US09349064B2
One embodiment of the present invention relates to a machine-readable form configuration (and associated method). Another embodiment of the present invention relates to a system for interpreting at least one user mark (and associated methods). In one example, a plurality of user marks may be interpreted. In another example, the machine-readable form may be a lottery play slip, survey, test, or the like. In another example, the system may interpret user mark(s) made on a lottery play slip, survey, test or the like. In another example, the system may interpret user mark(s) made on a paper or the like having non-planar distortion(s).
US09349059B2
A three-dimensional object detection has an image capturing device, a three-dimensional object detection unit, a high-luminance area assessment unit and a controller. The image capturing device captures images of an area including a right-side detection area or a left-side detection area rearward of a vehicle. The three-dimensional object detection unit detects a three-dimensional object based on the images acquired by the image capturing device. The high-luminance area assessment unit accesses a first detection area including a high-luminance area complying with a predetermined reference on either the right-side detection area or the left-side detection area. The controller suppresses detection of the three-dimensional object based on image information of the first detection area that was detected, and maintains or promotes detection of the three-dimensional object based on image information of a second detection area other than the first detection area within the right-side detection area or the left-side detection area.
US09349056B2
A method of measuring road markings. The steps of which include first projecting a red laser line onto the road including a portion on the road surface and a portion on the road markings. Second, filter out all colors except red and convert to a grayscale image. Thirdly, separate image into one pixel wide columns and apply a filtering so only white pixels having a predetermined minimum brightness remain. Next, calculate the road-paint boundary to determine which columns belong to the road surface and which belong to road marking. Using linear regression, a line equation for points corresponding to the road surface is generated and extrapolated to convert the road marking measurements to a height.
US09349051B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a processor that can detect an event, access location information for a group of mobile communication devices that are each automatically capturing images, and identify a subset of the group of mobile communication devices that are in proximity to the event based on the location information. The processor can provide first image analysis criteria to the subset of the group of mobile communication devices without providing the first image analysis criteria to remaining devices of the group of mobile communication devices where the first image analysis criteria includes first characteristics associated with an object. The processor can receive a first target image that includes the object from a first mobile communication device of the subset of the group of mobile communication devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09349049B2
Portable wireless mobile device motion capture and analysis system and method configured to display motion capture/analysis data on a mobile device. System obtains data from motion capture elements and analyzes the data. Enables unique displays associated with the user, such as 3D overlays onto images of the user to visually depict the captured motion data. Ratings associated with the captured motion can also be displayed. Predicted ball flight path data can be calculated and displayed. Data shown on a time line can also be displayed to show the relative peaks of velocity for various parts of the user's body. Based on the display of data, the user can determine the equipment that fits the best and immediately purchase the equipment, via the mobile device. Custom equipment may be ordered through an interface on the mobile device from a vendor that can assemble-to-order customer built equipment and ship the equipment.
US09349042B2
A human detection and tracking apparatus prevents errors in a size of a person and a location of body parts between actual image data and a tracking result. Human frame detecting section detects, from first image data, a human frame as a region having high possibility of presence of a human, based on human feature data representing a feature of an entire human body. Body part frame location determining section determines a body part frame in the first image data, based on part feature data illustrating a feature of a body part of the human and a part frame determined as a region having high possibility of presence of a body part of the human in second image data previous to the first image data. Body part frame location correcting section corrects, based on the human frame, a location of the part frame determined in the first image data.
US09349037B2
A data processing system for performing face detection on a stream of frames of image data, the data processing system comprising: a face detector configured to detect a first face candidate in a first frame by performing face detection within first search tiles defined for the first frame; a color measurement unit configured to calculate a set of color parameters including an average color of the first face candidate expressed according to a predefined color space; a transformation unit configured to: transform a second frame into the predefined color space, one of the axes of the color space being substantially oriented in the direction of maximum variation according to a predetermined distribution of skin color; and form a skin color probability map for the second frame by calculating the probability that a given color is a skin color from a measure of the color space distance of that color from the calculated average color; and a search tile generator configured to generate second search tiles based on the skin color probability map for use by the face detector, the second search tiles defining areas of the second frame within which the face detector is to perform face detection so as to detect one or more second face candidates in the second frame.
US09349030B2
A system and method comprises a plurality of RF antennas having beams directed to a storage space in which medical items having RFID tags are stored. Each antenna is controlled to inject energy at a different frequency in a frequency-hopping set of frequencies to activate the tags. The return signal strength is monitored and for each tag that responds, the antenna location, frequency of the injected energy, identification response, and signal strength are stored as identification data. If a tag fails to respond in new scans, the antenna at which the tag last responded receives all the frequency-hopping frequencies in an attempt to locate the tag. If new tags are found, they are compared to a list of expected new medical items.
US09349024B2
A computer implemented method assigns a data item to a storage location in a computing environment. A request to store a data item is detected. A determination is made as to whether a volatile memory in the second computer comports with an isolation rule for the data item. In response to determining that the volatile memory in the second computer comports with the isolation rule for the data item, access time for data in the volatile memory in the second computer is compared with access time for data in a local hard drive in a first computer. The data item is then selectively stored in either the volatile memory in the second computer or the local hard drive in the first computer as determined by their relative access times.
US09349019B2
In one aspect, a computer-implemented method of associating tags with online content may generally include receiving, by one or more computing devices, a tag request from a user to associate a tag with a content object, classifying the tag as a controlled tag, accessing an access control list associated with the controlled tag, determining whether the user is permitted access to the controlled tag based on the access control list, associating the tag with the content object when the access control list permits access to the controlled tag, identifying a moderator for a tag group associated with the controlled tag and providing a moderator feed to the moderator of the content object associated with the controlled tag for approval or rejection of the controlled tag.
US09349017B2
A multi-functional device is attached to a secure network and includes a control circuit. The control circuit receives indications as to whether a user is authenticated to use the multi-functional device and in response, generates and sends a control signal to the multi-functional device. As long as the multi-functional device continues to receive the control signal, the multi-functional device remains in an operational mode to allow the authenticated user to access the multi-functional device functions. If the multi-functional device ceases to receive the control signal, the multi-functional device deactivates itself.
US09349010B2
Attempts to update confirmation information or firmware for a hardware device can be monitored using a secure counter that is configured to monotonically adjust a current value of the secure counter for each update or update attempt. The value of the counter can be determined every time the validity of the firmware is confirmed, and this value can be stored to a secure location. At subsequent times, such as during a boot process, the actual value of the counter can be determined and compared with the expected value. If the values do not match, such that the firmware may be in an unexpected state, an action can be taken, such as to prevent access to, or isolate, the hardware until such time as the firmware can be validated or updated to an expected state.
US09349008B1
Approaches for processing a digital file in a manner designed to minimize exposure of any malicious code contained therein. A digital file resides with a virtual machine. When the virtual machine receives an instruction to print or digitally transfer at least a portion of the digital file, the virtual machine converts at least a portion of the digital file from an original format to a different format within the virtual machine. The different format preserves a visual presentation of the digital file without supporting metadata or file format data structures of the original format. The virtual machine instructs the host OS to print or digitally transfer the portion of the digital file. The host OS may consult policy data in determining how to service the instruction to print or digitally transfer the digital file.
US09349007B2
Apparatus and method for transforming Web resources into safe versions such that malicious code on the resources cannot attack the client viewing the resources. The invention separates the processing of insecure code from the processing of benign code. For Web pages, the benign code is displayed immediately to the client while insecure code is processed on a separate machine. Once insecure code is processed, benign outputs of that code are passed to the client for display. The invention safeguards the client against known and zero day exploits without requiring a catalog of malware/virus signatures, heavyweight code checkers, complete page re-writing or highly restrictive access policies. The invention provides the client with complete malware blocking while retaining most of the original functionality of the Web resource.
US09349005B2
Preventing re-patching by malware on a computer by detecting a request to modify a write-protection attribute of a memory location within a memory of a computer to allow the memory location to be written to, where the detecting is performed subsequent to the detection of activity identified as malware-related activity involving the memory location, and preventing modification of the write-protection attribute of the memory location.
US09349002B1
Known malicious Android applications are collected and their functions are extracted. Similarity values are calculated between pairs of functions and those functions with a low similarity value are grouped together and assigned a unique similarity identifier. A common set of functions or common set of similarity identifiers are identified within the applications. If at least one function in the common set is determined to be malicious then the common set is added to a blacklist database either by adding functions or by adding similarity identifiers. To classify an unknown Android application, first the functions in the application are extracted. These functions are then compared to the set of functions identified in the blacklist database. If each function in the set of functions is present (either by matching or by similarity) in the group of extracted functions from the unknown application then the unknown application is classified as malicious.
US09349000B2
A web service sandbox system. The web service sandbox system provides a secure mechanism with little to no risk to an origination domain hosting a user agent for the user agent to retrieve content from a potentially insecure web service hosted in another domain and using JSONP to bypass same-origin policy restrictions. The user agent posts a command message to a separate quarantined web session of a sandbox service acting as intermediary between the user agent web session and the web service. The sandbox service makes the actual call to and parses the response from the web service. Scripts from the response are executed only in the quarantined web session of the sandbox service. The resulting “safe” content obtained from the web service by the sandbox service is returned to the user agent where it may be rendered.
US09348999B2
It is possible to effectively prevent an unauthorized remote operation of a terminal. A user terminal provides a user with higher precision information related to execution determination of a program to be executed, by detecting, from the program, a command for performing a remote operation with a remote operation terminal, temporarily stopping the execution of the program, and inquiring of a reliability management server about the reliability.
US09348974B2
The disclosure is directed to techniques for remote management of information relating to therapy delivered to a patient by an implantable medical device (IMD). A remote monitoring system for therapy programming includes an IMD that delivers therapy, e.g., neurostimulation, drug therapy, or both, to a patient, an external programming device associated with the IMD, such as a patient programmer, and a remote networking device that receives usage information from the external programming device. The external programming device communicates with the IMD via local, wireless communication, and the remote networking device receives usage information from the external programming device via a network. The usage information includes information that relates to use of therapy by the patient, use of features of the external programming device and the IMD, or use of navigation patterns of a user interface of the external programming device.
US09348967B2
In a method, system, apparatus, and computer-readable device having instructions for overlaying business intelligence data on product design visualization, one or more visualization data files with visualization data for rendering a visualization of an object are received, business intelligence data for the object is received, business intelligence data for a portion of the object is correlated to at least a portion of visualization data from the one or more visualization data files, a determination is made when the portion of the object is being rendered with the portion of the visualization data on the display screen, a determination is made that the portion of the object has associated business intelligence data, and an overlay of a visual indicator for business intelligence data is displayed onto at least a portion of the visualization for the object.
US09348959B1
A method for determining or configuring supply voltage and threshold voltage for a design implementation of a given electronic design, includes: determining a first set of supply voltage-threshold voltage combinations that meet timing requirements for the design implementation; performing power analysis using a processor; and selecting a supply voltage-threshold voltage combination from the first set of supply voltage-threshold voltage combinations based at least in part on a result from the power analysis, wherein the selected supply voltage-threshold voltage combination provides an optimal amount of power consumption for the design implementation.
US09348957B1
Method and system are disclosed for repetitive circuit simulation. In one embodiment, a computer implemented method for performing multiple simulations of a circuit includes providing descriptions of connectivity, instants, signal activities, and statistical parameters of the circuit, parsing the circuit in accordance with the descriptions of connectivity, instants, signal activities, and statistical parameters of the circuit to form one or more circuit partitions, performing a first pass simulation of the one or more circuit partitions in accordance with a set of stimuli to generate a history of the first pass simulation, and performing subsequent simulation of the one or more circuit partitions using the history of the first pass simulation.
US09348954B2
A non-transitory, computer readable storage medium storing a program that causes a computer to conduct a processing, the processing has creating a solid figure surrounding an object and a solid figure surrounding a plurality of components of a group of components included in the object, based on design information related to the object, determining elements belonging to the solid figure surrounding the plurality of components from a plurality of elements partitioned and divided from the created solid figure surrounding the object, generating a spatial model that represents a space in which the plurality of components exist, based on the determined elements that belong to the solid figure surrounding the plurality of components, and outputting a result of the generating.
US09348953B2
Provided is a swing simulation system capable of simulating a swing without amplifying errors contained in measured values on three-dimensional coordinates of a grip during the swing. The simulation system according to the present invention includes: at least two imaging devices for imaging identification features capable of identifying a closed virtual plane that follows a grip of a golf club during a swing; and a simulation apparatus for simulating a behavior of the golf club during the swing, based on position information on the virtual plane.
US09348942B2
Among other things, a user can navigate a database of philanthropic charities systematically to select a set of charities of interest, by interactively specifying in any order a succession of one or more (e.g., up to five) different criteria to narrow the selection from more general to more specific. A result of applying each of the criteria is displayed in real time to the user.
US09348939B2
A method of displaying web page information. The method includes dividing a web page into sections, displaying on a mobile device having a web browser the web page having the sections, panning to a web page section of interest, and zooming-in to the web page section of interest to enlarge text or images on the web page section of interest while the mobile device browser loads only content for the web page section of interest. The method is performed by one or more computing devices. Also disclosed is a computer program product for displaying web page information.
US09348933B2
Inter-frame communication of an object of a type is not directly supported by a receiving module of the target frame. Instead, the source object is restructured to be a particular transport-compatible type that is supported by the receiving module of the target frame. The restructured object also has encoded therein source type information correlated to the particular source type of the object. The sending module of the source frame then converts the object into data of a particular transport type, such as a string, for transporting the data to the receiving module of the target frame. The receiving module may then recover the object of the particular transport-compatible type. The target frame may then decode the source type information from the recovered object, and use that source type information to obtain an object that has at least some of the semantic structure of the source object.
US09348931B2
Mechanisms are provided for integration of Web information architecture taxonomy and Web metrics taxonomy. When the author creates source content, the mechanism classifies the content using a rich taxonomy. The mechanism also adds unique identifiers into the source content pages as tags. The mechanism may then transform the source content into Web content that contains the identifiers in the tags. When users view the Web content, the tags generate usage data, which contain the identifiers. A Web metrics mechanism generates a Web metrics report from the usage data. The page tags are the identifiers from the source content. The Web metrics report associates each page of Web content with the rich taxonomy available in the source content.
US09348923B2
A software asset management method comprising storing URL data for each of a first plurality of software entities, obtaining, by means of a first browser plug-in, first data indicative of a URL from which a browser has obtained content, comparing, for at least one of the first plurality of software entities, the URL data of the respective software entity with the first data, and communicating the first data to a first computer other than a computer hosting the browser subject to a first condition that, for each of the first plurality of software entities, the comparing reveals that the first data does not match the URL data of the respective software entity.
US09348920B1
Systems and techniques for indexing and/or querying a database are described herein. Discrete sections and/or segments from documents may be determined by a concept indexing system. The segments may be indexed by concept and/or higher-level category of interest to a user. A user may query the segments by one or more concepts. The segments may be analyzed to rank the segments by statistical accuracy and/or relatedness to one or more particular concepts. The rankings may be used for presentation of search results in a user interface. Furthermore, segments and/or documents may be ranked based on recency decay functions that distinguish between segments that maintain their relevance over time in contrast with temporal segments whose relevance decays quicker over time, for example.
US09348909B1
A video ingest, search and delivery solution is provided in which videos and their associated metadata are ingested based on ingest criteria. Moments in the metadata are identified by parsing comments in the metadata for comments that reference a time in the video. Moments are recorded with the referenced time and the text of the comment. Videos are rated and may be delivered to users based at least in part on the rating. Moments may be displayed together with the video by displaying the text of moments at the associated time in the video as the video is being delivered. The text of moment records may be searched based on search parameters received from a user to identify videos to deliver to the user.
US09348901B2
A method for classifying a text fragment by applying one or more rule functions is provided. The method includes (i) obtaining a set of words from one or more sentences of the text fragment obtained from a multimedia content, (ii) mapping each word from the set of words with one or more category map tables to obtain a set of candidate vector, each candidate vector includes at least one category associated with each word, (iii) generating one or more category vectors based on the at least one category, (iv) applying rule functions on the one or more category vectors, (v) generating a candidate classification decision matrix based on the rule functions, and (vi) classifying the text fragment based on the candidate classification decision matrix. The candidate classification matrix includes results of each rule function applied on each of the category vector.
US09348885B2
Example systems and methods of extracting the most informative data parameters from a set of data are provided. Large dimensionality data sets may reduced to a desired dimensionality while substantially preserving their real world interpretation so that the resultant reduced dimensionality set may still be effectively interpreted in light of a real world initial data set. The systems and method first complete the data set by filling in missing data in a manner that will not bias the resultant reduced data set. The system then selects the N most informative data parameters while minimizing reconstruction error.
US09348883B2
Systems and methods for replication replay in a relational database are disclosed. In one embodiment, a relational database includes a master database and a slave database, and events performed on the master database are stored in a log. A portion of the log is provided to a slave replay system associated with the slave database, and the slave replay system identifies a first table row associated with a first event of the portion of the log and a second table row associated with a second event in the portion of the log. The slave replay system replays the first and second events on the slave database in parallel if the first and second rows are different rows with unique sets of values, and otherwise replays the first and second events serially.
US09348870B2
According to one embodiment of the present invention, a system searches content managed by a search engine. The system receives a relational database type query, translates the relational database type query into a query for the search engine, and submits the translated query to the search engine to retrieve information. The system formats resulting information from the search engine into a relational database query result set. Embodiments of the present invention further include a method and computer program product for searching content managed by a search engine in substantially the same manners described above.
US09348869B2
A method for creating a joined data set from a join input data set is disclosed. The method starts by categorizing the join input data set into a high-skew data set and a low-skew data set. The low-skew data set is distributed to the plurality of CPUs using a first distribution method. The high-skew data set is distributed to the plurality of CPUs using a second distribution method. The plurality of CPUs process the high-skew data set and the low-skew data set to create the joined data set.
US09348865B2
In one embodiment, a method for managing database resources includes selecting a first query from a queue of queries and transmitting, by a global resource manager to a portion of a plurality of data nodes, a plurality of reserve resource messages. The method also includes receiving, by the global resource manager from the portion of the plurality of data nodes, a plurality of acknowledgement messages and transmitting, by the global resource manager to a coordinator node, an execute query message when the plurality of acknowledgement messages are positive acknowledgements.
US09348857B2
A method for probabilistically finding the connected components of an undirected graph. The method includes identifying a first edge, having a first and second vertex, and inserting information detailing the first and second vertex of the first edge into a bloom filter associated with a root node of a bloom filter data structure. A first node, connected to the root node, is created, comprising an associated bloom filter containing information associated with the first and second vertex of the first edge. The method includes identifying a second edge, having a first and second vertex, and inserting information detailing the first and second vertex of the second edge into a bloom filter associated with the root node of the bloom filter data structure. A second node, connected to the root node, is created, comprising an associated bloom filter containing information associated with the first and second vertex of the second edge.
US09348856B2
Provided are techniques for data movement. An activity is created that overrides existing security, that is associated with a user, that defines one or more source tables in a relational database and one or more target tables that are available to the user for the activity, and that provides security credentials of an author of the activity for use by the user, wherein the one or more target tables represent data in one or more target files in a file system. The activity is executed using the security credentials of the author to move data in a source table of the one or more source tables to a target file of the one or more target files, wherein a target table of the one or more target tables is defined over the target file. Access is provided to the user to the moved data using the target table.
US09348852B2
A system for frequent pattern mining uses two layers of processing: a plurality of computing nodes, and a plurality of processors within each computing node. Within each computing node, the data set against which the frequent pattern mining is to be performed is stored in shared memory, accessible concurrently by each of the processors. The search space is partitioned among the computing nodes, and sub-partitioned among the processors of each computing node. If a processor completes its sub-partition, it requests another sub-partition. The partitioning and sub-partitioning may be performed dynamically, and adjusted in real time.
US09348851B2
Systems and methods are presented for data quality monitoring. Data quality monitors may be created and configured to identify objects with specified data quality issues and/or property values. Objects identified by a data quality monitor can be presented to users for confirmation and resolution. Properties used by the data quality monitor to match objects may also be displayed to users.
US09348850B1
A system and method for large-scale data schema analysis and quality assurance is disclosed. A data schema may be received and compiled into an internal representation for analysis. The schema's information may also be exposed via an application programming interface. Using the schema's application programming interface along with a provided requirement, the schema may be analyzed and/or corrected for quality, consistency and interoperability.
US09348840B2
Technologies for adaptively striping data across multiple storage clouds include receiving user constraints corresponding one or more cloud storage providers, receiving a file to be striped across the cloud storage providers, splitting the received file into file blocks, allocating each of the file blocks to a different one of the cloud storage providers as a function of the user constraints and operating conditions of each of the cloud storage providers, and sending each of the file blocks to the cloud storage provider to which each file block is allocated. In some embodiments, file blocks may be re-allocated from one cloud storage provider to another cloud storage provider as a function of changing user constraints or operating conditions. In addition, each of the file blocks may be retrieved from the cloud storage providers to re-assemble the file.
US09348838B2
A data storage system including a virtual server on a network managing a plurality of user accounts, each user account including one or more files; the virtual server adapted to verify user access information for a particular user account; the virtual server transferring over the network information relating to files stored on the virtual server in the particular user account to a verified user on a user computer; the virtual server further adapted to transfer files associated with the particular user account to and from the user computer.
US09348830B2
Systems and methods for replicating a client data set on a computer includes replicating the client data set using an application software on the computer; generating a manifest of a target data set during replication containing state of target data reflecting post-update state; and determining differences between the local data and manifest to determine required backup operations.
US09348805B1
Systems, methods and apparatus for learning parsing rules and argument identification from crowdsourcing of proposed command inputs are disclosed. Crowdsourcing techniques are used to generate rules for parsing input sentences. A parse is used to determine whether the input sentence invokes a specific action, and if so, what arguments are to be passed to the invocation of the action.
US09348801B2
The present disclosure includes a system and method for automatic page layout. One automatic page layout method includes dividing a plurality of ordered graphical items into groups, and bisecting a space into regions having a reading order corresponding to an order of the ordered graphical items, each region corresponding to one of the groups and being sized according to a first layout characteristic of the ordered graphical items of the region's corresponding group in proportion to a second layout characteristic of the plurality of ordered graphical items. An output is caused in which each region has been filled with that region's associated group of ordered graphical items.
US09348800B2
The present application provides a method and an information organizing system thereof for discriminating axes of documents on a display, the method comprising displaying, at a first time about an time-of-axis-display timeline substantially aligned with a depth of view of the display, a first axis of documents substantially rectilinearly displaying documents along a first chronological order thereof; and displaying, at a second time about the time-of-axis-display timeline, chronologically following the first time about the time-of-axis-display timeline at which the first axis of documents was displayed, a second axis of documents substantially rectilinearly displaying documents along a second chronological order thereof, the second axis of documents being displayed at the second time along the time-of-axis-display timeline with a lesser depth of view than a depth of view with which the first axis of documents is displayed at the first time about the time-of-axis-display timeline, whereby the first axis of documents and second axis of documents are concurrently displayed about the time-of-axis-display timeline in such a way as to graphically indicate to a viewer of the display that the first axis of documents was displayed chronologically before the second axis of documents is displayed.
US09348797B2
Determining a summary feature set is disclosed. A plurality of subsegments of a first segment are selected. For each subsegment, a plurality of values by applying a set of functions to each subsegment are computed. From all the values computed for all the subsegments, a first subset of values is selected.
US09348787B2
Data for a plurality of samples collected by an LC/MS, GC/MS or other systems are converted into a two-dimensional table format without losing information and with a light load, thereby allowing a multivariate analysis processing to be efficiently performed. After LC/MS data on a plurality of samples are obtained and the respective extracted ion chromatograms (XICs) are created (S1 and S2), the correction of the retention-time difference, the waveform processing and the like are performed (S3 and S4), followed by the creation of a one-dimensional table in which the signal-strength values are arranged for each XIC. Then, one-dimensional tables of a plurality of XICs for one sample are joined together in order of m/z value to create an elongate one-dimensional table (S5). The elongate one-dimensional tables of a plurality of samples are arranged in another dimensional direction to obtain a two-dimensional table (S6).
US09348783B2
Apparatus and method emulating a parallel interface to effect parallel data transfer from serial flash memory are provided. A field-programmable gate array (FPGA) may be coupled to a processor via a data bus. A serial flash memory may be coupled to the FPGA via a serial interface. The FPGA may be programmed to emulate a parallel interface by converting a serial data stream of boot code or operating software received from the serial flash memory to a parallel data stream to effect parallel data transfer over the data bus to the processor. The FPGA may be responsive to respective logic signals set by the processor to start access to the serial flash memory by pointing to at least one predefined location corresponding to at least one starting address of data to be transferred to the processor without using a plurality of address lines to access the serial flash memory.
US09348779B2
A multifunctional electronic apparatus includes a casing, a connection port group integrated with the casing, a memory card slot group, an operation interface, a power input element, a wireless antenna, a first storage element, an output element, a second storage element and a control circuit. The multifunctional electronic apparatus is a base station for wirelessly connecting to the Internet, and has reading memory cards, storing data, supplying power, charging and playing data functions.
US09348774B2
The disclosure is directed to a system and method for controlling a non-volatile memory (NVM) device with controller-opaque commands issued by a host. A device controller is configured to receive a command script from a host. The device controller executes one or more commands of the command script including sending one or more operations of the command script to a NVM device in communication with the device controller. The device controller is enabled to provide at least a portion of the one or more operations from the command script to be executed by the NVM device without any embedded knowledge by the device controller of the actions of and/or consequences of the operations, thereby allowing the host to access NVM commands that are not necessarily supported by the device controller.
US09348762B2
A tag unit configured to manage a cache unit includes a coalescer that implements a set hashing function. The set hashing function maps a virtual address to a particular content-addressable memory unit (CAM). The coalescer implements the set hashing function by splitting the virtual address into upper, middle, and lower portions. The upper portion is further divided into even-indexed bits and odd-indexed bits. The even-indexed bits are reduced to a single bit using a XOR tree, and the odd-indexed are reduced in like fashion. Those single bits are combined with the middle portion of the virtual address to provide a CAM number that identifies a particular CAM. The identified CAM is queried to determine the presence of a tag portion of the virtual address, indicating a cache hit or cache miss.
US09348759B2
DMA translation table entries include a consecutive count (CC) field that indicates how many subsequent translation table entries point to successive real page numbers. A DMA address translation mechanism stores a value in the CC field when a translation table entry is stored, and updates the CC field in other affected translation table entries as well. When a translation table entry is read, and the CC field is non-zero, the DMA controller can use multiple RPNs from the access to the single translation table entry. Thus, if a translation table entry has a value of 2 in the CC field, the DMA address translation mechanism knows it can access the real page number (RPN) corresponding to the translation table entry, and also knows it can access the two subsequent RPNs without the need of reading the next two subsequent translation table entries.
US09348742B1
Techniques are described for identifying potential code injection attacks against a process by analyzing the memory allocation for the process. Memory allocation data may be collected on one or more host computing devices, the memory allocation data describing the amount of memory allocated for a process or utilized by a process during its execution. The collected memory allocation data may be analyzed to identify instances of anomalous memory allocation during process execution. Statistical or machine learning algorithms may be employed to identify anomalous memory allocation based on the analysis of aggregated memory allocation data for the process.
US09348735B1
Selecting transactions based on similarity of profiles of users belonging to different organizations
Selecting a transaction for a certain user based on similarity of a profile of the certain user to profiles of users belonging to different organizations involves executing the following: receiving activity data obtained by monitoring activity of the users on software systems; identifying transactions executed by the users on the software systems; generating profiles of the users, based on the transactions, indicating transactions executed by the users; receiving a profile of the certain user, which indicates transactions executed by the certain user; and selecting, based on similarity of at least some of the profiles of the users to the profile of the certain user, a certain transaction that was executed by a user with a similar profile to the profile of the certain user.
US09348734B2
Systems and methods to provide generation of automated tests for business software solution packages are provided. In example embodiments, a user selection of a selection option that customizes a solution package for a process is received. A customized solution package is created based on the user selection of the selection option. An automated test comprising a predefined test unit assigned to the user selection of the selection option is generated. The automated test is executed to determine operability of the customized solution package.
US09348732B2
A method and apparatus of a device that captures a stackshot of an executing process is described. In an exemplary embodiment, the device detects an interrupt of the process occurring during the execution of the process, where the process execution can be in a kernel space and user space, and the interrupt occurs during the user space. The device further determines whether to capture a stackshot during the interrupt using a penalty function. If the stackshot is to be captured, the device captures the stackshot and saves the stackshot.
US09348727B1
A method, computer program product, and system for testing an application on a GUI are provided. A request to perform a test of an application is received. The test uses a script that includes instructions to perform real actions on a GUI of the application. Execution of the script is initiated. A test recording is generated by capturing a first plurality of screenshots of the GUI during the test. In response to detecting an error during execution of the script, a baseline video is retrieved. The baseline video includes a second plurality of screenshots of the GUI from a successful execution of the script. An error message is issued. The error message includes at least a portion of the test recording and at least a portion of the baseline video.
US09348722B2
A network of microcontrollers for monitoring and diagnosing the environmental conditions of a computer is disclosed. The network of microcontrollers provides a management system by which computer users can accurately gauge the health of their computer. The network of microcontrollers provides users the ability to detect system fan speeds, internal temperatures and voltage levels. The invention is designed to not only be resilient to faults, but also allows for the system maintenance, modification, and growth—without downtime. Additionally, the present invention allows users to replace failed components, and add new functionality, such as new network interfaces, disk interface cards and storage, without impacting existing users. One of the primary roles of the present invention is to manage the environment without outside involvement. This self-management allows the system to continue to operate even though components have failed.
US09348721B2
In one embodiment, a method includes evaluating event history information for each of one or more events associated with a hardware entity against a symptom rule, the symptom rule defining a validity state of a diagnosis. The method also includes identifying contextual information by receiving and inspecting the event history information in response to the symptom rule being satisfied and the diagnosis being validated. An indication of the validity state of the diagnosis is sent to at least one subscriber that has requested a subscription specifically for the diagnosis.
US09348718B2
A computer debug module for use in a computer at least includes a power sequence monitor module. The power sequence monitor module includes a monitor unit, a register, and an output control unit. The monitor unit is configured to monitor a plurality of power sequence signals relative to the computer and generate a monitor result. The register is configured to store the monitor result. When the power sequence monitor module operates in a debug mode, the output control unit generates a detection signal according to the stored monitor result and transmits the detection signal to an output device.
US09348717B2
The disclosed embodiments relate to systems and methods for coordinating management of a shared disk storage between nodes. Particularly, a messaging protocol may be used to communicate notifications regarding each node's perception of the shared storage's state. The nodes may use the messaging protocol to achieve consensus when recovering from a storage device failure. Some embodiments provide for recovery when localized failures, such as failures at an adapter on a node, occur.
US09348715B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for storage device health status synchronization. For example, a first health status registry is maintained for a first storage controller at a first storage site. The first storage controller stores storage device health status information of storage devices currently owned by or assigned to the first storage controller within the first health status registry. A second health status registry is maintained for a second storage controller at a second storage site. The second storage controller stores storage device health status information of storage device currently owned by or assigned to the second storage controller within the second health status registry. The first health status registry and the second health status registry are synchronized during operation of the first storage site and the second storage site and/or are merged between the first storage site and the second storage site after disaster recovery.
US09348714B2
One or more techniques and/or systems are provided for load balancing between storage controllers. For example, a first storage controller and a second storage controller may be configured at a first storage site according to a high availability configuration, and may be configured as disaster recovery partners for a third storage controller and a fourth storage controller at a second storage site. If the first storage controller fails, the second storage controller provides failover operation for a first storage device. If a disaster occurs at the second storage site, the second storage controller provides switchover operation for a third storage device and a fourth storage device. Responsive to the first storage controller being restored, the third storage device may be reassigned from the second storage controller to the first storage controller for load balancing at the first storage site during disaster recovery of the second storage site.
US09348708B2
A memory system comprises a nonvolatile memory comprising a memory block having multiple pages, and a controller configured to control the nonvolatile memory to store data in the memory block according to a command and logical address received from an external source. The controller is configured to determine whether the logical address is currently mapped to a bad page of the memory block by referring to a bad page map, and as a consequence of determining that the logical address corresponds to the bad page, remaps the logical address to a different page and stores dummy data in the bad page.
US09348707B2
In a distributed file system with a number of replicas of a file set to two or more replicas, a computer sets a timer to track a time since a last access to the file, wherein the replicas of the file are distributed across two or more nodes within the distributed file system. Responsive to an access to the file prior to the timer reaching a first timer window threshold, the computer resets the timer. Responsive to the timer matching a first timer window threshold, the computer automatically reduces a number of replicas of the file within the distributed file system, wherein the probability that the file will be accessed prior to the first timer window threshold is greater than the probability that the file will be accessed after the first timer window threshold.
US09348701B2
According to one aspect of the teachings herein, a Network Services Capability Layer or NSCL is configured to initiate failure recovery responsive to detecting an abnormal reset at the NSCL. Failure recovery operations exploit recovery information that is maintained by the NSCL in a persistent data store during normal operation, e.g., on an ongoing basis, in real-time as new M2M registrations or other M2M information changes occur at the NSCL. Such operations advantageously permit the NSCL to recover missing or corrupted information after the abnormal reset, from M2M entities identified from the recovery information.
US09348699B2
According to the embodiments, a memory system includes a nonvolatile semiconductor memory and a writing-loop-count monitoring unit that monitors a loop count of an applied voltage to the nonvolatile semiconductor memory required for data writing of the nonvolatile semiconductor memory as a writing loop count. Moreover, the memory system includes a management table for managing the writing loop count in block unit that is a unit of data erasing and a life managing unit that determines a degraded state of the nonvolatile semiconductor memory based on the management table.
US09348696B2
A system and method for dynamic RAID geometries. A computer system comprises client computers and data storage arrays coupled to one another via a network. A data storage array utilizes solid-state drives and Flash memory cells for data storage. A storage controller within a data storage array is configured to configure a first subset of the storage devices for use in a first RAID layout, the first RAID layout including a first set of redundant data. The controller further configures a second subset of the storage devices for use in a second RAID layout, the second RAID layout including a second set of redundant data. Additionally, when writing a stripe, the controller may select from any of the plurality of storage devices for one or more of the first RAID layout, the second RAID layout, and storage of redundant data by the additional logical device.
US09348695B2
A data storage device includes a controller operatively coupled to a non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory includes a plurality of blocks. When the controller is configured to operate according to a first mode, a portion of a first redundancy block of the plurality of blocks stores first redundancy data corresponding to a first group of multiple data portions. The multiple data portions stored in multiple blocks of the plurality of blocks. When the controller is configured to operate according to a second mode, the portion of the first redundancy block stores second redundancy data corresponding to a single block of the plurality of blocks.
US09348686B2
Embodiments relate to implementing error data collection for a processor. Aspects of the embodiments include identifying a plurality of error state devices in a processor, each of the plurality of error state devices configured to hold a state indication, and organizing the plurality of error state devices as a sequence. Aspects also include collecting a plurality of state indications by serially sampling the state indication from each of the plurality of error state devices in an order corresponding to the sequence, sequentially storing the plurality of state indications as a single linear data array, and outputting the linear data array as a data structure. The data structure can include information regarding one or more error events based on one or more errors occurring in the processor.
US09348684B2
An in-vehicle electronic control device for diagnosing the details of an abnormality of a microcomputer appropriately is provided. A monitoring function for detecting a malfunction by monitoring input/output of a main function of a hardware part and a monitoring function for detecting an abnormality by monitoring the calculating result of a main function in a software part are provided in a microcomputer. The main function to be monitored is implemented with a different structure than the malfunction/abnormality monitoring function. Furthermore, a malfunction processing circuit for monitoring an abnormality of the microcomputer is provided outside the microcomputer.
US09348679B2
A bad page management system is provided to guarantee a yield of a volatile semiconductor memory device such as a DRAM. A bad page list exists in a DRAM. A page remapper in a memory controller performs a page remapping operation in parallel with a normal operation of a scheduling unit to perform a latency overhead hidden function. A chip size of the DRAM is reduced or minimized. A DRAM controller performs a latency overhead hidden function to control a DRAM.
US09348671B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, for determining when an application is sufficiently instantiated to be subject to a crawling operation. In an aspect, a method includes instantiating a native application instance that generates environment instances for display on a user device within the native application instance; in response to the instantiation of the native application instance: monitoring for occurrences of activity lifecycle events of the native application instance, monitoring for changes in a memory footprint of the native application instance, and generating, in response to the monitoring of the lifecycle events and monitoring of the changes in the memory footprint indicating the native application instance is sufficiently instantiated to be subject to a crawling operation, a load signal indicating the native application instance is sufficiently instantiated to be subject to the crawling operation.
US09348658B1
Technologies for multithreaded synchronization and work stealing include a computing device executing two or more threads in a thread team. A thread executes all of the tasks in its task queue and then exchanges its associated task stolen flag value with false and stores that value in a temporary flag. Subsequently, the thread enters a basic synchronization barrier. The computing device performs a logical-OR reduction over the temporary flags of the thread team to produce a reduction value. While waiting for other threads of the thread team to enter the barrier, the thread may steal a task from a victim thread and set the task stolen flag of the victim thread to true. After exiting the basic synchronization barrier, if the reduction value is true, the thread repeats exchanging the task stolen flag value and entering the basic synchronization barrier. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
US09348657B2
A system for synchronizing central processing units (CPU) includes a schedule module that communicates a synchronization point, a first CPU that writes a first memory address to a first register in response to the first CPU reaching the synchronization point, and a second CPU that writes a second memory address to a second register in response to the second CPU reaching the synchronization point. The system further includes a first logical AND module that writes a first value to a third register based on the first and second memory addresses and a second logical AND module that writes a second value to a fourth register based on the first and second memory addresses. The system also includes a scheduler module that selectively generates a processor sync signal based on the first and second value.
US09348650B2
Aspects of the present invention provide an approach that evaluates a locally running image (e.g., such as that for a virtual machine (VM)) and determines if that image could run more efficiently and/or more effectively in an alternate computing environment (e.g., a cloud computing environment). Specifically, embodiments of the present invention evaluate the local (existing/target) image's actual and perceived performance, as well as the anticipated/potential performance if the image were to be migrated to an alternate environment. The anticipated/potential performance can be measured based on another image that is similar to the existing/target image but where that image is running in a different computing environment. Regardless, the system would display a recommendation to the end user if it were determined that the image could perform better in the alternate environment (or vice versa).
US09348635B2
A method for determining and then abstracting the requirements for the interface between virtual network entity or element (VNE) and Network Hypervisor (NHV) is described. The abstraction helps creation of an open and interoperable VNE-NHV environment because suitable interworking Apps for interface can now be easily invoked on the basis of instantaneous demands from the services. Automation of configuration together with assignment of VNEs mitigates the impact of limitation of resources in any network. Once an NHV is created and the VNEs—irrespective of their domains—are attached to it, the VNEs can be utilized by the services seamlessly.
US09348631B2
File mapping and converting for dynamic disk personalization for multiple platforms are provided. A volatile file operation is detected in a first platform. The file supported by the first platform. A determination is made that the file is sharable with a second platform. The volatile operation is performed on the file in the first platform and the modified file is converted to a second file supported by the second platform. The modified file and second file are stored in a personalized disk for a user. The personalized disk is used to modify base images for VMs of the user when the user accesses the first platform or second platform. The modified file is available within the first platform and the second file is available within the second platform.
US09348629B2
A scheduling apparatus according to an example embodiment includes a controller. The controller determines whether a resource of a second processor in a second terminal device can execute a group including at least one virtual machine in a first terminal in addition to virtual machines in the second terminal device by each combination of a cycle and an executing period per cycle. The controller specifies a cycle and an executing period of which a ratio of the executing period to the cycle is the smallest from among pairs of a cycle and an executing period for which the controller determines that the group can be executed, and assigns the specified cycle and the specified executing period to the group including the at least one of the one or more virtual machines in the first terminal in addition to the one or more virtual machines in the second terminal device.
US09348626B2
One or more embodiments of the invention facilitate switching between a host environment of a mobile device and a guest environment of the mobile device. One method comprises configuring the host environment to launch a user interface (UI) proxy application upon receiving an indication by a user on a user interface (UI) of the mobile device of a desire to switch from the host environment to the guest environment. Upon a launch of the UI proxy application as a result of receiving the indication, the UI proxy application initiates a request to wake-up the guest environment and facilitates access by a hardware framebuffer of the mobile device to contents of a memory buffer that is updated with display data for the guest environment as a result of a waking-up of the guest environment.
US09348616B2
A method for a static linker to resolve a function call can include identifying, during link time, a first function call of a calling function to a callee function, determining whether the callee function is a local function, determining whether the callee function has a plurality of entry points, and whether an entry point of the plurality of entry points is a local entry point. The method can include resolving, during link time, the first function call to enter the local entry point, which can include replacing a symbol for the function in the first function call with an address of the local entry point during link time. If the callee function cannot be determined to be a local function, the method can include generating stub code and directing the first function call to enter the stub code during link time.
US09348611B2
According to one aspect of the present disclosure an apparatus for navigation through historical stored interactions associated with a multi-user view includes a communications fabric, a memory connected to the communications fabric containing computer executable program code, and a processor unit connected to the communications fabric and executing the program code to direct the apparatus to: receive a previously saved multi-user view, wherein the multi-user view comprises a set of artifact attributes; receive an identified filter from a user; present a filtered view to the user; determine whether to amend the filtered view; responsive to a determination to amend the filtered view, generate an amended view from the filtered view; and responsive to a determination to save the amended view, save the amended view as one of a new view or an updated view.
US09348607B2
In some implementations, a computing device can be configured to automatically turn off notifications when generating a notification would cause a disturbance or be unwanted by a user. The device can be configured with quiet hours during which notifications that would otherwise be generated by the computing device can be suppressed. In some implementations, quiet hours can be configured as a time period with a start time and an end time. In some implementations, quiet hours can be derived from application data. For example, calendar data, alarm clock data, map data, etc. can be used to determine when quiet hours should be enforced. In some implementations, the device can be configured with exceptions to quiet hour notification suppression. In some implementations, the user can identify contacts to which the quiet hours notification suppression should not be applied.
US09348606B2
Fast computer startup is provided by, upon receipt of a shutdown command, recording state information representing a target state. In this target state, the computing device may have closed all user sessions, such that no user state information is included in the target state. However, the operating system may still be executing. In response to a command to startup the computer, this target state may be quickly reestablished from the recorded target state information. Portions of a startup sequence may be performed to complete the startup process, including establishing user state. To protect user expectations despite changes in response to a shutdown command, creation and use of the file holding the recorded state information may be conditional on dynamically determined events. Also, user and programmatic interfaces may provide options to override creation or use of the recorded state information.
US09348600B2
A method and a system are provided for prioritizing the fetching of instructions for each of a plurality of executing instruction threads in a multi-threaded processor. Instructions come from at least one source of instructions. Each thread has a number of threads buffered for execution in an instruction buffer. A first metric for each thread is determined based on the number of instructions currently buffered. A second metric is then determined for each thread, this being an execution based metric. A priority order for the threads is determined from the first and second metrics, and an instruction is fetched from the source for the thread with the highest determined priority which is requesting an instruction.
US09348596B2
Instructions are grouped into instruction groups based on optimizations that may be performed. An instruction is obtained, and a determination is made as to whether the instruction is to be included in a current instruction group or another instruction group. This determination is made based on whether the instruction is a candidate for optimization, such as decode time instruction optimization. If it is determined that the instruction is to be included in another group, then the other group is formed to include the instruction.
US09348594B2
An asymmetric multiprocessor system (ASMP) may comprise computational cores implementing different instruction set architectures and having different power requirements. Program code executing on the ASMP is analyzed by a binary analysis unit to determine what functions are called by the program code and select which of the cores are to execute the program code, or a code segment thereof. Selection may be made to provide for native execution of the program code, to minimize power consumption, and so forth. Control operations based on this selection may then be inserted into the program code, forming instrumented program code. The instrumented program code is then executed by the ASMP.
US09348593B2
Coding circuitry comprises at least an encoder configured to encode an instruction address for transmission to a decoder. The encoder is operative to identify the instruction address as belonging to a particular one of a plurality of groups of instruction addresses associated with respective distinct program constructs, and to encode the instruction address based on the identified group. The decoder is operative to identify the encoded instruction address as belonging to the particular one of a plurality of groups of instruction addresses associated with respective distinct program constructs, and to decode the encoded instruction address based on the identified group. The coding circuitry may be implemented as part of an integrated circuit or other processing device that includes associated processor and memory elements. In such an arrangement, the processor may generate the instruction address for delivery over a bus to the memory.
US09348582B2
Techniques for managing software dependencies are described. For example, a dependency specification that pertains to a first product is accessed. The product may be a collection of artifacts and may provide a software functionality. A determination may be made, based on the dependency specification, that the first product has a dependency on a second product. Metadata pertaining to the second product may be accessed. A valid version of the second product may be identified based on the metadata. The valid version may be usable at build time of the first product.
US09348578B2
An information processing apparatus that is capable of shortening downtime caused by updating firmware. A setting unit sets obtaining time at which update firmware for updating firmware of the information processing apparatus is obtained and update time at which the firmware of the information processing apparatus is updated. An obtaining unit obtains the update firmware from an external apparatus at the obtaining time. A development unit develops the update firmware obtained to a predetermined area. A determination unit determines whether the development unit has completed development of the update firmware at the update time. The information processing apparatus changes to the update starting state from the normal starting state when the update firmware has been developed. And the information processing apparatus cancels the developed update firmware and changes to the update starting state from the normal starting state after cancelling when the update firmware has not been developed.
US09348570B2
A method, system and/or computer program product provides a custom virtual appliance. A description file of a custom virtual appliance is generated based on a user requirement. A configuration metadata of the custom virtual appliance is acquired from the description file. A list of candidate virtual appliances is created based on the configuration metadata by using conversion information, wherein the candidate virtual appliances in the list are capable of converting to a configuration that corresponds to the configuration metadata.
US09348566B1
A system and method for improving the performance of all applications are disclosed. Production profile data may be collected about each application while the application is executing. The production profile data may be converted into symbolized profiles and stored in a database. The symbolized profiles may be aggregated into a single aggregated profile. This aggregated profile may be used as a compilation input when compiling new versions of an application's binary to improve the application's performance for observed application behavior.
US09348549B2
A method of controlling printing of a server apparatus is provided. The method includes: receiving printing data, receiving error information from at least one image forming apparatus; determining an error state level corresponding to the error information among a plurality of error state levels; and when the determined error state level is an allowed level to print, transmitting the printing data to the image forming apparatus and deleting the stored printing data, and when the error state level is a disallowed level, not transmitting the printing data.
US09348530B2
A storage array presents virtual arrays to hosts through use of virtual port IDs. The storage array includes groups of logical units of storage. The groups are coupled to a switch through at least one physical port. Each group is assigned a unique virtual port ID for each physical port to which it is coupled. The virtual port IDs are assignable by the switch. The virtual port IDs are used by hosts coupled to the switch to exchange data with the groups to which the virtual port IDs are assigned. Further, a zoning table in the switch can associate each virtual port ID to a host facing port on the switch. In this case each host can communicate only with groups of logical units that are assigned virtual IDs associated with the host facing port to which it is coupled.
US09348526B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for implementing a reliable placement engine for a block device. The method includes the steps of tracking one or more parameters associated with a plurality of real storage devices (RSDs), generating a plurality of RSD objects in a memory associated with a first node, generating a virtual storage device (VSD) object in the memory, and selecting one or more RSD objects in the plurality of RSD objects based on the one or more parameters. Each RSD object corresponds to a particular RSD in the plurality of RSDs. The method also includes the step of, for each RSD object in the one or more RSD objects, allocating a block of memory in the RSD associated with the RSD object to store data corresponding to a first block of memory associated with the VSD object.
US09348524B1
A computing device is provided and includes a plurality of nodes. Each node includes multiple chips and a node controller at which the multiple chips are assignable to logical partitions. Each of the multiple chips includes processors and a memory unit configured to handle local memory operations originating from the processors. The node controller includes a dynamic memory relocation (DMR) mechanism configured to move data having a DMR storage increment address relative to a local one of the memory units without interrupting a processing of the data by at least one of the logical partitions. During movement of the data by the DMR mechanism, the memory units are disabled from handling the local memory operations matching the DMR storage increment address and the node controller handles the local memory operations matching the DMR storage increment address.
US09348523B2
A transactional memory system controls the coalescing of outermost memory transactions. The coalescing causing committing of memory store data to memory for a first transaction to be done at transaction execution (TX) end of a second transaction. A processor of the transactional memory system executes a run-time instrumentation program for monitoring and modifying an associated program having a plurality of transactions. The processor initiates execution of the associated program. Based on execution of transactions, by the processor, of the associated program, the run-time instrumentation program dynamically obtains instrumentation information associated with the execution. Based on the obtained instrumentation information, the processor dynamically modifies continued execution of transactions of the associated program to optimize transactional execution (TX).
US09348519B1
A system and method for controlling a backup of a plurality of computing devices to a distinct storage is provided. The method comprises: determining, based at least on a write speed parameter and backup data parameter of each computing device, whether a throughput and/or a speed of a backup of computer devices can be improved; calculating, in response to a positive result of the determining, new write speeds for the individual computing devices; and sending the new write speeds to at least the corresponding ones of the computing devices. The new write speeds of individual ones of the plurality of computers are balanced such that each computing device completes backup at substantially the same time.
US09348517B2
Embodiments of the invention relate to cache management of sequential write storage. Cache states of cache blocks in cache storage are tracked. The tracking incudes creating a migration candidate list that organizes the cache blocks into virtual volumes. Based on determining that a cache migration threshold has been reached, at least a subset of the cache blocks are selected from the migration candidate list for migration. The selected cache blocks are ordered into a sequential order based on the migration candidate list. At least a subset of the selected cache blocks are migrated in the sequential order, the migrating including writing contents of the selected cache blocks to the sequential write storage.
US09348512B2
A system and method controlling the location of a text insertion cursor that marks a location where content is to be added to a content accumulator. The system automatically maintains one or more active cursor locations that mark where content has been sequentially added at one or more different positions in the content accumulator. The system receives a command to move the insertion cursor to a location of a previously created active cursor location. In one embodiment, active cursor locations are stored in a list and the insertion cursor can be moved to each active cursor location in the list. Therefore, if the user enters content in the content accumulator non-sequentially, the method may maintain one active cursor following each sequentially entered text string. Upon receiving an active cursor recalling command from the user, the method recalls an active cursor by relocating the content insertion cursor to the active cursor.
US09348494B2
A client device requests a web page via a network, where the web page is identified by an identifier and references a widget. Following receipt of the requested web page, the client device requests the widget referenced by the requested web page and presents, within the requested web page, a presentation of the widget. Thereafter, in response to receiving user information within the presentation of the widget, the client device communicates the user information to a server via a secure connection between the widget on the client device and the server while maintaining user context at the client device in the requested web page, where the secure connection is initiated by the client device and employs a secure communication protocol implemented by the widget.
US09348487B2
One or more embodiments of the present invention relate to an apparatus and method for generating a cognitive avatar, and according to one or more of the above embodiments of the present invention, the process of allowing the user to select images, which are recognized as similar, from face images of various impressions which are classified as a plurality of impression groups and are stored, is repeatedly performed, and an avatar, which corresponds to the target face which the user intends to generate as the avatar, by a cognitive approach based on the repeatedly performed user's selection, so that a natural avatar, which is similar to the target face, may be expressed without a separate analysis or re-analysis process for the target face.
US09348481B2
Among other things, a method includes displaying, in a user interface of a video editing application, an interface enabling a user of the video editing application to mark ranges in video clips presented in the user interface, the ranges of the video clips each representing a portion of video content of each respective clip, and at least some of the ranges of the video clips being displayed as marked simultaneously, receiving, from the user, a selection of multiple marked ranges of video clips, and establishing a relationship between the selected multiple ranges of the video clips.
US09348478B2
A touch panel with single plate includes a plate and a sensing circuit structure. The plate is used as a cover. The sensing circuit structure includes a transparent conductive layer. The transparent conductive layer has a plurality of first transparent conductive portions and a plurality of second transparent conductive portions. The first transparent conductive portions are substantially disposed on the plate along with a first axis. The second transparent conductive portions are substantially disposed on the plate along with a second axis.
US09348471B2
A method and an apparatus for improving touch sensitivity of a capacitive type touch screen panel are provided. In the method, the apparatus sequentially drives a plurality of transmitting channels of the touch screen panel using a predetermined scan frequency. The apparatus determines a sequential touch count by simultaneously scanning a plurality of receiving channels of the touch screen panel wherein the sequential touch count is the number of sequentially touched receiving channels. Also, the apparatus specifies a scan unit to be used for dividing the plurality of receiving channels into groups on the basis of the sequential touch count and for sequentially scanning the groups of the receiving channels. The apparatus determines a touch coordinate by sequentially scanning the plurality of receiving channels using the specified scan unit.
US09348463B2
A detection apparatus includes a multilocation sensor. The apparatus includes a sheet in communication with the sensor, which when a plurality of locations of the sheet are simultaneously activated, the sensor senses these locations, simultaneously with retroreflection.
US09348450B1
Embodiment relate to a structure for supporting a bending portion of a flexible display panel in an unfolded state so that the bending portion does not flex when pressed. The structure also enables the bending portion of the flexible display panel to bend at a predetermined curvature in a folded state. The structure includes two rotating plates rotating about two axes that slide relative to flexible supporting members extending from portions of the flexible display panel that do not bend as the flexible display panel is bent. As the flexible display panel is bent, the distance between ends of the rotating plates are increased so that the bending portion of the flexible display panel would have an increased radius of curvature.
US09348446B1
An apparatus and system for a vehicular touchscreen system. The apparatus includes a bezel configured to surround a touchscreen of a vehicular touchscreen device. The bezel includes an outwardly extending bezel portion. The outwardly extending bezel portion extends outwardly in a direction at least partially having a component direction perpendicular to a surface of the touchscreen.
US09348440B2
A touch screen device for a portable terminal includes an Indium Tin Oxide (ITO) film providing a touch screen feature; a light guide film attached onto one surface of the ITO film; and a light emitting device attached onto one surface of the ITO film and disposed in one side of the light guide film, wherein light output from the light emitting device provides lighting to an area where the light guide film is attached, while passing through the light guide film, and wherein the light guide film and the light emitting device are installed on the ITO film by a surface mounting process, thus reducing manufacturing costs and making it possible to secure more space capable of mounting other parts which in turn contribute in miniaturizing portable terminals.
US09348439B2
The present invention relates to a touch sensitive display, which comprises a merged layer made of sensing electrodes and organic light-emitting electrodes. The touch sensitive display further comprises a first touch sensing layer and an organic light-emitting assembly, wherein the first touch sensing layer has a plurality of first sensing electrodes, which are formed onto a surface of an upper substrate. This organic light-emitting assembly is disposed on an upper surface of a lower substrate, and the merged layer is formed on the surface of the organic light-emitting assembly. The sensing electrodes that comprised in this merged layer are second sensing electrodes, while the organic light-emitting electrodes are counter electrodes which originally belong to the organic light-emitting assembly. In addition, the present invention also provides a manufacturing method of a touch sensitive display. Thereby, the present invention could reduce the manufacturing procedure and efficiently increase the yield rate of production.
US09348432B2
A device may include an image sensor configured to capture an image of an object in front of the image sensor, an image analyzer configured to analyze the captured image to calculate a transmittance of a light that is transmitted from outside of the object to the image sensor via the object, a command mapper configured to translate the transmittance into a command, and an executor configured to execute the command.
US09348429B2
Methods and apparatuses are provided for improving word prediction in an electronic device. User input of one or more characters is received via a capacitive physical keyboard having a plurality of input members. Concurrently, the device determines the location of a non-typing digit, such as the user's finger or a stylus. Word prediction candidates are generated and weighted, and candidates that have subsequent characters associated with the input member proximal to the location of the non-typing digit are given more weight. The word prediction candidates are displayed, a second user input is then received comprising a selection of one of the candidates, and the device displays the selected word prediction candidate on the display.
US09348418B2
A gesture recognizing and controlling method and device thereof are provided. The gesture recognizing and controlling method includes the following steps. First, a pending image having depth information is captured, in which the pending image includes a human form image. The human form image is analyzed so as to obtain hand skeleton information having a first skeleton and a second skeleton. It is determined whether the first skeleton and the second skeleton have an intersection point. If yes, it is determined whether an included angle formed by the first skeleton and the second skeleton is within a predetermined angle range. When the included angle is within the predetermined angle range, a controlling signal is output accordingly.
US09348417B2
The subject disclosure relates to user input into a computer system, and a technology by which one or more users interact with a computer system via a combination of input modalities. When the input data of two or more input modalities are related, they are combined to interpret an intended meaning of the input. For example, speech when combined with one input gesture has one intended meaning, e.g., convert the speech to verbatim text for consumption by a program, while the exact speech when combined with a different input gesture has a different meaning, e.g., convert the speech to a command that controls the operation of that same program.
US09348395B2
An information handling system includes a processor, an air moving system, a power system, and power demand reduction circuit. The air moving system is operable to cool the processor. The power system is operable to power the processor and the air moving system. The power demand reduction circuit is operable to detect a total power system power demand that will exceed a power system output capacity of the power system in response to a processor power demand from the processor and, in response, reduce an air moving system power provided to the air moving system such that the processor power demand will no longer cause the total power system power demand to exceed the power system output capacity. The air moving system power may be increased when a decrease in the processor power demand results in the two contributing to a total power system power that will not exceed the power system output capacity.
US09348392B2
A computer system for use with a building management system in a building includes a processing circuit configured to use historical data received from the building management system to automatically select a set of variables estimated to be significant to energy usage in the building. The processing circuit is further configured to apply a regression analysis to the selected set of variables to generate a baseline model for predicting energy usage in the building.
US09348376B2
A tablet information handling system has power contacts disposed on an outer surface of a planar housing to accept power from a power connector without affixing the power connector to the power contacts at the planar housing. For example, the power connector is disposed at a support surface of a stand in a position that aligns with power contacts of the planar housing when the planar housing rests on the support surface. The power connector provides power without a port or similar structure so that the planar housing may be place on and taken off the support surface at a variety of orientations rotated about the axis at which the power connector and power contacts meet.
US09348374B2
A hard disk mounting mechanism can be used for assembling a hard disk into a housing defining an opening. The hard disk can be inserted into the housing via the opening. The hard disk mounting mechanism can include a mounting bracket and a slidable carrier. The mounting bracket can include a cover and a slidable carrier. The cover can be rotatably connected to the housing for covering the opening. The slidable carrier can be located in the housing adjacent to the opening, and has a first surface facing the opening. A first heat conductive pad can be arranged on the first surface of the slidable carrier. The hard disk can be assembled on the slidable carrier. The hard disk can contact with the first heat conductive pad from the opening when the cover is rotated to cover the opening.
US09348373B2
An electronic apparatus includes a first unit having a first power switch for turning on/off a data processing part, a hard disk drive device, a power supply part and the electronic apparatus, a second unit that is separated from the first unit, is supplied with the power from the power supply part in the first unit, and has a drive device of a detachable recording media and a second power switch having the same function as that of the first power switch, and a cable for communicating data between the first unit and the second unit and supplying power from the power supply part of the first unit to the second unit.
US09348371B2
A protective case for a portable computing device may include a rigid component comprising an upper surface and a cavity therein for receiving a portable computing device. The protective case may also include a cover having a surface area that is larger than the area of the upper surface that is open to the cavity. At least a central area of the cover may be transparent. The cover may be positioned over the cavity, and may also be positioned over part of the upper surface of the rigid component. The protective case may also include a pliable component molded around at least a portion of the rigid component and over a portion of the cover that is in contact with the upper surface of the rigid component, thereby forming a waterproof seal between the cover and the upper surface of the rigid component.
US09348369B2
A foldable display device includes a flexible display panel, a case supporting the flexible display panel, a bonding member fixing the flexible display panel to the case. The case includes a hinge portion, and supports respectively coupled to the hinge portion at opposing sides of the hinge portion. The flexible display panel includes a bendable area corresponding to the hinge portion, and planar areas respectively at opposing sides of the bendable area and corresponding to the supports of the case. The bonding member is between a support of the case and the corresponding planar area of the flexible display panel, and is displaceable with respect to the support along one of a thickness direction and a width direction of the flexible display panel when the flexible display panel is folded.
US09348368B2
An entertainment apparatus for a passenger of a vehicle is provided with a casing having a top edge region, a bottom edge region and two respective side edge regions interconnecting the top and bottom edge regions. The four such edge regions frame and define a front side of the entertainment apparatus, the front side being provided with a monitor screen. The apparatus plays optically-readable discs, and is provided with an opening in the bottom edge region of its casing for receiving and ejecting optically-readable discs in a generally vertical plane. The apparatus is adapted to be mounted to a more forward seat of a vehicle for use by a passenger when seated behind the more forward seat of the vehicle.
US09348366B2
A protective case for a tablet device having a back face and a front face, a touchscreen on its front face, and one or more control buttons and ports on its perimeter walls. The case comprises a shell having front and back sides wherein the front side is configured to receive and retain the tablet device while providing user access to the touchscreen and user access to one or more of the control buttons, said shell including a back wall that is configured to cover at least a portion of the back face of the tablet. The protective case further includes a front cover that includes a tray, a wireless keyboard and keyboard housing. The tray includes opposing side rails and the keyboard housing includes opposing grooves on opposing side walls that are concealed and configured to engage the rails to allow the keyboard housing to slide in and out from the tray in a defined manner. The tray, keyboard and shell may each include magnets to facilitate the positioning of the case in the various open and closed positions.
US09348352B2
A bandgap reference circuit is provided and which includes an operating voltage, a current mirror, a first p-channel metal-oxide semiconductor (PMOS) transistor and an amplifier. The current mirror is coupled to the operating voltage. The first PMOS transistor is coupled to the operating voltage and the current mirror. The amplifier is coupled to the current mirror and the first PMOS transistor. When the bandgap reference circuit is activated, the operating voltage starts to supply voltage such that the first PMOS transistor is turned on first. When the operating voltage is higher than a preset voltage level, the first PMOS transistor is turned off, in order to complete an start-up process.
US09348350B2
Provided is a voltage regulator including an overcurrent protection circuit in which an output voltage-output current characteristic exhibits an optimal fold-back characteristic even when an overcurrent state is detected. The overcurrent protection circuit includes a control circuit for generating a current in accordance with an output voltage, and controls a gate of an output transistor with use of a current obtained by subtracting the current from a sense current flowing in accordance with an output current.
US09348348B2
Multi-stage amplifiers, such as linear regulators or linear voltage regulators (e.g. low-dropout regulators) configured to provide a constant output voltage subject to load transients are presented. A multi-stage amplifier, having a differential amplification stage configured to provide a stage output voltage at an output node, based on a first input voltage and a second input voltage is presented. Furthermore, the multi-stage amplifier comprises a second amplification stage comprising an amplifier current source configured to provide an amplifier current; and an amplifier transistor arranged in series with the amplifier current source; wherein a gate of the amplifier transistor is coupled to the output node of the differential amplification stage. In addition, the multi-stage amplifier comprises a detection circuit.
US09348345B2
Analog pulse width modulation (PWM) control circuits and techniques are presented for improving output voltage load transient response in controlling DC to DC conversion systems in which a transient detector circuit restarts a PWM carrier ramp waveform to initiate asynchronous injection of a pulse between the regular periodic PWM pulses in a fixed frequency pulse stream to mitigate the effect of output inductor energy depletion on output voltage.
US09348338B2
Described herein are several embodiments relating to modular irrigation controllers. In many implementations, the irrigation controllers are modular in that various functional components of the irrigation controller are implemented in removable modules that when inserted into position within the controller, expand the capabilities of the controller. Also described are various different types of expansion modules that may be coupled to the modular controller, having as variety of functions and features, as well as related methods of use and configuration of these modules in the controller. In some embodiments, a serial communication bus is provided between a control unit of a modular irrigation controller and an expansion module.
US09348336B2
The disclosure includes a system and method for using a robot to prevent risk to a user by identifying a point of interest, determining whether the point of interest is a risk for the user with visual impairments based on the user's position, responsive to a first predetermined threshold for distance being met, determining where to move the robot to mitigate the risk to the user, and instructing the robot to move to a new location. The robot may move between the user and the point of interest to prevent the user from colliding with the point of interest. The robot may use an auditory or tactile warning to warn the user. The tactile warning may be transmitted to a walking stick or a belt worn by the user.
US09348332B2
An abnormality diagnosis device includes a factor-data storage unit that stores therein factor data including a candidate of an alarm-generating factor corresponding to an alarm number; a stored-data storage unit that stores therein, as stored data, statistical data acquired from a statistical data server including the alarm number corresponding to a system configuration number of a servo control device classified based on a system configuration of the servo control device, and a candidate of the alarm-generating factor corresponding to the alarm number, and a generation probability of the candidate; a display unit; and an abnormality-diagnosis processing unit that acquires the alarm number from the servo control device when an alarm is generated, and based on the alarm number, the factor data, and the stored data, adds the generation probability to each candidate and displays, on the display unit, the candidate with the generation probability added.
US09348331B2
A robot apparatus includes a multi-joint robot including, in at least one portion, a joint including a motor, a speed reducer connected to the motor, an input angle detecting unit configured to detect a rotational angle of a rotating shaft of the motor, and an output angle detecting unit configured to detect an output rotational angle of the speed reducer, and a controller configured to diagnose a state of the speed reducer from an angle difference between the input rotational angle detected by the input angle detecting unit and the output rotational angle detected by the output angle detecting unit.
US09348325B2
A system for detecting a control loop interaction between two or more control loops. The system includes a processing circuit configured to store a history of detected loop disturbances for a plurality of control loops. The processing circuit is also configured to compute a measure of interaction between control loops using the history of detected loop disturbances. The processing circuit is further configured to determine whether a loop interaction exists based on the computed measure of interaction.
US09348324B2
A method for controlling a pilot signal (Ps) to a WPPT with an adjustable coil ratio, wherein the primary side of the transformer is connected to a plurality of WTGs and a variable reactive compensation load, the method comprising the steps of receiving an actual primary-side voltage (VMV), receiving an actual primary-side current (IQMV), estimating a line drop voltage (DV) on the basis of the compensation current (IQC) and the actual primary-side current (IQMV), forming a voltage error (Verr) as the sum of a rated voltage value (VR) and the estimated line drop voltage (DV) minus the actual primary-side voltage (VMV), namely: Verr=VR+DV VMV, and updating the pilot signal (Ps) in accordance with the voltage error (Verr).
US09348321B2
Methods, time consumer systems, and computer program products for maintaining accurate time on an ideal clock of a timing device are disclosed. The method includes receiving time information from a local clock, a reference clock, and one or more secondary clocks. The method further includes calculating frequencies for the local clock, the reference clock, and the one or more secondary clocks. The method further includes comparing the calculated frequencies of the reference clock to the calculated frequencies of the one or more secondary clocks. The method further includes detecting a holdover and/or a compromise situation based on the comparison. The method further includes syntonizing the ideal clock to one or more of the calculated frequencies.
US09348319B1
A chronograph mechanism includes an intermediate chronograph mobile which is provided for transmitting a drive to first and second sweep-hand mobiles. A first and a second return device are configured to return the first sweep-hand mobile to a first predetermined angular position relative to the intermediate chronograph mobile, in the absence of angular immobilization of the first sweep-hand mobile by a first brake, and the second sweep-hand mobile to a second predetermined angular position relative to the intermediate chronograph mobile, in the absence of angular immobilization of the second sweep-hand mobile by a second brake. A control system includes a coordination device arranged to maintain the first and second brakes alternately in two opposite configurations, in each of which one of the first and second brakes is in an inactive state and the other is in an active state.
US09348314B2
Dial (1) for a timepiece, comprising a disc (2) intended to be positioned substantially parallel to a timepiece, and a skirt (3) extending in a direction substantially perpendicular to the disc (2) of the dial, characterized in that the skirt (3) comprises at least one elastic element (10) which extends partially over the height of the skirt to retain the dial axially on a timepiece movement.
US09348313B2
The invention relates to a timepiece movement including a resonator formed by the cooperation of a balance with a balance spring, said resonator being pivotally mounted between a bar and another part such as a bar or a main plate. According to the invention, the timepiece movement further includes a device preventing adhesion of said balance spring against said bar including a surface decreasing means formed on the bar for limiting the contact surface when the faces of said balance spring and of said bar touch each other.
US09348312B2
Timepiece lever for the transmission of motion between a transmitter wheel set and a receiver wheel set pivoting about distinct first and second axes of the lever which includes a pivoting plate carrying a transmission means remote from the first axis and of variable angular position relative to the first axis and which includes a control finger-piece or a transmission wheel set, the lever also including a frictional connection between a first friction surface of the transmitter wheel set and a second friction surface of the pivoting plate, the element carrying the first friction surface is elastic and the element carrying the second friction surface is elastic.
US09348305B2
An image forming apparatus that can prevent a protection cover from being detached from an apparatus main body when the attaching of a process cartridge is completed, with a simple structure includes a biasing portion that can bias the process cartridge. The biasing portion applies biasing force in such a manner that a distal end portion of the protection cover is sandwiched between the apparatus main body and the process cartridge when the process cartridge is attached to the apparatus main body. This structure can prevent the protection cover from being detached from the apparatus main body at a time when the attaching of the process cartridge is completed.
US09348298B2
An image forming apparatus comprising: an image carrier; an image forming unit configured to form a toner image on the image carrier by using toner, based on image information; a transfer unit configured to transfer the toner image formed on the image carrier to a sheet; a cleaning unit configured to clean toner on the image carrier; a collected toner box in which the toner cleaned by the cleaning unit is collected; a rotating member configured to be rotated for moving the toner in the collected toner box; and a controller configured to control, based on the image information, whether or not to rotate the rotating member.
US09348286B2
An offset image that can occur at a time when reading images printed on both sides of a sheet is automatically removed by a simple operation.
US09348284B2
A sheet conveyor, which is incorporated in an image forming apparatus, includes a first conveyor to convey a sheet via a first sheet conveying path and move in a direction intersecting a sheet thickness direction, a second conveyor to convey the sheet via a second sheet conveying path and include a third conveyor and a fourth conveyor bringing either one close to and away from the other via the second sheet conveying path in the sheet thickness direction, a first attaching part provided to the first conveyor to attach the first conveyor to the sheet conveyor, and a state changer to change a state of one of the first attaching part to a movement allowed state and the second conveyor to a sheet releasing state in conjunction with a releasing action of the other of the first attaching part and the second conveyor.
US09348282B2
A fixing member, includes: a base layer; and a porous elastic layer provided on the base layer and configured to contain a needle-like filler. The elastic layer has a thermal conductivity, with respect to a longitudinal direction thereof, which is 6 times to 900 times a thermal conductivity with respect to a thickness direction thereof. The elastic layer has an open cell rate larger at longitudinal end portions than at a longitudinal central portion.
US09348269B1
An image transfer product is provided which includes a phase change material in one or more layers of the product to regulate the temperature of the product during printing operations. The image transfer product may be in the form of a printing blanket, printing sleeve, electrophotographic/xerographic transfer blanket, image transfer belt, or roller which includes a print surface layer and at least one layer underlying the printing surface layer. The phase change material may be included in any of the layers of the image transfer product, but is not present at the upper surface of the print surface layer. The phase change material may be in the form of a powder, fibers, capsules, or combinations thereof.
US09348266B2
An outer roller is provided at a position offset upstream, in a rotation direction of an image carrying belt, of an inner roller. The inner and outer rollers are provided across the image carrying belt and form a transfer nip portion nipping and conveying a recording medium. A press member presses the image carrying belt from an inner circumferential side at upstream of the inner roller. The press member is provided such that a length along a belt surface of the image carrying belt between a downstream end of a part thereof in contact with the image carrying belt and an upstream end of the transfer nip portion is shorter than a length of an end margin formed on an upstream end area of the recording medium.
US09348258B2
A developing unit includes a housing, a developing roller and a seal contacting an outer peripheral surface of the developing roller. The seal includes a first part disposed inward in an axial line direction of the developing roller and contacting the outer peripheral surface of the developing roller, and a second part contacting an outer edge of the first part in the axial line direction and disposed outward from the first part in the axial line direction and contacting the outer peripheral surface. The first part has a contact surface contacting the developing roller and a plurality of first grooves each of which is recessed from the contact surface and extends along the contact surface. The plurality of first grooves extends from outward to inward in the axial line direction, as the plurality of first grooves extends from upstream to downstream in a rotational direction of the developing roller.
US09348249B2
According to one embodiment, there is provided an image forming apparatus which forms an decolorable image and an non-decolorable image by fixing a toner image including a decolorable toner and a toner image including a non-decolorable toner or a medium. The decolorable toner has a first peak of a loss tangent tan δ at a temperature TE1, and the non-decolorable toner has a first peak of a loss tangent tan δ at a temperature TU1. A difference between the temperature TE1 and the temperature TU1 is within 20° C.
US09348242B2
Provided is an electrophotographic photosensitive member including a charge-generating layer that includes: an amine compound represented by the formula (1) and a gallium phthalocyanine crystal, or a gallium phthalocyanine crystal containing the amine compound represented by the formula (1); and an arene compound, in which the arene compound includes at least one compound selected from the group consisting of a compound represented by the formula (2) and a compound represented by the formula (3).
US09348237B2
Mask carriers and mask alignment in vacuum deposition processes, mask handling modules, and methods for aligning a mask. A mask handling module can include a substrate carrier for carrying at least one substrate; a mask carrier for carrying at least two masks. The mask carrier can include at least two mask carrier sections each being adapted to carry a mask and a mask carrier positioning device for moving the mask carrier relative to the substrate carrier. The mask carrier sections are arranged so that the masks carried on the mask carrier sections can be positioned on the mask carrier in respective planes forming an angle with respect to each other so that only one of the at least two masks can be aligned to one of the at least one substrates.
US09348236B2
An electrostatic clamp for use in a lithographic apparatus includes burls and an electrode surrounded by an insulator and/or a dielectric material between adjacent burls. In an embodiment, two or more layers of dielectric material are provided between adjacent burls and surround an electrode provided between adjacent burls. The electrostatic clamp may be used to clamp an object to an object support in a lithographic apparatus.
US09348235B2
An exposure apparatus projects an image of a pattern formed on a mask onto a substrate through a projection optical system. The exposure apparatus includes: a prediction unit configured to predict an imaging characteristic fluctuation of the projection optical system which is caused by thermal action due to exposure, by using a model formula modeling the imaging characteristic fluctuation; and a correction unit configured to correct the imaging characteristic based on a prediction result obtained by the prediction unit. The model formula includes a composition of a plurality of functions modeling the imaging characteristic fluctuation and indicating a time dependency, each of the plurality of functions having an exposure-angle-of-view dependency and the exposure-angle-of-view dependencies of the plurality of functions being different from each other.
US09348226B2
A radiation-sensitive resin composition comprising an acid-labile group-containing resin obtained by living radical polymerization having a specific structure which is insoluble or scarcely soluble in alkali, but becomes alkali soluble by the action of an acid, and a photoacid generator, wherein the ratio of weight average molecular weight to number average molecular weight (weight average molecular weight/number average molecular weight) of the acid-labile group-containing resin is smaller than 1.5.
US09348210B2
There is provided a projection apparatus using an oblique projection optical system, which generates little reflection loss by providing a linear Fresnel lens at an incident surface in the case where the apparatus is used as a linear system, wherein said linear Fresnel lens makes total reflection of image light, and is capable of obtaining total surface property with good brightness in a region with small incident angle onto a screen, by using a total reflection Fresnel lens and a refraction Fresnel lens in combination. In addition, total surface property with further good brightness can be obtained by using a plurality of projection image display apparatuses in the same projection apparatus.
US09348209B2
A portable electronic device includes a main body, a display substrate, a projection unit, and a reflection film. The main body includes a first surface and defines a receiving cavity in the first surface. The displaying substrate is rotatably received in the receiving cavity. The displaying substrate includes a first projection surface and a second projection surface facing away from the first projection surface. The first projection surface is close to the receiving cavity. The projection unit is received in the receiving cavity. The reflection film is movably positioned on the second projection surface.
US09348206B2
A light combiner having a polarization separation film and transmitting P-polarized light from a first light source unit whereas reflecting S-polarized light from a second light source unit forms combined light, and the angle of incidence of the light from the first light source unit and the angle of incidence of the light from the second light source unit with respect to the polarization separation film are each greater than 45°.
US09348198B1
A mirrored photographing system is disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a mirrored photographing system comprises a back plate, a mirror, and a camera. The mirror is mounted to the back plate, which provides structural support. The mirror has a viewing aperture and a reflective surface covering at least a portion of the front surface of the mirror for self-viewing by a subject standing in front of the mirror. The camera is positioned between the back plate and the mirror and aligned with the viewing aperture for the camera to view the subject therethrough. The camera is configured for electronic wireless communication with a remote electronic device to at least one of (i) receive directions therefrom and (ii) to forward captured photographs thereto.
US09348195B2
A method of operating a wavelength swept source apparatus includes generating a single mode light, and generating a basic optical comb including light rays having identical frequency differences with adjacent light rays by modulating the generated single mode light. The method further includes generating other optical combs that include the same number of light rays as that of light rays of the optical comb that has a frequency band different from that of the basic optical comb, and is distributed in a frequency band wider than that in which the basic optical comb is distributed, by modulating the light rays of the basic optical comb. The light rays of the basic optical comb and the light rays included in the other optical combs are sequentially emitted according to frequencies of the light rays of the basic optical comb and the light rays included in the other optical combs.
US09348185B2
A pixel structure and a manufacturing method of the pixel structure are provided. The pixel structure includes a substrate, a transistor, a planarizing layer, a plurality of contact windows, and a pixel electrode layer. The transistor is disposed on the substrate and includes a gate, a source, and a drain. The planarizing layer is disposed on the gate, the source, and a portion of the drain. The contact windows penetrate the planarizing layer and expose another portion of the drain. The pixel electrode layer is disposed on the planarizing layer, on the another portion of the drain, and in the contact windows and is electrically connected to the drain.
US09348174B2
Exemplary embodiments disclosed herein provide a rigid LCD assembly including a LCD having a perimeter, a first layer of tape around the perimeter of the LCD, and a diffusing plate attached to the later of tape so as to create a cavity defined by the space between the LCD, tape, and diffusing plate. One or more optical films may be inserted into the cavity, and while constricted in directions perpendicular to the films, the films may be free to move slightly in the directions parallel to the films. A U-shaped backlight wall may attach to the diffusing plate and would contain a backlight. An optional thermal plate can be attached to the backlight wall, which can be used with a second thermal plate to define a channel for accepting cooling air.
US09348173B2
A light source module includes at least one light bar, a reflector, and at least one bar-shaped reflection unit. The light bar includes light-emitting elements arranged along an extension direction. The reflector has at least one accommodation space accommodating the light bar and reflective convex surfaces located on two opposite sides of the light bar. The bar-shaped reflection unit is located above the light bar, extends along the extension direction, and has a reflection surface facing the light bar. A cross-sectional line obtained by cutting the reflection surface along an optical axis of any of the light-emitting elements and along a direction perpendicular to the extension direction includes a convex arc line protruding toward the light-emitting elements and two concave arc lines connected to two opposite sides of the convex arc line.
US09348172B2
According to an aspect, a transflective liquid crystal display device includes: a first substrate on which reflective electrodes are arranged for pixels; a second substrate on which a transparent electrode is provided; a liquid crystal layer between the first and the second substrates; and a color filter that is provided closer to the transparent electrode than the reflective electrodes, and includes filters of a plurality of colors. The first substrate is provided with a first space between reflective electrodes of adjacent pixels and a second space between reflective electrodes of adjacent pixels, the first space extending in a first direction and overlapping a border between filters of different colors, the second space extending in a second direction and having transmittance higher than that of the first space. Transmissive display is performed by using the second space where a light shielding member is not positioned.
US09348162B2
A narrow bezel structure of a LCD is disclosed. The narrow bezel structure of the LCD comprises a liquid crystal module, a front cover, a middle cover, and a back cover. An external layer of the liquid crystal module is a polarizer film, and the polarizer film is spaced apart from an edge of the liquid crystal module to form a step. The front cover comprises a first horizontal part, a first perpendicular part, a second horizontal part, and a second perpendicular part that are integrally formed and sequentially connected. The first horizontal part is attached to the step. The second horizontal part and the second perpendicular part form a second step. The second perpendicular part is fixedly connected to the back cover. The present invention further provides a LCD utilizing the narrow bezel structure.
US09348147B2
A 3D display apparatus for providing a Pepper's Ghost effect. The apparatus includes a background set spaced apart from a viewing space such that a viewer in the viewing space has a line of sight to the background set. The apparatus also includes a mirrored surfaces fan, which includes a motor, a hub rotatable by the motor, and a plurality of fan blades attached in a spaced apart manner to the hub to rotate with the hub. In some cases, each of the fan blades has a reflective region on a side facing away from the background set. The apparatus also includes a display device with a screen displaying an image of an object. The screen is positioned at an offset angle in the range of 40 to 60 degrees from a rotation plane for the sides of the fan blades. Often, the display device includes a 3D autostereoscopic device.
US09348146B2
An apparatus for projecting a space image in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention includes: a receiving unit configured to receive the space image; a display unit configured to display the space image and to emit light; a control unit configured to control the display unit to display the space image; and a projection unit configured to allow the light to permeate or reflect the light and to project the space image.
US09348145B2
A naked-eye 3D liquid crystal display panel and a driving method for the same are provided. The naked-eye 3D liquid crystal display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate disposed oppositely, and a liquid crystal layer. A side of the first substrate adjacent to the liquid crystal layer provides with a driving electrode layer. A side of the second substrate adjacent to the liquid crystal layer provides with a common electrode layer. The driving electrode layer and the common electrode layer respectively receive an AC voltage driving signal, which are the same in frequency and opposite in polarity such that the liquid crystal layer is tilted to form a 3D display. Accordingly, the voltage output requirement of the driving circuit of the 3D liquid crystal display panel 10 when displaying 3D is reduced such that the driving stability and load capacity of the driving circuit is improved.
US09348138B2
A laser processing device including: a laser oscillator; a processing table; a transmission optical system for transmitting laser light emitted from the laser oscillator to the processing table; a processing head for condensing and radiating the laser light transmitted via the transmission optical system to an object to be processed; a moving mechanism for changing a relative position between the object to be processed and the laser light to be radiated to the object to be processed; and a variable curvature spherical mirror. The transmission optical system includes a reflective beam expander mechanism for collimating and magnifying the laser light from the laser oscillator. The reflective beam expander mechanism includes a spherical mirror and a concave mirror having different curvatures in two orthogonal axes.
US09348137B2
An optical scanning apparatus, a system and a method of optical scanning independently determine illumination spot size and spacing. The apparatus includes an array of optical emitters to provide a plurality of optical beams and a plurality of microlenses to receive the optical beams. The microlenses form an intermediate image of the array at substantially unity array magnification. The apparatus further includes an adjustable collimator to receive the plurality of optical beams from the intermediate image, a beam scanner to scan the optical beams in an in-scan direction, and a scan lens to focus the scanned optical beams. An arrangement of illumination spots forms an image of the array.
US09348136B2
A DMD having an array of micromirror pixels wherein each pixel comprises a right electrode on a first side of the pixel, a left electrode on a second side of the pixel adjacent the first side and a cantilevered beam supporting a mirror. The cantilever beam tilts on two axes of translation: pitch and roll. The mirror has a first landed position (on a first and second spring tip) over the right electrode and a second landed position (on the first and a third spring tip) over the left electrode such that the first landed position and the second landed positions are 90° apart. In transitioning from the first landed position to the second landed position, the mirror maintains contact with the first spring tip while rolling from the second spring tip to the third spring tip.
US09348121B2
A magnification optical system forms an enlarged image of an object. It includes a refractive optical system including a plurality of lens groups; and a mirror train including a curved mirror, arranged in this order from an object side, a first focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups of the refractive optical system by different amounts along a normal line of a conjugate surface on the object side, and a second focus structure configured to move the respective lens groups along the normal line of the conjugate surface on the object side by different amounts from those of the first focus structure.
US09348118B2
An optical system includes, in order from an enlargement conjugate side to a reduction conjugate side via a largest air gap, a front unit having a negative power, and a rear unit having positive power. The optical system satisfies 1.75
US09348117B1
A photographing optical lens assembly includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens element, a second lens element, a third lens element, a fourth lens element and a fifth lens element. The first lens element with positive refractive power has a convex object-side surface, wherein the object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are aspheric. The second lens element has negative refractive power, wherein an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are aspheric. The third lens element has refractive power, wherein an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are aspheric. The fourth lens element has positive refractive power, wherein an object-side surface and an image-side surface thereof are aspheric. The fifth lens element with negative refractive power has a concave image-side surface, wherein an object-side surface and the image-side surface thereof are aspheric.
US09348112B2
The present invention relates to an optical system.An optical system of the present invention includes a first lens having a positive refractive power and an object-side surface convex toward an object side; a second lens having a negative refractive power and an image-side surface concave toward an image side; a third lens having a negative refractive power; a fourth lens having a positive refractive power; a fifth lens having a positive refractive power and an image-side surface convex toward the image side; and a six lens having a negative refractive power and an image-side surface concave toward the image side.
US09348108B2
The present invention aims to provide a lens driving device which can prevent a lens support from being suspended in an inclined state and can correspond to energizing amount and carry out appropriate linear movement action. A front side primary coil and a rear side primary coil are respectively wound around an axis parallel to an optical axis in a manner of being coaxial to a secondary coil and are combined with each other through electromagnetic induction. The secondary coil is such disposed that its two coil terminals are connected with two ends of a diode respectively. The secondary coil and a permanent magnet assembly are arranged opposite to each other at an interval along the radial direction and a driving current is supplied to the primary coils.
US09348107B2
A tool for opening an extruded profiled body of a power cord assembly device includes at least one pair of guides and at least one support, the pair of guides and the support being arranged in a frame, wherein a first guide of the pair of guides is arranged and shaped to releasably connect to the an interconnection area of the profiled body, and wherein a second guide of the pair of guides is arranged and shaped to releasably connect to a second interconnection area of the profiled body, said support being provided with a support member adapted to bear against a portion of the first wall opposite to a slit in the profiled body, the distance of the pair of guides relative to the support being such that the slit is widened in the area of the elongation of the profiled body where the tool is applied, thereby allowing a fiber optic cable to be introduced into the chamber.
US09348098B2
An optical port is provided that is adapted to mate with optical plugs of at least first and second types. For example, the first type of optical plug may be a VLF-type optical plug and the second type of optical plug may be a non-VLF-type optical plug. The optical port has at least one first latching feature for engaging at least one first latching feature of a VLF-type optical plug with which the optical port may be mated. The optical port has at least one second latching feature for engaging at least one second latching feature of a non-VLF-type optical plug with which the optical port may be mated.
US09348087B1
In one aspect of the invention, the bend insensitive single-mode optical fiber includes a core layer and cladding layers having an inner cladding layer, a trench cladding layer and an outer cladding layer sequentially formed surrounding the core layer from inside to outside. For the core layer, the diameter is 7-7.9 μm, and the relative refractive index difference Δ1 is between 4.6×10−3 and 6.0×10−3. For the inner cladding layer, the diameter is 15-17 μm, and a relative refractive index difference Δ2 is between −3×10−4 and 3×10−4. For the trench cladding layer, the diameter is 24-33 μm, and the relative refractive index difference Δ3 is between −2.9×10−3 and −7.3×10−3, changes in a gradient manner and increases gradually from outside to inside, where a relative refractive index difference Δ32 at an outermost interface is smaller than a relative refractive index difference Δ31 at an innermost interface.
US09348086B2
Herein presents a few-mode optical fiber, wherein the core comprising a main core(1) and 2N assistant cores(2), wherein N is positive integer number. All the cores are formed by the same material and embedded in a low-index background (3). The centers of the main core (1) and all the assistant cores (2) are located in a straight line. The assistant cores(2) are denoted based on the distance with the main core(1) as 1 , 2 , . . . N. The center-to-center distance between the main core (1) and the adjacent assistant core(2) is Lma=dm+da1. The center-to-center distance between the assistant core(2) and the adjacent assistant core(2) is Li,i=da,i +da,i+1 wherein i=1˜N−1 and da,i denotes the diameter of assistant core(2) i. That is to say, the boundary of the main core (1) is tangent to the boundary of the adjacent assistant core(2). Also the boundaries of the adjacent assistant cores(2) are tangent.
US09348075B2
A method of manufacturing a polarizing plate includes fabricating a base film, dyeing the base film by using iodine, stretching the base film to form a polarizing film, firstly drying the polarizing film at a first temperature, and secondly drying the polarizing film while sequentially increasing a temperature from the first temperature to a second temperature higher than the first temperature. The polarizing plate and a liquid crystal display including the same are manufactured through the above method.
US09348074B2
A method for producing an optical laminate including a film substrate and a polarizing layer which comprises the steps of: (A) laminating a re-releasable film on one main surface of the film substrate to obtain a laminate film substrate; B) performing a rubbing treatment on the other main surface of the film substrate of the laminate film substrate; C) coating the rubbing-treated surface of the film substrate with a solution containing a lyotropic liquid crystal compound and a solvent; and D) detaching the re-releasable film from the laminate film substrate.
US09348070B2
The present invention relates to improvements in security devices that can be used in various authenticating or security applications, and in particular to an optically variable security device which can be viewed under low light conditions. The security device comprises a light deflection structure having a first side and a second opposing side. A colorshifting layer is applied to the first side of the light deflection structure and a reflection layer is applied to at least a first region of the second side of the light deflection structure so as to provide a strong reflection in a direction substantially parallel to the incident light source when the direction of the incident light is at an angle away from the normal to the security device. The security device has at least one second region in which the reflection layer is absent, said first and second regions defining indicia.
US09348069B2
An article having optical structures disposed on a base material element. Optical structures include lenticular lens structures and discrete coloring elements. Lenticular lens structure has several lens layers. The article has a different appearance when an observer views the article at various angles. The appearance may differ in terms of coloring scheme.
US09348067B2
The present invention relates to phase-contrast imaging which visualizes the phase information of coherent radiation passing a scanned object. Focused gratings are used which reduce the creation of trapezoid profile in a projection with a particular angle to the optical axis. A laser supported method is used in combination with a dedicating etching process for creating such focused grating structures.
US09348065B2
Implementations of the present invention relate to a translucent and/or transparent polymer-based panel system that incorporates multi-colored insert layers that enable manipulation of color, transparency or light transmission of the finished panel system. Implementations of the present invention also relate to the construction of such panels to avoid the capture and retention of air within the panels through the use of textured surfaces at the lamination interfaces. In addition, implementations of the present invention provide a method of quantifying the optical response achieved in a given panel system and describes types of construction that enable the multiplicity of color and optic manipulation. Furthermore, implementations of the present invention provide methods for applying texture in an efficient, uniform manner.
US09348060B2
The present invention relates to a polymeric triarylmethane dye, a blue resin composition for a color filter including the polymeric dye, and a color filter using the resin composition. The blue resin composition of the present invention is highly soluble in solvents and has excellent luminance, contrast, heat resistance, and chemical resistance due to the use of the polymeric triarylmethane dye. Particularly, the blue resin composition exhibits higher luminance and contrast than blue resin compositions using existing pigments. In addition, the blue resin composition of the present invention has greatly improved heat resistance and chemical resistance compared to blue resin compositions using existing triarylmethane dye monomers.
US09348056B2
A testing system for performing image based direct numerical simulation to characterize petrophysical properties of a rock sample under the simulated deformation condition, for example as representative of subsurface conditions. A digital image volume corresponding to x-ray tomographic images of a rock sample is segmented into its significant elastic phases, such as pore space, clay fraction, grain contacts and mineral type, and overlaid with an unstructured finite element mesh. A simulated deformation is applied to the segmented image volume, and the resulting deformed unstructured mesh is numerically analyzed, for example by way of direct numerical simulation, to determine the desired petrophysical properties.
US09348054B2
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) measurement apparatus, NMR sensors, NMR measurement methods are disclosed to determine NMR properties of engineered flow management structures, and to estimate engineering properties using determined NMR properties. Example engineered flow management structures include engineered water storage, water management, water production, water sampling structures, and/or structures that serve as conduits or barriers to water movement. Technologies disclosed herein are also applicable to measuring properties relating to other fluid and/or gas flow in engineered flow management structures.
US09348053B2
The present invention relates to a method for detecting an electrically conducting target in soil, including the steps of generating a repeating transmit signal cycle of a fundamental period using transmit electronics, the repeating transmit signal cycle including a first period and a second period within each fundamental period; generating a transmit magnetic field using a magnetic field transmitter, based on the repeating transmit signal cycle, for transmission into the soil; receiving a receive magnetic field using a magnetic field receiver; producing a receive signal induced by the receive magnetic field; arranging for a current flowing through the magnetic field transmitter to flow to a first potential through a damping resistor during the second period for providing a damping effect on the current flowing through the magnetic field transmitter; arranging for the current flowing through the magnetic field transmitter to flow to a second potential, predominantly through an alternative path with a lower resistance than the damping resistor during the first period; monitoring the current flowing through the magnetic field transmitter to provide a control signal, the control signal, in effect, causing the second period to begin when the current flowing through the magnetic field transmitter is substantially zero; and processing the receive signal during at least part of the repeating transmit signal cycle to produce an indicator signal indicating the presence of an electrically conducting target when the target is within the influence of the transmit magnetic field.
US09348047B2
An approach for seismic data analysis is provided. In accordance with embodiments of this approach, parallel regions within a volume of seismic data are modeled. Residual regions within the volumetric data set are identified, where the residual regions comprise those regions not modeled as parallel regions. The residual regions or a graphic derived from the residual regions are displayed for review.
US09348045B2
There is provided herein a method of passive seismic acquisition that utilizes real time or near real time computation to reduce the volume of data that must be moved from the field to the processing center. Much of the computation that is traditionally applied to passive source data can be done in a streaming fashion. The raw data that passes through a field system can be processed in manageable pieces, after which the original data can be discarded and the intermediate results accumulated and periodically saved. These saved intermediate results are at least two, more likely three, orders of magnitude smaller than the raw data they are derived from. Such a volume of data is trivial to store, transport or transmit, allowing passive seismic acquisition to be practically used for continuous near-real-time seismic surveillance.
US09348041B2
An embodiment of the invention includes simultaneous drive signals whose respective phase angle offset(s) varies over a portion or duration of the simultaneous sweeps. Other embodiments are discussed herein.
US09348036B2
A radiation detecting apparatus includes a radiation detector, a power source, a current detector, and a bias voltage adjuster. The detector includes a semiconductor layer having a compound semiconductor directly converting incoming radiation photons to electric charges and a pair of electrode layers stacked individually on both surfaces of the semiconductor layer. One layer of the paired electrode layers has plural collecting electrodes which enable the semiconductor layer to have one-dimensionally or two-dimensionally arrayed pixels. The power source applies a direct-current bias voltage between the electrodes such that the electric charge is collected to one electrode of the electrodes. The current detector detects current supplied from the power source when the power source applies the bias voltage between the electrodes. The bias voltage adjuster changes a value of the bias voltage applied by the power source depending on a value of the current detected by the current detector.
US09348035B2
An X-ray detector includes a light sensor configured to receive light energy from a scintillator receiving X-rays. The light sensor includes a grid of pixels having a light reception surface oriented toward the scintillator and configured to receive light from the scintillator. Each pixel includes a diode assembly, a control assembly and a capacitor assembly. The diode assembly is disposed on the light reception surface and is configured to produce electric charge responsive to light received by the diode assembly. The diode assembly includes plural diodes selectably configurable in plural combinations, wherein an amount of the electric charge produced by the diode assembly varies based on a selection of diode combination. The control assembly is operably connected to the diode assembly and configured to selectably configure the diodes. The capacitor assembly is operably connected to the diode assembly and configured to receive and store the electric charge from the diode assembly.
US09348030B2
A satellite positioning receiver. The receiver comprises: an RF front end, for receiving satellite positioning signals; an analog to digital converter, for sampling the received signals to generate signal samples; a memory; and a processor, for processing the signal samples to derive code-phases and pseudo-ranges and to calculate a position fix. The processor has a first mode in which it is operable to process the samples as they are generated, to calculate the position fix. It also has a second mode in which it is operable to store the samples or the code-phases or pseudo-ranges in the memory for later processing.
US09348029B2
The present disclosure provides a system, method, and apparatus for detection and imaging. In one or more embodiments, the disclosed method involves transmitting, with a first optical transmitter, a first transmit signal to an object (e.g., a wire); and transmitting, with a second optical transmitter, a second transmit signal to the object. The method further involves receiving, with an optical receiver, a receive signal that is reflected from the object. In one or more embodiments, the receive signal is a function of the first transmit signal and the second transmit signal. Further, the method involves detecting, with a detector, the receive signal. The frequency of the receive signal is the sum of the frequency of the first transmit signal and the frequency of the second transmit signal, and/or is the difference between the frequency of the first transmit signal and the frequency of the second transmit signal.
US09348009B2
An electromagnetic emission device for helmet position detection systems includes an electromagnetic emitter and control electronics, the emitter comprising three windings arranged perpendicularly, the processing electronics comprising three electronic chains each associated to a given winding and working simultaneously. Each electronic chain comprises closed-loop control means arranged such that the related signal generated comprises three analogue components: a first component, being the stimulus component, modulated at an “emission” frequency of the winding, each of the three emission frequencies being different from one winding to the next, and a second and a third component, referred to as correction components, modulated at an emission frequency of another winding, the phase and amplitude of which are calculated such as to compensate the parasitic signals received by said winding from the other two windings. Each winding in steady-state only emits electromagnetic radiation at its own emission frequency and at a predetermined phase and intensity.
US09347981B2
A test method for an interposer is provided. The interposer includes a plurality of conductive lines therein and a plurality of connecting contacts thereon, wherein the connecting contacts are electrically connected to the conductive lines. The test method for an interposer provides a passive transponder device. The passive transponder device includes a first circuit including an open/short test circuit and at least a pair of connecting contacts. The test method for an interposer includes contacting the connecting contacts of the first circuit in the passive transponder device with the selected contacts on the interposer to form a checking area and conducting an open-circuit or short-circuit test for the interposer through the checking area.
US09347977B2
Provided are a connection error detecting apparatus and method. The connection error detecting apparatus, which detects connection errors for each rating of a smart meter, comprises: a parameter calculating unit for calculating connection error detecting parameters including an actual three-phase voltage value, an actual three-phase current value, an effective amount of three-phase power, and an ineffective amount of three-phase power; and a connection error determining unit for setting connection error criteria for detecting connection errors for each rating of the smart meter, and detecting the connection errors for each rating by determining whether or not any one of the connection error detecting parameters satisfies the connection error criteria.
US09347974B2
The application relates to a method for determining beam parameters of a charge carrier beam, a measuring device, and a charge carrier beam device. The charge carrier beam (4) from a charge carrier beam device (1) is guided, by means of a beam deflection unit (3), over a slit aperture arrangement which is provided in an aperture device (7) and which has one or more slit apertures (8). Measurement plane coordinates of the beam components that penetrate the slit aperture arrangement are determined. On the basis of the measurement plane coordinates, the aperture device automatically moves in such a way that a measuring aperture (9) arranged in the aperture device moves over a predefined measurement reference point. The beam parameter is measured by the measuring aperture. In a measuring device (5) suitable for carrying out said method, the slit aperture arrangement has at least two non-parallel slit aperture sections (12, 13, 15, 16) which can be part of a single continuous slit aperture.
US09347969B2
A compound microscope of an optical microscope and a scanning probe microscope includes a stage to support a sample substrate holding a sample, and a cantilever chip having a substrate, a cantilever supported by the substrate, and a probe provided at the free end of the cantilever. The compound microscope further includes a scanner to hold the cantilever chip so that the probe faces the sample substrate and so that the substrate is inclined with respect to the sample substrate and to three-dimensionally scan the cantilever chip with respect to the sample substrate, a displacement sensor to optically detect the displacement of the cantilever, and an illumination light source to apply illumination light for observation by the optical microscope to the sample through the space between the substrate and the sample substrate.
US09347956B2
A new biomarker, a peptide having sequence SSKITHRIHWESASLLR*, wherein the side chain of the C-terminal arginine denoted with the asterisk is lacking the NH2- C═NH moiety normally present in the side chain. Usefulness of the biomarker in the diagnosis of neurological and/or neuropsychiatric disorders (in particular autism) is disclosed, as well as are methods for determining the concentration of the new biomarker and antibodies directed to the new biomarker. Treatment of autism, comprising administering a complement factor I inhibitor to the subject.
US09347955B2
The present disclosure relates to detection of the presence or absence of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) in a sample by the detection of one or more antigens that are enriched in CSF compared to their levels in other bodily fluids. The devices and methods are suitable for the detection of the presence or absence of cerebrospinal fluid in samples of mixed bodily fluids from a wide variety of human populations crossing ethnicity, age, gender, health status and genetic variability.
US09347951B2
This invention provides fusion proteins comprising a Filovirus glycoprotein segment and an immunoglobulin polypeptide segment. The fusion proteins are useful in immunogenic compositions to protect against infections by Filoviruses, such as Ebola virus, in both humans and non-human animals. The fusion proteins are also useful in diagnostic assays to detect Filovirus infections.
US09347948B2
Novel phenyl-glyoxal based anti-citrulline probes and methods of synthesis are provided. Methods of use, such as, the development of methods for monitoring substrate citrullination over time; for identifying citrullinated proteins from cells are described.
US09347943B2
Chimera proteins including: (i) at least one sequence of a DbpA protein of a Borrelia species selected from B. afzelii, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto and B. garinii, and (ii) at least one sequence of an OspC protein of a Borrelia species selected from B. afzelii, B. burgdorferi sensu stricto and B. garinii. Also, a method and a kit for the in vitro diagnosis of Lyme borreliosis using said proteins.
US09347936B2
The present invention provides an inactive Ca2+/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase IIα (CaMKIIα) knockin animal in which only the protein kinase activity of CaMKIIα has been specifically impaired. Since CaMKIIα is considered to be involved in higher brain functions including learning and memory, and inhibit epileptic seizure and brain disorders caused by ischemia, the inactive CaMKIIα knockin animal of the present invention is widely usable for various studies of the brain and nerve, such as the studies of mechanisms of learning disability, dysmnesia, epileptic seizure and brain disorders.
US09347927B2
A system and method are provided for implementing an advanced monitoring scheme to detect a localized presence of particular target substances, including toxic chemical agents, in a space, and particularly for detecting and monitoring a presence of chemical agents that are absorbed into porous or semi-porous products and surfaces in the space when it is determined that potential chemical agent exposure has occurred. A heated vaporizer inlet apparatus provides a sensor source that is optimized for the detection of less volatile chemical agents, and particular less volatile chemical agents, that have been absorbed by materials with porous compositions or surfaces. The heated vaporizer inlet apparatus is used for heating architectural surfaces that were exposed to chemical agents in an effort to substantially increase a vapor pressure of a target substance disposed on or absorbed in a particular target surface.
US09347922B2
Method for analyzing the alkalinity conditions in aqueous liquids, comprising: sampling a known amount of the aqueous liquid and placing it in a container of known volume, measuring pH in the sampled liquid and pressure in the container, adding a known amount of CO2 to the sampled liquid, and measuring pH in the sampled liquid and the pressure in the container, and finally calculating the total alkalinity based on the values from the performed measurements. An apparatus for conducting the method is also described as well as a method for controlling chemistry of a glycol containing liquid in a system for recovery of glycol.
US09347921B2
Low-complexity, application-independent fixation of a chromatogram is achieved by a) determining a limit frequency under the assumption that the shape of the peaks in the chromatogram corresponds approximately to a Gaussian function having a standard deviation and the Fourier transform of the Gaussian function describes the frequency spectrum of a peak, at which limit frequency the Fourier transform has decreased to a predetermined limit value, b) determining the height, width, and retention time of each individual peak from the chromatogram, or a chromatogram taken previously under the same conditions, c) determining a constant factor based on a first predetermined relationship, d) determining the functional dependency of the limit frequency on the retention time as a variable quantity based on a second predetermined relationship, and e) filtering the chromatogram with the limit frequency depending on the retention time as the variable quantity using a low-pass filter.
US09347912B2
A sensor adapter is described for the noninvasive positioning of a sensor, especially of an electrochemical sensor, in a medium. The sensor adapter comprises an accommodating channel, in which the sensor can be positioned and the one end region of which is closed off by a semipermeable membrane. Moreover, the sensor adapter comprises a hollow cylindrical sealing structure, which is disposed within the accommodating channel coaxially with the longitudinal axis of the latter and with which the sensor can be disposed gas tight adjacent to the semipermeable membrane.
US09347901B2
A liquid transport apparatus includes a tube for transporting a liquid, plural fingers that push and block the tube, a cam that pushes the fingers in sequence so as to squeeze the tube to transport the liquid, a first electrode and a second electrode that are provided at the tube located further toward the downstream side than a region pushed by the plural fingers, and a determination unit that determines the presence/absence of a bubble on the basis of the impedance between the first electrode and the second electrode.
US09347885B2
The method of detecting thalassemia by optical analysis of blood components is a spectral detection method that is based on the fluorescence spectra of a set of biomolecules, including tyrosine, tryptophan, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, and flavin adenine dinucleotide, which are all found in blood plasma, and porphyrin, which is found in red blood cells (RBCs). Measured ratios of intensity maxima between tryptophan and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, flavin adenine dinucleotide and nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide, tyrosine and tryptophan, and the normal form of porphyrin and the basic form of porphyrin may each be used, alone or in combination, to diagnose a patient as suffering from thalassemia.
US09347877B2
A laser gas analyzer includes a wavelength-variable laser having a wide wavelength-variable width, a light-split module configured to split an output light of the wavelength-variable laser into a measurement light and a reference light, a first gas cell into which gases to be measured are introduced, and the measurement light is made to be incident, and a data processor configured to obtain an absorption spectrum of each of the gases to be measured based on a reference signal related to the reference light and an absorption signal related to an output light of the first gas cell, and to obtain concentrations of the respective gases to be measured.
US09347871B2
A laser scanning type observation apparatus includes a pulsed-laser oscillation means irradiating pulsed laser to an object, a detector receiving light from the object to output a detection signal, a means detecting pulsed-laser oscillation to output a synchronous signal, a circuit delaying the synchronous signal for an optional amount of time to output a trigger signal, a means sampling the detection signal in synchronization with the trigger signal, a memory storing the sampled detection signal, a setting unit capable of setting delay time for delaying the synchronous signal in two or more stages within one period of the synchronous signal, and a decision unit determining an optimum delay stage for image formation using data on intensities of the detection signal at the respective delay stages, wherein the setting means fixes delay time for delaying the synchronous signal at delay time corresponding to the delay stage determined by the decision unit.
US09347868B2
Adhesion testing systems, methods of fabrication, and methods of testing are disclosed. Test systems include test coupons with non-metallic test adherends. Test coupons are configured to test bonds to the non-metallic test adherends under peeling stress and/or shearing stress. Test methods are simplified and rapid as compared to standard adhesion tests and include methods of accelerated environmental testing. Test methods also are adapted for qualitative and quantitative measurement of bond performance.
US09347866B2
The present disclosure relates to an improved device and methods for adapting to a laser diffraction apparatus used for measuring particle size distribution and density of the plume of a powder composition emitted from a dry powder inhaler.
US09347864B2
Systems and methods for determining the stiffness of a structure based on vertical track modulus. Vertical deflection data is collected along a particular section of a structure, such as a railroad track. A first set of vertical modulus is determined, based in part, on the collected vertical deflection data. At a second time, vertical deflection data is again collected along the particular section of the structure to be used in determining a second set of vertical modulus. At least the first and second sets of vertical modulus are analyzed to determine a mathematical algorithm that facilitates developing a trend in the vertical track modulus of the structure and evaluating the stiffness of the structure.
US09347863B2
The present invention provides labeling and capture reagents that comprise phosphorothioate oligonucleotides (PS-ODN). The PS-ODN bind to all white blood cells (leukocytes) in an indiscriminative fashion and enable the labeling, capture, or concentration of leukocytes in a manner that preserves the antigenic integrity of the cells. Methods for the use of phosphorothioate oligonucleotides are provided.
US09347854B2
A glow plug with a pressure sensor including a heater member (4) having a heating element (9) disposed therein and projecting from a forward end of a metallic shell (2), a center rod (3) having, at its forward end, a connection portion (3A) to which a rear end portion of the heating element (9) is connected, and an annular clearance CR formed between the metallic shell and the heater member in a region located on the forward end side of a junction portion (14A) of a deformable member (14) joined to the heater member. A portion of the heating element located on the forward end side relative to the forward end of the connection portion is at least partially located on the radially inner side of the clearance CR, and the forward end of the connection portion is located on the forward end side relative to the forward end of the junction portion.
US09347849B2
A method of determining the thermal status of fuel in a fuel distribution system (10) includes pressurizing the distribution line (16) by activating a submersible pump (14) in an underground storage tank (12). Once the distribution line (16) is pressurized, the pump (14) is switched off, and the reverse flow rate out of the distribution line back into the tank (12) is monitored. The test is repeated after a period of time, and the reverse flow rates of the separate tests are compared to determine if the fuel in the distribution line (16) is in thermal stability with the surrounding environment based on flow rate changes between tests.
US09347845B2
A magneto elastic sensor having a longitudinally extending shaft like member which is subject to a load, is provided. A magneto-elastically active region is directly or indirectly attached to or forming a part of the member in such a manner that the mechanic stress is transmitted to the active region. A magnetically polarized region of the active region becomes increasingly helically shaped as the application stress increases. A magnetic field sensor is arranged approximate the magneto-elastically active region for outputting a signal corresponding to a stress induced magnetic flux emanating from the magnetically polarized region. The magnetic sensor determines one out of a shear stress and a compressive stress. The magnetic sensor can include at least one direction sensitive magnetic field sensor, which is arranged having a predetermined and fixed spatial coordination with the member.
US09347833B2
A touch and hover-sensitive sensor system is provided. The system may include a planar light guide that has a plurality of light sources located along a first edge of the light guide and a plurality of light sensors located along a second edge of the light guide orthogonal to the first edge. The light guide may include light-turning arrangements that are configured to redirect light passing through a first side of the light guide from/along orthogonal directions within the light guide. A controller may illuminate proper subsets of the light sources; light that is emitted from the first side and that encounters an object, e.g., a fingertip, may be reflected back into the first side and then redirected to the light sensors. Depending on the light sensors that detect the highest redirected reflected light intensity and the active light sources, the controller may determine the XY/XYZ location of the object.
US09347832B2
A birefringent filter includes an EM directing element in optical alignment with a first surface of the birefringent plate. A polarimetric imager includes a birefringent filter including a birefringent plate formed of a birefringent material and an EM directing element in optical alignment with a first surface of the birefringent plate. The imager further includes a detector in optical alignment with a second surface of the birefringent plate. A projection system includes an EM directing element and a birefringent filter. The filter includes (1) a birefringent plate formed of a birefringent material and having a first surface in optical alignment with the emissions source, and (2) an EM directing element in optical alignment with a second surface of the birefringent plate.
US09347825B2
A Parabolic-Type reflector has a uniform Apparent Brightness over the reflector surface. A model of the reflector is divided into a plurality of elements arrayed radially around the reflector focus. Each element has a length li measured radially from the focus and perpendicular to an optical axis of the reflector, and an initial depth d-initi measured parallel to the optical axis. For each element, a light-angle αi is calculated, the angle of light from the light source subtended by the element. An Apparent Brightness is found for each element, ABi≡αi/li. The element emin with the lowest Apparent Brightness ABmin is identified. For each element other than emin a required light-angle is found, the required light-angle α-corri=ABmin×li. While maintaining li, the initial depth d-initi of the element is reduced to a corrected depth d-corri necessary to achieve α-corri.
US09347822B2
A photocell receptacle includes a base configured to be fixedly mounted to a housing of a light fixture. The base has an opening providing access to the interior of the housing of the light fixture. The base has a base locking feature. The photocell receptacle includes a cap having a cap locking feature. The cap locking feature operably engaging the base locking feature to secure the cap to the base. The cap is variably positionable at different angular positions relative to the base. The cap has contact channels holding electrical contacts configured to be electrically connected to corresponding contacts of a photocell.
US09347819B2
Systems and methods are provided for reducing erroneous weighing of items by detecting items extending beyond a peripheral edge of a weigh platter associated with a data reader. For example, in response to a weigh request a scale guard module acquires data indicative of whether an item extends between the weigh platter and another surface, compares the acquired data to reference data, and based on the comparison, determines whether an item extends off the weigh platter and thus on to another surface. The scale guard module may utilize non-electromagnetic compression waves, radio waves, a portion of a data reader's scan field to scan a set of patterns extending along at least one edge of the weigh platter, an imaging based scanner to capture an image of at least one edge of the weigh platter, light beams extending along at least one edge of the weigh platter, or any combination thereof.
US09347817B2
A surgical sponge and comprehensive fluid monitoring system and method are provided. The system includes a support ring for securely supporting a container with at least one port opening for receiving surgical sponges placed into the container. A hollow spine structure includes a channel and a rod that can move in the channel. The rod transfers weight force from the support ring to a weight force sensing device. A flexure maintains the rod vertically aligned in the channel with a gap separating the length of the rod from the channel walls. A processor receives an information signal indicative of at least one of urine outflow, suction fluid outflow, irrigation fluid intake; and intravenous fluid intake, of a surgical patient. The processor accumulates a total amount of estimated net fluid volume loss for the patient from the surgical sponge, and from other measured fluid outflow and intake.
US09347816B2
A hollow profile sensor for installation in roads or a road surface for the purpose of sensing the weight of vehicles and/or driving dynamics reactions of vehicles or vehicle wheels to the road includes a tube part having a hollow interior profile. A counterpart is connected to the tube part. A measuring arrangement is held in the hollow interior profile between the tube part and the counterpart. A force introduction flange is connected to the tube part in such a manner that force application lines are concentrated on the measuring arrangement.
US09347805B2
An iterative method is provided, implemented by computer, of optimized design of a system for monitoring a geographical zone comprising a plurality of sensors of different types and characteristics represented by a vector S each component of which indicates the type and the characteristics of a sensor and its position in said zone, said system exhibiting a plurality of absolute technical constraints.
US09347804B2
A test head manipulator system comprising a base structure, a main arm unit configured to support a test head and to be moved relative to the base structure, an actuator having a range of motion of L, and an enhancement mechanism positioned between the main arm unit and the actuator and configured such that movement of the actuator a first distance causes the main arm unit to move a second distance that is greater than the first distance. Additionally, a fluid control system for controlling a test head manipulator system. The pneumatic control system includes a regulator configured to controllably provide an output pressure to the main fluid actuator, and a second fluidly controlled actuator configured to adjust the regulator to modify the output pressure provided to the main fluid actuator. The second actuator is configured to be positively positioned in at least four operating modes with each operating mode causing the regulator to provide a different output pressure to the main fluid actuator.
US09347797B2
The invention relates to a sensor for measuring an environmental effect, comprising a sensor material having an internal stress, which sensor material is designed to at least partially relax under the influence of the environmental effect. The sensor further comprising a detection unit for indirectly or directly detecting said relaxation. The invention also relates to a waveguide, comprising a grating in at least a portion of the waveguide, which waveguide comprises a coating, the coating comprising a polymer that contains reversible crosslinks that can be broken by the environmental effect in such a way that the polymer changes shape. The invention further relates to a sensor system comprising a waveguide, a light source, and a photo-detector.
US09347786B2
Intersection guide systems, methods, and programs acquire information on a vehicle path, acquire a vehicle travel direction at a guide intersection ahead of the vehicle based on the information on the path, and cause a display to transition from a first display state to a second display state when a degree of approach of the vehicle to the guide intersection becomes equal to or more than a threshold. In the first display state, the display displays a guide image that represents the travel direction superimposed on a portion of a forward scene ahead of the vehicle other than the guide intersection, and displays a connection line image superimposed on the forward scene that connects between the guide intersection in the forward scene and the guide image. In the second display state, the display displays the guide image superimposed on the guide intersection in the forward scene.
US09347783B2
A method and system for assisting users with determining a convenient location for a meeting between at least two users having dogs, the method and system including providing an initial location (via GPS) for a first user and dog, providing an initial location (via GPS) for a second user and dog, determining a meeting point between the first users and the second user, and providing directions to the meeting point to the first user and the second user, via electronic devices. Preferably the meeting point is a dog friendly point of interest. The system may also provide social profiles of users, including dogs and their owners. The system provides search, social networking, and mapping for dog owners.
US09347781B2
A navigation device includes a GPS receiver, map data including tunnel data and periodically acquires a vehicle's speed to provide guidance on the current position N acquired at the GPS receiver, and when GPS radio waves become unreceivable after the vehicle passes a tunnel entrance, calculates a travel distance according to a vehicle speed and a time T up to a branch, and continues providing guidance on the current position up to the branch. After passing the branch, the navigation device suspends guidance, calculates a distance La between the branch and a tunnel exit, which is shorter, and when GPS radio waves are not received even after a movement distance from the branch exceeds distance La, after passing the branch, determines a road whose distance is longer as the road being traveled, and provides guidance on the current position.
US09347775B2
A gyroscope having a resonant body utilizes a self-calibration mechanism that does not require physical rotation of the resonant body. Instead, interface circuitry applies a rotating electrostatic field to first and second drive electrodes simultaneously to excite both the drive and sense resonance modes of the gyroscope. When drive electrodes associated with both the drive and sense resonance modes of the gyroscope are excited by forces of equal amplitude but 90° phase difference, respectively, the phase shift in the gyroscope response, as measured by the current output of the sense electrodes for each resonance mode, is proportional to an equivalent gyroscope rotation rate.
US09347771B2
A partial spherical shape of each measurement area of a sphere to be measured, which is established so as to have an area overlapping with another measurement area adjacent to each other, is measured at each rotation position, and the surface shape is measured by joining the partial spherical shapes of the measurement areas by a stitching operation based on the shape of the overlapping area. The position at which the sphere is measured is changed and re-held. A positional displacement between half parts of the sphere before and after re-holding, which is caused by an effect of an error owing to the re-holding, is separated into three rotational components. Magnitudes of the three rotational components are quantified by image correlation and the positional displacement corrected. Then, the stitching operation is performed to measure the entire part of the sphere surface.
US09347769B2
An embodiment of the present invention provides a method for aligning a phase retardation plate with a display panel comprising the following steps: S1: determining the positions of a first reference line on the phase retardation plate and a second reference line on the display panel, wherein the first reference line is the central line between the first and second ends of the phase retardation area, and the second reference line is the central line between the third and fourth ends of the display area; S2: obtaining a positional deviation between the first reference line and the second reference line by calculation; S3: adjusting the relative position between the phase retardation plate and the display panel according to the positional deviation.
US09347767B2
A spherically mounted retroreflector (SMR) having a reference point placed on a body of the SMR in a fixed and predetermined relationship to a runout error vector as given in a manufacturer's data sheet. A method for aligning the reference point to minimize measurement error.
US09347765B2
The present invention relates to distributed computing system to acquire, process, and display OCT images at real-time frame rates.
US09347748B1
A mobile ballistic defense shield with enhanced protection for a user includes a base frame with swivel castors to contact a ground surface, a ballistic main plate with at least one shooting port and a viewing port, the ballistic main plate affixed to the base frame and oriented to enable the main plate to extend upward from the ground surface, a ballistic foot plate pivotably mounted to a bottom portion of the ballistic main plate, and a handle affixed to the ballistic foot plate and connected to a support assembly affixed to the base frame. The handle adjusts to a first position to enable the ballistic foot plate to contact the ground surface. The handle adjusts to a second position to enable the ballistic foot plate to pivot away from the ground surface, thereby permitting the base frame to travel along the ground surface.
US09347744B2
Camouflage articles are formed of arrangements of portions of different colors. The lighter colored portions or parts thereof are formed of reflective ink in that particular color. This arrangement provides the article with a camouflage appearance, altering depth perception by animals in daylight, and reflectivity at night for safety.
US09347743B2
An offset aperture two-axis gimbaled optical system comprises a two-axis gimbal and an optics assembly that is mounted on the inner gimbal and offset radially from the rotation axis of the outer gimbal. The optics assembly is suitably offset so that its optical aperture does not overlap the rotation axis of the outer gimbal and its optical aperture is symmetric about the rotation axis of the inner gimbal. In different applications, the offset aperture provides for reduced optical aberrations and improved utilization of the available packaging volume to accommodate multiple offset aperture optics assemblies.
US09347742B2
An electro-optic system, e.g., mounted to a weapon, measures down range winds and a range-to-target for compensating the ballistic hit point. The system may include an optical light source, collimated to generate a laser spot on the target. The system may include a wind measurement receiver that captures laser light scattered from the target. The captured light may be modulated by atmospheric scintillation eddies, producing optical patterns which change in time and move with the crosswind. These patterns may be analyzed by a processor using covariance techniques in either the time-domain or the frequency-domain to determine path-integrated crosswinds and associated errors. Ranging is done by measuring the time of flight of the laser pulse to the target collecting the scattered signal from the target. Compensated ballistic hit point, measurement errors and other data may be displayed on a micro-display digital eyepiece, or projected onto the direct view optics (DVO) of a riflescope so as to be overlaid in real-time on the optical image of the target.
US09347741B2
Holster mechanism techniques are described. In one or more implementations, an apparatus comprises a holster configured to secure a device, a hood connected to the holster, and a locking mechanism. The hood comprises a biasing portion configured to receive a force to cause the hood to move between a closed position and an open position. The locking mechanism comprises a first locking portion and a second locking portion configured to engage the first locking portion to secure the hood in the closed position or the open position.
US09347736B2
In a firing switch of the single/continuous firing air soft gun, the air soft gun includes a gun body and a barrel fixed in the gun body, and the firing switch includes a piston seat and a firing switch device, wherein the piston seat is disposed in the gun body and capable of reciprocally moving in horizontal with respect to the barrel; and the firing switch device is installed on the piston seat, and includes a stop piece and a toggle piece connected with the stop piece, and the stop piece is disposed corresponding to the trigger assembly.
US09347731B1
A crossbow device at least comprises a stock with a body portion, a track, and a aiming position member. A lower bow portion is arranged at the front of the body portion which includes a connection portion and a first screw hole is arranged thereinside. A bow frame is fastened in the track and assembled with the aiming position member. A second screw hole is formed at the front of each rod. A bow string set is assembled with the bow frame. Tow positioning blocks are protruded in the limit groove and a third screw hole is arranged at each positioning block and corresponding to the second screw hole. A fourth screw hole is arranged at a hook portion and corresponding to the first screw hole. The screw members are screwed in the third screw hole, the second screw hole, and the fourth screw hole of the hook portion.
US09347712B2
A heat dissipating device includes a heat dissipating fin module, a second base, a third base, a heat pipe, a first sleeve and a fourth base. The heat dissipating fin module includes a first base and a plurality of first heat dissipating fins. A recess is formed on the second base. The third base is disposed in the recess. The heat pipe includes a heat dissipating segment, a heat absorbing segment and a connecting segment connecting the heat dissipating segment and the heat absorbing segment. The heat dissipating segment is disposed in the first base. The heat absorbing segment is disposed in the second and third bases and contacts the third base directly. The first sleeve at least covers the connecting segment. The fourth base is formed by a die casting process and covers peripheries of the first and second bases and the first sleeve.
US09347706B2
A reduced pressure drying method and device for a substrate are presented. Firstly, a substrate is placed in a sealed space; then the surface to-be-dried of the substrate is partitioned into a predetermined number of sealed regions; thereafter, the sealed regions are subjected to pressure reduction through gas extraction; finally, the sealed regions are dried through gas insufflation, and then the substrate is taken out from the sealed space. The method can perform reduced pressure drying to various-sized substrates, ensuring uniform pressure and humidity and avoiding formation of reduced pressure drying speckles.
US09347698B2
An ice mold configured to be placed into a glass or cup such that a side wall void is created between the outer wall of the ice mold and the interior wall of the glass or cup. The exterior shape of the ice mold generally mirrors the interior shape of the cup or glass. Liquid such as water or juice is placed into the glass or cup after the ice mold is inserted, thereby forcing the liquid into the side wall void, following which the combination of the ice mold and glass or cup are frozen. Once the liquid freezes, the ice mold is then removed leaving an ice wall on the interior wall of the glass or cup. The ice mold may feature one or more attachment mechanisms or an outer rim in order to secure the mold to an upper rim of the glass or cup.
US09347697B2
Provided is an air conditioner. The air conditioner including a compressor, an outdoor heat exchanger, an indoor heat exchanger, and an expansion device includes a supercooling device for supercooling a refrigerant condensed in the outdoor heat exchanger or the indoor heat exchanger, an injection passage through which the refrigerant passing through the supercooling device is introduced into an injection inflow part of the compressor, a bypass passage extending from the injection passage to a suction part of the compressor to bypass the refrigerant, and a passage opening/closing part disposed in at least one of the injection passage and the bypass passage to selectively block a flow of the refrigerant.
US09347693B2
A supporting assembly for a solar cell lamination includes a frame member, a column member, and an adapter member. The frame member includes a first flange, a second flange, and a first wall. The second flange is substantially parallel with the first flange. The first flange, the second flange and the first wall cooperate to define a space for accommodating the solar cell lamination. The column member is used for supporting the frame member, in which the column member has an end surface facing the frame member. The end surface has a proximal half portion and a distal half portion respectively proximal and distal to a central axis of the frame member, and a location of a vertical projection of the first wall on the end surface falls on the distal half portion. The adapter member is used for connecting the column member and the frame member.
US09347686B2
A dual-exposure heat absorption panel is disclosed, which can be used in a solar receiver design. Generally, the heat absorption panel includes a tube panel through which a heat transfer fluid is flowed to absorb solar energy from heliostats that are focused on the tube panel. A structural support frame surrounds the tube panel. A stiffener structure runs across the exposed faces of the tube panel. The headers and other support structures on the periphery are protected by use of a heat shield.
US09347680B2
The present invention provides a moving device and dust cover. The moving device includes a moving cart and a dust cover; the dust cover forming a dust-prevention space over the moving cart; the dust cover including an air-driver device, a vent tube and an outer cover; the air-driver device being disposed outside of outer cover for sucking in outside air and driving air into vent tube; the vent tube being connected to air-driver device and outer cover, for flowing of the air sucked in by air-driver device into the dust-prevention space formed by outer cover so that the space forming a positive pressure with respect to outside of outer cover; the outer cover performing filtering on the air flown in through vent tube. As such, the present invention accomplishes a better cleanroom result and provides easy disassembly and flexible usability to reduce the cost.
US09347676B2
An air conditioning system comprising an air mover for circulating air to a space; a vapor compression circuit including a compressor, a condenser, and an expansion device; an evaporator; an air-reheat heat exchanger; and a control system. In one embodiment, the evaporator receives refrigerant from the vapor compression circuit and provides a cooled stream of air to the space. The air-reheat heat exchanger is positioned to receive the cooled stream of air. In one embodiment, the vapor compression circuit, the evaporator, and the air-reheat heat exchanger are operable in combination to provide a plurality of modes of operation. In a preferred embodiment, the control system is configured to compute a Sensible cooling-to-Total cooling (S/T) process ratio and to control an operation of at least one of the vapor compression circuit, the evaporator, and the air-reheat heat exchanger. A method of manufacturing the air conditioning system is also provided.
US09347675B2
An architectural heat and moisture exchanger. The exchanger defines an interior channel which is divided into a plurality of sub-channels by a membrane configured to allow passage of water vapor and to prevent substantial passage of air. In some embodiments, the exchanger includes an opaque housing configured to form a portion of a building enclosure, such as an exterior wall, an interior wall, a roof, a floor, or a foundation.
US09347674B2
A household cooking appliance include a housing having an oven chamber accessible through an opening, the opening having a seal surrounding a perimeter of the opening, and a door covering the opening and moveable about a hinge between an open position and a closed position. The door includes an outer door skin forming an outer surface of the door, the outer door skin including an outer glass panel, a full glass inner panel forming an inner surface of the door, the full glass inner panel abutting the seal when the door is in a closed position, a middle glass panel disposed between the outer glass panel and the inner glass panel, and outer glass support means for supporting the outer glass panel on the outer door skin.
US09347670B2
A burner assembly for an appliance is provided. The appliance includes a top panel constructed of a non-conducting material. A gas burner is removably mounted to the top panel at an opening of the top panel. A conducting contact extends between the gas burner and a mounting assembly positioned at the opening of the top panel. The conducting contact can be used to ground the gas burner.
US09347666B2
A combustor includes a combustor external cylinder, a tubular combustor basket installed in the combustor external cylinder, a compressed air channel defined between the combustor external cylinder and the combustor basket, and a plurality of fuel nozzles installed in the combustor basket. Compressed air flowing along the compressed air channel is approximately reversed in the flow direction at an end of the combustor basket, and is introduced into the plurality of fuel nozzles. Fuel injection pegs made up of an upstream side fuel injection peg injecting upstream side fuel and a downstream side fuel injection peg injecting downstream side fuel, are installed in the compressed air channel. Concentration fluctuation of the upstream side fuel caused by pressure fluctuation in the combustor is configured so as to reduce a peak of concentration fluctuation of the downstream side fuel at a combustion start position of the combustor.
US09347660B1
A mirror includes a frame holding therein back-to-back mirror plates having different magnification factors, e.g. 1× and 5×, each plate having a central reflective imaging area and a concentric light transmissive window. Continuously rotatable bushings supporting the frame between opposed arms of a yoke enable interchangeable orientation of 1× and 5× mirror plates in a forward-facing use position. A printed circuit board holding a circular ring of alternating yellow and white light emitting diodes (LED's) within the frame between the windows receives electrical power from a power supply in the base of the mirror via novel continuously rotatable two-conductor and single-conductor electrical connectors located in opposite sides of the frame and a coaxial cable and a single conductor wire disposed through opposed yoke-arm bushings, enabling energization of yellow, white, or both type LED's to thus illuminate a face or other object near the windows at three different selectable color temperatures.
US09347653B2
A light source device (10) according to the present invention includes a first light source (1) and a first condensing member (2) that has a first opening (24) and that outputs output light from the first light source (1) through the first opening (24). The first condensing member (2) is constituted of a front condensing member (2a) that includes the first opening (24) and a rear condensing member (2b) that does not include the first opening (24). The rear condensing member (2b) is detachable from the first condensing member (2).
US09347646B2
A light emitting device for controlled color rendition includes a support unit; a luminous element mounted on the support unit; and a wavelength conversion unit formed on the support unit. The wavelength conversion unit covers the luminous element as an encapsulant containing first light wavelength converters emitting light of a first wavelength and second light wavelength converters emitting light of a second wavelength, where the first wavelength is larger than the second wavelength. The wavelength conversion unit includes a first mixture region adjacent to the luminous element and a second mixture region above the first mixture region. The first light wavelength converters are concentratively distributed in the first mixture region, and the second light wavelength converters are concentratively distributed in the second mixture region.
US09347638B2
A vehicular lamp includes: a lamp body having an opening portion; an outer cover that closes the opening portion and that, together with the lamp body, forms a lamp chamber between the outer cover and the lamp body; a light emission portion disposed within the lamp chamber; a vapor deposition sheet that is disposed within the lamp chamber and that covers the lamp body with at least a portion of the light emission portion exposed; and an engaging portion that at least one of the outer cover and the lamp body has and that is capable of engaging with the vapor deposition sheet and holding the vapor deposition sheet in a shape that substantially conforms to the outer cover or the lamp body.
US09347635B2
A light source system comprising projection optics, which are capable of producing a far-field image of a light source. The light source comprises a fluorescent medium that when illuminated by light from laser emitters of a first waveband emits light of a second or more wavebands of longer wavelength. The resulting light emission produces a colour perceived as white. The light source is illuminated by a plurality of laser emitters arranged to illuminate the light source in an array-like manner. Control of the output of one or more of the laser emitters results in a variation of the spatial emission distribution from the light source and hence a variation of the far-field beam spot distribution. Further, fine variation of the far-field beam spot distribution may be achieved by re-direction of the laser beams by separate control methods.
US09347633B1
A decorative cordless lamp has a replaceable rechargeable energy storage device for powering an LED lighting element. The LED lighting element may be controlled by a variety of switches, timers, and sensors to enable the user to selectively tailor the operation of the decorative cordless lamp. The cordless lamp utilizes wireless charging to improve the user's experience and a series of interchangeable bases to facilitate decorating.
US09347628B2
A light energy reuse type light-emitting device with low power consumption is provided by converting light from a light-emitting device into electric power efficiently for reuse. Also, a light energy reuse type light-emitting device with high yield is provided. A light-blocking film of the light-emitting device is replaced to a photoelectric conversion element, so that light is converted into electric power. That is, conventionally, light is not emitted in a portion of a light-blocking film. In the disclosed invention, light which is not emitted can be converted into electric power by a photoelectric conversion element, and can be reused. Therefore, a light-emitting device with low power consumption is realized.
US09347627B2
A portable lamp is provided that is powered by a plurality of batteries. The lamp includes a housing having a battery compartment with a removable closure. The closure includes a plurality of electrically conductive contacts configured to contact batteries in the battery compartment. The battery compartment and the closure comprise mating alignment elements adapted to align the contacts on the closure with batteries in the battery compartment. The alignment element on the closure is configured to move relative to the closure when the closure is twisted relative to the battery compartment to connect the closure to the housing. The lamp also incorporates a valve that may be integrally formed with a sleeve on the housing.
US09347626B2
An illumination device includes: a light source section including a laser light source; a uniformization optical member including a plurality of unit cells which are two dimensionally arranged, and receiving light from the light source section; an optical device disposed on an optical path between the light source section and the uniformization optical member; and a drive section vibrating the optical device, in which an expression (1) is satisfied: {6×f×tan(θf)}>Pf (1) where f is a focal length of the unit cell, Pf is a pitch of the unit cell, θf is a marginal ray angle in a light flux emitted from the optical device to enter the uniformization optical member.
US09347618B2
An LED lamp includes a plurality of LED modules arranged in direction x, a tubular enclosure for housing the LED modules that is open at ends spaced from each other in direction x, and end caps respectively closing the ends of the tubular enclosure in direction x. Each of the end caps is configured to diffuse light from the LED modules while transmitting the light, and includes an emission surface for emitting light in a direction z perpendicular to direction x. This arrangement ensures that the LED lamp has a good appearance even when it is made long.
US09347613B2
An air pump with a biasable head is disclosed to include a head connectable to an air valve of an inflatable object, a cylinder providing an air output end, and a flexible air guide tube haying a front end thereof fixedly connected to the head and an opposite rear end thereof connected to the air output end of the cylinder. Subject to the arrangement of the flexible air guide tube, the air pump does not vibrate the connected air valve during its operation. Further, the flexible air guide tube has a short length, and can positively maintain the head in connection with the cylinder during delivery, avoiding disconnection of the head from the cylinder.
US09347605B2
A hanging module includes a first hanging mechanism. The first hanging mechanism includes first and second slot disks, first and second hook disks, a first sliding member, and a first guiding member. The first and second hook disks are disposed on first and second displayers respectively. A first hook of the first hook disk and a second hook of the second hook disk are used for hooking a first protruding slot of the first slot disk and a second protruding slot of the second slot disk respectively. The first sliding member has a first pivot portion and a first rod portion. The first guiding member has a second pivot portion and a first slot portion. The first and second pivot portions are pivoted onto the first and second protruding slots respectively. The first rod portion is slidably disposed in the first slot portion.
US09347604B2
Nestable collapsible support apparatus includes a first member and a second member moveably attached to the first member. The second member includes a plurality of segments moveably attached each other. One of every two adjacent segments is slidable relative to every other two adjacent segments for allowing the second member to be in a collapsed position, where the second member is received in the first member. One of every two adjacent segments is rotatable relative to another every other two adjacent segments for allowing the second member to be in a extended position, where the second member supports an object.
US09347603B2
A hoisting apparatus includes at least one pair of substantially vertical columns defining a frame. A tie bar and a carriage are selectively securable to the at least one pair of columns and oriented substantially perpendicular to the columns. A lifting device connected to the tie bar at a first end and to the carriage at a second end. The lifting device is operable to cause movement of the tie bar relative to the at least one pair of columns when the carriage is secured to the at least one pair of columns and to cause movement of the carriage relative to the at least one pair of columns when the tie bar is secured to the at least one pair of columns. The hoisting apparatus is connectable to a counterweight of a belt conveyor for raising or lowering the conveyor in a series of incremental hoisting steps.
US09347602B2
An adjusting apparatus including first and second bases, a pivot shaft, an adjusting unit and a first cable is provided. The second base is disposed under the first base. The first and second bases are pivoted by the pivot shaft. The adjusting unit includes a first adjusting base and a first adjusting rod. The first adjusting rod is passed through the first base and the first adjusting base. The first cable has first and second sections, wherein the first and second sections have first end portions, the first end portions are fixed to the second base, and the first and second sections are held by the first adjusting base. When the first adjusting rod is rotated, the first adjusting base is moved relative first base, such that the first or second section is dragged and the second base is rotated around a first axis relative to the first base.
US09347597B2
A guidance tool for restricting the potential angular misalignment between the axial centerlines of a pipe end and a corresponding socket arrangement during a pipe installation process. The guidance tool may include a sleeve and a clamp configured to removably engage the sleeve with an external surface of a pipe end, such that at least part of the sleeve and pipe end may be inserted into a corresponding socket arrangement.
US09347594B2
An hydraulic connection assembly for connecting one or more hydraulic lines may have a one-block body enclosing one or more hydraulic lines and at least one draining line connected to said hydraulic lines. The assembly may also have at least one coupling provided with an axially movable element adapted to actuate a sealing member to allow discharge of fluid pressure and relieve pressure from the tool lines before disconnecting or to facilitate maneuvering of connecting lines. The assembly also reduces the production costs and time, as well as the threes that the operator must apply when engaging pressurized lines.
US09347588B1
A cable holding assembly for preventing an amplifier jack from being damaged while coupled to an instrument cable includes a base coupled to an instrument amplifier. A retainer is coupled to said base. The retainer may engage the instrument cable when the instrument cable is coupled to the amplifier jack to prevent damaging the amplifier jack.
US09347581B2
For a vehicle, a compressed air control device controls operating states of a compressor and an air drying device, and includes a compressor control outlet pneumatically connectable to a control inlet of the compressor, a system pressure inlet pneumatically connectable to a system pressure line that conducts a system pressure produced by the compressor, a ventilation control outlet pneumatically connectable to a control inlet of the air drying device and configured to pneumatically switch an operating state of the air drying device, a pneumatically operable ventilation control valve controllable by the system pressure to pneumatically couple the system pressure inlet to the ventilation control outlet to switch the operating state of the air drying device, and an electrically operable supply control valve configured to pneumatically couple the system pressure inlet to the compressor control outlet independently of the system pressure to switch the operating state of the compressor.
US09347580B2
A valve device of the present invention includes: a main valve body interposed between a first pressure chamber of a main passage and a second pressure chamber; and a pilot valve body provided in the second pressure chamber. A first pilot passage including a first restrictor extends from an outside of a housing or a primary passage to the second pressure chamber, and a second pilot passage including a second restrictor is formed at the main valve body. The pilot valve body is maintained at a first operation position by a pilot valve body biasing member and is caused to move to a second operation position by a valve body driving unit. When the pilot valve body is located at the second operation position, the main valve body is caused to move to an open position by a pressure difference between the first pressure chamber and the second pressure chamber.
US09347578B2
Provided is a check valve assembly including a check valve having a body and a stem having at least one radially inwardly deflectable member having an end with a radially outwardly projecting catch, and a valve shield retained on the stem between the body and the end of the at least one radially inwardly deflectable member by the radially outwardly projecting catch. In this way, a mechanical bond is provided between the check valve and the valve shield, thereby eliminating the need to clean the body of the check valve to remove contaminants to allow an adhesive to hold the check valve to the valve shield.
US09347574B1
An environmental (weather) protective cover for a vent conduit. In accordance with some embodiments, a flexible body portion is adapted to cover a distal end of a vent conduit coupled to an upstream pressure source. A flap supported by the body portion has a flap slot opening. The body portion and the flap have a closed mode in which the vent conduit is sealed and an open mode in which the body portion and the flap slot opening are expanded when pressurized fluid discharging from the vent conduit is sufficient to flex the body portion and increase the slot opening to discharge the pressurized fluid. The body portion and the flap return to the closed mode when the pressurized fluid has been released.
US09347567B2
A valve apparatus for the vehicle that may be disposed in a vehicle to exhaust operating fluid, which flows therein, to the outside, may include a main body that has at least one exhaust port and input port and the operating fluid flows there in through the input port, and an opening/closing unit that may be disposed in the main body, wherein the opening/closing unit selectively fluid-connects one of the at least a exhaust port with the input port according to a temperature of the operating fluid such that the inflow operating fluid may be exhausted to the outside through the exhaust port.
US09347560B2
A pressure vessel is disclosed, the pressure vessel having an outer shell, an inner shell, and a temperature regulating device, the temperature regulating device adapted to regulate the temperature of a fluid stored in the inner shell during operation of the pressure vessel and to minimize curing time during manufacture of the pressure vessel.
US09347559B2
A high-thermal-conductivity piston ring having excellent scuffing resistance and wear resistance, which can be used in a high-heat-load environment in engines is provided. Also, to provide a piston ring with low friction for contributing to the improvement of fuel efficiency, a TiN coating as thick as 10-60 μm, in which the texture coefficient of a (111) plane is 1.2-1.65 in X-ray diffraction on the coating surface, with the texture coefficient of a (111) plane>the texture coefficient of a (220) plane>the texture coefficient of a (200) plane, is formed under the optimized ion plating conditions on a peripheral surface of the piston ring. Further, to obtain excellent sliding characteristics with low friction without losing excellent thermal conductivity of TiN, a hard amorphous carbon coating is formed on the TiN coating.
US09347556B2
A dual shift fork includes a sliding fork and a rotary fork rotatably connected to the sliding fork. A pair of pad members are disposed on an inner side of both ends of the sliding fork. A sleeve disposed at an inner side of the sliding fork and contacting the pad members. The pad members are simultaneously engaged with the sliding fork and the rotary fork at an inner side of both ends of the rotary fork. The rotary fork rotates at a predetermined angle with respect to the sliding fork as the sleeve moves independently from the sliding fork.
US09347555B2
A variator lockout valve system for a continuously variable transmission includes a pair of shift valves. Each shift valve has at least one port that is fluidly coupled to a variator of the continuously variable transmission. Electro-hydraulic actuators control the position of each of the shift valves. When the shift valves are in one position, pressure control valves supply fluid pressure to the variator. If one of the shift valves is in another position, one of the pressure control valves is blocked from supplying fluid pressure to the variator.
US09347554B2
A hydrostatic drive system for a machine is disclosed. The hydrostatic drive system includes a pump, a hydraulic motor configured to receive a pressurized fluid from the pump and a controller operably connected to the pump and the hydraulic motor. The controller is configured to receive an input signal indicative of a current machine speed and a desired machine speed. Further, the controller is configured to output a motor displacement command signal and a pump displacement command signal to adjust a displacement of the hydraulic motor and the pump respectively based on the input signal to maintain at least one of constant machine speed or constant acceleration or constant deceleration during adjustment of the pump displacement and the motor displacement.
US09347547B2
A transmission which includes a housing, a planetary gear mechanism, an input shaft, an output shaft, a brake including a friction member, a piston member pressing the friction member, and an actuator portion applying a pressing force to the piston member, the brake braking a rotation of one of a sun gear, a ring gear, and a carrier of the planetary gear mechanism, an external output gear positioned between the friction member and the actuator portion in a direction of a rotation axis, the external output gear provided at a member integrally rotating with the input shaft, and the piston member including an opening portion formed over a predetermined angular range about the rotation axis and within a range in the direction of the rotation axis in which the external output gear is disposed.
US09347537B2
A multi-mode continuously variable transmission (CVT) for a motor vehicle includes a transmission input member, a transmission output member, a planetary gear set, a forward clutch, a brake, and a continuously variable unit having a first pulley, a second pulley, and an endless member wrapped around the first pulley and the second pulley. A first transfer gear set is connected to the transmission output member. A second transfer gear set is connected to the transmission output member. A dual clutch assembly is provided having a first clutch and a second clutch, wherein the first clutch selectively connects the second pulley to the first transfer gear set and the second clutch selectively connects the second pulley to the second transfer gear set. The dual clutch assembly provides two modes or ranges of continuously variable speed ratios between the transmission input member and the transmission output member.
US09347534B2
A ball screw nut of a ball screw device is fastened to a motor shaft by engaging a male thread portion thereof with a female thread portion of the motor shaft. In a case where, in a movement pathway for balls, an area where the balls roll under load from a rack shaft and the ball screw nut is set as a load area, an area that does not receive the load is set as a no-load area, and areas for transition from the load area to the no-load area are set as transition areas, the male thread portion is formed such that the transition area on the nut-side joint portion-side closest to a seating surface does not overlap phase ranges of cut portions in a state where the ball screw nut is fastened to the motor shaft.
US09347532B2
A torque vectoring device includes a drive member engaged with a power source, a plurality of variator ball assemblies configured to be tiltable and rotatable with respect to the drive member, a first output frictionally engaged with the variator ball assemblies, and a second output frictionally engaged with the variator ball assemblies. A torque distribution between the first output and the second output may be adjusted by tilting the plurality of variator ball assemblies. The variator ball assemblies also facilitate a differential action between the first output and the second output.
US09347522B2
A fastener connects two strings together, such as the drawstring of sweatpants or the two shoe lace strings ends of respective shoe lace strings in a pair of sneakers. The body of the fastener is made out of a material, such as highly dense polyurethane foam, that is strong, yet flexible, or of a rigid plastic, that is strong, yet flexible. The two strings to be fastened pass through one or more gripping and/or locking holes in the fastener body. When the shoelace is passed through the gripping and/or locking holes, the dense polyurethane foam grips the lace tightly. The free ends are pulled through one or more peripheral slits extending towards, but not all the way to, the gripping and/or locking holes and then bent against the upper outer surface of the disk and locked in place in the respective one or more peripheral locking slits.
US09347520B2
A belt clamping system including an open-ended, flat belt with an end portion having a number of teeth projecting therefrom and a clamping plate with matching tooth profile for use in connecting the belt end to another structure. The flat belt may be reinforced with longitudinally extending cords. The toothed profile may be a standard timing belt profile and may be unreinforced. A length of timing belt profile material may be welded to the flat surface of the open-ended flat belt at or near an end. The length of timing belt profile may include at least 7 tooth pitches. The end portion may be clamped between a flat surface of a flat plate and a grooved surface of a grooved plate having grooves complementary to the timing belt teeth.
US09347516B2
A relief valve is provided in a central part of an elastic diaphragm. A relief hole is provided in the central part of the relief valve. The relief valve is formed thinner than a main body section on an outer circumferential side thereof. Pressing projections protrude from the relief valve upper surface at predetermined intervals in the circumferential direction. The pressing projections contact a projection support section, and a central opening of a central section is located above the relief hole. During excessive deformation on a negative pressure side, the hydraulic liquid of a secondary liquid chamber allows an inner peripheral portion of the relief valve to cause such a preceding deformation as to be lifted up, and the relief valve is rapidly brought out of contact with the seal section, so that the hydraulic liquid leaks rapidly from the central opening to a primary liquid chamber.
US09347510B2
A piston rod housing assembly for a gas spring includes a piston rod housing having an interior end, an exterior end axially spaced from the interior end, and an overtravel pressure relief passage extending axially through the piston rod housing and intersecting the exterior end. The assembly also includes an overtravel pressure relief member carried in the overtravel pressure relief passage and having an exterior end that projects axially beyond the piston rod housing.
US09347507B2
Disclosed herein are an electronic parking brake (EPB) system and a method of controlling the same. The EPB system including an EPB actuator which has a motor and provides disc brakes provided in wheels with parking brake power includes a parking switch configured to be turned on or off by a driver, a current detector configured to detect a motor current flowing through the motor of the EPB actuator, a motor driving unit configured to drive the motor of the EPB actuator, and an electronic control unit which applies a parking brake in which the motor of the EPB actuator is rotated by the motor driving unit in one direction to provide the disc brakes with the parking brake power when the parking switch is turned on, calculates an impedance of the motor when a motor current value detected by the current detector is higher than a preset value while applying the parking brake, and determines whether a motor stuck failure occurs based on the calculated impedance of the motor.
US09347502B2
A transmission comprising housing and an axially compliant hub having a central plate with an axial opening and an outer circumference. The central plate is attached to the attached to the circumference with at least one strap spring. A method of managing axial stack up in a transmission is also disclosed where the transmission has a plurality of planetary gear sets aligned in series and at least one torque transmitting device. The planetary gear has gear members. The method includes providing a an axially compliant hub having a central plate with an axial opening and an outer circumference, wherein the central plate is attached to the attached to the circumference with at least one strap spring and wherein the outer circumference is connected to the torque transmitting device and wherein the central plate is connected to a gear member of a planetary gear set.
US09347494B2
Provided is a washdown bearing for an actuator, comprising: a housing having an annular wall surface extending in a longitudinal direction; a bore extending through an interior of the housing in the longitudinal direction; a plurality of irrigation channels in the housing extending through the annular wall surface of the housing to the bore that provide a fluid path between the wall surface to the bore; first and second cylindrical plane bearings positioned at ends of the housing, each having a low-friction surface permitting the absence of an externally applied lubricant; and an opening extending along a longitudinal axis through the plane bearings and the housing for receiving a rotatable or translatable shaft element.
US09347493B2
A bearing assembly is provided. The assembly includes a plurality of tapered rollers and a plurality of spherical rolling elements. A first inner ring defines a first inner raceway on which the plurality of tapered rollers run, and a second inner ring defines a second inner raceway on which the plurality of spherical rolling elements run. A unitary outer ring includes a first portion defining a first outer raceway on which the plurality of tapered rollers run, and a second portion defining a second outer raceway on which the plurality of spherical rolling elements run.
US09347485B2
The invention is directed to a device for rotatably coupling two coaxial connecting elements, at least one of which is configured as a circular ring, and each of which has at least one annular surface that faces the corresponding surface of the respective other connecting element but is spaced apart therefrom by a gap, such that they are rotatable in opposite directions about an imaginary axis (axis of rotation) at the center of the annular connecting element and approximately perpendicular to the ring plane, wherein disposed in the gap between the two connecting elements is a rotary joint, configured as a single- or multi-row rolling bearing, for absorbing axial and radial loads and tilting moments, wherein at least one annular connecting element comprises, on its surface facing the gap, a continuously circumferential, planar shoulder having an oblong or elongated cross section and extending away from the gap to a freely terminating, peripheral circumferential edge.
US09347471B2
A floating fastener mounting structure includes a metal panel member defining a convex wall portion and a mounting through hole at the convex wall portion, a mounting socket including an axially extended center hole, an annular step and a stop flange extended around the periphery at different elevations and an annular locating groove defined between the annular step and the stop flange. The mounting socket is riveted to the metal panel member to force the annular locating groove into engagement with the convex wall portion, enabling the convex wall portion to be tightly stopped between the annular step and the stop flange. The annular step defines a downwardly and outwardly sloping top surface for guiding the convex wall portion of the metal panel member into engagement with the annular locating groove of the mounting socket in the rivet operation.
US09347470B2
Composed element including at least two panel-shaped elements, which each have an edge zone in which coupling means are present in the form of a profiled part respectively extending in the longitudinal direction of the respective edge zone, as well as each including an end face extending transversely to the respective edge zone, wherein said profiled parts allow coupling the panel-shaped elements together in an interlocking manner, wherein at least one of the panel-shaped elements includes an arrangement which hides from view at least a portion of the profiled part formed at the pertaining edge zone at the location of the end face.
US09347465B2
A fan guard for a condenser unit of an air conditioner which supports the fan motor made of wire formed into a plurality of concentric rings or rectangles, or a spiral, secured to a spaced plurality of first radially-oriented elements each having at its peripherally-positioned end an orifice for fastening the guard to the unit and to an interspaced plurality of second radially-oriented elements each having at its end, closest to the fan guard's center, an orifice for fastening the motor to the guard, a third element extending all across the guard, and a sturdy ring affixed to at least the first and second elements proximate to the center. The guard preferably is convex whose wire elements have an elongated cross-sectional shape with lower airflow resistance. The fan guard has low fabrication and materials costs and allows use of motors with lower energy consumption for the same airflow efficiency.
US09347459B2
A sealing system for a centrifugal compressor includes a stator having a seal, a seal disposed in the seal housing and having an abradable portion along an inner circumference, a rotor having a plurality of rotor teeth configured to rotate within the inner circumference of the seal and configured to create rub grooves within the abradable portion, and a first spring disposed between the stator and the seal and configured to facilitate axial movement of the seal relative to the seal housing.
US09347458B2
Some embodiments of the invention provide a pump including a pump chamber, a shaft at least partially positioned in the pump chamber, an impeller coupled to the shaft, and a seal coupled to the shaft. The pump also includes a wet seal chamber with a first fluid. The wet seal chamber can include a bladder that compresses to compensate for volumetric expansion of the first fluid. The wet seal chamber substantially prevents fluid from contacting the seal in order to prolong a life of the seal.
US09347454B2
Method for controlling a turbocompressor, whereby a compressed air line (5) is connected to this turbocompressor (1) with a non-return valve (6) provided therein, characterised in that, when one or several process parameters exceed a predetermined limit, the rotational speed of the turbocompressor (1) will be reduced very suddenly to a predetermined minimum rotational speed and the above-mentioned non-return valve (6) will be closed and in that, after the above-mentioned reduction of the rotational speed, when one or several gear-down conditions are fulfilled, the rotational speed of the compressor (1) will be increased again and the non-return valve (6) will be opened.
US09347448B2
A control valve for an oil-injected screw-type compressor, in particular for installation in a vehicle, wherein oil located in a screw-type compressor housing can be supplied in a controlled manner via the control valve to a heat exchanger and/or to a bypass in such a way that cold oil is conducted through a bypass around the heat exchanger and warm oil is conducted through the heat exchanger. A control valve is provided for an oil-injected screw-type compressor and ensures rapid heating of the oil in the screw-type compressor even with a short activation time. The control valve has a control piston that is actuated by a control element and cooperates respectively with a heat exchanger opening disposed in a control valve housing and a bypass opening, and that the control piston controls at least one bypass opening which cooperates with the heat exchanger opening.
US09347444B2
The invention relates to a diaphragm pump having a delivery space, which encloses a working volume, at least one deflectable diaphragm, which can be moved into a suction position and a pump position, an inlet valve arranged on a suction side of the diaphragm pump and an outlet valve arranged on the pressure side of the diaphragm pump. In order to make it possible to deliver fine-grain powder, for example, non-flowable powders having particle sizes of 0.01 μm to 100 μm, using a diaphragm pump, it is proposed that a gas feed for introducing a gas into the delivery space be arranged at the delivery space. In addition, the invention relates to a method for delivering fine-grain powder.
US09347437B2
A cold state engine utilizing air heat energy to output work, refrigeration and water, includes a first cycle and a second cycle. The first cycle comprises of vaporizer, expander, and working fluid pump. The second cycle includes a vaporizer, circulation pump, air heat exchanger. The two cycles are opera lively interconnected via at least a vaporizer, piping, valves, sensors and a generator. Using air or water as a high temperature heat source, an expander generates cryogenic liquid as a low temperature heat source, using natural gases (such as N2, He, Air, CO2 etc.) as a working fluid, based on methods of cryogenic working fluid thermodynamic-refrigeration cycle and frost-free two stage heat exchange cycle.
US09347435B2
A system for identifying the likelihood of a wind turbine rotor blade striking a wind turbine tower comprises a device for sensing bending of a wind turbine rotor blade and a device for sensing bending of a wind turbine tower. In a preferred embodiment Long Period Grating (LPG) sensors are used to measure bending of the tower. Preferably a plurality of LPG sensors is provided along the length of the blade. In one embodiment at least one of the LPG sensors comprises two sensing elements arranged to sense in perpendicular directions. In another embodiment a plurality of LPG sensors are provided each on different sides of the wind turbine tower. A processor uses the sensed blade and tower bending to determine whether the distance between the blade and the tower will be below a predetermined minimum value. If the distance is determined to be below the predetermined minimum value a controller may be used to adjust a wind turbine variable to reduce loading on the blade and thereby reduce the likelihood of a tower strike.
US09347433B2
A Wind Power system employing a three-tube tower, double, counter-rotating blades and a means to carry the wind energy power to a remotely located generator. The system employs a method to transmit the power from a horizontal vector to a vertical vector by means of a 90° magnetic translating method which delivers the power with no power loss.The system, by the physical placement of the generator, transformer, switches and controls, provide a great reduction in tower support weight and further provides for a cost efficient system. To further the overall efficiency of the system, special designs of the leading edge of the blades are fitted with tubercles which allow the blades to be pitched at greater angles, thereby increasing the power which can be gathered.This system, due to the teachings of this invention, can be constructed, installed and maintained at a substantially lower cost than that of a wind system currently being employed in the industry.
US09347423B2
An onflow element for an installation for generating electrical energy from hydropower. The onflow element includes an onflow wall with an onflow side as well as a free immersion edge delimiting the onflow wall, wherein the onflow wall has a bending seen in a cross sectional plane transverse to the free immersion edge. The bending is designed in a manner such that the onflow wall is designed arched towards an onflow direction directed to the onflow side.
US09347412B2
A damping element implemented for damping a vibration transmitted between an injection valve and a cylinder head of an internal combustion engine may include a base body substantially shaped as a ring washer and at least one first contact segment fixedly coupled to the base body and protruding past the base body in a first axial direction and a second contact segment fixedly coupled to the base body and protruding past the base body in a second axial direction opposite the first axial direction. The first at least one contact segment has a radial offset from the longitudinal axis that is unequal to a radial offset of the second contact segment from the longitudinal axis.
US09347411B2
A decoupling element for a fuel injection device has a low-noise construction. The fuel injection device includes at least one fuel injector and one receiving bore in a cylinder head for the fuel injector and the decoupling element between a valve housing of the fuel injector and a wall of the receiving bore. The decoupling element has a nonlinear progressive spring characteristic as a solid-state joint, at least one bearing collar including a valve contact surface, which is designed to be spherical, i.e., convex, extending upward from a flat annular area, the flat annular area being supported on a supporting base, and the inside of the annular area has a smaller inside diameter D than the bearing collar and the supporting base, which is supported on the wall of the receiving bore.
US09347410B2
A fuel injection device of a direct injection engine is provided. The device includes an engine body, a fuel injection valve, and a controller for controlling a fuel injection by the fuel injection valve. The fuel injection valve has a nozzle hole, a valve body for opening and closing the nozzle hole, and first and solenoid coils for stroking the valve body by first and second stroke amounts, respectively. The controller performs the fuel injection by the first solenoid coil in an intake stroke period within an engine operating range with an engine load below a predetermined load. The controller performs the fuel injection with a fuel pressure of 40 MPa or above by the second solenoid coil in a period between a compression stroke late stage and an expansion stroke early stage within a low-engine-speed range with an engine speed below a predetermined speed within a high-engine-load range.
US09347406B2
A compact air cleaner device with a secure intake capacity. An internal combustion engine includes the air cleaner device mounted on a vehicle body frame. The air cleaner device includes an air cleaner case having a filter element therein, and being partitioned into a dirty side chamber and a clean side chamber with a plurality of intake ducts for leading an outside air into the dirty side chamber, the intake ducts being provided so as to form a left-right pair. The intake ducts have intake ports opened outside side portions of the air cleaner case. Paths of the intake ducts leading to discharge ports are housed within the dirty side chamber with bent portions. The discharge ports of the intake ducts forming the left-right pair are disposed so as to be oriented to a central side of the air cleaner case and offset from each other in a forward-rearward direction.
US09347402B2
An intake body, systems, and method for reducing acoustic resonance in pressure tap passages include determining and/or setting the length of the drilling tap passages to a value such that the natural frequency of each pressure tap passage is outside of or does not substantially overlap with operational frequency content of an air stream in the intake body. The intake body, systems and method reduce the possibility of exciting the natural acoustic frequencies of the pressure tap passages, and can lead to improved signal-to-noise ratio when detecting EGR flow using a delta-P measurement system.
US09347401B2
Methods are disclosed for reducing the variability of particulate emissions in an exhaust stream from an internal combustion engine using a lambda error and/or a NOx error to control an exhaust gas recirculation fraction and/or a mass charge flow control. The methods include operating a controller to adjust the engine gas recirculation fraction and/or the mass charge flow control.
US09347400B2
A rocket stage for a spacecraft includes an engine, a tank for storing a fuel and an oxidizer for combustion in the engine, a rocket stage primary structure, and an engine thrust frame that connects and transmits forces between the engine and the primary structure. The engine thrust frame includes at least an internal part thereof arranged internally within the tank. This internal part of the engine thrust frame forms an imperforate partition that divides an interior space of the tank into at least two chambers for storing the fuel and the oxidizer separately from one another. Propellant management devices including liquid guide vanes and refillable liquid reservoirs may be provided in connection with the partition in the tank interior space.
US09347398B2
A cascade support structure for a cascade type thrust reverser system is provided. One or more cascades may comprise one or more flanges. One or more actuators may also comprise one or more flanges. The cascades may be coupled to and/or supported by the actuators via the flanges. The cascades and/or actuators may also be configured to couple to one or more track beams via the ore or more flanges.
US09347397B2
A gas turbine engine includes a core defining an engine central longitudinal axis. An inner-fixed structure is radially outward of the core. A core cowl extends from the inner-fixed structure to a trailing edge. A thrust reverser is spaced radially outward of the core cowl to define a fan flow path. A vent has a core cowl inner surface formed as part of the core cowl and a vent inner surface that is spaced radially inward of the core cowl inner surface to define a vent flow path. A reflex member extends from a trailing edge of the core nacelle to impede mixing of the fan flow path and the vent flow path.
US09347391B2
An air-fuel ratio control device has an open loop controller which controls an air-fuel ratio to be a target air-fuel ratio, a feedback controller that shifts the target air-fuel ratio to a logical air-fuel ratio, and feedback controls the air-fuel ratio to be the logical air-fuel ratio by using a feedback correction coefficient determined based on an output of an O2 sensor, an average value calculator that calculates an average value of the feedback correction coefficient when the output of the O2 sensor reverses from a lean side to a rich side and from the rich side to the lean side in a feedback control by the feedback controller, and a learned value calculator that calculates a learned value based on the average value at a time when the average value calculated by the average value calculator becomes substantially constant.
US09347388B2
A system includes a stop-start module that determines, based on characteristics of a vehicle, whether to deactivate an engine of the vehicle, that selectively deactivates the engine based on the characteristics, that, subsequent to deactivating the engine, selectively reactivates the engine based on the characteristics, and that generates an indication signal corresponding to the determination. A driver alert module receives the indication signal and selectively generates, based on the indication signal, a masking sound to be played by an audio system of the vehicle while the engine is deactivated.
US09347387B2
A device for operating a motor vehicle includes a drive unit configured to drive the motor vehicle in order to make available adjustable starting assistance. A sensing unit is configured to sense a brake pressure of a brake arrangement of the motor vehicle, where the brake pressure is adjustable using a brake pedal. A control unit is configured to set a degree of starting assistance that is made available when the brake pressure, which is sensed during a stationary state of the motor vehicle, exceeds a predefined threshold value.
US09347378B2
A gas turbine engine outer premix barrel is disclosed. The outer premix barrel includes a body portion, a barrel portion, and a plurality of vanes. The body portion includes vent air inlets. The barrel portion extends axially aft from the body portion. The plurality of vanes extends axially forward from the body portion. Each vane includes an inward surface located at a radially inner end of the vane, and a plurality of vent passages exiting the vane at the inward surface. Each vent passage is in flow communication with at least one vent air inlet.
US09347375B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a turbine combustor of a turbine system with the turbine combustor at least partially enclosed within a compressor discharge casing. The turbine system also includes an exhaust gas recovery system that includes an exhaust gas recirculation duct. The exhaust gas recirculation duct is configured to recirculate exhaust gas from a downstream end of the turbine combustor to an upstream end of the turbine combustor. This exhaust gas recirculation duct is entirely enclosed within the compressor discharge casing.
US09347373B2
A gas turbine engine with a transmission having a variable ratio is discussed. A first gear train is in driving engagement with the low pressure spool and has a first output gear. A second gear train is in driving engagement with the high pressure spool and has a second output gear spaced apart from the first output gear. A third gear train defines a driving engagement between the low pressure spool and the low pressure compressor rotor with a variable transmission ratio. A fourth gear train is in driving engagement with the first and second output gears, and in driving engagement with the third gear train to determine the transmission ratio. A method of adjusting a speed of a low pressure compressor rotor of a gas turbine engine is also discussed.
US09347369B2
A housing for an engine is provided. The housing includes an intake manifold configured to supply air to at least one chamber defined within the housing, a fuel port configured to supply fuel to the at least one chamber, and a compression control port configured to control at least one of a pressure and a volume of a fuel-air mixture in the at least one chamber during a compression cycle of the engine. The compression control port includes a passage defined through the housing, and at least one valve disposed in the passage and configured to control a flow through the passage.
US09347359B2
Described herein is an air dithering system for an internal combustion engine generating exhaust gas that includes an exhaust line in exhaust gas receiving communication with the internal combustion engine. The system also includes an exhaust aftertreatment component positioned within the exhaust line in exhaust gas receiving communication with exhaust gas in the exhaust line. Further, the system includes an air injector in air injecting communication with exhaust gas in the exhaust line at a location downstream of the internal combustion engine and upstream of the exhaust aftertreatment component.
US09347354B2
An SCR-catalytically active diesel particle filter having a ceramic wall flow filter substrate with inflow channels, outflow channels, walls separating the inflow and outflow channels, and two coatings. The first coating is applied in inflow channels, is composed of high-melting point materials, and closes the inflow sides of pores in walls connecting the inflow channels and outflow channels to soot particles without preventing passage of gaseous exhaust gas constituents. The second coating is within the walls between inflow channels and outflow channels, and effectively catalyzes the selective reduction of nitrogen oxides when in the presence of a reducing agent. The particle filter displays excellent banking-up pressure properties combined with high filtration efficiency and good regeneration properties; and displays good aging stability of NOx conversion activity.
US09347344B2
Provided is a variable-capacity oil pump capable of stably securing a required pump discharge volume and discharge pressure even with a clogged oil filter and/or an electromagnetic valve failed. The oil pump is provided with a first control chamber for applying a force under oil pressure from a main oil gallery in a direction for decreasing of the eccentricity of a cam ring, a second control chamber for applying a force under oil pressure from the oil gallery in cooperation with a spring force in a direction for increasing of the cam-ring eccentricity, a first branch flow path that connects the oil gallery and the first control chamber, and a second branch flow path branched from the first branch flow path and communicating with the second control chamber via the electromagnetic valve. Two oil filters are disposed in the oil gallery and the first branch flow path, respectively.
US09347341B2
An apparatus for controlling a variable valve timing mechanism includes an electronic controller which includes a microcomputer converges a valve timing of a variable valve timing mechanism to a target changing amount based on a deviation between the target changing amount and an output of a sensor for detecting a changing amount of the valve timing.
US09347339B2
A system and method for converting otherwise wasted energy produced in the form of heated gases as a byproduct of an industrial process into electrical energy. At least some waste gases are diverted from a typical exhaust structure through a heat exchanger and back into the exhaust structure. The amount of gases flowing through the heat exchanger is monitored and regulated by a controller. A heat source liquid is simultaneously circulated under pressure through the heat exchanger and through an organic Rankine cycle system. The amount of heat source liquid being circulated is also monitored and regulated by the controller. The ORC system converts the heat from the heat source liquid into electricity.
US09347338B2
A gas compressor includes a compressor unit having a compressor body for compressing gas and an electricity-generation device generating electricity by obtaining a driving force by vaporizing a working fluid utilizing exhaust heat generated by a compressing action in the compressor body and expanding the working fluid so as to utilize the power generated by the electricity-generation device as a power source, and includes a switch device switching between power from the electricity generation device and power from a commercial power supply to supply power to the power consumption equipment, and a control device detecting an electricity-generation amount or a value correlative to the electricity generation amount and switching between the powers by the switch device, thereby generating the power using exhaust heat as a heat source to surely drive an auxiliary machine by a simple configuration regardless of a shortage of the electricity generation amount.
US09347335B2
The tank for a turbine engine comprises a partition separating a first compartment from a second compartment of the tank , the partition having a first end and a second end, the second end being closer to the bottom of the tank than the first end, the partition being inclined from the first end to the second end in the first direction and in the direction of the first outlet to the second outlet , the partition comprising at least one first Through-hole near the first end and at least one second through-hole closer to the second end than the first hole.
US09347334B2
An aircraft engine for use in a low-bypass turbofan application has a high pressure turbine having a blade and an engine casing disposed about the blade. A shield is disposed around the casing adjacent to the blade to create an area between the shield and the casing. A gate selectively controls entry of cooling air into the area and may be closed if the engine is maneuvering and may be open if cruising.
US09347333B2
A brush ring seal device for installation within a packing case of a turbine includes: a brush seal carrier having a substantially ring-shaped body portion having a front face, a rear face, an inner circumferential groove, and an outer circumferential groove; a brush seal mounted within the inner circumferential groove of the brush seal carrier; and a ring-shaped spring mounted within the outer circumferential groove of the brush seal carrier. The rear face of the brush seal carrier is coated with an anti-friction coating, thereby allowing movement of the brush ring seal device within the packing case.
US09347314B2
A system includes a downhole formation fluid sampling tool. The system also includes an optical spectrometer of the downhole formation fluid sampling tool and a processor. The optical spectrometer is able to measure an optical characteristic of a formation fluid flowing through the downhole formation fluid sampling tool over a plurality of wavelengths. The optical spectrometer is designed to generate optical spectra data indicative of the optical characteristic. The processor is able to receive the optical spectra data generated by the optical spectrometer, to predict a parameter corresponding to one component of multiple components of the formation fluid based on the optical spectra data, and to calculate an uncertainty in the predicted parameter based on the optical spectra data.
US09347311B2
Provided are systems and methods for ground fault immune data measurement system for electric submersible pumps. A data measurement system coupled to the ESP includes a surface unit coupled to a 3-phase power cable for providing power to a 3-phase motor of the ESP and a downhole unit coupled to the motor of the ESP and located downhole in a well. The downhole unit includes sensor and is configured to generate frequency modulated carrier signals for carrying the sensor data to the surface unit. Each of the frequency modulated carrier signals carries identical sensor data and is modulated to a different frequency. The carrier signals are shunted across the motor windings of the ESP motor and onto the 3-phase power cable via a capacitive coupling. Additionally, another carrier signal carrying control data may be transmitted from the surface unit to the downhole unit.
US09347293B2
Displaying data associated with drilling a borehole. At least some of the illustrative embodiments are methods including: reading data associated with drilling of a first borehole, at least one datum of the data based on a controllable parameter; calculating an operational value related to drilling the first borehole, the calculating in real-time with reading the data and the operational value based on the data; determining a target value of the operational value, the determining in real-time with reading the data and the target value at least in part based on the data; displaying a first borehole trajectory on a display device; superimposing a first coordinate system over the first borehole trajectory on the display device, the superimposing proximate to a distal end of the first borehole trajectory; and plotting, within the first coordinate system, an indication of the operational value and an indication of the target value.
US09347288B2
In modeling operation of a well tool in applying a force to a device in a well, a computing system receives inputs representing a plurality of geometric characteristics of the well tool. The computing system also receives inputs representing a plurality of geometric characteristics of the well. The computing system determines based on the geometric characteristics of the well tool and the well, a predicted reaction force on a portion of the well tool that affects operation of the well tool in applying force to the device. The predicted reaction force is due to contact between a surface associated with the well tool and a surface of the well.
US09347285B2
The present invention relates to a control of a compressor (8) at a rock drilling apparatus, said rock drilling apparatus including a power source for driving a compressor (8) at a rock drilling process, said compressor (8) being arranged to operate according to a first mode and according to a second mode, wherein, in said first mode, the work produced by the compressor (8) is arranged to be controlled by controlling the rotation speed of said compressor (8), and wherein, in said second mode, the work produced by the compressor (8) is arranged to be controlled by controlling the air flow at the compressor inlet. The method includes determining a parameter value representing a demand of work from said compressor (8), controlling the compressor (8) according to said first mode when said parameter value representing a demand of work from said compressor (8) exceeds a first demand, and controlling the compressor (8) according to said second mode when said parameter value representing a demand of work from said compressor is lower man said first demand. The invention also relates to a system and a rock drilling apparatus.
US09347284B2
A slug mitigation system for subsea pipelines includes a riser located between a low level and an upper (above sea-) level of a pipeline, where an inline separator, e.g. an “I-SEP”, is located upstream of a first stage separator. A throttling valve or fixed restriction is located downstream or upstream in series with the inline separator. Further aspects may also include a surface jet pump upstream of the in-line separator and/or a cyclonic separator downstream of the in-line separator.
US09347283B2
What is provided is a method and apparatus which can be detachably connected to an annular blowout preventer thereby separating the drilling fluid or mud into upper and lower sections and allowing the fluid to be displaced in two stages, such as while the drill string is being rotated and/or reciprocated. In one embodiment the sleeve can be rotatably and sealably connected to a mandrel. The swivel can be incorporated into a drill or well string and enabling string sections both above and below the sleeve to be rotated in relation to the sleeve. In one embodiment the drill or well string does not move in a longitudinal direction relative to the swivel. In one embodiment, the drill or well string does move longitudinally relative to the sleeve of the swivel.
US09347282B1
A low profile, high torque spider assembly for use on a rotary table of a drilling rig to secure a vertical pipe string such as a drill string is disclosed. The spider is comprised of a plurality of slips to engage with the drill string, a horizontal actuator, and a means for transferring the horizontal motion of the horizontal actuator to the vertical slips. Because of the horizontal orientation of the actuator means, this spider has a low deck profile and occupies less deck space, thereby making it particularly suitable for drilling rigs with small rotary table openings.
US09347281B2
A triple activity drilling ship may be provided with two separate drilling centers, each including drilling apparatus. In addition, a trolley that is capable of supporting tubulars may be positioned between a first position within one of said drilling centers and a second position outside that drilling center. As a result, the trolley may be used to hold assembled tubulars while other activities are ongoing in one or more of the drilling centers.
US09347273B2
A method of orienting a cutting element includes, configuring the cutting element so that gravitational forces acting thereon against a support surface bias the cutting element toward a specific orientation relative to the support surface. The specific orientation is such that at least one support and at least one edge of a gilmoid formed by intersections of surfaces of the gilmoid contact the support surface.
US09347271B2
There is provided a system and apparatus for the transmission of high power laser energy over great distances without substantial power loss and without the presence of stimulated Raman scattering. There is further provided systems and optical fiber cable configurations and optical fiber structures for the delivering high power laser energy over great distances to a tool or surface to perform an operation or work with the tool or upon the surface.
US09347263B2
An extendable ladder having a collapsed mode and an extended mode, characterized in that when the ladder is transformed from the collapsed mode to the extended mode, at least one ground stabilizer extends laterally from the ladder to widen the footprint of the ladder.
US09347258B2
According to some aspects, provided are curtain assemblies comprising two or more curtains selectably moveable between an open position and a closed position. Some embodiments include a track guide for at least one of the curtains having a first track and second track insert coupled to respective sides of the track guide and the curtain, wherein the curtain is moveably coupled to the first and second track inserts, and moveable along the channel of operation during transition between the open and the closed position. The curtains can be configured to define an air pocket that improved the energy efficiency of the curtain assembly (e.g., improving heat and/or noise properties). Some embodiments include a roller guide to maintain spacing between the curtains and can define a boundary of the air pocket.
US09347256B2
The invention relates to a method for producing an insulating glass pane comprising a plastic spacer, wherein two glass panels (25, 49) arranged parallel to each other have a target distance from each other, by □forming a composite strand (26) by the temporal and spatial overlapping extrusion of at least two plastic partial strands (23, 24), wherein a first partial strand (23) is made of an adhesive first sealing compound (3), in which a moisture-binding substance is embedded, and a second partial strand (24) made of an adhesive and binding second sealing compound (4), a first glass panel (25) along the edge of the glass panel (25), specifically such that the beginning and end of the composite strand (26) abut and form a frame in that the first partial strand (23) is extruded with a predetermined first target thickness, which is greater than the target distance, and the second partial strand (24) is extruded with a predetermined second target thickness, which is greater than the target distance, on the glass panel (25), the partial strands (23, 24) are located next to each other in the composite strand (26) and thus immediately adjoin each other, and the first partial strand (23) is located within the frame formed by the second partial strand (24), □joining the first glass panel (25) to the second glass panel (49) such that the composite strand (26) is located between both glass panels (25, 49), connects them to each other, and keeps them at a distance from each other and □setting the target distance by pressing the joined glass panels (25, 49).
US09347253B2
A vehicle door opening/closing device, which enhances the operation feeling during opening and closing of a vehicle door, includes: an outside door handle provided to a power sliding door for opening and closing a door opening, the outside door handle being supported to move between an initial position and a maximum movement position relative to the power sliding door, and being operated to open and close the power sliding door; a spring unit urging the outside door handle to move from the maximum movement position to the initial position; an opening/closing operation detection unit for detecting movement of the outside door handle from the maximum movement position to the initial position; a door drive mechanism for driving the opening and closing of the power sliding door; and a control unit for actuating the door drive mechanism on the basis of a detection signal outputted from the opening/closing operation detection unit.
US09347230B1
An end connector for a horizontal scaffold member includes two sidewalls that are substantially parallel joined to a pipe. Each side wall has two spaced apart engagement section. The sidewalls extend into the interior of the pipe and remain substantially parallel in the interior of the pipe. A movable latch is positioned between the two sidewalls.
US09347226B2
A deck plank has an elongated length, two opposite sides extending along the elongated length, two ends located on opposite ends of the elongated length, and a continuous cross-section along the elongated length. The deck plank comprises an insertion member extending the length of one of the two sides and forms a groove extending the length thereof and shaped to retain a sealing gasket therein.
US09347220B1
A ceiling system in one embodiment includes a grid support member including a flange defining a bottom surface and a ceiling panel supported by the grid support member. A first facing sheet includes a peripheral edge portion attached to the grid support member. An integral cutting guide groove is formed in the bottom surface of the grid support member. The peripheral edge portion of first facing sheet includes an edge which is axially aligned with the groove. A second ceiling panel includes a second facing sheet including a peripheral edge portion having an edge axially aligned with the groove and disposed adjacent the edge of the first facing sheet to form a seam. The first and second facing sheets conceal the grid support member. A related method of installation is disclosed.
US09347218B2
Implementations of the present invention relate to systems, methods, and apparatus for incorporating face- and center-mounted panels into a single wall module to form nested wall modules. For instance, face-mounted panels can nest within the center-mounted panels. Additionally or alternatively, center-mounted panels can nest within the face-mounted panels to form windows.
US09347205B2
An implement having an implement acceleration is operably coupled to a vehicle body having a body acceleration. An attitude of the implement is estimated by receiving acceleration measurements from an accelerometer mounted on the vehicle body and an accelerometer mounted on the implement. A state vector estimate is calculated based at least in part on the body acceleration measurement and the implement acceleration measurement. The state vector estimate includes a representation of the attitude of the implement relative to the vehicle body. In addition to the accelerometer measurements, angular velocity measurements can be received from a gyro mounted on the vehicle body and a gyro mounted on the implement. The state vector estimate is then calculated based at least in part on the body acceleration measurement, the implement acceleration measurement, the body angular velocity measurement, and the implement angular velocity measurement.
US09347204B2
An integrated control apparatus for an engine system including an engine, a hydraulic pump driven by the engine, a control valve for controlling hydraulic oil discharged from the pump and a hydraulic actuator operated by the oil from the control valve. The apparatus includes a power mode determiner calculating an auto mode change index as a function of a first state value representing a work load of the pump and a second state value representing a work speed required by an operator to determine whether a current power mode of the pump is to be changed, a pump power determiner determining a power mode of the pump based on a result of whether the current power mode of the pump is to be changed, and an engine speed determiner determining an engine speed based on the result of whether the current power mode of the pump is to be changed.
US09347200B2
A fluid control system including a variable displacement pump having a load system control and configured to operate in an open center mode. A pump control is operable between a first arrangement and a second arrangement. The pump control receives pressurized fluid from a first load sensor pressure in fluid communication with the pump and an actuator return pressure in fluid communication with an actuator configured to operate using pressurized fluid from the system, the pump control providing a selective pump control pressure to the pump load system control. When the system is operating in a standby mode, the pump operates in a first minimized displacement condition. When the system is in a stall mode, the pump operates in a second minimized displacement condition.
US09347197B2
A fatigue resistant gravity based spread footing under heavy multi-axial cyclical loading of a wind tower. The foundation having a central vertical pedestal, a substantially horizontal continuous bottom support slab, a plurality of radial reinforcing ribs extending radially outward from the pedestal. The pedestal, ribs and slab forming a continuous monolithic structure. The foundation having a three-dimensional network of post-tensioning elements that keep the structural elements under heavy multi-axial post compression with a specific eccentricity intended to reduce stress amplitudes and deflections and allows the foundation to have a desirable combination of high stiffness and superior fatigue resistance. The foundation design reduces the weight and volume of materials used, reduces cost, and improves heat dissipation conditions during construction by having a small ratio of concrete mass to surface area thus eliminating the risk of thermal cracking due to heat of hydration.
US09347195B2
A system and method for splicing precast pre-stressed concrete piles and bringing pre-stress forces to each end of the piles with splice plates and with sockets cast in the splice plates to receive pre stressing strands, strand wedges to engage the strands in the sockets and transfer the pre stress forces to the ends of the piles after re-stressing, with alignment pins, alignment sockets and connecting channels to join splice plates.
US09347184B2
A temporary road mat configured as a timber mat including one or two layers of longitudinally oriented elongated timbers arranged in parallel at even intervals; one layer of transversally oriented elongated timbers arranged in parallel at even intervals and perpendicular to the longitudinally oriented elongated timbers; at least one membrane extending over an entire main surface of the timber mat, wherein the timbers are drilled and bolted together at intersections.
US09347183B2
A tie extension bracket comprises a rectangular-shaped box having at least three sides. Two of the sides being arranged parallel to each other and the remaining side being a connecting support plate connecting the two parallel sides to each other. The two parallel sides extending beyond the connecting support plate to form a U-shaped portion dimensioned to receive at least an end portion of a railroad tie therein.
US09347179B2
Methods to preserve starch present in pulp are provided and also methods to control calcium precipitation and/or scaling in digesters or BOD systems. The methods can be performed as part of a papermaking process. Process water containing pulp can be treated with a chloramine. Process water containing pulp with native starch can receive a double treatment with at least one biocide, such as chloramine, and at least one oxidant, such as sodium hypochlorite. The treatment can be performed in any suitable manner. The treatment can be performed at one or more stages or locations in a papermaking system. A target residual chloramine value or range can be achieved by the treatment. Packaging sheets/boards and other paper products manufactured using the methods provided exhibit superior strength and other desirable characteristics.
US09347178B2
A selective removal of chlorine and phosphorus that are detrimental to subsequent hydrothermal hydrocatalytic conversion from the biomass feed prior to carrying out catalytic hydrogenation/hydrogenolyzis/hydrodeoxygenation of the biomass in a manner that does not reduce the effectiveness of the hydrothermal hydrocatalytic treatment while minimizing the amount of water used in the process is provided.
US09347176B2
The GreenBox+ technology is suitable to extract hemicellulose sugars prior to pulping of biomass into pulp products. The revenue obtainable from the sugar stream can significantly improve the economics of a pulp and paper mill. An initial extraction and recovery of sugars is followed by production of a pulp product with similar or better properties. Other co-products such as acetates and furfural are also possible. Some variations provide a process for co-producing pulp and hemicellulosic sugars from biomass, comprising: digesting the biomass in the presence of steam and/or hot water to extract hemicellulose into a liquid phase; washing the extracted solids, thereby generating a liquid wash filtrate and washed solids; separating the liquid wash filtrate from the washed solids; refining the washed solids at a refining pH of about 4 or higher, thereby generating pulp; and hydrolyzing the hemicellulose to generate hemicellulosic fermentable sugars.
US09347174B2
Methods of making a composition are disclosed, which comprises: i) forming a dispersion of particles comprising: a) silica, b) a non-volatile cation, and c) water, wherein the non-volatile cation is not ammonium; ii) adding at least one organosilyl coupling agent of formula R1—(R2—O)3—Si where R1 is selected from the group consisting of a substituted alkyl and unsubstituted alkyl, and R2 is selected from the group consisting of methyl, ethyl, propyl and butyl, wherein the substituted alkyl of R1 is not aminoalkyl; iii) reacting the organosilyl coupling agent with the dispersion of particles to form a mixture comprising a silsesquioxane and an alcohol; and iv) removing the alcohol from the mixture by vacuum distillation, wherein final concentration of the alcohol is about 1% by weight or less of the total mixture. Further disclosed are compositions comprising an aqueous dispersion comprising silsesquioxane, a non-volatile cation and an alcohol, and methods of using the composition.
US09347164B2
A washing machine comprises a casing; a tub disposed inside the casing; a drum rotatably provided inside the tub, for accommodating laundry therein; and a spiral nozzle for rotating supplied water in a predetermined direction and then spraying the water into the drum through discharge hole, wherein the spiral nozzle comprises an impingement surface formed in front of the discharge hole so that the water discharged from the discharge hole is distributed by impinging on the impingement surface.
US09347163B2
An engaging clutch for respectively transmitting power from a sewing machine motor to a drive shaft driving a stitch forming device including the looper at the time of the stitch formation or to the gas supply source at the time of the looper threading comprises a structure which is moved to one of a gas supply drive member which transmits the power to the gas supply source and a stitch forming drive member which is fastened to one end of the drive shaft and transmits the power to the stitch forming device so that approach/separation becomes free depending on a manual operation of a looper threading/stitch forming changeover manual operating portion and transmits the power from the sewing machine motor through a clutch hollow shaft and retains a connecting state when connecting to the gas supply drive member.
US09347162B1
A fabric seam alignment tool has an upper plate and a lower plate. Each plate has interior and exterior surfaces, parallel side edges, and forward and rearward ends. A swivel plate couples the upper and lower plates. A central plane is created through the tool midway between the upper and lower plates. A forward opening is located between the upper and lower plates forwardly of the swivel plate. A rearward opening is between the upper and lower plates rearwardly of the swivel plate. The tool is formed of a transparent plastic having limited resilience.
US09347160B2
A sewing machine includes a cloth thickness detection device, a storage device, and a control device. The cloth thickness detection device detects a cloth thickness of a work cloth. The storage device stores cut data that include a plurality of needle drop points for a cutting needle. The control device modifies a distance between adjacent ones of the needle drop points in the cut data in accordance with the cloth thickness that has been detected by the cloth thickness detection device. Then control device performs cut work on the work cloth using the cutting needle, in accordance with the cut data in which the distance between the adjacent needle drop points has been modified.
US09347156B2
A circular knitting machine has a circular knitting unit fitted with needles and an expander arranged under the circular knitting unit for tubular knit formed by the circular knitting unit. The expander is rotatably mounted on a central rod arranged coaxially to a knitting machine axis. A pivoting bearing is arranged on the central rod to allow limited swivel movements of the expander relative to the central rod.
US09347150B2
A filament positioning control device for composite spinning of filaments and staple fibers comprises a fixed shaft and a hollow shaft mounted thereon. Left and right spiral wheels with left and right spiral grooves are mounted on the hollow shaft. Left and right positioning plates are provided on outer sides of left and right spiral wheels, each having a guide pin engaged in a spiral groove. Each positioning plate has a guide block engaged in a guide rail. As the hollow shaft is rotated, the spiral wheels rotate accordingly and the guide pins on the left and right positioning wheels move along with the spiral grooves. Because spiral grooves on two spiral wheels have different directions, when the spiral wheels rotate, the distance between positioning grooves on the two positioning plates increases or decreases, thereby changing the distance between two filaments guided by grooves on the positioning plates.
US09347146B2
Methods and apparatus for forming a multi-layered metal structure that includes an anodized surface are disclosed. According to one aspect, a housing arrangement can include a stainless steel layer and at least a first layer. The first layer can have a first bonding surface and a first exterior surface. The first bonding surface can be substantially bonded in direct contact with the stainless steel layer, and the first exterior surface can be an exterior of the housing arrangement. The first exterior surface is an anodized surface. In one embodiment, the first layer can be formed from an anodizable material such as aluminum, titanium, niobium, or tantalum.
US09347132B2
Methods and apparatus for determining an endpoint of a process chamber cleaning process are provided. In some embodiments, a processing system having an endpoint detection system may include a process chamber having internal surfaces requiring periodic cleaning due to processes performed in the process chamber; and an endpoint detection system that includes a light detector positioned to detect light reflected off of a first internal surface of the process chamber; and a controller coupled to the light detector and configured to determine an endpoint of a cleaning process based upon the detected reflected light.
US09347127B2
An ion etch assisted deposition apparatus deposits a thin film upon a substrate having a three dimensional feature, using an ion etching source and deposition source arranged at similar angles relative to the substrate and at an angle α relative to each other. The angle α is selected to be substantially equal the supplement of the angle α′ formed between the three dimensional feature on the substrate and the substrate surface. In this configuration the relative flux of energetic etch ions and deposition atoms is adjusted to prevent the growth of poor quality deposited material.
US09347125B2
A etchant composition that includes, based on a total weight of the etchant composition, about 0.5 wt % to about 20 wt % of a persulfate, about 0.5 wt % to about 0.9 wt % of an ammonium fluoride, about 1 wt % to about 10 wt % of an inorganic acid, about 0.5 wt % to about 5 wt % of a cyclic amine compound, about 0.1 wt % to about 10.0 wt % of a sulfonic acid, about 5 wt % to about 10 wt % of an organic acid or a salt thereof, and a remainder of water. The etchant composition may be configured to etch a metal layer including copper and titanium, to form a metal wire that may be included in a thin film transistor array panel of a display device.
US09347120B2
A composite member has a substrate made of a composite material having SiC combined with magnesium or a magnesium alloy, and has a warpage degree of not less than 0.01×10−3 and not more than 10×10−3, the warpage degree being defined as lmax/Dmax, where lmax being a difference between a maximum value and a minimum value of surface displacement of one surface of composite member measured along a longest side thereof, and Dmax being a length of the longest side. Thereby, a composite member capable of efficiently dissipating heat to an installation object, a heat-dissipating member using the composite member, and a semiconductor device having the heat-dissipating member are provided.
US09347119B2
A selectively corrodible powder compact that may be used to make the components of a selectively corrodible perforating system is disclosed. The selectively corrodible powder compact includes a cellular nanomatrix comprising a nanomatrix material. The selectively corrodible powder compact also includes a plurality of dispersed particles comprising a particle core material having a density of about 7.5 g/cm3 or more, dispersed in the cellular nanomatrix. The selectively corrodible powder compact further includes a bond layer extending throughout the cellular nanomatrix between the dispersed particles.
US09347108B2
A method for producing ferro-chrome alloys comprising a stoichiometric charge and stoichiometric slag calculation step, a step of making the plant and the crucible furnace operate at normal regime, steps of casting the metal and the slag, a step of collecting the molten metal in suitable modular molds made from spheroidal graphite cast iron, a step of removing the ingots contained in the molds with suitable pincer means, a step of collecting the slag in suitable nonrefractory bells or ladles, characterized in that the metal-slag separation takes place directly inside the furnace and in that said castings of metal and slag take place in successive steps so as to allow the drawing off of the liquids in the amounts formed between one casting and the next.
US09347107B2
An expression vector is provided. The vector includes a promoter configured to drive the expression of the transgene in the cell. The vector also includes a tag sequence encoding a tag peptide directing the protein of the expressed transgene to a pre-determined location. The vector further includes a cleavage sequence encoding a peptide that is recognizable by a protease and a marker gene configured to encoding a protein to indicate the expression of the transgene.
US09347093B2
A method for producing a nucleic acid molecule from a template nucleic acid sequence and a linking unit attached to a primer, which method comprises a step of contacting the template nucleic acid sequence with a nucleic acid polymerase under conditions which allow the nucleic acid polymerase to produce the nucleic acid molecule from the primer based on the template nucleic acid sequence, wherein the linking unit is attached to a target site in the template nucleic acid sequence with a covalent linkage.
US09347091B2
The present disclosure relates to a set of at least 100 single-stranded oligonucleotide probes directed against (or complementary to) portions of a genomic target sequence of interest. The present disclosure also relates to a method of detecting a genomic target sequence of interest using the set of oligonucleotide probes and a method of generating the set of oligonucleotide probes. Further, the present disclosure relates to a kit comprising the set of oligonucleotide probes and at least one further component.
US09347090B2
An improved method and kit of determining whether a patient is predisposed to having severe periodontal disease and/or having high risk of progression of periodontal disease, comprising the steps of (i) taking a biological sample from said patient; (ii) genotyping said biological sample for genetic polymorphism pattern comprising IL 1B (rs16944), IL 1B (rs1143623) and IL 1B (rs4848306); and (iii) comparing said genetic polymorphism patterns to a reference composite genotype pattern; wherein the similarity of said genetic polymorphism patterns to said reference pattern indicate said patient's predisposition to having severe periodontal disease and/or having high risk of progression of periodontal disease.
US09347078B2
The invention relates to a method for producing L-cysteine and its derivatives L-cystine and thiazolidine by fermenting a cysteine-producing microorganism strain in a fermentation medium. The invention is characterized in that L-methionine, L-isoleucine, or L-threonine in respective concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 10 g/L are added to the fermentation medium in the main culture.
US09347074B1
A simple, inexpensive, and benign process to pretreat lignocellulose biomass for the economical production of biofuel and extraction of organic chemicals. Lignocellulose solids are mixed or blended with ammonium bicarbonate/carbonate and heated within a pressure reactor. At elevated temperature (e.g., >35° C.), the ammonium bicarbonate/carbonate dissociates into ammonia and carbon dioxide gases and water vapor, thereby causing a rise in pressure within the pressure reactor. Rapid release of the gases from the pressure reactor then ruptures biomass cell wall structures, which facilitates conversion of the cellulose and hemicellulose in the pretreated biomass to sugars that are fermentable into ethanol or other liquid fuels. Optionally, ammonia bicarbonate/carbonate can be reconstituted by cooling and precipitating the carbon dioxide and ammonia gases released from the pressure reactor for further use in the pretreatment process or sequestered as an end product.
US09347071B2
Inbred corn line designated CC8 is disclosed. The invention relates to the seeds of inbred corn line CC8, to the plants and plant parts of inbred corn line CC8 and to methods for producing a corn plant, either inbred or hybrid, by crossing inbred corn line CC8 with itself or another corn line. The invention also relates to products produced from the seeds, plants, or parts thereof, of inbred corn line CC8 and/or of the hybrids produced using the inbred as a parent. The invention further relates to methods for producing a corn plant containing in its genetic material one or more transgenes and to the transgenic plants produced by that method and to methods for producing other inbred corn lines derived from inbred corn line CC8.
US09347063B2
A method of inhibiting replication of a flavivirus in animal cells, and an oligonucleotide compound for use in the method are disclosed. The oligonucleotide analog (i) has a nuclease-resistant backbone, (ii) is capable of uptake by the cells, (iii) contains between 8-40 nucleotide bases, and (iv) has a sequence of at least 8 bases complementary to a region of the virus' positive strand RNA genome that includes at least a portion of SEQ ID NOS:1-4. Exposure of cells infected with a flavivirus to the analog is effective to form within the cells, a heteroduplex structure composed of the virus ssRNA and the oligonucleotide, characterized by a Tm of dissociation of at least 45° C., and having disrupted base pairing between the virus's 5′ and 3′ cyclization sequences.
US09347061B2
Methods for long-term lowering of lipid levels in human subjects and for the treatment of conditions associated with elevated LDL-cholesterol and elevated ApoB are provided.
US09347059B2
Provided herein are methods, compositions, and kits for assays, many of which involve amplification reactions such as digital PCR or droplet digital PCR. The assays may be used for such applications as sequencing, copy number variation analysis, and others. In some cases, the assays involve subdividing a sample into multiple partitions (e.g., droplets) and merging the partitions with other partitions that comprise adaptors with barcodes.
US09347057B2
The presently disclosed subject matter relates to modified Kunkel mutagenesis methods that use a thermostable DNA polymerase and a thermostable DNA ligase.
US09347036B2
The present invention relates to gram positive bacteria with increased stress resistance and/or improved storage characteristics. In particular, the invention relates to gram positive bacterium which accumulate intracellular trehalose. The gram positive bacterium according to the invention lack cellobiose-specific PTS system IIC component (PtcC) activity. The gram positive bacterium may further lack trehalose 6-phosphate phosphorylase (TrePP) activity. The gram positive bacterium may further overexpress trehalose transporters. The invention further relates to compositions comprising such gram positive bacterium as well as methods and uses thereof.
US09347034B1
Methods of treating lysis in cultures of Haematococcus pluvialis with hydrogen peroxide are described herein. The method comprises detecting lysis in the culture and then dosing the culture with a concentration of hydrogen peroxide based on the stage of the cells in the culturing process and at a frequency to increase the likelihood of the cells surviving until the process of accumulating carotenoids, such as astaxanthin, is complete.
US09347030B2
A photobioreactor system may include a one or more fluidly connectable tubes for growing or producing microorganisms or biomass such as microalgae. The system may include either a single tube loop or an array of tubes. A first fluid may be held in the tube or tubes, and an inlet port may be provided for introducing a second fluid into the tube or tubes. The tube or tubes may be arranged vertically so that the second fluid rises through the tube or tubes. An outlet port may be provided at the top of the tube or tubes to remove the second fluid. The second fluid may be recirculated through the system via inlet and outlet lines as well as a pump and a replaceable reservoir for holding the second fluid. Where there is an array of tubes, a single inlet and outlet line may be sued for each tube.
US09347025B2
The present invention discloses a method of washing ware, in particular in an automatic domestic or institutional ware washing machine, using a detergent composition containing a cationic starch. This eliminates the need for a surfactant in the rinse step. The cationic starch provides a layer of cationic starch on the ware so as to afford a sheeting action in an aqueous rinse step without any added rinse agent.
US09347023B2
The present invention is a fragrance containing capsule composition dispersed into a lyotropic liquid crystalline surfactant phase as well as a consumer product base containing the same.
US09347007B2
Microcrystalline paraffin having a consistency in a rage of paste-like to solid, prepared by catalytic hydroisomerization of FT paraffins having a carbon chain length distribution in a range of 20 to 105 at temperatures above 200° C., and being free of aromatic compounds, heterocyclic compounds, and naphthenes.
US09347005B2
Embodiments of methods and apparatuses for rapid thermal processing of carbonaceous material are provided herein. The method comprises the step of contacting a carbonaceous feedstock with heated inorganic heat carrier particles at reaction conditions effective to rapidly pyrolyze the carbonaceous feedstock to form a product stream comprising pygas, pyrolysis oil, and solids. The solids comprise char and cooled inorganic heat carrier particles. The reaction conditions include a reactor pressure of about 70 kPa gauge or greater.
US09347000B2
The present invention relates to polymerisable compounds, to processes and intermediates for the preparation thereof, to the use thereof for optical, electro-optical and electronic purposes, in particular in liquid-crystal (LC) media and LC displays having a polymer-stabilised blue phase, and in LC media for LC displays of the PS or PSA (“polymer sustained” or “polymer sustained alignment”) type, and to LC media and LC displays comprising these compounds.
US09346993B2
The present invention provides a heat dissipating coating composition in a liquid or paste form for application to a heat generating article, comprising an infrared absorbing binder resin (A), infrared absorbing inorganic particles (B), and an organic solvent, having such proportions of the component (A) and the component (B) that the component (A) is 10 to 70 vol % and the component (B) is 90 to 30 vol % based on the total of both components being 100 vol %, and satisfying conditions 1, 2, and 3 specified herein, and also provides a heat dissipating coating film obtained by applying the heat dissipating coating composition to a heat dissipating article and then thermally curing the composition.
US09346989B2
A diffusing agent composition of an aspect of the invention contains: a condensation product (A) made from a starting material that is an alkoxysilane represented by the following general formula (1):[Chemical Formula 1] R1mSi(OR2)4-m (1) where R1 and R2 are an organic group, a plurality of R1s and R2s included in condensation product are identical or different, and m is 0, 1 or 2,the condensation product including an alkoxysilane where m=0 also including at least one alkoxysilane where m is 1 or 2; an impurity diffusion component (C); and an organic solvent (D).
US09346983B2
A heat-curable structural adhesive includes at least one non-rubber-modified epoxy resin; an optional rubber or toughener, one or more epoxy curing agents, one or more epoxy curing catalysts; and a flame retardant mixture that includes (i) alumina trihydrate, (ii) zinc borate and (iii) melamine or a melamine derivative. The structural adhesive is useful for bonding metals to other materials or metals to other metals. The structural adhesive strongly resists ignition when welding is performed in the presence of the uncured material, and does not interfere significantly with weld performance.
US09346981B2
Methods for incorporating chlorhexidine salts into solvent based adhesives are described. The methods involve freeze drying an aqueous solution of the chlorhexidine salt and obtaining the chlorhexidine salt in a particulate form. The dry powder can then be dissolved into an appropriate solvent used with the adhesive of interest. Also described are particles including chlorhexidine salts that are incorporated in adhesives. Also described are various medical products utilizing the adhesive and chlorhexidine compound, and related methods of use.
US09346980B2
The invention relates to an adhesive tape for a flying roll change, including: a carrier material (1) with an upper side, an underside and two longitudinal edges (1a, 1b), wherein the upper side of the carrier material (1) is coated with an adhesive (4) and the underside of the carrier material (1) is formed non-adhesive; and a double-sided adhesive tape (2) with an upper side, an underside and two longitudinal edges (2a, 2b), which includes a cleavable carrier material (21) which on both sides is coated with an adhesive (22, 23). The double-sided adhesive tape (2) is arranged on the underside of the carrier material (1). It is provided that the double-sided adhesive tape (2) is arranged on the underside of the carrier material (1) such that a partial region (B) of the double-sided adhesive tape (2) protrudes from the one longitudinal edge (1a) of the carrier material (1). The invention furthermore relates to the use of such adhesive tape for a flying roll change.
US09346978B2
A polishing liquid comprising an abrasive grain, an additive, and water, wherein the abrasive grain includes a hydroxide of a tetravalent metal element, produces absorbance of 1.00 or more for light having a wavelength of 400 nm in an aqueous dispersion having a content of the abrasive grain adjusted to 1.0 mass %, and produces light transmittance of 50%/cm or more for light having a wavelength of 500 nm in an aqueous dispersion having a content of the abrasive grain adjusted to 1.0 mass %, and a difference between a NO3− concentration of an aqueous dispersion having a content of the abrasive grain adjusted to 1.0 mass % and a NO3− concentration after retaining the aqueous dispersion at 60° C. for 72 hours is 200 ppm or less.
US09346974B2
The present disclosure is directed to transparent composites having anti-fogging properties and anti-fog coating compositions for providing anti-fogging properties. The anti-fogging layers can contain an adhesive polymer, a hard polymer, and a hydrophilic polymer, wherein the adhesive polymer, hard polymer, and hydrophilic polymers are different. In further embodiments, composites are described including a substrate layer; a first adhesive layer; a first transparent layer; a second adhesive layer; a second transparent layer; and an anti-fog layer.
US09346969B2
The present invention relates to an offset printing ink or offset printing varnish that is suitable for direct contact with foods, comprising at least one binder and where appropriate at least one colorant, wherein all the components of the offset printing ink or offset printing varnish are either food as defined in Regulation (EC) No 178/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council or food additives as defined in Regulation (EC) No 1333/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
US09346963B2
A pigment preparation is provided, said preparation comprises an organic pigment comprising a chromophore Q1 and a derivative thereof comprising specific organic substituents via an aliphatic carbon atom in an amount of from 0.1 to 30 mol, based on 100 mol of the organic pigment as well as a process for its preparation and to its use in coloring an organic material such as plastics, coatings or inks.
US09346960B2
A composition for coating a cellulosic packaging material that includes water, starch at a concentration of about 10% to about 17% by weight, gelatin at a concentration of about 10% to about 12% by weight, glycerol at a concentration of about 5% to about 11% by weight, one or more protein ingredients at a concentration of about 5% to about 10% by weight, and one or more porophors at a concentration of about 3% to about 5.5% by weight. The present invention also relates to a method of preparing the composition for coating cellulosic packaging material.
US09346954B2
The object of the present invention is to provide a curable resin composition having excellent adhesion. This curable resin composition contains: a straight-chain organopolysiloxane (A) having at least two silicon-bonded hydrogen atoms and at least one aryl group in each molecule, the degree of polymerization being greater than 10; a branched-chain organopolysiloxane (B) having at least three alkenyl groups and at least one aryl group in each molecule; and a hydrosilylation reaction catalyst (C).
US09346949B2
In an embodiment, a reflector comprises a polycarbonate composition, the polycarbonate composition comprises: polycarbonate; 10 wt % to 20 wt % titanium dioxide, based upon a total weight of the polycarbonate composition; an optional flame retardant; and an optional UV stabilizer. A plaque formed from the polycarbonate composition has a reflectance of greater than or equal to 95%, as determined by reflectance measurements using a Gretag Macbeth Coloreye spectrophotometer (D65 light source, 10 degree observer, UV included) made at a wavelength of 680 nm. A molded article of the polycarbonate has transmission level greater than or equal to 90.0% at 2.5 mm thickness as measured by ASTM D1003-00 and a yellow index (YI) less than or equal to 1.5 as measured by ASTM D1925.
US09346945B2
Filled silicone composition, in situ preparation and use thereof are provided. The composition comprises a mixture of (A) an in situ-prepared treated silica, (B) an in situ-prepared (siloxane-alkylene)-endblocked polydiorganosiloxane, (c) a cure catalyst and (D) a crosslinker. Moreover, the composition can be used as adhesive, coating and sealant.
US09346934B2
Disclosed is a method for producing nanometer lithopone from electrolytic zinc acid leaching residue. The method comprises specific steps of: leaching, purifying, carrying out a metathetical reaction, washing, smashing and the like. Through these steps, zinc is selectively leached out by an ammonia-ammonium sulfate process; and iron and arsenic are removed by ammonium persulfate, heavy metal elements such as nickel, copper, lead, cadmium and the like are removed by sulfurization method and zinc powder replacement method; and a metathetical reaction is carried out to obtain an nZnS—BaSO4 crystalline filter cake, the crystalline filter cake is dried and smashed to obtain a nanometer lithopone product. The zinc in the acid leaching residue can be recycled effectively by this method. The ammonia leaching method is used as the technical means of effectively treating the acid leaching residue, the obtained lithopone product is good in quality, and sulfate radicals needed in the production are provided by the acid leaching residue itself, so that the resource utilization of the acid leaching residue is implemented; and in addition, the production cost is low, and the operation is simple.
US09346920B2
A water-repellent and oil-repellent composition, including an incompletely condensed product P2 obtained by further condensing an incompletely condensed product P1 containing a fluorine-containing alkoxy silane unit a derived from a fluorine-containing alkoxy silane compound α represented by the following general formula (1) with an alkoxy silane compound β represented by the following general formula (2), wherein a content a1 (mol %) of the fluorine-containing alkoxy silane unit a in the incompletely condensed product P1 and a content a2 (mol %) of the fluorine-containing alkoxy silane unit a in the incompletely condensed product P2 satisfy a relationship represented by the following expression (1): Rf-Yq-Ap-Z—SiX3 General formula (1) R—SiX3 General formula (2) a1/a2≧2 Expression (1).
US09346919B2
Polysiloxane polyether copolymers with amino groups and/or quaternary ammonium groups in the polyether moiety, process for their preparation from hydrogen siloxanes and chlorine-containing unsaturated polyethers in a hydrosilylation reaction with subsequent substitution of chlorine by amine groups and use as softeners for textile fabrics.
US09346911B2
A salicylic acid salt-containing liquid composition useful as an accelerator for a hardener includes a reaction product of (a) salicylic acid; and (b) at least one amine compound compatible with said salicylic acid such that the composition is in liquid form, the composition has a concentration of salicylic acid at from about 35 weight percent to about 55 weight percent, and the composition has a viscosity in the range of from about 500 mPas to about 20,000 mPa-s at 25° C.; a curable epoxy resin composition containing the salicylic acid salt-containing liquid composition accelerator; and a cured product made from the curable composition.
US09346904B2
The present invention provides a thermoplastic lignin polycondensate. The thermoplastic lignin polycondensate produces no fumes and odor even at a normal melt processing temperature. The melt viscosity of the thermoplastic lignin polycondensate can be measured even when heated to 200° C. or more. The thermoplastic lignin polycondensate can be prepared by selectively activating the hydroxyl reactive groups of lignin to suppress the crosslinking reaction of the hydroxyl reactive groups, which allows a linear or grafted linear growth of the lignin polycondensate.
US09346903B2
The present invention provides a modified polytetrafluoroethylene fine powder which can be processed into molded articles high in thermal stability, chemical resistance and transparency and for which the extrusion pressure can be lowered. The present invention is a modified polytetrafluoroethylene fine powder, wherein the cylinder extrusion pressure at a reduction ratio of 1600 is not higher than 50 MPa and the haze value of molded article a for measurement formed therefrom is not higher than 60.
US09346902B2
Provided herein is a non-naturally occurring microbial organism having a methanol metabolic pathway that can enhance the availability of reducing equivalents in the presence of methanol. Such reducing equivalents can be used to increase the product yield of organic compounds produced by the microbial organism, such as 3-hydroxyisobutyrate or MAA. Also provided herein are methods for using such an organism to produce 3-hydroxyisobutyrate or MAA.
US09346901B2
Chlorinated vinyl chloride resin may be produced through a heat chlorination reaction of an aqueous suspension of vinyl chloride resin in a hermetically sealable reaction vessel, the method including carrying out a first heat chlorination reaction while raising the temperature of an aqueous suspension of a vinyl chloride resin powder to a predetermined temperature within the range of 85° C. to 95° C., and subsequently carrying out a second heat chlorination reaction at the predetermined temperature.
US09346894B2
The invention relates to sulphated polysaccharides which have the general structure of the constituent polysaccharides of heparin and which have a molecular weight of less than 8000 Daltons, comprising two antithrombin III-binding hexasaccharide sequences corresponding to formula (I) in which: R1 represents an OH group when the hexasaccharide of formula (I) is located at the reducing end of the polysaccharide, or else R1 represents a bond with another saccharide unit of said polysaccharide; R2 represents a hydrogen atom when the hexasaccharide of formula (I) is located at the non-reducing end of the polysaccharide, in which case the bond between carbon atoms 4 and 5 of the first saccharide unit of said hexasaccharide is a double bond, or else R2 represents a bond with another saccharide unit of said polysaccharide, in which case the bond between carbon atoms 4 and 5 of the first saccharide unit is a single bond. Preparation thereof, use thereof as antithrombotic medicaments, and also use thereof in a method for analyzing a sample of a heparin derivative.
US09346892B2
An oligopeptide microarray and methods for the synthesis thereof are presented. Further presented is a microarray on a solid support comprising at least about 10,000 oligopeptide features per cm2 and preferably at least about 50,000 oligopeptide features per cm2.
US09346889B2
The present invention relates to an antibody, particularly a monoclonal antibody, which binds to the ErbB3 receptor, compositions comprising such an antibody as well as methods using such an antibody.
US09346888B2
The present invention relates generally to anti-FN14 antibodies. In particular, the anti-FN14 antibodies described herein are useful for the treatment of diseases, such as a variety of cancers, associated with expression of FN14.
US09346881B2
The invention features methods for preventing or treating CGRP associated disorders such as vasomotor symptoms, including headaches (e.g., migraine, cluster headache, and tension headache) and hot flushes, by administering an anti-CGRP antagonist antibody. Antagonist antibody G1 and antibodies derived from G1 directed to CGRP are also described.
US09346875B2
The present invention addresses a need for improved treatments for filovirus infections.
US09346871B2
The present invention provides a novel CXCL12-α2 locked dimer polypeptide, pharmaceutical compositions thereof, and methods of using said dimer in the treatment of cancer, inflammatory disorders, autoimmune disease, and HIV/AIDS.
US09346870B2
The invention is directed to purified and isolated novel TSLP polypeptides, the nucleic acids encoding such polypeptides, processes for production of recombinant forms of such polypeptides, antibodies generated against these polypeptides, fragmented peptides derived from these polypeptides, and the uses of the above.
US09346866B2
A method is provided for inhibiting TACE activity in a human subject, through the administration of a θ-defensin, analog, or derivative. Such a θ-defensin, analog, or derivative can be effectively administered parenterally, topically, or orally. The θ-defensin, analog, or derivative can be selected to additionally inhibit ADAM-10 activity.
US09346858B2
The invention relates to three isolated DNA molecules that encode for proteins, BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3, in the Leptospira sp bacterium which have repetitive Bacterial-Ig-like (Big) domains and their use in diagnostic, therapeutic and vaccine applications. According to the present invention, the isolated molecules encoding for BigL1, BigL2 and BigL3 proteins are used for the diagnosis and prevention of infection with Leptospira species that are capable of producing disease in humans and other mammals, including those of veterinary importance.
US09346851B2
The invention relates to methods for selectively converting a cysteine residue in a peptide or protein to the dehydroalanine (Dha) residue. The method also works on selenocysteine and substituted cysteine and selenocysteine residues, resulting in the Dha residue which may be converted to any natural or unnatural amino acid residue desired without the alteration of the remainder of the peptide or protein. The invention also allows ligation of a desired peptide at any point rather than at a point where there should be a naturally occurring cysteine, thereby allowing native chemical ligation to be used in the synthesis of peptides that do not contain cysteine. The methodology allows for the synthesis of very large peptides.
US09346850B2
The present invention is related to a method of producing a peptide, characterized in contacting a reaction mixture with a base after a condensation reaction to hydrolyze while a basic condition is maintained until a ratio of a remaining unreacted active ester of an acid component is decreased to 1% or less in a liquid phase peptide synthesis method. According to the invention, a target peptide of high purity can be simply and efficiently produced by a continuous liquid phase synthesis method. Further, the present invention is related to a method of producing a peptide, characterized in using an amide-type solvent immiscible with water in a liquid phase peptide synthesis method. According to the invention, various peptides can be produced by the liquid phase synthesis method without being restricted by the amino acid sequence of the target peptide.
US09346848B2
Disclosed herein are 4′-azido-substituted nucleosides, nucleotides and analogs thereof, pharmaceutical compositions that include one or more of 4′-azido-substituted nucleosides, nucleotides and analogs thereof, and methods of synthesizing the same. Also disclosed herein are methods of ameliorating and/or treating a disease and/or a condition, including an infection from a paramyxovirus and/or an orthomyxovirus, with a 4′-azido-substituted nucleoside, a nucleotide and/or an analog thereof. Examples of viral infections include a respiratory syncytial viral (RSV) and influenza infection.
US09346833B2
The invention provides compositions and methods for mass spectrometric (MS), organic synthesis, and applications of organo-trifluoroborate, for example, as mass tags for use in negative ion mode. When subject to MS fragmentation, organo-trifluoroborates preferentially undergo neutral losses of hydrogen fluoride (HF) or boron trifluoride (BF3) molecules, transferring the negative charge to the rest of the molecule. Such a fragmentation pattern is used to detect and quantitate analytes of interest after derivatization with organo-trifluoroborates.
US09346830B2
A method for producing amino acid chelate compounds, characterized in that metal oxides and/or metal carbonates and/or metal sulfates and/or metal chlorides and/or metal hydroxides in solid form are activated mechanically and then the activated metal oxides and/or metal carbonates and/or metal hydroxides and/or metal sulfates and/or metal chlorides are brought together with amino acids in solid form and converted to amino acid chelate compounds in a solid-state reaction.
US09346828B2
An isolated compound of Formula I and salts thereof are provided: wherein X is Cl or Br. A compound isolated from Actinomadura and having a chemical formula of C43H69ClN4O10S2 or C43H69BrN4O10S2 is also provided. Compositions including the compounds and methods of using the compounds to treat fungal infections including those such as Candida are also disclosed.
US09346826B2
A process for producing an intermediate for a cyclic carbodiimide compound includes a process for producing an amine compound represented by the following formula (B), comprising the step of reducing a nitro compound represented by the following formula (A) and containing a compound having a haloarene skeleton in the presence of a metal catalyst and a basic compound. The process also includes a process for producing a thiourea compound, including the step of reacting an amine compound represented by the formula (B) with carbon disulfide in the presence of imidazole. (R is a hydrogen atom or an alkyl group having 1 to 6 carbon atoms.) (R is as defined in the above formula (A).).
US09346824B2
The present invention provides 4H,6H-5-oxa-2,3,10b-triaza-benzo[e]azulenes, which act as V1a receptor modulators, and in particular as V1a receptor antagonists, their manufacture, pharmaceutical compositions containing them and their use as medicaments. The active compounds of the present invention are useful as therapeutics acting peripherally and centrally in the conditions of dysmenorrhea, male or female sexual dysfunction, hypertension, chronic heart failure, inappropriate secretion of vasopressin, liver cirrhosis, nephrotic syndrome, anxiety, depressive disorders, obsessive compulsive disorder, autistic spectrum disorders, schizophrenia, and aggressive behavior.
US09346822B2
The present invention provides a compound represented by the formula: wherein R1 is a C1-4 alkyl; R2 is (1) a 5- to 7-membered nitrogen-containing heterocyclic group which may have a substituent selected from the group consisting of (1′) a halogen, (2′) a hydroxy group, (3′) a C1-4 alkyl and (4′) a C1-4 alkoxy, (2) a phenyl which may have a substituent selected from the group consisting of (1′) a halogen, (2′) a C1-4 alkoxy-C1-4 alkyl, (3′) a mono-C1-4 alkyl-carbamoyl-C1-4 alkyl, (4′) a C1-4 alkoxy and (5′) a mono-C1-4 alkylcarbamoyl-C1-4 alkoxy, or the like; R3 is a C1-4 alkyl; R4 is a C1-4 alkoxy, or the like; n is an integer of 1 to 4; or a salt thereof, as a thienopyrimidine compound having gonadotropin-releasing hormone antagonistic activity.
US09346821B2
The present invention provides a blood glucose elevation inhibitor having a serine protease inhibitory action, which is a novel therapeutic or prophylactic agent for obesity. A compound represented by the following formula (I) wherein each symbol is as described in the specification, or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof.
US09346817B2
Dioxino- and oxazin-[2,3-d]pyrimidine PI3K inhibitor compounds of Formula I with anti-cancer activity, anti-inflammatory activity, or immunoregulatory properties, and more specifically with PI3 kinase modulating or inhibitory activity are described. Methods are described for using the tricyclic PI3K inhibitor compounds of Formula I for in vitro, in situ, and in vivo diagnosis or treatment of mammalian cells, organisms, or associated pathological conditions.
US09346816B2
The present invention relates to compounds defined by formula I wherein the groups X, Y, W and R1 to R4 are defined as in claim 1, possessing valuable pharmacological activity. Particularly the compounds are agonists of the 5-HT2C receptor, and thus are suitable for treatment and prevention of diseases which can be influenced by inhibition of this receptor, such as metabolic and CNS-related disorders.
US09346808B2
The disclosure relates to Compounds of Formulae (IA) and (IB): and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof wherein Z1, Z2, Z3, Xa, Xb, Xc, Xd, Y, X2, and X4 are as defined herein, compositions comprising an effective amount of a Compound of Formula (IA) and/or (IB), and methods to treat or prevent a condition, such cancer which overexpresses Her-kinases, comprising administering to an patient in need thereof a therapeutically effective amount of a Compound of Formula (IA) or (IB). The disclosure further relates to compounds of Formulae (IA) and IB) in which X2 is a leaving for introducing a radiolabeled atom, such as 124I or 131I and to methods of using such compounds in the preparation of radiolabeled compounds, particularly for use in imaging.
US09346804B2
The present invention relates to antibacterial compounds of formula (I) wherein “----” is a bond or is absent, V is CH, CR6 or N; R0 is H or, if “----” is a bond, may also be alkoxy; R1 is cyano, alkyl, or ethynyl; U is CH or N when “----” is a bond, or, if “----” is absent, U is CH2, NH or NH9; R2 is H, alkylcarbonyl or CH2—R3; R3 is H, alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; R4 is H or, if n is not 0 and R5 is H, may also be OH; R5 is H, alkyl, hydroxyalkyl, aminoalkyl, alkoxyalkyl, carboxy or alkoxycarbonyl; R6 is hydroxyalkyl, carboxy, alkoxycarbonyl or —(CH2)q—NR7R8, q being 1, 2 or 3 and each of R7 and R8 independently being H or alkyl or R7 and R8 forming with the N atom bearing them a ring; R9 is alkyl or hydroxyalkyl; A is —(CH2)p—, —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—; G is substituted phenyl or G1 or G2, wherein Q is O or S and X is CH or N; and Y1, Y2 and Y3 may each be CH or N; and n is 0 when A is —CH2CH2CH(OH)— or —COCH2CH(OH)—, and n is 0, 1 or 2 when A is —(CH2)p—, p being 1, 2, 3 or 4, with the proviso that the sum of n and p is then 2, 3 or 4; and to salts of such compounds.
US09346799B2
A pharmaceutical composition, comprising a combination of an antibiotically active compound of the formula (I): with a β-lactamase inhibitor of one of the formulae (II) to (XIII) are active against Gram-negative bacteria, in particular such bacteria which have become resistant against antibiotics such as aztreonam, carumonam and tigemonam. Optionally the compositions may comprise another β-lactamase inhibitor of one of the formulae (II) to (XIII), particularly of formula (V) or formula (VI).
US09346791B2
Provided herein are Itraconazole analogs. Also provided herein are methods of inhibition of Hedgehog pathway, vascular endothelial growth factor receptor 2 (VEGFR2) glycosylation, angiogenesis and treatment of disease with Itraconazole analogs.
US09346788B2
The present disclosure relates to novel synthetic substituted heterocyclic compounds and pharmaceutical compositions containing the same, said compounds being capable of inhibiting or antagonizing TrkA receptor tyrosine kinases. In some aspects, the disclosure provides a compound having a structural formula (I): The disclosure further concerns the use of such compounds in the treatment and/or prevention of certain types of cancers, pain, inflammation, restenosis, atherosclerosis, psoriasis, thrombosis, Alzheimer's, a disease, disorder, injury, or malfunction relating to dysmyelination or demyelination.
US09346786B2
The present application relates to compounds of formula wherein R1, R2, R3, R4, and n are defined herein or to a pharmaceutically active salt thereof. The present compounds are high potential NK-3 receptor antagonists for the treatment of depression, pain, psychosis, Parkinson's disease, schizophrenia, anxiety and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).
US09346767B2
Described include (1) a substituted pyrazine compound of general formula (VIII): and (2) a process for producing the substituted pyrazine compound of general formula (VIII), where R1 is hydrogen, a halogen, a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon group, or a substituted or unsubstituted heterocyclic group, and R4 is a protecting group. The process comprises (1) the step of reacting 2-amino-3,5-dibromo-6-chloropyrazine with R1MgX and ZnCl2 in the presence of a palladium catalyst to produce a compound of general formula (V); (2) the step of reacting the compound of general formula (V) with a compound of general formula (VI) to produce a compound of general formula (VII); and (3) the step of reacting the compound of formula (VII) with tributyl(vinyl)tin in the presence or a palladium catalyst to given the compound of general formula (VIII).
US09346746B2
The subject invention provides R(+)-N-formyl-propargyl-aminoindan and a composition containing N-propargyl-1(R)-aminoindan or a pharmaceutically acceptable salt thereof, and a compound of R(+)-N-formyl-propargyl-aminoindan.
US09346717B2
A concentrated, homogenous, stable, water-soluble fertilizer suspension comprising: water-soluble mineral nutrients of at least nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, calcium, and magnesium; and an organic stabilizing additive; and wherein the pourable, aqueous suspension has water-soluble mineral nutrients amounting to at least about 80 percent by weight (wt. %) of the suspension.
US09346715B2
Disclosed are: a lanthanum hexaboride sintered body which contains lanthanum hexaboride as the main component, has an element nitrogen content of 0.1 to 3 mass % inclusive, contains an impurity composed of element carbon and/or at least two elements selected from La, C, O and B at a content of 0.3 vol % or less, and has a relative density of 88% or more; and a target comprising the lanthanum hexaboride sintered body. An LaB6 sintered body can be provided, which enables the production of a highly pure and dense LaB6 thin film having excellent crystallinity and a good work function and which is suitable for a sputtering target or the like.
US09346714B2
There are disclosed a porous material having a high thermal shock resistance and a honeycomb structure. The porous material contains main aggregates and auxiliary aggregates as aggregates, the main aggregates are silicon carbide particles, the auxiliary aggregates are at least either of mullite particles or alumina particles, the aggregates are bound to one another via a binding phase, so as to form pores, and the binding phase is at least one of an amorphous phase and a cordierite phase, and a porosity is from 40 to 90%. Furthermore, the honeycomb structure is constituted of such a porous material, and includes partition walls defining and forming a plurality of cells extending from one end face to the other end face.
US09346711B2
Methods and compositions for cementing operations that include pumice in geopolymer cement compositions comprising slag.
US09346696B2
An oxygen-fuel burner for a glass-melting furnace generally includes a first (or inner) conduit for fuel, a second (or middle) conduit for waste glass cullet, and a third (or outer) conduit for combustion oxygen. The first, second, and third conduits are nested and define respective paths for fuel, cullet, and oxygen flows. A cullet supply funnel is coupled to the second conduit such that cullet can be introduced into the second conduit through the funnel. Organic contaminants in the waste glass cullet are incinerated in an almost pure oxygen environment proximate where cullet particles exit from the burner and prior to reaching the glass surface below.
US09346682B2
The present document describes a microcapsule having silica shells, processes for making the same, processes for functionalizing said microcapsules and processes for encapsulating active agent in said microcapsules.
US09346681B2
A method of synthesizing diamond, the method comprising; (i) providing, in the presence of an atomic hydrogen plasma and/or in the presence of atomic hydrogen radicals, in a dissolution zone a liquid metal saturated with carbon with respect to graphite precipitation; (ii) transferring at least a portion of the liquid metal from the dissolution zone to a deposition zone, (vi) exposing the liquid metal in the deposition zone to atomic hydrogen plasma and/or to atomic hydrogen radicals, the temperature of the liquid metal in the deposition zone being lower than the temperature of the liquid metal in the dissolution zone such that the liquid metal in the deposition zone is saturated, preferably supersaturated, with carbon with respect to diamond precipitation; (vii) precipitating carbon from the liquid metal in the deposition zone to synthesize diamond; and (viii) optionally removing the synthesized diamond from the metal.
US09346677B2
A novel system and method for degassing H2S and H2Sx from liquid sulfur (sulphur) is disclosed. The system includes a degassing vessel with a plurality of cells. The cells include a sparging gas mat with a perforated surface at the bottom of the cell to allow the release of air bubbles (or sparging gas) into the cells. A catalyst may be used during the process. As a result, hydrogen sulfide and hydrogen polysulfide are efficiently and effectively removed from the liquid sulfur.
US09346676B2
A composition and its method of production are provided. The composition includes at least one zero-valent metallic element atom in complex with at least one hydride molecule. The method of production includes ball-milling an elemental metal in a high-surface area form, with a hydride. The composition can be useful as a reagent for the synthesis of zero-valent metallic elemental nanoparticles.
US09346664B2
A horse halter has a combination of straps and ropes configured to provide comfort for the horse and control to the trainer. Halter includes a poll strap extending over the poll of the horse, a pair of cheek straps extending along the cheeks of the horse, a nose rope having knots extending over the bridge of the horses nose, a chin rope extending below the horse's chin, a throat rope and a snap member coupled together extending below the horse's throat, and a lower jaw rope extending forwardly from the throat rope having a slide ring fixed attached at a front end for slidably receiving the chin rope.
US09346654B2
Power is recovered from an escalator or a moving walkway as the step orbits an endless track on rollers. A generator is connected to a roller orbiting the track. A battery backup is provided. The power is used for emergency lighting on the step, and for data transmission. Advertising and messages are displayed on a dynamic video screen mounted on the step. The apparatus is mostly contained within the escalator step. Information is communicated wirelessly to a remotely located central control station and back to the step, so as to display information in real time and to update advertising while the escalator is in operation. The central control station also monitors performance parameters. The visual display can include LED lighting.
US09346651B2
The invention relates to a winding machine, on which, in alternation, a wound package is wound in a winding position of a spindle, while at the same time a completely wound package is removed from another spindle. With winding machines according to the prior art, the completely wound package must be removed quickly before the other wound package has reached a critical diameter to avoid a collision of their lateral faces. According to the invention, a shifting device shifts the completely wound package before or during the winding process of the wound package such that the axial extensions of the wound packages have no overlap. The collision of the wound packages can thus be prevented as the diameter of the wound package increases, whereby a more compact design with a smaller spacing of the spindles is made possible and an operator has more time to remove the completely wound spool.
US09346650B2
A spool holder on which a thread spool is placeable includes an engagement part detachably engaging a mount which is located on an arm of a sewing machine. In the spool holder, a support located on a rear end of a cover member is detachably attached to the mount. The cover member covers an upper side of a front of the arm and a front side of an upper surface of the arm so that the cover member is capable of opening and closing the upper side of the front of the arm and the front side of the upper surface of the arm. The spool holder is attached to the sewing machine by inserting the engagement part rearward from a front side of the sewing machine into the mount from which the cover member has been detached.
US09346643B2
A transportation device includes a first roller that transports a sheet-shaped medium from an upstream to downstream in a transporting direction; a guide member that has a guide section extended along the transporting direction and is arranged upstream of the first roller in the transporting direction; and a second roller that is movable between a correcting position where the second roller pinches the sheet-shaped medium with the first roller and corrects a curl of the sheet-shaped medium, and a standby position where the second roller separates from the transporting passage further than the correcting position, wherein the guide member is movable to an escaping position that is separated from a moving passage that is from the correcting position to the standby position of the second roller if the second roller moves to the correcting position.
US09346642B2
An bed roller machine for use in rolling a rug having a leading edge, comprising a main body having a main bed, a plurality of belts configured to move the leading edge of the rug into the cavity and up, a first set of fingers, each finger of the first set having a surface having a first concave cylindrical curvature, wherein the surfaces of the first set are aligned, and wherein the first set of fingers are movable as a set, and a second set of fingers, each finger of the second set having a surface having a second concave cylindrical curvature looser that that of the first surface, wherein the surfaces of the second set are aligned, and wherein the second set of fingers are movable as a set.
US09346641B2
A system and method are provided for implementing more consistent vacuum belt transport movement for the transport of image receiving media in image forming devices, and for the transport of packages and components for processing and storage in myriad transport belt systems employing vacuum plenums to support and secure the materials being transported on the vacuum belts. A high-velocity stream of forced air is provided in a plenum positioned between the vacuum belt and the underlying structural components to create an area of low pressure to hold the media to the opposite side of the vacuum belt. The high-velocity air layer not only creates a pressure differential to support the vacuum pressure, but also provides an air bearing below the vacuum belt between the vacuum belt and the underlying structural components to allow the vacuum belt to move easily over the underlying structural components.
US09346638B2
A media transport assembly includes a loadstop drive assembly to gather and compress a media stack in a media tray before a pick and feed cycle, and a pick drive assembly to pick a sheet of media from the media stack and feed the sheet of media to a media path. The loadstop drive assembly is positioned on one side of a gear wall and the pick drive assembly is positioned on an opposite side of the gear wall such that the pick drive assembly is driven by the loadstop drive assembly through the gear wall.
US09346631B2
Two suction arms for picking up blister packs at a stamping station in a pick position and for placing the blister packs on a conveyor in a place position, wherein the suction arms are pivotable in opposite directions. Each suction arm has three segments supported pivotably around three different axes. The transfer movement of the blister packs from the pick position to the place position and back is a combination movement, which is composed at least of the pivoting movement of the three segments around the three axes. The second, middle segments are pivoted inward toward the center plane both when in the pick position and in the place position. During the pivoting movements between the pick position and the place position, the second segments are pivoted away from each other so that the suction arms can pass by each other without colliding.
US09346628B2
A handling device for handling workpieces including a rotor mounted for rotation about a rotor axis, a rotary drive for introducing a rotary motion into the rotor and at least one workholder assembly, the workholder assembly including at least two workholders, which are mounted on the rotor and designed for an at least paired picking up of workpieces at a pickup position and for an at least paired delivery of workpieces at a delivery position during the rotary motion of the rotor, and further including adjusting system, which is coupled to at least one workholder of the workholder assembly, and which is designed for a cyclical adjustment of a spacing of workholders of the workholder assembly as a function of the rotary motion of the rotor.
US09346627B2
A conveyor system comprising a synchronization unit having a first conveyor belt, a second conveyor belt disposed adjacent to the first conveyor belt, an inlet end and an outlet end. The system further comprises a joint shuttle disposed between the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt, each of the first and second conveyor belts having a variable length while the distance between the inlet end and the outlet end is fixed. A discharge conveyor belt is disposed upstream the inlet end and is operating at a first velocity (VD). At a time T1, the velocity of the first conveyor belt (V1T1) is equal to the velocity of the discharge conveyor belt (VD) and, at a time T2, the velocity of the first conveyor belt (V1T2) is equal to the velocity of the second conveyor belt (Vm), without relative movement between the conveyor belts and objects conveyed thereon.
US09346624B2
A cantilevered screw assembly comprising an improved anchor system. In an exemplary embodiment, a support wall may be formed of a single casting with at least a portion of a bearing housing. An exemplary embodiment of a cantilevered screw assembly may also comprise at least one solid oil bearing to facilitate rotation of the screw.
US09346620B2
A system includes a first mobile drive unit and a second mobile drive unit. The system also includes a first inventory holder, a second inventory holder, and a third inventory holder. An inventory station includes a first location and a second location and the inventory station operable to receive a first inventory item from the first inventory holder at the first location. The first inventory holder is transported by the first mobile drive unit. The inventory station is also operable to receive a second inventory item from the second inventory holder at the first location. The second inventory holder is transported by the second mobile drive unit. The inventory station is also operable to receive a third inventory item from the third inventory holder at the second location. The third inventory holder is fixed at the second location while the inventory station receives the first inventory item and the second inventory item.
US09346618B2
Displaceable lift truck for handling slab material (L) in a storage warehouse, including a carriage movable along a rail, columns which extend upwards from the movable carriage and a material support structure movable along the columns and including a bottom body or platform provided with extractable forks. The material support structure includes, moreover, a pick-up device including extractable arms. Further related, there is a method for making up a mixed pack of slab material.
US09346614B2
An internal floating roof for use in large volatile or hazardous liquid storage tanks constructed of a plurality of open-top panel systems including C-shaped beams each having a vertical sidewall and flanges extending inward along the top and bottom of the beams with a bottom flange extending the vertical wall downward beyond the bottom. The panel systems are secured together using top and bottom brackets to construct a rigid, non-flexing roof structure to contain the hazardous gases and vapors beneath the floating roof without creating alternative escape pathways along the respective joints or seams between the panel systems. An additional seal in the form of a weld or resilient sealing member may be used along the joint between adjacent beams to further secure against leaking.
US09346611B1
Techniques are provided for creating a consumable liquid food or beverage product from frozen contents. A container is configured for insertion into an apparatus. The container includes a frozen content, a receptacle defining an opening and a cavity for receiving and storing the frozen content, and a closure formed over the opening of the receptacle for sealing the frozen content within the cavity of the receptacle. The receptacle is perforable, and the container is configured for insertion into an apparatus that is configured to create a consumable liquid beverage from the frozen content within the container, such that the frozen content is extracted through a perforation created in the receptacle by the apparatus.
US09346603B2
A boil-in-bag pouch (1,50) containing a foodstuff (30), wherein said pouch is in the form of an enclosed body (4,52) having a front face (8,78), a back face (7,80), a top end, a bottom end, and first and second sides (9,10,54,56) extending between said top and bottom ends, said pouch comprising: a single sheet of flexible sheet material having first and second opposed edges, wherein said sheet is folded along said first side (10,54) and said second side (9,56) to define said front and back faces, wherein opposed edges of said sheet are bonded by a longitudinal seal (2,70) extending from said top end to said bottom end of said pouch; a top transverse seal bonding said front and back faces together proximate to said top end; a bottom transverse seal bonding said front and back faces together proximate to said bottom end; and wherein said sheet is folded form a pleat extending from the bottom transverse seal to the top transverse seal along only one of said sides (10,54) of said body (4,52).
US09346588B2
A vertical file folder system is disclosed in several embodiments. The folder (10) has a plurality of pocket segments 20, 30, 32 which are joined together at their bottom by living hinges 38 which maintain the bottoms edges 16, 116, 216 spaced apart. Port 28 also allow for expansion as do slots 60. An alternative embodiment (FIG. 9-10) show a folder which has a bottom flap 320, side flap 322 and top flap 318 which overlie each other to create a three sided boundary for papers or other contents.
US09346587B1
An ovoid tote with securable drawers reminiscent of a luxury, jeweled egg having an ovoid tote member, a domed lid, a circular mirror disposed upon an undersurface of the domed lid, a topmost compartment disposed underneath the domed lid, an upper compartment disposed underneath the topmost compartment, a lockable middle drawer disposed underneath the upper compartment, a lower compartment disposed underneath the middle drawer, and a plurality of leg members basally disposed to maintain the ovoid tote member in an upright situation when deposited upon an underlying surface, whereby the ovoid tote member with securable drawers is portable upon a shoulder strap and dependable thereon in an upright situation during portage by connection of the shoulder strap to each of a pair of attachment points disposed upon the ovoid tote member proximal the domed lid.
US09346584B1
The present invention comprises a series of interconnectable polyethylene plastic members, which can be interlocked together to form a tank base system sized to provide a load-bearing support for an aboveground storage tank and configured to reduce rusting and corrosion of the tank from ground moisture, chemicals, and so forth wherein the interconnectable polyethylene plastic members are generally pie piece shaped and modular such that when assembled a generally circular base is formed of light weight and sturdy support members that are generally non-corrosive, chemical resistant, tolerant to temperature variations, and non-absorbing.
US09346582B2
A carton for holding a product is disclosed. The carton comprises a plurality of panels that extends at least partially around an interior of the carton. The plurality of panels comprise a front panel, a back panel, a first side panel, and a second side panel. The carton further comprises a hinge in at least one of the plurality of panels and a reclosable lid pivotably attached to the carton. The reclosable lid comprises a first intermediate panel foldably connected to at least one of the plurality of panels and a second intermediate panel foldably connected to the first intermediate panel. The first intermediate panel is positioned in face-to-face contact with the second intermediate panel. The reclosable lid is pivotable at the hinge between a closed position preventing access to the interior of the carton and an open position allowing access to the interior of the carton.
US09346578B2
Disclosed herein are apparatuses and methods for installing a sterilized peripheral in a bio-processing vessel. One aspect is an aseptic peripheral connection assembly for installing a sterilized peripheral in a bio-processing vessel via an aseptic connector affixed to the vessel. The aseptic peripheral connection assembly may include a carrier, an applicator, a plunger, and a removable hermetic sealing tab.
US09346575B2
A container, such as a bottle or jar, that includes a closed compartment and an active insert device for pressurizing the closed compartment. The active insert device comprises an elastic liner and an active insert that are affixed to a closure or cap or the container. The active insert includes at least one reactant that is triggered to a reaction by an external energy source. The reaction produces a gas, which is delivered to the closed compartment via the liner. The gas causes the liner to expand and open a passage to deliver the gas to the closed compartment.
US09346573B2
A system and method for activating a series of article protection features formed in product cartons in which a series of articles have been packaged includes an actuating assembly mounted along a path of travel for the cartons. The actuating assembly will include a series of actuating elements that are selectively moved into engagement with the article protection features of the cartons. The article protection features are urged into the cartons, between the articles therein and into positions engaging and supporting the articles.
US09346570B2
An apparatus for dispensing charges of high OV moist smokeless tobacco (MST) includes a rotary metering device. The rotary metering device includes a lower disk, a metering disk, a plurality of cavities in the metering disk; and at least one vacuum housing located around the periphery of the lower disk and in communication with the plurality of cavities. A vacuum is applied to the cavities to aid in the filling of the cavities and an air discharge mechanism ejects a charge of the MST from each cavity at a discharge station.
US09346569B2
A process for sequentially forming a plurality of enclosed containers (32) comprising a product, the process involving passing a continuous web (10), comprising a strip of container material having two opposing edges (4, 6), to a folding station (12), whereupon each open container is sequentially formed by folding the web, to bring into contact two contiguous edge portions (9a, 9b) from only one edge of the web, then sealing the two edges together to form a portion of the web into an open container, depositing the product onto the web so that it is held within the open containers, and then sealing the open containers to form the enclosed containers.
US09346560B2
Systems and methods are provided for swapping the battery on an unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The UAV may be able to identify and land on an energy provision station autonomously. The UAV may take off and/or land on the energy provision station. The UAV may communicate with the energy provision station. The energy provision station may store and charge batteries for use on a UAV.
US09346558B2
A method for monitoring degradation of an on-board device of an aircraft includes comparing an abnormality score obtained for a given aircraft flight to a decision threshold and emitting an alarm when the decision threshold is exceeded. The decision threshold is determined automatically for a given alarm probability Pa, corresponding to probability of an alarm being emitted during the monitoring when the on-board device is undamaged, by: calculating plural abnormality scores for plural flights of the aircraft without degradation to obtain a probability density distribution of the abnormality score, the distribution being specific to a physical nature of the on-board device; adjusting the distribution using a non-parametric estimator of the probability density to obtain a continuous adjusted distribution function; calculating a continuous adjusted allocation function from the continuous adjusted distribution function; and reading precedent of the continuous adjusted allocation function for value 1-Pa, the precedent corresponding to the decision threshold.
US09346547B2
Embodiments described herein may help to provide medical support via a fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). An illustrative UAV may include a housing, a payload, a line-deployment mechanism coupled to the housing and a line, and a payload-release mechanism that couples the line to the payload, wherein the payload-release mechanism is configured to release the payload from the line. The UAV may further include a control system configured to determine that the UAV is located at or near a delivery location and responsively: operate the line-deployment mechanism according to a variable deployment-rate profile to lower the payload to or near to the ground, determine that the payload is touching or is within a threshold distance from the ground, and responsively operate the payload-release mechanism to release the payload from the line.
US09346546B2
A remotely-piloted aircraft for distributing beneficial insects on a target area is provided. The aircraft includes an enclosure, including a top lid, one or more internal compartments, a door for each of the one or more internal compartments, and an actuator to open and close each of the doors. The aircraft also includes a circuit to control the actuators, a wireless receiver, coupled to the circuit, to receive commands to open and close the doors, and one or more power sources to power the actuators and the wireless receiver. An operator controls the aircraft and the circuit with at least one of a wireless transmitter and an uploaded program in the circuit. When the wireless receiver receives a command to open a door, the circuit controls an actuator corresponding to the door. The actuator opens the door, and the beneficial insects are distributed from internal compartments.
US09346533B2
An aircraft wing includes a rib attached by a joint to a tubular spar that varies in cross sectional shape during flight. The joint includes a ring attached to the tubular spar, and pivot pins connecting the ring with the rib. The pivot pins allow relative movement between the rib and the tubular spar as the tubular spar varies in cross sectional shape.
US09346528B2
A hand grip is disclosed. The hand grip has a cross-sectional profile and an axial extent delimited by opposing ends thereof, in which a resilient extension portion is provided at one side of the cross-sectional profile, and which extends substantially the length of the axial extent.
US09346524B2
A universal vertical storage and display system for multiple types, sizes and shapes of sport boards. The embodiment is wall or other vertical surface mounted. The display system comprises prefabricated bracket components which through their various arrangement, configuration and orientation exhibit sport boards in a vertical position with the primary deck face parallel to the wall, oriented inward or outward. The embodiment displays sport boards as a work of art in a safe and aesthetically pleasing manner. The display system is suitable for indoor or outdoor applications.
US09346523B2
An improved barge system comprises a barge with a connecting system built into the barge. The connecting system includes several recessed areas about the periphery of the barge with upper and lower rails about the peripheral edges of the barge. A vertical post having a lower connecting member and an upper connecting member is attached within the recessed area for rotation into position to connect the upper and lower connecting members to adjacent upper and lower rails on the adjacent barges. Wedge blocks attached outwardly on adjacent rails each receive a wedge in the gap between the respective wedge block and a connecting member. Spacer blocks improve parallel alignment of the connected barges.
US09346520B2
A system and method for offshore loading of large cargo vessels, or motherships. The system includes a plurality of mooring stations, which may be mooring buoys, positioned in an offshore mooring field proximal an onshore cargo loading facility. A mothership is positioned within the mooring field and moored via bow and stern lines to two or more different mooring stations. Environmental data, including wind, wave, and current data, as well data regarding the physical characteristics of the mothership and movement (roll/pitch/heave) of the mothership are collected by remote transmitting and sensing devices. This data is processed by numerical analysis in a digital processor, namely a computer, to determine optimum mooring line length and tension, and mooring station locations, in order to minimize mother ship movement and create an optimum “lee” loading area adjacent the mothership. Cargo is transferred to the mothership by a trans-shipper moored to the mothership.
US09346514B2
An apparatus includes a base configured to engage a frame stem of a bicycle and first and second handlebar brackets rotatably coupled to the base about a pivot. The first and second handlebar brackets selectively support bicycle handlebars. The apparatus further includes a locking mechanism coupled to the base and selectively rotatably fixing each of the first and second handlebar brackets about the pivot at first and second positions with respect to the base.
US09346512B2
A kick scooter includes a steering tube; a deck including a support tube on a top at a front end, the support tube being pivotably secured to the steering tube, two bossed holes on an underside, two through holes in front of the bossed holes, a recess at the front end, and a mounting member disposed in the recess; an axle secured to the steering tube through the mounting member; a rear wheel rotatably connected to the deck; two front wheels rotatably connected to two ends of the axle respectively; and a protective cover including two first bossed holes on an underside and releasably secured to the bossed holes of the deck, two second bossed holes on the underside and releasably secured to the through holes of the deck, and a through hole with the support tube secured thereto. The protective cover is replaceable.
US09346501B2
A machine tread including a first and second pair of plates. The plates have corresponding first ends and second ends, and the second ends of the first pair include elliptical bores with elliptical plate bearing surfaces. The first ends of the second pair include aligned bushing bores. The first ends of the second pair fit between the second ends of the first pair. Ends of a bushing including an inner bore with an interior surface and a cylindrical bearing surface engage the bushing bores forming a pin bore through the inner and elliptical bores. A retention pin fits in the segmented pin bore. The first pair has a tensioned position when a force acts in a direction away from the second pair. In the tensioned position, the elliptical plate bearing surfaces and the interior bushing surface abut the cylindrical bearing surface.
US09346499B2
A wheel assembly for a remote vehicle comprises a wheel structure comprising a plurality of spokes interconnecting a rim and a hub. The spokes comprise at least one slit extending therethrough radially inward from the rim to the hub. The assembly also comprises a flipper structure comprising an arm, a plurality of legs, and an attachment base. The plurality of legs and the attachment base comprise a four-bar linkage. The assembly further comprises an insert comprising a bore with a flat surface that tapers outward from a top portion to a bottom portion of the insert. The insert being configured to couple the flipper structure to the wheel structure via an axle on the remote vehicle and prevent backlash between the axle and the flipper structure. The flipper structure being configured to transmit axial forces to the wheel structure. The wheel structure being configured to absorb radial and axial forces.
