US09358622B2
A single-sided ramping milling insert for ramping operations has top and bottom surfaces and a peripheral surface which extends therebetween. The peripheral surface meets the top and bottom surfaces at respective top and bottom edges. The top edge includes two opposite side cutting edges, two opposite ramping cutting edges, two diagonally opposite raised corner cutting edges and two diagonally opposite associated lowered corner cutting edges. The lowered corner cutting edges are closer to the bottom surface than the raised corner cutting edges. The bottom edge has two diagonally opposite bottom corner edges. The lowered corner cutting edges and the bottom corner edges are convexly curved and a depression is recessed into the peripheral surface between each lowered corner cutting edge and its associated bottom corner edge, the depression configured for providing relief from a convex workpiece surface cut by the lowered corner cutting edge during ramping operations.
US09358621B2
A milling tool for the milling of a slot in a workpiece includes a plurality of cutting inserts, which comprise an under side; an opposite upper side, which forms a chip surface and extends parallel to an extension plane; and an edge side between the upper side and the underside. A cutting edge, which extends between the edge side and the chip surface, includes a primary main cutting edge; a front cutting edge, which extends along an edge line; and a primary corner cutting edge, which extends between and connects the primary main cutting edge and the front cutting edge. The primary corner cutting edge has a convex shape and extends, with respect to a rear portion of the cutting insert, forward from the front cutting edge to a position on the other side of an imaginary line, which forms an extension of the edge line and extends in a tangential direction to a point on the primary corner cutting edge.
US09358613B2
A composite includes a porous matrix that includes a molybdenum-silicon-boron (Mo—Si—B) alloy that has a plurality of pores with a lubricant in contact with the Mo—Si—B alloy, a hydrophobic compound in contact with the Mo—Si—B alloy, or a combination thereof. A method for preparing a porous composite includes disposing a porous matrix comprising a Mo—Si—B alloy on a substrate, the Mo—Si—B alloy comprising a plurality of pores; disposing a lubricant on a surface of the porous matrix; and disposing a hydrophobic compound on a surface of the porous matrix to form the porous composite.
US09358605B2
A method for completely machining at least unprocessed centric journals (10) and crankpin journals (11), and the respective flat shoulders (9, 10) thereof surrounding the journals, of flanged or cast blanks of a crankshaft first includes turning the flat shoulders (9) associated with the journals (10). Then, the centric journals (10) are roughly ground without the flat shoulders (9) thereof and the crankpin journals (11) are roughly ground together with the flat shoulders (12) thereof. After the journals (10, 11) have been roughly ground, an allowance remains that is smaller than an allowance required for common finish grinding of journals and flat shoulders. The rough grinding is followed by the finish grinding of the centric journals (10) and the crankpin journals (11) from the smaller allowance (23) remaining due to the rough grinding to the final dimension.
US09358595B2
A rolling mill roll neck is sealed by interposing a seal between a roll flinger having a first axial surface and an opposing second axial surface of a roll housing retaining plate. The seal is biased into contact against one of the axial surfaces with a pressurized fluid source, such as compressed air. As the seal wears during roll neck operation the pressurized fluid maintains biasing contact between the seal and the axial surface. The remainder of the intact seal is remains pressed into contact with the mating, opposing axial surface, for example that of a roll flinger or a retaining plate. Advantageously the seal is housed in a stationary retaining plate that is in opposed axial relationship with a rotating flinger.
US09358591B2
Disclosed herein is a method and a device for cleaning an open airway ended tube. The tube being designed for attachment to a continuous positive airway apparatus. The device includes a cleaning element for cleaning the inside of the open ended tube and a support member. The cleaning element attached to the support member. The support member including means for attaching the cleaning element to the support member and for retaining the cleaning element to the support member during cleaning. Additionally, one end of the support member capable of being secured during cleaning.
US09358588B2
The present invention provides a substrate cleaning method capable of removing particles from the entire surface of a substrate to be processed at a high removing efficiency. In the substrate cleaning method according to the present invention, a substrate to be processed W is immersed in a cleaning liquid in a cleaning tank 12. Then, ultrasonic waves are generated in the cleaning liquid contained in the cleaning tank 12, so that the substrate to be processed W is subjected to an ultrasonic cleaning process. While the substrate to be processed is being cleaned, a dissolved gas concentration of a gas dissolved in the cleaning liquid contained in the cleaning tank is changed.
US09358586B2
An apparatus and method is presented for separating healthy plants from agricultural material, such as harvested plants. The apparatus includes a conveyor to present the agricultural material to a mesh, which may be, for example bristles. A rotating drum with a plurality of protruding tines moves through the mesh and pulls individual plants from the agricultural material. A machine vision system may then sort the healthy, individual plants. The method includes presenting the agricultural material to the mesh, and then pulling individual plants through the mesh.
US09358585B2
An agricultural article sizer with a frame assembly and a plurality of elongate rollers on the frame assembly with substantially parallel lengthwise axes and through which agricultural articles are advanced and separated by size. First and second of the rollers have first and second axes and first and second peripheral surfaces. A third roller has a third peripheral surface and a third axis between the first and second axes along a conveying direction. The third roller is movable selectively relative to the first roller to change a spacing between the third axis and a plane containing the first and second axes to thereby change a dimension of a gap between the first and third peripheral surfaces to thereby allow passage through the gap of different selected ranges of agricultural article size.
US09358576B2
An article in the form of a packaging material having a water vapor transportation rate of about 500 g/m2/day or less. The packaging material has a paper substrate and a print-receptive layer which is positioned over the outer surface of the paper substrate. The packaging material also has a moisture barrier layer positioned over the print-receptive layer. The moisture barrier layer is formed from one or more energy-cured polymers. Also, methods for preparing these packaging materials, including printed packaging materials.
US09358567B2
The present disclosure is directed to a microfluidic die that includes a plurality of heaters above a substrate, a plurality of chambers and nozzles above the heaters, a plurality of first contacts coupled to the heaters, and a plurality of second contacts coupled to the heaters. The plurality of second contacts are coupled to each other and coupled to ground. The die includes a plurality of contact pads, a first signal line coupled to the plurality of second contacts and to a first one of the plurality of contact pads, and a plurality of second signal lines, each second signal line being coupled to one of the plurality of first contacts, groups of the second signal lines being coupled together to drive a group of the plurality of heaters with a single signal, each group of the second signal lines being coupled to a remaining one of the plurality of contact pads.
US09358565B1
A marking device incorporates a pair of legs secured at one end to each other for pivotal movement with respect to each other and wherein one of the legs includes a pivot member for positioning at a pivot point located on a surface to be marked. A weight is secured to the other of said legs for contacting the surface and wherein a paint can retainer is positioned at that end of the leg for receiving a spray paint can. A hinge is secured between the paint can retainer and the leg to permit pivotal movement between the paint can retainer, the spray paint can contained therein, and a marking cane secured to said paint can retainer and paint can. A pivoting support rod is attached to the marking cane and one of the legs of the marking device and a spacer bar is pivotally secured between the two legs of the device wherein the two legs may be pivoted towards each other and the marking cane may be pivoted toward the legs to provide a collapsed marking device for convenient transportation and storage.
US09358562B2
A pump device is provided including: a unitary pump frame; an electromagnet arrangement that includes a winding wrapped around a portion of the unitary pump frame; a diaphragm assembly coupled to the unitary pump frame, which includes a movable diaphragm and a manifold; and a pump arm having a proximal end coupled to the unitary pump frame and a distal end supporting a permanent magnet to interact with the electromagnet arrangement to cause the pump arm to swing back and forth during operation to displace the diaphragm and discharge an air stream from the pump device. Related methods of manufacture are also provided.
US09358561B2
Integrated air cap/nozzles (40), spray head assemblies (20) including the integrated air cap/nozzles (40) and liquid spray guns that include the integrated air cap/nozzles (40) are described herein. The integrated air cap/nozzles (40) provide and define both the liquid nozzle openings (52) and the center air outlets (54) for the center air of the liquid spray guns and the spray head assemblies (20). The integrated air cap/nozzles (40) can be removably attached over a liquid nozzle port (32) formed in the spray head assembly (20) and/or on the spray gun platform (10) or body using any suitable attachment mechanism.
US09358559B2
A spray gun including: a body having a gun barrel; a coating material nozzle disposed on a tip end side of the gun barrel, and an air cap disposed on the tip end side of the gun barrel to surround a tip end portion of the coating material nozzle, wherein the tip end portion of the coating material nozzle has on the tip end surface thereof a guide wall spreading, and also has on the outer peripheral surface thereof a plurality of V-shaped grooves channeled in a longitudinal direction, and wherein the V-shaped groove has, in a triangle shaped cross section defined by contours crossing the guide wall, a height in the range of 0.5 mm to 2.5 mm and an opening angle of a bottom vertex in the range of 20 degrees to 100 degrees.
US09358554B2
A hermetic centrifugal separator includes a centrifuge rotor, which is arranged to rotate around a center axis and includes a casing which defines an inner separation space, a set of separation discs in the inner separation space, two or more channels which connect to the separation space and include one or more inlet channels for supply of a liquid mixture of components to be separated to the separation space and one or more outlet channels for discharge of a component. The separator includes a torque transmitting part around the center axis and fixedly connected to the centrifuge rotor and an outlet seal between the outlet channel and the rotating centrifuge rotor preventing entrainment of unwanted substances. The separator includes a pump arranged to provide pressure to feed the separated liquid through the outlet channel.
US09358550B2
A primary ore separation device used to remove magnetic particles from non-magnetic particles in a mixture utilizes a spinning magnet within a non-conductive cylindrical tube attaching the magnetic particles to the tube while the magnet is spinning and, by using centrifugal force, or the force caused by inertia, separates and spins away the non-magnetic particles, the device generally used upon mixed ore materials containing gold and other precious metals contained within the non-magnetic particles.
US09358549B2
Disclosed is a method for manufacturing a carbide for reinforcing rubber articles that is capable of effectively utilizing polymer waste. The method includes the steps of mixing a carbide, obtained by thermal decomposition or incomplete combustion of polymer waste and pulverized by grinding, with carbon black to obtain a mixture of the carbide and the carbon black, and granulating the mixture using a granulating machine at a rotation speed of 70 rpm to 130 rpm.
US09358546B1
The various embodiments disclosed and pictured illustrate a multi-connector hammer for comminuting various materials. The illustrative embodiments pictured and described herein are primarily for use with a rotatable hammermill assembly. The multi-connector hammer includes a connection portion having a rod hole therein, a contact portion for delivery of energy to the material to be comminuted, and a multi-connector neck portion affixing the connection portion to the contact portion. In other embodiments, a shoulder is positioned around the periphery of the rod hole for added strength. In still other embodiments, a neck reinforcement is positioned along a portion of the neck for increased strength. A weld or plurality of welds may be affixed to various surfaces of the contact portion to aide in comminuting and/or longevity of the multi-connector hammer.
US09358543B2
A vessel holder assembly is provided. A vessel holder, for receiving one or more vessels, includes a first set of attachment features. A cap assembly, for covering the vessel(s) includes a second set of attachment features. Respective attachment features of the vessel holder and the cap assembly may be complementary, such that engagement between complementary attachment members results in an attachment between the cap assembly and the vessel holder. Such an attachment may be manually removable, or may be locked so as to require a tool, or other suitable method, for detaching the cap assembly from the vessel holder.
US09358538B2
A pipette includes a movable piston and a diaphragm that at least partly defines a fluid chamber enclosing a volume of working fluid. The piston displaces a volumetric amount of the working fluid in the chamber when moved. In response, the diaphragm displaces a smaller volumetric amount of fluid outside the chamber. A deamplification ratio is defined by the ratio of the volume displaced by the diaphragm to the volume displaced by the piston. The deamplification ratio is adjustable by adjusting or changing the diaphragm and/or by adjusting the size of the fluid chamber. The deamplifying pipette enables measuring and dispensing of very small volumes of liquid and is easily adapted to commercially available pipette components. Pipette components such as a pipette tip or adaptor may include a diaphragm to enable deamplification of the nominal volume capacity of a given pipette device.
US09358528B2
A catalytic composition useful for the conversion of an olefin selected from the group consisting of propylene, isobutylene or mixtures thereof, to acrylonitrile, methacrylonitrile, and mixtures thereof. The catalytic composition comprises a complex of metal oxides comprising bismuth, molybdenum, iron, cerium and other promoters, wherein the ratio of bismuth to cerium ratio in the composition is greater than or equal to 0.45 and less than or equal to 1.5.
US09358508B2
Apparatuses and systems for removing water vapor from a gas stream and for providing water purification, recovery and/or concentration. The apparatuses and systems employ a graphene oxide or a perforated graphene monolayer membrane to separate liquid water molecules and/or water vapor molecules from gasses, liquids, and other substances such as a wet muck or an aqueous sample. In one embodiment, an apparatus for removing water from a gas or liquid stream includes a first lumen, a second lumen, and a graphene oxide membrane separating the first lumen from the second lumen. Water molecules within a humid gas or liquid stream introduced into the first lumen pass through the graphene oxide membrane into a dry gas stream introduced into the second lumen.
US09358499B2
A dispensing device is improved through the inclusion of modular components, for example, mechanical interfaces to couple to a container and a base. The modular dispensing device may also include communication systems related to the container and the base. Specifically, the modular dispensing device may receive information such as the contents of the container (e.g., quantity, identity, etc.) and a schedule for dispensing the contents. Using this information, the modular dispensing device may control the dispensing of the contents of the container.
US09358496B2
An adsorbent bed structure and process is disclosed for use in an adsorption based gas separation process. A conventional adsorbent bed in a gas separation process is replaced with a one or more modular compact adsorbent bed units which are connected to make an adsorbent bed structure. The modular design requires lower fabrication and maintenance costs; is easier to transport; and is easier to load with adsorbent material.
US09358484B2
A separator for separating solids from a slurry has a vibrating rotating container, rotatably connected to a support. The rotating container is provided with at least a first inlet and at least a first outlet and has at least one opening. A screw press is at least partly provided inside said rotating container. The screw press is arranged through said first outlet. The screw press has at least one hole. The at least one hole and a feed screw are provided inside said rotating container in continuation of said screw press. At least one lift paddle is provided inside said rotating container. A first part of the lift paddle is arranged along an inner surface of a side wall of said rotating container. A second part of said lift paddle is in contact with a part of the feed screw. A new method for separating slurry uses a separator.
US09358482B2
A filtration apparatus which has a filtration chamber, and the filtration chamber has a fluid inlet, a filtered fluid outlet, a residue outlet, and a filtering element. The filtering element is situated between the fluid inlet and the filtered fluid outlet. The apparatus also includes a wiping member which is situated within, or about, the filtering element and which is adapted to wipe the surface of the filtering element. The wiping member also wipes any residue toward the residue outlet when the apparatus is in use. The filtration apparatus includes a first pumping configured to create a flow toward the filtering chamber, and a second pumping situated within the filtering chamber and configured to induce a counter-flow back toward the first pumping.
US09358468B2
Techniques are described for detecting script-controlled avatars in a virtual environment engaging in certain pattern formation behaviors. In particular, a virtual environment server may select a group of avatars and determine a pattern formed by the selected group. The virtual environment system may further search for a match of the pattern from a library of prohibited words or symbols. In the event the pattern formed by the selected avatars matches one of the prohibited patterns, some form of remedial action may be performed to disrupt the pattern.
US09358462B2
The fantasy sports contest application of the present invention alerts the user of necessary roster changes before an upcoming fantasy sports competition. The fantasy sports contest application may evaluate the user's team roster before an upcoming fantasy sports competition to ensure that all roster spots on the team roster are filled with athletes available for real-life competitions. The fantasy sports contest application may also identify roster changes and roster transactions that may be beneficial to a user's fantasy sports contest team roster.
US09358455B2
A method in a video gaming system including a processor, a memory and a sensor system for capturing body motion is described. In one embodiment, the body motion can be associated with a person pretending to hit or launch an object, such as an object used in a sporting activity. In general, body motion can be associated with any activity involving similar body motions that are repeated during the activity. In a video game generated by the video gaming system, a consistency with which the repeated body motions are made over time can be used to determine an outcome for a single instance of the body motion. In a particular embodiment, a probability of a more desirable outcome resulting from the single instance of the body motion can increase as the consistency with which the repeated body motions are made increases.
US09358454B2
According to one embodiment of the technology described herein, a audio headset system is provided, comprising: a speaker; a signal processor configured to process source audio received from an audio source, to produce processed audio from the source audio, and to output the processed audio to the speaker; and a control unit configured to control operation of the signal processor according to an audio profile, wherein the audio profile causes the signal processor to selectively mix, delay, phase shift, and equalize the source audio, thereby producing processed audio.
US09358448B1
A playing surface for a pool or billiards style game that includes variable margins. The playing surface includes a first end and second end. The second end includes a scoring hole. A first ball is struck by a second ball in order to roll the first ball along the playing surface, in between the variable margins, in order to sink the first ball in the scoring hole.
US09358441B2
A portable exercise apparatus retention mechanism with a base platform, an exercise apparatus retainer, and at least one extendible and retractable retaining structure fixed to the base platform with first and second end portions for engaging first and second opposed surfaces when at least one of the end portions is extended. A sub-panel can be secured to the base structure with a central portion of the retaining structure disposed therebetween. The retention mechanism can retain an exercise apparatus, such as a speed bag. The end portions can have contoured flanges. A supplementary engaging mechanism with extended and retracted positions can project laterally from the base platform. The supplementary engaging mechanism could comprise first and second members pivotally coupled to the base platform.
US09358434B2
Golf clubs having improved features and a golf swing training device are disclosed. In one embodiment, the golf club has a club head made of at least one material having a first specific gravity, and at least one weighting portion that has a higher specific gravity than the first specific gravity of the material forming the main body of the club head. In another embodiment, the golf club has a club head of the “iron” type, and the club head has a sole that is provided with “bounce” thereon. In another embodiment, the golf club has a club head of the “iron” type that has a configuration that provides it with improved ability to cut through the “rough” on the golf course. In another embodiment, the golf club has a club head having a club face with at least one portion thereof that has a thickness that is modified to account for a groove in the striking surface of the club face. In another embodiment, correlated golf clubs are provided in which the club face is opened or closed relative to at least one other club within a set of golf clubs. The golf swing training device has a structure that is attached to the golf club and extends outward from the front of the golf club that makes the rotation of the golf club shaft and/or club face more visible to the golfer.
US09358429B2
An adjustable assembly includes a golf club shaft, a golf club head having a hosel portion with a hosel opening, a hosel insert, a shaft adapter, and a fastener. The hosel insert is secured to the hosel portion and includes at least one inwardly extending pawl. The adapter extends about a longitudinal axis, and defines a shaft opening. The adapter includes outwardly projecting teeth aligned with the hosel insert. Each tooth includes leading and trailing surfaces. The leading surface is shaped to enable rotational movement of the adapter about the axis with respect to the hosel insert in a first rotational direction. The trailing surface is shaped to selectively engage the pawl to inhibit rotational movement of the adapter with respect to the hosel insert in a second rotation direction that is opposite the first direction. The fastener is releasably coupled to the head and the adapter.
US09358423B2
An exercise machine applicable for strengthening a user's abdominal muscles is described. The exercise machine can include a base frame, a backrest assembly and a seat assembly. The base frame can have side members and a crossbar member to provide floor support. The backrest assembly may be rotablely coupled with the base frame to swivel with simultaneous rotational movements around two or more axes of rotations. The backrest assembly can include two or more pairs of pivot joints. Each pair of pivot joints may define one of the axes of rotation. Handle bars may be mounted substantially transverse to the axes of rotation. The seat assembly may be affixed to the base frame to allow a user sitting on a seat pad of the seat assembly to cause the swiveling of the backrest assembly via hand pushes on the handle bars.
US09358418B2
An indoor cycling device including a unique frame arrangement with fore and aft adjustable seat and handlebar assemblies. The assemblies support a seat and handlebars for fore and aft movement. The assemblies may include a receiver with an elongate aperture with a slider positioned therein. The slider defines a first channel receiving a moveable member. A handle is operably coupled with the member to move the member within the channel in a first direction or a second direction such that a frictionally coupling is caused between the slider and the receiver when the slider is moved in the first direction and releases the coupling when the slider is moved in the second direction.
US09358413B2
Apparatuses and methods for motion and muscle training are disclosed. An apparatus includes a first retractor device, a second retractor device and a body gear unit for engaging a human. The body gear unit is attached to the first retractor device and the second retractor device. The first retractor device and the second retractor device each provide a constant non-variable load and constant resistance in opposite directions. A method includes attaching a body gear unit to a body, attaching first and second retractor devices to the body gear unit, and performing at least one movement using the body gear unit. The at least one movement is performed in a direction that is opposite to a direction of resistance of the first retractor device. A direction of resistance of the second retractor device is opposite to the direction of resistance of the first retractor device.
US09358411B2
A fire sprinkler head (12) has a valve (42) with an X-brace latch (54), and includes a flexible conduit (14). A sprinkler nozzle (16) is secured to a first end of the flexible conduit (14). The sprinkler nozzle (16) includes a first fitting (28), a sprinkler orifice (20) and fusible element (22). A second fitting (40) is secured to the second end of the flexible conduit (14) and includes the valve (42). The valve (42) has a valve element (44) which is moveable from a latched position to an unlatched position. A flexible link (56) extends from the sprinkler nozzle (16) to the X-brace valve latch (54). Breaking of the fusible element (22) releases the flexible link (56) to move from the latched position to the unlatched position, releasing the valve (42) for flow there-through.
US09358408B2
The invention is a portable powered rope climbing device, which can carry persons and objects to ascend or descend along a climbing rope, and ensure controllable speed. The invention comprises a battery pack, an electromagnetic brake direct current motor, and an output shaft of the motor connected with an input shaft of a reducer. An output shaft of the reducer and the input shaft of the reducer are arranged in a 90-degree manner. A driving rope pulley is fixed to the output shaft of the reducer. A climbing rope is wound inside the driving rope pulley. A warping brake rope-pressing pulley block and rope-pressing pulleys tightly press the climbing rope. The climbing rope is wound between the driving rope pulley and a reversing rope pulley and is led out of the driving rope pulley. A speed control module is connected with the motor.
US09358407B2
An ultrasonic actuated unit includes an intermediary portion continuous with an ultrasonic transmitting portion or connected to the ultrasonic transmitting portion at a node position of a longitudinal vibration, and a noncontact vibrating portion extending in directions parallel to a longitudinal axis without contacting the ultrasonic transmitting portion, an imprecise vibration being transmitted to the noncontact vibrating portion from the ultrasonic transmitting portion via the intermediary portion. The ultrasonic actuated unit includes a vibration absorbing portion absorbing the imprecise vibration transmitted to the noncontact vibrating portion.
US09358403B2
There is provided a phototherapy apparatus, in which the therapeutic light is delivered through one or more massage components. The massage component provides mechanical massage to the subject biological tissue and modifies the properties of the subject tissue in thickness, density, etc. to facilitate the absorption of the therapeutic light and enhance the effect of the phototherapy procedure. The light source of the phototherapy apparatus is actively cooled by a synthetic jet cooler.
US09358400B2
In a cardiac pacing system, a leadless cardiac pacemaker is configured for implantation in electrical contact with a cardiac chamber and configured for leadless pacing.
US09358398B2
A method of treating a patient and an external programmer for use with a neurostimulator. Electrical stimulation energy is serially conveyed into tissue of the patient via different combinations of electrodes implanted within the patient, thereby creating one or more clinical effects for each of the different electrode combinations. An influence of each of the different electrode combinations on the clinical effect(s) is determined. A graphical indication of the one or more clinical effects is generated based on the determined electrode combination influences. A graphical representation of the electrodes is displayed. The graphical indication of the clinical effect(s) is displayed adjacent the graphical electrode representation, such that a user can view an extent to which each of the different electrode combinations influences the clinical effect(s).
US09358394B2
An electrical stimulation system for use with a plurality of electrodes implanted within a tissue region comprises a neurostimulator configured for delivering electrical stimulation energy to the plurality of electrodes in accordance with a set of stimulation parameters, thereby injecting a charge into the tissue region, a control device configured for receiving user input to modify the set of stimulation parameters, and controller/processor circuitry configured for, in response to the user input computing a charge injection metric value as a function of a physical electrode parameter and an electrical source parameter for a first set of the electrodes, wherein the electrode set comprises at least two electrodes, comparing the computed charge injection metric value to a safety threshold value, and performing a corrective action based on the comparison.
US09358387B2
Leadless pacemaker, including a hermetic housing, a pacing electrode on a distal portion of the housing, an electronics package in the housing and configured to generate/deliver pacing pulses to the electrode, and a fixation mechanism on the housing distal portion. The fixation mechanism includes at least one deformable hook-shaped thin fixation wire having an attachment portion fixedly attached at the distal portion of the housing and a free end portion which is angled or bent with respect to the attachment portion such that it extends essentially in conformity, but with a small spacing, to a neighbored surface portion of the housing such that the free end portion engages with heart tissue onto which the distal portion is pressed upon rotation of the pacemaker in the direction in which the free end portion extends from the attachment portion, and disengages upon rotation of the pacemaker in the opposite direction.
US09358384B2
A neurostimulation system is disclosed herein. The neurostimulation system includes an implantable pulse generator and an implantable therapy lead configured to be electrically coupled to the implantable pulse generator. The implantable therapy lead includes a flexible paddle electrode array with flexible electrodes. Each flexible electrode has a segmented configuration having first and second electrode segments and a flexible bridge or living hinge joining together the first and second electrode segments.
US09358381B2
Devices, systems and methods are disclosed for treating a variety of diseases and disorders that are primarily or at least partially driven by an imbalance in neurotransmitters in the brain, such as asthma, COPD, depression, anxiety, epilepsy, fibromyalgia, and the like. The invention involves the use of an energy source comprising magnetic and/or electrical energy that is transmitted non-invasively to, or in close proximity to, a selected nerve to temporarily stimulate, block and/or modulate the signals in the selected nerve such that neural pathways are activated to release inhibitory neurotransmitters in the patient's brain.
US09358374B2
Methods and related systems for modulating neural activity by cyclical blocking of conduction in peripheral neural structures are disclosed. Neural activity may blocked cyclically by blocking stimuli delivered via various types of blocking stimulus sources. In an aspect, a conduction block is produced in a sensory nerve. Neural modulation may be used, for example, to modulate an undesired sensation, such as pain, or an immune or inflammatory response or process. Delivery of blocking stimuli may be controlled in part in response to an input from a user input device.
US09358369B1
A delivery catheter for delivery, then photo-activation of photo sensitive material has a photo-sensitive substance-delivery part and an activation part. The catheter delivers substances such as biomaterials to a target site, followed by illumination of the target using optics located at the distal tip of the catheter which are optically coupled to an extracorporeal light source. The light may be delivered by a single or multi-lumen needle, or a separate light guide passed over the catheter.
US09358361B2
Methods, computer program products, and systems are described that include accepting an indication of a schedule for administration of a bioactive agent to an individual and presenting an indication of an artificial sensory experience at least partly based on the accepting an indication of the schedule for administration of the bioactive agent to the individual.
US09358358B2
Systems and methods are provided for humidifying ventilation gas. Systems and methods may include a nasal interface apparatus for receiving ventilation gas from gas delivery tubing and for humidifying ventilation gas. The nasal interface apparatus may have one or more channels within the nasal interface to deliver gas from a gas delivery circuit to a patient's nose; one or more structures in fluid communication with the one or more channels to direct ventilation gas to the patient's nose; and a hygroscopic material within the nasal interface in the flow path of the ventilation gas.
US09358352B2
A pulmonary drug delivery system is disclosed, including a breath-powered, dry powder inhaler, and a cartridge for delivering a dry powder formulation. The inhaler and cartridge can be provided with a drug delivery formulation comprising, for example, a diketopiperazine and an active ingredient, including, small organic molecules, peptides and proteins, including, insulin and glucagon-like peptide 1 for the treatment of disease and disorders, for example, endocrine disease such as diabetes and/or obesity.
US09358349B2
Described is a guiding assembly for an injection device comprising a mount adapted to receive an injection device, a first gripping member rotatably coupled to the mount, a first lateral stop member coupled to the first gripping member, and a spring biasing the first gripping member in a first angular position.
US09358348B2
A safety needle apparatus is provided. The safety needle apparatus includes a needle assembly including a needle mount and a needle cannula. The needle cannula defines a lumen and has a sharpened distal tip. The needle mount supports the proximal end of the needle cannula and is adapted to engage an intravenous line. The safety apparatus includes a shield positioned about the needle cannula. The needle cannula is movable in relation to the shield. The apparatus also includes a lock insert supported on the needle cannula and a locking member extending from an internal surface of the shield, wherein the locking insert and the locking member are configured to prevent movement of the needle cannula. A platform including a base member, which is configured to support the needle cannula at a substantially orthogonal orientation to the plane of a top surface of the platform and supports the shield, is included.
US09358345B2
The invention refers to a shuttering mechanism for controlling translation of a longitudinally moveable component within a housing, the shuttering mechanism comprising at least one fixed shutter attached to or integrated with the housing and at least one moving shutter arm moveable between at least one locking position and at least one unlocking position, wherein at least one resilient arm is associated with the longitudinally moveable component, the resilient arm having a dog resiliently biased towards the fixed shutter, wherein the moving shutter arm is arranged alongside the fixed shutter, wherein at least one fixed protrusion is arranged on the fixed shutter at least one of them arranged for engaging the dog so as to prevent translation of the longitudinally moveable component in a proximal direction, wherein at least one moving protrusion is arranged on the moving shutter arm, at least one of them ramped in a manner to disengage the dog from the at least one of the fixed protrusions and/or to prevent engagement of the dog to the fixed protrusion when the moving shutter arm is in the unlocking position, wherein the moving shutter arm is arranged to allow engagement of the dog with the fixed protrusion in the locking position.
US09358342B2
A reservoir (31) with at least one flexible section for use in a medicated module (4) for an injection system to co-deliver at least two medicaments is disclosed where a primary delivery device (7) containing a first medicament accepts a medicated module (4) containing a single dose of a second medicament (2) and where both medicaments are delivered through a single hollow needle (3). The reservoir (31) comprises one or more slit valves (44, 45) to allow for delivery of the first and second medicaments. The medicated module (4) also contains a needle guard (22) that engages a housing (43) of the reservoir (31) to open the slit valves (44, 45).
US09358339B2
Described here are devices and methods for the delivery of molecules, including biologically active molecules, into tissues. The devices and methods are generally particle based, and devised to deploy the molecules into a target tissue in a controlled manner to minimize tissue damage. The devices and methods may further be devised to tailor molecule delivery parameters to a variety of tissue types. Kits including various device components are also described.
US09358336B2
Drug delivery device with electronically controlled and axially displaceable piston drive member (10) adapted to engage a loaded cartridge piston. The piston drive member is moveable between a proximal loading position in which a cartridge can be received and a distal loaded position in engagement with the piston. A proximity sensor (11,12) provides a varying output indicative of a varying distance between the piston drive member and the piston. A controller (30) coupled to the proximity sensor is configured to control movement of the piston drive member from the loading position to the loaded position and stop movement when the controller based on input from the proximity sensor system determines that the loaded position has just been reached. By this arrangement it is prevented that a drug-filled cartridge is pressurized during the loading and initializing procedure.
US09358328B2
A suction device includes an outer tube having an inlet at a first end and an inner suction tube located within the outer tube, the inner suction tube having an inlet at a first end corresponding to the first end of the outer tube. The inlet of the inner suction tube is offset by a distance from the inlet of the outer suction tube, such that the inlet of the inner suction tube is located within the outer suction tube.
US09358327B1
A tissue separating device and a method of separating pure fat from a fatty liposuction aspirate are provided. The tissue separating device includes a canister device including canister body having a sidewall defining a volume. A tissue retrieval port can be arranged on the canister device and is capable of being arranged in fluid communication with a harvesting device for directing a fatty liposuction aspirate into the volume of the canister device. An adjustable height filtration mesh assembly can be arranged within the canister body and can include a filtering mesh separating the volume into an upper vacuum chamber and a lower vacuum chamber. A tissue harvesting port can be arranged in the sidewall of the canister body and can be capable of being arranged in communication with a collection device to allow the tissue harvesting port to atraumatically receive a filtered pure fat collected on the filtering mesh within the upper vacuum chamber. The filtration mesh assembly can be movably arranged within the canister body such that the filtering mesh is adjustable with respect to the tissue harvesting port.
US09358325B2
Various embodiments of stents with radiopaque markers arranged in patterns are described herein.
US09358319B2
Disclosed are cement products, methods of forming cement using the cement product, and methods of using the cement product in orthopedic and dental applications. Generally, the disclosed cement product includes a first component and a second component. The first component comprises a polymerizable resin comprising ethylenic unsaturated double bond, a suitable glycidyl group and/or a suitable isocyanate group. The second component includes a compound comprising more than one type of amine selected from the group consisting of primary amine, secondary amines, tertiary amines and quaternary amines. Alternatively, the second component includes a compound comprising a suitable mercapto (SH—) group, a hindered amine or a dimethylthiotoluenediamine (DMTDA). Optionally, the cement product includes a filler and/or a bioactive component to promote bone formation.
US09358313B2
An ultraviolet area sterilizer or disinfector is incorporated into a building structure where concern exists regarding the presence of pathogenic bacteria on environmental surfaces. Ultraviolet C (UV-C) generators generate UV-C that is directed to architectural partitions of an enclosed area. The architectural partitions reflect UV-C to kill pathogens in the enclosed area. The device transmits a calculated dose of UV-C from a fixture mounted to an architectural partition in the enclosed area. Once an effective cumulative dose of UV-C has been reflected to radiation sensors, as measured by the sensors, the device shuts down. The device may allocate power to specific UV-C emitters so as to direct UV-C radiation more uniformly throughout the area, as measured by the sensors.
US09358303B2
The present invention relates to compounds, and pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, comprising a vascular disrupting agent (VDA) associated and a MMP proteolytic cleavage site. The compounds are useful in the treatment of cancer.
US09358302B2
Glycoconjugate vaccines and methods of preparing and using the same are described.
US09358296B2
Disclosed are preparations and formulations of high thermodynamic activity lipophilic associations (LA), in which there is pairing between an ionizable pharmaceutical agent and a lipophilic species having ionic characteristics opposite to that of the pharmaceutical agent. Such lipophilic associations manifest high thermodynamic activity, as evidenced by their being predominantly in a liquid phase at room temperature or solvated in a lower-than-water dielectric solvent. Further the pharmaceutical agent being solubilized means that dissolution is not rate limiting to transmucosal absorption. This LA or LA-solvate is formulated into a low dielectric dosage form, from whence, upon the dosage form's hydration, the pharmaceutical agent is driven through the mucosal tissue and into systemic circulation. The invention therefore provides an enhanced transmucosal drug delivery system for ionizable pharmaceutical agents at or near physiological pH.
US09358292B2
Methods for the treatment of a cell proliferation disorder in a subject, involving: (1) administering to the subject at least one activatable pharmaceutical agent that is capable of effecting a predetermined cellular change when activated, either alone or in combination with at least one energy modulation agent; and (2) applying an initiation energy from an initiation energy source to the subject, wherein the applying activates the activatable agent in situ, thus causing the predetermined cellular change to occur, wherein the predetermined cellular change treats the cell proliferation disorder, preferably by causing an increase or decrease in rate of cell proliferation, and a kit for performing the method, a computer implemented system for performing the method, a pharmaceutical composition useful in the method and a method for causing an autovaccine effect in a subject using the method.
US09358290B2
The invention provides a pharmaceutical composition comprising (a) a compound of the formula (1), wherein R1, R2, R3 and R4 are substituents, at least one of which contains a carborane cluster; and M is selected from two hydrogen ions and one or two metal ions, wherein any metal ions present are charge-balanced by one or more counter ions; and (b) a vehicle comprising: (i) dimethylacetamide as solvent; and (ii) a co-solvent comprising one or more of tetraglycol; propylene glycol; polyethylene glycol; and a non-ionic surfactant. The pharmaceutical compositions are useful as radiation sensitizers in radiation treatment of cancers.
US09358284B2
The invention provides a process for the reductive amination of a carbonyl group at the reducing terminus of a polysaccharide, wherein the reductive amination is carried out at a pH between 4 and 5. The invention also provides a process for preparing a conjugate of a polysaccharide and a carrier molecule, comprising the steps of: (a) coupling the polysaccharide to a linker, to form a polysaccharide-linker compound in which the free terminus of the linker is an ester group; and (b) reacting the ester group with a primary amine group in the carrier molecule, to form a polysaccharide-linker-carrier molecule conjugate in which the linker is coupled to the carrier molecule via an amide linkage. The invention also provides a process for reducing contamination of a polysaccharide-linker compound with unreacted linker, comprising a step of precipitating unreacted linker under aqueous conditions at a pH of less than 5.
US09358272B2
Multicomponent compositions and methods of use thereof are disclosed herein. Some embodiments of the present invention include multicomponent compositions comprising a first component and a second component, where the first component comprises a notch influencing molecule and the second component comprises a GPCR targeted molecule. Kits comprising the multicomponent composition are also disclosed. Methods for providing the multicomponent composition to one or more cells are additionally provided. Further embodiments include methods of using the multicomponent composition such as, for example, methods of administering the multicomponent composition and method of treating organisms (such as mammals) using the multicomponent composition.
US09358271B2
The present invention relates to the use of a natriurectic peptide, such as urodilatin, for treating a patient suffering from heart failure, such as acute decompensated heart failure. Preferably, a composition comprising an effective amount of urodilatin is intravenously administered to the patient continuously through a time period of at least 24 hours and up to 120 hours, preferably at least 48 hours.
US09358265B2
The invention relates to a plant based formulation for the prevention and management of Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS) comprising of effective amount of a hydro-alcoholic extract of Acacia arabica, Aegle marmelos and Nardostachys jatamansi.
US09358264B2
A method of controlling body weight in humans by administering an amount of decaffeinated green coffee extract effective to treat a subject. A preferred green coffee extract contains a ratio of 4-caffeoylquinic acid (4-CQA) to total chlorogenic acids (tCGA) (5-CQA/tCGA) of from about 0.1 to about 0.2. More preferably, the green coffee extract comprises from about 6% to about 8% of 4-caffeoylquinic acid and has a total chlorogenic acid concentration that exceeds about 45%. A preferred method of administration consists of administering the green coffee extracts is a dosage of about 200 mg twice a day prior to meals on an empty stomach.
US09358260B2
The present invention relates to a process for obtaining a Labisia pumila water extract comprising the steps of: obtaining an extract from dried Labisia pumila plant material using water extraction, filtering the extract to obtain filtrate and Labisia pumila plant material residue, re-extracting the Labisia pumila residue using water extraction, centrifuging the Labisia pumila extracts to obtain a supernatant, characterized in that, the Labisia pumila plant material includes leaves and roots in a ratio of 3:2 by weight and ratio of the dried plant material to water used in the water extraction process is 1:10 by weight, wherein the yield obtained from initial extraction is 7% to 8% and the extra yield obtained from re-extraction is 33% to 38% and the total yield obtained from the extraction is 10% to 12%.
US09358259B2
A process and apparatus for extracting cannabinoids from cannabis plant material plant material and for transporting low concentrations of cannabinoids in a solution of solvent includes at least a solvent tank, a hopper, and one or more pumps. A plurality of valves may also be incorporated into the invention. Plant material may be soaked, washed, and/or rinsed with a solvent that extracts essential elements from cannabis plant matter. The process minimally includes filling a hopper with plant mater, moving solvent from a solvent tank to the hopper, and moving solvent back to the solvent tank after an extraction. Repeating this process a plurality of times with new plant material increases the concentration cannabinoids in the solvent tank after each time the process is performed.
US09358254B2
A method of treating or preventing Helicobacter pylori infection in a subject, includes the step of orally administering to the subject a composition including a carbonaceous material that has a pore defined therein which has a radius of more than 0 nm but less than 2.5 nm; and from 0.001-15% by weight, based on weight of the carbonaceous material, of an active particle coated that is on the carbonaceous material and that is made of a material selected from the group consisting of silver, gold, aluminum, zinc, copper, and titanium dioxide.
US09358246B2
A readthrough inducing agent for inducing readthrough of a premature stop codon generated by nonsense mutations, the readthrough inducing agent comprising a compound having a structure expressed by the following Structural Formula (A), and a drug for treating a genetic disease caused by nonsense mutations, the drug comprising the readthrough inducing agent.
US09358236B2
The present invention relates to a combination of an allosteric mTOR inhibitor and a catalytic mTOR inhibitor for use in the prevention or treatment of neurodegenerative diseases, for example Huntington's Disease, and products and pharmaceutical compositions comprising such a combination for use in the prevention or treatment of such neurodegenerative diseases.
US09358227B2
Pharmaceutical uses of 6-amino quinazoline or 3-cyano quinoline derivatives are disclosed. Specifically, the 6-amino quinazoline or 3-cyano quinoline derivatives presented by general formula (I), or tautomers, enantiomers, diastereomers, racemates or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, or metabolites, metabolic precursors or prodrugs thereof, are protein kinase inhibitors, in which each substitutent group of general formula (I) is as defined in the specification.
US09358222B2
A compound of formula (I) or a compound of formula (II) or pharmaceutically acceptable salts thereof, wherein R1-R7 and X are as defined in the description, and the use of these compounds in therapy, in particular in treating cancer or as an inhibitor of the interaction of the MDM2 protein with p53.
US09358198B2
The problem is to provide a means for effectively dyeing keratin fibers while retaining high safety. Provided are a dyeing method and a dyeing agent, which include a combination of an oxidation dyeing agent consisting of an indole analog and a bilirubin oxidase derived from Myrothecium verrucaria or Bacillus Subtilis.
US09358195B2
Disclosed are stabilized body care products, household products, textiles and fabrics which comprise certain hindered nitroxyl, hydroxylamine and hydroxylamine salt compounds. Dyed products and articles are effectively stabilized against color degradation. The products are for example skin-care products, hair-care products, dentifrices, cosmetics, laundry detergents and fabric softeners, non-detergent based fabric care products, household cleaners and textile-care products.
US09358184B2
The present invention relates to a composition comprising: (i) at least 20% by weight, relative to the total weight of the composition, of at least one C2-C4 monoalcohol; (ii) at least one polycondensate of ethylene oxide and of propylene oxide; and (iii) at least one nonionic surfactant other than the polycondensates (ii). The invention also relates to the use of this composition for cleansing the hair, and to a process for cleansing the hair using this composition.
US09358181B2
A reconstitution assembly includes a housing including a lower sleeve and an upper sleeve, including a first container and a second container disposed vertically opposite the first container. A transfer set assembly is disposed within the housing between the first container and the second container. The transfer set assembly includes an upper spike housing and a lower spike housing, with a flow path defined through the upper spike housing and the lower spike housing. The transfer set assembly is configured to access contents of the first container and then upon the activation of a triggering mechanism, create a fluid pathway between the first container and the second container. The triggering mechanism ensures the transfer set assembly sequentially accesses the contents of the first container before accessing the contents of the second container. The disposition of the first container activates the triggering mechanism.
US09358180B2
In a stimulus method, a stimulus applying apparatus is attached to an area selected from a group of specific parts of a body surface by an acupuncture needle(s) or heating etc. thereby releasing the stress, and a stress-free medical treatment method based on the stimulus method.
US09358176B1
The invention relates to improvements in walking crutches that have an underarm support mounted on one end of a longitudinally extending leg. The improvements include providing the underarm support with symmetrical side portions having symmetrical concave, curved, smooth surfaces, and an upper concave, curved, smooth surface to provide less discomfort when contacting the user's side, more comfortable support of the user's underarm and greater ease of use of the crutch by compression of the underarm support between the user's side, arm and underarm.
US09358170B2
A surgery table utilizing first and second sections which are hingedly attached to one another. First and second sections are also connected to supports apart from the hinged portion. An elevator moves one of the sections upwardly and downwardly at the support. The resultant position of the frame formed by the first and second sections may take the configuration of a flat surface or an upwardly or downwardly oriented “vee”.
US09358165B2
A front suspension system for an electric wheelchair includes front pivot shaft, a front wheel retainer, an elasticity resistance member, and a front shock absorber. The front shock absorber is disposed on a horizontal first section of the front wheel retainer so as to improve climbing capability of the wheelchair. The elasticity resistance member is disposed between the frame and the front wheel retainer and has two ends connected to the front wheel retainer and the abutting member of the frame, respectively. When the front wheels encounters bumpy road and makes the front wheel retainer pivot, the elasticity resistance member will be compressed to produce a reaction force toward the front wheel retainer and the abutting member of the frame, respectively, so that the front wheel retainer is pressed down to keep pressing against the flat bearing surface, and the frame is also pressed downward to prevent tipping backward.
US09358162B2
A wearing article having a waist-opening that can be easily folded back along a fold line extending in a transverse direction without increasing the stiffness in the vicinity of the waist-opening. A diaper includes front and rear waist members and a crotch member. A liquid-absorbent structure of the crotch member is formed outboard of in a longitudinal direction of a core with front and rear flaps exclusively composed of an absorption surface wrapping sheet, a leakage-barrier sheet and a bottom surface wrapping sheet. The front and rear waist members include first regions overlapping the front and rear flaps, respectively, second regions lying adjacent to the associated first regions and third regions lying adjacent to the associated second regions. The front and rear waist members are provided with the first, second and third waist elastics attached between respective inner and outer sheets in the first, second and third regions, respectively. A tensile stress of the first regions and the third regions is adjusted to be lower than that of the second regions.
US09358159B2
The displacement mechanism includes: an urging mechanism that urges an anvil roller toward an ultrasonic horn in such a manner that output surfaces and a welding surface move closer in the normal direction thereof; and a pressed member that has guide surfaces against which the outer surface of the anvil roller, positioned within non-welding areas, are pressed by an urging force of the urging mechanism, the pressed member being fixed to a sheet holding roller in a state where a pressed surface is disposed within the width-direction range of a slit. In response to the movement of the anvil roller from a welding area to the non-welding areas, the guide surfaces of the pressed member guide the anvil roller in a direction in which the output surfaces and the welding surface move away from each other.
US09358155B2
A dual blade device comprising an elongate probe having first and lateral second cutting edges and a blunt protruding distal tip, useable for performing an ab interno procedure to remove a strip of trabecular meshwork tissue from a human eye.
US09358153B2
A method for treating acute coronary syndromes (i.e., unstable angina or non-Q-wave MI) or transient ischemic attacks in a human or animal patient by placing a heat exchange apparatus in the patient's vasculature and using that heat exchange apparatus to cool the patient to a temperature (e.g. 30-36 degrees C.) at which platelet inhibition (i.e., inhibition of platelet activation and/or aggregation and/or adhesion) occurs. Anti-shivering drugs or anesthesia may be administered to patients whose body temperature is cooled below that patient's shivering threshold (typically approximately 35.5 degrees C.). If it is determined that platelet inhibition is no longer desirable, such as when the patient is about to undergo a surgical or interventional procedure wherein bleeding could be problematic, the hypothermia-induced platelet inhibition may be rapidly reversed by using the intravascular heat exchange apparatus to re-warm the patient's body to normothermia or near normothermia.
US09358148B2
Finger splints for use in connection with distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint fractures are disclosed. The splints include a ring element at least partially positioned around a finger at a location proximal to the distal interphalangeal (DIP) joint and include an extension member that extends over the DIP joint and attaches to the fingernail.
US09358138B2
Prosthetic liners, prosthetic sockets and prosthetic suspension sleeves, as well as orthotic components, having enhanced thermally conductivity and/or enhanced heat absorption capabilities. Such components may be used in various combinations to create assemblies and systems that are operative to better transfer heat away from and/or absorb heat produced by residual or intact limbs of a user.
US09358128B2
The present invention provides an expandable fusion device capable of being installed inside an intervertebral disc space to maintain normal disc spacing and restore spinal stability, thereby facilitating an intervertebral fusion. In one embodiment, the fusion device includes a body portion, a first endplate, and a second endplate, the first and second endplates capable of being moved in a direction away from the body portion into an expanded configuration or capable of being moved towards the body portion into an unexpanded configuration. The fusion device is capable of being deployed and installed in both configurations.
US09358125B2
An improved mechanism for expanding or lifting a device in accordance with various embodiments of the present invention is a coaxial screw gear sleeve mechanism. In various embodiments, coaxial screw gear sleeve mechanisms includes a post with a threaded exterior surface and a corresponding sleeve configured to surround the post, the corresponding sleeve having a threaded interior surface configured to interface with the threaded exterior surface of the post and a geared exterior surface. A drive mechanism can be configured to interface with the geared exterior surface of the sleeve, causing a device utilizing such a mechanism to expand or lift between a collapsed configuration and an expanded configuration.
US09358108B2
A system for implanting a heart valve includes a radially self-expandable tubular body having a preformed groove disposed at an outer surface of the tubular body, and a valve disposed within the tubular body. The preformed groove extends at least partially around the tubular body, and has a circumferential opening facing radially outward. A trapping member is configured to be disposed within the preformed groove on the outer surface of the tubular body and form at least a partial loop around the tubular body. The circumferential opening of the preformed groove is relatively larger when an outflow end of the tubular body has been deployed from a catheter and an inflow end of the tubular body is disposed within the catheter, and the circumferential opening of the preformed groove is relatively smaller when both the outflow end and the inflow end are fully deployed from the catheter.
US09358105B2
A support device for implanting a stentless heart valve prosthesis having three leaflets adapted for coapting and defining three corresponding commissures is disclosed. The support device includes a shaft defining a manipulation axis, the shaft having a proximal portion and a distal portion, and three support formations integrally formed and extending from the proximal end of the shaft, the support formations angularly distributed about the manipulation axis of the shaft, such that each of the support formations correspond to locations of each of the commissures of the stentless heart valve prosthesis. The shaft includes a connection portion flexibly connecting the shaft and the support formations to permit a displacement of the manipulation axis with respect to the support formations. The shaft, the plurality of support formations and the connection portion are integrally formed from a single tubular element.
US09358099B2
A stent graft provides for a fenestration to be created by a side branch fenestration creation device. A kit comprises a side branch fenestration creation device and a stent graft in which a fenestration may be created thereby.
US09358094B2
The devices and methods described herein relate to improved structures for removing obstructions from body lumens. Such devices have applicability in through-out the body, including clearing of blockages within the vasculature, by addressing the frictional resistance on the obstruction prior to attempting to translate and/or mobilize the obstruction within the body lumen.
US09358089B2
The present invention relates generally to a system and method for measuring the structural characteristics of an object. The object is subjected to an energy application processes and provides an objective, quantitative measurement of structural characteristics of an object. The system may include a device, for example, a percussion instrument, capable of being reproducibly placed against the object undergoing such measurement for reproducible positioning. The structural characteristics as defined herein may include vibration damping capacities, acoustic damping capacities, structural integrity or structural stability.
US09358086B2
An intraoral device includes a flexible body having an upper front flap including evacuation holes and a upper edge; an upper rear flap forming an upper pocket with the upper front flap and including internal channels and a upper edge separated from the upper edge of the upper front flap to form an upper pocket opening, the internal channels terminating in grooves along the upper edge; a lower front flap including evacuation holes and a lower edge; a lower rear flap forming a lower pocket with the lower front flap and including internal channels and a lower edge separated from the lower edge of the lower front flap to form an lower pocket opening, the internal channels terminating in grooves along the lower edge.
US09358083B2
Disclosed is a computer-implemented method of designing a number of dental restorations for a patient, wherein the method includes: selecting a composed set of teeth including a number of teeth, where the number of teeth are arranged spatially relative to each other forming a high aesthetic composition; applying the composed set of teeth to a virtual three dimensional representation of the patient's present oral situation to obtain an initial set of teeth; optionally modifying one or more parameters of one or more of the teeth in the initial set of teeth to obtain a finalized set of teeth.
US09358073B2
Provided herein are expandable devices, rail systems, and motorized devices. In one embodiment, an expandable device comprises an expandable sac having a tool housed therein. The expandable device is optionally configured for operation while inside a body cavity. The expandable device optionally comprises at least one rail in the sac, and at least one railed device coupled to the rail for movement there on. Movement of the railed device on the rail is provided by, for example, a motor such as an electromagnetic motor or an inch-worm type motor. Expandable devices can be used, for example, to perform minimally invasive medical procedures requiring access to a body cavity. Expandable devices can also be used, for example, to provide safe and stable transport of instruments to the body cavity.
US09358072B2
Systems and methods for minimally invasive surgical tools with haptic feedback are disclosed. One disclosed embodiment of a system includes an insertion sheath configured to be partially inserted within a patient's body, the insertion sheath configured to receive a surgical tool; a roller disposed at least partially within the insertion sheath, the roller configured to contact a surgical tool inserted within the insertion sheath; and an actuator coupled to the roller, the actuator configured to receive an actuator signal and to output a haptic effect based on the actuator signal.
US09358069B2
A forceps includes an end effector assembly having first and second jaw members movable relative to one another between a spaced-apart position, a first approximated position, and a second approximated position. One or both of the jaw members including a first stop member coupled thereto and disposed between the jaw members. The first stop member is longitudinally translatable along a surface of the at least one jaw member from a first position, wherein the first stop member inhibits approximation of the jaw members beyond the first approximated position, and a second position, wherein the first stop member inhibits approximation of the jaw members beyond the second approximated position.
US09358065B2
An electrosurgical instrument is provided and includes a housing configured to connect to a source of bipolar electrosurgical energy and an electrode body coupled to the elongated housing. The electrode body includes an electrode face, first and second bipolar electrodes and a blade. The electrode face is formed on the distal end of the electrode body and includes a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis therethrough. The first and second electrodes have a leading edge and a trailing edge, are formed on opposite sides of the longitudinal axis and connect to opposed electrical potentials. The blade is positioned between the electrodes with at least a portion of the blade extending beyond the electrode face.
US09358061B2
A catheter for use with a suction source for removing excess fluid from a tissue treatment site has a catheter body, a distal section and a fluid evacuation path, where the distal section includes a multi-lumened member and at least one evacuation port, and the fluid evacuation path extends through a lumen in the multi-lumened member to provide suction communication between the suction source and the at least one evacuation port. The fluid evacuation path may also be configured for two-way flow, including distally and proximally along the catheter.
US09358054B2
A closure system may secure a first bone portion to a second bone portion. The closure system may include a bracket, a band and a tensioning device. The bracket may include a first portion adapted to engage the first bone portion and a second portion adapted to engage the second bone portion. The band may engage the bracket and may be adapted to be looped around the first and second bone portions. The tensioning device may include a body and a threaded member. The threaded member may be received in the body and may engage the band such that rotation of the threaded member relative to the body moves a first end of the band relative to a second end of the band.
US09358051B2
This system includes a retaining housing formed by a hole intended to receive the anchoring member and a retaining portion arranged on the anchoring member; said retaining housing is arranged in a part having a degree of elastic flexibility and is delimited by a continuous wall of this part; the retaining housing, on the side of a first axial end, forms a first collar forming a continuous circular projection capable of being elastically deformed by the retaining portion arranged on the anchoring member; the wall of said part delimiting the retaining housing also forms, on a second axial end, a second collar not able to be elastically deformed by said retaining portion.
US09358045B2
Devices, methods and systems for stabilizing at least a portion of the spinal column are provided. Devices include anchors and coupling members for engaging an elongate member. Systems include an elongate member sized to span a distance between at least two vertebral bodies and being at least partially formed of a flexible material. A number of anchors and coupling members are used to secure the elongate member to each of the vertebral bodies. The anchors can be compressed towards one another and the elongate member secured thereto and/or the elongate member can be tensioned to provide corrective forces to the spine.
US09358044B2
Systems, devices, and associated methods for correcting spinal column deformities that help minimize a number of attachment anchors utilized for correction, facilitate use of straight or contoured rods, and/or help promote a more natural, physiologic motion of the spinal column.
US09358038B2
Methods and devices for detecting positioning of a probe in a tissue of a patient. A method can include providing a detection device; advancing a device coupled probe through the tissue of the patient and toward the patient's spinal canal; detecting a change in pressure about the distal portion of the coupled probe during advancing, where the detected pressure change indicates probe positioning in the patient's spinal canal; outputting the detected pressure change or indication of probe positioning to a visual display.
US09358037B2
The invention is directed to methods and apparatus for centering a microcatheter within a vasculature. In one aspect, the methods and apparatus can be used to support centering and to facilitate a guidewire to cross through a chronic total occlusion. In one embodiment, the catheter apparatus includes: a microcatheter having a lumen, a distal opening and a distal end; one or more guidewires for passing through the lumen of the microcatheter; an inner shaft having a lumen, a distal opening and a distal end for passing the inner shaft over the microcatheter; an outer shaft having a lumen, a distal opening and a distal end for passing the outer shaft over the inner shaft; and a self-expandable scaffold structure disposed towards the distal end of the inner shaft. The self-expandable scaffold structure is preferably non-occluding thereby allowing blood to flow through the scaffold. Preferably, the inner shaft and microcatheter are capable of being independently operable.
US09358031B2
In one embodiment of the invention, a replaceable electrosurgical end effector cartridge is provided to couple to a mechanical wrist of a surgical instrument for a robotic surgical system. The replaceable electrosurgical end effector cartridge includes two end effectors, a fastener to rotatably couple the two end effectors together, and a cam mechanism. At least one of the two end effectors is a moveable end effector having a jaw portion, an off-center portion, and a base portion. The cam mechanism is coupled to the base portion of the at least one moveable end effector to pivot it about the fastener to open and close the jaw portion of the at least one moveable end effector with respect to the other.
US09358027B2
Various embodiments relate to a surgical instrument. The surgical instrument includes a first handle member having a first handle portion and a first shaft portion; a first end member connected to the first handle member having a first instrument portion and a tab; a second end member connected to the tab of the first end member having a second instrument portion and a shaft portion; a second handle member connected to the shaft portion of the second end member; and a lock that releasably connects the second handle member to the shaft portion of the first handle member.
US09358024B2
This relates to treating an asthmatic lung and more particularly, relates to advancing a treatment device into the lung and treating the lung with the device. This also includes additional steps of treating the airway wall, applying energy or heat to the airway wall in an asthmatic lung.
US09358023B2
Systems and methods for opening a tissue to a target value using microbubbles are disclosed herein. In an embodiment of a method for opening a tissue to a target value using microbubbles, a region of the tissue is targeted for opening, an acoustic parameter corresponding to the target value is determined, and an ultrasound beam is applied to the target region at the acoustic parameter such that the tissue at the target region is opened to the target value with the microbubbles. The acoustic parameter can be selected to control an acoustic cavitation event and, in some embodiments, controlling an acoustic cavitation event can include controlling a location, number and/or magnitude of acoustic cavitation events.
US09358016B2
A measurement system and method for determining a depth of penetration of a working portion of a surgical instrument (e.g., a rotating drill bit in a bore). A first sensor outputs a first signal representative of a displacement of the leading edge of the drill bit in the bore. A second sensor outputs a second signal representative of a force applied to the leading edge of the drill bit. A processor outputs a third signal representative of the depth of penetration of the leading edge of the drill bit when the leading edge of the drill bit passes from a first medium having a first density to a second medium having a second density. The third signal is based on the first and second signals.
US09358015B2
An apparatus for application of surgical clips to body tissue is provided and includes a handle assembly; a shaft assembly including a housing extending distally from the handle assembly and defining a longitudinal axis; a plurality of surgical clips disposed within the shaft assembly; a jaw mounted adjacent a distal end portion of the shaft assembly, the jaw being movable between an open spaced-apart condition and a closed approximated condition; and a pusher bar reciprocally disposed within the housing of the shaft assembly and being detachably connectable to the housing of the shaft assembly, the pusher bar being configured to load a distal-most surgical clip into the jaws during distal movement and remain connected to the housing of the shaft assembly and in a distally advanced position during an approximation of the jaws.
US09358003B2
A surgical instrument configured to relay a low-power signal from an end effector to a remote device is disclosed. The surgical instrument may comprise a handle, a shaft extending distally from the handle, and an end effector attached to the distal end of the shaft. A sensor may be disposed in the end effector. The sensor may generate a signal indicative of a condition at the end effector. A transmitter may be located in the end effector. The transmitter may transmit the signal from the sensor at a first power level. The signal may be received by a relay station located proximally to the shaft. The relay station is configured to retransmit the signal at a second power level, wherein the second power level is higher than the first power level.
US09358002B2
An anchoring device includes an elongate body having a proximal portion and a distal portion. The proximal portion of the elongate body terminates in a free end and the distal portion forms a loop. The loop includes a proximal portion and a distal portion. and further includes a plurality of anchors disposed along a surface thereof. The plurality of anchors are oriented toward the proximal portion of the elongate body to limit movement of the loop through tissue. A pledget is disposed adjacent the proximal portion of the loop. Methods for securing anchoring devices of the present disclosure are also disclosed.
US09358000B2
A method for making a curved tungsten alloy suture needle comprising the step of heating tungsten alloy needle blanks or a tungsten alloy suture needle to a temperature below the recrystallization temperature of the alloy. The tungsten alloy suture needles described herein have a desirable combination of stiffness, strength, ductility, and surface color.
US09357999B2
An automatic suturing apparatus comprises triggers that activate suturing and securing of the tissue of a patient. An automatic suturing apparatus also comprises triggers that activate suturing and securing of a valve to tissue of a patient. The automatic suturing apparatus can be used in systems and kits. An automatic suturing apparatus can be used in methods of suturing a tissue or a valve to tissue.
US09357993B2
An innovative bone anchor and methods for securing soft tissue, such as tendons, to bone, which permit a suture attachment that lies entirely beneath the cortical bone surface. The suturing material between the soft tissue and the bone anchor may be secured without the need for tying a knot. The suture attachment to the bone anchor involves the looping of a length of suture around a suture return member or path within the bone anchor, tightening the suture and attached soft tissue, and compressing the suture against the bone anchor. The bone anchor may be a tubular body having a lumen with a locking plug that compresses the suture therein. One of the components of the locking structure may include a deformable or flexible section, member, or surface. The locking plug may include a shaft and an enlarged head that interferes with the tubular body to provide a positive stop. An actuation rod attached at a frangible section to the shaft may be manipulated by an external handle during locking of the suture within the bone anchor. The bone anchor further may include locking structure for securing itself within a bone cavity.
US09357987B2
A surgical retractor includes a first component and second component. The first component includes a first top structure and outer wall. The first top structure has a first opening and first peripheral opening disposed about the first opening, wherein the first peripheral opening in communication with the first opening. The outer wall forms a second opening in communication with the first opening. The second component includes a second top structure and inner wall. The second top structure has a third opening. The inner wall forms a fourth opening in communication with the third opening, wherein the inner wall has a second peripheral opening in communication with the fourth opening. The second component is adjustable with respect to the first component such that second and fourth openings define a combined opening in communication with the third opening and the combined opening is in communication with the first and second peripheral openings.
US09357980B2
An ultrasound diagnostic apparatus which detects a target blood vessel of a subject based on reflected ultrasound waves obtained, using an ultrasound probe, from the subject, the ultrasound diagnostic apparatus including: a B-mode image generation unit which generates a tomographic image of the subject, based on the reflected ultrasound waves; a blood flow image generation unit which generates blood flow information indicating a blood flow region of the subject in the tomographic image, based on the reflected ultrasound waves; and a blood flow region determination unit which determines whether or not the blood flow region corresponds to the target blood vessel, by analyzing the blood flow information generated by the blood flow image generation unit.
US09357973B2
An imaging system (300) includes a radiation source (308) that emits radiation from a focal spot (312) in a direction of an examination region. The imaging system further includes a beam shaper (314), located between the focal spot and the examination region, that shapes an x-ray transmission profile of the radiation emitted from the source and incident on the beam shaper such that the radiation leaving the beam shaper has a pre-determined transmission profile.
US09357970B2
In one embodiment, a neurological status evaluation apparatus includes a signal generator configured to generate an electromagnetic signal at one or more frequencies, a transmitting antenna coupled to the signal generator and configure to transmit the electromagnetic signal, and a receiving antenna positioned proximate to the transmitting antenna such that an evaluation space is defined between the transmitting antenna and the receiving antenna. The biological tissue under evaluation does not contact the transmitting antenna or the receiving antenna. The receiving antenna receives a modulated electromagnetic signal after propagating through the biological tissue under evaluation. The neurological status evaluation apparatus further includes a spectrum analyzer coupled to the receiving antenna, wherein the spectrum analyzer receives and samples the modulated electromagnetic signal. A computing device is coupled to the spectrum analyzer, calculates an evaluation, and provides a neurological status indicator of the biological tissue under evaluation based on the evaluation parameter.
US09357963B1
Through the measurement and interpretation of the pixels of grayscale digital thermographic images of abnormalities of the skin and its subcutaneous tissue, early intervention and treatment of abnormalities of the skin and its subcutaneous tissue are possible, thereby assisting clinicians in making significant impacts on prevention and treatment.
US09357956B2
A spectroscopic sensor has plural angle limiting filters that limit incident angles of incident lights, plural light band-pass filters that transmit specific wavelengths, and plural photodiodes to which corresponding transmitted lights are input. The spectroscopic sensor is a semiconductor device in which the angle limiting filters, the light band-pass filters, and the photodiodes are integrated, and, assuming that the surface on which impurity regions for the photodiodes are formed is a front surface of a semiconductor substrate, holes for receiving lights are formed in the impurity regions from the rear surface side.
US09357954B2
Methods and systems are provided that allow for the simultaneous calculation of pulse and regional blood oxygen saturation. An oximeter system that includes a sensor with a plurality of emitters and detectors may be used to calculate a pulse and/or regional blood oxygen saturation. A plurality of light signals may be emitted from light emitters. A first light signal may be received at a first light detector and a second light signal may be received at a second light detector. A pulse and/or regional blood oxygen saturation value may be calculated based on the received first and/or second light signals. The pulse and regional blood oxygen saturation values may be calculated substantially simultaneously. The calculated pulse and regional blood oxygen saturation values as well as other blood oxygen saturation values may be displayed simultaneously in a preconfigured portion of a display.
US09357950B2
An in-line sampling system that includes a sampling valve and a syringe for selectively introducing a fluid to and aspirating a fluid from a downstream fluid conduit connected to a catheterized patient. The syringe has a fluid chamber into which fluid is aspirated, a volume regulator for adjusting the volume, a fluid line through which fluid flows through the syringe to a downstream fluid conduit. The syringe also has a valve mechanism for selectively controlling fluid flow along the fluid line and selectively shifting the volume regulator to adjust the volume of the fluid chamber. A housing provides for the fluid chamber and mounts the fluid line, valve mechanism and volume regulator.
US09357949B2
The disclosure relates to a system that displays posture state information, physiological conditions of a patient on an avatar or other graphical representation of a human body, and therapy parameter information to facilitate the programming of therapy that is delivered to a patient. In some examples, the system may include an implantable medical device (IMD) that delivers therapy to a patient and incorporates a posture state module that detects a posture state engaged by the patient to determine the therapy delivered to the patient. An external programming device may communicate with the IMD, e.g., in real-time, to display the posture state of the patient as well as therapy parameters and physiological conditions associated with the posture state of the patient. The external programming device may receive adjustment input from the clinician to adjust one or more therapy parameters for therapy delivered to a patient in a specific posture state. In some examples, the external programming device may retrieve therapy information from the IMD to allow the clinician to review and play back previously stored therapy information on a temporal basis.
US09357947B2
A system for measuring the force of the feet of a user upon the support surface of an item of footwear for each foot at multiple locations has a plurality of sensors each predictably varying in resistance upon application of a force thereto. The sensors send signals reflective of the force to an A-D converter. The digitalized signals reflective of the resistance and in some cases deflection are sent to a receiver for storage in a memory and for further transmission to a computing device to compute and display the force at each of the multiple points. An accelerometer may also be combined proximate to or attached to the insert to supply signals reflective of the acceleration and which can be used to calculate and display other information including acceleration, speed and distance.
US09357946B2
The present invention provides a direct sampler and detector for analytes found in exhaled breath condensate. Analytes in the breath condensate are detected instantaneously as they condense prior to reaching the sensor surface or condense directly on the sensor surface. Because the analysis or assay is performed immediately after patient exhalation, analyte stability is significantly improved providing accurate, reliable, consistent, and clinically applicable results. In certain embodiments, combined breath condensate/breath samplers and detectors are provided, enabling multiplexed analysis of condensed and vapor-phase analytes provided in a single sampling session. Breath is collected and directed to one or more subsystems. Within each subsystem, the breath portion is either condensed or prevented from condensing. The technique also allows real-time continuous monitoring, thus allowing immediate feedback to both medical professionals and additional hardware such as ventilators, anesthesia machines, drug infusion systems and cardiac pacemakers.
US09357935B2
The current technology is relevant to a system having an implantable medical device, where the system is configured to identify a patient condition comprising cardiac dysynchrony, configured to notify a clinical user of the identified condition and configured to identify a therapy appropriate for the identified condition.
US09357924B2
The present invention provides a method of optical electrophysiological probing, including: providing a fluorescing chemical probe; contacting a thick portion of tissue with the fluorescing chemical probe to create a thick portion of treated tissue; applying a first range of wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation to the treated portion of tissue; and detecting a plurality of depth-specific emission wavelengths emitted from the thick portion of treated tissue.
US09357919B2
An optical imaging system is to be aligned with its optical axis in relation to a given alignment axis. For this, a radiation beam is emitted from one side of the imaging system along the alignment axis. In the direction of beam propagation, there is located behind the imaging system a pair of diaphragm elements, whose apertures are each covered by a piece of material transparent to the radiation, carrying a plurality of sensor elements arranged in a matrix. The sensor elements furnish information about the measured radiation intensity to a signal processing unit, which can graphically illustrate the current alignment status of the imaging system on a monitor and/or produce an automatic adjustment of the imaging system.
US09357912B2
The present invention relates generally to apparatus and methods for evaluating the condition and properties of eye tissue. More particularly, the present invention is directed to apparatus and methods for non-invasively characterizing the biomechanical properties of eye tissue by utilizing an internal perturbation component.
US09357911B2
Systems and methods for improving the reliability of glaucoma diagnosis and progression analysis are described. The measurements made from one type of diagnostic device are adjusted based on another measurement using a priori knowledge of the relationship between the two measurements including the relationship between structure and function, knowledge of disease progression, and knowledge of instrument performance at specific locations in the eye. The adjusted or fused measurement values can be displayed to the clinician, compared to normative data, or used as input in a machine learning classifier to enhance the diagnostic and progression analysis of the disease.
US09357898B2
The present disclosure relates to a dishmachine that includes at least two tanks and methods of using the tanks to isolate, substantially isolate, or incrementally isolate different chemistries from each other during a cycle. The disclosed dishmachine design and method allows for the use of two different, and potentially incompatible, reactive, or offsetting chemistries to be used in the same dishmachine cycle.
US09357893B2
A mobile device moving in a specific area including a driving unit, an environment sensing unit, a control unit and a transmittal unit is disclosed. The driving unit moves according to a first driving signal. The environment sensing unit detects an outline of the specific area to generate detection information. The control unit processes the detection information to generate first map information and position information. The transmittal unit transmits the first map information to an electronic device. The electronic device generates second map information according to the first map information, and the control unit generates the first driving signal according to the first map information, the second map information and the position information.
US09357886B2
A shroud cover for a dispenser is a flexible sheet disposed about an open framework. Preferably, the flexible sheet is resiliently stretchable and stretched over the framework.
US09357877B2
A methodology and product or system configurations are provided which allow food to be directly irradiated for cooking applications which involve the impingement of direct radiant energy on food or comestible items. Cooking vessels or cook-packs are used that are optically transmissive in visible or infrared narrow wavelength bands emitted in suitable narrowband cooking or heating systems.
US09357876B2
A small batch canning system, comprising of a jar holder sized to receive and hold a plurality of canning jars and a lifting device having a pair of handles and an engagement surface integral with the pair of handles. The lifting device is vertically moveable about the jar holder from a lower position spaced apart from the jar holder to a raised position engaged with the jar holder.
US09357874B2
A beverage maker to selectively brew hot or cold beverages employs both a heating unit and a cooling unit. The heating unit heats a liquid, typically water, and uses the heated liquid to hot brew a beverage. Using any of a number of touch sensitive buttons, a coolant can enter a cold brewing unit which subjects the hot brewed beverage to cooling via a helical structure. Further, there may be a resting plate for the container to receive the beverage that can be selectively cooled or heated. The end result is a quick and efficient way to brew either a hot or cold beverage.
US09357873B2
A combination unit comprising a beverage preparation machine (62) and a separate milk chilling device (10) for storing a volume (16) of milk in a chilled state. The beverage preparation machine (62) comprises a control electronics system (63) and a milk dispensing apparatus (64) for dispensing milk and/or milk froth. The milk chilling device (10) comprises a housing (11), a milk container (14), which is arranged in the housing (11), for accommodating the volume (16) of milk, a chilling unit (18) for chilling the volume (16) of milk, and a milk lance for removing milk from the milk container (14). A monitoring device for monitoring a filling state of the milk container (14) comprises a filling state sensor (34) for detecting a filling level of the milk in the milk container (14) and a filling state measurement electronics system (36), which is connected to the filling state sensor (34), for generating a filling state information signal, wherein dispensing of the milk and/or of the milk froth from the milk dispensing apparatus (64) can be controlled by means of the control electronics system (63) of the beverage preparation machine (62) depending on the filling state information signal which is generated by the filling state measurement electronics system (36). The filling state measurement electronics system (36) is arranged in or on the housing of the milk chilling device (10). The milk chilling device (10) comprises a transmitter (38) for transmitting the filling state information signal to the beverage preparation machine (62) by means of a radio signal, and the beverage preparation machine (62) comprises a transceiver (66) which receives the radio signal which is generated by the transmitter (38) of the milk chilling device (10) and provides the transmitted filling state information signal to the control electronics system (63) of the beverage preparation machine (62).
US09357867B2
A remotely controlled adjustable mailbox support uses a stepping motor, controlled by a microprocessor/CPU, to raise a mailbox platform above a level where the mailbox can be damaged by a passing snow plow. Based on remote command signals received by a internal communications module, the time and duration when the mailbox is raised can be controlled, as well as the height to which it is raised. An optional temporary rf-signal over-ride capability for mail carriers and/or snow plow operators is also provided, as well as control application software for wireless mobile devices.
US09357866B2
A closet hanger especially for neckties. The hanger features a novel plastic clip, which allows easy one-handed insertion and removal of ties. Each clip supports the tie with lateral elastic tension. A plurality of clips is arranged to allow ties to be hung face-to-face, saving space over hangers that support ties side-by-side. An adjustable hook screw secures the hanger fixedly in place on the rod.
US09357864B2
A pillow includes a torso cushion tapering from a top end to a bottom end. A torso support surface extends from the top end to the bottom end of the torso cushion. A back surface joins to the bottom end of the torso cushion at a first elevation angle between the back surface and the support surface. A head cushion attaches to the top end of the torso cushion. The head cushion includes a back surface joined to the back surface of the torso cushion, a first angled surface joined to the back surface of the head cushion at a second elevation angle, and a second angled surface joined to the back surface of the head cushion at a third elevation angle. The first angled surface and the second angled surface join to one another along a crest extending from the top end of said torso cushion.
US09357859B2
A bracket for supporting and displaying a planar object comprises an elongated body member including a planar web and a front wall and a rear wall extending from the longitudinal edges of the web. An end wall extends transversely with respect to and engages the distal ends of the web, the front wall and the rear wall such that the web and the front and rear walls and the end wall define a longitudinal channel open at the proximal end and closed at the distal end for supporting the objects. A pair of arms extend rearwardly from the body member. At least one of the arms is resiliently deflectable for engagement and retention of the lugs in an aperture of a mounting substrate. During connection, lugs on the arms are adapted to engage the portion of the mounting substrate defining the aperture for moving the arms inwardly so that the lugs pass through the aperture for permitting the arms to move outwardly and the lugs to engage the mounting substrate. The channels of adjacent brackets face each other for receiving and supporting at least a portion of the planar objects extending between the facing channels for visual observation and ease of removal of the objects for inspection.
US09357857B2
The collapsible display of the present disclosure and related inventions includes a plurality of pre-assembled parts which can be configured, without the use of tools, to form a reusable, merchandising display fixture. The display is quickly and easily constructed and quickly and easily deconstructed and stored. The entire display, with merchandise thereon, may be placed upon or integral with a standard shipping pallet for maximum mobility around the retail floor space. The collapsible display provides an inexpensive, collapsible, reusable display requiring minimum storage space when not in use.
US09357849B2
A dynamic lumbar support located within the back of an office or home chair to enable a user to be seated close to a work surface (e.g., a desk or a table). The chair back rocks back and forth when the user shifts his weight backwards and forwards. The dynamic lumbar support includes a cushion back support manufactured from a resilient material that is responsive to a compressive force applied thereto when the user reclines and shifts his weight against the chair back. In particular, the cushion back support is adapted to change its shape from a relaxed convex shape at which to support the user's lower back and maintain a proper posture when the user sits erect and the chair back stands upright to a compressed flattened shape at which to support the user's back when he reclines and the chair back tilts backwards.
US09357848B2
A stacking ring for a chair base may be disposable between a first and second chair base such that the stacking ring generally prevents lateral movement of the first chair base relative to the second chair base. The stacking ring may be integrally formed to the chair base, or separate and disposable between at least two chair bases. The stacking ring may substantially prevent rotation of a first chair base relative to a second chair base.
US09357843B2
A pull-out guide for furniture parts which can move relative to one another includes at least two pull-out rails, between which at least one first roller body and at least one second roller body are disposed, which are held in a rotatable manner in at least one roller body cage, the at least one first roller body having a greater nominal diameter and a lower modulus of elasticity than the at least one second roller body of the roller body cage. The pull-out guide is characterized in that a difference in diameter (Δd) between a first nominal diameter of the first roller body and a second nominal diameter of the second roller body is greater than a lower limit which is at least as great as a manufacturing tolerance (Δd1) in the diameter of the first roller body.
US09357839B1
A folding and unfolding structure for a hanging table which includes a support rack, a table panel and a suspension fastening structure with the a loading rib located on a back side of the table panel, pivotally bridged the loading rib and the support rack, comprising a first swivel rack hinged on the loading rib and a second swivel rack hinged on a lower edge of the support rack. The first swivel rack has an anchor and loading fork latchable on the second swivel rack and a movable coupling pin pivotally coupled on the second swivel rack. The second swivel rack has a housing space to accommodate swivel movement of folding or unfolding of the first swivel rack and a guide slot for sliding of the movable coupling pin). Through the folding and unfolding structure the table panel can be quickly unfolded and folded to improve usability.
US09357838B2
A portable collapsible table, having a foldable supporting frame that supports a table top, the frame including a plurality of legs that are positionable in a first position that positions the table top in a first relatively low position and that are positionable in a second position that positions the table top in a second relatively raised position, the table top including a plurality of wells disposed therein, the wells, the frame and the table top being collapsible so that the table may be folded for ease in storage or transport thereof.
US09357837B2
A toothbrush featuring a graspable elongated handle defining a longitudinal axis, the handle comprising a neck region adjacent an end of the handle and a head disposed at the end of the handle. The head is carrying flexible bristles that extend outward from an outer surface of the head. The outer surface of the head is axisymmetric. The bristles are distributed about the head such that bristles extend in each of several radial directions, including from opposite sides of the head. At least some of the bristles are extending so as to overlay the longitudinal axis in opposite directions.
US09357833B2
A brush for cleaning a grill or other surface having a bristle assembly of twisted-in-wire material that is removable and replaceable.
US09357828B2
An apparatus includes a bag to carry one or more objects on the back of a person, and a cushion for connection to a surface of the bag. The cushion is used for making substantially continuous contact with the back when the bag is carried on the back. The apparatus may be a backpack or any other type of bag.
US09357824B2
The present invention provides methods and systems for a bag that has a first compartment and a second compartment. The first compartment has a bottom wall that extends to an outer edge and a first pair and second pair of opposed sidewalls that extend generally perpendicularly from the outer edge of the bottom wall forming a cavity therein. A first top wall selectively secured to the first pair and second pair of opposed sidewalls of the first compartment, and a second compartment has a bottom wall that extends to an outer edge and a first pair and second pair of opposed sidewalls that extend generally perpendicularly from the outer edge of the bottom wall forming a cavity therein. A second top wall is selectively secured to the first pair and second pair of opposed sidewalls of the second compartment, and an inflatable device is contained within the second compartment.
US09357822B2
A protecting case for protecting an electronic device includes a hollow main body. The electronic device is received in the main body. The main body is filled with gas having a density less than a density of air, to make the main body and the electronic device suspend in air while received in the main body.
US09357819B2
A surface anchor for body jewelry is provided, which typically includes a base formed of an elongated plate. The base may have a proximate end to which a post is coupled. The post may include a fastening structure for securing the body jewelry to the post. The base may further include a distal end, and the distal end may include a slot extending from an opening at an edge of the base inward into an internal region of the base. The slot may be bounded on opposite sides by a pair of elongated structures, and may be longer than it is wide. Body jewelry may be attached to the post to form a slotted body jewelry assembly.
US09357810B2
A bicycle helmet comprises a helmet body including a shock absorbing insert and an external shell overlying at least partially the shock absorbing insert. The shock absorbing insert and the external shell have a plurality of structural bridges interconnected with each other with ventilation openings extending therebetween, a majority of the structural bridges having elongated ridges protruding from a base section. The elongated ridges and the base sections of the external shell overlie a respective one of the elongated ridges and the base sections of the shock absorbing insert.
US09357804B2
The present invention is directed to topical ankle gear for enhancing performance and reducing the risk of injury. The topical ankle gear and kits preferably comprise a flexible sleeve and a lateral foot-ankle buttress, Achilles buttresses, and/or an extendable strap. The topical ankle gear of the present invention is designed to be worn during periods of physical activity to reduce injury and to train and strengthen the athletes muscles against injury, advantageously increasing proprioception by stimulating critical sensory and tactile receptors in the foot and ankle.
US09357799B2
Apparatus for the separation of agricultural or vegetable product, with a fixed structure having two parallel horizontal side members, a plurality of cutting modules equipped with a common rotating shaft having a plurality of rotating blades in fixed position along its length, the shafts being parallel to each other and mounted above conveying elements suitable to carry the products placed thereon toward the rotating blades, a plurality of positioning ramps mounted in a position corresponding to a respective rotating blade and having a shape elongated in the direction of movement of the conveying elements and almost flattened and oriented vertically, the elongate upper edge of which is oriented downward toward the conveying elements with an inclination such that the height of the edges increases in the feeding direction of the conveying elements, so that the clusters of products placed on the conveying elements are carried toward the ramps. The respective upper edge determines the point of intersection of the respective blade with the stems of each cluster carried under the blade, so that the conveying elements include a table formed by a plurality of parallel grooves substantially orthogonal to the rotating shafts and reciprocally separated by respective raised portions. The table moves in a direction parallel to the grooves; and the ramps are arranged in positions corresponding to the respective grooves. The projection of each of the ramps with respect to one of the groove is aligned with the same groove.
US09357795B2
Disclosed herein is a method for producing a flavoring containing L-glutamic acid derived from natural foods by adjusting the content of ammonia remaining in a final fermentation broth after completion of culture to be in the range of 0 to 10 g/L in cultivation of L-glutamic acid producing microorganisms, thereby facilitating drying of the fermentation liquor containing L-glutamic acid. A flavoring produced by the method is also disclosed.
US09357792B2
The present invention refers to a non-antibiotic therapeutic strategy for inhibiting oro-gastro-intestinal infections and pathogens in general and particularly Heliobacter pylori adherence and colonization in the gastrointestinal channel and preventing or relieving associated oro-gastro-intestinal disease. The invention relates to methods and products based on an active cereal product or ferric quinate. The invention is also applicable to other oro-gastro-intestinal pathogens in both humans and animals.
US09357782B2
The invention relates to compounds of the general formula (I), wherein the variable have the meanings as indicated in the claims, or a physiologically acceptable salt thereof. The active ingredients have advantageous pesticidal properties. They are especially suitable for controlling endoparasites in warm-blooded animals.
US09357780B2
This document discloses molecules having the following formula (“Formula I”):
US09357774B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide a novel sterilization method capable of killing not only microorganisms in water, but also microorganisms in a gas. Specifically, the present invention provide a method for sterilizing a gas or liquid, comprising contacting a microorganism in a gas or liquid with a material containing an amorphous carbon having a sulfo group introduced therein.
US09357767B2
A perfusion apparatus includes a coolant container having a basin-receiving recess that is at least partly surrounded by an inner chamber; a basin that is shaped to fit within the basin-receiving recess of the coolant container; and a cradle that is shaped to accept an organ and fit within the basin. The basin-receiving recess of the coolant container, the basin and the cradle each have positioning elements that are oriented such that the cradle is keyed to fit within the basin and the basin is keyed to fit within the coolant container, each in a single predetermined orientation. The plurality of positioning elements on the basin may include a plurality of protrusions on an outer surface of the basin.
US09357760B2
The illustrative embodiments provide a chemical dispersion system comprising a number of chemical dispersion nodes, a chemical dispersion manager, and a processor unit. The processor unit executes the chemical dispersion manager to identify a pest problem and generate a chemical dispersion plan for execution by the number of chemical dispersion nodes.
US09357756B2
A pedestal mountable bait holding device holds bait, such as crickets, in an elevated position to be easily accessed while fishing. The device includes a rod having a top end and a bottom end. A collar is coupled to the bottom end of the rod wherein the rod is configured for being coupled to and extending upwardly and away from a pedestal extending through the collar. A bucket is coupled to the top end of the rod.
US09357740B2
The present invention relates to a Spinacia oleracea seed designated 51-333 RZ, which exhibits medium bolting, an erect plant habit, ovate first foliage leaves, semi-savoy mature leaves and resistance to downy mildew (Peronospora farinosa f. sp. spinaciae) races Pfs1 to Pfs13 and strain UA4410. The present invention also relates to a Spinacia oleracea plant produced by growing the 51-333 RZ seed. The invention further relates to methods for producing the spinach cultivar, represented by spinach variety 51-333 RZ.
US09357729B1
A wheat variety designated 25R25, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 25R25, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 25R25 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 25R25 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety 25R25. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 25R25 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.
US09357728B1
A wheat variety designated 25R50, the plants and seeds of wheat variety 25R50, methods for producing a wheat plant produced by crossing the variety 25R50 with another wheat plant, and hybrid wheat seeds and plants produced by crossing the variety 25R50 with another wheat line or plant, and the creation of variants by mutagenesis or transformation of variety 25R50. This invention also relates to methods for producing other wheat varieties or breeding lines derived from wheat variety 25R50 and to wheat varieties or breeding lines produced by those methods.
US09357726B2
The invention provides seed and plants of the pea line designated SV1036QF. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of pea line SV1036QF, and to methods for producing a pea plant produced by crossing a plant of pea line SV1036QF with itself or with another pea plant, such as a plant of another line. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of a plant of pea line SV1036QF, including the seed, pod, and gametes of such plants.
US09357722B2
Wheat grain (Triticum aestivum) comprising an embryo and starch, wherein the embryo comprises two identical alleles of an SBEIIa-A gene, two identical alleles of an SBEIIa-B gene and two identical alleles of an SBEIIa-D gene, wherein each of the SBEIIa genes gives rise to an amount of protein (w/w) or a protein having SBEIIa activity which is lower than the corresponding wild-type gene, and at least one of said genes comprises a point mutation, wherein the starch comprises amylose such that the grain has an amylose content of at least 50% (w/w) as a proportion of the extractable starch of the grain.
US09357721B2
The invention provides seed and plants of squash hybrid SV0109YL and the parent lines thereof. The invention thus relates to the plants, seeds and tissue cultures of squash hybrid SV0109YL and the parent lines thereof, and to methods for producing a squash plant produced by crossing such plants with themselves or with another squash plant, such as a plant of another genotype. The invention further relates to seeds and plants produced by such crossing. The invention further relates to parts of such plants, including the fruit and gametes of such plants.
US09357716B1
The primocane management apparatus enables an operator to manipulate primocane-fruiting blackberries so that the primocanes are periodically bent into a horizontal configuration. The primocanes of the primocane-fruiting blackberries are managed so that the horizontally-grown primocanes produce an increased amount of fruit relative to conventionally-grown vertical primocanes.
US09357712B2
Embodiments of a pole-attached power tool system, and related methods, are disclosed herein. In some embodiments, a pole-attached power tool system may include a pole having a first end, a second end, and an interior region; a handle disposed proximate to the first end of the pole; an electric motor disposed proximate to the first end of the pole; a power tool disposed proximate to the second end of the pole; and a drive member disposed within the interior region, the drive member mechanically coupled with the electric motor and the power tool to transfer power generated by the electric motor to the power tool.
US09357710B2
In various embodiments, a method for removing selected ellepots from a plurality of germination ellepot trays and remapping the selected ellepots to a planting ellepot tray is provided. The method can include placing one of a plurality of germination ellepot trays onto an ellepot ejection dock of an ellepot workstation. Each germination ellepot tray comprises an array of ellepot receptacles having an ellepot disposed in each receptacle, wherein each ellepot is populated with a plant germinating therein. The method can additionally include, acquiring tray information identifying the respective germination ellepot tray, and automatically dislodging one or more selected populated ellepots from the respective germination ellepot tray utilizing the acquired germination ellepot tray information. Subsequently, each dislodged populated ellepot is sequentially transferred from the respective germination ellepot tray to one of a plurality of receptacles of a planting ellepot tray.
US09357705B2
The present application relates to selective harvesting of agricultural objects, such as asparagus spears. One described example relates to a harvester that includes at least one set of independently controllable cutter arm assemblies that rotate about a common axis to harvest individual asparagus spears.
US09357704B2
The present application relates to selective harvesting of agricultural objects, such as asparagus spears. One described example relates to a harvester that includes at least one set of independently controllable cutter arm assemblies that rotate about a common axis to harvest individual asparagus spears.
US09357701B1
An edging system includes a mounting bracket adapted to be mounted to a portion of a vehicle, the mounting bracket having a control arm receiving member, a control arm rotatably connected to the control arm receiving member so that the control arm is rotatably connected to the mounting bracket, a control arm moving device connected to the mounting bracket, the control arm moving device having an end portion adapted to engage a portion of the control arm, and an edger assembly connected to an end portion of the control arm. The edger assembly can include a frame assembly connected to the end portion of the control arm, and a cutting member carded by the frame assembly. The activated position of the edger assembly may be defined as the edger assembly being positioned so that the cutting member engages a portion of the ground adjacent to the edger.
US09357698B2
A cutting machine with a chassis including a frame and a coupling support configured to be mounted on a three-point hitch of a tractor, and with an arm connected directly to the frame by a first articulation and extending, at least during work, laterally relative to the frame, the arm carrying a work element and configured, by a displacement device, to be pivoted relative to the frame between a work position, a maneuver position, and a transport position. The displacement device includes a connecting-rod and at least a first jack articulated between the frame and the connecting-rod and a second jack articulated to the arm and connected to the connecting-rod by a pin. The connecting-rod is directly connected to the arm by a second articulation, and the second articulation is separate from the first articulation.
US09357697B2
An agricultural cutting device has knife bar sections with section knife blades. A drive with phase offset drives the knife bar sections at least temporarily in opposite directions. The section knife blades interact scissor-like with counter knives. The knife bar sections have adjacently positioned bar ends. When the knife bar sections move, a gap of varying size is formed between the bar ends. A mowing finger is arranged at the gap. A stationary knife blade with first cutting edges is arranged at the mowing finger. The first cutting edges are arranged adjacent to the mowing finger and extend at a slant relative to a forward travel direction of the cutting device so that the cutting edges have a V-shaped arrangement broadening in travel direction. The knife bar sections have an outer knife blade attached to the bar ends whose cutting edges extend parallel to the travel direction.
US09357696B2
A drive coupler (102, 104) for coupling a reciprocating knife (106) to a drive member (112, 114) is provided, wherein the reciprocating knife (106) includes at least one elongate bar (120, 122, 180, 182) having a longitudinal extent and fixed to a plurality of blades (138), wherein the at least one elongate bar (120, 122, 180, 182) is supported on support members (140) that constrain the at least one elongate bar (120, 122, 180, 182) to reciprocate in a direction generally parallel to the longitudinal extent of the at least one elongate bar (120, 122, 180, 182), the drive coupler (102, 104) comprising: a first elongate strap (146, 162) configured to be attached to the at least one elongate bar (120, 122, 180, 182); a second elongate strap (146, 162) configured to be attached to the at least one elongate bar (120, 122, 180, 182); and an arrangement (152, 164, 187, 189, 193, 200) for (i) flexing the first elongate strap (146, 162) with respect to the second elongate strap (146, 162), (ii) for flexing the first elongate strap (146, 162) with respect to the drive member (112, 114), and (iii) for flexing the second elongate strap (146, 162) with respect to the drive member (112, 114).
US09357694B2
The invention relates to a separation system for a potato harvesting machine or a preparation machine for separating potatoes, or similar crops, from a mixture of clods, stones, and similar solid bodies. A conveying assembly is thereby utilized to feed the essentially compact mixture as a delivery flow, from where the mixture displaced into the area of at least one drop stage, and thereby influenced by way of a conveying means in the form of an air stream, can be separated. Thereafter, at least the harvested material and the solid bodies, respectively, can be moved on as individual separated goods, and can be moved out of the separation system. The system according to the invention is characterized in that subsequently to the drop stage bringing about a loosening of the mixture, at least one retaining element located opposite the falling separated goods and interacting with the at least one air stream is provided. It is thus achieved in a surprisingly simple way that from there, at least the harvested material and the solid bodies, respectively, can be moved on separately in an essentially opposite conveying direction as sorted individual lots.
US09363930B2
In an example embodiment, a cooling system is a pumpless passive system, and includes a cold plate configured to receive a flow of liquid coolant and to output a flow of vapor phase coolant, where the cold plate includes at least one heat pipe adapted therein to provide for transfer of the liquid coolant to the vapor phase coolant, a first connection member coupled to the at least one heat pipe, a first conduit coupled to the first connection member, the first conduit extending vertically to enable at least the vapor phase coolant to travel through the first conduit, and a heat exchanger located above and coupled to the first conduit, where the heat exchanger is to transfer the vapor phase coolant to the liquid coolant.
US09363929B2
An apparatus includes an enclosure defining an interior space and at least one server-rack port configured to engage one or more of racks such that one or more servers installed in each rack are contiguous to the interior space. The enclosure is inside of a room and includes at least one stability control unit at the bottom of the enclosure. Each server includes a fan that draws air from the interior space into the server and expels the air outside of the enclosure into the room. The apparatus also includes a mixing chamber that is contiguous to the enclosure. The mixing chamber includes a first set of one or more dampers that are contiguous to natural air outside of the room and a second set of one or more dampers that are contiguous with air in the room.
US09363923B2
A deflection device and an electronic device are disclosed. The deflection device is located in the electronic device for guiding airflow generated by a fan device to at least one electronic component. The deflection device includes a first fixed part and a plurality of strip structures. The first fixed part is used for fixing the deflection device in a suitable position. One end of each of the strip structures is connected to the first fixed part and able to undergo compression deformation independently such that forms a first shape when not compressed or a second shape when compressed. When the deflection device is fixed in a suitable position of the electronic device and close to the electronic component, the shape of the at least one strip structure is changed from a first shape to a second shape for guiding the airflow to the electronic component.
US09363919B2
A supporting frame includes a first engagement section, a supporting section and a second engagement section. The first engagement section is fixed on one side of the motherboard. The supporting section is connected between the first engagement section and the second engagement section and is adjacent to another side of the motherboard. The second engagement section is spaced apart from the first engagement section for fixing a fastening plate of the expansion card. In this way, the motherboard could be placed on a working surface horizontally or stands upright on the working surface with the support of the supporting frame.
US09363916B2
A connection pin for mounting in a through-hole of a component carrier, comprising an anchoring part adapted for insertion into said through-hole with a non press fit, a contact part adapted to extend outside said through-hole, and a flange part adapted to abut against said component carrier and located between said anchoring part and said contact part. The anchoring part is provided an internal cavity and the anchoring part comprises a wall surrounding the internal cavity, which wall has at least two wall portions forming deformation zones and adapted to be located in the through-hole when the anchoring part is inserted in the through-hole, such that, upon exertion of a force on a free end of the anchoring part of the pin when the anchoring part is inserted in the through-hole, the deformation zones are deformed within the through-hole to press fit the connection pin in the through-hole.
US09363914B2
It is an object of the present invention to provide an easily assemblable semiconductor device including a cover that covers a top of a case and is reliably fixed to the case defining an outline of the semiconductor device. A semiconductor device according to the present invention includes: a case defining an outline of the semiconductor device; a cover covering a top of the case; and a fastener mechanically fixing the cover to the case, a through-hole is formed in the cover, the case includes a projection inserted into the through-hole, and the fastener is attachable to the projection inserted into the through-hole of the cover from the outside of the cover and locks the projection upon the attachment to prevent the projection from falling off the through-hole.
US09363908B1
A latch device is provided herein, which includes a base fixedly disposed on a chassis and having an abutting side, an accommodating frame fixedly disposed on a top cover and having two bumped spring tabs on two inner sides thereof, and a rotatable handle hinged with the accommodating frame by a hinge. The rotatable handle has two openings at an end thereof near to the hinge and two holes at another end thereof far from the hinge. The rotatable handle is rotated to engage and interact the opening with the abutment side, so that the top cover engagedly covers or is separated from the chassis. The bumped spring tab is snapped into the hole after engagedly covering or before separated.
US09363900B2
A mounting device in which a conductive film that is not separated is formed on a resin substrate. Alloy thin films, which contain more than 50% by atom of Cu, 5% by atom or more and 30% by atom or less of Ni, and 3% by atom or more and 10% by atom or less of Al, are formed on a base consisting of a resin so as to be brought into contact with a surface of the base by sputtering. Conductive films consisting of copper are formed on surfaces of the alloy thin films so as to obtain a wiring film having a two-layer structure and a metal plug filled in a connection hole. The alloy thin films have high adhesion to a resin; and hence, the wiring film and the metal plug are not separated.
US09363899B2
A printing process for printing (P) an ink pattern on a substrate is provided. The ink pattern to be printed is based on an available pattern layout (R). The pattern layout defines a desired layout of the ink pattern to be printed. Based on the pattern layout an input image (rii) for allocating dot positions of the ink pattern is generated. The printing process comprises a step of comparing a scan (S) image (rsi) with the input image to carry out a quality inspection (Q) to detect any print defects in the printed ink pattern. The printing process comprises a step of providing a decision (os) on an approval or a rejection of the printed ink pattern. In case of an approval, the substrate can be supplied to a subsequent processing station (E) to finalize the substrate. In case of a rejection, the substrate including print defects can be recycled (D).
US09363896B2
A ceramic electronic component includes a ceramic element assembly and external electrodes. The external electrodes are disposed on the ceramic element assembly. The external electrodes include an underlying electrode layer and a first Cu plating film. The underlying electrode layer is disposed on the ceramic element assembly. The first Cu plating film is disposed on the underlying electrode layer. The underlying electrode layer includes a metal that is diffusible in Cu and a ceramic bonding material. The metal that is diffusible in Cu is diffused in at least a surface layer in the underlying electrode layer side of the first Cu plating film.
US09363894B2
A compact circuit device wherein a semiconductor element that performs high current switching is embedded is provided. The hybrid integrated circuit device (10) is provided with: a circuit board (12); a plurality of ceramic substrates (22A-22G) disposed on the top surface of the circuit board (12); circuit elements such as transistors mounted on the top surface of the ceramic substrates (22A-22G); and a lead (29) or the like that is connected to the circuit elements and is exposed to the outside. Furthermore, in the present embodiment, leads (28, 30, 31A-31C) are disposed superimposed in the vicinity of the center of the circuit board (12), and a circuit element such as an IGBT is disposed and electrically connected approaching the region at which the leads are superimposed. The alternating current transformed by the IGBT is output externally via the leads (31A, etc.).
US09363893B2
The invention relates to a printed circuit board arrangement, more particularly a multilayer printed circuit board. The printed circuit board arrangement comprises at least two printed circuit boards which are arranged parallel to one another and connected to one another. According to the invention, in the case of the printed circuit board arrangement of the type mentioned initially, at least one surface region of one printed circuit board is connected to another printed circuit board of the printed circuit board arrangement by means of an element embodied in an elastic and/or damping fashion in such a way that an oscillatory system, more particularly a spring-mass system, an oscillatory bending strip or a flexurally oscillatory board is formed by means of the surface region of the printed circuit board and the element.
US09363888B2
The present invention relates to a conducting substrate and a touch screen comprising the same, and the conducting substrate according to the present invention comprises a board, an electric conducting pattern provided on at least one surface of the board, and a darkening layer provided on at least one surface of the electric conducting pattern and in a region corresponding to the electric conducting pattern, wherein a reflective diffraction intensity of a reflective diffraction image obtained by radiating light emitted from a point light source on one surface from which the darkening layer is visible is reduced by 60% or more as compared to the conducting substrate having the same constitution except that the electric conducting pattern is formed of Al and does not comprise the darkening layer.
US09363886B2
An electronic substrate has a tabular base material which can install a heater element and a cooling structure that cools the heater element. The electronic substrate can be plugged in/out in a case in the direction which is almost parallel to the face of the base material. The cooling structure has a first heat radiation part with a hollow shape and a heat transfer part. The first heat radiation part radiates the generated heat of a heater element installed in the base material. A heat transfer part transfers the generated heat to the first heat radiation part. The first heat radiation part has a first joint surface formed along a face which is almost vertical to the insert and removal direction of the base material. The first heat radiation part is connected to a second radiation part set up in the case thermally through the first joint surface.
US09363882B2
An object is to be capable of inducing a nuclear fusion reaction at a relatively high efficiency and downsize a device. A nuclear fusion device 1 of the present invention includes a nuclear fusion target 7 including a target substrate 7a containing deuterium or tritium and a thin-film layer 7b containing deuterium or tritium stacked on the target substrate 7a, a vacuum container 5 for storing the nuclear fusion target 7, and a laser unit 3 for irradiating two successive first and second pulsed laser lights P1, P2 toward the thin-film layer 7b of the nuclear fusion target 7, and the intensity of the first pulsed laser light P1 is set to a value that is smaller than that of the second pulsed laser light P2 and allows peeling of the thin-film layer 7b from the target substrate 7a.
US09363873B2
A power circuit for at least one gas discharge lamp comprising a first filament and a second filament, the power circuit including an electronic driver circuit, preferably for generating a first alternating voltage between the first and second filament for starting up the gas discharge lamp and for generating a second alternating voltage between the first and second filament for having the gas discharge lamp burn after it has been started up, wherein the power circuit further includes an electronic heating circuit for, at least during generation of the second alternating voltage, generating a first current through the first filament for heating the first filament and/or generating a second current through the second filament for heating the second filament.
US09363871B2
A lighting control includes a primary and a secondary input power connection for connection to a primary (mains) and a secondary (battery) power supply respectively, control circuitry for controlling delivery of power from the input power connections to one or more light sources, sensing circuitry configured to sense an external impedance coupled, in use, to the primary input power connection and a controller for determining a present operating state of the one or more light sources. The controller includes a latching module adapted to maintain a state information indicating the present operating state of the one or more light sources. The control circuitry is operable to control delivery of power to the one or more light sources in dependence upon the sensed impedance measure and the determined operating state. The lighting devices may be installed in a conventional lighting circuit that uses momentary toggle switches.
US09363858B2
A drive system for multiple LED strings powered by a common line voltage. Current control circuits are connected in series with respective LED strings; each current control circuit includes a drive transistor (typically a FET) which causes a desired LED string current to be conducted. In one embodiment, the current conducted by a selected one of the LED strings is controlled by the line voltage regulation loop, while the currents conducted by the remaining LED strings are controlled by respective local current loops, thus avoiding conflicts between the local current and line voltage regulation loops. The LED string to be current regulated by the line voltage regulation loop can be determined by a variety of criteria, such as the current control circuit having the maximum FET gate voltage, the minimum FET source voltage, the minimum FET drain voltage, the maximum FET gate-source voltage, or the minimum FET drain-source voltage.
US09363857B2
The possibility to emit and detect coded light, whereby data is modulated into the light, is known. According to one aspect of the present disclosure, to reduce the risk of the modulation going undetected due to possible frequency blind spots in the detection spectrum, the lighting device (2a, 2b, 2c) is arranged such that the frequency of its emitted modulated light (3a, 3b, 3c) shivers around a base, or center, frequency. For example the modulated light (3a, 3b, 3c) may be transmitted using pulse-width-modulation, and the resulting pulse-width-modulation light signal (3a, 3b, 3c) may thus have a period that fluctuates around the base period (T). The parameters determining the shivering of the modulated light (3a, 3b, 3c) may be chosen such that visible flicker in the emitted modulated light (3a, 3b, 3c) is avoided. According to another aspect, the lighting device (2a, 2b, 2c) emits with a plurality of different modulation frequencies simultaneously.
US09363848B2
A communication control device includes a traffic monitoring unit, the number of ranks calculation unit, a rank value calculation unit, a communication control unit, and a download unit. The traffic monitoring unit monitors a traffic amount between a content server and a base station. The number of ranks calculation unit calculates the number of rank values that servers as a reference for determining a download destination mobile station of data based on a monitoring result by the traffic monitoring unit. The rank value calculation unit calculates the rank value for each mobile station using the number and radio communication quality of a plurality of mobile stations. The communication control unit determines the download destination mobile station in order from a mobile station having a high rank value at a determination timing. The download unit downloads the data to the mobile station determined as the download destination.
US09363840B2
In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, a computer program product and a method is provided for application based connectivity event triggering. The example embodiment comprises determining, at an apparatus, whether an active application satisfies predefined criteria for connectivity event, and triggering a radio module at the apparatus to enter into a device discovery mode for transmitting device discovery messages in response to determining that the apparatus is actively operating an application satisfying the predefined criteria for connectivity event.
US09363836B2
A method for managing radio transmission in an endpoint device in a network includes: receiving, at a first endpoint device, a message requesting wake up of the first endpoint device; establishing a connection between the first endpoint device to a second endpoint device connected to the network; determining, at the first endpoint device, whether a secure command is received from the second endpoint device via the established connection within a predetermined period of time; and based on the received secure command, establishing a connection between the first endpoint device and the network via radio transmission, wherein the first endpoint device is configured to turn off radio transmission if the secure command is not received within the predetermined period of time.
US09363835B2
The disclosure relates to methods and nodes for reducing the signaling load in a communications network. One claim of the disclosure relates to a method in a first network node for handling of service requests. The method comprises the steps of: generating a service request message, transmitting the service request message to a second network node, establishing a radio access bearer, RAB, to the second network node, and transmitting uplink data via said RAB to the second network node.
US09363832B2
A wireless device receives a control command initiating a random access process for a secondary cell. The wireless device transmits a random access preamble on random access resources of the secondary cell. The wireless device aborts the random access process if the secondary cell is deactivated before the wireless device receives a random access response.
US09363830B2
Random access technology is provided for establishing an individual channel between a radio communication terminal device and a base station device in a short time and a radio communication terminal device executing the random access method. A RACH sub-channel allocation unit allocates a transmission packet input from a replication unit to an arbitrary sub-carrier at the RACH arbitrary time slot at random. An allocation unit judges whether an overlap is generated in the allocation result obtained by the RACH sub-channel allocation unit.
US09363818B2
According to embodiments, a base station includes a radio communication unit configured to establish communication with a mobile communication terminal using a plurality of component carriers. The base station further includes a control unit configured to transmit a command to the mobile communication terminal to reduce the plurality of component carriers to one prior to handover of communication between the mobile communication terminal and the base station to another base station.
US09363817B2
Mutual information based signal to interference plus noise ratio estimator for radio link monitoring
An effective SINR mapping based approach can be used to average the MI or RBIR values corresponding to narrowband SINR values in frequency between the resource blocks of the E-UTRA grid structure and then to estimate the downlink radio link quality from the averaged mutual information domain value by mapping it back to wideband SINR value covering the whole or partial E-UTRA system bandwidth. This wideband SINR value can then be further averaged in time and used as a downlink radio link quality estimate for E-UTRA radio link monitoring. Mutual information based effective SINR mapping is one example of an effective SINR mapping based approach.
US09363816B2
Methods of selecting a transport format combination are provided. For example, a method comprises calculating the transmission power of a first physical channel using each of first TFCs, and determines whether a mobile station is in a transmission capable state. The method also comprises calculating the sum of the transmission power of first and second physical channels using first and second TFCs, with respect to each of combinations of first and second TFCs, and determines whether the mobile station is in the transmission capable state. The method also comprises selecting first TFC from the first TFCs wherein the mobile station is in the transmission capable state and selecting a second TFC from the second TFCs which are included in combinations wherein the mobile station is in the transmission capable state among the combinations including the selected first TFC. The data is transmitted using the selected first and second TFCs, respectively.
US09363813B2
A gateway communicating with a base station, includes a receiver that receives an incoming message including identification information of the base station and one or more parameters indicating an environment of the base station. The gateway also includes a memory that stores correspondence information including a cell identifier in association with at least one of the received identification information and the received one or more parameters. The gateway also includes a controller that determines the cell identifier, corresponding to a cell of the base station, based on the correspondence information and the incoming message, and generates an outgoing message, including the determined cell identifier, to be sent to a core network device. The gateway also includes a transmitter adapted to transmit the outgoing message.
US09363809B2
Provided are a method for monitoring a control channel and a wireless device using same. A wireless device decodes downlink control information on a downlink control channel on L number of resource units in an aggregation level L (L>1). The downlink control information comprises a plurality of modulation symbols, and permutations of the plurality of modulation symbols are mapped to the L number of resource units.
US09363808B2
Provided are a method and an apparatus for controlling inter-cell interference in a wireless communication system. A first cell receives control information related to the configuration of a downlink control channel from a second cell, and the first cell determines a transmission resource of the downlink control channel in accordance with the control information.
US09363795B2
A communication system in which an access point and one or more devices communicating through the access point adaptively apply Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiple Access (OFDMA). The access point may assign orthogonal subcarriers to devices as in conventional OFDMA, but the access point senses activity on the subcarriers and selects subcarriers without activity for assignment. In an alternative approach, a device that is configured for OFDMA communication may receive a channel assignment from a device that does not support OFDMA. The OFDMA-capable device may use only a portion of the subcarriers in the assigned channel, which may be communicated to the non-OFDMA device. During the non-OFDMA device may then ignore unused subcarriers in error detection and correction to avoid incorrectly classifying communications as erroneous. Information about OFDMA capabilities, subcarrier assignments and subcarriers in use may be communicated as information elements in network control communications, such as beacons and probe messages.
US09363794B1
A hybrid antenna structure allows the antenna to be used internally or mostly internally in a portable radio communication device operating in the VHF range. The hybrid antenna structure includes a switching circuit that connects an RF circuit to one of several points along the length of a wrapped conductor element, depending on the selected operating frequency. An inductive matching tail element is adjustably tuned to match the selected tap point on the wrapped conductor for the selected operating frequency.
US09363793B2
Methods and apparatus enabling a wireless network to optimize paging channel operation, based on mobile device context information. In one embodiment, the wireless network is a cellular network (e.g., LTE-Advanced), and both base stations and cellular user devices dynamically exchange and maintain a paging agreement. The paging agreement limits the paging channel operation, thereby minimizing unnecessary scanning and usage of irrelevant radio resources. Such paging mechanisms are limited to the air interface between the base station and the mobile device, and are compatible with existing legacy devices and network entities. Networks with appropriately enabled user devices may improve their resource utilization. Base stations may advantageously reclaim freed-up cellular resources to support other services.
US09363792B2
The communication device has three useful data transmission states, where the communication device in the first and in the second state has associated first communication resources and in the third state has associated second communication resources, with the second communication resources being fewer than the first communication resources. Provision is made for there to be state changes from the first state to the second state, from the second state to the third state, from the third state to the first state and from the second state to the first state.
US09363789B2
An apparatus and method for dynamically allocating a multicast path in a broadband wireless access system are provided. A method for an operation of a server providing a multicast service through a wireless access network includes determining to establish multicast paths for a first Base Station (BS) and at least one neighboring BS of the first BS when a terminal receiving the multicast service enters a network through the first BS, and transmitting a control station a message of instructing to establish the multicast path for a BS not holding the multicast path among the first BS and the at least one neighboring BS of the first BS.
US09363784B1
Methods and apparatus relating to use of actual and/or virtual beacons are described. Virtual beacons are virtual in that an actual beacon need not be transmitted but a rather a virtual beacon transmitter at a desired location maybe considered to transmit virtual beacons. In some embodiments a set of beacon transmitter information for one or more beacons is supplied to devices in a communications system. The beacon transmitter information indicates transmission power and location of actual and virtual beacon transmitters as well as information to be communicated by virtual beacons. Devices with access to beacon information can determine based on the location of a wireless terminal whether the wireless terminal is within coverage area of a virtual beacon and report reception of the virtual beacon to the wireless terminal or a component of the wireless terminal which acts upon receiving an indication of beacon reception.
US09363776B2
Methods, systems, and devices are described that provide for high precision synchronization between pairs of APs within a tracking area of a position location network. These tools and techniques may provide for incrementally synchronizing timers and oscillators located at respective APs. An AP may transmit a course frequency and timing acquisition signal that a second AP utilizes to estimate a frequency offset and/or time offset. The AP may transmit a subsequent fine frequency and timing acquisition signal which may be used to accurately adjust the estimated frequency offset and/or time offset of the second AP. The second AP may thus incrementally synchronize its oscillator(s) and/or timer(s). These techniques may be utilized over a multi-hop wireless network. The methods, systems, and devices may be applicable to single- and multi-floor location tracking systems.
US09363774B2
Disclosed is a method for allowing a station to transmit a sounding signal in a multiple-antenna wireless communication system, the method including receiving a group defining information about a group to which the station belongs from an access point (AP); determining a transmission time taken in transmitting a sounding signal by the respective stations, which belong to the group, on the basis of the group defining information; and transmitting a sounding signal to the AP in accordance with the transmission time and preset transmission order when receiving a sounding request signal from the AP.
US09363772B2
A power-saving enabled subscriber device operates in a low-power state in which at least one wireless link is disconnected from a wireless data network and in which the wireless link is periodically temporarily re-established to check for pending transmissions at a first reduced frequency before re-entering the disconnected state in response to finding no pending data transmissions. To reduce delays in setting up a new call to the subscriber device, and responsive to detecting an association, or change in association, of the subscriber device with one of (i) a particular geographic region, (ii) a particular role at a particular geographic region, and (iii) a particular talk group, the subscriber device transitioning the subscriber device to a higher-power state and transmitting data messages over the wireless link at a second increased frequency to cause the subscriber device to remain in a connected state more often compared to the low-power state.
US09363771B2
A method for reporting power headroom value in a wireless access system that supports a carrier aggregation, and a user equipment (UE) for performing the method are discussed. The method according to one embodiment includes receiving a uplink transmission grant allocating uplink resources on a predetermined subframe in an anchor uplink component carrier (UL CC); obtaining power headroom value for the anchor UL CC, if the UE is configured with a simultaneous physical uplink control channel (PUCCH) and physical uplink shared channel (PUSCH) transmission; and reporting the power headroom value to a base station. The power headroom value is calculated.
US09363767B2
Provided is a communication control device including a communication unit configured to make communication with one or more secondary communication nodes operating a secondary system using at least one of a frequency channel allocated to a primary system and a frequency channel adjacent to the frequency channel, a determination unit configured to determine an upper limit number of secondary systems or secondary communication nodes to be allocated with transmission power, and a power allocation unit configured to allocate transmission power to each secondary system or each secondary communication node in each secondary system based on the determined upper limit number and the acceptable interference amount of the primary system.
US09363761B2
A system and method for enhancing the performance in heterogeneous wireless access networks employing a distributed antenna system is disclosed. A control unit comprises a distributed antenna system management server which collects load information from each of the carriers. The control unit further comprises a power management decision engine which determines the optimal downlink transmission power level for the carriers based on the collected load information and a set of parameters related to the power for the carriers. Power levels may decrease to baseline parameters when the load on carriers decreases.
US09363760B2
A method and system is provided for dynamic allocation of power required on a number n with n greater than 1 of an HF communication system, comprising an amplifier of maximum total power and at least one step in which the power and/or the modulation is managed on all the n pathways of said system so as to optimize a given probability of error termed the operating point for a maximum bitrate under the constraint of the total power imposed by the operation of said system.
US09363756B2
An electric-power supplying apparatus may include a power supply configured to supply electric power to an electric device via a power supply line, and at least one processor programmed to perform acts including transmitting a command signal to the electric device via the power supply line, receiving a response signal from the electric device via load modulation on the power supply line, and registering setting information for establishing wireless communication between the electric device and the apparatus based on the received response signal. An electric apparatus may include a power plug configured to receive electric power and a command signal from an external device, and an IC chip configured to use load modulation to transmit a response signal, in response to the command signal, to the external device via the power plug.
US09363746B2
A method and apparatus for selecting a wireless Local Area Network (LAN) within a cell to be accessed by a User Equipment (UE) in a mobile communication system are provided. The method includes performing, when a request for information regarding wireless LAN Access Points (APs) within the cell is received, a search for the wireless LAN APs and transmitting a report indicating a search result to a serving Evolved Node B (ENB); receiving, from the serving ENB, updated information on wireless LAN APs based on report indicating the search result; determining whether to perform a re-search for the wireless LAN APs based on the updated information on the wireless LAN APs; and performing, in response to determination to perform the re-search for the wireless LAN APs, the re-search and selecting APs to be accessed based on a result of the re-search.
US09363741B1
Disclosed herein is a method and corresponding system for managing inter-network set up of wireless communication service. For instance, a first RAN may manage inter-network set up of wireless communication service for a first UE that is currently served by a second RAN. One embodiment takes the form of a method. The method may involve in response to receiving a first signal from the second RAN, the first RAN directing each UE of a plurality of UEs to broadcast a respective beacon. And the method may involve in response to receiving a second signal from the second RAN, the first RAN causing a particular UE among the plurality of UEs to function as an intermediary for the first RAN to serve the first UE, and the first RAN serving the first UE with the particular UE functioning as the intermediary.
US09363740B2
A method and system for reducing network load by selectively provisioning services between an access point and a carrier network is disclosed. The access point supports telecommunications services over an IP network. The access point includes a network connection and a telephone connector capable of connecting to a standard landline telephone. The access point also includes at least one detection component that detects whether a landline telephone is plugged in to the telephone connector. The access point is configured to provision a telecommunications services through the IP network when it detects that an identification module is present.
US09363739B2
Methods, apparatuses, and computer program products for network assisted ProSe discovery management are provided. One method includes establishing, by a network element, a discovery context of a user equipment, and transmitting a discovery context establishment request comprising beacon information on at least one other user that a user of the user equipment is interested in discovering.
US09363738B2
An access terminal configured for use in a wireless communication system utilizing discontinuous reception (DRx). To reduce power consumption, a pilot acquisition timeline may be reduced when channel conditions are favorable; and to improve call quality, the pilot acquisition timeline may be increased when channel conditions are poor. Other aspects, embodiments, and features are also claimed and described.
US09363724B2
A method and apparatus for use in a spectrum manager are disclosed herein. A method includes receiving device parameters from a wireless transmit/receive unit (WTRU) in a managed area, transmitting the device parameters to a central television band (TVBD) data base server, wherein the spectrum manager also stores the device parameters in a local database, receiving enabling information from the central TVBD data base server, and transmitting the enabling information to the WTRU in the managed area.
US09363706B2
A method, a device and a system for signal transmission are disclosed in embodiments of the present invention. The method comprises: selecting a multiplexing mode of signals to be transmitted by a cell according to interference strength received by the cell and/or interference strength received by a neighboring cell; notifying a receiver of the multiplexing mode of the signals to be transmitted by the cell; and transmitting the signals to be transmitted by the cell according to the multiplexing mode of the signals to be transmitted by the cell. Through the signal transmission method, device and system provided herein, the multiplexing mode is selected adaptively according to the interference strength. Therefore, the inter-cell interference is reduced, the reliability of channel detection is improved, the system complexity is reduced, and the cost is saved.
US09363704B2
Selecting a physical channel for cellular communication based on application traffic pattern. A radio bearer may be established between a wireless device and a base station. A physical downlink channel may be selected for the radio bearer. The physical downlink channel may be selected based on an application traffic pattern of an application associated with the radio bearer. In some instances, a physical uplink channel may also be selected based on an application traffic pattern of an application associated with the radio bearer.
US09363700B2
There is disclosed method for reporting channel state so as to report channel state based upon CSI-RS. The method includes: a UE detecting configuration information of Channel State Information-Reference Signal (CSI-RS), determining according to detection result the number of ports required to report channel state based upon CSI-RS, the UE determining CSI-RS based PMI feedback scheme to be adopted in preset corresponding relationship between the number of ports and feedback scheme upon determining that the eNB is to map data of Physical Downlink Shared Channel (PDSCH) onto P (number) CSI-RS ports for transmission in a codebook-based precoding scheme, wherein the codebook-based precoding scheme is a scheme as represented in the formula of [ y ( 0 ) ⋮ y ( P - 1 ) ] = W · s , wherein W represents a codebook consisted of a precoding matrix, S is PDSCH data consisted of data layers whose quantity is equal to value of Rank Indication (RI) and [ y ( 0 ) ⋮ y ( P - 1 ) ] represents a vector consisted of data on P (number) CSI-RS ports; and the UE calculating and reporting channel state information according to the determination result. The invention further discloses apparatus for performing the method.
US09363697B2
A method of a transceiver arranged to operate in a cellular communication system comprising cells is disclosed. The method comprises receiving a transmission from a first cell; determining an interfering signal and its occupation in time and/or frequency; determining reduced values in the received signal corresponding to the occupation in time and/or frequency of the interfering signal; and measuring a quotient between desired signal and non-desired signal of reference symbols of the received signal. A channel quality index, CQI, is formed taking into account reduction of values performed at the reducing, and the CQI is reported to the communication system. A transceiver and computer program for the same are also disclosed.
US09363696B2
An analyzing device includes a memory and a processor coupled to the memory. The processor is configured to receive an acknowledgement from a wireless communication device for each of a plurality of data which is transmitted through a wired network and transmitted to the wireless communication device by a wireless communication which is capable of retransmitting data, from the wired network, calculate a reception interval of the plurality of acknowledgements, and analyze a retransmission cycle in the wireless communication based on a difference of the calculated reception interval of the plurality of acknowledgements.
US09363693B2
In one embodiment, a radio measurement collection method comprises: a step S11 of transmitting, by a E-UTRAN, a MDT Configuration message including a measurement trigger to the radio terminal UE; a step S14 of setting, by the radio terminal UE, the measurement trigger included in the MDT Configuration message received from the E-UTRAN in the radio terminal, and then performing radio environment measurement when an event corresponding to the measurement trigger occurs in an idle state and recording measurement data including a result of the measurement and location information; a step of S16 of transmitting, by the radio terminal UE, trigger type information indicating the measurement trigger to the E-UTRAN when the radio terminal UE is transitioned to a connected state from the idle state; and a step S17 of determining, by the E-UTRAN, whether to request the radio terminal UE to transmit the measurement data on the basis of the trigger type information from the radio terminal UE.
US09363683B2
A method, an apparatus, and a computer program product for operating a user equipment (UE) are provided. The apparatus establishes a wireless communication link with a millimeter-wave base station (mm W-BS) based on a transmit beam from the mm W-BS. The transmit beam has a transmit beam direction. In addition, the apparatus receives beamforming capability information indicating one of at least a digital, analog, or hybrid beamforming capability associated with the mm W-BS. Further, the apparatus scans N transmit beams from the mm W-BS for each of M receive beam directions of the UE based on the beamforming capability information and the transmit beam associated with the wireless communication link.
US09363676B2
One or more wireless communications device may include one or more domains that may be owned or controlled by one or more different owners. One of the domains may include a security domain having ultimate control over the enforcement of security policies on the one or more wireless communications devices. Another one of the domains may include a system-wide domain manager that is subsidiary to the security domain and may enforce the policies of one or more subsidiary domains. The system-wide domain manager may enforce its policies based on a privilege level received from the security domain. The privilege level may be based on the level of trust between an external stakeholder, such as an owner of a domain that is subsidiary to the system-wide domain manager, and the security domain.
US09363675B2
A low-cost security management system for a wireless network utilizes client software having one component that runs on trusted access points and another that runs on wireless client cards on a client PC and/or laptop that enables an administrator to log in and check the status of network security from any client pc. The software monitors the state of the wireless network and reports on unauthorized connections or hacking attack, denial of service attack and potential threats to the security of the network.
US09363674B2
The mobile application system and method increases the overall level of efficiency in communication. In an embodiment, a chat room may be created based on a specific location of a user. The chat room may be for a couple or a group of users, it may be of different detection diameter based on the location of certain users in different nearby locations, or their location in the same specific location. In operation, any time that a mobile application is activated and detecting a private singular or group chat room is generated by the user and different features may be applied to sent information.
US09363672B2
A method and network node device control the run of technology specific Push-Button Configuration sessions within a heterogeneous or homogeneous wireless network as well as a heterogeneous or homogeneous wireless network detecting a session overlap within the network. The session is related to a configuration session (bootstrapping session, setup session) that establishes a security configuration for encrypted communication over a wireless link it is proposed an enhanced mechanism for controlling the run of technology specific Push Button Configuration sessions within a heterogeneous or homogeneous wireless network and a plurality of network node devices interconnected to each other via at least one interface and/or over multiple hops and authenticated or unauthenticated for the network by using a piece of information, e.g. a “Configuration Setup Session Identifier (CSSID),” for identifying a technology specific Push Button Configuration setup session.
US09363661B2
A method of pairing mobile devices 102,104 is disclosed herein. In a described embodiment, the method includes (i) receiving pairing parameters from the mobile devices 102,104 to be paired, the pairing being initiated by shaking movement of the mobile devices 102,104 and the pairing parameters including respective shaking directions of the mobile devices 102,104; (ii) verifying the pairing parameters with pairing conditions to determine the two mobile devices 102,104 for pairing; (iii) determining if the shaking directions are to be used in the verification step (ii); and (iv) if the pairing conditions are satisfied, pairing the mobile devices 102,104. An apparatus for pairing mobile devices and other pairing methods are also disclosed.
US09363660B2
Measures for processing data in a telecommunications network. At a cache, a subscriber configuration data request requesting subscriber configuration data for a subscriber device is received from a network node in a cluster of network nodes. In response to receipt of the subscriber configuration data request, it is determined that a shared cache store does not contain subscriber configuration data for the subscriber device. In response to the determination, subscriber configuration data for the subscriber device is retrieved from a subscriber configuration network node. The subscriber configuration data for the subscriber device retrieved from the subscriber configuration network node is transmitted to the network node.
US09363659B2
The embodiments herein relate to a method in a location information node (327) for providing location information associated with a home base station (345) to a PCRF (350). The node (327) is dedicated to handling the location information. When the home base station (345) sets up an IPSec tunnel with a SeGW (332), the node (327) receives the information from the AAA server (330). The node (327) transmits the information to the PCRF (350) via the MME/SGSN (325, 340) using an interface between the MME/SGSN (325, 340) and the PCRF (350), or to the PCRF (350) via the MME/SGSN (325, 340) and a SGW/PGW (343, 348) using a S11/S4 interface, a S5/S8 interface and a Gx/Gxx interface, or directly to the PCRF (350) using an interface between the node (327) and the PCRF (350).
US09363643B1
A method and apparatus of monitoring a mobile station's activity to determine user behavior is disclosed. One example method may include determining a location of the mobile station, and determining data that is accessible to the mobile station based on its location. The method may also include transmitting the data to the mobile station, tracking the movement of the mobile station over a specified time interval, and compiling a report of the mobile station's activity within the specified time interval.
US09363640B2
An electronic system includes a control unit configured to determine a physical configuration based on a sensor reading; determine a device location for establishing a device proximity to a target device; generate an operational mode based on the physical configuration and the device proximity; and a communication unit, coupled to the control unit, configured to send an input signal for interacting with the target device through a client device.
US09363636B2
Methods and apparatus are directed to geofencing-related heuristics for computing devices. A computing device with a plurality of sensors can receive a plurality of heuristics. Each heuristic can be configured to generate command(s) for the sensors based on one or more heuristic inputs. The heuristic input(s) can include an input related to a geofence. The computing device can receive a plurality of signals from the sensors. The computing device can determine, based on the plurality of signals, an activity class for the computing device. The activity class can specify an activity associated with the computing device. The computing device can select a heuristic from the plurality of heuristics at least based on the activity class. The computing device can execute the selected heuristic to generate the command(s) for the sensors.
US09363634B1
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including computer programs encoded on computer storage media, for predicting context-relevant information based on large-scale aggregations of data. One of the methods includes receiving a user context of a user, wherein the user context specifies a location of a user device being used by the user. Data that represents counts of websites visited by users matching the user context is obtained. Data that represents counts of websites visited by users in general is obtained. Using the obtained counts, one or more likely websites visited by users matching the user context more frequently than by users in general is determined. Information identifying the one or more likely websites in response to receiving the user context is provided.
US09363633B2
Method, apparatus, and computer program product example embodiments are disclosed for improving the speed and sensitivity of position determination by wireless communication devices using assisted Global Navigation Satellite Systems (A-GNSS). Example embodiments include multi-SIM mobile wireless devices having an A-GNSS location detection capability, with one or more RF modems that may communicate with one or more wireless carriers.
US09363630B2
Provided is an information processing system which facilitates data communication between an information processing apparatus and another apparatus. Position data indicative of a position, at which the information processing apparatus which makes up the information processing system automatically performs short-distance wireless communication, is transmitted to a server. The server accumulates and stores the position indicated by the position data transmitted from each information processing apparatus. The position data accumulated and stored at the server is transmitted to an information processing apparatus when the server receives the request therefrom.
US09363628B2
An example method for adjusting the range of transmission of advertising packets is disclosed. In particular, method includes receiving, from an application executing on a mobile computing device, a request. The request may include a request to transmit an advertisement packet via a short-range wireless device of the computing device. Additionally, the request may include a power level for the transmission of the advertisement packet via the short-range wireless device. Additionally, the method may include causing the transmission, via the short-range wireless device, of the advertisement packet. The short-range wireless device may be configured to transmit the advertisement packet at a transmission power level less than or equal to the requested power level. Further, the requested power level may be less than or equal to a nominal power level for the short-range wireless device.
US09363620B2
The system comprises a master controller and an audio plug connected to the master controller. The audio plug includes at least four contacts electrically connected to corresponding poles of an audio frequency interface. Electrical coupling devices are disposed on circuits which respectively connect a first contact and a second contact with the master controller. The circuits between each electrical coupling devices and the correspondent contact are short circuits.
US09363616B1
A test system for testing directional capabilities of an audio device includes a horizontal linear actuator and a vertical linear actuator. The horizontal linear actuator supports a rotary actuator upon which the audio device is placed. The vertical linear actuator supports a sound source. To test the device, the actuators are controlled to establish multiple relative positions of the audio device and the sound source. A test sound is emitted at each of the relative positions. The audio device is configured to provide data generated in response to the test sound at each of the relative positions. The test system receives and records the data along with coordinates indicating the relative positions to which the data corresponds.
US09363614B2
In a method of fitting a hearing aid system, a hearing aid user's hearing loss is classified and the hearing aid fitting is adapted in response to this classification. The hearing loss classification is, in one example, classified by determining an audiogram for the user, testing the user's hearing function under conditions that, for a user with that audiogram, would result in a predicted intelligibility, and comparing the measured intelligibility to the predicted intelligibility. Also disclosed is a hearing aid fitting system (100, 200) adapted to carry out the method.
US09363607B2
A plane-type speaker where, on one of the main surfaces of an exciter film, there are placed piezoelectric films which are expanded and contracted by sound-releasing driving signals applied thereto. An oscillation plate is secured to the excited film through frame members. The oscillation plate has a flat-plate shape and is secured to the exciter film while having a warped shape such that it is gradually spaced further away from the exciter film, with decreasing distance from the secured ends to a center area, when viewed at a side surface. This realizes a state where the exciter film is pulled outwardly with respect to the secured ends due to bending stresses therein. If sound-releasing driving signals are applied to the piezoelectric films in this state, the exciter film contracts and expands along with the expansion and contraction of the piezoelectric films, thereby causing the oscillation plate to oscillate.
US09363606B2
An acoustic generator according to an embodiment includes a vibrating body and an exciter. The exciter is provided on the vibrating body, and vibrates by an input of an electrical signal. The exciter includes a protrusion or a recess on/in a surface of a side of the vibrating body.
US09363605B2
A focused acoustic transducer suitable for use in a downhole environment is disclosed. At least some embodiments employ a disk of piezoelectric material with low planar coupling and low Poisson's ratio mounted on a backing material and sealed inside an enclosure. The piezoelectric material disk has a pattern of electrodes deposited on an otherwise smooth, ungrooved surface. Despite the lack of grooves, the material's low planar coupling and low Poisson's ratio enables the electrodes to operate in a phased relationship to provide and receive focused acoustic pulses. Moreover, the elimination of deep cuts offers a much lower cost of construction. The electrode material may be any conductive material, though silver and silver alloys are contemplated. The patterning of electrodes can occur during the deposition process (e.g., using a silk-screen or other printing technique) or afterwards (e.g., mechanically or chemically with an etch technique that uses a pre- or post-deposition photoresist layer).
US09363601B2
An example implementation involves a first playback device receiving audio content to be played by the first playback device and a second playback device. The first playback device may be configured to play respective portions of the audio that are respectively below and above a first crossover frequency. The playback device determines a first limiting result that represents playback of the second portion of the audio content by applying, to the second portion of the audio content, a pre-determined volume-limiting function that is associated with the second playback device, where the first limiting result indicates frequencies at which a playback volume of the second playback device is limited. The playback device determines a second crossover frequency based on the indicated frequencies at which the playback volume of the second playback device is limited and plays a third portion of the audio content that is below the second crossover frequency.
US09363599B2
In accordance with these and other embodiments of the present disclosure, systems and methods may include a controller configured to be coupled to an audio speaker, wherein the controller receives an audio input signal, and based on a displacement transfer function associated with the audio speaker, processes the audio input signal to generate an output audio signal communicated to the audio speaker, wherein the displacement transfer function correlates an amplitude and a frequency of the audio input signal to an expected displacement of the audio speaker in response to the amplitude and the frequency of the audio input signal.
US09363587B2
A speaker or microphone module includes an acoustic membrane and at least one pressure vent. The pressure vent equalizes barometric pressure on a first side of the acoustic membrane with barometric pressure on a second side of the acoustic membrane. Further, the pressure vent is located in an acoustic path of the speaker or microphone module. In this way, differences between barometric pressures on the different sides of the acoustic membrane may not hinder movement of the acoustic membrane. In one or more implementations, the pressure vent may be acoustically opaque. As the pressure vent is located in the acoustic path of the speaker or microphone module, being acoustically opaque may ensure that the pressure vent itself does not interfere with the operation of the speaker or microphone module.
US09363583B2
System, apparatus, and method embodiments are provided for suppressing the stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) crosstalk in multiple wavelength channel signals propagating in fiber links, such as in WDM/DWDM or other optical communications systems. The SRS is reduced or suppressed by separating the channels into two sets of different channels, such as even and odd channels, and then performing subtraction of signal amplitudes between the two sets of channels. The channels are separated by an interleaver into the two sets. Alternatively, a wavelength selective switch (WSS) is used to separate the channels into the two sets on which the subtraction of signal amplitudes is then performed. In an embodiment, the signals are low frequency modulation signals used for channel monitoring for optical communications systems.
US09363574B1
A communication interface is configured to send video frames of a video sequence for delivery to a plurality of clients, wherein the video frames include key frames, and to receive feedback from a delayed client of the plurality of clients indicating that the delayed client requires a slower transmission rate for the video frames. A processing system is configured to, in response to the feedback from the delayed client, direct the communication interface to send subsequent video frames to the plurality of clients except to the delayed client, determine whether the delayed client can receive a next full key frame, and if the delayed client can receive the next full key frame, direct the communication interface to resume transmission of the video sequence to the delayed client starting with the next full key frame in the subsequent video frames that are presently being sent to the other clients.
US09363572B2
A method includes receiving a media request for a target device. The signaling information may be received from the target device and a media server. At least one attribute of the target device and the media server may be identified using the signaling information. At least one attribute of the target device and the media server may be evaluated against a service level objective to select a media format. The service level objective may include consideration of the target device and available bandwidth over a provider network. The media may be provided in the selected media format over the provider network to the target device.
US09363569B1
The disclosure includes a system and method for receiving viewing data that describes a location of a first user's gaze while viewing virtual reality content. The method also determining an object of interest in the virtual reality content based on the location of the first user's gaze. The method also includes generating a social network that includes the first user as a member of the social network. The method also includes performing an action in the social network related to the object of interest.
US09363563B2
A media distribution system provides controlled distribution of media owned by various parties hosted on a local media access device. The media access device may store temporary media, such as rented or leased media, on a separate provider controlled storage partition. This gives the media provider control over rented or leased media even though it is locally hosted. The media access device can download media from providers at various predefined times so as to limit its use of bandwidth.
US09363561B1
A method and system for filtering content streamed over HLS and other streaming technologies are disclosed. A Streaming Filtering Solution may generate a content map for a movie or other content, identifying filterable elements associated with vulgarity, sex/nudity, violence, etc. A filterable element may identify a category and subcategory of content (e.g., “vulgarity”: “f---” word), a begin time and end time, and other characteristics. The Streaming Filtering Solution may generate media segment files based on the filterable elements. The Streaming Filtering Solution may obtain a filter with categories and sub-categories of content to exclude or retain when the content is played. When content is requested, the Streaming Filtering Solution may apply the filter to the media segment files to determine that some media segment files should be dynamically generated based on the filter. The Streaming Filtering Solution may dynamically generate one or more filtered media segment files and provide those files to a requester. Depending on the filter, and the characteristics of a particular filterable element, a filtered media segment file may have fully or partially muted audio, or may have fully or partially cropped video, or may be entirely omitted, or may have other filtering effects applied.
US09363558B2
Methods and apparatus are disclosed to generate a cross device panel by determining that a first panelist associated with a first panel data and a first device is also associated with a non-paneled device. Example methods and apparatus disclosed herein match, via a processor, a second panelist associated with second panel data to the first panelist based on (1) the second panelist having demographics matching the first panelist and (2) the second panelist being associated with a second device corresponding to the non-paneled device of the first panelist, and generate a cross device panelist profile for the first panelist, the cross device panelist profile comprising at least some of the first panel data and at least a portion of the second panel data.
US09363557B2
Future media viewership is forecast based on time ordered analysis of historical viewership information from an individual or combination of a plurality of data sets. Forecast models having coefficients derived from comparisons of time series representations of data sets across a plurality of time periods and data sources join together disparate data sets. Individual data sets from disparate data sources may be compared to identify possible untrustworthy data or data that requires further investigation. Organizing viewership information in a time series allows for imputing missing data in a respective data set.
US09363555B2
There is provided a receiving apparatus including a position detection unit configured to detect a position at which same information as predetermined synchronous information is present from an acquired stream, and a boundary determination unit configured to determine positions at which the same information as the synchronous information detected by the position detection unit appears N times, where N>1, again and again in N cycles each of which is equal to a packet length, as a packet boundary position of the stream. The boundary determination unit determines the packet boundary position on the basis of a packet-boundary-position likelihood of the positions of the same information as the synchronous information in a case where the packet boundary position is unable to be uniquely located.
US09363552B2
A control method of a display apparatus is provided. The control method includes: detecting performance information of a communication service by the display apparatus; generating a plurality of home screens comprising an integrated communication service home screen, using the detected performance information the of the communication service; and when a predetermined user manipulation is received, displaying a display screen which displays the integrated communication service home screen and some regions of a home screen other than the integrated communication service home screen altogether.
US09363551B2
A method for retrieving and playing a TV program uses a mobile terminal. The mobile terminal obtains one or more images of a TV program currently played on a TV using the image sensor and sends the images to a remote server. The remote server determines an identity of the TV program using the images by comparing them with images in an image library and then generates an information record for the TV program and returns the TV program information record to the mobile terminal, the TV program information record including a hyperlink to the TV program. After receiving the TV program information record from the remote server, the mobile terminal displays the hyperlink on the display of the mobile terminal. In response to a user selection of the hyperlink, the mobile terminal plays the TV program on the display.
US09363535B2
This disclosure describes techniques for coding 3D video block units. In one example, a video encoder is configured to determine a first real-world depth range for a first depth view component comprising a reference view component, determine a second real-world depth range for a second depth view component comprising a current view component, wherein the current view component is predicted relative to the reference view component, determine a predictive block for a portion of the current view component from the reference view component, adjust values of the predictive block based on a difference between the first real-world depth range and the second real-world depth range, and predict the portion of the current view based on the adjusted values of the predictive block.
US09363533B2
Provided is a scalable video-decoding method based on multiple layers. The scalable video-decoding method according to the present invention comprises: a step of predicting first filter information of a video to be filtered using the information contained in an object layer and/or information contained in another layer, and generating second filter information in accordance with the prediction; and a step of filtering the video to be filtered using the second filter information. According to the present invention, the amount of information being transmitted is reduced, and video compression performance is improved.
US09363527B2
To reduce noise or the like generated at a boundary of tiles introduced in a video coding method. In a motion vector detection unit, a first tile video signal and a second tile video signal included in one picture are supplied to a first detection unit and a second detection unit, and a reference image is supplied from a frame memory to the first detection unit and the second detection unit. The first detection unit performs processing, by inter prediction, on the video signal positioned on or in the vicinity of a tile boundary between a first tile and another tile among many video signals included in the first tile. In this processing, the first detection unit generates a motion vector so as to preferentially refer to the reference image included in another tile different from the first tile among the reference images read out from the frame memory.
US09363526B2
An apparatus, computer readable medium, and method of compressing images generated on an image generating device, the method including responsive to a generated image and position and orientation data associated with an image generating device which generated the image, selecting a previously generated image having a similar position and a similar orientation as the generated image; and if a comparison between the selected previously generated image and the generated image indicates the difference between one of the previously generated images and the generated image is less than a threshold difference, then compressing the generated image using the previously generated image. The method may include generating the generated image from light incident to the image generating device, and generating the position and orientation associated with the image generating device.
US09363520B2
The present invention discloses a method and apparatus for encoding or decoding a video signal. The method for processing a video signal according to the present invention uses a merging mode in which prediction information on a neighbor unit is used instead of transmitting prediction information on the present unit, so as to improve coding efficiency. In this case, the number of available candidate units for merging among the units in a predetermined position is determined, and information for the merging mode is acquired on the basis of the number of the available candidate units for merging. The unit to be merged is determined using the information for the merging mode, and prediction information on the unit to be merged is acquired. The prediction value for the present unit is acquired using the prediction information on the unit to be merged, and the present unit is restored using the acquired prediction value.
US09363516B2
A video coding device is configured to obtain an array of sample values. The sample values may be formatted according to a 4:2:0, 4:2:2, or 4:4:4 chroma format. The video coding device determines whether to apply a first filter to rows of chroma sample values associated with defined horizontal edges within the array. The video coding device determines whether to apply a second filter to columns of chroma sample values associated with defined vertical edges. The horizontal and vertical edges may be separated by a number of chroma samples according to a deblocking grid.
US09363513B2
A sequence of encoded data associated with a block of video is assessed to determine if: quantized coefficients of transformed residual pixel data associated with the block are equal to zero, the block was encoded using a temporal compression process, a slice that includes the block is configured to be encoded using only one reference picture list or two reference picture lists, the block is unpartitioned or was encoded in direct mode, a reference picture used to encode the block is the reference picture associated with a lowest index value on the one reference picture list, and an actual motion vector associated with the block is equal to a predicted motion vector associated with the block.
US09363512B2
Methods of encoding and decoding for video data for encoding or decoding motion vector difference components for inter-coded video are described. The sign of one of the components is hidden within the parity of the sum of the magnitudes of the horizontal and vertical difference components. The sign of the other of the components is explicitly signaled in the bitstream. The hidden sign may be assigned to the larger in magnitude of the two components. In other cases, the hidden sign may always be assigned to the horizontal or vertical component. In another case, the hidden sign may always be assigned to one component, unless that component is zero, in which case the hidden sign is assigned to the other component. In another case, both components may have their signs hidden, in which case the sign hiding is based on their respective parity, rather than the parity of their sum.
US09363510B2
A video coding process that includes defining a context derivation neighborhood for one of a plurality of transform coefficients based on a transform coefficient scan order. The process also includes determining a context for the one of the plurality of transform coefficients based on the context derivation neighborhood. The process also includes coding the one of the plurality of transform coefficients based on the determined context.
US09363506B2
A method of processing image data comprises storing image frame data in a first memory, repetitively reading the image frame data stored in the first memory to output high frequency image frame data and correcting the high frequency image frame data based on previous frame data.
US09363498B2
First and second views of a stereoscopic image are received. In response to determining that the stereoscopic image has a predominance of foreground features, a convergence plane of the stereoscopic image is adjusted to improve a depth resolution of at least one foreground feature within the stereoscopic image for display to a human by a display device. In response to determining that the stereoscopic image has a predominance of background features, the convergence plane is adjusted to position at least most of the stereoscopic image as background features for display to the human by the display device.
US09363497B2
Systems and methods for self-configuring portable electronic devices are provided. In one embodiment, the portable device includes carrier circuitry that receives compressed data streams of information and application circuitry that decompresses the received data stream in accordance with a specific CODEC. The device includes the capability for the carrier circuitry to provide the specific CODEC required to decompress the data stream to the application circuitry. The transfer of the specific CODEC can be done as a default action or it can be done based on a queue received from the application circuitry.
US09363496B2
Provided is a moving image generation device, which is configured to: render a frame image including a plurality of image elements; output rendering position information specifying a rendering position within the frame image of a confidential element whose viewing is to be restricted among the plurality of image elements; and generate a moving image by using the frame image while performing display restriction processing on a target region within the frame image which is specified by the rendering position information.
US09363480B2
Presented herein are techniques for receiving media at a participant device for a conference session. The media may be transmitted to the participant device using a first transport mechanism. A command is received from a user of a participant device in a conference session to playback a portion of the conference session. A request is sent to the conference server to retransmit a recording of the portion of the conference session requested for playback. Data is received for the recording of the portion of the conference session transmitted from the conference server using a second transport mechanism, wherein the second transport mechanism is a higher reliability transport mechanism than the first transport mechanism.
US09363479B2
Methods and systems for voice and video messaging are provided here. In some embodiments a method for voice and video messaging may include establishing a telecommunication session with a calling device associated with a first user in response to an indication that a call request from the calling device directed to a called identifier associated with a second user failed, providing to the calling device an option to leave a video message and an option to leave an audio message, receiving a selection from the calling device indicating the selection of the option to leave a video message, disconnecting the established telecommunication session, and receiving a video message from the calling device.
US09363478B2
Providing high availability multi-way conferencing. Separate signaling and media components may be provided within an MCU or among a cluster of MCUs. A signaling server may control signaling aspects of a conference while a media server may provide media support for the conference. In the event of media server failure, the signaling server may assign a new media server to provide media support for the conference. A backup signaling server may also monitor the signaling server and may provide signaling support for the conference in the event of signaling server failure.
US09363474B2
The present disclosure discloses a method and system for sending media data in telepresence technology. By collecting audio or video data corresponding to a spatial area, the collected data is processed respectively to acquire multiple streams of data distinguished by a collecting spatial area and corresponding collecting spatial information; the multiple streams of data are encoded, encoded multiple streams of audio data and the collecting spatial information are packed together, and/or encoded multiple streams of video data and the collecting spatial information are packed together, and a packet including multiple streams of audio or video data is sent, respectively. The present disclosure also discloses a method and system for playing media data in telepresence technology. With the methods and systems, it is possible to directly identify the corresponding collecting spatial area, i.e., a corresponding playing location in the process of data transmission, which enables a conferee at a receiving end to experience auditory positioning and an immersive sensation. Further, the problem of synchronization among the multiple streams of audio or video data is solved effectively.
US09363473B2
Methods and systems may provide for invoking instances of a hardware video encoder, wherein the instances include a first encoder instance and a second encoder instance. Additionally, the first encoder instance may be used to make a scene change determination and a motion level determination with respect to the video content. In one example, the second encoder instance is used to encode the video content based on the scene change determination and the motion level determination.
US09363468B2
A vehicle display system and methods of controlling the same. In certain embodiments, an image processing module receives video signals from a video camera and generates first video data in a first format. A system management mode (SMM) program is stored in a memory. When executed at a processor, the SMM program reads the first video data from a first area of the memory, converts the first video data to second video data in a second format, and writes the second video data to a second area of the memory. A PCI express switch forwards the first video data in the first format to a memory controller for storing in the first area of the memory, and forwards the second video data in the second format from the second area of the memory to the graphic controller.
US09363465B2
A data processing apparatus which transmits a clock signal to a recording medium, transmits a command to the recording medium and receives data output from the recording medium in response to a timing signal obtained by delaying the clock signal. The apparatus transmits to the recording medium a transmission command in a predetermined data string including a predetermined pattern and receive the predetermined data output from the recording medium. The apparatus adjusts a delay amount of the timing signal based on a reception result of the predetermined data string in a first mode or second mode. The reception result is based on timing signals each including a delay amount, in a first range in the first mode and in a second range narrower than the first range in the second mode.
US09363464B2
Various embodiments facilitate history-based decision making in television receivers, such as set-top boxes. In one embodiment, a history-based decision facilitator (“HBDF”) is provided. The HBDF facilitates decision making in a television receiver based on device history data received from the television receiver. In one embodiment, the HBDF receives an indication of an operation to be performed by the television receiver, the operation including one or more parameters. In response, the HBDF determines values for the one or more parameters, based on device history data received from the television receiver. The HBDF then provides the determined parameter values to the television receiver. In one example application, the HBDF can determine a tuner of the television receiver to utilize for recording a program, based on the history of the television receiver, such as that the determined tuner is typically idle during the scheduled recording time period.
US09363462B2
A master-slave video playback interface in which a master video player is time based, and a slave video player displays a second video georeferenced to the first, e.g., the georeferenced frames of the second video in closest proximity to those being shown on the master player. The invention allows more efficient simultaneous viewing of multiple geo-tagged videos acquired at a singular geographical location, to compare videos, for example, collected on an oil or gas pipeline Right Of Way (ROW) at different times to monitor encroaching threats to pipeline integrity.
US09363455B2
There is provided a solid-state image pickup device including a pixel area in which a plurality of pixels are arranged. The pixels include an accumulation section accumulating a charge acquired by photoelectric conversion, a plurality of detection sections detecting the charge accumulated in the accumulation section, a connection separation control section controlling connection or separation of the detection sections, an output section outputting a first signal corresponding to a potential of each detection section in a separation state in which the connection separation control section separates the detection sections, or outputting a second signal corresponding to a potential of each detection section in a connection state in which the connection separation control section connects the detection sections, and an output selection section selecting whether to output the first signal from the output section or output the second signal from the output section, based on a value of the first signal.
US09363454B2
A solid-state imaging unit includes: a pixel section including a plurality of pixels each including a photoelectric conversion section, a charge-voltage conversion section, and a transfer transistor transferring charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion section to the charge-voltage conversion section; and a storage section storing information about an optimum value of an intermediate voltage to be applied to a gate of the transfer transistor at time of an intermediate transfer operation when a signal charge accumulated in the photoelectric conversion section is divided to be read in a predetermined times of the intermediate transfer operations and a complete transfer operation.
US09363448B2
Disclosed is system and method to generate coordinated presentation, and that includes: a curating content module to curate content selected by a user for inclusion in the coordinated presentation; an audio/visual input module to capture, at least via a camera, a plurality of images for inclusion in the coordinated presentation; a display module to display, via a display coupled to the computing device, a first arrangement of all of the curated content. Moreover, a user interface module can be provided that comprises a touch-screen interface to enable user-based selection and manipulation of a portion of the curated content and a video mixer module to integrate the plurality of images captured by the camera together with a portion of the curated content via a user selection from the touch-screen interface. The coordinated presentation is configured to enable respective interaction with the portion of the curated content at each of the remote devices.
US09363443B2
A processing control apparatus controls mask processing for an image sensed by an image sensing unit with a variable image sensing position. A storage unit stores a mask setting. A control unit controls the image sensing unit. An obtaining unit obtains, from the control unit, exposure time information representing a progression of exposure by the image sensing unit, and obtains an image sensing position of the image sensing unit. A determination unit determines whether the exposure time information reaches a predetermined value, and determines a position on the image to which the mask processing is performed, based on (i) the image sensing position of the image sensing unit obtained by the obtaining unit and (ii) the mask setting, when the exposure time information reaches the predetermined value.
US09363440B2
An imaging device includes an imaging unit which outputs captured image data corresponding to a pixel signal, a plurality of image processing units which generate any one of first image data being performed first image processing on the captured image data and second image data being performed second image processing on the captured image data, a display processing unit which causes an image corresponding to the second image data to be displayed on a display device which displays an image corresponding to image data input at a predetermined timing of a second synchronization signal, and a control unit which changes a setting of a phase difference between the first synchronization signal and the second synchronization signal and switches between the first image processing and the second image processing to be executed by each of the plurality of image processing units.
US09363439B2
A photographing apparatus includes: an image pickup section picking up an object image to acquire a picked-up image; a display section capable of showing a display based on the picked-up image; a touch panel generating a signal corresponding to a predetermined operation; and a control section detecting a direction of a slide operation on the touch panel and performing control to select one of multiple items displayed on the display section on the basis of the direction of the slide operation; and the control section sets a display position of each of the multiple items to correspond to an operation direction for selecting the item on a one to one basis and selects one of the multiple items corresponding to the direction of the slide operation in the selection.
US09363421B1
An apparatus (e.g., a computer device) includes an image coding system and/or an image decoding system. A method of decoding an encoded image includes positioning a first pixel and a second pixel at a midpoint of the first pixel and the second pixel, the midpoint being associated with two colors of a first color space, repositioning the first pixel to a first position, the first position being on a boundary of a second color space and having a value, in the second color space, corresponding to a third color of the first color space, and repositioning the second pixel to a second position, the second position being rotationally symmetric with the repositioned first pixel around the midpoint.
US09363416B1
An example embodiment may involve obtaining an m×n pixel cell from an input image. Each of the m×n pixels in the m×n pixel cell may be associated with at least one color value. An m×n attribute cell may be determined, elements of which may be associated in a one-to-one fashion with respective pixels in the m×n pixel cell. The m×n pixel cell may be compressed in a lossy fashion, and the m×n attribute cell may be compressed in a lossless fashion. Compression of the m×n pixel cell may be based on at least part of the m×n attribute cell. An interleaved representation of the compressed m×n pixel cell and the compressed m×n attribute cell may be written to an output medium.
US09363412B2
An accelerator circuit for an image processing apparatus includes a buffer circuit that temporarily stores image data obtained from N (N>1) data sources and an arithmetic circuit that performs a predetermined arithmetic operation on pixel data. The buffer circuit includes N buffer memories and N 2D registers associated with the respective N data sources, a control circuit, and a selector. Each buffer memory temporarily stores image data obtained from a corresponding one of the N data sources. Each 2D register temporarily stores pixel data, which is a part of image data stored in a corresponding one of the N buffer memories, of an area of a predetermined size. The selector is controlled by the control circuit so as to select, when pixel data is stored in one of the N 2D registers, the pixel data and send the pixel data to the arithmetic circuit.
US09363411B2
A data certification system includes a proof information generation unit that generates certification information for certifying non-falsification of raw data, and generates proof information including the certification information and time information representing the time of the generation of the certification information. A server transmission unit transmits the proof information which is received by a client reception unit. A time information acquisition unit acquires the time information representing the time of the generation of the certification information from the proof information. A report generation unit generates report data in which the time information and publishing destination information representing a publishing destination are included in the raw data. A transfer unit transfers the raw data, the proof information, and the report data to a publishing server which releases the report data. An output unit outputs the report data.
US09363407B2
In an image sensor unit including a plurality of sensor chips mounted in a line on a sensor substrate, image signals from the sensor chips are sequentially read according to a reading order among the sensor chips, a current consumption circuit that consumes set current is arranged, and the current consumption circuit starts consuming the set current in response to a signal indicating end of reading of the image signals by all of the sensor chips and ends consuming the set current in response to a signal indicating start of reading of the image signals first by the sensor chip after a start signal to thereby reduce variation in the current consumption of the image sensor unit.
US09363400B2
An image forming apparatus includes a registration roller configured to adjust a starting time point of conveying a paper sheet; a printing unit configured to form a color image or a monochrome image on a photosensitive drum, and transfer the image to the paper sheet at a downstream side with respect to the registration roller in a conveyance direction to print; a line sensor configured to detect a conveyance position at an upstream side with respect to the printing unit in the conveyance direction; and a control unit configured to obtain a displacement amount with respect to a preset reference position based on the conveyance position, correct an image formation position according to the displacement amount to correct a printing position on the paper sheet, and change a correction method for the printing position according to whether any of the color image and the monochrome image is formed.
US09363397B2
An image processing portion determines that a black stripe is present when among a plurality of main scanning lines included in a back end side range from a last back end position of the reading image data in a sub-scanning direction to a predetermined position, a main scanning line in which a density value of a pixels in a predetermined position is higher than a first threshold density is present, sets, at a reference line, a main scanning line farthest from the last back end position among the main scanning lines in which the density value of the pixel in the predetermined position is higher than the first threshold density and replaces density values of all pixels included in a range from a position of the reference line in the sub-scanning direction to the last back end position with a density value corresponding to white.
US09363390B2
A method for classifying use of a mobile device is provided. The method includes defining a list of telephone numbers, area codes, states, countries or geographic designations and detecting a plurality of communications to the mobile device or from the mobile device. The method further includes determining which of the plurality communications correspond to the list, classifying the plurality of communications into a classification based on whether they correspond to the list, and reporting the classifying of the plurality of communications.
US09363389B2
A method is provided that creates signaling climate data records (CDR) via and a mobile communication system on a network, in order to charge signaling messages sent by user equipment (UE). The invention proposes two embodiments of the method for creating signaling CDR where an MME which has received signaling messages from UE notifies a PGW with a signaling CDR creation function of the message reception, and the PGW creates the signaling CDR. The MME can charge for the signaling message transmitted from the UE, without the additional components.
US09363385B2
A telephone network access device switchable between a VOIP service and a PSTN service includes an RJ-11 port, a voice splitter, a first relay, a second relay, a SLIC chip, a CPU, and a ring detection unit. The ring detection unit outputs a first switch signal in response to detecting a ring signal of a PSTN communication. The second relay connects the telephone to the VOIP network in response to a power on event. The CPU controls the first relay and the second relay to connect the telephone to the PSTN network in response to the CPU receiving the first switch signal, and controls the second relay to reconnect the telephone to the VOIP network when the PSTN communication ends.
US09363378B1
Various methods, systems, and computer-program products are provided for indicating a message characteristic indicator (“MCI”) in conjunction with a stored voice message. In various applications where voice messages may be received, a speech analytics system processes the voice message to ascertain a non-semantic speech-related characterization of the message. An indication of a corresponding MCI, such as an emoticon, is associated with the stored message, which can be used to display the corresponding MCI on a user interface. In one embodiment, the stored voice message is a voice mail message received in conjunction with a call to a wireless user. A voice mail storage system utilizes a speech analytics system to process the voice data and ascertain the non-semantic speech-related characterization of the message and a message is sent to the subscriber's mobile phone indicating the appropriate MCI to display in conjunction with the meta-data of the voice mail message.
US09363376B2
Methods, systems, and products route communications according to schedules. When an incoming communication is detected, a schedule is retrieved that is associated with a recipient's address. A time associated with the communication is compared to entries in the schedule. If a match is determined, then an alternate destination may be chosen.
US09363373B2
Providing to a public-safety answering point emergency information associated with an emergency call
Users store information relevant to first responders in the event of an emergency. When a user later places an emergency call, the user's emergency information is automatically made available to the public-safety answering point operator handling the call. Hotel personal are notified of the call and may listen to and break in to the ongoing call in order to assist. A reverse 9-1-1 broadcast enables hotel personnel to quickly notify guests of an emergency situation via in-room and mobile phones. In the event that police need to conduct surveillance on a target location, the onsite PBX server reconfigures phones within the vicinity of the target location to operate in an open mode and records the audio/visual information received. An incoming call to a hotel room from the PSAP is automatically connected to the in-room phone even if other incoming calls not from the PSAP are being screened by front desk.
US09363370B2
Embodiments of the invention provide novel solutions, including systems, methods and/or software, for providing handoffs between cellular providers and VoIP providers. In some cases, for example, upon the initiation of a call from a dual-mode cellular phone, the cellular network (and/or a component thereof) may be configured to store the dialed number and/or substitute a predetermined number for the dialed number. The predetermined number may be associated with a VoIP provider's system. Hence, in a particular embodiment, the call may be routed (e.g., via the PSTN) to the VoIP provider's system, which may be configured to obtain (perhaps from an application server) the original dialed number and/or to route the call (e.g., via the PSTN) to the original dialed number. If the dual-mode phone subsequently obtains IP access, a VoIP connection may be established between the VoIP system and the phone and/or a handoff may be performed (e.g., in the VoIP system) to transfer the call from the cellular connection to the VoIP connection. Optionally, the cellular connection may be terminated.
US09363369B2
Included are embodiments for providing an interface. At least one embodiment of a method includes receiving communications data associated with a communications session, the communications session facilitated in an Internet Protocol environment and providing an interface for facilitating recording of at least a portion of the communications session, the interface being facilitated in an Internet Protocol format.
US09363367B2
A system and method for providing assistance to a customer of a computing device. In one aspect, an incoming call is received from a device of a customer; a check for identification of the customer is done; an event history of the device is obtained; and a solution is provided to the customer using the event history. In another aspect, a method includes: receiving a code from a mobile computing device; and in response to receiving the code, calculating at least one set of data for use in guiding a request of a customer for service to a resource that can provide a suggested remedy. In another aspect, a method includes: identifying a user associated with a mobile computing device; determining an event history of the mobile computing device; and providing guidance to resolve an issue based on the event history.
US09363358B2
A wireless Bluetooth apparatus with intercom and broadcasting functions and operating method thereof are disclosed. The wireless Bluetooth apparatus receives a voice message from a first user, divides it into a first partial voice message and a second partial voice message, and transmits them to a first electronic apparatus corresponding to the wireless Bluetooth apparatus through wireless Bluetooth technology. The first electronic apparatus uses a communication application program to transmit the second partial voice message to a second electronic apparatus corresponding to a second user corresponding to the first partial voice message. The second electronic apparatus uses the communication application program to receive the second partial voice message and transmits the second partial voice message to another wireless Bluetooth apparatus corresponding to the second electronic apparatus through wireless Bluetooth technology.
US09363355B2
Provided is a wireless terminal and method therefor, configured to play a broadcast program (TV and/or radio) in a broadcast mode thereof. A display unit displays, during the broadcast mode, at least one icon dedicated to automatically controlling an external device to output the same broadcast as that of a current channel in the broadcast mode. A controller is configured to detect selection of the at least one icon and in response, to transmit via a wireless communication unit at least one command to the external device to automatically tune to a corresponding channel of the current channel and output the same broadcast thereof. The external control by the wireless terminal can enable uninterrupted switching of the broadcast from the wireless terminal to the external device.
US09363353B1
According to embodiments of the invention, systems, methods and devices are directed to a docking assembly for recharging a number of docking phones. The docking phones are complementary to each other to act as dynamic IP cameras with each position of the phones being automatically adjusted in view of obstructing objects moving in front of the docking assembly. As a result, images are produced having the widest field of view angles, thereby eliminating blocking effects from the obstructing objects. The docking assembly may have additional features such as using a round base structure having docking connectors disposed on a circular track around the base structure such that any docking phones, when connected, can be moved freely along the circular track. The phones may work in unison to produce a flat, stitched image by connecting individual images produced by the connected phones.
US09363349B1
Disclosed is a telephone accessible system that stores one or more messages for a subscriber. The subscriber is given a card with their subscriber number and an access code. In one embodiment, a first responder or other user needing to access the recorded messages, finds the card, calls the system and enters the subscriber number and access code to retrieve one or more of the messages. In one embodiment, the messages are digital audio recordings that contain medical information useful to a first responder before treating the subscriber. The messages can only be changed upon submission of a password that is unique to the subscriber. In one embodiment, the first responder can record an alert message that is transmitted to individuals or entities previously designed by a subscriber to receive an alert message.
US09363346B2
A Voice Over Internet Protocol (VOIP) phone comprises a network interface that communicates with a medium. A control module communicates with the network interface and controls operation of the VOIP phone. A coder/decoder module communicates with the control module. A microphone outputs audio signals to the coder/decoder module. An audio output device receives audio signals from the coder/decoder module. An input/output interface receives user input. The control module and the network interface transmit the user input as packets to a network appliance to adjust an operating parameter of the network appliance.
US09363345B2
The cover for a mobile electronic device includes at least: a cover body formed of an elastic body capable of transmitting vibration, and attached to a mobile electronic device with a plurality of surfaces, so as to at least partially cover two or more of the plurality of surfaces; a vibrating element that is attached to the cover body and that vibrates the cover body by vibration thereof upon receiving an electrical signal; and a connector that is used to connect the vibrating element to the mobile electronic device such that transmission of an electrical signal is possible, and the mobile electronic device employing the same are provided.
US09363343B2
An electronic device enclosure that includes a housing and a frame and an integrally formed connector shell. The connector shell includes a first portion integrally formed with the housing and a second portion integrally formed with the frame. The first and second portions of the connector shell are joined at first and second mating surfaces, respectively, forming a cavity therebetween in which a plurality of receptacle connector contacts are positioned.
US09363334B2
In server/client architectures, the server application and client applications are often developed in different languages and execute in different environments specialized for the different contexts of each application (e.g., low-level, performant, platform-specialized, and stateless instructions on the server, and high-level, flexible, platform-agnostic, and stateful languages on the client) and are often executed on different devices. Convergence of these environments (e.g., server-side JavaScript using Node.js) enables the provision of a server that services client applications executing on the same device. The local server may monitor local events occurring on the device, and may execute one or more server scripts associated with particular local events on behalf of local clients subscribing to the local event (e.g., via a subscription model). These techniques may enable development of local event services in the same language and environment as client applications, and the use of server-side code in the provision of local event service.
US09363322B1
Methods and systems for processing machine accelerated and augmented customer data using a Web-Scale Data Fabric (WSDF). According to embodiments, the data may be received as data transfer objects from a set of business operations client applications. The data transfer objects may be analyzed using complex event processing (CEP) and, based on the analyzing, rules specific to the business operations client application may be applied. The methods and systems may semantically classify text specific to the business operations client application. A federated database (FD) may archive the receive data transfer objects as well as analysis data specific to the business operations client application.
US09363320B2
A first device and a second device are each assigned an IP address that is used to exchange messages with the other device. The first device stores the IP address for the second device. A new IP address may be assigned to the first device when it reestablishes a network connection following a location change or other network reconnection. The first device detects when a new IP address has been assigned. The first device then sends a hello message directly to the second device comprising the new IP address assigned to the first device. The new IP address allows the second device to find the first device without requiring network location services such as DNS. The first device may further include authentication credentials in the hello message to verify the new IP address.
US09363319B2
Systems and methods of transferring a message in a Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based communications network, from a first node to a third node using a second node are provided. In one exemplary embodiment, a method of registering in an Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) communications network, a User Agent (UA) using a Proxy Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF) entity with a Serving Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF) entity may include determining a first group identifier associated with a plurality of P-CSCF entities. Based on the first group identifier, the method may include selecting a network address corresponding to one of the plurality of P-CSCF entities. Further, the method may include storing subscriber data in a repository associated with the selected P-CSCF entity. Also, the method may include synchronizing, by the selected P-CSCF entity, the subscriber data stored in the repository associated with the selected P-CSCF entity to the remaining P-CSCF entities of the plurality of P-CSCF entities. The UA may be ready to establish and receive SIP sessions through any of the plurality of P CSCF entities.
US09363317B2
A method for writing data to a storage pool. The method includes receiving a virtual identifier (ID) and an offset for an object, extracting a node identifier (ID) that identifies a first storage server in the storage pool from the virtual ID, obtaining an object layout (OL) for the object from the first storage server, hashing an object ID and an offset ID to obtain a hashed value, where the virtual ID comprises the object ID and where the as offset ID is generated from the offset, identifying a second storage server in the storage pool using a global namespace layout (GL), the OL, and the hashed value hashed value, and issuing a write request to write data to the object in the second storage server, where the write request comprises the object ID and the offset.
US09363315B2
An integrated networked storage and switching apparatus comprises one or more flash memory controllers, a system controller, and a network switch integrated within a common chassis. The integration of storage and switching enables the components to share a common power supply and temperature regulation system, achieving efficient use of available space and power, and eliminating added complexity of external cables between the switch a storage devices. Additionally, the architecture enables substantial flexibility and optimization of network traffic policies for both network and storage-related traffic.
US09363305B2
Methods, systems, and techniques for remote contextual access to an operating system desktop are provided. Example embodiments provide a desktop state agent the harvests information from a user's desktop regarding state of various objects such as open documents, recent documents, links, shared links, bookmarks, upcoming events, and/or recent emails. The harvested information is translated to html or other web browser recognized language where possible and uploaded to be accessible to a web server configured to respond to requests for desktop state using a web address. In one embodiment, the RCAS allows access to a user's desktop transparently—without the user needing to take explicit action. Further, a remote mobile device can render the desktop data without using a session or connection to the user's desktop machine and without use of a remote desktop protocol.
US09363301B2
A multi-tenant media communication platform system and methods. The platform system includes media communication micro-services and micro-service configuration for a plurality of entities configured for use of the platform system. Enrolling an entity in the platform system includes setting entity configuration for use of the platform system by the entity. A micro-service request is processed according to the entity configuration. The micro-service request is a request for use of at least one micro-service of the platform system on behalf of the entity. Use of each micro-service is accounted for on behalf of the entity. Billing information for the entity is generated based on the accounting for the use of each micro-service on behalf of the entity. Entity configuration includes micro-service configuration, and micro-service configuration specifies at least one of: an endpoint mapping to at least one application logic URI, an event callback URI, and an event application logic URI.
US09363299B2
A unified communications (UC)-based video conference call method and system, and a device, where receiving, by a first UC client, a request for querying call information of a second video conference terminal (VCT), where the request includes an identifier of a called contact; sending the query request to a UC server, and receiving the call information of the second VCT; and sending, by the first UC client, the call information of the second VCT to a first VCT, hence the first VCT initiates a video conference call to the second VCT according to the call information of the second VCT. By integrating a personal computer (PC)-based UC system with a hardware video conference system that is based on a digital signal processor (DSP) and embedded software, a high-quality video conference can be initiated and held using a UC client, thereby boosting user experience and enhancing product competitiveness.
US09363297B2
A method and apparatus for delivering IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) services is disclosed. An apparatus that incorporates teachings of the present disclosure may include, for example, a system having an aggregator element that aggregates a number of IMS services, and a presentation element that presents a web page with the aggregated IMS services. Additional embodiments are disclosed.
US09363296B1
A digital broadcast communication system includes a transceiver configured to receive a digital packet containing a payload having voice content and to add a user's voice to the received voice content to create a combined voice content signal. The combined voice signal packet is then forwarded upstream to the network master wherein other similar devices may combine additional voice inputs. The system includes a buffer for canceling previously transmitted voice from a packet produced by the network master and adding a current most voice input from playback through a speaker.
US09363292B2
The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for establishing and applying a policy group to control a user's access to an identified resource. A policy group representing an aggregate of one or more access configurations for a user to access one or more identified resources may be established via a policy manager. The policy group may include a login point component representing an entry point to access the identified resource. The login point may be configured via the policy manager to specify a uniform resource locator for the entry point. One or more authentication and authorization methods may be selected for the login point component. The device may receive a request to access the uniform resource locator. The device may initiate the policy group for evaluation. The device may initiate, with the user, one or more authentication and authorization methods specified by the login point component.
US09363291B2
This disclosure facilitates managing lost devices. In some embodiments, a system receives a first device type from a first agent on a first device, and a different second device type from a second agent on a second device. The system receives a first group associated with the first device and a different second group associated with the second device. The system determines that the first device and the second device are lost and accesses a database storing first and second configuration classes associated with the first and second devices, respectively. The system creates first and second device-dependent classes based on the first and second device types and the first and second configuration classes, respectively. The system melds the first device-dependent class into a first melded profile and the second device-dependent class into a second melded profile, using the respective groups, and applies the melded profiles to the corresponding device.
US09363288B2
A method, system, and computer-readable memory containing instructions include requesting a tokenizing authority to provide a tokenized string that represents a domain name, using the tokenized domain name string to perform a lookup against a database of registered tokenized domain name strings, determining whether the tokenized domain name string exists in the database, and returning results based on the existence of tokenized domain name strings and optionally variants thereof. The method, system, and computer-readable memory may further include returning an encryption key corresponding to an encrypted record of information related to the domain name corresponding to the tokenized domain name string.
US09363287B2
The present invention is directed towards systems and methods for providing multiple modes of a zone for DNSSEC by an intermediary device. The method includes providing, by a device intermediary to a plurality of clients and a plurality of servers, a plurality of modes of a zone for Domain Name Service. The device receives a selection of a first mode of the zone of the plurality of modes of the zone. The device receives information identifying to enable DNS Security for the selected first mode. The device establishes the zone for DNS in accordance with the selected first mode and with DNS Security enabled.
US09363283B1
Systems and methods of the present disclosure are directed to providing a digital reputation score. The server can generate a first reputation score of a user based on the user's online activity, identity verification, and online transaction history. The server can identify, from the user's online account, a first set of online accounts with which the user established a unidirectional trust relationship from the user to the first set of online accounts. The server can identify, from the user's online account, a second set of online accounts with which the user established a unidirectional trust relationship from the user to the second set of online accounts. The server can generate a second reputation score based on the first number and second number of trust relationships from the first set and second set of online accounts respectively. The server can generate a third reputation using the first and second reputation scores.
US09363279B2
Apparatus configured to determine predicted threat activity based on stochastic modelling of threat events capable of affecting at least one computer network in which a plurality of systems operate.
US09363275B2
In one embodiment, a method includes sampling text in a received packet at a network device and analyzing the sampled text using a sampled deterministic finite automata (DFA) to identify matches between a set of regular expressions and the text. The sampled DFA is created with the regular expressions sampled at a sampling rate calculated for the regular expressions using operations including selecting a minimum sampling rate from sampling rates computed for each of the regular expressions based on a minimum length of the text that can match the regular expression. An apparatus and logic are also disclosed herein.
US09363273B2
The present disclosure provides a secure one-step IEEE 1588 clock using either a symmetric or asymmetric protection scheme. Clocks of mission-critical or highly-available devices in industrial automation systems connected to a communication network are synchronized by sending, by a master clock, a synchronization message, e.g., a single message of the one-step-clock type according to IEEE 1588, including a time stamp, and by receiving and evaluating, by a slave clock, the synchronization message. A synchronization component or module of the master clock prepares, or composes, prior to a projected send time, a synchronization message including a time stamp of the projected send time, and secures the synchronization message in advance of the projected send time. Securing the synchronization message occurs by suitable cryptographic means allowing for authentication of the time stamp at a receiving slave clock. At the projected send time, the secured synchronization message is transmitted.
US09363272B2
Systems and methods for managing a user identity on a mobile device are provided. The system comprises the mobile device comprising a user agent and a client application, the user agent and the client application in communication with each other. The system further comprises an identity provider in communication with the mobile device, and a client service in communication with the mobile device. The user agent is configured to communicate with the identity provider and retrieve the user identity for the client application, and the client application is configured to transmit the user identity to the client service.
US09363270B2
A user management construct, referred to as a persona, is provided to enable a flexible mechanism that grants elevated or administrative privileges to users, such as application developers. Developers may utilize the privileges bestowed by a persona to execute tasks that normally requires access by traditional information (IT) roles, such as IT administrators, to deploy applications in a cloud computing environment. The tasks may include the provisioning of virtual or physical computing resources and/or the configuration of compute, storage, and networking resources.
US09363269B2
A method in a cloud-based security system includes operating a Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service, proxy, or monitor in the cloud-based security system; receiving DNS records with time-to-live (TTL) parameters; checking the TTL parameters for indication of a fast flux technique; and detecting domains performing the fast flux technique based on the DNS records. A cloud-based security system includes a plurality of nodes communicatively coupled to one or more users; and a Domain Name System (DNS) service providing a resolution service, proxy, or monitor in the cloud-based security system; wherein the DNS service is configured to receive DNS records with time-to-live (TTL) parameters; check the TTL parameters for indication of a fast flux technique; and detect domains performing the fast flux technique based on the DNS records.
US09363266B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus for communicatively pairing and securing an electronic device to a vehicle based electronic system. The pairing can enable the electronic device to seamlessly communicate with the electronic device and can provide infotainment to users of the vehicle.
US09363263B2
Methods, systems, apparatuses, and computer-readable media for utilizing just-in-time polymorphic authentication techniques to secure information are presented. In one or more embodiments, a computing platform may receive, from a computing device, a request to access a user account. In response to receiving the request to access the user account, the computing platform may dynamically select, based on one or more polymorphic authentication factors, an authentication method for authenticating a user of the computing device, and the authentication method may be selected from a plurality of predefined authentication methods. Subsequently, the computing platform may generate one or more authentication prompts based on the selected authentication method. The computing platform then may provide the one or more authentication prompts to the user of the computing device. The authentication prompts that are selected for and presented to a particular user during a given access attempt may vary across different attempts.
US09363262B1
A method and system for authenticating an account holder using multi-factor authentication. An account holder is associated with a token device configured to supply the account holder with a dynamic password. The dynamic password has a current value that is synchronously stored at an aggregator service and at the token device. The dynamic password is changed periodically. The aggregator service also associates the account holder with at least one account maintained by the account providers. The aggregator service receives an authorization request from either the user or from one of the account providers. The aggregator service performs an authorization operation for determining if a proffered dynamic password submitted by the user during an attempt to login matches the current value of the dynamic password stored at the aggregator service.
US09363257B2
Federated identity is the means of linking a person's electronic identity and attributes, such that the user can be authenticated with a single sign-on, across multiple systems and organizations. A system and a method is proposed to provide a unique user digital identifier which is different for each security identity services subscriber.
US09363255B2
An example implementation may involve a computing system receiving, from a media playback system, a request for an indication of a playhead pointer for a particular queue of media items. The implementation may also involve the computing system identifying a position of a playhead pointer within the particular queue of media items. Each position in the queue may correspond to a media item. The implementation may further involve the computing system sending, to the media playback system, an indication of the playhead pointer. The indication of the playhead pointer indicates the assigned position of the playhead pointer.
US09363251B2
Embodiments are provided for managing user credentials that enable access to secure websites. According to certain aspects, a browser device connects (230) to a website server that hosts a secure website. The browser device initiates (236) a credential request and enters (238) a discovery routine with a mobile device. After establishing (240) a secure channel with the mobile device, the browser device sends (248) an identification of the secure website to the mobile device, which identifies (250) corresponding user credentials and sends (252) the user credentials to the browser device. The browser device populates (254) a login page with the user credentials and accesses (256) the secure website.
US09363249B2
Methods, systems, and apparatus are disclosed for generating one or more device identifiers based on a public key associated with a respective device. Various embodiments include condensing and/or hashing a device public key to generate the corresponding device identifier. By using the relationship between a device public key and its device identifier, public key exchanges are implemented to verify this relationship and facilitate device enrollment into one or more networks. The embodiments further describe enrolling one or more devices into networks and/or authorizing devices to enroll one more devices into networks based on public key exchanges and verification that the one or more device identifiers match the respective public keys. Embodiments for authorizing other devices describe a first device enrolling a second device in a first network and authorizing a third device to enroll the second device in a second network using an exchange of public keys and/or messages.
US09363246B2
Distribution of a certificate and a private key via a network includes a certificate/private key storage unit by which a certificate and a private key prepared for distribution to one or more devices are stored; a security level storage unit by which a security level for each device belonging to a device group is stored; and a display/instruction unit by which a selection screen prompting a user to select one or more devices from the device group is displayed. An instruction for the selection made by the user is received; and a certificate/private key distribution unit by which, via the network, the certificate and the private key for each device are distributed to the one or multiple devices for which the instruction for selection was made. For each device, the selection screen displays the device security level.
US09363244B2
A method of authorization in a cryptographic system that provides separate authorization for a plurality of different input message groups using a single cryptographic key, including: receiving, by the cryptographic system, a first input message from a first input message group; performing, by the cryptographic system, a keyed cryptographic operation mapping the first input message into a first output message, wherein the keyed cryptographic operation produces a correct output message when the cryptographic system is authorized for the first input message group, wherein the keyed cryptographic operation does not produce a correct output when the cryptographic system is not authorized for the first input message group, and wherein each of the plurality of input message groups has an associated set of input messages wherein the sets of input messages do not overlap.
US09363238B2
Using uniquely generated identifiers in a network-based ecosystem in which a plurality of client devices request media content and software applications from online distribution system and additionally request invitational content from invitational content providers. Separating users' demographic data from a device-specific identifier in favor of uniquely generated identifiers and using the client device to enforce the substation of uniquely generated identifiers in favor of a device identifier, thereby using the client device to serve as a proxy in creating a firewall to exclude system partners from access to a device identifier.
US09363234B2
A method may include defining a filter for a network device, the filter including a rule and a particular number of prioritized fields, where at least one of the prioritized fields is formatted to accept input as a range of values. The method may also include receiving a rule modification for the filter, the rule modification including at least one input as a range of values, and performing a check for conflicts of the rule modification with the rule in the filter. The method may further include expanding the input range of values to form multiple rules equivalent to the rule modification with the input range of values, establishing backtracking links to integrate the multiple rules with the existing rule, and adding the multiple rules to the filter.
US09363232B1
A security device may receive a response associated with a request. The response may include original session information. The request may be associated with a user device. The security device may modify the original session information to create modified session information. The security device may store information associated with the modified session information. The security device may provide the response, including the modified session information, to the user device. The security device may receive another request. The other request may include the modified session information. The security device may determine that the modified session information is not current session information based on the information associated with the modified session information. The security device may provide the other request without including the original session information.
US09363231B2
A method of monitoring network communications originating in monitored jurisdictions includes a step of identifying a monitored jurisdiction within a computer network based on predetermined criteria. The computer network includes at least one monitored jurisdiction and at least one unmonitored jurisdiction. A database is queried to identify at least one communication identifier associated with the monitored jurisdiction. The method also includes a step of storing a list including the at least one communication identifier. Only network communication having communication identifiers included in the list are monitored.
US09363229B2
Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for domain name resolution for a hybrid cloud cluster. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for domain name resolution for a hybrid cloud cluster includes receiving a request for name resolution in a DNS name server proxy executing in memory of a host computer in a public cloud. Thereafter, it can be determined whether or not the request for name resolution implicates a domain name within an Intranet coupled to the proxy over a communications network. Finally, the request for name resolution can be resolved in a DNS name server disposed in the Intranet in response to determining the request to implicate a domain name within the Intranet.
US09363222B2
Approaches for facilitating selective user moderation of social media channels are disclosed. In certain implementations, one or more posts from a user for submission to a channel directed to a topic may be received. An event relating to the topic may be identified. A predetermined time period associated with the event may be identified. At least some access privileges of the user for the channel may be disabled for at least a portion of the predetermined time period based on a determination that the one or more posts are indicative of one or more undesired characteristics. In some implementations, the predetermined time period may include a first time period before the event begins, a second time period during which the event occurs, a third time period after which the event ends, or other time period associated with the event.
US09363221B1
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for receiving a selection of at least one contact from a user. In operation, a selection of at least one time criteria from the user is received. Additionally, a temporary social network including the user and the at least one contact is managed, based on the selection of the at least one contact and the at least one time criteria.
US09363218B2
An information processing device of the present invention includes a connecting section which connects application modules capable of performing application processing, a receiving section which receives an electronic mail including a command transmitted from a terminal device, an interpreting section which interprets the command included in the electronic mail received by the receiving section, a designating section which designates, from among the application modules connected by the connecting section, an application module corresponding to the command interpreted by the interpreting section as the execution destination of the command, an acquiring section which acquires a processing result of processing performed by the application module designated by the designating section, and a transmitting section which creates a response electronic mail with the processing result acquired by the acquiring section as a response, and transmits the response electronic mail to the terminal device.
US09363212B2
A method, system and computer program product for instant message communication in a wireless and non-wireless environment. A message is sent from a mobile unit device over a wireless communication network. The message includes a destination address, information associated with the mobile unit device's user, message content and message address. If, according to information previously stored for the mobile unit device's user at the instant message system, the destination address is associated with an instant message function, the associated instant message function is executed at the instant message system using the information contained in the message content, if required as determined by the associated instant message function. If, according to information previously stored for the mobile unit device's user at the instant message system, the destination address is associated with an instant message name, an instant message is created according to the message content and is sent to the user with the associated instant message name. For instant messages sent or received by a mobile unit device with known buddies, the instant message is optimized by tagging the instant message with a routing phone number that is unique to the mobile unit device and buddy combination, whose identity is stored both in the mobile unit device address book and in the instant message routing server.
US09363208B1
The deployment and scaling of a network of electronic devices can be improved by utilizing one or more network transpose boxes. Each transpose box can include a number of connectors and a meshing useful for implementing a specific network topology. Different tiers of a network can be connected to one or more of the network transpose boxes, and operated as a logical switch. A control server can be used to manage the control plane operations of the logical switch.
US09363199B1
A bandwidth manager associated with a local network may comprise memory that stores network load data for the local network and one or more processors. The processors can be configured to: receive a request for bandwidth from a first data service operating on a first computing device on a local network; determine available bandwidth for the first computing device based on the network load data for the local network; allocate a first bandwidth to the first computing device based in part on the available bandwidth; and adjust the allocated first bandwidth based in part on network load during a data transmission by the first computing device.
US09363193B2
A method and a system embodying the method for dynamically allocating context for Transmission Control Protocol (TCP) reassembly, comprising providing a fixed plurality of global common TCP contexts; reserving for each of one or more virtual network interface card(s) one or more TCP context(s) out of the fixed plurality of the global common TCP contexts; and allocating to a virtual network interface card from the one or more virtual network interface card(s) a TCP context from the reserved one or more TCP contexts when a reassemble able TCP packet is received by the virtual network interface card, is disclosed.
US09363190B2
Improving the utilization of physical resources and reducing energy consumption in a cloud data center includes providing a plurality of virtual machines in the cloud data center; periodically reallocating resources of the plurality of virtual machines according to a current resource demand of the plurality of virtual machines in order to minimize a number of active physical servers required to handle a workload of the physical servers; maximizing a mean inter-migration time between virtual machine migrations under the quality of service requirement based on a Markov chain model; and using a multisize sliding window workload estimation process for a non-stationary workload to maximize the mean inter-migration time.
US09363189B2
In one embodiment, a system includes a hardware processor and logic integrated with and/or executable by the processor or media access control (MAC) functionality of a network port. The logic is configured to negotiate a credit aging duration during initialization of a link between a receiving endpoint and a sending endpoint, the receiving and sending endpoints being connected in a network fabric. The link includes at least one virtual link. The logic is also configured to receive an a Count of available flow credits from the receiving endpoint. The amount of available flow credits are used to determine a capacity to process packets at the receiving endpoint. The exchange of flow credits is performed on a per virtual link basis. Other systems, methods, and computer program products are presented according to more embodiments.
US09363181B1
A network device activates an alternative path flow control for spanning tree protocol. The network device includes a receiver that receives first network traffic from a first transmitter of the first network traffic, the first network traffic being destined for a first receiver along a first network path, and receives second network traffic from the first receiver, the second network traffic being destined for at least the first transmitter along a second network path. The network device also has a pause frame detector configured to detect in the second network traffic a pause frame for controlling a flow of the first network traffic. The network device, furthermore, has an alternative network path activator configured to activate, a third network path that is different from the first network path, for transmitting the first network traffic to the first receiver.
US09363169B2
An apparatus may include a processor and a control plane that directs the processor to (1) detect that at least a portion of an initial branch path of a point-to-multipoint label-switched path has failed over to a failover route that rejoins the initial branch path at a merge-point device and (2) establish an alternate branch path that merges with the initial branch path at the merge-point device. The apparatus may also include a network interface and a data plane that uses the network interface to transmit data via the alternate branch path while data is still being transmitted via the initial branch path, where after the data plane begins transmitting data via the alternate branch path, the control plane instructs the merge-point device to forward data from the alternate branch path rather than from the failover route. Various other apparatuses, systems, and methods are also disclosed.
US09363167B2
A network switch suitable for receiving packets of information from and the packets of information to a communications network includes a plurality of physical ports, packet processing functionality and memory. The packet processing functionality operates on information stored in memory to determine the LAG, from among two or more LAGs, over which a packet received by the switch should be correctly forwarded. The switch memory stores a plurality of LAG tables, each one of which can include one or more entries comprising a physical port number and a packet parameter that are used by the packet processing functionality to determinately identify the correct LAG over which to forward a packet.
US09363161B2
Virtual connection route selection apparatus and techniques are disclosed. At a communication traffic routing apparatus, metric information associated with multiple different routes for a virtual connection, such as a PseudoWire, toward a destination is collected. The metric information may be collected from one or more remote route computation elements capable of computing routes for virtual connections between the routing apparatus and other routing apparatus over an underlying communication system, or during actual establishment of the virtual connections, for example. An initial or re-optimized route for a virtual connection can then be selected at the routing apparatus based on the collected metric information. In some embodiments, although the virtual connection routes are paths computed by Path Computation Elements (PCEs), actual path selection decisions are distributed to routers.
US09363156B2
A network-based production service is configured to process client requests for the production service via a network, capture production request data defining the requests and store the production request data in a data store. A test system comprising one or more controllers creates test jobs according to a test plan for testing the production service. The test plan creates a test profile for using specified production request data to simulate a load on the production service. Each job created by the test plan specifies a portion of production request data. A job queue receives and queues test jobs from one or more controllers configured to add test jobs to the job queue according to the test plan. Workers access jobs from the job queue and the production request data from the data store as specified in each job and replay the production request data to the production service.
US09363155B1
Non-intrusive user identification to provide personalized media content is provided. Using one or more sensors, a user or a combination of users may be identified. If the user or combination of users is known, user information may be retrieved and rules may be applied for providing content personalized to the identified person or group of people. User behavior may be monitored and changes in the audience composition may be monitored so that personalized content may be adjusted accordingly.
US09363141B1
A method and computer program product for defining a first subnet for a first end portion of a physical network. The first subnet includes: a first NIC IP address, a first gateway IP address, and a first logical path connecting the first NIC IP address and the first gateway IP address. A second subnet is defined for a second end portion of the physical network. The second subnet includes: a second NIC IP address, a second gateway IP address, and a second logical path connecting the second NIC IP address and the second gateway IP address. A supernet is defined for a central portion of the physical network. The first subnet is coupled to the second subnet via the supernet to enable point-to-point routing of data through the physical network.
US09363131B2
A device can include a stream builder configured to encode media data at a plurality of different coding rates and to generate a plurality of streams encapsulating the encoded media data. Each of the plurality of streams can have an associated protection level that corresponds to an ability of packet reconstruction and a bandwidth cost. The system can also include a stream replicator configured to transmit each of the plurality of streams to a content receiver via N number of networks. The system can further include an adapter configured to control the coding rate and the protection level of each of the plurality of streams based on a feedback signal transmitted from the content receiver. The feedback signal can characterize a packet loss rate of each of the plurality of streams.
US09363127B1
An optimum time domain windowing scheme for orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)-based waveforms in the sense of spectral concentration is proposed. Instead of evenly suppressing the sidelobes along the frequency, the sidelobe power is concentrated within a guard band while maximally suppressing the power for a desired frequency range. This is achieved by employing optimum finite duration pulses, prolate spheroidal wave functions (PSWF), to shape the OFDM transmit pulse. Also with per-subcarrier windowing scheme, the effect of inner subcarriers on sidelobes is diminished by utilizing the concentration bandwidth versus out-of-band power trade-off in PSWF and the multicarrier nature of the OFDM.
US09363126B2
A method and receiver for processing a composite signal (112) in a wireless communication system (100) is provided. The method includes receiving a composite signal (112) within a channel bandwidth, wherein the composite signal comprises one or more symbol streams (108, 110, 116) from a plurality of communication units (103, 104). The method also includes sampling the composite signal at a sampling rate, wherein the sampling rate comprises one of equal to a symbol rate of the composite signal or larger than the symbol rate of the composite signal. In addition, the method includes selecting a symbol sampling phase for each of the symbol streams from a plurality of communication units. The symbol streams from each of the communication units are aligned to produce an aligned composite signal by separating the symbol streams for each of the plurality of communication units and orthogonal recombining the symbol streams for each of the plurality of communication units based on the selected symbol sampling phase for each of the plurality of signals. The symbol streams are also separated based on the aligned composite signal.
US09363121B2
Techniques for header encoding include encoding a plurality of bits using a forward error correction code, generating an FEC codeword comprising a plurality of encoded bits, and concatenating a first copy of the FEC codeword with a second copy of the FEC codeword, wherein the concatenating comprises cyclically shifting by two bits the second concatenated copy of the FEC codeword relative to the first concatenated copy of the FEC codeword, wherein the encoded bits of the first and second copies of the FEC codewords are modulated on at least one OFDM symbol. techniques for header decoding include receiving a plurality of encoded bits comprising at least two concatenated copies of an FEC codeword, decoding a first copy of the FEC codeword to generate a first plurality of decoded bits, and decoding a second copy of the FEC codeword to generate a second plurality of decoded bits.
US09363117B2
A method (100) for providing a baseband signal comprises monitoring (102) a disparity between a first magnitude of a first signal component (202) and a second magnitude of a second signal (204) component. If the disparity is below a threshold, the first signal component (202), the second signal component (204) or a combination of the first signal component (202) and the second signal component (204) is modified to provide a first modified signal component and a second modified signal component to increase the disparity between the magnitudes of the modified signal components above the threshold. The first modified signal component (202) and the second modified signal component (204) are combined to provide the baseband signal.
US09363108B2
In one embodiment, an apparatus may include a memory and a processor. The processor may be operable to create a wireless connection to a wireless device. The processor may be operable to form a pairing with the wireless device based on a unique identifier of the wireless device. The unique identifier may be received from the wireless device. The unique identifier may identify the wireless device in the pairing. The processor may be operable to receive user data associated with the unique identifier from a database. The processor may be operable to initiate configuration of an IP telephony service, where the configuration based, at least in part, on the user data.
US09363107B2
A mechanism for accessing and processing monitoring data resulting from customized monitoring of system activities. A method of embodiments of the invention includes invoking, via a Command-Line Interface (CLI) shell console, a performance monitor at a host computer system to perform monitoring of activities of a plurality of system components of one or more computer systems. The CLI shell console provides an abstraction layer for interfaces and further provides host performance information via a common interface independent of operating systems, monitoring use-cases, monitoring tools, or programming languages employed at the host computer system. The method further includes accessing monitoring data generated from monitoring of the activities by the performance monitor.
US09363106B2
A method and an apparatus for providing a contact through interworking with a Social Network Service (SNS) are provided. The method includes receiving, by a client using the other service through SNS interworking, a contact provided in the SNS, determining whether the other party's client having subscribed to the same service as that of the client is present in the received contact, and informing a user of the determination results. Based on the determination results, the client may determine subscription/non-subscription of the other party's client to the service, and may send an invite request for the service if the other party's client has not subscribed to the same service as that of the client. By doing so, the number of targets, subscription/non-subscription of which to a specific service can be determined, may be extended.
US09363102B1
Methods and apparatus for implementing anycast flow stickiness in stateful sessions are described. For the first packet from a source device to an anycast group, a destination anycast endpoint is selected from the anycast group by a routing process via an algorithm that is specified for the anycast group. A record of the mapping of the source device to the destination anycast endpoint may be stored. Additional packets in the flow are routed to the same anycast endpoint as the first packet according to the stored information. Alternatively, a hashing technique may be used to route packets to an anycast endpoint. The packets may be encapsulated in an encapsulation format that includes network substrate routing information to the destination anycast endpoint; anycast forwarding decisions are made at the overlay network level and not at the network substrate level, and thus flow stickiness can be maintained.
US09363101B2
The invention relates to an information processing apparatus, which comprises a plurality of communication units connected to a bus in a ring shape. At least one of the plurality of communication units extends a transmission interval when it is determined that the processing unit, which is to execute the next process for received data, is the processing unit, which executes the process after the processing unit corresponding to the at least one of the plurality of communication units, and when it is detected that the process for the received data is suspended.
US09363091B2
An interface device is configured for interfacing one or more external devices to Ethernet Power Source Equipment PSE. The interface device includes a jack for connection to the PSE, and first and second output jacks. The first output jack provides an Ethernet power and data connection for an external device. The second output jack provides a DC power connection for an external device. A power extractor circuit provides a signature to the PSE, and provides a predefined output signal in response to receiving a power signal from the PSE. At least one delay element electrically connects the network connection jack and the first output jack, after a predefined delay from a time at which the power extractor circuit provides the output signal.
US09363085B2
Systems and methods are disclosed for performing data sanitization at a data storage device (DSD). In an embodiment, a controller may direct a memory device to sanitize data by securely erasing the data, generate an attestation confirming that the data was successfully sanitized, and sign the attestation using an authentication key to create a signed attestation. In another embodiment, a circuit may direct a memory device to sanitize data based on the data sanitization instruction, generate a sanitization confirmation indicating that the data was successfully sanitized, and provide the sanitization confirmation including a first thumbprint and a second thumbprint to another device. Generating the sanitization confirmation may include processing a first storage encryption key to produce the first thumbprint, directing the memory device to obliterate the first storage encryption key, and processing a second storage encryption key to produce the second thumbprint.
US09363083B1
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for the production and labeling of objects in a manner suitable for the prevention and detection of counterfeiting. Thus, the system incorporates a variety of features that make unauthorized reproduction difficult. In addition, the present invention provides an efficient means for the production of labels and verification of authenticity, whereby a recording apparatus which includes a recording medium, having anisotrophic optical domains, along with a means for transferring a portion of the recording medium to a carrier, wherein a bulk portion of the recording medium has macroscopically detectable anisotrophic optical properties and the detecting apparatus thereon.
US09363068B2
A processor is provided having an instruction set with a sliding window non-linear convolution function. A processor obtains a software instruction that performs a non-linear convolution function for a plurality of input delayed signal samples. In response to the software instruction for the non-linear convolution function, the processor generates a weighted sum of two or more of the input delayed signal samples, wherein the weighted sum comprises a plurality of variable coefficients defined as a sum of one or more non-linear functions of a magnitude of the input delayed signal samples; and repeats the generating step for at least one time-shifted version of the input delayed signal samples to compute a plurality of consecutive outputs. The software instruction for the non-linear convolution function is optionally part of an instruction set of the processor. The non-linear convolution function can model a non-linear system with memory, such as a power amplifier model and/or a digital pre-distortion function.
US09363067B2
Interface circuitry and method for transmitting and receiving downstream and upstream data signals simultaneously via a common conductor pair. The composite signal containing the downstream and upstream data signal components being conveyed by the common conductor pair is isolated, e.g., via signal filtering or buffering, and combined with an appropriately scaled inverse replica of the outgoing upstream data signal to subtract out upstream data signal components and thereby provide the downstream data signal substantially free of any upstream data signal components.
US09363066B2
Methods and systems are disclosed for communicating in a wireless communications system utilizing a plurality of frequency bands for downlink (DL) transmission and a plurality of frequency bands for uplink (UL) transmission. In an embodiment, a mobile device receives a DL signal via a DL frequency band. The DL signal contains DL-UL frequency-band association information. The DL signal is decoded to obtain the DL-UL frequency-band association information which is used to determine a UL frequency band for UL transmission. The mobile device configures its radio-frequency (RF) circuitry to operate in the UL frequency band for UL transmission.
US09363061B2
A method of communicating a plurality of transmission layers from at least one cell which is under the control of at least one base station to a user equipment. The plurality of transmission layers includes a data layer and an interference layer which are spatially multiplexed. The data layer includes user data for the user equipment and the interference layer interferes with the data layer. The method includes determining interference layer information relating to the interference layer, transmitting the data layer, the interference layer and a control channel message to user equipment. The control channel message includes a first information field and a second information field.
US09363058B2
A reference signal transmission method in a downlink MIMO system is disclosed. The downlink MIMO system supports a first UE supporting N transmission antennas among a total of M transmission antennas (where M>N) and a second UE supporting the M transmission antennas. The method includes transmitting, by a base station (BS), subframe-associated information which designates a first subframe in which data for the first UE and the second UE is transmitted and a second subframe in which data only for the second UE can be transmitted within a radio frame having a plurality of subframes, and transmitting the first subframe and the second subframe. Reference signals corresponding to antenna ports ‘0’ to ‘N−1’ of the N antennas are mapped to the first subframe, and reference signals corresponding to antenna ports ‘0’ to ‘M−1’ of the M antennas are mapped to the second subframe.
US09363052B2
Disclosed are a wireless transmitting and receiving unit for supporting an AP-based social communication service or activity, and a communication method thereof. A communication method of a wireless transmitting and receiving unit (WRTU), according to one embodiment disclosed in the present invention, includes the steps of: receiving a beacon signal, which contains service or activity identification information and information on a communication scheme, from an access point (AP); selecting the service or activity on the basis of the identification information; and performing an operation corresponding to the communication scheme when the service or activity is selected, wherein the communication scheme is designated to a first scheme for transmitting data frames to and receiving data frames from another wireless transmitting or receiving unit, which has selected the service or activity, or to a second scheme for receiving data frames from the access point.
US09363040B2
Apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal and method for transmitting and receiving a signal
A method for transmitting and receiving a signal and an apparatus for transmitting and receiving a signal are disclosed. The method includes receiving the signal from a first frequency band in a single frame including at least one frequency band, demodulating the received signal by an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) method and parsing the signal frame, acquiring a symbol stream of a service stream from the at least one frequency band included in the parsed signal frame, demapping symbols included in the symbol stream and outputting the demapped symbols to sub streams, multiplexing the output sub streams and outputting one bit stream, and deinterleaving and error-correction-decoding the output bit stream.
US09363037B2
Embodiments of the present disclosure provide a link adaptation feedback method, including: receiving, by a device, a link adaptation feedback frame sent by a communication peer end, where the link adaptation feedback frame includes a modulation and coding scheme request sequence identifier (MSI), where the MSI is configured to indicate space-time block coding type information.
US09363035B2
A method for determining a channel quality for the transmission of data in the channel by a test device. The test device transmits the data with the determined channel quality to a device to be tested which determines one or more pieces of decision information. The device to be tested forwards the piece(s) of decision information to the test device as a response signal and the test device reads the piece(s) of decision information from the response signal. The piece(s) of decision information from the response signal is/are uniquely attributed to a transmission mode to be adjusted. The initially determined channel quality is also uniquely attributed to an expected transmission mode. The expected transmission mode is compared with the transmission mode to be adjusted in a comparative unit in the evaluation unit, thereby allowing a statement regarding the correctness of the transmission mode to be adjusted.
US09363029B2
A transceiver for use in a wireless access network comprising a plurality of base stations, each of the plurality of base stations capable of bidirectional time division duplex (TDD) communication with wireless access devices disposed at a plurality of subscriber premises in a corresponding cell site of the wireless access network. The transceiver is associated with a first base station and comprises transmit path circuitry associated with a beam forming network for transmitting directed scanning beam signals in a sector of a cell site of the first base station. The transmit path circuitry transmits at a start of a TDD frame a broadcast beam signal comprising a start of frame field and subsequently transmits downlink data traffic in a downlink portion of the TDD frame to at least one of the wireless access devices using at least one directed scanning beam.
US09363024B2
A system for reception of electromagnetic waves in spectrum in which interference occurs comprising at least one transmitter; at least one receiver configured to receive the received signal; a first memory portion configured to store data relating to a point target response; a spectrum estimator configured to estimate the frequencies at which interfering signals occur; at least one processor configured to generate an estimation of the interfering signals at the frequencies estimated by the spectrum estimator; a second memory portion operatively connected to the at least one processor configured to store the estimation of the components of the interfering signals; the at least one processor configured to substantially reduce or eliminate radio frequency interfering signals from the received signal utilizing the point target response and the estimation of the interfering signals; and a method to substantially reduce or eliminate radio frequency interfering signals from for image data.
US09363018B2
An LED light and communication system in communication with a broadband over power line communications system. The LED light and communication system includes at least one optical transceiver. The optical transceiver includes a light support having a plurality of light emitting diodes and at least one photodetector attached thereto, and a processor. The processor is in communication with the light emitting diodes and the at least one photodetector. The processor is constructed and arranged to generate a communication signal. The at least one optical transceiver is engaged to a clock, and the clock is in communication with the broadband over power line communications system.
US09363012B2
A transceiver card for a telecommunications box for transmitting data over a first optical fiber and receiving data over a second optical fiber. The card has transmitter for transmitting data over the first optical fiber, the transmitter having a laser and a modulator, a fiber output optically connected to the laser for connecting the first optical fiber to the card, a fiber input for connecting the second optical fiber to the card, a receiver optically connected to the fiber input for receiving data from the second optical fiber, and an OTDR optically connected between the transmitter and the fiber output or between the receiver and the fiber input. An energy level detector is also provided between the receiver and the fiber input.
US09363006B2
A method, wireless device and computer program product for expanding the coverage of a cellular network. A wireless device (e.g., cellular telephone) is able to communicate with a base station in a cell of the cellular network over a non-cellular interface via another wireless device in a cell through the use of multi-hopping. A wireless device may request permission to communicate with the base station over a non-cellular interface via hopping off another wireless device when its signal strength is below a threshold. Alternatively, a wireless device may receive a request to communicate with the base station over a non-cellular interface via hopping off the wireless device that sent the request when that wireless device has excess capacity in its bandwidth with the base station. By enabling wireless devices to communicate with a base station in such a manner, the effective capacity of the cellular network is expanded and the effective capacity of the cellular network is improved.
US09362995B2
A transmitter apparatus to transmit to a plurality of receiver apparatuses a data signal at the same timing and on the same frequency, includes a transmitter unit that transmits a demodulation reference signal addressed to a first receiver apparatus and a demodulation reference signal addressed to a second receiver apparatus different from the first receiver apparatus at the same timing and on the same frequency.
US09362994B2
A communication method and apparatus using analog and digital hybrid beamforming are provided. The method includes receiving a first message including a measurement and selection condition for hybrid beamforming from a Base Station (BS), measuring channels of a plurality of BS transmission beams, selecting at least one BS transmission beam based on channel measurements, transmitting report information about the selected at least one BS transmission beam to the BS, receiving from the BS a second message, estimating an effective channel matrix for the selected final BS transmission beam according to the measurement and report condition, determining feedback information for digital beamforming of the BS based on the effective channel matrix, transmitting the determined feedback information to the BS, and receiving a data burst from the BS according to a Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) mode and/or a configuration scheduled based on the feedback information.
US09362950B2
A cyclic redundancy check (CRC) can be determined with fewer resources within a communication system. A CRC interface component is configured to receive an array of bits as an input via an N-bit data pathway, and receive a CRC previous output from a feedback component coupled to a CRC output, in which N can comprise an integer greater than one. A parallel CRC component can be configured to generate a CRC current output from a plurality of parallel processing pipelines that are configured to concurrently process at least a part of the array of bits and the CRC previous output with a set of parallel CRC logic operations. The set of CRC logic operations can include a masking operation and a parity operation.
US09362949B2
The present invention describes a method and an arrangement for coding transform coefficients in picture and/or video coders and decoders and a corresponding computer program and a corresponding computer-readable storage medium, which can particularly be employed as a novel efficient method for binary-arithmetic coding transform coefficients in the field of video coding.For this, it is suggested that, for blocks of (video) pictures containing significant transform coefficients, coding of the transform coefficients takes place in such a way that, for each block in a scan process, the positions of significant transform coefficients in the block and subsequently, in a reverse scan order—starting from the last significant transform coefficient within the block—the values (levels) of the significant transform coefficients are determined and coded.
US09362948B2
A system, method, and computer program product are provided for saving and restoring a compression-decompression state. In operation, data is processed, the processing including compressing or decompressing the data. Additionally, a state of the processing is saved. Further, the state of the processing is restored.
US09362946B2
A method, a computer program product, and a computer system for determination of encoding based on received code point classes are provided. The computer implemented method includes transferring data in a text form. The computer implemented method includes, in response to determining that decoding the data in text form passes, transferring some or all of the data in a binary form. The computer implemented method includes calculating code point class proportions for the data in the text form and the data in the binary form and determining a best form for transferring the data, based on comparison of the code point class proportions.
US09362935B2
Parallel analog to digital converted (ADC) architectures that can be used to replace single path ADC architectures. The parallel ADC architecture can comprise N branches and one ADC per branch. These ADCs can be identical. However each branch can have a different path adjustments applied to the ADC. The path adjustments can be biases and/or gains and each ADC receives a different combination of biases and/or gain to generate multiple adjusted input signals. These are then combined to generate a quantized output signal. Using these parallel architectures a range of weighting and offset combining schemes can be employed to achieve improvements in signal to noise ratio and to reduce the impact of clipping as compared to a single path ADC architecture.
US09362933B1
The present disclosure includes apparatus, systems, and techniques relating to noise-predictive detector adaptation. A described technique includes operating a decoder to decode a received encoded signal based on estimation parameters to produce paths including a first path and a second path, the second path being an alternate to the first path, determining a decoded path based on at least a portion of the paths, determining a winning path of the first path and the second path based on whether the decoded path matches the first path or the second path, and updating the estimation parameters based on one or more error terms and the winning path to favor selection of the winning path by the decoder and to disfavor selection of a losing path of the first and second paths by the decoder in a subsequent iteration.
US09362925B2
Disclosed are circuits and method for reducing or eliminating reference spurs in frequency synthesizers. In some implementations, a phase-locked loop (PLL) such as a Frac-N PLL of a frequency synthesizer can include a phase frequency detector (PFD) configured to receive a reference signal and a feedback signal. The PFD can be configured to generate a first signal representative of a phase difference between the reference signal and the feedback signal. The PLL can further include a compensation circuit configured to generate a compensation signal based on the first signal. The PLL can further includes a voltage-controlled oscillator (VCO) configured to generate an output signal based on the compensation signal. The compensation signal can include at least one feature for substantially eliminating one or more reference spurs associated with the PLL.
US09362922B2
The present invention relates to an oscillator circuit, comprising a switched capacitor circuit comprising a parallel circuit with a current input to be supplied with a reference current on one side and being connected to a reference terminal on the other side. The parallel circuit further comprises a first capacitor in a first branch and, in a second branch, a second capacitor connected in-between a first and second switch. A switch control unit comprises a first input coupled to the current input of the parallel circuit and a second input to be supplied with a reference voltage as well as an oscillator output for providing an oscillator signal. The switch control unit is being designed to operate the first and second switch such that, in a charging phase, the first and second capacitor is charged to a respective level depending on the reference voltage and, in a discharging phase, the charge stored on the first capacitor is discharged using the charge stored on the second capacitor.
US09362902B2
We describe a fault-tolerant power semiconductor switching device control system (100), the control system comprising: a coordinating control system (110); and a plurality of switching device controllers (120) each coupled to said coordinating control system and each configured to control a respective power semiconductor switching device (130); wherein said coordinating control system is configured to send real time switching control data to said switching device controllers to control switching of said power semiconductor switching devices, and to receive real time acknowledgement data from said switching device controllers; wherein a said switching device controller is configured to receive said real time switching control data from said coordinating control system, to control a said power semiconductor switching device responsive to said real time switching control data, and to provide said real time acknowledgement data confirming said switching device control to said coordinating control system; and wherein said coordinating control system is further configured to control further switching of said power semiconductor switching devices responsive to said real time acknowledgement data.
US09362901B2
A method for controlling the in-rush current to a hot plug device. The method includes providing a series of turn on pulses to the gates of a plurality of turn on FETs on a hot plug device coupled to a direct current power source, wherein each pulse causes the plurality of FETs to pass current from the direct current power source to a subsystem of the hot plug device, and wherein each pulse has a duration that ends before the impedance of the turn on FETs falls below a safe operating region. The method further includes providing a steady turn on signal to the FETs in response to the output voltage from the FETs to a subsystem of the hot plug device exceeding a predetermined voltage threshold.
US09362897B2
An integrated oscillator circuit has a plurality oscillator stages including a first oscillator stage, an odd number of intermediate oscillator stages, and a last oscillator stage arranged in series. Each of the oscillator stages has a reverse-biased diode device and a transistor coupled in series between a power supply and a ground. Each diode device has an anode and a cathode, and each transistor has a control terminal for controlling a current flow from a first terminal to a second terminal. In each oscillator stage, the anode of the diode is coupled to the first terminal of the transistor at an internal node. The control terminal of the transistor in each oscillator stage is coupled to the internal node of a proceeding oscillator stage. Further, the control terminal of the transistor in the first oscillator stage is coupled to the internal node of the last oscillator stage.
US09362896B2
Provided is a chip including a plurality of unit cells; a scanning circuit adapted to scan the plurality of unit cells, thereby making each of the plurality of unit cells output a signal; a voltage-to-current conversion circuit; a current-to-voltage conversion circuit; an output terminal; and an input terminal. The current-to-voltage conversion circuit is adapted to convert a first current signal input into the input terminal, into a first voltage signal, the scanning circuit starts scanning in response to the first voltage signal output from the current-to-voltage conversion circuit, and the voltage-to-current conversion circuit is adapted to convert a second voltage signal output from the scanning circuit into a second current signal, and to output the second current signal from the output terminal.
US09362895B2
A first and second hybrid envelope detector and full-wave rectifier is provided. The first hybrid envelope detector and full-wave rectifier includes a first P-channel Field Effect Transistor (PFET); a second PFET; a first N-channel Field Effect Transistor (NFET); a second NFET; a third NFET; a fourth NFET; a fifth NFET; a controller; a variable transistor; and a variable capacitor. The second hybrid envelope detector and full-wave rectifier includes a first N-channel Field Effect Transistor (NFET); a second NFET; a first P-channel Field Effect Transistor (PFET); a second PFET; a third PFET; a fourth PFET; a fifth PFET; a controller; a variable transistor; and a variable capacitor.
US09362894B1
A clock generator includes a diagnostic circuit that includes first and second muxes, first and second comparators, a logic gate, and a counter. The first mux receives first and second voltage signals and outputs a first intermediate signal based on a control signal. The second mux receives third and fourth voltage signals and outputs a second intermediate signal based on the control signal. The first and second comparators compare the intermediate signals with a first signal that is indicative of a DC value of the clock signal for generating first and second comparison signals. The logic gate receives the first and second intermediate signals and generates a control signal. The counter receives the clock signal and the control signal and generates a clock ready signal that is indicative of stability and quality of the clock signal.
US09362891B2
A system that incorporates teachings of the subject disclosure may include, for example, method for initiating a mode of operation of a communication device, measuring a signal to determine an adverse operational effect on the communication device, determining a tuning state from the signal to compensate for the adverse operational effect, tuning a circuit of the communication device having a variable reactance according to the tuning state, storing the tuning state in a memory of the communication device, and tuning the circuit according to the tuning state retrieved from the memory responsive to detecting a reoccurrence of the mode of operation of the communication device. Other embodiments are disclosed.
US09362886B2
An electronic component includes: an oscillation circuit that is electrically connected to a resonator element; and a substrate that includes a first surface on which the oscillation circuit and wiring that is electrically connected with the resonator element and the oscillation circuit to form an oscillation loop are disposed, and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The substrate includes a conductor layer between the first surface and the second surface. The conductor layer overlaps the wiring in a plan view. A distance between the wiring and the conductor layer in a thickness direction as a direction along a direction intersecting the first surface and the second surface is from 0.35 mm to 0.7 mm.
US09362878B1
In accordance with embodiments of the present disclosure, a system may include an audio speaker and a controller coupled to the audio speaker. The controller may receive a current signal indicative of an electrical current associated with the audio speaker and a voltage signal indicative of an electrical voltage associated with the audio speaker. In response to the current signal and the voltage signal, the controller may estimate modeled characteristics for the audio speaker, and based on the modeled characteristics, control an audio signal communicated from the controller to the audio speaker wherein the modeled characteristics are based on discrete-time domain information and displacement domain information and the discrete-time domain information and the displacement domain information are used to update the modeled characteristics.
US09362877B2
An electronic component includes: a first amplifier configured to amplify one of differential signals; a second amplifier configured to amplify another one of the differential signals; a sensor configured to measure voltages of a first output signal outputted from the first amplifier and a second output signal outputted from the second amplifier; and a controller configured to control, based on the voltages measured by the sensor, either one or both of a current and a resistance value of the first amplifier so that a common voltage of the first output signal and a common voltage of the second output signal are approximate to each other.
US09362871B2
A Doherty amplifier is disclosed, being adapted to receive an RF input signal and to output an RF output signal and comprising a main amplifier and a peak amplifier, each comprising: a first amplifier (T1, T1′) and a second amplifier (T2, T2′), each amplifier having a respective input terminal and a respective output terminal, the first amplifier and the second amplifier being adapted to amplify a respective input signal derived from the RF input signal and received at the respective input terminal and to deliver a first output signal and a second output signal, respectively; a first phase shifter (14, 14′) and a second phase shifter (15, 15′) coupled to the output terminal of the first amplifier and to the output terminal of the second amplifier, respectively; a third phase shifter (16, 16′); and a fourth phase shifter (17, 17′); wherein the Doherty amplifier further comprises a first combining node (A) and a second combining node (B) and, wherein each third phase shifter is coupled between the respective first phase shifter and the first combining node; each fourth phase shifter is coupled between the respective second phase shifter and the second combining node, and the third phase shifter of each of the main amplifier and the peak amplifier is adapted to be electrically coupled to the respective fourth phase shifter the output RF signal being obtained from a signal obtained in the first combining node and a signal obtained in the second combining node. An associated PCB is also disclosed.
US09362860B2
A control device for a multiple motor comprises: a drive unit constituted by a pair of upper and lower arm switching elements for driving the multiphase motor; a single current detection circuit for detecting a current value; a PWM signal generation unit for generating a plurality of first phase PWM signals within two control cycles on the basis of the current value and a carrier signal; a phase shift control unit for shifting a first PWM signal with a prescribed phase generated by the PWM signal generation unit by gradually changing the amount of phase shift within the two control cycles, and outputting the shifted first PWM signal to the drive unit; and a current detection observer for estimating a current value for the multiphase motor on the basis of the current value. The PWM signal generation unit generates a plurality of second phase PWM signals within two control cycles on the basis of the estimated current value and carrier signal. When the phase shift amount in a prescribed phase in the control cycle immediately before the present control cycle is zero and the phase shift amount in a prescribed phase in the present control cycle is not zero, the phase shift control unit gradually increases the shift amount from zero in the present control cycle and the next control cycle to thereby use the second phase PWM signals in the next control cycle.
US09362854B2
A motor system and a method of operating an electric motor that includes monitoring a voltage of power supplied to the motor by a mircrocontroller located in the motor; storing energy within the motor; detecting if the voltage drops below a nonzero threshold; and if the voltage drops below the threshold, immediately operating the microcontroller with the stored energy to store a state of the motor in non-volatile memory located within the motor, and ceasing operation of the motor. This motor operation may be employed with multiple motors in vehicles where voltage drop may occur during an engine start of a vehicle stop/start event.
US09362853B2
A plate, a transducer, a method for making a transducer, and a method for operating a transducer are disclosed. An embodiment comprises a plate comprising a first material layer comprising a first stress, a second material layer arranged beneath the first material layer, the second material layer comprising a second stress, an opening arranged in the first material layer and the second material layer, and an extension extending into opening, wherein the extension comprises a portion of the first material layer and a portion of the second material layer, and wherein the extension is curved away from a top surface of the plate based on a difference in the first stress and the second stress.
US09362840B2
A control section for controlling a 3-level power conversion circuit. The control section calculates ON voltage error based on time ratios of three potentials in a predetermined certain period and a current value from a current detection section for detecting current outputted from the 3-level power conversion circuit, corrects a voltage command value based on a voltage correction amount for correcting the ON voltage error, and performs ON/OFF control for semiconductor switching elements of the 3-level power conversion circuit based on the corrected voltage command value.
US09362833B2
The present invention discloses CVCC circuits and methods with improved load regulation for an SMPS. In one embodiment, the CVCC can include: a voltage feedback circuit to generate an output voltage feedback signal; a current feedback circuit to generate an output current feedback signal; a control signal generating circuit that receives the output voltage feedback signal and the output current feedback signal, and generates a constant voltage/constant current control signal; a first enable signal generating circuit that compares a first reference voltage and the constant voltage/constant current control signal to generate a first enable signal; and a PWM controller that generates a PWM control signal based on the constant voltage/constant current control signal to control a main switch of the flyback SMPS.
US09362824B2
A constant on-time control switching converter with DC calibration is disclosed. A current flowing into a capacitor of a DC calibration circuit is reduced by introducing a transconductance amplifier and a resistor. Thus, the equivalent capacitance of the capacitor is magnified, which allows the user to integrate a capacitor with smaller capacitance to realize DC calibration.
US09362822B2
An average load current detector for a multi-mode switching converter is disclosed. The average load current detector includes a sense voltage generator that generates an average sense voltage that is proportional to an average load current delivered by the multi-mode switching converter. Also included is a duty voltage generator that generates an average duty voltage that is proportional to a duty cycle of a pulse width modulation (PWM) signal that controls switching of the multi-mode switching converter. Further included is a comparator adapted to output a detector signal that indicates an operational mode for the multi-mode switching converter to operate in for predetermined load current ranges. A controller receives the detector signal and in response maintains an efficient energy transfer from one supply voltage level to another by transitioning the multi-mode switching converter from the PWM mode to a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) mode or vice versa if necessary.
US09362820B2
A DCDC converter includes a control circuit, a transistor in which switching is controlled by being supplied voltage output from the control circuit to a gate electrode of the transistor, a voltage conversion portion in which supply of input voltage is controlled by the switching of the transistor and output power commensurate with duty ratio of the switching of the transistor, and a detection circuit detecting the output power. Further, the control circuit includes a control signal generation circuit generating a control signal with a pulse voltage waveform and a selection circuit applying voltage of the control signal to the gate electrode in the case where current detected by the detection circuit is the same as or exceeds the threshold value and applying voltage for turning on the transistor to the gate electrode in the case where the current detected by the detection circuit falls below the threshold value.
US09362812B2
A shaft coupling apparatus, a rotary fluid damper, and a deployable device are provided herein. In an embodiment, the shaft coupling apparatus includes a chamber having a non-magnetic diaphragm delimiting at least a portion of the chamber. A first shaft is disposed in the chamber and is rotatable about a first axis. A second shaft is disposed outside of the chamber and is rotatable about the first axis. The diaphragm is disposed between the first and second shafts and separates the first and second shafts from direct physical contact. A magnetic coupling mechanism includes a first magnetic coupler attached to the first shaft and a second magnetic coupler attached to the second shaft, with the first and second magnetic couplers separated by the diaphragm. Magnetic coupling forces are generated between the first and second magnetic couplers to transfer rotational energy from the first magnetic coupler to the second magnetic coupler.
US09362811B2
An electromagnetic driver with lead-out structure for coil includes at least one coil holder and at least one coil disposed on the coil holder. The coil holder has a plurality of metal connecting member, and the two lead-out ends of the coil are electrically connected to the first connecting terminals of the metal connecting members. The second connecting terminal of the metal connecting member is electrically connected to a conductive member, such as spring, and the coil of the electromagnetic driver can be independently and automatically manufactured and then assembled with the other conductive member. The coil of the electromagnetic driver can be directly replaced at maintenance.
US09362809B2
One embodiment provides a stator for an electric rotary machine, the stator including: a stator core having plural slots; segmented coils of plural phases; and a pair of base plates provided at both ends of the stator core, wherein the segmented coils have plural substantially-straight coil bars which are respectively inserted in the slots in the stator core and plural connection coils which are disposed on the base plates so as to connect together the coil bars of the same phase, and wherein the stator core and the coil bars make up a stator core assembly and the base plates and the connection coils make up base plate assemblies, so that the stator is made up of the stator core assembly and the base plate assemblies.
US09362800B2
A flywheel is described having a rotor constructed of wire wound onto a central form. The wire is prestressed, thus mitigating stresses that occur during operation. In another aspect, the flywheel incorporates a low-loss motor using electrically non-conducting permanent magnets.
US09362797B2
A generator motor connected to an output shaft of an engine mounted in a work machine includes a terminal box that houses a connector for connecting an exterior electric-power-supplying cable to the generator motor. While the terminal box is provided to the generator motor, the connector is provided facing downward and the electric-power-supplying cable is connectable to the connector from underneath the connector.
US09362793B2
A stator for an electric rotary machine includes: a stator core having a plurality of slots; and segmented coils of a plurality of phases (for example, coils 50 in the embodiment), wherein: the segmented coils of a plurality of phases have pluralities of coil bars which are inserted individually in the plurality of slots in the stator core and which extend substantially in a straight line and pluralities of connection coils which connect together the coil bars of the same phase to thereby make up extending portions; the connection coils each comprise an inner connection coil and an outer connection coil which are disposed in different axial positions; and the inner connection coil faces an outer connection coil of a different phase in an axial direction and the outer connection coil faces the inner connection coil of a different phase in the axial direction.
US09362790B2
A permanent magnet embedded rotor disposed coaxially with a cylindrical stator having a plurality of coils in the circumferential direction includes a rotor core that includes a columnar body made of a magnetic metal and a spacer made of a nonmagnetic material, and has an even number of insertion grooves, a cylindrical body that is made of a nonmagnetic metal with good electrical conductivity and externally inserted on the rotor core, permanent magnets embedded in the insertion grooves so that their N poles and S poles alternately come into contact with the inner peripheral surface of the cylindrical body, and a rotary shaft made of stainless steel fit into a rotation center of the rotor core.
US09362785B2
A permanent magnet motor, generator or the like that is constructed with a concentrated winding using a separate tooth. This tooth is preloaded in such a way to achieve high structural rigidity and good magnetic performance.
US09362780B2
The present disclosure relates to a piezoelectric charging system, which has two operational modes: a vibration mode and a charging mode. The system includes a piezoelectric vibrator, a driving module, a switch selecting module, a rectifying and processing module and a charging control module. The present disclosure can make full use of the mechanical energy from human beings and the ambient environment to provide the electronic device with an important energy source. Furthermore, energy can be charged to the electronic devices in real time. Furthermore, the present disclosure provides a terminal device using the piezoelectric charging system.
US09362778B2
A wireless charging system includes a power receiving antenna that also functions as a communication antenna. The wireless charging system includes a transmitter having a first antenna configured to transmit radio-frequency energy and a first electronic device. The first electronic device includes a second antenna, a first communication circuit operably connected to the second antenna, and a first power converter operably connected to the second antenna. The second antenna is configured to receive the radio frequency energy transmitted by the first antenna.
US09362775B1
A wearable electronic device may be inductively charged during regular operation of a computing device when the electronic device is within a proximity zone of a charging component. The electronic device may be charged in a seamless manner such that the charging occurs when a user uses or operates a computing device in a regular manner. The electronic device and/or the computing device may contain an indicator that indicates a charging value for the electronic device.
US09362769B2
The present invention provides a method and an apparatus for power supply control as well as an electronic device. The method comprises: detecting that the first device is connected with the second device via the first physical interface, when the first device is in the unconnected state; determining whether the connection between the first and second devices satisfies a first predetermined condition or not, so as to obtain a first determination result; switching the first device from the unconnected state to the first connected state when the first determination result indicates that the connection satisfies the first predetermined condition; obtaining power supply requirement information of the second device that indicates whether the first device is required to supply power to the second device or not; and controlling the power supply to the second device via the first physical interface based on the power supply requirement information.
US09362766B2
A charging device includes a body having a rechargeable energy storage device and a housing, an interface pivotally coupled to the housing, the interface including a first conductor and a second conductor and configured to transmit power between the rechargeable energy storage device and a device connected to the interface, a first rigid post, a first pin, a first compressible element positioned to press the first pin against the first rigid post, a second rigid post, a second pin, and a second compressible element positioned to press the second pin against the second rigid post. The interface is configured to pivot about an axis defined by the first pin and the second pin.
US09362756B2
A primary side wireless power transmitter inductively couplable to a secondary side wireless power receiver for receiving communications from the secondary side wireless power receiver through the inductive coupling having a primary side tank circuit receiving a signal from the secondary side wireless power receiver. A phase delay or time delay circuit generates a fixed delay clock signal from a signal utilized to excite the primary side tank circuit. A sample and hold circuit samples a tank circuit voltage utilizing the fixed phase or time delayed clock signal. A comparator is coupled to an output of the sample and hold circuit for extracting data or commands from the signal stream. A method of operating a primary side wireless transmitter inductively coupled to a secondary side wireless power receiver for supplying power to the wireless power receiver to power a load coupled to the receiver is also disclosed.
US09362749B2
A system and method of controlling aggregated thermostatically controlled appliances (TCAs) for demand response is disclosed. A targeted load profile is formulated and a forecasted load profile is generated. The TCAs within an “on” or “off” control group are prioritized based on their operating temperatures. The “on” or “off” status of the TCAs is determined. Command signals are sent to turn on or turn off the TCAs.
US09362743B2
A circuit for combining direct current (DC) power including multiple direct current (DC) voltage inputs; multiple inductive elements. The inductive elements are adapted for operatively connecting respectively to the DC voltage inputs. Multiple switches connect respectively with the inductive elements. A controller is configured to switch the switches periodically at a frequency sufficiently high so that direct currents flowing through the inductive elements are substantially zero. A direct current voltage output is connected across one of the DC voltage inputs and a common reference to both the inputs and the output.
US09362740B1
Apparatus for electrical water heater air entrapment detection includes two electrodes residing at opposite ends of a heater housing. The electrodes are part of a circuit and if either electrode is surrounded by air, the circuit is opened and entrapped air is sensed. The temperature sensors are located at opposite ends of the heater housing, the electrodes may be integrated into the temperature sensors. When entrapped air is sensed, a heater relay is opened preventing powering a heater element(s). A spa pump is operated to clear the entrapped air, and when a variable speed pump is present, the pump is turned to high speed to clear the entrapped air.
US09362739B2
Provided is a method of driving a protective circuit, the protective circuit including a first clamp section and a second clamp section, the first clamp section including a first device, the first clamp section being configured to protect an entire protected circuit of a predetermined area when the first device is driven, the second clamp section including a second device, the second clamp section being configured to protect a predetermined device of the protected circuit when the second device is driven, the method comprising: connecting a predetermined spot of the first clamp section and the gate of the second device of the second clamp section; and causing the gate voltage of the second device to be the potential of the predetermined spot.
US09362734B2
An apparatus for limiting a current of a line or breaking a current, and a control method thereof are disclosed. The apparatus includes a current breaking branch (29) and a bridge branch. The bridge branch includes two bridge arms formed by four identical current commutation branches. Every two of the four current commutation branches are connected in series, and the formed two bridge arms are then connected in parallel. The two bridge arms are both connected in parallel to the current breaking branch, and middle points of the two bridge arms are separately connected to two ends of a line. Each current commutation branch includes at least one high-speed isolation switch (6) and at least one bidirectional power semiconductor switch (10) that are connected in series. The apparatus can turn off currents in two directions.
US09362732B2
A corrugated tube with a path-maintaining member is provided with a corrugated tube having annular convex portions and annular concave portions alternately formed along a longitudinal direction, and a path-maintaining member attached to the corrugated tube along the longitudinal direction thereof. The path-maintaining member is formed as a long member die-molded to maintain a shape at least a portion of which is bent in the longitudinal direction and includes an arc-shaped portion in which a lateral-direction cross section exhibits an arc shape.
US09362730B2
The present disclosure is directed to a bracket and electrical assembly including such bracket for mounting or securing to a concrete masonry unit (CMU).
US09362726B2
It is aimed to provide a wiring harness protection member and a wiring harness having good protection performance even when being used under high temperature and high humidity. A wiring harness 3 is formed by covering a wire bundle 4 with wiring harness protection members 2 obtained by molding nonwoven fabrics 1 made of mixed fibers containing 10 to 90 mass % of polypropylene resin fibers and 90 to 10 mass % of polyethylene terephthalate resin fibers into a predetermined shape.
US09362725B2
An electromagnetic shielded sleeve containing a multilayer composite material formed in such a way as to define at least one longitudinal channel configured to enclose and carry a cable. The multilayer composite material contains a first textile, an electromagnetic shielding material, and a second textile, where the electromagnetic shielding material is located between the first textile and the second textile.
US09362719B2
A III-nitride based quantum dot (QD) laser is formed of InGaN/GaN quantum dots and capable emitting at a single wavelength within the visible region, including the violet wavelength region (400-440 nm), the blue wavelength region (440-490 nm), the green wavelength region (490-570 nm), the yellow wavelength region (570-590 nm), the orange wavelength region (590-620 nm), and the red wavelength region (620-700 nm), with varying composition as described.
US09362716B2
An optical crystal can be mounted to a mounting block configured to receive the crystal. A base portion on the mounting block utilizes two walls forming a corner and a single biasing spring clip to secure the crystal. The spring clip applies forces in two different directions substantially orthogonal to the two walls. The spring clip is based off a symmetrical geometry which applies nearly the same force application in both directions. The spring also features rounded bend regions that contact the crystal in such a way as to reduce the presence of point loads or stress risers. The length of contact along the crystal is maximized, allowing for proper force distribution and a sufficient surface are contact for static holding capabilities.
US09362707B2
A fiber-based supercontinuum system including: a pump laser; a ZBLAN or other fluoride-based microstructured glass fiber; and control electronics; wherein the control electronics control the pump laser to generate laser pulses into the ZBLAN or other fluoride-based microstructured glass fiber. The fabrication of a ZBLAN photonic crystal fiber with sub-micron features and large air-filling fraction and the use of the fiber to generate a stable supercontinuum (200 to 2500 nm) from 140 fs, 1 nJ pulses at 1042 nm are disclosed.
US09362706B2
A laser machine includes a laser oscillator, a cooler for cooling the laser oscillator, and a control unit for controlling the laser oscillator and the cooler. The control unit includes a controller that stops base discharge of the laser oscillator at a time when a specified time has elapsed from a stop of laser light emission by the laser oscillator. According to the laser machine, since base discharge of the laser oscillator is stopped after the specified time has elapsed from the stop of laser light emission, wasteful energy (power) consumption of the laser oscillator in a standby state can be restricted.
US09362704B2
The invention relates to a laser resonator for generating frequency-converted laser radiation, comprising a laser-active solid-state medium and a wavelength conversion crystal. A transmissive optical element having a concavely curved surface for generating collimated laser radiation is arranged in the laser resonator.
US09362700B2
A terminal crimping device includes crimp tooling defining a crimp zone configured to receive a wire and a terminal. The terminal is configured to be crimped to the wire by the tooling during a crimp stroke of the crimp tooling to form a crimped terminal. The crimp tooling includes an ultrasound module ultrasonically coupled to the crimp tooling and the wire and the crimped terminal when present. The ultrasound module transmits acoustic signals through the crimped terminal and the wire. The ultrasound module also receives echo acoustic signals being reflected back to the ultrasound module. The ultrasound module generates echo signals based on the echo acoustic signals. The terminal crimping device also includes a crimp quality module that receives the echo signals from the ultrasound module and determines a crimp height of the crimped terminal based on the reflected echo acoustic signals received by the ultrasound module.
US09362699B2
A terminal crimping device includes crimp tooling including an anvil and a ram movable toward the anvil. A crimp zone is defined between the anvil and the ram that receives a wire and a terminal configured to be crimped to the wire by the crimp tooling. An ultrasonic transducer assembly is held by at least one of the anvil and the ram. The ultrasonic transducer assembly is ultrasonically coupled to the terminal and is ultrasonically isolated from the crimp tooling. The ultrasonic transducer assembly may directly engage the terminal. The terminal crimping device may include an isolation member ultrasonically isolating the ultrasonic transducer assembly from the crimp tooling.
US09362649B2
A receptacle connector includes a receptacle contact capable of coming into contact with a receptacle contact of a plug connector, and a receptacle housing having a contact insertion hole into which the receptacle contact is inserted. The receptacle contact includes a held portion that is accommodated in the contact insertion hole and is held by the receptacle housing, and an orthogonal portion projecting in a direction substantially orthogonal to an insertion direction. The orthogonal portion has a bolt hole formed therein. The receptacle connector further includes a displacement regulating mechanism that regulates displacement of a proximal end portion relative to the receptacle housing in a width center direction.
US09362648B2
An electrical connector comprises an insulative housing and a plurality of conductive terminals fixed to the insulative housing. The insulative housing includes a pair of longer walls and a pair of short walls bounding a plug-receiving cavity with an insertion direction. The conductive terminals include plate portions partly embedded in inner surfaces of the longer walls and welded portions extending out of the insulative housing. The inner surface of the longer walls define Positioning grooves between every adjacent terminals. Each of the plate portion of the conductive terminal defines a contacting surface faced to the plug-receiving cavity and two side edges intersecting with the opening edge of corresponding Positioning groove. The structure of the connector contributes to an insert molding of the connector. It is convenient not only to terminal implant and but also to a precise positioning of two directions of the terminals during the insert molding process.
US09362642B2
Disclosed herein is a connector for contacting a flexible cable with a printed circuit board (hereinafter “PCB”) that enables the connector to contact the flexible cable directly to the PCB without using a terminal as a medium. The connector includes a housing that is fixed to a PCB and forms an insertion space between it and the PCB, where into a flexible cable is inserted; and an actuator mounted rotatably on the housing that pushes downward on the top of the flexible cable inserted into the insertion space so as to put the conductor part of the flexible cable in direct contact with the conductor part of the top of the PCB.
US09362636B2
Electrical wiring connector assemblies, devices, systems, apparatus, and methods for establishing circuit connections between insulated wire conductors without removing the insulation from the conductors, such as attaching a power conductor cable to multiple lights such as those used with pathway and landscape lights, and the like. The connector can include two legs hinged together with placement and penetrating members on the insides of the legs which when pushed together by squeezing the legs can penetrate the insulated layer of the insulated wire conductor to establish an electrical connection. Pivotable wire lead ports allow for wire leads to other lights to be hooked to the insulated wire conductor.
US09362635B2
A grounding clamp is provided that includes a grounding wire having two ends that are each configured to extend out an opening in a coaxial cable. The grounding clamp includes a housing configured to receive both ends of the extending wire in an inner chamber through a first opening, the housing including a second opening configured to receive a lug, wherein the lug is configured to secure both ends of the grounding wire within the inner chamber. A method of installing a grounding clamp includes attaching a fishline to a grounding wire and inserting the fishline through an opening of a corrugated coaxial cable in a valley located between an outer conductor and an outer jacket of the coaxial cable, wherein the fishline is rigid enough that it does not buckle or deform significantly under the pressure of the outer conductor and the outer jacket, wherein the fishline is flexible enough that it bends around the corrugated coaxial cable. A drill bit for creating an opening in a coaxial cable is also contemplated, along with a tool for fishing the grounding wire through the coaxial cable.
US09362632B2
A termination structure for high-speed transmission line includes a high-speed transmission line including a signal line configured to transmit a signal, an insulation which covers the signal line and an external conductor disposed at an outer periphery of the insulation, and a termination terminal disposed at a terminal of the high-speed transmission line. The termination terminal includes a holder disposed sandwiching the external conductor exposed at the terminal of the high-speed transmission line from both sides. The holder includes a holding part to hold the high-speed transmission line and is electrically connected to the external conductor. The holding part is formed so as to have a shape along an outer shape of the external conductor.
US09362631B2
A shield sleeve is disclosed having a sleeve member. The sleeve member has a first end, and at least one radially protruding contact finger. Each contact finger has a cantilevered end connected to the first end, and at least one contacting protrusion positioned proximate to an opposite free end and protruding outward in a radial direction with respect to the sleeve member.
US09362630B2
A terminal includes two crimp sections, one that engages a bare conductor and one that engages an insulated conductor. The terminal includes two legs that are configured located in apertures in a support circuit board. Thus a wire can be electrically connected the circuit board in a low-profile manner.
US09362626B2
Equipment for the reduction of the radar marking of an aircraft V, can be applied to at least one hot portion H of the aircraft, chosen from the following: a piloting cabin or cockpit, including at least one transparent portion; a first frame of the fuselage; a plurality of junction edges of components, including wings, tail veilings and engine air intakes; at least one motor face. Said equipment comprises at least one device for dissipating incident radar waves, which can be removably applied to at least one hot portion H of the aircraft without affecting the aerodynamic characteristics of the aircraft V.
US09362616B2
A dipole antenna comprises a hollow dielectric whip, a coaxial center feed extending therethrough, and a pair of conductive dipole elements comprising an upper element and a lower element. The dipole antenna further comprises an upper element lead connecting the upper element to a first portion of the coaxial center feed at a feed point and a lower element lead connecting the lower element to a second portion of the coaxial center feed at the feed point. The dipole antenna further comprises a feed point strengthening means to mechanically strengthen the feed point against disconnection when the whip is impacted. Additionally, the dipole antenna may be a dual dipole antenna.
US09362614B1
A minimum depth spiral antenna includes a fiberglass circuit board with two spiraling conductive radiator arms that are etched on the fiberglass circuit board. A metallic ring is formed around the two spiraling conductive radiator arms and is mounted on the outward edge of the fiberglass circuit board. An antenna cavity cone and antenna cavity cone cap are mounted inside the antenna cavity. A tapered microstrip balun circuit is electrically-connected to the two spiraling conductive radiator arms on its proximal end and to a connector cap on its distal end. The connector cap is mounted on the lower side of a bottom plate, which forms the base of the antenna. The antenna cavity cone has a bottom lip. A wall ring is positioned between the bottom plate and the metallic ring. The wall ring connects the bottom plate to the metallic ring.
US09362613B2
An antenna structure includes a substrate having at least one first pad for wire bonding. A chip is mounted on the substrate, and the chip has at least one second pad for wire bonding. At least one bond wire connects the at least one first pad and the at least one second pad. The at least one bond wire is configured to transmit or receive an electromagnetic wave signal in at least one specified frequency for data communication.
US09362604B2
An adjustable radiofrequency filter in planar technology comprises at least one dielectric substrate and n resonators R1, R2, . . . Ri, . . . Rj, . . . Rk, . . . Rn integrated into the substrate, and each resonator comprises, on a principal plane PL of the substrate, a succession of segments t1, t2, . . . tq, . . . tp of planar transmission lines each having two ends, p being the number of segments of planar transmission lines of the resonator Ri considered, p being equal to or greater than 2, q being the rank of the segment, an end of a segment tq of a resonator Ri being opposite and separated by a distance d from an end of the next segment t(q+1) of the same resonator Ri, the opposite ends of the successive segments of a resonator Rq being linked by an electrical link which locally raises the characteristic impedance of the resonator Ri considered.
US09362601B2
A parallel plate waveguide structure may be configured to suppress spurious propagating modes by including a lossy frequency selective surface (FSS) formed from a resistive film. The electromagnetic material properties of individual layers disposed between the conductive plates of the waveguide may be engineered to extend the suppression band of the fundamental TE mode up to the cutoff frequency of the second TE mode, and to simultaneously create a multi-octave TM mode suppression band. Applications include, for example, cavity mode suppression in microwave and millimeterwave assemblies at the board, package, and chip level.
US09362600B2
A cell and method for simultaneous electrochemical and EPR measurements, including a disposable assembly, allows for a single device to produce data for both electroanalysis and EPR spectroscopy by generating a Redox reaction to form free radicals. The cell includes first and second hollow tubes, with the second tube being removably insertable into the first hollow tube. The interior of the first tube contains an insulating material, an electro-conductive material, and a wire connector extending from the electro-conductive material and out the first tube. The interior of the second tube contains an electrolytic solution, an analyte, a working electrode, and insulating material surrounding the working electrode. The second tube is inserted into the first tube and a reference electrode is placed into the second tube. The cell is placed within an EPR spectrometer. A potential is applied to the reference electrode to generate the Redox reaction of the analyte.
US09362599B2
A lithium-air cell includes a negative electrode; an air positive electrode; and a non-aqueous electrolyte which includes an anion receptor that may be represented by one or more of the formulas.
US09362593B2
A method for forming a solvo-ionic liquid suitable for use as an electrolyte in an electrochemical cell is provided. The solvo-ionic liquid, a mixture including a multidentate ethereal solvent and magnesium borohydride, can be a liquid, a gel or a solid at room temperature and generally has high thermal stability including virtually no volatility at a typical cell operating temperature. An electrochemical cell having a solvo-ionic liquid as electrolyte is also disclosed. The electrochemical cell will typically be a rechargeable magnesium battery, having an anode suitable to accommodate magnesium oxidation during battery discharge.
US09362588B2
An object of this present invention is to provide: a lithium-ion secondary battery 1 constructed to easily interpose an electrical insulating protection film 41 between a battery container 2 and an electricity-generating element 3, to facilitate automatic mounting of the insulating protection film 41, and thus to be highly producible; and a method of manufacturing the battery. The lithium-ion secondary battery 1 of the invention is characterized in that the battery is electrically insulated between the battery container 2 and the electricity-generating element 3, and in that the insulating protection film 41 of a sheet-like form is wrapped around the electricity-generating element 3.
US09362570B2
A battery assembly for a medical device includes an elongate cathode, an elongate anode, an electrolyte, and an elongate housing assembly encapsulating the cathode, the anode, and the electrolyte. The battery assembly also includes a first electrode exposed from and electrically insulated from the housing assembly. One of the anode and the cathode is electrically coupled to the first electrode, and the other of the anode and the cathode is electrically coupled to the housing assembly. Respective axes of the cathode and the anode are substantially parallel to an axis of the housing assembly, and the cathode and anode each include a flat portion that face each other.
US09362568B2
Aspects of the present disclosure are directed to electrodes and implementations such as batteries. As may be implemented in accordance with one or more embodiments, an apparatus includes a nanocarbon substrate having at least one of graphene and carbon nanotubes, and a hybrid electrode including a cobalt oxide/carbon nanotube (CoO/CNT) catalyst and a Ni—Fe-layered double hydride (LDH) catalyst. The catalysts and substrate facilitate transfer of charge carriers. Various aspects are directed to a battery type device having an anode and a single or split cathode with the respective catalysts on the cathode to facilitate oxygen reduction and oxygen evolution reactions for discharging and charging the battery type device.
US09362563B2
The present invention provides a highly reliable energy storage device capable of preventing a reaction current from flowing in a carbon nanotube electrode by ionizing a catalyst metal or a substrate metal to cause the metal to flow out to an electrolytic solution. An energy storage device of the present invention includes: at least a pair of electrode bodies that are a cathode and an anode; and an electrolytic solution. At least one of the electrode bodies is configured such that a layer of carbon nanotubes is formed on an electric conductor. A coupling region where one ends of the carbon nanotubes are coupled to and electrically connected to the electric conductor and a non-coupling region where ends of the carbon nanotubes are not coupled to the electric conductor are formed on a surface of the electric conductor. The carbon nanotubes having one ends connected to the coupling region are toppled to cover a surface of the non-coupling region.
US09362557B2
A negative electrode active material for an electric device includes an alloy containing silicon in a range from 27% by mass to 100% by mass exclusive, aluminum in a range from 0% by mass to 73% by mass exclusive, niobium in a range from 0% by mass to 58% by mass exclusive, and inevitable impurities as a residue. The negative electrode active material can be obtained with a multi DC magnetron sputtering apparatus by use of, for example, silicon, aluminum and niobium as targets. An electric device using the negative electrode active material can achieve a high cycle property while keeping a high discharge property.
US09362551B2
The gravimetric and volumetric efficiency of lithium ion batteries may be increased if high capacity materials like tin and silicon may be employed as the lithium-accepting host in the negative electrode of the battery. But both tin and silicon, when fully charged with lithium, undergo expansions of up to 300% and generate appreciable internal stresses which have potential to spall off material from the electrode on each discharge-charge cycle, resulting in a progressive reduction in battery capacity, also known as battery fade. A method of reinforcing such electrode materials by incorporating within them fiber reinforcements or shaped, elongated reinforcements fabricated of shape memory alloy is described. Electrode materials incorporating such reinforcements are less prone to damage under applied stress and so less prone to battery fade.
US09362550B2
Provided is a negative electrode for lithium ion secondary batteries, which can enhance the penetration of non-aqueous electrolyte, and can improve the input-output characteristics. The negative electrode includes a negative electrode core material sheet, and a negative electrode material mixture layer supported thereon. The negative electrode material mixture layer includes negative electrode active material particles, and a binder. The negative electrode material mixture layer has a plurality of pores interspersed on the surface and in the interior of the negative electrode material mixture layer. The pores have an average maximum diameter R of 45 to 125 μm. The pores have a number density of 8 to 17 pores per 1 cm2 of the surface of the negative electrode material mixture layer or per 1 cm2 of a cross section in the plane direction of the negative electrode material mixture layer.
US09362549B2
A novel hybrid lithium-ion anode material based on coaxially coated Si shells on carbon nanofibers (CNF). The unique cup-stacking graphitic microstructure makes the CNFs an effective Li+ intercalation medium. Highly reversible Li+ intercalation and extraction were observed at high power rates. More importantly, the highly conductive and mechanically stable CNF core optionally supports a coaxially coated amorphous Si shell which has much higher theoretical specific capacity by forming fully lithiated alloy. Addition of surface effect dominant sites in close proximity to the intercalation medium results in a hybrid device that includes advantages of both batteries and capacitors.
US09362547B2
The present technology is able to provide a solid electrolyte cell that uses a positive electrode active material which has a high ionic conductivity in an amorphous state, and a positive electrode active material which has a high ionic conductivity in an amorphous state. The solid electrolyte cell has a stacked body, in which, a positive electrode side current collector film, a positive electrode active material film, a solid electrolyte film, a negative electrode potential formation layer and a negative electrode side current collector film are stacked, in this order, on a substrate. The positive electrode active material film is made up with an amorphous-state lithium phosphate compound that contains Li; P; an element M1 selected from Ni, Co, Mn, Au, Ag, and Pd; and O, for example.
US09362543B2
Disclosed is a battery pack that makes it possible to decrease a lead time of an insulating tape attaching process, and re-attach an insulating member. The battery pack includes a plurality of battery cells, a protection circuit module that controls charging and discharging of the battery cells, a first connecting plate electrically connecting the battery cells to each other, a second connecting plate electrically connected to the first connecting plate, and bent from the first connecting plate; and an insulating member disposed between the battery cell and the first and second connecting plates. The insulating member includes a first region placed between neighboring ones of the battery cells, and a plurality of second regions that are bent from the first region and are placed on outer surfaces of the neighboring battery cells, respectively.
