designated KT; which derivative comprises two albumin binding moieties attached to K27 and KT, respectively, via a linker, wherein the albumin binding moiety comprises a protracting moiety selected from HOOC—(CH2)x—CO— and HOOC—C6H4—O—(CH2)y—CO—; in which x is an integer in the range of 6-16, and y is an integer in the range of 3-17; wherein the linker comprises an element of the formula —NH—(CH2)2—(O—(CH2)2)k—O—(CH2)n—CO—, wherein k is an integer in the range of 1-5, and n is an integer in the range of 1-5; or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt, amide, or ester thereof. The invention also relates to the pharmaceutical use thereof, for example in the treatment and/or prevention of all forms of diabetes and related diseases, as well as to corresponding novel GLP-1 analogs. The derivatives are suitable for oral administration.
US09266938B2
The present invention generally relates to mutant interleukin-2 polypeptides that exhibit reduced affinity to the α-subunit of the IL-2 receptor, for use as immunotherapeutic agents. In addition, the invention relates to immunoconjugates comprising said mutant IL-2 polypeptides, polynucleotide molecules encoding the mutant IL-2 polypeptides or immunoconjugates, and vectors and host cells comprising such polynucleotide molecules. The invention further relates to methods for producing the mutant IL-2 polypeptides or immunoconjugates, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the same, and uses thereof.
US09266930B1
This invention uses our knowledge of the mechanisms by which antigen is recognized by T cells to identify and prepare Plasmodium falciparum epitopes, and to develop epitope-based vaccines directed towards malaria. More specifically, this application communicates our discovery of pharmaceutical compositions and methods of use in the prevention and treatment of malaria. In particular, this application discloses isolated peptides comprising oligopeptides, for example the oligopeptide GVSENIFLK, or isolated peptides conjugated with T helper peptides that are used as antigens in epitope-based vaccines to prevent and/or treat malaria.
US09266929B2
The invention provides proteins from Neisseria meningitidis, including the amino acid sequences and the corresponding nucleotide sequences. The proteins are predicted to be useful antigens for vaccines and/or diagnostics.
US09266928B2
Disclosed herein are isolated immunogens including variant gp120 polypeptides. In an example, a variant gp120 polypeptide includes a deletion of at least 8 consecutive residues of the fourth conserved loop (C4) between residues 419 and 434 of gp120 according to HXB2 numbering. Also provided are isolated nucleic acid molecules encoding the disclosed isolated immunogens. In an example, an isolated nucleic acid molecule further includes a nucleic acid molecule encoding a hepatitis B surface antigen or a variant thereof. Compositions including the isolated immunogens including variant gp120 polypeptides are also disclosed. In some examples, a composition further includes a carrier protein, such as a hepatitis B surface antigen or a variant thereof (natural or recombinant). Viral-like particles are also provided including any of the disclosed isolated immunogens or compositions. Also disclosed are uses of these variant gp120 polypeptides and nucleic acids encoding variant polypeptides, such as to induce an immune response to HIV-1.
US09266925B2
The invention provides a cyclic polypeptide of Formula I (SEQ ID NO: 1): X1-R-X3-X4-L-S-X7-X8-X9-X10-X11-X12-X13 I or an amide, an ester or a salt thereof, or a bioconjugate thereof, wherein X1, X3, X4, X7, X8, X9, X10, X11, X12 and X13 are defined herein. The polypeptides are agonist of the APJ receptor. The invention also relates to a method for manufacturing the polypeptides of the invention or bioconjugates thereof, and their therapeutic uses such as treatment or prevention of acute decompensated heart failure (ADHF), chronic heart failure, pulmonary hypertension, atrial fibrillation, Brugada syndrome, ventricular tachycardia, atherosclerosis, hypertension, restenosis, ischemic cardiovascular diseases, cardiomyopathy, cardiac fibrosis, arrhythmia, water retention, diabetes (including gestational diabetes), obesity, peripheral arterial disease, cerebrovascular accidents, transient ischemic attacks, traumatic brain injuries, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, burn injuries (including sunburn) and preeclampsia. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition.
US09266922B2
The invention relates to antigen peptide derived from the Nectin4 and its use for preventing and treating cancer.
US09266911B2
The present invention relates to a camptothecin derivative having a structure as represented by Formula (II), in which Xn+ is selected from H+, K+, Na+, Li+, Mg2+, Ca2+, Zn2+, Fe3+, and ammonium ion, while R1, R2, R3, and R4 independently represent a hydrogen, a hydroxyl group, a nitro group, a cyano group, a halogen, a carboxyl group, an optionally substituted amino group, a silicon-containing group, a monocyclic aryloxy group, an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkoxy group, an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkylcarbonyl group, an optionally substituted C1-C6 alkyl group, or an optionally substituted C3-C6 cycloalkyl group; alternatively, R1 and R2 are connected via one to three other atoms to form a heterocyclic ring; and in another embodiment, R3 and R4 are oxygen atoms and connected via —O—(CH2)n—O—, forming a ring, in which n=I or 2. The compound has great water-solubility, chemical stability, and great efficacy in treatment on cancer.
US09266906B2
Copper(I) complexes for the emission of light with a structure according to formula A: wherein: M is Cu(I); L-B-L: a neutral, bidentate ligand, Z4-Z7: includes N or the fragment CR, with R=organic group, selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen, halogen or deuterium or groups which are bound via oxygen (—OR′″), nitrogen (—NR′″2), or phosphorous atoms (PR′″2) as well as alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkenyl, alkinyl, trialkylsilyl and triarylsilyl groups or substituted alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl and alkenyl groups with substituents such as halogens or deuterium or lower alkyl groups; X is either CR′″2 or NR′″; Y is either O, S or NR′″; Z8 includes the fragment CR′, with R′=O*R′″, N*R′″2 or P*R′″2, wherein the bond to the Cu atom is carried out via these groups; R″ is a sterically demanding substituent, which inhibits a change in geometry in direction to planarization of the complex in excited state, R′″=organic group which is selected from the group consisting of: hydrogen, halogen or deuterium, as well as alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl, alkenyl, alkinyl groups or substituted alkyl, aryl, heteroaryl and alkenyl groups with substituents such as halogens or deuterium, alkyl groups, and further generally known donor and acceptor groups * indicates the atom which receives the complex bond; and # indicates the atom which mediates the bond with the second chemical unit.
US09266905B2
Color materials represented by the following general formula (I): having excellent heat resistance.
US09266900B2
Reduced color and improved color stability isohexide products are enabled through adding one or more antioxidants to a crude dehydration product mixture from an acid-catalyzed dehydration of a corresponding hexitol.
US09266899B2
In order to produce an epoxy compound with a less chlorine content at a higher reaction rate and yield, the present invention provides a method for producing an epoxy compound by reacting a compound having a carbon-carbon double bond with hydrogen peroxide in the coexistence of the compound having a carbon-carbon double bond, the hydrogen peroxide solution, a powdered solid catalyst support and a powdered solid catalyst all together, the solid catalyst comprising isopolyacids produced from (a) tungstic acid or a salt thereof and (b) a quaternary ammonium salt compound and/or a pyridinium salt, selected from halogen-free compounds.
US09266898B2
A reaction product of the co-dehydration of a sugar alcohol and a reactant polyol having a number average hydroxyl functionality less than 4.0 is disclosed. In some aspects the sugar alcohol comprises mannitol, sorbitol, xylitol, erythritol, or mixtures thereof. In some preferred aspects the sugar alcohol comprises sorbitol. In some aspects the reactant polyol has an average molecular weight of from 40 to 500 Daltons. In some aspects, the reaction product may be suitable for the manufacture of polyisocyanurate foam. In some aspects the reaction product may be mixed with diluent polyols, such as diols, glycols, ethylene glycol, diethylene glycol, dipropylene glycol, propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol and mixtures thereof.
US09266886B2
Provided are novel compounds of Formula (I): pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, and pharmaceutical compositions thereof, which are useful in the treatment of diseases and disorders mediated by RORγ. Also provided are pharmaceutical compositions comprising the novel compounds of Formula (I) and methods for their use in treating one or more inflammatory, metabolic, autoimmune and other diseases or disorders.
US09266883B2
The present invention provides a compound of formula (I) or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof; a method for manufacturing said compound, and its therapeutic uses. The present invention further provides a combination of pharmacologically active agents and a pharmaceutical composition comprising said compound.
US09266880B2
Disclosed are azaindazole compounds of Formula (I): or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein: Q is: (i) 5-membered heteroaryl comprising at least one nitrogen heteroatom and substituted with zero to 2 Rg; or (ii) 9- to 10-membered bicyclic heteroaryl selected from Formula (II) and; wherein Ring A is a 5- to 6-membered aryl or heteroaryl fused ring substituted with zero to 2 Rg; and R1, R2, R3, and Rg are defined herein. Also disclosed are methods of using such compounds in the treatment of at least one CYP17 associated condition, such as, for example, cancer, and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such compounds.
US09266871B2
The present application relates to novel trifluoromethyl-substituted fused pyrimidines, to processes for their preparation, to their use alone or in combinations for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, and to their use for producing medicaments for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of diseases, in particular for the treatment and/or prophylaxis of cardiovascular disorders.
US09266868B2
Provided are a crystalline dihydrate of Rivaroxaban, processes for the preparation thereof, pharmaceutical compositions containing the crystalline dihydrate and processes for preparing and storing the pharmaceutical compositions. Also provided are a crystalline formic acid solvate of Rivaroxaban, processes for the preparation of crystalline Rivaroxaban formic acid solvate and the use of the Rivaroxaban formic acid solvate in the manufacture of the crystalline dihydrate of Rivaroxaban.
US09266866B2
The invention is directed to compounds of Formula I: wherein Z, X, J, R2 and W are set forth in the specification, as well as solvates, hydrates, tautomers and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, that inhibit protein tyrosine kinases, especially c-fms kinase. Methods of treating autoimmune diseases; and diseases with an inflammatory component; treating metastasis from ovarian cancer, uterine cancer, breast cancer, prostate cancer, lung cancer, colon cancer, stomach cancer, hairy cell leukemia; and treating pain, including skeletal pain caused by tumor metastasis or osteoarthritis, or visceral, inflammatory, and neurogenic pain; as well as osteoporosis, Paget's disease, and other diseases in which bone resorption mediates morbidity including rheumatoid arthritis, and other forms of inflammatory arthritis, osteoarthritis, prosthesis failure, osteolytic sarcoma, myeloma, and tumor metastasis to bone with the compounds of Formula I, are also provided.
US09266863B2
Described herein is a process for the synthesis of azacitidine or decitabine, comprising the silylation of azacytosine in the presence of N,O-bis-trimethylsilyl-trifluoroacetamide. Such reaction is performed in an organic solvent, preferably aprotic, even more preferably selected from among dichloromethane, dichloroethane and/or acetonitrile. According to a further aspect of the process, 2 to 3 moles of N,O-bis-trimethylsilyl-trifluoroacetamide are used per mole of azacytosine, preferably from 2.2 to 2.5.
US09266854B2
This invention discloses one step transition metal free process for synthesis of cyclic carbonates from aldehydes and carbon dioxide. More particularly, the invention relates to single step procedure involving Corey-Chaykovsky reaction and in-situ C02 insertion.
US09266846B2
The present disclosure is directed to compounds, diagnostic agents, and related methods. In some cases, methods for treating patients are provided. More specifically, the disclosure provides compounds, diagnostic agents, and kits for detecting and/or imaging and/or monitoring elastin rich tissues. In addition, the disclosure provides methods of detecting and/or imaging and/or monitoring the presence of coronary plaque, carotid plaque, iliac/femoral plaque, aortic plaque, renal artery plaque, plaque of any arterial vessel, aneurism, vasculitis, other diseases of the arterial wall, and/or damage or structural changes in ligaments, uterus, lungs or skin, as indicated by changes in total vessel wall area, internal lumen size, and exterior arterial perimeter.
US09266845B2
The invention relates to (among other things) methods for treatment comprising administering oligomer-containing substituted aromatic triazine compounds. A compound of the invention, when administered by any of a number of administration routes, exhibits one or more advantages over corresponding compounds lacking the oligomer.
US09266843B2
The present invention relates to compounds of formula I: and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, pharmaceutical compositions comprising the compounds of formula I, and methods of using the compounds, salts and compositions in the treatment of various disorders associated with CRM1 activity.
US09266842B2
The present invention is related to a use of aminopyrazine derivatives in the manufacture of a medicament for preventing or treating malaria. Specifically, the present invention is related to aminopyrazine derivatives useful for the preparation of a pharmaceutical formulation for the inhibition of malaria parasite proliferation. In one embodiment, the invention provides aminopyrazine derivatives having the following formula:
US09266833B2
The present invention provides a carrier transport material formed by completing a reaction process of at least one aromatic compound and at least one polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), wherein a cross linking reaction can be activated in the molecular compound through heating or ultraviolet irradiation because the molecular compound has at least one cross-linkable functional group. Therefore, when the carrier transport material is applied in an OLED, the carrier transport material would not be dissolved by the solvent included in the next coated material because the carrier transport material has been cured after the cross linking reaction is carried out. Moreover, because the carrier transport material would simultaneously perform an electron confining functionality when being used as a hole transport layer, the device efficiency of the OLED having the carrier transport material is obviously enhanced during the high-brightness operation especially.
US09266825B2
The present invention relates to a copolymer of the formula where A, B, and D are independently of one another an aliphatic (cyclo)alkylene radical, R is a C1-C10 alkyl radical, and 3≦x≦10. The present invention also relates to a process for preparing the copolymer, to its use and also to a coating composition and a coating formulation containing the copolymer.
US09266822B2
Novel solid forms of tacedinaline (4-(acetylamino)-N-(2-aminophenyl)benzamide), including crystalline tacedinaline Form B, a novel crystalline tacedinaline TFA salt, and amorphous tacedinaline, are disclosed. Pharmaceutical compositions comprising crystalline tacedinaline Form B, the novel crystalline tacedinaline TFA salt, and/or amorphous tacedinaline, and methods of treating various conditions by administering those novel solid forms, are also disclosed.
US09266817B2
Novel compounds, compositions, and methods related to the activation of the TrkB receptor are provided. The methods include administering in vivo or in vitro a therapeutically effective amount of a compound containing a catecholamine backbone and pharmaceutically acceptable salts, prodrugs, and derivatives thereof. Specifically, methods, compositions, and compounds for the treatment of disorders including neurological disorders, neuropsychiatric disorders, and metabolic disorders are provided. For example, a first method is provided of treating or reducing the risk of depression, anxiety, or obesity in a subject, which includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the described compounds. A further method of promoting neuroprotection in a subject also is provided, which includes administering to the subject a therapeutically effective amount of the described compounds.
US09266810B2
Provided is a simple filtering operation method capable of conducting a filtering operation without clogging in a ceramic filter for a long period of time, in the operation of filtering fine crystals of an aromatic carboxylic acid in an oxidation reaction mother liquor obtained in a process of an aromatic carboxylic acid production by a cross-flow filtration using the ceramic filter. The present invention can be accomplished by conducting an operation for filtering the fine crystals and a back washing operation with a filtrate while maintaining a flowing circulation operation of the oxidation reaction mother liquor under predetermined conditions.
US09266807B1
Processes are provided for contacting at least one Cn alcohol equivalent having n carbon atoms and at least one Cn+1 alcohol equivalent having (n+1) carbon atoms with a Guerbet catalyst to form a product composition comprising a product compound having the structure: wherein: C is a carbon atom; H is a hydrogen atom; Q is an alcohol or aldehyde group having one carbon; R is a linear alkyl group having n carbon atoms; and T is an alkyl group having (n−1) carbon atoms, except that when n=1, T is methyl.
US09266797B2
Disclosed herein are systems and methods for monitoring and controlling a nitroxide-based polymerization inhibitor in vinyl-based monomers. A dosage of the nitroxide-based polymerization inhibitor is provided in the vinyl-based monomers. A residual concentration of the nitroxide-based polymerization inhibitor is measured substantially in real time, and an optimized dosage of the nitroxide-based polymerization inhibitor is provided in response to the measured residual concentration.
US09266795B2
A process is presented for the purification of 1,3 butadiene. The process is for treating a butadiene stream from an oxidative dehydrogenation unit, where a butane stream is dehydrogenated, generating a butadiene rich stream. The butadiene rich stream is fractionated and passed through a butadiene recovery unit. Additional C4 compounds recovered from the fractionation bottoms stream are further processed for increasing yields of butadiene.
US09266791B2
The invention relates to methods and equipment for converting C3+ olefin to, e.g., one or more of di-C3+ olefin, oligomers and polymers of C3+ olefin, branched C4+-aldehydes, C4+-carboxylic acids, and C4+ oxygenates. The invention encompasses producing methyl tert-butyl ether and diisobutylene, and converting methyl tert-butyl ether to isobutylene.
US09266759B2
A system for treatment of suspended solids in a liquid medium having a one pond, an apparatus for controlled ventilation and aeration of a liquid medium, the apparatus having a dome supported by a flotation device, a blower, a lower housing supported by the flotation device, the lower housing connected to the dome, an aeration apparatus positioned within the sealed space and partially submerged in the flotation liquid, and having one or more parallel shafts, at least one first disc positioned axially on one of the shafts, at least one second disc positioned axially on another of the shafts, wherein the second disc is interleaved relative to the first disc, and wherein a surface of the first disc rotates in a direction opposite a surface of the second disc relative to each other resulting in a mixing area therebetween, and wherein the apparatus is positioned within the pond.
US09266752B2
The treatment apparatus is pressurized and operates on a continuous flow of fluids which are subjected to hydrodynamic waves, acoustic ultrasonic waves in combination with injected ozone and electro chemical treatment. The treatment system provides a cost efficient and environmentally friendly process and apparatus for cleaning and recycling fluids as contaminated as frac water, used to stimulate gas production from shale formations, as well as other types of fluids having various levels of contaminants such as aerobic and anaerobic bacteria and suspended solids. The calcium carbonate scaling tendency is reduced to an acceptable level without the use of acids, ion exchange materials, or anti scaling chemicals which is of economical and environmental significance and benefit. The treatment apparatus is modular in construction and compact in overall configuration. The treatment apparatus and associated equipment and electrical power generator is sized and configured to be mounted within a truck trailer body.
US09266742B2
A mixture containing methyldichlorosilane, tetrachlorosilane, and trichlorosilane is distilled to fractionate a fraction with a higher content of methyldichlorosilane than the mixture before distillation. Subsequently, the fraction thus fractionated is heated to disproportionate chlorine between methyldichlorosilane and tetrachlorosilane to disproportionate methyldichlorosilane into methyltrichlorosilane. Subsequently, the fraction after disproportionation containing methyltrichlorosilane is purified by distillation to separate high-purity trichlorosilane. Having a close boiling point to that of trichlorosilane (32° C.), which is a target product to be purified by distillation, removal of methyldichlorosilane (boiling point of 41° C.) has been difficult. The present invention removes methyldichlorosilane more easily by converting it into methyltrichlorosilane (boiling point of 66° C.) through disproportionation of chlorine between methyldichlorosilane and tetrachlorosilane.
US09266741B2
The present invention relates to polycrystalline silicon chunks which are cubic and have a metal content of less than 200 pptw and a dopant content of less than 50 ppta. Methods for producing polycrystalline silicon chunks, include the steps of providing a polycrystalline silicon rod, comminuting the polycrystalline silicon rod into cubic chunks, and cleaning the polycrystalline silicon chunks, wherein comminution takes place using a spiked-roll crusher having at least one spiked roll, the spiked roll including W2C phases or WC phases with 0.1-10% of a metal carbide selected from the group consisting of titanium carbide, chromium carbide, molybdenum carbide, vanadium carbide, and nickel carbide or consisting of steel with 1-25% W.
US09266732B2
The present invention relates to an apparatus for reforming a hydrocarbon using a micro-channel heater, which can utilize the combustion heat of a fuel as an energy source needed for reforming a hydrocarbon. A plurality of thin metal plates having micro-channels may be laminated in a multilayered structure so as to manufacture a small to medium compact hydrogen-producing apparatus. In particular, a reforming unit may be designed to have a multilayered structure so as to improve the capacity of a reformer up to a level desired by a user.
US09266721B2
A method for producing a semiconductor component (166) is proposed. The method comprises the following steps: a) a semiconductor chip (110) is produced on a starting substrate (112), wherein the semiconductor chip (110) is connected to the starting substrate (112) in at least one supporting location (116), wherein the semiconductor chip (110) has a front side (130) facing away from the starting substrate (112) and a rear side (132) facing the starting substrate (112), b) in at least one through-plating step, at least one through-contact filling material (142) is applied to the semiconductor chip (110), wherein at least one partial region (140) of the rear side (132) is coated with the through-contact filling material (142), c) the semiconductor chip (110) is separated from the starting substrate (112), and d) the semiconductor chip (110) is applied to at least one carrier substrate (150), wherein that partial region (140) of the rear side (132) of the semiconductor chip (110) which is coated with the through-contact filling material (142) is connected to at least one bonding pad (152) on the carrier substrate (150).
US09266720B2
A component has at least one MEMS element and at least one cap made of a semiconductor material. The cap, in addition to its mechanical function as a terminus of a cavity and protection of the micromechanical structure, is provided with an electrical functionality. The micromechanical structure of the MEMS element of the component is situated in a cavity between a carrier and the cap, and includes at least one structural element which is deflectable out of the component plane within the cavity. The cap includes at least one section extending over the entire thickness of the cap, which is electrically insulated from the adjoining semiconductor material in such a way that it may be electrically contacted independently from the remaining sections of the cap.
US09266716B2
A microelectromechanical system (MEMS) microphone has a substrate including a backside trench, and a flexible membrane deposited on the substrate extending over the backside trench. The flexible membrane includes a first electrode. A silicon spacer layer is deposited on a perimeter portion of the flexible membrane. The spacer layer defines an acoustic chamber above the membrane and the backside trench. A silicon rich silicon nitride (SiN) backplate layer is deposited on top of the silicon spacer layer extending over the acoustic chamber. The backplate defines a plurality of opening into the acoustic chamber and includes a metallization that serves as a second electrode.
US09266715B2
In order to obtain a SOI wafer having an excellent ability of gettering metal impurities, an efficient method of manufacturing a SOI wafer, and a highly reliable MEMS device using such a SOI wafer, provided is a SOI wafer including: a support wafer (1) and an active layer wafer (6) which are bonded together with an oxide film (3) therebetween, each of the support wafer (1) and the active layer wafer (6) being a silicon wafer; a cavity (1b) formed in a bonding surface of at least one of the silicon wafers; and a gettering material (2) formed on a surface on a side opposite to the bonding surface.
US09266709B2
Systems and methods for mixing and dispensing an aqueous urea solution at the point of delivery to diesel powered vehicles. A stand alone terminal or modular unit that mixes and dispenses the dilute solution on an as-needed batch basis. Each delivery terminal includes a dry or concentrated liquid urea reservoir, and a metering urea dispenser, along with a parallel demineralized water reservoir and a metering water dispenser. The demineralized water may be provided directly from an external source or the system may include a demineralizing component. The metered dispensing of the urea and the water into a mixing tank to produce the aqueous urea solution (AUS) is controlled through an electronic control system. From the mixing tank the system directs the solution through a sediment filtration system before retaining the mixed and filtered solution in a terminal holding and dispensing tank.
US09266706B2
The present invention refers no a plant for filling bottles or containers with continuous calibration and to a continuous calibration method of such a plant. The calibration method (100) is characterized in that it comprises the steps consisting of collecting (110) at least one set of data relating to filling and/or closing parameters of containers or bottles (16) treated through the same tap or filling valve (15) of the filling plant (10) and/or through the same closing and/or capping head (14) of the filling plant (10); based on the data collected, calculating (120) statistical data associated with the tap or filling valve (15) and/or with the closing and/or capping head (14); updating (130) the statistical data based on new data collected and monitoring the progression thereof; in the case of a variation of the statistical data over time, adjusting the tap or filling valve (15) and/or the closing and/or capping head (14) associated with the statistical data so as to compensate for the variation.
US09266705B2
A battery forklift includes a battery and a motor that includes a rotation shaft and is driven using the battery as a power source. A reduction device reduces the speed of rotation of the rotation shaft and transmits the rotation to an axle. A case accommodates the reduction device. A drive wheel is driven by rotation of the axle. The reduction device includes a helical gear rotated integrally with the rotation shaft and a drive shaft formed integrally with the helical gear and extended in a vertical direction. The reduction device further includes an upper bearing located above the helical gear to support the drive shaft rotatably relative to the case and a lower bearing located below the helical gear to support the drive shaft rotatably relative to the case. The case includes a communication portion that communicates a lower void located below the upper bearing and an upper void located above the upper bearing.
US09266700B2
The present disclosure shows a crane controller for a crane which includes a hoisting gear for lifting a load hanging on a cable, with an active heave compensation which by actuating the hoisting gear at least partly compensates the movement of the cable suspension point and/or a load deposition point due to the heave, wherein the heave compensation takes account of at least one constraint of the hoisting gear when calculating the actuation of the hoisting gear.
US09266699B2
An elevator system has an elevator car suspended on at least one synchronous belt driven by a drive driving a drive pulley in a non-slip manner, a distance measurement device measuring a travel distance of the belt at the drive pulley for determining a car position, a controller actuating the drive based on-stored stop location position values and a determined car position to stop the car at two or more stop locations, at least one position sensor disposed from the drive pulley and signaling the controller when the car passes a reference position, and a compensation device making a correction of the stored stop location position values with a correction factor based on the difference between the car position determined by the distance measurement device and the reference position as the car passes the reference position. Methods for operating the elevator system and initializing the controller are provided.
US09266693B2
First retention member 40 and second retention member 42 are disposed so as to be separately arrayed along a direction orthogonal to a drawing direction, in which the first retention member 40 and the second retention member 42 are drawn from paper sheet storing unit. Upper opening of paper sheet storing bag 50 is sealed when the first retention member 40 moves toward and abuts on the second retention member 42. The first retention member 40 and the second retention member 42 is drawable to outside from the paper sheet storing unit only when the first retention member 40 and the second retention member 42 abut each other.
US09266686B2
A vacuum gripper for gripping a work-piece includes a flat or curved gripper plate having at least one suction port. A work-piece suction throttling zone is formed around the suction port. The gripper plate has at least one recess provided at a side facing the work-piece and arranged beyond the work-piece suction throttling zone (6) formed around the suction port. At least one vent hole is formed within each of the recesses.
US09266680B2
Conveyor system (1) for forage bales (2) comprising driving means (3) for said forage bales (2) and dragging means (4) for said driving means (3) for moving said bales (2) along a conveying direction, and it is characterized in that said driving means (3) are rotatably mounted about a longitudinal axis (“Y”) of said dragging means, said driving means (3) being susceptible to freely rotate about said axis (“Y”) to permit the relative movement of the bales (2) with respect to said dragging means (4). The system prevents the breakage of tie threads, permits to auto-align the bales and permits the bales to trace curved paths with a very little rotation radius.
US09266679B2
A moving conveying device is provided which extends in a planar manner, such as a conveyor belt or a mat top conveyor, for conveying piece goods or bulk goods and which lies in a conveying apparatus. A rolling element including a plurality of rollers is arranged between the conveying device and a support element. The conveying device moves relative to the rolling element, wherein the rollers roll on the conveying means and on the support element, and the rollers are interconnected at a distance from each other by way of a flexible connecting element.
US09266677B2
A transport conveyer includes an upstream side conveyer portion and a downstream side conveyer portion. The upstream side conveyer portion is provided such that an upstream side imaginary path line which is circular-arc-shaped is connected to a downstream side imaginary path line such that the tangent line at the downstream side end of the upstream side imaginary path line and the tangent line at the upstream side end of the downstream side imaginary path line are at the same angle. Provided on the upstream side end portion of the downstream side conveyer portion is a rotating operation transport device for supporting and transporting the article such that the amount of rotation of the article by the downstream side conveyer portion is greater than or equal to the amount of rotation caused by the downstream side conveyer portion.
US09266671B2
A trash container that allows the user to compress trash when the user manually pushes the top cover down. When an indoor trash container seems full, people would normally press the garbage down into the container using their hands in order to create more room inside the container. That is unsanitary. Our invention is a trash container that allows the user to compress trash when the user manually pushes the top cover down. A user's hands don't touch the trash.
US09266670B2
A lifting device is for a container. The lifting device is attached at one end of the container. The lifting device includes an undercarriage provided with one or more wheels; and an actuator arranged to move the undercarriage of the lifting device between a first position, not engaging the supporting surface, and a second position, engaging the supporting surface, so that, in the position of the undercarriage engaging the supporting surface, one end of the container is lifted up from the supporting surface. The undercarriage of the lifting device is connected to the actuator via at least one connecting body, the connecting body being connected to the actuator and movable therewith.
US09266663B1
A coffee filter roll is disclosed herein. The coffee filter roll includes a plurality of coffee filters successively arranged in a roll configuration, each of the plurality of coffee filters being detachably coupled to one another and including a plurality of fold lines configured to facilitate an insertion of each of the plurality of coffee filters into a coffee filter basket of a coffee maker; and a plurality of lines of weakness, each of the plurality of lines of weakness being disposed between adjacent coffee filters in the coffee filter roll. Each coffee filter is configured to be separated from the coffee filter roll by tearing the coffee filter being removed from the adjacent coffee filter in the coffee filter roll along at least one of the plurality of lines of weakness. A coffee filter dispensing system and a method of dispensing rolled coffee filters is also disclosed herein.
US09266655B1
A high strength disposable debris bundling device including a sheet-like main body having a plurality of drawstrings running generally parallel and in spaced relation through separate channels associated with the wrap. The drawstrings preferably comprise elongate flexible thin rope or cord-like structures that run through hem channels formed in the wrap and function to compact and secure the debris in bundle with the wrap disposed in surrounding relation therewith. Providing at least two drawstrings allows the wrap to be pulled tightly around the debris and secured in contoured surrounding relation therewith. The wrap preferably has a width of between approximately 3.0 feet and 5.0 feet. Handles are provided to assist in handling the wrapped debris bundle.
US09266653B1
A flush cut tie device facilitates flush trimming of excess after securing a tie device. The device includes a tie and a channel coupled to a first end of the tie. A projection is positioned in an interior of the channel. A plurality of ridges is positioned in spaced relationship along a length of the tie wherein one of the ridges is engaged by the projection when a second end of the tie is extended through the channel. A pair of grooves extends into opposite exterior faces of the channel wherein the grooves are positioned for facilitating engagement of clippers to the channel and cutting an end portion of the channel and the tie from a main portion of the channel. Thus, a cut end of the tie is flush with the main portion of the channel when the end portion of the channel is clipped.
US09266651B2
The present invention relates to a sealing device for a container having an opening and an outer projection, including: a septum for closing said opening, a cap having a retainer capable of switching from a first position, in which the retainer does not limit the axial movement of said cap with respect to said container, to a second position, in which the retainer limits the axial movement of the cap, and a sleeve receiving said cap and movable axially with respect to said cap between a distal position, in which said sleeve does not exert a radial inward force on said retainer, and a proximal position, in which said sleeve exerts a radial inward force on said retainer. The sleeve includes a guiding element capable of cooperating directly or indirectly with said outer projection, so as to limit rotation of said sleeve.
US09266647B2
The invention disclosed herein provides a shopping bag that has multiple alternative uses. It is emphasized that this abstract is provided to comply with the rules requiring an abstract that will allow a searcher or other reader to quickly ascertain the subject matter of the technical disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of the claims. 37 CFR 1.72(b).
US09266636B2
The invention relates to a horizontal transverse sealing unit, in particular for a horizontal tubular bag machine for sealing at least one tubular film around at least one object to be packaged, having a first and a second rotational axis (18a, 20a) which are parallel to each other and at least two sealing jaw pairs (26a, 28a and 30a, 32a) which are each formed by at least one sealing jaw (26a, 30a) rotating around the first rotation axis (18a) and at least one sealing jaw (28a, 32a) rotating around the second rotation axis (20a), such that, during a sealing process, the sealing jaws (26a, 28a) of a sealing jaw pair (26a, 28a) approach each other and material layers can be sealed between the sealing jaws (26a, 28a) under exertion of pressure. According to the invention, at least two independently drivable sealing drives of the horizontal transverse sealing unit are provided to drive at least two sealing jaw pairs (pair 26a, 28a and pair 30a, 32a) independently of each other.
US09266627B1
A method of prospecting asteroids for mining includes (a) launching at least one spacecraft, the spacecraft including a space telescope; (b) examining a plurality of asteroids using the space telescope to gather scientific data on the asteroids for characterization and cataloging; and (c) selecting one or more asteroids to mine from the plurality of asteroids examined by the space telescope and contained within the catalog. A system for prospecting asteroids for mining is also described.
US09266626B2
Aided analysis of the failure tolerance of an aircraft system, comprising a plurality of subsystems at least one of which comprises a monitoring unit and notification of a detected event, using critical event charts. After selecting at least one receivable notification message represented by a node of the critical event chart, elements of the minimal diagnostic set capable of resulting in the generation of the at least one selected notification message are identified, the identified elements forming part of the failure tolerance report.
US09266621B2
A method for providing a display to a flight crew of an aircraft includes receiving a required time of arrival (RTA) control instruction for arriving at a particular waypoint at a particular time, calculating an initial required aircraft speed at which the aircraft is required to fly in order to arrive at the particular waypoint at the particular time, and providing a flight display comprising a speed tape. The method further includes receiving an input accepting the RTA control instruction and calculating an updated required aircraft speed at which the aircraft is required to fly in order to arrive at the particular waypoint at the particular time. Still further, the method includes updating the flight display comprising displaying the updated RTA target speed on the speed tape using a second symbology that is different from the first symbology and discontinuing the display of the first symbology.
US09266598B1
The present disclosure provides a balloon. The balloon may include an envelope comprising a fixed component. The balloon may include a stabilizing platform positioned beneath the envelope and operatively connected to the fixed component. The stabilizing platform may be configured to rotate around an axis vertically aligned with gravity. The envelope may comprise a heavier mass than the stabilizing platform. The balloon may also include a motor configured to exert a first force on the stabilizing platform in a manner such that the stabilizing platform rotates (i) more than a rotation of the balloon and (ii) around the axis, thereby counteracting the rotation of the balloon by causing the stabilizing platform to exert a second force on the envelope of the balloon.
US09266596B2
In one example, a free-flying tethered airship system includes an upper airship adapted to tailor its lift and drag, a lower airship adapted to tailor its lift and drag, and a tether connecting the upper airship to the lower airship such that the upper airship is at least one kilometer above the lower airship. The upper airship is configured to be equiliberally buoyant, while carrying the tether, in a first altitude range. The lower airship is configured to be equiliberally buoyant in a second altitude range, the first altitude range being higher than the second altitude range. A method for stationkeeping of a free-flying tethered airship system is also provided.
US09266591B2
An aquatic toy that is a biomimetic fish with a watertight body portion. The body portion contains a battery electrically connected via a controller to at least one coil. The coil is positioned relative to a magnet and the coil can be caused to oscillate by virtue of a controller defined alternating current passing through the coil. The oscillation of the coil causes movement of a tail fin that is engaged to said watertight body to cause the fish to move forward through a body of water.
US09266583B2
A drive device for an electric bicycle, contains a drive housing in which a hollow shaft is mounted, which is connected to a chain wheel of a chain transmission of an electric bicycle, a pedal crank shaft which is arranged coaxially with respect to the hollow shaft and is connected at both ends to pedal cranks, a first clutch which is shifted depending on the rotation direction and which is arranged between the hollow shaft and the pedal crank shaft, and an electric motor whose output is connected to the hollow shaft via a second clutch which is shifted depending on the rotation direction. The hollow shaft can be coupled to the pedal crank shaft in both rotation directions of the pedal crank shaft.
US09266581B2
The disclosed device controls a cable associated with a bicycle gearshift and is particularity configured for securing the body of the device on the forward-facing end of racing bicycle handlebars. A cable winding bobbin, having an internally toothed crown, is provided in the device's body and a drive mechanism rotates the bobbin in the chosen direction to achieve predetermined angular positions. A ratchet mechanism, located between the lever and the toothed crown, includes opposite rocker arms with cam profiles curved away from each other, and a toothed sector for engaging the toothed crown. A pointer is located to be selectively engaged with at least one of the rocker arms so that engagement results in the rocker arm's toothed section being away from the toothed crown, and disengagement results in the rocker arm's toothed section being engaged with the toothed crown.
US09266568B2
A vehicle body lower section structure has a rocker that extends in a vehicle body front-rear direction at an outside in a vehicle width direction of a floor panel; and a dashboard cross member that extends in the vehicle width direction at a lower side of a dashboard panel, and an outside end portion of the dashboard cross member in the vehicle width direction is superimposed on and connected to an upper face of the rocker.
US09266562B2
A parking assist device assists entry or exit of a vehicle with respect to a parking space through an automatic control of a steering device. The parking assist device includes: a calculator that obtains, to perform the automatic control of the steering device, a path for allowing the vehicle to enter or exit the parking space based on the parking space, calculates an amount of temperature rise of the steering device at the execution of the automatic control for allowing the vehicle to move along the obtained path, and calculates a predicted temperature of the steering device at the execution of the automatic control by adding the calculated amount of temperature rise to a current value of the temperature of the steering device; and a controller that inhibits the execution of the automatic control when the predicted temperature is equal to or higher than a determination value.
US09266552B2
A wheeled vehicle is steered by a yoke or other operator control the movement of which is limited so that the operator's hands need not change position on the control. The steering is under the control of a microprocessor responsive to an input from the control, the vehicle's speedometer, and to accelerometers responsive to forces acting on the vehicle laterally and perpendicular to the roadway. The relationship between the position of the steerable wheels and the displacement of, or force applied to, the operator control is a function that depends on the magnitude of the displacement or force, speed, and one or more time derivatives of the displacement of, or force on, the operator control. The relationship between the position of the steerable wheels and the displacement of, or force on, the control is overridden when the lateral force is such that the vehicle is in danger of rolling over.
US09266551B2
The present invention provides a system which integrates motor vehicle component operation into actuators located in the rim of a motor vehicle steering wheel. The two actuators of the system of the present invention are located in an arc segment of the steering wheel defined by the three o'clock and 12 o'clock positions for the right-hand actuator and the nine o'clock and 12 o'clock positions for the left-hand actuator. The actuators may operate in parallel with a conventional stalk switch or controls associated with an on board computer and only operate a motor vehicle component when activated and subsequently depressed. The integrated vehicle control system and apparatus of the present invention further provides for vehicle component operation which does not require a driver to remove his or her hands from the steering wheel.
US09266548B1
A unique attachment mechanism whereby a base platform of a janitorial cart can be affixed to the underside of a mop bucket by an interconnection mechanism by a simple rolling motion so that it is not necessary to lift a heavy mop bucket filled with water to interconnect the mop bucket and the base platform of a janitorial cart.
US09266546B2
A wheeled container for a memory foam mattress includes a plastic container having an upper end and a lower end with a bottom surface that extends to a lower edge of the container, a pair of wheels rotatably mounted to the plastic container at the lower edge of the container, and a handle mounted to the plastic container, whereby the handle is mounted on the same side of the plastic container as the pair of wheels. A compressed memory foam mattress is disposed inside a flexible storage bag, which, in turn, is disposed inside the plastic container. The plastic container has a storage configuration in which a bottom face of the container is parallel to the ground, and a moving configuration in which the container is tilted onto the pair of wheels for rolling the container over the ground.
US09266538B2
The invention relates to a platform door system comprising cover elements and sliding doors arranged along a platform for opening and closing passages between the cover elements, wherein the sliding doors when in a closed state are displaceable into different door positions along the platform, and wherein a given sliding door can then be opened and closed starting from a given door position into which the given sliding door has been displaced.
US09266534B2
A vehicle control apparatus for implementing inter-vehicle distance control of a subject vehicle carrying the apparatus behind a preceding vehicle based on reflected waves from a target of the preceding vehicle. A target-pair distance is a distance between the target and a non-target reflection point that is closer to the subject vehicle than the target. A corrected distance calculator is configured to, in the presence of the target-pair distance being recognized, calculate a first corrected distance by subtracting the target-pair distance from a detected distance between the target and the subject vehicle, and in the absence of the target-pair distance being recognized, calculate a second corrected distance by subtracting an offset that is the previously set target-pair distance from the detected distance. A controller is configured to implement the inter-vehicle distance control based on the first or second corrected distance depending on the presence or absence of the target-pair distance being recognized.
US09266527B2
A method and system for setting motor torque for a hybrid vehicle that converts charge or discharge limiting power of a battery into maximum charge or discharge torque of a motor to set motor torque and to protect a battery system of the hybrid vehicle may include obtaining maximum discharge power of a battery of the hybrid vehicle, power consumption of a low voltage DC-DC converter (LDC), and power consumption of electrical loads; calculating electrical discharge power that may be output by a motor with electric power based on the maximum discharge power, the power consumption of the LDC, and the power consumption of the electrical loads; calculating mechanical discharge power that may be output from the motor based on the electrical discharge power of the motor and discharge efficiency of the motor; and calculating maximum discharge torque of the motor at a determined speed based on the mechanical discharge power.
US09266522B2
A driving force transmission controller includes: a normal turning control unit that computes command values such that driving force transmitted to an outer wheel in a turning direction is larger than that transmitted to an inner wheel during normal turning; a counter-steering control unit that computes the command values such that the driving force transmitted to the outer wheel is larger than that transmitted to the inner wheel during counter-steering; a counter-steering return control unit that corrects the command values such that a rate of change in each of the driving forces transmitted to the right and left rear wheels is lower than a rate of change in a steered angle of front wheels when a steering velocity is equal to or higher than a prescribed value during the counter-steering; and a driving force transmission control unit that controls a driving force transmission device based on the command values.
US09266520B2
The criteria used to determine whether to initiate an auto stop of an engine may be altered based on a number of previous auto stops of the engine, a total auto stop off time of the engine, or a total throughput of a battery. Altering the criteria may influence a frequency with which the engine is auto stopped.
US09266508B2
The system includes a high-pressure accumulator connected to the primary chamber of the master cylinder and to the inlet of the ESP module by a solenoid valve. The connection between the primary chamber and the brake fluid reservoir is equipped with a solenoid valve. A control circuit controls the solenoid valve of the reservoir and the solenoid valve of the accumulator, depending on the braking method selected or imposed. The dynamic braking phase is broken down into two tasks, one with energy recovery that involves isolating the master cylinder from the wheel brakes until deceleration to a threshold speed, followed by another step until full stop that involves connecting the primary chamber alone to the high-pressure accumulator and to the ESP module to provide the latter with pressurized brake fluid from the accumulator and supply the wheel brakes for mechanical braking.
US09266507B2
A brake pedal assembly for a vehicle having a brake pedal arm having an initial position and an adjustment subassembly configured to adjust the initial position. The brake pedal assembly is further provided with a preload spring configured to provide a preload force to the brake pedal arm and a preload adjustment cam in cooperation with the brake pedal arm. The adjustment subassembly and the preload spring are configured to change the preload force in response to a change in the initial position.
US09266497B2
A method is provided for sealing locking components of a retractor, wherein the locking components cooperate with a spool shaft extending from, and rotatable with, a rotatable spool of the retractor to selectively lock rotation of the spool. The method includes mounting a base of an open-ended housing to the retractor with the spool shaft accessible via an opening in the base when so mounted, positioning a sealing member to extend about and engage a periphery of the opening and to also extend about and engage a periphery of the spool shaft, operatively arranging the locking components within the interior of the housing, and hermetically sealing a cover to the open end of the housing after the housing is mounted to the retractor. The sealing member engages the peripheries of the first opening and the spool shaft and blocks ingress of moisture and particles to the locking components.
US09266494B2
An airbag assembly may include an inflatable curtain airbag with a stowed configuration and a deployed configuration. The inflatable curtain may have a first protection zone and a second protection zone that inflates forward of the first protection zone to provide enhanced protection. The second protection zone may be folded against the first protection zone so that, during deployment, the second protection zone pivots to unfold relative to the first protection zone. The airbag assembly may have a forward tether that provides longitudinal tension on the inflatable curtain airbag. The forward tether may be secured to the A-pillar of the vehicle and to a divider between the first and second protection zones so that deformation of the A-pillar may relieve the tension to allow the second protection zone to pivot inboard to provide protection from injuries that may be sustained in a small overlap or oblique collision.
US09266492B2
Disclosed is a curtain airbag module including a curtain airbag cushion, an inflator of supplying and inflating gas into the curtain airbag cushion, and a lamp bracket fixed on a vehicle panel to support the curtain airbag cushion which is integrally provided with a lamp pattern to deploy the curtain airbag cushion into a vehicle without deploying the curtain airbag cushion into a pillar trim of a vehicle in the deployment of the curtain airbag cushion by driving the inflator. The lamp pattern wraps up at least a portion of the folded curtain airbag cushion. The lamp pattern initially wrapping up the folded curtain airbag cushion guides the curtain airbag cushion to the interior of the vehicle when the curtain airbag cushion is deployed, thereby preventing the curtain airbag cushion from being inserted into the pillar trim, so that the curtain airbag cushion is stably deployed.
US09266489B2
An energy absorption (EA) pad mountable on a vehicle door interior trim panel provides controlled collapse under side impact collision forces to minimize contact between the door and a vehicle passenger. The EA pad is in the form of a hollow body having an endwall, a sidewall, and an open end. A flange extends laterally from the open end. One or more slots and one or more ribs can be formed in the sidewall or the endwall of varying height, numbers, spacing, thickness, and shapes to provide the controlled collapse of the EA pad. A restraining rib structure is formed on the door trim panel adjacent to a least one side of the EA pad. In another aspect, a door trim panel includes the EA pad.
US09266486B2
An energy absorbing member is fixed to a vehicle body. A joint has in a state where the longitudinal direction thereof extends along the front-back direction of the vehicle. Proximal and distal ends of the joint are respectively connected to the member and a bumper beam. The joint causes a collision load from the hamper beam to the vehicle body to act upon the member while collapsing in the longitudinal direction. A distal end has an inclined shape such that a distance from the member deceases gradually from the center toward the outside in the width direction of the vehicle. The distal end has a gradual increase region where a width in the height direction of the vehicle increases gradually and a gradual decrease region where the width in the height direction of the vehicle decreases gradually, from the center toward the outside in the width direction of the vehicle.
US09266475B2
A running board assembly may include a motor which supplies power, a transmission which transmits the motor's power, a rack gear which is disposed lengthily in a transverse direction of a vehicle body such that one side thereof is connected to a body of a running board, and a motion control unit which transmits the power from the transmission to the rack gear such that a motion of the rack gear is controlled to allow a sliding motion and a pivot motion of the rack gear.
US09266474B2
An accessory system for a vehicle includes a mounting element attached at an inner surface of a windshield and configured for mounting of an accessory module thereto and demounting of the accessory module therefrom. The accessory module is configured for mounting to the mounting element via snap attachment. The accessory module accommodates a camera comprising a CMOS photosensor array and a lens. The accessory module is configured so that, when mounted to the mounting element at the windshield, the lens has a field of view through the windshield. The camera is operable to capture image data for use by a driver assistance system of the vehicle. The accessory module includes an electrical connector for electrically connecting with circuitry disposed in the accessory module. The electrical connector is configured for electrical connection to at least a power source of the vehicle and a communication bus of the vehicle.
US09266463B2
An immobilizing device for limiting movement of a cargo container in a cargo area may include a tubular member configured to be inserted into an aperture of a cargo deck. The immobilizing device may further include a stop member extending at least partially across a hollow interior of the tubular member, wherein the stop member is configured such that extension of the tubular member into the aperture is limited by contact between the stop member and the portion of the cargo deck located in the aperture. The immobilizing device may also include an extension associated with the tubular member and configured to engage a lower edge of the cargo container, such that movement of the cargo container is limited upon receipt of the tubular member in the aperture and engagement between the extension and the lower edge of the cargo container.
US09266457B2
Disclosed is a body structure for a dump truck (1) having a body frame (3). The body structure is provided with hinge pins (5) to be located toward a rear of the body frame, a body (2A) to be tiltably disposed on the body frame via the hinge pins and to be adapted to load payload (9), and stiffening members arranged on outer surfaces of the body. The body is constructed at least of a floor board (62a), a front board (62b), side boards (62c), and a canopy (62d). The stiffening members include side-board stiffeners (61) connecting upper portions of elongated joints between the side boards and the front board to portions of elongated joints between the side boards and the floor board. The latter portions are located rearward of positions laterally corresponding to a barycentric position (G) of the payload (9) in a longitudinal direction of the body.
US09266454B2
A combination heater and sensor comprising: (a) a heating layer, a sensing layer, or both; (b) one or more power application portions, one or more sensing application portions, or both; wherein the heating layer and the sensing layer are located within the same plane; and wherein the heating layer is a nonwoven layer that is comprised of a plurality of metallized fibers that are randomly oriented forming the heating layer so that upon application of power the heating layer provides heat.
US09266453B2
To refine known vehicle vibration devices, the invention proposes a vehicle vibration device with a horizontal vibration means and with a means to stabilise a horizontal middle position of the horizontal vibration means, in which the horizontal vibration means is arranged horizontally vibratable in the vehicle longitudinal direction and/or in the vehicle width direction, in which the stabilisation means comprises a spring element and in which the stabilisation means is integrated in or on a damper means of a vehicle vibration device.
US09266445B2
A method for dynamic control of an electric vehicle operable based on a throttle value received from a throttle and a default throttle map correlating default output values with throttle values, the method including: determining a user parameter; detecting a condition indicative of perturbation; in response to detecting the condition indicative of perturbation, determining a replacement output value for a first throttle value based on the user parameter; and controlling vehicle operation to meet the replacement output value in response to receipt of the first throttle value.
US09266437B2
A betavoltaic power source for transportation devices and applications is disclosed, wherein the device having a stacked configuration of isotope layers and energy conversion layers. The isotope layers have a half-life of between about 0.5 years and about 5 years and generate radiation with energy in the range from about 15 keV to about 200 keV. The betavoltaic power source is configured to provide sufficient power to operate the transportation device over its useful lifetime.
US09266436B2
An ice breaking pantograph is described, having a sliding element moveable between an operative position where it is engaged to an overhead train or tram power line and a non-operative position where it is separated from the overhead power line; at least one arm, having a first end which can be hinged to a train or tram vehicle and a second end connected to the sliding element; an active actuator on the arm to move it in order to move the sliding element between the operative position and the non-operative position; a vibrator operating on the sliding element and activatable in the operative position of the sliding element to remove ice and/or snow from the overhead power line.
US09266427B2
A fuel tank having two opposite wall portions and at least one reinforcing element connecting these two wall portions, such reinforcing element comprising at least two parts linked by at least one rotating link. A method for manufacturing such tank.
US09266425B2
The air guide plate includes a plate body formed of a resin material and deformable skirt portions which are formed of the same resin material as the plate body and integrally formed on an outer periphery of the plate body. The air guide plate is arranged such that the plate body is disposed at a front of an automobile without connecting to automobile parts, thereby forming a gap between the outer periphery of the plate body and the automobile parts arranged around the plate body. The deformable skirt portions are disposed so as to be in contact with the automobile parts under flexural deformation, thereby closing the gap by the deformable skirt portions to prevent the air from leaking through the gap.
US09266414B2
A door device of a small-sized vehicle, that enables easily interlocking a door lock and a lever is provided. An openable door 70 is provided to a side of a body, a lever 92 provided inside the door 70 for opening the door 70 is swingably provided, and a rotational central axis of a lever supporting shaft 120 turned by a swing of the lever 92 and a rotational central axis of a latch for a door lock (a lever member 144) driven by a turn of the supporting shaft 120 are made the same.
US09266402B2
A temporary wheel support for a snowmobile having at suspension and least one ski attached to the suspension via a bolt having a threaded portion. The temporary wheel support comprises a main body having a first and second opposed surfaces, the first surface having therein a threaded hole configured to be screwed onto the threaded portion of the bolt and a support member extending from the second surface, the support member having a top and a bottom recess support surfaces and an end wall. The support member is configured such that an associated wheel can be removably mounted thereon and held in place by the second opposed surface and the end wall, the wheel having ball bearings in contact with the top recess support surface in a non-weight-bearing configuration and in contact with the bottom recess support surface in a weight-bearing configuration.
US09266399B2
Tire comprising two beads comprising an annular reinforcing structure and a carcass reinforcement which is anchored in the two beads by being wrapped around the annular reinforcing structure so as to form, in each bead, a main portion and a wrapped-around portion, in which each bead comprises a bead filler situated between the main portion and the wrapped-around portion of the carcass reinforcement, and an outer strip positioned axially on the outside of the carcass reinforcement and of the bead filler in which the entity formed by the bead filler and the outer strip has a thickness E(r), the thickness E(r) changes as a function of the distance r such that, in the range of distances r comprised between 25 and 45% of the height H of the tire, the variation in thickness ∂ E ( r ) ∂ r Is less than or equal to −0.25 mm/mm over at least 4% of the height H of the tire, and in which the annular reinforcing structure has a maximum axial width DE such that the ratio E ( r ) max - DE E ( r ) max , where E(r)max is the maximum value of the thickness E(r), is less than or equal to 10%.
US09266387B2
The present invention relates to a selectively attachable wheel cover for a motor vehicle. The invention comprises a base member and a display member. The base member is selectively secured to the vehicle rim and the display member is rotatably mounted relative to the base member such that it can rotate in relation to the base member and, thus, the vehicle rim. In one aspect, a portion of the display member is sufficiently weighted such that, when the rim rotates (when the vehicle is in motion) the display member remains substantially static.
US09266381B2
A palm-pressing text correction apparatus manufactured according to the shape of a user's hand includes a casing, an elastic container and a pressing element. The casing has a first opening and a second opening formed at both ends of the casing respectively, and the elastic container is mounted into the casing and provided for containing correction liquid, and a liquid output nozzle and a pressed end are disposed at both ends of the casing respectively. The liquid output nozzle is protruded out from the first opening, and the pressing element is coupled to the pressed end. The apparatus is held within the user's palm operating range, and an axial force acted onto the pressing element is produced by a pressing force while holding the apparatus to compress the elastic container to deform in an axial direction and output the correction liquid with an effort-saving effect.
